Comments by "PNH 6000" (@PNH-sf4jz) on "The Russian Dude"
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The Russian "2nd strongest military in the world" has proved itself to be otherwise. Consider the retreats, withdrawals and routs from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson. All this when Russia was at its highest strength.
Kherson, where Putin and the Russian political, military and media establishment said "Russia would be forever." A few weeks later, the Russians withdrew from the city of Kherson and retreated to the left bank of the Dnieper River, where they are now being pursued by the Ukrainians.
{The Russian Armed Forces, which had occupied the city since 2 March 2022, withdrew and retreated to the Left-Bank of the Kherson Oblast over the course of 9–11 November 2022.}
And all of this occurred before most of the more advanced NATO specification hardware was supplied to Ukraine in 2023 and NATO training of Ukrainian military personnel had been completed. Some may question why there have not been greater advances by the Ukrainians. As one commenter wrote, "Why move when the enemy simply keeps running into your fist". A fairly graphic illustration of attritional warfare.
Russia may have greater numbers of men to fill their ranks, but they would hardly be referred to as "superior" when matched against Ukrainian, NATO Defensive Alliance trained personnel. As much as half of Russia's better trained VDV {paratroops} (1)(2)(3) have already been eliminated in the WAR against Ukraine. Russia has even gone to the extent, in desperation last year, of sending their military trainers to the front lines. Consequently, the reason that most of the recently mobilised personnel are considered to have only very basic and limited preparation for combat. The more experienced and qualified personnel are favoured as backing troops, while recent conscripts, particularly from the outer ethnic regions of the Russian Federation, are used in "meat-wave attacks". Another example of Russian genocide.
The producers and manufacturers of the so-called Russian "modern military hardware" appear to be approaching the stage where they will accomplish very few sales in the future, because so much of their hardware has failed in it primary function. For example, air-defense systems that are annihilated by the very missiles that they are supposed to intercept. The same applies to their tanks {Amata, T-90 and 72's, etc.}. In addition to hardware performance issues, Russia's WAR against Ukraine has created logistical problems in being able to manufacture and supply military hardware for other countries.
"India and Russia have had a long-standing security cooperation partnership, with India relying heavily on Russian weapons and equipment for its armed forces. However, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Make in India initiative in 2014 {interesting to note the year, 2014} to develop the country’s defense industry and reduce dependence on imports. The war in Ukraine has caused India to accelerate this process and end negotiations or cancel agreements with Russia on several weapon system acquisitions."
Source: Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs.
(1) The heavy losses of an elite Russian regiment in Ukraine By Mark Urban Diplomatic and defence editor, Newsnight 2 April 2022 Russia-Ukraine war
Image caption, Some of the 39 Russian soldiers from the 331st regiment who are known to have died
"In any war, there are units that distinguish themselves and others that become symbolic of failure. The 331st Guards Parachute Regiment had high hopes of being the first, but now represents the disintegration of Russia's plan for a quick war.
"The regiment's commanding officer, Col Sergei Sukharev, was killed in Ukraine on 13 March, and was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation medal. At his funeral, deputy defence minister Gen Yuri Sadovenko said the colonel "lived for the future, for the future of our people, a future without Nazism". {Possibly he died because of Russian Nazism}
Colonel Sergei SukharevImage (source, GTRK-Kostroma)
Image caption, Col Sergei Sukharev, commander of the Kostroma 331st regiment, was also killed
"Casualties among Russian forces are not widely reported in Russia itself, but using open source material, the BBC has pieced together the story of their advance, and found that at least 39 other members of the elite 331st regiment have died."
"The men were part of a column that advanced into Ukraine from Belarus, led by Russia's airborne forces, known by the acronym VDV. Their presence underlined the priority of their objective - advancing on the capital, Kyiv." "That advance swiftly got drawn into a destructive stalemate in districts on the outskirts of Kyiv which soon became synonymous with the viciousness of the war: Bucha, Irpin, and Hostomel."
