War in Ukraine Summarized 2023 | Animated History

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Psaropoulos, John. “Russia Pursues Avdiivka with ‘Meat Assaults’ in a Replay of Bakhmut.” Al Jazeera, November 2, 2023. www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1....
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[@bignigel2360]

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[@wattsnottaken1]

Please do a video on the battle of Guadalcanal when you get a chance now that’s a story that deserves to be told. What those Marines and Army Dogs went through is insane. Cut off and Completely surrounded by the Japanese Navy. 😅😬

[@rimlandrealist7679]

your sources are obviousy exclusively western. this video is a waste of time, one might as well just watch CNN...

[@sullathehutt7720]

Man... You really pulled out all the stops on this one. Full blown cherry-picking cope. I mean, yeah, sure, if you ignore all the men Kiev lost, and all the money and irreplaceable hardware the West has thrown away, and all of the territorial gains that have been negated by Russian advances in the past 3 months, sure, yeah, Ukraine is "still hanging on." Not to mention the sanction wars that have all backfired on the West. Meanwhile, the Russo-Chinese economic alliance is dethroning America all across the globe. But yeah, whatever. 🥴

[@user-dl4kr5fs8j]

Got to say Armchair historian is very Biased IN THIS VIDEO. Talks about how far right members are fighting in Donetsk military, MEANWHILE Barely MENTION OF AZOV BATTLION, Well known to be anti semitic far right battalion. Amnesty International put a statement out that UKRAINE used civilians as SHIELDS. I also thinks it’s hilarious that he has Ukraine attacking around Mariupol, while it shows Russia directly attacking apartment buildings is so propaganda, cause Ukraine also attacks civilians and example would be the bridge connects Crimea. Ukraine killed three civilians while trying to destroy the bridge. Meanwhile Russia has already rebuilt 65 percent of Mariupol and Men living there, don’t have to worry about being drafted in the meat grinder.

[@taheraalam7692]

_Ukraine and Russia had so many casualties because they didn't use NordVPN._ 💀

[@historywindow2871]

😂😂😂

[@allentravisworld858]

Yes sirrrrrr

[@Idkwhatmyusernameshouldb-fl4ro]

So true

[@salmanboss-is6uy]

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[@Persassysosassy]

World war 1 colorized

[@yoavshiram8579]

For real

[@belluh-1huey102]

Iran Iraq war in eastern Europe

[@vay6901]

except ww1 didnt have nazis

[@iknowurip8151]

WW1 but smaller trenches (seriously why tf are they so small you can barely walk in there)

[@ouden9445]

You know what that means in a couple of years...

[@That-Belgian-Guy]

Am I the only one who thinks that AH has greatly improved on their quality, I mean look at that!

[@Precutlion.9]

Yea fr this has been waaaaaay different like 5 years ago

[@deaghostyt2217]

Adolf Hitler?

[@peoplesempireofchina6839]

@@deaghostyt2217Austria-Hungary

[@MinesPredictor-xc6ym]

dunno man, seems to me he pretty much recycling a few of animation couple of times, and many of the animations just "there" without any meaningful point to support the narrative, sure it's pretty much better on graphics than back then, but for me it's pretty much enjoyable watching AH videos from couple of years ago

[@KAZVorpal]

It looks like he got funding from some CIA cutout, to spew corporate propaganda that goes against what actually happened.

[@karolgoofit7901]

I love how some of your animated maps look like mix of bf2 intro and cod mw mission intros.

[@oliverpohlproductions8291]

True dat

[@pll3827]

EA and Microsoft totally waiting for the war to end to spam all those new Ukraine War games stuffed full of microtransactions.

[@Mut4ntG4m3r]

it hghly reminds me of the WARGAME series :D

[@assassin_rk42]

@@pll3827call of duty: Eastern Assault

[@cptTK421]

@@pll3827 At least this time it's not some rogue general or ultranationalists that're the baddies, and just straight up the actual Russian military and govt XD

[@Evemeister12]

Shovel technology has really improved in 2 years

[@asavelakuse6865]

I know right alot of people were surprised even Russians

[@aber_kadaber1034]

your losing to men with shovels

[@Luv_Doughza]

@@aber_kadaber1034Ukraine says that to Russia as a propaganda

[@robertminigame]

1/10 ragebait way too used and its far from true

[@Misterskeleto]

Literal ww1 tactics. IF IT AINT BROKEEE DON'T FIX IT ORAHHHHH!

[@KingoffrogsOG]

9:20 Hey, Vsauce, Michael here!

[@BrataN02]

HOLY JESUS!

[@Juho-uf8si]

Vsauce for general

[@TheBlackzman]

Yo lol

[@elbolainas4174]

Or am I? 🤨

[@_utahraptor]

Isn't that Reznikov

[@samuellaird5184]

Don’t forget, Finland was accepted into NATO on April 4th, 2023.

[@SlavicUnionGaming]

that isn't going to make a major difference in the war

[@hyperbeast134]

they were already defacto nato ngl

[@SteveInLava]

The snow speaks Finnish

[@anglerfishtanking]

Russia nominated for best NATO salesperson of all time

[@KAZVorpal]

Yes, more insanity.

[@darrylt8502]

I think drone war is one of the worst addition to warfare. War is war but watching a soldier trying to run for his life get blown to pieces by a drone, or two soldiers in pitch darkness on watch when one informs the other to retreat unaware that a drone just dropped and set a bomb trap in between them is just sad to watch.

