For 8 years since #RussiaInvadedUkraine most "experts" studied American and German intelligence reports about Russian capabilities. These assessment were hopelessly wrong.
I've been reading accurate Ukrainian intel. I expected the Russian army to be the piece of crap it is.
I've been reading accurate Ukrainian intel. I expected the Russian army to be the piece of crap it is.
The Ukrainians are far better at human intelligence than the Americans and Germans are when it comes to the Russian regime of state terrorism.
They knew all about corruption in the Russian officer corps. Theft of matériel is so massive little of it makes it to front-line units.
They knew all about corruption in the Russian officer corps. Theft of matériel is so massive little of it makes it to front-line units.
I would laugh out loud each time mainstream news media in the U.S. put out a "breaking" story about something the Pentagon said, which turned out to be something the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had said several years earlier.
Not paying attention to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Crimea and Donbas has consequences. Other Western democracies were unprepared for the Russian offensive when it came. The Western democracy of Ukraine was fully prepared.
Not knowing how bad the Russian army is can't be blamed solely as an "intelligence failure." Big bureaucracies have filters for what information reaches decision-makers. But those top people made statements that were always off-the-mark, showing accurate intel never reached them.
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