2/ Russian forces appear to be unwilling to surrender tactical areas and are focusing instead on fighting for every meter instead of benefiting from the depth of their prepared defenses.

3/ The Russian sacrifice of combat power to hold every meter may alternatively be intended to support the #Kremlin’s informational and hybrid warfare objectives. https://isw.pub/UkrWar092423

4/ Russian President Vladimir #Putin first acknowledged the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive on June 9 by emphasizing two key and persistent narratives: that Ukrainian forces will not achieve significant successes and that the Ukrainian forces are suffering heavy losses.

5/ #Putin and the #Kremlin have been framing Russian defensive operations as a major battlefield victory, and persistent Russian counterattacks allow the Kremlin to claim these operations as individual victories amidst the general lack of Russian battlefield advances elsewhere.

6/ Putin may have ordered the Russian military command to hold all Russia’s initial defensive positions to create the illusion that Ukrainian counteroffensives have not achieved any tactical or operational effects despite substantial Western support.

7/ This informational undertaking can only succeed in the long run if Russian forces can actually prevent Ukrainian forces from breaking through and liberating large areas, however.

8/ The Russian resistance to ceding ground may also be tied to Russian military commanders’ and officials’ attempts to use the counteroffensive to achieve political goals, or it could result from Putin’s micromanagement. https://isw.pub/UkrWar092423

@TheStudyofWar Putin: "Please hold your lines so that NATO (and that stupid Think Tank ISW) is believing the offensive has failed"

@TheStudyofWar So that would mean that the Russians have held back the Ukrainian counter offensive right 🤨Isn't that the whole point of Defence 🤔

@TheStudyofWar This was written by a human because there is no evidence of intelligence, let alone artificial intelligence.

@TheStudyofWar Funniest tweet of the week 👌

@TheStudyofWar Institute for the Study of Cope

@TheStudyofWar Here's one for the ages...🙄

@TheStudyofWar 😂😂studying a war,brainlessly

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@TheStudyofWar Who are you?

@TheStudyofWar Perhaps it would be necessary to evaluate the deletion of this tweet or the entire thread, so as not to further degrade your image.

@TheStudyofWar wow....nonsense

@TheStudyofWar What's the meaning of this nonsense?

@TheStudyofWar We know Russia is winning! But nice propaganda peirce

@TheStudyofWar Banderite cope reaching new levels. “It’s only an illusion our so-called offensive has failed because evil Putler ordered Russia’s defensive lines to hold.” LOL. Unbelievable.

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@TheStudyofWar This isn’t hard. All they ever wanted were the Donbas and to connect it with crimea. They pushed past it while they set up their defensive lines, and now they’re not attacking anymore. You’re twisting yourself into pretzels.

@TheStudyofWar lmao

@TheStudyofWar 😆😆😆 Putin is really not nice.

@TheStudyofWar Read that again.

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@TheStudyofWar Utterly embarrassing post. F*ck the screenshots and delete the post, show some dignity.

@TheStudyofWar Wait…. So they’re not giving up ground…. TO CREATE THE ILLUSION THAT THEY’RE NOT GIVING UP GROUND? I can’t. This has to be parody 🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

@TheStudyofWar This is truly impressive propaganda. To translate: the Russians stopped the Ukrainian counteroffensive. To repeat myself, there’s a 0.0% chance Ukraine can win w/o direct US/NATO action. The Ukrainian ppl are being used as cannon fodder to weaken Russia. It’s pretty damn evil.

@TheStudyofWar I am damn sure this was written by an Antificial-Intelligence site that posses no Intelligence whatsoever. Because a Human cannot be that much stupid

@TheStudyofWar Uhhhh. By definition if Russia is holding its INITIAL (as in the positions they possessed at the onset of the inter offensive) positions, that would mean they are still where they started. So what did the counter offensive achieve aside from showing you need to study war better?

@TheStudyofWar Ha, that's nothing!! I put on socks EVERY day to create an illusion that I'm not walking barefoot!

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@TheStudyofWar WAit.... WUT?

@TheStudyofWar This may not be saying what you think it says.

@TheStudyofWar And they wonder why even normies start questioning the narratives these idiots have been able to keep running for so long

@TheStudyofWar 😂😂😂

@TheStudyofWar What does this mean. This says that the ukrainians have blown past the Russians but are allowing them to stay behind their lines. Wtf

@TheStudyofWar What a dastardly tactic!

@TheStudyofWar "may have ordered"