Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Kherson 'crisis' undercuts Putin's optimism

A pro-invasion Telegram channel, reputedly run by the Russian war correspondent German Kulikovskiy, said Russia was facing an “obvious operational crisis” in the south. The observer lamented that there are no reinforcements to aid Russian soldiers thrown into disarray in the Kherson region.

One of Ukraine’s major goals appears to be the recapture of the city of Kherson, where tens of thousands of Russian soldiers are believed to be stationed.

The channel, the Elder Edda, said,
The operational crisis in the south is obvious to the Elder Edda. The situation is very similar to the one under Balakleya, Raisins and Kupyansk. Ukrainians, as smart people warned, inflicted 2 main blows, but in the south the situation seems to me much harder than in the north. Our mistakes are obvious and now in order to correct them, the southern command must prepare the cities, Berislav, Novaya Kakhovka and, above all, Kherson, for defense. For real defense, according to all the rules of military science. It makes no sense to scold someone now; everything has been said for a long time. And yes, as much as I would not like to throw a mobile reserve into battle now, this cannot be done, at least massively. They must be prepared, they will have to defend with the forces available now, especially for the defensive phase on the prepared lines.
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The gloomy commentary comes in light of Dictator Vladimir Putin's stated assumption that the Russian military situation in the newly annexed regions would be stabilized.

In a sign that the "partial mobilization" is not going well, Putin told the public that a number of categories of men, such as various sorts of students, will be exempted from immediate call-up. But the army training command is already unable to cope with the massive inrush of new recruits and has had to push back the usual annual conscription from October to November.

Further, ABC News reports that 370,000 people have left Russia since the mobilization decree was announced -- 70,000 more people have left than the 300,000 targeted for conscription. The fact that some of these are women points to a fear that Putin will order women into the combat zone.

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