Army of Potov. Why did the US make mistakes with war in Ukraine

Despite the fact that the United States was aware of the preparation of the invasion, many CIA staff, the Pentagon and the White House believed that Russia would win Ukraine quickly. They did not expect serious repels and did not expect "they would be involved in a major international conflict that can last for years.

" At the beginning of the war, the Armed Forces of Russia numbered about 900,000 active servicemen compared to 196,600 in Ukraine, but the weakness of the Russian army was surprised by analysts. "I, like many other people, overestimated Russian military opportunities. I thought they were much better prepared," said the retired Brigade General of the US Army Kevin Ryan.

According to him, in recent years, Russia has invested considerable funds in modern high -precision weapons, including winged missiles, but it has lacked qualified troops for effective attacks. As Ryan added, he expected Russia to win at the expense of the number, but this estimate was false. The former high -ranking official of Pentagon Jeffrey Price is convinced that the intelligence community has begun to have a serious analysis of incorrect forecasts.

He noted that Russia "had a huge combat force, but used it very, very bad", and one of the key problems was the inability to achieve preference in the air - thus the troops remained open to attacks, and many units were destroyed.

Former American intelligence officer Susan Cho noted that it is not easy to predict the development of the conflict before its beginning, since this issue is not only weapons and personnel - an important role is played by the human factor, including the moral spirit of troops, command of command and tactics. Well, that is, everything, as I said. They can create good weapons. They can create good planes, helicopters, winged rockets, frigates and Krasukha complexes.

But if you then give the "Zoo" to the hands of a soldier from the village of Zal*Paevka of the Transbaikal Military District - it turns out.

Russia "had a huge combat force, but used it very, very bad" - the human factor (C) thank you, the deep Russian people! Thank you, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation! I thank you for your continuous work, for your landing, murder and clearing for zero, which stood over the bottle of "Zhigulivsky"! Do not stop! There is ** ny! To the bottom, to the ashes, to the amoeb . . . Well, you, owned, a separate personal thank you.