Don’t see how the Russians can fail to get the Azov Sea and a land bridge to Crimea.
***Perhaps you meant to say “canNOT fail”? Then your post would make sense.
Which IMO would be sufficient goals.
***I think they already have that.
But, since they failed to take Hostomel, the Kiev battle can only be seen as a huge defeat for Russia.
***Nope. When you look at their objective: Oil & gas reserves, split the country. You draw a line from Russia to the west of those reserves, to the river just below Kieeeyyyev. That’s where this war will end if they’re going for the OIL.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4050958/posts
They do not care about Kieeeyyyev nor what’s west of it.
Though they seem to at least be having an orderly retreat.
***They will retreat to the line along the east from the river to Russia.
Though if the SOF is being well supplied- and with the new weapons- then their aims in eastern Ukraine could be very difficult. Hard to tell whats going on there.
***No one is well supplied in this war.
“Don’t see how the Russians can fail to get the Azov Sea and a land bridge to Crimea.
***Perhaps you meant to say “canNOT fail”? Then your post would make sense.”
LOL!
No, I don’t see how they can fail- unless the Ukrainian forces in the East are extremely well supplied.
Especially with anti-air weapons.
Anti-ship weapons would also be devastating to Russia. Their naval forces are their trump card in Azov and the Black Sea.