Saturday, April 23, 2022

Confusion in the ranks

Ukraine: Russians try to storm Mariupol plant, strike Odesa

First the Ruskie claimed victory in Mariupol, and decided to avoid storming preferred to send their elite units back east. Then Kelenskyy said no deal.  Russian trick? No, this was the Russian military dithering for a de facto cease fire.

More likely what we see is obvious, a general retreat of the Ruskie, west to east in the opposite direction they attacked.  They are increasingly pincered and stuck in the east and their southern flank is wearing thin and they lost the north. Ruskie lost this battle. Putin needs to get a cease fire ASAP.

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