Comments by "Stephen47 22" (@Stephen-bq4nq) on "RFU News — Reporting from Ukraine" channel.

  1. I read a comment from a senior Ukrainian official who said the issues highlighted by the battle was artillery ammunition and the need for modern air defence systems to protect the forward troops. He commented that the Russian glide bombs had a big effect
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  2. Great work Ukraine 👍
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  3. Hopefully Ukraine will use their underwater attack drone to destroy the bridge linking Crimea to Russia
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  4. I read an article where a Ukrainian officer in the 110th brigade said his self propelled artillery piece had two shells with no explosive charges. It's impossible to defend Avdiivka under those conditions
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  5. Western tech is delivering the goods makes me laugh when all the Russian fanboys said the Storm Shadows were getting shot down and weren't effective anymore
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  6. Go Ukraine 👍
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  7. Great work Ukraine 👍
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  8. ​ @filodipicori the reality is it's a hard fight for both sides but the invader who wanted to over throw the Ukrainian government failed.
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  9. The Russian economy is in trouble they have extremely high interest rates to counter inflation
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  10. The Ukrainian are getting very efficient in their work fingers crossed they can get to Tokmac before the rains come. That wil set things up really well for future operations
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  11. More switch blade 600 are heading Ukraine which means more destruction of Russian artillery and armoured vehicles It has a one way range of 80 km with the warhead same as the javelin
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  12. Their fighting for their freedom they can use what they want
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  13. No they haven't lost more than they gained this year and they're not desperate they said they going to continue operations through the winter
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  14. ​ @eddgar-ce3md yep the GLSDB go 150 km. You could fire 6 of them from a HIMARS landing along a trenchline 25 metres apart that's 150 metres of destroyed trenches you could then follow up with infantry. The GLSDB can also penetrate more than three feet of steal reinforced concrete so will be great for pinpoint strikes on Russian fortifications
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  15. It would be great if Ukraine could get the laser guided small diameter bomb to launch from the HIMARS. It's a 250 pound bomb and with laser guidence can't be jammed. It will be great for defense and offense you can hit static targets and moving targets
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  16. It's a good opportunity to use the cluster munitions the Russia infantry will be above ground advancing
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  17. You stand with a war criminal.
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  18. They can take ground but can they break the will of the Ukrainian people to resist.?
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  19. Time for Russia to get out of Ukraine
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  20. Great work Ukraine 👍 I rean an article and it said Ukraine has asked the U.S for cluster bombs and they're seriously considering sending them
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  21. Looks like bakmut will fall within a week it's a real shame. Makes you wonder does Ukraine not have the resources to counter attack north of bakmut or do they not think it's worth it and are saving their resources for something else
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  22. The problem is getting the F16 close enough without getting shot down they're not a stealth fighter.
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  23. Avdiivka looks doomed it will probably be lost in 6-8 weeks. It all depends on what reinforcements Ukraine can send but these attritional battles always favour Russia
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  24. Keep Coping Ivan😂
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  25. Great news it will be a relief when the south is back in Ukranian hands
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  26. The russian assault failed stop coping.
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  27. Ukraine needs some laser guided 2000 pound JDAM the US has them they have GPS and laser guidence. They have a range of 80km they will smash Russian trenches.
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  28. Great work Ukraine 😂👍
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  29. Plenty of anti tank missile teams to stop the armour then hit the infantry with cluster munitions who will be completely exposed moving forward.
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  30.  @micha-elhorus5799  the Russians have been recruiting 30,000 men a month their losses have been heavy and you only have to watch videos of interviews with russian soldiers stating their companies have taken losses from 70-90%.
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  31. The reality of fighting through well established defences with no air support
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  32. ​ @mattsmith-ri3lp 🤡 you keep going around saying the same sh.t the cluster munitions are in the field be used
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  33. I hope Ukraine can F16 because they will be able to use the bigger 1000 and 2000 pound JDAM
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  34. ​ @nzer57 they got stuck advancing on a narrow front in a mine field. Crossing a river if they are given craft to transport their armoured vehicles will be done on a broader front with no mines to hit
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  35. Like it or not the special military operation is a debacle
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  36. Great work from Ukraine hopefully they can get to Tokmak before the rains come.
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  37. I read an article and it said the russians going flat out will be able to produce about 2 million artillery shells a year. In the first year they fired an estimated 10-11 million shells which is around 30,000 shells a day they wont be able to go back to that rate of fire and sustain it which is great for Ukraine
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  38. Yeah that's why he follows it up with an explanation of what happened 🤦
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  39. I supprt Ukraine but theyre losing ground in Kursk
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  40. ​​ @HUEHUEUHEPony yet Putin is threatening everyone with nukes because he can't end the war he started.
