Monday, September 14, 2026

The Winter War of 2022 Goes Big or Goes Home?

 

Will Russia finally grind down Ukraine’s civilian morale from the air and pound their way through Ukraine’s ground forces with a bigger sledgehammer after mobilizing reservists and throwing in accumulated equipment? Or will Russia face its own 1944 Battle of the Bulge offensive failure that expends its last reserves? Or a 1943 Kursk offensive failure that leaves Russia without significant reserves to counter-attack? Or even a Karbala V bloody failure that collapses Russian troop morale for holding occupied territory?

Head on over to Substack for the essay. I decided to publish this series there. But you can always get the link here on TDR.

NOTE: ISW updates continue here.

NOTE: Also, I put war-related links and commentary in the Weekend Data Dump on Substack. You may read my posts on Substack, at The Dignified Rant: Evolved.