Ukraine is ready to launch its long-awaited counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview published on Saturday.
We may have to wait a few years for the books to be published to find out. I actually think things seem to be progressing according to what feels like an optimal plan; wait for Bakhmut to finally finish falling, then immediately start hitting them with the potential encirclement of Bakhmut and simultaneously invade Belgorod to force Russia to spread its forces everywhere trying to cling defensively to those places. Then once their forces are committed, find the place they weakened to “pay” for those reinforcements and hammer that with the counteroffensive.
Maybe they had other plans and this is just what they wound up with, but it seems decent to me.
We may have to wait a few years for the books to be published to find out. I actually think things seem to be progressing according to what feels like an optimal plan; wait for Bakhmut to finally finish falling, then immediately start hitting them with the potential encirclement of Bakhmut and simultaneously invade Belgorod to force Russia to spread its forces everywhere trying to cling defensively to those places. Then once their forces are committed, find the place they weakened to “pay” for those reinforcements and hammer that with the counteroffensive.
Maybe they had other plans and this is just what they wound up with, but it seems decent to me.