Cry me a river. The trap was set as soon as they thought they'd finally solve the Kursk defeat from 1943. You see, the Nazis tried and failed. The Battle of Kursk was the single largest, most armoured battle in the history of warfare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk. And that battle, along with Stalingrad, is the reason we get to see a movie about Hitler ranting.
That should have been a clue. Arguably, the Russians are better organized then in Red Army days.
The 1943 defeat didn't sit right with the Nazi grandchildren, and they believe they want 'that Ukrainian land' back (Note that they think in terms of land and shiny things like power-plants, and create mythologies about 'that land'.
Here's the thing:
Russians don't like people invading and hurting un-armed civilians, yet every hundred years or so someone gets a bright idea 'cos much resources - and they then start reasoning sub-humans don't deserve those riches, or something. I mean look at them: there they are living in villages. Kursk NPP in 7 days, etc.
The general pattern of Russian defense is to save as many civilians as possible, in the beginning, and then go scorched earth, with some pincers to encircle the enemy; full annihilation combined with drone swarm hunting - or one can surrender. The invaders cannot sustain themselves, because the rear is cut off, nor can they even hide, 'cos surveillance. The current forward/recon offense is not like the 10-yr fortifiations they had built elsewhere. Really, it is a military disaster, with or without Starlink.
The current Kursk thing is a pale version of the 1943 battle. It is a NATO style operation, conducted by lots of small re-con units and dreamed up by shiny-arsed generals in London, Berlin and Warsaw with the Parisians yapping in the background. (look up Operation Paperclip, if wondering how the West is riddled with Russophobia)
Oh and then there is General Winter. Not sure how small units of men, with no petrol or food, are going to last in Russian cottages where the 50's concrete wood-fire is the only means of cooking and warming themselves. A drone would spot the smoke.
But by all meanz paint large swathes of color on a map, just because one tank got burned deep in Russian territory.
The trap was set as soon as they thought they'd finally solve the Kursk defeat from 1943. You see, the Nazis tried and failed. The Battle of Kursk was the single largest battle in the history of warfare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk
That didn't sit right.
Here's the thing:
Russians don't like people invading them, yet every hundred years or so someone gets a bright idea.
The trap was set as soon as they thought they'd finally solve the Kursk defeat from 1943. You see, the Nazis tried and failed. The Battle of Kursk was the single largest battle in the history of warfare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk That didn't sit right.
Here's the thing.
Russians don't like people invading them, and every hundred years or so someone gets a bright idea.