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NATO-trained units will serve as tip of spear in Ukraine’s counteroffensive
The Washington Post ^ | June 4, 2023 | Isabelle Khurshudyan and Kamila Hrabchuk

Posted on 06/04/2023 3:56:22 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

When Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive finally begins, the fight will be led by brigades armed not only with Western weapons but also Western know-how, gleaned from months of training aimed at transforming Ukraine’s military into a modern force skilled in NATO’s most advanced warfare tactics.

As other Ukrainian units were fighting to expel the Russian occupiers from the country’s east and south, the brand-new 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade was preparing for the next phase of war from a classroom at a NATO base in Germany.

The brigade’s leadership trained with computers that simulated situations they might face in real life. Deputy commander Maj. Ivan Shalamaha and others planned their assaults and then let the program show them the results — how their Russian enemies might respond, where they could make a breakthrough and where they would suffer losses.

“You understand the overall picture, how it works,” Shalamaha said. “You understand where and what your shortcomings were. And we pay attention to what we failed to do during this simulation.”

Now the war games are over. The 47th brigade and other assault units have been armed with Western weapons, including Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and relocated to a secret location closer to the front line. During a recent visit by Washington Post journalists, the soldiers were waiting for the order to charge ahead to retake a large swath of Ukrainian territory and tip the war back in Kyiv’s favor.

The counteroffensive will be the biggest test yet of the U.S.-led strategy of giving the Ukrainians weapons and training to fight like an American army might — but on their own.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine
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D-Day coming soon!


1 posted on 06/04/2023 3:56:22 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

D as in dead , Termite .


2 posted on 06/04/2023 3:57:48 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: Timber Rattler

WaPo, source for neocuck the world over. Lol Termite


3 posted on 06/04/2023 3:58:52 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: Timber Rattler

The war has widened a bit more.


4 posted on 06/04/2023 4:03:39 AM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: Timber Rattler

5 posted on 06/04/2023 4:09:54 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: Timber Rattler
Here termite, since WaPo is your speed, here’s Mz.Bexo’s fake plastic face, fake just what the WaPo crowd thrives on.

The plastic bimbo might as well be doing the reporting, it’s fake too.

6 posted on 06/04/2023 4:11:55 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: Timber Rattler
Wishing them the best but not very optimistic on their chances. This is just an escalation that sucks us down the road to direct NATO intervention. The Russians will prevail by sheer brute force and NATO will be faced with the political disaster of abandoning the Ukraine project as a lost cause or trying to salvage the situation via direct intervention.
7 posted on 06/04/2023 4:15:09 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: csvset

The same or similar stories, etc., can be found in the Euro media, whatever it’s political flavor.

For instance, the Polish news, Poland being the enemy of the supposed Schwab-WEF masters of the universe. You would, I am sure, agree with the Poles on 99.9% of everything - except for the case of this war.

And then you would have to consign those good people to the devil, because of that disagreement.

Most of what goes on in the world is independent of US political conflicts. It’s an extremely parochial view to evaluate everything this way.


8 posted on 06/04/2023 4:19:18 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: rdcbn1

This assumes the Russians actually have the brute force. This has not been apparent since their last, failed attempt at maneuver warfare, at Izyum last year.


10 posted on 06/04/2023 4:21:44 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: popdonnelly

Blowing, something you are familiar with pops ? Go inside and watch Rachel MadCow, she’s a Uke Nazi shill too.


11 posted on 06/04/2023 4:24:34 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: Timber Rattler

Did they get diversity, equity and inclusion training as well?

If they fight like the US, then they will certainly lose.

Russia has proven it still knows how to fight a war....go in, break things, take out civilian buildings, hit infrastructure hard and bring the enemy to their knees.

The US avoids hitting civilian area, tries not to damage infrastructure too much and wants to negotiate with the enemy while they still have the fighting spirit. That is why we have not won a war since WWII.


12 posted on 06/04/2023 4:26:01 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: buwaya

That was then. The Russians have been mobilizing and they have not been sitting still either. We shall soon see what is real and what is not.


13 posted on 06/04/2023 4:29:21 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: Timber Rattler

How many of those troops are actually NATO military?


15 posted on 06/04/2023 4:39:02 AM PDT by Ex-Episcopalian
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The 47th brigade and other assault units..including Bradley infantry fighting vehicles..relocated to a secret location closer to the front line

OK. Now the Russians know the unit & that they're now in the field close to the front. I hope their cloaks of invisibility are functioning. Please don't hesitate to cough up more information everybody should know.

16 posted on 06/04/2023 4:41:04 AM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: Jonty30

Maybe they’ll call l it a ‘police action’.


17 posted on 06/04/2023 4:43:49 AM PDT by SMARTY (“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
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To: SMARTY

Kinetic action.


18 posted on 06/04/2023 4:46:21 AM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: Timber Rattler

Here comes the Spring Offensive!
Ooops,
Here comes the Summer Offensive!


19 posted on 06/04/2023 4:53:57 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Timber Rattler

Sunday morning entertainment. I don’t know which is the most fun, propaganda from WaPo or the spats among members regarding it.

What’s not entertaining is if a counteroffensive actually materializes, there will be dead, lotsa dead on both sides. It will also be an opportunity for the Ukes to beg for more money. The worst is wondering if we are inching closer to a nuke war.


20 posted on 06/04/2023 4:54:46 AM PDT by redfreedom (Joseph Stalin: "It does not mater how anyone votes, how votes are counted is what matters.")
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