Ukraine’s Raid to Free 3,000 Cut-Off Troops

[@Smokejumper92]

Thank you for focusing on some of the earlier conflict between Ukraine and Russia

[@Nperez1986]

THANK YOU for a historical battle!! Alot of people have NO kdea this conflict had been raging on since 2014...but you know. 'Merica we are not that well educated or aware of our surroundings with our current educational systems

[@Ramzi1944]

@@Nperez1986 Same thing happens here in El Salvador with our own educational system, we are not even given history or geography class, it literally doesn't exist as a subject to be taught in school!

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

Knowledge is available if you have the desire to learn. School is for brainwashing and I knew it by age 12. I know the history of almost every nation and culture on earth. I didn't learn it in school. And I am from California. Our public schools are a disgrace. Nothing will stop you if you apply yourself. I have lived and worked in 8 countries after my wasted school years. Never let anyone tell you what you "cannot" do or that your beggining defines your ending place.

[@elektrotehnik94]

Video idea: A video rundown of 2014 - 2015 era Russian army involvement & how they maintained "plausible deniability". There are no such (condensed) english-speaking overview videos, anywhere - especially not with maps & decent footage. This could be a series, honestly. 👍 Just the general outline of how war & Russian brazenness progressed; not an "every battle" report. Many people don't have time to go read Bellingcat & would be interested in "pre-2022" context. Win -win. 🏆

[@notvonbayern9202]

Man those airborne brigades used to be light. From mostly soviet BMDs and armoured trucks to British Challenger 2s and America Strykers. What an evolution

[@kaing5074]

Lets be clear. Lightly armoured, yes. The BMPs and other APCs of soviet make were emphaticallynot "light" by any means. Especially in the light of carrying capacity, meaning sonetimes two soviet APCs for one NATO one. So pick your words carefully, for logistics and practicality are entirely different from apples to apples comparisons

[@Nperez1986]

Long Live the UA 95th Airborne!

[@kurousagi8155]

@@kaing5074 I don’t follow. If it takes two Soviet APCs to equal a NATO APC, doesn’t that mean the NATO APC is heavier and the Soviet APCs are lighter?

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

He is just a Karen and wants to speak to the manager...

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

I assume what he meant is based on firepower. Since the OP mentioned them being "airborne brigades" I assume they were armed similarly to the Russian VDV which means nothing bigger than 20mm of the BMP...

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

I remember reading about this. And this one recollection by a veteran of the 95th always resonated with me. It was about how it was the proudest moment of his life, liberating a town and seeing the citizens come out waving the Ukrainian flag and cheering him on. The Ukrainians could have won but it was not to be...

[@Cad6638]

lol

[@БогданБеркут]

For some reason, shelling of Ukrainian territory from Russian territory in 2014 is a little-known fact, despite that many of these episodes were investigated or caught on video (for example, episode near the Russian village Gukovo on July 16, 2014, which was filmed by locals). If someone is interested in this topic, I advise you to start with the Bellingcat investigation - "Origin of Artillery Attacks on Ukrainian Military Positions in Eastern Ukraine" Thank you for highlighting this topic, it is very important that more people know the truth.

[@patricepicaud5490]

Il serait bon aussi de profiter de l'occasion pour faire état des exactions commises par les bataillons de répression ukrainiens à l'encontre des civils du Donbass, ne croyez vous pas?

[@Gorobchi]

​@@patricepicaud5490 go ahead, share your sources

[@patrickols]

Dommage que ces répressions on été commis seulement dans la tête de dear leader poutine, ça rend une enquête un peu compliquer

[@triadwarfare]

And pro-Russians say that Ukraine had bombed the donbass. Russia was not fighting fair. They're weaving their artillery in and out of Russia. If Ukraine attacks them while in Russian territory, Russia will have an excuse to escalate the conflict back when they do not have any western support. It'll be a larger conflict similar to 2008 Georgia where Russia made themselves an excuse to invade when the separatists were about to be wiped out.

