• ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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      Also means the US is probably planning to either cut their losses and reduce/stop arms shipments, or they want to train the Ukrainian soldiers how to operate as a low cost guerrilla force like the Taliban.

      Both of these options spell bad news for Ukraine.

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        My bet is on the latter. It was likely in the books since 2014, and seeing reports on the apparent efficiency of UA sabotage groups - they might do significant damage. And if the goal is to create chaos on Russia’s western border and in Europe, it works just fine

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    Unless this bold idea championing maneuver warfare is about maneuvering into Belgorod/Kursk/Bryansk oblasts, this is pretty much hoping that the conditions for Kharkov are present again (i.e. too few Russian forces to stop Ukrainian mobile groups constantly outflanking and threatening encirclements).

    Anything else and it’s just elaborate suicide schemes by Russian artillery.