Russo-Ukraine War Assessment: Week of 26 April to 1 May

Eric Balough
War In Ukraine
Published in
5 min readMay 2, 2022

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Fifth Gen war will be fought with the best Third Gen weapons money can buy.

Nuff said

Overview

Here is the latest ISW assessment for 1 May 2022.

The bulk of the fighting remains centered around Donbass, Mariupol and Kershon, and there is some lingering Russian presence around Kharkiv. A Ukrainian rocket strike against a Russian HQ near Izyum (near Donbass) scored another headshot killing the the head of Russia’s cyber warfare troops and the Chief of Staff of the VDV. Supposedly, the Chief of the Russian General Staff, General Gerasimov was touring the area but left prior to the attack.

Entering into the third month of the world’s first Fifth Generation war is revealing some interesting things about the future of Fifth Gen conflicts. Fifth Gen war will be fought with the best Third Gen weapons money can buy.

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Eric Balough
War In Ukraine

Former infantry officer, and current military analyst. Lover of coffee, dogs, Jeeps, hockey and my family.