Issues with the Ukrainian Offensive - Russian Invasion DOCUMENTARY

[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@Davidt1066]

srsly can you show me a source of the comment of the german advisor who had said that the ukrainians should "simply go around the minefield"? i mean you are sure the comment is displayed in the context it was said? if you ask me, the instructor was asked "how can we manage the the minefields?" and the instructor answered "well usually we go around it" while the "usually" in this sentence means he is aware that going around is not an option, but also there is a lack of another appropriate tactic.

[@Concerned_Robot]

Look at all this good content! And only uploaded 1 day ago? That's why im subscribed to Kings and Generals!

[@NoProxies]

Ukrainian offensive was 100procent a failure of the beginning! Whoever believes otherwise is a fool! Ukraine is fighting to the last Ukrainian for NATO/US and not the opposite!

[@amazingfact5215]

Hindi Dubbing your Video Copyright!

[@mokarokas-1727]

@@Avinashm7 - Okay, Ivan.

[@Warm_Pancakes]

Not having air superiority is making this counter offensive 100x more brutal.

[@tsriftsal3581]

Can't have them building a military force that could threaten other nations now, could we? Heck that could decide to team up with the sickle and smash the rest of Europe once fully equipped. It will not be soon forgotten how much suffering was created through the lack of support by the virtuous for so long.

[@streunerthelinguisticlearn5506]

@@tsriftsal3581 They're not teaming up with Russia. Did you forget who's invading them?

[@adlerzwei]

​@@tsriftsal3581I'm sorry. What? 🤣

[@WhizzingFish12]

​@@tsriftsal3581I agree that the support has been slower that hoped for, but Ukraine would have been completely conquered without it.

[@boiboiboi1419]

Air superiority is dead in the current ERA

[@s.v.o.579]

The speed at which you crank these highly qualitative and important videos out is mindboggling!

[@fubarrossi1234]

Not a single person btw.

[@s.v.o.579]

@@fubarrossi1234 your reply lacks a verb bro

[@s.v.o.579]

@@warok11 All is biased, this is some of the more neutral sources I have come across. They provide proper sourcing and only mention visually confirmed losses. So really it is quite valuable.

[@Robin-bm4sp]

@@warok11could you give me an objective source then?

[@mwhite2300]

​@@warok11it's pretty clear this thing responding in here is a Russian propaganda bot...

[@Karim-fo8zl]

4 months later. The counteroffensive has officially failed.

[@RBoo7]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@andreytolmachev1435]

Russian forces exhausted by Ukrainian offensive))) What about Ukrainian forces exhausted by Russian defense?

[@EmperorEdu]

I was always bewildered as people thought Ukraine would just wipe the floor with the Russian army, thats illogical and outright dumb, drawing arrows on a map doesnt mean anything, stop being overconfident and over optmistic and get real, it just make pro-Ukraine look like fools when such things dont happen.

[@ByZHellas]

@@akiva1168They haven’t surpassed expectations they’re literally grinding their men away. At this point both sides are so well dug in, I don’t really see anyone making big gains. Ukraines economy is destroyed and they are in debt to the West, Russia is now fighting its own war of survival for the current regime and is suffering its own, albeit far less severe, economic crisis. No one wins in this war. And both sides have thousands of innocent lives being lost and forever changed and ruined, with men of all ages being mutilated, and mentally ruined. It’s horrific.

[@donbenjamin6459]

​@@ByZHellasUkraine is winning this war, the Orks are weeks from surrender

[@ByZHellas]

@@akiva1168 We’ve been past that point, we’re talking in regards to and in the scope of the counteroffensive.

[@codypierce2970]

​@@ByZHellasseeing how they were initially expected to fall in 3-5 days and have now retaken over half of the territory they lost to Russia initially and are still advancing (albeit slowly) I'd say they've smashed most people's expectations.

[@ByZHellas]

Alright first of all I have no clue where people are getting the 3-5 day figure from because from before the war I knew it would last weeks to months at a minimum. It's a modern near-peer war we are talking about, and a lot of the territory they recaptured from Russia, Russia had retreated from. The Russians retreated from the North, the Ukrainians just walked in and took most of if not all of it without a fight. Same thing with Kherson, yes I know Ukrainian actions against Russian logistics also contributed to it, but large sections of territory captured by Ukraine were solely thanks to Russia retreating. The only real credit we can give to them in this front is regarding good anti-logistics strikes in Kherson and the great counteroffensive in Kharkiv, other than that most of the territory they just took back without force. The real fighting is in the South and East, and that's where they are really struggling.@@codypierce2970

[@qguan989]

"Several tanks" is a really generous description.

[@sanher20]

Kozachi Laheri is a very interesting position because it's difficult to defend since it has the Oleshky desert behind it giving it only two supply lines. This is the reason why Ukraine is targeting it, its a weak spot for the Russians along the Kherson front

[@hungrymusicwolf]

@@JohnRodriguez-jf4dv Tell that to the Russian soldiers that got cholera from being forced to drink surface water. No effect on Russian logistics, yeah right.

[@justADeni]

@@JohnRodriguez-jf4dv So russian army withdrew from Kherson because they were nicely asked or what? You are an actual buffoon to think that

[@eberkovich]

@@JohnRodriguez-jf4dv So why are the Rusian military bloggers in that area report a lack of ammo and other equipment? Destroying a few depots must really matter, because, now, Russians have to bring up more ammo from farther away. That makes resupply slower and less reliable.

[@eberkovich]

@@JohnRodriguez-jf4dv Every ammo depot covers a certain portion of Russian defenses. Ukrainian have probably destroyed a 30-40 such depots in the last two months. That has led Russians to store ammo and supplies farther away from the front lines (everywhere) and deliver them piecemeal. That slows resupply considerably. So, sure, one depot will only create difficulties on one 10-20 kilometer stretch of the front lines. What about 30 such depots?

[@eberkovich]

@@JohnRodriguez-jf4dv Actually, it is significant, because without such stores close enough to the frontline military units simply can not function

[@quiahjohnson5871]

If everybody during the winter was like watch out the Ukrainians are going to do the spring, summer offensive. Don’t you think the Russians weren’t gonna prepare for it and create defensive networks? I don’t know but it seems arrogant to think the Russians won’t do anything. Just my two cents.

[@A.B.5KRVw]

This offensive shows how one dimensional Ukrainian decision makers actually are. They literally told 4 months in advance the direction of attack, watched the Russians build defenses in this area, still decided to attack this direction (why??????) and now are somehow surprised that its doesn't work out. Imagine the US president telling 4 months in advance the area of Normandy landing to the Germans, stationing the landing fleet for four months kilometers before the beaches, and after this actually attacking the spot.... This is literally strategic madness.

