Russia's Attempt to Surround Eastern Ukraine

[@caynebyron]

Your pronunciation of Severodonetsk gets worse every try. Beautiful.

[@NeutralAlien]

How about “Moskava”

[@LoisoPondohva]

You mean our proud city of Serodnzatk on the great Donutk river?

[@willysnowman]

He is just proving he is an merkin. LOL

[@oscaranderson5719]

“Keersen”

[@dadox00]

@@NeutralAlien Mosq-aw-ah :)

[@captainmaim]

Oldest problem in military history: river crossings. Still hard after all these centuries.

[@AK-hi7mg]

Friedrich barbarossa the German crusader king drowned while attempting to cross a river on campaign .And that is what the nazis named their biggest operation after ....

[@MA_KA_PA_TIE]

Won't be solved until we get hover tanks. Give it a few decades.

[@Panthless]

That -1 dice roll hurts

[@MarxAlex]

Hopefully either this war heads to negotiated settlement or Russia prevails in the east as the USA war machine will use this proxy war as template for more regime change and slaughter in the third world.

[@RealPlatoishere]

They can be solved by clever military tactics and air support.......ngl russian generals are trash ....with the amount of equipment they have have even i could have captured donbas in days lol

[@sergeigogenko919]

I have zero experience with BMPs, but I was involved in amphibious exercises with BTR-80 during my compulsory military service in Ukrainian army in 2010. It didn’t take a week to prepare a BTR for river crossing, but it took 2 days to tighten and seal all the drain plugs and latches and to be sure all the amphibious gear works as intended . Plus, all weapons, ammo and equipment had to be removed to make it lighter. The company commander specifically instructed drivers to drive carefully, because once BTR touches solid ground with it’s belly, you have to do the drain plugs all over again. Anyway, all but one BTRs made their way across the lake. One got some water into the intake, critically stalled the engine, drained the batteries and had to be towed to the shore. Somewhere at home I still have the photo of guys standing on the roof of the BTR in the middle of a lake and shouting for help.

[@ChargedPulsar]

I had a similar experience, amphibious vehicles are a gimmick. The usable practical tech is not there.

[@dakaodo]

Thank you for sharing your personal insights. If you see my comment, do you have a personal view on the state of the war's development so far? Western news is very pro-Ukraine, which I want to believe but it's not reliable to believe that filtered news. How do the actual citizens and soldiers on both sides feel and how are they doing? I am in some online communities with medieval armored armored combat, and I hear 1) the Ukrainians seem very proud and motivated, though concerned by the Russian numbers and weight of weaponry -- I've read dozens of comments about how they have waited in line to get supplies and ammunition, slept in subway tunnels waiting to defend their city, and seen a community fundraiser to buy someone's brother (a volunteer soldier?) an offroad truck to use; and 2) those Russians think the war is reckless -- certainly their own international sales have been completely destroyed but also some of them seem personally quite upset at this invasion of a neighbor who should be a friend instead. In both cases, many of them are facing challenges in relocating their businesses west into e.g. Slovakia and away from the war. It's really informative to hear details such as how water can easily get in once the plugs are compromised by hitting the ground, or how water causes which systems to fail. This fits with how most inexperienced people (TV news, civilians, even amateur military history enthusiasts) tend to assume a claimed function or ability on paper is 100% usable like a on/off light switch. If only they would pause 5 seconds to consider how complicated it is to change summer/winter tires on a car, or drain and replace the oil. Try making that car float safely in water. Now scale that up to a 20-ton armored vehicle with systems that have not been designed for easy civilian consumer maintenance. :P

[@ChargedPulsar]

@@dakaodo Armies are 90% over hype, propoganda and lies. It's the reality. It's same everwhere. All those features, ads, documentaries, news. Serve to scare the other side away, by making them believe that you actually have those capabilities. So every gimmick counts as "full reliable awesome feature that will shock balls". In reality, it's your own soldiers getting their balls shocked, while trying to use that awesome feature. Really, all these tanks are actually cannon fodder, why put expensive tech there? That's why you don't have expensive reliable tech there. A tank is just an armored truck with a slapped on artilery in it. War in itself is stupid and sad. But it's always a real part of human history. Which is even more sad.

[@sergeigogenko919]

@@dakaodo I can only tell the Ukrainian point of view. We were kinda fed up with Russian propaganda since 2014. Everyone knew, the war will start at some point. We weren't prepared enough for the war but we did what we could. Some of my friends signed a reservist contract, others joined territorial defense. Every single person I know helps the army in some way (donates money, helps with supplies, does some kind of moral support). As for living in the metro stations: it's totally true for Kyiv and Kharkiv for the first weeks of war. (I live in Kyiv and I have a few friends in Kharkiv). We are really willing to fight for what we believe in. We have more men willing to fight than government can arm and feed. In Kyiv it's approximately 1 slot for 6 men. The support of Russia and soviet union is almost non-existent. We desperately want the war to stop, but only plausible way to stop it is through Russian defeat. I don't have an idea of what's really going on at the frontlines but I can definitely say that the troops' morale is high and the soldiers are far from being exhausted. We really appreciate any help we can get (even thoughts and prayers do these days). And my personal thoughts: we wouldn't last a week without international support. The only hope we have is that at some point Russian troops will be depleted whereas ours will be rearmed with western equipment and trained properly by NATO instructors and will be able to regain the lost territories. So far the things are far from being good, but at least we stay our ground (mostly) and hope for the best.

[@XDSDDLord]

If it took only 2 days to prepare but then only one vehicle made it through, then it probably should have taken more than 2 days to prepare. That said, thanks for the insight, because right or wrong, if that's what's going on it's good to know.

[@yojimbo3681]

Golden Bridge strategy: leave one avenue of retreat for your enemy. This way the defenders won't have the mindset of "Fighting to the Death", and once they do retreat through that predictable corridor, artillery fire will be called down to eliminate them.

[@f-man3274]

It has also a flaw: supplies still can come inside through that corridor

[@高若嵩-t6r]

This is funnily enough also written about in the art of war: "围三阙一" ("surround the city on three sides, but leave one side open"). You deliberately allow the enemy to escape, but set an ambush. Or maybe you don't ambush them, because taking the city quickly is far more important than killing those men.

[@sitting_nut]

nothing of the kind happened . this channel is full of propagandist bs fed to it by usa regime that has not won even one real war since ww2, even which was won because russians did the actual fighting and winning.

[@diego40759]

This continous commitment to mispronounce every city in Ukraine after 3 months is one I respect and hope to see you continue. Much love Cappy ❤️

[@MrKotBonifacy]

...continuos and unfaltering - but you have to be steadfast and resolute if you want to achieve something in your life... ;-)

[@nathanlarson7408]

I think you mean every city in "YOO-krane"

[@SaintFacetious]

He had me at Odeesa. :D

[@Angry-Lynx]

just like lunkers

[@luisp.cuellar619]

Hahaha hahahaha

[@jdstar6352]

The definition of "high intensity combat" is resource utilization that exceeds maintenance capability. IOW, high intensity combat means that the combatant is wearing down/sacrificing its own capacity to fight. Which is acceptable if the tradeoff is sacrifice in exchange for important objectives achieved. BUT if objectives aren't achieved, high intensity combat leaves the attacker vulnerable to a counter strike.

[@johnvitalis952]

Just one round from any rifle shot in your direction is "high intensity combat". It could end your life!

[@x_mau9355]

Counter attack... Another Sherlock Holmes here. Conducted by WHO exactly? Untrained family fathers, against those who kicked the crap out of CIA ISIS? And out of the CIA AZOV? John Rambo retired in Arizona, didn't you see the movie? It's over man. I'd suggest y'all to begin to deal with the idea.

[@PersonalityMalfunction]

Thanks Captain, well summarised.

[@Madame702]

Don't worry JD, right now the west has only begin to ramp up it's factories and it war machine. That why it hard to supply Ukraine with weapons because they need them yesterday. But they are now starting ramp up and look out the western factories and manufacturing is ungodly good at what they do, they can pump out weapons at frightenedly high rate when the want too.

[@uncletimo6059]

@@x_mau9355 I would suggest you boycott western products, and go on russian version of youtube. oh wait, very soon you won't have a choice LOL

[@vaclavcervinka65]

A small note to crossing rivers with BMPs by swimming. The Czech Army - which uses BMP-2s - does regular swimming excercises with those vehicles, but those excercises are always conducted at the same spot, where concrete ramps with slopes leading into the water are built on both banks of the river. An officer told me that the problem is not crossing the river, but getting out of the water on the other side. And no commander would want his BMP company stuck floating in the middle of a river without any way out. Therefore swimming with BMPs is cool on paper, but impractical irl.

[@vaclavcervinka65]

You can watch a video of such excercise here (~1 minute). The ramps are clearly visible. It's a goddmamn joke. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKnPi2ynaJeLbJY

[@applejuice9468]

This makes a lot of sense.

[@nattygsbord]

They are frontal heavy so they would have a hard time in climbing up from the water for that reason I guess

[@tommyrq180]

Correct. Lots of Bradleys drowned when trying crossings. Bridging is better, but more vulnerable to, say, saboteurs or drones or arty. As we’ve seen. Ukrainians seem fairly good at interdicting Russian army tactical bridging. But here’s the issue. Ukrainian forces are backed by their country and logistical lines which could be interdicted by the Russian air force (not the “RAF”!) but who pretty much aren’t doing the job. The army-dominant Russian military structure simply doesn’t know how to either develop or properly use airpower. They like artillery, which is a brute force method fitting the Russian model. BUT, Russian forces are backed by the entire country and logistical might of RUSSIA. They can keep feeding men and materiel into this fight without much capacity for Ukraine to interdict those lines. Yes, the Russians have only certain logistical lines. But the rail lines in Russia that back them up are essentially unlimited for this type of war. The Russians have the long-term logistical advantage despite their incompetent operational performance thus far. Just remember the classic Russian military MO: massively screw up initial operations, draw back and then apply mass and overwhelm the enemy. Mass wins, whether it’s going after Tatars in Crimea in the 18th, 19th, and 20th century or Ukraine today. Mass, proximity, and sheer capacity for suffering have been Russian military advantages for centuries, ones they are conscious of and rely on.

