Siege of Mariupol - Animated Analysis

It’s the early morning of February 24th, 2022. At 4:30 am, two Russian tankers in the Sea of Azov, start moving directly to the city of Mariupol by the shortest path from Yeysk. This atypical behavior is seen on the radar screens in the Coastal Defense Headquarters at Mariupol Airport. There, the officers from multiple units responsible for the Ukrainian coastline come to the conclusion that the Russian Invasion of Ukraine has begun. The orders are given to start mining the waters near the Mariupol seaport. In a few hours, they are proven right as the city is attacked by naval artillery of Russian ships that apparently use tankers as decoys. Simultaneously, Russian cruise missiles, attack aviation, and land artillery start pounding the Ukrainian defenses in the east, giving the official start to the battles for Mariupol. Invaders also specifically target the Coastal Defense Headquarters but failed to inflict significant damage. Still, the operations of the center are halted as most of the servicemen are lost or left in dismay. David Kasatkin, callsign Khimik, lieutenant of the 2nd battalion of the Azov regiment, takes command and restores at least some order to start organizing further defensive measures for Mariupol.
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[@maxwellschmidt4498]

It's so surreal to watch a documentary about a battle that you watched almost live while it was happening. Thank you for putting this together

[@juliohidalgo811]

"documentary" so many dumb folks...

[@TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA]

this documentary is still in the making considering the war is still going and once its over and the dust is settled and everything returns to normal, more will be discovered

[@arvideriksson]

@@TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA eventually we'll have the documentary for the second batle at Mariupol

[@DavidDavid-yo3sy]

Azov are terrorists organisations. They were killing children. There is sanatory called "Alley of angels" in Donbass, these dead russiaan children are all victims of Ukranian terrorists called Azov

[@andriys.1860]

​@@arviderikssonAnd it will end with Ukrainian victory.

[@ticeqq]

As a resident of Mariupol who lived there all my life and left the city on March 16, it was very interesting for me to learn the details of these events on a citywide scale. Thank you for the video!

[@Adonnus100]

I can't imagine how you must feel having such destruction happen to your city. I hope you will get to return there soon.

[@inkedfeels]

So why didnt anyone think before the war startet to store many many weaoppens and food/watter in assow stal?. Its so logical to me to store it there

[@GnosticAtheist]

@@inkedfeels Mostly because UA had an entire country to defend, and being a democracy of lower economic efficiency (at the time) there is limit to what can be planned out. This is only one of many, many stories.

[@ticeqq]

​@@Adonnus100At that time, there was no time to feel; our whole family was simply dealing with practical matters like finding water, food, and a safe place. In an emergency situation, there was no room for many emotions. You just sleep and hope that Russian artillery or aviation won't strike where you are. I don't want to go back; it's now a passed, sad chapter of my life. I've moved to another country and am trying to build a new, safe life for my family here. I no longer want to trust politicians who always say that everything will be fine.

[@ticeqq]

​@@inkedfeelsAs far as I heard there were food supplies there, but I don't have the information completely

[@TheWarArchive]

If you are curious why this video was removed for some time right after the release, please take a look at the post in the community tab on the channel. I gave a detailed answer there. Long story short, we had some copyright music issues. For the same reason, the sound in the last few minutes of the video is absent. You can find it in the end of the following video kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6u9dWqZhNameNU. However, we have accurate subtitles for this bit, so it should not be a big issue. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you liked the video anyway.

[@samuelpo3378]

would you be able to enable super tanks or create a patreon?

[@TheWarArchive]

@@samuelpo3378 We are definitely thinking about that, but we also want to make it fair for anyone who will subscribe to our Patreon or any other similar service. In other words, we want to come up with good benefits and rewards for regular supporters, so you can expect something like that no earlier than January 2024.

[@samuelpo3378]

@@TheWarArchive glad to hear, thank you

[@alexandernovikov5963]

Can you give a link to the original video, which was shot by a local resident, without sound at the end?