[@patricepicaud5490]

Le bataillon Azov en est un parmi d'autres. Toutes les exactions commises dans le Donbass (ainsi que dans la majeure partie de l'est et le sud de l'ex Ukraine ont été répertoriées et étayées de nombreux témoignages). Ces pseudo nationalistes s'y sont comportés comme des soudards alcoolisés voleurs, violeurs, tortureurs et assassins (à l'image de leurs "héros" banderistes. D'ailleurs, à l'époque, la presse occidentale s'en émouvait, mais on voit aujoued'hui qu'elle a la mémoire courte. Le fait de se servir des civils comme boucliers humains au début du conflit (notamment à Marioupol) témoigne aussi de la lâcheté et la sauvagerie de ces derniers.

[@o.m.5269]

I am impressed the Ukrainians were able to do this, back in 2014, when they weren't as well equipped as they are today

[@AmorrSummerstorm]

also decade in war does that

[@Morningstar_Actual]

In 2014, AFU was a drained force that’s supplies were siphoned off by the remnants of soviet era bandits. Makes operations like this even more impressive to be honest. In todays hostilities AFU is much more tactically competent and way better supplied. Slava Ukraini!

[@qlum]

To be fair, Russia committed far fewer resources at that point, yes they were 100% directly involved, but it definitely was not a full scale invasion.

[@AHalz]

@@qlumand there was no Russian air power involved either

[@adamhall5298]

Love for one's fellow countrymen makes men audacious.

[@volodymyrsukhyna5932]

Thank you, finally there's a decent coverage of earliers stages of the war in English. ZSU were a different force back then but operations like these have kickstarted the transformation needed for the current endgame.

[@TheWedabest]

Vice news made a really good documentary about the earlier years of the war. Also, Ukrainian English language channels have good footage/accounts of the early battles.

[@Nperez1986]

THANK YOU for a historical battle! Alot of us dont know what happened before 2022 in Ukraine, this helps build context to what is happening now

[@elektrotehnik94]

Video idea: A video rundown of 2014 - 2015 era Russian army involvement & how they maintained "plausible deniability". There are no such (condensed) english-speaking overview videos, anywhere - especially not with maps & decent footage. This could be a series, honestly. 👍 Just the general outline of how war & Russian brazenness progressed; not an "every battle" report. Many people don't have time to go read Bellingcat & would be interested in "pre-2022" context. Win -win. 🏆

[@xntumrfo9ivrnwf]

Please do more of these types of videos. Personally I find them much more interesting

[@elektrotehnik94]

Yes. ❤ A video rundown of 2014 - 2015 era Russian army involvement & how they maintained "plausible deniability". There are no such (condensed) english-speaking overview videos, anywhere - especially not with maps & decent footage. This could be a series, honestly. 👍 Just the general outline of how war & Russian brazenness progressed; not an "every battle" report. Many people don't have time to go read Bellingcat & would be interested in "pre-2022" context. Win -win. 🏆

[@purity_control]

Perfect deep-dive video for people thinking Russia's invasion started in 2022. Great channel. Definitely best in class.

[@andydufresne9593]

Russians just countered an invasion that was happening in Kiev.

[@purity_control]

​@@andydufresne9593Yep, and the earth is flat

[@generaltom6850]

Russia did launch a full scale invasion in February of 2022.

[@dmytro1538]

Thank you for the detailed overview of the events and the almost hourly chronology of the events cause and effect analysis much respect to you for this. Especially important for me is the awareness of the Russian intervention and the actual invasion, this factor is the key reason why the war continues for so long, everything could have ended already at the end of the summer of 2014

[@haaxeu6501]

That Orlan 10 transition at 1:40 is super nice

[@timrooijen15]

Honestly one of the best deep-dive videos in relation to the Ukraine-Russian conflict. I am used to the incredibly high quality videos of your channel, but you have topped yourself with this one. Also glad to see older (but no less important) parts of this conflict getting attention.

[@Develpup]

That's perhaps the most frustrating part of all of this. The Russians were killing Ukrainians from across the borders, but Ukraine couldn't do anything about it except take it. Still Russia won't admit they did.

[@vevovs6075]

And when did Ukrainians kill people with Russian passports for 8 years?

