Russia’s “Failed” Ukraine Invasion

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By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

Many experienced military observers, former senior commanders, war planners and Combined Arms experts now clearly and openly refer to the Russian invasion thus far as “failure.”

Russian “Failure”

“I tell you right up front, the war is not going the way Putin expected. With the exception of some of the initial long range airstrikes, almost everything about the Russian invasion failed,” Retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula, Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, told Warrior in an interview.

A parade of experts and former war commanders have expressed “surprise” at the Russian failure, suggesting that many thought the large Russian army would simply “roll over” Ukraine. Deptula listed a series of fast-developing Russian military failures.

“Ukrainian air defenses were not disabled. Ukrainian airfields were not put out of action. Ukrainian defenders were able to hold their ground. Ukrainian reserves and civilians rapidly mobilized. And surprisingly, Russia didn’t effectively integrate electronic warfare into its military attack,” Deptula said.

The reasons for this Russian failure are a likely mixture of a number of interwoven variables, to simply include poor mission execution. The Pentagon has been clear that Russian forces likely face a morale problem and continue to suffer supply, food and fuel shortages in their move toward Kyiv.