re: The Official Thread: Russia invades Ukraine

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There are many claiming the dogfight is "fake", something called DCS??? I don't know, but the comment section of the dogfight have many claiming fake video. Don't shoot the messenger, I'm just forwarding what the comments section are saying.

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Kevin Rothrock
@KevinRothrock
The Russian news outlet Baza has shared this video, saying that it shows 10,000 Chechen security officials in Grozny preparing for deployment to Ukraine.

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There are many claiming the dogfight is "fake", something called DCS??? I don't know, but the comment section of the dogfight have many claiming fake video. Don't shoot the messenger, I'm just forwarding what the comments section are saying.

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The Russian news outlet Baza has shared this video, saying that it shows 10,000 Chechen security officials in Grozny preparing for deployment to Ukraine.

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Bonnie Glaser
@BonnieGlaser
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China takes the first step to provide assistance to Russia--China lifts all wheat-import restrictions on Russia amid Ukraine crisis

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Patrick Fox
@RealCynicalFox

USAF Vet. University College London Alumni.
Foreign Policy / Military analyst.

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Day 1 of Combat

Takeaways from available information:

1.Russians broke with their own doctrine of relying on heavy, concentrated support fires. 1/


2.Failure to prepare the operational area with adequate preparatory fire to break up and destroy Ukrainian defenses was a critical hinderance 2/


3.Russians allowed themselves to dilute their own strength by advancing (and dividing their forces & fires) along 4 axis of advance. None were capable of achieving their objectives as a result. 3/


4.Insufficiently supported troops failed to achieve necessary tactical breakthroughs with strategic implications for the battlespace 4/


5.Airborne/Air Assault forces cannot operate well against even a semi-intact air defense network, or in contested airspace. 5/


6.Airborne/Air Assault insertions against superior local forces are an expensive waste of highly trained manpower. 6/


7.Commando actions ala Joachim Piper in the Ardennes 1944, in Kyiv, did not achieve much success. Commando infiltration of Kyiv a major success prior to operations – massive Ukrainian security failure. 7/


8.Russian morale is lower than expected. Some units appear to have anticipated being met with grateful Ukrainian crowds instead of stiff opposition. 8/


9.Leadership at the Platoon, Company & Battalion level highly questionable in some units based on behavior. 9/


10.Russian troops are ‘green’ overall, noticeable reluctance to dismount APCs/IFVs and provide infantry screen for the armor when in contact. Heavy resulting casualties vs man portablt anti-tank weapons 10/


11.Overall battleplan’s basic assumptions on opposition levels and Russian capability fundamentally flawed. Command & Control rigid and inflexible. 11/


12.Ukrainians delayed mobilization far too long. Decision not to hold on the Dnieper politically more viable than abandoning East Ukraine, but possibly a critical strategic failure militarily. 12/


*Excuse my error, the deception operation of Germans in American uniforms (as we saw Russians in Ukrainian uniforms recently) was headed by Otto Skorzeny.

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