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MarineCombatEngineer

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15. I agree that nobody knows, probably the Russian High Command doesn't even know,

Tue Mar 15, 2022, 10:25 PM

Mar 2022

but western intelligence agencies can make educated guesses, there's also the reports of low morale among the Russian soldiers, captured Russians, Russians that have surrendered, etc.

Bottom line is that the Russian Army isn't having a good time like they thought they would.

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You make a good point, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #5

I'm not surprised that Rusher is re-deploying troops from elsewhere maxsolomon Mar 2022 #10

I agree that nobody knows, probably the Russian High Command doesn't even know, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #15

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