"Sun Tzu Walks Into a Kherson Bar…" (Escobar). This sounds about right. No deal or Big Deal. And the retreat is a serious mark on the competence of the Russian military strategists.
No Big Deal:
It was never even real to begin with.
— Clutch Nixon (@MostFamousNixon) November 10, 2022
The referendums were the point of no return go me
Any peace deal that would be accepted by Ukraine would include the return of the four regions in the referendums. And by Russia's own constitution that is something that would be impossible
A thread:
Okay, so, about Kherson. I’ll try to give an explanation as to what happened, without any constructs like "secret deals" or w/e. I don’t have any special information, this is just my personal view of the situation. TL;DR is that Surovikin's explanation is (mostly) correct.
— Russians With Attitude (@RWApodcast) November 10, 2022