Zaporizhzhia has to have a port, right? Can a ship make it from the Black Sea up there? The naval element of this war hasn't been discussed much. Ukraine doesn't really have a navy to speak of- the Russians do. I'm not expecting like ship-to-ship combat, just the ability to move materials/men through the waterways is a massive advantage. Mr. 0K, why do the Russians have such poor tank combat tactics? I've studied this for quite some time, and it seems to me that the Russians deploy tanks as if they're invincible. They don't abide by the typical "combined arms" doctrines very often, and it always leads to the same result: a few Russian tanks/armored vehicles get ambushed with rockets, and the crew is killed as they try to exit the wreck with small arms fire. Battle of Grozny has a fantastic example of this, where Chechen fighters were able to destroy like 112 of 120 tanks in just one regiment using RPGs, mostly. The average Russian conscript doesn't impress me in how they seem to be trained and equipped. I don't expect conscripts to be really motivated when they're sent into what they view as foreign territory to fight an enemy who will **absolutely torture them to death** if they are captured. But on the other hand, those Alpha group guys... they're pretty fucking scary. The Ukrainians seem to agree with this notion, as pretty much every time an Alpha group unit shows up, the Ukrainians fucking bail. Usually, they're gone before the Alpha guys show up- likely they were tipped off somehow. I've watched a shitload of combat footage from this war. The major pattern, big picture: Ukrainians are using foreign weaponry to ambush Russian conscript units, whom they then capture, torture, and murder. Alpha group unit is on the way to reinforce, arrive to find no resistance except for some booby traps. And those fucking "Dart" bombs. FUCK THOSE THINGS. There are hundreds of videos of drones dropping these things on unsuspecting Russian soldiers. Even a video of one being dropped on a Russian soldier *while he's squatting down to take a shit.* What a terror weapon- you can't see it, won't hear it, and when it hits you won't have a clue what did it to you. Oh, and if you're into combat footage, I suggest you check out the video of the Ukrainian soldier who wouldn't leave behind his wounded friend. It's pretty brutal to watch, I won't spoil what happens, but even though I don't support the Ukrainian government, I have a lot of respect for brave, loyal warriors, even if they're my enemy.