Devastating Losses - 'Last Chance Push' As Russia's Reserves Arrive - Ukraine Map & News Update

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Today we talk about the Ukrainian Offensive into Kursk and how this will change Russia's Eastern offensive and look at the war map updates.
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[@tjallingdalheuvel126]

Looking forward to the day Willy will be posting dance videos because of the lack of war.

[@Cortesevasive]

Ironically it wont gonna happen. Shit is going towards WW3

[@arthurh6325]

Ill watch

[@sebastijanglozinic8630]

Same here. This damn war needs to end. Although, it seems NATO is prepared to do anything in their power to keep it going.

[@MuhammadRidwan-pe7ny]

i too want to see how good Willy can dance

[@DrBrightSCP]

I will play the piano

[@dylanmcdonald7128]

I don’t care who you’re rooting for but can we all agree this is a complete waste of life?

[@TimD-ny6ks]

No it’s not once the mission is complete it will save many more lives than are lost in the operation

[@DrMemesYT]

The Ukrainians will end up like the Nazi's in 1943.

[@CheeseLovingGuy]

Which bit ? Russia invading Ukraine or ?

[@user-gl9iw1fv2h]

​@@TimD-ny6ksthen go and save lives at the cost of your own

[@tiagoabrantes1972]

The mission is going down the drain... Ukrops were trying a "Battle of the Bulge" moment. Seems like Russians are now welcoming them, properly🤣​@@TimD-ny6ks

[@SanarySeggnete]

I think Ukraine wanted to "Besiege Wei to rescue Zhao", except Russia have enough reserved troops to not pull their troops out of other fronts to save Kursk.

[@purpplekushh]

lol, Russian media reported that they took troops from Kalingrad, even Belarus media reported that, because they were going trough Belarus.

[@dacorum8053]

@@purpplekushh If that is true, then Russia has not weakened other fronts in Ukraine and Ukraine will now be facing far more Russian troops than they were before the offensive which will lead to ukraine being more stretched on more fronts than they ever were before.

[@purpplekushh]

@@dacorum8053 in 2022 start there was much more front lines, they even came from Bearus. But of course yesterdays landing on Crimea wasn't successful either, and if they lose there they will have big column with tanks there comming to their land. But I think this is just a plan for negotiations, Putin now can't say that we can end this war and keep territories where we are. Now Ukraine has trade option.

[@HubertBarnes]

But the Russian have done that .

[@musehtaicho]

@@purpplekushh It is the opposite - Putin now can't say "We will have negotiations". People will be like "what the f?! You cant trust west, you will be fooled again".

[@mirandela777]

This is like the ww2 german Ardennes offensive, a "last push" who ended with devastating losses and shortened the war by several months...

[@user-ul9dv2iv9s]

Here we go. Kursk. Ardennes. Trotting out the tired old imaginary ww2 parallels. Time to get back into the 21st Century.

[@Delta2-4Gaming]

Except you left out how they have captured a LPG transfer hub. Pretty valuable. Not only that called putins “if someone invades Russia I’ll nuke em!” Bluff.

[@tomislavvaldec1]

21 century-end of american dominance? That parallel?

[@FrankReynolds-y1y]

​@@user-ul9dv2iv9sback into the wall, Ukroach

[@thea6573]

​@@user-ul9dv2iv9sWell history likely to repeat itself, but maybe this time are not I don't know only time will tell.

[@highlanderpr51]

Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania 1863 led to the Battle of Gettysburg. The South was being badly pressured in the western teather by Gen Grant. Following the same idea as the the 1862 invasion which ended at Antietam Maryland (a bold attack to threaten Washington divert resources make the Union home front shake. The 1863 gamble ended bad worse than the draw that was Antietam; it led to a serious defeat and the accepted turning point of the US Civil War. I see analogies to be made here regarding the Ukrainian offensive into Russis

[@user-li8ub6wz8i]

History repeats,… again and again and again

[@pierredelacrau1097]

Most important for the future is the russian push towards Pokrovsk

[@chrissmith7669]

Sadly for them that’s pretty much ground to a halt

[@fanech14]

In their dream

[@jerromedrakejr9332]

@@fanech14 Dreams do come true...

[@sarahbrown5073]

​@@chrissmith7669It's not, though....we're just not getting much information on the movements in that direction because all the attention is focused on the Kursk area. If the goal of this push into Kursk was to get Russia to divert soldiers from the other 5 fronts, it failed. No troops are being diverted from other points of contact.

[@rickyspanish1590]

​@sarahbrown5073 We don't have any idea where all of the Russian reinforcements will arrive from.

[@regenwurm5584]

Yeah, ' last chance push' to where exactly? Do they have enough to reach Kursk? All wishful thinking.

[@Canada-_]

"last chance push" I don't think his contact is referencing a particular objective but just for the advance in a whole before it gets too costly for overt large scale offensive operations.

[@Dimension37]

^ yup

[@mnk9073]

Even if they reach Kursk, what are they gonna do? They can't hold the ground they take against a serious Russian push-back. It's a stupid PR stunt wasting what little is left of the AFU.

[@olegshtolc7245]

They were after Kursk nuclear power plant

[@Delta2-4Gaming]

@@olegshtolc7245no they weren’t. Too far. They were after the LPG hub they captured. That’s the only reasonable objective.

[@aleksandarzoric2452]

Im just waiting for NAFO to call Willy Kremlin agent😂

[@sebastijanglozinic8630]

They already did many, many times.

[@aleksandarzoric2452]

​@@sebastijanglozinic8630I actually missed it,now im 😢

[@sebastijanglozinic8630]

@@aleksandarzoric2452 Why? The NAFO calling someone a "kremlin agent" is a badge of honor.

[@user-ul9dv2iv9s]

Nafo raises money for Ukraine. What assistance do you give Russia. Words are about it right?

[@aleksandarzoric2452]

@@sebastijanglozinic8630 Because they tend to cry when narrative dosen't suit them and when someone starts to use facts and common sense...its like toddlers trapped in grown up body. And its really funny to read their meltdowns

[@lonigangilbert1954]

At 3:45 using "blitzkrieg" to describe their tactics for invading Russia while wearing SS insignia sounds like an even more ironic defeat is coming.

