... about UK Armed Forces. Here is former UK's (secretary) minister of defense Ben Wallace:
This is what attending 44 weeks long "education" at Sandhurst does to you--you get brainwashed and then pretend that you are somehow a military professional. He is the epitome of a decomposition of British ruling class and military. There is nothing worse than chihuahua pretending itself a pit bull. I omit here moral issue completely--London has no morals.
The only "training" UK (NATO in general) can provide is to how get killed. It is not surprising in the country with this view of military "history":
But then again, in the country where Antony Beavor is considered a "military historian", it is not surprising that the country is fucked.
1. I'll start with that and will only stress that these are horrifying warriors because their motivation is higher than that of berserkers. Judge for yourself:
You don't want to meet those people on the battlefield because they are afraid of nothing, including death. I assume Russia assembles and trains those men into special crack formations which will deal with the remnants of VSU come the end of the year. Beware! LOL.
Now to a more serious matter:
2. Somebody posted here the link to Alexander Rogers' superbly acerbic piece on this Liman affair. Here is the link, sadly Google Translate will not completely convey Roger's traditional sarcastic tone but still--worth reading.
Try to run it through translator. All Rogers' points are valid.
3. Where would we have been without the military "expertise" of The National Interest. I am being sarcastic, of course. But this one is worth paying attention to because it may, in the end, reflect both desperation and delusions on part of America's military class. In the piece titledA Ceasefire Can Ensure Ukrainian Independence, David Pyne concludes:
Ah, yes, of course referenda were "rigged"--by VSU indiscriminate shelling of civilians, atrocities committed by Ukie Nazis and their NATO "instructors" against women, children, old people. Right, it was "rigged" from the git go by effectively committing crimes against humanity against Russophone population in Ukraine but, due to Payne's having M.S in "national security studies" and being a former H.Q. staff officer, he doesn't bother himself with facts and consequences. Moreover, he comes up with this wowser:
Reports indicate that Putin’s partial mobilization will not be limited
to 300,000 troops, as the Russian government has misleadingly claimed,
but rather 1.2 million military reservists
that will be used to overrun Ukraine in a planned winter offensive that
could bring an end to the country’s independence by early next year.
Of course, he merely gives the link, without elaboration on what those "reports" are, because they are directly from... Ukrainskaya Pravda, a tabloid propaganda rag of Kiev Regime, but Payne, following his "education" from the military system which loses all its wars, doesn't mind spreading obvious propaganda BS without even bothering himself with checking the reality, forget about getting acquainted with those mobilization plans of Russia which are openly available (much of them are, of course, classified) to conclude that "1.2 million" IS NOT a partial mobilization. In fact, if Payne has his "degree" in whatever security "studies" he could have, at least, educated himself with basic mobilization documents of Russian Federation such as:
Translation:Federal Law No. 31-FZ of February 26, 1997 (as amended on July 14, 2022) "On mobilization training and mobilization in the Russian Federation".
And mind you, I am not even talking about simple mathematical fact that mobilization of 1.2 million people in Russia would have manifested itself on a scale much much larger (no, not 1.2 mil. divided by 300 thousand= 4 times, no) than what is happening right now, because mobilizing 1.2 million soldiers as opposed to 300,000 IS NOT 4 times larger, it is a different type and scale of mobilization, including what amounts to enlisted personnel in existing Armed Forces. But Payne, obviously, never studied those things for his degree and while serving in whatever the H.Q. he served in.
After that, he describes "conditions" which may "preserve" 404 not understanding that we all long ago left the world of wishful thinking and PR and are into serious business of dismantling Pax America in which Ukraine is but one of the fronts of this titanic struggle and it is all about demolishing existing combined West whose elites, quoting Vladimir Putin, are satanic. Kiev regime is a homicidal Nazi org, supported by the US and US military, and now the US will have the stamp of enablers of Neo-Nazism and let it live with it. After all, main US Army "hero" and allegedly "tank genius" General Patton considered Russians to be subhumans and, I think, this tradition is being preserved. Frankly, I don't know why this rag by Dmitri Simes even exists--it is an Exhibit A of a complete intellectual collapse of whatever passes in the US for geopolitical views and it is a sorry spectacle.
But I wanted to make you aware of that, and, judging by the other wave of Ukie bots spreading fake news and exhibiting their ever increasing butt-hurt, they should. Because today Constitutional Court of Russia approved signed documents on four obalsts joining Russia and in this teeny-weeny piece of news that all four oblasts will join Russia within administrative borders which existed since the moment of their creation--you know, in USSR (in Russian). But that is just legalistic mambo-jumbo. Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimaaaaaaan.