"Videos that emerged online from these battles showed combat vehicles used by Russian airborne forces with "V" signs painted onto them."
(2) "A top Russian general's rare admission that his elite paratroopers suffered heavy casualties in Ukraine was mysteriously removed"
Jake Epstein Aug 4, 2023, 2:52 AM GMT+8
Image caption: Russian paratroopers during celebrations on Paratroopers Day and Saint Ilyas' Day in front of the Spasskaya Tower on Red Square in Moscow on Wednesday. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko
--- A top Russian general admitted his elite paratroopers suffered thousands of casualties in Ukraine.
--- But shortly after his disclosure went public, it was mysteriously removed from the internet.
--- Acknowledgment of war losses is rare in Russia, and Moscow often downplay its casualty figures.
"A top Russian general admitted this week that his elite paratroopers suffered thousands of casualties while fighting in Ukraine, only for his disclosure to then be mysteriously removed from the internet."
"It's a rare admission from a senior figure in Moscow's military leadership, which often goes to great lengths to avoid acknowledging or to conceal its battlefield failures, setbacks, and overall losses. "
"Col. Gen. Mikhail Teplinsky, commander of Russia's VDV Airborne Forces, disclosed Wednesday that at least 8,500 of his troops had been wounded in Ukraine since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion more than 17 months ago. The number could actually be significantly higher. The Moscow Times reported on Thursday that Teplinsky's video remarks were initially published to Zvezda, a broadcaster run by the Russian defense ministry."
(3) "Ukraine’s army commander claims 3 elite Russian brigades ‘crushed’ in east"
"Ukraine’s ground forces commander General Oleksandr Syrskyi claims three Russian brigades left with no combat capabilities after fighting in east around Bakhmut."
Image Caption: "An assault unit commander from the 3rd Assault Brigade who goes by the call sign 'Fedia' raises the Ukrainian flag as a symbol of liberation of the frontline village of Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023."
"The 3rd Assault Brigade announced Friday they had recaptured the war-ravaged settlement which lies 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut, in the country's embattled east.
(AP Photo/Alex Babenko)
"The general in command of Ukrainian ground forces said his troops have routed three of the best Russian brigades fighting on the front lines in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine.
"General Oleksandr Syrskyi also said on Monday that the recapture of two eastern Ukrainian villages in recent days – Klishchiivka and Andriivka, both of which are located on higher ground near the destroyed town of Bakhmut – was an important breakthrough."
🇺🇦 Victory for Ukraine, Absolute Victory 🇺🇦
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@Ni999 Totally agreed and supported.
I generally ignore comments offering simplistic solutions to complex problems; as if no-one in Ukraine or the 60 plus countries supporting and assisting Ukraine, would not have thought of or, at the very least, be considering solutions to the problems being faced. I particularly avoid those where there is antagonism, derision and ridicule involved. With the millions of people on the internet, it is usually not worth responding. However, I acknowledged your post and will add a few of my ideas.
In addition to addressing the immediate problem of planning design and construction of such defensive weapons, is the issue of how many can be or should be made, how they will be disbursed and who will have control of them. They would need to be linked with a radar system and then have the people distributed across all the possible areas where the drones might be targetted, in a country of 44 million people and area of 603,628 km² {10% greater area than France}. And after all that the enemy upgrades their drone weapon with a small jet engine, adding a new diectional control {GPS or similar}, increasing the speed and possibly the height, plus or minus, at which they may fly. Then that whole process has to be undertaken again to address a new set of parameters. The manufacturing facility in which the original defensive weapon was produced may be adapted or may be of no use for an upgraded iteration of the original concept.
Some people have questioned the use and cost of "cardboard drones". Interestingly, suitability for purpose aside, it is the drive engine, directional and stabilising functions of the drone that are the most costly. But they are all wrapped in waxed cardboard - difficult for radars and other identifying instruments to pick up and difficult to shoot down other than a chance hit on a critical internal part. If not used as a suicide drone but as a delivery drone, they can be recovered and used again. One is supposed to have made 60 return trips. I found it interesting to search information on that drone which also led me in a few other directions.
