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Leaked Pentagon documents suggest US is pessimistic Ukraine can quickly end war against Russia
CNN ^ | Tue April 11, 2023 | Jeremy Herb

Posted on 04/11/2023 4:38:27 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The highly classified leaked Pentagon documents posted to social media offer a pessimistic US viewpoint about the state of the war in Ukraine, highlighting weaknesses in Ukraine’s weaponry and air defenses and predicting a stalemate in the war for months to come.

The documents, which appear to date from February and March, detail many of Ukraine’s perceived military shortfalls as Kyiv prepares for a spring counteroffensive against Russia.

Several of the classified documents warn that Ukraine’s medium-range air defenses to protect front-line troops will be “completely reduced by May 23,” suggesting Russia could soon have aerial superiority and Ukraine could lose the ability to amass ground forces in a counteroffensive.

The documents also underscore lingering problems with Russia’s own military offensive, predicting that the result will be a stalemate between the two sides for the foreseeable future.

“Russia’s grinding campaign of attrition in the Donbas region is likely heading toward a stalemate, thwarting Mosco’s goal to capture the entire region in 2023,” states one of the classified documents.

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: cnn; cnnisfakenews; cnnlol; pentagonleaks; ukrainewar
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To: JonPreston

Quickly?

That likelihood flew out the window long ago.....


21 posted on 04/11/2023 5:32:33 PM PDT by Iron Munro ( Michael Byrd: "Well, Somebody had to do it - Babbitt wasn't gonna' shoot herself!")
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To: Apparatchik

Hes not in power.


22 posted on 04/11/2023 5:33:24 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Ukraine can quickly end war against Russia”

Ukraine has no chance to win this war. They never did.


23 posted on 04/11/2023 5:34:53 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Why should the USA be pessimistic? After all, we soundly trounced Afghanistan.


24 posted on 04/11/2023 5:36:11 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone els)
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To: McGruff

“Ukraine has no chance to win this war. They never did.”

Same can be said for Russia. What happened to the great winter offensive?


25 posted on 04/11/2023 5:45:22 PM PDT by dominusobiscum (A Christians true heart can be revealed by how they treat others anonymously on discussion forums.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Satan?


26 posted on 04/11/2023 5:47:57 PM PDT by Third Person
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To: MinorityRepublican

Russian misinformation is transforming into U.S. documents much faster than it was a few years ago.


27 posted on 04/11/2023 5:49:12 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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To: dominusobiscum
Same can be said for Russia. What happened to the great winter offensive?

Stalemate.

28 posted on 04/11/2023 6:07:54 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: dominusobiscum

The whole thing is a mess.

Now the question becomes, how would have Ukraine lasted if the US wasn’t running the show and providing information. I’d imagine Russia would have made more faster and more substantial gains.


29 posted on 04/11/2023 6:08:53 PM PDT by It Aint Easy
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To: MinorityRepublican

Leaked documents are perceived as truthful until you realize the leak was itself a lie.

Anything leaked is BS with an !.


30 posted on 04/11/2023 6:11:58 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (wake me up when somebody tells the truth)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Don’t tell our resident Ukraine Propaganda Thread poster.
It will make her sick.


31 posted on 04/11/2023 6:15:06 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: Third Person

Yeah...him too.


32 posted on 04/11/2023 6:25:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

You left off our illustrious VP. Kamala Bi_ch.


33 posted on 04/11/2023 6:47:36 PM PDT by scottiemom (As a retired Texas public school teacher, I highly recommend private school. Written in 2015.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

There is light at the end of the tunnel!

Victory is just around the corner!


34 posted on 04/11/2023 6:54:15 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: scottiemom

Whore


35 posted on 04/11/2023 6:58:53 PM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: It Aint Easy

no doubt.


36 posted on 04/11/2023 10:07:58 PM PDT by dominusobiscum (A Christians true heart can be revealed by how they treat others anonymously on discussion forums.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

;-)


37 posted on 04/11/2023 10:11:56 PM PDT by Allegra
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