I just read an interview with a Russian who takes a not-optimistic view of their performance in Ukraine, what they've called the SMO or "special military operation." He is actually rather complimentary about the Ukraine military and not so high on Russian equipment or troop strength.
Yes, it could be propaganda, an attempt to get the West to relax. It doesn't feel like that, I follow military affairs enough to know his views are not happy talk, he gets into tech details. The interview appears at a website called wartranslated.com and originally appeared in Russian. Hat tip to Stephen Green posting at Instapundit for the link.
This interview is primarily for readers with a more-than-casual interest in modern military issues.
