Comments by "Graeme Peters" (@graemepeters5717) on "The New Atlas" channel.

This has been standard operating procedure for the Ukrainian Army from the start. In the early days of the conflict, there were numerous reports, videos and accounts by local civilians about the UA setting up howitzers in school playgrounds. Much of the damage to apartment blocks was as a result/in response to UA and especially Azov firing from the windows of flats in these blocks.
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Two weeks ago, the Pentagon briefings stated that Russia still had 85-90% of her 'war power' (troops and equipment). She still hadn't deployed all that is available at the borders and hadn't called up any reinforcements or resupply. Other sources estimated that Ukraine had lost 85% of her equipment, troops, fuel and ammunition. I don't know if that included the estimated $400 million of equipment, vehicles, missiles and ammunition, just brought in from Poland, destroyed by Putin's 'unstoppable' hypersonic missiles.
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Two factors of the war in Afghanistan, which rarely get mentioned: It started soon after the Taliban banned the cultivation of opium poppies, reducing heroin production to zero. During the American occupation, cultivation was restarted and production increased to 700 tons per year. Shipped out by the CIA in planes hired from the US Forestry Service, they now control 70% of the World heroin trade! Secondly, a gas pipeline was built by Haliburton, through Helmand Province (during a war!) from the Caspian Sea to the Gulf, to compete with Russia for the Asian market! The war had nothing to do with finding Osama Bin Laden in a cave. They eventually found him (several years after his reported death from liver failure) in his house. So they buried him at sea on the way home!
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Zelensky admits Ukraine is losing 60-100 soldiers killed per day. However, the daily briefings from the Russian MoD show 200-400 per day. The briefings are also more detailed as to WHERE these took place. I suspect the Russian statistics are more accurate!
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@keithtomey5046 I was actually referring to reports from towns in western Ukraine, near Kiev. Patrick Lancaster's reports appeared later about Donbas and Mariupol. The MSM did a real hit piece about the time of the Bucha BS, showing the damage to blocks of flats near there. I counted over 20 burned-out Russian vehicles in the street in front of theses buildings. The locals didn't do it. The Russians didn't shoot themselves. UA destroyed them from the roofs and windows of those flats. Return fire and defensive fire from the Russians did the damage - and many civilians paid the price!
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Oops! According to the Deputy Chairman of the Rada Defence Committee, the F16 was shot down by a Ukrainian Patriot missile over Odessa, because of 'communication mistakes'! She also criticised the UA for lying to the Ukrainian people. The head of the Airforce called her a traitor and said she should be imprisoned. Zelensky sacked him! Even the Russian MOD didn't add the F16 to the scoreboard (only one Mig 31 this week), because they didn't shoot it down! However, they looked for, found and destroyed the Odessa Patriot battery! American military analysts have admitted the F16 failed to shoot down ANY Russian missiles, proving Zelensky and the UA to be liars! I bet Zelensky tries to claim the reward bounty for the first F16 shot down! The Ukrainian Army has proven its ability. Its ability to invade into Russian territory, using forest tracks instead of main routes to avoid contact, in an area not defended by combat troops, only border guards and territorial defence units. Zelensky has proven that he is capable of accelerating the demilitarisation of Ukraine by 20%, losing more than 8,200 UA troops plus 698 armoured vehicles in the Kursk area alone! Combined with the more than 60,000 troops the UA is losing each month in the SMO, 16,910 this week, (plus another 2,025 were added today!) 'it should all be over by Xmas'!
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Russia is doing the Ukrainian people a favour. At least the territories under Russian control can't be included in Kiev's sale of assets and territory, which starts on September 1st. If Kiev sells it all, there may only be the Donbas left!
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Realistically, none of the people of Donbas, Mariupol or Crimea are ever going to want to be part of Ukraine. So, the map of Ukraine will have to be redrawn/resized. With the loss of coal, iron and grain from those areas, the reduction of transit gas fees from Russia and grain export revenue through Mariupol, Ukraine will have a hard time financially, especially now they'll have to pay back the loan/lease to the US. With whatever repercussions come from the Russian bombshell 'bio-labs/weapons research' information release today - the future for Ukraine does not look very rosy!
