Air War in Ukraine - How Much Do We Know About It (So Far)? (DCS World)

Or at least, what do we think we know? As various pieces of information emerge from the War in Ukraine, it might be a bit hard to put together a picture of what the air portion of the conflict looks like. We've done our best.
Disclaimer: Very few details about the actual air combat is available at this moment and scenes depicted in this video are mostly guesswork. Limited assets available in DCS World also mean that some approximation about weapon types, aircraft skins etc. is needed.
Main sources:
- The Aviation Geek Club - various articles
theaviationgeekclub.com/
- Tango Six - Vazduhoplovni portal Srbije - various articles
tangosix.rs/
- The Mysterious Case of the Missing Russian Air Force
rusi.org/explore-our-research...
- Zelensky awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine to 12 military men, six of them posthumously
newsreadonline.com/zelensky-a...
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[@sukritbera5244]

This is a really well made video, and the best part about this is the fact that you, as always, stayed neutral and pointed out true facts. Good job, thanks!

[@showtime112]

I am glad you appreciate my effort!

[@sgt_loeram1933]

He’s great

[@sukritbera5244]

@@showtime112 No problem, my friend... keep up the good work and stay safe!

[@sukritbera5244]

@@sgt_loeram1933 Yeah

[@gorka7824]

I couldn't have said it better myself

[@GannicusMisteriosdeHonduras]

I knew the air to air kills claimed were a bit too suspicious, by both sides. Nice to see an unbiased view of current events

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it!

[@box8brewing829]

Thank you Showtime112 for these vids. Shedding some light on these kinds of things helps the community learn a little more about events not familiar to most people.

[@showtime112]

Glad you appreciate it!

[@alinalexandru2466]

Fun fact (maybe): Stepan Choban, or Ștefan Ciobanu as he preferred, was a Romanian ethnic from Southern Bessarabia (today in the Odessa region of Ukraine). He's last words to his family were "Nu mor caii când vor câinii" (The horses don't die when the dogs want it), a Romanian proverb. He participated together with Oksanchenko at BIAS 2016, you can find some clips here on youtube.

[@showtime112]

Thanks for contributing!

[@MrBond-uq2tg]

Was he KIA?

[@showtime112]

@@MrBond-uq2tg Yes.

[@alinalexandru2466]

@@MrBond-uq2tg Yes, on 28 February.

[@MrOlgrumpy]

Thank you for the update,there is so much happening we will probably never know,but you are filling in some of the gaps with unbiased information.

[@showtime112]

Thanks! I can't be as quick as news portals and similar but I can offer a different perspective.

[@skyhorseprice6591]

I do not mean any disrespect to anyone fighting in this war, or to the families of those warriors, or to anyone. But I just have to say this, and if any of you who are commenting here have ever played Ace Combat before discovering DCS, I bet you've thought of this too. _The whole Ghost Of Kyiv tale sounds EXACTLY like a storyline out of Ace Combat. I mean, it is dead on AC 5 The Unsung War!_ I'm talking about the Ghosts Of Razgriz, who were this hodgepodge squadron thrown together out of desperation. The player plays as Blaze, a nugget who goes on to become flight lead, and his squadron becomes hailed as the Razgriz. Does anyone know the origin of this Ghost Of kyiv story? It had to come from someone, somewhere. This just shows me that we have to try like _triple_ hard to check out all data and narrative we hear, because things are being tossed about with wild abandon, especially by the mainstream media, who are of course the major finger pointers of all time. At first when I saw this video, I was unsure how I felt about it. Is it just someone trying to make DCS content for more hits on their channel? Or is it sincere? Well, after watching the whole thing, I have to say I don't see any major fictionalization going on here. Actually, this video sticks to such facts as are known far more precisely than do _any_ of the mainstream corporate media sock puppets. So at the beginning of this I was pretty suspicious. By the end I was pretty damn impressed. What this does is, it takes the facts, as many facts as you could find anyway, and it makes clinical facts, data, and statistics into a visceral experience that can be quite effective for showing people that , "...sources say that a Russian Antonov Transport carrying soldiers and weapons was shot down by a Ukrainian Mig 29..." , is just another piece of data until they see a DCS 'demonstration' of how that engagement actually looked. That is valuable, man, _really_ valuable. As long as your videos remain fact based and without any sensationalism, I have come to believe that you guys are doing something valuable, and it's unique. As far as I know, no one has reported international war news using a military aviation simulator. It shows how good DCS really is, but even more, it shows how useful a tool DCS can be. Hopefully no one else will circulate DCS videos as real footage. Yes, the graphics are good enough to fool pretty much anyone but IRL fighter pilots and those who fly in DCS, but I hope we have seen the end of that shit, because just as this video ↑↑↑ reflects well on the DCS community, people who use it to fake 'evidence' make the DCS community look depraved. Good video here. I hope you guys keep doing these exactly as you did here.

