This goes with the Russian playbook. When Russia is the attacker it is always a disaster. Recall their military campaigns against Finland 1940, Poland 1922, Battle of Tannenberg 1914, and further to the Crimean War in the 1840s. All complete disasters because of logistical failures, corruption in the command and disillusionments among the conscripts.
LC On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:28:29 AM UTC-5 johnk...@gmail.com wrote: > Check out this article from The New York Times. Because I'm a subscriber, > you can read it through this gift link without a subscription. > > ‘Putin Is a Fool’: Intercepted Calls Reveal Russian Army in Disarray > > In phone calls to friends and relatives at home, Russian soldiers gave > damning insider accounts of battlefield failures and civilian executions, > excoriating their leaders just weeks into the campaign to take Kyiv. > > > https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/28/world/europe/russian-soldiers-phone-calls-ukraine.html?unlocked_article_code=21OQrOgRFbgnZOjsquKOUOJ45iEWoaWOLr33WtGhdmDLLRuMgyZC22CKCeo9tLRwQQqeiHOmUA_zXSBdxgiRKNi5OrDecvCUyqZ-LTFjv4o14eugzXxY4r1Xc-bPlZvTMhri7de59NGNoTFPvL9IdSL2IwY_aM_pBNbCdsdQZBwFjfaZn473hS2OQ5Imqv40PcnxlIWqqkkH8OmafnZ3r_RMOT1BF9wHTQzrU17nLb0v6uWiXcYSveEgaGnCMQ8FlfWdbfFk19B-l1hY3viRI1sL3FjlouSBAMDdVmcpnAnsAc0nyDpdOP2fcn5Sn-Ei6TH969EXaGrUCE3UdlSEHGc_ipm65rs6qrDSavRLhyr_BRyxY6T4dLibnK72AEwswq44&smid=em-share > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/d8be449f-d5da-4d55-bc99-c42de270cbecn%40googlegroups.com.