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Russo-Ukrainian War: Schrodinger’s Offensive A ramble about force design, Moldova, and a
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2023 Mar 1, 3:54pm 398 views 2 comments
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RWSGFY
2023 Mar 1, 6:04pm
RWSGFY
2023 Mar 1, 6:04pm
He makes a bold assumption wrt loss rates but I don't see any support for it. It also flies against the military truism
of attacking force always suffering bigger casualties especially when storming heavily fortified and/or urban positions.
of attacking force always suffering bigger casualties especially when storming heavily fortified and/or urban positions.
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AmericanKulak
2023 Mar 1, 7:09pm
AmericanKulak
2023 Mar 1, 7:09pm
Great piece, this further develops the FP's plausible scenario where the professionalized portion of the Russian Army was unable to present the depth of logistics and follow on units to hold the territory they took.
I did read somewhere in Bahkmut where Militia and Wagner Forces are basically just constantly probing into the city in every direction, exhausting and running down the Ukrainians while tightening the supply lines (but still giving them an easy out).
I did read somewhere in Bahkmut where Militia and Wagner Forces are basically just constantly probing into the city in every direction, exhausting and running down the Ukrainians while tightening the supply lines (but still giving them an easy out).
long article - author really gets into the weeds
https://bigserge.substack.com/p/russo-ukrainian-war-schrodingers