Battle for Kyiv, Part I - Animated Analysis

[@encore_y]

The defenders of Bucha deserve a short movie, what a heroic bunch of lads

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204]

Hollywood will make it soon enough and make all the defenders American

[@Georges_IV]

@@comradericefarmerhao2269 bakhmut would be cool but i dont think bucha is nearly as known

[@D00MerJohn]

The pictures that have come out of there are so horrific and their destruction both of civilian property and equipment on both sides. I hope that this battle is not lost in history and is well documented when this is all over because those men need to be remembered especially the brave Ukrainian defenders.

[@MrSHARP27]

There would be fuxkloads of movies in this for the future

[@MineCraftSquad117]

uhhhh yea!!!!

[@TheKhakikid]

Watching Ukraine pull off the defense of a lifetime was awe inspiring to watch live. All defenders on the ground and in the air are truly a sight to behold.

[@TheKhakikid]

@Balrog of Morgoth what?

[@TheKhakikid]

@Balrog of Morgoth guess I’m just well versed then 🤷🏽‍♂️ thanks for trying though! Slava Ukraini, tankie ol’ boi.

[@TheKhakikid]

@Balrog of Morgoth glad I’m not religious then.

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204]

@@balrogofmorgoth5142you support the invaders who are murdering innocent people 🤦‍♂️

[@jerryalbus1492]

@@balrogofmorgoth5142 Look at this, guys. Some lost orc like the armies he support

[@volodymyrborys8483]

Roman Pasulka, whom you mentioned on 5:16, and I were the best friends since 2002. He was the youngest (22 y.o.) pilot in whole aviation brigade (currently known as "Vasylkivska brigade «Ghost of Kyiv»") and didn't have enough experience in his first battle, because only on December 2021 was graduated from military university. Actually, he did never awarded with "Hero of Ukraine", only with "Order for Bravery" (like his supervisor Kokhansky). Thank you for mentioning him in your video, it means a lot for me. His family and I really miss him...

[@nolandderlugner1351]

Rip, fucking legend

[@jaminga123]

What do you think of all the Ukrainians who fled Ukraine to America/Poland/Europe? Are they traitors? Will you allow them back into the country after the war? just curious

[@aaronhrk]

😪

[@TheMaKsStOy]

Те що робили пілоти в ті дні, це безумовно геройські вчинки... Дуже жаль що багато хто не повернувся в свої місця дислокації... Нам треба не забувати про них і про все що відбувається зараз. Слава героям, безсмертна слава Роману. Тримайтесь, ментально ми всі разом

[@bennybundi9671]

He was a hero, sorry for your loss.

[@juanes2292]

Love what you do with the portraits of the heroes. This is precisely the type of commentary and illustration folks need to visualize a lot of this conflict. Everything is crystal clear and straightforward. It's not an easy thing to do, but you've done it really well. I'm very happy to see that all of this is being recorded and uploaded somewhere for the future to see.

[@atande1951]

50% true...as usually.

[@el_gabron]

@@atande1951 found the vatnik

[@frunzeairship6885]

​@@el_gabron found the bedding

[@Historylord15]

I really love the animations and the level of detail in the videos on this channel! Keep up the work!

[@ct5625]

As someone who has been following all of this from the start it's really notable how much detail is forgotten, but your videos bring it all back and remind me of how things happened. I remember a lot of the video clips from back then but it's good to see them in context, with locations and times. This is the most documented war in history, there will be a lot of documentaries about what happened and I think your excellent productions will help a lot of people to piece those details together. Slava Ukraini!

[@mjctitcho6109]

@Nikolaievich9837 was it really worth 60k casualties?

[@PaletoB]

Surreal feeling to watch a "documentary" explaining event's we watched almost live less then two years ago. 😮

[@daveo7819]

@Nikolaievich9837 lol stupid orc says "no bakhmut" as if they didn't have to level it like Groznhy because the Russian military is a joke. Imagine not being able to take cities with the same efficiency as the US, smh

[@daveo7819]

@Nikolaievich9837 9 month siege for a pre-war city of 50k lol

[@atande1951]

Tendentious film! Propaganda. Period!

