Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "Ukraine loses up to 20% of equipment early in counteroffensive | DW News" video.

  1. Can we also point out that the Ukraine's counter offensive is the first in modern history without the offensive forces going in with air superiority. The Ukrainians are literally fighting with one hand tied behind their backs while Russians have the edge on air power. Fighter planes and bombers would have made mincemeat of Russian troops in the trenches and mine fields would have been strafed and the like. I am not a military analyst and I am only repeating what professional military analysts like Mr Martin have said and which explains why it is so hard for the Ukrainians to pierce the Russian front-line defenses. This is why the highly controversial cluster munitions should be something the Ukrainians can use to better even up the odds.
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  2.  offroadguy7772  GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGreat to hear from you. You are right of course. They would probably take out 60% of the planes. But to break through a front line defense only two dozen fighter bomber jets are needed to flush out the trenches and blast away mine fields and finally open the gate for the 11 Ukrainian brigades waiting to go in action. Everyone knows high losses are part of any counteroffensive. Once through the Russian defenses, the war changes into something called winners and losers.
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