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  41. Who else have you reported tough guy?.
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  42.  @ahndeux  The Russians haven't been able to make any gains past bakmut and a lot of ground south of bakmut has been recaptured. The Russians have been left badly compromised in Crimea there Navy and Airforce assets are struggling to operate. The ground offensive has been slow and grinding in the south the mine fields have proven a tough nut to crack but the Ukranian aren't stopping they intending to fight through the winter. The wars going to last till at least Feb 2024 which is the three year mark. Next year will see offensives from both sides and at the end of that will probably both be reaching a point of exhaustion and ready for talks to find a way out with neither side getting everything they want
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  43. ​ @mattsmith-ri3lp they should be able to stop the advance with a combination of anti tank missiles and cluster munitions to hit the infantry who will be advancing out in the open. Fingers crossed it happens
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  44. I think this war wil be at least 3 years so its at the half way point. Does Ukraine have the manpower to sustain a conventional fight for another 18 months with the current severity if fighting and casualties?
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  45. You stand with Putin illegally invading another country seriously you should be opposing him he's a criminal.
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  46. Putler is a war criminal how can you stand with him.
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  47. Freat work Ukraine keep fighting them hard
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  48.  @gomazinho90  avdiivka isn't falling anytime soon
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  49.  @admiralbeez8143  it doesn't mean they're all prepared to fight and die especially when they're invading someone elses country
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  50. Putin's got a troll of the week award for you.👍
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  51. Yep things are going great🤦😂😂
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  52.  @diegoflores9237  that doesn't mean they will
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  53.  @OscarGonzalez-oo7vs  yeah the comment is still stupid. He said in the title the Russians made a catastrophic mistake then he goes on to explain in detail.
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  54. ​ @maratibragimov338 bullshit the American units that were taken by suprise in the initial attack were over run but once the US army realized what was happening they fought hard and the Germans started taking heavy losses and fell behind schedule with the US 101st Airborne fighting hard at Bastogne. The Germans started running out of fuel because they never had enough to start with they planned to resupply by using captured allied fuel. In the end the weather cleared and allied airpower broke them and the offensive was over. The Germans admitted the resistance was tougher than they were expecting and the British didn't take heavy casualties in the battle
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  55.  @oldcodgerplaysgames9610  time for Russia to get out of Ukraine
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  56.  @jeffreypierson2064  it will still be good to take the ground and get to Tokmak ultimately Ukraine wants Russia out of the south
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  57. The Ukrainian need a small unmanned submersible with a 2000 pound warhead to attack Russian ships
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  58. They didn't lose more ground because Ukraine didn't have the ability to get through the minefields and they didn't have enough air defence systems to protect the forward troops and vehicles
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  59.  @blaeiptekvkukurbo  yes that's true having all the vehicles in one road they would be sitting ducks
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  60. I hope the Ukrainian get the F16 and it can carry 2000 pound JDAM
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  61. Ukraine needs to use the himars to target Russian artillery pieces with precision fire as well as GPS guided artillery shells. They also need a lot more kamikaze drone's like switch blade 600 and phoenix ghost to target Russian artillery pieces. They cause 80% of Ukrainian casualties and are the backbone of the Russian military on offense and defense.
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  62. Yes I heard the Ukrainian don't have the engineering capacity the russian military has it's causing them a lot of problems building defences
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  63. What would you propose they do with no artillery ammunition
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  64. They're using so many different types of drones these days it doesn't matter
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  65. Ukraine needs to reinforce their bridge head really look to advance with maximum effort give the Russians more to think about and try to force them to deploy more units there which will thin out their forces in other parts of southern Ukraine helping the Ukrainian to breach the minefields
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  66. Ukraine needs to make an underwater attack drone which has a 2000 pound bomb on board get under the bridge and detonate it.
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  67. ​​ @micha-elhorus5799 how would you know?
