Thread by @Mariia_Zolkina

⚡️#Sievierodonetsk doesn’t exist anymore. 🇺🇦soldiers started leaving the city in organized manner. It’s not possible to hide and fight effectively there.121 days of incredible and professional defense despite quantity superiority of the enemy. What is important here?1/

1) Army of #Russia can proceed only by complete destruction of the areas. Tactics is simple as “scorched land”. They couldn’t win in terms of tactics and planning. That is why less numerous units were standing firmly against so called “2d army” for more than 4 months. 2/

2) #Ukraine has 3 main goals: keep the land, keep the army and exhaust #Russia’s army up to maximum. Battle for #Sievierodonetsk was more and more about exhausting RU skilled human resources last weeks. And now it is about saving #UAarmy units, who are our main resource. 3/

3) Now battle will be around #Lysychansk. Positions there are incomparable better for #Ukraine, as the city is on the hill. New portions of weapons can make this battle different from one for #Sievierodonetsk. 4/

4) #Sieverodonetsk is an example, how much timely weapons supply matters. Earlier supply of heavy artillery could have significantly changed this 4-months battle. Anyway, skills of 🇺🇦army is proved to be incomparably high to 🇷🇺5/

5) #Sieverodonetsk will be treated by RU propaganda as big victory, of course. But in #Ukraine it is just one more example of heroism and skills. Sometime, you need to step back to save the army. Especially, if city was devastated to rubble by heavy RU bombardments. 6/

6) Another signal: logic of military decision-making prevails over political one. Bcs for political reasons (like #Russia does it) UA authorities could make the army stay at any price on the destroyed areas. It doesn’t take place and that is good for #Ukraine 7/

7) #Ukraine needs to accumulate weapons, save units, and plan counteractions basing on that.

These are our heroes, withdrawing from #Sievierodonetsk. Day by day, with no fear they stood firmly for our land.