Posted on 06/12/2023 11:56:37 AM PDT by Mariner
Ukrainian troops are probing Russian defenses as spring gives way to a second summer of fighting, and Kyiv's forces are facing an enemy that has made mistakes and suffered setbacks in the 15-month-old war. But analysts say Moscow also has learned from those blunders and improved its weapons and skills.
Russia has built heavily fortified defenses along the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line, honed its electronic weapons to reduce Ukraine's edge in combat drones, and turned heavy bombs from its massive Cold-War-era arsenal into precision-guided gliding munitions capable of striking targets without putting its warplanes at risk.
The changing Russian tactics along with increased troop numbers and improved weaponry could make it challenging for Ukraine to score any kind of quick decisive victory, threatening to turn it into a long battle of attrition.
U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley said in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday that while Ukraine's military is well-prepared, as time goes on, "this will be a back-and-forth fight for a considerable length of time.”
Most attention last week focused on catastrophic flooding in southern Ukraine caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam that both sides blame on each other.
At the same time, however, Ukrainian troops have unleashed a series of attacks in several parts of the front that so far have made only marginal gains against multilayered Russian defenses.
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“So, Russia is going to have a big surplus of women without husbands or boyfriends. ...
Like I said, getting Russia’s version of the news will keep you ignorant or very misinformed.”
So, using your words: “Ukraine is going to have a big surplus of women without husbands and boyfriends”. In fact, unlike with the Russian troops, civilian Ukrainian women are being killed also in this war. Ukraine propaganda will keep you ignorant and uninformed.
P.S., I reiterate:
“Ukraine’s equipment is coming fro the U.S. and other European countries, and Russia cannot match them.”
Russia is being supplied with endless drones from Iran, getting supplies (both military and other) from China, North Korea, and others doing it under the table. The Ukraine/Russia war is indeed a proxy war with both sides being supplied by their allies. Russia will last as long as they want to last, and Ukraine will lose generations of their men dead by war.
“No country in the world is going to be contributing to a country at war that is either losing the war or not making any progress. They don’t want to be caught supporting a losing effort.”
Well, you are wrong, there is a new axis of Iran/Russia/N. Korea/China, and BRIC countries that are siding with Russia, not us, but don’t let a bunch of facts get in the way of your narrative. This war of attrition will continue until whole generations of Ukrainian males will be dead, the east and southeastern parts of Ukraine destroyed (it mostly is already) and Russia will never give up Crimea, ever. Russia can lose a lot more munitions/men than Ukraine can as without U.S. support Ukraine would be toast.
This war will drag on for the entirety of Biden’s regime, and, as long as Biden when backed into a corner for his corruption doesn’t start WWIII as a distraction from his family crime syndicate, it will take the new Trump Admin coming back into power to do the “art of the deal” to end this futile war.
You will be proven wrong in your assessments; I’ll discuss this with you again after Prez Trump is back in office and this war is ended quickly as it will be at that time. If Biden wins by cheating, our Country will be destroyed along with, ultimately Ukraine, as it is the Dems that are the warmongers (as are you). WWIII becomes a greater possibility, especially if China invades Taiwan which will happen if Biden were to steal another election in 2024. I will be proven right here and you will not.
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