[Goose]

Remember the Azovstal!  A city that was supposed to fall in a matter of days (maybe weeks), held out for 80 days, diverting valuable Russian resources from elsewhere.

BC

Indeed their efforts did divert valuable Russian resources. They also kept the M14 unavailable to the Russians until May 12-13! It was unclear to me why Russia kept banging away against the troops in Azovstal. This was probably the reason, as otherwise just ignoring them would have made more sense. Putin even said he was going to do that, but they needed that road. I guess detours were too slow and/or too insecure.

[Goose]

Remember the Azovstal!  A city that was supposed to fall in a matter of days (maybe weeks), held out for 80 days, diverting valuable Russian resources from elsewhere.

BC

Indeed their efforts did divert valuable Russian resources. They also kept the M14 unavailable to the Russians until May 12-13! It was unclear to me why Russia kept banging away against the troops in Azovstal. This was probably the reason, as otherwise just ignoring them would have made more sense. Putin even said he was going to do that, but they needed that road. I guess detours were too slow and/or too insecure.