[@fungunsun1]

Yeah this seems too simple and stupid. Im still hoping some kind of a faint is in plans (like in Kherson or something)

[@jameswebber2943]

given the wests slow response thee is nothing Ukraine could do, no air support etc...

[@A.B.5KRVw]

@jameswebb lol Nothing Ukraine could do? How about not to attack in the biggest minefield fortified area in the history of warfare? There was no other attack vector available? Really?

[@temmy9]

people have this weird idea that russia is just a bigger iraq

[@trevorthai1685]

I bet the next episode is going to focus on Prigozhin’s death 💀

[@marcwhitlock5002]

probably 2 episodes from now, the videos are usually a couple weeks behind what is happening currently.

[@dinomanaj9701]

It really isn't that big of a deal on the war though. I mean Wagner has been out of Ukraine for more than a month and their mutiny against Russia also failed. Most of them have either died or been integrated into Russia's proper army with only a few thousand making up whatever is left of Wagner. Prigozhin was certainly an interesting character but he isn't that relevant anymore for Ukraine. Africa on the other hand...

[@danielbalderrama4137]

​@@dinomanaj9701his forces still number around 50,000 and the march to Moscow was made up of less than 10,000. Not only that but Putin had to in essence surrender to that march. What do you think a 50,000 men rebellion is going to do.

[@dinomanaj9701]

​@@danielbalderrama4137 Those numbers are way old. Around 10,000 died in Ukraine, a few thousand of them are in Africa, after the mutiny thousands more have went into Russia's army or went home, the ones that actually went to Belarus are only like 5,000. And I doubt those 5,000 men would march into Russia again after last time. Besides Russia is more prepared this time so it won't be a surprise like it was the first time either. Wagner is done for, their relevancy died with Prigozhin.

[@npc2153]

I heard it wasn't just prigozhin but also all his senior officers. Putin chopped the whole head of the snake off in one move.

[@Numba003]

Attacking against a heavily fortified opponent is slow and brutal by definition. Neither side is likely going to have many big "wins" in the immediate future. For the sake of the everyday people, hopefully the war will not last too much longer. Thank you guys for another update video. God be with you out there everybody. ✝️

[@tsriftsal3581]

Yeah, hopefully only a couple of decades.

[@antonbatura8385]

The everyday people in Ukraine are determined to see this through and defeat Russia, no matter what it takes. Just fyi.

[@dankovskimark4540]

Well, NATO did say "they'll will fight till last Ukrainian", so...

[@meilinchan7314]

Yes but Russia and Ukraine have no choice. It is now a matter of "who blinks first" and gets his dong trapped in a hamburger machine. Ukraine so far has smartened up, using smaller sized units to clear ground in the south instead of attempting manoeuvre warfare which would've ended in a bloodbath.

[@PUARockstar]

​@@dankovskimark4540 🤡

[@ChristianThePagan]

I know it’s fun to lampoon the German army but bypassing minefields that insane really is the only thing you can do, unless you are willing to take heavy losses clearing the minefield in a (more or less) frontal assault. Until the invention of teleportation those will remain your only two options.

[@marcwhitlock5002]

still was hilarious how he narrated it.

[@ChristianThePagan]

@@BrickDaniels-qu7bz Well, I'm not saying I envy the Ukrainians of the situation they are confronted with of having to slowly burrow through those dystopian mine fields. However, they would have gotten the exact same answer that they got from the Germans from any other army they asked for advice on attacking through thick mine fields and that includes the US army. The way things stand their best hope is incremental advances combined with deep battle tactics to starve the Russians of logistics support. Oh, and they will most definitely need epic quantities of MICLICs and remote controlled mine clearing drones. Unless they can somehow organise a rapid attack across the Dnipro river, or around the Russian defences through the dried up mud flats of what used to be the Kakhovka Reservoir (which, incidentally, would be doing exactly what the Germans suggested).

[@VanBrokkost]

I think one of the available doctrine is to heavy bombard the minefield, that would clear a good portion of that. I don't know how much is effective though and how many resourses it would actually need to succeed

[@snapdragon6601]

I think they said that because in Afghanistan the biggest minefield they ran into was like 100×400 meters. The guys fighting in the world's militaries today have never seen a minefield that goes on and on basically unbroken for hundreds of kilometers to a depth of 2 or 3 kilometers. It's just astounding how many landmines the Russians have buried across Ukraine and it will take decades to clear them once this war is over.

[@ChristianThePagan]

@@snapdragon6601 True, but the joke is also kind of on the Russians themselves. Even if the Russians manage to hold onto the ‘Crimea corridor’ they’ll have rendered their own conquest largely uninhabitable for the foreseeable future through their own minefields. If they want to keep that land they’ll have to leave the minefields untouched to deter the Ukrainians. Meanwhile it’s the local civilians who suffer the consequences.

[@CheckYourLeaderTV]

The idea that the “Russians will experience manpower issues” whilst ignoring the Ukrainian manpower issues is naive

[@4Fixerdave]

Ukraine *fully* mobilized first, has better NATO led training systems, and has NATO logistics pouring equipment in. Meanwhile in Russia, they avoided mobilization for a year and are still not fully mobilized, are not willing to use their conscripts, and they also sent their trainers to the front after the first failed assault on Kyiv. Ukraine is way ahead of Russia on mobilization and there's no way Russia will catch up, at least in quality. Training of mobilized soldiers increases exponentially from the start. Ukraine will have a manpower advantage for a long time. The Russian manpower issues are the result of failures in the mobilization and training pipeline, not population. People don't seem to realize that for the larger Russian population to actually matter, there will have to be many *millions* of casualties. We are nowhere near that. Oh, and don't forget that Ukraine's economy and war material production are all supplied by the West. Every Ukrainian can fight. Meanwhile, Russia has to maintain their economy, run munitions factories, *and* mobilize people for their army out of the same pool of people. Ukraine has all the advantages.

[@CheckYourLeaderTV]

@@4Fixerdave interesting POV. But I seriously doubt ‘all those advantages’ will help a single jot. Meanwhile. Russia still holds Ukrainian terrain. It’s supplies come from factories in Russia and it’s economy has strengthened since the invasion due in no small part because its broken the US dominated trading block paradigm. And all this without being fully mobilised. But I appreciate you positive outlook. Oh,. And I forgot to mention air superiority and an abundance of munitions the Russians seem to have. I should also point out you can’t quickly convert a pilot from Soviet era aircraft to F16s sooo just in case that was being mulled over. Those promised F16s won’t be having an impact any time soon. Oh, and there’s that entire nuclear arsenal thingy.

[@CheckYourLeaderTV]

@@henryhudson9556 which one?

[@emperornil1690]

@@4Fixerdave bruh

[@JavierMartinez-iu6qn]

​@@4Fixerdave😂

[@BOIZADAS]

Thank you for not sugar coatting things, big ups for you all!