[@magneticfire7515]

@@klan80 it must hurt a lot to be that braindead

[@pyciko]

I was a resident of Mariupol and after leaving the occupied territory, I've spent a huge amount of time investigating and learning about the events across the city from Feb 24 up until May 20. I can say that your video is probably the most accurate, clear and well-visualized work I've ever seen. Precise to the limit of how precise a single storyteller can be. It is not 100% prefect, there are some small mistakes and some interesting pieces of information missing, but generally, it's stunning. A few notes I want to make: 1) 11:32 You draw a red line on a road on the Western side of the city. This is not correct, the Russian assault had stopped roughly near the line between an airport and Staryi Krym, then there was a heavy fighting on that territory for many days and they only managed to come to the Kuprina street on ~March 10. 2) On 12:02 you mark Rozivka as captured. This is true, but I think it's worth mentioning that just before it was captured, a group of Ukrainian soldiers managed to get there, quickly grab as much ammunition from a depot there and drive back into the city. Small detail but seems interesting. 3) 17:30 Now to the main thing that got into my eyes. After russians broke through the defence line on Kuprina street, and you draw a captured area moving a few building blocks into the city and then stopping right in front of a big green area (this is a soviet cemetery). And then you don't draw any further russian movements in this area until mid April. This is not correct. In fact, they continued moving and reached Metalurhiv avenue on March 17. I'm 100% sure about that because I lived in that area. The suburbs to the North were also captured at that time. It seems to me that you were false impressed by the fightings on the Myru avenue and you thought that the main direction of assault was this avenue. Nope, the assault was moving to the North of the avenue, so the buildings block on one side of the avenue was held by russians, and the buildings on the other side of the avenue were held by Ukraine. The fighting for that avenue was continuing until early April and the battle line was moving in two directions: along the avenue, but also perpendicularly to it. But again, aside from these small imprefections, you've done a really great job at analysing and structuring the events.

[@TheWarArchive]

Thank you for the insight. We really appreciate that you pointed out some mistakes, as we always try to be as precise as possible about events covered. Still, there usually are a lot of gaps in the information collected from open sources. Such witness accounts as yours are valuable in these cases. In addition, from our whole team, we want to say that we are really horrified and sorry for what was done to your city by the invaders. Hopefully, our video reflects that to the fullest extent.

[@pyciko]

@@TheWarArchive true

[@ninaakari5181]

Respect on the deepest level

[@mikeshoults4155]

I desire to see you standing in Mariupol again, waving a Ukrainian flag. You will. I beleive. I will never give up my support for Ukraine. Slava Ukraine.

[@pyciko]

@@mikeshoults4155 thank you:)

[@Panzerfan93]

your work with all the geolocating and animating of these battles is fantastic! This is some proper documentary work! Also the massive brass balls of the helicopter pilots cannot be understated

[@iliagerkus8566]

It’s cheap Ukrainian propagandist video. Tell me one thing why in half million city, where at least couple hundred thousand young men lived no one joined Azov forces? Why? Maybe because they were bloody nazis? Maybe everyone scared and hated them, don’t you think?

[@sp00l]

Amazing breakdown of everything! I’ve seen lots of these videos used but had no idea they all came from this area. Thanks for adding context

[@dileriano7529]

Wow! I am totally impressed by the quality of your videos. Your content is quite unique to be honest. Please keep making such videos.

[@johnnydoe4845]

Wow, thank you for this great job! I can only imagine how much time you put into making this

[@Mr.BoulderMan]

Some of the most comprehensive and well visualized videos about war I’ve seen

[@hellofrens6399]

These videos are detailed and the animations make it easier to understand the events. I hope your subscriber count increases because this is good content.

[@HRM.H]

Your videos are a great way to visualize the war. Its hard to put in perspective unless youve witnessed it.

[@erikschmidt9670]

wow im just blown away by this video. i really like your way of presenting all the stuff with those little clips blending in.

[@easypeasydev179]

Great video! It's not imaginable how much effort the author put to this video. Keep it up, bro!

[@user-il7kj6fk1n]

Это работа команды, преследующей определëнной цели. Вы живëте в особенное время. Не забывайте.

[@marniusvanderlubbe]

Thank you for including that civilian account of the battle at the end. People really need to see that

[@stefankatsarov5806]

Yeah he was shiting on the russians for dowing what every other military has ever done during a siege uncluding the Ukraine one. The blitzkrieg failed because they didnt surender and it turned into a grinding siege. Just normal things in war really.

