War in South-East Ukraine February 2022 - March 2023

[@Eastory]

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[@MrBrianYoutube]

Ok

[@pyeitme508]

Ok 👌

[@SmilodonGer]

Man I was chewing my fingernails for this one! THANK YOU EA

[@chairsilver2]

thanks

[@vlar568noice2]

Hi

[@wolf_7479]

0:29 you have my biggest respect for including the "I'm just a youtuber" part, I've seen it way too often that certain youtubers present a topic as if they did all the research and when it's pointed out in the comments that they're wrong (even with sources included) they either ignore it or get angry at the comment.

[@filipinordabest]

"What do you mean parroting Deutsche Welle does not make me a journalist"

[@ThugShakers4Christ]

Dumb comment. There are plenty of quality channels that do actual research like Covert Cabal and Perun. Lazer pig has actual sources he uses for his videos. Not everyone regurgitates news sites.

[@cactuscartocratus7228]

As a wise man once said "I'm only human after all"

[@looinrims]

‘All the research’ they talk as if they were god watching from the clouds and reading everyone’s mind

[@ilyaincrypt0]

0x340bdb2D1eCCC94c09be2aafcb0D50b3bA99eB19 (ETH wallet - Collecting money for drones for Ukraine)

[@thanhucluc7267]

A current conflict analyzed by Eastory. Can't think of anything better.

[@Lord_Lambert]

This conflict no longer being current would be better.

[@leonpaelinck]

What about no conflict at all?

[@nikolaylysenko8837]

@@Lord_Lambertas a Ukrainian I second this 😢

[@Cybermat47]

I can: there being no current conflicts for Eastory to analyse.

[@Lord_Lambert]

@@nikolaylysenko8837 Slava Ukraini

[@RonSommar]

Best war map I have seen so far on this conflict. Thank you!

[@NapoleonIBonopart]

Jomini the west

[@Noname_NoID]

Well, looks like you haven't seen much.

[@rrosski]

Weebunion and Defense politics asia, best maps out of everyone

[@AbdulGoodLooks]

An incredibly well detailed and well thought out analysis video. I especially appreciate that you admit that details are fuzzy and that some assumptions may be wrong, not enough people on the internet have that level of honesty and integrity. Kudos to you!

[@amkessel2014]

This is an outstanding video. The front lines in Ukraine always seemed somewhat arbitrary. Your use of terrain height + urban areas makes it way more understandable why the lines are where they are. Couple that with your usual excellent map animation, and this is one of best videos on this topic. This is one of my favorite channels. Keep up the great work!

[@cpofastforward7720]

Fabulous work here. Likely as close to the truth as we will get right now.

[@NathanLanza]

Thanks!

[@HH-pm6mj]

I love that this is unbiased. You are definitely one of the most dedicated channels on KZbin.

[@johnny_t.]

It seems to you that the video is not biased because you often see much more biased videos. As for this video, watching it from Russia, I see that it is still biased. "The truth is the first thing that dies in war" is a very fair statement.

[@HH-pm6mj]

@@johnny_t. what parts of it? I sincerely want to know. Btw I look at Pro Russian Sources as well as Pro Ukrainian ones. I saw no problems as far as I know. Just want to have a debate

[@nilloc93]

@@HH-pm6mj +1 to that. Its not like K&G which takes every second moment to remind people that the Russians are bad guys and its not like Douglas Macgregor who was claiming tha the entire Ukrainian army had died in April 2022. I find that there is so much "The Russians will collapse in a month" and "Ukraine will fall apart any day now" that's been going on for over a year that both sides think the phrase "this war will take a long time" is somehow a bias statement.

[@johnny_t.]

Whatever I write to you, it will cause controversy among other people. And I don't want to argue with anyone. I believe that finding out who is more right and who is less only supports this conflict. It seems to me that it is better to focus on the reasons why it needs to be completed. Even if I agreed, any of my comments on this video would not be short. The analysis of some phrases that the author of the video uttered in 20 seconds will turn into very long texts if you give explanations that are obvious in Russia, but not obvious in other countries. Let's limit ourselves to 14:35, the Russian army had no problems with conscription of men. Men were simply not called up. Those who really wanted to go themselves had such an opportunity by signing a contract for 6 months. By the way, are you familiar with the video at 14:40? The author for some reason did not show the ending. Of course, I may be wrong, but in it, by chance, the Ukrainian military does not shoot at a surrendered Russian lying on the ground? And before that, would they by any chance pick up a rifle lying next to this surrendered Russian?

