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Russian forces will suffer as they get pushed closer to the Surovikin line.

The same things which makes you benefit from a defensive line will also make you suffer if you are on the wrong side of it. Image
Enemy, defender etc. does not refer to Ukraine or Russia specifically in this thread.

The purpose of a defensive line is to slow down the enemy, make him avoid the area or funnel him so he becomes an easier target and hopefully stop him.
To be able to supply your own troops operating past the defensive lines, you need to leave gaps.
As you fall back behind your own defensive lines you would try to mine those gaps.
An illustration of how you get funneled if you breach an enemy defensive line. Red areas are supposed to illustrate minefields. This is of course a simplified example, but it will do to get my point across. Image
The problem comes when you are getting pushed back to your own defensive position, your will get squeezed and funneled in reverse. Your maneuvering ability will become hindered and your movement pattern will become predictable. You will be an easier target. Image
I'm not saying this puts the defender at a disadvantage over all I simply wanted to highlight that you benefit less from the defensive line until your fall back behind it.
I am pretty sure that is what we saw on sentinel yesterday. Image

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🙅‍♂️ How do you explain to your boss that a drone was flying over your "super high tech air defense system", filming it as it was hit by a missile it's supposed to be able to shoot down?
Sir, we successfully intercepted the missile with our launcher. We are still assessing damage caused by the debris.
Inb4 vatniks appear and try to prove Ukrainian air defense is shit by posting soviet era systems being hit by lancets. Systems also used by Russia btw.
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🧵F16s are cool and much needed, but...

30% of all combat deaths are preventable with proper medical kit and training.

For the price of one F16 we could equip hundreds of thousands of UA solders with proper medical training and IFAKs

Leaders of European countries pay attention
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Ukraine does not have helicopter medevac like the US.

90% of deaths happen before they get to a hospital, so the most important treatment happens in the trenches right away. This is why every soldier needs an IFAK and proper training. Thousands of lives can be saved.
A good IFAK cost around 100 USD. Here is a good fundraiser to support if you want to safe lives.
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These people are absolutely nuts. Andrew is a good guy. Image
So it seems Walter got mad because Language learner is actually doing good in Ukraine training troops. While Walter just fled the country to avoid military service? This is some kind of inferior complex vendetta and he went after us because we supported the fundraiser.
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So much for the 10:1 ratio in Bakhmut.
Instead of putting your heads in the sand, how about you start asking how we can fix this problem. How do we reduce UA casualties?

Better and more training and equipment is the answer.
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He should apply for a job at the Kremlin.
It's obvious Ukraine tried to get a quick break through in the south at the start of their offensive. That did not work out. So I don't think he should be saying it's going according to the plan.
Unless Plan A was to fail, having to use Plan B after Plan A failed is not things going according to plan.
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