One of my own earlier suggestions was to have blimps supporting a string or rack of chains to act as protection of sensitive infrastructure, such as water and power facilities. That was offered as a suggestion, without any derision or unpleasant "put downs", in the hope that if it was considered useful, the idea may be picked up and utilised. Or possibly, the principle may be developed in other ways that would serve the purpose. The intention is to "white board" ideas and distill from the collective mass, till a logical and practical solution is developed.
However, antagonism, derision and ridicule add nothing to the conversation apart from making it unpleasant.
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Russian occupation “authorities” reportedly began leaving the city of Tokmak as the Ukrainian army approaches by Bohdan Ben 29/08/2023
"That’s according to the information of locals reported by Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol, which is the next occupied Ukrainian city in the area."
“The occupiers are being smoked out of Tokmak. Almost daily explosions and the liberation of settlements in the Melitopol direction transform Tokmak, which is still occupied, to a completely front-line city,” Fedorov said."
"While the initial distance from the Russian-occupied city of Tokmak to the frontline was about 31 km, it is now less than 20 km as the Ukrainian army advanced, taking Robotyne and areas around it. The Ukrainian army has reached the second line of Russian defense in the area."
"According to Fedorov, the local occupying authorities are being transported to another city. It is not yet known which one exactly."
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Ukraine closing in on Russia's southern supply lines as Putin's troops 'starting to crumble' By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane and Riley Stuart in London
Posted Mon 4 Sep 2023 at 3:10am
"A Ukrainian soldier surveys the damage to one of the country's tanks on the road to Robotyne.(Reuters: Viacheslav Ratynskyi)
"When Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba last week told critics of his country's counteroffensive to "shut up", accusing them of "spitting in the faces" of frontline soldiers, it was obvious who his fury was directed at.
Key points:
Ukraine is closing in on Russia's supply lines in the country's south
Attacks on those lines could prove to be a turning point in the war
And experts say there's evidence Russian soldiers are "starting to crumble"
On Friday, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby was upbeat in his latest assessment.
"We have noted over the last 72 hours or so, some notable progress by Ukrainian armed forces ... in that southern line of advance coming out of the Zaporizhzhia area," he said.
"We are opening the way to Tokmak and, eventually, Melitopol and the administrative border with Crimea," he said.
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Russian Special Services Start Fleeing From Tokmak
19.09.2023, 8:17 9,212
"The town is within the range of the AFU's artillery."
"Deputy of Zaporizhzhia regional Council Askad Ashurbekov noted that Tokmak is already in the zone of reach of the AFU barrel artillery."
"Tokmak is one of the key centres for the occupants. The enemy used the town as a base to accumulate ammunition and manpower. The advance of the AFU in the south already allows to hit the logistics centres and the accumulation of the occupants. The evacuation of Russian special services and some so-called authorities has already begun from Tokmak. Despite Tokmak has not been liberated yet, our military have already solved an important strategic task," Ashurbekov emphasised."
"According to him, Tokmak is being used less and less by the occupants as a base for large numbers of military personnel and ammunition."
"Tokmak is already in the range of the AFU's barrel artillery. And this significantly reduces the enemy's defence capabilities. The Russians can no longer accumulate large quantities of ammunition close to the front line. The enemy's logistical chains are increased and the defence line is weakened. Given the military tactics, the AFU may not need to fight to liberate the town. Perhaps the Defence Forces will outflank the town and force the occupants to retreat from Tokmak," Ashurbekov said.
🇺🇦 Best Wishes to all people supporting Ukraine 🇺🇦
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RuZZia's stated reasons for aggression against Ukraine
Agreed. The RuZZians have murdered civilians with their aerial and artillery bombardments, made the survivors homeless and destitute, displaced persons in their own country and refugees in the surrounding countries supporting Ukraine.