[@fabik805]

@@vevovs6075 They didn't

[@natlus6805]

@@fabik805Proceeds to not explain further

[@jayrey5390]

My polite response: ​@@fabik805, the stance you’re taking is a serious matter. The actions of the Russian military in Ukraine, documented and proven, are not just matters of opinion but of international law and human rights. When one supports a regime that has been linked to such actions, it’s crucial to consider the weight of that support. If you truly stand with Putin’s policies, I urge you to consider the long-standing consequences of such a position. History will remember the choices we make and the sides we take. I hope you'll reflect on the broader implications of supporting actions that have been internationally condemned. I stand for truth and accountability, and I will continue to support Ukraine in their fight for sovereignty and human dignity. Remember, the internet is indeed forever, and our words are a testament to our values and legacies; even if this message only serves to improve engagement and continue the conversation and support. Heroyam Slava! My actual response; (I couldn't decide so thought "Porque no los dos?") No surprises that russia played dirty from the start, but very interesting to see it laid out and the great potential lessons learned. Slava Ukraini! ✊🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧 @fabik805 Oh and fabik; if you have such belief in putin and russia's claims of innocence of war crimes such as the facts discussed in this history video, your glorious leader vlad "the lad" putin is keen for volunteers! He'll even give you a passport - if you believe that criminal then he needs more meat for the grinder you putz. I'd almost feel sorry for you - for your gullibility or vulnerability to manipulation if it just wasn't so ... What's the word... Oh yes; 'Evil' that's it the term. Why have you chosen that side of history and only serving to drive engagement on a video countering your gullibility or willfully ignorant or, as I said - your behaviour is just evil. Heroyam Slava! Drive out the invaders.

[@brookwhiteman9810]

Yeah but that's just how Russia is, they will attempt to fight wars like a democratic country and as soon as the going gets tough you can bet your bottom dollar that they will start relying dirty strategies and cheap shots. For example in the second Chechen war one of Putin's best generals was captured and rather than accepting that it's war and this kind of thing happens he threatened to level a entire town to the ground if they didnt give that general back. They are russians it's what they do, they won't just torture civilians and pows no no no they will torture their own comrades because russians have no value for human life and they are filled with blind hate because there is very little they actually understand.

[@jblackcomedy]

Really enjoyed this video! There aren’t enough of these animated battle map videos about Ukraines original invasion in 2014!

[@TheWedabest]

Vice news made some really great documentaries about the early years of the Ukrainian war! Highly recommend it.

[@RollingSherman505]

That was really well done! Thanks for highlighting the conflicts early days. This raid was an amazing feat by the Ukrainians!

[@rsKayiira]

Wow this is excellently done.thank you. Only thing is sometimes it would have been better to zoom out a bit like at 9:07 so we could reorient and understand exactly where the town was before zooming into the action. But finally I have a very good understanding of the Great raid. Thank you so much.

[@jannegrey]

Cavalry raid basically. My grandfather would be proud.

[@jessicagray8852]

Jesus christ seeing such a small but professional and well trained military at work is like ballet. Gorgeous

[@johnnygambill4477]

Gorgeous you got be kidding me!Jesus Christ is happy as orthodox Christian slaughter each other you need think before opening your mouth.

[@eralorn.7]

Another incredible video that proves the competence of the Ukrainian army and its tactical common sense. The 8 years of additional preparation from 2014 to 2022, today allow this formidable army to resist the invader. Ukraine will win and we will help it defeat the Russian monster ! Your job is always perfect. Keep it up ! 🇫🇷🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦

[@Nperez1986]

Eh...it's like Iraq fighting its Kurds dude....😅

[@Nunyabizn3ss]

They have to by necessity, if they didn’t, we’d be talking about "filtration camps" all around Ukraine. Given the mismatch in men and material, incompetence is a luxury Ukraine can ill afford. Ukraine’s success can can in no small part be attributed to this quote by the immortal words of a Ukrainian defender, "We're very lucky they're so F_ükkin stupid."

[@operez6519]

Reads just like a politician’s teleprompter.

[@benholroyd5221]

@@Nperez1986 when the Kurds are given us tanks, SAMs, have US artillery supporting them and US troops dressed as Kurds helping them.

