Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "Ukraine blows up Russian helicopter on Snake Island" video.

Excellent hit - these Ukrainian paratroopers never knew what hit them. Come on, these were Ukrainians - they disembarked on the southern most tip of the island, away from the helipad and buildings. There were a group of 3 helicopters that got blown up.
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@tcm81 Yeah, and it was reported a lieutenant colonel of Ukraine was a pilot - they sure had international crew ;)
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@Ben-ek1fz Sure, I tell you no problemo. you do know Russia has only 80k troops in Ukraine, right? As per CNN. You do know Russian allies have at most 70k troops, right? You do know Ukraine has at least 300k troops engaged and another 200k in reserve, do you? Now tell me, how is Russia supported by militia from DPR to finish off enemy that is at least 2x as numerous supported by the entire west which also happened to be the largest army entirely in Europe? I think Russia is doing excellent job, they are badly out numbered yet still able to push on!
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What Bayraktar - didn't they loose all of them over Snake Island?
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Driving back? You do known that DPR / LPR supported by Russia are gaining ground in Donbas every day? Also this is Ukrainian helicopter getting smoked on video - one of 3. Huge losses on Snake Island for Ukraine. huge.
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LOL, you are kidding right? So far almost all Ukrainian stuff was verified to be fake. Like Ghost of Kiev or Snake Island.
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@Ben-ek1fz LOL, where did you get 150k??? That is total Russian force, they have 170 BTGs, not more ;) I assure you they did not deploy their whole army ;)) The most they had in Ukraine or around Ukraine is 120 BTGs, today they have 92+20 BTGs. 1. Why Russia did not take Mykolaiv, Sumy, Cherniv - that one is easy. Mykolaiv is about the same size as Mariupol. To take a city even if you are Russian, you need at least 3x the force, preferably at least 5x and if you are American then 10x. If Mykolaiv was defended by same # of troops as Mariupol that would mean using at the very minimum 3x (2000 - 3000 + 1 marine brigade) which depends on what you believe is at least 15k troops up to over 21k troops. At lower bound that is far more then troops deployed right now on the whole kherson side. Sumy / Chernichiev - similar to above but even more loop sided. The entire right hand side of Kiev was at most 20k troops. the sheer superb figthing that was needed to surround Chernichiev with such tiny force AND go to Browary is ... astounding. 2. it does not take a genius to figure this out - at the very most you have 100k troops - basic unit placements are provided on numerous maps. All your militia forces start in Donbass. So it does not take a genius to figure out what was max troop level where. Its not that hard - you can do it as well. Regarding Ukrainian army, it started re-calling reserves before the war. It started the war with 250k troops. Reservists recalled increased that number by 50k. At this point Ukraine finished 3rd round of mobilization. Ukraine had tiny airforce and even smaller navy, thus most of these 250k are army troops. So what that you say Ukraine only had say 50k in Donbass at the start - that is still more then Russia plus allies at that front line! Similar situation is now - Ukraine out numbers Russians and allies at least two to one as I am sure they deployed most of their forces to the front. Even if we account for tons of troops not in the war zone its still 2 to 1. There is just no other way to slice and dice the numbers. After less then 1 month of war we get "Ukrainian army mobilized both its first and second echelons of reserve forces, together totaling 150,000 troops. Kyiv is doubling its army." So 150k troops per month. After over 2 months lets say only 300k. That is still a lot of troops! Of course west could be lying and there are far fewer Ukrainian troops.
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It was Soviet made helicopter. Not Russian.
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Not with support near 90%.
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Ryan Davies Yep 100% Ukrainians.
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@Waithuhh They captured Mariupol like 2 weeks ago. There are only screening troops around Kharkiv - they never attempted to take the city. The BT2 did not destroy that helicopter - it was in support role. Come on, why would Russians do hot landing on an island they control ;) Look, they even anticipated taking the island so much they started to release news of its capture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYlN3Sbk1GE
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Robert Beck by that account neither was US.
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@Ben-ek1fz We probably will know what exactly were some of these movements by the Russians after the war ends - maybe, or maybe in a very long time. "Mykolayiv bypass was also a major blunder. " - what do you suggest they do - a) nothing b) try to take a city of size of Mariupol with probably less troops then the # defending b) has not much chance of any success a) will not test the enemy. So they correctly did c) try to bypass and see whatever its possible. They did capture a village and a bridge, but their force was too weak to go any further, so they retreated and Ukrainians blown up the bridge. We also do not know Russian objectives - it seems everyone adds more despite stated objective of Russia. Heck, some in the west even claim Putin wanted all of Ukraine. Thus judging Russia on "failed" objectives without knowing these objectives is imho not right.
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Well, they have this video - at least one Ukrainian helicopter with crew got wasted. Most of the drones taken out fell into the sea. Same with aircraft.
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Oh, its simple - they landed on the far side of the island, nowhere close to the helipad, they formed defensive perimeter and helicopter did not even have its engine off - it was an assault. Why would Russians assault their own island? Besides - we know Ukrainians at least thought Russians are there as there is another video of Ukrainian jets bombing the Island - also filmed by TB2. Finally Ukrainians were so sure they will take the island that they released info they already did - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYlN3Sbk1GE
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@HereticalKitsune You do know they get new ones, do you?
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@gc99289 LOL, supposedly Turkey can supply 24 drones per month.
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No Ukrainian pilot was killed. It was a friend of one of the youtube pro Ukraine guys. also commander of some forces in Odessa.
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