Comments by "Stephen Sipe" (@stephensipe5405) on "2 Years after Russia's Blitzkrieg" video.

  1. Are Ukrainians ready to hear a real military assessment of 2 years of fighting? Warning, I talk in language not fit for children, who in Ukraine, have already suffered too much anguish. So grab hold of your nutsack and let’s jump in a 2 year analysis. 1: Ukraine would have gone no where and done nothing without President Zelinsky publicly proclaiming he would stand and fight. This single act allowed everything else to happen. 2: Where there prewar Ukrainian failures? Yes. GEN Zaluzhny, beloved as he is now, will not fair well in history. Ukraine’s greatest prewar success was allowing US and UK Military Advisors to retrain a brutal Soviet type Ukrainian NCO Corp into a NATO quality junior Officer NCO Corp of Enlisted soldiers. This has benefited Ukrainians in every single engagement. The Ukrainian failures are 3 fold: (1) they did not believe US intelligence reports of a pending Russian massive attack. (2) Ukrainians failed to built defense lines in Kherson Oblast East, around all of the Donbas, and did not mobilize at least 150,000 troops. (3) Ukrainians did not destroy 25K worth of railway tracks at every point crossing into Russia. All of these 3 are on GEN Zaluzhny as overall Commander except, mobilization. 3: Ukrainians were shocked when the US confirmed Russians had 1000+ active spies, agents, and collaborators within the Ukrainian government at all levels and the Ukrainian Military. It took Ukrainians 2 months to act on 600+ of the US identified personnel before the US would send HIMARS artillery. The truth hurt Ukraine that they had been betrayed from within. 4: The Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian military did everything necessary to defend their country and even liberate Russian occupied territory. 5: GEN Zaluzhny in coordination with GEN Budanov, have exploited the best of Ukrainian innovation to create a successful Strategic Level Campaign to defeat Russia. The have pioneered drone warfare to augment artillery for ground forces, especially attacking Russian radars, fuel storage, and airfields. Ukrainian sea drones and missiles have sunk 1/3RD of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. Ukrainians have proved successful at sabotage within Russian and also have assassinated key Russian leaders and influencers. From GEN Zaluzhny’s own articles, this is the area he favors and fully comprehends. 6: GEN Zaluzhny completely messed up the Ukrainian 2023 Offensive(s). Neither his whining articles nor Kviv Post pats on his back can erase HIS failure. All Generals want more stuff and more troops. Great Military Leaders win by using what they have to succeed in what they can. President Zelinsky publicly stated Ukrainian’s Objective was to cut the Russian land bridge. GEN Zaluzhny’s Objective was attrition of Russian Forces. NATO doctrine is attrition in Defensive Operations, gaining territory in Offensive Operations. GEN Zaluzhny was a bad leader for Offensive Operations. Unfortunately, Ukraine had 1 best chance to succeed during Offensive Operations and GEN Zaluzhny blew it. 6: GEN Syrskyi is not a public favorite military leader. He will do great in well planned out Defensive Operations in 2024. He might even gain some ground in counterattack. Nevertheless, his big shot will be 2025. GEN Syrski will have many assets. F16s might give Ukrainians Air Dominance or even Air Superiority. Hopefully, he will have 150,000 additional troops in 2024 and 30,000 more by June 2025. He will need equipment and ammo. These NATO has to deliver. 7: Ukrainian politicians have to be willing to mobilize 450,000, about 150,000 each year, for 3 years. This is the part average Ukrainians have to determine is worth their freedom for all of Ukraine. IF they reject what is required of them, they are defacto saying some Ukrainian territory is NOT worth their blood. PS: IF Russia ever reached the northern Dnipro River again, NATO would be involved in Ukraine’s fight.
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