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10,000 Ukrainian troops at risk of encirclement (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 month ago

On the other hand, encirclement of thousands of troops will be a huge bargaining chip in the negotiations with the US right now. It lets Russia drive the point home that they're winning and will not be making any compromises. That said, I expect we'll see a combination of allowing the cauldron to bleed out a bit, and then capturing the troops that choose to surrender. I don't really see the logistics of imprisoning 10k POWs would be a problem given the scale of the war. Russia is now supplying an army of 1.5 million, 10k people is small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.