Military observations on Ukraine invasion

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Only one month into the war, and Ukraine has killed 7 Russian generals:


Lt. Gen. Andrei Mordvichev
Lt. Gen. Yakov Rezantsev
Maj. Gen. Vitaliy Gerasimov
Maj. Gen. Andrei Kolesnikov
Maj. Gen. Oleg Mityaev
Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetskiy
Maj. Gen Magomed Tushaev

To be fair, however, one of the 7 generals died at the hands of his own men, who blame him personally for the senseless deaths of their comrades.

Putin: you cannot win Ukraine.

You CAN lose your military, your life, and your legacy.

Take whatever deal Zelensky offers you while you are still breathing (it might not be much longer, Vlad).

How many generals would you have in an Army this size? I think it’s 200,000 total armed forces?

It is an impossible question. Militaries around the world can name anyone a general.
They can have 2 people report to them.

In the US a 2 star has 20,000 or so. But our flag officers now have at least one masters, many who lead major commands have phd’s.

I worked at a command where only ADM or USAF general had to have 4 stars and phd.

In combat situations a 1-2 star General would command 15000ish or less.

So --- A force this size int he US would have a four star in command in theater. Possibly another four star in forward command but likely not. Stormin Norman was the only 4 star in the First Gulf War. Each corp woul;d have a three star, a two star deputy, and 3 1-2 stars in key slots. Each would then have perhaps 3 divisions with three 1-2 starts each -- so each corp could have 14 general officers. Probably 3 corps. 36 general officers.

That you spelled “corps” “corp” twice tells me know nothing of what you scrawled. Stick to your cubicle, Patton.

Got a better number? PP seems about right to me Eisenhower.

[Anonymous]

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Only one month into the war, and Ukraine has killed 7 Russian generals:


Lt. Gen. Andrei Mordvichev
Lt. Gen. Yakov Rezantsev
Maj. Gen. Vitaliy Gerasimov
Maj. Gen. Andrei Kolesnikov
Maj. Gen. Oleg Mityaev
Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetskiy
Maj. Gen Magomed Tushaev

To be fair, however, one of the 7 generals died at the hands of his own men, who blame him personally for the senseless deaths of their comrades.

Putin: you cannot win Ukraine.

You CAN lose your military, your life, and your legacy.

Take whatever deal Zelensky offers you while you are still breathing (it might not be much longer, Vlad).

How many generals would you have in an Army this size? I think it’s 200,000 total armed forces?

It is an impossible question. Militaries around the world can name anyone a general.
They can have 2 people report to them.

In the US a 2 star has 20,000 or so. But our flag officers now have at least one masters, many who lead major commands have phd’s.

I worked at a command where only ADM or USAF general had to have 4 stars and phd.

In combat situations a 1-2 star General would command 15000ish or less.

So --- A force this size int he US would have a four star in command in theater. Possibly another four star in forward command but likely not. Stormin Norman was the only 4 star in the First Gulf War. Each corp woul;d have a three star, a two star deputy, and 3 1-2 stars in key slots. Each would then have perhaps 3 divisions with three 1-2 starts each -- so each corp could have 14 general officers. Probably 3 corps. 36 general officers.

That you spelled “corps” “corp” twice tells me know nothing of what you scrawled. Stick to your cubicle, Patton.

Got a better number? PP seems about right to me Eisenhower.

In the corp? Lol.

[Anonymous]

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How many generals would you have in an Army this size? I think it’s 200,000 total armed forces?

I'm not sure it's an entirely relevant question. In most modern, 21st-century militaries, generals are stationed nowhere near the theater of combat. The loss of so many Russian generals in Ukraine is a reflection of just how outdated their military doctrines actually are.

[Anonymous]

So Russians retreats to rebuild units/redeploy equipment and men from other areas and wait till after the mud season. Next offensive will be late May -June?

[Anonymous]

Interesting article - if putin did not miscalculate - shared link with text yesterday but see it was deleted, so only sharing link now without text

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/opinion/ukraine-war-putin.html?smid=url-share

I hope the author is wrong, but it’s not impossible that he’s right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article - if putin did not miscalculate - shared link with text yesterday but see it was deleted, so only sharing link now without text

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/opinion/ukraine-war-putin.html?smid=url-share

I hope the author is wrong, but it’s not impossible that he’s right.

In the case of grozny...what was the ulterior motive? Does that region also have resources like natural gas that are now controlled by Putin?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article - if putin did not miscalculate - shared link with text yesterday but see it was deleted, so only sharing link now without text

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/opinion/ukraine-war-putin.html?smid=url-share

I hope the author is wrong, but it’s not impossible that he’s right.

In the case of grozny...what was the ulterior motive? Does that region also have resources like natural gas that are now controlled by Putin?

I can’t say about grozny. Here parallels are drawn with Syria where russia similarly bombarded Syrian cities, Hayes on msnbc thinks it was to generate refugee flows to overwhelm Europe
https://youtu.be/q-TaLANcNTk

[Anonymous]

as a non -military person the invasion seems like a huge cock-up

it sounds like the military folks agree.

but how do you absorb that many refugees ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
How many generals would you have in an Army this size? I think it’s 200,000 total armed forces?

I'm not sure it's an entirely relevant question. In most modern, 21st-century militaries, generals are stationed nowhere near the theater of combat. The loss of so many Russian generals in Ukraine is a reflection of just how outdated their military doctrines actually are.

This is not true. Look at America's wars. A 4 star sat in Iraq, one in Afg, and one in Saudi during the First Gulf War. There would be a number of 3s, 2s, and 1s with the troops.

[Anonymous]

russians using straw and saplings as camo for armored

[Anonymous]

Effective Ukrainian psy-ops

https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/inside-ukraines-psyops-on-russian-and-belarusian-soldiers/

[Anonymous]

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So the Russians are withdrawing from Chernobyl— what is the military significance? Are they drawing down as promised?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-31-22/index.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the Russians are withdrawing from Chernobyl— what is the military significance? Are they drawing down as promised?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-31-22/index.html

Here’s a more to the point article:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/03/31/europe/ukraine-chernobyl-russia-withdrawal-intl/index.html

I know it makes me feel more secure.