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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It won’t be long before Zelensky arrives in US seeking asylum.
Have you ever been near a real war? Your question seems smart and pertinent and I do empathize with it ... and it certainly is humane ... but in the terrible calculus of an real existential war, it does not matter. Horrible, tragic, heart-wrenching, but sadly true that the badly wounded are out of the game and why waste resources on them you may or may not have? Yes, terrible. But reality.
Why do you think there are so many Indian doctors in US? Coz they can’t find jobs in India.
i can tell you’ve never been near the sharp end...
wut?
so naturally, volunteering for a foreign war is a good gig?
I joined FR a long time ago and admittedly took months/years off at a time when I was overseas, etc., but has their even been a greater civil war/more toxic dynamic here than the Ukraine/Russia war?
I lost track, is Ukraine beating them back and winning or is Russia’s offensive overpowering Ukraine.
*has there ever been.
“Russia does not use the human wave idea...”
It has been its go-to tactic for generations. It is still employed.
“...hohos do use that...”
Ukraine doesn’t have the manpower for it, so it’s very unlikely Ukraine would employ the tactic.
“…when I was overseas, etc., but has their even been a greater civil war/more toxic dynamic here than the Ukraine/Russia war?
I find it shocking how so many here push the Deep State’s suicidal war on Russia.
Stolen elections, $10 a carton of eggs, power bills doubled, banks steeling our money, border none existent, children getting sexually butchered, Satan openly worshiped on tv, and we are all waving the Ukrainian flag because that’s what we are told to do by the traitors destroying our country.
Nailed it.
You have them pegged with that one. I wonder if they all sit around in their queer gear while banging the keyboard.
When one side constantly shows dead and prisoners from the other side, its often because they are losing the battle and are depending on propaganda to inspire more people to join their non existent victory. At the end of this month, lets see how much ground Ukraine has lost, and how many troops they have left to fight. I suspect that by the end of the year, Ukraine will be at the proposed borders Russia has claimed. Its too bad that so many people die to cover our corrupt CONgress money laundering, and so many people have been suckered into supporting either side of this war.
“but has their even been a greater civil war/more toxic dynamic here than the Ukraine/Russia war?”
Not in my 24 years.
But don’t worry, Jim will clean house eventually.
He’ll take out the trash.
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