Russian state TV military expert says get ready for bad news, even the 300k conscripts can't help any time soon

“When we are in full retreat, we are winning. Victory is assured, 100%”.

Comical Igor Konanshenkov, chief propagandist, Russian Ministry of Defense c

A Russian TV presenter nicknamed "Putin's mouthpiece" has said that Russia should not expect "good news" as Ukrainian counteroffensives make advances in eastern and southern Ukraine.

Vladimir Solovyov warned that "things won't be easy for" Russia during a Monday broadcast on the state-run Russia-1 network. Solovyov lamented that Russia could not "attack and take Kyiv tomorrow" before suggesting that Russian President Vladimir Putin's partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists would be unable to stop current Ukrainian advances due to delays in the training of troops.

"Time is required for their training, for their combat coordination and for them to have everything they need for entering battle," Solovyov said, according to The Daily Express. "This means that for a certain period of time, things won't be easy for us. Right now, we shouldn't be expecting good news. We need to possess 'long will' and strategic patience."

Ukraine has recently seen significant success on two fronts of the war. After retaking the eastern city of Lyman over the weekend while pushing into the Donetsk region—one of four regions Putin claimed to have annexed last week—the Ukrainian military on Monday reported making additional major advances in southern Ukraine.

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"For just enough time to effect the withdrawal of the Liman garrison, the Russians kicked ass and took names – massed artillery and close air support raging overhead. Then they skedaddled down the road to Kremennaya, content to continue on the defensive for the time being.

Yes, the AFU, with 6000+ troops, succeeded in placing the ~500 remaining defenders of Liman in an operational encirclement. But the few Russian regulars who came to the rescue did so with impressive ferocity. All combined arms elements were brought to bear. The Russians, fighting from their preferred defensive posture, have inflicted radically disproportionate numbers of casualties.

Most concerningly for the Ukraine fans, they are ignoring a very important aspect of the final hours of the defense of Liman. Make no mistake, the Ukrainian army has shown valor and occasional bouts of tactical acumen. Likewise have the Russians. But, contrary to the propaganda-induced delusions of the Ukraine fans, this offensive has been exorbitantly costly for the AFU.

The Russians are preparing 'something big'. Whether it begins to manifest tomorrow, two weeks from now, or is even delayed until early 2023, something big is being prepared - war not with battalion tactical groups, but with army corps. Big arrows on the map. The Ukrainians have, mostly for reasons of political expediency, opted to roll the dice in a courageous but inevitably futile last-gasp counterattack before this Russian buildup is ready to launch.

It will come up snake eyes.

Ukraine cannot and will not win this war..."

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Conscripts are Putin's great hope for winning his war in Ukraine, but these guys aren't having any of that shit.

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