[@senselesssai6828]

How is this not sugar coating?

[@DW-vd6bd]

He sugarcoated the entire war and is still doing that. Certainly not neutral

[@DW-vd6bd]

@@yusufsuleyman5666 idk maybe try analyse the conflict on a neutral level like some media does. Obviously the media is also very biased but at least they have their moments in which they are not simping for Ukraine

[@senselesssai6828]

Yup. Neutral analysis is the way. Caspian report is a great example of it.@@DW-vd6bd

[@addisonwelsh]

@@henryhudson9556 Russian bots. Pay them no mind.

[@ΣΤΕΡΓΙΟΣΚΟΣΜΙΔΗΣ]

It's nice watching a military conflict from a very far distance.

[@oghuzkhan6136]

Nice? People are dying because of this stupid war.

[@PUARockstar]

As Ukrainian who was target, I can't share your bloody cozyness

[@ΣΤΕΡΓΙΟΣΚΟΣΜΙΔΗΣ]

@oghuzkhan6136 Of course, it's nice. Would you prefer to have a war at your doorstep? It's obvious that you agree with me. That's the only reason you see war documentaries like this one.

[@ΣΤΕΡΓΙΟΣΚΟΣΜΙΔΗΣ]

@PUARockstar What do you mean you don't share my bloody coziness? Are you on the front line defending your country? No, you aren't, so you share the same bloody coziness as me.

[@oghuzkhan6136]

@@ΣΤΕΡΓΙΟΣΚΟΣΜΙΔΗΣ The fact im watching war documentaries, doesnt mean im enjoying war. I simply want to know whats going on. And you might wanna check yourself friend because you're talking deranged

[@georgepatton93]

Considering fighting against heavily entrenched opponents, no matter how weak or untrained they are, is a cast iron mother fker hard task, so it make sense to adopt a patient strategy, not to mention Ukraine is heavily dependent on Western supplies, hence they cant be wasteful with their equipments

[@maxtomlinson8134]

nah, russia is just throwing eveyrthing at ukraine to stop them from gaining any advances the fortifcations suck

[@danny2039abxhd]

@@yassinhafez1337 That is entirely dependant on the west. If western support is steadfast, ukraine will outlast the russians. If it's not, they wont.

[@X.Y.Z.07]

@@danny2039abxhd the problem is that the Ukranian is pressured by the West to make significant progress, as to justify all the support that has been given.

[@danny2039abxhd]

yep@@X.Y.Z.07

[@cloudpoint0]

@@yassinhafez1337 How does that work when Ukraine has two to three times more ground troops than Russia has, with more Ukrainian troops arriving monthly at a faster rate than Russia could ever match with another mobilization and Russia having no more trained reserves at home that can be spared?

[@anthonyng3014]

Each and every one of your videos are immaculately narrated and presented with the perfect supporting animations. Thank you for another awesome mini documentary!

[@johnmcgarvey4758]

Sounds a lot like the Western Front in WW1.

[@cloudpoint0]

Did WW1 have a winner or is it still going on?

[@johnmcgarvey4758]

It eventually stopped but everyone lost, some more than others but everyone lost.🤷‍♂️

[@cloudpoint0]

@@johnmcgarvey4758 That's true of all wars. The end goal is to be the side that loses less. We have a special word for losing less - "victory".

[@johnmcgarvey4758]

@@cloudpoint0 : 👍

[@scottyd3138]

Russia had sooooo much time to build defenses and minefields. Plus even untrained conscripts can sit Ina trench and defend

[@robertsiwek7503]

hungry conscripts without altillery back up will not sit long

[@zachary8491]

And they are still continuing to improve and build fortifications at a faster rate than the UAF advance.

[@zachary8491]

​@@robertsiwek7503 strange comment

[@scottyd3138]

@zachary8491 no they aren't

[@eberkovich]

@@zachary8491 Actually, that is what Russian military military bloggers are reporting - lack of supplies and low artillery support. Remember, in the beginning of the video, a Russian general, the #2 in the 58th combined arms Army, was fired for complaining about the lack of supplies and artillery support.

[@samuelmargueret9626]

There is only one main problem for ukrainian army , the mines ..... the problem is that every armored vehicle can be destroyed by a mine and when you see the numbers of mines russian have placed ... it's almost impossible to advance without damage , and don't forget anti personnel mines combined.... so it's very tough situation for them ..... love your video as always , got my full support

[@PluvioZA]

There is much more than "one main problem" for the ukranian army. They are under stocked, under geared and don't have the same level of armor, weapons and air superiority that Russia has, neither do they have the same level of manpower. If the West really wanted to help they would put everything on the table and give Ukraine EVERYTHING it needs to win, but instead the Western nations are dragging their feet and only trickling in support, not nearly enough to allow Ukraine to make a decisive victory. It's bullshit politics all the way down, and Ukrainians are dying in the thousands for it. (Russians too, but it's not sustainable for Ukraine)

[@eberkovich]

@@PluvioZA Russians are currently losing 6 to 8 soldiers per one Ukrainian. Russians may run out of soldiers before Ukrainians do. And Ukrainians actually know what they are fighting for.

[@maxtomlinson8134]

nope

[@fikriakmal6459]

​@@eberkovich6-8 russia per ukranian? Im sorry but what? They are literally the one attacking here, it will be more believeble when they are defending and the media have really played a major role on (insert number russia) per ukranian Dont believe such bullsh8t because of my friend is a rusian and he say he didnt have proboem with the goverment forcefully recruiting him to the military Yet in the other hand we already see ukranian literally draging their young boy to the recruitment center

[@fikriakmal6459]

Superior artilery, more air power and multiple defensive line And you believe russia have 6/8 times casulties per ukraine? Man, dont trust western media that much, i live in SouthEast asia btw(neutral country) We didnt have media that pick a side, just telling what they know

[@dylandarnell3657]

I like the "recent developments" annotation box - it seems like a smart way to add more up-to-date information even after recording has wrapped.

[@DutchSkeptic]

A much-needed nuanced explanation of what's going. Thanks!

[@sedatgorkemyenigun6055]

This video depicts a little bit optimistic situation.

[@gl3411]

U always repeat that Russian army is getting exhausted , but so is Ukraine army ?

[@dabubba4603]

The Ukrainian army just broke through the surovikan line just in the last 48 hours. The Ukrainian army has taken heavy losses no doubt about it, but not enough to end this war anytime soon.

[@larsporsena9529]

Ukraine rotates it’s troops; where Russia does not - many Russian soldiers have been in continuous contact for months.

