As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
I have been reading about the lament in Russian commentators over the situation on the North Command at Kupyansk Ukraine, were 200 Russian troops are surrounded. I was discussing this with Echo and I believe this is another bait situation which that idiot Zellinskyy took as a Hitler Battle of the Bulge for Christmas propaganda.
How this all began was the Russians gained access to Kupyansk through a pipeline, and the army drove forward to the river. There the Ukrainians using British intelligence assembled a strike force and drove back to Kupyansk. The Russians are spread thin, and chewed on the strike force to use up their munitions and I believe will soon concentrate firepower again on these stupid Kiev soldiers and wipe them out as the salient, become another kill zone.
Do you have any data on how many times the Russians lured Ukrainian armed forces forward and then smashed them?
In 2025, Russian forces have increasingly refined a “lure and smash” approach, officially termed
“elastic defense”, to counter Ukrainian advances by drawing them into prepared kill zones.
Examples of “Lure and Smash” Tactics in 2025
Tactical Withdrawals to Kill Zones: Russian units often retreat from frontline trenches to secondary defensive positions when under fire. As Ukrainian forces advance into the vacated space, they are targeted with preplanned artillery, mines, and aviation before Russian reserves launch local counterattacks to retake the position.
The Pokrovsk-Hulyaipole Model: Russia has utilized a multi-stage offensive model involving prolonged battlefield air interdiction (BAI) to degrade Ukrainian logistics, followed by infiltration missions to identify gaps. This strategy aims to overextend Ukrainian rotations, creating an opening for Russian forces to “smash” the front with superior numbers and localized breakthroughs.
Exploiting Rotation Gaps: In late 2024 and throughout 2025, Russian forces have successfully identified and exploited moments when Ukrainian brigades are undergoing reliefs (rotations), such as the narrow penetration near Ocheretyne.
Current Risks in the Kupyansk Sector (Dec 2025)
Contested “Encirclements”: While Ukrainian forces claim to have surrounded approximately 200 Russian soldiers in Kupyansk as of mid-December, Russian commanders have historically used such pockets to draw in Ukrainian reserves for high-attrition battles.
Fire Superiority: Russia continues to rely on a massive numerical advantage in glide bombs and drones. Reports indicate they are targeting Ukrainian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) within a 50km range of active sectors to “starve” the very units that have pushed forward.
High Attrition Battles: In October 2025 alone, reports indicated over 10,000 Ukrainian troops were reportedly trapped in various tactical pockets across the front, though these numbers are often subject to heavy propaganda from both sides.
Despite these tactics, Russian offensives in 2025 have often resulted in “Pyrrhic victories,” where significant territory is gained only at a tremendous cost in manpower and equipment.
The propaganda of pyrrich victories does not hold as Russia is winning. I believe what is taking place here as Zellinskyy wastes more lives if the Russians seek control over this north command, and are using Kupyansk as the fire control mechanism for Luhansk in this Kharkov region. The dolts at reddit cheer with Russophobic glee, but the same salients which are pincer traps for the Russians are the same traps for the Ukrainians. I mentioned about pincers, but they have not developed. So when that takes place, you have to let the enemy in so that you can form a pincer around them.
There are around 6 to 10 thousand Ukrainians in 3 brigades engaged in this against 200 Russian Soldiers. The Russians are using glide bombs, vampire drones and artillery. The Russians are surrounded but have the river at their back. Ukraine has the fire control of the pipelines.
I fully expect a stalemate at the very least in Kupyansk and conclude a smashing blow by Russians using heavy firepower. Once these 3 brigades are shattered, Russia will push to the objective of capturing the north command operational area.
I will believe President Putin in stating he expected major developments on the Ukraine front. This is such a development and the lament in Russian media is meant to sucker the Ukrainians in, provide euphoria in Europe which Russia will then crush.
I honestly wonder how drugged these Ukrainians are or filled with hate for Russia, as no sane person would charge into the open like this knowing what Russia has waiting in firepower.
The conclusion of this is, is that there will be a shattering blow in the elimination of 10,000 Kiev troops, which leaves immense gaps in the north line, which Russia then can operate through for their advance.
Russia has never violated their war of attrition. That is the conclusion of what this engagement is. I would not like to be the gophers as bait in Kupyansk, but I would never want to be the Ukrainians in those positions about to be cut off and killed.
The propaganda stunt by Zellinskyy at the steel tower is going to be his epitaph.
Nuff Said
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