Ukraine's Counter-Offensive Forces

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A dozen brigades is not an awful lot, given the number of Russian forces on the other side. There are a lot of vehicles that are either very lightly armored or relatively modest. If Ukraine wants to be able to break through Russian lines then it's going to have to be very creative about this. It sounds like this is going to require quite some coordination.

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