Kharkiv Counteroffensive 2022 - Animated Analysis

It’s early morning of September 6th, 2022. As all the eyes of the world are focused on the counteroffensive that began in the Kherson region a week ago, Ukrainians intensify their artillery strikes in the Kharkiv region. Here, Russians expected a series of small-scale tactical offensives from Ukrainians, but they severely miscalculated the forces that their adversary gathered. Maintaining their primary focus on the Kherson region, Russian higher military command made a strategic blunder. And Ukrainians are about to use it to inflict one of the most humiliating and significant defeats on their enemy since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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[@bernicedanahay7851]

Thank you for explaining this, my Son was in the 49th and didn't live to see the end of this offensive.

[@HeichE944]

​@@user-ek3jn8rp7q Don't write this kind of clown ass shit ever again.

[@Jack-jz4ls]

God Bless you

[@galexymitzelplik9560]

Your son is Brave. Bravery never dies, and neither does his memory. Im sorry for your loss, and thank you. ❤

[@ian2372]

It's so sad Zelensky is willing to sacrifice everyone in Ukraine over his ego and unwillingness to seek peace. My thoughts are with you.

[@LHornung]

@@ian2372 lmao good joke bruv

[@theeverchosen9114]

Special thanks for covering the ram episode. The man who committed it (Vyacheslav Bashta) was the best sergeant in the whole of airborne forces and my friend, sadly killed in combat with overwhelming enemy forces later during the offense. The fact that his personal legend will live on means a huge deal to his friends. You're the best, keep up the good work man

[@baconbrew3761]

As someone who pushed with the 92nd great to see this from a distant perspective when you are on the ground you have no idea really where you are and where other units are. Good stuff.

[@TheWarArchive]

Great point! I heard the same thing from the serviceman of 93rd, who also took part in shown events and helped me out with some details. That's exactly why I am making these videos; people need a full picture. And, of course, thank you for your service!

[@baconbrew3761]

@@TheWarArchive no thanks needed mate happy to help. I don't think anything in this life will top the emotions good and bad of that week.

[@ISawABear]

Man watching this unfold in real time back in 2022, This was insane, i'd check my phone every hour to see the latest update. Ukrainians sure put them through the ringer. Also WTF a tanker manage to score a kill with a Mine roller???

[@elektromartini]

I’m Ukrainian, yes, I followed everything in real time, these feelings are impossible to describe, it’s this... it’s like butterflies in the stomach, and trembling from the experience, my heart was pounding when messages arrived.

[@ifuttbucks]

why is the foxhole man here lmao

[@ebnertra0004]

It was wild watching reports go from "Something's up here" to "They've broken through" to "They're off to the races" and then seeing pictures from places way behind the line

[@chohlachohlinski401]

Such an underrated channel, definitely deserves more recognition for that kind of quality

[@lukasnemeiksis127]

Amazing work! One suggestion btw: it is hard to tell and keep in mind the sizes of the units. You could make the icons differ in size or add a signifier, like "x" for a brigade or "II" for a battalion, to make the whole picture clearer. Thank you.

[@Sputkin]

or number of troops

[@TheWarArchive]

There is a significant problem with that. I will try to figure it out but the NATO symbology is hard to apply here as sometimes, the brigade can be split in an unknown ratio to act independently on different parts of the frontline. When it comes to Russia, they can mix together PMC units with the regular army which is hard to define, and add some really weird units such as BARS which one day could have the size of the regiment and in the week, drop to the size of the company due to losses. Then, sometimes they literally can make a brigade out of a division and a division out of a brigade without any justification in terms of the unit size. I am pretty sure that now, there are some brigades that have more people than divisions, even though it does not make sense on paper. All I wanted to say is that it is quite a complex problem and we will need time to figure out the best way to represent units in this war.

[@Sputkin]

@@TheWarArchive and what About numbers? No platoon, company etc. If it is possible show numbers, if not leave without it

[@TheWarArchive]

@@Sputkin I would say numbers are extremely hard to find and they also can change quite a bit when some troops sustain losses or are reinforced. But I will try to include them if I will have a good source.

[@Sputkin]

@@TheWarArchive Will be great, not need for every group, it Canon be only for part of front. If you know what i mean. For example cherson defenders have 30k attackers have 50k. Anyway perfect work from you!!! Looking news everyday About UA and your videos are best.

