Russia-Ukraine War (Threadbanned in op)

Nicely reworded with the 'bla blaa blaa' for that extra bit of expertise & reality.

If you read the above I'd already mentioned increased chemical warfare being another distinct possibility.

But sure look Ukraine can't sustain the assault, Russia can deal with them whenever they want, Ukraine are gaining no ground

If you really want to get in to it; what to you think Ukraine can do with the narrow corridor they've gained, march it all the way to Moscow? They're still 550 odd miles from the city of Kursk; can they maintain supply lines all that way and keep pushing? Ukraine has already stated that it has no intention of holding Russian territory currently occupied.

Russia are still making small gradual gains along the south eastern front, what use is 1,000s/kms when they are around Kursk. Pokrovsk and Chasiv Yar are teetering and would be much bigger losses to Ukraine than the small area they've gained in Kursk.

But tell me more about blaa blaa blaa. Stellar stuff.

But what it has done very well is gotten Ukraine back on the front pages and has been a huge embarrassment for Putin

Which was my original point if you'd bothered to read it. Propaganda is great in the short term for Ukraine; making it stick is the difficult bit. They've gained in Kursk which was a poorly defended area but are potentially about to lose bad in the south.

Gen. Gerasimov has a target on his back due to Kursk failings, that heaps pressure on him to win in the South and it looks like they'll take two key areas within days unfortunately.

Wars are mostly won and lost at home and I have always believed bringing the war to the Russian people was necessary and it certainly seems to be having the desired effect.

Wars are "won and lost" where they are being fought primarily. Sure what goes on 'at home' has some affect but that cuts both ways; Ukrainian propaganda can only do so much for so long. Ukrainian conscripts are now reportedly being rushed in to service with shorter training periods- precisely what Russia did and what we heard would be their ultimate demise, yet here we still are.

It's not a "narrow corridor" by the way. Corridors are usually long and narrow not semi circular in shape. It's more a small foyer or lobby

This isn't 'Room to improve'. They've created a narrow, given the length of the front, incursion.

'Small Foyer'….stick to the blaa blaa blaa.

You are an Irish person and it's sticking in your craw about Ukraine taking Russian land.

Before I deal with the rest show me this part….

Now at least they are pushing themselves to be on par with the Russian military at the negotiating table.

They aren't on par. They are far away from being anywhere near "on-par".

We're three weeks in, they've taken a comparatively small foyer pocket in a relatively under protected area whilst at the same time they are about to lose key areas in the south (you'll note above where I said Unfortunatley, just incase you're mistaken it's 'sticking in my craw').We haven't even seen the response from Russia in any meaningful way, yet here you are saying they're all of a sudden "on-par"; you'd think Ukraine have pulled up in Red Square.

You could also read where I posted in #4821 that "Any success by Ukraine is to be welcomed" …but do go on with the "sticking in my craw" bit.

Now you are worried if Putin doesn't get his way that Putin will use those Ukrainian nuclear weapons back in Ukraine or the invaded parts of Russia.

No..I never mentioned nuclear. That's the second time that lazy fall back has been bandied about in less than 24 hours.

along that front only….the entire front is a lot bigger. This is a comparatively narrow front.

This is a salient point though…anything else?

An A10 brrrrrtt would be lovely here

Yes, which was where my original point was going. Ukrainian success is positive but it heaps pressure on Putin to respond.

Great if they can hit him hard and keep hitting him but it's not as simple as that. Nobody said that they shouldn't retaliate; but is it retaliation if you're losing as much as you've gained relatively simultaneously?

I can argue its not even a corridor

The Suwalki gap would be a better example of a corridor.

Ukraine opened up a nearly 60 km wide and 30 km deep front which will cause a major headache for Russia to regain control of …

He has proved over and over again that any form of weakness triggers the attack mode in him. 

Exactly; granted he is already attacking in other areas but as another poster put it :

I do expect Putin to respond the only way he knows how to. Lashing out and destroying civilian infrastructure and accommodation.

I fully expect to hear horrific reports of hospitals, schools, power generation facilities, etc, to be targeted on a much larger level shortly.

Because thats just the kind of cnut he is.

they come to the opinion that its Putin himself is the cause of all their problems, then his days are numbered.

I don't think we're near that point just yet unfortunately.

over last few days Telegraph, ISW and more hilariously Darth Putin (links to both on previous pages) made the observations that Putin wants to hide, dismiss and downplay the scale of disaster that Kursk 2.0 has been, setting deadlines that are months away and pouring in conscripts kept in check by Chechens

and sure enough like night follows days and flies are attracted to 💩 we have the official line of Kursk being insignificant being replayed here

and we endup with silly comparisons of square meters per day in back arse of Donbass to dozens of square kilometres per day

How much more heaping does he need. The big tough strong man has just had his country invaded, his people living in displacement camps and drones taking out his infrastructure.

That's my point…..he's just had his country invaded…That increases pressure on him.

"take it back whenever they want"

I never said this.

You've also ignore the rest of what I and others have written that may be seen in an unfortunate backlash. And, the bits where Ukraine are losing ground, potentially more important/strategic.

It's always mounting "pressure" or red lines with Putin. How much does Ukraine need to invade before the pressure becomes too much. When is he actually going to act on this pressure or red line.

The answer is he can't. Because his army is already invested to the maximum of its ability. Already at it's limit.

Unfortunate backlash me arsse. He has already thrown everything at Ukraine.

Yes, and ?

Just google Suwalki corridor