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Some interesting points from this NYT article on latest Ukrainian military gains:
- Initially, President Zelensky desired to launch the broad attack across the south, to recapture Kherson and cut off Mariupol from the Russian force in the east.
nytimes.com/2022/09/13/us/…
Some interesting points from this NYT article on latest Ukrainian military gains:
- Initially, President Zelensky desired to launch the broad attack across the south, to recapture Kherson and cut off Mariupol from the Russian force in the east.
nytimes.com/2022/09/13/us/…
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- 🇺🇦 generals and 🇺🇸 officials believed that such an assault would result in immense casualties and would fail to retake large amounts of territory.
- During the course of the planning, 🇺🇦 commanders started opening up more to 🇺🇸 and 🇬🇧 intel officials and seeking advice.
- 🇺🇦 generals and 🇺🇸 officials believed that such an assault would result in immense casualties and would fail to retake large amounts of territory.
- During the course of the planning, 🇺🇦 commanders started opening up more to 🇺🇸 and 🇬🇧 intel officials and seeking advice.
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- A war game held by 🇺🇸 and 🇺🇦 officials simulating the attack in the south also suggested that such an offensive would fail.
- Instead of one large offensive, 🇺🇦 military proposed two. One - Kherson Oblast; the other - Kharkiv Oblast.
- A war game held by 🇺🇸 and 🇺🇦 officials simulating the attack in the south also suggested that such an offensive would fail.
- Instead of one large offensive, 🇺🇦 military proposed two. One - Kherson Oblast; the other - Kharkiv Oblast.
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- 🇬🇧, 🇺🇸 and 🇺🇦 conducted an assessment of the new plan, trying to war game it once more. This time officials from the three countries agreed it would work.
- Before the counter-offensive, 🇺🇦 sent 🇺🇸 a detailed list of weapons needed for the attack, according to 🇺🇦 officer.
- 🇬🇧, 🇺🇸 and 🇺🇦 conducted an assessment of the new plan, trying to war game it once more. This time officials from the three countries agreed it would work.
- Before the counter-offensive, 🇺🇦 sent 🇺🇸 a detailed list of weapons needed for the attack, according to 🇺🇦 officer.
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- The attack in Kherson Oblast was never a "feint or a diversion," according to people briefed on the plan.
- 🇺🇸 officials insist that credit for the offensive lies fully with Zelensky and 🇺🇦 military, which led a "relatively small force in Kharkiv to an outsize victory."
- The attack in Kherson Oblast was never a "feint or a diversion," according to people briefed on the plan.
- 🇺🇸 officials insist that credit for the offensive lies fully with Zelensky and 🇺🇦 military, which led a "relatively small force in Kharkiv to an outsize victory."
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