[@perfectmazda3538]

where ukranians destroyed cities to take them ????? Kherson is fine and so is Izym and many more russian controlled cities.... but russians destroy everything, just look at Bahmut.@@stefankatsarov5806

[@Qadir-24]

I dunno about the civilian human shield story, i mean he says its completely absurd but during war people will do anything to survive but then again what do I know, maybe it's true or maybe it,s false...no one can say completely for 100% sure until the fog of war has rolled over

[@perfectmazda3538]

well civilian deaths could happen in a city under siege if there was no evacuation, different story is when civilians die in cities like odessa, kyiv, lviv which are far far away from the frontline and the fighting....@@Qadir-24

[@6.6.12]

Русские сделали просто невероятное хохлы прикрываясь гражданскими проебали город и Азовское море , по Западным источником .6 тысяч ВСУ ,погибли 43 тысячи пропали безвести .1,787 Азовцев взято в плен .4 тысячи Морской пехоты

[@Pwh5476]

This is an unexpected surprise, the quality of your content gets better every video.

[@Fryslanpr0]

Thank you for putting up such quality (and important) content Mr. Archive.

[@thisishalloween8586]

I'm loving these videos, they're very thought out and explained with the animations

[@caboosej8749]

great video as per usual, really appreciate these 👍

[@p1xel1on_military]

Great work, as always. Thanks.

[@falcon6329]

crazy how russian soldiers with shovels managed to capture mariupol

[@benjaminjohnsonboston]

Shocking

[@g-type8806]

I thought it was dishwasher machines 😂😂

[@ThySodomizer]

the same story in Bakhmut, simply amazing

[@AramisRuRumZ]

Remember, “They ran out of ammunition and missiles over a year ago! Remember they are losing the war…it’s been over” - 😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡

[@AramisRuRumZ]

@@g-type8806they are taking chips from dishwashers to power their Jets 😂😂😂😂😂

[@vulk4n_]

Your videos are one of the best sources to study this horrific war.

[@msflyth]

I don’t know this video is kinda bias

[@aconnagan3680]

@@msflyth your bias

[@sharpiefps7630]

​@@msflythYes because Russians told you they have "no losses".🤦‍♂️

[@polishadamtv]

Azzov r nazis

[@msflyth]

@@sharpiefps7630 russia didn’t tell me anything. Why would go from a bias news to another one? Doesn’t make sense

[@valeriomilan2485]

Nice video! Although i would love to see what sources you picked because it seems that all the information provided in this video is very aligned with our western media news. Back in the Mariupol battle days i used to research the situation through different sources including telegram and ground sources therefore bringing different info to your video. I love a video which brings another perspective in this conflict and i will research further this battle. Nice work!

[@kengsenchong4010]

all the information provided in this video is very aligned with our Western media news. Yeah, until objective sources from both warring parties are included like post-WW2 battles, this is not a definitive version.

[@user-yc1ol6gd7y]

This is not a conflict. This is a war started by Russia. We defend our country, our lives.

[@eduardoibanez1503]

As the saying goes, “believe half of what you see and none of what you hear”

[@vlad8516]

​@@user-yc1ol6gd7yyou let your puppet president start the war in 2014, stop acting like the victim and deal with the consequences

[@carta8399]

@@user-yc1ol6gd7y The war started by Russia is a conflict, obviously, so this is a conflict

[@yowman98]

The mix of maps, videos and commentary makes for one of the best and comprehensive account of the these battles

[@susanwestern6434]

Excellent film. Very well explained. Documenting the sequence of events makes the battle for Mariupol much more understandable.

[@WARLOCKIKITCLAW]

As horrible as the war has been, I can't wait for your video on the defense of Bakhmut if you ever going to make one. these videos have been excellent thusfar!

[@victorzvyagintsev1325]

There are several events that qualify as "defense of Bakhmut". One is ongoing right now.

[@lordpazo6784]

The defense of Bakhmut is not over as ukraine still holds a very small portion of the city and there are counter offensive operations happening in Klishivka and Andrivka south of Bakhmut as i am commenting now.

