The War in the Ukraine
- Thread starter SampanViking
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Syrskyi was also the guy who defended Kharkiv quite successfully against units of the Russian 1st Guards Tank Army when the conflict started. He also had way more success with the Kharkiv counter offensive than whoever was coordinating the attack on Kherson. But of course let us just focus on his failures.
He is actually fairly good either on the offensive or when doing active defense if provided with enough resources. It is just that I don't think his style of command will be effective on this stage of the war really. Ukraine no longer has the equipment to do proper mobile warfare, they lost a huge amount of equipment and trained troops, and the more they try to do it the more they will fail.
He is actually fairly good either on the offensive or when doing active defense if provided with enough resources. It is just that I don't think his style of command will be effective on this stage of the war really. Ukraine no longer has the equipment to do proper mobile warfare, they lost a huge amount of equipment and trained troops, and the more they try to do it the more they will fail.
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This is why I don't buy into the rumours and people's hearsay. It's like any job. You hear horrible things about a manager that very few people have actually worked with, but seemingly everyone "knows" is bad at his job.
Syrskyi is just being scape-goated, ultimately, war-aims are shaped by political goals. It's not necessarily Syrskyi's fault if Zelensky's political goals are completely unrealistic. I mean this is the guy who genuinely seems to believe that the only way to end the war is to militarily kick Russians out of Crimea.
Good luck.
You can't kick some one out if that place belongs to it first.
After two years of senseless violence I guess the war could be summarized thusly:
NATO in 2022: 10 million dollar Russian tanks and armored vehicles are being taken out by 500 dollar DJI drones. What a friggin joke.
Russia in 2023: 30 million dollar NATO assets are being taken out by 500 dollar DJI drones. What a friggin joke.
DJI: We are not an arms manufacturer. Please use our products responsibly.
NATO in 2022: 10 million dollar Russian tanks and armored vehicles are being taken out by 500 dollar DJI drones. What a friggin joke.
Russia in 2023: 30 million dollar NATO assets are being taken out by 500 dollar DJI drones. What a friggin joke.
DJI: We are not an arms manufacturer. Please use our products responsibly.
AFU MSTA-B howitzer gets taken out by a Lancet in Zaporozhye.
Ukrainian BMP-1 gets taken out by FPV drone.
Geran raid on Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovosk. Thermal power plant damaged. Pavlograd is the AFU'S main logistics hub, trains there feed the entire front to the east and south. Losing power affects the trains and other equipment.
Missiles hitting Lubotin near Kharkov reported. More area are also being hit by missiles, these likely targeting deployment centers where AFU troops are housed prior to moving to the front.
TOS at work on Kurahovo, DNR.
Lancet hits a Bradley.
AFU checkpoint and BMP hit by FPV drones and artillery from the VDV.
RF Giatsint-S takes out an AFU Gvodika in counterbattery in the Kupyansk area.
Near Chasiv Yar, Baba Yaga operators are tracked back to their nests, which is promptly treated with accurate arty hits. The arty looks more accurate than ever, explosions more impactful, the result of the new shells being introduced? Courtesy of the Sever-V special unit detachment.
Ukrainian BMP-1 gets taken out by FPV drone.
Geran raid on Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovosk. Thermal power plant damaged. Pavlograd is the AFU'S main logistics hub, trains there feed the entire front to the east and south. Losing power affects the trains and other equipment.
Missiles hitting Lubotin near Kharkov reported. More area are also being hit by missiles, these likely targeting deployment centers where AFU troops are housed prior to moving to the front.
TOS at work on Kurahovo, DNR.
Lancet hits a Bradley.
AFU checkpoint and BMP hit by FPV drones and artillery from the VDV.
RF Giatsint-S takes out an AFU Gvodika in counterbattery in the Kupyansk area.
Near Chasiv Yar, Baba Yaga operators are tracked back to their nests, which is promptly treated with accurate arty hits. The arty looks more accurate than ever, explosions more impactful, the result of the new shells being introduced? Courtesy of the Sever-V special unit detachment.
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It's basically a race to the bottom now. All the 'super weapons' did not change the outcome of the war in a day. Yet the smaller cheaper stuff that can be mass produced is doing good work
See here for footage of the vampire system working on a shahed, a rejigged hydra rocket costing less than 50k a piece.
Well, they're gonna need alot of those as, they're short ranged. Unless they know where Russians will strike.
plawolf
Lieutenant General
You are still only thinking about this war in a purely military sphere whereas the real conflict has many more facets, many of which are arguably more important and pivotal.
You are correct that all of the fortresses cities and major population centres will be tough nuts to crack militarily, which is a major reason the Russians are in no real hurry to push to that phase.
They are happy enough to slow grind the Ukrainians in the open fields and trenches. And it’s not just Ukrainian lives they are grinding in the killing fields, but also NATO equipment and money.
NATO support and money was and is fundamental in allowing Ukraine to resist thus far, so Russian strategy is to erode and erase that support. Without it, it’s troops will be able to March into any and every Ukrainian city with minimal resistance and the SMO becomes a policing and counter insurgency exercise.