Comments by "TotalRookie_LV" (@TotalRookie_LV) on "The Armourer's Bench" channel.

  1. "Hordes of enemies" in this case is pretty accurate for situation arond Bahmut. As Ukrainian spokesman said: "The only way I can describe it is - zombie apocalypse". Waves of soldiers running towards machineguns. Sometimes it's a bit more reasonable, yet stupid anyway - send some soldiers with spades, they start entraching themselves, then Ukrainians take them out. Russians send next crew, who continue digging, and... If one has a lot of people, it is possible to make a new trench system closer to enemy this way, problem being - Russia is big, but not infinitely big, they got only 3,5 times population that of Ukraine.
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  2. Thank you, Canada! My small country (directly bordering Russia) is sending all we can to Ukraine, despite ourselves having a very small and pretty lightly armed army, but they need those more than we do now. Besides as long as Russians are kept busy, trying to hold at least something and not lose instantly, we are pretty safe.
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  3. ​ @hendrikvanleeuwen9110  Or they just are saying as it is and send photos as proof (but those can't be displayed on social networks and get removed automatically (I know, I've tried)). And no, Russia would not have been out of men by now, as they lose "only" around 200 personnel in Bahmut area each day, while elsewhere it's pretty much standstill, thus it would take over 4 month at least to wipe them all out, IF they were all used in the idiotic way. But yes, the proportion of losses is not in Russia's favor, it seems Russia can't beat a country that is not at least 5 (better make it 7) times smaller by population, while Ukraine is only 3,5 times smaller, thus throwing cannon fodder at then does not and will not work.
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  4.  @hendrikvanleeuwen9110  P.S. Perhaps I should add, that I grew up in USSR, and I do speak Russian, including at home, thus I'm not in a least surprised Kremlin treats people like expendables, especially considering those, who were thrown at Ukrainians, were neither regular military, nor real "Wagner" mercenaries, they were "sort of mercenaries" - convicts formally serving as soldiers in "Wagner Group".
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  5. There were bayonet charges in 1982 Falklands and at least twice in Iraq after 2003 plus in Afghanistan, each and every time those were Brits. So, while rarely used, bayonet is not completely obsolete.
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  6.  @schutzanzug4518  P.S. It's not the only place, where something like that can be found, like the chief of the "Wagner Group" himself published some grim photos on Wednesday, while complaining about their insane losses and blaming Army command for it.
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