300k+ Russian Casualties, Russian Navy and Air Force Shocked - War in Ukraine

[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@tedcrilly46]

This is the military which we used to often hear would "roll across Europe". 2 years trying to progress in Avdiivka, a small border town in Ukraine.

[@aboubakrouladabdellah6611]

Palestine iseael Conflict vidio pls!!!

*""BREAKING NEWS"" 1/14/2024 : According to family members of Russian prisoners, Vladimir Putin has ordered prisons to turn off all heating to force inmates to sign up to fight on the frontline in Ukraine, Temperatures in parts of Russia have plummeted to as low as -55 below 0 but it is all part of the president’s desperate plan to replenish his army with mass murderers, killers and other dangerous criminals*

[@cyleedwards6771]

😢kings and generals pls I have been waiting for a Spanish succession war for 3 years I'm just 12 I've been watching this channel since I was 8 so pls reconsider my parents are not going to get the patron so pls reconsider and start posting some of the exclusive only videos

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

If you think about it, Russia is getting certain demographics killed intentionally by sending them to prison potentially, to force them into recruitment. So its like a cooperative effort at eugenics, this conflict.

[@robandcheryls]

Love your stuff.

[@justinpaul3110]

One thing that I like about these bi-weekly videos that you do is add some context and scope. I listen to daily reports of what's going on in the battlefield but it's a bit difficult to figure out what this means in the bigger picture. You're doing a good job on that part for sure.

[@daylight3325]

@@markinglese3874who’s side are u on 🤔

[@ericsilver9401]

@@markinglese3874not choosing a side still aids the Russians

[@elasolezito]

​@@markinglese3874 All these people dying for what ?

[@TimboTbagz]

​@@markinglese3874 He didn't say anything other than good video. You need a bias check and maybe a brain check too 😂

[@betsm5842]

@@elasolezito Shhh don't make people think maybe they should resist genocide

[@Maverick0451]

Excellent recap of this year in the war. Thank you for continuing to cover this war. As so many other crises are popping up around the world, the fickle media often forgets about the Ukrainians still fighting off an invasion. As a long time lover of your historical work, I also now very much enjoy your work on current events. Thank you!!

[@armandohernandez9293]

Thanks!

[@danielnavarro537]

As this war continues, it’ll take a massive toll on each country’s resources. “When logs need to be added to the fire, how many people would demolish their house for fuel. That’s what it means to be trapped in total war and stare into the darkness beyond.” ~Unknown

[@powervr]

Russia if this continues will be desintegrated... because it is not a nation but an empire... when some subjugate other peoples.

[@ravenrise320]

On the resources war front? Ukraine has less than Russia. And Ukraine is highly dependent on Western material and aid. A distinct lack in having air superiority over its own territory? Is unraveling any gains on the ground that Ukraine makes and making it easier to hit Ukraines' inner urban centers and industrial sites. The dependency on Western aid and the air superiority problem? Could end up costing Ukraine this war and its sovereignty, if not solidly addressed first the long haul. Also. The apparent tactic of turning every village and defensible piece of ground or structure into a Russian meat grinder mightve worked in the short term. But unless Ukraine can seriously make concrete moves to toss Puddins orcs out?? Like take vast tracts of ground and hold it indefinitely? This fight isn't going to save Ukraine.

[@D3nchanter]

@@ravenrise320 the thing is, russia has to use long ranged missile strikes to carry out those attacks... because they don't have stealth or air superiority. ukraine on the other hand, is getting external supplies of aircraft (that are actually more modern by comparison). so... we'll see how the air superiority goes, but honestly i think that will shift towards ukraine. ukrainian intel seems to be far better, so i think their aircraft will be better guarded overall (which you can see with just the airframe losses last year). hopefully with something more modern, they'll faire even better than this.

[@ravenrise320]

@D3nchanter If Ukraine can modernize her military and defense industrial infrastructure and become less dependent on foreign aid? You could have a point. But at present? Russia doesn't need to launch long range missiles in order to hit Ukrainian targets. It can launch air strikes either from Russia or its ally Belarus. The only thing keeping such bombardment on a back foot is the presence of Western supplied, modern, anti-aircraft assets. If those supplies dry up or become harder to get? Russia will increase its air assaults on Ukrainian territory and cities and have virtual uncontested air superiority over Ukraine. Ukraine actually needed more advanced aircraft like the American F-16 at the very start of this war. Modern armor like the Leopard or Abrams, less so. But what Ukraine needed, most of all were skilled tankers and pilots. Ukraine has constantly been on the ropes for military personnel who were trained to operate modern equipment. For many years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Ukraine, AND the idiotic signing over and removal of Ukraines nuclear stockpile. Ukraine has made blunder after blunder and suffered horribly from governmental corruption and stupidity. Not to mention a fair amount of Russian meddling in Ukrainien political and economic affairs as well. Even now, Ukraine still battles with governmental and military corruption. Which is NOT something a country ever wants to have to struggle with during an invasion or even a foreign war. So much remains to be seen about this war. IF the West begins to tire of supplying a war that's not being won by Ukraine? Which there are already rumbles of going on in the halls of the U.S. government? Then Ukraine is in major trouble.

[@sebastianfletcher-taylor1024]

​@@ravenrise320I wish my country (US) had done much more much sooner, and all I can do is to continue lobbying for aid for Ukraine, and try to get people around me to refuse to vote for politicians who do not place this war as a high priority. I truly hope that my government stops playing politics on the graves of the dead, and actually gives Ukraine what it needs to win.

[@pandatv5181]

Where can I find the information that you state about the confirmed losses? Russian losses seem like some made up numbers

[@KingsandGenerals]

It is literally stated in the video.

[@bruderschweigen6889]

Use that little device in your hand its got acess to this thing called the internet where you can find all the answers to your questions. Good luck on this journey i have little hope for you.