[@Ramzi1944]

@@benholroyd5221 I think I understand the analogy, you mean this time it's russia the one providing all that to the so called separatists in Ukraine, right?

[@mosesracal6758]

The biggest triumph of Ukraine was not won on the 2022 invasion but by being able to contest the separatists well enough to force Russia to take the desperate gamble and take off the veil of plausible deniability. The world didnt heed Ukraine then, the world owes Ukraine now. I hope the support keeps on going. Slava Ukraina!

[@henrya3530]

Good to see someone on KZbin covering the events of the Great Raid of 2014 at long last. Mykhaylo Zabrodsky acquired a reputation for returning from raids with more vehicles and equipment than he started with; a tradition that the Ukrainian Army continues to this day. For more information on the conflict in Donbas 2014 - 2015 go watch the lectures presented by Dr Phillip Karber.

[@Sokel12]

Great video as always 2014 vibes let's go!

[@jakobc.2558]

This is why people say russia already invaded donbas in 2014. Because they did.

[@Wayfarer.731]

Russia had few small groups and some serbian groups on Donbass. They was supporting people in donbass because they was attacked by ukrainians. ukraines killed 14k+ civilians in donbass but no one say about this. Well, why someone have to say something about this. Better we say that Russia was on donbass with no proofs. Nice

[@durianlau1914]

@@Wayfarer.731Evidence? My friend from Ukraine that originally live in Donbas said that those Ukraine army don’t care whatever u speak Russian

[@augustuslunasol10thapostle]

@@Wayfarer.731 lmao Serbians and your russian submission fetish

[@АндрійЧ-д1д]

Great video, thank you! The only moment is that russian regular army first appeared on the 12th of August 2014 - BTR-82A were captured on video in battle near Snijne. Please continue making more videos about 2014-2015 period of russian invasion in Ukraine.

[@schutzanzug6731]

since when was a people standing up for themselves an invasion? You dont see sepertists invading ukraine, you see ukraine military shelling and killing civilians in places like Donetsk and Luhansk where the people are FIRM in their russian believes

[@wiscodisco1]

Wow! You’re really upped your game in the animation/video/effects realm. Nicely done, keep ‘em coming!

[@ExSpoonman]

Holy shit guys, this mfer even has the brigade patch logos! Dude, you're the first channel I've seen to be THAT god damned detailed. You love to see it.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

They committed _eight explicitly Russian battalions_ to an overt _invasion_ of Ukraine and we, specifically the UK in my case, day back same did nothing. To my every lasting shame. To my Ukrainian cousins, I am so sorry we were not there enough in the beginning.

[@BiggestCorvid]

I remember losing my mind at all the apathy. All my russian teachers were ukranian and I was treated like shit for sounding ukranian

[@MostlyPennyCat]

@@BiggestCorvid Jesus man, what the fuck is wrong with some people. I cannot begin to understand what you're going through, the anger must be indescribable. I'm only barely related to Ukraine through my late Ukrainian grandmother and I'M furious. Honestly I'd be furious whoever was getting invaded, we're supposed to have evolved past Great Power (ha, Russia wishes) warfare and here comes Russia to fuck up the world. Gran survived the holodomor and then fled during the 2nd world war to avoid getting, let's not discuss it, by the Nazis and probably also the Russian empire (which was calling itself the USSR that century) Allow she survived and made it to Scotland. Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the Heroes.

[@patricepicaud5490]

Il est toujours temps d'y aller, ne t'en prive surtout pas.

[@kurousagi8155]

@@patricepicaud5490 only if you join the Russians.

[@prof_kaos9341]

I read it was Europe led by Merkel that didnt want to respond. Crazy, its just like Hitler grabbing bits of his neighbours in 1930s, Merkel = Chamberlain. In 2020 Europe spent $80bil on Putins oil, 1% of this buys 1,600 T-72s

[@b.elzebub9252]

Man, this video in combination with some of the other videos of Ukraine's conduct during the 2022 escalation really highlights the evolution the Ukrainian army underwent. During the period discussed in this video the Ukrainians are the ones who get ambushed and take serious losses. You can clearly see how they learned valuable lessons from this and turned that around on the Russians in 2022. Very, very illuminating content! Crystal clear explanation and excellent juxtaposition!

