Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "‘Obstacle Belts From Hell:’ Retired General on Ukraine’s Slow Counteroffensive | WSJ" video.

  1.  @justADeni  And if they break Russian defenses now what? They have no man power left to hold them and without any reserves Russians can crush them on a counter in same are or different.
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  2.  @callumjohnston858  Not at all - Russia has almost 6x the population and has suffered far lesser losses in man power. They have far more equipment plus they manufacture a lot more equipment and ammo. I.e. essentially I 100% disagree with all you said. It is more adequate what you said to be of Ukraine - Ukraine has huge manpower issues, they have huge equipment issue, huge training issue and no economy.
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  3.  @justADeni  Ukraine suffered around 4x losses as they have inferior fire power. I.e. Ukraine is out of troops --- this is seen by artillery use on both sides. Ukraine reserves are being depleted. Give it few months and there will not be 120k but 0k. There is no more equipment from NATO ---- see NATO summit. Russia is keeping up nicely - no decrease in ammo use. No we do not see North Korean shells - not even a single on. We have also not seen so far even a single T54/ T-55 in use.
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  4.  @justADeni  Last time I checked Ukraine not Russia went into general mobilization in multiple regions. If they do not ask for terms this year I expect Ukraine will need to go into full general mobilization this year.
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  5.  @proudtitanicdenier4300  exactly. This is why Russia has far more trained guys as it does not use conscripts while Ukraine takes guys unconscious from the street.
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  6.  @proudtitanicdenier4300  lol no. Wagner troops are ex military and most seen actual combat before Ukraine. Well trained with years of experience. Progozin tried to recruit some convicts from prisons and after rudimentary training use them as gun meat. They were ineffective for various reasons, but mostly due to their criminal past. This is why program ended. Russians have enough guns in Russia for every man, woman and child. Come on. Its staple of the cold war. Same with ammo. So no issues with weapons. If you were right Ukraine would not have run into a wall in Zaporozia and in the Donbas. Wagner is gone to Belarus. Russian army is left. Ukraine elite units are decimated. On video. How do you explain that?
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  7. Their losses are enormous - Russians are doing excellent job - far better than expected by anyone pro Russia - at doing mobile defense. Russians minimize their own losses and maximize enemy losses while trading as little territory as possible. Russians use mining in security zone as well as huge advantage in artillery to destroy most Ukrainian attacks before they even reach Russian controlled territory - i.e. almost all Ukrainian equipment and manpower is lost before they even see a single Russian. Russian superiority in drones in now legendary as they use them to attack Ukraine armor in the open. The heavy UA losses in equipment forced Ukraine to use more light infantry leading to epic level losses in man power. In the last few days Russia has shown how to correctly assault heavy defended lines - minimizing losses and moving ahead.
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  8. How much he gets paid for spilling out this BS?
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  9. Spot on.
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  10. Come on pure propaganda. Watch some videos making fun out of this.
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  11. LOL - nope. Ukraine had storm shadow missiles - and now Russia has them as well :) Few F-16s would not make any difference.
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  12. No - these guys are PAID to say BS for propaganda. If it was their command they would not say anything even remotely close ;)
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  13. Ukraine is certainly not limiting casualties - they are maximizing them on their side - they switched to using light infantry in assault role....
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