[@floke9259]

@@lordpazo6784 Bakhmut has been completely lost for several months now. Now there is a counter-offensive by Ukrainian troops (a failure according to the majority) and this has nothing to do with Bakhmut.

[@lordpazo6784]

@@floke9259 no you are wrong. I follow this war daily from russian and western sources. Ukraine is pushing in 3 directions as we speak. The zaporhizia axis which is the most mined teritory in the world at the moment and with dug in troops. Ukraine isnt failing there, the demining is just very time consuming. There is a mine every 0,5m, both AT and AP. The fact ukraine in in robotyne atm and is pushing into verbove on itself is very good information. They have found a way to demine vast teritories fast which isnt very easy if you dont have a lot of demining equipment. The Donbass axis, which is the least active front at the moment. Ukraine has pushed some kilometers there but nothing crucial and its very well prepared defensively since it was where ukraine fought in 2014. And finally the Bakhmut axis. Ukraine controlls 1 or 2 building (more like rubble) there in the south of the city. This axis has seen the most progress from ukrainians even tho they engage with the best russian units like VDV, ex Wagners, Spetsnaz etc. But the teritory around bakhmut isnt as well dug in since the russians still think they can push trough there. It is still heavily mined. Ukraine liberated a lot of land north and south of bakhmut and liberated 2 southern villages of Klishivka and Andrivka some days ago (i have video footage of this but sadly i cant send it. Ukraine still has a lot of forces in reserve while russia depleted all their reserves in the south and now needs to shift troops between fronts. At one point they wont be able to do this anymore and we will see a huge breaktrough. Not to mention f-16's are on their way which will help ukraine tremendously. Biggest threat to ukrainian armor are KA-52 choppers which can launch missiles 10 km behind the front line. Once ukraine has f-16's, this tactic will be useless

[@gypsonny2]

It's going to take years to sort out what happened. Though we will probably never get a clear picture

[@RedGaming5]

Thank you so much for this. I always wondered what happened in Mariupol. I would have followed events during the siege more closely but I was so distracted by the rest of the war I kinda forgot. Thank you for bringing this pivotal battle to light

[@DavidDavid-yo3sy]

Azov are terrorists organisations. They were killing children. There is sanatory called "Alley of angels" in Donbass, these dead russiaan children are all victims of Ukranian terrorists called Azov

[@Omniscient_01]

Just wanted to say. Your work is amazing. I cannot imagine how tedious gathering this information must be and then putting it on a comprehensive timeline, fuck 🔥🔥🔥 thank you for your great content

[@Xuren17]

You have done an amazing job once again. The level of detail you provide in your videos is incredible and I am very grateful for your work.

[@AmAxOReload]

Didn't see it yet, but I already can tell you did a good work!

[@Quarezz]

Great video, as always! You should've included Frost's video with full sound, I think SadSvit wouldn't mind. It could've added to the atmosphere a bit. Anyway, thanks for such an amazing and detailed work!

[@TheWarArchive]

An instrumental version of that song is actually playing in the conclusions section with some of Frost's footage.

[@alex_dd3764]

@@TheWarArchivewhat s the name of the song

[@TheWarArchive]

@@alex_dd3764 SadSvit - Cassette

[@zefyros8573]

Amazing video! Thanks for analysis, love your videos.

[@RobertCraft-re5sf]

Really love these videos. Thanks for making them.

[@varhYT]

An excellent and, personally, long-awaited analysis. I've been wondering about what exactly happened there ever since March 2022, when the siege was only being established. Your videos are excellent at organizing the otherwise scattered and chaotic reports into a clear, compact series of events, localized precisely on the map and put on a well-presented, consistent timeline, making them perhaps the only videos on yt to paint a clear picture of the analyzed battles. No doubts from me about the amount of effort put in.

[@danilapolesciuk4316]

Oh you're the guy with the NATOWAVE compilations I literally listened to some of it 30 mins ago because I was looking for NATOWAVE stuff

[@varhYT]

@@danilapolesciuk4316 💪

[@user-maestro1970]

а толку то,этот город теперь навсегда Россия))

[@White1Lake44]

@@user-maestro1970 в Херсоне вы тоже "навсегда" были. Нет ничего вечного под Луной и Луна тоже не вечна. Россия это смертельная угроза для себя и всего мира, за словами американского ученого Эгона Чолакяна с которым я согласен в этом

[@alexeymiller4215]

​@@White1Lake44 а Украина это пуп земли, которой все должны и обязаны. Одним словом великие

[@MichaelYdehag]

Thank you for your efforts and please keep up the good work.

