[GK3]

Very interesting video with interviews from a small tank squad and the sappers they worked with to take a fortified Russian position earlier during the Kharkiv offensive. 

https://twitter.com/RFERL/status/1575885...r8j0ZRyZwA

Amazing! Thanks for posting it. This was a "textbook" example of a perfectly executed combined arms operation where the infantry cleared the way ahead of anti-tank forces (mines in this case) and then the tanks attacked the fortified objective. Just like you draw it up! It is also nice that the Ukrainians pointed out the Russians panicked and ran. They had never been under tank fire before and that is indeed scary. The officer was signaling he understood they weren't fighting an "A" unit. His infantry wouldn't have run :-).

It is also interesting they labeled the commander as a "squadron" commander. In NATO parlance, a squadron is 19 tanks, not 4. 4 tanks is a platoon. Maybe a translation issue.

You can't help but be impressed by the guys leading the Ukrainians.  I suppose NATO deserves some credit for the training they have done since Crimea.  I have some questions maybe you can shed some light on

If the Russians have really lost 40,000 to 60,000 dead and over 2000 vehicles, plus at least that many more wounded, you are talking about 10 or 12 divisions worth of men and equipment?  Is that really possible?  Normally I would think you would want to run your new recruits through 90 days of training and integrate them into established units with combat hardened NCOs and Officers.  That doesn't sound like they are doing. Seems like a recipe for disaster.  How do you see Russia trying to regain some control over the battle space?  The Ukrainians seem to be very well led, and up to using the latest technical gadgets and almost certainly getting vast amounts of current intel from various western electronic sources.  I see the Ukraine's biggest danger is getting over confident and biting off more they can chew somewhere and taking some losses they can't afford. 
Winter is a big question. Will both sides sit down and train and re-equip their units or will one side or the other go on the offense once the ground freezes over.
I also see lots of pictures of small Ukrainian groups, armed with something other than the standard weapons you see, but some with a surppressed weapon and often at least one guy with an obvious sniper rifle. I assume these guys are part of some special ops unit that are probably running missions behind the front lines.  Any insight into how they are using those kinds of troops, they clearly have them?
EDIT - reports now of major breakthroughs along the Dnipro north of Kherson.

[GK3]

Very interesting video with interviews from a small tank squad and the sappers they worked with to take a fortified Russian position earlier during the Kharkiv offensive. 

https://twitter.com/RFERL/status/1575885...r8j0ZRyZwA

Amazing! Thanks for posting it. This was a "textbook" example of a perfectly executed combined arms operation where the infantry cleared the way ahead of anti-tank forces (mines in this case) and then the tanks attacked the fortified objective. Just like you draw it up! It is also nice that the Ukrainians pointed out the Russians panicked and ran. They had never been under tank fire before and that is indeed scary. The officer was signaling he understood they weren't fighting an "A" unit. His infantry wouldn't have run :-).

It is also interesting they labeled the commander as a "squadron" commander. In NATO parlance, a squadron is 19 tanks, not 4. 4 tanks is a platoon. Maybe a translation issue.

You can't help but be impressed by the guys leading the Ukrainians.  I suppose NATO deserves some credit for the training they have done since Crimea.  I have some questions maybe you can shed some light on

If the Russians have really lost 40,000 to 60,000 dead and over 2000 vehicles, plus at least that many more wounded, you are talking about 10 or 12 divisions worth of men and equipment?  Is that really possible?  Normally I would think you would want to run your new recruits through 90 days of training and integrate them into established units with combat hardened NCOs and Officers.  That doesn't sound like they are doing. Seems like a recipe for disaster.  How do you see Russia trying to regain some control over the battle space?  The Ukrainians seem to be very well led, and up to using the latest technical gadgets and almost certainly getting vast amounts of current intel from various western electronic sources.  I see the Ukraine's biggest danger is getting over confident and biting off more they can chew somewhere and taking some losses they can't afford. 
Winter is a big question. Will both sides sit down and train and re-equip their units or will one side or the other go on the offense once the ground freezes over.
I also see lots of pictures of small Ukrainian groups, armed with something other than the standard weapons you see, but some with a surppressed weapon and often at least one guy with an obvious sniper rifle. I assume these guys are part of some special ops unit that are probably running missions behind the front lines.  Any insight into how they are using those kinds of troops, they clearly have them?
EDIT - reports now of major breakthroughs along the Dnipro north of Kherson.