War in Ukraine

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NorthDallas40 said:
Remember where I pointed out if you managed to make a coherent reply it is usually a strawman or non sequitur? This is one of those times Curly.
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And once again if they are winning and Russia is losing it would only make sense to let Ukraine keep doing what they are doing. They don't need our help. We have more important things to worry about here.
 
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 6
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Mason Clark and George Barros​

May 6, 5:00 pm ET​

The Ukrainian counteroffensive north and east of Kharkiv city secured further gains in the last 24 hours and may successfully push Russian forces out of artillery range of Kharkiv in the coming days. Ukrainian forces captured several settlements north and east of Kharkiv in the last 24 hours, reducing the ability of Russian forces to threaten Ukraine’s second-largest city. This Ukrainian operation is developing into a successful, broader counteroffensive—as opposed to the more localized counterattacks that Ukrainian forces have conducted throughout the war to secure key terrain and disrupt Russian offensive operations. Ukrainian forces are notably retaking territory along a broad arc around Kharkiv rather than focusing on a narrow thrust, indicating an ability to launch larger-scale offensive operations than we have observed so far in the war (as Ukrainian forces predominantly retook the outskirts of Kyiv following Russian withdrawals rather than in a major counteroffensive). The willingness of Ukrainian forces to concentrate the forces necessary for this scale of offensive operations, rather than deploying these available forces to defenses in eastern Ukraine, additionally indicates the Ukrainian military’s confidence in repelling ongoing Russian operations to encircle Ukrainian forces in the Severodonetsk area. While Ukrainian forces are unlikely to directly threaten Russian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) to Izyum (as they run further to the east of recent Ukrainian advances), Ukrainian forces may be able to relieve Russian pressure on Kharkiv and possibly threaten to make further advances to the Russian border.


ISW cannot confirm initial reports of a Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missile strike on the Russian frigate Admiral Makarov on May 6.[1] Pentagon Spokesperson John Kirby said the United States cannot confirm the reported strike and added “we’ve been looking at this all day.”[2] ISW will update this assessment with further information as it becomes available.

Key Takeaways
  • The Ukrainian counteroffensive along a broad arc north and east of Kharkiv city took further terrain and will likely push Russian forces out of tube artillery range of the city in the coming days. The ability—and willingness—of the Ukrainian military to concentrate the forces in Kharkiv necessary to conduct this operation indicates Ukrainian confidence in repelling ongoing Russian attacks with their existing forces in the region.
  • Russian forces did not make any progress on the Izyum axis.
  • Russian forces likely secured small gains on the outskirts of Severodonetsk in the last 24 hours but are unlikely to successfully surround the town.
  • Russian forces continued assaults on the Azovstal plant, but ISW cannot confirm any specific advances. Likely widespread civilian resistance to the Russian occupation may additionally be disrupting previously announced Russian plans to conduct a Victory Day exhibition in Mariupol.
  • There were no significant changes on the southern axis in the last 24 hours and Russian forces continued to reinforce their forward positions.
  • ISW cannot confirm reports of a Ukrainian anti-ship missile strike on the Admiral Makarov at this time.
 
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DonjoVol said:
And once again if they are winning and Russia is losing it would only make sense to let Ukraine keep doing what they are doing. They don't need our help. We have more important things to worry about here.
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We covered that curly. They have the resolve and the man power to repel the invading Russian bastards. But not the means.

We give them the means.

They blow up invading bastard tanks and ships defending their homeland with those means.

We laugh our asses off.

Rinse repeat.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
We covered that curly. They have the resolve and the man power to repel the invading Russian bastards. But not the means.

We give them the means.

They blow up invading bastard tanks and ships defending their homeland with those means.

We laugh our asses off.

Rinse repeat.
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Sounds like you're falling for propaganda.
 
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DonjoVol said:
He does make a good point. If Ukraine is taking out all these Russian generals, ships, tanks and if Russia is losing this war then why would Ukraine need any help from the U.S., NATO, or the West?
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To keep taking out those generals, ships and tanks. Whether you agree with us doing it or not the reason is rather obvious to anyone that isn't being obtuse.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
Remember where I pointed out if you managed to make a coherent reply it is usually a strawman or non sequitur? This is one of those times Curly.
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“You just don’t respect hard workers”
“You can’t do fast food cooking”
“You can’t do Russian reporting”
 
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tvolsfan said:
Glad we intervened to stop Serbia’s second genocide attempt in a few years.
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Where was NATO or the US during Rwanda genocide? Oh, and don't say that Rwanda is outside of NATO or the US's realm of influence, because they are now considering moving into the Pacific...
 
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GVF said:
Sure they do. AS a citizen of Ukraine, unless they want to move back to mama.
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Davey Crockett and the rest of those seditionists at the Alamo should have done the same. Same goes for the Israelis. Same goes for those Albanian Muslims in Kosovo.
 
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