Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "Ukraine Matters" channel.

  1. For those who feel sorry for Russia losing its strategic planes, Russia can stop this war today by withdrawing to the internationally recognized (also by Russia, in 1991) border between Russia and Ukraine.
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  2. The point about troops abandoning their posts is that it is no longer a question whether each specific troop will stay and fight. The question becomes, will the troop next to me will stay and fight. Because if he thinks he will not, he might well consider that the last one to leave is the most likely to be killed, and decide to run first. Self-preservation is contagious...
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  3. Personally, I think the Ukrainian offensive will continue rolling up the main Russian defense lines during the autumn, forcing the Russians to counter-attack all the time in terrible conditions. It will be a very nasty autumn for the orcs.
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  4. Thank you for the update! The decision whether to hold a position or to retreat when the Russians are pushing hard must be one of the toughest for the Ukrainian leaders. E.g. in Bakhmut, they lost men when the city was finally overrun and the UA soldiers could not safely extract themselves. But if retreating too quickly, they expose yet another town to the Rusky Mir -- total destruction. May God give the Ukrainian leaders wisdom! And may confusion and fear strike the Russians.
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  5. It is the political will that is lacking. During the cold war, many NATO countries had munition factories in moth balls that could be restarted in a very short time. But these have been sold & demolished, because we thought they were not needed anymore. Politicians need to start funding such factories again. They will be making money for the next few years, and after that they need to be mothballed as part of the strategic reserve.
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  6. You are doing great work, Georgie! Refuting all the misinformation & pro-Russian propaganda is very important.
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  7. The previous two times the USA focused on internal politics and didn't help their allies, a world war resulted in which millions hundreds of thousands of US soldiers died. Just so you know what is at stake, also for the USA.
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  8. Thanks again, Gorgi! You are performing a vital service in providing excellent information and analysis of the war.
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  9. Ukraine did not achieve its objectives in isolating Tokmak. However, it is slowly but surely destroying the Russian army, which is a great achievement.
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  10. Movies will be made about these men. Legends, every one of them. Representing & leading hundreds of thousands of other legends.
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  11. "Russia will be in a world of pain" Let it be! I can't wait for the orcs to be erased from Ukraine. Those deluded idiots think they are Ghengis Khan or something, invading a peaceful neighbour and committing the most awful atrocities imaginable. Let Justice and Righteousness come for them!
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  12. The way Russia uses its satellite states to fight for them to make more satellite states infuriates me. I don't understand why the DPR people let themselves be used in this way, fighting their own brothers. But it should be another incentive for use to arm Ukraine, so its people will not be turned against ourselves. Ukraine must win, or else there will be decades of war in Europe.
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  13. The US is reverting to its role just before WW1 and WW2, times when a strong display of support would have prevented a world war. Pray this does not become the prelude to WW3, and pressure US congresspersons to do the right thing.
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  14. Same with e.g. glide bombs. Instead of pre-programming the bomb, they can find targets while in the air and provide e.g. rapid support to troops. They can also direct laser-guided bombs to hit e.g. slow-moving targets. After the Sx00 radars are taken out, of course.
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  15. It is not in the interest of a dictator to train a competent army. Because competent officers may get ideas of their own... Especially if they see an incompetent ruler. That is why democracies usually defeat dictatorships, especially in the long run.
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  16. The USA being slow with supporting Ukraine results in Ukraine investing HEAVILY in its own weapons industry. This means that these idiotic Republicans, who complain that supplying Ukraine would hurt the USA, are actually hurting the USA by creating a competitor for its Military-Industrial Complex. Ukraine will come out of this conflict as one of the leading weapons constructors.
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  17. "they will come after the USA as well" This is what WW1 and WW2 taught: the USA may try to be isolationist, but it or its people were eventually attacked, which forced the USA to join the allies. As Churchill said, the USA can be counted on to do the right thing--after exhausting every other option.
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  18. Russian being a "resource area" for China? It has been called that before, by Tom Clancy in Debt of Honour and other books.
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  19. A good thing the Russians are as stupid as they are. But then, invading Ukaine was very stupid to begin with. Having good relations with a neighboring country (as Russia had before 2014) is MUCH better than trying to dominate an independent people. Everybody looses because of this war, even if Russia had won.
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  20. Well spoken. Europe needs to realise that freedom is not for free. It takes courage, sweat and occasionally, blood, to be free from dictators.
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  21. The Ukrainians have a HUGE advantage: they know both the Russian and the NATO tactics & strategies. They can pick and choose what works best and surprise everybody.
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  22. ​ @Ephmral  The problem is that to make shells properly, they need to be forged (pressed into shape while red-hot). There are not many objects that need this type of treatment, and special equipment is needed for it. But apart from that, the factory could definitely be re-used for other purposes.
