Simbo
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The more I see, the more looks like Ukraine is there to stay. It’s certainly going to divert Russia one way or another though.Could this be a "diversionary" attack - aimed at getting the Russians to move their SAM infrastructure to compensate for the attack. If the Russians move this in a panicked/ haphazard way it will be more vulnerable to Air attack as it won't have it's own overlapping coverage. I'm thinking the timing is significant with Ukraine getting it's first F16's. - so could be preparation for a sweeping air to ground attacks to wither Russian air / SAM resources.
Or is this too significant a scale attack to be for this?
How Russia react is going to tell us a lot about “wtf can Russia even do?” I’ve seen some commentators suggest Russia has enough reserves and equipment held back to deal with it along with their air force…. I’ll hold back my laughter for now, just in case, but I fecking doubt it.
First group of reinforcements has been smashed, progress of next convoy is being broadcast across the net… Saw a Russian TG post stating they are attempting to gather a ragtag group of 2k troops together from whatever military personnel is nearby, to retake Sudzha. If stuff like that is true, they are dead on arrival. This is clearly a well planned, prepared and provisioned op from Ukraine.
Having difficulty not replicating Zelenksky’s facial expression right now.