thats most probably true and makes perfect strategic sense. any ukrainian alive now could be russian in a year or two.  the less survive, the better.  and now army is purged and more eager to implement any retarded decisions.  like invading kursk.  whats syrsky, an ethnic russian soviet officer from moscow, gonna do? refuse? hes only in charge cause the regime wants him there. his troops hate him, both for being a butcher and for being a moskal.
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