War in Ukraine explained (explainity® explainer video)

On the February 24th, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. There has been war between the two countries ever since. The states share a complicated relationship that goes back further than you might expect. Watch the video to find out more.
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[@theupsidedownworld99]

It's heartbreaking to hear about the internal conflict and division among friends fighting on different sides. War brings immense pain and turmoil to everyone involved. I hope for a resolution that brings peace and unity. Thank you for sharing your perspective and for finding the video informative. 🕊❤🌍

[@cappuccinogrande]

What “internal” conflict?!! Russia invaded Ukraine. Russian army are killing Ukrainians in Ukraine. 2 different nations!!!

[@andthenIdidabackflip]

Thank you for the video, that was a lot of events, stats and dates, but it's a bit clearer now

[@FishingReviews]

I’m from Russia, Moscow. I have friends who are fighting now from the both sides. It’s awful, I love them all, but they hate themselves. Actually your video is simple to understand and reflects the situation quite well. Thanks for the video!

[@mostafahassan40]

May God be with the good people

[@ivanexell-uz4mv]

@@mostafahassan40 Ukraine ❤

[@dmytrodorofieiev1839]

Why do your russian friends participate in the invasion of Ukraine? It would be better for them to stay at home rather than die for Poo-tin's mad ambitions

[@72badry]

@@ivanexell-uz4mvslava Ukraine!

[@ivanexell-uz4mv]

@@72badry Thank you! 💛💙 God bless you sir/madam 🙏

[@samofmizoram]

I had expected a better explanation

[@user-db7vx2lq1r]

Well this explanation isn't even close to real one. Basically Russia atacked because of many lies from the west and got sick of it.

[@upamadas458]

Thanks

[@georg7506]

2:28 are those Abrams tanks?

[@kravtsov93]

This video doesn't explain some important causes like the conflict in Dombas and the Minsk agreements

[@that_flnger]

You can't even spell Donbas correctly, don't even talk about history

[@kravtsov93]

@@that_flnger classic when you have no arguments, you look for alternatives to attack grammar. English is not my native language, anyway, but thanks for the comment

[@user-ir4jb6cf6v]

Nor does it explain Ukraine’s actual cooperation with Nazis in the Second World War and the west’s funding of the conflict ever since from CIA documents

[@72badry]

@@user-ir4jb6cf6vfunny how you people keep bring up some nazi sins while Soviets fruitfully collaborated with the nazi Germany and started the war in Europe. But Ukraine is bad for fighting all and hopping for help from the Germany.

[@user-ir4jb6cf6v]

@@72badry I don’t see how Ukraine “got help” from Germany when Ukrainians actively volunteered and participated as guards at concentration camps…. Ukraine literally wants an “ethnically pure” nation and they’ve been saying this for god knows how many years now. They rely on western ignorance

[@rickjensen2833]

So it's a battle of "ism's", which is always about power and greed.

[@Ankidoom]

I'm just interested, what international law this war is breaking?

[@censord6960]

No, you can just attack other countries and commit war crimes. If somebody attack Russia, won't that be against international law? I don't even know why I'm answering you, obviously your question is rhetorical or you're a ** realy, you can't be so short-sighted

[@jakel8627]

Something to do with UN territorial integrity.

[@sukhparhar]

What led to war? What was Minsk Agreement?

[@72badry]

That was something Russia ignored

[@sukhparhar]

@@72badry Collective West led Russians up the garden path. Russians kept requesting that it be implemented. Never was. m2, macro & merkel lied deceitfully, as per their own statements.

[@72badry]

@@sukhparhar1 That collective west is Russian propaganda idea. There is no such thing but it seems tobve working for you. 2 Minsk agreements are really funny. Slthough Russia negotiated them, Russia said immidiatelly thst is bounded by them.

[@sukhparhar]

@@72badry If you think an Agreement signed betwen 2 Governments and guaranteed by 2 Governments is "funny", you need to see a legal expert please. All nations which ceded to nato are Collective West, its not a myth, as they have placed 14 Batches of Sanctions, kicked Russians out of SWIFT (historical first only instance), blew ip Nordstream 1&2 in an International Act of War, publicly called for dismemberment of Russia from Kallis, Macron to Biden and you say Collective West is fiction?

[@72badry]

@@sukhparharlook, if you think that Russia was after implementation of the Minsk agreements, then it should have forced the seperatists and Strelkov to respect them and dont allow right after signing them off to ignoring them. But it decided to blame the west that you kepp stubborny call some collective one. It was Russia who started it all snd we were in the west so naive that we can negotiate anything with Russia. No western country is a part of this conflict but Russia is. That is ehy it is funny tha Russia claims that it is not an involved party. Actually is! It is Russia that is killing people in Ukraine. Not any western country! If nothing, we were smart not to cladh directly with Russia as the Minsk agreements cslled for. Perhsps we should, but i am not sure if we were here today and having this discussion

[@JoyceGuevarra-nn1bp]

Grate days im peter

[@-videogamedong-3971]

How is Wagner Nazi?

