Russia v Ukraine

[PhilT2]

Originally Posted by T3rminator

There has been a lot of conjecture on who is winning or losing. This is a must watch. Won't hear this type of analysis anywhere else.

Was posted 2 weeks ago but still relevant.

I have to admit being a bit biased against that guy, something to do with his interest in underage girls. Doesn't mean he is wrong of course. Here is a different point of view on whether the attack on Kiev was just a diversion. He gives some evidence to back up his opinion which make more sense to me but judge for yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVPIOwmWNpE
Beau also disagrees with Ritter about whether Russia could have taken out the Ukrainian president if they had wanted to. Again I think he makes more sense going by the example of how long it took the US to take out Bin Laden (10 yrs)
I'm also more inclined to support his estimate of Russian military capacity. It's not what it was in the Soviet days. For example that ship that was damaged/caught fire is listed as the "flagshp" of the Black Sea fleet; it's a 40 yr old cruiser of 12,000 tons. I'm inclined to believe it just caught fire.
Many of the Russian tanks seem to be of similar age so the stories of them breaking down and being abandoned make sense.
There's another story of a Russian drone that was was captured and was found to contain a standard DSLR Canon attached with velcro. If true, that indicates not all Russian gear is high tech.
I'm sticking with the view that this may drag on for years.