Comments by "Arty" (@arty5876) on "Russian invasion of Ukraine [13 Jan 2023]" video.
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The reason why the Russian army was not able to quickly capture all of Ukraine, and the war dragged on, is that Russia is not fighting against Ukraine at full strength. For the first 7 months, Russia fought against Ukraine at a quarter strength, now Russia is fighting at half strength. The fact is that in Russia a significant part of society does not support this war. And even among the supporters of the war, there are people who will not approve of large losses. That is why Putin, in his speech on February 24, 2022, stated that only volunteers would fight in Ukraine. 18 year old recruits will not take part. And this is 50% of the Russian army. By the way, they still do not fight, although 11 months have passed. And among contract soldiers, only volunteers who have signed a contract fight. At the same time, war has not been legally declared, so that Russian soldiers, after the expiration of the contract, can count on vacation at the state expense, and they have the right not to conclude a new contract. Thus, many fought in Ukraine for one or two months, returned to Russia, and never returned there. In other words, out of its entire army (440 thousand soldiers), Russia deployed approximately 100 thousand soldiers in Ukraine at the same time. In fact, Russia started the war by sending a small part of its forces to Ukraine, about a quarter of the army. At the same time, Russia fought for the first 7 months without mobilization. Those. these 100,000 soldiers fought in Ukraine without reinforcements. At the same time, Ukraine had 200 thousand soldiers at the beginning of the war. The Ukrainian army from the first day of the war had a numerical advantage. As of February 24, 2022, 100 thousand Russian soldiers and 40 thousand soldiers from the DPR and LPR opposed the 200 thousandth Ukrainian army. But for a successful offensive, a numerical superiority is needed. In addition to the 200,000 original soldiers, Ukraine began to mobilize from the first day of the war. The Russian army, being in a numerical minority, successfully advanced only in the first 3 weeks. Then the offensive got bogged down in Ukrainian numbers. Nevertheless, Russia performed well until September.
This tells us that the Russian army is more combat-ready, and the losses of Ukraine are higher. This is confirmed by military history. In modern warfare, 90% of losses are the result of artillery. Russia until August had a total superiority in artillery. Also, do not forget the difference between a contract soldier and an 18-year-old conscript. An 18-year-old conscript is an unfit soldier. Yesterday he was sitting at the school desk. And a contract soldier is a professional soldier, an adult 30-year-old man who voluntarily serves in the army for several years, receiving a good salary. Until the start of mobilization on September 21, 2022, Russia fought against Ukraine with volunteer contract soldiers, and Ukraine is fighting with 18-year-old cannon fodder. While Russian 18 year old conscripts still don't take part
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