[@sergii4632]

Many thanks for such a profound and well assembled piece! Last bit (comments of the local resident) is missing sound.

[@jenszy4991]

Kaceta with the narration in the end really hits hard. Awesome video

[@jasonforester7292]

Outstanding video. I've been waiting for a video like this for so long. The vast majority of the major media coverage at the start of the war was about the defense of Kyiv and Kharkiv. It was only after the city was cut off that the media started talking about Mariupol, which sucked because I was always super curious about the events that took place prior to the city being surrounded. One note I will add. One of the main reasons why the 36th Marine Brigade surrendered was because a Russian airstrike hit the factory building where most of their ammo, food and water were stored, so they basically had nothing left to shoot with.

[@AlexanderTch]

Nobody attacked Kyiv or Kharkov, so far. So, you media really fooled you as always. Attempt was to threaten Ukraine nazi pro american regime in early 2022 to fullfil Minsk Peace Agreement and not to shell Donetsk and Luhansk cities and start negotiations. Those couple spetical force batallions that captured one airfield 50 km to the north from Kyiv were just warnings.

[@apollvarolla5643]

​@@AlexanderTch😂😂😂😂

[@el_gabron]

@@AlexanderTch warnings? why did they have anti-riot police gear and parade uniforms? they wanted to take Kyiv and failed miserably LOL

[@AlexanderTch]

@@el_gabron Russia does not have special anti-riot police. Look at USA, or France or Britain what do they do with riots and protests. how brutally they treat people. Nobody wanted to take Kiev. There was any concentration of big forces there. It was just warning and forcing Kiev nazi regime to sign peace treaty in Instanbul, and they really signed it. BUt lately Boris Johnson came to Kiev and ordered them to continue war.

[@el_gabron]

@@AlexanderTch whatever helps you sleep at night

[@disgustedotter5580]

I really love the new style for displaying the units

[@Syndr1]

Hi War Archive, another awesome 👌 video 📹. Thanks again for your hardwork

[@aryonugroho4887]

superb narration, kudos for all hard work you pour into the video

[@L5GUK]

My dude, your dedication to putting these videos out for the public to see is incredible. The time invested in research, source gathering, the details to the minutia in the movement of units on the battlefield is truely amazing. As someone who has been heavily invested in watching this war since day one I remember seeing all these clips shown, but it was so fast moving that it was difficult to understand where and sometimes what exactly was going on. But you visualise it in such a simple way. Your work is critical, whilst I completely understand the toll this may be taking on you, please know it is so important. I don't think there is anyone else commiting the effort to collating sources and such into such digestible methods. If you haven't already the podcast Ukraine War Brief conducted an interview with an Azov Regiment survivor of the Siege and his story is awe inspiring, harrowing and absolutely mind blowing. His description of how he was able to get from his initial base that was at risk of being overrun, breakthrough the encirlement into the steel mill while being ambushed, left behind, assumed dead and with some incredibly grevious injuries is just...I don't know. There are now words that I know.

[@tomasgogashvily5350]

His analysis from the general view comes from public sources, but the detailed information he provides is nonviable, as he's clearly biasing the entire thing with exaggeration and rumors

[@williamgill5286]

if u liked then also check out the ukraine videos on the channel Kings and Generals. And if you want some that are about the analytical aspect of the various analytics around it then the channel Perun is good for that which i like

[@perfectmazda3538]

poor vatnik getting butthurt by facts, don't wory, we ukranians will hate you vatniks for many generations for what you did and do in Ukraine.@@tomasgogashvily5350

[@L5GUK]

@@Baraxes Pmsl. A different twist on the age old argument of 'the Russians are holding back!'. Mental gymnastics.