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much for this very elaborate comment! I've never played Ace Combat but as you suggest, the whole story very likely evolved from there. As for the videos I make, I always try to be rational. I use this Serbian aviation portal as a balance source. As you might know, Serbia is one of only two openly pro-Russian countries in Europe and while the guys on the portal seem to be objective and not root for Russia openly, they definitely don't root for Ukraine. If they write something that's not favorable for Russia, I take it as a pretty good confirmation. Thanks again and keep watching!

[@alinalexandru2466]

Regarding the Ghost of Kyiv, have you seen the short DCS film titled "the Ghost"? I feel like that was the inspiration for the story, whoever first came up with the Ghost of Kyiv. Though I do believe that the GoK represents more than that and is not entirely fictional.

[@showtime112]

@@alinalexandru2466 It could have been. Maybe we'll never know exactly how the legend was created but I would say it probably wasn't Ukrainians who thought of it.

[@terrynewsome6698]

This war has been the closest to the Ethiopian Somalian war of the 70s. With both sides limited on air operations. But there is talk of retired US f-16v or f-18c being sold to Ukraine to replace losses.

[@estellemelodimitchell8259]

Thanks for producing a video on the air war in Ukraine with little detailed information coming out of the theatre especially from the pilots perspective, which is usually your format in detailing air combats. In your next video of the war in Ukraine, I hope you could do one on the Low flying Russian helicopter that was shot head on by a Manpad a couple of days ago. Keep up the good work man.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for your comment! There will be more scenes reenacted in the future as they appear. In fact, just before the release of the video, lots of new info about Russian losses started to appear. It takes several days to produce a video such as this one so I can't be as up-to-date as the news portals but I can offer a summary and another perspective.

[@radu120583]

I saw that ukranian Su27 landing in romania, being escorted by F16s. I live close to the airbase. Such a beautiful jet , but I dont remember seeing any missiles under the wings when it landed

[@showtime112]

Really? It is possible. There was an article saying that the missiles had to remain in Romania because an armed aircraft taking off from Romanian airfield would be considered an act of war.

[@paul119]

@@showtime112 I saw photos too,but this su27 was landing without weapons , and escorted back too without any weapon

[@mrxyz8366]

A month ago i told you to make a video on russia ukraine crisis abd you said that your are now focusing on historic content, well my dream come true, thank you to make a content on russo ukraine crisis.

[@showtime112]

A month ago it would have been just theoretical. Now, it's the history happening. Thanks for the comment!

[@maclogan6872]

Well done. Your video has hypothetical ideas without being overly exaggerated

[@showtime112]

Thank you for this comment! That was basically the whole objective.

[@SelfRaisingWheat]

Good video. For me, I was surprised by the amount of disinformation surrounding this war circulated by both sides. I knew there would be some but there is so much, so it is very difficult to know what is exactly happening. There can only be generalisations right now.

[@showtime112]

The only thing you can do is look for multiple confirmations and watch when one side admits something not in its favor. That's probably true.

[@yurilovespen6009]

Can you do the su-34 shot down ? Russia lost 9 combat aircraft within just 26h, what a humiliation

[@showtime112]

Possibly, if I can find more info about those shootdowns.

[@touchofevil3608]

One of your best video my Friend !😎🤘 Keep it louuuuuuuud !!!🍻

[@showtime112]

I sure will! Thank you for your support!

[@PappaBear_yt]

Yeah, war is a mess and there's never a winner. 😥 Great video, keep it cool! 👍🏻

[@showtime112]

Thanks Pappa Bear! Always enjoy your comments!

[@PappaBear_yt]

@@showtime112 No problem, my friend! I've been busy lately so didn't get to watch last few videos, but I'll make for it once I catch some free time. 😉 Stay safe!

[@offshorequest]

Another good and factual video!

[@showtime112]

Glad you think so!

[@BHSoldier9819]

Great video!

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the comment!

[@ninadsheth8422]

an imaginative romp into the fog of war one line missing is "luckily no one was injured."

[@shahnazahmed6789]

My favourite channel keep up good work

[@showtime112]

Wow, thanks

[@Hichatsu]

Please keep us up to date with more video's very enjoyable!, thank you.

