Now that Ukraine has depleted its manpower and weaponry on its failed counteroffensive, Russia can choose the time and place where it begin its counter-counteroffensive. From Pepe Escobar at strategic-culture.su:
Evidence keeps piling up, via leaked reports, of an across-the-board breakdown in the Ukrainian frontlines.
Evidence keeps piling up, via leaked reports, of an across-the-board breakdown in the Ukrainian frontlines.
Previously, we focused on the southern Zaporozhye front. Now let’s focus on Kharkov, in the northeast.
The attached document, fully verified for authenticity, is a July report to the Chief of Staff of the operational-tactical group “Sumy”.
The report essentially says that it’s impossible to withdraw two thirds of the A7383 unit from the battlefield to recover combat readiness because the remaining one third is incapable of holding the fort – which happens to extend along 55.5 km.
In parallel, recruiting was proceeding very slowly.
As of four months ago, the 127th separate territorial defense brigade in Kharkov was still equipped with 72% of personnel – 2,392 soldiers and 256 officers. Yet, crucially, the moral-psychological condition of the unit was critical – just as in the previous instance in Zaporozhye.
So forget about recovering combat readiness: this is yet another case of a brigade – now in Kharkov – that cannot fight properly. The previous case was far from being an exception to the current rule.
The conclusion is stark: with whole brigades in critical condition, the entire Ukrainian frontline may be about to fall.
