> be the Ukrainian command in Kherson
> do a major river crossing operation
> push regular infantry into the beachhead
> brag about it in the Western media
> claim you're not going anywhere
> talk big about marching on Crimea
> get driven into the Dniper days later
That's another front of the Great Counteroffensive sewn up. The only question I have is whether this was the "real" Dniper operation or whether the AFU has something else in store in that area. Regulars from the 126th TD BDE were committed and a significant number of Ukrainian transport boats seem to have been destroyed, indicating - along with the aforementioned media campaign once they started feeling (inappropriately) confident - that this was planned as far more than a special forces raid.
> do a major river crossing operation
> push regular infantry into the beachhead
> brag about it in the Western media
> claim you're not going anywhere
> talk big about marching on Crimea
> get driven into the Dniper days later
That's another front of the Great Counteroffensive sewn up. The only question I have is whether this was the "real" Dniper operation or whether the AFU has something else in store in that area. Regulars from the 126th TD BDE were committed and a significant number of Ukrainian transport boats seem to have been destroyed, indicating - along with the aforementioned media campaign once they started feeling (inappropriately) confident - that this was planned as far more than a special forces raid.
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I'm continually amazed that people continue to take Western and pro-Ukrainian analysts and commentators seriously. They've been systematically, catastrophically wrong about every single thing that has occurred during this war. They never correct themselves and they show zero capacity for self-reflection. Many openly function as propagandists and apologists for the worst excesses of the Ukrainian regime. Some engage in reprehensible behavior online like doxxing. Are people really that desperate to be lied to?
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An excellent insight from a friend - as the prospects for the Ukrainian cause look bleaker and bleaker, its supporters are shifting the public line from "Russia is unable to win" to "Russia cannot be allowed to win."
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By the way, Lukashenko agrees with me on the kill ratio at the front. I earlier pointed out it's somewhere between seven and thirteen to one.
He also agrees with me that the Russians have an enormous force waiting in reserve which has not been committed, of the same general size as I pointed out some time ago.
Take it from someone who owns an intelligence agency?
He also agrees with me that the Russians have an enormous force waiting in reserve which has not been committed, of the same general size as I pointed out some time ago.
Take it from someone who owns an intelligence agency?
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Forwarded from Intel Slava
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russia destroys Western missile depots in Ukrainian rear — Financial Times
Russia's intensified attacks on targets deep in Ukraine are aimed at depriving Kyiv of the ability to launch long-range Western missiles such as Britain's Storm Shadow and France's Scalp.
▪️ This week, Russian troops launched dozens of rockets far into western Ukraine, targeting airbases, runways and warehouses.
Russia's intensified attacks on targets deep in Ukraine are aimed at depriving Kyiv of the ability to launch long-range Western missiles such as Britain's Storm Shadow and France's Scalp.
▪️ This week, Russian troops launched dozens of rockets far into western Ukraine, targeting airbases, runways and warehouses.
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Ukraine is probably out of Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles, or at least very close to out of them. They've been firing them for months now with very modest success thanks to formidable Russian countermeasures, frequently expending large numbers of missiles…
I note there have been basically no Storm Shadow attacks since the Russian strike on Khmelnitsky two weeks ago.
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The Kherson push in June 2022 that failed with enormous casualties, and which Ukrainian propagandists pretend was successful because the Russians decided to withdraw from the right bank five months later to bleed out the AFU on more convenient lines?
A plan which has worked perfectly, by the way.
A plan which has worked perfectly, by the way.
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The Government of Ukraine has allocated 266 hectares for a new cemetery in the Kiev region.
There are no losses.
For comparison, this is almost five times the size of the Federal War Memorial Cemetery in Mytishchi and slightly larger than the Arlington National Cemetery near Washington.
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There are no losses.
For comparison, this is almost five times the size of the Federal War Memorial Cemetery in Mytishchi and slightly larger than the Arlington National Cemetery near Washington.
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"Victory has many fathers, but defeat is an orphan."
Begs the question of who exactly approved this offensive plan utilizing a NATO-provided army the size of any state military in Europe. Was NATO even briefed, ahead of time or even as it was unfolding?
Also given that this offensive has basically been a repeat of the Somme, should we expect the next effort to resemble the Chemin des Dames instead?
Begs the question of who exactly approved this offensive plan utilizing a NATO-provided army the size of any state military in Europe. Was NATO even briefed, ahead of time or even as it was unfolding?
Also given that this offensive has basically been a repeat of the Somme, should we expect the next effort to resemble the Chemin des Dames instead?
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The willingness of the Ukrainians to get what are presumably extensively-trained commandos killed in obvious suicide missions never ceases to amaze me. What were they hoping to accomplish in this naval raid? A day of good headlines in the Western media from Ukrainian commandos landing in Crimea and terrorizing the locals for a few hours before inevitably being wiped out? I've seen Hamas suicide operations that were better thought-out than this.
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The Ukrainians apparently pushed another entire division - their strategic reserve featuring a brigade equipped with precious Challenger 2 tanks, by the way - into the Zaporozhe front to take half of Rabotino, a town which would barely qualify as a modest detached housing development in the United States. And they may not hold it!
We're approaching the fourth month of a battle which can now be fairly compared to the Somme in terms of both ground gained and, shockingly, attacker-side casualties. Einstein once quipped that the definition of insanity is repeating the same behavior over and over and expecting different results, which begs the question of what exactly the Ukrainian command and the masters of warfare over at EUCOM were expecting when they sent in the Ukrainian strategic reserve to finally, maybe, take their day one objectives for the Zaporozhe operation.
We're approaching the fourth month of a battle which can now be fairly compared to the Somme in terms of both ground gained and, shockingly, attacker-side casualties. Einstein once quipped that the definition of insanity is repeating the same behavior over and over and expecting different results, which begs the question of what exactly the Ukrainian command and the masters of warfare over at EUCOM were expecting when they sent in the Ukrainian strategic reserve to finally, maybe, take their day one objectives for the Zaporozhe operation.
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Forwarded from DD Geopolitics
🇺🇦🤡 A clear confirmation of the abnormally high losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the counteroffensive.
Volodymyr Zelensky stated the military command wants to increase mobilization.
“To be frank, the military turned to me to give me the opportunity to mobilize more. I can’t tell you anything else yet,” the President of Ukraine said during a press conference.
🐻 No wonder they need a 266 hectare cemetery in Kiev...
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Volodymyr Zelensky stated the military command wants to increase mobilization.
“To be frank, the military turned to me to give me the opportunity to mobilize more. I can’t tell you anything else yet,” the President of Ukraine said during a press conference.
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So maybe reports of upcoming total mobilization are true...?
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Ukrainian shills trying to explain how Putin killing the people responsible for the June coup attempt is somehow a win for Ukraine.
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