[@showtime112]

More to come! Thanks for the comment!

[@feetpiece_704]

Judging by the physical condition of SU-34 pilots I have serious doubts they could survive any high G maneuvering. They're literally too fat to fight in the sky and have had to resort to hit and run at medium/low level. 🤣

[@showtime112]

Well, that guy looks like he isn't fit enough to be a bus driver, let alone a fighter jet 😁

[@slate4687]

Doesnt matter...at the altitudes at wich Russians are usud to engaged they are already toasted

[@feetpiece_704]

@@showtime112 If you get a nchance check out the Combat Approve episode on the KA-52. Looks to be more of the same: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6GQmGCvi86SeM0

[@slate4687]

There was also an episode where 2 ukr su 27/mig 29s confronted two RF Su 35/27s...one ukr su 27 was shot down and consequently allegedly the Two Russian flankers were shot down by ukrainian s-300

[@showtime112]

Stories do emerge. With many of them, it's better to wait and see.

[@CrazyRussianPilot]

Top Video !👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@showtime112]

Thanks for your comment!

[@ratagris21]

Thank you for covering this conflict as well as itst developments. 🎩♠🏁🎯🏵😉😎

[@showtime112]

Thank you for watching. I really wasn't sure whether to do it or not.

[@ratagris21]

@@showtime112 you did excellent. You did put your disclaimers. Excellent presentations as always beased on known and confirmed facts.

[@Mrbumbons1]

Your videos are top notch.

[@showtime112]

Thanks for your support!

[@PointlessGunSyncs]

Such an amazing recreation of the videos ive seen so far from the war. Great job man!

[@showtime112]

Thank you for your support!

[@dfpoor]

You fly the Frogfoot like a pro.

[@showtime112]

One of my favorite airplanes! Thanks for commenting!

[@shannonnezul4903]

Tasteful and well done.

[@showtime112]

Glad you think so!

[@vyshnav4092]

Well depicted.

[@showtime112]

I appreciate your comment!

[@airsoftmalife624]

Pozdrav! Iskoristio bih ovu priliku se malo informiram , prošle sam godine kupio prvi hotas i počeo sam igrati DCS , sada imam u planu uzeti Orion F18 hotas , jeli vrijedan novca i mogu li uzeti nešto bolje za istu cijenu ili malo veću cijenu?

[@showtime112]

Pozdrav! Ne mogu konkretno ocijeniti taj model jer ga nisam isprobao užvo. Svakako nije jeftin ali ono što mogu reći bez sumnje je da sve one prekidače možeš iskoristiti za nešto.

[@airsoftmalife624]

@@showtime112 Odlično! Najviše letim u SU-25 i MiG-21 tako da se nadam da će dobro poslužiti svi prekidači.

[@azizaziz5621]

I like the landscape, terrain and topography in your videos.

[@showtime112]

Thanks! I hope that doesn't mean you dislike everything else 😁

[@azizaziz5621]

@@showtime112 No, my likes includes the dogfights and associated combat.

[@showtime112]

@@azizaziz5621 Alright then 😁

[@nylkul9933]

There has been a lot more shoot downs of russian aircraft, including apparently a Su-30.

[@showtime112]

Another video will cover that.

[@milanstojanovic4838]

Svaka cast drugar

[@showtime112]

Hvala na komentaru!

[@watonemillion]

14:48 what a shot

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment!

[@justanormalgermanboy9269]

Trank you Already Waiting!

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment!

[@slate4687]

The gostomel air raid os been a suicidal move in my opinion.. Also line sendingIl 76 with paratroopers in contested airspace...is mad

[@showtime112]

There are indications that the raid indeed was quite costly and unsuccessful. Yet another thing that suggests that Russians seriously underestimated their opponents.

[@Lucas-lq9cn]

the ghost of Kyiv was just the combined efforts of the 40th aviation tactical brigade

[@showtime112]

That's possible. I am really looking forward to getting a properly researched data after the war.

[@Lucas-lq9cn]

@@showtime112 same and I can’t wait to see your air to air victory recreations of this war

[@volkssturmer5820]

Boliguayan volunteers flyng ukranian choppers are risking their lives each second!!! ✊ thanks Boliguay!

[@ibrahimalawadhi2536]

Thank you for this video my dear I like it

[@showtime112]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@o5unclebob]

If there was MIG 29 he could easily score more helicopters, that is slow target from any distance.

