Russian Ops in Ukraine: Rocket Launchers and Lost Cities

Jun 1, 2022 Update on Russian Military Operations in Ukraine for May 31, 2022

- Russian advances continue - roads out of Severodonetsk-Lysychansk cauldron under Russian artillery fire;
- Ukraine launches anemic “counter offensives” as political distractions from strategic catastrophe unfolding for them in the Donbas;
- Ukraine, Western media float notion of Ukrainian retreat in Donbas;
- Western media beginning to cover full scale of Ukraine’s continued defeat;
- Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) may still be sent, just not with long-range missiles;
- US MLRS have steep logistical needs, large physical footprint that will make them cumbersome, easy to spot and destroy;
- Other “wonder weapons” are being cleared off the battlefield in a similar manner, including most recently Italian FH70 howitzers;
- Javelin and Stingers will take years to replace;
- Nothing short of a direct NATO intervention will reverse course for Ukraine;

Report: The New Atlas
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