[@user-il7kj6fk1n]

@@L5GUK сегодня идёт война Израиля с Палестиной. Теперь вы можете иметь понятие что такое война и что такое специальная операция России. И надеюсь уже больше никогда не будете использовать модное слово геноцид в любом случае, по поводу и без повода.

[@war_observer]

Absolute gem of a channel. I love the inclusion of real footage which I've seen on Telegram before but never fully understood the tactical context

[@ShifTac]

I can't even fathom the amount of effort and research that went into this video. Can't wsit for the next one!

[@Ratpick45]

Great vid! well done, KEEP THEM UP! Would love to see others aswell from former conflicts.

[@michaelgutman1276]

Thank you for the video. I don’t agree with the last argument in the video: Herson was taken without destroying, while Mariupol was deliberately destroyed. I think, the main difference here is that Herson was not defended by russian armed forces, while Mariupol was. Thus it remains unclear, if it’s possible to take a defended city without destroying it. I still assume that not

[@wtypmah8379]

Kherson was captured by huge russian forces and they have had to retrieve due to Ukrainian forces offensive operation

[@michaelgutman1276]

@@wtypmah8379 they decided not to stay in the city, contrary to the defenders of Mariupol. I think, this was decisive

[@brohemia6575]

Love the combination of top down animation with the actual footage from the conflict/siege, truly a very entertaining and educational format for the subject.

[@paulbarron9745]

This was an excellent documentary- congratulations on nailing it so well.

[@crazymennonite]

Great work on documenting this brave defence. I know this video must have taken a lot of work

[@floke9259]

The author did not specify where the employees of the Mariupol coastal defense headquarters disappeared? ran away?

[@theangrycheeto]

Amazing work as always

[@user-ch5vf2hw2j]

Great video. Thanks for your work!

[@Welikebananas1]

Very well done, thank you.

[@radovanrusnak8934]

This is absolutely amazing! Thank you for your work!

[@f4ust85]

Thank you for your work - factual, entertaining and to the point.

[@taxofonas]

I don't think 'entertaining' is the right word here.

[@f4ust85]

@@taxofonas Dont tell me what entertains me and what doesnt, thank you. We are on KZbin here afterall.

[@stevestoop8444]

This is amazing work. thank you!

[@pasofino9583]

You have great style in your presentation, you did and amazing job!! What other battles are you working on?

[@dartvaider9511]

Я надеялся на объективное видео

[@cloudfishmartin]

Чел... Приходи лет через 50

[@nevoobrazimiy]

Very welcomed content!

[@Alex-dq6vo]

Your work is just incredible!

[@rrmls]

Funny how the perspective of this video almost makes it seem like Mariupol actually didnt fall

[@Shrek_ua]

It was very hard to watch. Especially when I know how it all ended.

[@Shrek_ua]

But the video quality after all is great, it's definetly underrated channel

[@dmitriizakharov523]

Happy end

[@sharpiefps7630]

​@@dmitriizakharov523Russian troll bragging about barging into someone else's property, breaking everything, shitting on the floor, and proceeding to robbing the place. Yea, a pretty accurate summary if you ask me. Though can't see any Russian moving to Mariupol. How so? You have been craving for that piece of land for 8 years.

[@dmitriizakharov523]

@@sharpiefps7630 why would I move there

[@magneticfire7515]

@@dmitriizakharov523 Didnt you annex it?

[@AJ-et3vf]

Great video! Thank you!

[@theangel4563]

Bro died while defending the street he used to live...

[@kristopheranderson1911]

This is an absolutely epic reconstruction of the Siege of Mariupol with an amazing level of detail including integrated video and other outside information. A true tour de force with a huge investment of time and energy. I hope this preserved for posterity and studied by NATO and allied military professionals for lessons learned. High praise goes to the creator(s) of this!

[@jiekcyc_llimekcyc9654]

Do you really think that Russia will fight with NATO with conventional weapons? When will you see the light? The war between Russia and NATO will be nuclear. This is the end of all life...

[@Gabe-vw6rm]

I hope you know, that you're now my new history professor.

[@PaRz1vaL_UA]

Thank you for your videos! As a Ukrainian, I am really grateful to have a chance to see and learn about the Defense of Mariupol as these are truly historic events. Huge respect!

[@FEAR_joshua]

Историческая сдача 4000 бойцов в плен ?

