War in Ukraine: “The sock test”

Military history abounds in episodes where climatic conditions, in particular harsh winters, weighed in the outcome of battles.

Manhandled by an enemy he believed to be short-lived, Vladimir Putin is now betting on the deterioration of the weather to slow the progress of the Ukrainian forces, gain time and try to relaunch next spring at the head of an army. put back on its feet.

The mythical "General Winter", reputed to have saved Russia against Napoleon and Hitler, would naturally be on his side.

Not only the extreme cold from December to February, which tests the soldiers and the equipment, the snow which reveals the traces and complicates the dissimulation, but also the

(“season of the bad roads”) which as of November freezes the artillerymen in the grounds muddy.

Faced with the challenges of winter, the best prepared wins

The “gas war” declared to Europeans and the shelling of energy infrastructure in Ukraine proceed from the same calculation: put winter on its side by making it…

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