Posted on 09/23/2023 8:43:40 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
There is "extreme attrition and high turnover" in the Russian military, even among its senior ranks, the UK Ministry Defence said in an intelligence update on Saturday.
The department pointed to the high turnover of commanders of the Russian 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment, one of Russia's most prestigious airborne regiments.
Colonel Vasily Popov, the regiment's commander, died during battle on September 14, making him the third person to lead the regiment since the war began in February 2022.
He had replaced his predecessor, Colonel Pyotr Popov, just weeks prior, after the colonel resigned, possibly in protest against the Russian military's failure to retrieve the bodies of dead soldiers, the UK department said, citing Russian media sources.
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I wonder how close we are getting to the point where Putin stops being tactical and goes for widespread damage?
LOL
It’s not Ukrainians killing all those generals and destroying those airbases and bridges.
US & British Special Forces.
Oh UK Intel. Those guys know their stuff. They were the ones who figured out Trump was a Russian suit and had Russian hookers peeing on his bed. British Intel…. Lol
That means the commanders are putting themselves in harms way. Good for building morale.
That was one of Patton’s orders when first in North Africa - send some officers up front to get killed or wounded.
They have no choice. They don't have NCOs like we do in the West. I assume this is a holdover from the Soviet Army structure (and before that, the Russian Empire).
You seem obsessed with the idea that only foreign Special Ops soldiers can kill Russians of General rank.
You have been posting that since almost the start of the invasion, why can’t a Ukrainian kill a General or attack an air base or a bridge?
“””Good for building morale.”””
I don’t think the inability to keep your regimental commander alive to the tune of losing 3 of them so far is good for morale, and it doesn’t indicate the men are doing too well either, in fact, it makes the Regiment look troubled and poorly led and used.
shark’s teeth...
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