Comments by "John Vannisselroy" (@johnvannisselroy6197) on "RFU News — Reporting from Ukraine" channel.

  1.  @Ankidoom  Who can't even capture a small village? The russians you mean.
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  2.  @etcetera--nine  I've stopped watching Denys, since he started reporting on the Israel-Palestine crises. I also wonder if he was one of those who paid a bribe for a medical exemption to get out of Ukraine. This is the best channel for reporting on the ruSSian invasion. He selects an area of operation each day, and gives a great analysis every time.
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  3. ​ @betterdonotanswer  One day you will wake up and find that you are on the front lines, about to be fed to the meat grinder.
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  4.  @sergevandyck  Dombas is not an Oblast, it is an area consisting of two oblasts: Donetsk and Luhansk. The referenda you speak of are not valid. For a referendum to be valid it must be free and fair - and ALL eligible voters must be able to vote - which was not the case in Kherson, Zaporzhzhia, Donetsk nor Luhansk oblasts.
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  5.  @vilnis-trash  "cherry-picking is not an honest reporting" Oh, so if he covers Avdiivka, then he also has to cover every other battle in Ukraine, Gaza, Yemen, etc. Oh I'm sorry I was cherry picking battles. Maybe he should also cover car accidents and polling results throughout the world, in order to report honestly. Another possibility is that you are talking BS.
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  6.  @JoeyP946  Yup, the Ukrainians are very impressive. Unfortunately the same can't be said for what was formerly the "second most powerful military in the world". "Not even ruzzian generals have that info". Maybe if ruzzian generals stopped punishing those who report the truth, they might gain that information. Don't blame Ukraine for the deficiencies of the ruzzian military.
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  7.  @brinjoness3386  How do you come to that conclusion. The US is allowed to put whatever restrictions they like on the use of donated weapons. Similarly Australia can put on as many, or as few, restrictions as they like. Maybe UA are making their own, or maybe they are using Australian made drones - it doesn't matter if Australia hasn't put restrictions on their use.
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  8.  @joshuabean9409  "ruSSia lost far more troops in World War 2 than anyone else, And they won that". No "they" didn't win it, the efforts of many countries won WW2 against the Nazis. The west supplied the USSR with just so much military aid, and even then the USSR struggled. The USSR is now fighting itself, as one former portion attempts to dictate it's will on another former portion - so if "they won that", what part of the former USSR will win this? Probably the part receiving western military aid - just like last time.
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  9. Indeed. I'm surprised the comments section isn't full of vatniks saying "but whatabout Kursk?"
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  10. "Ukrain is slowly loosing" - as opposed to the "rapidly losing" Putin was hoping for 665 days ago? Actually Ukraine hasn't been losing for some 16 months. In fact over that period the Ukrainian army has liberated very large sections of Ukraine - especially in Kharkiv and Kherson oblasts, including six cities - while the ruSSian army has captured exactly zero cities since July, 2022.
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  11.  @nathanhazlehurst484  You've been watching too much ruSSian television. Get some REAL facts.
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  12.  @Ridethebomb777  Is it inspirational for you when they blow their own aircraft out of the sky with an anti-aircraft missile killing ten of their own people ... in their own country ? Or are you talking about Donbas where Russia bombed and shelled their own supporters for 9 years from 2014-2021 - then continued that killing in 2022 killing tens of thousands of Russian speakers and ethnic Russian civilians in Mariupol alone.
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  13.  @glintongordon6811  "I sell cheap beachfront properties on the moon you know" < everything else you tell us is also lies.
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  14. For example, over the 5 days you list, russia probably lost 8 or 9 thousand men. Isn't it terrible when Pootin doesn't value the lives of his men.
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  15.  @Ankidoom  Silly ruSSian troll.
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  16.  @valdasdr8432  "ruSSia keeps winning non-stop" You are obviously not describing the battlefield - where the ruSSian army has had no gains for over twelve months (while the Ukrainian army has liberated massive amounts of territory over the same period). Maybe you are referring to some stupid game of espionage. How do you conclude that there's a chance for ruSSia to win? Can you show some victories? Some hospitals or schools ruSSia has targetted maybe? You know the Nazis bombed the hell out of London during WW2 and it just made the British more determined to win - and they did. We're coping just fine - how are you managing, as your outburst suggests you are stressed.
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  17.  @iare19  Hahahahaha "Russia has not yet started fighting truly". You have a great sense of humour. ruSSia can continue causing trouble for years to come, but as an invading force they are spent. The ruSSian army has not been able to capture any significant Ukrainian land for over a year. Not so much as one Ukrainian city in more than a year. The Ukrainian army has liberated tens of thousands of square kilometres, including six cities, over that same period.
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  18.  @BLaZeNhearT420  Not "Az of" the present time. Do you support the Nazi Wagners, or the Nazi Rusich, or the fascist polices of the Kremlin (that would make Adolf proud)? Ukraine have gained over 250sq km so far. Not a lot - but a lot more than the Russian army has gained in over twelve months. Add that 250sq km to the well over 18,000sq km that the Ukrainian army has liberated in the last 12 months - and Russia is looking a little sick...
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  19. The ruSSian MoD has been lying for a long time - maybe that's who you are referring to?
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  20. This report is about left bank of the Denipro, Kherson oblast. So why do you think Avdiivka and Bakhmut are in Kherson? Don't you russian trolls have maps?