[@Not_A_JTAC]

Nearly unanimous from third party sources with no dog in the fight. Russia has lost anywhere from 350k to 400+

[@DesertFox41]

Thank you for continuing to inform about this conflict. Your work is invaluable.

[@spookyboi8446]

"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow fond of it" -Robert E Lee

[@jonbaxter2254]

"Watch this drive" Also Lee, right before Gettysburg.

[@jorgeprieto8643]

God Bless Robert E. Lee@@arkady7739

[@magneticweasel1960]

@@arkady7739yanks were the aggressors. the south never tried to invade the north. they just wanted independence

[@CrackinJacks138]

​@@arkady7739 How was he on the side of the aggressors?

[@arthur-qm8qs]

Then he was even braver than I thought 😅

[@dantezogratis2636]

How Can Russia have 300k casualties? wouldn't that mean they lost every single soldier that has been sent into Ukraine? I've also yet to hear about the amount of Ukrainian casualties.

[@RoKBottomStudios]

The term casualty doesn't mean killed in action, it can either be wounded or displaced from combat due to other factors like sickness.

[@dgranik4839]

Or even rendered as ineffective from chronic alcohol or drug abuse.

[@dantezogratis2636]

@RoKBottomStudios But if Russia had that many losses, that means their front line would've collapsed, and Ukraine could've taken back the land they lost.

[@dantezogratis2636]

@RoKBottomStudios This was said before Russian mobilized even more troops, BTW. So, please make it make sense

[@commanderdon4300]

@@dantezogratis2636 Russia has mobilized enough to replace them, that is why they have not collapsed. Russian losses are very likely higher as these are "safe" estimates. The closest figures we have on Ukraine is about 120k casualties from a US report back in September time. Probably less than half of that 120k are dead as Ukraine seems to look after and recover it's soldiers better.

[@toodreammy]

Casualty numbers are always so inflated on both sides.

[@MartialGlobe]

I'd argue that the majority of casualities are not recognizable afterwards or became mist from bombing strikes. I am pretty sure estimates are somewhat accurate.

[@rodan2852]

Think about the advancements in "mine clearing systems" that will come about after this war. Its crazy to think of all the unexploded ordinance that will inevitably be lying around

[@NickWard-bz4jo]

WW1 Vibes - Meat Grinder in every sense of the word. The Gallantry, Tenacity, resilience, and sheer determination of these Ukrainian men/soldiers is astounding. Fantastic breakdown 👌

[@yetzchaqeaton6888]

Innocence...is the first casualty of War😢

[@AuDHDNovaScotian31]

If this turns out like WW1 for Russia we may see an end to reign of the Modern Tsar

[@ShadowMoon878]

Ukrainian? You mean Nazis

[@barbarosa3d239]

That means there are definitely bigger loses than this video is trying to tell... it is impossible to have 100K+ KIA in two years after all those bloody battles and meat waves. It really can be around 300K KIA and milion WIA. We really do not know how many russians died in buchankas and in primitive field hospitals... and HIMARS strikes against big groups of russians in rear...

[@NickWard-bz4jo]

@@thatisme3thatisme38 who is ?

[@justandy333]

As depressing as this war is I really respect your team for bringing us nice clear and objective coverage of the war so far. Look after yourselves guys.

[@Chocosuchti]

While I enjoy your content and this seris helps me be up to date to recent development in the Ukraine war I am bit baffled as to why the ukraine human losses are never mentioned compared to the russian losses being kept up to date in every episode. Sure I understand that there is a lot of misinformation and both sides extravacate the others losses while probably down playing their own. Yet there should be some numbers that can be used as a general indication.

[@KingsandGenerals]

When there is a number that can be considered reliable, we state it. The last one we have seen was an anonymous source from Pentagon with 120k casualties. I think it was in August or September.

[@TheHed94]

@@Samuel42069 So if you know the number of casualties of one side but not the other, you would say nothing? :D Thank god u are not a journalist.

[@Royinszki]

Cause this is BIASED, they never show the ukrainian losses, i love this channel but hate this series, they mention barely reliable numbers provided by the US and Ukraine about Russian losses but why can't they do it the other way too? Also it's not like im taking Russia's side, both countries have done horrible stuff even if "russia started it"

[@debater452]

​@@RoyinszkiIn the west there is freedom of press unlike in Russia where the goverment has to give the population huge casaulty numbers

[@aryanyudha9264]

@@KingsandGenerals How is ths 300K plus casualities figure got from, from western sources yeh they so reliable at the start of the war they kept mentioning putin was ill and had a terminal condition. Kings and Generals use some basic common sense if 300K russian casualities then russia will be doing numerous conscription rounds, russia is not so that kinda tells you this figure is pure garbage. Kings and Generals do not pick a side just report on the situation as accurately as one can.

[@curtisHair-e7p]

I LOVE these videos! Amazing work.The information and visuals are top notch.This is how it should be done.Thank u and keep up the great work.BTW- I’m 47 and these are the military videos I’ve been waiting for my whole life.BRAVO!

[@Halluzino]

Can you make a video about Russo-Georgian war of 2008?

[@HoBoeBpeM9l]

Рекомендую видео на эту тему от канала "Туземный совет трудящихся"

[@bilboriches7216]

@@HoBoeBpeM9l Nobody speaks your language Ivan. Its only you who has to translate comments to understand them. Keep your cheap nazai propaganda to yourself.

[@GerardoMendoza-ec2zz]

Casualties doesn't mean kill, i can be from injure in battles to having a minor injury, same goes with ukraine

[@willardpatterson706]

Yes, but they did separate KIA and WIA in the video.

[@404BusinessDataAndAI]

The issue with casualties is that most of the time is reported by one side and that is Ukrainian Army. They tend to hype Russian casualties and then suspiciously hide their own. The fact of the matter is, don’t trust these numbers even when they come from the Russian side.

