Ukraine Blog 59 – Death by a Thousand Cuts
Dear friends, family and colleagues, Five weeks have passed since Ukraine started its long awaited counteroffensive. Lots of people complain about the lack of progress in terms of territorial reconquest by Ukraine. To be honest, I was also having a hard time figuring out what is going on. However, in the past week, a clear picture starts to emerge about what Ukraine’s plan is and why in the medium term this will be disastrous for Russia. So first of all, I had a little bummer when posting Blog 58. I was talking about the main indication that Ukraine would start a breakthrough attempt when Leopard 2A6 and Bradley AIFV’s would start to appear. Less than two hours after I posted the blog, Twitter was flooded with footage of abandoned Leopard 2A6’s and Bradley’s. Russia releases footage allegedly showing 'trophy' abandoned western tanks - YouTube So was it a real breakthrough attempt? Yes, I’m not going to make myself guilty of swallowing pro-Ukrainian NAFO (anti-Russia...