[@showtime112]

Who knows. Maybe there was no more time because Russian fighters intervened. We really don't know any details.

[@janee7995]

The ghost is just a dcs deskjockey

[@andrewmorke]

Yeah but this is still a mess for Russia.

[@janee7995]

@@andrewmorke the mess for the west will be bigger. If Putin doesn't leave ukraine your cost of living will go up by 100% minimum : food /gas/electricity

[@TP-ie3hj]

One thing I will say about the air war in Ukraine is that neither side seems to be too worried about the others air power. The Byaktar drones are no threat the 40 mile long parked for days Russian convoy on highway prove this. I have seen tons of UAF positions that for some reason love to use fixed locations as fortification. Round abouts! Tanks arty apc and troops all standing or parked in the open inside a giant circle. No fear of Russian CAS. To Top that off Ru MOD stated they had neutralized the air field operating UAF aircraft just today? NO idea how that gets over looked? Probably the sams.

[@showtime112]

Many things in this war are a bit strange or unexpected. If you set up some kind of a scenario in DCS, you would never get a similar outcome. But I guess that goes for most warts.

[@Lucas-lq9cn]

there was a ukrainian mig in the area and i know that there is a lot of miss info rn but if you watch the assualt from the russian headcams there is a mig 29 flying around and the only russian fast movers wher su 25s at hostomel not sure if it did anythin tho

[@showtime112]

It will probably take quite some time, possibly years until we have a detailed picture of what was really happening there.

[@Lucas-lq9cn]

@@showtime112 R u going to recreate probably kills or just confirmed maybe you could make two different videos of probable and confirmed love ur content btw

[@showtime112]

@@Lucas-lq9cn Thanks for the support! In this video, there was a combination of confirmed kills plus some probables and even one that is just theoretical. I will tend to focus on what seems to be proven to some point.

[@TheGranicd]

RuMoD released video of 35S firing R77-1 on some target recently. Small note Ill76 is a big plane not to see its wreckage. Lot of non substantiated claims.

[@dmitrysobolev1968]

russian bot! ban him

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

The worrying thing is, despite the heroic defense of the Ukrainians, Russians are still gaining ground... slowly but they still do...

[@showtime112]

Well, yeah. That seems to be true. But still, it is probably so much slower than they expected.

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

@@showtime112 and extremely costly, this is turning to another winter war for Russia, in best case scenario possible even if they get that far with it, and that'saside from internationalshit storm they are in at the moment...

[@showtime112]

@@sohrabroozbahani4700 It's safe to say that the final outcome of this conflict is anybody's guess.

[@rgzas7071]

Nor law, nor duty bade me fight...

[@ajmaljamshed4158]

Quality content, like always!. Got two suggestions for your consideration FL. Lt Sattar Alvi and fighter pilot Saiful Azam ( Pakistan air force & later Bangladesh' Air force) are two non Arab pilots having downed Israeli air craft in arab Israel conflicts. You may read about them and create quality historical content based on their exploits. Sattar Alvi is alive and his interviews are available on YT, Saiful Azam passed away recently. He was honored as Eagle , for his extraordinary flight skills, by gathering of eagles foundation, US.

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment and suggestion. I'll see if I can dig up anything on those stories.

[@zagreb123123]

Great job!

[@showtime112]

Oh, thanks T!

[@dickyneedles8876]

Soviet/Russian aircraft designs are just so damn good-looking, it's a shame they're turning each other into scrap in the skies over Ukraine

[@showtime112]

Their cars might be as ugly as hell but their aircraft make up for it 😁

[@nekilik7165]

Pošto danas gotovo ni jedan izvor nije objektivan da li misliš da Tango Six izveštava relativno objektivno?

[@showtime112]

Meni se čini da su oni prilično objektivni. Možda je ta percepcija bazirana na nekim mojim predrasudama ali činjenica je da ne zvuče kao da navijaju otvoreno za Ruse.

[@nekilik7165]

@@showtime112 danas je mučno videti plasiranje neistina sa obe strane od medija za koje smo mislili da su objektivni

[@TheSanityInspector]

You asked people not to represent this clip as real combat footage. Maybe consider stamping clips like this with a GAME ONLY watermark or something like that? Good clip as always.

[@showtime112]

This was considered at one point. But I don't think any of the scenes in this video is believable as real. It is always clearly GCI. Thanks for the comment.

