Russia-Ukraine War - News, Discussions & Updates

[SolarWarden]

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[Viet]

I'm conflicted what would be best for Russia, to let the Ukrainians try to send thousands of its forces to try and secure this incursion whilst not having enough forces in the first place to secure the front line or crush the Ukrainians

Nothing to see

Ukraine just launches a 3 day special denazi demili operation in Kursk.

 

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[ahmadbhutta]

Why do I have a feeling Ukraine did it with the consent of Russia , Ukraine wants an end of war so does Russia now , after Kursk Putin will also come under pressure from his people to negotiate now he has a reason to before that it would be seen as surrender in his country

 

[Viet]

Why do I have a feeling Ukraine did it with the consent of Russia , Ukraine wants an end of war so does Russia now , after Kursk Putin will also come under pressure from his people to negotiate now he has a reason to before that it would be seen as surrender in his country

Everything is possible. Russia today is a mafia state led by an ex Kgp operative. where is Gerassimov, russia general staff chief and supreme commander of Russia invasion army? When Putin called emergency meeting he was not there.
Instead, Putin called the wagner group to help. That’s a new low. A contract killer group is the last hope of Russia. All russian soldiers are fighting in Ukraine they have no time to protect Russia.

 

[Viet]

Ukraine current drone production rate is one million drones per year.
That”s 1 drone for 1 russian soldier. That’s mad killing. Russia turtle tanks are obsolete.
Russia invasion army is about 800,000 men as per Ukrainian Defense Minister Umerov.

 

[j_hungary]

This is a suicide trap. When attacking a place that you cannot support, you will find yourself in an isolated or exposed position. The issue is that Ukraine is losing at most of the other fronts. By sending these troops up North for this attack, which was successfully conducted, they are leaving their other fronts even weaker. AND the question is how long do they think they can hold this or progress this. Let's just wait and see.

If I am Russia, I am not necessarily worry about the regular Ukrainian troop occupying Russia, it's the Irregular fighter that would mount a problem.

The issue is not whether or not Ukraine can take and hold Russian territories, unless Russia is that inept to the point they can't fight off a Brigade of Ukrainian INSIDE their own soil, that "front", if you can call it that, is not going to last forever. The issue is what they were doing in there in the last 3 or 4 days (or however many day they occupy those town) and Russia had completely lost control of their border, which mean unless they are isolating Kursk completely after this incursion, you don't know what had been done and what will happen from there. The issue is, you can't isolate Kursk, because that is the major economic (oil and gas flow though there) and military logistic hub. I mean, they could have send in 50,000 Russian speaking Ukrainian insurgent into Kursk, you won't know because you lost control of your border......

That is what Russia should worry about, not defeating the 22nd Assault Brigade.

 

[j_hungary]

Demoralization. The Battle of Kursk was the biggest tank conflict of WWII, right? The USSR won then. If Ukraine prevails now in Kursk, that implies that the WWII victory was accomplished through Ukrainian might, not Russian.

More than that.

The fact that the Ukrainian using 1 Brigade and punch thru further than Wagner in Belgorod. Means there aren't much resistance on that advance, which you would have imagine that Russia-Ukrainian border between Kursk and Sumy/Kharkiv is going to be the most fortified on earth, turns out it wasn't.

Which mean if they can do it to Belgorod, they can do it in Kursk, they can literally punch a hole in any stretch of Russian-Ukrainian border, assuming they are equally defended.

Which would be an issue, because it looks like Russia don't have enough troop to even secure their own border, so the real question is, is it a periodic lapse of judgement to not reinforcing your border, or you simply lack the resource to do so. That would be the million dollar question

 

[Mobius]

Take that PUTIN!!!!

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[SolarWarden]

More than that.

The fact that the Ukrainian using 1 Brigade and punch thru further than Wagner in Belgorod. Means there aren't much resistance on that advance, which you would have imagine that Russia-Ukrainian border between Kursk and Sumy/Kharkiv is going to be the most fortified on earth, turns out it wasn't.

Which mean if they can do it to Belgorod, they can do it in Kursk, they can literally punch a hole in any stretch of Russian-Ukrainian border, assuming they are equally defended.

Which would be an issue, because it looks like Russia don't have enough troop to even secure their own border, so the real question is, is it a periodic lapse of judgement to not reinforcing your border, or you simply lack the resource to do so. That would be the million dollar question

The Brigade that invaded Kursk is the brigade tasked with defending the Sumy area so they are not using some frontline brigade that was seeing combat and whatever brigades following will likely come from sectors that aren't taking part in combat like Kyiv and brigades west of Kyiv.

Having said that this was not some random opportunity they saw and took advantage of this was planned and likely in the works for weeks. What their goal is who knows but it looks like they invaded with a plan and very well prepared for Russian reinforcements. By taking HiMARS and maybe even ATACMS they pretty much have a sorta air support for their offensive and they also learned their lesson from last years failed offensive by using FPV drones to take out Russian attack gunships which wreaked havoc on Ukraine armored vehicles last years offensive. Ukraine already took down 2-3 gunships putting a stop of their use. The lack of Russian attack fighters says that Ukraine likely brought with them couple of mobile PAC-2 launchers and are sitting just over the border with the radar somewhere around Sumy seeing deep inside Russian airspace.

It's going to be interesting these next few days seeing what Ukraine's goal actually is and see if they can still attack Russian columns sent to reenforce.

 

[KingQamaR]

If I am Russia, I am not necessarily worry about the regular Ukrainian troop occupying Russia, it's the Irregular fighter that would mount a problem.

The issue is not whether or not Ukraine can take and hold Russian territories, unless Russia is that inept to the point they can't fight off a Brigade of Ukrainian INSIDE their own soil, that "front", if you can call it that, is not going to last forever. The issue is what they were doing in there in the last 3 or 4 days (or however many day they occupy those town) and Russia had completely lost control of their border, which mean unless they are isolating Kursk completely after this incursion, you don't know what had been done and what will happen from there. The issue is, you can't isolate Kursk, because that is the major economic (oil and gas flow though there) and military logistic hub. I mean, they could have send in 50,000 Russian speaking Ukrainian insurgent into Kursk, you won't know because you lost control of your border......

That is what Russia should worry about, not defeating the 22nd Assault Brigade.

The rumors are they sent around 3 brigades into Kursk region, up to a division worth of people, so that's a bit large for just a distraction. And the people they sent are the veterans and one of the most battle ready people they have. THis is the push by the looks of it, it's the all or nothing move.

 

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