SourceMolen noted that the Ukrainian side maintained military secrecy very effectively. Thanks to this, the operation did not attract undue attention at a time when the Russian command still needed to urgently deploy reinforcements.
“This means that the Russian command failed to send reinforcements at the decisive moment two months ago, even though they were clearly needed. Now it is too late to salvage anything. About 200 km²—or even more, since the fighting continues—of territory previously under Russian control has now been lost, with part of it already held by Ukraine.
Once again, the Russian lack of true information harms its whole war effort. They made false reports of success when there were actually failures and by the time high command learned of failure, it was already a disaster. Stupid.
The Ukrainians made the correct but difficult decision to stay silent about it until it was a fait accompli - until it was already done and the Russians couldn't do anything about it.
This is difficult because when these battles happen - the world is naturally inquisitive - they badly want to know who's winning. Russia says they're winning all day every day and update their maps accordingly. Ukraine says nothing, which looks really bad in the eyes of worldwide press. So we get stories worried about the situation. Then later, the truth comes out and we can all breathe a sigh of relief.
Later, we repeat this process. The moral of the story is that no news is not necessarily bad news. Also, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have earned a little bit of trust and have shown their ability to turn the tide often, so it's best to give them the benefit of the doubt when the situation is unclear.
