re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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The Ukrainians will keep feeding conscripts into the front, but it only slows down the inevitable.

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understand the Russians attempted yet another wet crossing by pontoon bridge across the Siverski Donets River, at the same location of the last two disasters. The Ukrainians reportedly mined the pontoon bridge and the Russians again suffered serious losses.

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Demilitarize and denazify Ukraine => CNN talking point.
Major assault and a month long attempt to capture Kyiv => just a feint the real goal was to conquer the Donbas.
Flagship of the Black Sea Fleet and the most powerful naval asset in the area gets sunk => it had outdated technology like fire suppression equipment and Russia was planning on replacing it with a frigate anyway.
Pushed back across the international border from Kharkiv => just another feint.
Suffering over 15,000 casualties to conquer a militarily insignificant city which Russia still does not have control of after almost a month of fighting => Russia's is making steady progress in Ukraine.

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#Russian forces made marginal gains on the outskirts of #Severodonetsk but have largely stalled along other axes. Mounting losses and troop and equipment degradation will complicate Russian operations elsewhere in #Ukraine.

Read the latest report:

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Russian forces made marginal gains on the outskirts of Severodonetsk on June 18 but have largely stalled along other axes of advance. Russian troops are likely facing mounting losses and troop and equipment degradation that will complicate attempts to renew offensive operations on other critical locations as the slow battle for Severodonetsk continues. As ISW previously assessed, Russian forces will likely be able to seize Severodonetsk in the coming weeks, but at the cost of concentrating most of their available forces in this small area. Other Russian operations in eastern Ukraine—such as efforts to capture Slovyansk and advance east of Bakhmut—have made little progress in the past two weeks. Russian forces are continuing to fight to push Ukrainian troops away from occupied frontiers north of Kharkiv City and along the Southern Axis, but have not made significant gains in doing so, thus leaving them vulnerable to Ukrainian counteroffensive and partisan pressure.

The Russian military continues to face challenges with the morale and discipline of its troops in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate released what it reported were intercepted phone calls on June 17 and 18 in which Russian soldiers complained about frontline conditions, poor equipment, and overall lack of personnel.[1] One soldier claimed that units have been largely drained of personnel and that certain battalion tactical groups (BTGs) have only 10 to 15 troops remaining in service.[2]

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I understand the Russians attempted yet another wet crossing by pontoon bridge across the Siverski Donets River, at the same location of the last two disasters. The Ukrainians reportedly mined the pontoon bridge and the Russians again suffered serious losses.

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They’ve sustained more than 100,000 casualties at this point.

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The Ukrainians will keep feeding conscripts into the front, but it only slows down the inevitable.

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