The Russian campaign is very balanced and focused on inflicting the least collateral damage so far.
Try to convince the people who lived in Mariupol of the Russian’s “inflicting the least collateral damage so far”.
The BS is deep with you this morning.
That’s nonsense. There are entire towns and villages that have been obliterated by Russia. And Mariupol doesn’t have even a single building untouched by Russian fire.
Sorry, but if Ukraine can make Russia suffer then they will be closer to ending the war. A war Russia started in 2014.
Is it, besides going nuclear how have they been balanced? To your point I think they were “balanced” when they thought they would be occupying Ukraine with little opposition and wanted an intact infrastructure, but that opportunity has passed.
Their actions now are only “balanced” by their abilities to inflict damage. Their artillery only has so much range and much of it has been destroyed or degraded to the point of virtual uselessness. Barrels are worn out, ammunition is old. They can pray and spray but that is more terror than tactical effectiveness Their rocket and cruise missile fleet has also been depleted and doesn’t have the capability to destroy cities like a bombing campaign could but they can’t because their aircraft would be shot out of the sky.
Even early in the “operation” Russian fixed wing and esp helicopter assets took large loses, but now air missions are regulated to stand off missions or missions directly over the battle field. When was the last time a Russia aircraft has flown deeper into Ukrainian territory? They won’t because loses would be tremendous.
For the most part Russian territory and assets have been spared the ravages that have been inflicted on Ukraine, but I think that is going to change and the rocket and air basses will now come under long range fire. Infrastructure like supply, ammo, and fuel depots will come under fire as well as logistical hubs and other lines of communication which will exasperate an already strained logistical system and situation. Hundreds of thousands of Russian troops will be mostly on their own to survive the coming winter and the results may be devastating
Hitler had a similar option, do they use their limited supply chain to send supplies to survive the winter or supply a last chance offensive to defeat the Russians. They chose the later and it failed and their troops suffered greatly through the winter..
The Russian campaign is so balanced it is now reversing all it gained in 2022.
Soon the Russians will balance even more and reverse all gained in 2014 as well.