[@nilloc93]

@@johnny_t. If you're not willing to defend your point then why talk at all? Just shut up and sit in a corner, don't couch your arguments with "I don't wana elaborate because you'll be mad at me" right after disagreeing with someone. 14:35 Eastory says they had an ENLISTMENT issue not a conscription issue, IDK if you're ESL but those are very different things. He says later in the video that Russian mobilization/conscription allowed them to refill their frontline and solve their numerical issues. 14:40 is a video of a bunch of dudes sitting around with RPG rockets. I am not familiar with the entire video but you would have to have serious brain rot to think that Eastory is going to show an execution on his monetized youtube channel.

[@hazmatmatt1039]

Suggestions: It would be nice to have a little bar scale at the bottom or some other solution for a sense of scale. During transitions like 15:13, it would be nice to have a smaller, secondary screen or a little box or such showing what part of larger scale Ukraine we are viewing. Great video!

[@man_vs_life]

Too true, I was having the same issue.

[@Olifantenstaart]

12:32 You’re the first channel that integrates an ad in a non-intrusive and actually useful way 💯

[@gintautassickus6390]

I've been your fan since your video 1941. Your channel is amazing.

[@ckhpersonal670]

1941? ive been his fan since 1939!

[@gintautassickus6390]

@@ckhpersonal670 nice

[@germanballmappingwmo9609]

I’ve been his air conditioner since 1985

[@alehaim]

Unironically this video helped me understand basic military strategy on the local level. Amazing

[@Dayvit78]

Logistics, logistics and high ground. Yes you passed modern tactics 101

[@nilloc93]

@@Dayvit78 Logistics are generally above the tactical level. More like operations and strategy 101 Terrain is definitely a tactical concern tho.

[@roberthansen5727]

​@@Dayvit78 "logistics high ground tactics" These words mostly do not mean what you seem to think they mean.

[@stofikmapping1733]

That is your best video. The combination of daily info from Balkan Mapping and your few Ukrainian videos per year is the best source of informations.

[@mrrios09]

Just opened KZbin and saw this and this fricking made my day, I love these videos especially on modern wars

[@Бром4ег]

At the beginning of the war, the Russian army had the same number of men as the Ukrainian army. The information on losses is contradictory, even in the Western media, but the author adheres to the version that Russia has more losses than Ukraine only because the Russians are attacking, but forgets that the Ukrainians are also attacking in many parts of the front. The Ukrainians were able to mount a successful counter-offensive because they had an overwhelming numerical advantage when they started, thanks to forced mobilisation. And of course not a word about the losses incurred in the process. And the weaknesses in the Russian defence were not because of losses, but because from the beginning the Russian command did not calculate the forces. 200,000 men were too few to hold such a long front line. And the credibility rating of the media, which is loyal to the White House on all key issues, says nothing.

[@ДмитроПрищепа-д3я]

"Russia has more losses than Ukraine only because the Russians are attacking" and also because this is directly derived from the equipment losses and russians' constant seething about it.

[@M30W3R]

I really like how the videos are progressively getting more professional in editing. Been here since quite a while ago, I'm happy for all your improvements.

[@Barttek]

I found it very weird how little coverage was dedicated to Popasna when the battle was raging in the town. Early summer it seemed like Ukrainians planned defense of Donbas anchored on Donets river and 2014 contact line fortifications. All future Russian advances near Lysychansk and later Bakhmut stem from the breakthorugh at Popasna, but very little coverage is available of what exactly happend there.