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  23. I am absolutely amazed by the Copium coming from the traitor caucus in the USA, i.e. Marjory Taylor Green etc, demanding that the President should have spent his time at East Palestine, Ohio, in spite of not being invited by the (Biden-hating) governor. They know this was a significant event that greatly upset their master, Putin.
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  24. The Ukrainians do like to paint the picture of them being the underdog. Which of course they are. But I do think they like to underplay their strength a bit more than necessary. Which I am fine with, by the way. Ukraine needs to give itself every advantage it can. But from the start it has been obvious that Russia is never going to beat Ukraine. Question is, how much damage are the !@#$% allowed to do before they leave. I hope as little as possible, so every day they stay in Ukraine is one too many.
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  25. Good news! Russia is always trying to get quick results, which is why when they have fresh men available, they are immediately thrown at the lines. Ukrainians simply wait, perhaps retreat a bit when things gets too hard, until the fresh Russians are exhausted -- which doesn't take long. All the while, they are systematically demolishing Russian logistics, and probing for weak spots -- which will come as a result of the demolished logistics. Then they break through and liberate a thousand square miles.
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  26. The attitude of Scholtz is one of the more surprising aspects of this war. It will be remembered, both inside Germany and outside.
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  27. The biggest dangers for the river crossing are Artillery and Air-power, especially helicopters. Ukraine has been steadily attriting Russian artillery to the point where it is a shadow of itself. Ukraine out-ranges it, is much more accurate, and has a larger volume of fire. And recently, a HUGE dent in Russian airpower was made. That may well have created a window of opportunity for the Ukrainians to establish a proper bridge head, reinforce it and start to push out. The Ukrainians proved that they can keep the Bridgehead across Antonivski, and that the Russians could not move them out of there. They will now link up the three bridgeheads and start pushing out to get the Russians ~10km away from the river. Then the crossing will be secure, and they will be able to bring heavier vehicles into the region. Ukrainians will take their time, it won't be like the crossing of the Rhine by Patton, with pontoon bridges at several locations and heavy divisions fully supplied ready to jump across in hours, but we have seen what Ukrainian light troops can do. This war isn't decided by heavy armour anyway.
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  28. Thanks for pointing out that having casualties does not mean you are loosing. If every Ukrainian soldier who dies takes 6 Russians with them (as Ukraine is claiming), they are definitely winning. That is a nasty loss rate for Ukrainians, but for Russia it is completely unsustainable. Still, Ukraine will have at least 10.000 dead soldiers to mourn... But before they are mourned, the Ukrainians will avenge them!
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  29. Both the Washington Post and the New York Times have been spreading Russian disinformation to the point they can not be taken seriously. SHAME ON THEM! People should wake up to that fact and cancel their subscriptions.
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  30. I like old US movies showing in great detail the steps involved, like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPGqLjnNIJY Obviously many of these steps can be automated now, but the steps will remain more-or-less the same.
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  31. While an absolutely astounding feat by Ukraine, this does have consequences world-wide. At a stroke, strategic bombers have been made obsolete in (near) peer warfare. Indeed, the world is no longer the same.
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  32. That inflation and the interest rate in Russia are still this high (and rising) is a sure indication that there is something seriously wrong with their economy. Usually, ultra-high inflation means that the ultra-rich have accelerated their stealing from normal citizens. So it looks like some are taking advantage of their positions while it lasts.
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  33. RIP, Pete. Thank you for your service and for the kick on the b-hind for those in the West.
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  34. Re Republican support for Ukraine: The HUGE problem here is that there are too many people supporting the Traitor Caucus for domestic policies, and can so get a candidate nominated that would give Ukraine to Russia.
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  35. I am not surprised at all that the Ukrainian reports of Russian dead are pretty reliable. At the start of the war there have been some other ways in which those numbers were verified independently.
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  36. During the cold war, many NATO countries had munition factories in moth balls that could be restarted in a very short time. But these have been sold & demolished, because we thought they were not needed anymore. That was a mistake. Politicians need to start funding such factories again. They will be making money for the next few years, and after that they need to be mothballed as part of the strategic reserve.
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  37. To put the Mariupol genocide into perspective: before the war, it had 425,000 inhabitants. If half of them were murdered, that are 212,000 souls. Just that single example of the police woman being treated as a POW is a major war crime. Murdering 212,000 innocent civilians, while systematically shelling the green escape routes, that is genocide. Yet the ICJ is investigating Israel for genocide, when it let a million people escape from Rafah unmolested, and not Russia which cut off all escape from Mariupol and simply erased the city, civilians and all. I have lost all respect I had for the UN, Amnesty, the Red Cross, the ICJ, etc, etc. Not only because of how they act in Ukraine, but also the Israel-Gaza war. I have had to rebuke the Dutch spokesperson for the Red Cross who was falsely claiming that hospitals were not to be touched in war under any circumstances, but the Geneva Conventions are very clear that hospitals lose their special status as soon as combatants start using them as bases. And who authored the Geneva Conventions? The Red Cross. So you'd expect them to know what is in those documents. But no, they are full of ..it. That was when a Palestinian rocket struck a parking lot next to a hospital, and she accused Israel of a war crime, the 🤡. I was amazed that the Red Cross et al didn't condemn Ukraine for blowing up the hospital in Vovchansk after the Russians had fortified it. They have often attacked Ukraine for defending itself, while keeping silent about blatant Russian war crimes.