[@egillskallagrimson5879]

Absolutely epic, it's mind-boggling how a bunch of volunteers fend off elite troops, this is one of the best battles I ever heard off. The Ukrainians who fought this battle have gain eternal glory in the pages of historical battles.

[@dmdebruijn]

Reminiscent of the battle of Warsaw 1920

[@D00MerJohn]

Even Elite troops are subject to logistics and over extended supply lines.

[@egillskallagrimson5879]

@@D00MerJohn sure but that doesn't take away the display of absolute soldering of the ukrainians, they didn't have armor vehicles to match the enemy.

[@egillskallagrimson5879]

@@dmdebruijn you mean that time the Poles humbled Stalin?

[@papaversomniferum2365]

@@egillskallagrimson5879 Nope, Stalin disobeyed orders and gone for Lwów. Lenin was head of the bolshewiks back then, Stalin was just an officer.

[@gageshaw]

Another great video. Love the attention to detail and how you turned a mass of clips into a coherent story. Utterly amazing what the volunteers pulled off on the defense. Looking forward to the next part.

[@Marauder623]

I watched the live map hour by hour when the war first started, Hostomel changed hands several times and Ukrainians were turning back VDV units, it was crazy.

[@Davidman3976]

And then Ukraine bombed the runways so Russia couldn't land any planes with troops or supplies. In this war there have been many examples of Ukraine playing their bad cards with incredible cleverness.

[@Marauder623]

@@Davidman3976 in all fairness that's resource denial for you, if the enemy occupied your runways with multiple divisions that outnumber you greatly between you and the airfield would you: A. Risk sending divisions out there for them to be killed in offensive operations? B. Destroy the runways to deny the possibility of airlifting more divisions and supplies. The B option forced Russia into a 40 mile convoy that was exposed and easily picked off, granted it means Ukraine can't use them either, but it is just the way it goes.

[@hewhoplugwalks]

​@@Davidman3976Ukraine defied all odds. Everyone thought the worst, yet they pulled through and haven't given up.

[@JOE-qt5mw]

WHERE CAN I FIND THIS LIVE MAP?

[@JOE-qt5mw]

PLEASE TELL ME

[@susanwestern6434]

Very well done for sequencing the time line, the animation and film clips work really well. Also for acknowledging the heroic pilots who gave their lives, and the non military people who stood up and fought. I look forward to seeing Part 2.

[@SaltyChip]

Watching the ambushes in Bucha makes me think of my town and city and where would be good ambush spots. Still insane this is happening in our lifetime.

[@LtZetarn]

You might need to wait for another legendary ambush that actually throw out Russia's ambition to capture Kyiv completetly. The one that 1 Ukrainian tank hold out entire battalion of Russian collumn and repel them back. That one was the old ambush plan that NATO and Ukrainian used to practice around it in the wargames as part of their training and now it's worked as intented when Russian army use the same tactics as they speculated.

[@gondolo71]

​@@LtZetarndo you remember where this happened?

[@Boilerz1]

I really appreciate how you use the clips, both illustrating the real events and also giving context to those clips we saw popping up on twitter as it was happening.

[@TheKievKen]

As someone who was living there (between Bucha and Borodyanka) up until the 25th Feb, this is a tough watch. My in-laws (wife's parents and brother and his family) had apartments in Irpin and a house in Hostomel. They literally had to drive through a battle to get to our house. I took my wife and kids (son was less than 3 weeks old) out of there and we went to Poland....eventually. The in-laws stayed in our house in darkness and silence for two weeks, surrounded by murdering russians. Finally the russians were pushed out by the far superior fighting spirit of soldiers of the Ukraine Armed forces, and they were able to escape. Our story is nothing compared to all those who have lost so much more.

[@therougechipmunk8058]

Glad you go out brother, war is hell.