[@AsLaanz]

​ No one know the real numbers

[@nestor7408]

⁠@@kyouskeuzumaki9673lol we found the RT users, both you and the one below😂😂clowns

[@Scritscratch]

@@zarni000false Russian propaganda. You bots are getting lazy.

[@mmcb2910]

Thank you for your efforts too cover this war. I must ask could you please add a scale to your map views, it is sometimes difficult to visualize the scale of operations without one. Thank you!

[@chrismartindale7840]

it's always on screen.

[@FutureMythology]

A superb review of the events of this year's conflict. Your continued coverage of this war is greatly appreciated. The Ukrainians are still battling off an invasion, but the media is so distracted by other problems that they often fail to cover this one. Even while I've always enjoyed your historical writings, I've recently come to like your take on current events as well. Much obliged.

[@DSS-jj2cw]

Winter operations in winter sucks! I had to do it in Wisconsin in January and it was miserable.

[@lifevest1]

Underlines the point of anyone invading us. Snow, cold, and 10,000s of deer hunters behind trees? Good luck!

[@jonbaxter2254]

Who were you fighting?

[@DSS-jj2cw]

@@jonbaxter2254 just the cold fortunately

[@jonbaxter2254]

@@DSS-jj2cw Don't lie, how many Minnesotans did you kill?

[@DSS-jj2cw]

@@jonbaxter2254 It was 1985 at Ft. McCoy. We just trained in the snow.

[@nylonkid01]

I've been a follower of the events leading up to and throughout the start of the Campaign. This channel by way of monitoring the effects and affects of its attrition showing just how costly war is. Its metrics measured in more ways than the price of ammunition and armaments and the systems that have been a vital toolkit for adapting to the ever changing environment and how the evolution of warfare has always been acknowledged in this conflict. Although I personally believe a peaceful resolution can allow recovery from the war, the financial crisis makes it impossible to calculate how the region will rebuild after the war. There's so many different aspects that go into the logistics and planning even forwarding the defensive line has a cost that is calculated prior to executing the orders necessary. The price of War will compare to the price of Peace. Reconstruction efforts after the war undoubtedly will take generations of survivors and veterans both in order to heal the region of it's hostility amidst the scars left on the terrain, the people and the infrastructure needed to civilize the wartorn battlefields once the killing stops.

[@anonymousanonymous31]

If Germany and France could recover from the far more brutal World Wars 1 and 2, then I don't think war recovery will be a real concern long-term. Many countries have already pledged to help rebuild the large Ukrainian cities after the war is over and there's 350 billion dollars of Russian frozen assets that is in limbo and can be worked out to be used to rebuild Ukraine. The biggest issues will be the massive minefields and unexploded ordnance that western Europe and Balkan countries like Bosnia are dealing with to this day.

[@nylonkid01]

As the technological advances allowed for thermal optics on drones to highlight the land mines to the advantage of close air support and pinpoint accuracy of the artillery that can still be used to dispose the defensive ordinance rendering them obsolete. Engineering equipment will have immense value in the rebuilding process. Tractors and Agricultural machinery are going to be in high demand and no different than the Soviets after WW2 in order to rebuild a lot after the scorched earth policies traded farming equipment and machinery to their Allies, helping those recovery efforts take place. It's important at least for both sides to not go extinct fighting this war, no one would be left behind to rebuild on either side..

[@nicolasmarazuela1010]

​@@anonymousanonymous31also the Money is frozen, ist's not sure it can be used for rebuilding. Because of many factors it is quite possible, that It will stay frozen but nothing else.

[@betsm5842]

@@nicolasmarazuela1010 we are waiting for trump to return, He does as we say, he will return the money to Russia

[@NichoTBE]

That's an insane number of men that died for 60km2 of land gained over 12 months. How have the Russians become so docile to let their leaders sacrifice them for virtually nothing like that..

[@luckyluciano1584]

You should ask a German veteran from 1914

[@FIYOS]

By modern standards yes it's quite shocking but by historical standards this a drop in the bucket its horrifying but it ain't much

[@alanalians5070]

Russian are fighting for their mother land, the land has been lost by communist in soviet union time

[@burtreynolds8030]

⁠@@FIYOSyou can’t compare previous eras of warfare like that, drafts and mobilizations themselves are much smaller than they used to be, also squads companies, and battalions have all shrunk in size since ww1-ww2, for a modern first word nation to have 250k-300k loses in a war is worrisome, in 20 years of Iraq, the US lost less than 10K, Russia really is using ww1 manpower tactics in the modern era and it’s a bloodbath

[@NichoTBE]

@@FIYOS Yeah im talking about modern standards, 100 years ago you could easily get away with this but today with modern weapons and communication technology, everyone has a camera etc. you would expect the Russians to revolt as they seem to do every 30 years or so, but no, they just take it. I suppose its only when the standard of living drops significantly is when the Russian people finally turn on their leaders.

[@chriswilliams1740]

Excellent presentations with credible sources from you guys keeps me informed of the military side of things.

[@hesiolite]

Guy named National Socialism, checks out

[@NfcdxAdhmc4993]

@@nationalsocialism3504 LMAOOO dude im no propagandist, but seriously 2 years into a high intensity war with all this open source drone footage and information, and you believe russia only has 30-40k casualties? what kind of crack are you smoking?

[@chrismartindale7840]

@@nationalsocialism3504 get out of here Russian troll. Your propaganda might fool Russians without access to free media, but it won't fool us. No matter what you say, you can't hide the fact that a war which your glorious leader said would last 10 days has lasted almost three years.

[@FreeWeId]

Bot@@nationalsocialism3504

[@oleksii000]

@@nationalsocialism3504you’re such a clown for believing ruzki news lol. They lost some of the best assets they had already with proofs that even a 5 yo can find, yet somehow it’s still going according to plan 😂

[@wiktorberski9272]

Thankyou really very much for your material related to War in Ukraine

[@Lonedrumstick55]

"the results of which are already known" made me spit out my coffee all over the screen. I'll send you an invoice shortly. Excellent coverage as always.

