Russia's unjustifiable war of aggression in Ukraine

[White Van Man]

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[an liathroid beag]

Another gesture of Goodwill!

The head of Ukraine’s state-run nuclear energy firm said on Sunday there were signs that Russian forces might be preparing to leave the vast Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant which they seized in March soon after their invasion. “One gets the impression they’re packing their bags and stealing everything they can,” Petro Kotin, head of Energoatom, said on national television.

 

[White Van Man]

Things that go bump in the night...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1596975902633574400

 

[Coach and Six]

Interesting ISW analysis of Russian positions east of Kherson.

Institute for the Study of War

The Russian military clearly assesses that Ukrainian forces could cross the Dnipro River and conduct counter-offensive operations in eastern Kherson Oblast, possibly threatening all of the critical ground lines of communications (GLOCs) from Crimea to

www.understandingwar.org

 

[White Van Man]

The Russians are bombing the shit out of the civilian population from their hidey-holes east of Kherson, but at least karma’s levelling things out in Bakhmut:

 

[an liathroid beag]

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Interesting ISW analysis of Russian positions east of Kherson.

Institute for the Study of War

The Russian military clearly assesses that Ukrainian forces could cross the Dnipro River and conduct counter-offensive operations in eastern Kherson Oblast, possibly threatening all of the critical ground lines of communications (GLOCs) from Crimea to

www.understandingwar.org

Interesting read. It is becoming apparent that the Russian army has been defeated and degraded to a point where it is no longer capable of mounting any major offensive operations. Indeed the "second greatest army in the world" has been reduced to digging WW1 type trenches in an effort to hang on. They can only trench the roads. I doubt if the Ukrainians will try a frontal assault down the roads. The Ukrainians will get in behind them and it will Be another Marginot rout. Putin has got himself into a very deep hole and the western powers should be thinking of giving him an escape route as a cornered rat with atomic weapons can hurt a lot of people.

 

[catcha]

Here is why modern vehicles are a must for Ukrainians:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1597181881195585537

 

[Skiddys Castle]

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Interesting read. It is becoming apparent that the Russian army has been defeated and degraded to a point where it is no longer capable of mounting any major offensive operations. Indeed the "second greatest army in the world" has been reduced to digging WW1 type trenches in an effort to hang on. They can only trench the roads. I doubt if the Ukrainians will try a frontal assault down the roads. The Ukrainians will get in behind them and it will Be another Marginot rout. Putin has got himself into a very deep hole and the western powers should be thinking of giving him an escape route as a cornered rat with atomic weapons can hurt a lot of people.

I've read their stuff through out the war and they're usually fairly measured. Reading that report it looks like the "digging in" east of Kherson is not to be seen as an impenetrable Russian fortress. More that it's possible to push them back but probably with high casualties.

Seems mad Russia wouldn't have made the Kinburn spit a no-go zone but Ukrainians seem to have wedged their way in there. If I was a Russian soldier anywhere near that I'd be shitting myself.

 

[King Silkbeard]

I've read their stuff through out the war and they're usually fairly measured. Reading that report it looks like the "digging in" east of Kherson is not to be seen as an impenetrable Russian fortress. More that it's possible to push them back but probably with high casualties.

Seems mad Russia wouldn't have made the Kinburn spit a no-go zone but Ukrainians seem to have wedged their way in there. If I was a Russian soldier anywhere near that I'd be shitting myself.

I draw attention to your words "high casualties" another war had high casualties and it went on for years, WW1.

 

[Skiddys Castle]

I draw attention to your words "high casualties" another war had high casualties and it went on for years, WW1.

What's your point? That this could go on for years because WW1 did?