Ukrainian War Developments

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james smith esq said:
In the early stages of this invasion, many, here (and elsewhere), were certain that the port of Odessa was a primary objective on the southern front. Now, well into the third week, not only has Odessa not been taken, but the ground forces that would have most likely advanced westward, towards Odessa, are, instead, advancing northward.

While acknowledging that a bridge along the main highway from Kherson to Odessa was blown by Ukranian forces two weeks ago, possibly making a direct route impassable, and that the advance northward might be to secure an alternate route, is it also plausible that Odessa was, in fact, not a primary objective on the southern front, but a secondary, or even tertiary, objective?
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could've been a feint to force Ukrainians to stay put in Odessa instead of mobilizing for a drive north to relieve Kiev. That'd match the Russian northward drive to cut off any possible Odessa -> Kiev route.
 
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james smith esq said:
In the early stages of this invasion, many, here (and elsewhere), were certain that the port of Odessa was a primary objective on the southern front. Now, well into the third week, not only has Odessa not been taken, but the ground forces that would have most likely advanced westward, towards Odessa, are, instead, advancing northward.

While acknowledging that a bridge along the main highway from Kherson to Odessa was blown by Ukranian forces two weeks ago, possibly making a direct route impassable, and that the advance northward might be to secure an alternate route, is it also plausible that Odessa was, in fact, not a primary objective on the southern front, but a secondary, or even tertiary, objective?
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Russian forces are spread too far out to advance much beyond Kherson. As one can tell so far, the rate of Russian advances and also efforts and abilities to encircle cities depend on ensuring the availability of logistics. Given the losses suffered during the first week of the war, Russia now has much more respect for Ukrainian anti armour capabilities in terms of man carried weapons and drones, and is much more cautious and deliberate with regards to the pace at which it makes its advances. They will be much better prepared for ambushes and will probably have infantry dispersed along supply line routes to be able to interdict attempts to attack its vehicles.
 
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So far, Uzhhorod airport hasn’t been hit. It’s either not being used militarily, or it might be too close to a NATO border to risk an overshoot miss!

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If I were in the Ukranian high-command, I’d definitely have lengthened the runways, here, to accommodate the Su-27s.
 
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Weaasel said:
Secondly, the Iraqi Armed Forces refused to fight. Within many cities along the route to Baghdad, if the Iraqis had been determined to fight, the Americans would have suffered much heavier casualties. It was after the occupation began that the Iraqis undertook an insurgency.
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An incorrect and unjust comparison back to General Raad Majed al Hamdani and his interview how they fought and they fought with courage but what you expect, a state that has been under severe sanction for 13 years and its army has not received any new weapons, in addition to the fact that the Iraqi army has been subjected to successive strikes since 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, till 2003, however, the criminals needed 23 days to occupy Iraq
 
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james smith esq said:
In the early stages of this invasion, many, here (and elsewhere), were certain that the port of Odessa was a primary objective on the southern front. Now, well into the third week, not only has Odessa not been taken, but the ground forces that would have most likely advanced westward, towards Odessa, are, instead, advancing northward.

While acknowledging that a bridge along the main highway from Kherson to Odessa was blown by Ukranian forces two weeks ago, possibly making a direct route impassable, and that the advance northward might be to secure an alternate route, is it also plausible that Odessa was, in fact, not a primary objective on the southern front, but a secondary, or even tertiary, objective?
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has apparently been blown-up too, but the river gets narrower and more pontoonable as it goes up north, so the Russians still have some options.
 
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