Russia and Ukraine

[Thumpalumpacus]

I like his point about this being a Ukrainian counteroffensive rather than "incursion" (which is how I've been analyzing this heretofore). I think his criticism of the "slow, confused" Russian response is a little off the mark -- it seems clear to me that the Russians are trying to drive their attack on Pokrovsk home and avoid shifting troops to defend the Ukrainian attack because they feel a successful capture of Pokrovsk will more than outweigh the loss of ground around Kursk.

I haven't finished the video so I don't know if the general will address this, but the economy of force the Ukrainians are using is really impressive. 10,000 or so troops penetrating 30 km scaring the shit out of the Kremlin is both a tactical and psychological victory. I don't agree that this is a "catastrophe".

Hopefully the Ukrainians can roll up the western flank and make Russians really think about what their sons are dying for.