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What (more reasonable) Western Analysts Say Comes Next for Ukraine

1 year ago
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Some Western analysts have been providing a more accurate picture of the conflict in Ukraine than the general barrage of Western war propaganda. They seem to agree that:

- There is no path for Ukraine to win militarily;

- Russia is nowhere near as incompetent and ill-prepared as the Western media suggests;

- Russia is not seizing territory because it is waging a war of attrition;

- Ukrainian territorial gains may have appeared “spectacular” but came at the cost of huge losses in men and equipment;

- Russia is bolstering both its manpower and defensive positions;

- The loss of Kharkov and Kherson city has actually left Russia in a more advantageous position, more troops on a shorter line of contact;

- Russian forces fighting in Bakhmut seek to grind Ukrainian forces down, not capture the city from them.

References:

Euromaidan Press - Ukraine to liberate Crimea by end of August 2023 – former commander of US Army in Europe (January 2023):
https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/01/08/ukraine-to-liberate-crimea-by-end-of-august-2023-former-commander-of-us-army-in-europe/
Alexander Mercouris - Russia On Brink of Capturing Soledar, Ukraine Bakhmut Defences Crumble, West Rushes Weapons, Ukraine:
https://youtu.be/QEIsQSoMx1U
Washington Post - Wounded Ukrainian soldiers reveal steep toll of Kherson offensive:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/07/ukraine-kherson-offensive-casualties-ammunition/
NY Times - Defenses Carved Into the Earth:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/14/world/europe/russian-trench-fortifications-in-ukraine.html
Foreign Affairs - Russia’s Rebound, How Moscow Has Partly Recovered From Its Military Setbacks (January 2023):
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/russia-rebound-moscow-recovered-military-setbacks
Russia Matters - What’s Ahead in the War in Ukraine (December 2022):
https://www.russiamatters.org/analysis/whats-ahead-war-ukraine
Royal United Services Institute - The Return of Industrial Warfare (June 2022):
https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/return-industrial-warfare

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28 Comments

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  • Great work, Brian. Thank you.

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  • Now that America and the globalists has been pushed out of hot spots that they ignited and are about to be pushed out of Syria and Ukraine I guess they will head down to the pacific and start trouble here,I wish people would wake up to what is going on,my country as sure as hell does not need their brand of "freedom"!!!

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  • Russia could just keep pounding till everybody leaves, even give free bus rides like the green buses in Syria. After everyone has left, shut the gates. De-Natzied, De-Militaried, & Done.

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  • I suspect the two Western journos you describe have been following The New Atlas recently and perhaps the Duran guys. Thus their partial copping on.

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  • No need to block ads, not at youtube anymore. LOL

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  • Brian, thank you, interesting. They argue about Russian victory, but definately we will see it soon

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  • Thanks for alternative views much appreciated

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  • I believe we’re seeing the beginning of the end of the Ukrainian army. An interesting bit on the Military Summary Channel two days ago about a Ukrainian battalion ordered to retreat in Soledar and ordered not to tell other units defending the city. This led to the collapse of the defense and fighting in the city center. Quite unexpected ! I believe that was a mutiny by the command. If the command is losing all hope and is willing to mutiny then things are dire. This type of mutiny has a high potential to spread. Commanders begin to distrust each other and that will trickle down to the men. Soon rumors spread and the fighting ability of the army disappears. Not sure of the truth but it was expected to take weeks to take Soledar not hours.

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  • Wagner appear to be one of the most successful Military groups on Earth, far better than Blackrock for instance or Mozart.

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  • Thanks for alternative views much appreciated

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  • When you're rocking the crisp white shirt, you look like Lex Fridman in an alternate universe. Ha ha have a great day and thanks for the straight up.

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  • Eyes in Poland...as mobilization and battalion formation proceeds. Poland is going to be Ukraine 2 as Gerasimov became today chief of everything in Russia and Russia is out of the SMO and in to proper war against everyone !

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  • Thank for your work in keeping us informed with facts.

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  • Time after time, I have heard this sing song, How long is this Ukraine conflict going to take? It is a silly question but it manages to cover what is really meant, why are all of us in the West in the middle of this insanity? I can answer this question on a couple of levels. There are invisible puppet masters out of sight providing the money & the msm narrative that captures the willing. Fortunately, they will become irrelevant because no human truly controls all that much. The true answer to this state of anxiety is that we all have to grow into more responsible places of involvement in this game of life. Keep your head low so you don't get sucked into sucker conflicts. If you are Spec Ops, you listen to your commander. If you are civilian, you get real & do what your conscience dictates. We all listen to our own call to action, we just need to be more aware. Sandy Rinaldi, Arkansas, US Army veteran 1971 to 1974, today 11 JAN 23

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  • I thought at the beginning of the Special Operation Putin said "denazification" of Ukraine? I could be wrong.

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