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🇷🇺Former Russian Ground Forces Commander Vladimir Chirkin admits: “We thought 70% of Ukrainians were for us... it turned out to be the opposite.” He called Russia’s pre-war intel a failure, blaming the intelligence community for misleading leadership and underestimating Ukraine.

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Russia was unprepared for war with Ukraine due to underestimating the enemy and overestimating its own forces, with Foreign Intelligence Service falsely claiming 70% Ukrainian support, former Russian Ground Forces Commander Chirkin admitted.

Russia was unprepared for war with Ukraine due to underestimating the enemy and overestimating its own forces, with Foreign Intelligence Service falsely claiming 70% Ukrainian support, former Russian Ground Forces Commander Chirkin admitted.

WarTranslated

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"Russia's leadership was given false information that 70% of Ukraine's population was for us and 30% was against us. It turned out to be exactly the opposite." Former commander of the Russian Ground Forces Vladimir Chirkin criticized Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, saying Russia was "once again" unprepared for war. According to him, Russian leadership had been misinformed, which is why Putin's army "learned a serious and harsh lesson" in Ukraine.

"Russia's leadership was given false information that 70% of Ukraine's population was for us and 30% was against us. It turned out to be exactly the opposite." Former commander of the Russian Ground Forces Vladimir Chirkin criticized Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, saying Russia was "once again" unprepared for war. According to him, Russian leadership had been misinformed, which is why Putin's army "learned a serious and harsh lesson" in Ukraine.

Anton Gerashchenko

25,639 views • 8 months ago

Russian general: “We thought 70% of Ukrainians were on our side. But it turned out to be the opposite.” Former commander-in-chief of Russia’s Ground Forces Vladimir Chirkin publicly admitted the failure of the Kremlin’s initial strategy when invading Ukraine. According to him, Russian intelligence assured the Kremlin that 70% of Ukrainians would support Russia, and only 30% would oppose it. In reality, it was exactly the opposite — and this, in his view, became one of the factors behind the failure of the “three-day blitzkrieg.” Chirkin complained that the army “underestimated the enemy and overestimated itself,” and that capturing Kyiv failed, forcing a retreat. He also mentioned Sergei Shoigu’s attempts to “save face” after the humiliation: “The former defense minister tried to get out of the situation gracefully, calling what was happening a gesture of goodwill.”

Russian general: “We thought 70% of Ukrainians were on our side. But it turned out to be the opposite.” Former commander-in-chief of Russia’s Ground Forces Vladimir Chirkin publicly admitted the failure of the Kremlin’s initial strategy when invading Ukraine. According to him, Russian intelligence assured the Kremlin that 70% of Ukrainians would support Russia, and only 30% would oppose it. In reality, it was exactly the opposite — and this, in his view, became one of the factors behind the failure of the “three-day blitzkrieg.” Chirkin complained that the army “underestimated the enemy and overestimated itself,” and that capturing Kyiv failed, forcing a retreat. He also mentioned Sergei Shoigu’s attempts to “save face” after the humiliation: “The former defense minister tried to get out of the situation gracefully, calling what was happening a gesture of goodwill.”

NEXTA

238,563 views • 8 months ago

Retired Russian General Vladimir Chirkin leaves interviewer stunned, after a series of admissions, blaming Russia's intelligence community and admitting that his country was grossly unprepared for this war. "We received a serious and brutal lesson. Our country’s leadership was given false information that 70% of [Ukraine's] population supported us and only 30% were against us. It turned out to be exactly the opposite: 30% for us, 70% against us. I am not going to criticize anyone, but in my view Russia once again turned out to be unprepared for war, just as in previous years. Moreover, there was the usual underestimation of the enemy and an overestimation of our own forces. On February 22, everyone started saying that the war would be over in three days. The ‘Tbilisi syndrome’ and the memory of the five-day war with Georgia were clearly at play — but unfortunately, that did not happen. I would give an unsatisfactory grade to the entire Russian intelligence community"

Retired Russian General Vladimir Chirkin leaves interviewer stunned, after a series of admissions, blaming Russia's intelligence community and admitting that his country was grossly unprepared for this war. "We received a serious and brutal lesson. Our country’s leadership was given false information that 70% of [Ukraine's] population supported us and only 30% were against us. It turned out to be exactly the opposite: 30% for us, 70% against us. I am not going to criticize anyone, but in my view Russia once again turned out to be unprepared for war, just as in previous years. Moreover, there was the usual underestimation of the enemy and an overestimation of our own forces. On February 22, everyone started saying that the war would be over in three days. The ‘Tbilisi syndrome’ and the memory of the five-day war with Georgia were clearly at play — but unfortunately, that did not happen. I would give an unsatisfactory grade to the entire Russian intelligence community"

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Jeffrey Sachs: "Netanyahu is a repeated failure and liar. Everything he's told us for 30 years has turned out to be the opposite."

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Maksym Borodin

396,852 views • 3 years ago

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Lord Bebo

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