Reports here are that Ukraine won’t attack across the Dnipro, due to the onset of Winter and the now shortened Russian supply lines there.
The spin of an orderly retreat from Kherson may be as much for Russian internal consumption as from trying to look good in the West. It is interesting that the announcement of the retreat was not made by Putin but by his underlings. There is a need to disassociate the Tsar from any failure.
The energy situation will now be critical. The long brutal winter there will impact the Ukrainians more than the Russians. The Russians presumably will step up their attacks on Ukrainian energy supplies
The spin of an orderly retreat from Kherson may be as much for Russian internal consumption as from trying to look good in the West. It is interesting that the announcement of the retreat was not made by Putin but by his underlings. There is a need to disassociate the Tsar from any failure.
The energy situation will now be critical. The long brutal winter there will impact the Ukrainians more than the Russians. The Russians presumably will step up their attacks on Ukrainian energy supplies
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