So the bright idea is to concentrate most of the assets in one big offensive, in a small region where the Russian air force, drones and missiles can easily destroy it? Maybe I am wrong but that is not sound like a good idea. The Russian are using Ukrainian cities to trap Ukrainian forces.
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Lol, the amusing thing is, Ukraine doesn't have the means nor the support to properly conduct a counterattack so even if they try, they will just get hammered by russian artillery while they amass and charge.
NATO ISR has helped them on the defense, launching a counteroffensive is a whole different beast, particularly as the russians keep vaporizing ukrainian ammo and fuel depots.
Well keep telling yourself that.
There is no way the kill ratio will be one to one. The Russians have not attacked most of the cities. For the ones that they do attack, they are encircling them, tightening the noose, hitting their supply depot, and basically designed to consume the Ukrainian resources inside the encirclement. Once they have exhausted the resources inside, then they go in with at least 2x the force. The Ukrainian fighters will be starved, thirsty, and out of ammo. They would also not have had a good night sleep for a week or more. Even then, reportedly what kill most of them were not gun battles, but bombs and cannons. The Ukrainians will be lucky to achieve a 4/1 kill ratio where Ukraine loses 4 to 1 Russian. At the beginning the Russians have lost a few people to ambush and such, but that number is bound to be very small, maybe in the hundreds. Now, even ambush is not happening that frequently now. When you fight in an asymmetric warfare, the killing is heavily skewed towards the disadvantaged party.
Interesting analysis with bad news for both sides:
Because we all know what arbiters of truth the US MSM is. It's in their interest to keep the fear alive. Fear is clicks. Fear is money, and the spice must flow.
US MSM will never admit anything that portrays the US or it's allies as even the slightest bit weak or disadvantaged unless it is forced to. There's a reason why "position of strength" has become a meme.
Happened with many SCUDs during Desert Storm. The original Patriot was designed to shred aircraft, not heavily built warheads. They'd shred the airframe and the warhead would keep on coming. They had to do some mods to the Patriot warhead (PAC-1/2 GEM, etc.) and eventually went to hit-to-kill with PAC-3 (a different missile). PAC-3, THAAD, and SM-3 all have aimpoint selection so they can hit the warhead. THAAD reportedly can hit anywhere it wants on a target, with an accuracy roughly the size of a sheet of notebook paper.
The assault in Mykolayiv is pretty much a diversion aimed at not only distract the Ukie forces but also to catch them on the move and hit them. If they are actually falling into lure for propaganda purposes, then they are dumber than expected.
Oh please. All Putin has to say is, "nuke" and they start salivating at the headlines they'll be able to write.
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