Estimation of close personal participation of the head of the Russian Federation is based on the received intelligence data.
Vladimir Putin personally involved in the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine , as it makes operational and tactical decisions “at the level of a brigadier or colonel”. The Guardians writes with reference to Western military sources.
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At the same time, the Kremlin leader is helping to determine the movement of forces in the Donbass, where the occupiers suffered a bloody defeat last week, repeatedly trying to cross a strategic river in eastern Ukraine (Syversky Donets – ed.)
The British newspaper also says that the Russian president is still working closely with General Valery Gerasimov, commander of the Russian armed forces. This does not quite coincide with the statements of the Ukrainian side last week that this military commander was removed.
“We believe that Putin and Gerasimov are involved in tactical decisions at the level usually expected of a colonel or brigadier “, – says the source, citing the publication, referring to the ongoing fighting in eastern Ukraine.
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It is assumed that the assessment of the close personal involvement of the Russian leader is based on intelligence.
The Russian military, much more so than the Western military, operates in a top-down vertical warfare. With instructions that are usually sent to generals on the ground. But the invasion of Ukraine forced Moscow to change some of its usual patterns, and the Kremlin began sending generals closer to the front line, where, according to the Ukrainian armed forces, up to 12 such high-ranking officials were killed.
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According to estimates based on aerial photography of the battlefield, last week's failed attempt to cross the Seversky Donets River near Belogorovka destroyed more than 70 Russian vehicles and lost at least one battalion of equipment.
The defeat was so severe that some Russian < strong> military bloggers have commented on the incompetence of the Russian military, according to the Institute for the Study of War, which is a rare sign of internal dissent.
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