Since Kharkiv and Kherson, Russian Shill Inc. (™) has promised the famed "Russian Winter Offensive" (™). Except they keep pushing the date back, November, December, early 2023, January, February, now sometime in summer. What happened was there was a mild winter, that did not freeze Europe into submission, and did not freeze the ground hard. After that, "mud season", распу́тица/Rasputitsa in Russian, or бездоріжжя,/bezdorizhzhia in Ukrainian.Its why after Kherson the conflict slowed, heavy vehicles can't move around too well.
The Winter Offensive may have happened around Vuhledar or Bakhmut and no one noticed, including the Russians. That is really embarrassing for all those siding with Russia, staking their new found fame on Russia winning. For the past few weeks, Ritter has been trying to talk his way out of what he has said for the past year. So he just finds new talking points and uses his main trick. Turn everything into a immediate, one sided, zero sum game won or lost right now that leaves Ukraine no way out.
For the past year Ukraine has found ways out of every dire prediction Ritter has made. Real life is not a one way street. Russia has its own supply problems, or Prigozhin would not publicly talk about Wagner's artillery ammunition shortages.
Since Kharkiv and Kherson, Russian Shill Inc. (™) has promised the famed "Russian Winter Offensive" (™).Bob/Jon --> any comments?
Except they keep pushing the date back, November, December, early 2023, January, February, now sometime in summer.
What happened was there was a mild winter, that did not freeze Europe into submission, and did not freeze the ground hard. After that, "mud season", распу́тица/Rasputitsa in Russian, or бездоріжжя,/bezdorizhzhia in Ukrainian.
Its why after Kherson the conflict slowed, heavy vehicles can't move around too well.