I saw Tucker giving credence to Russia and now China's claims of bioweapon labs in Ukraine as a far too obvious pretext for a false flag. Not original thinkers, they are too used to cudgeling the brains of their GOP supporter equivalents as is Tucker. I have to wonder if there are Ukranian-Americans who are seriously considering putting a bullet in Carlson and if not, why? Edit: Looking for the clip I saw I found this where his bizarre support for enemies is discussed. I mean this really has to be past the threshold of acceptable. He is flat out saying that the US is funding bioweapon labs. Next thing, a false flag by the Russians all connecting back to China's cover story that Covid was made in the US.
Ukrainians report that in something like 70% cases of Russian planes being shut down and pilots ejecting, the parachute doesn't open. With pictures of smashed up pilots to prove it. Also - reports that another one-star Russian general has been liquidated in Ukraine. Andrey Kolesnikov, commander of the 29th army. If true, that would be the fourth one-star general in 14 days. Vitaly Gerasimov, the one star general commanding the 41st army has been liquidated a few days ago. Those are the two Army groups that attacked Ukraine. Both commanders killed. Glory to Ukraine.
The Ukrainians also killed the Chechen General who was commanding his foreign fighters. Not sure if he is counted in the Russian tally or not. It was good to bag him early because he has (make that "had") a long history of brutality. Nip that mofo early.
Report: Putin appears to be truly unhappy with the FSB in Ukraine: he attacked the 5 Service SOiMS (FSB's foreign Intelligence branch). Sergei Beseda, head of the Service, and his deputy Bolukh, head of the DOI, placed under house arrest. From Christo Grozev - Bellingcat - "if confirmed, this will be really major news. Beseda and Bolukh are as high as it gets. Beseda was literally in charge of Ukraine intel (= guy who would have misled Putin on Ukraine's readiness to "welcome liberators"). Bolukh additionally in charge of disinformation."
Good. Hopefully we will need a desktop app to follow the number killed. There is a lot of reporting that says that the Ukrainians are just killing conscript unmotivated soldiers. Not necessarily so. That is true where it applies and not where it does not. The generals would be Exhibits A,B,C,D..........
About the generals: as I pointed out before, Russians' ratio of generals killed to regular troops in previous conflicts was around 5000:1. Do your math. About Belarus: "...Putin had planned for the Belarusian military to join his invasion (which Minsk denies). But the plan was foiled by a series of resignations by senior military officials, who fled the country and contacted the opposition-in-exile. Moreover, hundreds of young Belarusians of draft age have also fled across the closed borders, which is “dangerous and expensive.” We know there is a high degree of demoralization among officers in the military. In addition, there is a great deal of demoralization among conscripted soldiers, who are fleeing the country’s borders en masse to any destination possible, including Russia, Kazakhstan, and the Baltic states.”
About Russian army: "Fatigue of RU units "massive". A third has been replaced, but incoming units have even worse quality. Another third has been destroyed, killed or wounded. Re-formation of units doesn't have a good impact on combat capability." That tracks with the total casualties I have been figuring. By my (fairly conservative) calculations, about 35,000 to 40,000 Russian soldiers by today have been killed, wounded or captured.
Yep... next comes the Russian army. Welcome to the new era of the purge... Fuming Putin fires generals over invasion losses, says Ukraine https://nypost.com/2022/03/10/fuming-putin-fires-generals-over-ukraine-invasion-losses/ Enraged Russian President Vladimir Putin has gone on a tear, firing as many as eight generals over Moscow’s military losses in the invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s defense chief claims. Ukraine Defense Secretary Oleksiy Danilov made the claim on Ukrainian TV Wednesday, according to the newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda. “[The enemy] had about 8 generals removed from their posts because they did not complete the task. New ones have been appointed,” Danilov said. “We clearly understand what is happening in the Russian Federation,” he added. “What’s more, I can tell they’re desperate.” (More at above url)