Right, like Larry Johnson has been correct on Ukraine:
Larry C. Johnson — a former CIA analyst who has also worked in the State Department’s Counter-terrorism department — has claimed in a recent interview with US-based UNZ.com that, “within the first 24 hours of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, all Ukrainian Ground Radar Intercept capabilities were wiped out. Without those radars, the Ukrainian Air Force lost its ability to do air to air intercept…”
“Russia’s arrival in Kiev within three days of the invasion also caught my attention… so-called American military experts claimed that Russia was bogged down. When a 24 mile (or 40 mile, depends on the news source) column 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,” claimed Johnson.
“The scale and scope of the Russian attack is remarkable. They captured territory in three weeks that is larger than the land mass of the United Kingdom. They then proceeded to carry out targeted attacks on key cities and military installations. We have not seen a single instance of a Ukrainian regiment or brigade size unit attacking and defeating a comparable Russian unit. Instead, the Russians have split the Ukrainian Army into fragments and cut their lines of communication. The Russians are consolidating their control of Mariupol and have secured all approaches on the Black Sea. Ukraine is now cut off in the South and the North.”
“I would note that the U.S. had a tougher time capturing this much territory in Iraq in 2003 while fighting against a far inferior, less capable military force,” he claimed.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/veteran-cia-analyst-claims-ukraine-military-suffered-major-losses-in-war/articleshow/90466150.cms
The late Robert Fisk was entertaining when he was making things up. If you want a trip down memory lane or a laugh, there is this thread by him, Iraqi Army's Defenses Seem Impenetrable (Fisk). Fisk had a nice literary style. As to which is more deranged between Fisk on Iraq or the Middle East, and any Russian shill today over Ukraine, is a matter of opinion.