Comments by "David Himmelsbach" (@davidhimmelsbach557) on "Ukrainian Forces Broke the Surovikin Line! | New Russian President in the Making! | Ukrainian Update" video.

  1. Artur, the priority will ALWAYS be to shoot down the trench lines, both ways, until the door is wide open. The Russians can't mine their own trench line. So, if manning is low, Ukrainian progress will be rapid. Russian reserves were brought in by road -- and are STILL (largely) pinned off to the west -- kilometers away. There are remarkably few Russian reserves in the current direction of advance. Oops! The Russian command simply did not expect the UA to vector off to the southeast. Period. The UA sold the idea that they would shoot straight south, if not towards Tokmak, almost directly. But, once the UA is through, they have entered a 'mine-free' zone that goes on for kilometers. Tokmak is not essential. Merely getting down south, towards the Sea of Azove, screws Putin. Destroying the Il-76s was a strategic move -- designed to stop Putin from air dropping supplies and men into the breach. In this, the Il-76 replicates the capabilities of the C-141 of the USAF. (Retired in 2006 after forty-years.) [Parachute drops/ cargo drops are possible for both, but not widely publicized, as in both cases, the boys would rather land and walk off.]
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  2.  @mikek.1761  The time frame is NOW -- not what can be restored in 356 days.
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