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Originally Posted by Itse
You quite often don't want to force the enemy to make a last stand, it's costly. Pretty sure there's likely Sun Tzu -quote for this, but I'm too lazy to dig it up 
Additionally, Russia isn't short on men, they're short on equipment and logistics. Those men are just a drain on logistics, so it's better the Russians are feeding them than the Ukrainians. |
Didn't they make it a crime to retreat? If these guys walk out of there, they are probably screwed anyway.
As you said, the Russians aren't short on men. Their commanders would prefer they die there so they don't have to deal with the expense themselves. They don't care about their own people the way other countries do.