How Ukraine Re-Introduced Dynamism Into the War

[@JonZiegler6]

How this doesn't get tens of thousands of views is baffling. Some of the best analysis you can get

[@warontherockseditor8041]

Thanks Jon! The vast majority (99+%) of our views are off KZbin on podcast apps.

[@JonZiegler6]

@@warontherockseditor8041 i sometimes had issues getting to the podcasts from your website... Thank you very much for the excellent interviews, great questions and Kofman is a top notch source and analyst?

[@StritarD]

Their app is amazing.

[@ViceCoin]

No cool vids.

[@gabrielrodriguez821]

The inside Russian guy on youtube, made the point that the area of Kursk the Ukrainians are in, are essentially backwoods, sparsely populated and a massive agricultural area. All those wheat fields and other crops, worth idk how many millions in food, are not being harvested this year not to mention the future damage caused is a large loss to the Russians. Leave it to someone actually from Russia to have more strategic insight than the " It's just political damage" guy downplaying the offensive.

[@andrewjames8980]

Look at a satellite view of Russia they have a massive amount of farmland and it is a good crop year anyhow.

[@jesseterrell2109]

It’s not a lot of territory bud. And Ukraine is loosing a tremendous amount of equipment in its pointless offensive.

[@ViceCoin]

Hotel Meatgrinder

[@geoffreydavis7703]

Great show. Always love the MK viewpoint. So glad you also mentioned Bronk. He does make a good case for why the Grypen might make more sense in theater: need for high disbursement and lower maintenance requirements. Anyways that F16 has left the hangar... G2U!

[@renumeratedfrog]

The Kursk Incursion is definitely a game changer. Even Russians started drawing borders of Ukrainian control in Kursk on their daily update map.

[@seanp9277]

22:46 "At the rate that they have been sustaining offensive operations their losses are quite high". That conclusion does not follow from the premise. That the Russians have been sustaining offensive operations since the beginning of the year suggests that their losses are in fact not "quite high". Because if they were high we should observe a diminishing intensity of operations, which we don't.

[@max_skim-pontoon-cough]

Mediazona + BBC Ru losses stats showed a continued downward trend all through late 2023 through 2024, until they stopped reporting raw numbers sometime in June or July (wonder why 😂) Considering the massive advantage the Ru side in artillery, tanks, FABs, long range missile strikes, and etc, it should come as no surprise that Ukraine is sustaining more losses

[@brendanbate5440]

​@@max_skim-pontoon-coughi understand why you want to push back on biased coverage from the media but there are many other sources of info for this including some fantastic OSINT comunities. Any credible news provider or reporter confirms Russian losses in equipment and manpower remain high. This isnt really in dispute even by staunch russian supporters. More importantly, Russia has localised advantages in fires at some points on the front but not all. Not to mention defending forces benefit from fortifications. Nobody with any understanding of this conflct would draw conclusions on casualty rates simply based on which force has more artillery on paper. Your comment isnt as smart as you think it is

[@brendanbate5440]

​@@max_skim-pontoon-coughalso nobody here gets their Ukraine news from the BBC

[@max_skim-pontoon-cough]

@@brendanbate5440 it’s not about “getting news” from the BBC. The BBC and Mediazona (opposition Russian media) have a long standing project that’s been meticulously counting Russian casualties

[@nickrails]

All non-Russian sources are consistent that Russia has been losing an ever increasing number of troops, approx 25-30k a month since May, however they are able to sustain their offensive by recruiting roughly the same number of volunteers per month as they are losing. What is being seen is ever increasing signing bonuses as Russia is desperate to maintain their volunteer numbers to cover their losses. It's worth noting that they are ranked the 2nd most powerful military on earth yet against Ukraine (ranked 18th) are incapable of both conducting an offensive and defending their sovereign territory at the same time. They had no mobile reserve whatsoever, again pointing to an issue with overstretch.

[@ViceCoin]

Thermobaric bbbombs can spreadd blast waves around corners.

[@Tanktaco]

If he wanted a common type comparison that wouldn't upset maybe try Ford F Series?

[@sharkboi7555]

First time viewer. Enjoyed the conversation. Plug the sponsor less. More than once or twice is too much.

[@marcussassan]

very well detailed info

[@CatalystD9]

Never Miss Thank You for the update 🙏💙💛🔥🍁

[@rocko7711]

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[@renumeratedfrog]

I'm kind of surprised that none of you mentioned the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, which seems like an obvious target.

[@kurmakayev]

“Russian reinforcements were all destroyed by Himars”. Reality: two or three trucks were destroyed. Ukraine offensive was a good TikTok show. In practical terms? Time will tell. But so far - nothing seriously changed, with key events unfolding still in Donetsk region

[@max_skim-pontoon-cough]

Not only that, but Ukraine lost 2-4 HIMARS launchers, & several Patriot batteries + IRIS T were damage or destroyed, and lost a couple of MiGs. Not to mention dozens of visually confirmed combat vehicles of all types (in reality probably hundreds)

[@nickrails]

What are you talking about? The footage of that smashed convoy was seen by millions of people. Many many destroyed trucks, lots of dead.

[@nickrails]

​@@max_skim-pontoon-cough One Himars and one Patriot. The others were confirmed as decoys, geolocated off the Russian footage

[@max_skim-pontoon-cough]

@@nickrails they were not “confirmed” as anything. Only the M270, which I didn’t even mention, was maaaybe a decoy. Regardless, was it worth the PR for a few days?

[@max_skim-pontoon-cough]

@@nickrails we saw it alright. It looked like a couple trucks, no more than half a dozen were hit. Considering that a single BTG convoy is over 200 total vehicles, and at least one full brigade, the 810 marine, was brought in, that would suggest close to 400-600 vehicles from that brigade alone moving into the area. Even 20 vehicles in that HIMARS strike would be a small % loss.