Russian Wins in Eastern Ukraine Spark Debate Over Course of War

(Bloomberg) — Russian troops are making steady progress in Ukraine’s east on the back of more-concentrated artillery and air power, now controlling almost all of the Luhansk region and threatening to encircle thousands of Ukraine’s most experienced troops.

That is sparking fears that Russia could be poised for a bigger breakthrough, and leading to increasingly panicked calls from Kyiv for even more powerful offensive weapons.

Russia’s capture of a series of towns including Popasna means its forces hold 95% of the Luhansk region that makes up the northern half of the Donbas area. On Friday, Ukraine’s military command said Russian troops were pushing on from Popasna toward the town of Bakhmut, 32 kilometers (20 miles) west, seeking to isolate Ukrainian forces in a pocket of government-held territory around Sievierodonetsk.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson described the Russian gains as “slow, but I’m afraid palpable, progress,” in a Bloomberg interview. He also backed Ukrainian demands for supplies of longer range multiple launch rocket, or MLRS, systems as “where the world needs to go.”

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5 Comments

  1. CPL Antero Rokka May 28, 2022 at 09:42

    So–now Bloomers-berg and Yahoo start sounding the bad news: UKR “NOT WINNING.”

    Funny how these news “experts” had it all wrong from the get-go. Who believes anything they report?

    And the UK Puppet-Stooge, Boris “Karloff” Johnson’s solution: “Give the Ukies the mid-range missiles so they can hit targets far inside RUSS.”

    THAT has been already talked about and warned against by RUSS. It’s their ‘red line.” Giving UKR these medium range rockets will have “consequences.” Count on it.

    PS Who trains UKR recruits to unlimber, set-up, work all the targeting info, and direct the fire of these weapons? You don’t learn this stuff on an 8-hour shift. Who has the three ring binder or FM for all of this and who is paying the tab? “contractors?” MI6?, CIA?

    • NC Scout May 28, 2022 at 10:23

      Yup.

  2. Chris May 28, 2022 at 11:12

    With HIMARS ans MLRS Inbound….
    I wonder what …Counters, we are going to see.

    If given missles that can/could strike deep into russia.
    I cant help but think/believe there are going to be “Advisors” On The Spot.

    Face is Expensive and Deadly to all, except the Face(S)

    Things are Creepin.

  3. boss21 May 28, 2022 at 12:27

    ‘Sparks debate, LOL. The ‘debate was over in the first week to anyone with a grasp on reality, history and actual military matters. Lobbing shit into Russia will be just what the doctor ordered. Russia has been preparing for years to neuter NATO. They have the means to do it conventionally. Every economic down cycle causes Europe to march east like clockwork. After Barbarossa Russia swore never again on their soil. Europe is asking to get lit up which is about the only way they will wake up from the EU dystopic nightmare. The US will probably head for suicide in the WestPac.

  4. Mas Casa May 28, 2022 at 20:22

    Army National Guard units from at least a couple states have served as part of the Joint Military Training Group-Ukraine since about 2014. Recently, the JMTG-U has restarted in a NATO country, which is where training and handover of the M777s occurred. M777s seem like a potent weapon but I can’t help but think they’re an anachronism in the RUS-UKR War with the time it takes non-self-propelled artillery to deploy, shoot, and move to avoid ISR UAV- directed counter-battery fire.

    Just an assessment, but I’d say the front will break in pockets that could become a route. I never understood why UKR left at least a brigade in Mariupol; didn’t take a genius to realize they’d be cut off quick and no use in the long campaign that Russia is conducting.

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