The war in Ukraine is turning into a mass suicide for Ukrainian soldiers which now includes teenagers being forced to carry weapons to the battle front. So far Ukraine has lost 150,000 dead in under 12 months. The wounded number 300,000 or more. This is a huge catastrophe for Ukraine.
This is a proxy war being conducted by the US, Britain and their NATO poodles against Russia. The US, UK and NATO countries want to supply infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), troop carriers and battle tanks to Ukraine.
But after 11 months of war Russia holds more than 100,000 square kilometres of territory, is running over Ukrainian positions at will and is only now ramping up its deployment of troops and equipment in the conflict. The Russians have destroyed thousands of Ukrainian military vehicles and tanks.
The Russian strategy in Ukraine is unique for a land based war in Europe. The Russians want to destroy as much of the enemy's war machinery as possible. They are achieving this by luring the Ukrainians into a few "kill zones" and then destroying them in set piece engagements.(Set piece meaning the Russians hold the ground, they know the terrain, their artillery is well placed, their logistics and supply lines are almost set in concrete, with uninterrupted links to supply bases in Russia).
One example is the city of Bakhmut which has now been 'attacked' by the Russians for EIGHT months. The city has little or no strategic value yet the fighting around Bakhmut has been intense for the past EIGHT months.
It is obvious Bakhmut has little strategic value because if it did the Russians could have easily overrun Bakhmut in a few days. But instead they have set up Bakhmut as a 'kill zone' FOR THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS to suck in thousands of Ukrainian troops with weapons and equipment to be destroyed there. The Russians have still not attempted to fully capture Bakhmut.
NATO countries Hungary and Croatia are disagreeing with the British/American scheming in Ukraine. Germany has refused permission for fellow NATO member Poland to supply German made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The fault lies squarely on the US, Britain and to a lesser extent on other NATO countries.
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