Putin beordrar styrkor att gå in i Ukraina - INVASION NU (2022-02-24)

Girkin says the RDK could have reached Bilhorod outskirts easily if 8-9 battalions were deployed instead of one, demonstrating critical weakness in the Russian defence. Hence, Girkin says, attacks of recent days are no more than distracting strikes to pull away some of Russian reserves that could be used to defend the main strike point.

Some interesting key points from Igor "Strelkov" Girkin's stream yesterday. Includes his usual pessimism and begging for mobilizations as well as commentary on Transnistria's fate and the events in Belgorod.

ZAPORIZHIA DIRECTION. THE SITUATION IS UNPLEASANT.

Our positions are under heavy artillery fire. I know a lot of bad details, but I won't reveal them.

The trend: they hit us - we don’t respond, and there are very bad reasons for this, there are several of them and all of them do not depend on the warring battalions, regiments, divisions. Hundreds of shells are flying at us, zero in response. What kind of war is this?

Counter-battery combat, as the main, constantly used method of countering enemy artillery, is absent in our NMD. It doesn't exist, no matter what anyone says.

This is nothing new to the enemy, nor to any of us, so don't stick your own head in the sand. We waste people because of our own shortcomings. Yes, I agree, we are causing serious damage to the enemy with our missile strikes on the rear. But the front line also needs to be protected, our people are standing there.

From the “Book for Young Commanders”:

“Counter-battery shooting is considered successful if the enemy’s firepower and their crews are suppressed or destroyed. Suppression implies the further inability of the enemy's firepower to continue firing.

Adult big commanders probably read other books. And they don’t say that in reality the Ukrainian artillery beats the Russian one, and even a year ago, who would have thought that this would be possible…