Posted on 12/17/2022 1:34:54 PM PST by dennisw
A former Russian commander and prominent military blogger has given another scathing assessment of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in which he described how Vladimir Putin's troops had already been dealt a "strategic defeat" by Ukraine.
Igor Girkin, also known as Igor Strelkov, is an army veteran and former intelligence officer who played a key role in Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the conflict in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.
He is among a number of milbloggers who give candid accounts of Russia's war effort that are far removed from the picture portrayed by Kremlin-backed television channels.
On his Telegram channel he has pulled no punches in his criticism of Russia's military failures in Ukraine, earlier this month describing how Moscow's forces do not have "the slightest idea about the ultimate strategic goals of the current military campaign."
He resumed this theme in a video posted on Friday in which he said the "sluggish" war in Ukraine was playing into the hands of Ukraine's western allies, "primarily the United States."
He said that the "prolonged internal meatgrinder within Russia which is now being called the Russian-Ukrainian war", could result in the "collapse of the political regime and the state of the Russian Federation."
He then outlined what he think needed to happen for Russia to gain the ascendancy and carry out "offensive strategic operations of a decisive nature."
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How weird. What you do with this stuff is make FR look like a deranged blend of “Dr. Strangelove” and “Romper Room”.
Let’s face the facts that Russia and Russian military is a clown show these days. Vlad Putin should have been aware and in charge. The only people who still worship Vlad are here at FRee Republic.
Kindly bugger off, clown.
Dmitri@wartranslated
11h
Depressed Girkin declares strategic defeat as the war with Ukraine is nowhere near its end after almost 10 months of fighting.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1604055947722125312
Will do. I can only take tiny doses of this obsessed behavior.
Point. Counterpoint.
Ukraine Reels After Missile Strike, Sends Reinforcements to Bakhmut; Putin Briefed by Surovikin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPAdEf68mBI
Defeat no, set back, only momentarily I’m afraid.
We Americans never use terms like "bugger off", clown.
We also never make statements in the form of a question,
but I did that just to make you feel at home.
LOL 'Strategic Defeat', but not an objective defeat at all.
Unexpected and quite embarrassing.
Meanwhile, Ukraine is deenergized, deindustrialized, billions in unpayable debt,
Historic unemployment and inflation, total collapse in GDP….Begging for its existence. Now a 100 percent welfare nation- but somehow the war cheerleaders will have us believe they are winning.
Carry on war cheerleaders.
The Russians have been losing since they advanced into the Ukraine!
Right, Ukraine is surrendering any day now because the power is out...
You have good language detection. But I am not a Brit. I was born and live in America. In my local bowling alley, the Four Seasons were on all the time on the Juke Box.
“Meanwhile, Ukraine is deenergized, deindustrialized, billions in unpayable debt,”
Yet they are still winning.
You claimed “Vlad will never give up an inch of the ethnic Russian territories.”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4090948/posts
If Ukraine is such a basket case, how did they push Russia out of Kherson? What does that tell us about the Russian military if a country like Ukraine gain victory after victory?
LOL, just tell him to bugger off.
Well, the Russians clearly lost the reputation of military competency.
And Slava Ukraini every day. I like underdogs. How can you not love these Ukrainians who farm such rich black earth and who suffered though Stalin's Holmodor where Stalin starved millions.
Glory to Ukraine!" is a Ukrainian national salute, known as a symbol of Ukrainian sovereignty and resistance and as the official salute of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 2018. It is often accompanied by the response "Glory to the heroes!" (Ukrainian: Героям слава!, romanized: Heróyam sláva!, IPA: [ɦeˈrɔjɐm … See more
Did Putin lose a sub in the Black Sea yesterday? Enquiring minds want to know..,
They deserve it.
With so many lies from both sides and so much angry name-calling here on FR, I’ve decided to keep my opinions to myself and wait until next June to see if there’s any denouement by then that we can reasonable analyze and objectively discuss. Hopefully, there hasn’t been a nuclear exchange before that, and we’re still alive.
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