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Originally Posted by Firebot
Apparently one of the main reasons for the very high number of Russian KIA in recent days is that Russia has launched a brand new offensive near Pavlivka, Donetsk oblast that has been quietly been happening but not spoken about.
The number of Ukraine casualties is unknown but they definitely did get overwhelmed in some places, we ended up with some very sombre videos where garrisons were completely surrounded and thought they were recording their last day.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1588526894097797125
The offensive failed and was pushed back. It's being described as Putin's Battle of the Bulge in that it used up whatever strength it had left in a surprise offfensive, and while it initially had early positive results, it turned out to be a completer disaster. Here is the translated letter (and a few more Russian descriptions of events there in that thread)
https://twitter.com/user/status/1589300375583981569
We will likely see some more official words of the recent Russian offensive soon, but it was pretty significant. |
I'm not sure Pavlivka is currently a "battle of the bulge" moment. Sounds like the KIA will number in the hundreds, not thousands. The bigger issue is they may not be able to get the troops still alive out without sending in fresh troops from somewhere else, which they don't really have. Russia has had lots of these types of minor catastrophes, but I really doubt this is the last offensive for Russia