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{{See also|2023 Ukraine counteroffensive}}

{{See also|2023 Ukraine counteroffensive}}

[[File:Bradley Square.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Destroyed German [[Leopard 2]] tanks and American Bradley Fight Vehicles on what the Russians called '''[[Bradley Square]]'''.]]

[[File:Bradley Square.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Destroyed German [[Leopard 2]] tanks and American Bradley Fight Vehicles on what the Russians called '''[[Bradley Square]]'''.]]

In December 2023 the ''[[Washington Post]]'' released a two-article series, ''Miscalculations, Divisions Marked Offensive Planning By U.S., Ukraine'' and ''In Ukraine, A War Of Incremental Gains As Counteroffensive Stalls''. It dispenses equal blame on the US and UIK planning of the whole mess and the Ukrainian execution of it:<ref>[https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/12/the-war-in-ukraine-is-done.html The War In Ukraine Is Done], Moon of Alabama, December 05, 2023. moonofalabama.org</ref>

In December 2023 the ''[[Washington Post]]'' released a two-article series, ''Miscalculations, Divisions Marked Offensive Planning By U.S., Ukraine'' and ''In Ukraine, A War Of Incremental Gains As Counteroffensive Stalls''. It dispenses equal blame on the US and UIK planning of the whole mess and the [[Ukrainian]] execution of it:<ref>[https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/12/the-war-in-ukraine-is-done.html The War In Ukraine Is Done], Moon of Alabama, December 05, 2023. moonofalabama.org</ref>

{{quotebox-float|'''Miscalculations, divisions marked offensive planning by U.S., Ukraine'''

{{quotebox-float|'''Miscalculations, divisions marked offensive planning by U.S., Ukraine'''

U.S. military officials were confident that a mechanized frontal attack on Russian lines was feasible with the troops and weapons that Ukraine had.  The simulations concluded that Kyiv’s forces, in the best case, could reach the [[Sea of Azov]] and cut off Russian troops in the south in 60 to 90 days.}}

U.S. military officials were confident that a mechanized frontal attack on Russian lines was feasible with the troops and weapons that Ukraine had.  The simulations concluded that Kyiv’s forces, in the best case, could reach the [[Sea of Azov]] and cut off Russian troops in the south in 60 to 90 days.}}

Mark Milley made the following reprehensible, juvenile comment in the aftermath of one of these tabletop “games”:

Mark Milley made the following reprehensible, juvenile comment in the aftermath of one of these tabletop “games”:

{{Cquote|There should be no Russian who goes to sleep without wondering if they’re going to get their throat slit in the middle of the night,” Milley said, according to an official with knowledge of the event. “You gotta get back there, and create a campaign behind the lines.”<ref>[https://sonar21.com/dissecting-the-washington-posts-analysis-of-ukraines-failed-counter-offensive-part-1/ DISSECTING THE WASHINGTON POST’S “ANALYSIS” OF UKRAINE’S FAILED COUNTER OFFENSIVE — PART 1], [[Larry Johnson]], 7 December 2023. sonar21.com</ref>}}

{{Cquote|There should be no Russian who goes to sleep without wondering if they’re going to get their throat slit in the middle of the night,” Milley said, according to an official with knowledge of the event. “You gotta get back there, and create a campaign behind the lines.”<ref>[https://sonar21.com/dissecting-the-washington-posts-analysis-of-ukraines-failed-counter-offensive-part-1/ DISSECTING THE WASHINGTON POST’S “ANALYSIS” OF UKRAINE’S FAILED COUNTER OFFENSIVE — PART 1], [[Larry Johnson]], 7 December 2023. sonar21.com</ref>}}