Ukraine frontline: This is trench warfare's most effective weapon

Daily Mail reporter Richard Pendlebury went to the Ukrainian frontline in July 2023. In this report, he explains why trench warfare still dominates conflict despite the use of 21st century weapons including drones and hypersonic missiles. A Ukrainian soldier also gives a gripping account of what storming a trench is really like.
Reporter: Richard Penlebury, Cameraman: Jamie Wiseman, Translator: Oleksandr Kostiuchenko, Edited by: Olga Cheng, Motion Graphics: Riccardo Fissore
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[@johnglover3682]

Also, at the very end of the clip, the soldier walks passed a gas generator. On December 28, 2022, I purchased two gas generators at a store in Warsaw, and dropped them off at a humanitarian Ukrainian site. This humanitarian aid was then delivered by a volunteer to Ukraine. The generator in the clip was not one of the two that I purchased and that was transported to Ukraine, but I did get a nice photo of the generators two weeks later where they ended up.

[@EncourageLegacy]

💪✅

[@tomasinacovell4293]

Victory Ukrainia!

[@concretejungle9608]

I am so grateful for your help and supports and all the life-saving energy those generators you bough gave us in Ukraine. Greetings anc hugs from Kyiv !

[@markorsrpska7230]

They are resold and the currency ended up in the pockets of Ukrainian officials. And the photo you got, have you ever heard of Photoshop forgeries.

[@nicholasgrossman3194]

Im sure theres no one a bit closer could use that for the winter.. hmm

[@camrenwick]

As a veteran of the cold war, its surprising to see trench warfare. It must be very frightening. Keep calm and carry on brave men and women of Ukraine. I wish the world would do more to help and end this madness. Peace and freedom to Ukraine

[@naas699]

well Ukraine should not have started the genocide of Russian speakers in the Donbas after the illegal and violent US led coup in 2014 to overthrow the democratically elected President Yanukovyck. some 14,000 killed by the Poroshenko & Zelensky regime since 2014 to 2022 when RU said - enough is enough. This genocide by Ukraine with the approval of NATO / US / EU. While this shelling was going on, RU was the only country asking the UN if the Minsk 2 agreement would be enforced. And of course Boris Johnson flew to UA telling Zelensky not to sign the peace agreement in April 2022 - proof of who wants this war. the USA safe in their neverending wars arounfd the globe knowing they are protected by their 2 greatest allies - the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans.this war was started by the US / West and is a continuation of Americas FOREVER WARS. the US are too p!ssweak and gutless to go to war with RU so they threaten / bully NATO to fight their proxy war in UA. they abandoned Afghanistan thinking this is the time to overthrow Putin so the west can break apart RU and rape it of its oil, gas and mineral wealth - they have failed misserably as the west believed their own lies about RU. Now that UA is failing the US is talking of war with China - all so the US weapons manuf get the mega $$ billion contracts and they donate $$ millions to corrupt Congress. How else does Liz Cheneys net worth go from $7 mill ion 2017 to $44 million in 2021 despite declaring no income. Assange pointed this out - this is why the US want him to rot in a UK jail. USA responsible for the worlds greatest eco terrorist act and an act of war against RU AND GERMANY with the destruction of Nord Stream

[@dim7239]

Thank you for your servise 🫡🫡🫡

[@chrisbotos]

​@@dim7239He said cold war. That could mean many countries where NATO was not in the right to get involved

[@___KaH0tika___]

@@chrisbotosTrue! In this regards I could also call myself a cold war veteran like many others. Yet as a human being I wish we could support them better in order to repel the enemy from their country.

[@sapienecks]

Trench is always created when the front lines stabilized and remain in same area with enough time. After Invasion of Normandy, the American army in WW2 dug less trenches in comparison to WW1 because the front lines changed quickly more often. The foxholes are more common. Infantry dug foxholes first before they can expand into trenches. Sorry if I am parroting this as obvious knowledge, I usually refresh my thoughts on basic warfare.

[@icns01]

This is hands down one of the best mini documentaries on the science of 21st century trench warefare i have seen so far. Top notch narration and 1st hand accounts👍🫡

[@gordonfrickers5592]

I heard many WW2 British veterans say "nobody digs faster than a frightened man with a shovel".

[@TheIrishBosnian]

😂😂😂

[@noahway13]

That is a DEEP. trench saying.

[@jaymarkkabo2626]

If you love your country, then don't die. Let your enemies die for their own country. -UAF soldier

[@svit-miy]

But ukrainians die for US, US wants to destroy Russia using slavic people

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

Stop loving your country and start loving humanity. As then you end up doing a lot less murdering.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Absolutely brilliantly stated indeed. Ukrainians have it right.

[@oneworld9071]

that's quite profound and as practical........ well said.

[@luckasfbox7420]

@@karoltomis5704 виліз з гівна кaцaп?

[@khiem1939]

Loved how the Ukrainian soldier said the SAME what Patton told his troops, i.e., "I don't want YOU to DIE for your country, I want YOU to make the other SOB DIE for HIS country!"