[@Franfran2424]

Thats because ukrainain media doesnt share ukrianian defeats. for obvious reasons, to keep morale higher and avoid doomers

[@marnixbrugmans4181]

From what I've gathered, so much arty that the Ukrainian lines just dissappeared. In a few interviews with separate guys defending Bakhmut, they all mention that the shelling is less than what got dropped on Popasna. From a casualty perspective, likely fairly light on kia but many many wia. Shell shock is a very real thing

[@ДмитрийСвергин]

Nothing extraordinary happened there. It's just that, with increasing pressure, there comes a moment when some point does not stand up. There would be no Popasna, there would be a breakthrough in another place. The breakthrough was not unexpected, it was expected. Only the breakthrough point was unknown. And when Popasnaya defense only faltered, the pressure on her immediately increased. The units that were ready for a breakthrough came up to her. And that's when the assault began. Artillery, bomb and missile strikes. All this has increased significantly. And the forces of the assault turned out to be enough to expand and deepen the breakthrough so much that the APU could not do anything about it.

[@Эрвин-б2ь]

​@@Franfran2424 Друг бои за попасную шли 3 месяца там бойцы держались как могли. Старые политиканы и ЛГБТ идиоты с запад тянули с помощью когда она была так нужна из этого вытек снарядный голод

[@melikechoc0]

I don't know if its a "widely used" nickname or not, but I've heard the breakthrough does have significance to those that follow the war day by day. I believe some call it the "Popasna Flower" due to the resulting action after the breakthrough in the area looking like a flower, aka troop movements pouring out in every direction from Popasna.

[@amsfountain8792]

You provide better information than the mass media. Thanks

[@Red1Napoleon]

The unbiased narration is what I like most about this Channel.

[@nhifgp]

Awesome video! A bit strange decision to use the lightly colored gradient to indicate higher height, as most elevation maps we see do the opposite and concentrate the color on mountains and peeks. At least for me it was bugging my brain to stop visualizing the terrain backwards. But anyways, again big ups for creating this video, don't stop doing what you're doing \m/

[@alex-em4em]

True! I read the map wrong and should have returned the video 10 seconds

[@MXB2001]

I liked it. The higher you go the lighter it gets. Sorta like real life. But yeah, I know it runs reverse to what we're accustomed to.

[@1urie1]

The Blyatkrieg = you advance 25km in 4 months, then lose 100x more on the flanks in 2 weeks.

[@pacivalmuller9333]

Bachmut was taken using only shovels and Ukraine won the counteroffensive and took Crimea?

[@ThomasLiljeruhm]

This video is super interesting and educational! I especially like that you choose to highlight the higher ground and the urban areas.

[@viniciuspaolilo7140]

Great content, as always!

[@1337A]

Fascinating stuff. It's great seeing so much content on current conflict given its relevance

[@ЮрийУшаков-ъ9п]

Love the geographic and logistical emphasis of the video

[@austinreed5805]

Thank you for this overall summary of how the Russo-Ukrainian War has gone, so far. Keep up the good work!

[@mappingtheshit]

This isn’t a war, this is special operation, if russian start war, noone will survive, they have not begin yet to fight seriously

[@nikqwe78963]

​@@mappingtheshit Выздоравливай

[@jsjsjk4365]

​@@mappingtheshit of course, no one will survive (specifically talking about the russian army)

[@cofresinfondo7196]

From the very start you got your info wrong. Russians were outnumbered 3 to 1 for an entire year. Only recent months it became something like 1,3 to 1 still in favor of Ukraine. Only in number of equipment Russian have more numbers, but as you said the defensive advantage gives Ukraine the edge again. It's not only defensive advantage but 8 years of building bunkers, tunnels, underground fortresses, etc...

[@a.t6066]

Overall they are outnumbered but they aren't necessarily outnumbered on the front. Ukraine has to station troops everywhere to defend multiple locations across the country while Russia can stick all their troops on the front

[@eliasziad7864]

@@a.t6066 Then that means Ukraine doesn't have to station troops all around if there are no enemy troops in that location.

[@a.t6066]

@@eliasziad7864 🤦‍♂️

[@a.t6066]

@@eliasziad7864 are you a child or are you from NCD...?

[@eliasziad7864]

@@a.t6066 A child.

[@CoatedTrout]

Incredible - very well explained and engaging. Shame it ends on a cliffhanger!

[@axl4218]

would love to see this style but with the siege of Mariupol

[@LuanMower55]

Up

[@Lawnmower737]

I think the only problem is the details are very fuzzy surrounding it. There’s not many who can really say what happened.

