This will be a very short entry, at least for now, as I am still on the road. Ukraine’s invasive attacks, at least five, on the Russian mainland in the Belgorod region over the past two days are reported to have been repelled by Russia, with heavy Ukrainian losses. It is becoming clear that some reports from the Ukrainian side were deeply deceptive. The attacks were anticipated by Russia with bomb, artillery and drone attacks on large Ukrainian troop concentrations I draw the conclusion that Ukraine made the decision to make the best of a bad job and proceed regardless. This tells me that the objective was not victory but sympathetic Western press coverage that would help push Congress to provide money. In this it was successful. Congress has provided emergency aid of $300m including ATACMS long range missile and HIMARS launchers (which may have already been sent). These will assist in further blanket Ukrainian drone attacks of the kind we saw last night across Russia. Some were successful. They included attempts to hit a nuclear power station in Rostov, I believe, and took place alongside a renewed Ukrainian offensive on the Zapporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant -Dima speculates that Ukraine is maneuvering for something it can use to blackmail Russia with. Russians will not be happy with evidence of very light protection of their borderlands even if the Russian army responded effectively.
NATO Closer to Direct War
NATO Closer to Direct War
NATO Closer to Direct War
This will be a very short entry, at least for now, as I am still on the road. Ukraine’s invasive attacks, at least five, on the Russian mainland in the Belgorod region over the past two days are reported to have been repelled by Russia, with heavy Ukrainian losses. It is becoming clear that some reports from the Ukrainian side were deeply deceptive. The attacks were anticipated by Russia with bomb, artillery and drone attacks on large Ukrainian troop concentrations I draw the conclusion that Ukraine made the decision to make the best of a bad job and proceed regardless. This tells me that the objective was not victory but sympathetic Western press coverage that would help push Congress to provide money. In this it was successful. Congress has provided emergency aid of $300m including ATACMS long range missile and HIMARS launchers (which may have already been sent). These will assist in further blanket Ukrainian drone attacks of the kind we saw last night across Russia. Some were successful. They included attempts to hit a nuclear power station in Rostov, I believe, and took place alongside a renewed Ukrainian offensive on the Zapporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant -Dima speculates that Ukraine is maneuvering for something it can use to blackmail Russia with. Russians will not be happy with evidence of very light protection of their borderlands even if the Russian army responded effectively.