Comments by "MikeAG333" (@MikeAG333) on "The Russian Dude" channel.

  1. Just a quiet correction. Zelensky's speech was made in Westminster Hall, not Buckingham Palace. Look up at the roof..........the best mediaeval roof in Europe.
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  2. The "intervention" adjacent to Engel's arifield was a friendly fire incident. The Russians shot down one of their own war planes.
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  3. Why would they want to keep Kherson, you ask? Well, because the loss of the whole of Kherson means Crimea is isolated. Crimea is the jewel in the crown of stolen land for Russia, and having that come under pressure would signal the ends of the war, and the end of Putin.
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  4. Tokmak is more important than you suggest. It is a transport hub, on the route for supplying Crimea.
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  5. I doubt they'll stay to take the risk. The rest of their lives will be in Russia.
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  6. Perhaps more important than the roads, Tokmak has the only railway line from the east (coming from Mariupol). Take Tokmak and there is no overland resupply to anywhere to the west, other than the coastal road to Melitopol from Berdyansk, and that is within artillery range. Most Russian forces to the west would collapse into Crimea.
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  7. Giving up all of Kherson would mean allowing Crimea to become isolated and potentially liberated. Putin couldn't survive that, so I don't think they'll give it up easily.
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  8.  @bob494949  No. Not so. Proportionately, the US are giving way less than countries in Europe, particularly the Baltic States and Eastern Europe. On both per GDP and per capita scales the USA is a good way down the list.
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  9.  @MikeOxlong-jj8bd  No, you're making stuff up. There is nothing anywhere which you can cite which supports that figure, which you've pulled straight out of your backside.
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  10. Thanks for everything you have done this year, and all the best for 2023.
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  11.  @penttikoponen7170  Yeah, because attacking Nato is a great plan when you're getting hammered by a small neighbour, and you're running low on ammunition and troops. Attack us economically? Well, the Russian economy is smaller than that of Italy....so good luck with that.
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  12. Unfortunately, good doesn't always beat evil, Artem. History is littered with successful invasions by evil people or countries, from the Mongols, to the Conquistadors, the Chinese Han. Alexander the Great, and on and on. We can't rely on this maxim to come to Ukraine's aid, so unfortunately, the heroes of Ukraine are just going to have to keep fighting until the last Russian boot leaves their soil.
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  13.  @zachariasmith4918  Finish retaking Kherson, cut the Kerch bridge, and retake Melitopol, and that's it: Crimea isolated, and everything in it within range of Ukrainian weapons. It's then just a matter of time until the stolen land is returned.
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  14.  @EmmaBrooks111  Oh dear. Did you want Ukraine to roll out the red carpet and shower your invading army with flowers? Gee, bad luck......
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  15.  @TheDisinformationProjectNz  "he" and "lesbian" in the same sentence. You either don't understand the language, or you have no idea at all what you are talking about.
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  16. Great stuff Artem.
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  17.  @npg192  That figure of a million deaths isn't claimed by anyone at all. You just pulled it out of your arse. And yes, most of the populace of the west was as against that war as they are against Russia's invasion. Three million people were on the streets of London protesting against the Iraq campaign before it happened, and I was one of them.
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  18. Could you read that through again, and edit or re-write so that it makes some sense.
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  19.  @terjeoseberg990  Yeah, but perhaps we might consider spelling it the way Ukrainians do when writing in English, rather than the way Russians do, hey?
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  20. You think Putin could survive the loss of Donbass and Crimea? Or either one? You're in a club of one if you do.
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  21. Hope she's OK. If she is, she'll be pretty happy now.
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  22.  @reubenabugah2137  The only ones better off under dictatorial autocrats are the ones on their payroll. Disappointed to lose your income from him, are you?
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  23. No. Sponsors are spoiling Youtube.
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  24.  @garethwillis  The fact that there are humourless bastards on the planet is also a big disappointment, but, you know, sometimes you just have to take the rough with the smooth.
