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1. Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb: (trevorgoodchild@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 06-Mar-2023 23:58:51 JST Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:

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   • Weaf :jv::nv:
   • Sick Burn, Bro
   @sickburnbro @weaf The Ukrainians are absolutely dependent on PR and Western media in a way that the Russians are not. The RF has done one single partial sorta- kinda- mobilization, is mainly using contractors or Donbas militia for the real hot zones, has a massive advantage in firepower and air superiority, and has not even put their economy on a war footing. The Ukraine needs a constant influx of NATO materiel and bodies just to keep up. In order to get this they have to constantly show that they are "DOING SOMETHING". This results in them making crushingly, awesomely stupid decisions on both the tactical and strategic levels.
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   • Sick Burn, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 06-Mar-2023 23:58:52 JST Sick Burn, Bro

     • Weaf :jv::nv:

     I think this is quite close. I think it is extremely obvious that the Ukrainians wanted to turn Bakmut into a meat grinder.

     They also kept throwing troops in even after it was fairly obviously not going to hold. The only realistic reasons for doing that are a) can’t lose for PR reasons or b) its part of the plaaan
     
     RT: https://poa.st/objects/7b1b7f71-5c1d-42fa-bb64-8be68a496da8