Originally Posted by
NutLoose
Also another possibility
Has there been any comment from recognised Ukranian military sources ? If they don't comment, I would take that as confirmation but with a different tactical spin than if they did/do claim it. I suppose it becomes difficult for the Ukranians to judge whether it is better to continue to allow Russians to see Russia as the sole aggressor, or alternatively take some of the war to Russia so it has to generate some media notice and cause some of the population to ask "why this war " ?
EDIT: Just seen dead-pan's post
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Another thought - given the withdrawal is intended to enable Russia to strengthen their push in the Donbas, perhaps the canny Ukrainians are playing double bluff i.e. making Russia think twice about diverting too much resource elsewhere?"
Just too many possibilities to judge/juggle . It becomes a good guessing game for us, but we can't have any firm answers to the many questions/what if's ?