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@desperatelyseekingrealnews Indeed. I was referring to the period of the 'special operation', as was the Amnesty report.
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Yesterday in Kherson: Up to three AFU battalions, including one armoured, attempted to break the defence of Russian troops towards Novaya Kamenka–Chervony Yar (Kherson region). The enemy succeeded in wedging into the defence of Russian units near Sukhanovo (Kherson region). Russian command that involved armoured reserve forces and organised ambush operation that caused considerable casualties among enemy units and made Ukrainian units to escape disorderly. The positions along the frontline have been completely recovered. Over 200 Ukrainian personnel, 14 tanks, 16 armoured fighting vehicles and seven motor vehicles have been eliminated at the abovementioned direction. Three tanks, one infantry fighting vehicle and UR-77 mine action system have been captured as trophies. 18 Ukrainian personnel have surrendered. Stremousov stated Ukraine has lost the equivalent of 10 tank and 20 motorised infantry battalions, 1,590 units and 10,000+ troops, since September, JUST in Kherson! In 6 weeks!
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Today's Briefing from the Russian MOD: "The Kiev regime has launched a strike with six rocket-propelled projectiles by U.S.-manufactured HIMARS MLRS at the provisional base of a unit of the Russian Armed Forces near Makeyevka (Donetsk People's Republic). Russian air defence facilities have shot down two HIMARS projectiles. The impact of four rockets with high-explosive warheads has resulted in the death of 63 Russian servicemen. Families and friends of these servicemen will be fully assisted and supported."
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Information that came out shortly after the 'Bucha massacre' claims showed: The 'mass grave' was in the churchyard - where else would you bury bodies of those who died during the occupation of Bucha? The bodies shown on satellite imagery were all adjacent to impact craters. The UA shelled the Russian Forces as they were leaving the area. The mayor of the area stated that Azov Battalion conducted a 'clean-up operation, in the days after the Russians left. Also confirmed by local residents. The common factor of the bodies found shot, bound and wearing white armbands, was bags of food, given to them by the Russian troops, which is a crime under Ukrainian law and proof of 'collaboration'! The claims of these killings was 3 days AFTER the Russians left!
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The UA has lost 329 tanks and AFVs in the last MONTH! Ukraine only has 'promises' to replace them - in 3, 6 or 12 months!
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@HANUMAN7454 Emperor's new clothes! I was that little boy!
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The Bucha Massacre (such as Operator Starsky) is fake propaganda! The photos of the stabbed woman in the checked shirt with the swastika on her chest in blood were taken in an Azov basement in Mariupol on March 27th! See the video report by journalist Patrick Lancaster.
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The latest lie by the MSM is of 'a mass grave in Mariupol with 9,000 bodies in a pit, where the Russians were trying to hide their war-crimes'. An independent journalist went there, 12 miles west of Mariupol, found 200-300 individual graves, each marked, with coffined bodies. The grave diggers said they buried each one. There is even a section for Ukrainian soldiers.
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Americans can't understand metric measurements. Dumb it down to 6 inch and 4 inch and maybe they will get it!
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It would only be a 'war crime' if the evidence shows 'deliberate targeting of civilians'. If the Tochka-U is notoriously inaccurate, is it possible its target was elsewhere. Intelligence apparently shows where it came from, which is a Ukrainian Army controlled area, where the 19th Ukrainian Missile Battery is located.
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The main reason Russia went into Ukraine was to stop the genocide in Donbas for the last 8 years. The Ukraine Army ordered evacuation of the city and knew there were thousands of ethnic-Russians at the station, waiting for the first train. They would not miss the chance to kill more of those they've been killing for 8 years 'for their children', which was written on the missile!
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For the last 10 days, Russia has focused on destroying UA artillery (76 artillery pieces 10th - 20th Jan!). Once their long-range defence is gone, the ground attack will start!
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On the plus side, mis-information channels are easier to spot now. If they say Ukraine is winning, you KNOW it's bullsh*t!!!