[@Zoey--]

It had me rolling as well :D

[@demon_lover6669]

Thanks youtube members and patreons!!❤

[@Markfr0mCanada]

It is unlikely that any specific equipment sent by Japan will arrive in Ukraine. Rather, it will be used to backfill. Something similar is happening with China. No Chinese formal military hardware (so not counting the FPV drones) will arrive in Ukraine. Instead Chinese production is used to backfill North Korean contributions to Russia, which are only available because China is back filling them.

[@Markfr0mCanada]

@@nationalsocialism3504 Please tell me more about this Judeo-American Empire Mr. National Socialist, I'm very curious! What does the AD in AD systems refer to? Is it a reference to the Christian calendar? I have to admit I'm a bit confused on that one.

[@augustuslunasol10thapostle]

⁠@@Markfr0mCanada the irony of naming one self national socialist while neither truly loving one’s nation nor believing in socialism atleast adolf was aware he was truly scamming people truly i pity you mark and everyone else for having to deal with these low lives

[@noobstar9995]

While watching this video I suddenly thought, wow i am watching this video like its a ww2 battle front. its so obscure, knowing that not far from where I live people are fighting a war.

[@UAre_madness]

Fighting for their existence

[@jcwoodman5285]

Excellent presentation!😊

[@terrywilkinson1570]

What an extremely detailed, but interesting report. Having listened to at least five separate KZbin channels every day. This was a pleasure. As are all your historical programs.

[@ytj17thjuggalo12]

"Russian Election [...]The results of which are already known" Lmao. Love it when K&G makes a factual jab. I'm sure that one hit him in the hairline, fellas. Thank you for covering this war. Poor Ukraine has not even been independent for 40 years. It seems like getting absorbed is a huge part of their history unfortunately :/ I hope to see this time, they not only win, but push into Russia. Maybe wishful, but it's what I'd like to see.

[@davidhughes8357]

Exactly. Thank you friend!

[@defaulttmc]

Keep dreaming, along with the psyop, probably CIA funded, that is KandG. Even the US government is telling Elensky (because Ukraine banned the letter "Z"), that Ukraine is going to have to settle for territorial concessions, meaning Russia's keeping what used to be Ukrainian territory, which used to be Russian.

[@kingseb2252]

Ukraine will prevail ​@@davidhughes8357

[@rufus501st9]

will you start uploading updates once per month again? since there are so few changes on the batlefield?

[@willardpatterson706]

That’s actually fair. Unless there are some big changes suddenly.

[@KingsandGenerals]

It's likely

[@markkelly9621]

I am very dubious about the comparative numbers of alleged equipment losses!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Why. The losses are visually confirmed.

[@rockfella1377]

All you pro russian marxist are having a hissy fit in the comments. LMAO.

[@JLMoto999]

😂

[@KingsandGenerals]

@@clairsnow6404 it says in the video.

[@issac746]

Looking forward for a video about Israel - Palestine conflict. 23k people died and most of them are innocent and not connected with hamas

[@mikemodugno5879]

Thank you so much for the update. Praying for the whole situation.

[@MyDogmatix]

I wait for these time capsules/historical summaries and thoroughly appreciate them.

[@danl.909]

Well done. Excellent visual production with plenty of useful information.

[@-----REDACTED-----]

One thing that has come through with news outlets like the NYT is that the quality of reporting on military matters is incredibly bad… But that is understandable as Ryan McBeth has pointed out. Let’s hope they will remedy this extreme shortcoming sooner rather than later!

[@16252]

thanks for posting

[@volodymyravramenko6685]

Thanks for the video

[@BloodBaath]

One of my most, if not the most, trusted sources for updates in this war.

[@nestor7408]

@@ASShole89says the probable RT enjoyer🤡😂 P.S nice new account, trolling on ruskie behalf is almost as sad as you😂

[@Jack_Deveny]

Thank you for continuing to provide this resource and to disperse this information. It means a lot.

[@dfhycbhc3228]

Propaganda ,ucraine Has more losees than you says

[@Not_A_JTAC]

Both numbers are hard to pinpoint as both sides don’t want to unveil their actual casualties.

[@depdangthi4059]

Avdiivka has collapsed in russian hand

[@yuyukosaigyouji7592]

well its already predicted since support from west keep decreasing

[@Synystr7]

"Russia is preparing for an election. The results of which are already known." LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[@betsm5842]

Lol indeed, we do not have elections. We simply instal Putin or Medvedev each time. It would cost a fortune to run an actual election, so why waste money

[@HaroldtheNihongoStudent]

No, it’s just 2nd year on February 2024.

[@hunterkiller232134]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that paused the video at that part.

[@LEFT4BASS]

Love your work

[@richbattaglia5350]

Could this regional stalemate in Ukraine ever boil into a global military conflict?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Unlikely

[@davidhimmelsbach557]

Quite the opposite. During early WWII, Adolf & Tojo received tremendous positive results, causing both to go 'all in.' Whereas, Putin has seen fiasco after fiasco. He's also seen no economic benefits -- nothing like capturing entire nations 99% intact. Putin's claims WRT the West-as-a-threat are pure BS -- as is revealed by the West's tepid military response -- a trickle of junkyard gear. You should know, as the Press won't admit it, that most of the European military aid has proved to be in such shoddy condition that it all has to be re-manufactured. That's why you keep hearing about deliveries -- half-a-year later -- finally arriving for the battlefield. EG Leopard I tanks -- these largely came from units sold for scrap by Belgium. (!) EG Challenger II tanks -- most were actually SCRAPPED -- not even sent over for their spares value. (!) Kyiv only received a company. (14) EG Gepard AAA tanks -- these were so shot that every last one had to be re-manufactured. They are THAT old. EG Bradleys -- every last one sent is 30+ years old. How many civilian cars are 30+ years old -- especially off-road machines?