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  38. As far as I can tell, the Ukrainians are fighting a very intelligent war. They make the Russians bleed enormously for every 100 meters, while taking care (as much as possible) of their own troops. In this way, they even turn tactical withdrawals into strategic victories. Russia only has 3 times as many people as Ukraine, so it they make them suffer 6 to 1, as Zelensky has said they are, and which seems plausible, they WILL win this war. The only thing I hate is that every town that is abandoned means that the next town will also be destroyed by the Orcs. If only we could get our fingers on some 300 billion dollars and help the Ukrainians rebuild...
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  39. Yes, the Greeks colonized Crimea. In the 7th century BC. About 1700 years BEFORE the Tartars started arriving in the area.
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  40. As an example how A5 works, look at the past. * The UK was aggressively attacked by Argentina. In that case, A5 was not invoked. The UK crushed Argentina by itself. * The USA was aggressively attacked by terrorists. A5 was invoked, but each NATO member decided for itself if and how to join with the USA. There is no rational reason to not invite Ukraine immediately. We could make them a member right now with a condition that they shall not invoke A5 with regards to the Russian invasion for 1 year (or 1 month, whatever), so as to give Russia time to withdraw out of Ukraine. Now I could respect NATO for doing that. Obviously, Russia will scream murder and threaten nuclear destruction, but in the end will simply withdraw. We could add a few carrots, if we wanted, but it wouldn't be necessary.
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  41. The Ukrainians have an excellent strategy for defense: let the attackers bleed a lot for every mile they gain. Ukraine is a very big country, they have a LOT of miles that need gaining...
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  42. This is very exciting. I hope the Ukrainians will fight with great wisdom, keeping their casualties low. And I hope that the orcs will surrender in droves, they should not let themselves be sacrificed for the glory of Putin. Because the Ukrainian victory is absolutely guaranteed.
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  43. Great to hear about the Russian "civil war". The more Putin throws men into the meat grinder, the more likely it becomes that a mutiny or revolt will develop. This is how the Tsars lost Russia.
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  44. The advances of Ukraine were inevitable since 24 feb 2022. Before that date, I thought that Putin would never be as dumb as to actually invade Ukraine. The rush towards Kyiv was a very tense moment, and whether Zelenski would have the courage to fight instead of flee, but even if Kyiv had been taken, Russia had no chance to keep Ukraine under control. The Ukrainians drove the previous dictator / Putin Puppet out of the land without weapons. This time, the populace was armed. Ukrainians know what it is like to live under the boot of the Russians, and they will never submit to it again. Even if the West were to drop all their support, Ukraine would still defeat Russia. At a much higher cost, but still they would win.
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  45. Ukraine's goal is to make the war too expensive for Russia to continue. That is easier to do during defense than during offense. So it makes sense to switch to the defense of Avdiivka.
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  46. Great update! Soledar starts looking like a Pyrrhic victory (IF they actually manage to take and hold it): winning a battle but losing the war because of the huge cost of that "victory".
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  47. Trump isn't a good deal maker, in spite of that book that he let someone else write and put his own name on it. Putin only knows Win-Loose outcomes. And those are always terrible deals. The only acceptable deals are Win-Win, or no-deal. For Ukraine, any deal where they lose territory is a Loose deal. Because they know that Russia will simply invade them again in 5 or 10 years time, until they have it all. Only a deal that can prevents any future invasion is acceptable. For example a deal where Ukraine becomes a full NATO member, with NATO troops stationed on the border with Russia and NATO frigates patrolling the Black Sea, might persuade Ukraine to cede some territory.
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  48. Cluster munitions are not controversial in this war. Russia has been using them from the start with abandon, directly targeting civilians, with only moderate protest from human rights groups.
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  49. About provisioning Ukraine: Russia doesn't stand a chance. It has an economy the size of the Benelux, including their exports of minerals and before the war started. The have absolutely zero chance to out-produce the western nations. People think that the democratic display of a need for e.g. more shells displays weakness. Not at all. It is a necessary step in having industry meet that need: politicians publicly ask for proposals from industry to provide something, and the politicians publicly award a contract, before anything happens. In Russia, such things are hidden from view, in a democracy those things happen in the open, and reporters report on them. So announcements of the need for x-amount of shells do not mean those shells will not be available. Quite the contrary, it means that the process to provide them has started. BTW, Benelux is the combination of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, three countries with very strong historic, sociological and economic ties.
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  50. Congratulations with your silver YT button! A great acknowledgement of the important work you are doing.
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