[@qq-wg3ng]

@@larsporsena9529 russians have 2 week vacations every half of year

[@frfriedrice5536]

@@dabubba4603 Ukraine are still stuck at Verbove

[@frfriedrice5536]

@@larsporsena9529 Ukraine don't rotate It's that their untrained soldiers don't return They have started recruiting women now

[@deathdrone6988]

Cant wait of a flight simulator clip with Prigozin in it🙂

[@jonbaxter2254]

Whenever you release vids, something major happens in Ukraine. *laughs in Prigozin*

[@Rhogash69]

Always of High quality, your videos are very helpful in understanding the general situation and the events concurring to shape it. And really love your videos of wars and battles of the past!

[@uknwarrior7980]

@11:43 This information is either outdated or untrue. 30/33 of Ukraine's mechanized Brigades are in the fight. The remaining 3 are located in Chernihiv, Kyiv, and Sumy as a contingency for a possible Russian attack in these directions. Ukraine also has only 1 free Tank Brigade, and 1 free Motorized Brigade. These are also located in the aformentioned regions. The only forces not in combat are several Territorial Defense Brigades which are overwhelmingly lightly armed infantry for security. This is according to Western sources.

[@longforgotten4823]

One should look at the chronology embedded in the video. This was late July early August.

[@parabalani]

Where did you get the 30/33 number?

[@chadjenkins4876]

Great video y'all. I especially love the full map in the corner

[@f3wbs]

Looking forward to the Prigozhin episode.

[@andrewsema359]

Thanks for the update K & G.

[@HavecksOR]

If I remember correctly in a past video talking about when and where the counter offensive would happen you mentioned that one of the generals or politicians of Ukraine had said for others to not have to high of expectation or enthusiasm of a easy breakthrough and to expect small gains

[@zelands]

Robotyne is more tactically important than most people think. Having that area puts Tokmak within artillery range.

[@esportsprodigybuhanil933]

Agreed. When AFU liberated Robotyne Russian Telegram channels treated it as one simple village but when Russians counter attacked with an intent of taking Robotyne back pro Russian telegrams treated the reports of taking of singe building withing the village as a war winning moment even when there was no evidence of Russian advance.

[@andrewrosser8909]

Are you sure? I thought they needed to get a few km closer? It’s about 30km isn’t it? What’s artillery range?

[@LutherusPXCs]

Placing artillery in robotyne without clearing the flanks will get equipment destroyed

[@ozzyhaye]

It's their last full brigade...even if they can break through there's 100,000 troops waiting to outflank them.

[@ozzyhaye]

It's their last full brigade...even if they can break through there's 100,000 troops waiting to outflank them.

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

Sadly, with the Autumn season due to start in September, with the attendant, horrible, mud. I think we may have to accept that, without a huge break through in say the next couple of weeks, that the counter offensive has largely failed. Wish it wasn't so. But I don't see them pulling this off.

[@smartlucker4011]

Trust in AFU, they know what they’re doing. All that’s needed at a minimum is tokmak

[@mahojohodge5395]

I disagree. If the Russian army has no significant artillery or tanks left by the rainy season (likely), AND has to conscript again (I think it's almost 100% that they'll need another conscription round in September) AND is being even more logistically threatened than they are now by further moderate ukrainian gains, Ukraine won't need much heavy armour to advance significantly in the wet season. They made big advances in September last year without western armour because of Russian weakness at those positions. Russian positions are only getting weaker with time. Time is working against russia and for ukraine.

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

@@mahojohodge5395 I wish I could feel the same way buddy, I really do. (And I didn't mention Western armour, It was mostly old kit, like leopard 1, and was sent for political reasons, not because it really changed anything). But I do, sadly feel, the attrition suffered so far, plus the affect the autumn mud will have on logistics and resupply to combat units, means this offensive, without a pretty much immediate break through, has shot it's bolt, and the horrible suffering will continue.

[@greek7281]

@@mahojohodge5395 only getting weaker by time? every day this stalemate in zaparoshia continues means another trench dug and another defensive line dug. the reason ukraine is having such a hard time was because of their indecisions and stalling a attack of zaparoshia. now they are severely struggling to get past the 1st line of defence. in some directions there is 4 more lines waiting for them. most of their flagship units are completely depleted and it took them almost 2 years to set them up ukraine has been through 5 mobilizations and russia so far only 2. time is on russias side. not on ukraines side sure they are slowly putting some hurt on russia but I don't think its enough. ukraines total population shrunk from 44 million to under 30 in the matter of 2 years. conscription officers are having a hard to convincing young men to even come with them. to the point they got impressing gangs of 5 guys to force them to come with. some conscription officers even got murdered. So its only gonna get worse not better.

[@Rhogash69]

Considera the autumn mud does not last long (normally), and Ukraine can keep attacking. Maybe we Will not have a big kaboom, but victory can be achieved also as a sum of Little successes.

[@novusregnum]

4:12 While the western allies certainly could've been more expedient in delivering tanks, apcs, and even jets, you go to war with the army you have. These vehicles require the training and infrastructure to support them. Any earlier delivery of such vehicles would not have impacted the war in any significant degree.

[@Icemann89]

It would. They just had to send one type of each weapon class and as soon as possible instead of sending mix of everything at a slow pace.

[@pmeagle]

The delaying has been mostly in public announcements. If the Pentagon leaks were true, the weapons were already being delivered and troops being trained. Usually the West has been announcing packages AFTER already initiating the preparations for them.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

It would have. If they had been training Ukrainian on tanks and jet during the first 6 months, they would have them NOW when they need it most. Constantly saying "it is not needed now" was idiotic. The fact they need training and delivery times mean that you do it early so when they need it, its available. Now they say "no point in sending it since it won't make it in time." And they wonder why that is?! Like obviously if we do training now they won't get it in time, its why they should have done it half a year ago at latest. They will keep finding reasons to delay and delay and then blame the Ukrainian for inadequately apply NATO tactics when these new guys with no experience spent a fraction of the time to learn. And ofc the Ukrainian would default to old tactics since they never had time to acclimate when you give it to them 1-2 months prior to the offensive

[@novusregnum]

@@neurofiedyamato8763 What I’m saying is that Leopards and Abrams are not wonder weapons. Other weapons like HIMARS definitely have had a significant impact. But to think that all Western apcs and tanks would make the Ukrainians have a much better chance at victory is folly. They have no air support. These vehicles are not invincible either. While I do think we should’ve been faster in giving them what they need, everyone thought Ukraine was going to lose in the first few months

[@shalashaska5851]

Ask Erich Von Manstein what he thinks of Russian defenses and minefields in particular.

