The planners thought that as soon as the first lines of defense of Russians would have taken place, the whole of the front would collapse [...] These preliminary phases of the fundamental have been made without consideration of the [[moral]] forces of the enemy in defensive: that is to say, the will of the Russian soldier to cling to the ground,"}}
The planners thought that as soon as the first lines of defense of Russians would have taken place, the whole of the front would collapse [...] These preliminary phases of the fundamental have been made without consideration of the [[moral]] forces of the enemy in defensive: that is to say, the will of the Russian soldier to cling to the ground,"}}
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notes the report referring to "the failure of the planning" of the western camp. The report continues with praise for old reliable Soviet legacy gear:
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notes the report referring to "the failure of the planning" of the Western camp. The report continues with praise for old reliable Soviet legacy gear:
{{quotebox-float|"With no air support, and with [[Western alliance|Western equipment]] that was disparate and less efficient than the old Soviet equipment ("run-down, easy to maintain, and suitable for use in degraded mode", the report mentions), the Ukrainian troops had no hope of breaking through."}}
{{quotebox-float|"With no air support, and with [[Western alliance|Western equipment]] that was disparate and less efficient than the old Soviet equipment ("run-down, easy to maintain, and suitable for use in degraded mode", the report mentions), the Ukrainian troops had no hope of breaking through."}}