Can a military expert explain why did Russia choose to not conquer Odessa...

Right now it's easier to draw the Ukrops out and have them fight in the field where you want them.

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Because hohols take entire cities hostage and hide behind civilians Russians don't want to harm.
They were fast enough in Kherson, but when they surrounded Kharkov for example, the pigs were already hiding in the city behind a million innocent lives.
Russia has no choice but to grind their military down in the open and only then go for large population centers when the Khazar in charge eventually runs out of pork to throw at them and the frontline inevitably collapses.

>choose
Ye, that's not how war works.
Their push on the south out of Crimea was halted at Mykolaiv. They were repelled from Mykolaiv repeatedly.
They then had to divert forces to Mariupol to deal with Azov, because DPR forces were getting their shit pushed in by Azov.

By the time they had dealt with Azov Odessa was hugely fortified, and regardless, they were nowhere near it, with Mykolaiv now also heavily defended.

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What a retard take.

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>take
Begone nigger

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"Incapable" would be a better word

Odessa is hard to get to from land. Too many rivers to cross.

The Russian goal is to kill all the Ukrainian men and loot their women to sell to lonely chinks. Once that's achieved, it won't take more than five minutes to capture Odessa.

what women? the whores all left

They are finishing up in other places. Odessa will be taken just not right away

They were repelled at Mykolaiv, it wasn't a matter of choice. They also lost control of the bay when Himars arrived, which is why they abandoned Snake Island and the long-anticipated beach landing was out of the question, they can no longer get ships near the shoreline without putting them at risk of missile fire

overextending their logistics

Facts:
>Putin thought Ukraine's military would disintegrate within a few days and he would steamroll the country
>Putin's plan to abandon the north and focus on the south was a strategic decision and not a defeat
>Zelensky is losing more manpower in this war than Russia, who has the artillery advantage
>Putin probably thought there would be uprisings of Ukrainians fighting against Zelensky's regime that is killing their men so needlessly by now
>Ukraine will eventually hit a point in human losses where they cannot maintain the war and will be forced to make peace or eventually route entirely from the country and allow its total capitulation

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>Russia has no choice but to grind their military down in the open and only then go for large population centers when the Khazar in charge eventually runs out of pork to throw at them and the frontline inevitably collapses.
Correct. Russia's strategy has shifted. There is no strategic advantage to taking more land right now. The only way to win the war is to fight to the last ukranian goy. There's no need to advance so long as ukie retards keep launching suicidal "counteroffensives".

>There is no strategic advantage to taking more land right now
They couldn't take any more land if they wanted to. Don't pretend like they're choosing to stop taking land now voluntarily.
>Oh we didn't want any more land anyway!
lmao ok

Good to see that the US embassy's internet is still working.

Because Odessa is worthless.

>Chose
Oh, Vatnik.

Is it best perhaps to keep some distance from American vassal Rumania?
Nikolayev, you queer cunt

You never seen Operation Odessa before? Escobar might be there since he ain't dead, and in the documentary.

>Using Russian spelling for a city not in Russia
ok

idk
I thought it was a mistake to not landlock the country entirely

Pretty much correct. They were hoping for the Crimea scenario and fast capitulation but it didn't work out and they were not ready for winter war part two they got themselves into. After regrouping they were planning to at grab as much land as possible since they already took the punishment for the invasion, but Lugansk became a wake up call and put Odessa of the table. They will be lucky to paint Donetsk oblast by the end of next year, but even that looks less and less likely. And they will have to finish the war before the end of the next year, because in February 2024 we have the elections by that that the cumulative damage they done to the country and society will reach the people.

This.
The fitst russian strat didn't and plan B (so far) is to grind down Ukraine hardware and manpower
Plan C? No idea yet and maybe we will have to wait until winter to see if the Russians are going to change plans or upgrade and commit with the artillery war.
But the fact is that the way things are going until now its a pretty safeplay for the russians, but both the West and Ukraine are running out of time.