Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for June 6, 2022 – The New Atlas
Mon 1:05 pm +01:00, 6 Jun 2022– Russian forces continue encirclement and elimination of Ukrainian forces in the Severodonetsk-Lysychansk cauldron;
– During encirclements in Syria, similar “offensives” were attempted as acts of desperation;
– Claims of Ukrainian “counter-offensives” are a distraction from the overall, imminent strategic defeat these forces face in the cauldron;
– Other “offensives” near Kherson and outside of Kharkov have failed to make any strategic gains and represent political distractions for Ukraine’s strategic defeat;
– HIMARS, additional artillery systems, drones, and other heavy weapons will not change the tide of the conflict
– Russia is winning because of air power, air defenses, logistics, advantages in correlation of forces;
– Western media continues to pivot from “Ukrainian victory” to a more sober realization of Ukrainian losses and its bleak outlook for the future.
References:
Guardian – Ukraine forces ‘recapture 20% of territory lost in Sievierodonetsk’ – as it happened: https://www.theguardian.com/world/liv…
Reuters – First cargo ship leaves Mariupol since Russia took the city – separatist leader: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/…
Alexander Mercouris (The Duran) – Russia Repulses Ukraine Counterattacks, West Reporters Speak of Crisis for Kiev in Donbass: https://youtu.be/CCX0xRyX_QI
Alex Christoforou – EU happy to buy India’s oil. Severodonetsk fog of war. Putin ‘crunching them like nuts.’ Update 1: https://youtu.be/UhlE4Z1szSc
Institute for the Study of War (ISW) – RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 4: https://www.understandingwar.org/back…
TASS – Fuss over arms deliveries to Kiev aims to stretch out conflict in Ukraine, Putin says: https://tass.com/politics/1460781
Guardian – Himars: what are the advanced rockets US is sending Ukraine?: https://www.theguardian.com/world/202…
Yahoo News – Spain ready to give Ukraine 40 Leopard tanks, anti-aircraft systems,
El Pais writes: https://news.yahoo.com/spain-ready-uk…
The National Interest – Turkey’s Leopard 2 Tanks Are Getting Crushed in Syria: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buz…
TASS – Russia says it struck artillery training center with foreign staff outside Sumy: https://tass.com/military-operation-i…
US Department of Defense – Dr. Colin Kahl, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Holds a Press Briefing (June 1): https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcri…
BBC – ‘I watched from afar Russia’s latest merciless assault on Severodonetsk’: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe…
Guardian – Russia is winning the economic war – and Putin is no closer to withdrawing troops: https://www.theguardian.com/commentis…
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