 Editor in Chief Bill   | 04 May 2022 7:23 p.m. PST |
…A significant Ukrainian counteroffensive pushed Russian forces roughly 40 km east of Kharkiv City.[3] A senior American defense official reported the Ukrainian operation, which is consistent with social media reports from both Ukrainian and Russian sources that Ukrainian troops took control of Staryi Saltiv on May 2.[4] This Ukrainian counteroffensive is very unlikely to affect Russian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) to Izyum, as the Russians have not been relying on GLOCs from Kharkiv to support their operations in Izyum but have been using routes further to the east and well beyond the most recent Ukrainian counteroffensive's limit of advance. The Ukrainian counteroffensive may, however, unhinge the Russian positions northeast of Kharkiv and could set conditions for a broader operation to drive the Russians from most of their positions around the city. This possibility may pose a dilemma for the Russians—whether to reinforce their positions near Kharkiv to prevent such a broader Ukrainian operation or to risk losing most or all of their positions in artillery range of the city… Understanding War: link |
Grattan54  | 04 May 2022 8:17 p.m. PST |
Kharkiv has been on the front lines from the very start of the war. Yet, I have heard not about what is happening there. Was the city ever surrounded? Was there fighting in the city itself? How much damage has it taken? |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 04 May 2022 8:53 p.m. PST |
Russians got into the city center early (scouts?) but were hunted down. |
| Tango01 | 04 May 2022 11:22 p.m. PST |
Kharkiv under full Ukrainian control, regional governor says
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UPDATED. Ukrainian Army's Victories link Armand |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 05 May 2022 10:32 a.m. PST |
Damaged city, from The Guardian: link |
| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 05 May 2022 11:04 a.m. PST |
You'd kind of think that the Russian army might have revised the use of, seemingly unsupported, fast light armoured units to penetrate urban areas. |
| Thresher01 | 07 May 2022 4:54 p.m. PST |
I heard on the news today that the Russians are resorting to blowing bridges in Ukraine in order to slow down their enemy's counter-offensive. |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 07 May 2022 9:50 p.m. PST |
Russian occupiers have blown up 3 road bridges near the towns of Tsyrkuny and Ruski Tyshky, Kharkiv Region, in order to hinder the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukrainian Pravda: link |
| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 08 May 2022 5:02 a.m. PST |
I think it was UK MoD intelligence press release that today suggested that Ukraine may be able to push Russian forces out of artillery range of the city. |
 Legion 4  | 08 May 2022 9:04 a.m. PST |
Still a lot we don't know … But from the beginning the Russians had numbers and the Ukrainian military had skill, motivation, etc. Obviously, the battle is still ongoing … |
| soledad | 08 May 2022 10:01 a.m. PST |
Russia did not even have the numbers to begin with. Not even close to 3:1 which is considered necessary for an attack. They had local superiority at a few places but that was not enough. There was not enough follow on troops. Apart from that Russia had nothing. Everything else was crap, officers, soldiers, morale, logistics, tactics, doctrine. |
| Tango01 | 08 May 2022 3:26 p.m. PST |
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| Legion 4 | 08 May 2022 5:39 p.m. PST |
They had local superiority at a few places They thought the Ukraine would be a waltz like the Crimea in 2014. But overall, the Russians forces out numbered Ukraine's. But not 3-1. However, since they didn't know how to use their "combat multipliers", etc., etc. Well we see how that is turning out … |