[@Franfran2424]

1:20 The ukrainians mobilized 800k soldiers, so even if initially the russians were winning with their 200k against the ukrainian 200k, they eventually started losing griund as reservists entered the war 12:20 As russians didnt mobilize yet, and ukrainians did, the defense became increasingly solid while attack was increasingly weaker, so advances became increasingly slower Great video overall, much more objective that most

[@igorfoxly2555]

Exactly! Ukraine have heavy loses in comparison to Russia. It was not mentioned at all

[@booperdooperproductions2545]

@@igorfoxly2555 This is untrue. Russia has sustained more casualties, as most sources agree. It is generally impossible for the defender to have more casualties if the attacker has no serious advantages.

[@shkovis]

800k was said about all people in national guard, army, police and security groups, more then half even not on front

[@emericdion]

@@igorfoxly2555Both have heavy losses only ukraine is the one being invaded so the war support is much higher and they also have the backing of pretty much every western country.

[@gilangputra7514]

​@@booperdooperproductions2545 no, in modern warfare the one who have superior firepower got less cassualty. Just look at Iraq, they are at defense and now compared their cassualty with coalition army.

[@glutenguardian]

Love this coverage of the war. It’s been difficult to get a good perspective on the bigger picture, and this helped that. Appreciate the content and effort behind it.

[@wawy85]

I love this channel, good work man. wonderful.

[@rastas4766]

"The Donbas Industrial Area". I didn't really get just how urbanized this area was. The amount cities and towns present in this area is staggering.

[@НАЙН-з7б]

more than 90% of the urban population, but mostly these are sovov slums, in which it is inconvenient to live

[@kulio1214]

Ukraine has been using artillery against it for almost a decade

[@otocan]

"Just a KZbinr". You're a living legend mate.

[@BlitzOfTheReich]

Always making fantastic videos my friend.

[@Igor-ug1uo]

It's still hard for me to understand what exactly happened in Soledar. According to some guys from the 93rd Brigade of UAF, they were feeling pretty confident and were very successful in their defence of Siledar, but after the rotation and being replaced with the 46th Airmobile Brigade, things started going downhill. At first I believed that this was just a coincidence explained by other factors, but later one of the 46th Airmobile Brigade commanders was complaining about being given soldiers with very weak training which makes me believe that the replacement of the 93rd for the 46th might have been more significant in the Soledar troubles.

[@eliasziad7864]

It's because VDV paratroopers made a dash towards the city from Yakolivka, destroyed parts of their artillery, and paved the way for Wagner to take the city.

[@Franfran2424]

46th has essentially been rebuilt. poorly. 93rd was still relatively untouched. I dont think they will be since they seem to be getting grinded down in bakhmt

[@jakubw.2779]

The idea here was probably to save combat proven 93rd relatively untouched, so they could jump elsewhere if needed to be the firefighters or to save them for the coming counteroffensive. The 46th was just a filler considered enough to hold out in soledar, but battlefield verified those assumptions

[@turkishlatin.]

Probably the fall of Yakovlivka strategic position.

[@ДмитрийСвергин]

A lot depends on whether an assault is underway, or you are under disturbing artillery fire and reconnaissance combat. It depends on what forces the assault is carried out. They could well believe that they had been stormed all this time. And that they were holding up well. They were shelled, they tried to knock them out of distant defense nodes. But their trouble was that it wasn't really an attack. It was preparation for the assault. Their fortifications and artillery positions were identified. When the assault began, the density of artillery fire increased significantly. Aviation joined the case. And their positions were already known by that time.

[@man_vs_life]

Damn, that was a amazing. I haven't been following the details of the fighting and this vid has given a perfect overview. Thank you!

[@konstantinriumin2657]

About retreat from Hirske-Zolote - i do not have sources at hand, but it was actually partially encircled when retreat began, and many Ukranian units had to retreat through the gaps in Russian encircling units (solid front wasn't yet established). This was often done by small groups of infantry. And quite a lot got captured. So, Ukrainians lost many men and many of their withdrawn units were fragmented and in chaos.

[@jerzyjj4]

The info that quite a lot got captured was mostly from russian sources, and wasn't backed up by photos of ukrainian captured (it is pretty safe to assume that russians would brag about such captures with photos of groups that they captured). It is true that the reatreat was done by small groups of troops, but there are no evidence that there were many captures. Additionaly there was hypothesis that a major part of ukrainian troops retreated before partrial encirclement, and only rearguard remained to retreat after partial enciclement.

