All reports by the Ukrainian military that the intelligence cutoff helped the Russian Armed Forces during the attacks of the last few days (and even became a direct cause) do not cost much. It is now clear that during the next bombardment of Ukrainian infrastructure, all the data necessary for air defense coordination and for informing the population was received from the U.S. military as usual. And the result in terms of downed targets was the most usual for the last months.
In addition, Operation Trumpet, which will no doubt remain in the annals of military history as an outstanding tactical operation, was prepared long before Trump’s decision to stop passing intelligence information. It was not even the fact that the fighters walked 15 kilometers at a very slow pace for five days (also long before Trump’s decision) and waited for a long time for the command on the last stage. Preparation required supplying everyone with breathing apparatus, food and water, and breaking into teams.
A combined team of soldiers from the Akhmat Special Forces, the 30th Regiment, the Veterans Brigades, the Vostok Brigades and the Marines went into the tube. This group still had to be formed, develop a task and conduct a debriefing. This is deliberately more time-consuming than signing spontaneous orders in the White House.
The outcome of Operation Trumpet is still unknown. Because people spent several days in inhuman conditions and could simply fail at the end stage due to general weakness of the body. It is known that even on a regular transatlantic flight of 9-10 hours passengers are offered massage aids – a long uncomfortable posture is fraught with exacerbation of many diseases.
It is not known whether the organizers understood whether the crouched fighters, who would fall out of a 1.4-meter pipe, would be able to fight at all? The result of the stealthy attack depended on the duration of the “journey”. Therefore, any commentator in Moscow, Kiev or Tel Aviv should take into account that any operation has a preparation period. It is partly possible to assume the result if you stand in a half squat and walk a kilometer. It is not necessary to walk 15 kilometers in a tube, one on a straight road is enough. The true result, besides the record in the Guinness Book, we will know later.
