A Ukrainian official said Kyiv was responsible for the assassination of Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of Russia’s radioactive, chemical and biological defense forces.


How many Russian generals have been killed in this war? I’ve lost count.

Russian forces outnumber Ukrainian forces on the order of 3:1. Similar ratios hold for equipment and ammunition, yet for almost three years, Ukraine has held its own.

Russia’s command structure and decision making process is almost completely “top down”. Orders are issued from the Kremlin, and are executed in the field with minimal input allowed from those further down the chain of command. Local initiative is not encouraged.

This is the weakness of authoritarian governments. Local leadership is not trusted and is therefore held on a short leash.

This is the command structure that Tucker Carlson extolls every time he visits and broadcasts from Russia. He mistakes this authoritarianism for “strength”, and it is challenged every time another Russian general is killed, and every time another battalion of Russian troops is massacred after gathering yet again in an open field.

You’d think they’d learn.

But no…. Decisions are made at the top and Dear Leader is never wrong.

“Strength” is not what authoritarians say it is.

And Ukraine is proving that over and over again…… at the expense of the “invincible” Russian soldier.