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Ukraine’s Donbas Strategy: letting Russian forces pound away until they have exhausted themselves
(archive.ph)
"It’s far from clear if the Ukrainian strategy will succeed."
They're betting Ukraine has more people than Russia has ammo (and related equipment) they can supply to the front. How is this real life? How can people say they "support" Ukraine and then tacitly approve of Ukrainians being snatched off the street and sent to the front as literal cannon fodder?
I liked how Michael Hudson explained it recently on Geopolitical Economy Report, he said the strategy for Ukraine was based on flawed narrative based decisions and the mistaken belief that the Russian economy was weak and would collapse.
Therefore actual military strategy was always out of the question as the goal was not winning but grinding things out until the Russians deal with Putin for us.
Understanding this plan requires layers of delusion beyond the more obvious lies about Russia not being provoked. After all it can be understood that seeing this conflict defensively, Russia cannot opt out of the Ukraine war due to a change in risk versus reward. If it were a land grab this might be possible. But there hasn't been an effective change in risk versus reward for Russia either. Instead, the time limit is on Europe, as Russia's economy is strengthened by the global realignment to the south.
They are just employing the good old Zapp Brannigan strategy.
"You see, killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them until they reached their limit and shut down."
All the while, they claim it's Russia that's engaging in "human waves" tactics