“Maybe the Russians are still using the old crank telephones, but modern militaries use radios, satellite links, and other forms of communication.”
You mean like GPS, LOL!
So how about you guys tell us why we need so many of our Western operatives virtually ON THE FRONT LINES to run this war. It’s not me putting them in that level of danger - why don’t they simply stay in DC, or Brussels?
You are the one fantasizing that there are "Western operatives" everywhere.
Maybe you just need to accept that the Ukrainians are doing their own fighting.