A full mobilization generates tons of poorly trained soldiers, put them in their granddad T60, with helmets made before 1945, unable to supply 150000 existing men, what will happen to 1mio? This configuration is called cannon fodder
Rick. Don't forget that a lot of Russian soldiers have only a Mosin Nagant 5 shots bolt action rifle designed in 1891. The Russians must have enough of these rifles as about 37 million have been produced.
Canon fodder but those that survive will learn and fight on to hardened veterans. I just doubt modern Russia and its people would allow the deaths in the tens to hundreds of thousands more than what has already happened.
Mobilization is not the problem. It's what comes afterwards. In Russia mobilization is seen as a sign of war but in Russia declaring war is illegal in law. It would be better for Russia if Ukraine would declare war to Russia or atleast invade them.
And what do you think will happen when he looses the war for Russia? People historically speaking don’t tolerate dictators that start and lose wars. I think the fall out would be even greater.
If we are serious about long term global security than citizens in western countries need to demand that Ukraine be provided the means to fully defend it’s land and drive Russia back to its internationally recognized borders. We have a unique opportunity here and decisively defeating Putin (especially if it results in his removal from power) is critical to dissuading Xi and others from trying the same.
And my German government is still over-hesitant when it comes to the delivery of battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. I absolutely do not understand it. What's going on in Chancellor Scholz' mind?
I sincerely hope Poland and other countries will help Germany get over the "keine Alleingänge" part. It's also a solo if you're the only one that stays behind. What a bloody embarrassment.
I'd love to see him try. The biggest motivation for the Russian troops right now is to run back home. It's not like motivated soldiers are just going to magically appear now.
The United States has 900 HIMARS systems in active service right now. My government only gave the the Ukrainians 16 units. Imagine what will happen if the Ukrainians are given 50 - 100 units. The Russians will just be sending in more canon fodder.
And all those troops that succeed to get home will be spreading horror stories about what really happened in Ukrain. Very motivating for fresh troops yet to go.
100 himars systems are worthless without ammo. And firing 100 of those systems is going to be expensive.. Each rocket is highly technologically advanced and expensive.. Like atleast 100.000 dollar per shot..
@@gypsyg9612 I'm sure that 100 HIMARS would be enough to destroy every Russian fuel depot, weapons storage facility, airfield, and command center. It would be worth it, even at 100K a missile.
@@Stanley-px3bt They would create chaos that is for damn sure. Both highly accurate and highly mobile and solid range, give it a coordinate and it hits it. I am not sure if the US has the ammo production for it to be fired hundreds at a time though atleast at the moment
Fancy being dragged from your middle class family in St Petersburg, given a bit of basic training then sent to fight a well armed, well trained foe that hates your guts. Sounds like fun.
@@AmieEss Glory to the Motherland : Yes, like in the German novel "Nothing New in the West" One soldier to the other: "I think we're going on the offensive.." The second soldier: "How do you know that?" The first soldier silently points to coffins being unloaded from a wagon...
@@AmieEss But... "We need to leave Kherson now ivan!" "No dmitri, we are staying right here." "Are you saying it's safe here and the AFU counteroffensive is fake news?" "No dmitri, I'm saying I can't swim and it's the only way to get away. Now hand me those white Ukrainian socks. I'm making a flag."
Phil , it dosen't matter for Putin , for him cannon fodder in vast numbers are okay . Just read what Stalin did prior WWII with his Own rusians from west or European Russia . Now Putin still wants etnic russians as cannon fodder because european side of russians would rise against him with a coup . The call so cannon fodder are in this war just because of money , majority . Russian are poor in a rich country .
@Dream The current helmet models that mirror the Advanced Combat Helmet design, have been known to stop AK-47 rounds during combat. Just ask Iowa National Guard member Tom Alberts. Alberts is living proof (literally) that ballistic helmets work, and work well. Alberts was shot in the head by an AK-47 and his helmet stopped the round and saved his life.
@Dream So you literally have no idea what your are talking about? You do understand that helmets aren't designed to solely stop bullets? Even though their is proof that US helmets made of UHMWPE can stop both 5.56, and 7.62mm. You have watched way to many war movies.
Go for it Vlad I am sure it will not cause unrest on the home front one little bit. No doubt all those from Western Russia will jump with joy at the thought of a stint in Ukraine during winter in place of those from the provinces. Maybe they can also release all those in Russia arrested for saying the word 'war' when this happens.
Mobilization now would look like a desperate admission of failure. If Vladdy-Poo wanted to mobilize he should have done it in February when martial passion was high.
And it is hard to justify as long as the Ukrainian are not invading Russian territory. Maybe that is what they are trying to bait them into doing by bombing them from Belgorad.
Well, in war you either learn fast, or you die. Ukraine is quite successful in the learning part so far. And a general mobilization wouldn't help Russia or Putin, because Ukraine has by now quite the experienced army at hand, and skilled generals. Russia has lost countless generals already, and all soldiers mobilized would be absolutely untrained and inexperienced. Also I doubt that North Korea will be able to provide enough artillery shells to hold off the Ukrainians until next year...
Yep. Even if Russia mobilized today, it’s a full 6 months behind Ukraine in doing so, and the Ukrainians are receiving far better training. More poorly-trained Russians equals more cannon fodder.
@@bluemarlin8138 Not forgetting around 10,000 fresh Ukr troops are just about to complete their expert training with the British Army and will shortly be arriving equipped to the Nines with the best kit the West can offer. Each one worth 100 mobilised Ruskies ;-)
There are enough private satellites… we all have a general idea what Russia is doing in real time… the US intelligence undoubtedly has more information than whats available to us randos
It would be far better if the lady conducting this interview allowed Ledwidge to complete his sentences and explanations. He knows what he's talking about and I for one would like to heat his opinions uninterrupted.
How can putin call for full mobilisation if it's all going to plan as he and other senior russian ministers have said? How would the russian population handle that?
Also what will full mobilization achieve besides adding more meat into the grinder? Conscripting more men won't make the non-existent Russian Air Force suddenly effective, nor replenish supplies of guided missiles.
Military experts have a hard and fast "rule" that an attacker needs at least 3x as many troops when attacking a defender to be successful. We've been hearing this a lot in this war. However, those same people have now altered that ratio down to 1.5x as many troops needed, IF you are attacking Russians.
It's not a "hard and fast" rule, it's only ever been a very broad rule of thumb. No serious or knowledgeable analyst or tactician says that it's a "hard and fast rule".
Extremely risky politically. Having recruited from outlying provinces and vassal states to hide the true casualty rate, recruiting from major conurbations and then sending more poorly trained, equipped, and led “soldiers” into Ukraine will make the task of hiding reality from Russians back home unsustainably difficult. How much of an admission of failure will this be seen as within Russia, especially given the setbacks on the ground in the last few days?
@@Morwenna1220 Also russian guys are volunteers. When they'll return home dead or mutilates what would be the shock for their families? And we are speaking about tens of thousands of men. Russian will pay for this war for many years.
