Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Summer Operations | The Russians Pummel Ukraine With Massive Strikes. Military Summary For 2023.7.21" video.

  1. Putin had to cut personnel dramatically in '98-'99 to get Russia's financial house in order. I think he was wildly successful, considering the state of Russia in 1998. He still kept building up arms and equipment, but on a budget, and by avoiding war. Sell? Yes. Use? No. Not everything is Putin's way, but I think the general plan is solid. Prigo and Popo probably don't like it, because the strategy comes at the expense of the professional soldiers while they're building and training a citizen army. I think the basic calculation still holds up, and even though Ukraine is doing some damage from long range, the scale of the damage is not huge, and needs to be weighed against the potentially huge losses suffered when you rush green troops to the front before they're ready. I think Russia can already make out OK with massive reinforcements of green troops, but the strategic brain trust doesn't want to suffer higher losses. Fighting retreat and coordinating artillery strikes requires well-trained and experienced troops. Even if it's the optimal strategy to be patient, your Prig's and Pop's might not be happy about it.
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  2.  @AlaskanInsights  The only reason it's static is because Russia's building up. They have the lead and the lead is growing every day.
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  3. I pray for an end to the killing.
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  4.  @patricktraichal9287  I think some of the Western weapons are more accurate, and that can be decisive, locally, in evenly-matched artillery duels. That might not be going the greatest for the Russians. You can use spotters for indirect fire, but what if your ranging shot exposes your position to the enemy and they have a guided missile to fire back with, or a camera-guided drone armed with armor-piercing munitions? That advantage evaporates fairly quickly against an all-out offensive in which the Ukrainians are massively outgunned and outmanned, but as long as it's skirmish-level and tit-for-tat strikes behind the lines, Ukraine might seem to be getting the better of it.
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  5.  @geoffmilner  Governments of the West lost the ability to balance budgets in peacetime. They've outsourced their manufacturing and are trying to outlaw fossil fuels. Their sanctions are blowing up in their faces.
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