[@darrofelipe]

The biggest mistake Ukraine made was voting for the "NATO weapons and Procurement Act" back in 2019 What do think would happen to the state of Texas if they voted for "Chinese Weapons and Procurement Act"

[@smartkking4984]

Biggest mistake ukraine made was thinking nato equipment are invincible thats how western media thought too

[@darrofelipe]

@@henryhudson9556 Texas had a brief independence from the u.s. and Mexico. It's a very small microcosm of Russia/Ukraine history. Ukraine is not technically a country. They did not go thru the 168 member U.N. General assembly for statehood. And I could give a rats ass what the Ukrainian people think.

[@darrofelipe]

@@henryhudson9556 your not getting me. It was never voted on.

[@charleschristner7123]

If Surovikin doesn't surface soon I am going to have to assume Putin had him loaded into that lunar rocket. 🚀🌛

[@KingsandGenerals]

He was dismissed and is likely under arrest

[@Walker82313]

The dynamic map is marvelous for viewer comprehension. Thank you!

[@nickk4816]

There is no war with out problems.

[@Stormgamer-xb7gv]

Such a good video

[@vulpoiul7538]

You're doing a million dollar job. Keep it up. This is the way

[@futureiraq5873]

Grate report from you as usual

[@MikhailTabigay]

Yo K&G, did you hear the news? Prigo was blown up mid air!

[@SakiniCZ]

Is anybody really surprised?

[@MikhailTabigay]

@@24tommy109that’s right, the guy should have settled his scores in Moscow and at least die there, instead of getting shot by a surface to air missile.

[@NoVisionGuy]

@@24tommy109 yeah, he should've known better, even billionaires are getting killed by Putin for betrayal.

[@SakiniCZ]

@@24tommy109 It´s what happens when you become a burden and seciurity risk to the Russian state, they are extremely tolerant even to open criticism, but there is a clear red line.

[@zimti7390]

​@@SakiniCZOpen to criticism? That's a new one, given how criticism of the very very special operation literally is considered "discrediting" the armed forces and gets ordinary people thrown in jail

[@rocky-py2cx]

I used to like your channel. But you are now putting pure propaganda garbage. Don't loose your credibility man. wars come and go.

[@frfriedrice5536]

@@henryhudson9556 his entire video inaccurate and biased A month later Ukraines still haven't breached the Russian lines and still are where he said Ukrainians have breached IN this video (Verbove)

[@olenievart]

Thank you, guys.

[@connorgolden4]

Your guys work is always so damn impressive!

[@tver3407]

impressive animations, very nice.

[@kaloyannikolchev5482]

I feel old now . I’ve been following kings and generals since they had 20 k subscribers

[@PrecisionEngineeredJank]

The best quality content

[@path1024]

You're soon to be surprised, sounds like.

[@binary2231]

Now it look like Stalingard before soviet counter offensive.

[@frfriedrice5536]

@@henryhudson9556 Ukraine is recruiting women now so yeah buddy they don't have the manpower While 250k Russian volunteers are on the sidelines

[@cz1589]

After the title, my fears proved to be wrong. This was an outstanding video presentation with a correct and sincere portrait of the current situation.Will share!👍 Some notes. -The russians DID send some VDV forces and artillery from the Cherson region to Zaporizhzhia front. Cherson now has only minor artillery units and 'mobiks', green and ill-trained fresh mobilized forces. Ukraine has freshly trained marines at its disposal. Still, the logistics are not in favor of an Ukrainian offensive here. But Russia seems to allow some 'leaking' of its security in the Cherson region. With no reserves available, they take a risk of breaktrough somewhere in the southern Cherson-Zaporizhzhia front., having hardly flexibility to counter such crisis. -Western intelligence confirms serious russian artillery losses, about 20-25 pieces a day since the counteroffensive, and often double digits in tanks and other vehicles as well. Ukraine postpones a full push, to preserve its soldiers as primary concern. Equipment can be replaced by western allies, but in case of a long conflict, soldiers cant. Besides that, for strategic succes the counteroffensive only needs to reach the strategic heights and other vital points of logistic value in central Zaporizhzhia. They dont need to reach the coast, just advance another 25 km to the south, like from liberated Robotyne. -The russian offensive towards Kupiansk DID force Ukraine to deploy some reserves, meant for the Zaporizhzhia counteroffensive. Still they have signficant unengaged units. As Ukraine Matters expects, the real push can be expected mid-september. So far, attrition is doing a great job. Western allies still train new reserves for Ukraine and Russia will be forced to conduct a new mobilization, if they want to cope with the current situation. Even the primary advantage of Russia in artillery has been minimized, there is a new parity. This has also been reached in tanks and develops further in favor of Ukraine. -Yet, in an interview with Perun, Danish military expert A.P Nielsen notes the possiblity of a war that might take some more years to be concluded, even into 2026. So, the start of training pilots and pledges of F-16 jets are probably useful after winter, but not this year.

[@louismonnier4793]

A Ukrainian larger offensive in mid-September does seem kinda unlikely, they are probably waiting for next year's F16 an other jets to really start pushing with minimal casualties and maximal effectiveness.

[@cz1589]

@@louismonnier4793 well, i dont think they will try to reach the coast at all costs before autumn. However, gaining the strategic positions in central Zaporizhzhia is a feasible objective and worth serious investments. Its not whether Ukraine can push through now, but more how many soldiers they are willing to sacrifice. So the conservative push and attrition will continue as long as possible before making the final move. Anyway, when gaining the strategic heights, they might consolidate their new positions and advantage, before moving towards the coast. The lower lands can wait till spring. With new units, tanks, planes and GLSD'bs. Anyway, we dont need to wait long to see the final chapters of the counteroffensive to evolve and draw some final conclusions of its succes.

[@АкмалАминов-э5ц]

Thanks again

[@helder1340]

the more time passes the hardest it will be to get through, a dire situation indeed. I think maybe a good option is fortifying their rear while counteroffensive pressures the front line, giving time to better define this frontline as a possible dmz in case of armistice

[@cx24venezuela]

Ukraine have time in his side. The only big problem is Trump

[@AMKPlayz]

@@cx24venezuela yeah I've been thinking the same thing. We just gotta hope he doesn't get elected next year or all that western aid is gone...

[@enriqueperezarce5485]

@@AMKPlayzhighly doubt the US is going to give up unless catastrophic stuff happens

[@AMKPlayz]

@@enriqueperezarce5485 as long as Biden is in power they won’t give up. But if you’ve heard trumps statements about Putin and the war, he’ll likely say to Russia: “take what you want” and he’ll say to Ukraine “give them what they want”.

[@OldSchoolGM94]

​@@cx24venezuelaWhy do you think time favors Ukraine? The West will tire of this foreign war well before the Russians would.

[@DiogotheSilva]

Thanks for this videos.

[@MikosoOsaco]

Been watching your videos since the start of the war. Love your videos, always so insightful!

