Comments by "PNH 6000" (@PNH-sf4jz) on "Cluster Munitions Will Make Ukraine Safer" video.
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While I am inclined to agree, I believe that Ukraine should be able to use the same munitions that russia is using, except Nuclear weapons, In their own territory and against all legitimate military targets on Russian territory. However, I am a proponent of the "non escalation by Ukraine" perspective.
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, not including jet fighter air-craft, SU-95 heavy bombers and ships in the caspian and Black Seas, from which Kalabr and Cruise missiles are fired. That advantage 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 land-based hardware 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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I am so pleased that what you have stated appears to also be realised by an ever increasing number of people in the comments following videos. In this respect, the Russians have been their own worst enemy. They have continued to escalate this WAR, waged by Russia against Ukraine, since 2013-14, starting with the incursions and insurgency into the Donbas region and Crimea { See Igor Girkin/Strelkov Wikipedia article. } and major escalation in February 2022. Because of the continual escalation the Russians have clearly "shown their colours" and the contempt with which they view Ukraine and also, the rest of the Free World.
That insurgency, from 2013-14, was fought in the Donbas by Russian military personnel, supporting the so-called "separatists" { traitors and Russians } who were also responsible for the fomenting of insurrection among the Donbas and Crimean populations.
As you have written, "But what are Ukrainians supposed to do?" The Ukrainians either fight to retain their country and identity, or capitulate to the Russians. If they capitulate, Ukraine would, most likely, cease to exist as a country with any recognisable national identity. They would then be subjugated, subordinated, diminished and dominated by the callous and vindictive Russian political and military establishment, as the Russians have amply demonstrated themselves to be.
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