[@saddsc]

I really appreciate the work you guys put into your videos! Your channel has hands down some of the overviews about the war in Ukraine. Keep up the great work and I hope you stay safe!

[@BoomerangeL]

If this war continues on Russian territory so is it still called "War in Ukraine" ? 🤫

[@TorricRoma]

I drove through Izium and you can still see destroyed Russian tanks. Artillery craters in the fields. But you can't go up to them because of mines. Most ironic sight in Izium I'd say is the soviet block apartment that has its middle portion totally collapsed with the left and right still standing. You can see abandoned furniture in the exposed apartments.

[@fa1lent434]

И дороги там стали ужасными

[@TikhonT.]

Perfection as always, it was an honour to assist in creating this!

[@user-uz9vb7hy1r]

Do you have a channel

[@TikhonT.]

@@user-uz9vb7hy1r What do you mean?

[@LLVLLORRISc137]

Вы красавцы🤝

[@fishfish8879]

“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[@crochou8173]

that guy who said oh were making good progress at balakliya lets press on is a star

[@ae-kz4xd]

Actually good channel that shows brigades movements in details.

[@Rosteg2406]

Great video. Could you please cover some of the more forgotten battles? Like the battle of Volnovakha or Popasna? Nobody really wants to talk about defeats, but I’m really curious on how those cities fell

[@Zyzyx442]

Yeah, though I'm balls deep pro-Ukraine as a NATO citizen, I want to know the bad stuff as well, the media can't cover it because this is a war, and war support is something both sides struggle with so I understand the imbalance, but for channels like this you have the intellectual integrity and medium to do truth justice, for what would be without truth?

[@Rosteg2406]

@@Zyzyx442 exactly, I’m no russian myself, I don’t want to pht any gasoline into the fire, I just want to know what happened, because the official explanation is just “volnovakha has been completely destroyed by shelling” or “ukrainian troops have retreated to better positions”. I would just like to know what tactics were used and what mistakes were made. Also, a small recap of the defence of Shastya would be nice, since it is the first more or less big settlement to not fall directly into russian hands during the first hours of the invasion. I still remember reading about ukrainian troops holding out in Shastya at 8 in the morning on the 24th

[@Blastadonn]

​@@Rosteg2406 OK here's what happened: Popasna was heavily shelled by Russian artillery and aviation, and Ukraine could not maintain their positions in the city and had to pull out. The end.

[@Rosteg2406]

@@Blastadonn that's how you could describe this whole war, I'd really like to have a detailed analysis of the lesser known and talked about battles

[@niksandy7125]

We’d all like to know more about each battle for each city, the details of every fight but each would require an individual video. One long video, I sincerely doubt that even 1% of folks born after 2000 have the required attention span to sit down and watch an 18 hr marathon . One thing for sure Russian bottoms got spanked🇺🇦

[@rolandsilver7742]

Thank you for making more content! I've watched all your other videos, you are the best on KZbin! 10,506 views in 6 hours says your channel is growing and doing very well. Well done, keep pushing, I will always watch your work!

[@Barbu261]

Good times. When Kupiansk fell, I thought the war was over. But somehow the Russians managed to escape from Izyum (despite high equipment losses) and later on, Kherson. I didn't expect it to be the high water mark of the war for Ukraine so far. They need more help. Much more help.

[@javilo2797]

How is the russians scaping from kherson related to you thinking the war was over of ukranie? Your comment seems a bit contradictory or i didnt understand it well

[@romanpopyk]

​@@javilo2797 he thought that russians will withdraw from Ukraine after these loses

[@opti-mus]

Hope to see an analysis of summer counter offensive as well. Even if it wasn’t successful there is a lot to learn from it

[@Katarinarabbit]

EDIT: the international community was also attached too kraken spec ops in kupyansk notably my unit 3rd battalion omega platoon eliminated a Russian btr and a Chechen squad the final day of the battle

[@taxofonas]

Thank you. Very informative and professionally made, as always.

[@sapperjaeger]

The BEST overview of the Kharkiv Counteroffensive I have ever seen!

[@mineking_5653]

Always keep checking in, waiting for another great upload. Keep up the work, your doing a great job!

[@MJ-1981]

Great video thanks for your work!!!

[@forgemaster12]

These videos are dope! What I like also is that you point out interesting engagements that happen during this offensives.