[@Riley-uy5pe]

no but it's an indicator of how future wars might play out. which if trench warfare is coming back, is grim

[@KingsandGenerals]

@@Riley-uy5pe again, unlikely. Every war is unique. Even WWI was only a trench war in the west. In the east and west Asia it was a very maneuver conflict. This one is like that because neither side can achieve the air supremacy.

[@Kastrenzo74]

that all depends on how much russia wants to antagonize NATO, (regardless of american fascist's plans to leave it), and whether russia decides to do something that forces a NATO intervention. biological or nuclear weapons, a large casualty incident in NATO territory, etc

[@donnywolf9250]

I'd love to see you do a series on the three days of Battle at GETTYSBURG. You guys are the best at putting this stuff together. Thanks for another video

[@woolfwoolf]

Your videos really help put this all into perspective. Thanks

[@rjlcc3277]

Ukraine is losing day by day. Russia is winning and pushing forward despite high fatalities & assets lost.

[@floatingdeadfish4080]

what is this coping machenism???

[@cz1589]

Im not an expert in metallurgy, but I had some sort of dental braces as kid. When you want something to be flexible but strong as well. To put it in the classic sense: it should bend, but dont break. In my case, I foolishly tended to toy with the braces, causing metal fatigue and breaking it. As for the United States, they prefer Russia to bow, but not to break. A collapse of the Moscovite Empire might affect the eurasian region in drastic ways. Preventing escalation is not only to protect western nations - its also how to preserve stability in Russia. In the case of Germany its about a feeling of moral obligation, due to the horrific history of World War 2, in wich the nazi's inflicted (at least) 20 million dead Russians. For decades, Berlin had a natural tolerant and lenient posture towards Moscow and its interests. Other nations like France and the Netherlands had other motivations but eventually similar approaches in their policy towards the Russian, with the failed hope to smoothen tensions with diplomatic and economic ties. But this is well-known and hardly something new to mention. But how about military pressure? Lets get back to the comparison: please bend, but not break! But the possiblity of such depends on the materials: is it flexible enough to bow? So, how realistic is it for Putin and its clique to be convinced into rational and peace-loving actions, rather then nostaligic warfare and imperialism? Will Russia bend, without the need to break it? If you want peace, prepare for war. Putin and most dictatorial regimes have a more predator-like philosphy. Its not about choice or opportunism - its a core habit of their very nature of seeing things. When predators smell blood and weakness, they get a very narrow field of thinking and acting. They will push again and again. In my definition, there is a difference between a stalemate and a frozen conflict. The first can be factual on the battlefield, for shorter or longer time. The second is more about strive and motivations: its more a choice. In WW1, we saw years of stalemates. But mostly, both sides send all-in, a total war effort for nothing less but victory. Anyway, there is certainly a part of the western public and political spectre that considers some kind of frozen conflict the best possible. In a cynical way: give Ukraine enough support to survive and fend off Russia, but not enough to win and liberate their sovereign lands. Hoping for a cool-down of the war in due time, making Putin to reconsider his ambitions. Both sides are not willing to settle for real. I will focus on Russia. They sustained tremendous losses and the current strategic perspective will result in very meager gains. Stolen lands will not be recognized and with ‘Lake NATO’ and the new long border with this alliance is far from positive. This can undermine Putins political control over internal affairs. Regarding the predator-trait: Putin will continue to push and hit. He sees a lot of space for extra advantages. Besides, Russia is putting their economy on a war footing. While reluctant to mobilize more cannon fodder, most elements of the military-industrial complex have been revived and improvided: for a long-term war of attrition. Recently, I mentioned the dark scenario of Ukraine developing nuclear weapons, as desperate measure versus passive western allies. But experts also fear the possible escalation of the Russian expansion into the baltic states. It might not be realistic for Putin to pull that off and win - but his predator-instinct might take over, when the west shows weakness. Forget rational thinking. When sharks smell fish blood, they get in a feeding frenzy. History is littered with examples of conquerors who didnt know how or when to stop. How about the other consideration: weakening and neutralizing Russia, without destroying it? That might be an impossible dream. Either Russia will overcome the stress and roll into NATO territories with greater numbers, backed with total-war industry. Either, this will give Putin the illusion he can win, tempting him to exhaust whats left of Russia’s future.For a frozen conflict can also bring long-term damage to Russian stability - even when it doesnt result in a war with NATO. It means the Russian economy and society will be stressed for years to come, cannibalized for the glory of this 'special operation'. When all remaining fat has been scraped from the bottom, the nation might implode. Thus, in the end: a lenient western posture and a frozen conflict might backfire, hurting not only Europe and Ukraine, but also whats left of Russia. So, putting up a firm wall of steel and fire and a hard no towards Moscow, might not only save Ukraine and the European continent from destruction, but also might preserve Russian stability. So, the current road taken, might break Russia a lot worse. Instead, lets take the tough stand, the sooner and the faster, the better. While there is no silver bullet or risk-free choice, the lesser of two evils weighs a lot towards a stronger and defiant stand against Moscovite agression.

[@jefclark]

very well written

[@cz1589]

@@jefclark thx, i appreciate the feedback. My regular english qv0ra post was sabotaged by the algoritm gods. Fortunately, both dutch version and this great channel helped to share serious information as well. I always try to like videos here, its great anyway with serious stuff. After all, im just a guest and lucky for any room any day around. Have a good week!

[@georgestoyanov5387]

If I am not wrong in American Congress, the division and splitting of Russia was spoken more than once and it's easily understandable why. I am Def not sympathizing for the Russian side, as I know many of them, with an emphasis on the uneducated Russian class, do want this war. Out of curiosity how do you see the war ending? How do you see Russia after Putin?

