Oh I have seen many on r/UkraineRussiaReport on reddit, most with proper geolocations. I can post link to many of them but I have blocked reddit for now on my computer.
About personnel shortages, many times Ukrainian commanders themselves have said that they are usually massively outnumbered by Russian troops at local level. If despite conscription, Ukrainian troops are being outnumbered by Russian troops, then shouldn't that ring alarm bells?
About large tank attacks, that era of warfare is gone until super strong EW is developed. Tanks attacking in group is a recipe for disaster as they will be easily picked out by FPV drones. Even with EW, fibre optics drones, which are now used in massive numbers by Russians, will still be super effective.
And do you still think Ukraine can knock out Russia militarily? Is there a single evidence to support this after the successful Kherson & Kharkiv campaigns? The counter offensive was defeated by Russian lines, Ukraine attacked Kursk later, was again pushed back. Now Russians are attacking Sumy. Meanwhile Russians though may have been capturing territory slowly and may be not captured any regional centre, they are still steadily advancing. Western support for Ukraine has also peaked. US is unlikely going to support Ukraine in quantum it did during 2023 counter offensive. If Ukraine could not push out Russia with peak western support, how does it think it will defeat Russia militarily, with lesser number of weapons and manpower shortages? Slowly and steadily, attrition will have its effect. And despite Ukrainian claims of humongous Russian losses, Russian war machine still seems to be going on.
See I have no hatred towards Russia or Ukraine. I have been following the war from neutral perspective, but I don't think Ukraine is fighting right now with any end goal in mind. EU is not going to replace US in terms of support, simply because it lacks both willpower and capacity. The best time for Ukraine to conclude peace was just after Kharkiv and Kherson victories, IMO. I think from here on, peace terms for Ukraine will be progessively worse.
It is clear that you do not have a video of forced mobilization. Such cases happen and they are not uncommon but they are 5-6 cases per week, not per day.
They are very vivid with those who evaded confirmation of data and are now caught.
There are excesses. Recently, the TCC took away a driver who had a son with an acute form of cerebral palsy in the back seat. He did not need confirmation, but he did not have a document from the TCC, so the perpetrators took him away without sorting things out. The public intervened and let him go.
We closely monitor abuse of power, so I asked where such information came from?
By the way, this is also about armored vehicles. Have you seen many videos where Ukrainian troops massively use motorcycles and cars? Indeed, Ukrainian assault companies on motorcycles are now being created, but mainly all this is used for logistics.
Armor definitely saves lives, some units of military equipment can withstand up to 10 hits. Civilian equipment for a military man is a definite suicide bomber.
I already told you that the goal is to destroy the enemy's military power.
Our army does not cling to positions if there is no point in holding them. The Russian army is the opposite. Territory is an ideological underpinning. That is why they sacrifice everything they can. And they attack even on bathtubs. There is a reason for this - to bring more and unload easier, but it looks ridiculous.
For example: Now in the Tyotkino-town area (Kursk region) an entire Russian regiment is half-encircled, but there is no order to retreat and the regiment is destroyed. In such a situation, Ukrainian troops often retreat to reserve positions.
Therefore, I am surprised when they say that time is against us. The Chinese asked not to attack Red Square on May 9. A year ago, one could only dream of such an opportunity.
After all, I live here and don’t know about such a catastrophe. Okay, I’m 200 km from my city, but the residents of Sumy and Zaporizhzhya also don’t run away en masse, although it’s about 25 km from the Russians. You and your Russian friends can dream about anything, but “the Russians will capture Odesa” or “a gopher will eat a sack of grain” belong to the DREAM category.
