Posted on 06/21/2023 11:40:14 AM PDT by Mariner
Commenting on the course of counteroffensive operations in Ukraine, Pentagon believes that the Ukrainian forces have the necessary assets for their actions to be successful.
According to the correspondent of European Pravda, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh expressed this assessment on Tuesday.
According to Singh, hostilities in Ukraine are "turning into protracted battles every day, as was the case in Bakhmut."
"We know that the battles will be difficult. We know that it will take time. And we are sure that the Ukrainians have what they need. They have the combat power and the ability to succeed in counteroffensive operations," she emphasised.
The Pentagon representative highlighted that a meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine took place last week, during which the participants announced new packages of military support to Kyiv.
"We believe that we have provided Ukraine with the systems and means that they need to fight right now. We understand that the battle will be difficult. And, of course, the Russians will adapt, as they have been since the beginning of the war. But so will the Ukrainians", she added.
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No they aren’t. Because they are already not free and the west has abandoned freedom. They are fighting for a cause that no longer embraces freedom.
Such disingenuous ignorance.
To equate WWII Germany and Hitler to the 21st Century Russia is abject ignorance.
Or deliberate stupidity.
Option #2 is an adequate description.
“ The Pentagon expects them to perform like the US III Armored Corps.
The ragtag Ukrainian conscripts don’t want to die against a solid and lethal wall of defense.…”
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I follow the tactical situation on a daily basis by reading/viewing information from a variety (i.e., pro-Ukrainian, pro-Russian and “objective/neutral) of sources. One thing I’ve noticed since the beginning of this current Ukrainian counteroffensive is an increasing practice of Ukrainian troops leaving their armored vehicles to evacuate to positions on cover/concealment. This includes the crew members of the armored vehicles. The resulting stationary vehicles left in the open make them much easier targets. The resulting destruction of the vehicles but with crews remaining alive could only serve to reinforce this behavior and cause it to spread.
I’m not sure what the Ukrainians will do to counteract this.
Vicky Nuland’s War
not the movie
-fJRoberts-
If by armored vehicle you mean Bradley’s and APCs, their usual purpose is to get troops to the FEBA where they dismount and seek out fighting positions on the ground. Yes the empty vehicles are then potential targets for destruction, but they have served their purpose.
You do know we had conscription during WW2 etc and continuing up to Vietnam.
Right, and russia has embraced freedom? Idiocy
Yes. I remember the US Army MPs snatching 14 year olds from their mother's arms to force them into serving.
No, wait. That's Ukraine.
I get so tired of dupes/ dopes fantasizing that Vicky Nuland caused this when Vladimir Putin launched a damn war.
IF your argument made an ounce of sense, Putin must be a total moron. He has allowed Ms Nuland to mire him in a humiliating two year war.
You don’t know jack shit about Ukraine. Stop fantasizing that you do.
14 year olds didn’t stop Russia and launch offensives for the second year in a row.
Stop the childish reasoning.
“ If by armored vehicle you mean Bradley’s and APCs, their usual purpose is to get troops to the FEBA where they dismount and seek out fighting positions on the ground. Yes the empty vehicles are then potential targets for destruction, but they have served their purpose.”
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I’m pretty sure they’re not meant for ONE-TIME, ONE-WAY use. But that’s just my thinking.
—> You don’t know jack shit about Ukraine. Stop fantasizing that you do.
I know exactly what my Ukrainian family members tell me 🤗
—> 14 year olds didn’t stop Russia and launch offensives for the second year in a row.
No, but to believe ukraine is winning you’d have to be a 14 year old.
Or vaxxed.
I'm going to be laughing all afternoon now from that one.
“They are fighting for a cause that no longer embraces freedom.”
Exactly, they’re fighting for a government that outlaws religious freedom and outlaws political opposition.
...meaning that the Ukrainians are now fighting for a Soviet Lifestyle.
Typical musician: “Unemployed”.
What? You don’t remember the sands of Iraq being littered with abandoned US Bradleys and APCs? All those US HalfTracks during WW2 littering the Ardennes?
Neither do I.
I get so tired of Schiff heads promulgating the entire Osama/Bidementia/deepState narrative. These @$$holes are responsible for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians deaths.
Williams is good with that.
-fJRoberts-
Let me correct you're Putinista propaganda - they’re fighting for an elected Ukrainian government that outlaws moscow churches and outlaws pro-moscow political opposition.
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