[@Matterian]

The thing about the "Ghost" is that all the experts are saying that it's impossible for a 29 to shoot down all those targets in a single fight. Not enough Missiles carried and not enough fuel..blah blah blah!! But what I heard from my buddie in Russia was that it was over a 30 hour period and he had flown multiple sorties and was rearmed and refueled multiple times. By the time he was done he had to be dragged out of the cockpit from exhaustion. What ever the case is I expect that the level of training by the Russians is not as high as people thought due to the lack of money in their budget. If you look at their Air Craft Carrier it was sent home because it was not effective and had multiple mishaps. The Entire air wing was moved from the ship and stationed on land. The Georgian conflict saw mostly friendly fire incidents. I can not imagine Putin taking this lightly thinking he should send in the D team rather than A or B because the Ukrainians would be a push over. Something just doesn't seem right with the Russian Military. The whole Su-57 Felon not living up to it's potential? This would have been the perfect time to showcase everything that is hot! I mean when America fought Iraq we didn't hold back on anything. My personal feeling is that the Russians do not have their shit together at all.

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment. If the Ghost really achieved these kills, they would have to be in at least three different sorties. As for the Russians and their capabilities, maybe it's just wishful thinking but many elements indicate it might be true.

[@Matterian]

@Medo Kruško Thanks brother. Stay safe happy sane and healthy.

[@dimiturpetrov6857]

Good video but why use Ka-50 not Ka-52 there is no model Ka-52?

[@showtime112]

That's true, we only have Ka-50 in DCS.

[@Dogface1984]

This is journalism

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment!

[@BENKYism]

Has Russia mainly been using R-27's instead of R-77's?

[@showtime112]

I haven't found any info on that. But i wouldn't be surprised.

[@dragospeta3812]

Part of Ukrainian aircrafts are grounded in Roumania. They've entered Roumainian air Space and have been escorted to the nearest airoprt. I suppose they will stay there for the rest of the conflict.

[@showtime112]

Do you have any sources for that? That's an interesting story.

[@dragospeta3812]

@@showtime112 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZXXhHmMraajaMU Euronews in portuguez. I'm franco-roumanian. France and Roumania are playing cat and mouse with the Russians over ukrainien air space. I suppose Euronews refer to the plane you keep trace about which Roumainians refueled and let him fly back unarmed in Ukraine... That's a dangerous and ambiguos game to play as any beligerant aircraft entering Roumania should be considered POW and grounded. Roumainian PM is a 5 stars NATO retired General... I Wonder why 🤔 Macron said ,,french fighters are escorting ukrainien aircrafts'' a statment which didn't made much sens. If that meant french fighters are entering ukrainien air space, it would have meant War with Russia... ? In fact, France rented ukrainien Antonovs to Vector french soldiers and equipment from Istres in France to Romania. That's why France pretends escorting ukrainien aircrafts. France is interested in having those ukrainien Antonovs because France must bring back men and equipment from Mali during the next weeks. I will gladly send you any further information concerning air activity concerning France and Roumania as I really apreciate your KZbin Channel. You're doing Great.

[@alinalexandru2466]

Romania* thank you. As for Ukrainian aircraft in Romania, there's currently none. On 24 February, one Su-27 entered Romanian airspace, was intercepted by two Romanian F-16s and escorted to land at the 95th Air Base in Bacau. The aircraft needed some repairs and after those were completed with a team of mechanics from Ukraine, the aircraft was returned unarmed (as is protocol, with its missiles possibly returning on land) on 1 March. That's it, that's the only Ukrainian jet that was in Romania.

[@dragospeta3812]

@@alinalexandru2466 that's the conclusion... One in, One out. Euronews in portuguez checked the Su-27 in 11 days ago. Someone checked It out with no missiles. Preaty dangerous game as Roumania is supposed to be neutral. So, Russians are not waging War Over Ukraine, and Roumania has done nothing wrong. Except pissing off the Russians... (For french speakers check Stratpol channel on KZbin. Acurate. )

[@alinalexandru2466]

@@dragospeta3812 Russians are pissed off at anything and inventing many stories at this point. Again, only one Ukrainian aircraft was in Romania, that's it, none other.

[@peterdebrie]

No other newer news?

[@alejandrocasalegno1657]

The first....................😃😃

[@fredjones7705]

Congratulation's you win the sucker.

