Comments by "gary K" (@garyK.45ACP) on "WarLeaks - Military Blog" channel.

  1. I don't share your sympathy. One of my sons, his wife and our 1 year old grandson tried to escape Kharkiv. They made it as far as Visokiy, SW of Kharkiv where my daughter-in-law's parents live. They are sheltering in the cellar when the attacks come. Our grandson has spent most of 4 days crying because he has no idea why he is not at his home, why he doesn't have his normal food or bed. My brother-in-law, his wife and our 7 year old nephew, and my mother-in-law are sheltering in the basement of their apartment building in the north part of Kharkiv, just a few miles from the Russian border. Because my brother-in-law had to get across the city to pick up my elderly mother-in-law, he did not have time to evacuate. They have potatoes to eat which people store in the basement of the building. I saw a video today of a mortar round exploding in an intersection exactly one block from where our son lives, which killed one civilian and wounded several more. Our son and my brother in law have now signed up to fight. As of this moment, we really don't know where they are. Our daughter-in-law and sister-in-law keep in touch by Viber, so far. Who knows if that will last. I suppose you don't have relatives there, do you? It's easier to feel sympathy for invaders when you have no relatives in the game, isn't it?
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  2. The Ukrainian soldiers always look so much more professional and better trained and equipped than Russian soldiers, most of whom look like homeless teenagers from Seattle.
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  3.  @realdaybreaker8013  Russia wants Ukraine to be part of Russia. Putin does not want to destroy Ukraine, he wants to annex it and keep all it's resources. Annihilating a bunch of sons, brothers, husbands, fathers, sisters, wives, mothers and daughters is not the way to encourage Ukrainians to agree they really want to be Russians. Destroying a bunch of infrastructure he would only have to replace is not the way to "annex" a territory. Putin imagined this would be like Hitler's Austria or the Sudetenland...at worst, Denmark. Putin wanted to be hailed as a "liberator". He wanted it to be over before anyone could react. It ain't happening.
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  4. Ukrainian double penetration. Was it good for you, Ivan? 🤣
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  5. Good news for the abandoned soldiers, they'll be able to surrender and live. Look up, guys! Drop your rifles and raise your hands.
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