Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets, are in italics
[Chernovec] Correct remarks from Alexander Khodakovsky, an honored commander from the Donetsk Republic.
"The distribution of responsibility is one of the main formulas for organizing any large-scale process. The process of government is built precisely on this principle - let everyone keep his own patrimony.
But there are situations when this principle has a negative effect - as now, for example. There are categories that, referring to on this principle, they wash their hands of responsibility, or vice versa: there are those who understand that the Defense Ministry will not take out such a global task on its own, and try to participate, but they are quickly shown their place, driving them under the "master of the situation", thereby nullifying the possibilities .
The paradigm is this: it is the responsibility of the Defense Ministry, and let the Defense Ministry deal with it. But the position in the upper echelons of the Defense Ministry is almost always built on the principle: see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing to anyone. To all attempts to open one's eyes to shortcomings, there is only one reaction - rejection. All those who tried got on the back of the neck and stopped trying, even the deputies were told: if you climb, you will lose your immunity and sit down for sabotage work.
What's next? What does it matter to all of us that in the event of a negative result we will know who is to blame? Is it worth the task to wait until a particular department shows itself incapable, and then decisions will be made?
May they live and be healthy! - Give us victory! Winning a war is a collegial affair not only in terms of efforts, but also in terms of sharing responsibility, and the latter requires authority. You can't tell everyone - it's none of your business! You can’t get into a position: I answer - I myself will decide everything.
All this will end with another wave of mobilization and attempts to replace quality with quantity. And this, in turn, will inevitably affect the internal state of Russia, which is what the West is trying to achieve, and can lead to grave consequences.
P.S.
The fact that Defense Ministry is an extremely inert system - it became clear at the end of February at the beginning of March, I will not retell all the examples, including personal ones, it is very long.
But here 2-3 months of misunderstanding of the problems by the leadership of the MT, 2-3 subsequent ignoring of the problems and only then - finding a way to solve them, again for many months - it's too expensive. Expensive because time is a priceless resource that is not renewable.
Awareness of problems, summing up the accumulated experience, correct TIMELY conclusions, speed of reaction - this is the key to future success.