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Larry Johnson owner of the Son of the New American Revolution and former CIA, State Department Analyst cover the ongoing tragedy unfolding in Ukraine, its military and its people. The two cover a lot of ground including the Biden administrations push for Ukraine’s offensive…
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by Bernhard at Moon of Alabama
Another Ukrainian attack got bogged down in a minefield.
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- 3 Finnish Leopard 2R with mine clearing equipment
- 1 German Bergepanzer III recovery tank (based on the Leopard 2 chassis) with mine clearing equipment
- 2 German Leopard 2M6
- 2 U.S. M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles
- 1 U.S. MaxxPro armored transport vehicle
- 1 U.S. HMMWV armored transport vehicle
- 1 unidentified vehicle
This follows other significant recent losses.
The total replacement cost of the above vehicles at present value is about $60-70 million.
During the spring and summer of 2022 the Russian forces destroyed the regular Ukrainian pre-war army. It was replaced with Soviet era material from east European states and Ukrainian draftees. By the beginning of this year that second army had also been destroyed.
What we currently witness is the demilitarization of Ukraine’s third army.
As I detailed back in January:
The stocks of two complete armies have by now been destroyed in Ukraine. The resources for a smaller third one will be delivered in the next rounds of ‘western’ equipment deliveries during the next months. Russia will dully destroy Ukraine’s third army just as it has destroyed the first and second one. It is doubtful that the ‘West’ has enough material left to provide Ukraine with a fourth one.That then leaves only two options. Send in ‘western’ armies with the equipment they still have or declare victory and go home.
I do not sense any appetite in the U.S. or Europe to send their soldiers into Ukraine. It is quite obvious that their fates would be no different from the Ukrainian ones.
That leaves negotiations as the only option. There will be a lot of hesitation as the price Russia will ask for to stop the war will be high:…
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