Posted on 02/09/2023 9:16:17 AM PST by Mariner
Ukraine is bracing for a grisly Russian offensive in the Donbas. Moscow has concentrated hundreds of thousands of troops in the country’s east, using brute-force tactics and human waves in a bid to chip away at the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defenses.
Amid a recent surge in fighting, many military analysts believe the long-awaited Russian offensive is already underway and is expected to accelerate as the first anniversary of the invasion approaches.
“Something is brewing in the east,” said Jonatan Vseviov, secretary-general of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “More and more Russian soldiers are arriving on the front,” he said.
Ukrainian officials estimate that Russian forces inside the country have surpassed the 300,000 mark following a recent mobilization effort that began in September of last year. Military analysts believe the figure may be slightly lower, but even more conservative estimates of Russia’s presence in Ukraine are significantly higher than the invading force that Russian President Vladimir Putin used to invade the country last February—and this time, they are highly concentrated in eastern Ukraine.
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Russia has also begun arming up and digging in for a coming offensive. The Ukrainian military estimates that Russia already has 1,800 tanks, 3,950 armored vehicles, 2,700 artillery systems, 810 Soviet-era multiple-rocket-launch systems such as Grad and Smerch, 400 fighter jets, and 300 helicopters ready for the new wave of attacks, the official said.
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True. Might be tricky for Russia to abandon that much equipment when they run away next time.
That made me chuckle out loud man the way people editorialize headlines
The Narrative goes on and on and on.
Actually, it's "artillery shell waves".
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Something tells me this will be over sooner than many think.
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question: they can scrape up conscripts from anywhere, and they do, like jails, BUT...
WHERE do they find the required medical personnel to minister to said conscripts?
strip them from hospitals???
a couple weeks learning to plug holes wi tampex isn’t going to help a sucking chest wound...
just sayin
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Russia does not use the human wave idea; hohos do use that and it hasn’t worked out well for them.
And one might point out that it ain’t the real MASH
The clock is ticking – it’s time to decide.
Import them from India & china. Both have surplus doctors, pharmaceuticals, medical techs. Major chunk of world’s people live in those 2 countries.
LOLOL...
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