The defeat of Russian units near Vuhledar in the Donetsk region is the reason for another round of criticism of the Russian command by military bloggers. This is stated in the report of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) for February 10..

“Recent footage of an unsuccessful Russian assault near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, has become the last point of neuralgia in the Russian information space. Milbloggers seized on this footage to start criticizing the Russian military leadership,” the ISW report says..

According to ISW analysts, Russian bloggers claimed that the same Russian commanders who led the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade’s assault on Pavlovka near Vugledar in November 2022 were responsible for the attempted capture of Ugledar.. The video of the assaults illustrates that these commanders continue to make the same mistakes, which cost dearly..

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For example, one Russian blogger specifically stated that the commander of the Eastern Group of Forces, Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov, was responsible for Russian tactical failures around Vugledar. Another Russian blogger called for public trials to punish high-ranking officers who repeatedly failed on the battlefield and argued that Russian troops would continue to repeat the same mistakes if those commanders remained in their positions..

Video footage shows these Russian troops engaging in highly dysfunctional tactics that are much more evidence that the 155th Marine Brigade is more likely to be comprised of poorly trained mobilized personnel than poor leadership..

“Russian bloggers were likely blaming Russian commanders to belittle the fact that the systemic poor training of Russian mobilized personnel is likely to continue to lead to similar tactical failures throughout Ukraine.. Russian bloggers regularly accuse Russian commanders of being responsible for tactical failures throughout the war, which likely shifts overall responsibility for Russian military failures in Ukraine away from the Russian military as an institution of individuals,” the ISW report says..

#Ukraine : At a distance of 31 cars slightly - after the Russian attack on Vuhledar, #Donetsk Oblast.

13 Russian tanks (especially T-72B3), 12 BMP-1/BMP-2 defunct combat vehicles, 2 MT-LBs, an IMR combat engineering vehicle and others were rejected or placed and detained. pic. twitter. com/FdZmLtn4ay.

Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) February 9, 2023.

Recall that British intelligence recently noted that Russian troops achieved tactical success at Bakhmut and Vugledar. However, near Ugledar they suffered particularly heavy casualties and many of the military probably fled, leaving at least 30 mostly unscathed armored vehicles in one incident after an unsuccessful assault..