[@jordanhicken7812]

Wow what a great video. Super clear presentation and very informative! I hadn’t realized how blatant Russia’s involvement in 2014 was.

[@CokaCola1]

What a lot of people don't realize is that these battles were taking place pretty much at the same time as Russians were entering Crimea. The international community was distracted by Crimea and didn't realize that Russia had already started invading Donbas. Now in 2023, Russia is failing miserably at its 2nd attempt to invade Ukraine. The only reason the invasion made it as far as it did in 2022 was because Russia had 8 years to prepare for it. Fortunately Ukraine took those 8 years to prepare as well.

[@chonglao350]

not exactly. they took crimea very abruptly in the beginning of march. the first """"uprising"""" in donbass was mid april. and this cutting raid was mid august

[@hedgehog3180]

Well it actually seems more like it was a deliberate Ukrainian tactic to trade land for time and not meet the invasion head on but use guerilla warfare to disrupt it and ultimately force them to retreat. The Ukrainians knew that they'd have the advantage in the cities so they let the Russians advance up to the cities where they could easily be halted. From there on sabotage and the weather would do most of the work repelling the most dangerous Russian incursions and in the mean time weapons from the west streamed in. After the front had been contained to a smaller area they could start focusing on more conventional operations, using their new western weapons to gain an advantage.

[@AussieJo5h]

Great in depth video as always Battle Order. Thank you for doing videos on little known but important events in this war. Will be signing up to your Patreon.

[@James-cb7nb]

Can't imagine the bravery of these soldiers fighting against separatists and Russians alike with outdated equipment and no one to save them if they fail

[@augustuslunasol10thapostle]

They were mostly fighting russians as the separatist barely could get past 1 thousand troops of local origin

[@TheArmourersBench]

Great video mate

[@HaoSeeN]

the entire military leadership up to company commanders from Moscow, all equipment from Russia in unlimited quantities, fuel shells, artillery support, regular units were also present (vacationers), in fact, assault operations were often carried out by personnel units of the Russian Federation, and collaborators guarded the rear

[@christianweibrecht6555]

I can't wait for a series of detailed documentaries about the first eight years of this conflict

[@jacqdanieles]

Vice did a great real-time series on the war from the very beginning. It's on youtube.

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

Vice got most of it very very wrong

[@jacqdanieles]

@@VajrahahaShunyata how so?

[@chrisyuri4187]

Awesome work bro, please keep'em coming, this would put even the most expensive History/Discovery Channel documentary to shame.

[@spaceman9599]

Important reminder of the early days of this current war.

[@spaceman9599]

And that the tenacity and courage of the Ukrainians is not a recent thing.

[@hubris_ssb]

Battle order: *Makes detailed video about Ukraine* No one: 4:26 : CLOUD

[@littlebigfish9205]

Russia's history of cheating and hitting below the belt is legendary. Pffft... cowards

[@fritzvenezia9338]

The Separatists are literally reaping what they sow. They are partying and having fun back then, dreaming of pushing someday in few years to Baltics, Turkey, Ukraine and ensure another Imperial legacy of Russia. Now those dreams are broken when reality hits hard. They thought they are on the winning side, the strong side which will give them a glorious place in history, but now they are seeing that the very country they betrayed gets it instead.

[@arbitrary531]

True for every nation that ever participated in a war.

[@VMohdude-]

@@arbitrary531no

[@fluttzkrieg4392]

5:45 The image of military vehicles crushing peaceful and beautiful sunflowers almost gives me anti-war feelings.

[@RandomGuy9]

Aren't anti-war feelings normal?

