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We’re approaching the halfway point of the summer campaign and Russia is still stuck in the fields of the Donbass. Very little has changed this year. Russia has had some tactical success in taking mostly insignificant land.

Putin has zero strategy outside of throwing as many men at the front and hope for the best.
 
F-22Raptor said:
We’re approaching the halfway point of the summer campaign and Russia is still stuck in the fields of the Donbass. Very little has changed this year. Russia has had some tactical success in taking mostly insignificant land.

Putin has zero strategy outside of throwing as many men at the front and hope for the best.
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Sure, sure!!!! The Russians never tire of advancing backwards
 
Russia is essentially fire bombing Kyiv now. Aiming for as many civilian targets as they can hoping Ukrainians will surrender. Historically that strategy has proven to harden the targeted populations resolve.

Ukraine has a real air defense capacity problem. And their limited ability to target Russian missile and drone production facilities is another.

Thankfully Russias current frontline strategy has been a failure for nearly 3 years now. All they have left is meat waves and launching drones into apartment buildings.
 
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Counteroffensive with which infantry?

Yes, infantry is still essential for counteroffensives, since taking territory still requires infantry to occupy the terrain.

Where will Ukraine, with its limited and scarce manpower, find the personnel to conduct a counteroffensive and retake everything?

Explain this to me.

The defense units are starving, but the "Drone Line" strategy should solve this. The Unmanned Systems Forces promised to shut down the Russian offensive, making it impossible for Russian forces to operate within 20-30 km of Ukrainian forces.

Zelensky has put all his eggs in this basket. If this does not work, the current infantry manpower crisis will continue to force them to lose ground at a faster pace, potentially creating the conditions for a collapse if the Russians manage to find a way to dismantle the Ukrainian reconnaissance fire complex, the integrated drone-guided fire system, which is the only thing really holding the Russians back.
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Getting into key positions that are not defended well does not require too many infantry.
For example it took 1 year for Russia to expel Ukr troops out of Kherson-Krynky and same is also true for Kursk region where after both Ukr counteroffensefies they managed to gain foothold there for a long time and only with NK support they were somewhat expelled now. Now Ru has much less air defence in Crimea for example and it will be harder to gain an area like Krynky back for example providing there with enough air support. While all Ru soldiers focus on Zaporijia-Pokrovsk sector it would be a nice time for other Ukr incursions. Last time Ukr made incursion into Kherson after huge losses and Russian high focus in other areas. If Putin is calling the shots either he cannot translate his Judo skills into real life or there is something else going on behind the scenes. If generals are calling the shots then there should be some upgrade on them about getting over ww2 style planning.

If a boxer throws a punch and eats a counter punch he wont throw the same punch over and over again. He would get into defense adapt and strike different areas. If he takes the same punch over and over again without improvement the viewers may rightfully think the match might be sold to the oppposing side from the top management.

How do Russians think of dismantling Ukranian drone-guided integrated fire system. Perhaps not by sending 2x soldiers to attack the same area over and over again or is it? It is not ww2 now everything is seen from above and everything is guided to a degree so human wave strategy seems to be a self sabotage on the long run. Russia had to adapt its own drone-guided integrated fire system on par with Ukraine while using manpower as a defensive resource holding the captured areas and focus more on air dominance before ground attack starts. Only after you control the air that is flying freely over eastern Ukrine then you can degrade Ukr recon-fire complex continiously and penetrate with wave attacks from weakened positions. Otherwise it is a slow suicide demilitarizing yourself creating openings for Ukr counter attacks.
 
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An episode of combat operations of the Russian SAM "Pantsir-S1" in the Donetsk area. In the video, the air defense "Pantsir-S1" shoots down Ukrainian cruise missiles Storm Shadow, possibly SCALP-EG, of Anglo-French production. The video was filmed by local residents.

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