[@V1ENYA]

I also liked this saying, which is why so many western soldiers surrender

[@hanzsolo5460]

@@V1ENYAso many ? What ?

[@V1ENYA]

@@hanzsolo5460 do you remember AZOV?

[@frankrenda2519]

patton was a nothing

[@TheRealAb216]

@@V1ENYA have been way more mass surrenders of russians

[@worldpeac3]

I never thought I would see trench warfare in the 21st century. I thought that tactic left with the World Wars. It's pretty surreal to see a modern war fought like this, almost like a time capsule to 100 years ago.

[@AR15andGOD]

it isn't surreal at all. Maybe if ur clueless

[@jrocks6969]

There was trenches in Afghanistan in 2021

[@agurkosarvuotis]

Sir/Madam, get a grip on reality.

[@kurtwinslow2670]

If the Useless idiot Trader Joe Biden coupled with his inept handlers. Would release the proper weaponry i.e. ATACMS. Ukraine could hit Russian logistics harder. Logistics is Russia's Achilles heal.

[@liwojenkins]

Digging in never went away, you just aren't well versed in military matters.

[@youcancallmeann2994]

Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the brave defenders who protect this beautiful country!!!

[@naas699]

you support Nazi's I see and Zelensky who should be convicted for crimes against humanity fo the genocide of ethnic Russians in the Donbas since 2014. Zelensky ran on a platform of peace saying he would end the shelling against the civilians there - instead of ending it - he INCREASED IT

[@scuba36fun]

yeah, keep glorifying the nazi, they use to kill their own civilians for 8 long years,...now they need your money, no not to win, to survive!

[@danielwhyatt3278]

This was an absolutely brilliantly done interview with all of these chaps, doing the very best they can. Wishing every single last one of them the very best and hope they survive to the end of this war. Thank you Mail for sharing this with the world. Truer words were never spoken.

[@user-fj2hq9fl3l]

Доживут? Не обманывай себя. Слава России!

[@fanfeck2844]

@@user-fj2hq9fl3lok fascist

[@jamesryan7684]

@@user-fj2hq9fl3l Russia has no glory. You are nothing more than a murderer and the world will treat you as such until you are buried.

[@user-hu8jg6hg8o]

​@@fanfeck2844 готовте поля под кладбища 😂🤣😅

[@di_naxyi]

​@@fanfeck2844так он не украинец. Россия делает тоже самое, что и США делали в Ираке, Вьетнаме, Ливии, Афганистане, Югославии, Сирии.

[@John-pn7bh]

My heart goes out to the soldiers and their families hoping and praying for their safe return.

[@paulozeruga8454]

Heart to who occupiers or defenders?

[@abednego6606]

@@paulozeruga8454you mean the conscripts or the conscripts, Mother Teresa?

[@norml.hugh-mann]

No, one side are literally fighting for their existance not conscripted. When your fighting for your very home you are a DEFENDER and they have no need to conscript

[@John-pn7bh]

@@paulozeruga8454 The defenders mostly, but the Russians most likely don't wish to be there either.

[@AnMi-ln5bf]

does your brain tell you to tell, educate, protest, demand to politicians to stop the war. That will have more effect than what you feel in the heart.

[@mitchellkasdin1899]

The dirt they dig for the trenches is Class A soil. A sandy loam mix, easy to break apart and remove. Try a flat square shovel for excavating. They are called a transfer shovel and for heaping and tossing is sometimes easier. The flat straight blade allows you to scoop the dirt. The straight long handle counter balances the weight of the dirt in front

[@sam8404]

More pieces like this please, very well done.

[@MacXcode]

This is a real "Science"! I hung onto this Ukrainian soldier's every words!

[@Faiez-rh1gm]

And you believed when George Bush said Iraq had weapons of mass destruction too😂😂

[@luckasfbox7420]

@@Faiez-rh1gm no, we believe to did killing Saddan as one of crazy criminal idiot like as putler

[@PalleRasmussen]

​@@Faiez-rh1gmwhat is the connection you say?

[@fanfeck2844]

@@PalleRasmussenthere isn’t, he’s just a dumb defender of fascist russia

[@orlandor7825]

​@@PalleRasmussenU.S.A is a terrorist Warmonger. Can't deny that.

[@adamh1991]

Always remember; if you're in a shelling make sure your etool is already in your hands.

[@thatbeme]

That is right sir. Make the enemy die for his country. You can only fight if you are alive. Love ❤

[@AnMi-ln5bf]

How do you make enemy soldier die for his country? by magic? Probably what Patton meant is don't die for your country, make some dumb guy die for his (he meant your) country. e.g. Make Ukrainians die for your (usa) country.

[@ramonpunsalang3397]

The US Army has specified a 50mm cannon on it's new IFV that will fire air-burst rounds programmed to explode over enemy trenches . Even the Abrams has a similar 120mm round. Enemy troops in defilade won't be able to hide.

