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There were no Russian regular Armed Forces in any of the settlements that Ukrainians have taken in the last 7 days.
None of the settlements in the Kharkov Region had Russian Armed Forces regulars in them. There was Russian Rosgvardia — which is not designed nor trained to fight combined arms / face a military; as well as other Russian security forces— literally the police. There were no troops there.
This was the fundamental mistake of the Russian Armed Forces. They did not reinforce the territories they captured in Kharkov with their actual troops. They sent secondary forces in there. This is why we see no losses of Russian troops spread by Ukrainian channels — because there were simply no Russian Armed Forces soldiers present.
An important point that needs to be said.
Yet, something has changed. The Ukrainians have been fighting on that front for months and haven’t been able to penetrate. There was a moment when they reached the Russian border, but were promptly pushed back. Same all the way down the line, Izyum, right on south. The Russians weren’t gaining ground fast, but yard by yard they were gaining.
Suddenly they melted away. As you say, their force had been hollowed out. Izyum too? That was a major hub. But the question is, why?
They seem to have stripped forces from that region to beef up Kherson. That’s the only thing I can think of.
Correct, just a bunch of 50 - 60 year old Russian rent-a-cops sitting there munching donuts...