Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Ukraine's HIMARS attack on a Russian convoy in Rylsk, Kursk region, has prompted fury from Russian milbloggers at the military's incompetence. "The Russian land is full of idiots," one concludes; another complains that "this is some kind of sodomy". ⬇️

https://x.com/auto_glam/status/1821923552477548585

2/ At least 13 trucks filled with Russian troops were hit by Ukrainian HIMARS missiles on 8 August, killing many soldiers. It's likely to be one of Russia's biggest losses of life in a single incident since the full-scale war began in February 2022.

https://x.com/Nastushichek/status/1821846552907780160

3/ The Russian military analyst and volunteer Roman Alekhine calls for the negligent commander in charge of the convoy to be executed, or maybe less drastically, to be demoted and sent to join a "meat wave" assault unit.

4/ "Who gave the order to move in columns in the drone's observation zone and, consequently, to [be defeated by] HIMARS, is not only an asshole, but must be sentenced according to the laws of wartime, today – he [deserves to be sent to] an assault squad.

5/ "And I don't care what their rank is - [demote them to] private and [send them to an] assault squad! Those who command the movement in the column themselves, being in the column itself, are no less an asshole!

6/ "But often you can't send him into a storm [unit], because there is no one to send. Although, assholes often survive! And then they get posts and medals for having survived.

7/ Oleg Tsarov bemoans the lack of learning evident in the decision to send the troops in a tightly clustered convoy: "This is just trash. The third year of war and troops [are still being organised] in columns."

8/ 'Older than Edda' recommends punishing the column's commander by "beat[ing] him like a dog" until he is "shitting himself" and suggests a similar punishment to that advocated by Tsarov. He comments on how it feels unpleasantly vulnerable when you pass by a stalled convoy:

9/ "One of the most unpleasant feelings in war is driving slowly past a military column standing on the side of the road. You're driving, and a bunch of fuckers are standing next to the cars, scratching their balls, talking and smoking.

10/ "The only desire at that moment is to press the gas pedal all the way down and drive away from the fuckers.

For columns, especially those standing on the side of the road in the zone of destruction by enemy missile and artillery weapons, you need to beat them up.

11/ "Just take the column leader, beat him like a dog, kick him until he starts puking and shitting himself. For dense slow movement in a column, you need to punish him, and punish him very harshly.

12/ "For the order to line up in a column and start moving (we're talking about wartime), you need to demote him to the rank of private and send him to Storm V to atone for his guilt."

13/ 'Older than Edda' comments that "this is some kind of sodomy" if the Russian high command has not issued an order for there to be "no more than 3 cars [in line], no stopping on the side of the road to take a shit/pee/smoke and no pressing against the ass of the car in front."

14/ 'Revenge of good will' concludes that "The Russian land is full of idiots."

"You, yes, yes, you, commanders, senior column/vehicle commanders, drivers, fighters, all of you who like to travel in crowds, columns, call it whatever you want in the combat zone.

15/ "You are all idiots. Not only the command that gave you the order, but you personally.

Do you want to say that you don't dare and don't know how to violate orders? Yeah, no, when you need to, you always know how to give a damn, you'll find a hundred reasons.

16/ "Well, if you don't give a shit about your lives, then you are idiots!"

'Dead Heads' responds with resignation: "Did you think that after almost three years of full-scale warfare, something would change dramatically?"

17/ "The defeat of a column in the border area of ​​the Kursk region, footage of which is already everywhere, says otherwise.

In the range of enemy missile weapons, in conditions of complete visibility of the area by reconnaissance drones, this is still possible.

18/ "Hence the results. We have what we have."

19/ 'Thirteenth' compares Russia's general staff unfavourably to monkeys: "In the third year of the war, even a monkey could be taught, but not some Ministry of Defence staff general who gives orders for such murderous marches in the frontline zone.

20/ "Who will be responsible for the formation of the next columns? What are you doing, brainless creatures?"

Rybar agrees that "almost three years of military operations have not taught anyone anything yet" but says that the blame does not lie solely with senior commanders.

21/ "It is stupid to blame the General Staff or the multi-starred "red commanders" here: if the column commander does not feel sorry for himself and his personnel, then there is no need to blame the Masons and otherworldly forces for this."

22/ 'Military Informant' wonders how the situation was allowed to occur in the first place, pointing out that the convoy appears to have been stationary and the trucks were fully loaded with troops at the time of the strike:

23/ "In order to hit a column with a fire weapon aimed at a significant distance and guided by satellite navigation, it was necessary for this very convoy, like a herd of dumb sheep, to stood in the open and not move anywhere until a reconnaissance drone found it, transmitted…

24/ …information and worked on it.

Not only that, but they left people sitting in the backs of the trucks, which turned the destruction of the convoy into a real massacre. Passing locals have already filmed everything, as the consequences were left standing until morning."

25/ "All this is a consequence not only of the impenetrable stupidity of a specific person who organised the movement of a column near the border for the third year [of the war], and then its standstill, but also a consequence of the general situation of chaotic concentrating…

26/ …of reserves in the breakthrough area, for which they were not prepared at all. This is another parallel with the autumn of 2022 in the Kharkiv region, where the enemy also used HIMARS to hit the columns with reserves that were going to plug the front." /end

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