[@Blindguy1981]

No Air superiority, No Artillery superiority, your infantry heavy equipment (mostly armor) are very different from one and another hard to repair and maintain. You don't need to be colonel in the military or a genius to see all these before you commit I don't doubt Ukrainian People's courage but all this offense didn't make any sense from the beginning and they got slaughtered.

[@nateperkins9860]

I mean it does make sense, they have to push back or accept the new situation.

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

"hard to repair and maintain" oh how wrong you are.

[@Blindguy1981]

I won't get into details but I gave u a simple example If you have100s one kind of machine with 1000 different parts or if you have 10s of 10 different machines with 1000 different pieces. Which one of these are easier to maintain and keep it in field.@@4T3hM4kr0n

[@IslamistSocialist371]

They have no other choice. They can't advance from donetsk region because it's literally full of russian makeshift forts now. and The Kharkiv region seems to be reinforced hard

[@lionelmartinez5684]

As someone said above, you go to war with the army you have...

[@friendlydictator1]

Finally y’all here get with reality.

[@crumnw7495]

Ukraine is gambling against an enemy that knows the exact intent of Ukraines counteroffensive. Will Russia sit idly by for the AFU to gain strategic initiative in the Zaporizhia front. Highly unlikely!

[@flowershopapt]

On the other hand, what are they going to do about it? They lack the offensive potential to put much more pressure than they already are. Their response is the offensive in the north - a small feint obviously just trying to draw fire away from Zaporizhia. I imagine without another wave of mobilization it will be the most they can manage for a long while.

[@blackcorp0001]

Artillery the mine fields ... create breach points and use these to create paths to the command posts

[@blackcorp0001]

CoH player 😊

[@belluh-1huey102]

The previous Ukrainian offensive was successful due to a campaign of destruction in the Russian backline. Ukraine waited a lot of months, blowing up enemy equipment in the rear that would be vital in the defense against the counteroffensive.

[@blacmagicwand]

The previous offensives were only successful because an undermanned defense packed up and Left. Somehow Ukraine's generals were expecting a repeat of the same thing and got pummeled

[@longforgotten4823]

I remember the shaping of the logistics net work for the retaking of the Wright bank of the Dnipro began in early July of last year. It takes time, and this region is the size of Normandy.

[@belluh-1huey102]

@endless9883 the defenses were actually manned properly, but the attrition of drone strikes hitting targets led to them being not filled

[@Wraith8s]

Pure rubbish..Russian lines were undermanned and stretched. Ukraine is much better armed and advised than the last offensive. Stop making excuses for a failure.

[@Wraith8s]

​@@belluh-1huey102 Again, pure rubbish, Ukraine had HIMARS strikes agreed, but to say the Russian lines were properly manned is just a shameless untruth. Why do you think the lines got stabilised and ground to a halt after Russia mobilized men?

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nicely informative video

[@gamera5160]

Is the answer landmines, artillery, trenches and airpower?

[@PluvioZA]

The answer is for Western nations to stop the bullshit and actually give Ukraine everything it needs to win, but no it's just a slow trickle of gear due to politics. Ukrainians are dying every single day and the West barely cares enough to take this seriously. And yeah, I wouldn't consider billions of support serious, considering the EU + US can provide hundreds of billions and it would still be under 5% of those countries GDP.

[@LNGD_46]

Showels

[@davidhughes8357]

Kings and Generals is the supreme commander of military history videos!!

[@CroGaming420]

With this pace of progress the Ukrainian army will take about 1000 years to retake all of its territory

[@CroGaming420]

@@henryhudson9556 I also hope so, but I doubt it

[@mokarokas-1727]

How much territory have they taken back in only 1,5 years? Keep that in mind.

[@CroGaming420]

@@mokarokas-1727 they will retake it if the russians pull back, otherwise there is not much they can do, they lack the equipment

[@mokarokas-1727]

@@CroGaming420 - Uh yeah, lol. How do you usually take/retake territory in war? You think "last man standing" is the standard?

[@CroGaming420]

@@mokarokas-1727 you think this is call of duty, it isnt

[@KasadysXI]

Doesn't look like there's anyway for ukraine to achieve their strategic goals now, no matter how much equipment we send them. Russia like the British at the start of ww2 performed poorly and have learned their lesson from the botched blitzkrieg into Kiev and are now fighting a slow grinding war which they are always going to win. For lives sake hope they both sides go to the negotiating table.

[@jameswebber2943]

Russia will eventually collapse.

[@LogisticsWW]

I don't really think that's true at all. Ukraine can clearly win a war of attrition with western support. How many mobilizations do you really think the Russian people will put up with? Putin has already had a coup staged against him a year and a half into the war. It's apparent to the entire world things aren't great at home, and that's generally the deciding factor on a war. All that being said, if the war ended right now, all occupied territories ceded to Russia, it's still an enormous strategic defeat. Hundreds of thousands of young lives lost in a nation already facing a demographics crisis in the near future. Becoming a pariah state cut off from the largest economies on earth. Having the nation you were trying to conquer becoming hypermilitarized and breeding hatred against your people and nation for an entire generation. Having two neighboring states join the military alliance you claim to be threatened by, plus likely whatever remains of Ukraine as well post-fighting. Losing billions in military equipment you simply can't replace, and ruining the reputation of your armed forces on a global scale. Without losing Crimea and their occupied territories as well, I really can't think of another way this war could've been a bigger defeat for Russia. Maybe Putin being deposed and the RF being Balkanized? But the decade isn't over yet lol.

[@emilsohn1671]

There is no evidence Russia will win either. They have suffered terrible casulties as well, and the infighting with Wagner is also a nail in their coffin.

[@aliajs9449]

Ukraine made a big mistake using tanks in their counter offensive

[@blastesz]

Thanks for sharing!! Ave Maryia

[@josedelgado3291]

I know this is not related to the video, but may I suggest a video on the 3rd Jewish revolt, the Bar Kochba Rebellion? Thank you, hope you'll produce it.

[@KingsandGenerals]

It is planned

[@935AscensionGroup]

Watching these videos gives me flashbacks to documentaries about Verdun and the Somme....

[@berkutonemusic]

If an offensive fails to achieve its goals- it is a failure. It has taken Ukraine nearly 3 months and they are still stuck before the first line.

[@iPodiMaster]

In the war between good and evil, even a stalemate can be a form of victory

[@berkutonemusic]

@@iPodiMaster no.

[@berkutonemusic]

@@henryhudson9556 zaporizhzhia is not kherson. Every time the russians have fought back ukrainian attacks they've made lackluster progress.

[@berkutonemusic]

@henryhudson9556 stronger defensive lines. Much more ukrainian casualties. Western equipment. I can go on.

[@lrdvdr]

well, going by your logic Russian offensive is definitely a failure

[@acatwithwiskers9273]

Neither of the sides will achieve momentum shifting victory's quickly or easily. To much defensive infrastructure at theis point. They will just bounce back and forth, "attack and stall out, ok your turn" this go on for a while.

