Posted on 06/05/2024 4:13:56 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
When a combined force of 40,000 Russian troops launched an assault across Ukraine’s northern border with Russia on May 9 – that’s Victory Day, the day Russians celebrate the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II – observers tried to understand the Russians’ aim.
Was the goal to drive on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city just 25 miles south of the northern border? Was it to capture a string of border settlements in order to push Ukrainian troops, and their artillery, farther from Russia? Was it to convince the Ukrainians that either of the above was the goal – and compel them to shift forces from the east to the north, thus weakening their eastern defenses?
Nearly a month later, it hardly matters anymore. Russia’s Victory Day offensive has failed on all counts. Ukraine can thank the resilience of its weary infantry, the foresight of its leaders, rush shipments of munitions from the United States and, equally, the sheer stupidity and over-confidence of Russia’s own leaders.
The same leaders who promised, before their 2022 wider invasion of Ukraine, that the so-called “special military operation” would end in just three days, with a Russian flag flying over Kyiv. The whole Russian war on Ukraine is stupid. The Victory Day offensive is just more of the same.
If the Russians’ goal was to drive on Kharkiv and capture a major Ukrainian city, they failed within days.
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Yeah, but the Americans won’t be fighting the Chinese.
The Russians will. The Chinese want Siberian oil fields, and they’re going to take them.
The Russians are down!
The Ukes are up!
The Ukes are down, the Russians are up!
Judas Priest which is it?
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