WITHDRAW & ANNIHILATE: Russian Battle Plan /Col Jacques Baud & Lt Col Daniel Davis

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Colonel Jacques Baud criticizes Ukraine’s battlefield and political strategy, arguing that Kyiv continues to sacrifice troops through rigid positional warfare rather than adapting to Russian maneuver tactics. He explains that Russia focuses on destroying enemy forces, not capturing territory, often withdrawing strategically to lure Ukrainian troops into artillery traps — a pattern consistent since late 2022.

Baud claims Zelensky misleads the public about Ukraine’s weapons supply to maintain Western support, portraying Russia as both weak and threatening. He argues that Western nations habitually fight wars without clear objectives — citing failures in Mali, Niger, Afghanistan, and Iraq — whereas Russia fights with defined goals and exit strategies.

He also rebukes Zelensky’s recent comparison of Putin to Hamas, calling it “idiotic,” noting that Zelensky himself initiated and later broke off early peace talks in 2022. Baud alleges Ukrainian negotiators were assassinated by the SBU (Ukrainian security service) for engaging with Russia and that Boris Johnson later intervened to block a possible peace deal.

Core themes:

Ukraine’s military tactics are self-defeating.

Russia’s approach is strategic and attrition-based, not territorial.

Zelensky misrepresents realities to keep Western aid flowing.

The West fights wars without objectives, unlike Russia.

Early peace opportunities were sabotaged by Ukrainian internal forces and Western influence.