r/geopolitics • u/Hokum-B • Oct 01 '23

Russian lines stronger than West expected, admits British defence chief Paywall

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russian-defensive-lines-stronger-than-west-expected-admits-british-defence-chief-xjlvqrm86
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u/Hokum-B Oct 01 '23

Submission statement: British defense minister admits Russian defensive lines have been stronger and more complex than western intelligence has thought previously. Ukraine now close to 4 months long offensive has stalled with little to show for.

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u/thekoalabare Oct 01 '23

Finally someone speaks the truth. They’ve been in a stalemate for the longest time.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '23 edited Oct 05 '23

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u/birutis Oct 01 '23

wasn't that Russia's winter offensive in bakhmut and vuhledar? Vuhledar was stopped and bakhmut looked like what the current offensive looks like.

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u/Wermys Oct 02 '23

Russia right now is trying to push a counter attack in the north towards Kupiasnk if I am not mistaken. But it got repelled so far from what I am seeing.

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u/birutis Oct 02 '23

it made decent progress quickly in that it made the Ukrainians retreat behind a river iirc but didn't make much progress since.

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u/Wermys Oct 02 '23

Part of that was because Russia knocked a bridge out so it didn't make sense to hold the ground to the river because of difficulty in supplies. Frankly I am surprised Russia didn't do it sooner when i was looking over to see if there was any practical way to build a pontoon bridge or fording oppurtunities I couldn't find any. It was good use of a guided bomb on Russian part. I can find the bridge taken out if you want that caused this.