[@KarlReimerGodt]

Yes, it is not some Royalty Air Force, but The Russian Federation Landbourne Armed Forces, TRFLAF.

[@DenisMaksymowicz]

Thanks Chris for this channel. It is highly informative for laymen, but it's your style that has addicted me, humor in the right balance along with self-deprecation makes it entertaining as well. Even your butchering of Slavic name places is endearing. I just hope your Arabic/Pashtun pronunciation was slightly better. Keep up the good work

[@davidwilson8840]

Please...please...please...keep these battlefield updates coming. Your doing an AWESOME job.

[@felixhabarugira7680]

I think this one thing is not a good at, he can stick to his normal content 🤔 Is like watching cnn or skynews absolutely rubbish 🗑

[@udhayakumarMN]

He only update , if ukraine actually done something ...

[@felixhabarugira7680]

@@udhayakumarMNthat's my point, if you going to give an analysis you have to be balanced at least try to, you don't lose 20% of the land cause you are doing something right so.. Otherwise he should leave it to other channels cause they are capable to be unbiased

[@coreyguy5216]

You believe this bullshit propaganda at its best

[@FoggyWall]

@@felixhabarugira7680 So long as he's being accurate, and the overall presentation is quick and concise, I don't mind it. Despite his bias for the Ukrainian side of the conflict, he proceeds to focus on the people and the equipment they use. He doesn't bring political bias to the table and he does a good job analysing the step-by-step of both sides. So he is providing something here that most major news coverings haven't given strict focus to.

[@humanhumanbeing5954]

Never heard anyone butcher city names as much as our beloved average infantryman

[@toddsie72]

Some ornery critters, headin' for ol' Odeeeesa ...

[@JustToaster]

It's how he maintains neutrality

[@Redicule_research._ridiculous]

Same for the sunken boat

[@manjelos]

Yes, Lyman is pronounced as leeman and not Liman

[@tatonka411]

Yup and the 'murica pronunciation of "EYE-rak"....... lol. I know I can trust someone that knows to pronounce it "EE-rahk". It's a great early tell.

[@sdfarsight]

"The RAF are bombing severodonetsk" British Royal Air Force pilot: *spits out his tea* "Hey don't try to pin this on us!!"

[@hunterrandolph2036]

I was thinking the same thing😂😂

[@TheFirebird123456]

And the germans are relieved that this doesn't involve them.

[@saucebloks5243]

@@TheFirebird123456 truly!

[@Stealth639]

As a Brit, it quite annoyed me and I thought it was a bit disrespectful that Cappy kept referring to the Russian forces as the RAF. There is only one RAF.

[@finnwheatley2194]

I believe he means VKS :)

[@billyjoel9313]

"surprising for me, because Russia has kept many of their next-gen vehicles like the T-14 out of the fight so far" It's probably because only 10 or so T-14's exist and only 2-3 barely work.

[@Jim_Jones_Guyana]

Russia needs their T-14s for military parades. For all intent purposes the T-14 is basically a $4 million parade float. 🎉🇷🇺🤡🇷🇺🎊

[@billyjoel9313]

@@Jim_Jones_Guyana Almost all modern Russian shit is just for parades or PR then it gets shelved into a storage and sits there to rot.

[@gregkillam]

Work good enough for smashin gnatzis. Rus are damn good at it 👍

[@marinecor23]

I'm an American, and that "raf bombed the city" line hurt me right in the teabags

[@speakingwithoutnet]

That kept throwing me off to. I've read too much WW2 history.

[@nathanielartosilla9110]

Artur "Bombardirovshchik" Harrisimov at it again

[@AlexLee-dc2vb]

I'm out of the loop... please elaborate?

[@JazzJackrabbit]

@@AlexLee-dc2vb - RAF is usually short for "Royal Air Force" Think Battle of Britain during WW2

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

@@AlexLee-dc2vb Cappy mentions RAF as a short form for Russian Armed Forces but everyone knows the RAF is more commonly used to describe the Royal Air Force of the UK. Hence the jokes. The actual correct abbreviation for the Russian Air Force is the VVS.

[@shangri-leicht8923]

I really loved this video. ❤️ How you spoke to a former BMP crewman, how you looked up the depth, width and current of the river and then proceeded to search and actually visit a similar river near your location. How you tracked entire railway lines using google earth. How you put the singular pieces into perspective. How you read entire bloody field manuals. As someone whos been watching your videos for quite some time, i can safely say youve really outdone yourself and this is your best video yet.

[@nematolvajkergetok5104]

It's not that hard to talk to a former BMP crewman. Many Eastern NATO countries are full of them. Back in the Warsaw Pact days, conscripts used to operate these things. I don't know any, but I have a friend who was a T-55 tank driver.

[@manjelos]

There is also need to take care of the ammo. Not full ammo can be taken for crossing. Also only light vehicles would cross with limited amount of munition. No tanks and still no supplies coming with the trucks.

[@davebrown7208]

agree

[@corticallarvae]

yeah i think his journalism whilst pro west is as close as we can get to something resembling objectivity. Chris is always trying to respect his enemy and not play into histrionics from the pundits of state propaganda in the US and abroad.

[@myshepspud1]

But he still pronounces the easiest names easily looked up wrong. I mean there's hectic names but Kherson and Donetsk pretty much is everywhere.

[@TheBoriskiller222]

Hey, for the longest while I have considered you a humorous take on the current state of military affairs. And yes you were quite funny. Recently, you have very much up'ed your game. I also follow the ISW, and you have done an absolute amazing job explaining them to the common man. I applaud you and your whole channel's team in their well researched and overall presentation. Keep up the good work! We are all spare parts...

[@fredskolnick1183]

Amen

[@lastguy8613]

In warfare everything is expendable - Dwight Eisenhower

[@rickjohnson8449]

@@fredskolnick1183 RT anchorman...He is a Commie.

[@teddy.d174]

Well written, sir.

[@900distribution7]

Lol

[@mistergeopolitics4456]

Wishful thinking, but the Russians have blown up the main bridge leading out of Severodonetsk. Currently 2000-3000 Ukrainian troops are stuck in the town with the other bridges in range of Russian artillery fire. Aside from the town itself, the The Popasnya bulge keeps expanding, one side west towards Bakhmut, a vital supply hub and one side north, cutting off one of the main roads which acts as a supply line into Severodonetsk.

[@cooldudecs]

The USA is sending in the big boy artillery now. 80 mile range. It gives the Ukrainian artillery a boost that probably will give them an advantage. Risky for the USA but will even the playing field

[@mistergeopolitics4456]

@@cooldudecs Alright but Russia already has similar artillery and missiles with much wider range. They have a much larger quantity than what Ukraine is receiving and they have air defense systems that will shoot down incoming rockets as well. Worst of all for Ukraine, much of the weapons sent by the west get targeted and destroyed in transit.

[@nivalius]

@@mistergeopolitics4456 nah, man, only promises and wishful thinking - they may target roads and railways, but they haven't destroyed even one piece of equipment yet

[@mistergeopolitics4456]

@@nivalius So 3000 airstrikes and 2000 missile strikes and they haven't destroyed any equipment ? You realize they're targeting ammunition dumps, storage facilities, command and control, communications, railway networks and much more on a daily basis ?

[@chevytheplayer]

@@nivalius Call of duty arm chair general, Putin said it best "We are cracking them like nuts". Stop the cope

[@Vlad-gc5eg]

👋 Hello from occupied Kherson!!! Kherson is Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@lancefisher8358]

Be safe 🙏

[@JosephWecker]

Wow, it can't be easy to do a well edited 22 minute in-depth analysis that is also timely and relevant in a developing war scenario. Very well done. Thank you!

[@Potnoodle1978]

It’s CIA propaganda.

[@TheRezro]

He make one mistake though. T-62 is basically updated T-55. They are OLD tanks, which deployment is significant indication of the state of Russian military. Ukrainian T-64 was revolutionary tank what serve as base of T-80 and T-84. And its dumbed down version T-72 and its later upgrade T-90. What more important T-64 has modern variant known as Bulat, what easily compare to T-90. Idea that Ukrainians have weak armor is a misconception.

[@user-xq4st9ie7r]

@The God of J's wrong comment, thank you

[@ArchiKenetic]

My guess is the US gov. is helping Chris focus his videos.

[@mech____]

im glad these videos exist, beyond the in depth analysis it's nice being able to stay in the loop with a shade of humor! informative instead of depressing :D

[@jthieme]

Adding humor to this isn't necessarily a good thing. Along with the fighting in war, comes atrocities. And I don't just mean war crimes. The amount of human and child trafficking that goes on in war zones is immense. Only the wealthy and middle class can afford to escape, if they have the means. The poor are always left behind to fend for themselves, and once you see that, it's hard to find the humor in war.

[@mech____]

@@jthieme id say nothing is as black and white to exclude anything as broad as humor. it's how some find strength and there's no shortage of humorless footage from the frontlines you're welcome to watch.