[@victorcode2075]

Smartest comment here. This war is in the hands of the defending side. Very WW1 like.

[@nylonkid01]

With the recent news stories circulating about the plane crash that Wagner leadership was supposedly were killed in when it crashed, the ramifications have yet to be understood how this could help or hinder the front during counteroffensive measures.

[@IAsimov]

Authoritarian regimes focus by having only one head at the top, and loyalty being more important to the regime than capabilities (in fact, capability being outright dangerous to the regime). This is another lost officer to the war, which is never good for an army that forbids independent thinking, but we've yet to see the front change. The war has been at a stalemate for months, now. That, and we've yet to see Wagner Troops' collective reaction to the """accident.""" They weren't happy about Putin's treatment, so while we may see a lack of a unifying figure, they can also share their anger over being used as cannon fodder.

[@thefriendlyapostate8290]

It doesn't matter how much mine clearing equipment there is, going through these minefields without air superiority and artillery dominance is basically poised to fail; the 2nd El Alamein battle is a reference for what it requires to punch through a fortified position head on. With only about 2 offensive corps, it was plain foolhardy to attack along the most expected line. Only the Cherson sector around Kozachi Laheri offered a reasonable target for such a limited offensive effort (I already wrote that at the outset of the offensive). How far can you hope to get with 50000 offensive troops? Only cutting off of the westernmost part of the front made for a reasonable objective of operational value, force the Russians to redeploy to the West and attack them on the way. Would have been a meatgrinder still but maybe it could have worked out successfully, however, the stalemate now persists. Predicted next moves: escalation of the war in 2024, with war officially being declared, further Russian mobilization (reasons are easy to come by now), and a new theatre of operations being opened.

[@Scar6628Gameplayer]

Thank you great summary

[@marioribeiro886]

Ukraine, acording Oryx, lost 5 leo 2, 3 A6 and 2 A4, it also has 10 damaged Leo2. Damaged is not destroyed, because maybe they can be repaired.

[@smartdevilevil]

It's far more than that ...check your sources

[@marioribeiro886]

@@smartdevilevil i did. Orix blog only report confirm kills, not supposed or fantasy kills

[@ChristiaanHW]

@@marioribeiro886he believes that every photo Russia released of those few damaged/destroyed tanks in the beginning was a new location. so instead of hundreds of photos of 10 vehicles he thinks there are at least a thousand Leo's destroyed, looks like at least one person believes in Russia's (bad attempts at) propaganda

[@marioribeiro886]

@@ChristiaanHW that is why i said that oryx only report confirm kills/damaged and not fantasy ;)

[@alexei3755]

​​@@marioribeiro886Oryx only reports visually confirmed kills, and even then there are still 23 instances of leopards visually confirmed to be damaged or abandoned unreported on Oryx. Additionally, not every soldier has a device to take a picture of enemy losses, so visually confirmed kills is not a very reliable source.

[@marcwhitlock5002]

Uhhh sir there's a lot of mines what should we do? "go around them" XD

[@Quilustrucu]

Good situation report but in the end, I can't see how Ukraine can win.

[@SilentlolUA]

U will see how

[@4Fixerdave]

Ukraine wins when the Russians get tired of bleeding and go home. Territorial control has little to do with it, really. Even if Ukraine pushed Russia all the way back to the 1991 borders, Russia could still keep attacking if they wanted to. Flipping it around, even if Russia occupied all of Ukraine, Ukraine could still fight an insurgency as long as they wanted to. This doesn't stop until one side decides to lose. The Ukrainians are not going to give up. The Russians will give up like they did in Afghanistan, eventually.

[@thomasdelancey5105]

Excellent analysis

[@RareSense]

Sorry with all due respect guys, l am Australian and all independent sources indicate that Russian air superiority, excellence superiority in Russian combined targeting systems. Everyone even Ukraine NATO, USA acknowledged air superiority simple facts. Key to remember is historical fact that Germany took 70% of casualties in last 6 months of WW2 as a result of no air superiority- l would envisage this would be a lot worse with Russians combined targeting systems using satellites, artillery, rockets and higher accuracy. Sorry but the independent facts don’t fit western narrative. Also Russia has over 300k in reserves fully trained, plus Russia has more coming up and Russian war machine is ignited thanks to USA, UK and NATO. Simple facts Russia will win this easily…..

[@victorcode2075]

Careful mate, you're going to disrupt the yanks cope session.

[@Bravebelly]

I’m American and I completely agree that the ppl in the west are drinking all the Kool-Aid. Ukraine isn’t doing anything substantial other than taking my tax money

[@zypzcoocie]

Regarding the losses they include damaged equipment. Meaning they are being repaired. I think the number of confirmed destroyed leopard 2’s are 4 at the moment of writing this

[@MrJohnDoe1612]

This is absolutely amazing video, delivers totally transparent vision and understanding of actual stage of the conflict!

[@SuleimanTheIndifferent]

Well the good news is the RU cant really advance either, so my question is when exactly are they all gonna sign a ceasefire? Neither side will break through.

[@4Fixerdave]

Did the Ukrainians break through in Kherson? Did they sign a ceasefire? Did the Russians leave? The Russians will leave all of Ukraine. It's just a matter of time, which is on Ukraine's side.

[@SuleimanTheIndifferent]

@@4Fixerdave Kherson wasnt a breakthrough it was earned by exploiting the supply lines over the dnieper striking the pontoon bridges daily, it was a forced retreat not a breakthrough it was done by Artillery not Armor. Kharkiv was an armored breakthrough but that was because it was against a thin and shallow line, Russia has since doubled its personnel in Ukr and established multiple entrenched defensive lines, history shows at Kursk and the Bulge that Armored attacks cant break through multiple defensive lines in one push, Zaporista offensive will not breakthrough

[@4Fixerdave]

@@SuleimanTheIndifferent "Kherson wasnt a breakthrough..." Yes, I agree on all counts. I asked 3 questions... the answers to the first 2 were obviously 'No', the 3rd 'Yes'. Just pointing out that a breakthrough is not necessary for Ukraine to win significant territory back. I consider this a reasonable model for how the rest of the war will go. Sorry you missed that. Oh, and the timing is about right for another Kharkiv style surprise. I wonder where the Ukrainians have picked? Not required, but the timing is right if they decide.

[@daledullnig1778]

Ceasefire world take Ukraine out of the media, thereby accelerating Ukraine fatigue, and put them one step closer to being politically strongarmed into giving up the land Russia stole. Don't think it's ideal for them to do so.

[@roberthalka3316]

Dope video

[@tengkualiff]

Or Ukraine needs to be sponsored by Masterworks

[@meilinchan7314]

So that's why Ukraine isn't too concerned about the northeast - they hold the high ground.

