Comments by "Black Cat Dungeon Master\x27s Familiar" (@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311) on "Military Summary" channel.

I'd guess there are some deep bunkers there, the Ukrainians have had years to fortify it.
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Yes and the important thing to know about Ben Wallace is that he's no longer defence minister. What he thinks and what he wants doesn't matter any more.
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These reports come from the Ukrainian government. Until we see the prisoners, such claims are worth nothing. The largest Russian unit I've seen surrender in the past few days was an infantry platoon of maybe fifteen guys.
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Yes they're trying to prove to NATO they're willing to attack the Russians and willing to make sacrifices for the upcoming conference to boost their case for being given more weapons.
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There is zero chance that European populations will be willing to fight Russia. Maybe in Poland but in Germany, France, Italy, Czech, Netherlands, people will refuse. European governments are already falling.
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There are other possible sources of generals - for example successful senior officers could be promoted.
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@jeffnorris8848 Logistics look pretty good across most of the north east. Yes the Ukrainians have fortifications everywhere but you can't imagine the north east is going to be as entrenched as the south east. Anyway fortifications on their own aren't enough you also need men to defend them. And opening another front will stretch Ukrainian reserves. Anyway talking about attacking Odessa or towards Kherson at this stage seems totally unrealistic. Ukrainian defences are degraded but they still exist. Any large scale amphibious operation to Odessa would be suicide.
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@jeffnorris8848 Kharkov: lots of major roads up to the border and Belgorod gives a huge supply base close behind the front. Sumy: can be attacked from all of the north, the north east and the east. Roads there are adequate too. I don't think the Russians need major highways. It's probably more effective to use a very wide front with a slow, careful incremental attack, clearing mines and eliminating counter battery fire as they go rather than a sudden armoured breakthrough attempt like at the start of the war.
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@jeffnorris8848 If you're arguing an armoured charge of hundreds of tanks to Kiev in a few days is unrealistic then I agree. All I'm arguing is that the heavily prepared hedgerow by hedgerow attacks which generate slow but successful results elsewhere on the front are even more viable on these fronts.
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@meisterproper8304 It doesn't really matter who is strongest in a conventional war because it would probably become a nuclear war quite quickly.
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@chrisgoold9816 For a start, your estimates of Russian dead look like fantasy. You can't possibly know that. Actual confirmed Russian dead are like 10% of that.
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@WilliamAshleyOnline Potentially quite a lot. Potentially get Adivka under fire control.
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@gurglejug627 The Russians are obviously aiming to advance in particular places, we see their attacks. He's right, Russian vehicle losses are pretty high.
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