Russian strategy

[shoshi]

I think I know what they have planned. instead of blitzkrieg on Kiev and other cities they plan to exhaust the defenders with artillery and air strikes and probe attacks on the ground. Let us see if i am right.

 

[Wyatt earp]

I think I know what they have planned. instead of blitzkrieg on Kiev and other cities they plan to exhaust the defenders with artillery and air strikes and probe attacks on the ground. Let us see if i am right.

This is not call of duty

 

[shoshi]

This is not call of duty

No this is war. You soften the enemy as much as you can before the ground attack.

 

[task0778]

I think the longer this goes on and as more casualties mount up, Putin's position grows weaker. Reports are that some NATO countries are sending in military weapons, and as sanctions increase things are getting a little tense for him.

 

[harryo]

Not too smart doing city combat. I'm surprised

 

[shoshi]

Not too smart doing city combat. I'm surprised

how did American troops handle Fallujah Ramadi and Baghdad and other cities? how did the Red Army capture Berlin in 1945?

 

[harryo]

shoshi Anyone that knows anything about combat will tell you urban, city combat is very difficult. It wasn't easy for the US at those battles.

 

[harryo]

shoshi yes, they captured Berlin and the US captured cities, but city combat is more difficult.

 

[Missourian]

I think Putin wanted the major action concluded yesterday.

The longer this drags on the weaker Russia looks.

 

[shoshi]

shoshi yes, they captured Berlin and the US captured cities, but city combat is more difficult.

Right. its not easy

 

[task0778]

Right. its not easy

Especially against a determined opposition. Even if the Russians do win this thing, they're going to have a lot of trouble with terrorists. And not only in Ukraibe either but in Russian cities too. Interesting to see if somebody blows up that Russian oil pipeline that goes through Ukraine.

 

[colfax_m]

A war of attrition is not in Putin’s favor.

 

[saveliberty]

Putin doesn't have the political capital to have a drawn out war. Already Russians are voicing disapproval. Sanctions are finally escalating at a faster rate. No access to SWIFT and incoming air defense weapons from Europe will hurt a lot. The crazy despot has a good chance of being taken out by his own people.

 

[RodISHI]

Sounds like Put'n may send in Chechens. Ramzan kadyrov son of deceased Akhmad Kadyrov. Like father like son both thugs who have a long history of terrorizing and torturing any opposition. If Put does that the Ukrainians need some help with air strikes on those Chechen troops.

Theories conflict over who killed Kadyrov

RUSSIA: Long-used to dodging assassination attempts in a homeland where he was widely despised, Chechnya's president Mr Akhmad…

www.irishtimes.com

Chechen leader, a Putin ally, says his forces deployed to Ukraine

Kadyrov says Chechen units had so far suffered no losses and Russian forces took large Ukrainian cities including Kyiv.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

No this is war. You soften the enemy as much as you can before the ground attack.

Saving Lance Corporal Ryan

That's what the Navy did for the Marines in World War Two. Yet when the landing craft dumped them ashore, the only way the second wave survived was by hiding behind the dead bodies of the first wave.

 

[Burgermeister]

I think I know what they have planned. instead of blitzkrieg on Kiev and other cities they plan to exhaust the defenders with artillery and air strikes and probe attacks on the ground. Let us see if i am right.

I did hear this morning that Russia has not committed their full force yet. The BBC correspondent said they think Russia thought they might be able to run right through Ukraine to a quick victory, and are prepared for a more traditional phase two if not.