Agreed. A high norm has been ~6 tanks, 10-15 APC/IFV destroyed, and 800-1000 infantry casualties recently, this has “FIRE EVERYTHING” meme levels of panik.
And now there’s been a blocking battalion identified, not just ad hoc commanders enforcing ’not one step backwards’.
Exhausted their forex reserves of yuan, yup.
I can’t imagine why China would be demanding yuan instead of rubles lately…