Belgorod Raid and its Effects

Nadin Brzezinski
10 min readMay 24, 2023
Raiding Troops in Belgorod

What the Russian volunteer formations did was a raid. It’s a classic of shaping operations and will force the Russian commander to make some uncomfortable decisions. Do we defend the national borders? Do we send troops to Ukraine to protect the Donbas and other territories we recently took?

This is the desired result, at least short term:

What did the Grayvoron commotion lead to

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Nadin Brzezinski

Historian by training. Former day to day reporter. Sometimes a geek who enjoys a good miniatures game. You can find me at CounterSocial, Mastodon and rarely FB