Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[Biggerboat1]

Ryuu96 said:

Biggerboat1 said:

Random question. With the shit-show that is US politics resulting in recent momentum swinging in Russian's favour, will the extensive minefields they laid to thwart Ukraine's counteroffensive actually prove a major obstacle to themselves taking more territory?

Not really because the Russians should roughly know where they didn't place them and routes forward, also some areas aren't riddled with minefields, they're just soldiers shooting on soldiers or artillery on artillery, Ukraine doesn't have the ammo and so they'll be forced to move back, likely we'll see them lose a lot of ground in the Avdiivka area because the next defensible position is quite far back.

Thanks. Was kinda hoping for a silver lining... Maybe a Russian advance would at least allow Ukraine to track where Russia had left paths through the minefields. Though that would only prove useful if Ukraine are ever in a position to themselves advance again, which is unfortunately looking increasingly unlikely.

I found this video informative - https://www.youtube.com/live/kJUPhhShFP4?si=ZSjfLaUZFI5T26XE

Destiny & co-host interviewing : 'Ryan McBeth is an intelligence analyst, software architect, cybersecurity guy, and YouTube content creator specializing military, intelligence, disinformation and programming'

Lots of info re. specific military equipment being used in Ukraine (and Gaza), as well as lots of logistics talk.