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Just to let you know there are several items in the news today showing the Ukrainians advancing and making some unexpected river crossings to attack Soviet positions.

The Soviet offensive is failing and the Ukrainians are retaking territory.

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MercyFlush: [Just to let you know there are several items in the news today showing the Ukrainians advancing and making some unexpected river crossings to attack Soviet positions.

The Soviet offensive is failing and the Ukrainians are retaking territory.]

Given Ukrainian losses (~200 KIA daily) and Russian firepower superiority combined with Russian manpower problems, my impression is that they should give ground so the Russians get overextended geographically, then hit the Russian flanks and logistics.

From WaPo:
https://archive.ph/VbM1V
[Ukraine has now almost completely run out of ammunition for the Soviet-era weapons systems that were the mainstay of its arsenal, and the Eastern European countries that maintained the same systems have run out of surplus supplies to donate, Danylyuk said. Ukraine urgently needs to shift to longer-range and more sophisticated Western systems, but those have only recently been committed, and in insufficient quantities to match Russia’s immense firepower, he said.

Russia is firing as many as 50,000 artillery rounds a day into Ukrainian positions, and the Ukrainians can only hit back with around 5,000 to 6,000 rounds a day, he said. The United States has committed to deliver 220,000 rounds of ammunition — enough to match Russian firepower for around four days.]

IMHO, the pointless meat grinder battles are a waste of good Ukrainian men.

When Ukraine said it needed fighter jets, it wasn’t exaggerating. Without the 130-odd fighter aircraft USAF pilots flew to Israel during the Yom Kippur War, it’s likely Israel would have fallen to the Egyptians and Syrians. Ukraine isn’t fighting Arabs. Golda Meir was said to be contemplating the Samson option - the nuclear destruction of Egypt’s and Syria’s capitals, when Nixon overrode Kissinger and sent aid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Nickel_Grass
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/us-jews-shouldnt-honor-kissinger-594780

Soviet?