>Scapegoating Syrsky is an old genre in Ukraine - with people like Bezuhla and Azov’s Krotevych at the forefront - but here is serious Western media joining the chorus with the simplistic binary of “Soviet” Syrsky vs “progressive” NATO-enlightened commanders and highly successful Zaluzhny cadence vs defeat-ridden Syrsky’s.
>The truth is Syrsky is no more Soviet than Zaluzhny who bragged about his admiration of Gerasimov and holds responsibility - together with British and American war planners - for the miserable outcome of the 2023 offensive. But Syrsky is a convenient scapegoat because he is Russian-born and educated in Moscow (in addition to Kyiv and Brussels).
>There was massive Western involvement in the Ukrainian war planning best illustrated by the UP’s investigation into Krynky debacle. For all the perceived advantage of “NATO standards”, the highly enlightened Western input has failed to change the predictable outcome of this war against backward Russian barbarians.
>But if you followed blogging Ukrainian servicemen for a long time, you’d notice to what extent the “Soviet” Russia is leading in adaptability and innovation on the battlefield and how massively its methods have changed over the last three years - from the Bakhmut meat-grinder to the saturation of the battlefield with FPV drones and smallish groups of infantry (often pairs of soldiers) which we are now observing in the Pokrovsk breakthrough.
If I recall, wasn't the Krynky debacle originally an idea that came from the Brits?:
https://x.com/leonidragozin/status/1955535506739024074?
>The truth is Syrsky is no more Soviet than Zaluzhny who bragged about his admiration of Gerasimov and holds responsibility - together with British and American war planners - for the miserable outcome of the 2023 offensive. But Syrsky is a convenient scapegoat because he is Russian-born and educated in Moscow (in addition to Kyiv and Brussels).
>There was massive Western involvement in the Ukrainian war planning best illustrated by the UP’s investigation into Krynky debacle. For all the perceived advantage of “NATO standards”, the highly enlightened Western input has failed to change the predictable outcome of this war against backward Russian barbarians.
>But if you followed blogging Ukrainian servicemen for a long time, you’d notice to what extent the “Soviet” Russia is leading in adaptability and innovation on the battlefield and how massively its methods have changed over the last three years - from the Bakhmut meat-grinder to the saturation of the battlefield with FPV drones and smallish groups of infantry (often pairs of soldiers) which we are now observing in the Pokrovsk breakthrough.
If I recall, wasn't the Krynky debacle originally an idea that came from the Brits?:
https://x.com/leonidragozin/status/1955535506739024074?