[@rotfogel]

I don't think so, Ukraine are being aided by much better military minds than anyone in Russia left.

[@dtsh4451]

Russians shut the door:”now you can’t leave”🤣

[@modmod6444]

hahahahaahah russian circus

[@chrissmith7669]

@@dtsh4451 in whose dream? Russia would have to gain a level of competence they have yet to display

[@davidcoard1978]

Looks like the Ukrainians will be damned if they continue to advance, damned if they retreat, and damned if they hunker down.

[@cplcabs]

yep, they have been sent on a fools errand.

[@pl5029]

Best case scenario for them is to surrender and join the rest of their fellow soldiers.

[@Batstrings]

they were damned when they decided to let NATO and america in particular run their country and force them to pick fights they were sure to lose

[@420247paul]

@@Batstrings They were not damned they, they volunteered to kill orks.

[@superspies32]

First error: begin the operation while Russia is coming in Sumy and other fronts are in dire of troops, but it's nothing when compared to second error: extend both vertical and horizontal with 1000 troops, in day 3 they captured about 300-400 square kilometers which mean in average 10 soldier per 1 square kilometer if they did not taken any causalities from Russia at all, and its just not the needle piece to Russia's land but a huge chunk of area at the border. Since the number of attack force showed that they cannot defend that long and thigg size of entrance while advance ahead, which mean if Russia outflank them, they can seal the border and entire attack force will be mochi-ed and let to mercy of bombs and artilery.

[@demurch0]

Excellent video Will. Thanks for your work and for spreading the truth of what is happening. Supporting the conflict in Ukraine is supporting the demise of Ukraine.

[@user-li8ub6wz8i]

Price they paid for being a US Puppet,.. serious lessons learnt in this debacle, all because of a corrupt deep state puppet Government in DC.

[@keilgon]

Unrelated but the hair looks great buddy lol

[@t.d6379]

Pause

[@SH976]

British special forces have been Ukriane since before 2014 help training the Azov battalion.

[@CaffeineKing]

Not a good use of my taxes, imho. 😮

[@Batstrings]

cos we love helping out nazis dont we, what was WW@ really about?, they let most nazi 's walk free

[@seanniemeyer5437]

The west has been training with the Ukrainians for decades.

[@novenoshogun8666]

Ukronazis collaborators

[@sneb1224]

If that is the case, Britain is an accomplice to the actual reason behind this war, considering that the Ukranian government started harassing its Russian civilians at that time. Taking into account how the western governments are oblivious of the lives, cultures and prosperity of their own citizens, the NWO is neither user friendly nor for the benefit of the world. On the contrary. Should westerners, and many of us do, realize how important it is that Russia wins this war against (poor proxy) Ukraine, aka NATO, they would want to go and fight for Russia. Putin banned the World Bank, GMO and a chapter of western money spinners, so he must be put in place. If the west had real leaders, this might have been easy, but with the likes of the woke bunch currently in charge, there is little chance, thank goodness. The woke rule we are living under since covid aren't so great. The world has regressed to a large extent since.

[@Dimension37]

Gives spring 1944 German Spring awakening offensive

[@bjorndebakker]

Battle of the Buldge or operation Northwind

[@arnoldlee4625]

@@bjorndebakkerspring awakening was 1945 in Hungary

[@purpplekushh]

Why not 1921 Second Winter Campaign ?? Why you westerners skip history. World war will only happen a bit later.

[@Jdsofar]

Jajajajajajjajaja LOL

[@chrishieke1261]

As for the Ukrainian refugees. I work at a local administration in Germany that also processes people from Ukraine. In the first months of the war, they were overwhelmingly those who have the means to travel to Germany and establish themselves (educated people, middle class, etc.). That has changed. Now the poorer, less educated and people with different challenges are coming. For example, we are seeing more cases of TBC (that was erradicated in Germany), Scabies, severe alcoholism and other serious medical conditions. These people are coming because Germany provides them with the same social security benefits like the German citizen. Those refugees are straining our resources (as the public administration with the task to house and provide for them). And they cost a lot of money. Let me be clear: Germany can provide for them and has a duty to help our fellow European neighbours who are fleeing a war. It is not a matter of money, Germany has enough of that. We can and have to spend that money. But the support is vaining and such strange incursions into Russia are fueling the discontent with further support for Ukraine. Come winter this year, we will see a mass exodus from Ukraine and THEN the grumbling in Germany will intensify even more. I feel sorry for those people, for what they have lost, for their uncertain future and the pain they are feeling. That's why I think it is much more important to end the war rather than "winning" it.

[@alfredlear4141]

Amen

[@edvsilas8281]

@chrishieke126 Well stated, but who amongst your European governments wants peace apart from Orban. In fact ,Germany is one of the most belligerent . You say incursions into Russia are fueling more support for the Ukraine ,if you mean German support , then we are moving further away from peace . Sadly, I think that your fellow Europeans will not feel any real need for peace til your own children come home in body bags and without body parts . Sadly , the Ukrainians are being used as proxies .

[@edwardwalking4807]

But the four million middle easterners your country took in were not a burden?

[@malcolmt7883]

Mexico: 'We appreciate your suggestion Ukraine, but we'd rather not glow in the dark.'

[@peterduveen5218]

Before the big strike on the Russian column happened, Military Summary called out the Russian military for putting video footage of the moving columns, which MS said could be geo-located. You have to wonder who is in charge.

[@Kolya268]

I believe it was picked up by local camera that where hacked by Ukr and others

[@LB-oz9hv]

This was pretty extraordinary as it represents a direct US attack on Russian soldiers on Russian territory.

[@jeffmaxwell7391]

The ICC has become a joke.

[@OWnIshiiTrolling]

No, it hasn't. It always was one.

[@jeffmaxwell7391]

@@OWnIshiiTrolling you got me👍

[@CyrilSneer123]

Those nations who signed up to the ICC and do not carry out the ICC arrest warrants unless it suits that nation is the problem here. It's just another extension of the US and co abusing these international rules & organisations and turning them into another extension of US foreign policy.

[@boggisthecat]

@@OWnIshiiTrolling Cover for Western policies.

[@rickyspanish1590]

​@@boggisthecatWhat policies would those be?