-:- So much for protecting the poor Russian speaking population of the Donbas region.
-:- The right leaning element {RuZZia may refer to as Nazis} in Ukraine, in terms of the percentage of the population, are probably on par with other "free world" countries and lower than exist in Russia and in RuZZia's own military forces.
-:- If RuZZia thought that achieving the capitualation and subjugation of Ukraine would be a 3 day exercise, how do the RuZZians account for their intention to de-militarize Ukraine. Given the RuZZian apparent perceptions, it would have to be assumed that theRuZZian's would have considered the Ukrainian military capacity to have been negligible.
-:- NATO was the other RuZZian concern. It seems incredible, in this day and age, where inter-continental ballistic missiles can be fired to the other side of the world, that Russia and Pootin have to hide behind the petti-coats and hang on to the apron-strings of little sister, Ukraine. Another characteristic of a bully when issues and events are not going his and their way.
How absolutely preposterous, ridiculous and pathetic ?
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 VICTORY for UKRAINE 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
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You are free to watch other channels that might suit you better. Maybe videos offered by Solovyov, Skabeyeva, Mardan, Simonyan and others. Alex Jones may appeal to you, Tucker Carlson, Eva Bartlett, Scott Ritter, Patrick Lancaster, Gonzalo Lira, if he is still around, Douglas MacGregor, The Duran with Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris, The New Atlas with Brian Berletic, Redacted with Clayton and Natali Morris ........ So, there is plenty of scope for you to find information that will appeal to you. And it will save us from having to put up with a lot of whinging and whining.
Good Luck.
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Rapid End to WAR & Attrition of Military Resources.
Agreed and supported. Many people are saying, "We could have ended this WAR last year, if Ukraine had been given all they needed". What people seem to forget, or simply do not know, is that:
#** February 2022 Russia had nearly 3 times as many tanks as Ukraine had prior to Feb 2022.
Russia 3,400 tanks Ukraine 1,400 tanks {60% advantage to Russians}
July 2023 Today, Ukraine's tank inventory is believed to be considerably better equipped and have greater capacity and firepower than the Russians and they now have more, outnumbering the Russians by ~50%.
Russia 990 tanks Ukraine 1,500 tanks {50% advantage to Ukrainians} #+++
#** February 2022 Russia had 14% more heavy guns and artillery in Feb 2022
Russia 2,200 Artillery/Heavy guns Ukraine 1,900 Artillery/Heavy guns {14% advantage to Russians}
July 2023 Today, the Artillery and heavy guns inventories are:
Russia 773 Artillery/Heavy guns Ukraine 1,100 Artillery/Heavy guns {42% advantage to Ukrainians} #+++
#** February 2022 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems {MLRS}
Russia 1,100 MLRS Ukraine 840 MLRS {25% advantage to Russians}
July 2023 Today, the numbers of MLRS are:
Russia 354 MLRS Ukraine 427 MLRS {20% advantage to Ukrainians} #+++
Had an all out WAR been fought in the early months of 2022, Russia would have had an advantage of nearly 3:1 against Ukraine in terms of military hardware. That may well have been greater because of levels of training of military personnel on the various platforms, and the elements of logistics and supply.
Today, Russia's inventory of military hardware is believed to actually be less than that of Ukraine in all the categories above. Ukraine has depleted Russia of much of its hardware, probably most of the best of the Russian troops and massive amounts of ammunition and also a lot of the infrastructure; railways, roads and bridges that Russia relies on for movement of troops, hardware and ammunition. That depletion of Russian military assets continues.
By this gradual process of attrition of the hardware, equipment, ammunition and {unfortunately, from a humanitarian perspective} Russian military personnel, I believe that many lives, particularly of Ukrainian civilians and military personnel, have been saved.
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@nivek-x8x
The so-called "Russian Black Sea Fleet" has had to sail from Crimea to the port of Novorrosysk. That was because the Russians were losing too many ships around Sevastopol, in the Western Black Sea, to the Ukrainians who do not even have a navy.
