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There is a lot of clownery: - They destroyed their own secret comms system by accident, used civilian phones and general was killed based on the geolocation fr
by kozikow 5y ago
There is a lot of clownery:
- They destroyed their own secret comms system by accident, used civilian phones and general was killed based on the geolocation from the call. Amount of high rank leadershipo KIA would be embarassing even if they fought on-paper much stronger opponent than Ukraine opponent. Even visually confirmed losses from satellite imagery or 1/3 of reported losses by Ukraine is very embarrassing.
- With the advantage in air they have not being able to establish air superiority is a clownery of it's own. Photos of planes with civilian GPS taped in. Stingers shouldn't be so effective against planes.
- Many photos of Russian soldiers (even photos released by Russians) with cheap walkie takies from aliexpress that are easily jammed
- Lots of photos of expensive equipment that got abandoned without standard procedure of sabotaging it
- Supposedly elite units (especially VDV) getting massacred by barely trained territorial groups
There are good reasons for clownery: Massive corruption. Nepotism. Army is intentionally crippled to not present threat to Putin. They never fought a real war. Nukes, submarines and navy are a huge resource drain. They didn't prepare for what happened. Outdated doctrine not adapted to modern war.
- phtrivier 5y agoAn alternative version for the "clownery" is that, well, it's not actually happening as bad as western press want to tell, and we have to navigate propaganda from both side ? (I'm interested in your sources, though, as usual.) I know, "Hanlon's razor" and everything. But, still. I'll err on the side of "not underestimating the side that's bringing cities to dust" for a little more.