[@kameronjones7139]

@@jthieme if you had been watching his videos since the beginning of the war he explains why he does that. He had really bad issues from his own experience in war and it is how he copes with it when talking about it

[@Coch157]

@@jthieme “If you don’t laugh, you’re gonna cry.” Some are better at coping than others It’s not necessarily an indication that someone has no capacity for compassion or empathy for the suffering of others. In fact, you could argue that having a short ironic chuckle preserves that capacity for empathy and compassion. “Forgive us our sins and forgive those who sin against us.” In other words, please turn a blind eye to our ironic humor and stop judging us for trying to cope with an evil situation if you please. Nicest way I can possibly say it.

[@kartikeyatiwari2502]

The issue with him is that he is way too pro west. Severodonetsk is basically gone, there is no chance of Ukraine holding it like the ISW(America) says

[@AvanaVana]

FYI, since you will be saying these names a lot more, Donetsk is pronounced (Ukrainian pronunciation) “daw-NETSK”, (capitals mean emphasis is on the last syllable here) with every consonant at the end pronounced, as in the middle of the phrase, “iT’S Cold”. In Sievierodonetsk/Severodonetsk (you see it spelled both ways because the ie/e vowel is a letter that our Roman alphabet doesn’t have), the first two “ie/e”s are pronounced with a “y” sound as in “yes”, so it’s more like “syev-vyer-aw-daw-NETSK” (again, “syev” and “vyer” here are not like “sigh” and “Levi’s”, but just a “y” sound as in “yes”, said with the “e”…”ss-yev”, “vv-yer”, as a single syllable). And while we’re at it, Kyiv is pronounced like a very quickly-said “KIH-yeev”, where “kih” sounds like “kiss”. Hope I was able to make that all make sense.

[@PopeSixtusVI]

The Muskava wasn't sunk, it was reclassified as a submarine.

[@sunshine6522]

In a 'special submerging operation'.

[@PurpleGrandfather]

@@sunshine6522 ахахахахах

[@Omni_Shambles]

ua wasn't invaded, it was reappropriated.

[@kittehgo]

@@sunshine6522 Got to keep those Ukrainian fishes in check, this way the fishes in that region are tied up defending 🤪😁

[@robsloan4256]

It was a special submerging operation 😂

[@SaanMigwell]

I know only one thing for sure. Neither side is going to admit they are losing until they do. The Germans were winning every single day of the war until May 8th 1945. Then I remember at FOB St. Michael we were winning everyday of the war, mission was accomplished, and to celebrate 1AD was extended and stop loss was implemented, because you know we were winning.

[@Cincy32]

Nailed it

[@spook407]

Well of course not, who wants to fight for an army that openly admits they’re losing?

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

And yet still, everybody acts like they know what's going on.

[@SaanMigwell]

@@viktoriyaserebryakov2755 Everybody always knows everything. You should always listen to him.. ;)

[@SaanMigwell]

@@spook407 Sometimes it can make the soldiers fight harder. It worked for me and my soldiers when we were losing. Nobody likes to be a loser. We did win BTW we all came back alive.

[@johnrivera3365]

Russian troops took the trend “don’t let them know your next move” to the next level.

[@demonbot6617]

NATO gets their orders before they do

[@yeoshenghong4802]

The terminator can change the tie if only facing light tank and soft target

[@panzerlite8108]

not with those cheap Chinese radios lol

[@demonbot6617]

@@yeoshenghong4802 yes and i could change the tide of the war if all the enemies were horses. But they're not, are they? Javelins still exist dude

[@slyrooster1241]

@@demonbot6617 The javelins have not been doing everything they've purported to be. Still one of the better weapons that Ukraine has as its disposal

[@jiufu]

That Kherson offensive didn't age very well :/

[@warp00009]

Why haven't the cable news channels hired you as an analyst yet? You run rings around all their "retired generals" in understanding and explaining what's going on! Thank you for the clear analysis!

[@FantadiRienzo]

Maybe he's hired to be an analyst on KZbin? It's not like KZbin is a hidden gem

[@Psiros]

Seriously. Those retired officers (with very few exceptions) get it wrong or explain things vaguely.

[@hypervious8878]

Hah, good call. Especially when he went out to personally eyeball for us a river analogous to the one under analysis. Little ground-pounder POV details like that help explain why we're not seeing the specs-on-paper POV from said retired generals.

[@joemammon6149]

the only military expert worth his salt is Col Douglas Macgregor who tells it as it is. the others are just repeating the same line about how Ukraine is winning & Russia is incompetent & about to collapse.

[@GhostScout42]

He is too close to being neutral. He is obviously pro west and zelenksy, but not enough for the media

[@ihorbychkov8742]

That Italian-Russian accent segment was hilarious. Made my day. Greetings from Ukraine Cappy ! Keep up your great work! And by the way we highly appreciate each and every American taxpayers penny , that goes for military help for Ukraine . Thank you from the bottom of our hearts ♥️

[@jessejames2914]

Just make sure you are using what you get with great thought. We back you but don't just waist it please.. much love from the USA you guys have this.. and hopefully soon more support from the rest of nato.. america is strong but this is a responsibility of all of nato... he have decided what we are doing it's all in time... Russia is definitely feeling the pain far more then they thought they would.. keep up the good work. Are prayers are with you.. hopefully peace will come soon.

[@connorkenway09]

@@jessejames2914 dont "waist" it? Bruh people from Eastern Europe write more correctly than you lol.

[@natel7382]

So 1 billion to arms 39 billion to the corrupt elite. Niceee. I bet even after 50 billion you still need more help. Pathetic.

[@connorkenway09]

@The God of J's lol missing an apostrophe is better than spelling "waste" as "waist".

[@timkenda8203]

​@The God of J's GRAMMAR COMBAT! *cue mortal combat theme*

[@samuelvoyce9563]

Apparently, that T-90M was destroyed by the Russian Ground Forces to stop it being captured. In the video of its destruction you can see the recoil of a tank firing, which shows relationship to the axis of retreat. Yet another great video though :)

[@kameronjones7139]

Still pretty bad that it happened with in a few days of it showing up. They are some of the more expensive and rare tank the Russian have on the battlefield

[@GeoffArmstrong1]

The Russians saying that it had nothing to do with the Ukrainians and that their best stuff exploded for some other reason is so Moskva of them.

[@u2beuser714]

Everyone check the channel called 'Red Effect' he made a video explaining it

[@angrydingus5256]

I imagine the orders come down from Moscow along the lines of: "Listen, brother. If you must disable the t90 to keep it from the enemy do so at all costs.... but we will kill you and your family for it. If the enemy capture your t90 we will kill you and your family over it"

[@ryanj610]

It was either disabled by a Carl Gustav or a mine; but it was 100% finished by a Russian tank to prevent capture.

[@Tossona25]

Thanks for your viewpoint. I’m disabled Vet and had fording vehicles as well as non fording. Maintenance on a weekly bases was important to ensure the ability to use the vehicles accordingly. You are absolutely correct on air support as well as we would have artillery established to cover. Infantry could possibly be dropped behind lines to assist with multiple aspects. It sucks that you as well as many of us commenters are providing the Russians better information to advance than their Generals. The fact that we aren’t supplying offensive weaponry to Ukrainian military is the hardest point that you expressed at the end. The defensive weapons provided aren’t helping them push back the areas already acquired by the Russians. There will have to be tough decisions made to help them recover from the threats.

[@BigBoiBleu]

You have a Belarusian informant?? You are literally more competent than multi billion dollar western "news" network. Grateful for an average infantryman 🙌🏾

[@MechEngDommo]

I think it's a situation where at the start the US government didn't want to throw any equipment because they were skeptical if the Ukrainians were going to truly put up a fight. Obviously the situation has changed, and I feel that Ukraine's leadership (military and civilian) has done great. Considering how outgunned the Ukrainians were at the start, and still are to a lesser extent, they've ran a great defensive campaign. As far as funding Ukraine, I think 40 billion is chump change in comparison to other military campaigns we've done. Like this is literally

[@Sturmbannführer88]

Or we could just you know, stay out of other peoples shit and concentrate on our own

[@TopEvidence]

@@Sturmbannführer88 Recent years russia started military expansion to Latin America. Staying out of this shit would be a bad idea for US

[@lLoveCarolCleavland]

How about we tell Europe to fix this themselves we've already been dragged into two of their world parties. Not really interested in a third, the hangover from this one....

[@castlekingside76]

NATO should just end it. Instead of sending our stuff, send our troops as well. A full scale war against Russia in Ukraine.

[@gunbacker9428]

40 Billion dollars to Ukraine for a CHANCE of crippling Russia's military. And I don't think it'll get crippled, that's a stretch. Also 40 Billion that'll 100% increase tensions between US and Russia. Also will harden the Russia-China alliance. We shouldn't get involved. The aid would not and will not be reciprocated. Why are we getting involved now? Why not when Russia annexed Crimea? We're aiding a country that would not aid us. We don't need to be the world's police. Especially when we have so many problems in our own country that desperately need addressed. The American people should come first and that's the biggest problem I have with this.

[@C.Y.123]

Also, take a look at the newly discovered oil and gas fields in eastern Ukraine. I want to say they were discovered in 2018 or 2019.

[@andrewbeketa4418]

That has nothing to do with the conflict tho

[@Foreign0817]

The European Union and Russia seeing oil: 👀

[@shinigummyl1586]

@@andrewbeketa4418 it weakens russia trade so it possibly does

[@andrewbeketa4418]

@@shinigummyl1586 the eu is already moving to stop Russian energy trade all together and the sources in Ukraine are smaller than the ones in Norway. Plus the fields are currently in a warzone so they're not gonna produce anything for years

[@j.pgoodwin9020]

@@andrewbeketa4418 It is a major component, along with the very large field in the Black Sea between Crimea and Odessa

[@jonleonard4031]

You are brilliant. Analysis really on point. ✊ 18 yrs service.

