There is growing alarm about the pace and prospects of Ukraine’s counteroffensive, with few signs of progress in recent weeks and Russian lines holding strong. Those concerns picked up steam …
I think so as well, once Ukraine runs through their current stocks of western weapons they can’t be easily replaced. Ukraine is also losing a lot of its motivated and experinced soldiers who are being replaced by conscripts who are untrained and unmotivated.
Once the offensive burns out, Russia will be marching against a depleted and demoralized army.
Why? It would be a nightmare. Bakhmut/Artemovsk was bad enough, and it was a small town. A proper megapolis like Kiev would be a massacre for either side
Bakhmut was heavily fortified from 2014 and it was the USA , frenchies who helped the strategic defenses of Bakhmut , now “If” Ukrainian military collapses within this year. Russians will go for Kiev to remove the government once in for all. US will always act as a bogeyman if Russians let them go off the hook. 2ndly Wagner did all the urban fighting for Bakhmut , it was a big deal for Yankees not for Russians
I think if Ukraine falters badly Russia will definitely go for Kiev.
I think so as well, once Ukraine runs through their current stocks of western weapons they can’t be easily replaced. Ukraine is also losing a lot of its motivated and experinced soldiers who are being replaced by conscripts who are untrained and unmotivated.
Once the offensive burns out, Russia will be marching against a depleted and demoralized army.
Its hilarious though West has totally failed to grasp Russia’s military power. They thought Putin is another moron that they can overthrow at whim.
This hubris will be taught in history books.
Why? It would be a nightmare. Bakhmut/Artemovsk was bad enough, and it was a small town. A proper megapolis like Kiev would be a massacre for either side
Bakhmut was heavily fortified from 2014 and it was the USA , frenchies who helped the strategic defenses of Bakhmut , now “If” Ukrainian military collapses within this year. Russians will go for Kiev to remove the government once in for all. US will always act as a bogeyman if Russians let them go off the hook. 2ndly Wagner did all the urban fighting for Bakhmut , it was a big deal for Yankees not for Russians
And Kiev was not fortified?
Was it? The war was in Donbass , they heavily fortified Donbass, Avdeevka, Kramatorsk and Bakhmut were very strategic regions for UAF.
You know what, I’ll have to check. I was sure there was trench digging and arming civvies, but not sure anymore. So I’ll go check