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Ukraine says they destroyed 7 helicopters. They are also claiming that Russia has lost 40% of its invasion combat strength (in other words, 40% of it's units have greater than 20-30% losses and are no longer combat effective). Take this with a grain of salt, of course. However, if 5,000-8,000 have been killed and there are 2-3x as many wounded...that's maybe 10,000-24,000 soldiers out, which is 5%-13%. If those losses are mostly concentrated in half the forces, then Ukraine's claim could be feasible.

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ISW analysis for 15 March 2022:

 

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 15 | Institute for the Study of War

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 15 Mason Clark, George Barros, and Kateryna Stepanenko March 15, 5:30 pm ET Local company- and battalion-level attacks by Russian forces northwest of Kyiv on March 14-15 likely indicate the largest-scale

 

 

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Local company- and battalion-level attacks by Russian forces northwest of Kyiv on March 14-15 likely indicate the largest-scale offensive operations that Russian forces attempting to encircle Kyiv can support at this time. Russian forces did not conduct offensive operations northeast of the city, around Sumy, and only limited (and unsuccessful) attacks southeast of Kharkiv. Russian force generation efforts, including reservist and conscript call-ups and the ongoing transport of Syrian fighters to Russia and Belarus, are unable to change the balance of forces around Kyiv within the coming week. Russian forces have not conducted simultaneous attacks along their multiple axes of advance across Ukraine since March 4 and are unlikely to do so in the next week.[1]

 

Russian forces in southeastern Ukraine continue to demonstrate the greatest capabilities to date and are steadily advancing in three directions: northeast from Kherson, taking territory in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, and reducing the Ukrainian pocket in Mariupol. Russian forces are unlikely to successfully encircle Mykolayiv and threaten Odesa in the near future but retain uncommitted Naval Infantry reserves that could conduct an amphibious operation or disembark to reinforce Russian ground operations, as Russia has employed Naval Infantry elsewhere. Russia may seek to encircle Zaporizhya by advancing northeast up the west bank of the Dnipro River after failing to break through Ukrainian forces directly south of the city on the east bank. Russian forces are making slow but steady progress against Ukrainian defenders on the line of contact in Donbas and likely seek to force them out of their prepared defensive positions.

 

With Russian forces likely unable to complete the encirclement of Kyiv or resume mobile offensive operations in northeastern Ukraine in the near future, the Russian capture of Mariupol will likely be the next key inflection in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces have successfully encircled Mariupol and are conducting daily assaults on the western and eastern outskirts of the city. Russian air, missile, and artillery strikes continue to target residential areas and civilian infrastructure to force the city to capitulate. Russian forces have encircled the city to a depth that will likely prevent the defenders from breaking out and prevent Ukrainian efforts to relieve the defenders. Russian forces will likely be able to capture Mariupol or force it to capitulate despite strong Ukrainian defenses. The Russian capture of Mariupol will free up Russian forces, likely including large portions of the 8th Combined Arms Army, to threaten Ukrainian defenders along the line of contact in Donbas with encirclement or alternatively reinforce a Russian offensive toward Mykolayiv and Odesa. This assessment assumes that the defenders in Mariupol will run out of ammunition and/or water at some point in the relatively near future. Mariupol has been heavily fortified for years, however, and it is possible that its defenders secured sufficient supplies in advance to hold out longer. The Russians will likely continue to escalate bombardments to the point of simply destroying the city if that appears to be the case, but the reduction of Mariupol in this way could take considerably longer.

 

Key Takeaways

  • Russian forces are unlikely to launch offensive operations to encircle Kyiv larger than the scattered Russian attacks observed northwest of Kyiv targeting Irpin on March 14 and Guta-Mezhyhirska on March 15 within the coming week but may launch further tactical attacks.
  • Russian forces continued to assault Mariupol from the east and west.
  • Russian forces did not conduct major offensive operations toward northeastern Kyiv in the past 24 hours.
  • Russian forces attempting to encircle Kharkiv continue to face supply shortages, particularly regarding ammunition.
  • The Russian military falsely claimed to have captured the entirety of Kherson Oblast on March 15 but did not conduct any major operations toward either Zaporizhya or Mykolayiv.
  • Russia is unlikely to launch an unsupported amphibious operation against Odesa until Russian forces secure a ground line of communication to the city, but Russian Naval Infantry retain the capability to conduct a landing along the Black Sea coast.

 

     

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    9 hours ago, LazyPiranha said:

    Can someone give me the tl;dr on if and how war tourism or whatever the hell you want to call it is legal or if it’s actually legal at all?

     

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    Is It Legal to Join Ukraine's Military Defense? - FindLaw

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    If you want to join Ukraine's fight against Russia, you may. But you need military experience to qualify. And it's probably a bad idea.

     

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    Before we start counting how many volunteer American boots might be on Ukrainian ground in the near future, it may be useful to look at the legality of leaving home to fight for another country.

     

    First and most importantly, it is legal.

     

    According to the U.S. State Department, U.S. citizens can join another country's military. You can't be recruited or hired within the U.S. to serve in another country's military, but they can travel to that country to join the military or apply through that country's embassy in the person's home country.

     

    According to the Defense Department, volunteer soldiers lose their own neutral status when they join a foreign military – not the neutral status of the country they're from. This means that an American volunteer can at least be technically assured that they won't be dragging the U.S. or NATO into the war by their presence.

     

     

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    1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said:

    They are also claiming that Russia has lost 40% of its invasion combat strength (in other words, 40% of it's units have greater than 20-30% losses and are no longer combat effective). Take this with a grain of salt, of course. 

     

    A MOUNTAIN of salt.

     

    That degree of "combat ineffectiveness" would directly translate into the complete and total collapse of Russian forces on every front depending on how it was distributed.  In other words, it wouldn't just mean that Russian forces are stalled or being slowly made to withdraw a few kilometers - it would mean that the Ukrainians would be pushing them back into Russia itself.

     

    Yeah, it's nice propaganda, but that's all it is.

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    2 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

     

    A MOUNTAIN of salt.

     

    That degree of "combat ineffectiveness" would directly translate into the complete and total collapse of Russian forces on every front depending on how it was distributed.  In other words, it wouldn't just mean that Russian forces are stalled or being slowly made to withdraw a few kilometers - it would mean that the Ukrainians would be pushing them back into Russia itself.

     

    Yeah, it's nice propaganda, but that's all it is.

    I do think Russia is making moves right now because they are running out of supplies.

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    2 hours ago, Jason said:

    I guess they were all in a good mood after the DST vote. 

     

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    U.S. Senate unanimously condemns Putin as war criminal

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    The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal, a rare show of unity in the deeply divided Congress.

     

     

    Those checks must've stopped clearing.

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