[@Ma1akai]

@@jerzyjj4 i also heard the rearguard story the most, i heard maybe 50 or so rearguard troops were captured but i could be wrong

[@wol06fi89]

Most men actually were able to escape but they couldn't take their heavy equipment with them. Quite a lot of vehicles were lost in the chaotic retreat and the units were so disorganized that they couldn't establish a coherent defense of the refinery which was one of the best defensive positions in the area

[@theepashmani6474]

@@jerzyjj4 but it coinsides with sudden collapse of lysichansk oil refinery. The retreat was definately not good and it did cause chaos.

[@jevinliu4658]

​@@theepashmani6474 Yeah, precisely. It could definitely be that the Ukrainians could withdraw, but could not organize the units from Zolote-Hirske in time, so they had to draw on units from Lysychansk and the area west of it. They managed to succeed in this endeavor however, and the Russian advance was stopped long enough that they could evacuate Lysychansk-Sievierodonetsk. That's what I think

[@axtept66666]

Thank you for not being biased as the other youtubers

[@InstagramUser-bf3yd]

Hey Eastory, As for me watching your content since the beginning knowing that you should refer to the Ukrainian Offensives as Offensives not Counter Offensives. A counter-offensive is when the defending side immediately launches an attack on the attacking units.

[@Eastory]

Actually, this is a good point. But since everyone refer to it as "counteroffensive", then I used this word in the video.

[@APMI-OFICIAL]

the offensive word has a negative connotation (being the aggressor) while counteroffensive has a positive connotation (responding to the aggression of the other side) that is why this language is used

[@InstagramUser-bf3yd]

@@APMI-OFICIALA counter-offensive is a large-scale military offensive undertaken by a force previously on the defensive. To prove my Point this is a source from a dictionary I have in my house.

[@Oksford23]

Контрнаступление это наступление на наступающего противника,а не на обороняющегося.

[@alexanderhummel3917]

many thanks for this visualisation

[@Strange_Coffe]

А можно ссылку на карту урбанизации? Мне пригодится такая

[@caseymauldin8396]

Man this was really excellent. Thank you for that.

[@botanozsan7843]

I love unbiased videos. Nowadays, you can not find unbiased videos about war. Everybody became emotional.. Thank you

[@dentoncrimescene]

It's so daft people becoming emotional over indefensible wars and war crimes.

[@Lawnmower737]

@@dentoncrimescene Its crazy that we live in a time where we have first hand sources recorded on phones and sent all over the internet of Russian war crimes and sheer blatant provocation and get some still refuse to look at any of it and stick their head in the sand.

[@botanozsan7843]

@Bampa I saw many more war crimes against the civilians of Donbas from the Ukrainian side than Russians. Let's speak the truth here.

[@eliasziad7864]

Lol

[@eliasziad7864]

@Bampa You clearly forgot about Syria, Yemen, Libya, which have hundreds of thousands of hours and combat footage of Merican war crimss.

[@bradleyjones1515]

I have been eagerly awaiting this video!! Thank you very much

[@TomBlackstone]

Great analysis. The most detailed and unbiased narrative of the war I've seen yet.

[@johnpijano4786]

You made the best ad for Ground news out of all the youtubers I watched. The 2nd best is Perun's natural speech style ad for Ground news, but your direct "Ground news helps with X regarding the video because Y and Z" Good job.

[@OccasionalMaps]

I already monitored the frontlines of the war almost daily, And it's interesting to watch this as a summary and try to remember what I was thinking and what I was curious about at the time.

[@01codblackops]

imagine how many lives would be saved if such tactical retreats were done in ww2

[@G.A.C_Preserve]

Around 20 division around Stalingrad, retreat to a defensible river position will give the German an advantage over the Russia and maybe counterattack later on down the line

[@thefirstkingdogo1126]

No they will help probably figth to retreat them get send to stop the colaps of the centre-group wich would make them have more time to use Romanian oil and longer and more strengt to contain D-Day not stop it.

