Comments by "" (@ericp1139) on "Why gains in Ukraine's counteroffensive are slow in coming | DW News" video.

  1. The problem is that Ukraine is taking massively more losses for very little gain and they’ve lost all momentum.
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  2. Because it’s going terribly, but they can’t say it plainly. If it were like the Karkhiv advances last year, the Western media would be shouting it from the rooftops.
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  3.  @avro-day  go look on the map dude, you can literally see where the 1st line of defense is. Ukraine is only moving through no-man’s land, which is just mined open fields and abandoned farmhouses.
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  4.  @avro-day  ISW is run by Victoria Nuland, so it’s not a reliable source. The 1st line of defense are those strings of trenches and dragons teeth. Not simply where colors on a map touch.
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  5.  @cameronspence4977 Russia was still under a limited SMO at the time of the Karkhiv advances, so it did not have the manpower to hold that territory, which happens to be a lot of open field. Ukraine does not enjoy that advantage anymore.
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  6.  @avro-day  I wouldn’t know. How are AFU artillery guys doing with all those drones wiping them out? And when will they finally reach the 1st line of defense?
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  7. Seems like the Russian defense really took the piss and vinegar out of the Western hype for the offensive.
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  8. What is your definition of “well?”
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  9.  @burns281981 ou should research the Mongol mobile defense tactics. You fall back to lure the enemy into kill pockets. The only territory that matters is the territory after the war is over.
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  10. NATO/AFU knew about these minefields and defensive lines, but they decided to go ahead anyway. They are knowingly sending men on suicide missions.
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  11. The problem is that the US war machine took that much time with Mosul. Ukraine is just a proxy army with nowhere near the might of the US military.
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  12. It’s very rich that the West is now taking a more measured stance in this offensive that they were super hyping for months. Some analysts were saying the AFU would reach the Sea of Azov in a week.
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  13.  @ernststavroblofeld1961 Russia knows this mentality of the AFU, which is why they create meatgrinders.
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  14. @@IggyBooShe’s prepping his LV bags with cash for his helicopter, Afghanistan style.
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  15.  @avro-day  what winter offensive?
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  16. You know that statement can also apply to the Russians?
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  17. With no air support, it’s impossible.
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  18.  @thorn6809 Solo
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