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2022-04-14 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Lord Garth 2022-04-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 The 64,000 Euro Question: Is Putin going to demand that the Dobas Offensive is either (A) "Ambitious" by striking from Izium in a roughly westerly direction to Dnipro unhinging everything south of Kharkov; or (B) "Pragmatic" and striking southwards from Izium to Donetsk 'only' pinching off the salient?

I expect (B), but you never know...

Posted by magpie 2022-04-14 00:16|| 2022-04-14 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 The Russians are not well enough trained or led to do a major offensive.

Fortunately for them, they are close to supply lines and just need to have more vehicles than the Ukrainians have missiles for this to work.

The question is, Will the Ukrainians run out of ammo/missiles/artillery before the Russians run out of moral due to heavy losses?

Posted by DarthVader 2022-04-14 00:19|| 2022-04-14 00:19|| Front Page Top

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