Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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Who is Russia's top field commander in Ukraine?
Historically, there have been instances in which Russia has publicized this kind of information, but the Ministry of Defense has not made any reference to a top commander for operations in Ukraine and did not respond to CNN's request for comment on the topic.
And while it is possible that Russia has quietly designated a top commander to oversee the invasion — even if the US has been unable to identify that individual — the state of combat operations would suggest he's inept.
The US has been unable to determine if Russia has designated a military commander responsible for leading the country's war in Ukraine, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter — something that current and former defense officials say is likely a key contributor to the apparent clumsiness and disorganization of the Russian assault.
Without a top, theater-wide commander on the ground in or near Ukraine, units from different Russian military districts operating in different parts of Ukraine appear to be competing for resources rather than coordinating their efforts, according to two US defense officials.
Units participating in different Russian offensives across Ukraine have failed to connect, these sources say, and in fact, appear to be acting independently with no overarching operational design.
Russian forces also appear to be having significant communication issues. Soldiers and commanders have at times used commercial cell phones and other unsecure channels to talk to each other, making their communications easier to intercept and helping Ukraine develop targets for their own counterstrikes.
It's all led to what these sources say has been a disjointed — and at times chaotic — operation that has surprised US and western officials.
"One of the principles of war is 'unity of command,' said CNN military analyst retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, a former commander of the US Army in Europe. "That means someone has to be in overall charge — to coordinate fires, direct logistics, commit reserve forces, measure the success (and failure) of different 'wings' of the operation and adjust actions based on that."
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/21/politics/us-russia-top-military-command
er-ukraine-war/index.html
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
second, T., Jo, all rational, ethical thinkers:
You may find this acct illuminating about the current situation.
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"Cops as the true revolutionary class
"I see two scenarios for the Russian Federation: positive and negative. Positive scenario would be the West maximising systemic shock on Russian economy. Its paralysis and following collapse will give the West leverage for negotiations"
Negotiations shouldn't be held with Putin, that's insane. He ain't stupid and knows there's no way back. They shouldn't be held with "Russian people". The idea of them rising up to overthrow Putin is even crazier, that's a Protestant moral crusade disguised as the policy making"
"Negotiations should be held with:
1. Mid-ranked elites, primarily regional
2. The cops
"The true revolutionary force in Russia aren't "workers", "students", or "army". It's the cops. Russia is a state security regime and cops are lower ranked security forces = *counter elite*"
"I wanna reiterate this point. It's absurd to think that a revolution can be done by the oppressed. Truly oppressed can't do a revolution, because they can't do anythin
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Do CNN military analysts diddle kids and jerk off on company Zoom calls, or is that just the civilian employees at CNN that do this?
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Me: "Remember Covid?"
Useless Idiots: "What's Covid, durr? Russia, Ukraine, Putin, NATO *drool*. DURRRR!!!!"
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Still G, it discounts our own revolution. It discounts the Ukrainian revolution won by the oppressed. The Iranian revolution as well. And it's the FSB I believe it's called that calls the shots in Russia after Putin.
T
Ukraine Is Changing the World Order, Just Not How Putin Hoped
From Berlin to London and Baltic capitals like Tallinn, the metrics of defending Europe have been torn up. A large scale war is no longer unthinkable and nations are reconsidering what they spend, what they buy, and how they would need to fight.
Rather than split from the U.S., NATO’s European members have cleaved to it. Rather than shrink to its pre-expansion size of the 1990s — as Putin demanded before his invasion — the alliance is positioning more personnel on its frontiers. NATO has sent about an additional 3,000 troops to its eastern flank, as well as helicopters, tanks and fighter jets, to deter any potential Kremlin decision to expand the battlefield.
“No matter how this war turns out — and as cynical as it sounds now — historians will say that Putin’s attack on Ukraine gave Europe the time it needed to recover so it could confront Russia and, further down the road, China,” said General Richard Barrons, a former commander of the U.K.’s Joint Forces Command. “Ukraine is paying a high price to buy us time.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-is-changing-the-world-ord
er-just-not-how-putin-hoped/ar-AAVn87r?ocid=msedgntp
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Brace yourselves.
Hacked-brains like Ted are going to start using the term "New World Order" and make everybody who still has a brain extremely uncomfortable with that rhetoric.
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Me: "Remember Covid?"
Useless Idiots: "What's Covid, durr? Russia, Ukraine, Putin, NATO *drool*. DURRRR!!!!"
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U.S. Government Supplies Soviet-Era, Air Defense Systems To Ukraine
https://funker530.com/video/us-government-supplies-soviet-era-air-defe
nse-systems-to-ukraine/
' In an article published by the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. government has reportedly distributed several Soviet-era, SA-13 Gophers (9K35 Strela-10) in support of Ukraine's surface to air defense against Russia. '
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Ukraine Hits Russia-Occupied Port; Biden, Allies to Add Pressure on Putin
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/ukraine-hits-russia-occupied-port-1028
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The US Army's Green Berets quietly helped tilt the battlefield a little bit more toward Ukraine
Part of the job Green Berets did at Yavoriv was to train their Ukrainian counterparts to set up militia units that could wage guerrilla warfare against an invading force. The Ukrainian military can now put those lessons to use, with the government actively encouraging its citizens to join the fight against Russian forces.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-us-army-s-green-berets-quietl
y-helped-tilt-the-battlefield-a-little-bit-more-toward-ukraine/ar-AAVqQfJ?ocid=msedgntp
Told you so comrades signym and kiki. Told you so.
T
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Biden will welcome 100,000 of the 3.6M Ukrainian refugees fleeing Putin's war
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10647819/Biden-welcome-100-00
0-3-6M-Ukrainian-refugees-fleeing-Putins-war.html
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Poll: 56% of American believe Biden has not been tough enough on Russia's after attacking Ukraine
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10646559/Russia-Ukraine-war-f
ails-fuel-Biden-rebound-AP-NORC-poll.html
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Mikhail Mizintsev: Bloody past of Russian Colonel dubbed ‘Butcher of Mariupol’
https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/world/mikhail-mizintsev-bloody-pa
st-of-russian-colonel-dubbed-butcher-of-mariupol/news-story/7f83a70bbbae87e227ad45e5393fd9e1
Russian ‘Butcher of Mariupol’ blamed for worst Ukraine war atrocities
https://nypost.com/2022/03/24/butcher-of-mariupol-blamed-for-worst-rus
sia-ukraine-atrocities/
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