[@vipcerebrum747]

​@@FEAR_joshuaИ обмен их на кума путина)

[@the_lazy_man1]

@@FEAR_joshua И зачем их вернули?

[@FEAR_joshua]

@@the_lazy_man1 кого 10 челове?, обменный фонд у России более 15 тысяч человек, около 4 тысяч только с мариуполя.

[@Silver_Prussian]

Whats so heroic about hiding like a rat in a factory as well as taking hostages to use are meat shields or bargaining chips ?

[@user-nt3xx5js6s]

Автор… складно поёшь, не владея вопросом

[@kenyakennedy8012]

🙋. Great analysis. Kudos keep up the good work

[@treywaz]

Love these videos my dude.

[@deegee7133]

Sorry to point out that 6:26, Berdyansk seems to be misplaced on the map. Regardless, I have great respect and appreciation for the documentaries you put out.

[@deegee7133]

@@ramboxd5894 Is there an inaccurate translation? I don't understand your reply. All I was saying was that the label was placed too far to the south.

[@eazy-e9893]

Great video 💪 i just hope you will stop being one sided and look at everything from the ukrainian perspective. I am really not pro ukraninian or pro russian i just want a honest report of the situation at hand. It seems like you exaggerate every small accomplishment of the ukrainians but you do not even mention most of the russian progresses. You only mention russians in a negative way or present them as absolutely stupid, even though they had better tactics, weapons and other capabilities and absolutely obliterated the ukrainians in this particular battle. For example at the beginning they had around the same amount of troops as the Ukrainians but still managed to make some progress and we all know that it is far easier to defend than to attack enemy positions. usually you need many times more troops to achieve something if you attack but the russians managed to do it anyways. I would prefer if would report about the russian achievements with the same passion as you do about the Ukrainian ones, or leave the passion aside and remain absolutely pragmatic.

[@YAH2121]

100% agreed. I was disappointed by this video. Was expecting much more balanced presentation and to hear more from the Russian perspective. But its just another unbalanced, biased video on an already complex modern conflict

[@degtyarev6208]

Agreed. The representation of troops,the movements,the explanations and footage is excellent. But it is shown in the perspective of just 1 side.

[@SlickyDave]

Love your videos!

[@grzechu9821]

Love your videos, i hope you'll talk about bakchmut or severodonetsk battles next

[@TelAlissa]

Crazy how this was way more intense battle and still less destruction and civ deaths than done by israhell in Gaza

[@SCIFIguy64]

What's insane to find out is that google earth has satellite imagery of Mariupol in March, you can see thousands of civilians lined up outside one of the green routes and burning buildings.

[@user-qn1lt3pl8x]

Договоренность о зеленом коридоре была не выполнена РоZZией и эвакуационные автобусы разбомбленв.

[@aceisto2268]

such good quality man, keep`it up

[@collinsx62]

Your channel is simply amazing

[@americasfavoritebrazilian2399]

Great break-down. The question is who is responsible for removing explosives having them trapped. Who didn't activate your guard before it all started? Someone needs to be held accountable for all those lives🙏

[@guerrasygeopolitica1348]

Mate, they couldn't do much. The Russians were is a better position with unlimited resources

[@KoMarekt]

Its interesting to see how fast and successfully the encircelment was sealed and secured by russian troops. As person who have already saved about 50 GB of video footage from UA for historical value I am happy to see same videos used with context and geolocations for this analysis and storytelling. For me those shoots and music in the background begining in 42:08 are perfect symbol and representation of bravery and sacrifice of people who fought in Mariupol.

[@VisciousPhishes]

Wow this video is really well done, thanks.

[@MCCreativeLegends]

Amazing work

[@Shadwd]

You missed 56th Mariupol's motorized brigade, which located in Mariupol since 2014🙁

[@Goldfinch23]

Does anyone have the a russian perspective in this sort of format?, I would like too see their pov and hear it from russian soldiers and conscripts.

[@Win0038]

Check Out: Military Summary on KZbin, and the videos from the Mariupol Siege dates. He does daily coverage of the war.

