re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Washington Post


Russia’s commando units gutted by Ukraine war, U.S. leak shows

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The war in Ukraine has gutted Russia’s clandestine spetsnaz forces, and it will take Moscow years to rebuild them, according to classified U.S. assessments obtained by The Washington Post.

The finding, which has not been previously reported, is among a cache of sensitive materials leaked online through the messaging platform Discord. U.S. officials attributed their assessments to Russian commanders’ overreliance on the specialized units, which have been put to use as part of front-line infantry formations. Those formations, like the Ukrainians, have suffered massive numbers of dead and wounded.

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Typically, spetsnaz personnel are assigned the sorts of stealthy, high-risk missions — including an apparent order to capture Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky — for which they receive some of the Russian military’s most advanced training. But when Moscow launched its full-scale invasion last year, senior commanders eager to seize momentum and skeptical of their conventional fighters’ prowess deviated from the norm, ordering elite forces into direct combat, according to U.S. intelligence findings and independent analysts who have closely followed spetsnaz deployments.

The rapid depletion of Russia’s commando units, observers say, shifted the war’s dynamic from the outset, severely limiting Moscow’s ability to employ clandestine tactics in support of conventional combat operations. U.S. officials believe that the staggering casualties these units have sustained will render them less effective, not only in Ukraine but also in other parts of the world where Russian forces operate, according to the assessments, which range in date from late 2022 to earlier this year.

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Russia’s expenditure of its elite troops will have cascading effects, the documents say, including a loss of some ability to train paramilitary groups in unconventional warfare tactics, “which Russia has used to advance its interests abroad.”

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Let's all cheer for our heroic "whistleblower" who is making sure that we can all know about the true state of the war.

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gutted Russia’s clandestine spetsnaz forces

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The US has a robust SF community, the Russians do not.

Its expensive to train SF types and Russia doesnt spend on things like that.

LINK

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“An Ukrainian Leopard tank was captured by Russian troops, but drowned in a swamp near Kherson” Russian soldier says.

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Instead of making them wait for Tucker's show, I have decided to help our Politards out and give them the latest Baghdad Bob reports as they happen.

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Momentoftruth and his friends in the flat earth society are about to un-believe these leaks.

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REG

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frick, this is awkward.

Jack Teixeira is a national hero and should be given the Medal of Honor.

Buddy, you can’t believe the Washington Post. Bezos works with the Pentagon.

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Buddy, you can’t believe the Washington Post. Bezos works with the Pentagon.

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It’s coming straight from the leak provided by your boy Teixeira, chief. You can’t just pick and choose which part of the leak is real or not.

You are stupid.

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Jack Teixeira is a Russian national hero and should be given the Hero of Russia.

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All the guy needed to do was get on a plane when the leak first happened. He could have joined Snowden in Moscow and gotten a medal like this guy.




EDIT: According to several reports that I've seen, Teixeira leaked info that will likely lead to the arrest and possible death of at least one CIA asset. He sold out his country to impress some teenage boys.

I'm sorry to see this from you, Thanosisademocrat. I didn't think you were the kind of person who would support Vladimir Putin over your own country.