[@NO_WEAPON_SHALL_PROSPER]

These videos are so in depth and detailed really nice work

[@arcaniobs9289]

Thank you, great job

[@Shrek_ua]

Great video as always! Kepp it up, very high quality content

[@rickyjones1296]

This is well made, thanks so much for putting it together and I hope for many more similar videos in the future.

[@Mr.BoulderMan]

these videos are always so well made. great work

[@JustAnotherJohnDoe1]

Thank you for this video, great as always.

[@AussieJo5h]

Always happy when I get the notification for one of your new uploads. Keep it going please.

[@Jhossack]

Thanks dude, digging in now. Boma!

[@easybreathy3890]

Thank you for your work

[@janithawikramasinghe6777]

your videos are really good thanks for the hard work!

[@user-pc7cn3nb9h]

Amazing big work Thank you

[@nikolaevkatesla3823]

This video is truly great. The way you take your time to place actual videos of the events on the video makes it astonishingly good. You should make one of the Ukrainian counter offensive

[@AJ-et3vf]

Awesome video. Thank you

[@AJ-et3vf]

Great video. Thank you

[@lipa7490]

Best video on the topic as always

[@longforgotten4823]

It is impressive to examine the scale of these offensives. In two months, Ukraine reclaimed over 12,000 km² and over 500 settlements. The quantity of equipment and the decimation of elite Russian units is also quite notable.

[@user-st9hc1vr4h]

Все просто, когда русские сами покидают территории. Нужно лишь подождать два дня и идти в наступление. В этом конфликте все наступательные операции Украины имеют такую закономерность

[@weikeduo2236]

@@user-st9hc1vr4h Не задумывался почему российские войска начинают отступать? Просто по приколу?

[@thehawk8486]

​@@user-st9hc1vr4hотступают но без техники Подарили Потом эта техника вас мочила во втором уже контрнаступлении😂

[@thehawk8486]

​@@weikeduo2236 у них царь всегда прав

[@user-zr7gv6mf3d]

А трофейную технику сотнями единиц вы "по плану" оставляете? Потом за счёт пенсий и зарплат новую сделаете?

[@cj6012]

If Ukraine had have all the tanks, Bradlys, ATACMs, they would have been able to push even further....

[@Whatisthisstupidfinghandle]

Amazing documentary! Everybody, please take a few moments and post a link on your favorite social media. This channel needs many more views ! This is reminiscent of WWII battles

[@francescobondi1611]

amazing video, as always

[@macleunin]

The media and russian supporters like to criticize the failed 2023 offensive, but they don’t remember or give much credit to this very successful counter-offensive, Ukraine really showed how capable their armed forces can be. I also think that maybe the Kharkiv offensive set too much expectation for the 2023 offensive, as in we would see huge areas being liberated relatively easily.

[@user-ys3uw8ze7z]

On the contrary, it was the Kharkov counter-offensive that we dismantled and measures were taken to ensure that such a thing would not happen again. Mobilization made it possible to strengthen the front and prevent situations like Balakleya, where there were very few soldiers on the front line. The creation of numerous defense strips and minefields, as well as troops, prevented the AFU from entering the operational space, forcing them to conduct frontal attacks on the villages of Rabotino, Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye, rather than threaten our rear. So you are wrong - we have learned the Balakleya and Kherson lessons well

[@macleunin]

@@user-ys3uw8ze7z no doubt Russia learned the lesson and fortified the whole front, that’s why they were able to to prevent any breakthrough in 2022. But you can’t say Russia dismantled the Kharkiv counter offensive, that’s just denial off what happened. Russia was caught off guard and had to retreat to avoid being encircled.

[@user-ys3uw8ze7z]

@@macleunin No one, except for the guardians of our authorities, denies the Kharkiv debacle, it was dismantled from top to bottom. And I don't deny it either. We have analyzed the causes, the course, the consequences. I do not remember that Ukraine has analyzed in such detail the reasons for the defeat at Severodonetsk-Lisichansk in the summer of 2022 or in the south of the country at the very beginning of the war. The knowledge of two languages allows us to follow the situation on the front from both sides, and learning English helps us to keep an eye on such discussions. In the first case, the situation is reminiscent of the battle for Liman in September 22.

[@Belerez]

Great video ,fella !