[@jefmoesy]

@@atande1951 Russian bot shut up, u werent there otherwise u would be dead XD

[@Watcher4111]

​@@atande1951lie Ivan. Stop lying

[@dix9781]

​@@Watcher4111You bastards, the United States has staged 201 armed conflicts out of 248 that have occurred in 153 regions of the world since the end of World War II. These are figures only for the years 1945-2001. In particular, the wars unleashed by the Americans in the Middle East are not taken into account.And you still dare to say something here, this war has been going on for so long because of you bastards, what did you do in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, burn bitches in hell.

[@SupernaturalPowerz]

Murderous Russian's you say. Well now you know what people in donbas felt from murderous Ukrainians. So now it's fair..

[@reidakted4416]

This is an amazing summary of the Battle of Kyiv, and I love the way you include real combat footage from the actual events, not stock or file footage. Great job.

[@zerksari]

Excellent job, the best analysis I've seen to date. Can't wait for the rest.

[@prinzchen17]

Thank you for this well researched, presented and narrated history lesson👏 I did not know most of these details from last years february before and particular the part about the first defence of Bucha, including the video of the afternath, is nothing short of incredible!

[@davidtsw]

Your channel is a gem. I love your content and I'm waiting for more !

[@SpaceGaucho_]

the fact that amazed me the most is the fact that strategic aviation Su-24's where still operational on the UA side after the first kalibr barrages. those aircraft are pretty maintenance hogs. amazing they where kept at the ready and could perform their mission.

[@allupro]

This is easily the most detailed analysis I've seen so far from the early days of the war. Excellent work.

[@allupro]

@Nikolaievich9837 Cope more brain damaged russki bot OMEGALUL

[@xwing8029]

@Nikolaievich9837 What full story can it be? Its war, its horrible. Although its happening in Ukraine, because russians came to Ukraine, not vice versa.

[@humanoide9792]

Cosentrando apenas nas vitórias ucranianas.

[@abelmaster]

Your work is fantastic. The details of your analysis, your storytelling, and the tribute to Ukrainian heroes. We in the Netherlands support Ukraine fully and I want us to send everything we can for your defence against the agressor.

[@abelmaster]

@Nikolaievich9837 It's Kyiv.

[@brokenpotato438]

@Nikolaievich9837 Why? Was it because it was all a feint so Russia could Take Bakhmut all along? 😂

[@vadymvv]

Look and remember this pilots, they have saved the Europe from russians. They did perform their missions with the cold blood and sharp mind, honored to share with them one citizenship.

[@bolobalaman]

@Nikolaievich9837Ghost of Kiev is more believable than 3 days to winning vatnik

[@R0mst3r]

@Nikolaievich9837 yeah, we all thought '2nd army in the world' was a thing, and what happened to that? Turned out russian military circus is 2nd best in Ukraine and 3rd best in Russia itself (after RDK and wagner)

[@Lehr-km5be]

@Nikolaievich9837 We were told that russian army was actually any good. Too bad it was russians and Putler fanboys who kept telling that so anyone who knows anything about military knew russian army has always been trash :)

[@sausaigeham1104]

​@@R0mst3rSay that to the 290,000 dead Ukrainian soldiers and the 16 year old Ukrainian boys being forced into 3 day training then frontline they go. I'm sure they a very different statement than you.

[@sanich0811]

OK. If, according to your secret documents, there are so many "killed" in Ukraine, then how many losses does Russia have? A million "cargo 200"? While all authoritative neutral sources say that Russia has at least 25% more of them than Ukraine. But in fact, it doesn’t matter how many died on which side: it only matters for Russia, because the war is unpopular among ordinary people in their society, especially in large cities, especially in Moscow. Ukraine will fight to the last Russian occupier on its land - also will also pay its price in their blood for it too, like it always happens.@@sausaigeham1104

[@bennybundi9671]

This is an inspirational tale for the ages. The defenders who gave their lives are heroes with full glory. Those who defended their cities without real training is truly remarkable. This brave defense will never be forgotten. I saw these videos when they came out, but putting in into context is incredible to behold for the first time. Ukrainians are the toughest people on Earth

[@postotal6340]

Man the early war was so wild, the fact that we got to see a dude with nlaw just casually walking through destroyed Russian vehicles is just so unbelievable

[@TommyCubed]

Was it CNN that had a reporter right at hostomol?