The Russians most certainly "f*cked up", as is demonstrated by being in the 637th day of their 3 to 30 day "operation".
This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here.
Details from the ORYX websites.
Russia: Total Hardware and Tank Losses 24 Feb 2022 to 22 Nov 2023
Total - 13152, of which: destroyed: 9139, damaged: 576, abandoned: 534, captured: 2903
Tanks - 2472, of which destroyed: 1616, damaged: 139, abandoned: 169, captured: 548
Ukraine: Total Hardware and Tank Losses 24 Feb 2022 to 22 Nov 2023
Total - 4725, of which: destroyed: 3228, damaged: 364, abandoned: 178, captured: 954
Tanks - 688, of which destroyed: 461, damaged: 56, abandoned: 37, captured: 134
Russian Naval Ships and Submarines (19, of which destroyed: 12, damaged: 7)
1 Project 1164 Slava-class guided missile cruiser: (1, Moskva, sunk)
1 Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette: (1, B-802 'Askold', destroyed)
1 Project 636.3 Improved Kilo-class submarine: (1, B-237 'Rostov-na-Donu', damaged beyond economical repair)
5 Project 03160 Raptor-class patrol boat: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (1, damaged) (2, damaged)
1 Project 02510 BK-16E high-speed assault boat: (1, destroyed)
1 Project 640 small patrol boat: (1, destroyed)
1 Project 1171 Tapir-class landing ship: (1, BDK-65 'Saratov', destroyed) 3 Project 775 Ropucha-class landing ship: (1, 'Minsk', damaged beyond economical repair) (1, damaged) (2, 'Olenegorsky Gornyak', damaged)
2 Project 11770 Serna-class landing craft: (1, destroyed) (1, damaged)
1 Project 1176 Ondatra-class landing craft: (1, damaged)
1 Project 22870 rescue tug: (1, SB-739 V'asily Bekh', destroyed)
1 Project 266M Natya-class minesweeper: (1, damaged) Russian
Total aircraft Lost
Russia - 539, of which: destroyed: 369, damaged: 36, captured: 134
Piloted aircraftLost:
Combat Aircraft (82, of which destroyed: 78, damaged: 4)
Strategic Bombers (3, of which destroyed: 1, damaged: 2)
Command And Control Aircraft (2, of which destroyed: 1, damaged: 1)
Transport Aircraft (6, of which destroyed: 5, damaged: 1)
Helicopters (131, of which destroyed: 101, damaged: 28, captured: 2)
Ukraine Total Aircraft Lost
Ukraine- 325, of which: destroyed: 231, damaged: 4, captured: 73
Piloted aircraft lost:
Combat Aircraft (71, of which destroyed: 70, damaged: 1)
Jet Trainers (2, of which destroyed: 2)
Transport Aircraft (4, of which destroyed: 3, captured: 1)
Helicopters (37, of which destroyed: 33, damaged: 1, captured: 3)
🇺🇦 Victory for Ukraine, Absolute Victory 🇺🇦
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@michaeldunham3385
Absolutely agree with and have supported your comment.
Putin and the ruZZian political, military and media establishment will just continue doing this, and they won't stop at Ukraine.
Once ruZZia has Ukraine, then the smaller western Black Sea countries, Moldova (not a NATO Alliance country), Romania and Bulgaria, are at risk. Both Romania and Bulgaria are difficult to support from the West. Then, with the support of Victor Orbán in Hungary and Robert Fico in Slovakia, Poland and Czechia have ruZZia on their Eastern borders.
But, I do not believe ruZZia will move further West from Moldova, Romania and Bulgaria. It is more likely, once they have created the Russian Azov and Black Seas Lake, they will then concentrate on the Suwałki Gap, between Poland and Lithuania. Capturing the Suwałki Gap would give ruZZia a clear route via Belarus to Kaliningrad and the Baltic Sea. ruZZia will then have divided the Baltic and Scandinavian countries from the Southern European countries. Next Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
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