Many US media outlets proclaiming "Zelenskyy sacks Zaluzhnyi" or "Zaluzhnyi fired!"
— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) February 8, 2024
I don't see it that way.
Allow me to provide some context. A 🧵
1/ https://t.co/34WJQBFHpA
Here's what I mean by "tactical, opn'l, strategic" commander:
— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) February 8, 2024
1. He commands the 2000+ mile tactical front
2. He coordinates each battles into an operational campaign plan
3. He "plays" in the strategic arena with his nation's leaders & over 50 supporting nations. 3/ pic.twitter.com/PDkJkxd2n5
He's had to find ways to train his forces - from privates to generals - into the kind of modern fight he has been facing, while simultaneously determining how he could fight effectively with a bevy of modern weapon systems. 5/ pic.twitter.com/Sifz5uMBfA
— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) February 8, 2024
Truthfully, he came into this invasion as an inexperienced and untrained senior level commander, and he carried himself as a leader of a great army and an emerging nation.
— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) February 8, 2024
But - and there's always a but - he likely is physically, emotionally, and intellectually exhausted. 7/ pic.twitter.com/2agk8POswp
God bless you, General.
— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) February 8, 2024
It's time for a new commander to take the reins. It's a good call to get some new blood into this next phase of the campaign. 9/ pic.twitter.com/8ajApVa2dl
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