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Video version of the same:

Podcast episode interviewing John Nagl about his paper: https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol53/iss3/ A Call to Action: Lessons from Ukraine for the Future Force Katie Crombe and John A. Nagl

WarGonzo says Ukraine is noticeably pulling back near Kupyansk: https://t.me/wargonzo/14305

A journalist talks with members of the Ukrainian 47th brigade. Subtitles work.

About 20 minutes in, interview with Fred Kagan of the Institute of the Study of War on the progress of Ukraine's counter-offensive: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/why-the-ukrainian-counter-offensive-can-still-succeed/id1612424182?i=1000623828992

Something cryptic from Mashovets: https://t.me/zvizdecmanhustu/1083

I like this snippet from the below article:

New podcast with Kofman: https://warontherocks.com/2023/08/zooming-out-on-ukraines-offensive/ ZOOMING OUT ON UKRAINE’S OFFENSIVE MICHAEL KOFMAN AND RYAN EVANS AUGUST 3, 2023 PODCASTS - WAR ON THE ROCKS

How about defining victory or defeat somewhat narrowly as whether Putin's Russia will be more likely or less likely in the future to move against its neighbors or intervene where it has no right to do so? A second condition might be whether China or other aggressive nations might also behave this way.

Translation of the below:

https://t.me/robert_magyar/573

Big claim: https://twitter.com/Black_Makler/status/1685291881683619840

Has anyone heard much lately about the use of Switchblade drones by Ukraine, probably the larger model 600? Russian telegram channels have mentioned them in the last week. https://t.me/rybar/50204 https://t.me/aleksandr_skif/2812

To add to the funk:

I totally hear what you are saying, but I have to believe that not all of the Western officers thought it was a good idea to train newly-formed units in a 5-week course, equip them Western armor, and then task them to lead the counter-offensive against well-prepared Russian positions. (Note: I think that they did get a few extra weeks of training in Germany in how to coordinate in larger formations after the initial training.) I wonder who was making the decisions on which forces to spearhead the counter-offensive and how to employ them.

Probably a very touch subject, but do you think the Western partners should put "more strings" in what manner their supplied weapons should be employed - so that they are used successfully? Would that help? Of course, many of us believe the West isn't providing enough support such that they should deserve "a say" in this matter.

Very depressing. Makes Kofman's analysis from the other day seem "spot-on". Let's hope some lessons get learned from the Ukrainian side and the Western allies that prepared these new brigades for this counter-offensive.

From his twitter post he says this as the source of his maps: https://twitter.com/AndrewPerpetua (Ultimately OpenStreetMaps and OpenTopoMaps) And this is the source of his units: https://twitter.com/projectowlosint

Thanks for those updates. This is the source for those maps, right?