[@rrostoyarik8579]

And when even all material supplies, separate russian groups and squads, released prisoners and mentioned barrages from russian territory didn't help "separatists" (russian led terrorists) - regular russian army BTGs crossed border and hit in empty flank of Ukrainian Army, surrounding Ukrainian troops near Illovaisk town. Then, promising "green corridor" for extraction - they fired evacuating troops in point blank range. Then, was Donets Airport, Debaltseve, Svitlodar arc and so on "Civil war" witnesses, anyone ? 🤡

[@RussianSkyfox13]

Это и была Civil war, потому что пока не доказано, не ебет что сказано, раз, а во вторых, 95% конфликта было на территории Украины и с людьми, имеющими её гражданство. Следовательно, гражданская война

[@muizzmustafa4438]

Then for example, why not say that napoleon fought a civil war against russia. After all, none of the fighting was on french territory during his invasion of Russia. Your definition of a "civil war" based on territory is very shitty, and would allow the us to say that the invasion of italy (WW2) was a civil war. After all, when did Italy invade UK or US? @RussianSkyfox13

[@Yorkington]

I remember when the first conflict happened in 2014. I remember hearing reports of Ruskie's supporting the "separatists" and thought the Russians invaded.

[@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791]

They did.

[@Yorkington]

@@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 Yup.

[@longtabsigo]

Very well done! Thank you for doing this.

[@gagamba9198]

This was really informative. Impressive for both the Ukrainians and you. Thanks for the putting for the effort.

[@MadMax55777]

Thank you for bringing light to this raid!

[@brohan914]

The fact that they pulled this off in the wake of all the political chaos and with the ragtag 2014-era Ukrainian military is pretty impressive

[@floriank112]

Came here to watch right after I saw the translation from Torsten Heinrich. Ukrainians didn't have a chance with Russia willing and waiting to invade. Would ukrainians have gone slower, if they had known? The defense minister had to resign, since it was seen as failure.

[@Concord003]

Thank you for putting this raid into the spotlight. It is truly impressive.

[@danielalexandrudan8396]

Another bomb video, thank you!

[@LetsPlayBojangles]

It's wild that this was essentially just soviet on soviet tactics. Ukranian commanders were literally rocking the same blue stripe undershirt that Russian VDV are known for.

[@GeorgeSmith-oc2oz]

No wonder, armed forces of both have been post-Soviet and UAF were externally modernized only mainly after 2016, so in 2014 they were even closer to Soviet.

[@rodgermurphy5721]

This channel is so darn good!

[@MattHuey]

Awsum video dude!!💯👍👍 i could watch these for like an hour!!😅 im shocked i dont remember hearing anything in 2014!😬

[@JoeyMace28]

I’m happy to see a video about The Great Raid of 2014. As others had pointed out, Ilovaisk was an absolute shitshow. The Ukrainians went in to the fight ready for the usual fight against the Separatist Militants only to be basically sucker punched by Russian regulars, then to be shelled on retreat in an agreed Green Corridor. Tragic

[@numeroVLAD]

I remember this. It seemed that Ukraine had won but then Russia ordered its regular troops to cross the border.

[@87MasterJ]

Thank you for this great visualisation

[@gregwilliamson3001]

Great explanation of the mission. I never have heard about these actions during the previous Russian invasion. Thank you 👍🏻

[@ClaymoreM18]

Thanks for making contact of such high quality!

[@lolzers7986]

6:20 has some great accidental comedic timing for my monkey brain. Seriously though great video, would love to see more videos in this nature!

[@jurkoskvarka2154]

I didnt expect to hear a sound effect from highfleet at 8:40. It fit nicely

[@SausageOwnage]

The way the EU and NATO caved to Russian pressure and sold out Ukraine during 2014-15 is one of the most shameful and idiotic policy blunders in recent history. This is why we need more quality videos like this on Russia's wars of expansion.

[@gotanon9659]

Mate you obviously clueless on that time period EU and NATO never sold out the ukrainians they did it themeselves.

[@БогданБеркут]

This is partly because Russia has managed to win the information battle and convince many that what is happening is a "civil war" in Ukraine.

[@SausageOwnage]

​@@gotanon9659 Does your head work right? France and Germany in particular pressured Ukraine to give into Russian demands, even though Russia blatantly and repeatedly violated ceasefire agreements.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

@@SausageOwnage What demands specifically?

[@fabik805]

@@MarcosElMalo2 Well come on. By their actions it was pretty obvious that they wanted to establish a foothold in eastern Ukraine.

[@123Dunebuggy]

Im glad someone covered the great raid in detail, u did it in style. Dr Karber does a nice lecture on yt on this phase of the war aswell.

