Ben Hodges - Kursk Counter Offensive May Only be the Start of Ukraine's Operations

Bonus video from this discussion with Ben Hodges available only on the ‪@SiliconWafers‬ channel, on the topic of "Top tactical priorities to ensure a Ukrainian victory".
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Ukraine is successfully conducting multi-domain operations, in accordance with NATO training and strategic precepts. Successful long-range precision strikes against Russian energy and transportation infrastructure, a land-centric counter-offensive in Kursk that is changing the war’s momentum and narrative. Should allies just provide munitions and get out of the way, instead of imposing red lines?
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Ben Hodges is a retired United States Army officer, who became commander of United States Army Europe in November 2014, and held that position for three years until retiring from the United States Army in January 2018. Until recently he was the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, at the Centre for European Policy Analysis, specialising in NATO, Transatlantic relationship and international security.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 Introduction: I think our weakness is what actually provokes the Kremlin.
00:03:16 We’ve been exposed for underestimating Ukraine and overestimating Russia.
00:05:57 They are striking deep into Russia to hit airfields and destroying bombers.
00:14:37 We spent the last 20 years fighting counterterrorism against Iraqis and Taliban.
00:22:23 I have tried over the last few years to understand how Russians think.
00:32:31 Even Russia runs out of people. Average age of their soldiers is around 38 now.
00:40:30 I cannot figure out why some people think we could negotiate with Russia.
00:46:02 The price of this conflict only increases with duration, the more we hesitate.
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