Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "Russia issues nuclear threat to Europe" video.

@askedkedeldeif As some 40% of Russia's tank loses in Ukraine are the latest and most up to date version of the T-72, despite making up only some 20% of the Russian tank force, the evidence does not support that idea. They have sent in their best and it has done little good for them. Besides who would send in their weakest forces to lead an invasion. That would not make any sense militarily. And let's not forget that they used the 331st Guards Parachute Regiment at the beginning of the war. And they are supposed to be the best of the best. That is the regiment which not only failed to take their assigned target, a Ukrainian airfield, but also lost their colonel as well. We all looked at them and thought of the old Soviet Union military. But Russia has been in economic decline even before the Soviet Union collapsed. And it has been going downhill ever since. Economic cutbacks have led to a steep decline in all areas of Russian life. Where is the much vaunted T-14. There should have been 2,300 in service by now. They are now saying they will not enter service until 2025. There are a number of reasons why they are not in service and will not be for some time, if ever. One is simply the Russia's economy cannot afford them. Another reason is that cutbacks in education means they are having to buy most of the parts from abroad because they have no more engineers to make the parts themselves. They have had to shut down the tank factory where they are made because they do not have anything to make new ones. Not even the T70s. And let's not forget the sales of Russian aircraft have fallen through because things like the engines are very poor and the radar is about 30 years out of date. Turns out the Russian military is not, as we thought, ten feet tall. In fact they are struggling to look four feet tall. It turns out that the Russian bear is a paper tiger.
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@terrycoontz We talk of generational differences but this has got to be so much more pronounced in Russia. All the young Russian soldiers, sailors and airmen in the armed forces today were born some twenty to twenty-five years ago, after the collapse of the USSR. So they are part of today's world. Whereas many of the senior officers were born either in the Soviet Union or just after when the old Soviet system was still present. So each has a very different outlook on the world. Which is why were are seeing soldiers deserting or refusing to fight. Even members of the much vaunted Spetsnaz are refusing to fight. Now we can see that whatever the generals were trying it has not worked.
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@hdlkm1145 Actually Russia's economy is much worse than Germany's. Russia's economy was worse than Italia's but has a population two and a half times that of France. And the French economy is much better than Russia's. If run properly there is no reason for it to be a very good economy. But with rampant corruption, very poor levels of education and some of the highest levels of alcoholism of any country, one in four Russians will die of alcohol related health problems before they are 60, that is not going to happen.
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@jimduffield7822 It looks at the moment like this may be delayed as the weather has slowed down the movement of Russia's reinforcements. There is a lot of heavy rain in the area which will make if very difficult for Russia's armoured vehicles to move.
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@GT-ox3pe Please check out my reply to AB as I have made a few points as to why I do not think Russia is keeping their best for later. I would be interested to know your thoughts. I think China has enough troubles of their own at the moment as their economy is facing many problems. Also as Russia has stirred up quite a hornets nest it is not looking good for China's invasion of Taiwan which they planned to carry out in the next five years. And they will be less than happy that all of this has caused the US send Patriot missiles to Taiwan. The other thing to remember is that, unlike Russia, China is a world economy and so they would have a lot to lose if they get hit by sanctions. You only have to look at how hard Huawei has been hit by sanctions.
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@massimo625 40% of Russia's tank loses are their latest T-72s and they only make up some 20% of the tanks being used. And militarily not using your best troops would not be a good idea if your aim is to get a quick victory
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Here's a thought for Russia. Give up the thugs life and live in peace with your neighbours. That way they would not need to join NATO.
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@Terribly_Grimm Well it's not got any better that's for sure.
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@khiem1939 Definitely.
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@chrisgoldie5577 That should be more worrying than what is happening in Ukraine at the moment. But we can understand why Ukraine is the priority.
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