Could be a show of force, get folks use to bombers at that location. They only need one plane for a show of resolve. Multiple launches, attacks ups the need for retaliation.
Here's the Twitter thread as a Substance article.
If, and it's a big "if", the Soviets went this route, would they attempt to say they nuked their own sovereign land? Warped but that may be an attempted justification.
Happened at Izyum too. UkA is pretty good at isolating key towns and GLOCs which forces full withdrawal. But it helps that it's yours and not theirs I'm sure.
@JedisonsDad The bastard pulled a Napoleon-in-Egypt. Turn utter defeat into "victory" by just saying "we win."
I mean, it’s one method. Hahaha
Honestly I thought he was going to do this months ago after the Kyiv offensive failed. At the time, it seemed like the best way to salvage the campaign and save face was to say, “Actually we just wanted to annex Donetsk the entire time, which we did, so….we win!” I’m really surprised it took Putin this long to settle on this COA.
. Everything else in the aid package it probably very useful though!
