Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian War, the information about the battlefield has been relatively chaotic, and if the information obtained is itself untrue, then the conclusions drawn are most likely unreliable. Therefore, in order to sort out the basic context and situation of the Russian-Ukrainian war, we must first filter the information and analyze it on the basis of relatively real battlefield information.
For the Russian military, the sources of information are relatively diverse, both positive and negative, so there will be many bases and angles for analysis. But for the Ukrainian army, it is really not easy to find the real materials and suitable entry angle of the Ukrainian army.
However, in the recent interview with the Canadian "sniper god" Walley after returning home, he revealed a lot of front-line information in his possession, which gave us an excellent perspective on the internal situation of the Ukrainian army.
For the Wali people, the popularity on the Internet is still very high, and it is rumored that it is the top sniper who has created the record of the farthest sniper at 3450 meters.
However, this is most likely caused by the "God-making" movement, and it was not Wall-e himself who actually played the sniper record, and internal sources in the Canadian army said that Wall-e was not even present at that time.
However, as a veteran of the 22nd Regiment of the Canadian Army, Wali, who has participated in many battles in Afghanistan and Iraq, is not much of a problem as a high-level sniper. It's just that compared to his peers, Waliqi people are not willing to keep a low profile and understand social media marketing better. This time and so, the Internet put the laurel of the "sniper god" on the head of Wally.
After the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2022, Wali joined the International Corps of Territorial Defense of Ukraine as one of the most well-known so-called international "volunteers".
This so-called International Corps was formed by Ukraine after the outbreak of war to accept mercenaries from all over the world, and initially became very large, claiming that more than 20,000 people signed up.
However, in Wali's view, ukraine is a mess for the organization of the so-called international legion, and they do not even know what to do with these mercenaries from all over the world.
Since the so-called International Corps is nothing more than a name, it is not a strictly organized military organization, and the mercenaries of various countries are organized according to brigades, battalions, and companies, and there is no such arrangement at all.
Ukraine's International Legion focuses more on the propaganda level, showing how much manpower support Ukraine has received from various countries, and it is not ready to really organize these manpower.
At the same time, Ukraine also has a cognitive error in the perception of mercenaries from many countries:
According to the original estimate, the Ukrainian army needs mercenaries with combat experience, but in fact, there are a large number of Internet celebrity "volunteers" who come to Ukraine. These people do not talk about front-line combat, but instead use Ukraine as a place for Internet celebrities to punch cards, and a large number of photos and videos are disseminated in the social media, which actually adversely affects the operations of the Ukrainian army.
Second: The Ukrainian side overestimated the dedication of these mercenaries, and according to the original estimate, these mercenaries can be directly used in the front line. But many mercenaries want formal status and relatively generous remuneration, and Ukraine is not willing to provide ideal identity and material guarantees for these international mercenaries of different heights.
Therefore, there is a significant contradiction between the international mercenaries and the military and political aspects of Ukraine, which was also confirmed in an interview with Wali.
For example, it first arrived at the "Norman Brigade", and many people became "deserters" after unsuccessfully asking the Ukrainian side to provide identity and medical protection. In The words of Wali: Many people arrive in Ukraine with their heads held high, but leave with their tails between their legs.
In terms of weapons supply and logistical supply, it is also difficult to say.
When many international mercenaries arrived in Ukraine, they believed that the Ukrainian side would provide them with a complete arsenal and excellent logistical supplies. But in fact, the Ukrainian side did not have extra weapons to distribute to these people, even the basic food and oil supply, these international mercenaries had to find "relations" and solve it through civilian channels.
Even the weapons he obtained were remembered to build his own private soldiers.
In a war-torn environment, private army groups of various backgrounds will rise, and now within Ukraine, this situation has accelerated. The Ukrainian army on the Donbass front had been complaining about not getting the ideal western aid equipment, believing that the local power faction in Lviv and other places had intercepted a large number of weapons. In the case of ukraine, such a situation is probably not unique.
So before the mercenaries officially entered the battle, they had already encountered various unexpected situations.
As for the actual use of mercenaries, the Ukrainian side finally adopted a more pragmatic attitude.
On the one hand, very elite mercenaries are selected into the special forces of the Ukrainian army to carry out combat tasks behind enemy lines; on the other hand, the remaining mercenaries are left to be selected by the troops who go to the front line, which is why we see a large number of international mercenaries are actually organized in the Ukrainian territorial defense force.
In the context of specific engagements, some of the situations spoken by Wali are also noteworthy.
First, Wali admitted that he had basically no chance of firing, only fired a few shots at the window (perhaps covered, but it was also true that he could not kill the four sides), while the Ukrainian side was widely shelled.
This is actually the norm in modern warfare, where artillery-based killings are felt more intensely, especially on the weaker side.
