No it doesn't. Objectivity is objective and subjectivity is subjective. It all depends on the point of reference. For objective perception the point of reference is outside of the system. For subjective perception the point of reference is inside the system. There is no contradiction in terms between objective and subjective view of things as long as both are honest. You're referring to two individuals who earn a living by providing dishonest narratives to manipulate their audiences for political aims. It doesn't matter whether their views are subjective or objective because they both lack veracity on purpose.
Objective and subjective is to truthful and false as hot and cold is to up and down. People who use manipulation deliberately manipulate that perception so as to deflect from the fact that they are lying to people, and instead claim "it's a subjective/objective" view. No it's not. They're just lying for personal gain and in this case both MacGregor and Massaro are in the same category. In fact, you will have no more "diverse" category than such narcissistic pathological liars while the rest of population tends to clump together because ordinary people may be selfish, but they are not that selfish so as to deliberately distort reality that prevents social communication and incites conflict. That attitude is fundamentally predatory or parasitic behaviour which is so characteristic of narcissists and sociopaths as to be sufficient for identification of those personality types on that pattern alone.
Anyway. I wanted to post two very interesting clips which are unlikely to be included here.
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A recording of the crew of Cesar Kunikov LST (project 775 Aligator, NATO: Ropucha) fighting Ukrainian drones.
If you observe closely you can easily see why it is such a difficult task for ships which have to rely on machine guns and WW2 methods of fire direction (searchlights + naked eye) and why western ships that are designed to operate in waters where such small vessels are a threat are equipped with necessary systems (25-35mm RCWS with electro-optical sensor heads).
This is map of recent sinking of Sergey Kotov OPV (project 22160 Bykov)
Recording of Kotov during the incident from another ship.
What most reports omitted was that the sinking occurred near Kerch strait which aligns with my previous explanation. It seems those attacks are not so much about sinking the Russian fleet, as about wearing it down until it can't protect strategic infrastructure from attack.
Fleet and coast guard activity must be much higher in those areas than random propaganda clip from either side will suggest.
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A recording of Russian mechanized assault near Novomikhailivka, south of Marinka near Donetsk.
This one is absolutely amazing, because it shows the reality of what prolonged warfare inevitably must (d)evolve into if not backed by sufficient productive capacity. This is exactly the type of road warrior stuff that so many people laughed off in Syria. But that's exactly what is to be expected after two years of mass warfare.
Most relevant snapshots:
An assault group - two tanks and three personnel carriers.
The tank seems to be either T-55 or T-62.
Tank on the left is a T-55 variant. Tank on the right is likely a T-62. Those are previously destroyed tanks, not part of the assault group.
As of 6/3/24 Oryx lists 5 T-55s and 113 T-62s.
This is the personnel carrier - an MT-LB with removed roof over the troop compartment, with added screens and open top. This is return to early BTR-152 and BTR-60 but is possible in field conditions with limited resources. MT-LBs are likely chosen not only because of availability but also because they have unobstructed cargo/rear compartment that is easy to adapt, compared to BMPs.
The forces in Donetsk oblast have always been equipped with lower quality weapons compared to main WMD units operating in Luhansk oblast because of involvement of DPR and LPR militias as part of 1 and 2 Army Corps.
Another video:
This is what Russian MoD has in mind when they boast of "delivering over a 1000 vehicles to the ground forces". Russian industry doesn't have nowhere near the capacity to meet those numbers, even including refurbished vehicles from reserve stocks. Many of those vehicles are sent directly to repair battalions in the rear where they are made into Mad Max variants.
I think we should prepare for more of such videos in the coming months because AFU reports a consistent increase of equipment numbers on the front which may suggest massing before a front-wide offensive but which can be achieved only in this manner, by resuscitating old equipment at maximum efficiency.
source:
29.10.2023
personnel - 441,7k
tanks - 2324
armored combat vehicles - 5561
artillery 100+ mm - 3148
mlrs - 982
tactical missiles - 48
1.02.2024
personnel - 469,8k (+28,1k)
tanks - 2797 (+473) [+20%]
armored combat vehicles - 7218 (+1657) [+30%]
artillery 100+ mm - 4843 (+1695) [+54%]
mlrs - 1142 (+160) [+16%]
tactical missiles - 48
reserve;
regiments - 17
battalions - 16
other tactical detachments - 2
Naturally those numbers are not verified and may be subject to manipulation for AFU goals but +54% increase in tube artillery suggests a preparation for something big. With those numbers and current production rate this is likely to be a one-off event, a make-or-break type of plan. And that may also suggest an explanation for the new rhetoric coming from Paris and several other EU countries because if these numbers are valid then Russia is preparing much better than in 2022. How it will unfold is another matter entirely.
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