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Harsh headline, but an interesting idea: Russia has redeployed its 76th Guards Air Assault Division to the Zaporizhzhia front to plug the Ukrainian breakthrough in Robotyne.

But this unit was until recently doing the same thing in Bakhmut.

Some indicators say the Ukrainian Eastern offensive near Bakhmut has ebbed in the last 2 weeks, which has theoretically freed up the 76th GAAD to be redeployed to the southern front.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This indicates that Ukrainian efforts at attrition warfare have delivered over the summer, and that they're well positioned to start up manoeuvre warfare again.

It's worth saying that these elite Russian forces are about as well-equipped and trained as Ukraine's offensive brigades. There were some fairly well researched reports from last year by the ISW about how these air assault divisions have been getting badly beaten up since the start of the war, and have taken significant losses on multiple occasions against regular Ukrainian troops. Not to write them off completely, but the Ukrainians are perfectly capable of taking on these guys.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't these the same guys who at the wars beginning, parachuted into the airport in Keiv, and got their asses handed to them by National Guardsmen?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

No those were the better trained and equipped ones.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There is tangible evidence Ukraine's push south is working. There is no evidence they're failing on the eastern front. Forbes, please explain to me why forcing Russia's last reserves to reposition is a "screw up."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Because it gets the click and Forbes' bloggers get paid per click.

[–] Baines 3 points 1 year ago

russian money tell them to say so

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe this is intentional, and they will hit them there. I cannot imagine Ukraine will tell the Russians their strategy.