The Chechen forces have been on leave from June and have just deployed back in mid and south Ukraine . The Wagner group is a mystery group in many ways like the US contractors, their numbers are also not known yet they seem to be very effective -- they are deployed back within 48 hrs , the Militia which was carring on the military infantry duties are now being supplimented by regular Russian forces . So it's a different scenario now . And with no electricity , no trains , trains stuck at various points mid-route these soldiers and their war machinery is easy targets for the Russian artillery and airforce .
He can't call for a full mobilisation: the people will demand to know what's been going on for the last 6 months why the war, correction, military operation is still going on. Much of the public, will refuse because they don't want to die and don't see why Ukraine is a threat to them.
I dunno, there's this youtube channel interviewing russian pow's. Most of them are province dudes hoping to get a quick buck. Russia outside of Moscow City entirely enhabitated by these uneducated, poor people who don't need much morale besides a few hundred rubles.
The average Russian, especially the old Soviets, believe what they've been told: NATO is the cause of all this, and its coming to humiliate Glorious Russia. In reality, of course, it's Russia's government that has humiliated the country, and will continue to do so because it's what they do.
The Russian forces in Ukraine have been mainly drawn from the Russian hinterland and disproportionately from ethnic minorities within their borders while excluding urban European Russians. They have been excluding troops from its urban centers to hide their losses from the public because trains full of caskets in Moscow and St. Petersburg would be bad PR for the regime. This policy was also used during the Soviet-Afghan War to lessen the impact of that war on the urbanized proletariat and by extension the government and party members. If Russia chooses to fully mobilize for war there's no reason to believe that the majority of those conscripted into service wouldn't also be ethnic minorities so they can protect their core of urban European Russians. If they draw conscripts from their hinterland it's unlikely these sparsely populated areas would be able to find the numbers necessary to organize anti-war protests. Putin knows that too many of his troops are surrendering so he's calculated that if he attacks Ukrainian civilians he will scare his troops into believing that the Ukrainians won't take prisoners. The Russians have not repatriation their war dead because sending home trainloads of caskets is bad PR for Putin. If Putin has the bodies cremated in the field he can skip registering the dead and list them as missing or captured instead. Since no family wants to believe their sons have been KIA Putin gets to conceal his losses and hold on to his justification for the war in the short term and potentially threaten the families of the dead or captured with reprisals if he portrays them as turncoats. There's currently an opportunity for the frozen conflicts in the former Soviet Republics to reignite with the Russian military tied down in Ukraine. So far the former Soviet Republics have been playing a waiting game and anxiously watching the war in Ukraine hoping to exploit a Russian defeat. However, if they wait too long they risk a full Russian mobilization and the Russian military being able to redeploy its forces from that front to reopen these frozen conflicts. They may not have as good an opportunity as they have now.
your are mostly correct, but they are paying compensation to 48k russian families? as of a few weeks ago, which ties in with actual lossrs, if they were hiding them why compensate?
Russia's best troops were destroyed months ago (along with a handful of key commanders and top brass). All Russia has left are conscripts, convicts and a ragtag legion of elderly and mercenaries.
The answer is yes. Russia doesn't have enough troops presently. Only mobilization would give Russia the numbers they need. However this action would only be sending more inexperienced soldiers to the front.
Those "soldiers" will be easier to convince to march on Moscow than to march towards Ukraine. A mobilized Russia will be revolution and Pooptin knowns this.
That would be the time when widespread resistance occurs. The people living in the cities are mute as long as they don't get dragged into "Putin's war". Goal #1 for Putin is his political and personal survival. Goal#2 is winning the war in Ukraine. He can afford not to win in ukraine, if it means keeping his hold on power. Goal #1 is going to be lost the moment he orders conscription.
Sending more untrained bodies into this does not fix the collapse of morale, the loss of hardware, or the terrible leadership leading to such losses. He would just be wasting more resources.
Most of their more modern armor and experienced troops are comitted to St. Petersburg and Moscow, Putler the bunker grandfather isn't going to sacrifice those assets for sure..
Looked up Igor Girkin's twitter (puts his "views" up, sorry). Two words - similar meaning "worried" and "troubled". And I don't think he was referring to his war crimes trial going on the in the Netherlands in his absence.
I was watching a show on Brig. Gen. George C. Marshall in WWII. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his logistical efforts to rebuild Europe. They had a rating system based on how many miles the item needed to go and how important it was. Weapons, Ammunition and Communications had priority. They used the "Red Ball Express" very effectively in Germany. The drivers were only supposed to go up to approved points to unload but some of them went all the way to offload right on the front lines. They also mentioned that it takes about 10 people in total to support each man at the front. Ukraine needs to make sure their logistics can keep up with their achievements. Sometimes it's good to take a breather and let everything catch up.
Mobilization using what equipment and what cash, when they cannot properly arm or equip or even properly pay their existing "army"? Winter is coming...
Mobilization would do nothing, too much artillery, untrained, heavily undergeared, nothing to fight for, it would be chaos for them with too many casualties and also upcoming winter would play its role.
@@youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850 both? Russia has nothing left to advance with and is left hoping that somehow France or Germany or Poland will rescue them Ukraine gets stronger every day so a pause while they keep growing and Russia keeps shrinking helps them.
Since the break up of the soviet union Russia has started 2 wars with chechnya, illegally annexed the crimea region of Ukraine and now has started a war in Ukraine. This is a country that we shouldn't be doing business with whatsoever, now or in our lifetimes.
You left out Dagestan, Tajikistan, Transnistria, Georgia, and sundry involvements in Syria, Libya, Central African Republic, and now Mali. And all on Putin's watch.
@@realnapster1522 The main points are probably that 1. nobody should be giving Russia a free pass, if they're also condemning the US or West, because USSR / Russia has been every bit as dark, and 2. while the abominations of the West, overall, have seen a definite reduction in both frequency and intensity over the last few decades, Russian aggression has shown the opposite - a marked increase in the Putin era.
Every international conflict that is currently unfolding proves the same point: Aggression does not pay. We have become so dependent on each other that there is simply no way to tip the balance in one place without tipping it throughout the system, namely worldwide. The coming years will prove two facts: 1) We cannot stand each other and do not care one bit for one another. 2) We cannot live without each other’s help. The collision between these contradictory facts will make us realize that we are like wheels in a machine. Each wheel turns in a different direction, but only when all the wheels turn in the direction they are supposed to turn, the machine works properly. If even one wheel changes its direction, the machine stops working. When we realize this, we will understand that we have no choice but to turn the fight inwards. We will have to fight against our hatred of others, rather than fight against each other because of our mutual hatred. We will have to realize that it is precisely the differences between us that enable us to get what we need from others rather than having to make them by ourselves. Progress, rising standard of living, improved health, nutrition, education, transportation, communication, professional opportunities, and every other benefit that modern civilization offers is built on different people with different skills and different fields of interest contributing their part to the global system that our world has become. The difference between modern civilization and the ancient cavemen is rooted in increased cooperation and collaboration. If we were all the same and did the same thing, we would be more backward than our most ancient ancestors who had just come down from the trees and found a mate to live with in a cave and protect each other from predators. We couldn’t stop the direction of evolution toward increasing cooperation even if we tried. Just as organisms evolve by increasing their dependence on each other and the complexity of their connections, humanity evolves through increasing connection, communication, and the complexity of our systems. The only reason that natural organisms are succeeding and human society is failing is that we resist the diversity and its benefits while nature embraces it. If we were aware that only our excessive individualism and narcissism prevent us from reaping the benefits of diversity, perhaps we would stop fighting against other people, and began to fight against the element that pits us against each other: our own ego. I am convinced that simply realizing that our real enemy is not outside of us but within us will improve the world dramatically, and we will reap benefits that today, we cannot even imagine.
