Fascinating piece. Two weeks prior to the start of the war, Marine Corps University ran an 4-day wargame to simulate the first several days of a 🇷🇺 invasion of 🇺🇦. Current Russian offensive is playing out in ways eerily similar to the game.
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Interesting section on 🇺🇦 counterattacks and attrition of Ukrainian maneuver formations: "The Ukrainian commander, in the wargame, decided to send three brigades from the city to counterattack into the flank of Russian armored forces."
"This led to a major engagement about 40 kilometers northwest of Kharkiv against the Russian 27th Guards Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade. In the ensuing battle, both the 27th SMRB and the Ukrainian 92nd Mechanized Brigade were destroyed."
💯: "A post game analysis decided that it would have been better to keep the Ukrainian force in the city per the original plan and turn Kharkiv into a fortress city."
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