Ukraine has 'defeated the initial Russian campaign,' study concludes

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The D.C.-based Institute for the Study of War concluded that "Ukrainian forces have defeated the initial Russian campaign of this war," in an assessment published Saturday, The New York Times reported.

The assessment argues that Russia had failed in its initial goal of swiftly capturing Kyiv and other major cities and toppling the Ukrainian government and that Russian forces "are very unlikely" to capture these major objectives if they persist in their present strategy.

"The doctrinally sound Russian response," the assessment concluded, would be for Russian forces to pause and regroup instead of "continuing to feed small collections of reinforcements into an ongoing effort to keep the current campaign alive."

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made similar comments in Bulgaria on Saturday. "I think [Russia] envisioned that they would move rapidly and very quickly seize the capital city. They've not been able to do that," he said, according to CNN.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-defeated-initial-russian-campaign-162147829.html

[Lovie777]

1. Hopefully with the Patriot Air Defense System . ..

being deployed by Slovakia to Ukraine will help deter the never ending bombing.

Putin targeting people in Ukraine is a criminal war violation.

[maxsolomon]

2. Does anyone actually KNOW that was Rusher's plan?

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Or they just THINK that? Plenty of anecdotal evidence, sure.

[honest.abe]

3. There were reports of some captured Russian war plans..

that Ukraine said indicated Russia military prepared for a 15 day war. Of course nobody would know for sure unless they were directly involved in planning the war.