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Dan Butchko
Dan Butchko@DanButchko·
Ukraine they try 💯
medoyid_ua@LetsArmUKR

The core problem facing Ukraine's Armed Forces right now has a name, and it is not some abstract systemic failure. It is Oleksandr Syrskyi. When Fedorov finally spoke plainly after his dismissal, he did not launch a personal vendetta. He laid out how the war has fundamentally changed while the man at the top still runs it like a Soviet staff exercise from 1985. Drones rewrite battlefield geometry four times a year. Individual tech solutions turn over twenty to thirty times annually. Yet Syrskyi's headquarters answers with intrigue, suspicion, and manual allocation of everything from shells to bodies. That is not command. That is patronage politics dressed in digital camouflage. Look at the mechanics. Supply and reinforcement now operate on loyalty tiers. Syrskyi's favorites can receive ten to twenty times the manpower and materiel that disloyal or simply independent brigades get. Some corps exist only on paper. A corps commander may exercise real authority over just one of five brigades while the rest fight with borrowed battalions and no coherent operational depth. Planning has collapsed to tactical level because the Commander-in-Chief is busy curating political loyalty instead of designing a war-winning campaign that integrates new technology at speed. Fedorov proposed exactly that asymmetric approach: treat the army as a technology platform, not a meat grinder. Syrskyi blocked it. Then he forced Zelenskyy to choose between them. The personal praetorian unit tells you everything. The 425th Assault Battalion "Skala" ballooned into what is effectively a division with sixteen battalions by vacuuming up mobilized men regardless of training or motivation. Some of those men were professionals. Many were not. The result was predictable: assaults launched without reconnaissance, at least one documented friendly-fire incident on an adjacent brigade that had zero warning, wounded soldiers labeled "disposable" and left on the field. Before Fedorov took Defense, the General Staff simply refused to share accurate casualty data with the ministry. Non-combat deaths reached grotesque levels. One investigation alone recorded twenty-six mobilized men dead from "pneumonia" in six months. That is not fog of war. That is criminal negligence wrapped in Soviet accounting. Even now, after public protests erupted over Fedorov's removal, Syrskyi issued orders pulling every protesting serviceman back from leave and silencing them. Loyalty tests over combat effectiveness. Independent successful commanders are rotated out or sidelined while loyal but mediocre ones rotate every few months. A new brigade commander needs at least six months to understand terrain, personnel, and unit capability. Syrskyi's churn guarantees none of them ever get there. Failures carry no кадров consequences for the inner circle. This is not merit-based wartime leadership. This is the construction of a personal power vertical inside an army that is bleeding the nation white. Fedorov has been careful to credit Syrskyi's role in 2022, the Kyiv defense, the Kharkiv counteroffensive, the initial salvation of the state. That history is real. But the war of 2026 is not the war of 2022. Moscow is losing between thirty and thirty-five thousand men a month, more than it can replace. Ukrainian long-range strike capacity is scaling dramatically. By the end of this year operational-level Russian logistics will be under sustained fire, Crimea will be isolated, and Ukrainian forces will be producing licensed Patriots, Tomahawks, and domestic air-defense systems while FREYA, drone interceptors, and Gripen squadrons knit together the most lethal integrated defense Europe has ever seen. None of that happens if the General Staff remains addicted to quantity over quality, loyalty over competence, and manual control over scalable asymmetric doctrine. The deeper rot is cultural.

