Comments by "foil hat" (@foilhat1138) on "Russia loses Zaporizhzhia line of defence as counteroffensive advances | Scott Lucas" video.

@kjererrt7804 Just copy/pasting the same anecdotal unconvincing argument in every thread wont make it more convincing.
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@kjererrrt2381 No the reality on the ground does though. a year and a half in and Russia cant even capture the Donbas and have lost over 50% of once occupied territory and lose more every day. If you are going to accept anecdotal evidence from Ukraine then you must do the same for Russia. There is no shortage of videos/social media posts of Russian soldiers and officers complaining about the hopeless situation Russia is in. Including General's Popov and Selivyorstov, who were both fired for telling the truth about Russia's dire situation.
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@kjererrrt2381 No, because Russia decided to not follow their own doctrine and kept sending everyone to the zero line because they were afraid of the optics of losing ground and a total collapse like what happened at Kharkiv. Now they have very little left in the way of operational reserves and must redeploy laterally if they want to move troops, which is dangerous for the troops and thins the line in another area. Moreover the most troublesome part has been the minefields which were thickest at the front. There are mines further back but they are much less extensive or Russia wouldn't be able to resupply.
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It was a similar situation at Kherson, 3 months of little progress with Kremlin trolls parroting the same 'the offensive has failed.' Catch phrase. Then Russian positions became untenable and a lot of ground was taken at once.
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@kjererrrt2381 In Russia they pave over the cemeteries, and forget protesting you cant even hold up a blank sheet of paper. As for the women in Russia, the ones in prison are being forcibly conscripted.
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@kjererrt7804 Straight into minefields, like Russia at Vulhedar? How about Russian general Popov for pointing out they were taking massive casualties and had little in the way of counter battery capabilities.
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@HenriHattar that was later on when they realized the resistance at Caen was so stiff. It was a day 1 objective at the start, though perhaps an unrealistic one.
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@kjererrt7804 Russia is press ganging foreign migrants and using penal battalions like its 40k.
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