Why would anyone announce that they are attacking? It makes no sense. This sounds more like a propaganda piece to boost morale after the defeats at Mariupol and Donbas.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's definitely propaganda piece to boost morale and show their weapon dealers from EU and USA they are doing something so send more guns pls, but announcing offensives are actually pretty common through industrialized warfare history. It's usually announced a day or few after it starts, and without details, because enemies can usually notice they are being attacked even without press announcement.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

Was waiting for a better source than pravda before posting this. The viability of Reuters as a legitimate source has been discussed several times, and with the exception of blogs and press releases (which is the same for any other outlet), they've got a good track record on not lying (which seems to be a hard bar to clear these days).

[–] Jonathan12345@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

lol, libs gonna be going "Bro ukraine totally winnin'

[–] basiliscos@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

According to Russian sources, Russianse able to neuralize about 1.2k Ukrain warriors on the 1st day of the offensive. If even half of that is true, that was pure Zerg-Rush attack, ended without any success.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That could explain this

[–] Supermuff@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Breaking news: government does not want civilians to leak it's military positions

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

What's worse is that it sounds like they had to pull troops off the main front in Donbas meaning that it will likely collapse faster as well. Once Donbas battle is over then it will free up large numbers of Russian troops to go south towards Nikolaev and Odessa.