Is the Russian army a big rout or a big move?

Is the Russian army a big rout or a big move?

Last month, the Ukrainian army kept calling for a big counterattack, but nothing happened. But now, the Ukrainian army has suddenly made great progress and captured many positions of the Russian army, especially several important towns in the Kharkov area, which were easily won by the Ukrainian army. Russian troops retreated too fast, resulting in a large number of equipment directly discarded on the road. Russian personnel loss is not big, but because of running all the way, it looks like a big defeat. The Russian explanation for this is the reorganization of active retreat tactics, which makes people doubt whether it is true or not.

If it is a big rout, according to the current battle damage ratio, it doesn't look like a failure. Moreover, Russian troops have occupied more than 10,000 square kilometers of territory in Ukraine, and now thousands of square kilometers have been seized by Ukrainian troops. It sounds a lot, but in fact it has little impact, so it may really be what Russia calls active retreat tactical reorganization. After all, there are very few Russian troops on such a long front. If the Ukrainian army concentrates its forces, it will simply not last. What we really want to see is how Russia fights in winter. Now the Ukrainian army can be said to have the support of 40 countries behind it. If it fights hard with Russia, the Russian army may not be able to beat it in local conflicts.