ThunderHorse
Verified Military
So Ukraine said, why try to reclaim our territory that has land mines everywhere when we can just take theirs and invaded the Kursk Oblast?
Turnabout is fair play!So Ukraine said, why try to reclaim our territory that has land mines everywhere when we can just take theirs and invaded the Kursk Oblast?
Turnabout is fair play!
On a more serious note. Even after the war is over it will take decades to bring back Ukraine as a regional breadbasket. The ordnance the Russians emplaced will take years to clear. So large scale farming operations won't be able to run like they used to. Russia being heavy handed retards also destroyed the processing and storage infrastructure that supported the AG sector in Ukraine.
Become a defense contractor who farms lead? I dunno. I am but a humble rabbit, corruption and schemes are not in my wheelhouse.Duh. How else are they going to claim farming subsidy money from the US?
That said, I kinda wonder if this is to take territory for when T-Money and the Jarhead take office. If they have control of some Russian territory they might be able to leverage that to get people, kidnapped children, or territory back.
BREAKING:
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 9, 2024
Nearly 100 Russian soldiers killed.
The Ukrainian Army has obliterated a Russian military column of 12 trucks bringing infantry reinforcements to the Russian Kursk region in an attempt to stop the Ukrainian invasion.
They were ambushed in the Rylsky district. pic.twitter.com/DAlLq6w18g
Eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian drone drops molten thermite on a Russian-held treeline, setting it ablaze. pic.twitter.com/LWKDj3NGpz
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) September 2, 2024
Is he considered an unarmed non-combatant or a maneuvering combatant at that point?Drone warfare is downright terrifying.
Seeing this dude running around the tank after running out of ammo and dropping his rifle makes me wonder how "disarmed/surrendering enemy fighters" is going to work with suicide drones.
Is he considered an unarmed non-combatant or a maneuvering combatant at that point?
The move on Kursk has proven interesting.
Casualty numbers are always questionable but there's no question Ukraine wreaking havoc by striking into Russia. 3 days later and there's still fighting there -- that's longer than the Soviet's special military operation.
BREAKING:
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 9, 2024
Nearly 100 Russian soldiers killed.
The Ukrainian Army has obliterated a Russian military column of 12 trucks bringing infantry reinforcements to the Russian Kursk region in an attempt to stop the Ukrainian invasion.
They were ambushed in the Rylsky district. pic.twitter.com/DAlLq6w18g
It's a good article. I think that this incursion is a big strategic risk for Ukraine. Easy tactical victory, especially on the I/O front. Keeping these territorial gains, however, will be much harder than taking it. Ukraine will have to maintain a fairly robust force there to defend it and these troops will be sorely missed in the fighting in the Donbass region. They will also have to split resourcing and supply lines to these two fronts, which will strain their support forces and infrastructure. Meanwhile, Russia is making slow but steady progress towards Pokrovsk. It's hard to say if those six manuever brigades in Kursk could have stalled this progress...but you have to wonder. It's a complicated problem.An analysis of two potential strategies related to the Ukrainian ground incursion into Russia, explained as "hedge" and "wedge."
From the Modern War Institute at West Point.
Wedge and Hedge: The Political Logic of Ukraine’s Border Incursion - Modern War Institute