Comments by "DasBubba" (@dasbubba841) on "What will end the war in Ukraine?" video.
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I'd counter:
1. While Ukraine did not do significant damage to the Crimean Bridge, the damage was enough to force repairs and require that the volume of traffic over the bridge be slowed. This is especially true for rail, which as far as I'm aware has not yet been restored. Rail is the Russian Army's main method of moving supplies, and I have no doubt that this contributed to Russia abandoning Kherson. Without supplies reliably flowing through Crimea via the bridge, Russia's position in Kherson became untenable.
2. Reliable figures are hard to come by, but I can assure you that Ukraine has not mobilized its entire population. Manpower is not the issue, rather weapons, kit, and ammunition are. There isn't enough kit to reliably equip everyone, so mobilization is done in phases in conjunction with troop rotation. This means that veteran soldiers are given R&R, can train mobilized, and keep up morale while new soldiers are given weapons and training.
3. Attacking towards Kiev from Belarus is dumb, even for the Russian Army. If Russia couldn't take Kiev in Feb/March when they had significant numbers of well-trained troops and was relatively unfortified, then it is pure stupidity to try now. Especially considering that the Belarusian Army is useless at best, untrustworthy at worse.
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