[@showtime112]

Congratulations! :)

[@_Hotaru__]

DCS MIG 29 sales are increasing lol

[@showtime112]

They really should have developed that high fidelity module sooner 😁

[@balsakralj]

Ne dijelim odredjena misljenja sa tobom, ali svaka cast kako napravis ove klipove. Postovanje👍

[@showtime112]

Fair enough. Mislim da mi nemamo bolje izraza :)

[@byronbreese3454]

This was a good summary, as best as can be, about the air war. Thanks. On another topic call me old, but I can't understand how anyone can be fooled by that DCS thing for actual combat footage. I saw the so-called Ghost of Kyiv footage, found it odd, watched it again and could tell it was fake. After that I started getting all kinds of so-called combat footage in my KZbin feed that was so obviously fake... I had to laugh.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for commenting! I have to agree, DCS and other simulations can get pretty close to reality but there's always something lacking. Or maybe it seems so to us who use simulations.

[@byronbreese3454]

@@showtime112 Yes, reminds me of when Iran used a clip from original Top Gun to purportedly to show shoot down of US a/c. For you all simulators I can imagine you are able to see the artificiality, and I think those of us whose lives were during the analog age (i.e., real film) we can see that artificiality too. Hey, do a video on Gen. Robin Olds' career; one of my wing commanders was his back-seater in Vietnam.

[@showtime112]

@@byronbreese3454 So far, I've done one video about Robin Olds describing his first two kills flying a P-38. It kinda flopped, you can watch it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYeWkpuKnb5reLc I will probably cover some of his Vietnam kills since a pretty good F-4C mod was recently introduced to DCS.

[@73combatmedic]

Pourquoi ont ils volé au dessus de cette étendue d'eau et pas au dessus de terrain boisé ?...

[@showtime112]

It's hard to say. Maybe they felt safer over water for some reason. We should know the exact route and the whole plan to get a better picture.

[@domovinivjerni]

mogao si nas zvat da ti pomognemo u videu XD da još jendom isprobamo server

[@showtime112]

Iskreno, nisam ni imao puno vremena. Zadnjih nekoliko dana sam non-stop radio na ovom videu. Ali bez brige, bit će još prilike za server.

[@tonikolar1414]

Opa..neko nam ulazi u multiplayer vode :)

[@showtime112]

@@tonikolar1414 Pomalo. Bilo je problema sa postavljanjem lokalnog servera ali to sada radi.

[@tonikolar1414]

@@showtime112 Ma da, dosta ljudi ima problem sa postavljanjem portova. Multiplayer, a pogotovo "milsim" je meni najbolje od onog sto DCS nudi, zahtjeva dosta vremena, al kada se uhodaju neke stvari postaje sve bolje i bolje. Uzivaj :)

[@showtime112]

@@tonikolar1414 Ja sam na kraju morao angažirati brata IT-ovca da to posloži 😁 Vjerujem da je multiplayer fora, jedino što bi trebalo letjeti puno na jednom modulu da budeš stvarno dobar. A to mi je u suprotnosti sa videima za kanal koji ipak moraju biti raznoliki.

[@Deadpool-rw1pk]

good video bro , however , you didnt included the shot down of one russian su34 , the pilot was captured and was identified as a russian su34 pilot , there is a video of him getting arrested by ukrainian army on youtube. there are also pics of the wreckage of the su 34 and an old picture of that pilot with some more su34 pilots , putin and president of syria together near some airbase in syria where the pilot was deployed.

[@showtime112]

That one is recent. The video took a couple of days to produce so it wasn't included. But there's always future videos :)

[@52down]

And this pilot is so overweight

[@aekara1000]

You wish...

[@jdsaldivar5606]

82ND AIRBORNE As a Paratrooper in thee 80's...we received Intel briefings on how Badass the Russian Armor and Air Force we would be facing. Well?? After reviewing the progress of thee current situation in Ukraine...the Russian Army has performed in a Disappointing Manner... Goodnight Ivan.

[@dusandusanic8541]

What to think about American aviation and special forces after Afghanistan?

[@showtime112]

Apples and oranges. Conventional army vs non-conventional forces can win every single battle and still loose a war. Russians are loosing a conventional war.

[@showtime112]

They seem to be a paper tiger. Or a paper bear I guess 😁

[@dusandusanic8541]

@@showtime112 Prvo imas na desetine dokazanih obaranja Bayraktara, ne znam kako ti je to promaklo. Drugo , ne znam na osnovu kojih parametara zakljucujes da Rusija gubi u ovom ratu? Potpisali su vise medjunarodnih trgovinskih i strateskih ugovora od pocetka rata do sad nego za predhodnih 5 godina. Ovaj rat gubi duboka drzava sa svojim klaunom Zelenskim i Evropa zbog svog vazalstva Americi. U Rusiji je inflacija u opadanju, rublja jaca, nema restrikcija energenata za razliku od Zapada. Propagandna prica ti ne drzi vodu 😅 PS dobro uradjen video sa osetnom pristrasnoscu.

