Comments by "Stephen Sipe" (@stephensipe5405) on "With sufficient long-range precision weapons Ukraine will accelerate its victory" video.

  1. GEN Hodges always zeroes in on what Ukrainians really need. Don’t get me wrong. I know Ukrainian troops have become casualties because NATO/EU countries have acted slowly. On the other hand, without incremental aid from NATO/EU, Ukrainians would be fighting a guerrilla war with how many more Ukrainian casualties? I know Ukrainians are thankful. As an American, I would want more support for Ukrainians faster. Nevertheless, the slow pokes are other European NATO/EU countries Ukraine wants to join. Average Ukrainians always have to remember this fact. After the war, even if Ukraine is not allowed to immediately join NATO, Ukraine has to get a US Air Force and Army bases in between Kyiv and Odessa. My opinion is a Ukrainian Offensive requires attacking Russian air defenses and airfields from Belograd to Krasnodar. The further from the Ukrainian-Russian border, the better. How to attack may require using JDAMs and drones instead of HIMARS. HIMARS are to be reserved for liberation of Crimea. Ukrainians need to fight Russians where they are in greatest number. Therefore, I call this the Ukrainian Donbas Campaign. The northern Luhansk Offensive will close 1 flank. The Donetsk Offensive in the south will close the other flank. A follow on Offensive will secure Berdiansk an cut the Russian land bridge. The Donvbas Campaign will then tighten the perimeter to liberate lightly defended villages, then towns, and finally cities. All the time, hardcore Russian Units will be isolated and pounded by artillery. Air power will be saved for the air war and to attack fleeing Russian troops taking a single major road to Taganrog. I agreed with GEN Hodges, liberating Crimea is a final key goal. After the Donbas is secure, a new Kherson Oblast East Offensive needs to start. Clearing Kherson Oblast East has to occur prior to October because of weather conditions. Crimea will take a siege. GEN Hodges is correct in believing making the peninsula untenable for Russia is key. Therefore, cut water and power; attack the Kerch Bridge and the ferries; bring down hellfire on every Russian airfield, fortification, and base. Only if the do not voluntarily leave, attack. The Ukrainian attack will require about 300 US Marine landing vehicles. This Crimea Offensive could happen by year end.
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