Decus
Platinum Member
I doubt that Putin is surprised by anything. His march forward has been very benign and infrastructure friendly. His losses are calculated and expected. To date they have not turned off the electricity....
That tells you everything you need to know.
Putin is such a humanitarian - who knew???
Military units in the field don't rely on the grid. In fact all military installations are typically backed up by generators. Turning off the lights for civilians has no military value and could simply piss off the Ukrainians civilians even more.
The fun fact is that Putin does not seem to have been able to have accomplished one military goal during this conflict. For example: have they been able to hold on to one airport around Kyiv? It doesn't seem to be the case according to what has been reported so far.
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