The immediate question which arises is this: what are those "key weapons"? The answer seems to be in the Time's piece:
Ukrainian forces will, for the first time, receive two
vehicle-mounted Harpoon anti-ship missiles, which Kyiv hopes will help
push away an estimated 20 Russian warships currently blockading their
Black Sea ports. The land-based weapon could enable Ukraine, one of the
largest grain providers in the world, to resume its supply of food to
parts of the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Despite Ukraine’s urgent need,
however, the Harpoons won’t reach the battlefield for several months,
U.S. officials told reporters at the Pentagon Wednesday. In order for
Ukrainian forces to use the weapon, the Pentagon will first have to
procure Harpoon launchers, while European allies will prepare to send
missiles and other equipment. After that, Ukrainian troops will go
through a weeks-long training course outside of Ukraine at other
European military bases on how to operate the systems—just as they do
with other high-end, American-made arms.
Evidently, they have issues with naval combat and modern technology in Pentagon if they declare a rather morally obsolete Harpoon a "key weapon". Especially if we are talking about two launchers (4 missiles each) and especially which 404 "won't reach the battlefield for several months". Will Ukraine exist then? Not to speak, of course, of NATO's manufacturing, pardon my French, capacity which needs "several months" to procure two trucks and eight missiles. I think the trick here is two fold:
1. Western weapons performed dismally in 404 and the United States doesn't need more embarrassment for its weapon systems, which, BTW, also get blown up by Russian high-precision stand-off weapons routinely.
2. While Harpoon is by no means a trivial threat, this weapon NEVER encountered modern air-defense and serious ECM. But even if to assume that some of Harpoons hits any Russian ship, consequences for providers of such weapons could be deadly, up to retaliation on NATO naval assets.
But then, of course, there are admissions today by both Mark Milley and Kiev regime about the "math" of this SMO.
Cretins from BI should really keep themselves updated on the situation in Severodonietsk, but then again, I begin to doubt now even the adequacy in the US of those who at least nominally are considered professionals. Even when one considers a totally PR circus-oriented political discourse in the US.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley at a press conference
in Brussels on Wednesday said "the numbers clearly favor the Russians"
in Ukraine as the two countries remain embroiled in war. "I would
say the numbers clearly favor the Russians, in terms of artillery,"
Milley said, adding that the Russians "outnumber, outgun, and outrange"
Ukrainian forces. "The Ukrainians are fighting them street by
street, house by house," Milley said, stating that the fighting in the
Donbas was "almost World War I-like." But he also emphasized that the
battle is "not a done deal" and said a Russian victory isn't an
"inevitability." "There are no inevitabilities in war," Milley said. "War takes many, many turns."
I, actually, feel for Milley. I think he is competent enough man but is forced to repeat this trope about "inevitabilities in war", because we all know well how well it works out for those who fight Russia in Europe, but the American public (and DNC) will feel really bad when observing how America's greatest proxy has its ass handed to it and no "key weapons" can change anything in the outcome. Now, speaking to Marshal Foundation today, David Arakhmia (a big honcho from Ze's party) uplifted Washington's mood with the news that now VSU loses KIAs only between 200 and 500 daily (in Russian). Now Bernhard worries that Ukraine issue is being put by US media on the back-burner. I totally get it where he is coming from and I share to a degree his desire to see utter geopolitical humiliation of the United States in Europe being very public. But, as Russian say, it is not evening yet.
Now per "mobilization" BS being spread by all kinds of fanboys, even if "pro-Russian" resources on the UTube and elsewhere.
1. Being "pro-Russian" absolutely does not equate to being militarily competent, let alone being mobilization specialist--it is the level of decisions made at the highest military-political level, which brings us to the next point...
2. And why exactly should Russia mobilize, when forces involved in SMO achieve their objectives, especially against the background of favorite Ukie (and UK) "tactics" of using civilians as human shield? The "argument" about alleged China landing in Taiwan is altogether risible.
Those "analytical" resources which grow like mushrooms after the rain on all kinds of platforms in 99 cases out of 100 are fanboys and military porn masturbators trying to promote their "operational" fantasies as facts. Including by spreading outlandish rumors and "concepts".
Here is real professional talking. And I mean REAL.
The US Armed Forces have NO experience fighting like that. Period, no grey zone. Especially American politicos who never faced real war.
