Isn’t one supposed to have 5:1 men for an offensive?
>Isn’t one supposed to have 5:1 men for an offensive?
I’m sure in certain places, Russia does. The problem is that so much of the fields are mined by both Russia and the Ukraine on opposing sides, once the Russians find a spillpoint, they’ll secure it and then focus on opening one somewhere else. Then you’ll probably see on/off offensive movements in varying parts of the line.
The one thing you won’t see is attacks by motorized vehicles. It’s probably going to be infantry fighting from treeline to treeline.
But this all depends on the NATO conference. If the money is shutdown or there’s a strong indication of reticence, you probably will hear the press talk about ‘stalemate’ and the two parties will sit down and discuss a peace treaty. It will probably be brokered by someone OTHER than a NATO power.