(#5240) Ukraine is fighting for the high ground

      When you look at the map of the battles Ukraine is currently fighting on the front it isn't about the towns and cities they are trying to capture. It is about the elevations that are still under Russian control. From the higher grounds whoever is on them has fire control over most all the low lands around them. So taking out Russian control of the higher elevations and regaining control of them is the strategy for Ukraine in advancing their counter offensive. The Russians for the most part understand this but they also are a political animal and focus way too much on capturing cities, towns, and villages. Because putin likes hearing that his troops are invincible so finding a way to keep their dictator happy is more important to them than actually fighting with a good military strategy.
     This simple strategy of controlling the high ground is so important to keeping one's troops safe from an unequal fighting engagement. So as the Russians sacrificed around 60,000 troops just to gain the city of Bakhmut, which is not on high ground, the obvious is clear. Win for the politics not for the military advantage. This is another reason why putin will lose this invasion of his. He is inept at military strategy and is a harsh taskmaster when his minions fail to appease him. Fighting against him are the brave patriots of democracy, the Ukrainian forces. They are not trying to politically appease anyone they are fighting for their very survival.
     So expect all the battles in this counter offensive to focus on taking whatever high ground there is on the front lines in order to break through and force the Russians into retreat. Once Ukraine has established control over the high ground so much of the lower ground will then become easy prey of their targeted fire. Russia currently holds a lot of high ground on the front but soon it will not and then expect the Russians to turn tail and flee so as to not be caught up to by the hard charging Ukrainian infantry and insurgency. We know how this counter offensive will be fought. It is all now down to controlling that high ground and Ukraine is poised to make that happen for itself.