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Originally Posted by CroFlames
To me it sounds like the troops know something is up and figure they'd rather surrender to the West than go back home to the uncertainty that awaits.
Isn't this exactly how the Red October started in 1917?
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If the northern bank of Kherson surrenders, outside of the Dnipro itself there is nothing remaining to stop Ukraine forces from marching all the way to Crimea. When Russia invaded Ukraine they took Kherson with barely a fight, and had no reason to fortify the rear when they could solidify the northern bank.
You've just had the Kharkiv front totally collapse with inevitable encirclement and Kherson itself about to fall. They can't retreat back to Crimea as they will be killed as traitors.
It seems implausible from a tactical idea, but if the troops on the southern bank see the writing on the wall, if they can negotiate a surrender with immunity (for example) they would take this for sure.