Hello John And Adam,
Love your show!! I'm American currently studying in Russia because IT'S CHEAP!
Just wanted tell you what I have observed here in Russia regarding
the Russo-Ukrainian War. I think and do believe that there will never
be a demilitarized zone in Russia at least, maybe inside of Ukraine. The
Kursk region will not be it part of a demilitarizedzone. John touched
on something that I think is true. In 1943 the Germans attacked the
Kursk Salient a trap set by the Russians. I think the Russians set the
same trap in the Kursk region this time as well being there was nothing
but green conscripts guarding the border. A little like Oct. 7th. The
total number of troops crossing the border at first was 1000 and once
they got inside Russia, the Ukraians put another 11,000 troops to the
region. As of now the the casaulties numbers for the Ukrainian COULD BE
as high as 4000-6000 out of a total of 12,000 initial troop count.
However this is only an educated guess.
Also the Ukrainians gambled as lost that Russia would pull troops
from the entire Eastern Front to stop this incursion which they didn't
do in any really way and the defensive line near the city of Prokurist,
(Pro-`koor-isk) (a Logistic hub for the Ukrainian army in the Dombass
region), collapsed and now the Russians are on the outskirts of the
town, as such Ukrianians had to redeploy some of their forces from Kursk
to Prokurisk just to slow down the Russian advance. John you had a clip
from the Youtube channel Military Summery Channel. I know you two are
busy but he gives a really good and neutral battlefield assetment if you
would like to watch. LOL Probably not.
And Finally just to let the Dames, Knights, and fellow producers know
that Russians are really friendly, caring and they have a great sense of
dark humor. They hold hands and hug while drinking over priced coffee
talking about how crappy thier pop music is and did "you" see the latest
internet meme. They could be the Americans of the Eastern Hemisphere,
which maybe why our governments are at each other throats sometimes.
Also I can still get Coke and Pepsi here. McDonalds and KFC just renamed
themsevles to Tasty-Period, and Rostics, while Burger King hasn't even
taken down their signs and are still open for business. In my
city's biggest Mall I even found a can of A&W root beer from
America, how do I know it was from American, ingredients in english
(though I can read Russian) and second ingredient was High Fruitose Corn
Syrup.