"information on all able bodied men, including oligarchs and politicians" - Might be helpful in managing the nominal corruption that had existed. Hopefully will be administered wisely.
''where is Dvornikov’s relevant military experience? ''
Looking back at Russian history, even the most successful generals, such as Zhukov, had the primary tactics of massed artillery followed by mass waves of armour and infantry. Subtlety doesn't come into it. I think that the Russians are going to try to win in East Ukraine through the use of overwhelming firepower and mass numbers. The regime obviously doesn't care about it's own casualties, let alone the devastation caused.
The glimmers of hope are that Russian soldiers are less willing to be sent into the meat grinder than they were under Stalin and that the economy might be stuttering too badly, if even the mobile phone networks start to fail then it might be impossible for Russia to sustain the campaign after a certain point in time.
"Thanks to cell phone intercepts" - The metadata will allow tracking, but recordings of the calls if made public would expose the evil to the world. The modern world, who could imagine going into battle as you chat with family?
"information on all able bodied men, including oligarchs and politicians" - Might be helpful in managing the nominal corruption that had existed. Hopefully will be administered wisely.
''where is Dvornikov’s relevant military experience? ''
Looking back at Russian history, even the most successful generals, such as Zhukov, had the primary tactics of massed artillery followed by mass waves of armour and infantry. Subtlety doesn't come into it. I think that the Russians are going to try to win in East Ukraine through the use of overwhelming firepower and mass numbers. The regime obviously doesn't care about it's own casualties, let alone the devastation caused.
The glimmers of hope are that Russian soldiers are less willing to be sent into the meat grinder than they were under Stalin and that the economy might be stuttering too badly, if even the mobile phone networks start to fail then it might be impossible for Russia to sustain the campaign after a certain point in time.
"Thanks to cell phone intercepts" - The metadata will allow tracking, but recordings of the calls if made public would expose the evil to the world. The modern world, who could imagine going into battle as you chat with family?