The Russian army's performance in Ukraine has been less than impressive according to Western intelligence assessments -- and that viewpoint is gaining ground among some in Russia itself.
Lviv, Ukraine The Russian army's performance in Ukraine has been less than impressive according to Western intelligence assessments -- and that viewpoint is gaining ground among some in Russia itself.
Three Russian military bloggers have suddenly launched into damning criticism of the operation, and especially the debacle of a failed crossing of the Siverskyi Donets river last week. The three bloggers combined have more than three million subscribers on Telegram. A prominent former officer who regularly appears on state television also weighed in with a gloomy view of Russia's military prospects in Ukraine. Such public criticism of the military operation in Ukraine is very rare.
Video shows Ukrainian forces reach border near Russia 01:39"The offensive in the Donbas is being hampered," he said,"not only due to the lack of effective intelligence from UAVs [drones], but also due to such generals." He said he'd been warning for 18 months that Russian forces lacked both strike and reconnaissance drones.
See the shattered Russian armor after Ukrainian soldiers stop advance 02:29Despite pushback from the show's presenter, Khodarenok estimated that Ukraine could arm one million people. And with the US Lend-Lease military aid program beginning soon, he said, along with European assistance,"we really need to treat this million Ukrainian soldiers as a reality in the near future." Ukrainian soldiers' morale is more important than their training, he insisted.
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