Political scientist on Ukrainian strikes on Russian training ground
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces has confirmed the strikes on a Russian training ground in the occupied part of Kherson Oblast, which eliminated about 60 enemy soldiers. Volodymyr Molchanov, a political scientist from Kherson, gave some insight into the attack to Radio NV on Feb. 22.
The reaction of Russian "military bloggers" is, of course, negative. But in their typical style, nothing has changed: ‘this has never happened before, and now it's happening again.’ There are many people who follow and read their posts. Not all of them have committed suicide (reference to propagandist Andriy Morozov, who shot himself the day before) or are in prison like [war criminal Igor] Girkin. So there is still someone to whom this negative information can be passed on.
On the other hand, imagine that tens of thousands of Russian troops are involved in the fight against the bridgehead in Krynky. That is, there is a significant numerical advantage of about 1:1000 in favor the Russian side. Of course, these newly contracted Russians who are being brought there need some combat coordination.
And that's exactly why this strange area range was created. It was located in the extreme south of a sandy arena, the largest in Kherson Oblast. It's interesting because the arena looks like a real desert, there is no grass cover. There are only birch stakes in the lowlands. Near one of them they were hit in three places. I am not sure about the 60 dead. According to the video evidence, there were about 30 [Russians].
There were indeed some formations there. And Ukrainian drones were tracking this. What's interesting is that it is 25 kilometers from the nearest launch point of those drones. That means that the Ukrainian intelligence is going much further - beyond the range of ordinary Mavic drones.
I don't think it had to be some kind of information leak, as the Russians suspect, that someone from the inside was leaking. That is not necessary.
Although in these stakes, small birch groves, where the thickets are now dense, although they are leafless, you can hide and not be seen. On the other hand, it's not suitable for formations.
As for the sand, everything is visible there. All tracks are clearly visible, so it's impossible to hide your activities there. That's why you can read everything that happened there from the tracks.
That is why this area was doomed, if only the technical means allowed it. They allowed it, and the Russians lost a few dozen soldiers. But I emphasize once again, their capabilities will not change in any way, because for tens of thousands, the loss of 60 or 30 people is nothing and means nothing.
Their ability now to form assault groups for these "meat grinder" attacks of several dozen people a day has not disappeared, it has not diminished. But this will not change the stalemate for the bridgehead in Krynky for now.
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