🪖We’re being swatted like flies” — 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿
📌 One of Russia’s most prominent war reporters, Alexander Sladkov, has just published a brutally honest reflection on the state of Russia’s campaign in Ukraine. His words echo not propaganda — but strategic disillusionment.
▪️ “We’re being beaten… I feel sorry for us.”
▪️ “The navy doesn’t even know where to hide.”
▪️ “We’re being hit by boats with BEC drones, UAVs, even from space…”
▪️ “Strike or be struck.”
📉 Tactical paralysis | 🚫 Strategic dead ends
Sladkov paints a picture of a military overwhelmed by Ukrainian innovation and Russian confusion:
⚠️ The “Black Sea Fleet” hides in fear
⚠️ The air force is outdated and irrelevant
⚠️ Russia’s military-industrial base can’t keep up with drone warfare
⚠️ Commanders are trapped in the logic of “keep striking” — with no outcome in sight
🧠 “We must let the war think for us” — a confession of strategic bankruptcy
Sladkov denounces the Kremlin's framing of the war as a swamp of false logic:
💬 “Strike those who think differently… sentence them to traitors? There’s no end to that.”
💬 “So let the war think instead. Maybe it will wash away all doubts.”
🔥 Why it matters:
When Moscow’s own propagandists abandon the narrative, it’s a signal. Ukraine’s asymmetric warfare — especially its naval and drone strikes — isn’t just inflicting damage. It’s collapsing Russian morale from the inside.
🛑 This is not just about frontlines — it’s about mindset.
Once that breaks, no number of missiles will fix it.
(From Tim DeZitter on LI)