[@esbenm6544]

Documentary videos like this hit differently when the events took place just a few months ago. In past conflicts it would take years to gather this material.

[@TheWedabest]

Those battles happened years. They were documented fairly well when they first happened.

[@schutzanzug6731]

donetsk and luhansk surviving is living proof that you can never take away somebodys allegence to their people

[@vasilzahariev5741]

Please make more videos about the 2014-2015 phase of the Russo-Ukrainian war.

[@georgiabowhunter]

Excellent video!

[@icantthinkofaname6184]

Great video!!

[@Obospeedo]

Excellent video as always!

[@Thoradim]

unfair how we treated ukraine, they are trying to protect themselfs from the little green goblins since 2014

[@SuperBoyboys]

There is no such thing as goblins. Only young men who are afraid to die.

[@ІлляБілошицький-я2в]

@@SuperBoyboys contract soldiers that took part in this war since 2014 are not “young men who are afraid to die”

[@imgvillasrc1608]

And now Ukraine has goblin slayer (NATO)

[@hedgehog3180]

Calling them goblins makes them sound like mischevious little guys not war criminals.

[@Wayfarer.731]

They trying to defend. O my god, im so sorry for people in donbass that died because if ukrainian artillery, soldiers, mortars and tanks. They have to see how btches on KZbin saying that ukraines were defending. I hate this shit

[@juliusEST]

Great video! Any inspiration taken from TiK historys battlestorm series? As an off-hand comment: whats the point of calling them pro-russian militants/rebels if they can call in artillery from the russian armed forces? Looks very regular armed force-y to me. Couple this with the fact that russian GRU and FSB was involved(strelkov, motorola to name a few) makes it seem like silly way to keep the obviously russian narrative and justification of past and current events alive but I digress.

[@bosermann4963]

at the beginning of the full-scale stuff in 2022 russia had two full-scale army corps in it's disposition, the 1st and 2nd ones. they were famously consisting of Luhansk and Donetsk natives. even if some of the participants were drafted in there against their will, there was still plenty more vatniks for each unwilling participant. as a closing statement regarding your comment: guns don't fire themselves, they kinda need people to operate them. even if those national traitors were trained poorly, they still did their fair share of harm and do not deserve to be acquitted of their crimes. it was mentioned in the video too that only after this operation russia allocated 8 batallion groups to the battle theatre. keeping apples to apples doesn't mean there's no pears in the orchard.

[@juliusEST]

@@bosermann4963 my comment was more about the 2014 era - russia used regular and special forces extensively as could be seen on russian social media(VKontakte). The "rebels" were a minority in the forces doing the "uprising".

[@hedgehog3180]

Hopefully not since TiK is a nutter. Also the point is that they weren't part of the regular Russian army and that often matters when it comes to training, equipment and supply. Russia has begun to integrate them recently but it hasn't gone that well and DNR and LPR units are often treated as second class and used as cannonfodder while getting surplus equipment. Like you wouldn't say that the Muhadjeen were part of the American army even though they were supplied and trained by the US. There's a pretty big difference in how these irregular units are used by the countries supplying them compared to how they use their own armed forces. You might be right that on some level it's bullshit but you can realize that and still use the terms for other reasons.

[@Zz_Mike-Hawk_zZ]

@@juliusEST false, even Ukrainian estimates put 40k Donbass natives and Only 5k Russians. This is even ignoring the constant conflict between moscow and DPR and LPR.

[@rick7424]

TiK, the guy that said that anyone who disagrees with his takes on National Socialism is a Holocaust denier? No thank you. I prefer to argue in good faith and not shut down literature reviews.

[@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791]

More Ukraine videos please!

[@MegaDanielSJ]

Love this kind of video

[@IronMoose95]

That animation quality is so crisp 🤌🏻

[@peterfeeney721]

Brilliant description of the action. And confirming the abilities, properly equipped, of the Ukr armed forces

[@FreeFallingAir]

Just stumbled onto your channel, I subscribed. Thank you for covering the beginning of the Ukraine/Russian War. This was very comprehensive and well done. Looking forward to seeing some of your other work. SLAVA UKRAINE ✊🇺🇦🇺🇲

[@marcogerner1134]

Thanks very much 👍. This is a really well done simulation of what was going on when the war started in 2014. It's not tragic now, but for a better overview / better understanding of where exactly what took place, it would be more helpful if you zoomed out further from the map. It's tragic that it happened that way back then and that the world didn't react more strongly to it. I've been following the whole history of Ukraine since the Orange Revolution.

