The first 3 days are critical. You need to smash a hole deep in the defence. Then gather logistics to carry on. however you are horrifically exposed until you shore up your flanks.
if you don't break the spirit of the defenders then you're in deep shit.
for what its worth, the german invasion of france almost failed, because the entire column got bunched up in the Ardennes. Had the french acted in time, the germans would have been destroyed.
Plus, because the french were so motorised it allowed the germans to piggyback on the infra.
That is how they work..."in theory". Reality can be swiftly influenced by a single actor, acting at their own whims, then end up changing the pace of the confrontation.
Blitz or not, the destruction of wealth occuring in Ukraine will make it easily enter the club of thrird-world countries whose existence is sustained by international donations. The harsh sanctions on the invaders will make more cumbersome the task of trying to extract value from the conquered land. This will not impact negatively on UKR rebirth. RU may win the battle, but the longer the resistance lasts, they'll have on their hands a worthless asset, internal powerfights and regional humanitarian crises.
You obviously never worked in a team where your boss wanted something impossible and everyone was afraid of loosing their jobs or whoever was not afraid already left/was let go.
This one was definitely a red flag for me regarding authenticity.
It seems far more like a slow surge offensive, siege technically. Look at US in Iraq, shock and awe was more akin to "blitzkrieg" and even that campaign took 3 weeks to secure Baghdad.
I'd say one theory I have to back this up is that Germany was briefed by Russia about the imminent invasion and Germans were asked to stall sanctions until Sunday (3rd or 4th day of invasion) as it will be over by then. When it became clear that invasion is not going to plan, Germany changed their stance 180 degree. Unfortunately I cannot give source for that, but you can follow official German briefings from when the invasion started until Sunday to see the behaviour matches.
>Germany was briefed by Russia about the imminent invasion and Germans were asked to stall sanctions until Sunday (3rd or 4th day of invasion) as it will be over by then.
Do you have a source for this? I can't find anything to support this, then again the internet is quite flooded with articles with similar search terms.
The first 3 days are critical. You need to smash a hole deep in the defence. Then gather logistics to carry on. however you are horrifically exposed until you shore up your flanks.
if you don't break the spirit of the defenders then you're in deep shit.
for what its worth, the german invasion of france almost failed, because the entire column got bunched up in the Ardennes. Had the french acted in time, the germans would have been destroyed.
Plus, because the french were so motorised it allowed the germans to piggyback on the infra.