[@saamohod]

The funniest thing is that the guy with NLAW was an actual general.

[@bigredfinn]

@@TommyCubed AS the Rrussians touched down and were pushing out Ukrainian forces. It was absolute insanity watching that live.

[@anon2034]

@@saamohod What is his name?

[@saamohod]

@@anon2034 Volodymyr Horbatyuk, Володимир Горбатюк

[@MegaDanielSJ]

Loving your content, keep it up!

[@IanFiebigwi]

Bravo. Again it's so important to have these resources, to match the details with the snippets that we've seen since the start of this awful war. Ukrainians' can be proud of the fight they put up to protect kyiv, their families, and democracy. Those fighters know now that if they had failed the horror of Bucha would be larger.

[@IronBrigade0]

These are very well done, bravo! Can't wait for Part 2!

[@jtufn]

This is top quality content! I was in Bucha and Irpin just after the russians left, interesting to see the battle from this perspective.

[@Nilessterner]

Heros were made in those early hours. Regular people made to do extraordinary things. They fought for their homes, their friends, their families, their future.

[@02Tony]

These are videos are amazing. The attention to detail is second to none. I am so glad to be able to find this channel from almost your third video upload. I do hope you will get more views as this is exceptional. Thank you.

[@schnelma605]

Very good animated analysis - waiting for part 2!

[@teddc3]

Great job, I can't wait for part 2

[@Чеховський-ы8ю]

Glory to ukrainian defenders! Thanks for your work

[@Willbrad1661]

This is phenomenal. Please continue this incredible analytical work!

[@AngryOlive_]

Absolutely crazy. I was watching this piece by piece, 3 minute videos in real time as it happened. Great video you prepared, 10/10. I cannot wrap my head around civilians taking to the streets to defend their city and country. Wow it's just incredible what they have done.

[@GregStefaniuk]

Excellent work. Watching events every day works well but summaries like this tie threads together. I look forward to your further productions.

[@NetoGod]

Incredible detail and animation! This is how it’s done, Netflix needs to pay you millions for your intuition.

[@vasilzahariev5741]

Can't wait for part 2!

[@thegodofhellfire]

Another great video, thank you for documenting this.

[@daringuncle8889]

Been looking for a series like this covering this war please continue this great work and you are doing a wonderful job!

[@Ratpick45]

Keep it up! Loving the in depth coverage!

[@aarnoman1088]

This is very well documented. You have done fantastic work documenting the events of the early war. This is a very useful resource. Well done again. Slava Ukraini.

[@FinDan07]

Amazing work once again! Ive followed this war as closely as possible since day one but i always learn a lot of new things from your videos

[@Kamau1865]

Every day the world is witnessing the courage and skill of the Ukrainian people. When the war is over and won, Ukraine will take its place among the great powers and nations of NATO, while a despotic Russia slides into the irrelevance and isolation of a failed state.

[@bolobalaman]

Amen

[@vatodanelia5411]

Very well documented it's a pity that this channel is underated

[@bobdole9075]

Heroic actions from all involved. Incredible show of courage in the face of the unknown

[@komodor3625]

Amazing work, cannot wait for new videos. Keep it up!

[@electric9488]

Very well made video, can't wait for Part II!

[@jakubw.2779]

Ukrainians managed their limited resources at the begining really masterfully. They used them to the best effect, given the circumstances. Of course obvious blunders and mindboggling flawed russian decisions helped greatly, but as the saying go "don't interrupt you're enemy while he's making mistakes". Epic

[@fxxxxxxxxxxf]

Thank you for the work, sir! Keep it up! Consider adding some donation options.

[@codydavis8014]

Thank you for this video! I can’t wait for part 2!

