Tag: attrition
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[Sharing] After Bakhmut – Douglas Macgregor, The American Conservative
Russia turned Bakhmut into the graveyard of Ukrainian military power. What comes next? Until the fighting begins, national military strategy developed in peacetime shapes thinking about warfare and its objectives. Then the fighting creates a new logic of its own. Strategy is adjusted. Objectives change. The battle for Bakhmut illustrates this point very well. When…
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The Ukrainian terrorism is targeting cultural figures in Russia
three attacks since August 20, 2022 On May 6, 2023, an explosion blows up a car near Nizhny Novgorod, 400 km east of Moscow. One victim is killed. Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin, the target, is injured. The terrorist attack is the third one against cultural figures in Russia, since February 24, 2022, beginning of the…
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Ukrainian assassination attempt of Vladimir Putin
two drones attacked the Kremlin last night On May 3, 2023, at 2:27 then 2:43 am, the air defense shoots down two successive drones above the Kremlin. Moscow is more than 450 km northeast of the front line. The UAVs have likely taken off in Russia. Vladimir Putin is not injured, his working schedule remains…
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Thousands NATO soldiers have already been killed in Donbass and Ukraine
In a bitter proxy war that NATO is conducting against Russia, in Donbass and Ukraine, Joe Biden stated on October 21, 2022 the conflict in Ukraine should not end with the success of Russia. Washington has spent a lot of money to help Kyiv. But it’s about much more than Ukrainians, it’s about NATO, it’s…
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No Panzer counteroffensive is scheduled in Ukraine
a few British Challengers are not enough Faced with a new Western proxy war, Russia is enforcing an attrition strategy in Donbass and Ukraine. The operations are a carnage for the Ukrainian forces. While the Ukrainian artillery is firing around 6,000 shells a day all over the front line, the Russian consumption may raise to…
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[Sharing] Erich Vad : Was sind die Kriegsziele ? – Annika Ross, EMMA
Erich Vad ist Ex-Brigade-General. Von 2006 bis 2013 war er der militärpolitische Berater von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel. Er gehört zu den raren Stimmen, die sich früh öffentlich gegen Waffenlieferungen an die Ukraine ausgesprochen haben, ohne politische Strategie und diplomatische Bemühungen. Auch jetzt spricht er eine unbequeme Wahrheit aus. Herr Vad, was sagen Sie zu der…
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Daily pictures : a meat grinder around Bakhmut
In Ukraine-occupied part of Donetsk People’s Republic, Bakhmut has become a meat grinder. The Russian onslaught has not reached the streets of the city, but in the vicinity, the battlefield reminds footage and photos of WW1 in France On November 27, 2022, the New York Times has published a report from the city, which is…