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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 ...
That's because the remnants of the press-ganged Ukies are meat wave dumb.
lol David Axe lol
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Kharkiv in 3 days! Chasiv Yar by “Victory” Day 2039!
David Brennan, The Pout and David Axe, all in one day?
Things must be HORRIBLE for the broken Ukie front lines.
They're even taking Nuland's advice about having US missile operators fire missiles into Russia proper.
I hope their personal power generators are up to snuff. 
If incessant propaganda could win more as you’d be in Moscow already MarciMaxipad. The front keeps moving west.
David Axe writes fiction that is the exact opposite of the true situation.
The Ukrainians are advancing stronkly to the rear!
I can always tell the import of your posts by the number of objections from the Putin Gallery.
Apparently this particular article is hitting home for them.
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“David Axe writes fiction that is the exact opposite of the true situation.”
Any word on whether David Axe has ever bothered to report from the front lines? Didn’t think so, as I doubt he wants to get ‘attritted’ by the flamethrowers.
Never forget, Ukraine is winning—bigly. More money and arms will rout the reeling Russians who are on the verge of surrender.
That crew told everyone that Kyiv would fall in 3 days. They’ve never been right about anything.
Victory is at hand.
If only we could hook a generator to his stubby little fingers as he pecks away at the propaganda.
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