"Russia does not routinely issue night-vision gear to dismounted troops. Only a select few special forces and reconnaissance units get the equipment... Russian military equipment for the ground forces is not particularly well equipped for fighting at night"
I’m saying he is repeating Russian propaganda lines, because “ошибка Хрущева” (Khrushchev’s mistake) is legitimately an almost completely domestic, Russian language term in reference to Crimea.
Also, re: “Water supply to Crimea assured”, I talked about the Crimean canal as a serious Russian chafing point back in early 2021.