Maybe the mullahs didn't want any more IOUs? Supposedly the Russians were paying in hard currency, and technology. They might not have much of either left, and the Iranian leaders, even though they are evil, aren't stupid. Don't double down on a loser bet.
Must be my allergies acting up.
Good point. Kherson has much more divided support than Luhansk and Donetsk too.. according to this youtuber recorded on location in Kherson about two months ago. He says the situation is "quite a bit different" and support was divided in Kherson. Kherson wasn't part of the Donbas war.
Somewhere in the bowels of HROT there is a Lucas80 book review of Where The Iron Crosses Grow, by Robert Forczyk. It's about the brutal slog for several years between the Germans and Soviets on the Crimean peninsula. Ukraine doesn't have the manpower to dislodge the Russians if they bury in like ticks, as I suspect they are going to do. The entrance to the peninsula is extremely narrow, and rugged. The only way the Russians are leaving is via a popular uprising, and the Russians have spent decades purging Crimea of Ukrainians. Now, maybe the Russian civilians beat feat, and the soldiers follow?
This isn’t the 1940’s. As long as the west keeps resupplying, Ukraine can have whatever they want in the end.
Don’t forget Homeless camp
