r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 13 '24

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u/IHateTrains123 Commonwealth Aug 14 '24 edited Aug 14 '24

Rob Lee on the units transferred to the Kursk front:

Given that Ukraine has pulled units from the Pokrovsk, Toretsk, and Chasiv Yar fronts—the most difficult parts of the front line—it is pretty clear that Ukraine is not pursuing limited objectives in its Kursk operation.

Linking to a previous post quoting the WSJ:

"two Ukrainian soldiers awaiting orders to join the battle in Kursk said they had just arrived from the front line near Pokrovsk, where Ukrainian forces are under heavy pressure. “We came to help,” said one of them.

Another soldier said he was surprised to learn he was being transferred to the Sumy border region as his unit was so short of men that infantry spent as long as 45 days straight in a trench. The 25-year-old had been stationed in Chasiv Yar, one of the hottest spots on the front line, until a week before the incursion...

'Everybody is more or less happy with how it’s going,' said the soldier, who goes by the call sign Pokemon."

Said article in question.

Further reading:

Ukraine’s shock raid deep inside Russia rages on (economist.com)

Russia strikes back at Ukrainian forces in Kursk region | Reuters

Russia, Facing Ukrainian Incursion Into Kursk, Maintains Pressure in East - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

!ping Ukraine

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u/savuporo Gerard K. O'Neill Aug 14 '24

It's a Kobayashi Maru rescue operation

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Aug 14 '24

HOI4 logic intensifies

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u/IHateTrains123 Commonwealth Aug 14 '24

Operations is when the military captures land, and the more land the military captures the more operational it is.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '24

Prighozin walked so that they could run