Comments by "Kevin Smithwick" (@KSmithwick1989) on "Russia Launched Surprise OFFENSIVE in Luhansk" video.

Yeah, there wasn't a point of making this video. The Russian breakthrough was collapsing before it was even released.
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@AthelstanKing Really it's pro-Russian propaganda motivated by clicks. I've been on this channel since back when it was still about gaming. The people you're de-riding as "normies" just see the obvious. The guy personally doesn't care about Russia and has alluded to it in podcasts. But knows there's an exploitable market for being a contrarian.
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@watchman0062 Yeah, Russia established a weak bridge head. Which was overlooked by higher ground. The Ukrainian defenses were weaker there. Although the geographic advantage was intentionally used to compensate for personal weaknesses.
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 @laloelsalamanca Serbia was clearly conducting an ethnic cleansing campaign. They even created proxy states in Bosnia and Croatia to facilitate it.
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@sebastianlup The security zone by definition is the first line of defense. As that is the first line of contact. Russia's English language propagandists undermined their own position. Because they failed to properly distinguish "first line of defense" from "main line of defense". Meaning anyone who wasn't already a Russian apologist saw right through the talking point. Saying Ukraine has reached the "first line" when they're taking trenches on camera. Just makes the Russian talking point look like a childish cope.
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So, long story short. Peace=Not inconveniencing Russia by fight back. Because Russia is inexplicably entitled to other nations not exercising national sovereignty, because reasons.
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@anon1948 Where are you getting the impression American's can't heat their homes. That is about as flimsy of a talking point. As ladt winter when Russia said people were staving in the EU. And Germans were randomly freezing to death. 😂
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@subhankarbaral9236 No, they were laughing at Wagner, failing at properly conducting a proper encirclement. Hence why the operation took over 8 months.
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 @reactionare They're not wrong, the Russian millitary shelled Wagner leading to the mutiny. Imagine if Prigozhin never backed down.
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@losfromla1480 The cluster munitions are not actually illegal. As neither the US, Russia, and China are signatories of the treaty. Russia is also sending grain it can't sell to Africa as a form of soft power.
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@victorzvyagintsev1325 Slovenian-supplied M-55S are far more advance than the T-54s Russia has already deployed. Also both sides are deploying those vehicles in infantry support. That is a separate tactic from MBTs being used for breakthroughs and breakthough exploitation.
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@victorzvyagintsev1325 I repeat, Ukrainians are using M-55S. That is a different vehicle from Russian T-54s. If was built on Yugoslavian produced hull. That was different from the Soviet produced version. Also, just because a vehicle is at the front. Doesn't mean it's used under the same doctrine as MBTs. Take for example, the Russian reactivation of T-54s. It arose due to shortages of BMP-3. So, they are now used to complement the infantry, using similar tactics.
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@seadfacic2924 You mean other than the M-84 in service. Or the fact the Slovenian Army was already seeking replacements for M-84s. Be aware your nation is in the middle of a modernization effort. There was an order for 106 RTO Rosomak just this year. Those HX heavy trucks exchanged for the M-55S reserves are part of the same modernization.
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 @numalesoybea1348 I noticed the comments for Yellow Tunes and PRDurarte are bot responses. The same comment pair are repeated verbatim 5 comment treads up.
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 @brucegregson621 What, Russian Federation. 😂
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The first line would imply the observation trenches, which were certainly taken.
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 @cordellmohawk8408 That doesn't even relate to my comment.
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@MetalSlugX27 The point is pretty simple America has better PR and soft power than Russia. The US actually has the ability to economically improve its sphere of influence, in the West. Causing Western nations to voluntarily cooperate with the US. While in Russia's influence is mostly a form of waning self-entitlement. It speaks of past power as a justification to undermine the sovereignty of former eastern bloc nations. Who are increasingly trying leave Russia's influence. Because Russia provides no economic opportunity or civil/military benefit. As Russia lacks a hard currency and the strategic lift capacity of the US millitary.
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@MetalSlugX27 It's certainly going to be the case for some time. It's not like they're suddenly going to pivot to Russia. Who will, ironically , likely become a Chinese proxy due to this war. As they have isolated themselves frommost wealthy nations excluding China. Who filled the financial power vacuum created when the western banks left Russia. Since Rubles are not hard currency, the Russian economy is leaning on the Chinese Yuan.
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