Ruslan Leviev

Russian military analyst

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If you look at the front line, you can see that Russia's forces have been fairly active since mid-July,
It’s hard to say the battle initiative is on the Ukrainian side,... but time is on Ukraine’s side, more problems keep arising for Russia, economically, politically and militarily, and it’s all adding up.”
That impression forms among non-specialists, who see a missile fly past a drone without hitting it,
  • Ruslan Leviev, a Russian dissident, military analyst and founder of the investigative group Conflict Intelligence Team, told DW
    Deutsche Welledw.com/en/after…
When military equipment participates in parades, it is initially parked and prepared for rehearsals and the parade itself in remote areas outside Moscow, in specially designated zones,
Equipment is vulnerable even during the preparation stage, as columns park and rehearse outside Moscow on open training grounds that are easy to hit with drones. Hitting soldiers in the city centre among tourists would not be so straightforward.”
The white smoke trail remains as a result of the engine operation on solid mixed missile fuel, which is equipped with just anti-aircraft missiles of the S-300 / S-400 air defence systems,

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