If the battle of Mauripol is any sign it’s that future urban battles in Odessa, Khariv, Chergniv, Sumy and Kiev will be a bloodbath. It’s going to be very slow and be a grind. The Ukrainian military strategy seems to be make the Russians pay for every inch they take. And maybe Russia needs more manpower to take the east. Which is weird they 200,000 force mobilized. I guess they’ll need 100k more. Southfront which is pro Russia website isn’t afraid to call out Russia’s limits and deficiencies.
“In the afternoon of March 14 and in the morning of March 15, the number of combat sorties of Russian aviation increased. Large groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the East of Ukraine continue the active defence of their positions. The number of Russian armed forces in Ukraine is objectively insufficient for fast and decisive flank coverage and encirclement of thousands of UAF troops on fortified positions. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was forced to change its initial tactics of “cavalry charge” to the systematic destruction of enemy forces and means using its advantage in aviation and artillery.”