Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Battlegroups and Rail Sabotage

Two interesting topics.   

First, there's a new term that popped up on N-TV news this morning (commercial German news)....'battlegroups'.

So if you follow NATO chatter....a number of European units have been moved to the east (Baltic region, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary).  

The organizational structure?  Well....they created the term of 'battlegroups' to fit the multi-nation groups in each country under one umbrella.

The approximate number in a battlegroup?  Around 1,200.  

The likely idea that Russia will misinterpret the movements, and react? I'd say as each week passes....some misinterpretation is more likely to occur, and you'd end up in a WW III situation.

Second, the entire Russian military operation required one key element to really function....railway support from Belarus into the Ukraine....to resupply the Russian 'front'.

Well....it's come up this week that some folks in Belarus have been 'busy' (railway sabotage).  Some of this coming from railway workers themselves?  Yes, apparently.

No one is saying this is a big deal.....but if you were trying to run some front, and the resupply chain collapsed.....then the front is doomed.  

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