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Let's talk about enemy reserves and prospects.

The occupiers have probably learned the rule
badly since last year - if you pull reserves

from one area, you weaken another.

And we are not even talking about tactical
reserves.

Now they have a dilemma - where to move them?

Sometimes they lack the strength and resources
for a full-fledged execution of tasks in Kupiansk

and Lyman, then they want to fully capture
Marinka, then to encircle Avdiivka.

Or to hold positions in Bakhmut and Staromlynivka,
or in other locations.

But there will come a moment when they will
be forced to get into not operational, but

strategic reserves.

And in principle, there is not much left there.

After all, their main reserves are still tactical.

There are still a certain number of operational
ones, which cover the 3rd line and what is

behind it.

From these reserves, the enemy is already
slowly employing units.

It should be understood that the deeper the
Ukrainians go into the enemy's orders, the

fewer minefields there are.

This means that even to delay the advance
of the Ukrainian defense forces, the Russians

will have to suffer fantastic losses.

In other words, to disperse and deplete reserves.

And when one side enters an operational space
that is not covered by reserves, it ends sadly

for the other side.

But the enemy is still very strong and has
a sufficient margin of safety.

The stakes are now at their highest, and the
price of error is also at its maximum.

In such conditions we see such rates of advancement,
which we have now.

But it will not be like this all the time,
that very moment will come at some point.

But it will not end the war, it is still for
a long time, the war will not stop even after

reaching the borders of 1991.

And this is important to realize!

Everything, literally everything, will depend
on the success of this year.

But this is about detailed planning, balanced
decisions and prompt response, not about when

the Ukrainians will march on Moscow or seize
any Russian territories.

This will not happen in principle, it is important
to transfer fire to the enemy's territory

and wage war there, but it will be done by
Russians, for example Freedom of Russia Legion.

And from the Ukrainian side they will have
someone to cover them.

I am sure that the Ukrainian command has such
competencies, which has been proven many times.

But conducting large-scale all-arms operations,
which have not happened for almost 80 years

all over the world - this thing is extremely
difficult.

On the fingers of one hand you can count on
the fingers of one hand those people who will

be able to organize and implement it.

There are such people in Ukraine, and this
is good.

Now we would have to wait for modern aviation
and remove the taboo on the use of Western

weapons on the territory of Russia.

The conclusions are very simple, in fact,
and I have already said it more than once.

We all need patience and understanding that
the war will not end tomorrow, and the most

important thing is that the war is not somewhere
"out there", only in Ukraine.

It is close to all of us, but it is hard to
imagine and I understand that.

Well said Dr. Jack Watling of the Royal United
Services Institute in his piece criticizing

the decision-making process at the level of
Western governments:

"The war in Ukraine has highlighted significant
shortcomings in the machinery of government

in NATO capitals, and it is vital that these
are corrected to ensure that the Alliance

is prepared for future threats.

The most glaring flaw is the failure of Ukraine's
partners to appreciate the time lag between

decisions and their desired effect.

The delay between knowing what was needed
and deciding whether to provide assistance

was very costly.

Russian incompetence in conducting offensive
operations in January 2023 saved Ukraine's

allies from all the consequences of their
indecision.

The Ukrainian offensive may yet succeed.

But its cost has risen sharply because of
Western lethargy."