[@goranmarko6205]

Every ukrainian soldier who is on russian territory prays to return in ukraine in one piece. They can't say that, but deep down they know that. Because if they are not lucky to return back they know, they know their next direction will be 2m underground. In one day, one week, one month, or even one year. But, their chance of having long life, while being on russian territory is non existent in longer period. It is just psychological effect of being on russian territory and willingness of Putin to give all resources and man power to the Kursk commanders. But they are soldiers, they are young, and that means brave. And they have to follow the orders. But a moment comes when someone has to face reality. If I was russian decision maker I will keep the ukrainians there until the end of the war, I will stabilise the place and keep them and liberate that place in the last battles of the war. It is simple why. Because the ukrainians will have to keep there number of brigades, what will make the situation better for the russians on the other fronts. That makes sense from chess playing war strategy. But, Putin simply can't afford that because of the rage of the russian population. But, there is not good outcome for those soldiers who are on russian territory. They attack, but they know they are living like on a poisonous snake island. You can kill one, two, 10 snakes. But eventually you will be bitten, because it is not your island, it is snake island. 5 brigades have been sent from Doneck front to Kursk front. And two of them, brigades from Pokrovsk front. That is insanity. That is why the ukrainians in Pokrovsk are swearing at the decision makers.

[@CheeseLovingGuy]

Weird statement

[@mdumisenihlophe4001]

I don't know why they are still fighting because it's an obvious loosing battle

[@goranmarko6205]

@@CheeseLovingGuy Be precised, what is weird.

[@mikexhotmail]

Indeed

[@CKOTOBOD]

Serbian copium lol

[@captainthunderbolt7541]

I'm thinking the negotiations are off the table now.

[@user-ul9dv2iv9s]

When were they ever on the table.

[@Kofferr]

More reason to negotiate now than ever, no?

[@dm8579]

Not at all. But Ukraine needs something to bring to the table.

[@user-ul9dv2iv9s]

Putin can go home. All finished.

[@sebastijanglozinic8630]

@@dm8579 Do you honestly think the Russians are going to want to negotiate after this? Some in the Duma are calling for tactical nuclear weapons.

[@Riconald]

I think that Russia will recapture its territories back…

[@adocuric9154]

We will see if you're right. Won't we?

[@boggisthecat]

Hot take.

[@mikele9878]

Yep👍

[@ark66]

@@adocuric9154 well AFU tried to capture Belogorod last year so how it went?

[@seancidy6008]

I don't think Western 'Special Forces' would be adjusted to Ukrainian conditions. The casualty rate in combat would be extremely high IMO.

[@blackdubz]

😂

[@chrissmith7669]

The special forces wouldn’t fight as Ukraine has but we’ve been hearing the western special forces story for two years

[@jimnpen8451]

What do you mean Iraq was all open country

[@darugdawg2453]

US Special forces usually comes with enough firepower support to do what they want to do. Its not rambo

[@1237barca]

@@darugdawg2453that’s why this won’t work. There isn’t really an option for sufficient support

[@grahamhireme9283]

The convoy was hit two days ago. There was one hundred killed. From the video footage it’s obvious that a couple of trucks were annihilated so probably around 40/60 plus kills from other trucks very unlikely it was 400. The whole convoy probably held four hundred troops. They didn’t all die This video is nonsense. There’s no military science to this. Russia has used a very small fraction of its airforce in Ukraine this means that most is it is available to deal with the incursion and that’s exactly what is happening. Bellendski has sacrificed those men, probably in the hope he’ll get the nod to use his two F16s over Russian territory. There are no critical targets in the area. Zero that would have any impact. A total waste of men and resources. Bellend’s speech was scripted by Blinken and Co. So very sad.

[@chrissmith7669]

@@grahamhireme9283 it was three companies of Russian infantry plus their supporting units. Even Russian media talks of a battalion being destroyed because they stopped along the road and stayed in their trucks. Big badda boom

[@OleDiaBole]

One must notice that Ukrainians have amazing satelite inteligence, survelance and targeting...

[@shangtsung88]

More like their masters do..

[@2sqnbandit379]

This is desperate from Ukraine

[@virgiliustancu9293]

Push to Moscow?!?😂 What they think they will achieve with that?!?

[@takoto2610]

There are a lot of Ukrainian and NATO tanks in front of the WW2 museum on the Kutuzovski Avenue and in the Kubinka tank museum. 🙂

[@Brumairevideo]

they are calling Napoleon from his grave lol

[@338mag]

Give the RF all the excuse it needs to fully mobilize everything they have with full support of the public. Cause that's what it would achieve.

[@pibblesnbits]

@@338mag There is a ton of anti- Putin sentiment in Russia. It is suppressed but it is there. Just remember when Prigozhin blitzed Moscow, little to no resistance.

[@MichaelAnderson-cq8rx]

Even Wagner tried it and failed but got quite far. Wonder if the Himars and other western long range weapons help to protect these brave Ukrainians. This is a ‘hey you did the exact same thing to us on a much larger scale’ moment

[@krisgreen6097]

Well they told em they had F16's and new Arty, well.... Where are they, next wave of splendid soldiers into the meatgrinder. Battle of the Bulge 2.0

[@badchefi]

Don’t believe everything this FSB puppet shares😂

[@user-ul9dv2iv9s]

Then it's off to Kyiv right? Don't you guys get sick of typing the same nonsense year after year. Ukraine STILL has not surrendered.

[@douglascounts4634]

Well if Russia bombs the cities there like they have in Ukraine, they will be killing their own citizens. That will not be popular in Russia. That may cause Russia to wish to negotiate and withdraw as they can't fight the same kind of war where they simply kill citizens in mass. Ukraine will never roll tanks into Moscow, so this is a war until Russia wishes to stop playing.

[@krisgreen6097]

@@user-ul9dv2iv9s Who's you guys? No i get sick of the senseless sacrifice. I'm a retired army medic, and happy i'm not there. I've seen enough, how about you?

[@pl5029]

Willy is well overdue to doodle another bulge on the map.

[@MartinMartinX]

I just cant imagine how could Ukrainians hold this for a longer time . They could not hold Krimky , hell ..they cant hold the main front and loosing like a village / town almost daily . This will be Russian priority , there is no way Ukr will be able to hold this for a longer time. Ukr will gain a horrible loses from this and it will bring them closer to the absolute end even faster.

