Comments by "Gabor Rajnai" (@gaborrajnai6213) on "Battle for Bakhmut: At what cost do Russian forces advance? | DW News" video.

Of course it has a strategic importance. There is their army to destroy, for god's sake....
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@qili3899 Its not that easy to retreat from a city to the open ground if there is an army besides them ready to pursue. Most likely they have to leave behind considerable troops to secure the retreat.
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They don't declare full sclae war, because this is not a full scale war for them. 200 tanks? Really? They have 6000 and 12000 AT guns, and a fortified Dnyieper shore. To try an offensive to the Crimea is in itself a suicide mission, everyone knows that.
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@timber-rider Well, no its not that easy. Russian AA strength is formidable, NATO had to invent stealth technology to counter it, that was its purpose all the time. 3rd gen fighters are not good against them for various reasons, the most obvious is that Russians have radars which can monitor Ukrainian air traffic 1000 km from the frontlines, and even their fire control radars are situated deep inside Russian territories. Yes ATACMS could be a possible counterforce, but Ukraine will never get them, because to bomb Russian military installations in Russian territory with NATO equipment is the brightest of red lines, which would trigger a certain response regarding some NATO country, most likely Britain.
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Yep they are, WAPO, Politico and other sources wrote extensively about it. The US considers to send trainers to train them to use less ammo. The Telegraph - US warns Ukraine it may not be able to continue 'same level' of support Politico - U.S. focuses on training Ukrainian troops to use less ammo Politico - U.S. tells Ukraine it won’t send long-range missiles because it has few to spare
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It is indeed possible, thats what the US and the Soviet Union did in Europe and Japan.
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@Nebrox That few dozen is actually 5000 if you mean the ukrainian foreign legion.
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@Nebrox They lose a ton of equipment, but not a ton of manpower. Their whole casuality figure is around 20.000 to 25.000 with 8000 LPR and DPR supporting troops included. Besides if they win this, it won't be as easy to sell it as they are not stronger and NATO is not weaker than the real respective forces. And they have the upper hand.
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@Nebrox They need conscription because the Ukrainian military was at least 800.000 strong, they can't protect their flanks with 100.000 people. This figure is actually from the MOSSAD, but it coincides with the Meduza reports which details their casualties down to military districts, and coincides with the attrition calculations of the Washington post, so these numbers are actually double checked, and logical. They literally retreat from any situation where they could lose a high amount of manpower, while constantly shelling the Ukrainians from afar. They could be routed, but Ukrainians missed two opportunities, once when their recon units closed on Severodonetsk, but they chose to go for north during the Khakhov offensive, and second time, when they let them slip away in the Kherson offensive. Those were grave mistakes from the Ukrainians, if they would exploited those situations, there wouldn't be any fight for Bakhmut, and Russinas wouldn't be in a position near the Dnyieper shore.
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@Nebrox I looked into those numbers. So Australia France and the US made promise, that they will ramp up production to 90.000 155 mm arti shells by month till 2025. Problem is: as of today Ukraine is using up to 7000 shells a day, and Russia is firing 20.000 shells a day. So without stockpile, even that won't be enough to supply them. It is actually half of what they need at current consumption.
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Actually it is just bargaining. Western nations send tanks, because they want to push Putin to accept a peace deal with the current standing, and they hope they can convince him to accept that. To convince Ukraine is not a problem, they are completely dependent on western financial support, they will do what they told. This was leaked to Neue Zuricher Zeitung by the Germans.
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Did anyone actually seen in any video those claimed "human wave" attacks? There is a ton of war footage, but I've only seen such where ukrainians telling that those are exist.
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@dougcoombes8497 They fired their 4000'th precision guided cruise missile in january. Thats twice the number of precision weapons the US used in its wars in 30 years, and you still buy, that they have problems with microelectronics? Thats a clear bs. They have 6.000 tanks in their operational reserves AND 13000 in their field depots, now the latter are the rusting junks, which we don't talk about. They fortified the whole Dnyieper shore with AT mines and concrete bunkers, and ordered in 300.000 conscript to defend it. You can search the New York Times article. Why do you think you don't see this mass of troops attacking? Because they are waiting for the ukries in their positions, to make a bloodbath, when they try. So the ukries have to cross a river which is actually wider than the widest lake in Europe, in some places almost as wide as the channel, there they have to go through a 10 mile zone of mines and fortification, to which Bahmut looks like a little schooltour, while Russians can launch 10.000 rounds for them and they can shoot back 500. But they can send infantry against that, well thats what I would call a human wave attack. It will be a slaughterhouse, but noone can retreat from the web of lies, what the West and Ukrainians invented, so the Russians only have to play the defensive this time to grab a devastating victory. They still have a military, which is a match for NATO, not for Ukraine, thats what everybody keeps forgetting.
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Actually your background image is more telling, than your report DW. Guys with green marks on their helmets, or green bandages around their arms are fresh conscripts in the Ukrainian military. They aren't supposed to be in such a fierce fight, because they don't have the experience to hold the line. Besides they started this war with a 800.000 strong military, if they wouldn't suffer high casualties, then why do they need to push their fresmeat into the frontline.
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@timber-rider None of those are good against AA batteries. They would need stealth fighters and bombers to have a chance.
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