"Girkin, a self-described Russian nationalist, was charged by Ukrainian authorities with terrorism.[8] He has been sanctioned by the European Union for his leading role in the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine.[9] Ukrainian authorities have called him a retired colonel of the GRU (Russia's external military intelligence organisation).[9][10][11]"
8. Самопроголошеному міністру оборони «ДНР» І. Стрєлкову інкримінується створення терористичної організації та вчинення терактів в Україні, 21.05.2014 (Ukranian, archive.org).
9. EU Names 15 New Targets for Sanctions, Brussels April 28, 2014 (AP), (archive.org)
10. Главарем диверсантів на Сході України виявився спецназівець із Росії – СБУ У( Ukranian)
11.Чому Москва засвітила «Стрілка»(ukranian)
This clip was aired on Russian televsion news, I'm not sure which channel or initial airdate. He's a former GRU or FSB officer, who stirred up trouble in Eastern Ukraine, in 2014 (hmm...). Now he is saying on Russian TV, under current censorship, that the "Special Operation" is running into trouble.
Comments and thoughts?
Sure, Putin’s arrogance and Russian military ineptitude, corruption, and failure is the only thing that might save us from the ineptitude, corruption, and failure of Biden and rest of the democrat cheats in power in DC.
Gotta go to the chalkboard and update the number of times Russia has been totally destroyed today.
I think the count is at 9, but there’s still time to add more to the “Russia’s been defeated again!” count for the day.
There is one major warning in this war for America.
Both Russia and the USA used to be great at long wars. Even if we lost at first eventually the massive output from our industry would overwhelm any opponent.
The problem is that Russia like us has outsourced all our industry to China.
The USSR for decades led the world in steel production. Now China’s steel industry is 10 times larger than Russia’s.
Newer products like semiconductors Russia doesn’t make at all.
Russia seems to be plodding along towards their intermediate strategic goal of dividing Ukraine into East/West along the Dnieper. Is it messy? Of course. The Red Army never cared a whit about the number of dead soldiers.
“Proper Planning.....”
Like we should give a damn about anything a Krishnaraj Rao has to say.
Its worse than that for Russia. The Russian military is not the powerful juggernaut that was once so respected and feared. NATO has been invigorated and feels powerful in view of Russia’s obvious military limitations. Does anyone really believe that Russia can successfully attack NATO? More ominously for Russia, the Chinese have noted Russia’s limitations. China has always coveted the treasure house of largely vacant Siberia and Russia’s rich but underpopulated Far eastern Pacific regions. The limitations of Russia’s conventional forces are now a strategic factor.
With true sorrow for the many soldiers and civilians killed and injured
One month is not a long war. Honestly.
>> we got stuck in a long & bloody war
Certainly, 1 day too long, but in the Afghanistan sense, this thing is merely a skirmish.