Winning the war means focusing on what's strategic, n snek island is not it. At least Russia is winning its war, and when land-war in Odessa is won, snek island is part of the wins.
Even pro-Russians commentators don't understand what is the point. Waste of resources for both sides, I guess Ukr. Needed morale boost to cover up their failure in the Donbass all this time n Russia, sticking around just to deny ukraine for teh lulz?
I mean once Odessa falls, what was the point of snek island?
I think there was some nearby military target, Ukrainians trying to shoot down Russian missile by shooting loads of Ukrainian missiles in response in vain, missiles missing their target n ending up hitting civilian targets. Ofc west needs to paint everything as something it's not.
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Stop embarrasing yourself. Ukraine just lost Lysychansk n Severodonetsk, maybe pay some attention instead of being spoon-fed stupid propaganda
"ukrainz tuk dat snek island with some seagulls on it, dey totally winz de war!!!11"
damn the copium is strong in you people...
Are you trying to say Ukraine isn't loosing important cities, they are going french, "strategic retreat" loool okay buddy
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What IS speculation, is to claim a mall is THE target instead of the near-by military target.
Russian troops are in no condition to continue fighting without a rest and refit and Ukraine still has fresh troops it can rotate in and out of its defensive positions. Russia’s manpower reserves without calling for mobilization are limited. This is basic warfare 101. You wear your opponent down and fight a defensive war.
Also gtfoh with “they were probably trying to hit military targets”. They’ve been indiscriminately bombing population centers since the war began.