A frank Russian view on the Syrian War
Hat tip to Crowbat for this Russian article, 'Why Russia did not succeed in Syria after one year of involvement' written by a ret'd Air Defence staff officer, Col. Mikhail Mikhailovich Hodarenok and in Russian is on:https://www.gazeta.ru/army/2016/09/22/10209455.shtml
Crowbat has a rough translation, but if anyone can supply another feel free to post!:) In two posts, which will appear first after this thread is created. The new thread is for this article to get a higher profile.
The main, current Syrian War thread has several recent Russian comments from open source analysts.