[@mymneisadj]

This battle is mentioned in a couple lectures I watched a while back..(maybe Russian way or war by Philip something).. anyways I looked and looked for some info on it and never could find it..... So thanks very much for posting this!!!!!

[@commiemeth]

Oh boi i can't wait to see all the "Western Propaganda, Zelenskyclown" comments

[@MrT743]

Outstanding stuff!

[@homebrandrules]

EXCELLENT VIDEO, THANKYOU

[@H3LLS3NT4SS4SS1N]

great content love battle order!!

[@ronaldp7573]

The steeple never changes.

[@michaelmunika5864]

And the 95th is still kicking ass. May they win and take their country back.

[@personperson3328]

Hoping to see Australian army video soon :)

[@alexhatfield4448]

It's crazy people have been fighting over this land for legit generations.

[@hedgehog3180]

No they haven't, before the Russian invasion in 2014 the region had been peaceful since WWII like most of Europe. Even during the collapse of the Soviet Union, which Ukraine started, there was very little violence.

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

The only fair fight is the one you will win, but then you'll make contact with enemy and you'll discover they have a cheat code invinsible artillery at their disposal... but you've come this far and there's only two ways to end this... for you, there is just one actually...

[@Asporez]

There are so many similarities between this raid and the first part of the 1942 ''Case Blue'' offensive.

[@mmm5030]

This would make a great movie

[@michaelmayojr.3031]

I really enjoy your video productions. I would love to see more of these "battle" videos of lesser known conflicts. We don't need more Second World War battle videios. thank you for the work that you do.

[@treybie1]

Well done!

[@Feelssomfan]

Holy moly this is the quality that I paid for

[@mists_of_time]

I remember following the news about this battle very closely. There's an hour long documentary about it from more than 7 years ago that I truly recommend. kzbin.info/www/bejne/maCQcnuIm9eGqNE

[@LehySnek]

Highfleet sound effects :)

[@lfield2494]

Have read bits and pieces of this manouver. Must have been massively stressful charging into enemy held territory like that. But overall the real tragedy was how the Ukrainian High Command failed to understand the threat of direct Russian intervention. I still remember that time those units got decimated near the border and trapped without vehicles. Quite frankly they should never have been there in the first place, the objective of securing the border with such weak forces (without artillery or the right to strike back) was a major blunder. A key example of Ukrainian Generals only calculating the battlefield on the existing situation in Ukraine, and not taking potential/likely Russian actions into account. Ilioviask later became the best known, and perhaps most tragic outcome of this leadership weakness in perception. I remember the shock that went through Ukraine when Russia intervened in Ilioviask. The Generals and politicians (and public) still hadn't grasp the reality of their situation (hence the rather naive belief that with cutting the cities off from Russia that would result in an end to the conflict in a couple of weeks). And the reality was that for each Ukrainian military success Russia simply upped its level of intervention. A process that was to repeat itself up to the battle of Delbaltseve forcing Ukraine to sign up to Minsk II. Thankfully the Ukrainian military seems to have learned that bitter lesson in time for 24 Feb 2024 and they by and large appeared to be prepared for the invasion, even if their politicians were trying pretty hard to ignore the writing on the wall.

[@MrGA555]

Lol, that Tank said “Puta” 😂😂

[@dimakapeev3156]

Debaltsevo next?

[@noreenbroderick7668]

Could you please do a video on Irelands squad

[@RandomGuy9]

I can't believe we looked away back then. That should have been a red line already. We wouldn't be in that situation today.

[@ChristianSt97]

great video

[@g45sp4]

Dude at 13:22 has the plate on upside down

[@pyeitme508]

So awesome 😎

[@janesoole703]

Quite so. Well said. Do keep bringing this up. Current generations won't know.

[@pyeitme508]

@@janesoole703 YEP!