[@leokelly359]

yes he gives a better citrep than our potato in chiefs people at the pentagon

[@thomaspinney4020]

This is the finest explanation of the ongoing battle I have seen - by a wide margin. Well done, Cappy. One small note, at the 9 minute mark you refer to a 'wide berth'. It is a 'wide sweep'. Giving a wide berth implies avoidance. Still, your best effort yet.

[@Taskandpurpose]

Thanks for the info ! I’ll go with wide sweep next time , works for me

[@ikechukwuokafor2844]

Cappy is drinking the MSM kool aid, watch The New Atlas or The Duran for a more realistic picture

[@phunkracy]

Best explanation yet completely drunk on cool aid of large Ukrainian Kherson offensive that never materialised. Instead the only large offensive is in the Donbas and the Ukrainians are getting mauled. Which kinda defeats the entire point of the video.

[@tristanyoung9673]

@historylegends is much better and can actually pronounce the names of places he's talking about. This guy suffers from a major case of being American. I mean 'donsk' come on

[@Greg-yu4ij]

@@Taskandpurpose Yes, great job. I’m starting to change my mind about aiding Ukraine. It’s not worth nuclear war, but Ukraine is doing so well and their will is so strong that we should send them what they need short of being directly involved (except volunteers). If Russia launches their ICBMs first, instead of returning fire NATO can start at Ukraine and directly invade. It sounds crazy not to retaliate with MAD, but if I have the choice between hand over Putin and form real elections or 1000 nukes I would say thanks for having a heart, we won’t use dominion equipment. We owe the Russian people a favor since 2 times their commanders were supposed to initiate WWIII and twice they simply said nyet.

[@JCtheMusicMan_]

Always enjoy your presentations. Your pronunciation of the city “Severo donetsk” was killing me 😅. The key to pronouncing Slavic words is to break them into chunks. The Ukrainian people will thank you 😁💜

[@zperdek]

Moskava was funny to. It would be easier for him if he tried read it like "Musk-va" 😂

[@foobar201]

I assume is means something like 'upper Donetsk'?

[@armLocalhost]

@@foobar201 North Donetsk

[@Krieghandt]

@@zperdek Or just say 'Moscow'.

[@zperdek]

@@Krieghandt yes, but he was trying not americanize it althought he destroyed it other way.

[@minisciencedude]

They kept vehicles like the T-14 Armata out of the fight because they don't have enough to actually to deploy them effectively. Actually, what you saw in the 2015 parade is possible the only T-14s that they have. I believe that they temporally halted production of this vehicles a few years back. This actually shows a weakness that Russia has and that they are unable to produce vehicles like the T-14 and even the T-90M because they simply lack the financial and industrial capability to do so. That's why you see such a mis mash of older generation vehicles in the Russian military (T-62 really lol) because that's what they can actually deploy. Granted they may have various upgraded variants and packages that improve the capabilities of this vehicles but they can only so much to improve a still fundamentally outdated designs.

[@minisciencedude]

@@imjashingyou3461 I don't really believe that. They're were most likely pre-production models so they might lack features that would've been present in the production models but what we saw were most likely the real deal. Like I said its not so much that they can't design such high tech equipment its that they can't effectively produce and implement them.

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

In other words Russia isn't the big bad that the whole world needs to be freaking out about like most medias like to portray. This isn't Nazi Germany and WW2 all over again.

[@FantadiRienzo]

A lot of people in Eastern Europe including Russia believe that the T14 was just a bluff for the 2015 "victory parade"

[@minisciencedude]

​@@viktoriyaserebryakov2755 Yeah like Russia was basically threatening both Finland and Sweden in a vain attempt to dissuade them from joining NATO but the hell are they gonna do? I'm pretty sure Finland and Sweden can not only successfully defend themselves from a Russian attack on their own but possible even successfully counter attack into Russia. Of course this is out of the scope of the military strategies of this countries.

[@caracallaavg]

@@viktoriyaserebryakov2755 more like Fascist Italy actually. Aggressive, but comically corrupt and inept

[@kevinBaconism162]

Thats a Golden Bridge not a supply line lol

[@OldE5]

"If the enemy has made me the same offer I'd be living in Baghdad smoking apple hookah, right now." I laughed my ass off when I heard that one. I was an American contractor working for the Saudi Royal Air Force in the late 1990's. I have to admit, I like apple hookah.

[@breadman32398]

Love this video format! It's always difficult to actually know what's going on in real time between all the sources, it's nice to have you explain it.

[@ValFlr]

The Dive with Jackson Hinkle has daily streams about the situation.

[@breadman32398]

@@ValFlr thanks for the suggestion, it's interesting hearing the points from the other side of the propaganda wall and how they see it. Take a shot everytime they say the word Nazi or goon. Good companion to Task and Purposes views.

[@boejiden7093]

Chris, I love that your Putin impression sounds more Jamaican than Russian 😂

[@FauziNomad]

One like for the name

[@Supavillain23]

i mean, pootin could've been an honorary Jamaican with all those secret families he has. probly not gonna happen now

[@jakewalters3951]

Everyone keeps saying the ukrainian attack towards Kherson was enabled by the sinking of the Moskva, but i have yet to see a single person point out that this attack happened as soon as the Ukrainians announced they had the Harpoon anti-ship missiles Denmark sent them online. Sinking russian ships didn't free up those forces from Odessa, as exciting as that was the russian navy still has plenty of ships. getting defensive systems they trust to counter a naval landing before they hit the beaches is what did it.

[@thespanishinquisition4078]

Moskva carries more weight here. Important notes on why: 1-The Dutch Missiles arrived at Kyiv, they still need to prepare them for real use, that will take days. 2-Moskva aside from its importance as the fleet's flagship was carrying the anti-missile and air defenses, it was basically a mobile "shield" for the other ships, which are for the most part fairly outdated and severely lacking in real defenses. Hence why it was such an important target. Without Moskva everyone else in black sea fleet is an easy target, and with the Turk strait closed only way the russians are getting defenses there is declaring war on Turkey and therefore NATO. So yeah, killing that ship was VITAL to freeing up troops because now so long as they have missiles and drones everyone else can focus on something else.

[@REgamesplayer]

@@thespanishinquisition4078 What other ships Russia has in black sea?

[@ausaskar]

Yep, the Harpoon missiles arriving shored up Ukrainian coastal defenses enough they were confident they could use the Neptunes they were holding in reserve and move the Odessa reserve to the front.

[@RustedCroaker]

​@@REgamesplayer A lot of striking submarines for the matter, so Harpuns are useless.

[@REgamesplayer]

@@RustedCroaker I'm mostly calling out his bs, because I think he is talking out of his behind about Moskva being the only ship with ciws defences.

[@MsZeeZed]

The Terminator is the much touted “lesson from Grozny” designed to escort & protect tanks in urban environments. In the open field, however, they need tanks to protect them as their auto turrets are vulnerable to tank & anti-tank shells. Seeing them moving in column alone says combined arms lessons may not have been learned. They look just as vulnerable to mission kill by NLAWs as anything else in Ukraine right now.

[@annpyingshek4693]

The Terminator column was inside safe area and moved towards frontline, they weren't in danger.

[@robertwolfe2971]

When are the Ukrainians going to catch those terminators

[@robertwolfe2971]

Bayactar could get them.

[@Winters004]

Terminators aren't an end all be all solution to urban combat. They're essentially heavily uparmored IFVs with no troop capacity. They still suffer the weaknesses of all AFVs in that they need infantry or aerial recon to protect them from ambushes. An NLAW or Javelin can kill them just as easily as a T-72.

[@marczhu7473]

@@Winters004 cpt obvious any armor need infantry support.

[@SongOfStorms411]

These war updates are so well-researched and presented. Fantastic job as always! You really do a better job analyzing the war than any other media I read or watch anywhere.

[@saranjs3365]

Hopefully there is a follow up video, where he corrects some of these analysis after the real information comes out when everything settles.

[@maxshylov5873]

Thanks for making videos about the Russian-Ukrainian war. It's pretty interesting to watch the American infantryman's thoughts about the events. Greetings from Ukraine)

[@a-mechstudios4971]

The Ukrainian T64 isn't something to laugh at. during the cold war, the Russians wanted a really good tank that could do anything, this is when they invented a tank which scared the shot out of the west, the T64. However, it was really expensive and couldn't be produced in mass. they left most of the T64s built near their factories in Kharkiv. After the collapse of the soviet union, the Ukrainian government used their blueprints of the T64 and made a charged up version, with a gun stabaliser. so the tank in the clip is probably an older variant.

[@lordadder2872]

Ukraine only makes 2 tank t 84 and t 84 oplot and yeah designed by a russian man The og t84 is a shitty tank but the t84 oplot I where it's at tbh

[@jwv5540]

I just hope this war ends soon my heart goes out to them.

[@pengudapenguin]

I hope the Ukrainians win and this war ends soon. Fixed 😀

[@AK-hi7mg]

I really hope Russia wins at least the donbass.

[@pengudapenguin]

I hope the Russian Federation is divided into hundreds of small independent republics, with any land stolen from its neighbours returned to them.

[@patb5266]

It will, Ukrainian forces are just about spent. There's no reserves, they are low on fuel and are being surrounded and cutoff.

