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Kyiv shoots down second AWACS plane in major blow to Moscow
(www.euronews.com)
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Sorry to be a downer (no pun intended) but the news of Russian high value equipment being lost does not translate to victory in battlefields that is being sought after more by the public. The Ukrainians just lost Avdiivka (in part thanks to Republican stonewalling aid package to Ukraine) and there is reports of armoured assaults in Robotyne, a major village which Ukraine retook in their last counteroffensive.
Russia is willing to take more losses, because unfortunately the Russians are too steeped into Putin's propaganda.
This isn't about winning any particular battle, but to weaken Russia's awareness of the battlefields all over Ukraine. It's a slow-boiling long-term success.
Public morale and perception is as important. If Western public feels that results are not worth the money, they will demand or elect politicians who will withdraw support to Ukraine. American public perception is the major reason why US withdrew from Vietnam after all, in spite of body count that Pentagon touted. This is propaganda war as much as martial.
Ukraine has been targeting Russia's radar and early warning capabilities, allowing them to fly drones into occupied territory and into Russia proper to hit high value military targets, refineries, factories and more.
The A50 was in part to coordinate airstrikes on the front, and in part to fill the radar gap.
Now the gap needs re-filling... Again...
In the mean time, refineries and fuel depots burn, airfields get hit, ships get sunk. It's getting harder every day.. for both sides.. but the loss rate for Russia is only sustainable as long as their enormous reserves last... But they are dwindling...
This is the attritional warfare Zalushni was talking about. It's like 2 boxers beating the crap out of each other untill one has had enough, can't raise his arms anymore, or goes KO. And neither is KO just yet.