[kiryandil]

They'll simply fall back to pre-prepared defensive positions that will significantly shorten their lines lives.

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[pierrem15]

You still haven't taken Avdiivka and the troops were evacuated from the Zenith pocket. Meanwhile the Ukrainians are killing you at an 8-10:1 advantage.

Like Bakhmut, you may take Avdiivka but be left with no operational capability afterwards, only this time the AFU will have suffered comparatively very low losses and withdraw to a shorter front.

Tens of thousands of dead for a few kilometers. As I said, you'll reach Kyiv or the left bank of the northern Dnipro sometime around the year 2200.