Comments by "PNH 6000" (@PNH-sf4jz) on "Russia Fails to Advance as Weather Turns BAD" video.

  1. The Russian "2nd strongest military in the world" has proved itself to be otherwise. Consider the retreats, withdrawals and routs from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson. All this when Russia was at its highest strength, during 2022. Kherson, where Putin and the Russian political, military and media establishment said "Russia would be forever." A few weeks later, the Russians withdrew from the city of Kherson and retreated to the left bank of the Dnieper River, where they are now being pursued by the Ukrainians. {The Russian Armed Forces, which had occupied the city since 2 March 2022, withdrew and retreated to the Left-Bank of the Kherson Oblast over the course of 9–11 November 2022.} And all of this occurred before most of the more advanced NATO specification hardware was supplied to Ukraine in 2023 and NATO training of Ukrainian military personnel had been completed. Some may question why there have not been greater advances by the Ukrainians. As one commenter wrote, "Why move when the enemy simply keeps running into your fist". A fairly simple but graphic illustration of attritional warfare. Russia may have greater numbers of men to fill their ranks, but they would hardly be referred to as "superior" when matched against Ukrainian, NATO Defensive Alliance trained, and other experienced personnel. As much as half of Russia's better trained VDV {paratroops} (1)(2)(3) have already been eliminated in the WAR against Ukraine. Russia has even gone to the extent, in desperation last year, of sending their military trainers to the front lines. Consequently, the reason that most of the recently mobilised personnel are considered to have only very basic and limited preparation for combat. The more experienced and qualified personnel are favoured as backing troops, while recent conscripts, particularly from the outer ethnic regions of the Russian Federation, are used in "meat-wave attacks". Another example, in addition to Ukraine, of Russian genocide. The producers and manufacturers of the so-called Russian "modern military hardware" appear to be approaching the stage where they will accomplish very few sales in the future, because so much of their hardware has failed in it primary function. For example, air-defense systems that are annihilated by the very missiles that they are supposed to intercept. The same applies to their tanks {Amata, T-90 and 72's, etc.}. In addition to hardware performance issues, Russia's WAR against Ukraine has created logistical problems in being able to manufacture and supply military hardware for other countries. "India and Russia have had a long-­standing security cooperation partnership, with India relying heavily on Russian weapons and equipment for its armed forces. However, Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, launched the Make in India initiative in 2014 {interesting to note the year, 2014} to develop the country’s defense industry and reduce dependence on imports. The war in Ukraine has caused India to accelerate this process and end negotiations or cancel agreements with Russia on several weapon system acquisitions." Source: Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs. (1) The heavy losses of an elite Russian regiment in Ukraine By Mark Urban, Diplomatic and defence editor, Newsnight 2 April 2022 Russia-Ukraine war Image caption, Some of the 39 Russian soldiers from the 331st regiment who are known to have died "In any war, there are units that distinguish themselves and others that become symbolic of failure. The 331st Guards Parachute Regiment had high hopes of being the first, but now represents the disintegration of Russia's plan for a quick war. "The regiment's commanding officer, Col Sergei Sukharev, was killed in Ukraine on 13 March 2022, and was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation medal. At his funeral, deputy defence minister Gen Yuri Sadovenko said the colonel "lived for the future, for the future of our people, a future without Nazism". {Possibly he died because of Russian Nazism} Image caption, Col Sergei Sukharev, commander of the Kostroma 331st regiment, was also killed . Image (source, GTRK-Kostroma) "Casualties among Russian forces are not widely reported in Russia itself, but using open source material, the BBC has pieced together the story of their advance, and found that at least 39 other members of the elite 331st regiment have died." "The men were part of a column that advanced into Ukraine from Belarus, led by Russia's airborne forces, known by the acronym VDV. Their presence underlined the priority of their objective - advancing on the capital, Kyiv." "That advance swiftly got drawn into a destructive stalemate in districts on the outskirts of Kyiv which soon became synonymous with the viciousness of the war: Bucha, Irpin, and Hostomel." "Videos that emerged online from these battles showed combat vehicles used by Russian airborne forces with "V" signs painted onto them." (2) "A top Russian general's rare admission that his elite paratroopers suffered heavy casualties in Ukraine was mysteriously removed" Jake Epstein Aug 4, 2023, 2:52 AM GMT+8 Image caption: Russian paratroopers during celebrations on Paratroopers Day and Saint Ilyas' Day in front of the Spasskaya Tower on Red Square in Moscow on Wednesday. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko --- A top Russian general admitted his elite paratroopers suffered thousands of casualties in Ukraine. --- But shortly after his disclosure went public, it was mysteriously removed from the internet. --- Acknowledgment of war losses is rare in Russia, and Moscow often downplay its casualty figures. "A top Russian general admitted this week that his elite paratroopers suffered thousands of casualties while fighting in Ukraine, only for his disclosure to then be mysteriously removed from the internet." "It's a rare admission from a senior figure in Moscow's military leadership, which often goes to great lengths to avoid acknowledging or to conceal its battlefield failures, setbacks, and overall losses." "Col. Gen. Mikhail Teplinsky, commander of Russia's VDV Airborne Forces, disclosed Wednesday that at least 8,500 of his troops had been wounded in Ukraine since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion more than 17 months ago. The number could actually be significantly higher. The Moscow Times reported on Thursday that Teplinsky's video remarks were initially published to Zvezda, a broadcaster run by the Russian defense ministry." (3) "Ukraine’s army commander claims 3 elite Russian brigades ‘crushed’ in east" "Ukraine’s ground forces commander General Oleksandr Syrskyi claims three Russian brigades left with no combat capabilities after fighting in east around Bakhmut." Image Caption: "An assault unit commander from the 3rd Assault Brigade who goes by the call sign 'Fedia' raises the Ukrainian flag as a symbol of liberation of the frontline village of Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023." "The 3rd Assault Brigade announced Friday they had recaptured the war-ravaged settlement which lies 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut, in the country's embattled east. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko) "The general in command of Ukrainian ground forces said his troops have routed three of the best Russian brigades fighting on the front lines in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine. "General Oleksandr Syrskyi also said on Monday that the recapture of two eastern Ukrainian villages in recent days – Klishchiivka and Andriivka, both of which are located on higher ground near the destroyed town of Bakhmut – was an important breakthrough."
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