[@dm8579]

Of course, but with the Russian advances for the last months and Israel/Iran stealing the spotlight Ukraine must do something to get some headlines again and to make their sponsors happy enough so they can milk them for more billions.

[@MrStasyan2013]

Krinky had to get supplied across the Dnieper + required marines, because of the Dnieper. Kursk can be supplied over ground and be fought by the average Mykola.

[@chrissmith7669]

@@MartinMartinX they villages they pull out of because Russia shells them to rubble. Nothing left to hold.

[@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn]

Everyone knows that the best strategy to use when your forces are too thinly stretched across very long defensive lines is to create more defensive lines you have to defend. Manpower shortage? No big deal

[@sarahbrown5073]

This is what's known in American football as the "hail Mary"....these desperate plays happen at the end of the game.

[@robzilla730]

This Kursk invasion will go down in history as The "Tit" Offensive...

[@chrissmith7669]

While Ukraine is doing great and I wish them more success it’s not tet good

[@dragonemperorsy2515]

​@@chrissmith7669 Ukraine is doing great? 😂

[@Thor_Asgard_]

@@dragonemperorsy2515 you brainwashed ? seems so, yes they are doing pretty good.

[@robzilla730]

@dragonemperorsy2515 hence the "Tit". 😆

[@user-gl9iw1fv2h]

​@@chrissmith7669the country is broke and shrank 50% in population. Are you ok?

[@Silverhorn2]

Sadly, this waste of humanity will be felt for generations of fatherless children. At this point, believing this conflict has anything to do with protecting democracy and fighting for freedom is a very special kind of fool.

[@leejones4429]

For Ukraine it is 100% fighting for freedom. Ukraine is the one who are defending and got invaded and Russia will take Ukraine freedom if lost.

[@whiggins101]

Really, so Ukrainians are all fools? What "special" kind do you consider them to be? Is Putin a fool too?

[@johanmetreus1268]

Not as foolish as believing Kremlin isn't trying to rebuild the Russian Empire.

[@pie-master8973]

@@johanmetreus1268 What? How did you come up with that idea?

[@badgambler-un5ck]

Huge offensive to attack fields? then engage embedded troops in urban fighting...what a waste!

[@hadesunderworld4203]

I wouldn’t say huge …. 3000 men

[@bubba842]

​@@hadesunderworld4203Apparently they have already lost over 1000 men. Since the Russians are pounding them every minute, that number will go up very fast.

[@whiggins101]

@@bubba842 LOL Thank you for that Mr. Putin.

[@donwon5658]

I can see if they hold the gas plant or nuk plant for bargaining power , but ultimately they are low on troops … I just hope this ends for all of the world , thanks for your efforts to keep us informed

[@davidvines6498]

Ukraine being low on Troops is propaganda as they managed to hide 4 battalions next to the Russian border. No one knows for certain how many troops Ukraine has hidden in plain sight

[@sebastijanglozinic8630]

What?!!! "The blame game has already started among the Ukrainians"?! How exactly did they expect to stop FABs with Stingers? Stingers do not even have that kind of range.

[@bubba842]

Stingers are a heat sealing missile. You can't stop glide bombs with heat seaking missiles.

[@allankvist6741]

That information and complains were not from a Ukrainian. To me the wording looks suspiciously australian. I wonder if its from a made up person. Weird motives to do that.

[@dalstephen3834]

Yeah, how do they expect to suppress air dominance on actual RF territory?

[@sebastijanglozinic8630]

@@dalstephen3834 Well, they could do it with enough Stingers and using the forested areas and towns as cover. But only on a very local level. The Su-34s for example, could still drop FABs from far away uncontested.

[@dalstephen3834]

@@sebastijanglozinic8630 Yea, no matter what they do they cannot overcome the ability for RF air dominance on their own terrain.

[@javiermartinezjr8849]

"kursk salient"or "kursk pocket" ww2 should really be studied

[@SuperTica22]

act of desperation, they are losing on all fronts and they poked bear again. stupidity has no limits

[@thorinbane]

The west needed a PR victory with none for over a year. Once these invaders are all crushed they will go back to saying Israel has a right to ge0side and ignore the Ukraine debacle. Ohhh and vote for either because both parties love war.

[@martinaklee-webster1276]

Oh, another military analyst. Well, we will see. Slava Ukraine, they came, to stay.

[@mikele9878]

​​@@martinaklee-webster1276They will stay in Russia like a fertilizer for the earth.Saliva Urine👍😂

[@user-gl9iw1fv2h]

​@@martinaklee-webster1276to stay in the soil

[@TheWhatevva]

"Don't underestimate the predictability of stupidity "-Snatch

[@dacorum8053]

The analysis at the end of the video about Russian Red Lines, Russian responses to violations of those Red lines and the devastating impact of the war on Ukraine and how disastrous that war has been for the west was absolutely spot on. Ukraine follows the list of Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Syria and Libya of failed states left behind after intervention by Nato and their allies. And everyone one of those interventions has resulted in millions of refugees fleeing to Europe to the huge detriment of Europe. Our governments are clearly not on the side of the people they are supposed to represent and protect. Worst of all, western governments and nato have made Europe and the world a far worse and much more dangerous place and significantly weakened the west in the process.

[@rupok90]

Think Afghanistan is doing well

[@carlroberson972]

@@rupok90 Depends if you were born a woman or not. Oops, that's probably a micro aggression.

[@grosey11]

@@dacorum8053 the SMO is disastrous (Willys fave term) for Putin. The strategic goals are unobtainable and the war effort unsustainable.

[@dwrigh18]

How is the smo disastrous if russia's economy has grown substantially amidst sanctions imposed as a result of the conflict, its seized a significant portion of ukraine, and the army continues to expand since 2022. Casualties are probably the same on both sides, so Ukraine has won in what, getting resources from the west and taking out pieces of the navy while it doesn't even have one?

[@grosey11]

@@dwrigh18 It’s disastrous because the best Russia can hope for is a Nth Korean style DMZ to stop its citizens escaping to the west. While it remains a pariah state for decades to come. Yes they keep their stolen annexed territories. But Ukraine wins the peace following by integrating fully in the EU and NATO completely spoiling Putins war aims for an irredentist neo-Soviet empire.