[@vigilance4147]

East key is quickly becoming my favorite youtuber for a variety of reasons! Keep up the great work

[@sergejlebedev2517]

14:50 This was not due to losses, but in view of the ill-conceived plan. At the beginning of the conflict, it was from the Russian Federation that 90,000 soldiers were brought into the conflict territory (including all branches of the armed forces and even cooks, drivers, and so on). There were 50,000 more from the DPR and the LPR. But even after the agreements on a peaceful settlement, where the troops were withdrawn from Kiev, there were still not enough soldiers (some still went on vacation, the other was transferred to new frontiers). Russians have lost their vitality because of the intensity of the fighting, therefore, the presentation of the material in the form of "is fundamentally not true. I really liked the "high trust" icon for the CNN channel. Postscript. Before the start of the war, Ukraine, contrary to international obligations, still planned a second attack on the breakaway republics and had a contingent of 200,000-210,000 military personnel on those borders. Therefore, there is no need to be a doctor of mathematical sciences to understand what's what. Channels with a click of "high trust" will not tell you this. You can see individuals from the war zone (Patrick Lanncaster, for example). Also, in a strange way, you do not mention the three waves of mobilizations in Ukraine that are still taking place. Russian Russians had only one mobilization, and most of them are still undergoing coordination and training in Belarus, unlike the Ukrainian mobilized, although the Russians are not so smooth in places. Also, if you are talking about "forced recruitment of Russians", look at the surveys conducted by military correspondents agents and you will be surprised that a significant part of people are volunteers. And in the country itself, the borders are still not closed and anyone can leave Russia.

[@tuehojbjerg969]

HAHHA SO MUHC RUSSIAN PROPAGANDAnice the russian army had over 190k regular supporterd by over 100k unregular and diffrent fascist and nazi miltias, there was no peaceful settlement the russian withdrew under fire and lost a ton of vehicles. there was no such attacked planned agasint the tussian fascist republics, Russian mobilised HALF where sent directly to the front, LANCASTER IS A OPEN FASCIST AND A MEBMBER OF THE DPR MILITIA anyone watching him is watching russian nazi propaganda

[@eliasziad7864]

I agree with you.

[@mathjeopardy]

I like how gently you made fun of an obviously-dishonest paid-for presentation. To put a high-trust-source check mark on CNN one has to be either retarded or absolutely shamelessly dishonest.

[@vioss]

You mixed some info with pure Russian propaganda. Russia retreated because the Kyiv plan failed. It was no peace agreement, they just retreat to positions more suited for what remained of their fighting forces. Ukraine is expected to fight so full mobilization and closing borders is a normal action whereas Putin promised his smo doesn't need any additional forces. In your numbers you forgot to mention the convincts used by wagner

[@sergejlebedev2517]

@@vioss Patrick Lanncaster = russian propaganda! 10/10.

[@kennethatherton568]

Good job. You’re putting together the 2nd draft of history. As time goes on we’ll learn more and more. Thank you for the contribution.

[@tornadonick6480]

You failed to mention that Ukraine actually had some of its forces encircled and captured at Hirske-Zolote, at least 500 of them.

[@eliasziad7864]

He said something went wrong with the withdrawal.

[@philbyd]

The only time line of the way battle ground I have really understood,thanks

[@ayankhaznawi]

I love how unbiased this is, thanks so much for this amazing video!

[@steevy402]

You should add a scale to the side of the video, it's hard being unfamiliar with specific terrain to understand the size of areas in the video. Love your vids :)

[@GoodenBaden]

Great job pronouncing the names of the various towns and villages. Yet another example of your effort to convey accuracy.

[@gbody_gang5023]

Two minutes in im hooked 😲 very informative video 😁 #subscribed

[@worlore1651]

Russia isn’t in an ammunition shortage, it’s supply like railroads were destroyed and needed to be rebuilt

[@PremusRed]

That was the most effective use of a sponsor that I've ever seen. Well done Sir.

[@stolek6908]

No ammo shortige , shovels doin great job.

[@pacivalmuller9333]

Russian Final Boss of Bachmut: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqnbiapuaM6Zl7c&pp=ygUPU2hvdmVsIHRocm93aW5n

[@HispaniaGothorum]

Thank you so much for your video and your work.

[@aaroncabatingan5238]

Four months after the fall of Bakhmut(if it ever happens), we would still be talking about the Battle for Chasiv Yar.

