Posted on 06/04/2024 1:43:16 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
After months of fighting, the Russians are still struggling to gain a toehold in Ukraine’s 266th biggest population center.
Shortly after finally capturing the ruins of Avdiivka following a bloody, five-month battle that culminated in February, Russian forces in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region took aim at another eastern prize: the industrial town of Chasiv Yar, which had a pre-war population of around 12,000.
Exposed on the very edge of the line of contact west of Bakhmut and depending on a north-south canal—a canal with two easy crossing points—for its defense, Chasiv Yar is vulnerable. And its easternmost canal district, on the far side of the canal from the town center, is even more vulnerable.
Chasiv Yar should’ve been easy picking for the nearly 500,000-strong Russian force in Ukraine. Instead, it—like many other front-line towns—has become an attrition trap for the Russians. They’ve made incremental gains that can be measured with a yardstick, but at the cost of thousands of casualties. Ukrainian casualties are much lighter.
The Russian strategy in the months-long battle for Chasiv Yar is obvious. Under intensive close air support, Russian troops from the 200th Arctic Motor Rifle Brigade, 299th Air Assault Regiment, 11th Air Assault Brigade and other units attack the canal district in order to secure a foothold for a direct assault on the center of Chasiv Yar—while also attacking the village directly to the north, Kalinina, in order to put pressure on the supply lines into Chasiv Yar.
It’s not going well for the Russians. And even the recent introduction of Russian TOS-1 and TOS-2 thermobaric rocket launchers to the Chasiv Yar sector hasn’t decisively tilted the local balance of power. As of Tuesday, the Ukrainian 41st Mechanized Brigade, 241st Territorial Defense Brigade and Presidential Brigade remain in control of Chasiv Yar, the canal district
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
I have a link for Mucus Maximus to follow so he can personally drive the Russians out of Avdiivka.
Avdiivkadabra!
https://www.sandboxx.us/news/military-affairs/this-is-how-you-can-join-the-ukraine-foreign-legion-and-who-can-join-it/
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>>>>I have a link for Mucus Maximus to follow so he can personally drive the Russians out of Avdiivka.
Avdiivkadabra!
https://www.sandboxx.us/news/military-affairs/this-is-how-you-can-join-the-ukraine-foreign-legion-and-who-can-join-it/<<<<
I think this list from the article disqualifies all zeepers for more than one reason.
Don’t join the Ukraine Foreign Legion if…
You have chronic medical issues, including asthma, high blood pressure, dangerous allergies, etc;
Are seeking some form of glory;
Can’t handle a rifle, shovel, or body armor;
Have no history of warfighting;
Are only going cause its the cool thing to do;
Can’t take orders;
Are lazy;
Are addicted to anything;
Can’t go without sleep, coffee, or your warm bed;
If you consider whining productive;
You can’t run a mile in less than nine minutes;
Aren’t educated about the geography, human terrain, weather, enemy, and ally situation
True, true.
The zeeper in its natural habitat would prefer others fight for the interests of malicious actors rather than their own nation.
Crimea in 2 Days. Moscow in 4 Days.
The usuals here are just reflexive trolls, they see “Ukraine “ on the timeline and they swoop in to get their quota set of muskovite taking points, besides being boring, juvenile, and incessantly repetitive they are lazy
There are good posts that have decided not to post daily but run continious threads.
The trolls can’t be bothered to search for them, therefore they rarely appear on them and the discussion is much less vitriolic and hyperbolic
One of my favorites is the ever present “well they haven’t taken moscow yet”
So laughable but tragic at the same time
” an attrition trap for the Russians.”
This is pathetic. I would say the weaker side is the one stuck in the trap. That’s the whole point of this. The Russians can afford the losses, Ukraine can’t.
“Apparently this particular article is hitting home for them.”
The bloodthirsty warmongers together. You two have made it into FR clown territory.
Russia simply takes it time killing Ukraines in the kill box. Ukraine defends every inch forward. This has allowed Russia to kill 7 Ukrainians for every dead Russian. Forbes and USG have never once told the truth that Russian operational policy is kill Ukraines and not simply advance into Ukraine. Make the Ukrainians sit in bunkers and buildings, identify them and bomb them. The only times Russia has advanced is to create buffer zones or to further attrit Ukrainian strength. Russia will advance when they have destroyed the operational reserves and rendered air superiority. In the meantime, Russia trains on average 35,000 new soldiers a month, in six month cycles of January and July. When the next batch arrives, Russia will have gone from 380K to 1.4m in 30 months. Ukraine will have gone from 1.2m to 450K.
Attrition and time are not on Ukraine’s side....
Russian plans change. Ukrainian plans have not. Russia has adjusted to removing Ukraine’s army from the battlefield in order to save lives.
“reflexive trolls”
That’s an apt term to use for these people.
I’m about to put up a post about Scott Ritter that’s actually favorable to Ritter and I was wondering if the Putin Gallery was going to show up and crap on the post without even looking at it.
I guess we’ll see.
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