With his tanks, Putin reintroduced war in Europe, but not only.
Many terms hitherto reserved for symposia have appeared in everyday language.
As had been “cluster”, “containment”, or “antigenic” when the Covid-19 epidemic took hold.
From now on, “the salient of Kramatorsk”, “the cauldron of Lisichansk” or even “attrition” are used, without however that the definition of these expressions is always clear.
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"Projecting"
Considered a lock on the road to Kramatorsk, the Ukrainian capital of the oblast
[administrative region, editor's note]
of Donetsk, Sieverodonetsk represented a strategic target for the Russian army.
The latter projected its forces until it surrounded the enemy, while maintaining geographical continuity with its rear, forming a "salient".
"
A salient is a complicated device since it enters a complicated device of breakthrough, then of maneuver
", explains Peer de Jong, vice-president of the Themiis institute, specialist in geopolitics...
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