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Several reports from the Ukraine offensive stated that Ukrainian forces captured so many Russians, they were running out of places to hold them.Routs agreed, the hundreds of intact AFVs captured supports this. But the lack of tens of thousands of Russian POWs suggests the AFU has been unable to fully exploit these routs, allowing the Russians to essentially walk away to fight again another day.
If accurate then I agree. I just think from a propaganda POV we'd have seen them paraded down the main street of Kyiv by now. The Ukrainians have been proudly and cheekily showing off their captured Russian tanks and AFVs, so why keep the POWs under wraps?Several reports from the Ukraine offensive stated that Ukrainian forces captured so many Russians, they were running out of places to hold them. That sounds like a significant number to me.
Routs agreed, the hundreds of intact AFVs captured supports this. But the lack of tens of thousands of Russian POWs suggests the AFU has been unable to fully exploit these routs, allowing the Russians to essentially walk away to fight again another day.
I believe parading P.O.W.s is a war crime. It isn't permitted by the Geneva Conventions.If accurate then I agree. I just think from a propaganda POV we'd have seen them paraded down the main street of Kyiv by now. The Ukrainians have been proudly and cheekily showing off their captured Russian tanks and AFVs, so why keep the POWs under wraps?
Yes. They got scolded for that earlier this year.I believe parading P.O.W.s is a war crime. It isn't permitted by the Geneva Conventions.
I imagine any Russian captured in Ukraine is now better fed, clothed, housed and treated than they were ever in Russia.Ukraine is certainly taking the higher road. War hasn't been declared. The captured Russian troops may fall under criminal, not military justice.
The more wasted Russians, the better.From what I've reading and viewing from analysts, Bakhmut isn't even strategic. There's nothing there, no roads or rail that control the frontlines. Attacking this place does nothing to relieve the strain of Ukrainian offensives in Luhansk or the Kherson. It's a waste of Russian troops.
I just don't know what the Iranians get out of their support of Russia and these drones. Russia is clearly becoming failed state, one with a neutered, impotent military, a rapidly declining status in the world, with no use to the Iranians.I would love to see a headline that stated: Russians run out of missiles and drones. Now launching Iranians with explosive diarrhea.
They all seem pretty wasted in those YouTube vids.The more wasted Russians, the better.
Learning how to get around sanctions for the Russians. Iran gets to stick it to the U.S. NATO, Ukraine, U.S. What's the difference? They have no one else to play with except maybe North Korea. North Korea has cooties.I just don't know what the Iranians get out of their support of Russia and these drones. Russia is clearly becoming failed state, one with a neutered, impotent military, a rapidly declining status in the world, with no use to the Iranians.