“massive counterattack” by troops armed with what exactly, forced to purchase their own kit, with no reliable supply of food, ammo or winter clothing and absolutely no motivation to fight??
Ukraine is fighting on its home turf
Sorry, the article’s sadly out of touch with reality.
Plus both countries have declining populations and can ill afford to keep feeding their young men into a meatgrinder.
The Ukrainian logistical advantage is going to become far more important during winter operations. But don't try talking logistics to a lot of the pro-Russian posters here....
“Sorry, the article’s sadly out of touch with reality.”
Here is a detailed comment from the bottom of the article by someone who agrees with your assessment.
“The article vastly over-estimates Russia’s situation and capabilities.
Russia has demonstrated appalling lack of leadership, military organisation, logistics capability, attention to basic support and maintenance.
Russia has not conducted “fighting withdrawals, they took to abject flight, abandoning wounded, dead and materiel in abundance. Likewise Ukraine counteroffensives have not ” run out of steam”, they have been consolidating gains, mine clearing and reversing the appalling damage inflicted by Russian vicious and incompetent occupation.
There is little capacity in Russia to ramp up armament and ammunition production and flow. The steady regression to 1960s tanks and earlier equipment, lack of uniforms and equipment basics point to the parlous condition of the Russian situation. Russia is a third world country with a previous thin veneer of modernity. It is rapidly reverting to its third world reality.
If the intent of the article is to ‘big up’ Russia to prompt greater Western support, then this puff piece does it well. If it is supposed to be a sober assessment of the coming winter war, it is woeful.
I don’t expect this to get printed but it might be some feedback to publisher and author.”