[@noahway13]

I thought you were going to say use the cannon to dig trenches.

[@Daniel-dz5jb]

"No sonofabitch ever won a war by dying for his country. To win a war, you must make the other sonofabotch die for his country." Gen Patton (paraphrased)

[@trolleys66x]

The best weapon is love and peace✌️

[@kirks386]

The executives at Lockheed Martin would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for continuing this war.

[@randomworld4662]

They thanks to zelensky

[@roryr6r669]

Putin thanks you for your comment but the roubles won't be transferred to your account due to sanctions

[@mussydesign7933]

I agree with the Guy digging the trench when he says always live to fight another day

[@orclover2353]

Trenches were extremely important in world war II, many battle lines remained stagnant for longer than world war I, Leningrad for example. But even with combined arms soldiers always dug in, trench networks were formed and were used to create very high casualties especially on the eastern front in 1944-45.

[@noahbrooks8939]

K…

[@johannjohann6523]

Luckily, in WW II bazookatype weapons were not so effective against tanks unless well "too close" that the soldier firing it most likely was injured or killed too. So what America did, was take Shermans and turn them into the worlds biggest flame throwers. Very effective against trenches. If the tank can make it to the trench, and have others defend its against other tanks and weapons. Very effective, but tricky operation. Their range is limited. And probably impossible to conceive of today. Japan in WW II made much more use of trenches (and underground tunnels) than Germany did. and is where flame throwers (men and tanks) were mostly used by the U.S. And a guy with a flame thrower is damn near craziest thing ever thought up by the military. Nothing like walking around with a bomb strapped to your back. lol. (you can be in a tunnel or trench, and the flames can be enough to kill just from sapping up the oxygen so you can't breath yet never touch you).

[@mekbibtadesse873]

😊o

[@tomdewilde728]

"Trenches are important" -> Trenches bring wars to a stalemate -> WO I & WO II "Tunnels are better better" -> Tunnels win the war -> Vietnam

[@oakguard]

@@johannjohann6523Interesting, Yeah we the British had our own Flamethrower variant started development in 1942 started on the Churchill Mk IV chassis but later placed on the Churchill Mk VII which entered the war in 1943 in time for Normandy and pulled an armoured fuel trailer that could be jettisoned the reason behind the trailer was to prevent the whole tank being lost should it rupture one of the fuel tanks the flame projector had a maximum range on 140 Meters (150 yrds) but mostly operated at a range of 73m (80yrds) and could spray fuel cold or ignited something they did quite often with bunkers was approach and spray some fuel inside this more often caused anyone inside to surrender Churchill crocodile crews were however prioritised because of how inhumane and terrifying these weapons were

[@brianfreeman8290]

An excellent report.

[@johnhudelson7878]

Great reporting put in a historical context!

[@livenotonevil8279]

Outstanding reporting

[@mirola73]

The old hand grenade is still the infantries best friend when it comes to clearing trenches.

[@gordonfrickers5592]

A new hand grenade is better !

[@gregorio3139]

Except Ukraine is losing, big time!

[@dorotazapolnik234]

@@gregorio3139 2022- Russia occupied 25% of Ukrainian territory 2023 - Russia is occupying 16% of Ukrainian territory

[@imafortnutbot5691]

@@dorotazapolnik234it’s about the long term . They’re losing badly .

[@tonytune4342]

My admiration for those Ukraine warrior/heroes grows by the minute . All my prayers from Virginia , USA .

[@miriamweller812]

No surprise that USA cheers for Nazis. They were the biggest supports of Nazis in 2.WW - until it was clear that they would lose, so the USA had to get in and 'save' them (and the loot for themselves), keeping most of them in power and career. US fascism has always been on side of evil if not being the main culprit in it. What we got today in world wide acting terrorism is pretty much 100% financed and created by US money, arms and training.

[@noahway13]

The coast or mountains?

[@Amsfootboy79]

Why because the US tricked them into a war they can not win? Oh you mean because you love war and want people of other nations to die????

[@user-cc5xn8cd2d]

Не свергли бы США президента Януковича, и войны бы не было.

[@sullathehutt7720]

I'm in Richmond and I say Slava Rossii 🇷🇺😁

[@vomeister]

Thank you very much for making this video

[@richardgoff6739]

Excellent reporting, outstanding interviews. Thank you for all you do.

[@jimmeryellis]

Absolute nonsense.

[@toonverberg1313]

Very informative video coverage. Thanks for posting.

[@billredding2000]

"The deeper you dig the better chance to stay alive." It's also true the deeper you dig the better chance to be buried alive if a shell hits close to you: There are plenty of undiscovered/forgotten deep trench dugouts from WWI still holding bodies. -- BR

[@user-hu8jg6hg8o]

Закапывать не придëтся😂🤣😅самих присыпит

[@alvydasjokubauskas2587]

Yes and no, as long as they have an engineer, that could build cities under ground they will be fine.