[@gamer228r]

Best of luck to you, love your videos

[@Garshock1]

Another great video!

[@CommonSenseCitizen]

I appreciate the great job and perfect analysis

[@BailyCasper]

Thank you.

[@AlanRutt]

Amazing work 👏

[@malickfan7461]

You’ve always made the best animated battle maps about this conflict.

[@pedrohaggstram]

great work!

[@maario48]

keep up the good work!!

[@nei1mchugh]

This channel is so underrated

[@alph_jvne]

Як завжди, найкращий та наглядний розбір і аналіз ходу бойових дій

[@abracadabra6203]

Nice work bro

[@tdestroyer1882]

Let’s go! A fantastic late Christmas gift!

[@pitel2901]

i love that you guys used the de facto tactical history music in this video.

[@AnP865]

Interesting to watch this now Syrski is commander.

[@logical_dinner9299]

Very good explanation. Will be cool if you do some video about 2023 Counteroffensive

[@alpen07]

An indescribably beautiful explanation. Great work, almost the best narration I've ever seen.

[@AndreyOchkan-fq7ry]

you produce very good and interesting videos, but one more city like Chernihiv, which was under siege, is missing...

[@dragosbajan3979]

Very goood video. You are the best

[@Pekkari6969]

Vatniks coping hard. Great video!

[@Simogez]

Awesome Video

[@filo_0653]

Amazing video

[@Romanticalman]

I waited a whole month for this and god damn was it worth it

[@hunterwestmeyer7916]

great video

[@Zyzyx442]

Please do the failed counteroffensive as well if you got the time. Thanks for upload and work.

[@olejnik5165]

Never stop your work please

[@Syndr1]

Hi Archive, its ok that my Christmas 🎁 was 2 days late. 👍

[@MrT743]

Great coverage, hope this gets an Encore in the South!

[@bsoul3177]

very cool

[@rogueelement9986]

Excellent content 👍 This counteroffensive is going to be studied extensively in the future.

[@grozzik2232]

greatest war content creator on youtube right now. there is no way to understand everything as detailed as you managed to explain it. also map with moving units help to understand and picture the situation much more. appreciate

[@sebastienhardinger4149]

Curious if you have more evidence about Syrski being the brains behind the operation. My experience is that Syrski is not well liked in the UA army Also - small qualitative critique - consider putting NATO unit symbols above division logos so it's easier to tell what is a regiment vs division vs even smaller formation Great as always

[@JULIAN11.]

I was kind of shocked when I heard that, I mean, not entirely surprising due to him being in that area of the front for a long time but still, most things I hear from Ukrainians about Syrski, if not all, are not very positive, so hearing that he was "the brain" behind this counteroffensive was surprising

[@justADeni]

He is not very liked because he is overly harsh/demanding of his subordinates and troops. Doesn't take away from his brilliance as tactician.

[@user-qo1us9oc7g]

you guys forget that behind the Ukrainian Generals are NATO/US tacticians who simulate and planned this operation. Ukraine relies on US satellite intel. @@justADeni

[@charlesv7011]

Hope you cover the siege of chernihiv and the battle of sumy as well

[@vadkot6829]

good report👌

[@twentyforkhey]

The GOAT of Ukraine analysis is back

[@xxmobstrxx8535]

Do the 2023 counteroffensive next

[@FRMaverick6]

Great video. On the minus side, it is not explained why the offensive stopped at kremina, as it looked like the Russian were overrunned and on the brick of collapse

[@matheusimon7316]

Initially the tactics of using high mobile forces and deploy infantry behind Russian lines kinda seems what Rommel did in France But it's really awesome how well planned the whole thing was from the start

[@Veldtian1]

So why haven't the geniuses responsible for this masterclass in modern blitzkreigery been able to replicate even 5% of their adeptness in the past 6 months...........?

[@dragonace119]

@@Veldtian1 Well for one there hasn't been a war of peers of this scale since the Gulf Wars so the opportunities to perform such things are very low in number.

[@LegioPatriaNostra182]

During the campaign in France in 1940, Rommel was only the commander of a tank division. The attack plans were developed by Manstein and Guderian.

[@longforgotten4823]

Because the battleground and defenses have changed. New territory, new distances, new defensive lines. Wars are complicated and long.

[@Boo-jk3ii]

@@Veldtian1 Found the Z-tard

[@Mishaaa556]

reeeally good video.