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  68.  @sorincaladera936  I was just wondering about the dimensions of the bomb I knew the F16 could carry the 500-1000 pound JDAM but wasn't sure if they only used the 2000 pound JDAM with bigger aircraft
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  69. ​ @dennischingpen-gs5zn No it doesn't
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  70. You should have mentioned that Ukraine is on the verge of losing Marinka. I support Ukraine but you should report the good and bad
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  71. Thanks for the bulls..t Ivan 🤡
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  72. Bakmut look lost the battle for Kramatorsk and sloviansk is next
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  73.  @blaeiptekvkukurbo  I was looking at the deepstate map. Once they capture bakmut they should be able to go across country to sloviansk there is a main road they could use. This could be done while other units attack Lyman
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  74. Keep dreaming,🤡🤡
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  75.  @z-America  No it's your dreamworld if the Ukrainian had lost that many casualties their lines would have collapsed. Russia is losing armoured vehicles faster than they can build them and had to go to North Korea for artillery ammunition so stop kidding yourself that Russia hasn't fully committed to this war
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  76. The mound is a death trap if the Russians get up there they will be sitting ducks for artillery,mortar or HIMARS. It will probably become a no mans land simply too dangerous for either side to hold the position
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  77. I read an article with a Ukrainian battalion commander who said all he's getting is poorly trained soldiers some haven't even been shown how to throw a hand grenade it made for grim reading. The positive is that tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers will be trained properly in Europe this year before being sent into battle. Ukraine is out numbered by Russia's population 4-1 they can't fight a sustained battle of attrition and hope to win. They will need to start fighting a mobile fight which should come with the talked about counter offensive and if that's not possible at some point they will need to transition to an insurgency which will reduce casualties because the Russians won't have large static targets to hit with massed artillery fire
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  78. They would have been sitting ducks for artillery and anti tank missiles.
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  79. Trying to spread out Ukrainian manpower to take some of the pressure off Russian forces around Bakmut
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  80. ​@@scoashishyour country encouraged Ukraine to turn it's back on Russia knowing it may start a war so America owns this mess
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  81. Ukraine has fought very well in Bakmut but sadly the end is near. Kramatorsk and sloviansk will be next and the grinder will continue
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  82. Great to hear some good news the russian fanboys having been beating their chests about the Ukrainian armoured column that got hit
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  83. ​ @political-duck2533 there aren't tens of millions of Ukrainian men outside Ukraine
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  84. https://youtu.be/4qN0bgVsEX4?si=c44Ws3b1HlKeC361 Ukraine has had 30K desertions this year
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  85.  @brianlove8413  yes they would so a lot better they have better military leadership at all levels and fight combined arms warfare better than the Russians plus better logistics
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  86. That was then this is now Russian men won't keep lining up to take even close to that number they're not fighting inside their own nation for their survival they fighting as an imperial invader which is totally different.
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  87. Russia is losing control of Crimea its going to become too expensive to maintain a military presence there
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  88. America is going to abandon Ukraine if Trump wins the election Ukraine better be planning their transition from a conventional force to an insurgency. The Europeans will continue to support Ukraine because they dont want Russia to advance any further and they wont have a problem supporting an insurgency but wont be able to support a major conventional war in Ukraine without US assistance.
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  89. They're not liberating anything they an invading force of oppressors.
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  90. ​ @vknight7497 COPE🤡
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  91. ​ @celebrim1 if you don't like what he's doing leave you 🤡
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  92. Bakmut looks doomed if a counter attack isn't made soon to push the Russians back North of Bakmut they're making ground everyday from that direction. They take Bakmut Kramatorsk and sloviansk will be next
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  93. The switch blade 600 and the ground launched small diameter bomb is coming this year. The Ukrainian will put the system's to good use
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  94. Can the F16 carry the 2000 pound JDAM?
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  95. Russia hasn't liberated anything they're an invader
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  96. The Ukrainian are making gains south of bakmut they keep pushing they will out flank bakmut and force Russia to withdraw
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  97. It's always grim when the Russians go after an objective with no care for casualties the loss of chasiv yar is really a question of when not if.
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  98.  @mattsmith-ri3lp  they can make their own submersible
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  99. Go read an article on the independent newspaper website about Ukraine that talks about the desertion rate increasing in the Ukrainian military. I read it today it was sobering they interviewed officers from the 72 nd brigade and Ukrainian politicians. Things are not good for Ukraine
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  100.  @mattsmith-ri3lp  dummy do you think you hear of everything that happens on the battle field. NATO will keep sending cluster munitions and Russians will keep dying.
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  101. The Russians are running out of inmates to use as cannon fodder as well so they will have to send in their front line soldiers when they launch assaults on Bakmut
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  102. Russians are having the same problems that the Ukrainians had in the counter offensive
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  103. Ukraine needs an underwater drone that carries a 2000 pound bomb. Move it under the bridge and detonate it
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  104.  @jacksonteller1337  how big was the explosive? that bridge can certainly take some punishment
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  105. What are you talking about?
