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About those reserves. The question was never whether they would exist, but where.
We are seeing Russian offensives in Luhansk and Donetsk in no small part because of their logistical constraints in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. Limited logistics = limited local reserves. Thus the logic of Ukraine extending their littoral activity to Crimea, which has been the reserve base for Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
About those reserves. The question was never whether they would exist, but where.
We are seeing Russian offensives in Luhansk and Donetsk in no small part because of their logistical constraints in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. Limited logistics = limited local reserves. Thus the logic of Ukraine extending their littoral activity to Crimea, which has been the reserve base for Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.