Posted on 05/26/2023 5:44:24 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
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Russian federation is mostly held together by force and intimidation. The results of the war and the moving of troops to the front to replace loses is making control of these areas tenuous at best. Desires for independence and for some alignment with EU is growing and then there is China who would like nothing more than to expand into eastern Russia. Right now not much Russia could do to stop them. The pipeline decision is not a good sign for Russia and Putin
Russian Telegrammers reporting 250 troops killed in Ukrainian missile strikes on Mariupol base yesterday. And 200 Russian troops killed in the strike in Mariupol the prior week.
Berdyansk reports lots of Russian dead troops after latest Ukrainian missile strike on barracks. Ukraine getting good intelligence about Russian troop arriving in Berdyansk and Mariupol. Dead troops not conscripts and cannon fodder but experienced special forces and marines.
I don't think so.
ATACMS would be very useful in Taiwan.
They could be used to attack many of the harbors (coast line) in China.
They are much more difficult to shoot down than cruise missiles.
Russians troops just hit again by Ukrainian cruise missiles in Berdyansk.
“Berdyansk and Mariupol. Dead troops not conscripts and cannon fodder but experienced special forces and marines.”
Maybe their best reserves, to throw at any Ukrainian breakthroughs.
Storm Shadows seem to be an everyday thing now. Powerful precision deep strike fires, make this a new phase in the war, just by themselves (if they keep coming). It is starting to look like it will be a shocking new phase of Russian losses.
Excellent analysis...I agree 100%.
I believe that this "phase" has been so successful that the UKF are well advised to delay the counter-offensive to allow more trained troops and equipment to arrive.
F-16s would be very helpful in a combined arms campaign.
“I believe that this “phase” has been so successful that the UKF are well advised to delay the counter-offensive to allow more trained troops and equipment to arrive.”
Czech President Petr Pavel (formerly the Senior Officer of the Czech Military, and former Chairman of the NATO Military Committee) has also been advocating that in recent weeks.
As long as conditions keep improving for the balance of forces (and they have been), it pays to delay. Just this last week, I saw postings of more Ukrainian units graduating from their training in Spain and Germany and busing back to the Ukraine for service - strong-looking groups, who will be equipped with NATO gear.
Historically, the classic time of the year to launch offensives in the region is about 21 June.
Well that didn't exactly work out for Hitler. In fact he would have launched Barbarossa sooner, but he had to bail out Mussolini in the Balkans, which cost him about six weeks. Those six weeks might have made all the difference.
Yeah, that Stalin-Hitler Pact didn’t work out well for either side.
Stalin didn’t count on France falling so quickly.
Hitler thought Britain and France would stand down, once they saw Russia wasn’t going to help them.
GLSDBs, F-16s, MiG-29s provided by Poland and Partisans will all play a part in stopping the ruzzian reserves.
I will provide more information as the counteroffensive starts and the F-16s arrive.
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