[@ryszardjanecki6998]

Spowodowali śmierc 20 milionów obywateli ZSRR a to co innego . Ilosciowo najwięcej zgineło Ukraińców a procetowo Białorusinów

[@cz1589]

@@ryszardjanecki6998 Myślę, że byłoby to przydatne dla Berlina, gdyby sobie to uświadomił (google translate ;-) )

[@yankoaleksandrov]

The list of the russian production is missing

[@sergiylebedev4565]

Thanks for support. Your channel is great

[@prairiedog6]

Great information, graphics, and narration. Thanks.

[@LumenP1023]

you guys spelled STRUGGLE wrong in the thumbnail

[@KingsandGenerals]

no, looks good on my end

[@Lightstrike9703]

Could somebody tell me the outro music at the very end of the video somebody please ? Can’t find it anywhere and I like so much…

[@rhino015]

With the figures for lost equipment at the end, what is counted as a drone? Because those numbers seem way too small. I watched a DW news video where they were in Ukraine talking to FPV drone pilots and they were saying they were going through thousands of drones per month. I’m sure Russia is similar.

[@dgranik4839]

That figure for lost Drones should be clarified. That probably refers to the more sophisticated, larger, more capable Drones, meant to be reused, and typically dedicated to surveillance tasks, or to be used as Weapons platforms. The FPV Drones often go on One Way Missions, where they are sacrificed in service of destroying a higher value target. Towards that end, they should be counted as expendable, Single-Use Munitions, not toted up as "lost" ( any more than we would deem an Artillery Shell or Bullet which has been fired at the Enemy, as some sort of "Combat Loss"!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, large drones. Bayraktar, Orion and such.

[@jensramputh]

Always a one sided report..

[@larsporsena9529]

Thanks for making these

[@jdbb3gotskills]

Thank you for putting that little map in the corner. You guys think of every little detail.

[@deronwilliams3260]

What are Ukraine casualties?

[@remington2216]

Dont ask forbidden questions

[@floatingdeadfish4080]

@@remington2216 NYT said it can be 131k

[@kaiserschlacht5398]

​@@floatingdeadfish4080go bring your bs elsewhere since no one will believe it. And last time I checked it was Ukraine who was struggling to get new troops which is clear evidence that they lost so many men. But I know fanboy like you will still deny it since that's how deluded you are. Slava Cocaine indeed 😂

[@marclohnhardt6420]

Crazy thats 3 years already.. Damn.

[@Srez-mj8sj]

The war started in 2014, what 3 years?

[@marclohnhardt6420]

@@Srez-mj8sj if we talk about the FULL SCALE INVASION THAT IS TOPIC OF THID VIDEO yeah still 3 years. So whats your point ?

[@Srez-mj8sj]

@@marclohnhardt6420 What kind of invasion? the invasion took place in 2014 when Bandera’s followers killed a bunch of people in the Donbass. And this came karma.

[@marclohnhardt6420]

@@Srez-mj8sj we dont talk over russian Media claims here now back under your Rock

[@lulzicon7978]

@@Srez-mj8sj No way your tzar had anything to do with that, pouring in his "little green men" ? everyone who disagreed in donbass "disappeared" into police station basements. no doubt putin will get 102% of the vote from the newly aquired "territories" with 900% voters reporting.

[@lawrence8374]

Excellent reporting!!

[@benoke1984]

Unprovoked aggression? Lol🤣 another propaganda channel…

[@rockfella1377]

All you pro russian marxist are having a hissy fit in the comments. LMAO.

[@Oblivisci........]

So much crying from you guys it's hilarious.

[@european-one]

Another fake KZbin account

[@bacon1564]

@@european-one Except he is right. Saying it is unprovoked aggression doesn't even give the illusion of objectivity, its like reading off a script from the US State Dept and it is insulting to the intelligence of anyone familiar with the region prior to 2021. I'd have thought people would've caught onto neocon foreign policy deception with Iraq. Nope, went right onto Libya, then supporting "moderate rebels" in Syria and onto Ukraine where McCain himself showed up (like in Syria) to cheerlead Maidan and the banshee Nuland even caught on audio recording orchestrating the new puppet government. Next thing you know we're flooding Ukraine with arms. As always, everyone has amnesia so they clap like seals and no one in this godforsaken government is held responsible for the next catastrophe they create.

[@european-one]

@@bacon1564 that's a lot of bs you just threw up. Ukraine chose a new government multiple times through election. That's no business but Ukraine's. The war was unprovoked

[@Cheduepallottole]

My three cats (Kozaci Laheri, Urojaine and Sakko i Vanzetti) are disappointed for not being mentioned this time. I am think about a fourth cat, that I will name FrankenSAM for sure

[@krisv001]

Thanks for the update!

[@nicksmits2321]

Thank you very much to cover this war! It is so important that people all over the world understand what is going on. I do hope it ends soon, but i'll doubt it will. Anyway thanks for the objective view and clear information! 🙂🙏

[@Blessedtreez]

I wish I can support I am at the poverty line myself amazing channel been following for a few years now, very knowledgeable

[@KingsandGenerals]

Take care of yourself, thanks for considering!

[@mr.anderson7603]

Thank you very much and thank you from behalf of all my people good man 🙏🙏🙏

[@mx5493]

Dear kings and generals, if you insist on showing the dejure map borders, like showing occupied ukrainian territory as ukraines, no breakaways regions in georgia,moldova etc then please stop showing turkish occupied cyprus as its own seperate state. Thank you

[@awildpanther2031]

Skill issue

[@espritares]

What's the music at the end ? really well made vidéo thx 🙂

[@ActionPacked94]

Darude - sandstorm

[@ASH9366]

Thank you Kings & Generals 🙏 One of oldest fan of your Channel 🤳

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@JimCoupeTQ]

What tool is used to create animations like these?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Blender

[@cloverfinderboygamer3573]

1:19 I know a LOT of history, but I don't know anything about the Russian Civil War

[@KingsandGenerals]

Coming up in 2024

[@mikemodugno5879]

Looking forward to it@@KingsandGenerals

[@slicerneons3300]

It seriously annoys me when those who aren't paying attention so easily dismiss the war as over already.