[@AK-hi7mg]

@@pengudapenguin "I support the current thing " " 3 months ago I couldn't find the Ukr a ine on a map but now I own their flag"

[@Chris-BognorRegis]

In the 1970's I remember training in river crossings. We were aware of how it worked but this was my first time in doing it. So one night on exercise we pulled upto a river in Germany in my Chieftain tank. As we sat there the Royal Engineers bridging unit drove straight past us and into the river, they formed a line in the river and then the tops of the vehicles opened up and a bridge began to form between each floating unit. Within an hour they were connected and then we began driving over. That was really scary as I did not want to go into the river but it was completed without a hitch. Once the squadron were deployed across the bridge they started to take the bridge apart for the next river crossing. Unbelievable and the river was a good 300 feet wide and this was I think 1974.

[@juliuspeterevis5806]

This channel is pro Russia

[@Chris-BognorRegis]

You think, its American!

[@mikeblair2594]

@@juliuspeterevis5806 Hmmmm, could it be that you're pro Russian?

[@mikeblair2594]

@@juliuspeterevis5806 Hmmmm, could it be that you're pro Russian?

[@sitting_nut]

nothing of the kind happened . this channel is full of propagandist bs fed to it by usa regime that has not won even one real war since ww2, even which was won because russians did the actual fighting and winning.

[@HankIndieGames]

"What came first, Russian aggression or NATO expansion?" 1945: Russia takes half of Europe 1949: NATO signed You're right, it's so complicated, we'll never know.

[@neongenesis8499]

Warsaw pact fell apart, NATO kept trying to grow.

[@andrehunter1295]

@rick peters Think you should be doing some research on your own about Ukraine since 2013, see some education videos from US Professor John Mearsheimer. He knew what US planned in Ukraine for many years. It's professor John Mearsheimer Job to know that. Look at this from OSCE two days before Russia went in, see how many attacks $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov have on Russian speak regions in Ukraine 22 February. Two days before Russia went in to stop this genocide, this genocide on Russian speak people in Ukraine has been going on since 2014. $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov trying to destroying all ptz zoom cameras OCSE have set up for monitoring situation near Russian speak regions for years. But they didn't manage destroying all 200 camera's they go in those areas, video proof are already there. You can search for days year's years back how many attacks Ukrainian military azov have had on Russian speak regions in Ukraine on OSCE site. Worst are that US training Ukrainian military azov for years, desember 2021 US helping Ukrainian military azov bomb Russian speak regions with drones. Was it training Ukrainian military azov how to use drones. Killing Russian speak Ukrainian citizens ?? Ukrainian military azov killing thousands Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014. Truth are scary and insane, most scary part about this tragic scenario. Are how western governments control western mainstream media to hide genocide in Ukraine going on since 2014. Are registered proof why Russia went in, to stop genocide in Ukraine. OSCE site. www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/512842. Do some research on your own, western media hides the truth.

[@axelstevens3383]

@@neongenesis8499 correction, Warsaw pact fell apart, former WP countries begged to join NATO for fear of Russian reprisal and outright invasion. Russia is forcefully entering countries to reintegrate territory to it's defense against a Europe that has long lost it's appetite for conquest and annexation. NATO is accepting formerly oppressed nations looking to maintain their own security. Russia is still fighting 19th century imperial strategy games.

[@Silver_Prussian]

It wasnt just russia taking thise those countries in reality the local communist with the support of the red army and their growing populqrity dew to the failing of the war, death or or overtronw monarchs and government allowed the communists to take over.

[@mentoriii3475]

​@@neongenesis8499 lol, when warsaw pact fell ex countries wanted to join

[@user-jt7wb3zc1m]

*As you all now know, Severodonetsk was a trap to drag the Russians into street fighting in which they perform poorly (proved in Mariupol). Severodonetsk yesterday split 50/50. Russians suffer big losses. Which of course does not mean that in the end the Armed Forces of Ukraine will keep the city. Severodonetsk is not of great strategic importance, Lisichansk is more important.* Thank you for supporting us. 💙💛

[@chevytheplayer]

LOL, so all the cities they have taken were on accident? Did Ukraine take back any cities these past 2 months? Russians are burying Ukrainian soldiers because Ukraine doesn't want to have to pay death benefits and count the dead.

[@castlekingside76]

The T62 is so old that it self- terminates before a Javelin hits it.

[@someturkishguy8638]

Even if they were being sent in - they would be 1980s era upgraded variants

[@caracallaavg]

Tbh, they are an even match for the Leo 1s that Germans pretend to be sending. A dollar store Fulda Gap, if you will

[@hailarwotanaz5848]

@@caracallaavg What a JOKE 😂😂😂

[@hailarwotanaz5848]

@@someturkishguy8638 Still beyond outdated

[@mikrophone8499]

@@caracallaavg how is your copium comrade?

[@LizardSpork]

The Russian army in a nutshell: Million dollar machines ordered by billionaire politicians, commanded by millionaire generals, driven by $30/month conscripts, towed away by thousand dollar tractors due to lack of hundred dollar worth of fuel. 😁

[@Chiller01]

Unfortunately for the Russian military the multimillion dollar machines ordered by the billionaires were super yachts not T14’s.

[@j.pgoodwin9020]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2rMZWqpnM5gjJY How Corruption Destroys Armies - Theft, Graft, and Russian failure in Ukraine

[@berkiaskyclan2948]

This is pure gold. Sir/ma’m your a genius

[@northhammerfl]

Definitly!

[@nematolvajkergetok5104]

I wonder where's this "tHe rUsSiAnS hAvE nO fUeL" legend comes from. I remember there was one instance when the Ukrainians found and captured a Russian vehicle that run out of fuel. One. In the first days of the war. Not ever since. So what gives?

[@theobserver3753]

Ukrainians are formidable ✊🏻 🇺🇦

[@mosesgoldbergshekelstien1520]

More formidable than a Texan school

[@andrehunter1295]

Think you should be doing some research on your own about Ukraine since 2013, see some education videos from US Professor John Mearsheimer. He knew what US planned in Ukraine for many years. It's professor John Mearsheimer Job to know that. Look at this from OSCE two days before Russia went in, see how many attacks $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov have on Russian speak regions in Ukraine 22 February. Two days before Russia went in to stop this genocide, this genocide on Russian speak people in Ukraine has been going on since 2014. $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov trying to destroying all ptz zoom cameras OCSE have set up for monitoring situation near Russian speak regions for years. But they didn't manage destroying all 200 camera's they go in those areas, video proof are already there. You can search for days year's years back how many attacks Ukrainian military azov have had on Russian speak regions in Ukraine on OSCE site. Worst are that US training Ukrainian military azov for years, desember 2021 US helping Ukrainian military azov bomb Russian speak regions with drones. Was it training Ukrainian military azov how to use drones. Killing Russian speak Ukrainian citizens ?? Ukrainian military azov killing thousands Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014. Truth are scary and insane, most scary part about this tragic scenario. Are how western governments control western mainstream media to hide genocide in Ukraine going on since 2014. Are registered proof why Russia went in, to stop genocide in Ukraine. OSCE site. www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/512842. Do some research on your own, western media hides the truth.

[@zachary8491]

The one T-90M that was destroyed, was by the Russian (by the T-80 just behind it in the column ) you can see it on the drone footage. It was damaged, Russians were pulling out so they blew it up.

[@beardedclam1673]

Liar putard bot

[@zachary8491]

@@beardedclam1673 If you say so... What a pathetic world we live in were any kind of attempt at constructive discussion is dismissed as propaganda.

[@irfanhafizhbuntoro3772]

@@beardedclam1673 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5vbkHqDgatgY7s Other big KZbinr cover about this. Maybe stop being ignorant once in a while

[@davidty2006]

Eather way. it's down to 99 T90M's.

[@emjizone]

5:19 The T-14s are in Ukraine for the show. But modern or not, there is no guarantee that they will survive anti-tank artillery fire, and letting them get burned would be disastrous for propaganda. Note also that they are much more expensive than other ground combat vehicles, and that France no longer supplies them with optronic spare parts.

[@emjizone]

I personally hope they lose those T-14s before they use them. Tanks are best destroyed empty, without casualties. It's nice if we can do something to help Russia demilitarize. Oddly enough, the men are wiser naked. Russians should be allowed to travel the world as tourists, not as killers, nor as cannon fodder.

[@meisterproper8304]

No tank can survive accurate artillery fire

[@jdogdarkness]

Btw the T-14 Armata isn't in serial production yet... Also it seems the tank is like most other Russian military "innovations" since 2000... They exist mostly on paper and sometimes in pre-production. Id bet the reason they haven't been sent to Russia (besides the aforementioned fact) the tanks aren't capable, it would be a HUGE blow to Russia if these tanks were destroyed, from a PR perspective. There's so a strategic calculus, what if the tank was captured or even a destroyed one was sent to the West. (Again, these tanks don't seem to actually function as Moscow says they do)

[@grandayatollah5655]

T-14 is in state trials rn, it's sti destined to enter service

[@jdogdarkness]

@@grandayatollah5655 indeed. Apparently they have a few units, prob just for testing and propaganda purposes (I'd bet mostly the latter) all prototypes basically. For a tank Moscow says is already deployed in a few units for years, they sure do a lot of "testing" lol

[@belisarius1453]

Say hello to Kinjal

[@oscaranderson5719]

Perun did an analysis of corruption in Russia, and it brings up a big possibility: everyone on the supply chain looted what they could from the vehicle and its production rendering it a useless hulk that meets the bare minimum of being able to drive around on parade.

