Most Ukrainian troops lacked combat experience, unlike hardened Russian units dug into fortified positions. Some 70% of the lead brigade had never fought before. This compared poorly in the initial assaults My comment: Indeed, this is strange. 5/

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I have heard complaints from experienced units that they are not given new equipment, in particular, tanks. I guess the idea was that experienced units kept fighting, while new units were training 6/

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The US pushed for large-scale, combined arms offensives. But Ukraine faced unexpected difficulties like dense minefields and drones. It was forced to abandon mechanized assaults for slower, dismounted infantry tactics after heavy losses. My comment: I disagree with "unexpected"/

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The WP: The US wanted a concentrated attack in the south to cut the Russian land bridge to Crimea. Ukraine insisted on attacking along 3 axes to stretch Russian forces, including around Bakhmut against US advice. 4/

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Russians made a similar mistake in the beginning of the war and their large attacking units were taken out by small and very mobile Ukrainian units. The situation is somewhat different this time, but the principle stands 3/

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It miscalculated Ukraine's ability to rapidly transform into a Western-style military, and do so without air power available to NATO My comment: yes and no, the US also ignored Russian mines, drones, and Russian ability to observe and counter coordinated large scale attacks. 2/

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Viktoriia and Liubov are combat medics who managed to escape from the blockaded Mariupol. They refused to evacuate and stayed with the marines to defend the city.

Together with the soldiers of the 36th Marine Brigade, in March 2022, Viktoriia and Liubov walked 267 kilometers… pic.twitter.com/v2viu2PFx8

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) 6 décembre 2023

Viktoriia and Liubov are combat medics who managed to escape from the blockaded Mariupol. They refused to evacuate and stayed with the marines to defend the city. Together with the soldiers of the 36th Marine Brigade, in March 2022, Viktoriia and Liubov walked 267 kilometers

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Since mid-2023, Russia has upgraded Iranian Shahed-series one-way attack drones with its weaponry as recent discoveries reveal improvements and covert alterations, per UK intelligence. https://
euromaidanpress.com/2023/12/06/uk-
intel-as-russia-improves-iranian-drones-ukraine-keeps-downing-most-of-them/
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