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A Tet-Offensive-Style Painful Blow

Ukraine's second potential edge would be delivering specific, limited but painful military blows that the Russian public cannot have hidden from them — analogous to the Tet Offensive, which did not turn the military tide but convinced the American public the Vietnam War was too costly to justify — and the missed 2023 offensive was a lost opportunity for exactly this kind of psychologically decisive strike.

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Jakub Jajcay

Evidence Quote

if ukraine was able to deliver certain let's say specific painful blows on the battlefield that would make the russian population realized that the cost of the war is kind of disproportionate

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Nato Soldier Who Fought In Ukraine Why This War Isn T What You Think Jakub JajcayUnknown
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:37:22 AM

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