[@NoMoreTortillas1]

Wow 3 years? That went by fast

[@cmc2550]

I think it is more like two years. I think that was a rare mess up. The war started, February 2022

[@georgielaforge4239]

At the end of February 2024 the war’s third year will begin. It’s only been 1.9 years so far.

[@Smithington_]

@@cmc2550 No, it is not an error. People are either not attentative or fail to understand what "closing in on" means. In simple speak: the third year of the war is about to start soon.

[@kkyrezis]

It is said its closing in to it's 3rd year. Which means the second year is almost over. No mistake here.

[@vlad3729]

Went fast for observers only. For us ukranians it is like a lifetime.

[@memazov6601]

Would you be interested in doing fictional documentaries

[@bfdiepictennisballbfdi2359]

What kind?

[@paulhellawell5920]

Isn't that an oxymoron?

[@compareandcontrast9833]

That's their wizards and warriors channle.

[@Jungletraveler00_12]

I'd be interested if they did one on Middle Earth, how battles between Mordor and Gondor/Rohan took place.

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

yea they already made videos about star wars lord of the rings and many more on there wizards and warriors channle.

[@imzyv6918]

the winner is going to set the deaths and casulties but who''s gonna be the winner ?

[@esmenhamaire6398]

Ukraine. Absolutely no doubt about that.

[@imzyv6918]

In war there are no winners only losses

[@kaiserschlacht5398]

​@@esmenhamaire6398well this didn't age well 😂. Just see their pathetic retreat at avdiivka

[@bingbongdingdong1234]

I just found this channel. Great stuff

[@ultimaratio7373]

An excellent summary covering developments on frontlines, economy and politics. It seems to me that the war is increasingly turning into a battle of endurance and wills between two antithetical world views.

[@toddbrackett4277]

Why do so many people assume that the Patriot was what destroyed the five Russian Flankers over the Christmas week? I understand that the S-300 doesn't have the missile defense capabilities of the Patriot but it is capable of destroyed aircraft at a similar range. Why shouldn't we consider that the S-300 destroyed the Flankers?

[@toddbrackett4277]

@@MM22966, I have heard that the S-300 missiles are running low but I don't know what this means relative to the Patriot munitions. The destruction of the Flankers may have only required 5-10 missiles. You bring up an interesting point about the Franken-SAMs, I thought that this was referring to the use of Sea Sparrow missiles with the BUK not the S-300. Are you aware of a similar program for the S-300?

[@KingsandGenerals]

There are more targets than can be destroyed by the Patriots. Some are too cheap for the Patriots to use their expensive missiles on. So, cheaper AA defence is always needed.

[@23Drazse]

Madjar's Birds the legendary drone unit. Commander Robert Brovdi from Zakarpatia.

[@AllFormsElectronic]

It's just modern trench warefare. An unthinkable amount of able body humans just thrown into the meat grinder all for the gain of mere specs on the map.

[@panaglaw]

Ukrainian casualties 😢?

[@mrfun177]

Last report we had was 120k in september, so by now probably 150/160k. Russia loses a lot more men and the 500k number that the vatniks and russian propagandists like to throw around was from a article that counted all Russian losses, Ukrainian losses and Ukrainian civilian deaths in 1 big total but the propagandist gotta lie to safe face.

[@floatingdeadfish4080]

@@clairsnow6404 so do you know?

[@venox3811]

The amount of human casualties is just extremely sad.

[@mrhumble2937]

How are the russian people not pissed. Losing family members for nothing? When do they just refuse to go.

[@fikriakmal6459]

Because they expect it to happaned when they watch their child become a soldier The thing about Russia army is that most of them are still the volunteer army and some prisoner,unlike the Ukraine witch forcefully conscript their population..... The Russian one chose ti be soldier while Ukraine are forced to be soldier

[@Andriy_Sklyar]

@@fikriakmal6459 Amorphous mass cannot be voluntary, for this one must have will

[@Ihrun]

Like all peoples, the Russians have strange psychological quirks, one of which is that they accept death passively.

[@esmenhamaire6398]

Oh, many of the Russians are pissed off all right - but too afraid to do anything about it, due to the consequences of speaking out against Putin or his genocidal war. But that's what happens when a fascist regime is allowed to get into power.

[@esmenhamaire6398]

@@fikriakmal6459 It is demonstrably untrue that those in the Russian army are all there of their own free will. Most are not.

[@eirin099]

why is the videos in this playlist the wrong way around, makes watching them one after the other quite annoying otherwise great content !

[@joel3723]

Good recap, I always watch it but no mention on ukranian attacks on civil population in Belgorod?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Russians had Grads in the center of Belhorod shelling Kharkiv.

[@SillyPillow]

The Ukrainian drones were going for military targets, but Russia - in their understandable haste to shoot down the drones - accidentally bombed their own town in the process. At least that's what Russia claimed, last I heard.

[@patrickazzarella6729]

Why dont you show the figures of Naval losses?

[@BillKermanKSP]

Most of these losses are covered in the episode anyway

[@betsm5842]

We do not have a navy anymore. We have never had an even decent navy. Go all the way back to czarist times and the navy has been an embarrassment to us russians

[@crazedhobo]

'unprovoked attack'. Which 3 letter agency do you work for. Pathetic.

