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Why were we so wrong about Russia?

Before the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 the Russian Armed Forces were generally portrayed as a capable and competent force by many analysts. The question is why and how did most analyst got it wrong? For this we talk with Stanimir Debrov (https://twitter.com/delfoo), who got it correct. Cover design by vonKickass. »» GET OUR BOOKS «« » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon, see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Dobrev, Sanimir: Dwarfing the Giant: The Reality of Russia’s Military, Part I, 19th September 2018, https://international-review.org/dwarfing-the-giant-the-reality-of-russias-military-part-i/, last accessed: 27th May 2022. Dobrev, Sanimir: Dwarfing the Giant: The Reality of Russia’s Military, Part II, 14th November 2018, https://international-review.org/dwarfing-the-giant-the-reality-of-russias-military-part-ii/, last accessed: 27th May 2022. Defense Intelligence Agency: Russia Military Power – Building a Military to Support Great Power Aspirations - 2017 Lee, Rob: Moscow’s Compellence Strategy, 18th January 2022, https://www.fpri.org/article/2022/01/moscows-compellence-strategy/, last accessed: 27th May 2022 Kofman, Michael: The ABCs of Russian Military Power: A Primer for the New Administration, 4th February 2017, https://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-abcs-russian-military-power-primer-the-new-19299, last accessed: 27th May 2022 Lilis, Katie Bo; Bertrand, Natahsa: US intelligence community launches review following Ukraine and Afghanistan intel failings, 13th May, 2022, https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/13/politics/us-intelligence-review-ukraine/index.html, last accessed: 27th Mary, 2022 Heinemann, Christoph: General a.D Kujat: Die ukrainische Armee hat keine Chance, 25th February 2022, https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/interview-mit-harald-kujat-general-a-d-zur-ukraine-dlf-93c4d776-100.html, last accessed: 27th May 2022. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Kujat https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalinspekteur_der_Bundeswehr https://twitter.com/delfoo/status/1491197696707002368 https://neprizyvnoi.ru/kontrakt/skolko-poluchayut-voditeli-v-armii/ #russiaukraine,#russianarmy,#whysowrong 00:00 Intro 04:57 Errors Happen 05:31 The Analyst: Stanimir Dobrev 05:56 Why were you not surprised by the Performance of the Russian Army in Ukraine 2022? 14:55 What did you do differently? 28:20 How did the Russian Army did take 20 % of Ukraine? 32:23 Final Remarks