[@grosey11]

Makhnovka and Plekhovo and took under fire control the last road to Sudzha from the Belgorod region. Thus, the Sudzha garrison now found itself in a tight blockade. Classic right hook 🪝

[@kirrausanov]

Willy, who will be first? Russians in Lvov or Ukrainians in Vladyvostok?

[@marioformosa4259]

where are the Ukrainians?

[@allankvist6741]

That guy on the ground leaking information from Kursk is your cousin Willy? His wording is almost spot on your usual reporting.

[@Karahar]

12:13 Again, I didn't get it. What is the problem with the attack on the nuclear power plant? Ukraine has been regularly attacking a nuclear power plant in the Zaporizhia region for years, and no one has even formally condemned it for this. So what's the problem with nuclear power plant strikes?

[@boggisthecat]

They have put the plant into standby now, just in case. If you keep shelling a plant, you might get ‘lucky’ and fuck something important - which may not go well if it’s still running.

[@Karahar]

​@@boggisthecat And again, what's the problem? I mean, for Ukraine. They didn't even threaten Ukraine with a finger. Why should Ukrainians in such a situation consider that hitting a nuclear power plant is unacceptable?

[@TheGreatAmphibian]

Good question. The type of plant is different here and a lot more vulnerable to shelling.

[@francisyockey8225]

Really? What do you think would happen if they caused a nuclear meltdown in Russia, the demand for a nuclear response from Russians would be impossible to ignore, which would possibly see lviv kiev etc incinerated as a response and ww3 is on

[@roman_1276]

They already tried for chernobyl 2.0

[@marioformosa4259]

More young Ukrainian lives sacrificed. For what?

[@FairladyS130]

Ask Putin.

[@shueyk2320]

So jews could form their new Khazar state since Israel is going to fold soon

[@Realist369]

@@FairladyS130ask McCain,Graham,Nuland and pyatt

[@alfredlear4141]

Blackrock, Vanguard, etc Same as every war, it's for resources and who controls them. The rest is propaganda to fool people into dying for them.

[@JohnSmith-fo5cx]

for money

[@francisle1933]

Devastating losses for the ucranian army of zion

[@kodzotettey1836]

Willy where exactly are they moving to??? Without enough logistics.

[@talkingmudcrab718]

Well said closing words Willy. One of the reasons you're my go to on KZbin for these topics.

[@voltimorholeymanski8152]

Uks mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai"

[@seeker2118]

There should be a differenciation between Russian red lines and Western redlines imposed upon Russia. Russia's response to their redlines cannot be evaluated presently but in the future in theaters in which the west is involved example actions in the middle east and the help Russia would give directly or indirectly to opose the west. Whatever the west does the Russians also can do only Russia will have more options to react.

[@FairladyS130]

Red lines are bizarre, run your war your way excluding nukes.

[@yuglesstube]

This attack appears rather reckless. Whatever damage may be inflicted on the Russian forces, the eventual counterattack is going to devastate the Ukranian invasion force because Russia has air superiority and the capability to rapidly mobilise significant resources. Ukraine does not have the might to sustain this incursion for long.

[@sninstall]

Think your getting a bit excited to think Ukraine is going to push to Kursk plant. Like really!. In 2 weeks they will be lucky to still be over the border.

[@DanThomas-k1f]

There was footage yesterday of explosions outside of nuclear plant. They're already their.

[@alfredlear4141]

​@@DanThomas-k1f There

[@CanTho2022]

Last desperate attempt of zelensky and NATO 😂😂

[@georgea44]

I’ve just finished watching Odessa and Kiev night club videos….what kind of BS war is this … clownshow country

[@iymspartacus7089]

Ukraine is just taking after the west - a two tier society in which the rich, powerful and connected elites are above the law and the remaining peasant class is treated like HUMAN LIVESTOCK !

[@cplcabs]

The war is in the East, and its a big country. Life doesn't just stop because of war

[@iymspartacus7089]

They removed my reply about living in a two tier system. Guess I’m not in the tier that’s allowed to reply.

[@Drakuer11]

Susan wzjekeisky whatever her name is, former KZbin CEO has passed away. Anyways it's a fantastic day and fantastic week.

[@freedom1028]

Agree! 😂😂

[@1237barca]

What do you mean?!? That lady won the Free Expression Award. She must have been a first amendment champion

[@alfredlear4141]

RIP She's paid in full, as we all will

[@Kris-ym2zr]

As always, thanks for this video and explaining the nuances about how the air flow works with the choppers. Seeing the red lines and results together also helped a lot. This war is hard to watch and in some ways it just seems like the end goal is the war itself. Off ramps are avoided, while red lines are being charged towards.

[@seanniemeyer5437]

Actually, when a chopped is flying there isn't that much down draft. A helicopter doesn't fly because it pushes air down, it flies because the blades are shaped like a wing, which creates lift. Just the same as a planes wing creats lift. There is more down draft when the helicopter is on the ground because the pitch of the rotors has been changed.

[@Kris-ym2zr]

@@seanniemeyer5437 Thanks for that

[@jesseterrell2109]

So many vehicles lost in this attack. What a waste.

[@HB_King_of_Doggerland]

As as always good work Willy. Lets hope this war and the killing stops. This shirt should never has started. Prayers for the dead, hope for a better life for the injured both in body and soul and strength for the relatives. They all need it. And lets try to help if we can.

[@st5637]

I heard there was a sttike in Odessa which kiiled a large number of SAS and French special forces (20) a few weeks ago

[@sarahbrown5073]

Idk, but the TCCvehicles are burning daily.

[@ChuckPalomo]

Hey Willy, I hope you're having a fantastic weekend.

[@oggaBugga]

The problem is not moving in columns, it is stopping that column while only 20km from the front! Large columns are what you want when moving through areas where you may be ambushed by small groups of troops.

[@user-li5cr6wv5b]

If you need to stop the column, at least make the spacing between vehicles 20+ meters. Those trucks can go off-road too.

[@stephenkevindoss1474]

you have moved up into my top two places to get ukraine news. i trust you’ll give me the truth as you know it. good work sir.

