This is not well known, nor accepted, because one of the battles of this 'war' was against the MSM. Their lies went to extremes with Ukraine saint, Putin the devil. By now being in mop up, more will see the breathtaking propaganda our eneMedia has become.
Larry Johnson's take on the combat in Ukraine would be more credible if he showed some basic knowledge of combat strategies. He wrote:
"When a 24 mile (or 40 mile, depends on the news source) was positioned north of Kiev for more than a week, it was clear that Ukraine’s ability to launch significant military operations had been eliminated. If their artillery was intact, then that column was easy pickings for massive destruction. That did not happen. Alternatively, if the Ukrainian’s had a viable fixed wing or rotary wing capability they should have destroyed that column from the air. That did not happen. Or, if they had a viable cruise missile capability they should have rained down hell on the supposedly stalled Russian column. That did not happen. The Ukrainians did not even mount a significant infantry ambush of the column with their newly supplied U.S. Javelins.
Just about every idea he uses to reach his conclusion is incorrect. For example, Ukraine could have all the artillery capability in the world, but if they don't have control of an area within range of the convoy then they cannot use that artillery. Whether or not a combatant uses artillery is about where they can place their artillery, not whether they have any.
Attacking a line of trucks with cruise missiles would be insane in terms of combat management and tactics. Who would deploy expensive, long range missiles against trucks? That isn't something any competent strategist would do.
Johnson claims that the Ukrainians did not ambush or launch ground attacks on the convoy. But there are dozens of videos of ground attacks on convoys by Ukrainian forces. If the Ukrainians have not attacked one particular convoy it is likely that the convoy is not doing anything but sitting still and consuming fuel, food, and equipment.
Johnson's analysis is shallow, and likely to be incorrect.
If true then I have one question: Why after a month have the Russians not taken Kyiv? There is much uncertainties and propaganda on all sides but an undisputed fact is that Kyiv was a major objective and that the Russians have not taken it.
The Russians have not succeeded in taking a single major city except Kherson in almost a month, and weaponry and food still flow into the Ukraine from the West.
The Russians haven't even yet taken Mariupol, despite two deadlines for surrender. The only setbacks the Ukrainians are currently facing are the destruction of the bridge to Cherniv and the assault south of Izyum.
You know nothing but only what you read from opinion piece drivelers like Larry Johnson. His pathetic take is 100% conjecture and bias supposition nonsense that’s supported only by his personal conclusions. He paints a false summary as if he’s making analysis of a partially played invasion simulation... and from it he derives half-wit observations as if he’s a decorated commander. His conclusions are beliefs not reality. He seems to pride himself of knowledge, not experience in knowing how to negotiate a large scale invasion using only conventional tactics that would be used in playing a war simulation video game that knows nothing outside of its logistical & tactical programming... knowing only how to anticipate an outcome based upon rule-driven strategy.
Johnson is ignorant of real battle and relies on his program based fantasy modeling. He has ZERO combat experience and ZERO tactical command and execution.
Nothing he has said is factual, only conjectural and anecdotal contrived from a bias and narrow observation.
Believe what you want and flail his steaming pile analysis and conclusions as if it were gospel.
He’s dead wrong.
About this pretentious fantasy military commander, and a big NOBODY Larry ‘Stooge’ Johnson...
Larry C Johnson is a veteran of the CIA and the State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism. He is the founder and managing partner of BERG Associates, which was established in 1998. Larry provided training to the US Military’s Special Operations community for 24 years.
No experience but past analysis and training for the Military’s Special Operations community!
Bwahahahahahahaha! He never got his fingernails dirty or faced combat. He’s a latte pencil pusher who wears a suit giving lectures in conditioned classrooms.