All the latest and greatest in the newest military tactics from the world’s largest battlefield. From Simplicius at simplicius.substack.com:
The Telegraph’s latest article outlines a purported Russian strategy being dubbed the ‘triple chokehold’ which has been responsible for Ukraine’s setbacks and territorial losses of late:
The term and concept appears to actually have been pulled from a Center for European Policy Analysis article from last month, which we’ll get to afterwards. But let’s first cover the Telegraph piece as it at least provides some artwork to better visualize the claimed Russian tactic.
They start with a Ukrainian expert who gives credence to the concept:
There were early signs that Russia was deploying the tactic on the battlefield last year, The Telegraph was told – but Moscow’s armies have significantly increased its use over the last two months along the front line.
“The whole Russian army is using the triangle strategy,” said Serhii Kuzan, the chairman of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Centre. “We call it the strategy and war of exhaustion.”
Let us also mention that there has been an increased spate of acknowledgments in Ukraine and the West recently that Russia has transitioned to a strategy of attrition—self-evident as it may be to us. Even Zaluzhny was forced to reiterate this in a new interview:
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/no-return-to-1991-borders-former-ukraine-1747937054.html
Unintended consequences (or is it?) RF now has the best land based military in the world.
No need for generals mud and winter but they are always available in case the EU barking chihuahua rump vassals feel froggy.