Not sure Russia "really likes" attritional warfare. Take the overly optimistic blitz at the start of the war as an example. They've also restructured their land forces into Battalion Tactical Groups with a very high emphasis on mobility (although that hasn't really panned out...) And specifically in this war, attrition is very much in Ukraine's favor as they have (so far) basically unlimited monetary support from the West and have mobilized their entire population to the point of saturating their bureaucratic and logistical capabilities to put people in uniforms. So, yeah, maybe Soviet era doctrine "really liked" attrition, but that hardly applies to this conflict, imo.
Ukraine may have unlimited money supply from the west....but at what cost. Of course the vultures hover around distressed creatures waiting for them to be too weakened to defend themselves so the can swoop in and peel the flesh off the bone. All of that limitless money will have to be paid back. Look what happened to Poland in the 1980s when the west assisted them and cleaned them out. Of course they will help, like private hospital will help crash victims, but they lose their home and pension fund. That's how the market works. Before a battle is fought the enemy is fixed by tying them down into fixed positions. The same happens the the economic war after the military war. The enemy is fixed so it has to accept the terms and conditions. Even if Ukraine wins the military war it will lose the economic war when the providers to all of that western money come for their pound of flesh. If you think Ukraine had it bad before the war after the war will be the time of reckoning. The market place takes no prisoners.
The problem I find is that the Ukrainians attacked a sector of the front with little russian resistance to show forth. In some area's it was completely wide open and so its understandable how the ukrainians were able to advance so incredibly fast. I see that ukraine did a good job of getting russian forces to concentrate near Kherson, and so the russians were unable to do anything about it when they attacked way north. But until they get reserves to plug that gap, the ukrainians will continue to exploit any empty ground.
That's the idea , but it will not be successful because the troops who drove through 40 to 90 kms inside Russian territory in their exuberance as Russia with their experience was withdrawing from . These are at the borders with Russia where they had reached once before also . The way back is closed so one gets the impression that they may be liquidated there without any contact with their own forces anymore . The south offensive is gone , the strike force that descended on the ZNPP has been liquidated and taken prisoners off or in hospital .
@@satyabratachatterjee1938 Russian casualties (including POWs) are over 20 times Ukrainian casualties for this offensive. Humiliating defeat for little Russia.
Can he feed,arm and organise the ones he already has ? If not throwing more troops into the chaos will only hasten the backlash and downfall which will undoubtedly follow such stupidity
I'd like to know what a response COULD be to Russia bringing in their allies to Ukraine to join the war. Is it possible or remotely likely that the introduction of countries outside the Russian Federation would bring consideration of outside intervention on the side of Ukraine in as much as it would no longer be a war between the Federation and Ukraine.
What allies? China isn’t going to get involved because they need Western markets and tech. Syria, Iran, and North Korea don’t have the capability to get involved (and Iran is trying to get access to western oil markets). Belarus would have a revolution if they got involved. There’s really nobody else.
@@aaronbaker2186 Neither of the "allies" russia can try and call are in any position to do anything, neither militarily or politically. It also would be a rather nasty situation for them as it would most certainly spark a more substantial NATO response and that is the absolute LAST thing Putin wants (he most certainly knows all about how poorly that went for Saddam, who honestly had more advanced kit during Desert Storm than most russian grunts would be given now).
@darknightoftroy what? You mean ww2 when the US/GB sent them thousands of tanks, jets and tractors? They are losers. It was the wrong decision to help these communist rats against the Germans. At least let the Germans get Stalin and the parents of Putin
TO ALL VIEWERS: Ukraine is a cause worth supporting. Let's all contact our government representatives to urge them to increase military aid to Ukraine. You can call your representatives, send them an email, send them an old-fashioned letter, respond to one of their Tweets ... something. Take the time to help Ukraine now ... you'll be proud of yourself when you do.
@AMechanicalSoul yes but to produce all of those weapon need money , and it cost billions,where is the money from ? Those money doesn't come from the tree , or sky , where is it from ?? Our tax payer ??
@@airborne63 No we’re not. Large majorities in both parties support continuing to fund and supply Ukraine. We have plenty of oil and gas over here, and we’re tired of Russia pretending it’s still a world power.
Send drones with flyers that say: "Dear Russian soldier: There's no point in staying here. Go home with your people. Your government doesn't need you, doesn't love you and doesn't care for you... we do."
As I understand Russia already has a shrinking population thanks to low living standards. More young men being thrown into the fight will only accelerate it.
Unless they have magical supplies lying around im curious how they would equip mass mobilization. An army of conscripts armed with mosin nagants? They couldn't even keep their special terror operation supplied.
@@sidecar7714 yes, lying around, 40+ years old, never maintained, often left outside. "Russia has over 10,000 tanks!" Of which 2/3rds are inoperable. Similar problems with other equipment.
Russia still has a lot of troops and military equipment. It is elsewhere though as they really do not want to pull troops away from places like the Chinese border... But their military has been exposed as not being as capable as once thought...
Mobilise more conscripts and then what? Who trains them? Who leads them? What are they equipped with? What happens when they run into their own troops coming the other way and see the state of them?
When Russia does that, the west can completely support Ukraine with all assets and annihilated the Russian military leaving them decimated for decades unable to mount any further offensive for decades.
Let us don't fool ourselves, Russia is not down and out yet. They're recouping and this time around Russia will be much stronger. It's the right time for NATO, E.U and the rest of the world that support Ukraine to intensify their military help, so Ukraine will be able to counter any strength Russian will eventually bring in the battle...
Agree about keeping Ukraine supplied with munitions, material, training and intelligence in order to shorten the war. I don’t think Russia can commit any effective additional forces, only add more cannon fodder. When the body bags start arriving in Moscow and St Petersburg Putin’s in deep 💩
Nato needs to get involved more or the Russians will be at your door before you know it. Ukrainians are willing to do whatever it takes now so give them what the everything. To end this Putin has to be taken out. Hopefully Russians do it .
Some comments are not understanding the 3:1 ratio for attacker success that experts talk about. A well trained disciplined force gain that local superiority with force concentration. The expert talks of the Ukrainians using manoeuvre warfare to achieve the force concentration. Say two opponents have 100 men each in one area spread over a front. An attacker can concentrate 30 men to attack one point, to overcome a defensive force of 10 strong. Then move on to attack another 10 strong defensive position. The attacker still maintains a roughly 8:10 ratio to defend elsewhere.
