When Kiev puts together a large mechanized thrust, the rebels can’t seem to stop them. But armor is lousy in the towns and cities.
They get bogged down there, then blasted by GRAD’s, which breaks up the formations, as the rebels cut off the supply, and cut them up piecemeal.
You would think someone in Kiev would have figured this out by now, but they replaced the generals with a clue, with Polticals, because the Generals were telling them things they didn’t want to hear.
Notice new blue oval west of Lugansk -- it appears that Kiev succeeded in getting more of their troops surrounded?
As for what Kiev is doing -- the Politicals explanation does not quite work for me, totally unprofessional military leaders would once in a while do something right... this looks like Kiev actually wants their army destroyed. Perhaps the idea is that with the army gone they can get more Western aid, to be channeled into private accounts?
Yes, something like this, but the Novorussians do not seem to be even trying to stop them. They allow the armor to break through, then deal with pockets, this allows to inflict much higher losses and reuse Kiev's armor.
It would be really funny if one day we learn that some people in Kiev are paid for supplying Novorussia with tanks and Grads.
