jhungary
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Probably not.....The current Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine is probably the textbook example of how India would employ the cold start doctrine, IMHO. We should keep an eye on how the Ukrainians defend that area.
P.s. a good look at all the weapons supplied to Ukraine from outside powers during this war; can be very informative of the kinds of tactics that would have to be employed in a cold start scenario.
The current Ground Offensive in the East is not something of an Army with numeric superiority should do. You never get into a grinding warfare while fighting a mobile warfare at the same time when you outnumber your enemy, That is a good way you can pinned and hammered.
If I was the Russian overall commander, I would probably by-pass Sievierodonetsk and break out from Popasna and aim for a speed advance toward Kramatorsk, at this rate, Ukrainian is grinding away the Russian numeric advantage. By the way, that is what the UKrainian is doing to the Russian at the moment, they did not reinforce Sievierodonetsk, they shored up the opposite bank, and using the reinforcement to advance North of Kharkiv. Seems like Ukrainian are not going to defend Sievierodonetsk and pull back probably after some rear guard action.
Didn't the Russian MOD guy come out and say they wanted to encircle the entire Donbas region and established a land corridor toward Transnistria back in April?When did Russians attempt the big encirclement? Did Russians ever claim they wanted to do a big encirclement?