And 3:1 is only sufficient in open terrain... heavy terrain, entrenched enemy 4:1 to 6:1... City and built-up area 10:1 and more and that without using the tank weapon... Examples: Stalingrad 1942/43 Aachen 1944 Berlin 1945 Mariupol Steel Plant 2022
Also 3 to 1 is combat power, not a count of troops. 10 untrained farmers or office workers with 1891 rifles is not the same combat power as 10 experienced well trained veterans with modern weapons. If the latter 10 attacked the former they would slice through with ease, even though they didn't have 3-1 in numbers.
Where are all the St Petersburg trolls? Normally they’re all over this type of news. Waiting on which collective nonsense they’re going to use this week?
A full mobilization generates tons of poorly trained soldiers, put them in their granddad T60, with helmets made before 1945, unable to supply 150000 existing men, what will happen to 1mio?
This configuration is called cannon fodder
Rick. Don't forget that a lot of Russian soldiers have only a Mosin Nagant 5 shots bolt action rifle designed in 1891. The Russians must have enough of these rifles as about 37 million have been produced.
They probably won't even have enough older model AK's to supply the tropps because they sold everything...
Yeah, I saw some videos of russians soldiers with soviet style helmets.
Canon fodder but those that survive will learn and fight on to hardened veterans. I just doubt modern Russia and its people would allow the deaths in the tens to hundreds of thousands more than what has already happened.
@@johtor2358 No problem ; i am shure a lot of AFU soldiers have the spirit to aim and hit like Simo Häyhä !
If he does that, then it will be his demise! He should be careful not to stand too close to windows!
@@pensionnewschannel5176 Demon eyes 👁👁much? comrade?
Mobilization is not the problem. It's what comes afterwards. In Russia mobilization is seen as a sign of war but in Russia declaring war is illegal in law. It would be better for Russia if Ukraine would declare war to Russia or atleast invade them.
And what do you think will happen when he looses the war for Russia? People historically speaking don’t tolerate dictators that start and lose wars. I think the fall out would be even greater.
@@rikuvakevainen6157 Russia could do a false flag
@@pensionnewschannel5176 🤣👍
If we are serious about long term global security than citizens in western countries need to demand that Ukraine be provided the means to fully defend it’s land and drive Russia back to its internationally recognized borders. We have a unique opportunity here and decisively defeating Putin (especially if it results in his removal from power) is critical to dissuading Xi and others from trying the same.
Exactly so.
Only one bullet in the right place and this war is finished.
Trust is lost.
All kinds off business will be different.
Not impossible but different.
Yup
Easy to say when it’s not you fighting on the front lines! The reality of war is much different from behind a screen in the comfort of your own home
And my German government is still over-hesitant when it comes to the delivery of battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. I absolutely do not understand it. What's going on in Chancellor Scholz' mind?
Which is more important: sending 1,000 tanks to a foreign country or protecting the well-being of one's own citizens during a financial crisis?
We need to give Ukrainian more military hardware? Jet fighter's, armed personal carriers! One way to stop this war now strong Ukrainian army.
@simplex. Your Chancellor Scholz is a Putin puppet so get rid of him
I sincerely hope Poland and other countries will help Germany get over the "keine Alleingänge" part. It's also a solo if you're the only one that stays behind. What a bloody embarrassment.
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How is not sending tanks protecting Germans economically?
Even if he does it will be a failure because of their incompetence
Really? Open The Saker and cry.
I'd love to see him try. The biggest motivation for the Russian troops right now is to run back home. It's not like motivated soldiers are just going to magically appear now.
The United States has 900 HIMARS systems in active service right now. My government only gave the the Ukrainians 16 units. Imagine what will happen if the Ukrainians are given 50 - 100 units. The Russians will just be sending in more canon fodder.
And all those troops that succeed to get home will be spreading horror
stories about what really happened in Ukrain.
Very motivating for fresh troops yet to go.
100 himars systems are worthless without ammo.
And firing 100 of those systems is going to be expensive.. Each rocket is highly technologically advanced and expensive..
Like atleast 100.000 dollar per shot..
@@gypsyg9612 I'm sure that 100 HIMARS would be enough to destroy every Russian fuel depot, weapons storage facility, airfield, and command center. It would be worth it, even at 100K a missile.
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They would create chaos that is for damn sure.
Both highly accurate and highly mobile and solid range, give it a coordinate and it hits it.
I am not sure if the US has the ammo production for it to be fired hundreds at a time though atleast at the moment
Fancy being dragged from your middle class family in St Petersburg, given a bit of basic training then sent to fight a well armed, well trained foe that hates your guts. Sounds like fun.
See it from the positive side. It might reduce the number of Russian trolls here on TH-cam.
you forgot to mention the cause... oh yeah it doesnt exist
The Russian government : Everything is going according to plan! 🧐
The Russian Soldier: Why are we here? What are we fighting for? 😞
"The Motherland of course! Here's your gun. Now march in that direction and bring us glory."
@@AmieEss Glory to the Motherland :
Yes, like in the German novel "Nothing New in the West"
One soldier to the other: "I think we're going on the offensive.." The second soldier: "How do you know that?"
The first soldier silently points to coffins being unloaded from a wagon...
@@AmieEss The land that didn't belong to us more like.
@@AmieEss But...
"We need to leave Kherson now ivan!"
"No dmitri, we are staying right here."
"Are you saying it's safe here and the AFU counteroffensive is fake news?"
"No dmitri, I'm saying I can't swim and it's the only way to get away. Now hand me those white Ukrainian socks. I'm making a flag."
Maybe for similar reasons why Americans went berserk in 1962 when Russia was going to place nuclear missiles in Cuba at America’s doorstep 🤷♂️
I believe, the whole planet, is fed up with economic issues from this conflict.
And it’s not in Russian favor.
Everyone knows who stopped the wheel.
It doesn’t help the Russian soldiers when they are equipped with helmets you could punch a hole through
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Phil , it dosen't matter for Putin , for him cannon fodder in vast numbers are okay . Just read what Stalin did prior WWII with his Own rusians from west or European Russia . Now Putin still wants etnic russians as cannon fodder because european side of russians would rise against him with a coup . The call so cannon fodder are in this war just because of money , majority . Russian are poor in a rich country .
@Dream hahaha Russian soldiers are using ww2 rifles, not AK's.
@Dream The current helmet models that mirror the Advanced Combat Helmet design, have been known to stop AK-47 rounds during combat. Just ask Iowa National Guard member Tom Alberts. Alberts is living proof (literally) that ballistic helmets work, and work well. Alberts was shot in the head by an AK-47 and his helmet stopped the round and saved his life.
@Dream dream good at dreaming but not good at reality.
@Dream So you literally have no idea what your are talking about? You do understand that helmets aren't designed to solely stop bullets? Even though their is proof that US helmets made of UHMWPE can stop both 5.56, and 7.62mm. You have watched way to many war movies.
