Lesson to military scientists of all countries , the "Fifth Column" overthrew Ukraine's army, navy and air force
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On the first day of the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Ukrainian army was in a state of disintegration, and Russia's "fifth column" played a huge role.
The term "fifth column" appeared in the Spanish Civil War, when General Franco was asked, which of your four columns will capture Madrid? Franco said, "Fifth Column." This refers to the infighting and infiltration that were pre-ambushed in the city of Madrid.
Old Sa, you said that Ukraine suffered such a big loss in the first day of the battle because of the "Fifth Column", is it true that the Russian army also buried the internal response in Ukraine in advance?
Of course, the Russian army's intelligence during the offensive is very accurate, and it must have its own information channels, but what I call the "fifth column" is another meaning, let's look at the war situation in Ukraine together, we can understand its meaning.
Fast forward to February 25, and on the news, Ukraine's resistance to Russian troops became fierce, with the two sides fighting over two airfields in the capital Kiev. Some experts have judged that Russia has encountered certain troubles in the attack on Kiev, because every time Russia uses airborne troops, it will first control the other side's airfield, and then carry out large-scale airborne landings.
Although Russian paratroopers were already present in Kiev on 24 February, according to reports from both sides, they used mainly helicopters, and then the Ukrainian Rapid Reaction Brigade launched a counterattack on Thetonov airport, allegedly retaking the airport at one point.
Now the elite Russian 76th Airborne Division is also engaged in this aspect of the operation (it is said to have joined the early forces and blocked the western passage of Kiev). This unit is Russia's strategic reserve, strong in combat and well equipped, but another feature is that two of the three regiments are parachute regiments and only one airborne regiment. It seems that Russia may not have full control of the airfield now, so in addition to airborne landing, it is also necessary to consider using parachutes to invest troops.
However, Ukraine's passivity is still clearly visible, the air supremacy is gone, the battle is carried out simultaneously in Kiev, eastern Ukraine, Kharkiv, northern Crimea and other lines, and the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian troops are divided into several aspects, and it is difficult to form a joint force.
Everything shows that after only a day of fighting, the Ukrainian army has lost the initiative on the battlefield. Speaking of which, the Ukrainian army, which claimed to be 800,000 at its peak, inherited the legacy of the Soviet era and obtained a considerable amount of weapons and equipment from NATO, was torn apart in one day, and some people even said that Russian Defense Minister Ishogu could be a god in one battle. Ukraine is weak and Russia is strong, so it is not surprising that the Ukrainian army cannot resist, but it is a bit inexplicable to lose so quickly.
The reason for all this is that the Russian army has given full play to its strengths and adopted a hybrid combat model that has been explored since the 90s of the last century.
Today, when we talk about large-scale wars, it is often the combat mode of the US military in the Gulf War - using powerful fighter jets to seize air supremacy in the depths of the other side, and then destroying the communication, transportation, and logistics strategic hubs of the other side with long-term air raids, weakening the combat capabilities of its front-line troops, and cutting off the communication between the front and rear. After such a surgical attack, it was completed by the ground forces.
This time, the Russian army's operations in Ukraine are very different from this model, the Russian army dispatched four forces such as sea, land, air and space, and at the same time carried out a strike against the Ukrainian army, which is a typical mixed operation.
At sea, the Russian Navy, a formation of Glorious-class guided-missile cruisers blocked the Ukrainian Navy's outlet to the sea, followed by catching turtles in an urn within 40 minutes of the battle, completely destroying the Ukrainian Navy's resistance, seizing sea supremacy, and landing in the area around Odessa. The Russians blockaded the Ukrainian coast from the sea, effectively turning Ukraine into a landlocked country.
On land, Russia sent armored forces to the east and north of Ukraine, forming a great offensive pressure, locking up Ukraine's mobile forces on the front line, and advancing lightly, with some rapid troops inserted into the strategic points within Ukraine, in coordination with airborne troops.
In the air, under the cover of air force aircraft, with airborne troops with long-range delivery capabilities, they directly attacked various strategic targets in large depths, including kiev, the capital of Ukraine, and formed a "point kill" effect behind the opposing land defense line.
In the sky, before the navy, army and air force entered the battle, they violently attacked various important military units of Ukraine, led by the airfield, carried out so-called precision strikes, paralyzed the combat capability of their air force at the first time, and opened the way for the Russian Air Force to seize Ukraine's air supremacy.
This set of combined fists came out in all directions, dazzling people, and gave full play to Russia's overall combat advantages, which can be described as The top of Mount Tai. However, what really enables Russia to quickly gain strategic superiority is his Fifth Route Force, which I call the "Fifth Column", that is, the Information Warfare Unit of the Russian Army.
We have noticed that after the Russian army began to attack, all kinds of information on the local battlefield were constantly transmitted in the world's major news media, but if we looked closely at this information, either from the local interviewers of various media or from the Russian media such as the Russian News Agency, we rarely saw the voice of the Ukrainian side. Even Ukrainian President Zelenskiy tweeted about it using mobile phones.
All this, combined with the scattered reaction of the Ukrainian army on the front line, can be inferred that by the time the battle began, the ukrainian forces had been cut off from their superiors and friendly forces. The Ukrainian army, which had lost its chain of command and failed to make contingency plans, was thus simultaneously caught in a situation of fragmentation and passive beating in all aspects.
Chinese and foreign people in Kiev and other places in Ukraine have mentioned that before the start of the battle, the network was interrupted, and satellite communications also had inexplicable problems, which showed that the information paralysis of the Russian army was not only aimed at the Ukrainian military, but also took into account the possibility of the Ukrainian military using civilian channels to establish encrypted channels such as IP-VPN for communication.
It is precisely because of this that the attack of the four Russian armies can be so smooth. Unlike the surgical strike of the US military, the destruction of the enemy's hardware system, and the cutting off of the other side's communication and communication, the Russian army adopted the combat mode of destroying and paralyzing the opponent's information system at the beginning of the operation, which should be called "instantaneous anesthesia".
As early as 2021, hackers with a Russian background allegedly invaded the Command System of the Ukrainian Navy, stole its confidential documents and destroyed its website, so much so that according to their public documents, even the number of square meters of house where the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Navy lived became public information.
Of course, this is also due to the fact that the communication command system of the Ukrainian government and army is still not separated from the influence of the Soviet legacy of that year, and the Russian army knows it well and knows itself and knows the other side in order to achieve such results. Even according to news reports, some Ukrainian war services are still using Russian-supplied power systems, and the other side can make them incapacitated by simply pulling the brakes.
The heavy losses suffered by the Ukrainian army in one day came from a variety of factors, but the important role of the "Fifth Column" is undeniable, which also warns of future military operations in various countries: the soft protection of the communication command system, the emphasis on information warfare, life and death are at stake.
Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered one thing, when the Russian army launched an attack, Zelenskiy had tried to contact Russian President Putin, but Putin said that he had not received his contact request, and everyone thought that Putin deliberately ignored his request, and now it seems that it is really because of the interruption of communication and has not received it at all.
That, I'm afraid, is an unexpected consequence.
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