John wrote:
I would take any RT report with a grain of salt they reported they took out all M777 the day they are delivered couple weeks ago and they make the same claim here.
..And why is that? Is CNN, or perhaps the BBC only preferable to any Russian or their allied media?
I had earlier posted the link to the analysis by the Austrian MIlitary Academy. They have specifically stated that the Russians have resorted to total of over 2600 precision missile strikes with Kalibr and Iskander missiles, with targets being taken out on a daily basis.
These missile strikes are having their desired results. Unless one fervently believes in the hope that the Russians cannot have precision missiles - which is perhaps being amateurish.
The specific RT article reports a precision strike on a Command and Control center where officers had gathered for a conference :
“More than 50 generals and officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed. The strike took place near the village of Shirokaya Dacha in Dnepropetrovsk Region. The strike hit the compound where commanders of several Ukrainian units had gathered for a meeting ."
What is so outlandish about this claim, that it needs to be immediately dismissed out-of-hand?
Yes, its a media release and media releases always aim to maximise the effect. I would easily interpret it as a successful strike on a C&C centre with confirmed casualties, including the command and staff elements of that local formation.
Also: the strike on the US M777 arty guns. The RT article does
NOT say what you stated. I believe you are misquoting - the article says "The ministry added that Kalibr missiles were also used to destroy 10 M777 howitzers and up to 20 armored vehicles that were recently delivered from the West, and had been stored inside a factory building in the southern city of Nikolayev."
Again, what is so unbelievable about this? I would interpret this as a successful strike on an intermediate transit depot which took out and damaged (estimated) up to 10 M777 arty guns and 20 armoured vehicles.
As other members have pointed out and in the various analysis already posted, we need to be dispassionate and read the writing on the wall. I request you again to kindly go through the first and second analysis I posted, by the Austrian military academy and comment on those? Unless we choose to either ignore it or diss it as well since these do not fit into one's preferred and chosen narrative?