[@jdsaldivar5606]

@@showtime112 82ND AIRBORNE Non Conventional Operates within thee Conventional. If you are losing the Conventional Battles... No amount of Non Conventional Operations will save you.

[@NeutronRob]

As an American, I am embarrassed by my government's lack of action to help the Ukrainians other than through sanctions, which historically are ineffective, and by piece meal armaments shipments. We need to make Ukraine Putin's Vietnam.

[@showtime112]

I can understand your point of view. And Ukraine might as well end up being Putin's Vietnam (or another Afghanistan for Russia). On the other hand, establishing for example a no-fly zone would mean an open war.

[@dusandusanic8541]

Your government caused this war. It's just amazing how naive you Americans pretend to be.

[@MDsteeler1]

I was wondering if you were going to do something on this conflict in spite of it being so recent & information so scarce. And I appreciate that, as usual, you were up front about it. Great video! GLORY TO UKRAINE AND DOWN WITH THE RUSSIAN BULLIES! ❤️🇺🇦👍❤️🇺🇦👍🇺🇦❤️. 👎🇷🇺☠️🇷🇺👎🚀🚁🇷🇺👎

[@showtime112]

I was struggling with the thought of covering this. But I guess I can try to present what I can now and it something turns out to be wrong, I can correct it later. Thanks for the comment!

[@jimfashik]

The so-called Ukrainian ACE is actually an Israeli pilot mercenary🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔😎😎😎

[@showtime112]

There are a lot of those stories going around :)

[@oldmanfunky4909]

ED has asked content creators to not make content based of the current conflict in the Ukraine. Why? Because some dcs videos are so good people who don't know what DCS is might mistake it for real footage. Please respect the community.

[@showtime112]

As far as I understood it, they asked not to make DCS videos and present them as real footage. The video very clearly points out that this is an illustration and there's literally not a single scene that could pass for a real world footage.

[@RahulKumar-cf3pr]

Ukraine air power is today below the ground

[@xXrandomryzeXx]

Thanks for the unbiased video. It's really nice how you just mentioned the Ghost of Kiev as nothing more than an urban legend.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@gs98999]

How long before some of this footage pops up on CNN and MSNBC as “war footage” despite your disclaimer up front? 😜

[@showtime112]

They can always cut out the disclaimer 😁

[@oveidasinclair982]

Unless Russia is holding back their major part of their fighter and air assets to cover Northern Europe, the Maoist-Mongolian boarder area and North Korea/Japan their air operations look pretty anemic in the Ukraine. It's like they can't carry out a large scale air/ground combined arms operation. The ground war is only working up to 100 kilometers from their main rail hubs in Belarus and Russia, they don't have enough trucks to supply their tanks with fuel, or ammo for their artillery. What they do have are prime targets #1 for the Ukrainian military, soft targets and you take them out, the tanks don't roll. I read this morning that 8 Russian aircraft were lost yesterday, mostly helos, or SU25's. I been basing my information on KZbin and Drudge Report, the Canadian and US television news is nothing more than propaganda and made up stories, not trust worthy at all.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

If you look at recent RuAF operations they are not very sterling and lack coordination, IFF and in some cases poor airmanship. In Georgia the Russian army actually shot down more of their own aircraft than the Georgians. It’s clear the pre war analysis of the Russian armed force being a first class force were way of the mark. This is basically a homeland defense force fill with draftees with a thin veneer of career professional forces

[@oveidasinclair982]

@@Dog.soldier1950 I fully agree with your assessment, the Russians can only conduct limited military operations outside of their boarders. They are heavily dependent on their internal rail system, when you get 70-90 kilometers outside of the rail hubs their lack of truck transports and other logistical abilities severely limits any kind of large power projection. Syria was a small scale operation and they just barely was able to conduct operations there, Georgia almost turned into a cluster fuck on them.