[@billredding2000]

@@alvydasjokubauskas2587 We're talking about trenches/redoubts, not underground cities that yes, COULD be built WAY deeper underground -- but not as deep as the cities of Middle Earth, for example. ;-) Regardless, yes, they are still finding buried WWI soldiers even today when they excavate former trenches. -- BR

[@jackjones9460]

Live soldiers can often dig themselves out but the dead lay where they fall thus well made deep trenches are better than shallow ones.

[@billredding2000]

@@jackjones9460 No, RARELY can you "dig yourself out" as most times you can't even move. Same for avalanche victims. Yes, "deep" trenches are better, but not TOO deep or else you're only digging your own grave. -- BR

[@ROBSwank-pm1vd]

Extreemly Brave and Tough warriors protecting their land n fighting for their families !! There is no greater Cause !! We All pray they are Victorious and can Find Peace n return home to their families and loved ones soon !! 😎🇺🇸

[@olafvonbraun7300]

Thank you for covering.

[@eminence_]

Finnish army uses 1-2kg "grenades" with handles to clear trenches

[@robshirewood5060]

shovels or brooms?

[@hablah5015]

Always lord is around the corner keep safe hero of Ukraine support from 🇵🇭

[@noahway13]

Unless they get killed.

[@turanamo]

Slava Russia 🇷🇺

[@geoffreyward2945]

Ukraines worst weapon, the compass, they seem to be going the wrong way.

[@saranferriman9302]

they have lost like half of every thing....clown running as president, unexpected happens....

[@MB-xe8bb]

Your cleverness makes you funny, but unfortunately it clouds your analytical thinking. And to be truly funny, what you say should have some truth to it.

[@MB-xe8bb]

@@saranferriman9302 He realized he could do more. He worked his way up. Are you working your way up? Are you going to be president one day? Or are you just insulting your betters.

[@seadfacic2924]

"We killed them all in Bakhmut.100%." So the dead zombies won the battle of Bakhmut?Interesting.

[@allent.g560]

And apparently, with only shovels.

[@majungasaurusaaaa]

The wagner pros won. The zombies were convicts.

[@BrianParkes]

Incredible guys, deepest respect.

[@yousaidthusly461]

I think bomber scout drones are the gentlest weapon in our history so far; most vehicles and weapons require a great force behind them to start its lethal process, like explosive gunpowder, a catapult to launch jets, or the thrust of a spear. These drones are turned on with a button, on quiet electric motors, gently batted into the air by hand, silently flown over the head of the enemy, and a small explosive is dropped, not fired, onto the target, where only then does the payload explode. This is the most baby-handed way to kill a person. Any gentler and you’d just be poisoning them and that doesn’t count, that’s a war crime.

[@user-cc5xn8cd2d]

Значит убить в Украине это нормально, а убить в штатах это преступление? 🤣

[@internetcensure5849]

The strange thing is Russia doesn't seem to have countermeasures to defeat the drones.

[@zachsuggs2238]

What I learned from doing research on German, American, Russian, French, and Britian trenches. It’s better to actually have a small trench. Not like super small but you don’t want as big as you can make it as history shows when a trench is so big it’s easier for the enemy at one point get in the trench and they now have the same cover as you when you want the enemy to be above the whole time so it’s easier spotting them. If you make it bigger you need to make it go backwards more towards your line so that when charging to get in the trench it takes longer and every second makes a difference.

[@Desertfox8902]

I like these videos that show us how ignorant the news agencies are...even when they talk to the soldiers, they don't understand what the soldier means

[@markbrisec3972]

I love the fact that the commander has the US flag patch on his chest right next to the Ukraine flag... Slava Ukraine

[@BingoPaletot]

The US flag is the universal symbol of freedom. Cheers from Germany.

[@user-jk6uj8xb3b]

Они умирают за интересы США!-Убийство русских- самое лучшее вложение американских денег ! (Сенатор США)

[@morge...]

​@@BingoPaletot😂😂😂

[@BingoPaletot]

@@morge... Well, people fled from Russia to the West, not the opposite. Nations aligning with the US are rich, nations aligning with Russia are poor. And even Russians prefer to live in the West if they can. Putin, Lavrov, Solovyov, their kids are all in Western countries. Just sayin' 😄🗽🇺🇸

[@kz-yj8nn]

​@@BingoPaletot🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👹👹👹👹👹

[@peteryellman2036]

Wait. Did I just watch a 15 minute military "analysis" of why trenches are used in trench warfare?

[@jimmeryellis]

No, you just watched a propaganda piece with zero factual basis.

[@mousesunset]

@@jimmeryellis Zero factual basis? Trench has existed for a long time and Russians have been using it too. Therefore you have been insulting your Russian side. Also there's so little propaganda in this video, most of them are just explaining their day in the trenches and how shovel is an important weapon of war.

[@AGirlHasNoName829]

You did. 15 minutes of your life you will never get back. Such is the DM.

[@chrisj2024]

Yep, trying to give some new propaganda about Ukraine might win with this new weapon "Trenches" Ukraine has lost this war, only thing left is the dying. But no matter what Ukraine has LOST!

