The Army of the Dead Generals

War plunges those who wage it into darkness.

We know how it starts, but never how it ends.

Fog falls on the battlefield, preventing orientation and seeing the enemy's disposition.

Once engaged in combat, commanders will need to muster their own resolve to overcome the terrifying friction any force faces as it comes into contact with the harsh reality of hostile fire, in unforeseen geography and weather.

The biggest surprise has been provided by the Russian Army.

Vladimir Putin has taken several and all unpleasant: the strength of the Ukrainian Army, the resolution of President Volodímir Zelensky, the unity of the allies... But the worst has been provided by his own Army in the failed offensive on kyiv, a true logistical disaster , strategic and also moral.

Its troops, poorly motivated and poorly supplied, have plunged into a heinous orgy of destruction and death that has damaged the Kremlin's image internationally, spurred resolve by kyiv's allies on arms supplies and sanctions, and placed Russian authorities in the crosshairs of the International Court of Justice.

In war all news is false.

The manuals say so.

The truth will have to wait for the weapons to fall.

Then the entire military catastrophe will be known, already detected in the Russian ranks, the detail of the intentional killings of civilians or also the corruption of the commands, which explains many deficiencies in the preparation, armament, leadership and behavior of the troops. .

At the moment, attention is drawn to the number of casualties suffered by the Putin army and especially the unusual list of ten generals killed in combat, interpreted by many observers as a symptom of the poor functioning of the chain of command, so that the highest it must be exposed to ensure that the troops follow your orders.

The bad news affects even the highest military official, General Valeri Gerasimov, mastermind of the hybrid war doctrine applied since 2014 with the invasion of Crimea and the pro-Russian secessionist insurrection in Donbas.

Together with Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, this general is also responsible for authorizing the nuclear weapon, and this past week has made headlines because he was first presumed dead and then wounded after a Ukrainian attack on a Russian position where it was at the time of inspection.

Russian military incompetence explains not only the barbarities of its soldiers in their dealings with the civilian population, but also the persistent resort to bombing action, which allows destroying everything that cannot be conquered.

“Why should we have a good Army if everything in this country is dysfunctional and hampered by nepotism, servility and submission?” asked the oligarch Oleg Tinkov, before fleeing and falling into disgrace.

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