Comments by "John Walsh" (@johnwalsh4857) on "Russia's Kharkiv offensive – what is the plan?" video.

  1. two reasons in my opinion: 1. Distraction, force the Ukrs to deploy forces from other areas 2. to create a buffer area to prevent attacks into Russia esp. the Belgorod area.
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  2. a sitrep on the current situation in the Kharkov offensive Note. III Regiment, X Brigade XX Division XXX Corps Russian Order of battle: 2nd Spetnaz X, 7th Motor Rifle III, 18th Motor Rifle XX, 72nd Motor Rifle XX, 25th Motor Rifle X, 138th Motor Rifle X, 104th Artillery X, 244th artillery X. Ukrainian Order of battle: 13th & 71st Jaeger Xs, 42nd Mech X, 57th Motorized X. aim to drive all the way to Kharkov and also drive into the rear of Ukrainian forces east of the Oskil river thus enabling Russian group west to assault Kupyansk. Well the Russian offensive is turning out to be a disaster . thousands of casualties for a few villages captured. in 8 days of fighting. The Russian were not even able to reach the Ukrainian first line of defense but were stopped several KMs north of it. Ukrainians seem to be well supplied with artillery ammo, and the Ukrainians did not redeploy other units from other front lines to stop the Russians. in fact its the Russians redeploying other units from other front lines to prevent the Russian offensive from turning into a full on disaster. also I find it amusing the Russian commander of this Kharkov assault is General Lapin The same General Lapin who was commanding Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine during the Ukrainian Kharkov counteroffensive in late 2022 which saw the near destruction of the Russian 4th Guards tank XX, the severe mauling of the 2nd guards motor rifle XX and the 11th army XXX. Lapin was fired in late 2022 due to this debacle and even Kadyrov wanted Lapin demoted to a private in the Russian army and sent to the front as cannon fodder. LOL. well it seems the Russians are really hard up for generals to command so they sent this chump to command the latest Kharkov offensive. Well if the whole operations turns out to be a disaster not surprised if Lapin falls out of a window.
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  3. well yah the Russians captured tactically lots of empty Ukrainian land. but again its fluid. the Russians actually captured 2 villages. and it took 8 days for the Russians to capture 2 villages for thousands of casualties. that is pretty bad. and the Russians have not even caused a breakthrough and exploited it. and lots of losses too. very embarassing , General Lapin will now be falling from a window soon. LOL
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  4.  @pRahvi0  well I commented before I watched the video.
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