An ex-Ukrainian general explains how it all went wrong. In an interview Viktor Muzhenko said that the lies over Ukrainian casualty numbers started in the very first days of the SMO conflict when the report from the army of 2000 dead which was as much as the whole of 2014 in the civil war. The 2000 was changed to 1300 when released to the public.
He talks of mobilisation starting too late when masses had already left the country, this was because they got so many volunteers initially they didn’t think of the need for replacements.
He says that generally there was a serious lack of any kind of strategic thinking to any of the plans and orders handed down. For example the Ukrainian army did not conduct any kind of reconnaissance prior to the 2023 summer counter offensive. This was probably because the whole thing was actually planned back in Germany by NATO generals.
Muzhenko says they were told not to worry that they were attacking Russia's strongest point because senior staff were confident that the Russians would simply run away.
Elsewhere there is not much happening on the diplomatic front, the Europeans are trying to convince Trump they are being attacked by Russian Mig fighter jets but Trump is having none of it.
Zelensky Trump will meet at the UN this week but nothing new is expected, Zelensky begging and Trump saying he’ll think about it.
Meanwhile the Russians continue on the whole Ukrainian line of cities running north east from Pokrovsk to Lymen being under assault by Russian forces.
A side word on sources, just to note all information is from elsewhere unless it’s obviously just personal comment. If any point needs checking just Grok it or ChatGPT or watch the linked video. If that doesn’t confirm then I probably still have the original article bookmarked and can repost, I just don’t bother adding each one to every post anymore. Reminder that both sides might sometimes issue false information as psychological warfare.
Ex-General EXPOSES Ukraine’s Costly Mistakes vs Russia
Russia's FINAL Assault on Strategic Kupyansk
This Russian cruise missile looks like it zig zags like a house fly almost immediately after being launched.
From RT so may be banned in your area (western Europe)