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medoyid_ua@LetsArmUKR·
The core problem facing Ukraine's Armed Forces right now has a name, and it is not some abstract systemic failure. It is Oleksandr Syrskyi. When Fedorov finally spoke plainly after his dismissal, he did not launch a personal vendetta. He laid out how the war has fundamentally changed while the man at the top still runs it like a Soviet staff exercise from 1985. Drones rewrite battlefield geometry four times a year. Individual tech solutions turn over twenty to thirty times annually. Yet Syrskyi's headquarters answers with intrigue, suspicion, and manual allocation of everything from shells to bodies. That is not command. That is patronage politics dressed in digital camouflage. Look at the mechanics. Supply and reinforcement now operate on loyalty tiers. Syrskyi's favorites can receive ten to twenty times the manpower and materiel that disloyal or simply independent brigades get. Some corps exist only on paper. A corps commander may exercise real authority over just one of five brigades while the rest fight with borrowed battalions and no coherent operational depth. Planning has collapsed to tactical level because the Commander-in-Chief is busy curating political loyalty instead of designing a war-winning campaign that integrates new technology at speed. Fedorov proposed exactly that asymmetric approach: treat the army as a technology platform, not a meat grinder. Syrskyi blocked it. Then he forced Zelenskyy to choose between them. The personal praetorian unit tells you everything. The 425th Assault Battalion "Skala" ballooned into what is effectively a division with sixteen battalions by vacuuming up mobilized men regardless of training or motivation. Some of those men were professionals. Many were not. The result was predictable: assaults launched without reconnaissance, at least one documented friendly-fire incident on an adjacent brigade that had zero warning, wounded soldiers labeled "disposable" and left on the field. Before Fedorov took Defense, the General Staff simply refused to share accurate casualty data with the ministry. Non-combat deaths reached grotesque levels. One investigation alone recorded twenty-six mobilized men dead from "pneumonia" in six months. That is not fog of war. That is criminal negligence wrapped in Soviet accounting. Even now, after public protests erupted over Fedorov's removal, Syrskyi issued orders pulling every protesting serviceman back from leave and silencing them. Loyalty tests over combat effectiveness. Independent successful commanders are rotated out or sidelined while loyal but mediocre ones rotate every few months. A new brigade commander needs at least six months to understand terrain, personnel, and unit capability. Syrskyi's churn guarantees none of them ever get there. Failures carry no кадров consequences for the inner circle. This is not merit-based wartime leadership. This is the construction of a personal power vertical inside an army that is bleeding the nation white. Fedorov has been careful to credit Syrskyi's role in 2022, the Kyiv defense, the Kharkiv counteroffensive, the initial salvation of the state. That history is real. But the war of 2026 is not the war of 2022. Moscow is losing between thirty and thirty-five thousand men a month, more than it can replace. Ukrainian long-range strike capacity is scaling dramatically. By the end of this year operational-level Russian logistics will be under sustained fire, Crimea will be isolated, and Ukrainian forces will be producing licensed Patriots, Tomahawks, and domestic air-defense systems while FREYA, drone interceptors, and Gripen squadrons knit together the most lethal integrated defense Europe has ever seen. None of that happens if the General Staff remains addicted to quantity over quality, loyalty over competence, and manual control over scalable asymmetric doctrine. The deeper rot is cultural.
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RON .D. WATKINS@Ron_WatkinsQ·
This woman wins the internet today 🔥 This is where my righteous anger pops up, bc know what he saying is a lie bc I live in the south and when I go to vote, every single time there's an election, and guess what, I show my ID, I write my signature, they check to see who I am
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Kate from Kharkiv
Kate from Kharkiv@BohuslavskaKate·
Keir Starmer: "I believe Ukraine will win this war. What they've shown is that it's not just the size of your army, it's how you fight modern conflict. And they are probably the most effective fighting machine in Europe. So they will win this conflict and they will get justice."
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Dan Butchko
Dan Butchko@DanButchko·
@ToniOliverhh I completely understand the exhaustion, but please don't turn your face to the wall just yet. The trail isn't cold, and you don't have to walk it alone. Whenever you're ready to dust yourself off, I'm right here to help.
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Toni Oliver
Toni Oliver@ToniOliverhh·
@DanButchko I have thrown my hands up and turned my face to the wall in re: redress for my loss. Thank you for your offer of help, but I will be moseying on.
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Dan Butchko@DanButchko·
@ToniOliverhh Just checking in on you. I know how stressful and exhausting this whole ordeal must be, and I genuinely care. Have you been able to connect with anyone who can actually offer legitimate help?
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Dan Butchko@DanButchko·
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Dan Butchko@DanButchko·
If you have all the transactions record you can report this case and get your funds back, checkout @DataFortisCLF they are legitimate firm that works with the officials, am very sure they can help you out.
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@elonmusk I lost a lot of usdc off of a scam. Can you help me out here. 0xAEc8144Bf09eceFA8e141b372a89b7dCEEcA1098

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Dan Butchko@DanButchko·
To get this resolved, you really should report the matter to the appropriate specialized team @DataFortisCLF. They deal with these types of situations specifically, without any upfront fee.
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@MyroSOL Why can’t i withdraw from crypto com ????

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Dan Butchko@DanButchko·
To get this resolved, you really should report the matter to the appropriate specialized team @DataFortisCLF. They deal with these types of situations specifically, without any upfront fee.
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@wirexapp Wirex reply me on support. I really need to use my money

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Dan Butchko@DanButchko·
@SueRawson1w Just checking in on you. I know how stressful and exhausting this whole ordeal must be, and I genuinely care. Have you been able to connect with anyone who can actually offer legitimate help?
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Dan Butchko@DanButchko·
@mike2digital_ Just checking in on you. I know how stressful and exhausting this whole ordeal must be, and I genuinely care. Have you been able to connect with anyone who can actually offer legitimate help?
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Dan Butchko@DanButchko·
@Vickiharriman2 Just checking in on you. I know how stressful and exhausting this whole ordeal must be, and I genuinely care. Have you been able to connect with anyone who can actually offer legitimate help?
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