Ben Hodges - Now is Ukraine's Turn to Strike Back, but When, Where, and How Hard will they Strike?

Through the winter, Ukrainian and Western officials had warned Russia
was preparing to launch a new offensive. Apparently, it was “mustering
forces beyond the Urals”, according to General Valery Zaluzhny,
Ukraine’s army chief. Rumours circulated, that Russian forces, bolstered
by Belarussian divisions, could even try to storm Kyiv once more.
Russia had gathered half a million fresh mobilised troops and would
“make a push” around the anniversary of the war, suggested the defence
minister, Oleksii Reznikov. But it seems that Russia’s offensive began
weeks ago, around the meat grinder of Bakhmut, and is already running
out of steam – a damp squib. Intercepted communications and the ravings
of angered mil bloggers suggest Russia is running out of ideas and
ammunition. Now it seems is the turn of Ukraine to strike back. But
when, where, and how hard will they hit the Russians?
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SPEAKER:
Ben Hodges is a retired United States Army officer, who became commander
of United States Army Europe in November 2014, and held that position
for three years until retiring from the United States Army in January
2018. Ben Hodges has been Senior Advisor to Human Rights First since
June 2022 and also serves as NATO Senior Mentor for Logistics. Until
recently Ben Hodges was the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, at the
Centre for European Policy Analysis, specialising in NATO, the
Transatlantic relationship and international security.
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Ben Hodges - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hodges
Ben Hodges - CEPA: https://cepa.org/author/ben-hodges/
Ben Hodges - New Statesman: https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2023/02/ben-hodges-hope-russians-west-loses-will-keep-supporting-ukraine
Ben Hodges - The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/b/ba-be/ben-hodges/
Ben Hodges - Defence IQ: https://www.defenceiq.com/contributor/ben-hodges
Ben Hodges - BBC HardTalk interview: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3ct0c38
Ben Hodges - Globsec: https://www.globsec.org/who-we-are/our-people/lieutenant-general-ben-hodges
Ben Hodges - Atlantic Council Q&A: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/ac-turkey-defense-journal/qa-with-lieutenant-general-retired-ben-hodges/
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