Indirect Ways of the Ukrainian Offensive

This morning Ukraine declared a news blackout of their offensive in the Kherson region. Due to its scope, according to General Matt Hertling, this is a shaping operation.

However, we learned a few things through open sources over the last few days. And I would like to highlight them. At this point, this is known, since it came through open channels, and it’s way dated. However, it’s very telling.

The first is this piece of data:

The command of the occupiers is evacuating to the left bank of the Dnieper, the collaborators are also fleeing

The leadership of the Russian occupation forces in the south of Ukraine is moving to the left bank of the Dnieper. We are talking about command not only of the highest, but also of the middle level.

Along with the invaders, collaborators and their families are being evacuated. Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih military administration, announced this in a video message

Believe in the Armed Forces! Victory is near!

This reminds me of the fall of Berlin, from Vladimir Putin's point of view, in 1989. First, the generals went to Moscow for consultations, never to come back. Then the colonels and majors did the same. Finally, command of the whole sector was left to a senior Lieutenant. The troops followed when he decided it was time to go to Moscow.

Anecdotally they got into their APCs and started driving east. Every so often…