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#815
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06-04-2022, 03:51 PM
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Re: Russia/Ukraine War Discussion/thoughts Thread
Here is the latest Institute for war report btw: -Russia made no or very slow progress. -Ukraine can start winning any day now. -juuuust a few more billions in funding and more weapons -Ukraine can start winning any day now -the Russian military is not at all happy Did I miss anything? Lol |
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#817
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06-04-2022, 07:14 PM
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Re: Russia/Ukraine War Discussion/thoughts Thread
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 4 Key Takeaways - Ukrainian forces conducted successful local counterattacks in Severodonetsk and Russian progress in direct assaults on the city and wider operations to encircle it remain slow. Ukrainian defenses in eastern Ukraine remain effective. - Russian forces launched a series of unsuccessful offensive operations southwest of Izyum and in the Lyman area. - Russian forces continued to defend previously occupied positions around Kharkiv City and launched missile and artillery strikes against Ukrainian defenders. - Russian forces did not attempt to launch assaults on settlements in Kherson and Zaporizhia Oblast but continued to fire at Ukrainian positions throughout southern Ukraine. - The Kremlin faces rising partisan activity in southern Ukraine despite Russian efforts to restrict movement and telecommunications access. Ukrainian officials are continuing negotiations for a prisoner exchange of the captured Mariupol defenders. Excerpt from their Severodonyetsk section: Haidai (Ukranian Luhansk Administration head) noted that Russian forces wrongfully believe in their own successes, enabling Ukrainian defenders to inflict high losses against unsuspecting Chechen units. Pro-Russian milblogger Voenkor Kotyenok Z claimed that Russian forces are unlikely to break through Ukrainian defenses in Lysychansk from Severodonetsk (through continued frontal assaults and an opposed crossing of the Siverskyi Donetsk River) and will likely need to complete the drive from Popasna if they hope to capture Lysychansk.[3] Voenkor Kotyenok Z claimed that Ukrainian forces could prevent Russian river crossings from Severodonetsk and highlighted that Russian forces have not yet secured access to two key highways to Lysychansk. The Russian military has concentrated all of its available resources on this single battle to make only modest gains. The Ukrainian military contrarily retains the flexibility and confidence to not only conduct localized counterattacks elsewhere in Ukraine (such as north of Kherson) but conduct effective counterattacks into the teeth of Russian assaults in Severodonetsk that reportedly retook 20% of the city in the last 24 hours. The Ukrainian government’s confidence in directly stating its forces can hold Severodonetsk for more than two weeks and willingness to conduct local counterattacks, rather than strictly remaining on the defensive, is a marked shift from Ukrainian statements as recently as May 28 that Ukrainian forces might withdraw from Severodonetsk to avoid encirclement. |