What else can they do? Hold a 40k-60k force in reserve while they struggle to move forward in Donetsk and Luhansk ? Give up the momentum that they have supposedly built? No I believe they will keep pushing before the mobilised materialize.
Surovkin's hint of using freed up forces in other offensives is a nudge for Kiev to redeploy their …
What else can they do? Hold a 40k-60k force in reserve while they struggle to move forward in Donetsk and Luhansk ? Give up the momentum that they have supposedly built? No I believe they will keep pushing before the mobilised materialize.
Surovkin's hint of using freed up forces in other offensives is a nudge for Kiev to redeploy their built up forces either to buttress defences or go on offensives.
Would not be surprised if Kiev elects to attempt cutting the land bridge and Russia invites them to try. It would be touch and go for both sides, high risk winner takes all. Russia building defensive lines north of Crimea indicates they are willing to let Ukraine punch in deep hoping to destroy much of the attacking force which will not have the luxury of fortifications. Kiev will believe that by threatening Crimea they will have leverage over the Kremlin.
Of course there is another option where Russia opens a third and fourth front in the north and east, to keep Kiev from concentrating it's forces, and then proceeds with a defeat in detail plan sector by sector front by front.
Regardless of how Kiev chooses to employ them these troops almost certainly will cross the Dnieper again. Then Russia has a choice in approaches between continuing attrition or attempting annihilation.
Kyiv not Kiev. This is russian propagandist who uses old russian naming of Ukraine capital.
I would not trust this commenter, no name, russian spelling, clear russian footprint pushing russian narrative, and will have nothing to do with vision or thinking.
Ed I think they will stay away from the Polish border so as not to provide a pretext (however ridiculous) for intervention. The Poles seem to be itching for a fight but for now they will have to be satisfied with sheep dipping polish troops as volunteers in the foreign legion.
If rivet joints and satellites appear on the menu then be sure the main course is not far away.
No, direct conflict between the main actors is highly unlikely as far as logic goes and neither party desires it.
Russia is being extra careful not to provide any reason for intervention and America is pushing as close to the red line without crossing it. (ATACMS ABRAMS)
It is like a great game with certain boundaries. Step out of those boundaries and step into the abyss.
Empire 's challenge:
Can Russia stop NATO in Ukraine without directly engaging NATO?
Can Russia maintain its economy?
Can Russia maintain internal stability?
Can Russia maintain its foreign partnerships?
Russia poses in return:
How much are you willing to sink into this; if at the end of all this all you achieve is some dead Russian soldiers and nothing else?
No Russian collapse, no NATO in Ukraine, no Ukrainian natural resources, maybe no Ukrainian ports.
These are roughly the stakes upon which the game is played.
While Surovikin tightens his lines and Zaluzhny prepares another charge (?of the light brigade?), the humble infantry man in knee deep mud squares his shoulders to face shot and shell and once again settle the final argument. For if he stands the day is carried and if he falls all is lost.
Note: Trade has not stopped, sanctions are mere eyewash.
I thought all Russian Trolls had been drafted. Anyway, with what? Russia does not have the resources for a straight-up fight with Ukraine, much less NATO. All those troops were lost during the charge to Kiev, So how are military operations further even closer to the untouchable NATO supply line in Poland going to be supplied?
What else can they do? Hold a 40k-60k force in reserve while they struggle to move forward in Donetsk and Luhansk ? Give up the momentum that they have supposedly built? No I believe they will keep pushing before the mobilised materialize.
Surovkin's hint of using freed up forces in other offensives is a nudge for Kiev to redeploy their built up forces either to buttress defences or go on offensives.
Would not be surprised if Kiev elects to attempt cutting the land bridge and Russia invites them to try. It would be touch and go for both sides, high risk winner takes all. Russia building defensive lines north of Crimea indicates they are willing to let Ukraine punch in deep hoping to destroy much of the attacking force which will not have the luxury of fortifications. Kiev will believe that by threatening Crimea they will have leverage over the Kremlin.
Of course there is another option where Russia opens a third and fourth front in the north and east, to keep Kiev from concentrating it's forces, and then proceeds with a defeat in detail plan sector by sector front by front.
Regardless of how Kiev chooses to employ them these troops almost certainly will cross the Dnieper again. Then Russia has a choice in approaches between continuing attrition or attempting annihilation.
Kyiv not Kiev. This is russian propagandist who uses old russian naming of Ukraine capital.
I would not trust this commenter, no name, russian spelling, clear russian footprint pushing russian narrative, and will have nothing to do with vision or thinking.
kiev is the victorian english government's name for the capital of the latest neocon adventure.
who is pandering neocon speak?
btw why you did not use words from victorian era if you are writing on such an victorian English?
Just for you, pronunciation matters and victorian spelling had proper pronunciation.
russian propaganda is so weird with picking facts to prove they are right...
Let's use moscovia instead russia then!
If we're talking about propaganda, you sound like Goebbels, foaming at the mouth about "Jew propaganda".
Of course, by your logic, "Moscow" should be renamed "Moskva".
punch through from belorus toward the rails from poland and cut off the usa supply lines.
drop a uk 'rivet joint' and engage usa satellites provding targets to the ukers.
putin's forbearance has been nothing less than saintly!
Ed I think they will stay away from the Polish border so as not to provide a pretext (however ridiculous) for intervention. The Poles seem to be itching for a fight but for now they will have to be satisfied with sheep dipping polish troops as volunteers in the foreign legion.
If rivet joints and satellites appear on the menu then be sure the main course is not far away.
No, direct conflict between the main actors is highly unlikely as far as logic goes and neither party desires it.
Russia is being extra careful not to provide any reason for intervention and America is pushing as close to the red line without crossing it. (ATACMS ABRAMS)
It is like a great game with certain boundaries. Step out of those boundaries and step into the abyss.
Empire 's challenge:
Can Russia stop NATO in Ukraine without directly engaging NATO?
Can Russia maintain its economy?
Can Russia maintain internal stability?
Can Russia maintain its foreign partnerships?
Russia poses in return:
How much are you willing to sink into this; if at the end of all this all you achieve is some dead Russian soldiers and nothing else?
No Russian collapse, no NATO in Ukraine, no Ukrainian natural resources, maybe no Ukrainian ports.
These are roughly the stakes upon which the game is played.
While Surovikin tightens his lines and Zaluzhny prepares another charge (?of the light brigade?), the humble infantry man in knee deep mud squares his shoulders to face shot and shell and once again settle the final argument. For if he stands the day is carried and if he falls all is lost.
Note: Trade has not stopped, sanctions are mere eyewash.
this is existential.
the neocons using nato are treading a nascent dilemma.
I thought all Russian Trolls had been drafted. Anyway, with what? Russia does not have the resources for a straight-up fight with Ukraine, much less NATO. All those troops were lost during the charge to Kiev, So how are military operations further even closer to the untouchable NATO supply line in Poland going to be supplied?
This comment hasn’t aged well 😂
too old, why i have time to beard trolls here.
putin playing biden and truss' replacement....
As indicated previously, i am actually agnostic on the withdrawal from Kherson, given the present circumstances.
I criticize the decisions that led Russia to the point where the withdrawal appeared necessary.
Until a third front opens and has enough personnel to actually do anything, it's so much hot air.
And clearly you are a Western Imperialist plant who is betraying the Revolution.
I like that!