[@charakiga]

That advertisement wasn't necessary, but it was GENIUS. Thanks for explaining clearly what happens in Ukraine strategically, it's really hard to find documentation on this war because of the bias, we never know which town really got taken, and maps do not really show why or how cities are taken.

[@mikyas392]

NO, Russia was at the disadvantage of personnel since the beginning but had equipment advantage. Ukraine on the other waited until the Russians were deep inside and the equipment from the west arrived . The Russians then withdrew within 4 days from the unentrenched positions in the north and west, without almost any loss, since they knew the attack was coming. and has kept the position they were able to entrench since then and are pushing forward. but Ukraine started the war with 650k personnel vs 80k Russians. After the Russian "partial mobilization" it is now 1:1.

[@tuehojbjerg969]

do you beleive the idiocy you just wrote??? the ukrainian standing army at the start of the war was 100k the invading russian army with allies was over 300000, and Russian losses in teh north and west was huge kharkiv alone lost RuZZia over 1000 vehicles

[@eliasziad7864]

@@tuehojbjerg969 🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡

[@eliasziad7864]

Agreed

[@nairus9068]

@@tuehojbjerg969 why not 100000000?) clown

[@eliasziad7864]

@@MyName-lq7rv That's terribly incorrect, Russia invaded with 150k troops, and 40k rebels (This is a guess, likely lower number) So around 200,000 or less troops invaded Ukraine, while Ukraine had 250k troops, but mobilized hundreds of thousands.

[@Zyzyx442]

This was amazing perspective, thanks for your work.

[@celsus7979]

Very informative, thank you!

[@connorsimonelli9288]

This video has one of the best ads I have ever seen for ground news. Been seeing these ads for a few months now but this is the one that convinced me to get it

[@krv8373]

I am from the north-east of Ukraine, I saw and could talk with Russian troops for example at checkpoints, many of them were 18-20 years old (They were going from Sumy to Kyiv). Basically, they were recruit soldiers, they were very afraid of this,they not ready for this,very hungry etc because they thought it will last in 3-5 days, and if they didn’t lie, they didn’t know where they were going, the leadership took away their phones, many of them died due to their inexperience.

[@tipvs]

dude at least try to make it believable

[@krv8373]

@@tipvs Good luck to shot troops directly and not get killed after this) XD

[@Grimshak81]

@@tipvsTheres videos of exactly that which the whole world saw about a year ago. What are you doubting here? Reality?

[@sairamsriram]

This channel is literally the best thing to come out of the Baltics, ever.

[@abdullahdaniyal114]

1. Make sure the army has strong logistics. 2. Avoid fighting in urban areas and natural obstacles as much as possible. 3. Attackers must have 5:1 advantage in manpower, keeping in view both have same level of technologies.

[@re4mak]

Thank you very much for this video

[@ilfov_patriot]

its very nice to see the most talented estonian to upload videos

[@eduger1617]

Best explanation of the conflict I've found so far

[@willlongley1657]

Extremely interesting. I’m in the loop of certain events, such as the Russian progress in the Bakhmut suburbs, but to have it visualised is so much more informative.

[@xDeiMx]

bahmut doesn't really matter. it's just farming)

[@willlongley1657]

@@xDeiMx no you’re right it doesn’t, and Ukraine will probably withdraw from it very soon.

[@xDeiMx]

@@willlongley1657 the most interesting will be in Melitopol I am from Russia, if you are interested in something, I can tell you)

[@fhralr7552]

Who else's day is made when Eastory uploads A video

[@paulthiede]

Great video as always! It's still a bit weird seeing the number 2022 / 2023 in the corner

[@Eastory]

It really is!

[@abcogien]

I was hoping you'd make a video recently, thank you!

[@AndrewVasirov]

Great video! You are right, the Russian forces are now concentrating on clearing Bakhmut city itself instead of surrounding it. Looking at it geographically, to properly surround the city, Russian forces would have had to take Ivanivske and hills around it. Too costly, with Ukrainian forces in Chasiv Yar overlooking the approaches.

[@p00bix]

@@ecmhands imagine actually believing this

[@maximilianbeyer5642]

​@@ecmhands if they want to avoid civilian casualties they can end the war today

[@JakubSobczyk2137]

​@@ecmhands Source: Trust me bro

[@BenDover-1]

@@ecmhands russia could avoid civilian casualties by respecting the Ukraine border.

