Pretty good example of the difference between defending occupied land vs. defending your homeland. When Ukraine was on the defensive and vastly outgunned, they made Russia fight for every inch of land even when it looked hopeless for them. Now in the places where Russia is on the defensive and outmanned/outgunned, they're just collapsing and retreating because the soldiers have no incentive to take part in a suicide mission to try to keep control of a city/village they had probably never even heard of 6 months ago.
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