[@verdenunderscore]

Do you know who founded Wagner? Do you know where the name comes from?

[@-videogamedong-3971]

@@verdenunderscore The name comes from a random Composer Dimitry Utkin? oh the false unverifyable photos of "him" on the internet...

[@verdenunderscore]

@@-videogamedong-3971 Wagner was Utkin's callsign and by pure coincidence was also the random composer a certain political party in a certain 20th century country really liked.

[@-videogamedong-3971]

@@verdenunderscore Oh damn Hitler breathed Air I guess we are both Nazis now

[@verdenunderscore]

@@-videogamedong-3971 you the point

[@jamieHSquare]

How do you guys get to omit so many things just to make russia bad. Did not even mention there was an overthrow of governance with the us logistics

[@72badry]

You are probably referring to 2014. Well, maybe you need to check what actually happened and that no government was overthrowed. Just an impeachment of Yanukovic where even his own party members voted FOR.

[@that_flnger]

So overthrowing russian government in the 90s isn't the same? I love these ruso bots

[@annananana651]

Please explain why the US has invaded and destroyed so many countries. Thanks.

[@annananana651]

@13ased_American Bugger off. I'm not a bot. So you deny US is interested in this war financing Ukraine like crazy? Why Ukraine not Zimbabwe? There are so many countries that need help out there. In 2014 the official Ukrainian government was demolished with the help of the West. Then same thing almost happened in Belarus, then Kazakhstan, then Georgia. Now US representatives are visiting Armenia quite often. Why all these countries around Russia? Doesn't it make any sense to you? Or you are not aware of all these facts I mentioned, most likely.

[@goodkat24]

United States invaded 1 country in all of their history 🤯🤯🤯

[@gerardorico758]

​@@goodkat24claiming it gad nukes, witch was a lie

[@goodkat24]

@@gerardorico758 who had nukes? I’m talking ab Mexico rn

[@ilovehotdogs125790]

@@goodkat24what about vietnam

[@pathfinderson8244]

Is sad to see a video of this quality so bias and one sided. How do you avoid talking about the agreement that forbidden the expansion of NATO to the east and Rusia and to the west. As it stands right now the only nation NATO hasn't expanded to is Ukraine. So who really violated the peace treaty. You didn't mention anything about the coup d'é·tat in Ukraine or who sponsored it. The worst part is that a I know how a lie spoked loud enough becomes the truth. And the young bleed the sins of the old. All for money and power...

[@RabbitShirak]

Wrong. Such treaty didn't exist. It was merely TALKED about. And Russia doesn't realise that acting aggressively to its neighbors is the best way to make countries pro-NATO.

[@pathfinderson8244]

@RabbitShirak By "didn't exist" you mean it wasn't a signed document by the involved parties?

[@Kosovanmapper]

russian bot alert

[@that_flnger]

Name me the paper where NATO promised not to expand. And how does that justify the invasion of a country which was not even a part of the alliance

[@user-ir4jb6cf6v]

@@RabbitShirakthose countries aren’t pro nato. The civilian populations of Eastern Europe are very pro Russia… their governments are just trying to stomp it out so they can look good to nato.

[@danielculpepper9258]

Explaining my arse! 😂😂😂 explaining western propaganda more likely!

[@sH-ed5yf]

Cause you prever to fall for putins ließ?

[@danielculpepper9258]

@@sH-ed5yf I “prever” facts and logic and not CNN or BBC propaganda…😉😂

[@sH-ed5yf]

@@danielculpepper9258 nah kid. Just actuall Observation and friends from liviv. Cope harder

[@danielculpepper9258]

@@sH-ed5yf cope harder?! You can’t even spell, I can imagine what are actually your abilities to think critically! Observation? What did you observe? Just because some Ukrainian from Lviv told you what they believe to be true then it must be?! Now I feel sorry for you…

[@Kounomura]

Putin does not want to occupy Ukraine either. If NATO had not so seriously violated Russia's legitimate security interests, there would be no war. The admission of Ukraine to NATO would be a checkmate situation for Russia, so it is natural that it could not tolerate this. This is the main reason for the war, any other less serious reason could have been settled between the two states. But the issue of NATO entry was the casus belli.

[@sH-ed5yf]

Of course he does. He would have to. Ukraine after the beginning of the war is a hostile country towards russia. The only reason to prevent them from bouncing back to freedome and joining the west is to prevent them to do so by force.

[@RabbitShirak]

Cope more

[@pavlozabotin195]

Stupid

[@72badry]

How about Ukraine legit interests. Why do you deny Ukraine the right that you automatically grant to Russia?

