I hear the property taxes are low, and there's lots of firewood. 
Posted on 08/17/2023 1:01:52 PM PDT by Mariner
Military strategists and policymakers across the West are already starting to think about a 2024 spring offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, The Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 13.
When Kyiv’s counteroffensive began in the spring, optimists hoped Ukrainian troops could replicate their success last year in routing Russian forces. But an initial attempt to use newly supplied Western tanks and armored vehicles to punch through fortified Russian lines stalled, the WSJ said.
Since then, progress has been slow and painful, relying on small-unit tactics. A renewed push could still be in the offing. But military leaders and policymakers already are grappling with the question of what can be achieved in the next few months and how to prepare for a protracted conflict, as reported by WSJ.
A nagging concern in Kyiv and Western capitals is that politicians and voters may come to see the war as a quagmire and sour on supporting Ukraine. Even if Kyiv’s Western backers stay resolute, clocks are ticking as Ukrainian forces burn through munitions, manpower, and stamina for a grueling fight.
“Kyiv’s goal now is for its current offensive to culminate with sufficient gains to show Ukrainian citizens and backers in Washington, Berlin, and elsewhere that their support hasn’t been misplaced — and should continue,” the report says.
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Why not let some bridges and rail junctions blow up in the middle of the night, blame it on the RC boats. We don’t have a large number of stealth drones, F-22s and B-2 so the enemy can tell the world why something went kaboom.
Really 12 1000 pound bombs on target slow russia to a crawl in region. Send in some storm shadows and some drones at the same time for a bid of deniability.
If putin gets upset, play the tapes of russian pilots over North Vietnam and Mig Ally, and then release the CIA/USAF interviews of those same pilots in the 1990s.
It is really frustrating to watch these two nations play war like 5 year olds play soccer.
Which is something we should all be very afraid of
I hear the property taxes are low, and there's lots of firewood.
Is anyone suggesting peace talks at all?
“Is anyone suggesting peace talks at all?”
Yeah, Trump. That’s why he is under 100 indictments.
Suggesting an end to this war is unspeakable treason to the DC Globohomo Regime.
This New Voice of Ukraine, is this a CIA front organization? It started in 2014 and I can find little else on it.
The Neocons still hard at work with their psyops messaging. Expect billions more to be forfeited to the big war machine.
Who won the battle of Verdun ?
Perhaps there’s something in the article you’d like to contest?
Bizarre!
You’re advocating US flagged forces fire on Russian flagged forces...and you don’t even know it’s prima facie evidence of insanity.
“Who won the battle of Verdun ?”
Are you trying to make a point?
Endless Summer - The Beach Boys
Yahoo? You are defending Yahoo? Ohh K
“Yahoo? You are defending Yahoo?”
The Yahoo news feed is not curated.
Any publisher who wants to pay the fee, in hopes of clicks, gets on the feed in the proper category.
It is an EXCELLENT source.
Again, is there something in the article you’d like to contest...or are you too embarrassed now?
Both
If you ask ‘whose grand strategy was destroyed at Verdun?’ you could conclude that Germany certainly lost there.
“If you ask ‘whose grand strategy was destroyed at Verdun?’ you could conclude that Germany certainly lost there.”
Yeah, but what’s the point of asking that question today on a Ukraine thread?
I’m soliciting the point.
Yeah. I actually intended that for the original poster.
Ukraine needs to change their tactics, and maybe their strategy. They’re wasting their human resources and their equipment.
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