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'Redacted' has shown two videos which appear to show strikes by 2 missiles on the Crimean Bridge. That would seriously change the narrative, particularly WHO was involved. Documents leaked to 'Grey Zone' also reveal that the UK MOD had planed a number of ways that the bridge could be destroyed!
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@christianvanderstap6257 Yet the Western propaganda channels are claiming Ukraine has more tanks than she started with because of captured Russian ones!
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@thedolphin5428 You also have to remember that Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Why do you think that Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Mitt Romney and John Kerry all have kids working in Ukraine, for gas companies? Coincidence???
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@thedolphin5428 I agree, there are lots of off-shoots if you go down the rabbit hole. It's strange that these stupid sanctions are causing more damage to the EU and the US than Russia. They are holding nails for Russia to bang into the coffins of the Euro and the Dollar! The Ruble is rising and the Russian economy is well placed to boom, with increased trade with the 20+ countries that didn't sanction Russia. Also Putin has instigated a policy of 'import substitution', e.g. 97% of passenger aircraft will be Russian made within 5 years (it'll take the EU that long to find other sources of gas, coal and oil!), which will boost employment and security within the country. Is the West really that clueless?
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@deankruse2891 The Russians used Kinzhal to destroy those weapons in Ivano Frankivsk, Kalibr cruise missile to destroy them in Dnipro, high precision missiles to destroy them in Lvov and shot down a cargo plane full last week before it could even land!
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@deankruse2891 It was confirmed that $400m+ equipment was destroyed, that had just been brought in from Poland, plus a bonus of 150-250 mercenaries. The West has just sent Ukraine 5 SU29s as they were down from 60 to 15!!!
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Azov Battalion in Mariupol are now trying to use the civilians in the basement as trading 'chips'! They want to exchange 'one ton of food and medicines for 15 civilians'. They state no more will be released for free!
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Disgusted that the UK Govt is spending tax-payer money to defend the Nazis in Ukraine!
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@netzoned See how the Ukrainian Army attacked the people of Mariupol in 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OubfGIupgWE
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Research shows that every one of the shops in that shopping centre has been 'inactive' for 4 months! In its report about the attack on the vehicle storage centre BEHIND the shopping centre, which was being used to store ammunition and equipment sent by Western countries, Russia described it as a 'non-functioning' shopping centre, which caught fire from detonation of the ammunition. Note on the video reports, there are no cars in the car-park, no women, no children - only short-haired, military aged men!
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@FordFalcon1962nBlue I believe the phrase was 'loss of' (same as loss of vehicles, etc). Whether it means loss of use, loss of life or loss of - never going to fight again is a moot point. And it referred JUST to Kherson.
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If NATO countries deplete and exhaust their stocks of equipment, air-defence systems and ammunition to Ukraine and engage in more direct attacks on Russia, either inside or outside Ukraine, how will they defend against the Russian responses against military targets and manufacturing facilities within NATO countries! Other countries which have or are experiencing NATO aggression, e.g, China, Iran, North Korea, Yemen, Syria, etc, may take the opportunity to strike back against an exposed NATO. Johnson shows a lack of knowledge: "Anyone who doesn't love the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants to recreate the Soviet Union has no brain!" - Vladimir Putin.
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@jeanie6936 No need for him to make it up. His facts are verified by numerous other sources. The crap you talk about, however, I've yet to see anything in the way of evidence on even the pro-Ukraine channels. How come?
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Ivan Itchykok Look at the established timeline: Russian troops leave. The mayor confirms they have left. Ukraine police search the area for booby-traps and residual troops. Ukraine Army shells the area(?!) Azov conducts 'special clean-up' (targeting conspirators). Massacre is reported. These events are on record and confirmed by local population. The New York Times satellite photos of the bodies also show the impact craters of the shells that killed them! The 'mass grave' is in the churchyard. Where else would you bury the bodies of those who died?
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Ivan Itchykok I've never seen Father Christmas. I have, however, seen the video of when the journalist visited the site of this 'mass grave' - so I DO believe the claim is MSM bullsh*t - as was Bucha!
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Ivan Itchykok A present from Father Xmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPThMHaJ594
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