It’s been about 4 months of such incremental gains. Except in zones the Russians are attempting advances, elsewhere their lines are thinly held and not backed by reserves. The attrition of 4 years of this is finally telling.
In the 2022 Ukrainian counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces suffered high losses pushing on a narrow front seeking a breakthrough. It was just too early, the invaders simply had too many reserves and defenses held. A historical analogy might be the 1916 battles around Verdun on the WWI western front. Now we’re seeing something more like the 1918 Ludendorff offensive which finally adapted tactics to current technology, and advanced on a broad front so French/British reserves couldn’t be concentrated to respond. First major shifts in the line for 3+ years. But the Allies in that war had 2 million fresh soldiers from the US joining, the Russians have reached the end of ethnic minorities, convicted criminals, street drunks and African mercenaries, and are now conscripting ethnic Russian university students.
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It’s been about 4 months of such incremental gains. Except in zones the Russians are attempting advances, elsewhere their lines are thinly held and not backed by reserves. The attrition of 4 years of this is finally telling.
In the 2022 Ukrainian counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces suffered high losses pushing on a narrow front seeking a breakthrough. It was just too early, the invaders simply had too many reserves and defenses held. A historical analogy might be the 1916 battles around Verdun on the WWI western front. Now we’re seeing something more like the 1918 Ludendorff offensive which finally adapted tactics to current technology, and advanced on a broad front so French/British reserves couldn’t be concentrated to respond. First major shifts in the line for 3+ years. But the Allies in that war had 2 million fresh soldiers from the US joining, the Russians have reached the end of ethnic minorities, convicted criminals, street drunks and African mercenaries, and are now conscripting ethnic Russian university students.