Onion articles are writing itself: Western Military Observers shocked that Russians are not commiting war crimes like they did in Iraq and Afghanistan. - When we were in Middle East, we started to wreck shit up, shelling with depleted uranium, bombing villages. I’m suprised that Russian are such weak bitches - retired col. said. - My men have PTSD and are homeless but at least we protected special interests of Oil Companies and the ruling class.
The Russian military that basically paused operations for negotiations for half of the invasion so far? lol
Also hilarious that these are all anonymous sources.
As someone else pointed out elsewhere, the actual combat portion of the Gulf War called ‘Operation Desert Storm’, which was a war known mostly for how vicious and fast it was, took 42 days.
That was with all of NATO ganging up on one nation with a comparatively under-equipped military, and NATO didn’t exactly care about civilian casualties (Highway of Death? Never heard of her). From what I’ve heard about this, Russia is mostly refraining from artillery, and is advancing with older equipment and gear
If Russians are so weak then no need for NATO right?
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/01/huge-convoy-of-russian-vehicles-approaching-kyiv.html
Russia appears to have upped the ante in its invasion of Ukraine overnight with satellite imagery indicating that a long convoy — some 40 miles (65 kilometers) long — of Russian military vehicles is heading toward Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv.
Teneo analysts said Monday that “the movement of Russian military forces suggests preparations for new, likely heavier, military action against the capital Kyiv and other key cities in the coming days.”
In conjunction with this US senate intel briefing: https://twitter.com/jackturmanIII/status/1498478403250446337
After the classified briefing on Ukraine/Russia, Sen. Graham said, “I expect a scorched earth policy to unfold here in the coming days regarding Ukraine. I expect wholesale slaughter of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian military.”
https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1498477863804313600
1/ Confirmation that the Russians have fallen behind their timeline. Ukrainian resistance has been fierce and there have been multiple Russian equipment and logistics failures.
2/ DoD and DHS are pressing hard for Congress to end the continuing resolution and get a budget passed. There is no way for our national security agencies to be nimble enough to support Ukraine if they are operating on the 2020/21 budget. [editor’s note: fuck you]
3/ The ability to keep supply lines running to Ukraine remains alive, but Russia will try to encircle and cut off Kiev in the next several weeks. The fight for Kiev will be long and bloody and Ukrainians are rapidly preparing for street to street combat.
I didn’t think Russia would escalate the war this far, so I’m keeping a very open mind on how much restraint they’re showing. Showing off new equipment would disclose all of its vulnerabilities to the NATO weapons Ukraine has been given. That’s what we’d euphemistically call live tissue training in medicine. The US will come away from this war with so much quality data about how to shoot down a helicopter or blow up a tank under any environmental condition. If Russia can still advance with acceptable losses using old equipment, they’re not disclosing anything of actual value to the enemy. Adjustments to those weapons will only be specific to old platforms that Russia wouldn’t use as frontline troops in a higher grade war.
That convoy seems like the thing to watch for me. If they repeat Grozny with Kyiv, it’s a war where winning and losing don’t mean anything like Syria. It seems like they’re building the capabilities to at least threaten the city with a siege and the city has outfitted itself for the house-to-house fighting the Chechens used.
Russia can still advance with acceptable losses using old equipment, they’re not disclosing anything of actual value to the enemy
but pretty please i wana know what the new Armata system is capable of :soviet-bottom:
