BeauBo: "If so, then Armored/Mechanized incursions would be expected there within hours or days"
Perhaps UKR will monitor the demined area to see if RU responds to the demining activity by moving troops and equipment to the area.
I wonder if any of the mobniks have had any R&R or have they been stuck in trenches waiting for the counteroffensive.
“I wonder if any of the mobniks have had any R&R or have they been stuck in trenches waiting for the counteroffensive.”
Reportedly, few units get rotated (like Wagner), unless they are reduced to completely combat ineffective status. They sit on the line, or get shifted around the front, getting mobnik replacements to refill vacancies.
Most of the ground pounding trigger pullers on active duty in the Russian Army are deployed in the Ukraine - for the duration.