posted by majorspark
There are satellite images of Russians troops digging in. Constructing earthen berms around armoured vehicles northwest of Kyiv. That would indicate that the Russians have not only stalled but are not going to be able anytime soon to encircle the capital. Possibly even fearing a counter attack from the west. Reinforcements are pouring in. I read where traffic is heavy going in and out of the capital.
It's clear now the Russians have not experienced this number of casualties in this period of time since WWII. For the Russians to admit 500 dead and 1,500 wounded in less than a week from hostilities beginning to then go silent since. The numbers went from bad to worse. I read in Gomel in southeastern Belarus Russian casualties have spilled into their regional hospital. As of March 13 2,500 bodies shipped back to the motherland just through that medical facility.
We all heard of this miles long convoy outside of Kyiv. I watched a video of a convoy of Russian military medical busses slowly rolling out of town with curtains drawn in the dead of night. As this drags on its going to become very hard to hide this from the Russian public.
If the Russian losses are that high, even more than Afghanistan, there will be protests in the streets. Putin can't hide from that for long.
The casualties in Afghanistan led to several reforms by Gorbachev. It eventually led to the fall of the Soviets.