[@NarraJoker12]

The fact that Bucha and Irpin were defended mostly by volunteers with no experience (and icluded the mayor of Irpin hinself) against elite VDV units and OMON policemen is amazing. Common folks turned to heroes overnight thanks to their sheer willingness and determination to defend their homes.

[@historyofukrainebypani]

Боляче те, що цих людей було одиниці. Більшість мешканців Бучі та Ірпеня ховалися та втікали….

[@simpli_histori]

@@historyofukrainebypanican you blame them for running? Like fucking hell your options are kinda shit either way and you just can’t blame people for not wanting to fucking die. We saw what happened to the civilians who stayed. It is probably best a lot of people left.

[@americasfavoritebrazilian2399]

We got there on 15th of March. A time I'll never forget. Good breakdown🙏

[@Delatta1961]

Well presented. I look forward to seeing more.

[@DaveWasHere112]

Respect for reporting about this

[@GenPatton0043]

well done, looking forward to further installments✌✌

[@kampfmuffin3535]

Ukraine, the Shield of Europe, still stands!

[@AlanBrooks-vf8tn]

Been waiting on a video series like this for a while now, thank you, just make them a little longer 😊

[@jarnokorhonen900]

Really excellent work! Your presentation is really clear and easy to follow but still full of information. I've really enjoyed your work, it's wild that you only have a few videos but they are already this polished. Those regular people were incredibly brave and resourceful. It's wild that a random bunch of dudes really managed to defend a town by themselves. And they were against real military units, not poorly equipped fresh conscripts or a questionable paramilitary unit or something.

[@kandyapple2210]

Fantastic video. Great editing, excellent imagery, superior story telling, awesome narration. The combination of maps and icons mixed with real like video sequences is the best I have seen on reporting in the War in Ukraine and on KZbin. 10/10 video. Liked and subscribed. 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

[@CrazyKosai]

These videos are great, looking forward to the next part.

[@falconking8294]

I remember how I was up all night cheering for the civilians and soldiers defending their nation💪

[@letecmig]

This is brilliant documenary. I have been following the news closely, but this gives both fantastic detail and 'big picture' of the events. Please do more ! - it would be quite interesting to see first days of Russian invasion in the South(attack from Crimea) where RU were relatively successful and UA defense thinner/less organized (plus I read about suspicion of some treachery)... interesting topic if you could do it in style of this video

[@TOEFL63]

Only seven minutes in and allready all the different stories are so incredible to try and understand. That First pilot, then the ones who followed, the amunt of armor driving into the Chernobyl exclusion zone.... It was unbelievable at the time it happened and seeing it now so clearly animated feels outlandish. Howcould this happen? Why is it still going on and how can we stop it? I hope we find the answers soon.

[@revcor632]

I think people will need to come to grips with none of those questions having satisfying answers in most situations. The average person around the world has never had, and never will have, any role in "stopping it." I think stuff like twitter wielding undue influence on events at times is probably responsible for this belief or expectation that people can and should be able to influence events anywhere in the world, regardless of any actual connection to an event, just because they want to. It's a fairly wild notion-the idea that some collection of people have the power to stop armies on the opposite side of the world. The only people who can stop it are the ones actually involved in it, and that is the nature of most things. We are nothing more than observers

[@ToxaKaRp]

Terrible days of fear and despair. But Kyiv survived! Ukraine survived! And kilometer by kilometer frees its land! Continue to support us with weapons and ammunition and we will defeat the fascist russhka!

[@hawk0485]

your work is amazing, thank you for documenting these events for future generation

[@Chiller01]

The most in depth report on the initial days of this despicable invasion that I have seen. Excellent job.

[@Adonnus100]

Excellent video! I remember the news from those first days, it was so hard in the first few hours of the war to understand what was going on. Everything was so confused. You clear up everything well. I am looking forward to your analysis of how Russia managed to take Kherson and Melitopol as this is another part I understand the least.

[@janosjoob433]

Huge respect for doing these videos on such great quality!!

[@aaronfitton9076]

Nice work I like this style of video, thanks 🙏🏻 and Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@gari1633]

This is very high quality work, thank you.