[@ninal9953]

God bless you for the hard work you put together valuable information about Kharkiv operation! God bless Ukraine and its freedom fighters!

[@sergiyomelayenko1497]

The surprise poem at the End!!!🫡

[@Adonnus100]

This was a great documentary. Can you please make a documentary on the 2023 counteroffensive/battle of Robotyne?

[@SergeantAradir]

I like this video when its about facts, such as where unit x was at time z, however i dont like it whenever it goes into...well even the tactical sphere. For example around minute 10 he critizes the russian command for ordering their soldiers to hold. How do you know it was a misstake? Would it really be better to order retreats for dozens of individual units, that are badly motorized anyway? How would you keep up command and controll once those units try to run away? Not to mention the fog of war confusing the picture. Either the author should read up a *lot* about military tactics, operations and strategy or just describe the events. Also: Jesus, dont show videos from a russian repairshop with lots of damaged vehicles, while talking about "lots of functioning vehicles that are left behind".

[@numa418]

LET'S fucking gooo, i was waiting for this video for a while now.

[@apelsinoviysok489]

The video at 15:57 isn't really from Vesele or any other part of Kharkiv region, it shows russian repair base in Crimea. I remember many telegram channels posted this video during the Kharkiv counter-offensive, claiming that it was filmed in Izium, Vesele, etc., so probably you just used wrong source

[@iamgreezy9327]

We'll see

[@5chr4pn3ll]

Very interesting, and thorough video. Tho a pet peeve: "decimating" means to reduce by 10%, it is a very niche word. Devastating is usually better.

[@germancanaza4674]

Wow hermoso🥇

[@julianjdogg]

Tremendous. One question - i was in Izium before and was also shocked at the destruction there as well as on the M03 highway south of Izium, but your video does not mention any battle taking place within Izium itself. Yet there were at least two blown bridges and evidence of tank fire at residential buildings. Was there a battle in the town?

[@TheWarArchive]

The heavy battles for Izium were happening in March 2022. I believe most of the damage was made at this time.

[@FinDan07]

Couldve mentioned reasons for why the counter offensive eventually slowed down and stopped, but aside from that very good video and ended just on the video clip i hoped to see (the billboard poem)

[@user-lq4iw2id7x]

WOW!!!

[@mariomarques8491]

Great example of good operational warfare. Analyzing the weak points of the enemy and using mobile units. Also focusing on their logistics and terrain. I wonder why they did different on the summer offensive. Different people plan them?

[@mysenii]

Бо росіяни окопались, всю лінію замінували та нагнали багато м'яса після їхньої мобілізації. З такою кількістю мін та окопів важко наступати так же, як було у Харківській області

[@idgafatall1562]

Defensive lines way stronger on the south. And whoever was planning that fail in Zaporizhya area is real dumb... And there was a leak, orcs new time and place.

[@opanasovych_svirid]

In Kharkiv’s operation there were not so much drone warfare also. There were not so much of fortified dots etc. On the south we have faced way different picture already.

[@zlatanclovecic1944]

Simple because you very rarely suprise the enemy twice the same way - and never if he has one year for preparations.

[@vladimirdubrovsky5026]

Когда про контрнаступление в Работино и по Авдеевке?)

[@yakovlevskiy]

Что за лыба? Что за контернаступление в Авдеевке? Сразу после разбора уничтожения четверти аналоговнетового флота агрессора, страной без чего то подобного)

[@thepenguin11]

Can we also get railroads on the maps? Since it is extremely important for Russian logistics.

[@user-dm9fy3eh2m]

Это открытая информация

[@BringTheRains]

A devastating counter attack

[@Seymour_buttocks]

Love your videos and the level of detail. I found myself struggling to watch though with the listings of every single unit involved I.e. 49th mechanized division, etc. It takes up too much bandwidth and I have no context for these units. I'm sure there is a way to pay homage to those involved without distracting so much. Simplified Ukrainian and Russian flags maybe with smaller less distracting unit symbol or name? Just food for thought. I appreciate you taking the time to research and document this conflict. You have allies in the US. We (should) support you 100%

[@thiefsleef6752]

A video analyzing the battle for Bakhmut would definitely bring your view-count up

[@unofficialfuture3120]

Brilliant video showing scale of the Ukrainian victory.