[@bicepbrah8179]

@@chrisj2024Said the exact same thing last year.

[@danc.3899]

Excellent video - thanks!

[@bryce6870]

Very insightful! More content like this plz

[@MiliMo101]

Let’s be real…. That’s not a spade, it’s a shovel. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@toolbaggers]

15:15 he shows a shovel and calls it a shovel.

[@AceKiller9000]

What is worse is that he says they used shovels to dig the trenches on western front but they used their Entrenching Tools not bloody spades or shovels. What a complete idiot this presenter is

[@jackjones9460]

A spade is a flat shovel.

[@MiliMo101]

@@toolbaggers only cos it’s a media narrative that the Russians are so I’ll equipped they only fight with “shovels”. Lololplololol

[@alnonickname570]

+1 saw what you did there...

[@d6x.]

you can see from the trench guy’s face that he doesn’t sleep, war is bad…

[@landenschooler6726]

And the soldiers they interview holding the shovel quotes general George s Patton!

[@raidenthekat2444]

lol that van driving by at 6:17. THE FRONT LINES.

[@peterreidy1011]

Such a humble and inspirational video.Sla a Ukraini!

[@MeTp87]

ГЕЙроям в срало!

[@turanamo]

Saliva My Urnine 🤡

[@peterreidy1011]

@@turanamo Victory to Ukraine! Brave and noble people!

[@angela-qh8gl]

Excellent piece of doc…… glory to Ukraine …….🇬🇧🇺🇦✌🏻

[@MeTp87]

ГЕЙроям в срало!

[@starlightmoonlight11]

Ukraine started this war by sending in 2014 a penal expedition to Donbass with tanks, artillery and air force. This led to a popular resistance there that Russia supported. Ukrainian strafing of Donbass towns caused 14 000 civilian victims, all well documented in the European media.. Find it in the internet. After you see pictures of children and their mothers the Ukrainian artillery and rockets killed, then write again your 'glory' or whatever.

[@feet9100]

Great insight into modern trench warfare learnt a deal of information into this savage war

[@DS-mt1he]

I agree it's a savage war. But US invasion of Iraq was a definitely not a savage but Holy war!!! it stopped nuclear Apocalypse!!! So many nuclear warheads almost ready for use US army seized in Iraq! I can't even imagine what would have happened if Bush never invaded Iraq!!!😳

[@leolyon2373]

My heart weeps from the memories of Verdun, the Somme, and Ypres, for I see 1916 in the eyes of the trench dwellers. Stop it, "the two of you."

[@simonpannett8810]

Real war of warrior spirits, respect and supply. Drones are best way to attack trenches at Arms length!!

[@georgemavrides3434]

Which is why the Ukrainians die by the 100-1000s daily over the ladt year. Ukraine cannot survive this war, already 50% of the population left or is part of Russian territories. Once they run out of bodies, a landlocked and broke country will be left that will demographically decline and disappear over the next 2 decades.

[@internetcensure5849]

The strange thing is Russia doesn't seem to have countermeasures to defeat the drones.

[@moonstriker7350]

@@internetcensure5849 Russia is beating the crap out of the ukronazis, especially when it comes to drone warfare. The uncensodred parts of the net are full of hundreds of videos where the russain lancet drones are blowing up everything in sight, and the ukronazis can't even reach the first defense line. The whole front is ukrainiam/NATO scrapyard by now.

[@Mannergeim]

Отличный репортаж. Спасибо союзники 🇺🇲🇩🇪🇵🇱🇨🇭🇮🇹🇮🇪🇸🇪🇪🇺🇬🇧❤️✨✨✨✨

[@Faiez-rh1gm]

Slava Russia.May they denazify all Nazis in Ukraine

[@chrisrobert5252]

немає французького прапора?

[@Mannergeim]

@@chrisrobert5252 🇫🇷❤️✨👍🌷

[@chrisrobert5252]

@@Mannergeim merci !

[@alexeyeryomin2962]

За Зеленского, За Байдена, до последнего украинца!

[@bradsillasen1972]

Exceptional reporting!

[@jeffreyabell]

Thanks ❤

[@Bill-xx2yh]

Connect drones with REAL TIME " virtual reality" to headset on soldiers helmet! That way the soldier's rushing forward (attack or defend) he can actually see where the "enemy" is (at that moment). Soldier’s are no longer blind and can see what’s around the corner. Could also SEE the mines heat or metal signature, while in the ground. They are watching through the Drones eyes and filters. OPTIONS VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED. Thus avoid the mine fields.

[@bambesfresser]

All nice and well. Except for electronic counter measures that the Russians have deployed rather well. One of the struggles with the counteroffensive is that Ukrainians found themselves losing communication due to electronic interference.

[@robshirewood5060]

@@bambesfresser and watching as Russian artillery dropped more mines behind them,

[@internetcensure5849]

The strange thing is Russia doesn't seem to have countermeasures to defeat the drones.

