Day 39, Phase 2
The Peace of Westphalia?
Night vision gadgets, longer-range weapons like armed drones, howitzers, antiaircraft systems, anti-ship missiles, armored trucks, personnel carriers and tanks will all feature prominently in Phase 3 of the war, which kicks off a week from today on May 9.
Much foreign military assistance has arrived or is still arriving, but it will take weeks, maybe months, to deploy, configure and use effectively, except the nvgs/nods, which don’t weigh much and are easy to operate.
Russia was defeated in Phase 1 of its invasion and in Phase 2 was unable to achieve its stated objectives (occupying Luhansk and Donetsk regions). Phase 3 — uprooting and vaporizing entrenched Russian soldiers — could take months, maybe years. Foreign legionnaires should all be speaking fluent Ukrainian by the end of the op.
