Ukraine’s Invasion of Russia, What’s the Objective?

Ukrainian army brigades invaded onto Russian soil into Kursk Oblast for the first time in history. They quickly started fighting in 11 separate villages in an incursion. Stryker Armored vehicles were deployed. Early reports indicate this was a force of at least 1,000 soldiers; more than 11 main battle tanks and 20 armored combat vehicles. We will also examine the offensive campaign into the Donbas region. The electrical power attacks. The mobilization and conscription as well. They pushed up the R200 highway connecting Ukraine to Kursk Oblast in Russia. They’ve advanced at least 10km although unconfirmed reports claim as far as 30km as of Thursday August 8th.

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  1. Two things can be true at the same time. Ukraine can be losing ground in the Donbas and along the rest of the frontline while at the same time this incursion of Kursk Oblast can be bad news for Moscow. My goal is to provide you with objective look at the entire picture of the war. This means covering all aspects of the war from the good bad and ugly for both sides. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cappyarmy
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  2. ole flockheed shartin better work faster on MIRV interceptors smh or just go the best route: "Mass Accelerators" or railcannons for the normal man

  7. Funny how it’s now completely fine and acceptable to use conscripts but when Russia did it, it was a sign of something immoral and wrong 😂
    ahh good ol propaganda.. gotta love it.

  8. Will the West have enough for the taiwan front after this? or is this the way they will deplete our military resources?… They better at least have enough for the entire WW3 conflict not just for this part. This better NOT be all we have on hand.

  12. Story points. Because for Zelensky that's what it all boils down to. 2 brigades will be lost for story points. Now Russia has all the reason and justification to take the entire eastern Ukraine.

  14. By everything i have seen, convict units aren't being deployed as assault unit by UA. They cant waste them. They arent trained well enough to carry an assault.
    They are mostly support and engineering units.

    Spearhead are the best units UA can muster. That includes 80th air assault and 82nd airborne brigades with FoRL and Belarussian volunteers as support.

  18. The Ukrainian has a Russian Chief of staff.. this will either be brilliant or a blunder..one thing is sure though Ukraine is expending men and equipment..

  20. It really is way too small of a force to send to "take & hold", more like what we'd use to harass supply & ammo depots & convoys behind enemy lines.

    IMO It started as a "suicide raid" to cripple Russian logistics in the north, and force Russia to move troops from Donbass to Kursk, and found themselves saddled with POW's and in full military control of an area they planned on "thunder running" through.

    If Ukraine can continue to move north & fortify those positions, they can force Russia to defend Moscow, either pulling troops from the eastern front or coming up with enough additional troops to advance on both fronts.

    It's still Russia's war to lose, their losses won't be high enough that their entire military couldn't (in theory) steam-roll Ukraine within a week untill ~2028. (That's pure spreadsheet, comparing Russia's "strategic stockpile" to current loss rates, and hand-waving pretty much everything other than total vehicle & troop count for both nations)

    P.S. That's assuming nukes are off the table and MAD doesn't settle the issue in Ukraine's favor. (They don't have nukes anymore, they're not a target when the world goes MAD – unlike Russia.)

  21. The point of capturing the gas hub is the Russians can NOT dank the troops there with missiles or drones, same reason Russians grabbed nuke plants in Ukraine ?

  24. I think this operation might be about escalation in particular, countering the russian talk about "red lines" and exposing the nuke bluff, and creating precedent for Western weapons being used on russian territory to reduce resistance of the other Western allies in supplying and sanctioning the use of such weapons on russian territory. It may also be intended to bring some unrest to the russian society. Perhaps if you shake a tree hard enough, it's going to fall down eventually.

    22:53 yer yardstick is broken, it has 'Highly UNlikely" twice on two opposite ends.

  25. mearsheimer does anyone listen to that food the bottom feeders won't even consume anymore? That animal is a POS

  26. I think Ukraine controlling the oil pipes lines means. They have a way to create money and jobs by making sure Europe has a way to heat themselves while supporting Ukraine on the front. if they can control the area in the future, but I'm think in 8 mouths from now.

  30. Wait, didn't you call anti-anything cages "cope cages" when the Ruskies used them, but now you're giving them creds? Not being difficult or trying to get you in an "Ah HA!" or anything like that. It's just funny how language changes…

  32. There is also the cost of refugees. Even moderate internal displacements can bog down roads and rail lines. The cost of housing, feeding and caring for them is not insignificant. What’s more this allows Ukraine to strike internal Russian logistic points. Train stations, bridges, and roads. Those disruptions could be valuable.

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