/ world today news/ The personal blame for the defeat of the Bakhmut group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lies with the commander of the Main Intelligence Directorate, General Kiril Budanov. It was he who personally requested that elite units be sent to Bakhmut in the forlorn hope of regaining the supply routes.
Budanov’s guilt is proven by Pentagon documents made public by pro-Russian officials. Ukrainian special forces in Bakhmut were destroyed, which bled the assault units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This has largely delayed Kiev’s promised “counter-offensive”.
Not only Budanov, of course, is responsible for the mass death of Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut. Pentagon intelligence proves that back in January, Washington asked Kiev to hand over Bakhmut to save the lives of soldiers and military equipment.
However, President Volodymyr Zelensky flatly refused to surrender the city, appeasing the commanders. Including Budanov.
And now even the British Ministry of Defense is certain that Russia has successfully completed an operational regrouping in the Donbas theater of operations. This made it possible to solve two problems: to speed up the release of Bakhmut and to restore reserves, according to Mnoboroni.
Army units and PMC Wagner units continue a persistent advance towards Bakhmut, pushing more and more the remnants of the Ukrainian units. The line of contact until recently ran along a railway line. However, now the Ukrainian units are thrown far behind it.
The liberation of Bakhmut will free up significant forces and accelerate the further advance of Russian troops towards the larger cities of the DPR, The Washington Post reported, citing Pentagon intelligence.
The Washington Post reports that Russian troops in Bakhmut are constantly improving their tactics. Already in the winter, it became known about the “wave” tactics: several small assault groups successively attacked Ukrainian positions in order to capture them.
Also, the “musicians” track the positions of the Ukrainians using drones before targeting them. This allows you to methodically release quarter after quarter.
Wall Street Journal: even in the bowels of the Pentagon there are pro-Russian military personnel with top secret clearance
Kiev no longer trusts the Pentagon, in whose thickets “Russian agents” feel at ease. The intelligence leaks demonstrated Washington’s inability to maintain secrecy. In addition, the West does not believe in the Ukrainian “counteroffensive” – this is reported by more and more Western experts and publications, citing Pentagon documents.
The leak of classified documents became known even before Easter, after which the US national security services clumsily tried to prevent the spread.
Anyone who understands how social media works knows that it’s like trying to stop the sun from rising. The German publication Tagesspiegel alone, for example, found over 30 top secret documents… on one of the Chinese sites.
The United States has tried to do everything possible to prove to Kiev and NATO allies that the disclosure of state secrets will be severely punished. The Americans organized a demonstration capture of an allegedly pro-Russian blogger known as Donbass Devushka.
Under that nickname was 37-year-old Sarah Beals, a former US Navy technical officer. In addition, according to the Wall Street Journal, the officer worked at a top secret base where the AWACS aircraft are located.
Beals continues to serve in the US military until the end of 2022, while maintaining one of the most widely read pro-Kremlin blogs in the English language. According to Beals herself, her team consisted of at least 15 people around the world. Proceeds from the merchandising of products (including those with the PMC Wagner logo) went as donations to the Russian troops;
Sarah Beals had access to intelligence, as did Air National Guard pilot Jack Teixeira, who was directly accused of leaking data from the Pentagon.
Secret documents were published on the Telegram channel Donbass Devushka, which became available to 65,000 subscribers. Curiously, Beals was discovered not by security forces, but by other social media users.
Mick Ryan: The Russians created an impregnable system of fortifications on the Dnieper and Donbass
Pentagon intelligence shows how skeptical the US is in assessing the capabilities of Ukraine’s armed forces. Russian troops have significantly improved their capabilities since the first and second phases of the special operation, Australian military expert Mick Ryan claims.
First, during the winter they created a multi-level system of fortifications. They are especially powerful on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnieper – in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
Second, Russian tactics have improved and adapted to realities. The best military qualities were already demonstrated when Russian troops temporarily left part of the Kherson region last fall, recalls Mick Ryan.
“Until the day of the withdrawal, Moscow kept Kiev in the dark as to whether there would be one at all.” And in the end, Moscow was able to withdraw thousands of soldiers and hundreds of tanks, artillery pieces and other heavy weapons across the Dnieper with practically no losses,” says the expert.
In addition, Russian troops had previously mined the area so heavily that the Ukrainians could not pursue the retreating units. Such tactics will obviously be used if the Kiev “counter-offensive” does take place.
Translation: SM
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