[@Bill-xx2yh]

Thank you

[@Kolor-kode]

Those trenches aren't to code 🤣 Seriously though, the rear of the trench (the parados) should be higher than the front (the parapet) so you don't silhouette yourself.

[@cambone6153]

The guy in the press vest is me before I leave the coast in dayz 😂

[@jf7243]

Quality journalism.

[@TheCebulon]

Strange, that with all our technical stuff, that is still a thing. And there is no tactics to overcome that.

[@dorseywsg]

Thanks!

[@titans2720]

honestly crazy to see tactics used in the two world wars recorded on gopros and by journalists, only this time it's being fought with drones and modern day body armor with advanced weaponry like m4a1's and javelins. all recorded by a soldier's pov, and some very graphic footage on that side of the internet. i think morbid curiosity gets the better of me but it would be interesting to see a us soldier battling another country from their pov and using tactics like trench warfare in the modern day. obviously we don't want things to escalate to that point but there are talks of a possible draft in the us...

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting and informative. A new wonder weapon. The Drone as shown in this documentary. I've just been educated on how useful those contraptions can be in warfare.

[@ropeburn6684]

Yeah, the often lauded drone... Meanwhile, cold war era AA tank goes brrr

[@robertlindsay420]

exceptional story.....respect!

[@narkofmexico7477]

Gotta think they were using very similar wepons in Iraq and Afghanistan at ranges of 300m and this guys are fighting less than 10m apart at times. Nobody on the planet has experienced this style of fighting

[@andrewb386]

M67 Flame Throwing Tank. Then a portable Flame Thrower. For assaulting a trench, mainly.

[@PalleRasmussen]

And how will you get it through the minefields, ATM, artillery and helicopters?

[@andrewb386]

@@PalleRasmussen The assumption is that you are already engaged in trench combat. Meaning, how you got to the trench has already been resolved. I suppose the methods of getting there remain the same as they are now.

[@zephyr2five]

also shotguns. a lot of shotguns.

[@PalleRasmussen]

@@zephyr2five I guess you are unaware of the effect of body armour. Look it up; the only use for a shotgun besides hunting, is busting door locks, and as we are no longer chasing ragheads in Helmand, they are useless weight.

[@chriswilson9779]

Great report

[@bmedlin00]

Flamethrowers work real well for clearing trenches

[@johnglover3682]

Interestingly, not to drop names of towns, but I was in Kramatorsk from July 10th to the 18th. Why ask such a dumb question about not having a toilet in the trench? After I ate at pretty nice restaurant next to a large park in Kramatorsk, Ukraine July 16th, I sought out the toilet. The toilet behind closed doors was a squat toilet. I've seen these from time to time in other places in Europe over the years. A hole in the ground as the soldier mentioned is not much different from a squad toilet. Not too sure what the reporter was thinking. Also, I heard American volunteers as recently as July 23rd mention watching pirated Netflix in the trenches. They are not just sitting in the trenches, as the Russians are, without any outside stimulation, completely bored out of their minds in between the attacks. Also, these men get rotated out and are able to visit places like Kramatorsk to relax and rejuvenate. There is constant traffic by all kinds of vehicles, many driven as fast as they can go, between these sites and towns for rest. Morale is high.

[@luckasfbox7420]

Thanks bro

[@starlightmoonlight11]

squat not squad

[@berretta9mm17]

I may be wrong (some of you Iraq War vets can tell me), but I remember several stories from guys returning, who said they had seen that the Iraqis had dug miles upon miles of trenches, and hundreds of minefields. They said that they had sent a wave of tanks forward of the trenches (but parallel to them - and close, along that front, and mine-sweepers behind their trenches, traveling behind the trench lines - using air cover (A-10s) to suppress any resistance. This done, they switched the minesweepers for huge Earthmovers/scrapers, beginning at the point where the tanks had reached the end of the trenches, turned around, traveling down the front side of the trenches again - this time with the Earth-movers behind the trench lines, pushing all the soil back into the trenches, from behind and above the Iraqis - who were buried in the soil - like a giant, mechanized zipper. (including any unexploded mines)d, as the tanks engaged them from the front. There were several Iraqi soldiers who turned around and realized there was nowhere to go, and only flat ground behind them where their fellow soldiers had been, minutes ago. This occurred all the way along hundreds of miles of trenches, and seems to me to be an excellent solution - if indeed these stories are true. Can anyone verify them?

[@zephyr2five]

yes this would be ideal, but then again this was possible after complete air superiority was achieved and a month long aerial bombardment campaign on the trench systems was conducted. i suppose you could attempt it without air superiority, but you really want that air superiority.