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  25.  @nooboftheyear7170  Except it's not. It's almost as pointless as Pisky.
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  26.  @randomsomewhat-kinda-quasi1065  I don't know how that could have been more neutral. It was factual, and easy to follow, with no comment at all. There was no attempt at point-scoring or denigration. So, thanks for your comment, but you are completely wrong.
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  27.  @darthwiizius  Yep, indeed. It's been incredibly impressive. Just imagine if France and Germany had contributed anything like that per GDP level.
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  28.  @meilinchan7314  There was a huge amount of preparation for this attack, including amphibious landings on Crimea to knock out a radar system, and the recapture of some oil rigs which Russia had taken and placed radar on. Then there was softening up of the air defences, and missile attacks on radar installations in Crimea. There weree dummy missiles sent to distract the air defences, and then 2 different types of missiles used in the actual attack, with very different trajectories and pruposes. It's a big achievement, not easily repeated.
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  29. There's a good reason you're not a military strategist or a general. You should know that Russian nuclear doctrine allows the use of nuclear weapons when Russia is under attack.
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  30.  @KingAGBozz  It's losing because it isn't winning. It's army is getting smaller and weaker at the same time as Ukraine's is getting bigger and better equipped. And it has lost over half of the territory it has taken in the last year. (Pedant mode: it's "fewer men", not "less men". "Fewer" for things you can count, "less" for stuff you weigh or measure).
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  31. Great news if true. What's your source?
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  32.  @KirkFickert  They didn't try very hard. Democracy is more than just giving people a vote.
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  33. No, you can't. You think you can, but that's because you have no idea of the scale of state sponsored theft in Russia, and because a free press in Europe makes a big deal about any corruption, or whiff of corruption, it hears about. There is simply no comparison between what goes on in this regard in Europe, and what is happening in Russia.
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  34. I think any such assessment should include the strength of Ukraine's resistance. That's a far bigger factor than anything Belarusia did or didn't do.
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  35.  @joeblowe7545  Far better to say "..........considering they accomplished virtually nothing".
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  36.  @ytzpilot  No. Just no. You're flat out wrong. And where the hell would you expect to find debris when an 11m high wall of water rushes over the dam.
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  37.  @jackthorton10  No, they're not (dried up). The river is 400 metres wide (a quarter of a mile), and has no crossings anywhere in Kherson west of Nova Khakovka (which is held by the Russians). The resevoir lake has dried up, but not the river running through it.
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  38.  @Sinvx  Righto, troll, whatever you say.
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  39.  @kristianpadley5562  I think you missed the point. It wouldn't be Putin letting him out. His freedom relies on Putin losing power........and that was the point.
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  40.  @TheDisinformationProjectNz  If he is now a she, why did you use "he"? Because, as I said previously, you haven't a clue what you are talking about.
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  41.  @Matt-Helm  Not ion the Black Sea, though, and they're not allowed to bring any of the others though the Bosphorous.
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  42.  @SicVisPacemParaBellum  Which bit of "civilised" are you struggling with?
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  43. That would be a war crime. Ukraine does its best not to commit war crimes.
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  44. It isn't. This is all a bit of wishful thinking. Look at the guy's footprints, and then imagine putting a 70 ton tank on that surface. It's sloppy mud with a thin, thin crust.
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  45.  @mh-ht2fp  Grow up.
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  46.  @terjeoseberg990  That's a ridiculous claim. Almost nothing in English is pronounced the way it is written.
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  47. There is mercy for them, if they surrender.
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  48.  @drama772  Who the F is Joe? I'm British. And no-one has to tell me anything. Your troops are going backwards everywhere, losing thousands of square kilometres of territory. Russia has a smaller economy than Italy, and is trying to sustain a war against Ukraine who are supported by countries with 65% of the world's GDP. You are losing, but just don't know it yet. Now, troll, Pisky off.
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  49. Toddle off to one of the other channels if you don't like his style. There are lots to choose from.
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  50.  @supertuscans9512  You don't get access to the single market unless you are an EU member.
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