Ukraine plays “Light Brigade” with British advice

Asian Times ^ | 10 June 23 | David Goldman

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American and European military observers in Ukraine described the Ukraine Army’s efforts of the past two days as a “suicide mission” that violated the basic rules of military tactics. “If you want to conduct an offensive and you have a dozen brigades and a few dozen tanks, you concentrate them and try to break through. The Ukrainians have been running around in five different directions,” complained a senior European officer.

“We tried to tell them to stop these piecemeal tactics, define a main thrust with proper infantry support and then do what they can,” the officer added.

They were trained by the British and they’re playing Light Brigade,” the officer added, referring to the 1854 disaster at the Battle of Balaclava when misreported orders sent British cavalry into massed cannon fire.

Ukraine’s tanks charged directly into minefields without deploying mine-clearing vehicles first, contributing to the loss of 38 tanks during the night of June 8, including numerous of the newly delivered Leopard II tanks.

“A couple of Ukrainians tried to pull off a Guderian,” another military source said, referring to German General Heinz Guderian’s breakthrough at Sedan during the 1940 Battle of France. “But Guderian had 3,000 tanks, and these idiots have just gambled away the 30 they have.”

And without air superiority,” the source added, “it’s a suicide mission.”

Russia’s KA-50 and KA-52 attack helicopters each carry enough missiles to kill 20 tanks, and can do so at a standoff distance of 10 kilometers. Ukrainian air defenses have been degraded by repeated attacks with cheap drones that force the Ukrainians to expend their limited inventory of S-300 and Patriot missiles. Of the 14 Leopard tanks Germany has provided to Ukraine, 3 have been destroyed, along with several of the Leopards provided by Poland.

The Ukrainian high command’s principle military advice has come from British officers embedded at headquarters in Kiev.

[Pete Dovgan]

This makes sense to you? They have trained nobody? Yet large (I mean hundreds) of F-16’s A/B early C/D are no longer stored in Arizona. When the war started there were 6-7 hundred F-16’s stored, now 2-3 hundred. Did the US open up new air wings with old aircraft as F-35 roll off the old F-16 assembly line? What about the F/A 18’s (not super hornets) that were arriving in Arizona, then suddenly hundreds disappear from the totals?

Somebody somewhere is using hundreds of old model F-16 and F/A 18. The F-16 has over 5000k copies (maybe close to 6k now) manufactured. Over the last 45 years, that’s alot of pilots, simulators, ground equipment, parts, engines, in many NATO and non-NATO countries. Yes, I firmly believe that they have been training them somewhere because the numbers make sense that way. Whose training? Level of training? Those are good questions. Don’t be shocked when this ‘offensive bogs down because of air support failure’ that you see large numbers of these planes arrive with pilots. Speculation, sure call it that if it makes you feel better. However, if you listen to the Biden people, the British, other NATO nations, and see the numbers, they basically tell you. Also, Australia announced its giving F/A 18 to Ukraine this week.

PS, I noticed a large number of old attack Helicopters cycle out of Arizona over the last year. I am sure that the US army suddenly needs old cobras and such.