[@jdogdarkness]

@@oscaranderson5719 I would bet that's what happened with the invasion. As well as all the supply depot's. Same with these factories that are catching fire within Russia.

[@allanlees299]

FYI, for pronunciation it's useful to remember that the incorrect use of "h" in transliterations leads to errors of pronunciation. Any time you see an "h" in Russian (or Ukrainian) you should sound it as a "g." Hence "Ihor" is actually "Igor" and "Luhanks" is actually "Lugansk." This rule always holds. The mistake is due to an error in a very early Russian-English translation manual that was, thanks to Soviet insistence that no errors were ever made in a Communist system, never corrected. Conversely, Russian speakers imagine that "h" is always a "g" sound, so we have voiceovers that insist one stays in a "gotel" and the young magician was called "Gary Potter."

[@dennisbrown5313]

Thanks for that rather useful info. Shows how useful the internet really is ... .

[@OneShot_G]

I dont know why but i love the thought of russians calling him Gary Potter.

[@gradivus.]

As far as I know, it's actually more complicated. The Ukrainian version of the Cyrillic alphabet actually has separate H (г) and G (ґ) letters, while Russia only has the G (г), which looks the same as the Ukrainian H. In exchange, they don't have an official letter for H. Phonetically, the closest to H is the "Kh" (X in Cyrillic). So in Russian, H always gets replaced by G, whereas in Ukrainian, G almost always gets replaced by H. In both cases there are a lot of words that sound weird as a result. I don't know the historic background behind that, though.

[@MrKotBonifacy]

@@gradivus. I'm not sure what is that "historic background" you're referring to, but after Bolshevik Revolution, Soviets decided to simplify the alphabet, in order to make literate as many people as possible, in the shortest time possible (literacy rate wasn't all that great back under Tsar). Obviously, they did it not for the benefit of people, but to enhance the reach of their (Bolsheviks') propaganda, which was back then mainly through newspapers. Anyway, you're right - there's this funny way of changing "h" into "g" (г), in Russian - so "Hague", which in Polish is spelled "Haga" becomes "Gaga" (Гага) in Russian - even though there isn't any obvious reason why it couldn't be spelled "Хага". Judging by Polish pronunciation and spelling (Polish being closely related to both Russian and Ukrainian), there used to be a distinction between "glottal/ silent h" - something akin to "hour" or "home", and "hissing h" (in Polish spelled as "ch"), which is more like well-pronounced "h" in "history" or "perhaps" (well... perhaps, as I am not a native English speaker). But at any rate the distinction is pretty much lost in Polish, while Russian and Ukrainian still get this "switch".

[@gradivus.]

@@MrKotBonifacy By historic background I just meant the backstory about what the Soviet Union did with the alphabet. I just haven't read up on that, so thanks for the info.

[@718EngrCo]

I must say that your review is much better than anything I have seen on any news network!

[@saltyfloridaman7163]

That BMP-T looks awfully shiny, it would be a shame if someone accidentally dropped a Javelin on it, or perhaps invited it to meet their NLAWs

[@HANUMAN7454]

Hopefully the battery still works lol

[@someturkishguy8638]

@@HANUMAN7454 almost definitely not. There's been footage of the BMP-Ts forced to back off by arty but they have destroyed some Ukrainians

[@HANUMAN7454]

@@someturkishguy8638 yeah my phones battery is crap after 3 yrs idk how they gonna send batteries that been sitting on a shelf for 30 lol. Unreal.

[@nylkul9933]

One correction T-64 is not the same as T-62, T-64 is as good as T-72B and upgraded T-64(like the ones Ukrainians are using) are more or less equal to T-72B3.

[@crypticreality8484]

Your analysis and investigation is impressive! Thanks a lot for your time and effort here!!!

[@philkoth2198]

Great analysis. If I ever make Battalion Commander, I'd hire you as my S2 NCOIC! On a side note though, that "Terminator" looks like the russkies learned from the Chechen offensives and put together an actual effective urban assault vehicle. At least they are adapting... I think you should do a video on that vehicle specifically.

[@760raduran]

Having two years on the old East/West German Border with the 14th and 11th Cav, (M114s and Sheridans) we made similar analysis and battle plans on how to slow the 8th Mechanized Rifle Division which was on the other side. Drop trees, blow bridges and give time to 3rd Armor to move up. Lots of shot and scoot. Tactics having changed in 50 years. Good analysis.

[@TheBelrick]

This channel is paid disinformation. "Ukraine major offensive" -Don't look too closely Gentiles but its staged from a tiny village and ran down a dirt lane by a couple of dozen vehicles and was ambushed and turned back a dozens of kilometers short of any objective mAjOr UkRAIne OfFenSive

[@sitting_nut]

nothing of the kind happened . this channel is full of propagandist bs fed to it by usa regime that has not won even one real war since ww2, even which was won because russians did the actual fighting and winning.

[@TheBelrick]

@@sitting_nut i wrote what you said 2 months ago but YT shadowbanned it. You probably can see in comment reply totals.

[@sitting_nut]

@@TheBelrick yes. i see that.

[@westwindsailer]

Billions in aid =Money well spent, as you stated to the tune of 10, even 20 times that amount. 1. Erode Russian military capabilites, now and into the future. 2. Do so without one American casualty. 3. Send a strong message to any totalitarian state ( China) that invasions are not tolerated 4. The west had many weapons in their inventory in any case, and weapons like say stingers and javelins have a shelf life. 5. Send a message to your allies that they need to fund their militaries as well. .. It's geopolitical as much as it is just Ukraine versus Russia.

[@MrKotBonifacy]

_"weapons like say stingers and javelins have a shelf life"_ - after which they have to be utilised somehow. And THIS way seems to be the most cost-effective outsourcing ever... especially in the long run (and in "greater scheme of things" ;-)

[@dalel3608]

Yep, and now all those best before dates get used up and fresh stuff comes from factories ready to smack China, it's a win win win.

[@rblock707]

Except Russia will win… then what? Afghanistan 2.0?

[@samuelskinner7704]

@@rblock707 As a reminder Russia won their counter-insurgency campaigns in the Caucasus (19th century), Ukraine (1920), Baltic States (1940s), Eastern Europe (1940s) and post soviet (1990s). So a Russian victory should be expected to have as much issue with insurgents as they currently have in their occupied territories (aka little to none).

[@MrKotBonifacy]

@@rblock707 "IF", is the proper word...

[@bernadmanny]

Thank you for bringing the nuance, it is so much cheaper to cover Ukrain's cost, then pay for a massive military build up if Russia wins, some of that money is also paying for Ukraine to keep the lights and water on and the food available as well. I also happen to believe in democracy and the sovereignty of nations.

[@horrorfan117]

Not only that but the US wins x2 since it'll take Russia a much longer time to recoup any combat losses due to the current round of sanctions. The longer Ukraine fights the more worn out the Russians are gonna be for longer.

[@fallinginthed33p]

Proxy wars are much cheaper than risking NATO troops.

[@kyleramsey5189]

Every time I read someone talk about Russia turning this around, and winning because of the battle of Severodonetsk, I remember that we're 96 days into this war and they still don't have air superiority.

[@Rocketsong]

And they never will. Russia has no comprehensive SEAD doctrine.

[@memazov6601]

Those terminator are perfect target for Javelins and Nlaws

[@cheesypuffs1342]

yes, that's why zelensky's gov passed a law where Ukrop forces cannot publicly criticize NATO weapons and post vids on tiktok

[@HammeredDrunkPelosi]

How do they not have jav/nlaw jamming capabilites?... mymamar rebels can make drone jamming guns in literal huts and tents...

[@HammeredDrunkPelosi]

@@cheesypuffs1342 haven't heard that but would like to know how he's worth 600 million on a 700,000 salary 👍

[@Brslld]

In the open. But not in the streets.

[@SIMUL4CR4]

@@Brslld this is true

[@kickinghorse2405]

"I think we can all agree that god created both and evolution is fake news." - Cappy (folk hero extraordinaire). Edit: this has been the most current, comprehensive, next-level analysis provided on KZbin (to my knowing). Most excellent!

[@zaniwoob]

ahum:)

[@VitalityMassage]

Good video man. Keep it up!

[@wolfhunter98]

That intro. Thanks man. Much love back from said atry. You call we got you.

[@silverbird425]

The Russians are still holding part of the South and have cut off trade through the Black Sea. That's a bigger issue. No Black Sea, and the Ukraine breadbasket will no longer be able to sell in North Africa. Ukraine is doing the right thing! Ukraine has to take back Kherson.

[@poncho6784]

Strategically yes. They are holding 20% the world's food supply hostage to take over that region on a permanent basis. That would give them enormous global political power to do the same in the future. Pure evil

[@nelsonking]

Kherson is gone forever. They cannot take Kherson and should forget about it to be honest. Kherson is so much in the control of Russia that they have already began switching to the Russian Ruble. Ukraine has tried to take Kharkiv though but they have been getting their ass handed to them. Just yesterday I believe 201 bodies of dead Ukranian soldiers were collected after their failed offensive. The problem with westerners is that we don't give Russia credit where it's due. Russia made some mistakes the first few days but they quickly cleaned up their act and have been making steady progress since. There is no way, absolutely no way, Ukraine wins this war. At this point, the Ukranian forces fighting the Russians can't really do much, they're dead men walking.

[@seffundoos]

I agree with the foreign aid dilemma. I hardly see the point in arming the Ukrainians to continue the fight against the Russians indefinitely, if we are going to avoid direct conflict or a bigger disaster down the track we need to arm the Ukrainians to WIN the war today.