[@sH-ed5yf]

Ukraine didnt attack russia

[@Aurora-co5xy]

Centuries fall out boy merci

[@roberthuff3122]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:11 🌍 *Overview of the War in Ukraine* - Discussion on the ongoing War in Ukraine nearing its third year with no end in sight. - Russia recapturing strategic momentum; Ukraine planning next moves. - Sponsored by KZbin members and patrons. 01:35 📺 *Sponsor Acknowledgement and Upcoming Content* - Acknowledgement of sponsors and announcement of exclusive content for backers. - Introduction to new series for patrons and KZbin members. 02:04 ⚔️ *Battlefield Situation in Ukraine* - Heavy fighting in the Avdiivka sector; both sides struggling for dominance. - Detailed analysis of various frontlines: Avdiivka, Donbas, North Luhansk, and Zaporizhia. - Insights into the strategies and advancements of both Russian and Ukrainian forces. 06:29 ✈️ *Air Warfare and Defensive Actions* - Ukrainian air defense's successes and challenges against Russian air strikes. - Discussion on the downing of Russian jets and the impact on the battlefield. - Ukraine's retaliation and Russia's response to these actions. 09:38 🚀 *Missile and Drone Attacks* - Analysis of Russian drone and missile attacks and their impact on Ukraine. - Ukrainian air defense capabilities and their effectiveness against these attacks. - The shift in Russian strategy focusing on urban areas and possible military targets. 11:49 🪖 *Military Preparations and Foreign Aid* - Discussion on Ukraine's mobilization efforts and military manpower challenges. - Increase in Ukrainian domestic military production and international military aid. - Overview of global support and contributions to Ukraine's military capabilities. 17:44 🕊️ *Diplomatic Developments* - Review of recent diplomatic efforts and statements from Russian officials. - Analysis of Putin's long-term strategy and potential diplomatic approaches. 18:42 📊 *2023 War Summary and Conclusion* - Summary of the war's progress in 2023, highlighting key developments and stalemates. - Analysis of casualties, equipment losses, and the overall impact on both sides. - Concluding remarks on the ongoing nature of the conflict and future expectations. Made with HARPA AI

[@mihaelavoicu8487]

do you have any plans to join armedchair history TV

[@BigRedDragonFan]

I can’t help but feel that nato and Russia screwed up with Ukraine in the middle. Russia has been terrible at every aspect of war(logistics, tactics, technology, corruption) while NATO screwed up at signaling (don’t think Russia would have invaded if they knew nato would provide a lot of support), giving only enough to stay in the fight but not enough to gain a long term advantage, and a lack of coherent strategy while advisors seem to treat Ukraine as nato lite forgetting all of natos strategy’s depend on air superiority. By the time this is over, Russias conventional force projection will be destroyed and Russia would be a client state of China. Ukraine will be devastated but might recover depending on what happens with peace terms (if they keep access to ports and what happens to Crimea and their massive untapped oil reserves). NATO will spend a lot of money in the war and reconstruction but learn how to build a war economy for a modern large scale war.

[@peterflohr7827]

In advance the US did publicly warn Putin not to invade. But Putin believes the West is too weak and decadent to get involved. Finding out the hard way.

[@tedcrilly46]

Im hoping Russia would rather become a client state of the EU. 75% of the Russian population live in the extreme west of Rus. And the EU is the worlds largest middle income market. We could still use their natural resources. And have a long successful history of doing so. Previously being their top trade partner. All Russians have to do, in exchange for some prosperity and sanity, is to change their attitudes and stop promoting lunatic strongmen.

[@j.p.ijsblok5304]

I suspect that the fact that Russia will lose conventional force projection was a goal of NATO to begin with. The rate of attrition happening right now could not happen if Ukraine had the weapons it needed right away and was victorious right now. The cynical truth is that Russia has stopped being a (perceived) superpower, and it barely costs NATO anything, at the cost of many Ukrainian lives.

[@leonardblazevic9440]

China has no interest controlling Russia. Why are people so obsessed with russia collapsing, or becoming a client state? Even in the current state, in the event of a NATO invasion of russia, they'd struggle. people do no tunderstand, different nations, ways of thinking and culture, and especially different warfare style for the two. Russia has experience in conventional warfare (Chechens, Georgia, Syria, Ukraine) and is usually a much more static warfare and west has anti-insurgency (Afghanistan, Iraq, various situations like in Sudan, Syria, Yemen). Russia will not collapse. Ukraine will probably not, but their govt is also pretty unpopular after wanting to mobilise a million troops, since they have far less population AND economy than russia. they arent able to afford this. theyre living off of bought time. when the war ends, everyone will want them to pay back their debt. they will never recover. Russia will also be indebted. the politics of this dont matter, its sad people even care about who "wins"; in a war noone can win because both sides have tens of thousands of people dying every month. This isnt political, or right/wrong, this is a tragedy.

[@BarryAllen__1A23]

​@@leonardblazevic9440 Tragedy? All the orcs could do is literally just to gtfo in ukraine, return their occupied lands and an assurance that they wont do it again. Thats literally it, i bet ukraine wouldnt even ask reperations from the orcs so long as they screw off.

[@metebaba8014]

you are amazing!!!!

[@Marz965]

As i can see thru the past year all i can see is the russian gains more land but slowly i think russia is winning in a year a month a decade

[@parsifal2299]

When it started. I was deluded in optimism saying that the ukies wuld hold for around a month. I wont take bets on this anymore.

[@denigster]

so then why do they have less land than last year at the same time ?

[@Marz965]

@@parsifal2299 same thing for me i thought it would take russia a week or a month and its all done but i guess not

[@Marz965]

@@denigster as for russian i think they have more land now

[@VegetaWien89]

Get on Nebula pls! Epic History has already joined there!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Invitation only, not invited. Tell them to invite us. :-)

[@RangerB66]

I'm not sure if the figures of losses cover the Rosgvardia; they have been largely removed now but they led initially in 2022 assault with light forces and suffered accordingly. Might be worth checking.

[@ljnv]

Third year? Second year. It started Feb 24 22

[@KingsandGenerals]

Worded it poorly. Wanted to say that the third year is about to start

[@ljnv]

@@KingsandGenerals arggh BTW i love watching your videos. Thanks for all your hard work.