It’s not going to be pitched combat.
This column will split up soon and deploy to both sides and execute encirclement. Then they will probe and probe and probe. Always retreating and generating headlines about heroic resistance.
And the food runs out and the probes eat up the ammo. Then it all happens . . . somewhat gently. They are in no hurry. They and the Ukraine generals went to the same academies. They all know the outcome of this.
“They all know the outcome of this.”
The outcome was never in doubt.
The Russians adapted their urban methods in Chechnya. Probe, identify the defender’s location, artillery bombardment. Repeat.