Yes
Geography and logistics were major considerations in the RUS decision to pullback to the left bank of the dnieper
Also the unpredictability of a regime like Kiev willing to sacrifice tens of thousands of civilians by blowing the Kakhova dam to create a military water barrier but a humanitarian disaster
Good Generals study tactics
Great Generals study logistics
Again,
Been told over and again Ukraine is finished.
Why take land you couldnt hold?