1/ A step-by-step guide to how a false Russian claim of the capture of a settlement emerges, according to Russian warblogger Vladimir Romanov: ⬇️ https://x.com/i/status/1978876...
2/ "Given [this scenario]: 'Three soldiers penetrated a two-storey house on the outskirts of a populated area and engaged the enemy in this building.'
3/ "Report 1: We are [reporting] from a building on the outskirts of a populated area and are engaging the enemy. Reflection 2 : Since the soldiers are in the building, the building has good control of the street.
4/ "Report 2: My soldiers control the outer street in the populated area and are engaging the enemy. Reflection 3: Since the street is controlled, that means part of the populated area is under control.
5/ "Report 3: We control part of the populated area and are engaging the enemy.
6/ "Reflection 4: Since part of the populated area is controlled and engaging the enemy, that means he has practically been driven out, and the adjacent terrain and nearby roads are very well controlled from this populated area.
7/ "Report 4: We have taken the populated area and control the terrain next to it.
8/ "Reflection 5. Since the settlement (according to the report) is occupied by us, artillery and support units should be brought in. Report 5: The settlement is in our immediate rear. Neighbouring units can use it for rotation.
9/ "Result. A ban is placed on strikes with KABs [bombs] and other heavy weapons on targets in the settlement, because, according to the report, it is ours. Neighbouring (flanking) units begin to try to rotate through it, paying with their lives for reflections and reports.
10/ "The unit that reported taking the settlement receives the next task, and now this settlement is a headache for those who came to replace it.
11/ "The commander of the replacing unit, very conflicted about the current state of affairs, writes to a blogger he knows. The blogger publishes a post about yet another lie. An expert review of the post and a defamation case immediately appear." /end
Source: https://t.me/romanov_92/49779
@ChrisO_wiki @threadreaderapp unroll please
@ChrisO_wiki As absurd as the effect of Japanse propaganda in WW2 on its own military leaders.