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  21.  @QANews  Hey QANews. Within international law, communities are endowed with the inherent right to self-determination. Crimea, was denied this right, as ruSSia ran a shame referendum. Kindly note that it is also illegal under ruSSian law for communities to exercise the inherent right to self-determination endowed in the international law you refer to. Best regards.
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  22. ​ @JoeD-w3t Silly person. Write something sensible next time.
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  23. ​ @Pisatel1912 Where are the blatant lies? What you replied did not answer the question.
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  24.  @Rtg5637  "notwithstanding all the mindless boasting about how high Russian losses are" - Why mindless? These losses will have an effect on ruSSia's ability to continue fighting, as long as Pootin won't allow a mobilisation. And they are high, very high. Did you not boast when Ukrainian losses were high at the start of the Ukrainian counter-offensive? "barely making a dent in Russian defense lines has proven self defeating" - I don't think so. The counter-offensive has been less productive than hoped for, but it is still much larger the the entire gains of the ruSSian army over the last twelve months. The ruSSian lack of gains, for large expenditure of men and machines, better fits the description "self defeating". The Ukraine army isn't doing well at present, but it's doing a damn site between than the ruSSian army has done in a long time. Silly ruSSian troll.
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  25.  @vilnis-trash  "I never stated that I’m looking for honest reporting on this channel" And yet that is what you get on this channel. Not a full range of news; not the overall picture; but a specific area well reported. I get the impression you are just trying to slag this channel because it doesn't support pro-ruSSian views.
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  26.  @glintongordon6811  "you people keep missing the point that Russia didn't fight to hold the places they had, they just left" And the point that you miss is that forcing an invader out of "the places they had" (past tense) is a liberation of territory, and a victory.
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  27.  arlekino1263  Yes, isn't it terrible what the Russian fascists are doing to their neighbor. Why don't they just go back to Russia and leave Ukraine alone?
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  28.  @sirairili1570  Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is Britain consists of England, Scotland and Wales. The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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  29.  @freak94able  You're a bit behind the times. Russia destroyed 95% of buildings in Mariupol. That's "flatten everything". Mariupol is/was a major city. Russia also did a similar amount of destruction in Bakhmut (stop using filthy Russian names for Ukrainian cities) and Marinka. Don't you get up to date news under the rock you live under? As for Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Dinipro - Russia missed it's opportunity and failed to get close enough to flatten those cities - and won't get another chance because Russia is slowly but surely loosing ground in Ukraine.
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  30.  @BaalsMistress  To the last Russian - as appears to have happened to the Russians in the 72nd Motor Rifle Brigade.
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  31.  @mclukas44lol25  That's because there aren't massive Ukrainian casualties.
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  32.  @MikeAG333  You better go back and read your first post - and maybe edit it...
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  33.  @samgragas8467  Ahh, yeah, nah. You got your facts all wrong (again - sigh). Maybe you should try some fact checking on the Ukrainian losses because you are in for a big disappointment. You do realise that Putin often lies don't you?
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  34. All of the above.
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  35.  arlekino1263  Yes, isn't it terrible what the Russian fascists are doing to their neighbor. Why don't they just go back to Russia and leave Ukraine alone?
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  36. How's russian loses going?
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  37. ​@jasonpednault465 If the Ukrainians needed the weapons it would not have taken them long to bypass the codes.
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  38.  @diesdasananas9903  Without Pooptin hundreds of thousands of people would still be alive - and free.
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  39.  @mclukas44lol25  Cope man, cope. Kursk is in Ukrainian control - and you're in denial.
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  40. And in Syria it doesn't look good for russia.
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  41.  @pakjai5532  Unfortunately not possible when you have a war-monkey next door.
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  42.  @thethinkingman-  "from the online images the Klishchivka international airport seems to have been destroyed" along with the Russian 72nd Motor Rifle Brigade.
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  43.  @vilnis-trash  "you can make it look like Ukrainians are superior at every angle of this war". Only if this was the only channel you watch. You wouldn't read a doctor's report saying your hearing tests were fine, and use that to conclude your health was perfect. I'm sure most of us watch a few channels to get the larger picture.
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  44.  arlekino1263  Yes, isn't it terrible what the Russian fascists are doing to their neighbor. Why don't they just go back to Russia and leave Ukraine alone?
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  45.  @paulsto6516  Well, it is... now.
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  46.  @dianeandrews7873  Indeed, I'm pleased he continues his focus on Ukraine. Others, such and Denys and Jake, now dilute their videos with the israeli-Gaza conflict - while Crux, who used to do 2 or 3 videos a day on Ukraine, now seem 100% focused elsewhere (which is exactly what the ruSSians are hoping for, that we lose interest in Ukraine). Thanks for keeping up the good work RFU.
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  47.  @richardthomas5362  I thought they had already thinned those areas. Lucky for russia that Putin was lying about the NATO threat - if NATO really was a threat this would be the time to invade russia, while it's at its weakest.
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  48. ​@alangordon3283 Much better thanks. How russia doing in Syria?
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  49.  @nathanhazlehurst484  You are the one who has been duped Nathan. Try getting more reliable information sources.
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  50.  @freak94able  And how is the second most powerful military in the world doing in it's three day capture of Kyiv? Can they complete that in under a month too? Your sarcasm is so sad - but if it helps you cope, go for it.
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