[@tengkualiff]

Ukraine needs more sugardaddies

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

Troll

[@tengkualiff]

@@giorgijioshvili9713 🐒

[@bengheinrich7500]

Ukraine cannot regain its territories without troops from another country but WWIII will start if other countries got involved. Ukraine did well early in the War because Russia had fewer troops more stretched out but now they their is nearly three times as many Russian troops then at the start of the war in a much smaller area. So they are much easier to supply. Plus Ukraine has no manufacturing base and no modern aircraft.

[@4Fixerdave]

But, those other countries, that being NATO, have already won and will keep winning even more the longer this war goes on. They have no reason to send soldiers into Ukraine. They were expecting Ukraine to be fighting an insurgency after being fully invaded, and *they'd still consider that winning.* Russia is no longer a threat to Europe. It's done, over, finished. NATO won. At this point, having Ukraine stand is a huge bonus. And, it's easy for NATO to make sure Ukraine doesn't lose. Now, we can argue that NATO is not doing enough for Ukraine to outright win, but that's not NATO's goal. That's just the goal of the citizens of NATO countries, pushing their governments to do more. Being fully supported from over 50 nations making up roughly 40% of World GDP, Ukraine needs no functional economy nor a functional arms industry to continue fighting. NATO logistics is pouring in all they need. Oh, and they'll have modern aircraft pretty quick, and new rocket launched guided small diameter bombs. More and newer equipment will keep pouring in, and it will keep pouring in until Russia withdraws from all Ukrainian territory. Doesn't matter if it's an insurgency or full-on mechanized warfare... the end result is the same. Russia will withdraw from Ukraine like they withdrew from Afghanistan. That's when this war will end.

[@jaykolinsky6020]

I agree with most of what Ukraine has strategized thus far, with perhaps the exception of Bakhmut. I was surprised to see them bring reinforcement units in to hold it (I think most people were). I think it made more sense just to withdraw the forces completely from the western portions of the town and position them with sufficient artillery on the high ground toward Kramatorsk.

[@alphagamer9505]

I think they decided to held Bakhmut simply because was a way to tie down Wagner in the city as they were Russia best troops Defending its easier to attack, so Ukraine turned Bahkmut into a Wagner Meatgrinder It worked so well that Wagner revolted Against Russia

[@MotiveMaximize]

This is so good!

[@Jay-O_Carlow]

Been waiting on this so so fucking bad man , Thank you so much your fucking ACE bro you really are! If you are you and If you want to know what Alexander the Great done & how he changed warfare as we know it from what the men eat , to the horses and what they packed Weapons etc , You are in the right place. To Afghanistan & Vietnam To the bush wars and Great war and WW2 and the small but key & Major battles this is my go to Guy best of the best And this topic is a hard one , But i really wanted to hear your depth of knowledge on Warfare and strategy on all Conflicts and The take a way's from history we can learn from , So to get your Honest Opinion and assessment , Is Priceless man I Can't thank you enough!!

[@KoZaKRaidZ]

They really are a great team. Blessing us with this knowledge for free

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

Let me guess? They got bogged down again?

[@cachorrovinagre2979]

I like your videos, but this is not a serious analysis, it is a justification for the failure of the offensive. In one of these excuses you contradict yourself: first you claim that the Russian troops defending are rested for not participating in the offensives, then you claim that the same troops are exhausted due to the lack of rotation. You are not separating what you want to happen from what actually happens and can happen.

[@Rhogash69]

The two quotes are not in contaddiction between themselves: RF had time to rest before the beginning of this counteroffensive, but are now exhausted because, due to the attacks on it's logistic Lines, Russia cannot rotate its troops.

[@codypierce2970]

They were rested at the BEGINNING. But now since they aren't getting rotated ( Based on the fired general's complaints) they will and maybe already are wearing down

[@Jarod-te2bi]

8:37 so Ukraines been making pro gamer moves.

[@codypierce2970]

Its definitely been slower than expected, but if we are going to be unbiased towards either side here (I'm not but objectively let's say we are) and call this counter offensive a failure because it's been not as expected, then can't we call the entire Russian war effort a failure? After all this was a war , sorry "special military operation", they thought they'd win in 5 days and now its lost over half the territory it initially captured, accomplished none of its war goals, and is still losing ground

[@nijluuseger2620]

Russia has failed on every metric. Even with the occupation of parts of eastern Ukraine, never has anyone painted themselves more effectively into a corner, what with constitutionally declaring not fully controlled territory to be Russian. The cost is perpetual war and no possibility even of a Plan-B-type victory on Russian terms.

[@emilsohn1671]

Totally true, but half the posters here are Kremlin trolls or right-wingers who are more than happy to act as cheerleaders on behalf of russia.

[@longforgotten4823]

My favorite line from this conflict, “Russia has occupied no more territory than in March 23, 2022.“ It’s been downhill ever since.

[@bingbong6127]

​@longforgotten4823 Ukraine is running out of troop sand viable equipment, the US is supplying less and less over time and Europe is a paper tiger that can barely take care of their own armies

[@4Fixerdave]

@@bingbong6127 "Ukraine is running out of troop sand viable equipment" Ukraine's population today is larger than it was before WW2. The Soviets conscripted 4.5 million Ukrainians to fight against Germany. 2.5 million of them died on the front. People that compare Russia's population to Ukraine and think Russia will win demographically simply don't understand how many *millions* of people will have to die for that to matter. Ukraine fully mobilized right at the start and continues to do so. More than 11,000 new soldiers at a time are running through NATO training programs in various countries. This is a continuous stream, increasing all the time. Meanwhile, the Russians failed to mobilize until the fall of last year and still have not fully mobilized. Russia also sent many of their trainers to the front last fall, and lost them. Ukraine has a head-start on building their army and will likely continue to have a manpower advantage, in numbers, equipment, and training for the duration of this war. The weapons supplies to Ukraine are not decreasing but rather increasing in both quantities (millions of cluster munitions) an in dollar value (over 40 F16s promised). The EU is rapidly rearming, including starting new weapons factories, and Poland has gone completely insane on military procurement... South Korea is very happy to deliver. Everything you wrote is easy to fact-check. You are wrong on all counts.

[@number-ec6zd]

Love thus channel!

[@Captainkebbles1392]

ill say it again, may peace and love for fellow h7uman beings make this war end as soon as possible. RIP to those lost in this senseless war

[@danielbalderrama4137]

Putin dies and the war is massively scaled down to possibly ended.

[@ЯрославБалицький-ъ6л]

not with ruZZians/

[@donnywolf9250]

Thanks

[@jimmy31hendrix]

Brilliant as always, keep it up my dudes. Long live Ukraine, much love from Colombia.