Go for it Vlad I am sure it will not cause unrest on the home front one little bit. No doubt all those from Western Russia will jump with joy at the thought of a stint in Ukraine during winter in place of those from the provinces. Maybe they can also release all those in Russia arrested for saying the word 'war' when this happens.
Mobilization now would look like a desperate admission of failure. If Vladdy-Poo wanted to mobilize he should have done it in February when martial passion was high.
And it is hard to justify as long as the Ukrainian are not invading Russian territory. Maybe that is what they are trying to bait them into doing by bombing them from Belgorad.
Well, in war you either learn fast, or you die. Ukraine is quite successful in the learning part so far. And a general mobilization wouldn't help Russia or Putin, because Ukraine has by now quite the experienced army at hand, and skilled generals. Russia has lost countless generals already, and all soldiers mobilized would be absolutely untrained and inexperienced. Also I doubt that North Korea will be able to provide enough artillery shells to hold off the Ukrainians until next year...
Yep. Even if Russia mobilized today, it’s a full 6 months behind Ukraine in doing so, and the Ukrainians are receiving far better training. More poorly-trained Russians equals more cannon fodder.
@@bluemarlin8138 Not forgetting around 10,000 fresh Ukr troops are just about to complete their expert training with the British Army and will shortly be arriving equipped to the Nines with the best kit the West can offer. Each one worth 100 mobilised Ruskies ;-)
North Korea is not supplying anything. They are just the middle man of stuff coming from China.
So if Ukraine is really good at learning fast... Does that mean that ruSSia is really really good at dying?
@@TheAllMightyGodofCod Russia is good at looking back at their failures and saying 'I'm sure it'll work *this* time'.
America knows in real time what Russia is doing
There are enough private satellites… we all have a general idea what Russia is doing in real time… the US intelligence undoubtedly has more information than whats available to us randos
So does Ukraine 😝
Good thing one of them knows.
@@Katoshi_Takagumi loooooooooooooool
I think those in St Petersburg and Moscow are more likely to mobilize of overthrow the vile dictator. Slava Ukraini 🇱🇹❤🇺🇦
In reality they see themselves as Europeans.
Yes, the evil dictator clown Jeulensky.
who the vile clown dictator in Kiev?
@@Jo.King_ Ok 🤡
@@trickyd499 he must not get out much?
It would be far better if the lady conducting this interview allowed Ledwidge to complete his sentences and explanations. He knows what he's talking about and I for one would like to heat his opinions uninterrupted.
How can putin call for full mobilisation if it's all going to plan as he and other senior russian ministers have said? How would the russian population handle that?
Well you see those extra soldiers are there to deliver fruit baskets to all the troops that are busy winning.
Also what will full mobilization achieve besides adding more meat into the grinder? Conscripting more men won't make the non-existent Russian Air Force suddenly effective, nor replenish supplies of guided missiles.
@@numalesoybea1348 Since when does russia care about that? Their military doctrine appears to be "throw troops at it and threaten nukes".
I am quiet shure if the russian population stay at home on strike for 4 weeks this war ends .... maybee very sooner!
They would not handle it well. There Is already tons of unrest there
Any able and willing are already in the fight, that leaves the unwilling and the unable. Good luck fighting a war with those kinds of troops.
It was really considerate of Russia to give Ukraine a 10 month recruitment, supply and training period before calling it a war.
Downright neighborly, you could say.
More like 8 years since the Crimean invasion
Military experts have a hard and fast "rule" that an attacker needs at least 3x as many troops when attacking a defender to be successful. We've been hearing this a lot in this war. However, those same people have now altered that ratio down to 1.5x as many troops needed, IF you are attacking Russians.
Russian troops have no motivation, leadership, equipment to fight.
They were running away, it won't be the same when they turn 180°. (If they do)
@@Nanaucat If they are turned back and are forced to fight they might as well 'roll to their gun like a soldier' for they will die either way.
@@Nanaucat so basically. 3X unless you're against Russia. Because they have bad soldiers who run away. Exactly what OP said
It's not a "hard and fast" rule, it's only ever been a very broad rule of thumb. No serious or knowledgeable analyst or tactician says that it's a "hard and fast rule".
Extremely risky politically. Having recruited from outlying provinces and vassal states to hide the true casualty rate, recruiting from major conurbations and then sending more poorly trained, equipped, and led “soldiers” into Ukraine will make the task of hiding reality from Russians back home unsustainably difficult.
How much of an admission of failure will this be seen as within Russia, especially given the setbacks on the ground in the last few days?
Trump was the greatest president, think about it…..
Remember what it rapresents for USA the return of Iraq veterans...A war much more easy and rapid than this.
@@andreadalcortivo747 Those were volunteers and professionals. What was the last war when the US used conscripts? Vietnam?
@@Morwenna1220 Also russian guys are volunteers. When they'll return home dead or mutilates what would be the shock for their families?
And we are speaking about tens of thousands of men.
Russian will pay for this war for many years.
The Chechen forces have been on leave from June and have just deployed back in mid and south Ukraine . The Wagner group is a mystery group in many ways like the US contractors, their numbers are also not known yet they seem to be very effective -- they are deployed back within 48 hrs , the Militia which was carring on the military infantry duties are now being supplimented by regular Russian forces . So it's a different scenario now . And with no electricity , no trains , trains stuck at various points mid-route these soldiers and their war machinery is easy targets for the Russian artillery and airforce .
He can't call for a full mobilisation: the people will demand to know what's been going on for the last 6 months why the war, correction, military operation is still going on.
Much of the public, will refuse because they don't want to die and don't see why Ukraine is a threat to them.
I dunno, there's this youtube channel interviewing russian pow's. Most of them are province dudes hoping to get a quick buck. Russia outside of Moscow City entirely enhabitated by these uneducated, poor people who don't need much morale besides a few hundred rubles.
After Soviet time the Russian state dismantled their mass mobilization infrastructure and NCO core.
So they can’t do it even if announced.
The average Russian, especially the old Soviets, believe what they've been told: NATO is the cause of all this, and its coming to humiliate Glorious Russia. In reality, of course, it's Russia's government that has humiliated the country, and will continue to do so because it's what they do.
The much more obvious response is it would give NATO excuse to walk into Ukraine and possibly even Russia, which is their doomsday scenario.
@@VerdeMorte That's our doomsday scenario. That means Nuclear War.....
Russia can't equip their current troops, how would it help them.
Give all the soliders bee-bee guns. That'll work 🤣
They have to show up for their own war? Too many pensioners?
They could be bullet catchers
Russia has loads of equipment
@@sidecar7714 Most of it made in the 1960s and 70s. Otherwise known as totally obsolete.
Thank you Mr Ledwidge
The Russian forces in Ukraine have been mainly drawn from the Russian hinterland and disproportionately from ethnic minorities within their borders while excluding urban European Russians. They have been excluding troops from its urban centers to hide their losses from the public because trains full of caskets in Moscow and St. Petersburg would be bad PR for the regime. This policy was also used during the Soviet-Afghan War to lessen the impact of that war on the urbanized proletariat and by extension the government and party members.
