ChrisO_wiki on Nostr: 23/ Not surprisingly, morale was low even before the attack. One mother says: "At ...

23/ Not surprisingly, morale was low even before the attack. One mother says: "At first the boys had an adventure. Then there was the expectation that they would be relieved, they were promised. And now there is devastation. They feel betrayed and abandoned."

These issues were publicised by Russian outlets, so the Ukrainians certainly knew about them. It's no surprise that when they attacked in Kursk, resistance appears to have collapsed quickly and conscripts surrendered in large numbers. /end