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A22@Seanmadradubh

Explain the following.

How Russians were able to continue attacking over the winter but Ukraine will be unable to do so.

What will stop Ukraine continuing to use small groups of infantry as they are currently.

The Russians won't be attacking they are Defending dug in positions ,and the Ukrainian have been using the small groups of infantry since this started, backed up by a small number of vehicles to mitigate losses , rather than commit to large scale full front assualts .....

Western experts say very much the same thing , thing's will slow down and Become static it won't come to a full stop but it will slow down,

Nothing to argue here at all

Long time since I saw Russia do anything successful. Hopefully Ukraine can counter this soon.

One gets the impression from some posts here that once the winter sets in that Ukr’s war effort will get ‘stuck in the mud’ and there comes to a halt until the place dries out in the spring - an unbelievable thought. Once bullets , missiles, bombs via bombers drones are released /fired, MUCK has nothing to do with their flight path , trajectory , accuracy and distance travelled. So UKr can do a LOT OF DAMAGE to Russian supply routes, arms depots, soldier concentrations, infrastructural damage to fortifications, etc, etc,etc.

and while all of the above is going on the Russians will be kept busy repairing, reconstructing damaged property but more particularly making efforts to try and protect themselves. Thus having less if any time to lay more mines, etc.

I would suspect that Ukr collaborators/special forces can continue to work behind the frontlines - muck or no muck.

the Russian side is a kind of a static entity while it is in a defending mode -waiting for the ‘enemy. It is also organised in big numbers - an easier target than small numbers. Whereas the UKr army is more mobile and moves around in smaller numbers.

most of Russia’s war needs are moved by rail - a sitting duck in the long term. If the artelliary misses the train it probably will blow up the track. most of UKr artelliary is moved in smaller lots and easier to discuise

So, The uUkr army is not ‘ stuck’ for something to do during the winter. And as it is on home soil and know the area better it is in a better position to use the local knowledge to its advantage

The Russian built those trench systems which gives them a bit of a tactical edge within them. The AFU have to probe through them blindly with very limited info gathered from satellite surveys, which will not cover any tunnels they’ve built. This is going to be one of those hard-slogg elements of the fighting that will share chilling parallells with WWI trench warfare.

Thin passages with no cover, and countless hidden warrens where Russians can hide & jump out at the AFU. It will not be an easy fight.

@Field east One gets the impression from some posts here that once the winter sets in that Ukr’s war effort will get ‘stuck in the mud’ and there comes to a halt until the place dries out in the spring - an unbelievable thought.

Of course it's going to slow ,this is what happens in winter logistics and transport becomes extremely difficult,did you not watch any of the footage from the previous winters , it's not an unbelievable thought it's fact what actually happens it becomes an artillery duel until they can't get vehicles on to firmer ground to fight,this is what happens you might not like but this is what they are dealing with,there was a reason why the spring offensive started so late ,

Simple question why didn't the counter offensive not begin in winter,

Knowing that Russia has always relied on General Winter I'm sure there's been strategizing about how to take advantage of that behaviour.

I agree that it is beyond question that the winter presents a totally different scenario because of the ground conditions but iritis not to say that the UKr can do nothing to keep upsetting the Ru ‘appletart’ Ukr cannot allow Ru any time to lay more mines/ defences or at least keep that aspect to a minimum . I understand that The UKr engineers/ innovative farmers , etc are genises at coming up with innovative solutions - By way of a very simple example a very , very light vehicle on very wide rubber tracks / tyres that can negotiate the mud and are very fast and versatile. I have never been there so I can only speculate like a lot of us . I had experience of extracting/ driving out a large vehicle from some serious quicksand

The Polish have been the standout ally for Ukraine in continental Europe.

Not necessarily no , according to propaganda maybe ,but Russian artillery is still inflicting serious damage despite the repeated claims that Russia is out of guns and barrels ,and ammunition

Oddly enough they are producing a mix and older and new equipment, despite various claims they wouldn't be able to ,and only recently they announced an 68% increase in military spending over the next while,that's a big increase even for them, I'd hazard a guess that a good bit of their budget will go on foreign weapons systems,

For sure will not go down easily, but it is also noguarantee of victory, as the poster claimed.

The early years of the Syrian uprising was also about people fighting for freedom and liberation from dictatorship. They fought with heart and heroism. Look how it ended (in no small part due to Russian involvement).

Ukraine needs continued massive Western backing or has no hope of outright victory. Let's hope they retain it

It's pure envy isn't it

The mask has come right off since he bought Twitter. Little or no critical thinking, far right views, anti-vax, falls for conspiracies, fake pictures on social media, the whole 9 yards. Desperate to be liked and to be contrarian, it's unsurprising he's gone down the "I support Ukraine but" rabbit hole.