All language subtitles for 20-08-2023wezwezr

The war in Ukraine will rewrite
all military textbooks...

Earlier I emphasized that the war in Ukraine
is unique and there has never been such a war

in modern history. Unique operations,
unique decisions and unique situations.

There are many examples of this. Some of them...

For example, when an aggressor country
with a fleet loses a naval battle to

a country without a fleet. I can only
remember the Arab-Israeli war of 1948,

when the Jews sank two Egyptian
warships without having their own fleet.

Or the aggressor country, which has the most
dangerous and numerous airborne component,

out of more than 30 airborne operations,
was able to carry out successfully only one.

But today I would like to talk
about defense and how Ukraine

has destroyed hardened stereotypes about defense.

As you know, such a stereotype includes the
statement that to break through the defense

you need a quantitative advantage of 3 times or
even more than the forces holding the defense.

In a sense, in 2022, the Ukrainian
defense forces chose exactly this tactic.

They were able to stop the advance of the Russian
troops by conducting exclusively defensive

activities in the first weeks of the invasion and
with the numerical and technical-technological

superiority of the enemy, they not only stopped
it, but also bled it out and threw it off.

In turn, the current operation in Zaporizhzhya
region completely destroys this stereotype!

The southern direction, namely
Zaporizhzhya region is held

by the Russian group of troops
"East", what is its potential?

-up to 105,000 personnel;
- up to 470 tanks, which

is only 33% of the required standard equipment;

-up to 1410 armored fighting vehicles
or 32% of the standard equipment;

-up to 720 artillery pieces
or 48% of barrel artillery;

-230 MLRS or 15%.

I did not just point out the shortfall in

the standard equipment, but
I'll talk about that later.

All this mass, I note, without taking
into account the group of troops "Dnepr",

holding the Left Bank of the
Kherson region, opposes in defense,

on carefully prepared lines of defense,
the Ukrainian forces three times smaller

both in terms of personnel and a number of
other ... And yet they are still defeated.

The first line of defense, the most difficult and
the most extreme, the Ukrainian defense forces

have already broken through. The Russian
forces have hastily activated reserves,

started pulling in additional units,
and are unpacking strategic reserves.

And yet, the AFU is advancing
daily, pushing back the enemy.

Now, as for the standard equipment.

These indicators, even with a seemingly
catastrophic shortage, which is comparable

to the loss of combat capability, are
relatively sufficient for defense.

But it is the word "relatively" that is important.

The Russian command understood that
the Zaporizhzhya region could become

the main theater of military operations, and
therefore feverishly prepared defense lines,

but fully staff the group of
troops could not. And why? Because

the Russian military-industrial
complex has no such capability.

For example, now, in the active phase of
combat operations, they can hardly make

50% of compensation for artillery losses.
They can compensate up to 20%-30% of air

defense losses per month, not to mention the full
staffing of units, especially newly formed ones.

This proves once again that the Russian
army has lost its offensive potential and

can perform defense functions rather mediocrely.
Therefore, when I keep hearing or reading from

someone about a large-scale Russian offensive
being prepared, I can only throw up my hands....

Otherwise, the Ukrainian army has shattered
yet another stereotype about Russia's military

capabilities. Having more than triple
superiority in defense in almost all

indicators and impassable defense lines,
the Russian army is not able to hold back

the offensive of the Ukrainian defense forces
and will not be able to do so in the future.

And this operation will go
down in the textbooks.....