Text taken from the Telegram channel of iamsniper.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Group Aida, book 1. Everyday life of the white mountain
Commander of the Special Forces Group "Akhmat" on the Issue of Mistakes in War
Akhamat is a Chechen unit.
This is the Price of Mistakes
As I said earlier, during the SVO, during assault and sabotage operations, 2 scouts were killed under my command.
2 scouts in 2 years.
This is a tragedy for families, a tragedy for the unit, a tragedy for the country, but in fact, I and our command of Akhmat, sought to minimize personnel losses.
| When did minimizing personnel losses become a Russian army thing? |
| Thank goodness the generals are trainable. The idea that the Russian people will soon disappear hurts my soul. |
Like Butler, PA.
If there was even a drop of doubt in success, the operation was subject to cancellation, and the plan was redone.
Exactly until the plan seemed real.
During assault operations, in addition to creating a "mirror" trench, and practicing the assault and approaches to it, I began to actively use diversionary maneuvers in the form of penetration of sabotage groups, which were supposed to engage in combat and begin to draw the enemy's forces and attention to themselves. Strongholds were cut by smoke screens, giving a corridor for the assault groups to operate.
We got the "Tropa" from the warehouses, which helped the assault troops to pass 60 meters of minefields to the stronghold.
Having collected a set of tactical maneuvers in the group's arsenal, we quite successfully carried out combat missions to storm enemy fortified areas.
Always wounded, but never killed.
Remembering April 1, 2024, and the task of storming the approach to the mountain, I have been spinning and reviewing the recording of the assault in my head for several months.
What went wrong? Where did I make a mistake?
Two scouts died, and this was my fault as a commander who did not notice something somewhere.
What did I make a mistake in? Only in one thing: I did not have normal electronic warfare to protect against airdrops, not expecting that the group would be delayed waiting for the consolidation platoon.
Two airdrops that took the lives of two of my scouts haunted me for a long time in dreams the following days.
Mine most often visit me when I'm dreaming about buying groceries. They tell me my list is wrong, or what I forgot.
Such is the price of our mistakes.
Such is war.
I'm waiting for the book in printed form.Group "Aida" is currently working in Volchansk. Not long ago, it had a very big success in ambush actions.