If Russia chooses to fully mobilize for war there's no reason to believe that the majority of those conscripted into service wouldn't also be ethnic minorities so they can protect their core of urban European Russians. If they draw conscripts from their hinterland it's unlikely these sparsely populated areas would be able to find the numbers necessary to organize anti-war protests. Putin knows that too many of his troops are surrendering so he's calculated that if he attacks Ukrainian civilians he will scare his troops into believing that the Ukrainians won't take prisoners.
The Russians have not repatriation their war dead because sending home trainloads of caskets is bad PR for Putin. If Putin has the bodies cremated in the field he can skip registering the dead and list them as missing or captured instead. Since no family wants to believe their sons have been KIA Putin gets to conceal his losses and hold on to his justification for the war in the short term and potentially threaten the families of the dead or captured with reprisals if he portrays them as turncoats.
There's currently an opportunity for the frozen conflicts in the former Soviet Republics to reignite with the Russian military tied down in Ukraine. So far the former Soviet Republics have been playing a waiting game and anxiously watching the war in Ukraine hoping to exploit a Russian defeat. However, if they wait too long they risk a full Russian mobilization and the Russian military being able to redeploy its forces from that front to reopen these frozen conflicts. They may not have as good an opportunity as they have now.
In sum: prepare for the breakup of the Russian Federation th-cam.com/video/jqYZqNpLQb8/w-d-xo.html
Well Turkey and allies make moves. In Syria, Nagorniy Karabah and agreement of military partnership between Kazakhstan and Turkey
your are mostly correct, but they are paying compensation to 48k russian families? as of a few weeks ago, which ties in with actual lossrs, if they were hiding them why compensate?
Armenia and Azerbaijan have just started fighting with Turkey supplying arms to Azerbaijan.
They haven't got the equipment to kit them out IMO
😁 Russia's best troops are getting destroyed wholesale by Ukraine! 🔱 Orcs can run but they'll Die Tired. 😂 Slava Ukraine! 💛💙
Russia's best troops were destroyed months ago (along with a handful of key commanders and top brass). All Russia has left are conscripts, convicts and a ragtag legion of elderly and mercenaries.
Russian elitę spetsnaz was destroyed long Time ago
*Frank Ledwidge, my favorite military expert!*
Well said Frank. We need to back Ukraine to the hilt.
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Very interesting discussion. Frank Ledwidge is an excellent analyst and commentator. More please!
The answer is yes. Russia doesn't have enough troops presently. Only mobilization would give Russia the numbers they need. However this action would only be sending more inexperienced soldiers to the front.
Those "soldiers" will be easier to convince to march on Moscow than to march towards Ukraine. A mobilized Russia will be revolution and Pooptin knowns this.
That would be the time when widespread resistance occurs. The people living in the cities are mute as long as they don't get dragged into "Putin's war". Goal #1 for Putin is his political and personal survival. Goal#2 is winning the war in Ukraine. He can afford not to win in ukraine, if it means keeping his hold on power. Goal #1 is going to be lost the moment he orders conscription.
Sending more untrained bodies into this does not fix the collapse of morale, the loss of hardware, or the terrible leadership leading to such losses.
He would just be wasting more resources.
Well the Russian president have to say to the nation that they are fighting Nato and the survive of the country is at stake.
@@margaridacosta270 yep, lie and hope enough rubes believe it to keep Russia fighting another few months while hoping for a miracle.
Putin isn’t a rat. Underestimate your enemy, overestimate your strength.
Yeah, don't insult rats by comparing them to Putin!
Putin could be a rat, but it would require a lot of improvements. I'm not sure he has the decades left in him.
Most of their more modern armor and experienced troops are comitted to St. Petersburg and Moscow, Putler the bunker grandfather isn't going to sacrifice those assets for sure..
Looked up Igor Girkin's twitter (puts his "views" up, sorry). Two words - similar meaning "worried" and "troubled". And I don't think he was referring to his war crimes trial going on the in the Netherlands in his absence.
WANTED:
ELIGIBLE CANNON FODDER.
PAYMENT: NOT BEING SENT TO SIBERIA
I was watching a show on Brig. Gen. George C. Marshall in WWII. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his logistical efforts to rebuild Europe. They had a rating system based on how many miles the item needed to go and how important it was. Weapons, Ammunition and Communications had priority. They used the "Red Ball Express" very effectively in Germany. The drivers were only supposed to go up to approved points to unload but some of them went all the way to offload right on the front lines. They also mentioned that it takes about 10 people in total to support each man at the front. Ukraine needs to make sure their logistics can keep up with their achievements. Sometimes it's good to take a breather and let everything catch up.
Mobilization using what equipment and what cash, when they cannot properly arm or equip or even properly pay their existing "army"? Winter is coming...
As long as Ukraine stays in it’s territory and yes that includes Crimea. Mobilization will be very unpopular.
My understanding Russia logistic is very bad, a general mobilisation wouldnot help much if the logistic is broken..
Amen
Mobilization would do nothing, too much artillery, untrained, heavily undergeared, nothing to fight for, it would be chaos for them with too many casualties and also upcoming winter would play its role.
Everlasting glory yo Ukraine.
Military half measures are like a half committed tackle in rugby, you will end up being hurt and your opponent will carry on.
Consolidate what you have now,don't over stretch your logistics, dig in until the spring.
Who?
@@youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850 both?
Russia has nothing left to advance with and is left hoping that somehow France or Germany or Poland will rescue them Ukraine gets stronger every day so a pause while they keep growing and Russia keeps shrinking helps them.
You called it
Since the break up of the soviet union Russia has started 2 wars with chechnya, illegally annexed the crimea region of Ukraine and now has started a war in Ukraine. This is a country that we shouldn't be doing business with whatsoever, now or in our lifetimes.
But the gas was cheap and so we did business.
@@zoranbeader6441 better late than never
You left out Dagestan, Tajikistan, Transnistria, Georgia, and sundry involvements in Syria, Libya, Central African Republic, and now Mali. And all on Putin's watch.
US has also started many conflicts and invaded many nations. Your point being?
@@realnapster1522 The main points are probably that 1. nobody should be giving Russia a free pass, if they're also condemning the US or West, because USSR / Russia has been every bit as dark, and 2. while the abominations of the West, overall, have seen a definite reduction in both frequency and intensity over the last few decades, Russian aggression has shown the opposite - a marked increase in the Putin era.
No, because he can't even supply the army he has effectively. If he does call for it, it will be to silence the hardliners calling for it.
Yes please from germany... at the end it will not only be the right thing but also cheaper to ammunition up ukraine than having a longer lasting war.
No half measures. Cheaper and safer to stop Putin Now. Give Ukraine everything they need to win.
Yes it shows they are well trained and have high morale they just need the weapons alot of weapons now Slava Ukraini from USA
they are getting a lot of of weapons and ammo from russia now as well.
@@daciefusjones8128 true hahah :P
They had 8 years of nutto arming and training and now getting whopped. Slava Rossiya from Thailand.
@@TommyTCGT Russia is braking slow and steady wins the race
Well put Sir.
