Russia's negotiating position ...

It talked about how all decisions are made top down, and that lower ranking officers are afraid to make decisions without checking with the top brass.

I remember a piece on the news during their Afghan adventure. When ambushed, instead of going after the attackers, the soldiers would cluster around the officer and wait for orders.

“Speaking to the WSJ a person within President Zelensky’s inner circle said Ukraine had a military intelligence team dedicated to targeting Russia’s officer class.”

The Continental army did the same thing: selected marksmen with those crazy long, and accurate, Pennsylvania rifles, picking off the British officers.

I supposed there is a lesson in there about dictatorships that crush independent thought.

Steve