On the other hand, encirclement of thousands of troops will be a huge bargaining chip in the negotiations with the US right now. It lets Russia drive the point home that they’re winning and will not be making any compromises. That said, I expect we’ll see a combination of allowing the cauldron to bleed out a bit, and then capturing the troops that choose to surrender. I don’t really see the logistics of imprisoning 10k POWs would be a problem given the scale of the war. Russia is now supplying an army of 1.5 million, 10k people is small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.
On the other hand, encirclement of thousands of troops will be a huge bargaining chip in the negotiations with the US right now. It lets Russia drive the point home that they’re winning and will not be making any compromises. That said, I expect we’ll see a combination of allowing the cauldron to bleed out a bit, and then capturing the troops that choose to surrender. I don’t really see the logistics of imprisoning 10k POWs would be a problem given the scale of the war. Russia is now supplying an army of 1.5 million, 10k people is small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.