Comments by "Tx240" (@Texas240) on "WarLeaks - Military Blog" channel.

Too bad they cut the video when the vehicle backed over the guy trying to use it as cover. Just like in normal traffic, if you can't see the driver's eyes, he doesn't see you.
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That's the same logic mindfuck my mom threw at me when I was a kid. Parents are so overrated.
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Knowing Russian engineering and maintenance quality, it might have gone up on its own. The pride of the Russian fleet, the Kuznetsov carrier, won't leave port without a fleet of tugs shadowing it since it likes to catch fire requiring it be towed back to port.
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@matthiasdarrington3271 - No. At first I thought it was odd that Putin would attack at this time of year, knowing that he'd be road locked because of muddy terrain. Think about it a bit more and it makes sense why he chose this timing. First, the Russian supply trucks are having enough trouble not breaking down on road. There's no way Russia would try to move supplies off road. Even if tanks and IFV could move off road, they won't (or won't very far) because the trucks they need to protect are on the road. Second, moving off road will burn more fuel and lead to more breakdowns of tanks and IFV that also already have maintenance issues from not being used or maintained properly during long storage. Third, Russians are having enough trouble navigating by road. Take them off road and it's entirely possible that they entirely miss their objective. Sure, it's possible to navigate by map and compass, but not nearly as easy as with a GPS in every vehicle, especially with only the vehicle commander or possibly the unit commander knowing where they are and where they are going. Heck, the US had reservist convoys get lost in the middle east and the Russians don't seem to have top level training either. Fourth, if you sent vehicles off road to attempt to maneuver around defenders to strike them to clear a path for the trucks, Russia still needs tanks and IFV with the trucks to guard them. That means both the expeditionary elements and the security element are weaker. Fifth, and probably most important is that Russia currently doesn't control territory as it advances (except in a few areas, mainly near Kyiv and eastern Ukraine 2014 invasion front line). What Russia controls are the roads. Securing a road is MUCH easier and requires much less manpower than securing a region. As Russia moves further into Ukraine, they have to leave troops back for security. That's less available to push an attack. As it becomes necessary to secure an entire region to prevent Ukraine also traveling off road to attack from random directions, that's a lot more manpower that must be spent on security instead of on advancing. Ask yourself why Russia chose to invade Ukraine during this time of year. The muddy terrain is a double edged sword. As soon as the ground dries up and Ukraine hunting teams can freely move off-road to attack Russian positions unexpectedly and unpredictably, the invasion is over. Russia will have to dig in and fortify positions it holds to prevent such counterattacks by Ukraine from any angle. Russian ability to sustain those troops that are dug in only becomes even more difficult as they still have weak logistics support.
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I really hate to say "good!" about men burning to death. However, under the circumstances (Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine)... Good!
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@Bullshlaha - yeah, it looks like he may have jumped out of the way in time, but the vid cut right then which made it look like whoever did the edit was trying to hide something. And, if it's nearly happened once, it's probably happened.
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@ElSantoDeMostoles - okay, fair nitpick. I'll amend my comment. If you don't see the driver's eyes then you don't know if he's seen you or not.
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It did look like nearly point blank muzzle flash facing the humvee, although I may be misinterpreting what I saw. Once the ground dries up, Ukrainian hunting teams will be able to move off-road in vehicles like these and the excellent Ukraine built BTR4 to attack Russian positions and convoys from any angle. The ground drying up is the end of the Russian invasion and the beginning of the Russian retreat.
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@ukleth - Russia tries and they get shot down. The expense of the aircraft and its pilot is a double edged sword with the aircraft's capability. Losing a limited jet and its pilot costing 10s of million (USD) to a practically limitless and cheap missile is not sustainable for Russia. The will only use jets where they feel they are safe, such as the recent airstrike on Dnipro that hit a school, housing block and shoe factory. Russia may have jets, but even overall command did have the will to risk them in battle, Russia doesn't have the combined arms effectiveness or command, control, and communication to bring in effective close air support without risking hitting their own troops. So, it's unlikely that Russian troops will get much benefit from Russian air power. Again, Russia HAS been using its jets. It's just that they are mostly attacking the same thing Russian artillery is...nothing specific. The jets are being used to terrorize civilians because that's all the Russian military is really capable of using them for from a targeting perspective (with no good forward air control on the ground) and from a risk to the aircraft perspective.
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@vallesmarineris - I'm not sure what county you're from, but for what Ukraine needs, the BTR4 is excellent. It's got good off-road performance and a weapons and electronics package that allows it to engage favorably with both Russian tanks and IFVs. "Amphibious" vehicles are a crap shoot. The US aged Marine Corps amphibious vehicles (amtrac) end up having 1 sink every year or so during training, usually fatal to the guys inside. It's pretty sad. I wouldn't count any of them to swim deeper than I'd wade through. Either way, as long as they don't need to swim, the BTR4 is excellent for hunting Russian vehicles.