[@user-ir4jb6cf6v]

@@72badrybecause Russia is a powerful economic figure on the world stage. Upsetting them will cause more suffering to the people of Europe than Ukraine…

[@w_gospodin_nikto_w2063]

Ukraine mean (from slavic languages as ukranian, polish, czech, slovakian, bulgarian) - In - LAND or homeland. Kray has only one meqning in russian language amd most of south slavic languages.

[@86DaF]

no, its old polish word "u" means "by your side"/near ...its hard in english, because english dont have this words, but Ukraina - word is form of "ukraj", ukraja, okraj, skraj. In polish, for example, "idziemy na skraj" or "iść skrajem lasu" or, "iść na okraj"...or ukraja łąki, or ...moja chata skraja, hehe :D or many similar. But its old-polish, its very "retro" word :) something like "kresy" - kresowy, schyłkowy, skrajny, ukrajny. So ethymology and roots of word is clear. Its not home - dom/dodomu/domov etc. Its U-KRAJ & U-KRAINA (in polish its area /territory, a geographical area that is defined, measured ,like silesia, or moravia, or ruthenia, but is on border) a country, a kraik, a kraina or a Ukraine, about any 'protruding land', a kraieńć, 'living on the border of a country, a border'; primary meaning only 'edge, Ukraina in polish for example "tereny ukrianne" Ukraine borders Zaporozhye to the east (Cossacks lived there) and Podolia to the west. In the north there was Lithuania, and back ruthenia and White Ruthenia (today belarus). Ukraina historyczna to było województwo Bracławskie, Czernichowskie & Kijowskie. The topic of etymology is very interesting, there is a lot of literature (but its old) :(

[@w_gospodin_nikto_w2063]

@@86DaF lol, its litteralu apeared at the time when people used old polish. In addition, you can find "u" as "in" in other slavic language. I just sao about ethimology. Inland - its a from germanic version of homeland.

[@86DaF]

@@w_gospodin_nikto_w2063 you do not understand. It's not "in land" :D there is no Polish equivalent in other languages ​​that will accurately convey its meaning. "Skraj or ukraj" is a small decline in something bigger. Something like a rock and a cliff, something like a peak. This great thing was the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - and its Podunk, the end, the tip was "ukraina or ukraj".

[@w_gospodin_nikto_w2063]

@@86DaF oh, then why did Gadyatsk union they wrote ukranian-ruthenian principle as third side of Commonwealth? Lmao. Does it mean, "crayova armiya" is armiya that located only on the polish borders? Lol, again lie.

[@rsramaswamy5292]

Ukraine was one of the founding republics of Russia from 1917. It was a member of USSR from 1917 to 1987. Many leaders of USSR including BREZHNEV were from eastern ukraine. Khruschev's wife was Ukranean. So, begin from 1917 to really understand the justice of Putin's stand. How would you like if Texas cedes from USA?

[@Tata-hw4qx]

Total nonsense .. no an explanation .. the question is what happened in you head , to put this video without having any knowledge

[@Kemdoesalot]

This explanation is Biased

[@GaionSputro]

I dont even understand the point of the video.

[@DarinOsborne]

Possible Solution??? The 2 eastern oblasts and Crimea are internationally recognized as independent(or part of Russia). Ukraine proper is admitted to the EU and NATO.

[@RabbitShirak]

No, they are not.

[@SuperSborka]

ukranian politicians could've stopped this war long time ago, actually they could evade it completely by signing peace agreement with putin. the've seen how easily crimea has become part of russia, this means all of ukraine can easily be taken by russia also. instead the've decided to fight for freedom killing thousands of men, which will not do any good. war will be lost by ukraine as soon as there are no soldiers left in ukraine, it's a simple math ukranian politicians couldn't figure out before this war started.

[@Nothanks01]

Oh wow! Maybe, it made more sense if you checked the history of relations between Russia and Ukraine during the last hundreds of years before writing this kind of crap. The war could be avoided if Mr Putin respected the Budapest Memorandum. The negotiations were offered when the Russian bastards raped, tortured and killed dozens of people - would you agree to live in the state with such government? Does it really look like salvation?!

[@sH-ed5yf]

This peace agreement was simply unacxaptebla and would have made ukraine a defacto puppet state

[@72badry]

Did you read the agreement? Pls do and come back.

[@SuperSborka]

@@72badry any agreement is good as long as there's no war involved

[@72badry]

@@SuperSborka no i do t agree with that. Look at Germany after ww1 or Russia after the cold war.. both did not like the output. So no, not any agreement but just one

[@sugarytv]

they "invaded" ukraine because the PEOPLE of the donetsk region signed a PETITION (similar to olive branch petition) for HELP

[@timmckee2813]

. . . o n c e i n o t i c e r o b o t v o i c e . . . m y m i n d t u r n s o f f . . . and i click out...