[@pjerdolinski37]

Last 48h from what i can see lots of equipment plus comand got destroyed in kursk on ukr side.

[@kodzotettey1836]

Americans gave lots of weapons to different countries and these countries never succeeded in winning any of their wars. Vietnam, saudis, Afghanistan, Cambodia, etc…

[@seanniemeyer5437]

South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Korea. Saudi Arabia, UAE, Japan actually there are quite a few successes.

[@mpk6664]

Afghanistan defeat the Soviets what the fuck are you even talking about lol

[@davidbaptista7904]

Hmm. It's probably the beginning of the end for this "Ardennes" type stunt. That's probably a good thing, by depleting their unreplaceable reserves the Ukrainian leadership shortens the war: On Ukraine's expense, but hey, that's what you got when you got amateurs running the show.

[@user-qd9ts9is1y]

Mate, you're a tool.

[@chrissmith7669]

@@davidbaptista7904 Ukraine had at least 14k reserves recently that people were wondering where they’d be moved. Guess we found out. I’m curious to see the long term strategy

[@phillower8806]

You literally don’t know what ur talking about.

[@davidbaptista7904]

oh really? Do enlighten us.

[@MightOfMjolnir]

24 square Kilometers is only 9 square Miles... i live in a tiny ass town that's ~36 square Miles so to put that into perspective it's ~1/4 the size of my town lol that ain't much ground... and if they ain't digging trenches and supplying it with ammo and hardware it's going to all evaporate in less than a week...

[@dekismokton2407]

Meanwhile, Zelensky buys Sting's $75 millions winery ...

[@skatitajs_nr13]

Meanwhile, you have no proof of that happening.

[@PeneMoko]

Hello, Russian disinformation bot

[@dekismokton2407]

@@skatitajs_nr13 It's public on "DATABASE Italia" .. "Sting recently sold his Tuscan winery - Tenuta il Palagio - to Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine". Anything else?

[@dekismokton2407]

@@skatitajs_nr13 The winery is registered as "Saint-Thomas SRL" which appears publicly in Zelensky's assets.

[@nPcDrone]

I never expected Ukraine to push into Russia. Even if it doesn't last or produce long term results.

[@zeljkoopalic5994]

They sent them all to die, WTH, Russians are about to split and surround them, my God what a mess

[@3Zsoficica]

mess is in your soviet head only

[@zeljkoopalic5994]

@@3Zsoficica my what?

[@peterjensen3076]

33:42; this is an example on how learning and reflecting comes out. Thanks for your approach, Matt - most westerners could and should follow your example.

[@FairladyS130]

Takes two to have peace no matter how some seem to think otherwise.

[@Kenneth-qj5ny]

Thanks!

[@RealPolitik-dy4it]

On one hand, I can understand why the Ukrainian leadership would want to do this last-ditch Hail Mary. Because if the fighting end AND they don’t control AT LEAST the February 2022 borders, they are cooked. Personally. But on the other hand, does anyone seriously believe that Ukraine taking and holding 1,000-2,000 sq. km. of empty field with the occasional small village (which is the BEST CASE scenario for this Kursk operation) will make the Russian leadership soil themselves and sue for peace? If anything, it will make them only fight harder. Furthermore, if there was any chance of the Russians willing to sign a negotiated settlement where Ukraine can still keep some territory, that chance was buried on August 5th. Inside of Russia, you have 2 main camps. The first camp wants to secure the 4 oblasts, then come to a negotiated settlement with Zelensky’s government. The second camp wants regime change in Ukraine, subsequent turning it into a puppet state. The first camp is no more thanks to the Kursk operation. Mind you, Russia conducted ONE partial mobilization in 2022. Since then, 99% of the new recruits have signed up voluntarily. This means that if they have to, they can do many more mobilizations.

[@latenerd2441]

Didnt know Russians pack their trucks and APC's like clown cars.

[@delanofernandes6471]

dint know despite obvious man power shortage they decided to take reinforcements from south(best brigades) for the offensive in the north. difference is that russia does not have to pull troops from one front to another to make a offensive or defend.

[@marioformosa4259]

Couldn't believe all the Taliban stuff which they said was given to them by the US

[@douglascounts4634]

@@delanofernandes6471 "despite obvious"

[@Kofferr]

​@@delanofernandes6471 Whatever they were doing before in the Ocheretyne direction clearly wasn't working, it would be foolish to continue the same way. Don't act like you know better than people with decades of military experience.

[@FrankReynolds-y1y]

Virgen take

[@fabtellem]

How many plain clothed Ukrainians with a car full of drones would now be driving to Russian airfields

[@jonshive5482]

FWIW Weeb Union claimed his sources told him that it was a pre-emptive strike before Russia launched its own Sumy offensive. Ukraine saw Russian engineering vehicles were removing their own mines along the border in preparation and decided to take advantage. At any rate Russian troops were well dispersed in the general area so it was only a matter of time before they showed up to stabilize the line and eventually counterattack. And so they have (according to Weeb and pro-Rus sources).

[@commissaryarrick9670]

From what I am seeing there are a bunch of burning Russian tanks

[@user-ul9dv2iv9s]

You make it sound like this incursion was a spur of the moment. Are you sure?

[@ZalshahZalshah]

​@@commissaryarrick9670Russia produces tanks like 🐇 ... Ukraine destroyed 100, ... 500 will replace.. But Ukrainian lost almost 5 brigade in this Useless just for PR stunt. Russians don't need to get to them but the Idiot leadership of Ukrainians sends them directly to Russian doors to be killed. There is no way Ukrainian can win in Kursk, they enter the belly of the beast...

[@jonshive5482]

@@commissaryarrick9670 Sure. You pause for long on an open road you're asking for trouble and they got it. But rest assured Ukrainian tanks are being lost as well. Don't base everything on a few viddies or all viddies from one side. "Truth is the first casualty" & etc.

[@TheGreatAmphibian]

This makes perfect sense. The attack is strategic idiocy, but so is every other option for Ukraine except peace. So defaulting to an immediately attractive but doomed tactical option makes sense in this, utterly pathological, context.

