Quote (ferdia @ Oct 26 2022 04:20pm)
The running narrative, which I agree with, is that Ukraine will retake everything it has lost by the end of the year, and that they will move on Crimea next year. This is not the first time I have said this. If Ukraine moves on Crimea that would in my mind induce a response from Russia, and therefore next year we can expect the war to escalate. While there was talk some years ago *2017* (with video interview with Ukrainian military advisor - previously posted in this thread) where Ukraine envisaged stop starts over a number of years , which you have alluded to here, I would say that we are still a bit away from a cessation of hostilities, or a pause, and would go so far to say that things are continuing to ramp up with no sign of a lul.
All that we are seeing here is Ukraine doing well and Russia on the back foot. Russia will respond and we will enter a new chapter of this war.
Russia has already responded with the mobilization wave, expect even more waves to come if need be. The new forces which is like 2x the previous haven't even hit the frontlines yet, they are still training and frontlines will be saturated in like 4weeks? Another thing many have been ignoring is the fact that russia has formed a cohesive leadership for the partial mobilization of the economy as well, it means that russians are amping up production hard, which isn't something you do if the war is gonna be temporary (it takes many months to reorganize and increase production lines).
Basically the time frame for ukranian offensives is like 4-6 weeks at most. I wouldn't predict more than a few weeks at a time, it is delusional.
This post was edited by ownyaah on Oct 26 2022 07:29am