[@showtime112]

There's one more factor that often plays a huge role, especially in such 'authoritative' regimes. That kind of a leader thinks he knows everything better than anyone and doesn't like to be told he is wrong. Maybe this whole operation was 'planned' by the political leadership without consulting much the military leadership. And by planning, I mean setting the objectives and (unrealistic) timetables to meet them. Generals could have just been told what they were expected to do, not at the last moment but long after it.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

@@showtime112 well said

[@oveidasinclair982]

@@showtime112 They had either a massive intelligence failure, or there's a lot of political appointed Generals who was fearful to tell the boss something he didn't want to hear. It really could go either way, Russia really hasn't had much experience with large scale military operations outside of their country since the mid 80's and Afghanistan and that was a complete catastrophe. Afghanistan was their biggest operation since the 1956 Hungarian uprising and WWII. The only reason they weren't defeated by the Nazi's was the US/UK lend lease, the US shipped all those two and a half ton trucks to Russia and in Hungry, they were already there.

[@user-xe9tw3ly4k]

It's good science fiction, nothing more.

[@barriocubalindo]

I like your show otherwise. But the truth is the Ukrainian air force has no airfields. The next question is what airfield is next in Poland , Bulgaria Romania will be attacked if NATO is stupid enough to send planes to the none existing Ukrainian air force!

[@showtime112]

Well, even Russians claim to have shot down a number of Ukrainian aircraft. Which apparently mean that they do have airfields to operate from. Otherwise, how could the Russians have shot down any Ukrainian aircraft?

[@barriocubalindo]

@@showtime112 They did until they bombed Vinnytsia, central Ukraine. 6 Mar 2022 A barrage of Russian missiles destroyed an airport in Vinnytsia in central Ukraine on Sunday, The only airport left is Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport in Lviv. I doubt that will be there for long? If an attack occurs coming from there? Then it will be attacked. But I doubt the Ukrainian airforce even exists? If Russia uses the Iskander system conventional model in Western Ukraine, Lviv? No one will be left standing. One barrage= 2 football fields dead zone. Imagine what a full-scale assault will be? In this case, no need for airpower, Unless the Americans wants a real war by a No-Fly zone? I doubt that. Russia does not bluff, the USA does. Dance the watusi with the Russian bear in Ukraine America and Nato. But beware the bear is aggressive on the dance floor when he is excited.

[@barriocubalindo]

The only question I ask myself is this? Ukraine no longer exists in fact. it is been partitioned. What happens to Kieve? Russia could pound it to the ground if it wanted to do so. But that is politically unpalatable. So my guess is the Special forces and Chechens will go in as 8 men hit teams in mass and clean the place of Nazis. I have no doubt they will succeed at great loss to Russian lives. Now that leaves Nazi-controlled Western Ukraine Lvov? The population hate Russians. It can not be pacified. Two options: level the whole place to the ground or make that a border? 64 dollar question? To me by successful precedent is Grozny 1(a failure) and Grozny 2 (a success) like the Islamist terrorist, they hate and will never love Russians as the Nazis in Lviv do. So pound it to the ground like Grozny 1 and 2. No big loss...Only natural-born nazis fascists. Russian aviation will be heavily involved. If the Americans are forced to try a no fly zone. Then all bets are off. Good chance of nuclear weapons being used in an escalation. But exciting, in a perverse way to see aerial battles of these magnitudes. Cheers,

[@terrynewsome6698]

They are still fighting. And Slovakia is now supplying old mig 29m. This war is going to get worse for Russia with each passing day.

[@JM-sc9so]

Ukraine ambassador in Czechia officially confirmed Ghost of Kiev is to be true.

[@fishkall9000]

No sign of "Ghost of Kiev"? 😂

[@showtime112]

He is probably fantasy but might be based on something real. Just blown up out of proportions.

[@martybaran5509]

I hope USA imposes no fly zone quickly

[@janee7995]

I hope the terrorists stay out of this for once. They would do Europe a favor.

[@martybaran5509]

So true

[@janee7995]

@@martybaran5509 the terrorists are the ones in North Atlantic terrorist organisation. That includes usa

[@andrewmorke]

Won't happen. Nobody wants WW-3.

[@showtime112]

Not very likely. Russians would defy it and USA would have to enter an open war with Russia.

[@AL-ez9pi]

Слава Украине !

[@dusandusanic8541]

Украина известна как самая коррумпированная и самая бедная страна в Европе. Что такое «слава»?

[@closeourborders2470]

Ukrainian 76 aircraft’s and they got wideout in one day….asking more fighters jet from NATO..For what wideout again, Russian controls Ukraine air zone

[@showtime112]

Why don't you try to listen to Russian claims? If Ukrainian Air Force was wiped out in one day, then why did Russians claim eight airplanes, two helicopters and six drones shot down by them on 4 March?

[@terrynewsome6698]

Still in the air 4 months later.