| SecondWar said: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/09/russian-divers-inspect-crimea-bridge-ukraine-russia Looking at the lead photo in that article I dont see how rail traffic can move effectively across that bridge given how badly damaged it is. Also further down into that article it describes the record of the new Russian commander in Ukraine from his time in Syria. I'd hazard a guess that fighting close-knit rebel groups is quite different to fighting a national army. |
"Sergei Surovikin opened fire on pro-democracy protesters in the 1990s and led the 2017 Russian military expedition in Syria, where he was accused of using contentious tactics, including indiscriminate bombing of anti-government fighters."
Yet another psychopath, what a surprise.
Don't think this will change much, Russia's entire tactic in Syria was to just bomb wherever they could and often target civilians to break morale of the rebel fighters who were mostly compromised of civilians with guns. So basically, it's the exact same tactic as they're employing in Ukraine right now.
In this case, things are a lot different though as you've said, Russia is fighting the entire Ukrainian army and Ukraine is united against Russia whilst Syria is broken up into multiple factions and Syria's army is still for the most part, very much aligned with Assad.
If I was a Russian commander right now, I would definitely not be taking this job, undoing dozens of years of corruption in the midst of an active war? Good luck. I think this dude was only promoted to keep Kadyrov and Prigozhin (Wagner) happy since they've been bitching about Russia's command lately and they like Surovikin.
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