[@cspdx11]

Cool bro. And when the Russians arm adversaries who have our troops in their crosshairs you can take credit for that

[@Ducilios]

What would be that equipment? What is the USA and Nato not sending?

[@seffundoos]

@@cspdx11 So you think Russia should just be allowed to commit genocide in Europe? Also, can you tell me what equipment Russia will have left to 'arm our future adversaries' with? 😂 Can't tell if you're a Russian troll or just stupid.

[@HyzersGR]

You can’t just send fighter jets and advanced tanks for Ukraine to use. Those systems take an unavailable amount of time with training

[@demomanchaos]

@@cspdx11 You do know damn near everyone the US has fought post WW2 has been armed by the Soviets right? The difference is in 20 years of Russian/Soviet supplies the US lost 7,700 troops in the Middle-East while in the first month of the Ruso-Ukrainian War Russia lost 9,870 (According to their own figures). NATO kit is designed to defeat what Russia claims its best kit is capable of, but Russian kit never lives up to the hype and their grunts don't even get anything resembling that top level kit.

[@JJay-ih3ll]

Excellent reporting, as usual! But as an old guy, when you say "The RAF has been..." doing whatever, my gut reaction is to think "Whoa... so now the Brits are there.. when did I miss that?!" Especially before my second cup of coffee.

[@pavelkolomiyets4487]

Seriously Cappy, I think the Russians prefer ZCRF anyways

[@livewyr7227]

It's kinda fascinating watching a war where neither side has air superiority but "modern-ish" weapons.

[@theorncampbell4432]

How do you figure Russia doesn't have air superiority? I think you mean air supremacy.

[@livewyr7227]

@@theorncampbell4432 1) That's a pointless 'distinction' 2) They don't have superiority, let alone "supremacy." They can't put their planes up either.

[@theorncampbell4432]

@@livewyr7227 You're clearly not literate. Did you conclude that my post claims that Russia has air supremacy?🤣 Neither side has supremacy, But Russia has the superior force in the air.

[@livewyr7227]

@@theorncampbell4432 No my post does not assume you think Russia has air supremacy. And speaking of literacy...Air Superiority means one can conduct air operations without significant opposition. Russia can't do air ops without losing planes frequently. (Neither side can, hence my original comment.)

[@livewyr7227]

@@theorncampbell4432 Just a whee bit of education for you so you don't annoy someone else with your arrogant ignorance. Air Superiority: Your side has suppressed enemy air defense (SEAD) and can fly without fear of losing aircraft at mid-high altitude. Air Supremacy is when the enemy's Air defense is suppressed AND your *own* Air defense is unfettered and capable of preventing enemy aircraft from operating at Mid-High altitude. Neither side has suppressed the other's Air defense, hence neither side has Air superiority. They have Air Parity, because they both prevent Air forces from operating. (Which is why most of the violence that isn't direct fire confrontation is cruise missiles and artillery.)

[@MooZILLAZ]

Hey Cappy, there's an aussie guy called Perun who did an awesome breakdown on the reasons for Russia's ineffectivness due to corruption and poor equipment maintenance. Could you do a video on reported poor Russian equipemnt and training ?

[@orkinho1]

Perun ain’t bad but he hits the NATO copiamos a little bit too hard

[@MooZILLAZ]

@@orkinho1 i have to disagree with you there , i agree perun cetainly has a bit of a NATO bias but his reasons for their advantages against Russia in this proxy war are self evident . Namley the clear economic advatage NATO/western countries can project

[@pfa231]

T-64 is a main tank in Ukrainian army, almost all of them are modernized to various degrees (better ones on par with T-72B3 probably), and all of them do have stabilizers. All in all, average Ukrainian T-64 is on par with average Russian T-72.

[@TheFirebird123456]

it at least should be. The T-64 despite its earlier manufacturing date is actually more advanced and high quality than the T72. Its actually the reason the T72 was made because the T64 was too expensive (apparently each one cost 40% more because it included all the latest bells and whistles when it was built including using composite armor while the T72 is rolled homogenous steel). That said, the T72 has gone through far more upgrades so I don't know how they compare especially with over half a century wear and tear and corruption on both sides.

[@Silver_Prussian]

No no they are not at all modernized and 5he ines that are are not on par withr the t72, the t72 stock has thicker armour and bwtter gun, better everything pretty much

[@TrayDyer38]

Nice job. I hope your Intel is correct, if it is, this is exactly what I’ve been trying to find. initiative, tactical and strategical objective for both sides, ground gained and lost, Logistics and supply routes for both sides.

[@kameronjones7139]

Look up another guy called speak the truth he does map break down daily along with showing the terrain

[@hernandez-perezandroid5983]

The Duran is another good source

[@truongphuc93]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGq3d6Rpr5qijbs No this video is highly misinformed. For example in 13:12, he talked about a Ukrainian MiG 29 shot down a Russian Su 35 with a footage of a crash dogfight cited. The truth is it was a shot down Ukrainian Su 25, not Russian Su 35. You could verify it in the video I've sent above. At 1:58 in the video I share, you are able to see the Ukrainian coat of arms on the dogfight wing.

[@devinmounce1838]

“Paid him a bunch of rubles” more like they had a makarov held at his back. Russia prefers the stick over the carrot! Lmao

[@spackle9999]

Holy crap, I feel like a General getting an update from my top advisor! GREAT VIDEO! I'm gonna have to watch this multiple times to get it all.

[@jonathanjacob5453]

Imagine your top advisor telling you that you are winning only to discover 2 months later that you lost and never stood a chance.

[@MyRendersonique]

Brilliant info in this piece. Really well put together and it's great that you back up your already extensive knowledge of war tactics, with additional research regarding river crossings, and social media snippets coming from Ukrainian 'boots on the' ground. Keep up the good work 🤙😊

[@lucasgomez3283]

20:27 to my knowledge the soviet MBTs have had stabilizers since the T-55s, T-64 especially if modernized should have stabilizers, I think it wouldve been a training issue instead

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

T-54s had a one-axis stabilzier similar to the Sherman and M3 Lees. Later on it was upgraded with 2-axis stabilizer which I think carried over to the T-62. T-64 came with stabilizers. Another thing cappy got wrong is that the UA army had active T-64 before the war. It wasn't like they 'resorted' to bringing them out from storage. The video shows that there's a building on the left and forest on the right. If the T-64 kept going, it wouldn't be able to maintain LOS on to the target so it had to stop for a shot. Also no matter the stabilization, the gunner bumping around is going to affect accuracy.

[@scisher3294]

Wonderful reporting. Thank you for that analysis of the bridge crossing

[@j.4332]

The "ultimate" tank has not yet been invented.All AFV are vulnerable to attack.Be it WW1 or Ukraine.

[@Naptosis]

With the effectiveness of modern infantry weapons, the 'ultimate' tank might just be a motorcycle with a sidecar.

[@JacopoSkydweller]

@@Naptosis That's a funny image but at the same time, probably not far off the money.

[@DudeBro07]

It's basically gymnastic trying to seperate between true and false information when it comes to this war. You hope that every bit of information is confirming a Ukrainian victory, and at times you have to decide whether this is a major defeat or a minor setback for the Russians.

[@lorenzamccoy7512]

It feels like this because both sides are effectively in a stalemate

[@jonathanjacob5453]

@@lorenzamccoy7512 not really. The president of Ukraine said things are looking bad. He said they are loosing 100 people per day.

[@ObywatelMurawjow]

@@jonathanjacob5453 but that's only half of the story, Russians are losing even more men and equipment. Situation is bad for both sides, time would tell which side could deal with it better.

[@jonathanjacob5453]

@@ObywatelMurawjow what is your source for the claim that the Russians are loosing more men and equipment than the Ukrainians?

[@ObywatelMurawjow]

@@jonathanjacob5453 mainly from work of polish military journalist Jarosław Wolski, and Oryx. Estimations are that after retreating from Kiev war have become much more equal, and Russia (as attacker usually does in modern war) suffer around 3 times bigger causalities than Ukraine.

[@dughallhalliday1713]

Seems to me the T62s are perfectly adequate if they're just being used for long range fire support, not needing to fight enemy tanks.

[@cooldudecs]

Ukraine will be getting American artillery that outranges russias . It will change everything

[@dughallhalliday1713]

@@cooldudecs Why? Both sides already have missiles which can outrange any artillery.

[@BringTheRains]

Thank you for your input in this area. Loved the way you put it.

[@karlyo6937]

Sergey Lapko, the ukraine army commander who gave the interview and said the ukrainian infantry is living 1 potato a day has been arrested and removed from his post. Ukraine army is never truly as criticized but if we look closer, a force that makes their own tanks (t 64 bv and btr 4) has been reduced to hand me downs and toyota hilux in mere months. Attrition warfare is no joke, they need more heavy weapons.

[@JA-pn4ji]

Russia has 4700 artillery pieces in Ukraine and 20, 000 more in reserve. It has the domestic industrial ability to manufacture and supply munitions from raw materials to finished products uninterrupted by any sanctions. Even if the US supplied 1000 artillery pieces, they would need - in a WW1-like artillery 'meat grinding' slugfest, a constant supply of NATO shells. Ukraine would find it difficult to obtain that constant supply to match the rate of fire that Russian supplies can muster.

[@brandondillman5848]

I actually love the design of the terminator , it makes me wish we would somehow strap the gun from the A-10 on a ground vehicle. Just so we could out do it.

[@IsaacKuo]

Back in the 1990s I was obsessed with this idea, because I noticed that the weight of the A-10's GAU-8 was about the same as the 120mm gun on an M1A1. I'm pretty sure it's a dumb idea, but it sure would look cool in a video game. In all seriousness, though, the much smaller .50 cal GAU-19/B might be a useful addition to an MBT. It's only modestly heavier than a normal .50 cal, but it would offer a lot more firepower to use against small drones and infantry.

