2/10
A loss of a qualified officer can be far more devastating on the Battlefield then the loss of any weapon system. Russia has a large conscript army. Quality NCOs are very important to any army. Quality officers are also equally important.
3/10
The constant loss of high level level officers for Russia is going to be devastating. For comparison, in all of the USAs military engagements the US has only lost 1 General to the enemy since 1968. The Last general was in 2014.
4/10
A terrorist drssed as a allied soldier opend fire at a training facility and killed Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene. The US lost 1 General to the enemy in the entire Vietnam War. Russia in less than 14 days has lost 4 Generals.
5/10
In addition to the Generals I've located about 8 Colonels, 6 Lt. Colonels, 12 Majors and almost 20 Captains. That is a loss rate that is simply untenable. Eventually at this rate you will have Junior NCOs running Companies or Batallions.
6/10
If 🇺🇦 can continue to kill officers the war will be over very fast. Which is why it seems 🇺🇦 special forces and Intelligence services are eliminating these officers. 2 of these Generals were killed in Combat and 2 others were "eliminated".
7/10
This is a brilliant tactic and should continue. The Generals killed so far are. 1. General Magomed Tushayev. He was a Chechen General and his Regiment was tasked with killing President Zelensky. Mr. Tushayev was killed in combat.
8/10
Next killed was Major General Andrei Schovetsky. He was killed in Combat.
9/10
Major General Vitaliy Gerasimov was "eliminated" in a special operation.
10/10
Major General Andriy Kolesnikov was also "eliminated" in a special operation. The loss of this many high ranking Generals is unprecedented in modern times.
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These are in order of rank and it'd name and rank only. I have branch of service and unit names also.
Captain Alexey Glushchak
Captain Vladimir Zhoga
Captain Ilya Kuptsov
Captain Alexander Shokun
Captain Sergei Vysyach
Captain Oleksiy Chuchmanov
Captain Eugene Ivanov.
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Captain Maklagin Vyacheslavovich
Major Dmitry Valerievich
Major Viktor Maksimchuk
Major Andrei Burlakov
Major Ruslan Leonov
Lt Colonel Akexei Khasanov
Lt Colonel Denis Glebov
Colonel Sergei Porokhnya
Colonel Andrei Zakharov
Colonel Yuri Agarkov
1/8 @KofmanMichael has a great thread on the shortfalls of the Russian military. He is missing some key items which I believe require some investigation and discussion.
2/10
It has been said that "He who controls the sky controls the battlefield". This has been true since the mid 1930s as modern warfare began to evolve. There are limits to airpower. We learned this during the Vietnam conflict. Air assets cannot occupy real-estate.
3/10
A lot has been written and postulated about Russias miserable performance in the air. On paper the Russians airforce (VKS) is impressive. Watching the VKS performance I was less than impressed.