Posted on 09/26/2022 3:29:34 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
It would be easy to underestimate Valeriy Zaluzhny. When not in uniform, the general prefers T-shirts and shorts that match his easygoing sense of humor. When he first heard from aides to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in late July 2021 that he was being tapped to lead the country’s armed forces, his stunned response was, “What do you mean?” As it sank in that he would become commander in chief, he tells TIME in his first interview since the Russian invasion began, he felt as if he had been punched “not just below the belt but straight into a knockout.” George Patton or Douglas MacArthur he is not.
Yet when the history of the war in Ukraine is written, Zaluzhny is likely to occupy a prominent role. He was part of the Ukrainian brass who spent years transforming the country’s military from a clunky Soviet model into a modern fighting force. Hardened by years of battling Russia on the eastern front, he was among a new generation of Ukrainian leaders who learned to be flexible and delegate decisions to commanders on the ground. His dogged preparation in the run-up to the invasion and savvy battlefield tactics in the early phases of the war helped the nation fend off the Russian onslaught.
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Zaluzhny rose through the ranks with a new generation of officers that bridged very different eras: raised in Soviet Ukraine, but eager to shed USSR military dogma. For a master’s thesis, Zaluzhny analyzed U.S. military structure. Seeing how Ukrainian forces were still weighed down by the Soviet model that relied on rigid, top-heavy decision-making, he began to implement changes to mirror the forces of U.S. and NATO partners.
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I am not so sure. It look to me like he has having a serious discussion about gender pronouns, gays and trannies serving in the army and how to make his army more woke.
Neocon Nonsense
Pretty sure this war has a few more chapters left to be written.
Was Vindman unavailable?
LOL, “Time.”
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‘In Ukraine’s South, Fierce Fighting and Deadly Costs’
https://archive.ph/MtHyd#selection-383.0-383.52
‘Russia Counterblow, NYT Admits Ukraine Massive Losses in Stalled Offensive; UK Teeters on The Brink’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjkOTAPqwj8
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The “Kharkiv counteroffensive” was a sham.
There is no such thing.
According to Democracy Now, The Guardian, and others the Ukes gained 1,000 sq km. That’s it, not Zel’s claimed 6k. The size of Rhode Island. BBC reported that Russia has 1/5 of Ukraine, so the Ukes gained back less than 1%.
Kiev regime losses included numerous heavy armor, an acceptable trade for a few towns.
Yes the neocons never rest.
Don’t you just love spinning up the Putinist crowd in the FR mental ward? They can’t provide a single credible reporting source to support their narrative, but sniff at anything you bring. SSDD with them.
You and your ilk post the exact same items, verbatim. Looks like you all read off the same cheat sheets.
Have none of you a single independent thought among you?
“Don’t you just love spinning up the Putinist crowd in the FR mental ward? They can’t provide a single credible reporting source to support their narrative, but sniff at anything you bring. SSDD with them.”
And they post the exact same comments, verbatim. They must all be reading off the same sheet, the one provided by their handlers.
It seems unlikely that the Donbas will be voting to stay with the Ukraine.
Does anyone notice that Ukraine is going to win the war any second now and that the FBI is going to be driving over to put Trump behind bars right away, or is it just me?
Here's clue, Timber -- Russian growing and Ukraine shrinking = Russia winning. Duh!
Isn't this case of projection.
Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia will all be part of the Russian Federation by month's end. That's a fact and that's all the narrative anyone needs to know to determine who's winning.
Russia growing, Ukraine shrinking = Russia winning the war. It's so simple that three-year old could get it.
The Ukraine kicked Russia out of their country by secretly moving their border further west.
I wonder what the Windy Vindy Brothers have been up to while their fellow countrymen have been fighting off the Russkis. Probably sitting on their asses down at the golf course drinking “White Russians”.
Deny it all you will if you must. Your beloved Mother Russia is getting routed in each encounter now.
These people are utterly delusional.
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