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  106.  @keithpeden7664  No they need to put more effort into targeting Russian artillery pieces to reduce casualties and keep morale up I won't cut them slack
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  107.  @Алексей-ч2ф9л  you see plenty of footage with Russian artillery in Ukraine staying in one place lined up firing.
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  108.  @mattsmith-ri3lp  🤡 the cluster munitions are already being used there's video evidence to prove it
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  109. It depends on what resources Ukraine has to bolster their defences. Artillery would help them a lot but they're not getting any supplies from the US which is going to hurt them.
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  110. There's plenty of video evidence online regardless of numbers it's obvious the Russians are taking a hammering
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  111. ​ @gomazinho90 okay Ivan 😂😂
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  112. Its great that Ukraine is sinking ships but the landwar is a concern Avdiivka is in serious trouble
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  113. ​​​ @roccod9419 it is the US Congress job to support Ukraine the US government helped incite this war when they encouraged Ukraine to turn their back on Russia knowing it could start a war
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  114.  @roccod9419  No the US government sent the CIA into Ukraine to encourage the overthrow of their leader in 2014 and to encourage Ukraine to turn it's back on Russia and they have advanced NATO closer to Russia's border knowing these acts could cause a war. So the US owns the consequences.
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  115.  @roccod9419  The US were meddling in Ukraine knowing it could start a war so the US owns this mess.
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  116. ​ @roccod9419 America owns this war
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  117.  @political-duck2533  there aren't tens of millions of Ukrainian men outside the country their population isn't that big
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  118.  @political-duck2533  They're fighting for their freedom against a Russian oppresser. Russia will never pacify the Ukrainian population as long as Russia is in Ukraine there will be plenty of cargo200
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  119.  @political-duck2533  42 million was the whole Ukrainian population not men of combat age
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  120.  @political-duck2533  They had far more freedom than they do now under a Russian force of oppressors
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  121.  @political-duck2533  yes and it learnt it's corruption from it's masters in Russia and the reason it was so poor is because Russia couldn't care less about the development of Ukraine and that's the reason Ukraine wanted to join the EU
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  122.  @political-duck2533  you said there were tens of millions outside Ukraine avoiding mobilisation and that means men because woman weren't being mobilized
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  123.  @political-duck2533  you were wrong when the war started woman weren't being mobilized and even now there is no conscription of woman but they can volunteer
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  124. The war will continue for years and if the conventional war ends the insurgency will start
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  125.  @WeTheLittlePeople  they're saying whatever they need to trying to get the republicans to send more aid
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  126. ​ @mattsmith-ri3lp 🤡 you need to get a life
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  127.  @lmantuano6986  f..k Russia 🤡
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  128.  @ahndeux  The Ukrainian push up from the south they can threaten bakmut with being out flanked and force the Russians out of the city. Crimea is already useless as a military base for the Russians it's going to become increasingly isolated and by being there the Russians will achieve nothing but losses of me and equipment. Talking about corruption the Russian Regime is built on corruption
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  129.  @brainwasher9876  as long as Putin is still breathing and the russian people are not rising up in the streets against him he will keep throwing in more meat he couldn't care less
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  130. Did you count them yourself😂😂​ @vicskank1 
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  131. ​ @Cba409 the Russians offensive at Avdiivka is a shambles
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  132.  @Cba409  the attacks the Russians have been conducting are on video it's obvious they're a shambles
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  133. The Ukrainian haven't lost all territorial gains from the counteroffensive last year
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  134.  @darkquaesar2460  No they haven't go look at the deep state map all the area they captured is in green. They're not even close to losing all the ground they captured in the counter offensive
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  135. I read Ukraine is going to get the Rockets for the HIMARS that sprays 180,000 tungsten balls which can saturate an area 800 metres X 800 metres. It will be great for slaughtering Russian infantry and light vehicles
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  136. I hope the US starts supplying aid again its concerning rhat polls in the US show declining support
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  137. The Ukrainian should be hitting every building in the villages with HIMARS then start saturating the town's with cluster munitions and while that's happening move forces around the flanks of the villages threatening them with encirclement
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  138. Putin isn't going to quit he knows if he does he's finished so he will throw in everything he can and go for broke. The next 6 months are going to be very tough
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  139. The problem for the Russians is their attacking across open ground the tanks can be smashed by anti armour weapons then the infantry can be mopped up by artillery firing cluster munitions.
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