The Brink of War?

[Dragonman]

Yesin is 85 y.o. and finished his service in army in 1997. What he knows about current condition of "Dead hand" in 2018?

Probably more than you, given his biography: Viktor Ivanovich Yesin, Colonel-General (ret.), Colonel-General, Ph.D. (Military Sciences), Prof., PIR Center Advisory Board member. Graduated from the F.E. Dzerzhinski Military Academy and The General Staff Academy of the Armed Forces. In 1959 started working in Military Forces. For over 40 years, worked in the Soviet/Russian Defense Ministry's agencies. In 1998-2002 chief of the Russian Security Council Administration. Formerly, Сhief of the Strategic Missile Forces General Staff (i.e., former head of the Russian strategic rocket troops). Research Professor, Advanced National Security Studies Center, Expert Institute, Higher School of Economics National Research University, Moscow Research interests: reform of armed forces, strategic stability. PIR Center Advisory Board member since 2002.

[cdnmatt]

Moses, the West has no desire at all to nuke Russia. Quit with the rhetoric.

[dab69]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-pl...090921314.html

AGAIN?

Russia planned downing passenger jet, blaming Ukraine Security Service of Ukraine

ukrpravda@gmail.com (Ukrayinska Pravda)
Sun, May 1, 2022, 4:09 AM·2 min read

Valentyna Romanenko - Sunday, 1 May 2022, 12:09 The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) claims to have apprehended a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group that was preparing to shoot down a passenger plane and blame it on the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the international partners supplying arms to Ukraine. Source: SBU Spokesperson Artem Dekhtyarenko Quote: "The SBU has completed a multistage operation, in the course of which it neutralised a a deep-seated sabotage and reconnaissance group of the enemy. Agents of the RF armed forces' general staff were preparing a terrorist act - they were planning to shoot down a passenger jet over the territory of Russia or Belarus. "The occupiers intended to unjustifiably accuse Ukraine and our partners of attacking the aircraft. To commit the provocation, the attackers wanted to fire on a civilian board from the portable anti-aircraft missile system (MANPADS) 'Stinger'. "In order to steal and smuggle foreign MANPADS abroad, representatives of the aggressor country's special services gave the [relevant] task to their intelligence group." Details: According to the SBU, the sabotage and reconnaissance group included two individuals with dual citizenships, and a locally recruited accomplice. Their operations were coordinated by Russian national Aleksandr Tuterev, a staff member of the main department of the general staff of the RF's armed forces under the alias of "Morpekh", says Dekhtyarenko. Tuterev is wanted in Ukraine for his role in the organisation of a series of terrorist acts in the Odesa region, according to the SBU. Under his coordination, enemy agents attempted to contact Ukraine's Armed Forces under the guise of patriotic volunteers. To gain trust, they conveyed to the Ukrainian side true information on the positions and maneuvres of Kadyrevites' units. The agents were allegedly tasked with using these contacts to illegally obtain a foreign-made MADPAD and transfer it to the Russian side. The SBU reports that it has apprehended all members of the involved sabotage and reconnaissance group. The investigation is ongoing.

[Dodger]

Seventh Russian General Dies in Combat

Comparing this figure of seven reported dead generals in less than 3 months with the total number of US generals killed in 10 years in Vietnam (1965 and 1975 ) – just 12 – you have to ask why so many Russian generals are dying.

Although it's now a rare occurrence, before modern technology and tactics, the deaths of senior officers were far more common. But in modern warfare you never see this many Generals getting killed. Military analysts sum up the reasons as relating to; incompetence due to lack of experience and/or training, poor morale among ground troops, and poor strategic and logistical planning - against a highly motivated and skilled Ukrainian military. ://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-general-commanded-electronic-warfare-115447368.html

(excerpts from article linked below)

"Putin manages the military in much the same way as he does the wider Russian state, choosing loyalty to him above professional competence. This is no more clearly illustrated than the choice of Sergei Shoigu as Russian defense minister in 2012. Lacking any military experience or understanding, Shoigu was chosen as he posed little political threat to Putin or established military tradition. He has been criticized by many for failing to introduce major reforms after the Georgian campaign in 2008, which highlighted key failings in the Russian military in carrying out combat operations".

"Corruption is endemic within all aspects of Russian life – and this includes the military. A recent report, published as part of the London-based International Government Defence Integrity Index, identified that the Russian military had a corruption risk of high “owing to extremely limited external oversight of the policies, budgets, activities and acquisitions of defense institutions”. The report also highlighted a lack of transparency on procurement and the issuing of defense contracts, with a rating of only 36 out of 100 in this category. Loyalty to Putin may have landed senior leaders a place in the inner circle, but this has been at the expense of the personnel they serve". https://theconversation.com/ukraine-...-killed-179517

[Moses]

Lacking any military experience or understanding, Shoigu was chosen

How many military officers do you see here?

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or here:

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[Dodger]

How many military officers do you see here?

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or here:

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Minus a couple of black guys and a gay Transportation Secretary - it looks like the Biden Whitehouse.

[Moses]

Minus a couple of black guys and a gay Transportation Secretary - it looks like the Biden Whitehouse.

Meetings of ministers of defense in EU

[Dodger]

Two of Putin's 379,623 Generals who are brothers.

Nikolay (on the left) owned a butcher shop in St. Petersburg prior to being recruited by Putin, was last seen rolling down a hill in Ukraine with loads of sausages falling from his backpack. He's never earmed any metals, but makes one hell of a kobasa.

Older brother Leo (on right) still operates a large pawn shop in Moscow in his spare time which specializes in military memorabilia. His personal collection of war metals is the envy of Russia's top brass.

[cdnmatt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79W04GmAe4c

[Moses]

Two of Putin's 379,623 Generals who are brothers.

Nikolay (on the left) owned a butcher shop in St. Petersburg prior to being recruited by Putin, was last seen rolling down a hill in Ukraine with loads of sausages falling from his backpack. He's never earmed any metals, but makes one hell of a kobasa.

Older brother Leo (on right) still operates a large pawn shop in Moscow in his spare time which specializes in military memorabilia. His personal collection of war metals is the envy of Russia's top brass.

None of them are generals - this isn't Russian uniform for generals. They are army pensioners. This is photo from shutterstock, Victory day celebration in Samara in 2017 https://www.shutterstock.com/image-p...ting-775511995

this how uniform of general looks like:

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