Armchair Warlord
https://twitter.com/ArmchairW/status/1543278015047540736
Lisichansk is now fully under Russian control after Ukrainian troops routed from the city and its defenses collapsed.
Looks like my prediction this fight would take a week was dead on.
I expect the Russians to push on Seversk with minimal delay, and given the state of Ukrainian troops in the town do not expect lengthy resistance there.
Noteworthy that even Western media is admitting Russian troops are being greeted as liberators by many local residents.
Lots of rumors swirling - on the road leading out of Lisichansk one out of every 3 Ukrainians trying to flee were wounded and one out of every 6 killed.
Then on the Duran a few minutes ago Alex said that he had heard they captured 6,000.
I find both of those hard to believe; but one thing is clear. With each new massive defeat they are losing so many troops that they are bound to be much less effective.
Earlier today I started a thread featuring an article written by a very candid retired Marine Colonel (2019) who is now the CEO of the company that trains/equips Ukrainian soldiers.
Three things really stood out: (1) He was absolutely shocked by the amount of casualties; (2) They were only allowed 5 days for training (most had never shot a gun) and with one medical group on the second day half were already missing...had to take care of casualties; and (3) Ukraine is doomed.
The Russia MOD on a daily basis is pointing out all the Ukrainian brigades, etc. that have lost half or more of their personnel and are devising plans to hide that fact.
Bottom line: There is nobody left to fight.