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British Ministry of Defense: Russia has not achieved a single strategic goal in 100 days of war

03 Jun, 2022
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British Ministry of Defense: Russia has not achieved a single strategic goal in 100 days of war

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Today marks the 100th day since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Compared to Russia's original plan, none of the strategic goals have been achieved.

This was reported by the British Ministry of Defense on Twitter.

Russian forces failed to achieve their initial objectives to seize Kyiv and Ukrainian centres of government. Staunch Ukrainian resistance and the failure to secure Hostomel airfield in the first 24 hours led to Russian offensive operations being repulsed

Ministry of Defense

Following the failure of the initial plan, through false planning assumptions and poor tactical execution, Russia adapted its operational design to focus on the Donbas.

As noted in the Ministry of Defense, Russia is now achieving tactical success in the Donbas. Russian forces have generated and maintained momentum and currently appear to hold the initiative over Ukrainian opposition. Russia controls over 90% of Luhansk region and is likely to complete control in the next two weeks. Russia has achieved these recent tactical successes at significant resource cost, and by concentrating force and fires on a single part of the overall campaign.

Russia has not been able to generate manoeuvre or movement on other fronts or axes, all of which have transitioned to the defensive

Ministry of Defense

Measured against Russia’s original plan, none of the strategic objectives have been achieved. In order for Russia to achieve any form of success will require continued huge investment of manpower and equipment, and is likely to take considerable further time.


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