Yes, and he's going to call in Dad's Army too😅
More likely the children, this would be a disaster for Russia's future. Now Ukraine is fighting for Russia's future too.
Don't tell him Pike.
Too many old guys.
There certainly seem to be an abundance of private Pikes.
Every international conflict that is currently unfolding proves the same point: Aggression does not pay. We have become so dependent on each other that there is simply no way to tip the balance in one place without tipping it throughout the system, namely worldwide. The coming years will prove two facts: 1) We cannot stand each other and do not care one bit for one another. 2) We cannot live without each other’s help. The collision between these contradictory facts will make us realize that we are like wheels in a machine. Each wheel turns in a different direction, but only when all the wheels turn in the direction they are supposed to turn, the machine works properly. If even one wheel changes its direction, the machine stops working.
When we realize this, we will understand that we have no choice but to turn the fight inwards. We will have to fight against our hatred of others, rather than fight against each other because of our mutual hatred.
We will have to realize that it is precisely the differences between us that enable us to get what we need from others rather than having to make them by ourselves. Progress, rising standard of living, improved health, nutrition, education, transportation, communication, professional opportunities, and every other benefit that modern civilization offers is built on different people with different skills and different fields of interest contributing their part to the global system that our world has become.
The difference between modern civilization and the ancient cavemen is rooted in increased cooperation and collaboration. If we were all the same and did the same thing, we would be more backward than our most ancient ancestors who had just come down from the trees and found a mate to live with in a cave and protect each other from predators.
We couldn’t stop the direction of evolution toward increasing cooperation even if we tried. Just as organisms evolve by increasing their dependence on each other and the complexity of their connections, humanity evolves through increasing connection, communication, and the complexity of our systems. The only reason that natural organisms are succeeding and human society is failing is that we resist the diversity and its benefits while nature embraces it.
If we were aware that only our excessive individualism and narcissism prevent us from reaping the benefits of diversity, perhaps we would stop fighting against other people, and began to fight against the element that pits us against each other: our own ego. I am convinced that simply realizing that our real enemy is not outside of us but within us will improve the world dramatically, and we will reap benefits that today, we cannot even imagine.
The troops might turn their guns against him.
Make sure you have a good supply of body bags.
Not sure Russia "really likes" attritional warfare. Take the overly optimistic blitz at the start of the war as an example. They've also restructured their land forces into Battalion Tactical Groups with a very high emphasis on mobility (although that hasn't really panned out...) And specifically in this war, attrition is very much in Ukraine's favor as they have (so far) basically unlimited monetary support from the West and have mobilized their entire population to the point of saturating their bureaucratic and logistical capabilities to put people in uniforms. So, yeah, maybe Soviet era doctrine "really liked" attrition, but that hardly applies to this conflict, imo.
Ukraine may have unlimited money supply from the west....but at what cost.
Of course the vultures hover around distressed creatures waiting for them to be too weakened to defend themselves so the can swoop in and peel the flesh off the bone.
All of that limitless money will have to be paid back. Look what happened to Poland in the 1980s when the west assisted them and cleaned them out.
Of course they will help, like private hospital will help crash victims, but they lose their home and pension fund. That's how the market works. Before a battle is fought the enemy is fixed by tying them down into fixed positions. The same happens the the economic war after the military war. The enemy is fixed so it has to accept the terms and conditions. Even if Ukraine wins the military war it will lose the economic war when the providers to all of that western money come for their pound of flesh.
If you think Ukraine had it bad before the war after the war will be the time of reckoning. The market place takes no prisoners.
I can already see Russia throw away its promise " special operation simply to denazification and de arm Ukraine "
What if they tried to continue a War and nobody showed up?
The problem I find is that the Ukrainians attacked a sector of the front with little russian resistance to show forth. In some area's it was completely wide open and so its understandable how the ukrainians were able to advance so incredibly fast. I see that ukraine did a good job of getting russian forces to concentrate near Kherson, and so the russians were unable to do anything about it when they attacked way north. But until they get reserves to plug that gap, the ukrainians will continue to exploit any empty ground.
That's the idea , but it will not be successful because the troops who drove through 40 to 90 kms inside Russian territory in their exuberance as Russia with their experience was withdrawing from . These are at the borders with Russia where they had reached once before also . The way back is closed so one gets the impression that they may be liquidated there without any contact with their own forces anymore .
The south offensive is gone , the strike force that descended on the ZNPP has been liquidated and taken prisoners off or in hospital .
@@satyabratachatterjee1938 Russian casualties (including POWs) are over 20 times Ukrainian casualties for this offensive. Humiliating defeat for little Russia.
@@satyabratachatterjee1938 bot bot bot.... give it a month or two
@@satyabratachatterjee1938 Does the only information in India come from russia? Being anti west and pro russia doesn't make miracles happen
Can he feed,arm and organise the ones he already has ? If not throwing more troops into the chaos will only hasten the backlash and downfall which will undoubtedly follow such stupidity
I'd like to know what a response COULD be to Russia bringing in their allies to Ukraine to join the war. Is it possible or remotely likely that the introduction of countries outside the Russian Federation would bring consideration of outside intervention on the side of Ukraine in as much as it would no longer be a war between the Federation and Ukraine.
What allies? China isn’t going to get involved because they need Western markets and tech. Syria, Iran, and North Korea don’t have the capability to get involved (and Iran is trying to get access to western oil markets). Belarus would have a revolution if they got involved. There’s really nobody else.
which allies?
@@vladraduandrei5227 North Korea and some stan whose name I can't spell or pronounce.
@@aaronbaker2186 Neither of the "allies" russia can try and call are in any position to do anything, neither militarily or politically. It also would be a rather nasty situation for them as it would most certainly spark a more substantial NATO response and that is the absolute LAST thing Putin wants (he most certainly knows all about how poorly that went for Saddam, who honestly had more advanced kit during Desert Storm than most russian grunts would be given now).
They already are. In fact, here's a list of countries where Russia (and its pmc global terror network) currently deploy troops to oppress and crush all opposition:
- - SYRIA - - MALI - - BURKINA FASO - - GEORGIA - - KAZAKHSTAN - - LIBYA - - CHAD - - KYRGYSTAN - - CHECHNYA - - Moldova’s TRANSNISTRIA - - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - - SUDAN - - MADAGASCAR - - MAURITANIA - - NIGER - - ANGOLA - - LESOTHO - - ESWATINI - - GUINEA - - GUINEA BISSAU - - ZIMBABWE, - - VENEZUELA - - MOZAMBIQUE - - TAJIKISTAN - - BELARUS. And Russia's tacit control/influence in Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Cuba, Pakistan, Namibia...
Blessings, peace and luck from California to Ukraine 🙏✌🍀💙💛
They cant even equip their current soldiers and now they might bring in hundreds of thousands more? Theyll have to raid the toy factories for helmets
@darknightoftroy why arent they showing that pride now? What are they waiting for?
We have seen what Russia is about in Bucha they are war criminals lead by a war criminal and they need to be fully crushed asap.
