Ukraine Battle Analysis by Prof Aaron Astor

[Tomconroy]

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Prof Astor teaches American and particularly Civil War history at Maryville College in Tenn. He's doing a great analysis about the ongoing battle for the city of Lyman in Ukraine. A short thread for those interested;

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Plus a bit from DefMon in the last 15 minutes:

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Here's a map that shows why Lyman is important. 3 roads north thru hilly terrain:

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[maxsolomon]

1. Surround it;

force a surrender.

[BeyondGeography]

2. It is said that Putin is personally directing the Battle of Lyman

“That’s good news if true because he is a military moron.”

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[Kaleva]

3. The Russians are in a target rich environment

[PortTack]

4. Thx for posting..sounds like Ukrainian forces are going to add to their POW camp

Something like 7k now.