[@stc3145]

@@ecmhands Russia could avoid killing off its young citizens by respecting Ukranian borders

[@Jacks97]

Great video man!

[@nekko5778]

being on the defensive dosent mean that you will take less casualties

[@stc3145]

Usually it does.

[@eliasziad7864]

@muffinskake Absolute does not, people who say that have little understanding of how war works.

[@theepashmani6474]

@@stc3145 Not true. Casualties depend on firepower And equipment.

[@Catscounteratack]

@@eliasziad7864 if you’r in defense Usually it does . When you’re in building you’r less visible and you see terain than people who don’t . Yes it depends but on average it does .

[@muller1424]

When your enemy makes meaty attacks on fortified structures, as was the case in Bakhmut, then, of course, the attacker will lose more.

[@knokkeldoom]

This is very well made and gives a far better overview than any news channel, very based.

[@Тимур-ф1ц8х]

Still remember stories from horrible fightings in Bakhmut and Soledar from my father's best friend. He died in January, defending Soledar

[@olsenjk]

Excellent summary. Thank you

[@falcon6329]

13:49 Using western sources to determine factuality of russian sources 😂. How on earth is CNN supposed to know how much shells russia has? 🤦‍♂️

[@severinsilmedin2588]

Amazing, Thank you!

[@english_grammar122]

Thanks for the explanation. War in Ukraine is a very popular and discussing topic today. Let's have more content about war in Ukraine! More and more! We want to have a Kherson campaign too!

[@Никитаартемьев-э6и]

Russia won

[@english_grammar122]

@@Никитаартемьев-э6и Do not deceive yourself, please

[@melkor3496]

Love your content.

[@name-os8kl]

As a hoi4 player, this does way more sense to me compared to the news

[@Nick-rs5if]

Ok, I'll admit. That was a really smooth transition to your sponsor. Edit: wording.

[@Darnian72]

Like your work very much and the fact that you admit there might be many errors in your research makes your work even that more remarkable! Carry on with it 🙂

[@pleasantginge4636]

This is exactly what I needed!

[@TheStrimlaren]

Such a great summary! Really looking forward to a potential follow-up

[@gequitz]

good summary. Thank you

[@linkly9272]

I'm impressed that you managed to cover the entire year of fighting without the tactics and explanations either getting too overly convoluted or complex, or dumbing things down too much for a general audience. This is a trap which many other KZbinrs and analysts have unfortunately fallen into, however this video was an exception to that! This felt just right with how it covered the conflict in the East. Great video!

[@konst80hum]

I cannot commend you enough for the professionalism that went into this video. Well done!

[@szariq7338]

I'd say Russia doesn't have that much of problems with the lack of munitions. Why? Well, centrally planned economy of the Soviet Union considered the conventional conflict with the West as of upmost value and claimed, that it's important to have huge stockpiles of munitions for this moment.

[@stc3145]

The Soviet Empire collapsed 30 years ago

[@therisencomrade3452]

I really hate it when media said that Russian r suffering a lack of munition,where in reality Ukraine r the one who keep asking for more charity and donation.

[@НАЙН-з7б]

​@@therisencomrade3452 The Russian Federation gives a lot of artillery volleys 20-50 thousand per day, the guns wear out, especially when the Russian Federation uses fire shaft tactics (scoop tactics)

[@НАЙН-з7б]

​ some of their military showed a tank that raises its muzzle uphill and fires, replacing artillery... this phenomenon does not exist in Donbas, but it exists in Zaporizhzhia

[@gilman2056]

@@MyName-lq7rv хох ол ты пишешь ерунду. В России очень много складов с оружием от советов, также военная промышленность работает без остановки и санкции никак не могут повлиять на производсво оружия и техники, ведь Россия в этом плане полностью самодостаточная

[@anamulhaquejasim1523]

Thank you and keep up the good work❤️

[@garygenerous8982]

Thank you for your concise and informative video. This has really helped put the conflict in perspective and explains why certain things happened. I know that while the facts may not be fully known, you have done your best to give us as accurate and unbiased summary as humanly possible and I sincerely appreciate that. So thank you again for an amazing video and I can’t wait for your next one. :)