They were refused the request to attempt a breakthrough. The commanders got made heroes of Ukraine so that they wouldn't surrender (like Paulus at Stalingrad), brutal urban combat, and a final fight to the death in the tunnels.

It amazes me that this would occur in this day and age, and is proof positive to me that Jews like Zelensky should never ever be in a position of political power over non Jews. They have zero regard for non Jewish lives, not even the lives of the people they are supposed to serve. This was proven the last time one of them was put in charge of Ukrainians and the end result was the Holodomor. Putting a Zionist Jew in charge of Ukraine is the equivalent of a German National Socialist being put in charge of Israel, who then immediately provokes a suicidal war and urges Israel to fight to the last Jew. It's surreal seeing this happen and watching the Jew media jizz all over themselves in excitement over Zelensky.