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Originally Posted by CroFlames
The offensive is obviously going lightning speed, but I wonder if the Russians make a last stand in like Luhansk or something and we see a modern day Stalingrad with massive destruction and loss of life. I hope not, but at some point I just get the feeling Putin would rather sacrifice thousands of lives in an unwinnable last stand instead of running away without a fight.
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From the reports knowledgeable people are sharing, it would seem that low troop morale and lack of discipline in the Russian Army are some of the primary factors in the current success of the counter offensive. If that were the case, it seems unthinkable that enough troops remain that Putin could capably motivate to withstand such a siege like Stalingrad. The situations are very different; the Russians at Stalingrad knew that they and their families were likely to be slaughtered if the fighting didn't stop there. In this scenario, if Putin ordered a last stand at Luhansk, the Russian soldiers have no such motivation.