re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Zaluzhny is critical in Kiev hospital after missile strike in Donetsk

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“During a missile attack on military infrastructure in the Dnipropetrovsk region, this command post was hit by an accurate shot from a Russian cruise missile. As a result, a large number of high-ranking Ukrainian military personnel, including General Zaluzhny, were killed and wounded,”

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If the rumors could at least agree on which oblast Zaluzhny was hit in, it would help their credibility.

The idea that he was hit in Donetsk Oblast seems especially doubtful. It reveals the usual Russian obsession with the Donbas, but I doubt Zaluzhny has been there in months.

Zaluzhny probably doesn't spend more than 30 minutes per day on the day-to-day fighting around Bakhmut and in the east. He delegated all of that to Gen. Syrskyi months ago.

The more complicated stuff is:

1) Composing and outfitting a dozen new mechanized brigades, with at least six additional infantry brigades.
2) Managing deliveries of NATO equipment and allocating equipment to those new units.
3) Overseeing the training of those new brigades, from basic training, to equipment training, to combined arms training.
4) Integrating new weapons capabilities, such as Storm Shadow, into strategic assessments.
5) Coordinating logistics for the new weapons systems, the new brigades, etc.
6) Planning a major offensive with all of the above in mind, plus things such as weather and Russian troop movements.

There is almost zero chance that Zaluzhny was in Donetsk Oblast.

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Recall that earlier on Ukrainian television they showed a documentary film with the participation of Zaluzhny, where he called the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov a strong and unpredictable enemy. It is clear that the photo was taken much earlier and may have been shown to conceal Zaluzhny’s disappearance.

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This bit is so incredibly stupid. The documentary series, Rik, has a new episode each week: there was one with Zelensky, one with Zaluzhny, and the latest is now with Budanov. It wasn't some special production to hide someone's disappearance. The people saying this crap are doing typical Soviet lying, where everyone knows that they are lying, but that's expected, so everyone goes along with the lie, because that's what they're expected to do.