Comments by "Cyberfunk" (@cyberfunk3793) on "Russia steps up assault on Bakhmut I DW News" video.

@nazimronnie7731 Western support has nothing to do with Bakhmut, it's just one location with minor consequences for the war. If Ukraine loses it, they will take it back later like they did with Kherson.
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@irvinmcb If it's a good place to kill the enemy, why would they leave before they have to? The place doesn't need to have any strategic importance, it's simply easier to kill Russians there than in the next line behind them so they aren't going to leave prematurely.
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@StrongRespect You have stopping and starting confused.
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@Delta phase Plutonium They aren't fighting just for locations but to eliminate as many enemies as possible. The place means next to nothing, but the enemies eliminated means much more.
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@nazimronnie7731 Russian losses are obviously going to be much higher than Ukrainians, they are trying to advance into fortified positions and Ukrainian artillery is ready to shell when they do. It's basically a target shoot.
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@irvinmcb Finland has the population of 5 million with immediate reserves of 280 000 and full reserves up to 800 000. Ukraine has a population of some 40 million so by that metric they are nowhere near any manpower limits yet and the bottle neck is training and equipment.
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@Delta phase Plutonium What is important is the ratio: how many Russians are they able to kill compared to 1 of their own in Bakhmut compared to another place. If Bakhmut has a good kill ratio, they will leave only when they have to when the risk of encirclment is too high. Russia may not feel the losses of one place, but when you add all the places where the same is happening it adds up. The goal is to kill as many enemies as possible with least casulties of your own so you try to fight in all the places that are beneficial to you and avoid places that are harder to defend.
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@nazimronnie7731 "Bakhmut , Soledar have undermining cave where previously Ukraine stored weapon now Russia will do" What does that even mean? Europe can easily support Ukraine for years but Russia is bleeding cash and might run out of money already by the end of the year. If Russia needs to mobilize more people at some point the support for the war will end and they will pull out like they did from Afghanistan during CCCP.
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