Def Mon (Twitter)

@isdche54235290 Them moving Central military district away 1 week before the UA offensive doesn't indicate to you this might have been planned? They barely left anything to defend it, and they knew about UA gathering troops in that area for over a month.

Def Mon (Twitter)

@isdche54235290 I think it's very relevant, this reveals a bit about their intentions.

Def Mon (Twitter)

It is possible we have seen a repeat of the Kyiv retreat. A lot of the equipment losses we saw after the RU withdrawal there were from earlier combat, and not losses during the retreat.

Def Mon (Twitter)

@IAPonomarenko Izium was always hard for them to supply, just as they were getting done with repairing the railway system, Ukraine got HIMARS. So they got in to supply trouble again. At some point they had gathered impressive amounts of artillery and equipment. But we never saw an offensive.

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@mark_amro I have not seen a lot of ammo

Def Mon (Twitter)

@mattlindn The fact that you think there was extensive amount of ammo and function equipment makes me think you are confused.

Def Mon (Twitter)

@mattlindn You just said they were functional. Now they broke down?

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@carlbildt Is it because Putin is made to be taller than he actually is in reality?

Def Mon (Twitter)

@AndrewPerpetua As i said. It didn't go as planned, they probably needed a few more weeks to move all the remaining semi broken equipment.

Def Mon (Twitter)

@tgrxe They had massive amount of artillery there, and at some point almost 40BTGs but we never saw them use that firepower. I think just as they got the railway supply working, UA got himars. The M03 was in UA artillery range, and the other roads are shit.

Def Mon (Twitter)

@tgrxe They knew, the ru milbloggers were talking about that for a moth.

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I see a lot of arguments of "Large amount of ammo" and "Too much working equipment"
Before you comment, tell me, how many days worth of ammo for a brigade have you seen?
How much of that equipment was actually in combat ready contention?

Def Mon (Twitter)

I think what was left behind in terms of equipment was stuff needing repairs. I think they were in the processing of moving everything out, but needed another week or two.

Def Mon (Twitter)

@tgrxe No this was after Popasna.

Def Mon (Twitter)

@Open_Demo Ammo, not a days worth for a brigade I think.

Def Mon (Twitter)

@finntrasan Ho many days worth of ammo for a brigade have you seen´?

Def Mon (Twitter)

@tgrxe Keep up appearances perhaps?

Def Mon (Twitter)

@Regoo222 3/4 of almost nothing is not a lot

Def Mon (Twitter)

@naalsio26 Yes, as i said, i don't think it went according to plan, I think the Russians thought they had more time.

Def Mon (Twitter)

Russia struggled to maintain supplies on this front since the beginning. They had to rely on long bad roads from Kup'yans'k. This road came in to UA artillery rage some time during the summer. Just as RU started to be able to use the railways, Ukraine got HIMARS:

Def Mon (Twitter)

This is why we never saw them utilize the 40+ BTGs they had in the area at some point. I have covered the supply issue in Izium multiple times.