Latest S2 Update on Ukraine

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Ive been following here sounds like we are gonna be here for the long haul.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgro...t-march-20

I would honestly caution against taking every assessment from Washington and militarily entrenched think tanks. Not that there may not be some truth told, but they are definitely military industrial complex funded, and their bias is real and leans to war, so assessments of potential future "mights" are likely to always take a certain tack. 

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki...udy_of_War

One point made in the assessment,

Russia’s Wagner Group will likely facilitate the deployment of Libyan fighters to Ukraine.

That seems to be verified by a Libyan MSM and the part about Wagner leading also seems to be true, their russia's version of blackwater.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said Khalifa Haftar had visited Moscow and promised to send Libyan volunteers to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said it is expected that Russian mercenary group, Wagner, will organize the flights of the Libyan fighters on Russian air force planes.
Meanwhile, Haftar’s private jet, Dassault Falcon-900 P4-RMA, which he uses in most of his travels, landed on March 16 in Moscow coming from the United Arab Emirates and left on March 18 to Austria and then Italy.
Libyan political analyst, Noman Benothman, who was once Haftar’s advisor and turned later to become his opponent, said Haftar’s sons were on the private jet to Moscow which they visited three times in the last ten days, according to his sources.

Ukrainian Defense Ministry: Haftar offered Russia Libyan fighters

The private military company Wagner Group is the most decisive player in the military strategy of the Libyan national army, headed by Marshal Khalifa Haftar. Acting as a Russian foreign legion without the constraints of international or Russian law, it has become an instrument of power play for Vladimir Putin. Before addressing Wagner Group, it is wise to understand the roots of Russian institutional mercenarism and the reasons why Wagner is the product of a long process that has always skirted the edge of legality in Russia.

Wagner in Libya – combat and influence

Maybe more to it than meets the eye.

Edit, Didn't putin recently say that 16,000 middle eastern fighters are going to join his forces in Ukraine.