[@arimoff]

But after watching hours and hours of western men returning home and giving interviews on podcasts, the roles were reversed and many of them said, in ukraine they felt like taliban, outnumbered and outgunned. Lol

[@r200ti]

This is exactly why NATO and Ukraine are bickering over who messed up. Russia isnt Iraq. Russian forces are defensive and designed to defeat NATO. And as we have seen with the Drones, the Russians can go from caveman to world leader in a matter of months. Iraq was an overwhelmingly superior force using effectively ww2 tactics. In Ukraine we are seeing what a modern war against Russia would look like, and its very very different to how NATO are setup. Even if the might of NATO's airpower was brought in, it would suffer devastating losses. More than anything, Russias advantage lies in being able to take out F-35's and Typhoons.

[@tekkhero9767]

It is true that the us forces adapted excavators that drove towards the trenches and pushed sand into them effectively burying the enemy in the trenches. How successful this method was i dont know but it was done in the 1991 iraq war

[@MxCrstphr]

Casually passing UPS delivery truck in the background around @6:30

[@KevinP32270]

epic video. war.....war never changes.

[@luvvacupa2806]

Great reporting. Very informative. Interesting to know that trench construction is a science and that doing it right contributes to saving combatants lives.

[@wiktorpoliszczuk1372]

The problem is that the Ukrainians were not being prepared for the attack of Russians, but for the barbecue on May 9, "And the population rejoiced and applauded the invitation to the barbecue, not knowing that they and their children would be the meat for the barbecue."

[@rickylo3271]

We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know that we know they are lying. We know that they know that we know they are lying. and still, they continue to lie.” - Alexander Solzhenitsyn

[@luckasfbox7420]

So, much people's in Ukraine wished to populist decisions by Zelenskiy and they sponsors. It's a big mistake for our children's.

[@jackjones9460]

Where was the 9 May bar-b-que and which year?

[@wiktorpoliszczuk1372]

@@jackjones9460 😀

[@ArlisSuvui]

This is not a conflict, this is a war... Call things the truth.

[@patrickparker5323]

Yes!

[@stephaniechandler3842]

Slava Ukraine such brave guys

[@miriamweller812]

Still a Nazi cheer, kid. Always has been.

[@notreallydavid]

Ukraini - but yep.

[@starlightmoonlight11]

Ukraine started this war by sending in 2014 a penal expedition to Donbass with tanks, artillery and air force. This led to a popular resistance there that Russia supported. Ukrainian strafing of Donbass towns caused 14 000 civilian victims, all well documented in the European media.. Find it in the internet. After you see pictures of children and their mothers the Ukrainian artillery and rockets killed, then write again your 'slava' or whatever.

[@ihorv44]

as an Ukrainian I'm very grateful for all Western media for the truth information about this war

[@miriamweller812]

You must really hate your country when you cheer for all these lies and how your country is burned down by western fascism for nothing.

[@PatriciaSantos-qt9lw]

Excellent report 👍

[@corporaterobotslave400]

@7:25

[@sittingcrow1]

He is a slave and must wear sign of his master !!!

[@user-cc5xn8cd2d]

Какой флаг будет если приедут немецкие репортеры? 😁

[@sittingcrow1]

@@user-cc5xn8cd2d Well, germans love lgbt flags 😁😁😁

[@MrStolboy]

A real puppet

[@internetcensure5849]

@@sittingcrow1 Then, the Ukrainians may have a problem displaying it.

[@geniusderweise400]

Even tho what the ukrainian soldiers are saying and how they and the situation at the front are being portrayed by especially this channel should be taken with a huge grain of salt, its always interesting to see footage from the frontlines and to listen to what soldiers have to tell the media even if it isnt for the intended reason

[@PalleRasmussen]

So what is false you think?

[@brettharter143]

Ukraine has lost loads of leopard tanks already. Both sides are taken tons of casualities. The 'spring offensive' clearly failed.

[@PalleRasmussen]

@@brettharter143 they have lost thousands of Leos, hundreds of Challys and Abrams and about a million Bradleys. Plus 10000 HIMARS and Patriot systems of course.

[@user-cc5xn8cd2d]

Верно. По спутниковым снимкам кладбищ, подсчитано что более 400 000 украинских солдат погибло. Ещё больше видимо стали инвалидами. И всё это амбиции Зеленского, которого кстати выбрали нелегетимно, после свержения США Януковича.

[@moestietabarnak]

@@PalleRasmussen sure, they lost nothing then!

[@georgepalmer5497]

I've always wondered if you could make use of the 40 mm automatic grenade launcher in trench warfare.

[@wonderboy2402]

Great production.

[@whiteknuckles]

What happened to the Spring Summer counter-offensive? How do you counter when sitting in a trench?

[@anatolyalexeenko9232]

You've got Olegs, Ivans and Igors on one side fighting Olegs, Ivans and Igors on the other side. That's pretty much all you need to know about this conflict.

[@sapirIL_UKR]

Don't worry Ostap and Daniel will your enemy for a long time.

