Comments by "bruzote" (@bruzote) on "Putin losing patience in Bakhmut? Russian Army switches to 'Scorched Earth' tactics I Details" video.

  1. Learning? You think this war is being fought with rapidly--evolving tactics? No. Not much learning is involved. It's the same old stuff. Artillery. Artillery. Suicidal attacks by Russian troops. Artillery. Aircraft and drone strikes. Artillery. Repeat the whole process.
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  2. I am not against Russian soldiers. I am against the Russian leaders, and against any Russian soldiers who commit war crimes. That is true of most people. They understand Russian soldiers, like all soldiers, follow orders (sadly, even illegal ones).
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  3. Russian should focus on its own people, not making war. The arc of history takes a path we cannot control. However, if Russia had instead invested in health care, education, industry and *anti-corruption*, it could have been so much more than the shell it is now.
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  4. You would "fall out of a window" in a day.
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  5. What nonsense. Russia dares not fully commit to this war for their own reasons of survival. If they use up their best weapons, China will roll all over them. Nukes are useless. They only invite counter-attacks with nukes. They also mean permanent international blockade. No country wants to disconnect from world trade. It is economic death.
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  6.  @ACuriousChild  - LOL! Sending waves of ex-prisoners to die is "precision"? Failure to plan and execute is "diligence"? Yeah, OK. And btw, surgeons don't use weapons, they use tools. They save people, they don't kill others or their own staff.
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  7. I agree with the former. However, Putin will waste the lives of another 200k Russians if he can do it just to keep his life and job. This ends when the Russians finally kill him. Otherwise it goes on endlessly.
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  8. Were that true, he would have reduced corruption in Russia, freed up the open market, and grown Russia into an economically mighty country. Instead, just to keep power, he has oppressed his people and crushed the spirit, energy, and creativity of those who would bring Russian into the world of countries with broadly developed states and communities.
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  9.  @ACuriousChild  - I generally agree, but I do think an unintentional outcome of the Ukrainians using Bakhmut to wear down Russia is that it has become a fixation in the minds of people. So, some in Ukraine are now worrying that if it falls they will suffer a morale loss. Clearly, even if Russia gains nothing "practical" from Bakhmut, if they take it they probably will get a morale boost from it back home. T(his is true particularly due to propaganda twisting the reality of the story. After all, even Russians who fully understand they are in a sea of propaganda still can't help but be affected by it.) The troops, though, won't care if they take Bakhut. They just want the war to be over.
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  10. Ha-ha-ha! (No other comment necessary.)
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  11. That's not a winning strategy. It's the loser's strategy. Every war is an investment, and you should start the war with an exit strategy for each contingency. Saying you will never stop fighting until you reach victory means you will never stop paying for your folly.
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  12. Ha! If you think the purpose of a hypersonic missile is to take out a tank, you are radically naive. Those missiles each require a massive investment, including a lot of waiting for the supposed right time to use each one.
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  13. And?
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  14. Same reason people called Gandhi a criminal. He stood up to abusive power.
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  15.  @sveng3192  - It still requires moving on from a place you occupied, regardless of the direction you move.
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  16.  @wilfriedschuler3796  - That is utter nonsense! The war was documented and photos taken of the bombing, including bombing of oil refineries, oil depots, rail yards, munitions factories, aircraft factories, ball bearing factories, and all manner of place. The reality is that the WWII Allies and the Axis both bombed all sorts of targets. The reason German industrial output increased during the war was a combination of poor bombing accuracy by the Allies and effective work by the Germans and their many enslaved workers. It is estimated that Albert Speer alone bore a high responsibility/credit for managing the German war output so well. While some have mythologized his role, he was a highly capable bureaucrat and technocrat. Try reading a full suite of well-informed sources. This will help to fill in gaps that arise from bias, plus help you to catch poor and even incorrect information and conclusions. I recommend starting with The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
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  17.  @bladez-if4vw  - The HT is the one dramatizing things. This is not a Ukrainian video.
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  18.  @patb5266  Aww, Patty B is bitter. Sadly for puzzy patty, all of these nations listed are functional democratic republics. Meanwhile, Puzzy Putin is so scared of journalists and their pens that he jails and even kills them. Puzzy patty, we pity you. Yaw Wussia is miserable and so aw you. Aww.
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  19.  @patb5266  - It's just like you to think that means things are going well in Ukraine. How many months has Russian struggled over a one-donkey town? How much fuel and ammo have they used up in the year they have fought in Ukraine? Strategic outcomes matter, not some irrelevant fluctuation in today's news.
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  20. Seven times so far.
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  21.  @comingviking  - This was the humor I needed for today.
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  22.  @dvdmcd  - You ignore reality. Did you not see the Russian battle plan fail, including landing paratroops to seize the airport outside of Kiev? Those Russians were liquidated. So, either that was not an intentional outcome in Putin's plan, or you are saying Putin just intentionally gets his best troops killed for no purpose. He was clearly trying to quickly strike directly at Kiev. However, Putin's generals did not manage the logistics well. They also didn't plan on the fields near Kiev being flooded. Try reading informative news sources rather than Russian propaganda. You will learn about reality.
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  23. The West is not claiming these are magic platforms. A tank can be destroyed by artillery round, missiles, or mines. They know that. However, when they are probably managed as a resource to attack forces with inadequate countermeasures, they can be effective, lethal, and hard to kill.
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  24.  @cleopatra7377  - Tell that to the Russian troops praying to survive every night. The active war zones are brutal. Period.
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  25.  @firstnamerequiredlastnameo3473  - This comment is top-notch farce. Keep up the good work!
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  26. What is this mix, Green Day "Holiday" and what?
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  27.  @killuazoldyck8169  - So why isn't Putin doing that instead of sending his young men to die in waves of suicide attacks?
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