@darknightoftroy what? You mean ww2 when the US/GB sent them thousands of tanks, jets and tractors?
They are losers. It was the wrong decision to help these communist rats against the Germans. At least let the Germans get Stalin and the parents of Putin
Nah I'm guessing the economy is to messed up to do a full mobilization.
Wait.. so they started this special operation and now they need to mobilise their whole country? Is this the biggest loser or what
A full mobilisation for around 30 thousand new troops , that's wonderfully hilarious .
Great choice of picture for the thumbnail 😂 Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
Russian may have bodies, but no harware, equipment or logistic platforms.
We must help Ukraine FULLY!
They can't supply and support the army they have, how will they support a larger army?
Freedom to the people!
Glory to the heroes!
Slava Ukraina!
💙💛💙💛
I could not hear what was being said. I had to turn it off.
Surround the Kremlin Russia,take Putin out.
That is their history - midnight assassinations, including the family.
@@youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850 Sounds perfect!
That means you need to be able to supply and feed the added cannon fodder!
TO ALL VIEWERS: Ukraine is a cause worth supporting. Let's all contact our government representatives to urge them to increase military aid to Ukraine. You can call your representatives, send them an email, send them an old-fashioned letter, respond to one of their Tweets ... something. Take the time to help Ukraine now ... you'll be proud of yourself when you do.
And where would the money from ??
The Americans, with their short attention-span, are already complaining about supporting Ukraine, and sending them weapons and money.
@AMechanicalSoul yes but to produce all of those weapon need money , and it cost billions,where is the money from ? Those money doesn't come from the tree , or sky , where is it from ?? Our tax payer ??
@@airborne63 No we’re not. Large majorities in both parties support continuing to fund and supply Ukraine. We have plenty of oil and gas over here, and we’re tired of Russia pretending it’s still a world power.
It is only a fraction of the money spend on Iraq and it is far more useful.
Send drones with flyers that say:
"Dear Russian soldier:
There's no point in staying here.
Go home with your people.
Your government doesn't need you, doesn't love you and doesn't care for you... we do."
More meat for the grinder.Russia will lose this war.
As I understand Russia already has a shrinking population thanks to low living standards. More young men being thrown into the fight will only accelerate it.
Damn! Mariella hit the wall HARD!
It looks as though the Ruskies couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag, Superpower they are not.
HERE HERE!!!!
Unless they have magical supplies lying around im curious how they would equip mass mobilization. An army of conscripts armed with mosin nagants? They couldn't even keep their special terror operation supplied.
I’m pretty sure Russia does have tons of many supplies lying around.
@Alex Perez looting military equipment? No. Poor logistics? Apparently. Are logistical problems fixable? That’s a matter of will.
@@sidecar7714 aha yeah sure
@@sidecar7714 yes, lying around, 40+ years old, never maintained, often left outside.
"Russia has over 10,000 tanks!" Of which 2/3rds are inoperable. Similar problems with other equipment.
@@aaronbaker2186 Wishful thinking is comforting to some. Russia is not about to run out of equipment.
If he does that, he is done for. I don't think russian people would welcome such a decision. And that is expressed politely.
Keep sending them vladolf . UKRAINIAN FORCES will be decimating them . . No mercy . .
Put our money where our mouth is....Outstanding! Call it like it is!
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦!
Russia still has a lot of troops and military equipment. It is elsewhere though as they really do not want to pull troops away from places like the Chinese border... But their military has been exposed as not being as capable as once thought...
Just speak honestly, their military is trash
They do not have a lot of troops at the chinese border, and they allready called in a lot from those they had in sibiria
There are plenty of troops in Russia, conscripts.
Mobilise more conscripts and then what? Who trains them? Who leads them? What are they equipped with? What happens when they run into their own troops coming the other way and see the state of them?
When Russia does that, the west can completely support Ukraine with all assets and annihilated the Russian military leaving them decimated for decades unable to mount any further offensive for decades.
if they have no military power though would putin turn to nuclear warfare is my fear
@@SamBakingTray And then what?
@@SamBakingTray Wonder how the concept of MAD goes down with the Russian ruling class.
@@KungKras you tell me? he could destroy the world at a press of a button
@@SamBakingTray Do you think his underlings would let him?
t would destroy russia too.
Why did you interrupt him at 3:48???
Let us don't fool ourselves, Russia is not down and out yet. They're recouping and this time around Russia will be much stronger. It's the right time for NATO, E.U and the rest of the world that support Ukraine to intensify their military help, so Ukraine will be able to counter any strength Russian will eventually bring in the battle...
Agree about keeping Ukraine supplied with munitions, material, training and intelligence in order to shorten the war. I don’t think Russia can commit any effective additional forces, only add more cannon fodder.
When the body bags start arriving in Moscow and St Petersburg Putin’s in deep 💩
HIRMAS will treat them welcome.
Nato needs to get involved more or the Russians will be at your door before you know it. Ukrainians are willing to do whatever it takes now so give them what the everything. To end this Putin has to be taken out. Hopefully Russians do it .
@@ifeomadaniel6250 Ukraine has 16 launchers
@@sidecar7714 I thought the Russians had already destroyed 44
Glory to Ukraine 💙💛
Some comments are not understanding the 3:1 ratio for attacker success that experts talk about. A well trained disciplined force gain that local superiority with force concentration.
The expert talks of the Ukrainians using manoeuvre warfare to achieve the force concentration.
Say two opponents have 100 men each in one area spread over a front.
An attacker can concentrate 30 men to attack one point, to overcome a defensive force of 10 strong. Then move on to attack another 10 strong defensive position. The attacker still maintains a roughly 8:10 ratio to defend elsewhere.
And 3:1 is only sufficient in open terrain...
heavy terrain,
entrenched enemy 4:1 to 6:1...
City and built-up area 10:1 and more and that without using the tank weapon...
Examples:
Stalingrad 1942/43
Aachen 1944
Berlin 1945
Mariupol Steel Plant 2022
Also 3 to 1 is combat power, not a count of troops. 10 untrained farmers or office workers with 1891 rifles is not the same combat power as 10 experienced well trained veterans with modern weapons. If the latter 10 attacked the former they would slice through with ease, even though they didn't have 3-1 in numbers.
Yes. Let's hope so. Enough of people being thrown off buildings.
Would it matter?
Bring in the Canon fodder
Even so, don’t worry!!
Because the well trained elite fighters are “gone” and any new number of “fighters”wont last..!
Not openly. It is doing so on the quiet.
If they are considering calling them now it is too late. This should have been planned out last year, not now.
Where are all the St Petersburg trolls? Normally they’re all over this type of news.
Waiting on which collective nonsense they’re going to use this week?
Too worried they’re about to be conscripted for the Special Military Operation.
But will anyone come to the party?
Why can't he mobilise all the Secret Police and Officials that exist in there thousands, and know how to bully people as a job already!!!
If the U.S. decides to send troops I will volunteer.
far too late... Russia has lost most of its tanks already. Whether you mobilize or not at this point is moot... They have no metal left.