[@lofflof]

This is incredibly great quality well done!

[@marcogerner132]

👍 very well made video. Respect for all people who were involved in the defense or lost their lives

[@thiefsleef6752]

Thank you, this was very informative, I never heard of any Ukrainian aircraft’s being shotdown during the days for the battle of Kyiv

[@letmeshowyoulittlegame]

Incredibly good content! Can't wait second part

[@TheWarArchive]

It's already on the channel, enjoy!

[@crystallineentity]

Superb man, thank you. Can't wait to see part 2

[@RollupTito-rx9hp]

Awesome work. Can't wait for part two !

[@Rakkasan2013L]

Keep up this great work!!! I love this channel!

[@JustAnotherJohnDoe1]

Thanks for another amazing video!

[@Omar-lq3ri]

Awesome video and better information. Thank you

[@CalderaXII]

"i need ammunition, not a ride" will go down in history

[@grievetan]

"We will take Kyiv in 3 days" will go down in history as well

[@deemwinch]

@@grievetan Nobody have ever said that from Ru side, that's a wide fact. BOT

[@black-uh1df]

​@@deemwinchit did. Russian media

[@fearlesspotato3429]

​@@deemwinchRussian media was constantly explaining that Ukraine would collapse in no more than 3 days since the Ukranians would drop their weapons and joking their Russian brothers. And the Russian MOD published 5 days later that 90% of the Ukranian army had already been destroyed and the collapse of Ukraine was expected soon. Selective memory I see.

[@soupAutism]

@@deemwinchunlike dory the internet remembers what you say. Cope harder Ivan

[@David_____]

Thank you for mentioning the Names of the brave defenders of Ukrainian! May they rest in peace and may their names be never forgotten

[@theangrycheeto]

One of the greatest KZbin channels I've seen in a very long time.

[@jaywulf]

Regardless whether they are a jet pilor or a worker with an old Kalachnikow, defending Ukraine, they are all heroes. Slava Ukraine. Slava Heroim.

[@RedPilgrim.]

Video well made, love the use of military insignia. looking forward to seeing your next video.

[@stacey_1111rh]

Absolutely excellent work here. Love your channel. Best wishes!

[@warman1944]

26:26 "The ground will burn under them." That's chilling.

[@GrimYak]

That’s a promise. This isnt a fight of the politicians, if you have regular people saying that you have the entire country fighting against Russia.

[@massimilianoronchi6630]

Good job with this videos dude, so well done, bravo!!

[@Calum...]

incredibly well-made video! well done!

[@brandonhamilton833]

Ukraine stood strong and pushed them back!!!

[@Neptune-4ever67]

I'm from Argentina and remember seeing an "expert" on TV calling the close fall of Kyiv into russian hands, I said loudly "that fool doesn't know what he's talking about and you'll get it soon".

[@Hal_Bregg]

One of far right politicians in Poland tweeted on the first day of war that "in few days we will witness urban warfare on the streets of Kiev and the fall of Ukrainan government". This aged like milk and I love how he's still roasted because of that tweet :D PS: his party is russia friendly, ofc

[@hannagreen9786]

is he also now involved in a grain protests?)) @@Hal_Bregg

[@EPGs0]

Russians deciding to March through what is essentially a Nuclear Wasteland: oh yeah, this is big brain time

[@DarkSphinxx]

hello sir from War Archive i really enjoy your analysis. Please can you continue your work as i appreciate that thank you!!!!!

[@ninal9953]

Thank you for your wonderful work!

[@Jeff-Mr]

Amazing! How the civilians engaged and forced the enemy to retreat.... Great!

[@WeirdSeagul]

makes me patriotic and I aint ukrainian. People taking up arms and just being heros

[@mikep584]

Thanks for the video bro!

[@polpotnoodle7441]

Keep them coming!

[@martinkrebs6943]

i cant stop watching those battle animations, they are so good

[@AirsoftAddicted]

Amazing upload, I'm impressed. Thank you for sharing that.

[@michaozon4171]

Amazing job, thank you for the video!