The War in the Ukraine

Overbom

Brigadier
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looks like Ukrainian nominal GDP is going to drop by 50%+ this year. Russia could take this opportunity to inflict further economic damage:

1. cut electricity from Kakhovka dam and Zaporizhzhia generating station going to hostile regions of Ukraine
2. cut the interconnects between EU and Ukrainian grids with precision munitions
3. target coal fired and natural gas power plants
Russia has been very strange (-> idiotic) with its hesitancy to target critical infrastructure.

For people who remember what I wrote from day 1 of the Ukrainian war (on the other thread), Russia has been way too soft with Ukraine
 

Yommie

Junior Member
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Russia has been very strange (-> idiotic) with its hesitancy to target critical infrastructure.

For people who remember what I wrote from day 1 of the Ukrainian war (on the other thread), Russia has been way too soft with Ukraine

Russians also didn't target Ukraine's oil refinery which allows Ukrainians to have sufficient fuel to move tanks around. In WW2 Americans targeted Romania's oil refinery which resulted in Germans having no fuel to move their tanks in Ardennes counter offensive.

If I were in command of Russian army I would target Ukraine's oil refinery to make sure Ukrainians have no fuel to move tanks around.
 

sequ

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"Recent shipments of U.S. and allied weapons, particularly
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and 155mm howitzers, have helped to blunt Russia’s offensive in the Donbas and stabilize the situation there, Mr. Zelensky said. The Russians used to fire 12,000 artillery shells daily against 1,000 to 2,000 by Ukraine, he said. Now, he added, Ukraine can fire some 6,000 shells a day while Russia is beginning to feel a shortage of ammunition and troops.

This change in the balance of firepower has stemmed Ukrainian casualties, Mr. Zelensky said. At the peak of fighting in May and June, he said, Ukraine was losing between 100 and 200 troops a day; now, it is down to some 30 fatalities a day and around 250 wounded."


Western weapon supplies bring balance in the equation.

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