[@aleksandrskuvsinovs6257]

I'm not sure about the term "Redline". It seams to me, that this term is widely used in the West, but I do not remember it coming for Russian officials. The most common comment that comes out of Kremlin is something along unfriendly move or action, violation of international law, serious violation of our security and almost always it is followed by we will respond accordingly. The west is always speculating and setting the Redlines for Russia and then decides if it was or nor crossed. The issue is, that the respond by Russia is not always seen in time or places that you would expect. Responding with a blunt aggression is the last thing a nuclear power would do against another nuclear power. Russia does respond, but unlike Ukraine, it doesn't have to be all out public event, and in a way this kind of response makes it more effective. In a way all this that is happening now is a failure of Russia to convey a clear respond and failure of the West to understand the severity of the consequences playing this Redline games.

[@dondp7500]

😢The deeper Ukraine advances- they wont have air defense support,less counter artillary support, harder logostic / resupply, less medivac support ; basically the same condition as if they are surrounded in all direction. This is a disaster!

[@DZ4295DBW]

They have it in tow.....

[@konah19801]

@@DZ4295DBW f16s A10 and many NATO stuff are available undercover. Russia is weak and tired

[@virgilcaine3291]

It's the weekend. I cannot picture Hedges, Sachs, Hanson, McGregor or Mearshiemer tending their gardens in a coat and tie.

[@sebastienschubert2991]

Good reporting from the people involved.

[@kirrausanov]

Willy has only informants in Ukraine. None in Russia.

[@Signal_Glow]

Kursk region incursion makes no sense for reasons partially stated here and elsewhere. Russian government and army have more than enough support to suppress Ukrainian army with conventional, or tactical nuclear weapons like small neutron bombs. I think Western sponsors are just selling weapons and don't care about the fact that Ukraine lost 10% of their best men (dead and crippled), they know toppling the Russian government will lead to nuclear exchange, or worse. The Lancet report estimated 184.000 civil dade in Zaga, enitselaP. SU politi applauded 50 times in 50 minutes when they had a visit by someone who should be in their version of galug. Events like this show who they really are, what they support.

[@user-qd9ts9is1y]

Just here for the amusing cope comments. 😂😂😂

[@1Baza22]

Very Informative Willy thank you :)

[@peetasmith4403]

Not battle of Kursk pocket II, but Battle of the Bulge II...

[@GTR003121]

The second it became clear that this wasn't a unified action with all assets that were promised, this op was DOA and they should have just turned around. Now every one of them will removed from circulation.

[@alfredlear4141]

Sad but true

[@enshk79]

I’m a staunch Russian supporter, but for some reason I really like you, Willy. I’ll definitely be sticking around with you after this conflict ends. Sincerely wishing the best for you! Keep up the good work, sir.

[@Cortesevasive]

ok Ivan

[@badchefi]

So is Willy - actively sharing misinformation made by the FSB -

[@enshk79]

@@CortesevasiveI love that name. You just gave me the pen name I was trying to come up with. Paul Ivan

[@mark009vn]

much respect

[@prajwal1341]

​@@Cortesevasivebetter than gays

[@tjadams8]

There is NO Active warrant for Netanyahu or the Hamas leaders, they "filed applications" for them. To allow for more investigating. That's a lot different than actually issuing/having an Active Warrant.

[@ayoorchethan]

😂 This confirms then that it wasn't really planned. It was put together only after the Belarus border cleared, hardly a month or two

[@beersultan9885]

"completely avoided with previous decisions." Please...elaborate on that nugget.

[@aleksandrarancic6018]

Hi Willy! Can you please slow down a bit when reading. I have to stop the video each time you start reading and read the text myself, as your reading is so fast that I can not understand the meaning :-). Easy does it. You'll get there Sonney :-). Excellent video. Thank you.

[@justincredible5406]

You can also slow down the video from the gearwheel in the pop-up menu.

[@arispaparis]

Click on the cogwheel at the bottom right of the video and set the playback speed to 0.75 or 0.5 if you find the pace is too fast for you

[@guyosborn615]

To be fair he reads too slowly for me, so I reach the end of the text before he does, then fast forward

[@aleksandrarancic6018]

@@justincredible5406 Willy would improve the quality of his video if he makes it easy to understand these parts for world-wide audience, not just the native Australian speakers. I suspect that he is loosing portion of his international audience because of the manner in which he reads the text. His reading is twice as fast as the rest of his talk. My comment is constructive criticism, aimed to lift the game 🙂. I already have a solution-I stop the video and read the text myself, then listen to Willy. As most Australian males, Willy tends to swallow portion of some words when reading, which would not happen if he slows down to the speed of a professional TV presenters. That would be a win-win situation. We would have more enjoyable time with Willy and Willy would attract wider audience.

[@FairladyS130]

@@aleksandrarancic6018 Australians cope with others accents, try it.

[@rossshuttleworth6516]

GOOD TO SEE. Its been along time since weve been fearsomely formidable. Hows Rob from Speak the truth. YOUR THE BEST

[@Didacmmv]

Honestly what are these sources of stuff "on the ground" you provide, "MOD are half committed to this offensive" "Halfarsed attempt only" "This whole offensive will fail" For someone "on the ground" this "Source" seems to have some omnipotent knowledge of the situation that anyone would kill to have, this source must be a high ranking general! EDIT: Really, that info the source gave is subjective, unsubstantiated and totally beyond the scope of what a single soldier can know and in no way talking to us about stuff that source would actually know.

[@dandeylon]

he is wrong about most stuff, according to him ukraine was done and with no troops six months ago

[@KokosNaSnehu2]

He has huge Russian bias. You can see that from the comments. Kremlbots are praising him.

[@mnk9073]

Most likely it's people in command support roles or straight up on general staff, they spend their days face to face with the top brass and know more of what's going on than all the boots represented by the little blue ticks on the map combined.

[@Didacmmv]

@@mnk9073 Even if that's the case, I highly doubt the source is of a sound enough mind, given all the circumstances to have a comprehensive and objective view of what's going on given that privileged input, it doesn't seem like that's the case given the information given by the source. I personally can empathise with anyone frustrated and desperate in their workplace when things aren't going as planned or how they're supposed to be, it's a reality of literally **any** workplace, I can't imagine war being remotely as organized or smooth as people would expect it to be, which would cause the type of sensationlised responses given by the source. EDIT: TLDR; Whining isn't valuable information.

