Ukrainian War Developments

GodRektsNoobs said:

Use of airmobile infantry to keep the enemy on their toes, rending them unable to concentrate on your main force? Precision cruise missile strikes on vital targets, including command centers?

I think the main Russian strategy is sound and in line with my expectations. The Russians kept the bulk of Ukrainian forces pinned down east while performing pincer movements through the north and south to eventually cut them off and encircle them, meanwhile the southern forces also seems to be performing a clean sweep through the coast and linking up with Transnistria.

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They seem to be bogged down, everywhere, and already, to me!

Call it a Bogkrieg!

Polish born former President of the European Council (2014-2019) Donald Tusk seems to "forget" an inconvenient fact:

Poland supported many US wars and coups of aggression since and including the 2003 Iraq War

will Putin send Yanukovich back after capturing Kiev ?

JayFalsum said:

Nah, the mistake was they didn't hold on to the Gostomel/Hostomel. Russians are making a second attempt right now. I doubt they will go into Kyiv without a close airfield for combat support.

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They don’t need an airfield that close; SU 25s have range from bases in Belarus and Russia !

I think despite lack of coordination and stiff Ukrainian resistance in some sectors, Russia has done quite well in the first 36-48 hours. Again, we have to remember that this is war, and Russia is fighting it. Russian military is not exactly known for precise, highly coordinated attacks following a exact schedule (Prussia comes to mind). Rather, it is more well known for masterfully executing large scale, strategic operations.

Laviduce said:

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Polish born former President of the European Council (2014-2019) Donald Tusk seems to "forget" an inconvenient fact:

Poland supported many US wars and coups of aggression since and including the 2003 Iraq War

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and Poland is also a pretended victim of WWII: it joined Hitler to carve out Czech, only found itself be carved out one year later.

GodRektsNoobs said:

I think despite lack of coordination and stiff Ukrainian resistance in some sectors, Russia has done quite well in the first 36-48 hours. Again, we have to remember that this is war, and Russia is fighting it. Russian military is not exactly known for precise, highly coordinated attacks following a exact schedule (Prussia comes to mind). Rather, it is more well known for masterfully executing large scale, strategic operations.

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When was the last time they did that?

They will likely take Ukraine, but long term this is a strategic blunder for Putin. The occupation and pacification of the Ukraine will not come cheap. The sanctions will cripple the Russian economy for years to come, and the decline of Russia from great power status will only accelerate. The Russians and their various constituent nations will become increasingly restive. Add to that an aging and increasingly paranoid Putin, and the West will have an ever easier time to set them up for regime change and possibly balkanization. China should be wary of relying too much on Russia.