I legit heard analysts talking about how this was a brilliant move...by Ukraine. Not even fucking kidding. They also used the saying "lost the battle but won the war" to try to imply that losing battles is a necessary step toward winning a war. Also, by losing territory, they're taking a breather, and by Russia taking territory, they're tiring their troops. Russia is totes about to get slaughtered for real this time, because Ukraine was clever and lost territory.
I legit heard analysts talking about how this was a brilliant move...by Ukraine. Not even fucking kidding. They also used the saying "lost the battle but won the war" to try to imply that losing battles is a necessary step toward winning a war. Also, by losing territory, they're taking a breather, and by Russia taking territory, they're tiring their troops. Russia is totes about to get slaughtered for real this time, because Ukraine was clever and lost territory.
I wish I was making that up.
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