Puzzling aspects in Kherson

 The following is a discussion by Alexander Mercouris 

There is also a discussion at https://youtu.be/pHQgCGwj2Kc

The puzzle is that Ukraine stopped throwing soldiers in its usual fashion and started shelling as in Donbas. And Russia’s moves are even more puzzling. Russia seems to have enough forces to resist assaults but is not taking any initiative and the moves of evacuation etc are confusing various people and Russia does not seem to be doing enough to improve its supply situation. So far the dirty bomb has not materialised. One possibility is that Russia feels that time is on its side. There is gradual deterioration of Ukraine’s armed forces, infrastructure and economy and also of  Europe and there is continued decline of supplies from the west. Russia seems capable of further damage to infrastructure whenever it wants and there are further possibilities of destroying bridges connecting Eastern Ukraine. Such moves may damage Ukraine’s potential to continue war without too much effort from Russia. May be.