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Russian military ranks: Inside Putin's fierce military as '8 generals' fired over Kyiv
Express ^ | March 11, 2022 | LIAM DOYLE

Posted on 03/11/2022 12:03:59 PM PST by DannyTN

VLADIMIR PUTIN has reportedly fired eight generals within the Russian military as his campaign in Ukraine hits waves of local resistance and slows towards Kyiv. Express.co.uk has explored Russia's military composition as the war continues. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: biden; putin; russia; ukraine; war
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To: Red Badger

Know we know why the capture of Ukrainian circus clown cannons have been a big priority...


21 posted on 03/11/2022 12:14:18 PM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: DannyTN

22 posted on 03/11/2022 12:14:50 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: going hot

His fat ass wouldn’t fit in the bore.................


23 posted on 03/11/2022 12:16:13 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: unclebankster

We’ll see if that hold true.

Ultimately the questions are: do the Rooskies have the ability to go full blitzkrieg, and do they have the stomach for it.

If the answers are in the negative then you are correct, Bad Vlad is toast along with many others.


24 posted on 03/11/2022 12:16:45 PM PST by Ouderkirk (The democRATS are not looking to govern, they intend to RULE.)
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To: Deaf Smith

I posted following PDJT’s election that he needs to offer all O6 n above, who resigned their commission under Obama, reinstatement to previous rank.


25 posted on 03/11/2022 12:17:10 PM PST by fastrock ( )
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To: DannyTN

Another “10 unidentified intelligence professionals” have said its true?


26 posted on 03/11/2022 12:18:20 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Red Badger
There will be some room for promotions.


27 posted on 03/11/2022 12:18:29 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

28 posted on 03/11/2022 12:20:34 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: DannyTN

Putin is acting irrationally because firing his generals does nothing to ameliorate the obvious lack of training for enlisted troops and non-commissioned officers. Not to mention poorly maintained equipment, field rations that in some cases expired seven years ago, a lack of secure communications equipment, etc.

The way the Russians advance in these vehicle-only convoys is a horror-show of what-not-to-do.

Like it or not you need infantry on the ground advancing in tandem with the armor and not riding in trucks where they can’t protect the armor let alone themselves.

The consistent lack of Russian air cover for the convoys shows that the Ukrainian MANPADs have had a chilling effect on Russian air power. The Russians are clearly more concerned about conserving their aircraft than they are concerned with coordinated ground support.

I have to say this makes me wonder what the hell the Russians were doing in these huge exercises like Zapad 17? Were they just riding around in their tanks and their Aurus Senat limousines going “pew, pew, pew”?

The exercises were clearly a pointless waste of time and money.

What we are seeing in Ukraine with the Russian military is a demonstration in ego and hubris...and humiliation.

At the end of this real-life demonstration of Russian military power and skill against a fourth-rate defender the Russian people will be less safe than they were before.

Russia’s real enemies are watching this clownshow and making plans. Of this there can be no doubt.


29 posted on 03/11/2022 12:21:05 PM PST by MercyFlush (I don't follow the science. I follow the money. )
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To: Red Badger

It takes a certain caliber of man for that job.


30 posted on 03/11/2022 12:22:42 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: DannyTN

Surprised he didn’t execute them.


31 posted on 03/11/2022 12:24:13 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: DannyTN

Well, at least he isn’t demanding them to commit suicide yet


32 posted on 03/11/2022 12:24:58 PM PST by BlackAdderess (Hope for the best, prepare for the worst)
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To: Red Badger

Catapults.


33 posted on 03/11/2022 12:25:08 PM PST by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: MercyFlush

The difference between Russia and the US is that Russia will learn from their mistakes—the US just doubles down.


34 posted on 03/11/2022 12:26:57 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: DesertRhino

His caliber.....................

35 posted on 03/11/2022 12:29:25 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: going hot

Trebuchets!................


36 posted on 03/11/2022 12:30:00 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: DesertRhino

Here's the perfect caliber for him................

37 posted on 03/11/2022 12:31:48 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: cgbg

No, the problem here is that America does learn from our mistakes. We get better at things and our weakness is in assuming that they don’t need constant improvement. They do.

In Russia it is impossible to learn from mistakes because the act of pointing out a mistake is immediately labeled anti-Russian treason. Thus no one challenges the various orthodoxies of Russian institutions. People tend not to like getting shot thus they keep their silence.

See, you can’t learn from a mistake until you admit you made one.


38 posted on 03/11/2022 12:35:30 PM PST by MercyFlush (I don't follow the science. I follow the money. )
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To: MercyFlush

Moreover it is clear that in most cases they have been fighting a collection of militia using opportunistic guerilla tactics, for which the Russians were unprepared. They could push a column up a highway but behind them the enemy still was active.

Its not just that they werent using infantry, its that they have far too few infantry to counter this sort of enemy, where they need to control terrain to protect their lines of communication.


39 posted on 03/11/2022 12:36:24 PM PST by buwaya
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To: Red Badger

The circus never used the human cannonball act again after that, because they could never find another man of that caliber.


40 posted on 03/11/2022 12:36:34 PM PST by Pilsner
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