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They seem to dismount immediately. I'm sure they've seen enough blown up Z, V, and O vehicles to have an instinct to get out of it before it gets hit by the next missile, regardless of what they've been trained. The problem with getting out of a kill box in Ukraine is that the Ukrainians are actually coordinating with artillery in addition to nearly everyone on the hunting squads having a launcher. Once the first vehicles are knocked out, there isn't any way to really push through. The only option is to try to drive around the wrecks and be the next blown up vehicle, go off road and get stuck in the mud and be the next blown up vehicle, or dismount and try to put up some defense before being killed, captured, or surrendering. Look at Speak the Truth channel and he's got a good map showing how much freedom the Ukrainians have to ambush and hunt Russian vehicles as they try to move towards Kyiv from the east.
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@РоманИванов-ц7п - Since you are a sheep, can you say, "baaaa"? Please, show us! We want to see you do it! Be a sport.
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Russia isn't even collecting their dead because there's no logistics to get them out of the battlefield and the bodies can't go to Russia anyways because it would break the narrative that only about 500 Russians have been killed in Ukraine.
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@gamingeuphoria7928 - I wish shorts had the normal UI do I could link the time. It's right when the video jumps. There's a dude who runs up to the APC to use it as cover but then it reverses quickly. It looks like he was able to jump out of the way, but that's when the video jump cut edit was made.
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jose luis pinzon C - Such anger. Tell us how him not being anywhere near it makes you feel.
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@12Sayat - I can guarantee you that if they've had such close calls, they've actually had infantry run over by vehicles, especially in the chaos of a rapid dismount and the driver acting evasively during an ambush. You can see infantry almost get hit in ambush vids as they dismount. The driver of these vehicles has no idea where infantry are if they're close to the vehicle. It's natural, as an infantryman to have the instinct to use the vehicle for cover when bullets are snapping and cracking overhead, despite having just dismounted to avoid being caught inside the vehicle if a missile hit it. It's just more evidence lack of training.
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@12Sayat lol
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@notapplicable430 - lol
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You don't want to be a crew inside a disabled tank in a hostile country.
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Zelensky has his own no fly zone with anti aircraft missiles as long as the keep being replenished. The real issue is the artillery that is shelling the cities Russia can't break through. Ukraine doesn't need a no fly zone. Ukraine needs more drones so they can knock out the artillery.
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@TheNegaduck - except that there are also the vanguard Russian special forces troops that were air dropped in and have now not been resupplied, out of ammunition, food, water who are allegedly dressing up in Ukrainian gear in order to move around.
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@Marc83Aus - Russia isn't using artillery spotters. They're blanketing a grid square. Maybe they something, maybe they don't. Maybe it's got military value. Maybe it's a school where civilians are sheltering.
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Navy divers get practice picking up the trash?
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When I was in Marine Corps recruit training 2 decades ago, we all became familiar with the sound of bullets popping and wizzing by or ricocheting as we worked on the rifle range lifting the targets. Sure, they're only flying overhead, but you get the idea. I agree with the comments that becoming complacent by being trained that you aren't actually being shot at in a live fire training could do more harm than good as troops will learn the hard way under fire that the enemy isn't shooting to miss. Obviously, the Ukrainians are acquitting themselves admirably, but I doubt the value of this training. There are other ways to acclimate soldiers to the sounds of combat.
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@dracoboomin6511 - they could, theoretically, but realistically, they can't. Russia chose to invade when it's muddy because it's advantageous. Read my other, earlier comment for why.
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@longshucksgaming - haha, thanks. I'm glad I was correct. It's been nice to see all the little blue areas pop up around red areas and the red areas shrink on Speak the Truth channel's custom maps. As I mentioned, I just thought about why, if he could invade whenever he wanted, would Putin pick the muddy season where off-road travel is impossible. Extra credit irony: Ukrainians flooded areas (especially near Kyiv so Russian forces couldn't link up around the north side of Kyiv) to keep them wet and impassible buying more time for defense to be set. Now, Russians are flooding some areas to slow down Ukrainian counterattacks and buy Russians more time to retreat. I don't know how much of the Russian rout near Kyiv, Chernobyl, and Mikolaev and Kherson areas was due to the Ukrainians' ability to maneuver more effectively for hunting or ambush or simply due to low Russian morale and supplies or...uhh...radiation sickness from digging trenches in the Red Forrest. #RussianLogic
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@Kotomine Berndrewd - Russia is still limited to roads as far as vehicle movement is concerned.
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No need to speculate. The vehicle didn't make it across the screen. It's possible it could've turned into the field but visibility is very bad in that APC. They would've only known they were getting shot at if it got hit. That's 8 to 12 crispy Russians. Good riddance.
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Pilot was tired or overwhelmed? He didn't even flinch.
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Welcome to Ukraine!
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