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 ...
Isn't that the Uke army that Russia spent the last year destroying. But acording the propogandists of the empire, the Russians were destroyed. So, why does Ukraine need this new army when the old one went from victory to victory. I guess we need two more weeks to flatten the curve.
We don't know the truth. What we are told by these neocon shills is just a bunch of lies.
Wait for it......
Here comes the fall offensive
Should the “2nd largest military” needed to mobilize to defeat little ole Ukraine. Even before western weapons were delivered to Ukraine Russia was defeated in their goals. This standing military was what the Russians thought they needed to defeat NATO as a whole and can’t defeat Ukraine. Interesting if Russia was so sure that NATOwas going to invade I would imagine a little more preparation was in order oh wait they have the T-14 and 57 er ah nevermind
Can Russia drag this out and slaughter many more Russians and Ukrainians in the process I am sure they are good at that.
It’s always the source they attack not their lying eyes
Its to fight the new conscripted russian army in day 464 of Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a "partial mobilization" of Russia's armed forces on Wednesday morning — signing a decree that will send Russians who have gone through military training to join the fight in Ukraine while stopping short of an all-out draft. Sept. 21, 2022.
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/21/1124215514/putin-announces-a-partial-military-mobilization-for-russian-citizens
The Russians ran out of ammo a long time ago. Down to shovels. Read it here on FR.
Don’t worry, we have the latest batch of wonder weapons on the way
The oligarchs the kleptocrats, the bankers , rub their filthy hands in glee.
Nothing sweeter than war loot, freshly squeezed from the front.
The problem with the US media isn’t that it’s all lies (and some is lies), but that
A. It selects facts to report, and neglects to report other relevant information.
B. It removes inconvenient context (such as disparities in interracial murders, etc.).
C. It piles on in politically convenient matters with endless repetition, and turns on the partisan Wurlitzer, and barely mentions things that aren’t convenient.
A fact is almost always still a fact, even if it is in the Wapo. If you want more, such as context and perspective, look elsewhere for material to create it. No single source will give you that.
But this all is a time consuming and brain-exercising process. We need to be our own open source intelligence analysts. It doesn’t hurt to have absorbed a large database of history to help with the context and perspective. Not an exercise that’s going to appeal to everyone.
Right, its not Putin's invasion of neighboring Ukraine for territorial gain. Okay
How much you in for man? What’s your grift, euro grifter ?
Pickpockets, gypsies spit
Yes, russia the #2 military in the world knows in day 464 of its invasion of Ukraine how to fight with WW1 style trench tactics. This you seem to find remarkable.
WP is the conduit for Deep State propaganda. We are being fed this information to support a narrative. The idea that the touted Ukrainian counteroffensive will be conducted without US/NATO involvement is a fairytale.
And yet, $32,000,000,000,000.00 in national debt is just around the corner, and the "support" for the non-NATO, NATO war between two thugs flows on, adding to American children's debt burden when they are old enough to have the government dun in the future for today's -- and the last two decades -- of police actions, kinetic actions, support for war and war and war, from the middle East to now Europe including Kosovo and the current Biden folks foretelling war with China in 2025.
Yes, no, yes. no virtual salvos are not doing a thing, actually. But it remains interesting how "authoritative" such as the Washington Post has become for those wanting to foretell tomorrow, next month or the outcome of the Ukraine-Russia war.
So this is what passes as reason from the pro-war side...pathetic
KEYSTONE COPS TO THE RECUE, NATO forces are the arm of the globalists
This is more of the illogical garbage from the left that has rotted ouyt your brain. A fact that is not always a fact isn't a fact. It's a lie.
And, virtually the entire mess around the Russian conspiracy was one of the biggest stinking piles of lies produced by any government anywhere in the world.
I'm for supporting Ukraine with weapons, who is fighting our regional enemy russia, must mean I am getting "grift". Okay
"Support for freedom fighters is self defense," Reagan
Yeah but still waiting for Russia to start their winter offensive
But this makes no sense. The Ukie army was victorious, with minimal casualties and highly successful at destroying Russian equipment. Just resupply them and let them move on to their next victory.
“Blow it out your ass, thug.”
LOL! Going nuts even when the dig wasn’t at you....spoken like a true thug wannabe
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