Nice historical review which you would hope the Generals in NATO and Ukraine are well aware of BUT I doubt that greatly. They have the same mind set Hitler and all his arrogance had in the ultimate of their failure of their entire campaign. The neocons and Biden WH will create some sort of false flag to get the US further into this mess....a disaster for sure. Biden wants Russia to over-react so he has an excuse...hopefully such does not occur. The EU leaders are risking total political disaster the more likely Ukraine can not succeed quickly yet the Russia knew all along when and where they were coming....the more they lose the greater the CIA and even the FBI will involve themselves at the direction of Biden. Stay away from any American Kursk.
Totally agree....more interested in wokness and bogus “diversity sham” than any real strategy....you can bet the US had some input on the recent attack approach....so a failure on these recent action also is a black-eye on the US Generals and other likely very woked staff members. Woke General have woked staff too...just like Biden desires. China knows all this too...a very bad time for US military and this Country.
Ukraine already proved it could retake territory with the Kharkiv offensive so not sure what all the haranguing is about. This seems to be more a question of whether Russia can hold the territory it annexed - and it ain't looking good. Russia's trenches look horrible from the videos so far - no sumps, not enough firing positions, awful sanitation, none of the key factors a WW1-style trench system had. They're just lines in the dirt connecting bunkers. Despite all the doom-saying about Russian 'echelon defenses' I'm not actually seeing that here. Half of them look barely manned.
Any thoughts on the Karagonav essay as mentioned by Hersh? With his association with the Kremlin, the resignation of Wendy Sherman over at State and the possible ascension of Nuland it seems as though a Perfect Storm is building in the region.. As I've said previously, overt military aid to a country during a time of war is as dangerous as providing the enemy of your neighbor matches and some gasoline to go burn down your neighbor's house - your neighbor is eventually going to come to the conclusion that you're the enemy as well and fight fire with fire.
Not sure that the Kursk example is valid. WW1 1916 as one Ukrainian officer puts it, seems more accurate. In 3 months, F-18, F-16, Gripens, Abrams tanks and ATACS will enter the battle.
Ukraine cannot win and Russia cannot loose.
5/2024 will see end of the war because of mutual exhaustion or a full nuclear exchange between Nato and Russia
The reason I discussed Kursk is a number of commentators are making the comparison. I don't think there will be mutual exhaustion as the Russians won't accept that and Ukraine has a limit on the level of casualties it can sustain. However, I am definitely in the minority on how long this war lasts and what the outcome might be. For the sake of the soldiers, I hope it ends soon.
There are a lot of guesses here. I assume Russia is loosing 1000 killed and wounded a day and Ukraine 500.
Despite inferior weaponry Ukraine is doing much better than expected. It will close the weapons gap slowly within the next 12 months. Russia is closing the FPV drone gap, but its forces will be under withering Ukrainian airstrikes this fall. All the US surplus stuff will end up in the Ukrainian Arsenal including A-10 and retired F-15C equipped with smart bombs and maverick missiles
Fair enough. We will see what happens. However who would have predicted that Ukraine would still be in the fight 16 months after the start of the Russian invasion. Ukraine soon will be able to produce cruise missiles and longrange loitering drones with a 1000 mile range reverse engineering the Geran2 while Russia is able to ramp up its own Geran2 production
Nice historical review which you would hope the Generals in NATO and Ukraine are well aware of BUT I doubt that greatly. They have the same mind set Hitler and all his arrogance had in the ultimate of their failure of their entire campaign. The neocons and Biden WH will create some sort of false flag to get the US further into this mess....a disaster for sure. Biden wants Russia to over-react so he has an excuse...hopefully such does not occur. The EU leaders are risking total political disaster the more likely Ukraine can not succeed quickly yet the Russia knew all along when and where they were coming....the more they lose the greater the CIA and even the FBI will involve themselves at the direction of Biden. Stay away from any American Kursk.
Dear Thomas, there is no doubt we are at a very dangerous moment. I don't trust Washington to make rational decisions.
Totally agree....more interested in wokness and bogus “diversity sham” than any real strategy....you can bet the US had some input on the recent attack approach....so a failure on these recent action also is a black-eye on the US Generals and other likely very woked staff members. Woke General have woked staff too...just like Biden desires. China knows all this too...a very bad time for US military and this Country.
Ukraine already proved it could retake territory with the Kharkiv offensive so not sure what all the haranguing is about. This seems to be more a question of whether Russia can hold the territory it annexed - and it ain't looking good. Russia's trenches look horrible from the videos so far - no sumps, not enough firing positions, awful sanitation, none of the key factors a WW1-style trench system had. They're just lines in the dirt connecting bunkers. Despite all the doom-saying about Russian 'echelon defenses' I'm not actually seeing that here. Half of them look barely manned.
I have seen a succinct description of the current offensive on Russian social media as "Kursk 2.0."
Any thoughts on the Karagonav essay as mentioned by Hersh? With his association with the Kremlin, the resignation of Wendy Sherman over at State and the possible ascension of Nuland it seems as though a Perfect Storm is building in the region.. As I've said previously, overt military aid to a country during a time of war is as dangerous as providing the enemy of your neighbor matches and some gasoline to go burn down your neighbor's house - your neighbor is eventually going to come to the conclusion that you're the enemy as well and fight fire with fire.
Sy has a record of making things up lately, so I'd just ignore him.
Ukrainians are fighting to take their country back. Russians are fighting for ????
The Russians see themselves as the protectors of the Russian speaking population in Ukraine, mostly concentrated in the Donbas.
This is what Putin uses for his forays to take back some of the former USSR.
Ever been to Coney Island in Brooklyn? They all speak Russian. Maybe they're next?
The hot dogs are good too.
Not sure that the Kursk example is valid. WW1 1916 as one Ukrainian officer puts it, seems more accurate. In 3 months, F-18, F-16, Gripens, Abrams tanks and ATACS will enter the battle.
Ukraine cannot win and Russia cannot loose.
5/2024 will see end of the war because of mutual exhaustion or a full nuclear exchange between Nato and Russia
The reason I discussed Kursk is a number of commentators are making the comparison. I don't think there will be mutual exhaustion as the Russians won't accept that and Ukraine has a limit on the level of casualties it can sustain. However, I am definitely in the minority on how long this war lasts and what the outcome might be. For the sake of the soldiers, I hope it ends soon.
There are a lot of guesses here. I assume Russia is loosing 1000 killed and wounded a day and Ukraine 500.
Despite inferior weaponry Ukraine is doing much better than expected. It will close the weapons gap slowly within the next 12 months. Russia is closing the FPV drone gap, but its forces will be under withering Ukrainian airstrikes this fall. All the US surplus stuff will end up in the Ukrainian Arsenal including A-10 and retired F-15C equipped with smart bombs and maverick missiles
I would not make the assumption on Russian casualties nor do I think Ukraine is closing any weapon's gap. I simply don't see it the way you do.
Fair enough. We will see what happens. However who would have predicted that Ukraine would still be in the fight 16 months after the start of the Russian invasion. Ukraine soon will be able to produce cruise missiles and longrange loitering drones with a 1000 mile range reverse engineering the Geran2 while Russia is able to ramp up its own Geran2 production
Lmaoooo.. You are delusional
I don't accept nonsensical comments. Don't do it again.