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Is there any proof that Chechens soldiers have suffered heavy losses? There were rumors that Ukrainian army bombarded them after the Chechens themselves leaked

Is there any proof that Chechens soldiers have suffered heavy losses? There were rumors that Ukrainian army bombarded them after the Chechens themselves leaked their positions by posting videos on tiktok/instagram/telegram. The Kadyrov part in this text seems to be built on these rumors. edit: the part i am referring to: Kadyrov's lost his mind. Almost started another conflict with us. It's possible that the Ukrainians spread misinformation that we gave away the locations of Kadyrov's forces in the first few days. They got pounded while marching in the most terrifying ways, they hadn't even started fighting and they already got a certain place torn apart. Then it begins, "the FSB leaked info to the Ukrainians!". I don't possess such information, and say that it's 1% to 2% likely that this is true (I don't want to completely eliminate the chance).

varispeed 5y ago
From the videos I saw, I'd say they are mostly gone. There may be a handful that managed to stay alive and escaped.
cm2187 5y ago
Let's not forget the US eye in the sky. I wonder if the US has now the ability to track the movement of every single tank, anti-air defense, troop carrier, across a whole country. It seems plausible to me.
- daqhris 5y ago
  specially trained can accomplish the task of tracking a moving object. according to the theories of image recognition and geolocation. embed that software on a swarm of satellites and voilà. add to that any other kind of metadata (heat, size, height, video, image, speed...). military tech that is operated from the sky is an absolute advantage in this century.
- Merad 5y ago
  I can't remember details but I'm positive I've read about such a capability being developed in the 70s or 80s. I think it was an airborne radar system similar to AWACS except looking at the ground, combined with computer systems that would analyze the data to identify troop movements. With the military resources available today (drones, satellites, ...) and the massive increases in computing power it wouldn't surprise me if they track troop movements in near real-time.
  - throwawayForMe2 5y ago
    JSTARS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STARS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STA...
orwin 5y ago
I'm not 100% sure it was OSINT, but i know for sure a potent OSINT tool was lended(or sold, not sure on this) to Ukrainian government less than a day after the Russian invasion.

varispeed 5y ago

From the videos I saw, I'd say they are mostly gone. There may be a handful that managed to stay alive and escaped.

cm2187 5y ago

Let's not forget the US eye in the sky. I wonder if the US has now the ability to track the movement of every single tank, anti-air defense, troop carrier, across a whole country. It seems plausible to me.

daqhris 5y ago
specially trained can accomplish the task of tracking a moving object. according to the theories of image recognition and geolocation. embed that software on a swarm of satellites and voilà. add to that any other kind of metadata (heat, size, height, video, image, speed...). military tech that is operated from the sky is an absolute advantage in this century.
Merad 5y ago
I can't remember details but I'm positive I've read about such a capability being developed in the 70s or 80s. I think it was an airborne radar system similar to AWACS except looking at the ground, combined with computer systems that would analyze the data to identify troop movements. With the military resources available today (drones, satellites, ...) and the massive increases in computing power it wouldn't surprise me if they track troop movements in near real-time.
- throwawayForMe2 5y ago
  JSTARS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STARS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STA...

orwin 5y ago

I'm not 100% sure it was OSINT, but i know for sure a potent OSINT tool was lended(or sold, not sure on this) to Ukrainian government less than a day after the Russian invasion.