Quote (bogie160 @ 20 Jul 2023 17:47)
This is almost semantics gym. No they didn't fail since they are slowly advancing while destroying russian equipment, right now. At some point Russian defenses could collapse.
Don't forget Ukraine didn't engage all its ressources in the actual offensive(s). If something failed it could be the first "testing the enemy defenses" incursions, more than a month ago, for 1-2 weeks.
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From May 8 to July 13, Oryx indicates approximately 200 Russian artillery pieces destroyed or damaged for sure, which is already considerable and represents, in two and a half months, a quarter of the total Russian losses observed since the beginning of the war.
Add to this the statements of General Popov, the recently sacked commander of the 58th Russian army, who speaks clearly of the Russian difficulties in this battle.
It will probably be necessary to wait until the end of August to have an idea of the turn of the major Ukrainian offensive operations, and therefore also of the turn of the war.
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=> I could ask you: Do you agree or disagree that Russia has failed its "special operation" and that it will never be able to replace the Ukrainian government by its own puppets ?