[@mappingtheshit]

Soon you will hear lots of russian accounts, because they are coming to your city

[@Qadir-24]

This was an awesome video, also can you provide sources for your videos...once again awsome video

[@ryanbazan5016]

Great video man

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

Using civilians as human shields against an enemy that doesnt care about killing civilians is so stupid that its obvious they wherent doing it.

[@vicjokoper8142]

I mean, they literally defended the city from inhabitated skyscrapers. What would you expect will be the outcome?

[@IloveBaguette]

They have to feed their propoganda by just blatantly lying so there is always a discussion of them justifying their actions. Tankies on the west are eating those Russian propaganda hook, line and sinker.

[@robofat]

@@vicjokoper8142what would you expect from russian bot?

[@robofat]

Lol with that attitude every country should surrender at the start of a war. Cuz agressor doesnt care about killig civilians

[@tomitiustritus6672]

​@@vicjokoper8142 Yeah man, why did these Ukrainians not, like, get attacked and sorrounded somewhere else? Its, like, really, like, irresponsible to defend a city from, you know, like, inside the city that is being attacked. Are you really that dumb, dude? You do realize who chose the time and place they attacked Ukraine here, right?

[@MaRkYs88]

Video created 3 months ago, after we see a lot of Ukranian defenders use mali shops and green corridors ,he still russian indiscriminate shelling of civilians. Another's good narrator but fallen to Ukraine propaganda

[@niktoinikak]

Awesome work!

[@austinlancaster7982]

did he say a major general took part in a recon patrol?

[@gerardoarroyo9710]

Please do the same excellent objective analysis of the Ukraine's counteroffensive in Robotyne

[@zhidokabra]

Rabotino, not Robotyne

[@zhidokabra]

Objective, lol

[@vcpartisan12]

All I need after a hard day’s work. Thank you.

[@EpikJasper]

Love these videos man. keep it up

[@yaro7319]

Also the green corridors for civilians which the OSCE claimed they provided is a lie The OSCE left the city in the first days and didn't do anything for the civilians in mariupol

[@letecmig]

really, what could OSCE do for civilans or anybody? OSCE 'mission' is a handful of inspectors.(i think like 10) They can talk to both parties and try to make them agree to something. But they have zero means of enforcing anything, actually not even means(enough personnel) to check on whether both parties comply.

[@yaro7319]

@@letecmig at the very least they should stop lying After some Ukrainian civilians got out of mariupol on their own and that only with luck, the OSCE met them in the surrounding towns with cameras for another PR Stunt. All Ukrainians that came out of Marioupol said the OSCE and all the other Organisations like red cross etc. didn't do anything. They were just there to take the Laurels.

[@olivergonzalez518]

“Civilians accompanied them to the Azovstal…” yes… surely civilians wants to go into bunkers during a military siege, is the normal reaction for civilians to bring children to bunkers to get together with soldiers during a war.

[@ryack6355]

Azovstal had the safest bunkers in the city, designed to survive nuclear blasts. The civilians took their kids there to protect from indiscriminate shelling and rocket artillery fire. You're trying to undermine the defenders with stupid accusations. Why would Russias even care about "human shields" that didn't stop them once from killing thousands in strikes, so the claim is delusional to begin with

[@zymbaluknik8093]

Still better than to get graped by ruzkie forces as they did in bucha izum and orher cities

[@HEKVT]

Very well laid out analysis.

[@captain_beef]

This is my favourite video to date. In depth, reaserchd, no bios.

[@triplebeargames]

Excellent analysys & video IMHO. But what about the infamous tattoes of the surrendered Azov servicemen?

[@SmertVsemKazapam]

Any examples?

[@TheWarArchive]

This is why I mentioned a fallacy of composition. And it's not servicemen, but a single serviceman with tattoos.

[@ou6775]

Can’t wait for Bakhmut analysis. Crazy how history unfolds right in front of us

[@user-ri4jk8pu5s]

FINALLY A MARIUPOL CONTEXT VIDEO THANKS SO MUCH DUDE

[@The_ZeroLine]

Ironically, your mispronunciation of First Donetsk Army Corps as First Dontesk Army “corpse” is hilariously appropriate. Those who stayed to defend the city and voluntarily take a one-way trip to join them are unbelievably ballsy.