Im shocked they even bother holding. I figured the point was to distract. Ukraine should just do nothing but deep strikes under the ploy of disgruntled citizens.
Holding means they can be in a defensive position where even if they slowly lose land, Putin’s army has to sacrifice way more materials and soldiers to advance than Ukraine has to defend. And they aren’t even losing land in their country. So they can really focus on attrition.
There’s a reason Putin has focus on this region. It there’s negotiations he can’t be seen to given up Russian territory, so holding it gives Ukraine a great negotiating position.
Im shocked they even bother holding. I figured the point was to distract. Ukraine should just do nothing but deep strikes under the ploy of disgruntled citizens.
Holding means they can be in a defensive position where even if they slowly lose land, Putin’s army has to sacrifice way more materials and soldiers to advance than Ukraine has to defend. And they aren’t even losing land in their country. So they can really focus on attrition.
There’s a reason Putin has focus on this region. It there’s negotiations he can’t be seen to given up Russian territory, so holding it gives Ukraine a great negotiating position.
Oh good to know.