[@alexxalexx7950]

Yes, but the most important thing you've should mentioned is that on one side Olegs, Ivans and Igors are bloody aggressive creatures, grown and educated like zombies to kill and rape and Olegs, Ivans and Igors on the other side are defending their motherland and families against those creatures from Zombieland

[@user-cc5xn8cd2d]

Да. Американцы натравили братьев друг на друга. Где США там страдания и горе

[@sguerilla6142]

@@alexxalexx7950 I don't know where you were when the first Ivan etc. attacked the zombies, that's why the zombies are now returning to them. Do you even know why the war started or are you just listening to what they tell you on TV?

[@starlightmoonlight11]

@@alexxalexx7950 Ukraine started this war by sending in 2014 a penal expedition to Donbass with tanks, artillery and air force. This led to a popular resistance there that Russia supported. Ukrainian strafing of Donbass towns caused 14 000 civilian victims, all well documented in the European media.. Find it in the internet. You will see pictures of children and their mothers the Ukrainian artillery and rockets killed,

[@chrisvonahnen3578]

Very impressive presentation 👍

[@TheTruthSeeker756]

Always inspiring to watch the Ukrainians. Bravest of the Brave.

[@michaelmatwijiw3045]

The Bayraktar drone helped change things immensely

[@LewisB3217]

Ignore the ruski lol

[@hb9145]

@@fishy2939 Why are you in Ukraine?

[@user-me5oq3kl4h]

How? They almost all got shot down practically within 2 months, and their strike role rendered ineffective within 1 month

[@Golub122]

Bayraktar drone, one of many game changers lol

[@sullathehutt7720]

​@@hb9145 The Ukraine is Russian land. Always has been. It's the borderland of the Russian Empire. That's what the very word "Украина" means lol.

[@etzwei7994]

12:45 That is not a ZSU, that's a BMP, (BMP-1 most likely). ZSU-23 and ZU-23 are 2 different things. ZSU refers to it being self propelled (ie Shilkas which are ZSU-23-4) while ZU-23-2 refers to static guns like the one shown here. The last number indicates the amount of barrels of the gun, although not as important a distinction as the ZSU/ZU, since its the difference between being a SPAAG (Self-propelled anti-air gun), or a static AA gun (which is usually towed). Although there are some cases of ZU-23 being mounted on vehicles like pick up trucks or MT-LB APCs, but it is still a ZU-23, which lack radar tracking/targetting and stabilization.

[@gusfil8404]

Shoutouts from ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO

[@juancarloskroes3679]

Keep pushing 🎉

[@TheZombieGAGA]

sgt Oleg Leheza wears 3 insignas : 1 Ukr. flag and 2 from the U.S.

[@miriamweller812]

He likely wore more, but meanwhile western propaganda learned to tell them to take off all the Nazi insignia.

[@raunovittaniemi4905]

Respekt.....

[@horkneeoldman]

My how clean everyone is.I never could stay so dirt free.

[@slamfire6005]

Digging your own trench could be digging your own grave

[@fernandoantunez]

I still need to find out how it is possible that the satellites have not seen the construction of the Russian trenches during the spring, permitting the Ukranians to destroy them while they were being done. Does somebody have a clue? Thank you!

[@grahambuckerfield4640]

Lack of weapons with the range to do so, such as ATACAMS and air power. The need to greatly expand, absorb new equipment, training from basic to using the new equipment and tactics, for the ground forces, all while fighting a full scale war on your own soil.

[@orclover2353]

We knew about the trenches immediately but it was low priority. You have a short memory but you must remember that once Russia withdrew from Ukraine they massed most of their forces in eastern Ukraine and attempted a breakthrough to capture the remainder of the LNR, DNR, Ukraine was running out of armaments and only then recieving the first Himars from America, which turned the battle. Then Ukraine went on the offensive at Izium and Kharkiv, then a 5 month offensive at Kherson, then a long protracted battle at Bahkmut while they attempted to rebuild their army for this offensive. Trenches are built using industrial equipment, so destroying them without taking the land would just result in wasted missiles as they would build them again.

[@sid35gb]

The don’t have weapons to do that. Ukraine is just a test lab for western equipment and a way to off load old equipment.

[@djpaulcfunkeddub3951]

@@grahambuckerfield4640 and US & NATO hesitation

[@tulsavol6653]

@@grahambuckerfield4640SO TRUE. BUT thankfully the Ukraine soldiers are a quick study. The US and some others in NATO, by trying to give no excuse for enemy use of tactical Nikes , have slowed the delivery of essential weapons. A byproduct of this strategy has been to up the budgets and standing military of virtually all of NATO while further evaluating all hard and soft effectivenesses of all these elements of current conventional war. Obviously Ukraine needs the aircover and the long range missiles yesterday. I think their "indirect" strategy of hitting diverse and key targets on Russian soil is the correct one--just more of it. Russia must loose and NATO must keep it's teeth from now on. The democracies are too fat and happy with their heads in the sand. The world will always be a dangerous place because it is run by humans--motivated by more.

[@bruceleehee9267]

Such a shame what’s happening ever there . 💙💛

[@emil_rainbow]

"Don’t die for your country, help the enemy die for his".

[@markrieck6204]

Bravo Maxim. Nice quote.