Wali had previously served in the Canadian Army, fought in the Afghan and Iraqi battlefields, and his own army had extremely strong combined air-ground firepower, and its opponents did not even have many anti-tank missiles and mortars. In this kind of battlefield, Wall-E will hardly encounter a situation of being countered by artillery fire.
At the same time, in the overwhelming battlefield environment, Wali, as a sniper, can calmly find targets and carry out "hunting snipers". At present, the world's top five farthest sniper killing records are actually in Iraq and Afghanistan, which is not without reason.
Returning to the Russian-Ukrainian war, snipers certainly have their own role, in fact, there are a large number of snipers in the Russian and Ukrainian armies, but their combat environment is much worse than on the battlefield in the Middle East.
Because both russian and Ukrainian armies were from soviet armies, there were a large number of artillery. In actual combat, the killing and injury of artillery fire has always been ranked first.
For Wali, who had never experienced artillery suppression, he was not very accustomed to the high-intensity environment of the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, and in this regard he was even inferior to the ukrainian snipers on his own. Therefore, it is understandable that we have not been able to give full play to them in actual combat.
Compared with his regret that he failed to "hunt and snipe", Wali was more impressed by the bombardment of Russian artillery.
According to Wali, Ukrainian soldiers were brave, but lacked military knowledge and often suffered heavy casualties when they were shelled. At the same time, the Ukrainian army lost a lot of favorable opportunities, and if they had the same shelling procedures as they did in Afghanistan, they could inflict a major blow on the Russian army.
In previous articles, we have been emphasizing that the basic tactic of the second phase of the Russian army is artillery fire and steady infantry, and the Ukrainian army has suffered a lot of casualties.
For this analysis, some netizens expressed their disapproval, but it is always believed to say such a thing from the mouth of western mercenaries who have really participated in the front-line battles in Donbass, right?
The casualties suffered by the Ukrainian army in the shelling are very heavy, which is also the background of Ukraine's urgent demand for large-caliber artillery support from the West, otherwise the United States will give 90 M777s in one breath?
A lot of information has to be seen continuously, and the reason why Wali believes that the Ukrainian side does not have the same artillery procedures as it did in Afghanistan is not that the Ukrainian army does not know how to counter artillery fire, but that after its strength is greatly damaged, even if there is a good chance of killing, it is unable to organize artillery counterattacks.
The same logic can also be applied to the Battlefield of Afghanistan, is it true that militants do not know that a round of long-range rocket artillery coverage for the US military base will be very large? The key is to understand what is the use, without this strength, any unrealistic ideas are in vain.
At present, the Ukrainian army is basically supported by a large number of fortress fortifications and a large number of casualties, and even the westernmost territorial defense forces of Ukraine have been pulled to the Donbass to fill the front, and the quality of the mobilized troops in this war zone will undoubtedly suffer greater losses.
Wali's last battle was when two Ukrainian mobilizers, who did not listen to their own persuasion, smoked in the early morning and were bombarded by Russian tank guns, resulting in the two being directly shattered. After being greatly shocked, Wall-E consulted with his wife and finally chose to withdraw from the Ukrainian battlefield.
This also shows how the quality of the Ukrainian mobilized troops is now.
In fact, Ukraine's territorial defense forces were originally only to assist the local Ukrainian regular army in carrying out their tasks, and they should not undertake regular combat tasks themselves. But the Ukrainian custom is to consume it as a supplementary force, and to put it mildly, to fill the front with manpower. When this kind of transfer was made to the westernmost regions of Ukraine, such as Lviv and The Transcarpathians, it is conceivable to what extent the demand for soldiers in the Ukrainian army has now reached.
Ukrainians have not been unheard of for the cruelty of the Donbass Theater of Operations, and as a result, there has been an increasing public resistance among the personnel and families of the Ussi Territorial Defence Forces.
On the contrary, to the international mercenaries, Ukraine does not seem to have "forcibly retained".
Because Ukraine is not very satisfied with the current situation of mercenaries, they need the top mercenaries, not a number, but a large number of mercenary deaths and injuries will also adversely affect it.
For example, after the mercenaries in Mariupol were besieged, due to the involvement of many countries, it actually caused a lot of passivity to the Ukrainian side.
So now Ukraine has stepped up its censorship of international mercenaries, as long as it is most urgently needed, as for those who come to the Internet celebrity punch card, it is best not to come. At the same time, it is not difficult to understand that for the "punch card" personnel who are already in the military, it is not difficult to understand that they love to go and leave, and they are not forced to stay. After all, these people are all foreign nationals, and it is not good to make it too ugly. The freedom of Wali to come and go is probably the result of this situation.
But for ukrainians, the brutal fighting in Donbass continues. When the war machine will stop is unknown.