Western authors, as always...
This ineffectiveness of VKS on complex air operations I had already warned: Ukrainian War Developments
The only difference between my conclusion and his is that I don't have the western bias about VKS analysis. He explained a lot of stuff - some of it still unproven, and didn't explain the obvious that I commented on the post "812850", Russian air doctrine. He does an entire analysis considering the doctrinal Western concept and doesn't explain anything about Russian air doctrine, which makes his analysis incomplete, to say the least.
Furthermore, when explaining the ineffectiveness of VKS complex air operations, we cannot help but ask ourselves the main question:
What is the Russian air strategy in Ukraine?
He didn't even bring up the subject. No Western analyst can explain this and no one has ever touched on the subject, everyone thinks that Russia should gain air supremacy by applying the USAF's air operations replica model in Iraq. None of these analysts will be able to explain this because they only know how to use the Western doctrinal rule.
To answer this question of VKS air operations in Ukraine, any analyst would need to broaden Russian air strategy in Ukraine and analyze Russian air doctrine, so he will actually be able to conclude his analysis mentioning real aspects of how VKS used its air power in order to achieve operational and strategic successes in Ukraine.
Note: Since the publication of the Russian MoD briefing explaining the strategy of the Russian operation in Ukraine I have been absolutely certain that most, if not all, competent Western military analysts are totally lost in their analysis of the Russian military operation. in Ukraine, the publication of the Russian briefing only made it clear that no analyst even came close to offering the conclusion that was published from the Russian MoD, fully showing the reason for the Russian advance on all combat fronts and the consequent withdrawal of these same combat forces. . This only intensifies in the Chinese case, but that is another case.
