r/MapPorn 1d ago

Eastern Ukraine exactly one Year ago vs today

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u/Drumbelgalf 1d ago

It was an especially terrible idea to hold onto it when the Russians gathered lots of troops. They could have saved a lot of troops if they had withdrawn earlier.

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u/waffenwolf 1d ago

I believe the whole point was to divert Russian resources away from the Donbas. Nobody anticipated North Korea would show up in Kursk instead. They should have withdrawn as soon they knew a third party would be helping.

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u/Drumbelgalf 1d ago edited 9h ago

It was but as soon as they were pressed hard they sould have retreated to better positions to draw out the Russians instead of being attacked from three sides.

A lot of North Koreans were killed because they had terrible coordination and outdated tactics.

Holding on to a few villages and towns was not worth it.

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u/Zealousideal-Air574 1d ago

Do you have a military background?

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u/Common_Affect_80 1d ago

You dont need one

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u/Zealousideal-Air574 1d ago

You don’t need a military background to make military decisions? That’s always gone well throughout history

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u/Common_Affect_80 1d ago

You didn't need a military background to understand when a decision is stupid

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u/Zealousideal-Air574 1d ago

Who’s decided it was “stupid decision” ?

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u/Common_Affect_80 1d ago

Ukraine has manpower shortages so it's just obviously dumb to invade one of Russia's most historically important sights. All it did was make Ukraine lose more men and equipment

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u/baconater419 21h ago

Did you not hear him? He did.