[@brandondillman5848]

@@IsaacKuo the GAU-8 , or at least it’s concept, could be used in a very effective manner on a tank support vehicle as a main weapon. The upside being that , due to it not being on a plane, a whole lot more ammo could be carried. Take the GAU-8 and add some anti tank/ anti personnel missile launchers, some grenade launchers, and a system to aim and fire and drive all from inside the vehicle and it would be a devastating weapon in my opinion. Especially for urban tank / infantry fire support.

[@brandondillman5848]

@@IsaacKuo now just imagine all of that set up on a vehicle drone.

[@jm6696]

@@brandondillman5848 would be extremely heavy and require a massive drone to carry it. Neat idea, but remember, the a 10 was ,literally, built around that gun

[@IsaacKuo]

@@brandondillman5848 Well, something similar to the GAU-8, but with fewer barrels, could definitely be better. For example, the GAU-13 weighs much less but it has a rate of fire more suitable for a ground vehicle. I'd argue that the GAU-22/A would be even better. It's actually not THAT much lighter than a GAU-13, but its 25mm ammo would allow a lot more ammo than the 30mm GAU-13 ammo. Those shells are the size of freaking milk bottles! The thing about the GAU-8 is that it was designed for a very specific purpose - taking out ZXU-23 Shilka's from the air. So, it needed more range than the 23mm, along with an extreme rate of fire so the attacking airplane could fire a lethal short burst and still have enough time to turn 90 degrees away before entering the Shilka's range. The fact that this gun would also be able to penetrate the top armor of enemy tanks from above was a bonus. For a ground platform, the rate of fire seems not so useful - look at the 20mm Vulcan used on the M163 VADS. The gun (originally designed for air-to-air use) is capable of 6000rpm but they reduced it to 3000rpm for this use. So here's the reason why I think 25mm is better than 30mm - there's not really any targets that a 25mm GAU-22/A can't take out that a 30mm GAU-13 can. The 30mm has better range, but for urban combat I don't think that's really going to make a difference. But you can carry about twice as much 25mm ammo. But anyway ... I guess the real question is whether or not they really want a gatling gun platform at all. I guess the M163 VADS has proven useful enough to at least keep around. They've basically never been used for their original anti-air role, so really the only reason for keeping them in service is so they can shoot at soft ground targets. But neither has there been any clamor to develop a proper replacement (something without an exposed gunner, and maybe a touch of armor).

[@tanukamittra2253]

The amount of homework you put in for your research made me realized that what my Brigade Commander did before an attack was spending the night working on the motivation speech.

[@jcwoodman5285]

The future cost will be ENORMOUSLY higher if Russian offensive combat power isn't broken in Ukraine.

[@andrewmn3024]

Dude, your analysis is 10x better than all the major news networks combined. Thanks for going into the details.

[@alonatrytiak]

Hey, Chris! I love your videos about this war. I'm a Ukrainian living in the USA. I was laughing so hard looking at your maps, I absolutely love the icons of ru troops :)))) And yes, you're not the only one who is concerned about NATO countries not supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine.

[@olliegoria]

@@BocaoZ And how many rubles were you paid to write this?

[@rogerbeck3018]

I am also cautiously optimistic - VERY MANY THANKS UKRAINE - you are going great

[@BASE5NYC]

Another great video Cappy, seriously without you I’d have no idea what was happening, I gave up on Network war media coverage about a week after it began. Yours is the smartest channel around with actual tactics discussions…throw in a few bad jokes and that’s all I need to get me through every day. Great job bro. 🤙🏼🇺🇸

[@SerpkoBakotiinii]

It is also about morale. Mariupol and severodonetsk are the most prepared fortress in Ukraine. So if this city falls, Ukraine army may lose morale.

[@avroarchitect1793]

There is always the Dniper river. That particular barrier has halted armies for centuries. Classical and Modern alike. It's wide span, deep bottom and, fast current make combat bridging extremely difficult. Especially while under fire.

[@orlock20]

@@avroarchitect1793 And without modern combat pontoon bridges because they were destroyed.

[@patb5266]

Yes and Severodonestk is under attack and Russian ministry claims they've taken it but I've seen no confirmation.

[@patb5266]

@@orlock20 oh right because the Russians lost ALL their pontoon bridges in one go, lol.

[@SerpkoBakotiinii]

@@avroarchitect1793 Kherson is already on Russia control. And it is on the left bank of the Dniper river.

[@pavelkolomiyets4487]

Cappy, your butchering of the city names is killing me, bro. Is this an inside joke I missed out on?

[@eduardos8895]

At this point it's basically a tradition. He always has at least one mispronounced word an episode.

[@MrKotBonifacy]

Nah, this is to "daze and confuse" all them Russian trolls posting their comments under videos like that ;-)

[@mwtrolle]

20:10 T-64 are completely different then the T-62 it’s reported Russia are sending towards the front. The T-62 is built on a much older technology level the T-64. The T-72’s were mainly built as a cheaper and faster to produce alternative to the T64’s. Meaning that the T-64’s were actually a lot better then the T-72’s. Ofcause a good part of the Russian T-72’s have been upgraded a lot so they might be better now, as I don’t know to what level the T-64’s have been upgraded. The T-62, is kind of an upgraded T-55 with a 115mm gun. Going to be a logistical nightmare if mixed with newer USSR/Russian tanks. It got a much weaker armor, though the frontal armor have slightly got improved in their last upgrade around 1980. There are no modern 115mm shells made, at least not to my knowledge. The T-64 use the same size 125mm gun as T-72, T-80 and T-90 versions. Even the T-14 use 125mm main gun. That means the logistics are easy as all tanks use the same shells on the Ukrainian side. Also they can fire the most modern shells they got access to.

[@dalel3608]

The T-62MV has been performing well in Syrian hands, the armor upgrades make it T-72B/-90 comparable on the front, the extra crewman (no autoloader) provides extra eyes & extra maintenance hands, and the optics upgrades make it nowhere near as blind as it used to be. Still a fuel thirsty and underpowered pig of a tank though. Used as an infantry support gun in Ukraine, and not as an tank brawler, would be a benefit to the Russian side. If their commanders send them off to die like the rest of the gear so far, then it'll make no difference.

[@reappermen]

To Expand on that, the company that designed and buidl the T-64 During Soviet times is Ukrainian, and the Ukrainian army has a large number of heavily modernized T-64's, and their most modern T-64 variants are significantly superior to both Russia and Ukrianes best T-72. As for the T-62, it is indeed an improved Version of the T-55, which in turn is based on the T-43, so the 62 is really a pretty old tank in comaprison to the 62 which was a new design.

[@mwtrolle]

@@dalel3608 in Syria. :P Where it’s facing a great army using relatively modern MBT’s and lots of advanced AT systems? Maybe I missed something in the Syrian war.

[@mwtrolle]

@@dalel3608 it will probably take a shot from one of the other tanks.

[@paulc96]

Hi Chris, thanks for yet another excellent video. Could you please bear-in-mind that you more than a few British viewers. For us, and maybe some of your older American viewers, the RAF will always mean "Royal Air Force". Thanks and keep them coming !!

[@libfab1]

LOL! Me: The Royal Air Force is now involved!??! Did I miss something?? Literally... that was my first thought when he said RAF....

[@michigandogman3060]

Thanks for the clear concise every man analysis on this Chris!👍🏻👊🏻

[@IsaacKuo]

Thanks for this update! I love the bold declarations ... maybe some fine aging milk, but hey maybe not. I don't know if the Ukrainians have fully prepared for a serious major counteroffensive so it will be very interesting to see if the attack in the Kherson area is just the start of something a lot bigger.

[@RyuTakeru]

This in depth look was exactly what i needed to see and hear, thank u so much for creating this analytical video discussing this.

[@nerdfatha]

Good video. I'm no expert so I can only summarize what people smarter than me have said. For the US, and to some degree NATO, this is still a foreign policy issue more than a war issue. Foreign policy is about power rather than morals. Throwing 40 billion in equipment and aid to Ukraine, and all the aid we gave them after the incidents in 2014, was an investment. Ukraine is now a buffer zone between Russia and NATO countries that can grind down the Russian military and their worldwide power projection. The longer this lasts, the more it weakens Russia. The longer it lasts, the less likely Russia will pose a threat to NATO countries. A near peer has been shown to be a paper tiger and not viable competition on the world stage. This hurts Russia, and helps NATO countries. Notice how I haven't said if it helps Ukraine? Right now they may just be an unfortunate pawn. I hope that once this is over all of NATO pitches in to rebuild Ukraine to the glory it deserves for taking this on the chin and basically preventing WW3 by keeping the conflict within their borders. I don't know if that will happen.

[@michaelcorbidge7914]

Poo-tin doesn't seem to want to throw in the towel . Only Overr his dead body .

[@amc3463]

Well said but the war in the donbass is heating up big time so yeah we will see this is a chess game now

[@1DRIPSTER]

Don't rule out ww3 just yet. Finland and Sweden joining Nato may spark the powder keg.

[@melfalk671]

If this conflict between USA and Ukraine vs Russia , escalates between USA-Poland-Ukraine and a weak Russia, the response with a first tactical nuke on the railway/highway in west Ukraine is the first answer, destroying the infrastructure to ship supplies.

[@amc3463]

@@melfalk671 and at that' point Russian empire will be over there's 30 countries aiming their nukes at Russia 🚀🚀🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️