Russia’s military strategy in Ukraine - BBC News

The Ukrainian city of Mariupol is under siege by Russian forces but Russian advances have ground to a halt in many areas, with Ukrainian forces holding out in several cities and also launching effective counterattacks.

BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Carrera gives his analysis of the Russian military strategy in Ukraine.

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[Andrew-obij]

I didn’t realise that you can liberate a place by just bombing the hell out of it

[Tia-Marie]

Their strategy certainly doesn't involve logistics.

[sophie.]

can we appreciate how well he presented the map and images while talking, I really liked that presentation... super smooth

[Natedawg]

Vietnam - first television war
Ukraine - first smartphone war

[muckraker]

Proof Mike Tyson is a military genius. “Everybody’s got a plan until they get punched in the face.”

[lawrencedoliveiro]

Remember how Putin insisted, before the war, that he had no plans to invade Ukraine? Maybe he wasn’t lying after all: maybe he really didn’t have any plan. Just point his troops at the border, tell them “go on, then” and hope for the best.

[TesterAnimal]

Power to Ukraine.

Freedom for the Ukrainian people!

[_.-Smokelo-._]

I recognize this strategy! Attack a target you perceive to be much weaker with overwhelming force and they will crumble like a deck of cards. If you are wrong, your force is now so spread out all of your attacks are weak. Therefore siege warfare, "the lowest form of warfare" -Sun Tzu

[nomastersnogods]

I hope things get better, feel so sad for the lives of the civilians out there 🥺

[bisalomarts]

God almighty bring peace in this war people are dying like flies 😭

[Greenpoloboy]

Putin's lost it. The war, and his mind

[ronaldbrown]

I don’t understand why we’re allowing this to happen?

[wayward]

I like the part where he feels the need to draw around Kharkiv when it's written in four inch tall letters. Definitely couldn't have seen it without that circle.

[maxplay]

I am sure that military analysts will write books on this operation and analyze combat tactics in order to learn. This is not a visit from one side, guys. The card is incorrect.

[SAMen]

partly true, partly lie. Military force of russia came also from Belarussia and they fire missiles from Belarusia multiple times!

[murgenroof]

Some very strong echoes of the 1939 Winter War here. Overconfident Russian forces launch a war of aggression against neutral Finland, a former Russian territory, expecting to overrun the country in a matter of days. Expecting to be greeting as liberators they instead meet fierce resistance and suffer huge casualties launching frontal attacks. Huge road-bound Russian armored forces literally run out of gas and get ambushed and destroyed. Foreign sentiment is overwhelmingly with the Finns and a flood of foreign volunteers and military aid flows into Finland. The Russians regroup and initiate a war of attrition, using overwhelming firepower with artillery in an attempt to pound the Finns into submission. Everything we are seeing today we have seen before.

[xdnuvup]

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[reginaldlagrone]

One part I agree with you on, its a war of attrition.

[titteryenot]

Putin: “I used to live here until 1989. I’m back to reclaim it. Please step aside.”
Mariupol: “Get real, mate. We’ve been paying the mortgage on this place for 30 years. Do one.”

[victoriascholl]

This is so shameful on the part of the Russians!! This war is tragic on both sides. I keep pray