Reply To: Russian Tensions
And don’t you think Zelensky is not trying to speed up the delivery of new military hardware by presenting a pessimistic view?
The analysis of others which you fail to present is that Russia has not got the reserves or supplies available to take advantage with a follow-up offensive.
One big reason why they are not by-passing a besieged surrounded town and going for the bigger targets just waiting for them, practically defenceless as you earlier claimed.
In many ways he is perhaps using the same ploy as Prigozhin is scaremongering to get more support. A few days ago Prigozhin was saying Wagner is
“the cement…holding the Ukrainian army in place…If the Wagner group pulls back, then the following situation will unfold. It is clear that the front will crumble, the front will crumble for the Russian borders, perhaps it crumbles even further.”
This is entirely contrary to your argument that Russian regular forces are in sufficient numbers to not only repel a Ukrainian offensive but to make advances against it.
But I think both Zelensky and Prigozhin were playing politics rather than offering realistic military scenarios.
