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"War is a mere continuation of policy by another means." Carl von Clausewitz, 1918
"We see, therefore, that War is not merely a political act, but also a real political instrument, a continuation of political commerce, a carrying out of the same by other means. All beyond this which is strictly peculiar to War relates merely to the peculiar nature of the means which it uses. That the tendencies and views of policy shall not be incompatible with these means, the Art of War in general and the Commander in each particular case may demand, and this claim is truly not a trifling one. But however powerfully this may react on political views in particular cases, still it must always be regarded as only a modification of them; for the political view is the object, War is the means, and the means must always include the object in our conception."
While Vlad "The Invader" Putin may have heard of and perhaps even read that paragraph from von Clauzewitz's On War, right now he is discovering just how sorely lacking in political skills he is. Narcicistic mob bosses don't put aside their own ego to stroke others' very well at all, and he has been now forced to try and calm multiple controlling factions within the Russian military as they begin to turn on each other over the daily failures and setbacks in Ukraine.
This is all well explained in the latest, reliable, (and available as downloadable pdf files if prefered), regularly updated source of information, with very detailed maps at...
https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-4
...a long read for those with the time and inclination. For the others, just move on, eh, nothing to see here.1
"We see, therefore, that War is not merely a political act, but also a real political instrument, a continuation of political commerce, a carrying out of the same by other means. All beyond this which is strictly peculiar to War relates merely to the peculiar nature of the means which it uses. That the tendencies and views of policy shall not be incompatible with these means, the Art of War in general and the Commander in each particular case may demand, and this claim is truly not a trifling one. But however powerfully this may react on political views in particular cases, still it must always be regarded as only a modification of them; for the political view is the object, War is the means, and the means must always include the object in our conception."
While Vlad "The Invader" Putin may have heard of and perhaps even read that paragraph from von Clauzewitz's On War, right now he is discovering just how sorely lacking in political skills he is. Narcicistic mob bosses don't put aside their own ego to stroke others' very well at all, and he has been now forced to try and calm multiple controlling factions within the Russian military as they begin to turn on each other over the daily failures and setbacks in Ukraine.
This is all well explained in the latest, reliable, (and available as downloadable pdf files if prefered), regularly updated source of information, with very detailed maps at...
https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-4
...a long read for those with the time and inclination. For the others, just move on, eh, nothing to see here.1