re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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What’s stopping him from just activating now?

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That is bullshite. When was the last time any French gun fired 6 shots before surrendering?

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That is bullshite. When was the last time any French gun fired 6 shots before surrendering? In pretty much every unified western conflict since WW2 And basically on there own in Africa

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When was the last time any French gun fired 6 shots before surrendering? In pretty much every unified western conflict since WW2

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WWII.

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The VDV – Russia’s airborne forces – spearheaded the invasion. In December, specialist units of
the VDV had wargamed out their role in the repression of Ukrainian civil society alongside the 9th
Directorate of the Fifth Service of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).9 The VDV assault units
received the plan three days before the invasion and started excitedly talking in anticipation of
their daring operation. VDV commanders started discussing their primary objective at Hostomel
in clear. When they landed, therefore, they were met with Ukrainian artillery and a coordinated
counterattack, quickly being driven from the airport. Meanwhile, to the north, Ukrainian units
fought a delaying action with considerable success. The Russian motor rifle and Rosgvardia
troops had received their orders less than 24 hours before the invasion. As a consequence, they
did not fight a methodical campaign of breakthrough and exploitation by successive echelons as
their doctrine dictated, nor were they supported by sufficient artillery as is considered essential.
Instead, they were pushed forwards along two main resupply routes (MSRs) towards distant
objectives without reconnaissance or screening to their flanks.10 The Rosgvardia, intended to
provide rear-area security,11 sometimes ended up advancing ahead of combat units.12 The speed
of some armoured units allowed them to drive into Kyiv’s suburbs only 48 hours into the war,
but, as they were miles ahead of the main body of Russian ground forces, all this achieved
was their isolation and destruction.13 With little opportunity to prepare, psychologically or
practically, many Russian units broke when they met serious resistance.

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The Russians continued to advance, but at an increasingly heavy price,18 so
that by the time they had secured Hostomel and were in place to launch an attack on Kyiv, it
was clear that they lacked the combat power to successfully seize the city. Instead, the Russians
moved to encircle the capital, but in doing so came into range of more and more Ukrainian
artillery units and exposed more of their depth to raiding.

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e. Eventually the Kremlin realised that pushing more forces south would not lead
to progress. So long as they were moving along the same MSRs they would suffer heavily from
artillery. Nor did the units in place have the combat power to break into the Ukrainian capital.
The decision was therefore taken to withdraw and to refocus efforts on Donbas.24 Russian units
retreating from Kyiv on the Belarus axis were put under a withering and sustained barrage as
Ukrainian artillery followed their retreat northwards.

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The announcement of the reorientation of Russian operations to Donbas left a number of
Western analysts bemused by the gap between Russia’s aspirations and its capabilities.25 Some
analysts26 – including one of the authors of this report27 – assumed that the initial intent to
announce a success on 9 May would force this offensive to be launched early, and there was a
general consensus among Western observers that the Russian military lacked the combat power
in the region to execute the operation

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??#Ukrainians attacked a military storage near Briansk city of #Russia. LINK

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