Game Changer? Immediate Referendums, Ukraine's Spent Reserves - Russian Ops in Ukraine 09/21/2022 (The New Atlas)

- Referendums have been announced across Russian-held territory in Ukraine;
- If incorporated into the Russian Federation, Moscow could upgrade the special military operation significantly;
- The US Department of Defense, in a recent briefing, seems to acknowledge the limits of what aid it can provide Ukraine;
- Western analysts appear to agree that Ukraine’s offensives may have been a final gamble, exhausting their reserves and leaving them at the mercy of subsequent Russian escalations;



Which side will run out of personnel first in this war dominated by artillery exchanges?

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, September 22, 2022.]