Guerre en Ukraine : de la prudence à l'affolement… Ce que cache le virage de Macron
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Quelle mouche a piqué le président au moment d'envisager l'envoi de troupes en Ukraine ? Plusieurs rapports confidentiels défense expliquent « l’affolement » de l’Élysée, où les chefs de partis sont invités ce jeudi 7 mars à évoquer la question. Sur le front, les Russes sont en position de force. Fallait-il pour autant, face à Poutine, brandir une menace intenable ?

TLDR

  1. Western planners underestimated Russian strength and assumed their defense lines would collapse upon breach.
  2. Ukrainian brigade training was insufficient, too administrative, and short.
  3. Western equipment is considered less efficient than Soviet due to maintenance issues and degraded mode capabilities.
  4. The report emphasizes Russian superiority in defensive tactics with heavy machinery for fortification.
  5. The Russian army is recognized as the technical reference for defensive strategies.
  6. Western press reported Moscow’s lack of interest in soldiers’ lives, but confidential reports suggest otherwise.
  7. Russians practice “Maskirovka,” appearing weak to hide their true strength.
  8. A stampede occurred during the loss of Avdiivka on February 17.
  9. Macron presented other reports to political opponents, challenging Western press’s underestimation of Russian capabilities.
  10. Ukrainian general staff lacks a critical mass of ground forces capable of breaking through Russian defensive lines.
  11. The most serious error is seeking exclusively military solutions to end hostilities.
  12. A French officer concludes that Ukraine cannot win the war militarily due to insufficient forces.
  13. Ukrainian soldiers’ fighting spirit is affected by ongoing conflict.
  14. Zelensky needs 35,000 men per month but isn’t recruiting half of them while Putin draws from a pool of 30,000 volunteers each month.
  15. The Ukrainian failure at Avdiivka demonstrates that Kiev is not capable of re-establishing the collapsing front with an “elite” brigade’s dispatch.
  • Openmastering
    124·
    9 months ago

    Just giving a bit of context here:

    Marianne is a french far-right sovereignist newspaper. I’m not surprised it’s spreading this kind of informations as its goal is definitely to weaken Macron’s government. Plus a lot of its headlines are clickbaity bullshit serving a far-right agenda.

    I’m not saying it’s a direct propaganda newspaper, but their interests are inline with those of Russia. It’s easy to get an officer to say this or that so I wouldn’t trust anything written here as it’s just opinions from some french officers.