[@mnk9073]

@@Didacmmv As a former staffer: It's not about knowing what actually is but about what happens in HQ. Top brass bickering, the reports coming in late or not at all, orders being given, taken back, given again, positions having to be corrected all the time, the factionalism with open venting at the coffee machine and especially seeing them run on little sleep, lots of cigarettes and the occasional swig from the drawer flask tells you a lot about the state of the operation.

[@Rick8191-tv8pg]

If Russia lost a thousand in kursk last night,, that only means a failure for Ukraine, because Ukraine must've lost over 5,000 in kursk last night.

[@grosey11]

According to Russian MoD there are only 1,000 Ukrainians in Kursk. Someone is lying 🤥

[@denarjan]

The west destroyed itself when Labour and Unions got destroyed, the common folk lost their representation, and subsequent corporate interests beholden governments placed short term corporate financial bottom line before the interest of the population as a whole. The factories moved, and millions upon millions of skilled and motivated workers lost their jobs forever. And there was no need to train new engineers, factory floor managers, etc, etc, etc. The new Universities were built there where the new factories went, and with it the knowledge. If the lack of consideration of anything besides net profit was unintentional, well then there was gross incompetence. If it was known to cause such effects, then it was incompetence and treason.

[@riverpower9402]

The West dominates the world at every level. Russia has North Korea on its side ... 😂😂😂😂

[@ad-ko5iy]

​@@riverpower9402and China. And India isn't pro west neither. and a lot of African countries.

[@ad-ko5iy]

We still have unions in france. It didn't change anything. It makes it worse.

[@safeprisonoffice6259]

Ok commie! Labor just became the leadership of the UK and they are already in the first stages of civil war between the indigenous peoples and the imported Islamic hoards

[@allenliu8820]

You are talking about brain drain which isn't happening in the west. While brain drain in Europe is a worrying problem because they have higher taxes which makes it harder for startups, so businesses turn to the US, bringing their highly educated employees with them, not even including the many already established companies and banks where you can use to start businesses. Which is why there are a lot of Europeans in the United States. China does a great job by attracting foreign students, but these students are often from Africa which usually leave after graduating to start businesses in their home country. India also has a large population with very good schools, but many of them go to Canada to study for their higher education because it is cheaper and easier than the United States. The issue in recent years is not that the west is failing, but due to the success of protectionist policies. Protectionist policies like tariffs are detrimental to the working class because of the costs are ultimately passed on to the consumers, which includes the labor force. What needs to be done is erasing loopholes in our tax system, raise in corporate taxes, and unionization. Still though would you prefer China or Russia where essentially oligarchs have complete dominance and will crack down on any speak about unionization with the police or the US where you can actually push for workers' rights?

[@sirshade222]

Ukraines gambit seems born out of desperation. There is zero strategic value to it. Likely, they're trying to trigger Russia into doing something hasty that NATO would call 'over the line' and lead to NATO combat troops deploying in country. Ukraine doesn't have the manpower to stage a push in the south if they're using this as a distraction to pull Russian troops north. They don't have the logistics or manpower to feasibly push anywhere of significance AND hold it for any amount of time.....at best this was just a PR move for western leaderships benefit and at worst, some idiot actually thought this was a sound strategy.

[@danybrown5598]

I need a math explanation of how they "took" so much ground in first day. My car doesn't go as fast as those humans while fighting. 😂😂😂

[@alfredlear4141]

Same way Wagner did

[@edwardwalking4807]

Look up phagtosis. That's why.

[@CheeseLovingGuy]

Hey if you want speculation and rumours i have got buckets of them on any subject you choose. Get real Willy.

[@bbbbbbbb1942]

willy is full of shit

[@평양시1]

Donetsk republic commander, Alexander Khodakovsky about Kursk: "The enemy’s actions in Kursk fit well into the logic of this phase of the war: when he's knocked down, he needs to quickly raise hands & show that he's combat-ready. The day before I wrote that in one form or another we will see attempts to seize the initiative. Nevertheless, this is agony. The enemy made a big mistake. From a military point of view, the direction was optimal: in areas of constant battles, the front is cemented & it's difficult to break through. But this also works against the enemy: without being able to gain a foothold & create a layered defense, it will be impossible to maintain a bridgehead. Then what is the effect of this “action”? What have you achieved? Shown that Russia is vulnerable? To push into a specific area not involved in hostilities while losing manpower & equipment is not a miracle & doesn't speak of your potential. The real potential has long been calculated & taken into account. Will this raise the morale of those units that are suffering from our pressure? I very much doubt it... But it forced Russian society to look at the situation differently, it strengthened the just desire to break the enemy & put an end to the threat."

[@adambased7928]

There is a telegram clip doing the rounds and one thing for sure not speaking Ukrainian

[@user-ul9dv2iv9s]

Huh?

[@thorinbane]

The Ukraine invasion force is western NATO troops.

[@GhostofSash1m1]

It’s funny to see Will cope and pander to pro Russian audience

[@EarlT357]

The West: "Hey, Ukies! You fucked up! You trusted us! (Again...)"

[@user-li8ub6wz8i]

The Vietnamese, The Iraqis, The Afghans, The Syrians could have told them that,… Now a just for profit War Machine

[@VictoryDukeofHeights]

If you download a Snipping tool, you might already have one on your computer, you can simply select what you want to cut out and then you won't have to have any border at all and you can save the snips as images and resize them individually

[@Ower8x]

Can you give me a source where the ICC actually approved the Warrant for Netanyahu? Or other Israeli officials? ... Even on the ICC page I cant find Anything ... I know an ICC prosecutor requested Warants to be issued but cant find anything about the court actually approving the request ... this goes for the leaders of Hamas as well ... the information I can find is the The request were made by the prosecutor to issue warrants in May ... but no decision was reached since then .... This is different from Putin ... where the court actually approved the Warrant ... and as such the is an official ICC warrant on him and senior staff .... This is not the case for the Netanyahu/Israel/Hamas warants ... they are just proposed ...

[@user-fr3qn2jb7p]

Ukraine invaded into this reason because they noticed a,weak spot.. so simply because there was an opportunity not in order to reach a city or whatever