[@rinkhoek3130]

I think every part of war is sad to watch

[@joelmicallef5189]

While I agree with you, people were saying the same thing when tanks, planes, machine guns, barbed wire, bolt action rifles, white gunpowder, assault rifles, dynamite, camouflage, trench digging and other advanced ordinances were introduced to the battlefield

[@shawnmiller3943]

I agree with you that drone warfare in itself is a bad addition as it turns the war into more of a game and limits the risks involved the the operator. But in causality drone warfare is cheap, easy, and reduces the risks to the user. It gives many more options and gains to the side that uses them unlike the wars of old that didn't have drones. Drones are the future that will be used in any conflict in our era and beyond there is no turning back. An we all know these very drones will be used on not only soldiers but on the very citizens of their own country in time. Any tool of war that's cheap, easy to use and can cause great effect will be highly sought after and used. What we see today is the infant stage of drone warfare, what comes later will be far more terrifying as more weapons are integrated for use on drones, AI is added and drone designs become more lethal though options and load outs.

[@bestieswithtesties]

How is a drone any different than someone getting shot by a sniper? Or an artillery shell hitting them? All kinds of things can happen when someone is running away or chilling on watch. Explosions and bullets are explosions and bullets dude drones are not that special. They're just annoying. The only thing that drones have really changed is that tanks are not as effective and everybody sees everything you can't really hide movements from the enemy. Other than that dying is dying you make it sound like dying to a drone is any different than anything else. It's not.

[@shawnmiller3943]

@@bestieswithtesties Sniper puts himself in danger by being on the field of battle with in range of the enemy to strike back at them if they see them or notice their location. They can be dealt with directly and quickly. Artillery is on the battle field with in X range. New tech can detect, track and locate and counter fire which makes artillery risky as a sniper. All things can happen to those that retreat and do not surrender you are fair game to be dealt with by any means necessary thats the fact of war. But in most wars expect those fought by russia and some 2ed and e3rd world countries. As a modern country they respect and accept surrendering combatants and follow the international laws that all countries should follow in war. Again not all countries do follow those rules those tend to be 2ed world and third world countries and warlords. But what makes drones different. You are not actively in danger while operating and can be hundreds to thousands of miles behind the lines. Making it harder to track and eliminate the operator more so if they are mobile. Using said tech makes it feel like a vid game in how it operates an descentizes your thought process that you actually killed someone(s) and the reality check that you pulled the trigger on someones life. As the whole process seams unreal compared to seeing your results right in front of you while fighting on the line. Lastly drones will become a cost effective norm over time in price, man power, efficiency and many advantages you normally don't have on foot and easily accessible. As our tech grows and advances less human interaction will be needed and drones are just the step in the right direction to use AI and simpler algorithms to do the same job as a well trained solider. It costs thousands to millions to train a solider fully and a min of 4 years for a skilled combatant. But a child of the age of 7yr old or older and less then 2-8 hrs of training can fly a drone and think it was a video game. We already have 3-4yr olds operating their parents tablets and cell phones to watch kid shows online. How hard do you think it would be for young children to get hooked on a cool flying sim you can crash your plane into things. Side note: The real horror hasn't started yet with drones. We will soon see commercial drones being modified and being equipped with explosives and used for terrorist acts while being mobile and very hard to catch and locate due to mobility. Currently there are no countermeasures set up to defend against this. Unless something was set up in advance and even then the current tech isn't readily available. The world is seeing how effective drones are in Ukraine its just a matter of time before those idea's are used by bad actors only wanting chaos.

[@elcomodo2007]

i dont want to be bias but 2023 was worst for ukraine after half of the year

[@larrymunn5279]

It's taken a dip for sure. Shoulda took the US's tactical advice on this one waiting to regroup was the worst thing they coulda done. They needed to keep pushing while they still could.

[@user-rv4bp4oq7e]

Not only that but They only reached the 1st line of defense. Which Russia have 7 defensive lines. Also 2024 is worst for them...

[@unitedwestanddividedwefall3521]

@@larrymunn5279didn’t help that Ukraine was so committed in taking Adveeka/Bahkmut, the US advised in not sending in so many men, but Ukraine’s military leadership continued on and it lost so many well trained, battle harden men, they really never recovered after that operation.

[@xIcyStarzz-yz7my]

​@@unitedwestanddividedwefall3521I think our us politicans are basically emptying out Ukraine so they can move there later because they like the demographics

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

@@xIcyStarzz-yz7myThey won’t be moving there, they just wanted a country to weaken Russia for the time being. Backfired horrendously.

[@Mercnix101]

Germany military advisors told Ukraine MOD to "drive around the minefields". This is the top tier NATO grade advice.

[@bentleyhiben2979]

Well, they don’t have any mind clearing equipment did you ever think about that? No, you’re dumb.

[@bottle3124]

sorry

[@NayuzAqua]

Worst mistake of my life was clicking on "show most recent comments" 💀 Ukranian and russian bot everywhere

[@evanh.9420]

Facts bruh but it’s funny to read 💀💀

[@NayuzAqua]

@@evanh.9420 Need to agree. Had a good laugh with some of them lol

[@zacharydurocher4085]

They deleted my comment mocking the bots

[@Astoswoida]

Comments about to be a warzone

[@k1roextophia28]

always my friend.......god damn everytime........

[@Alastair_Adana]

Probably because propaganda shouldn’t be masked as an objective recount

[@J1M95]

War works like that.

[@Justin-pe9cl]

@@Alastair_Adana🥱

[@GuestKid511]

nah, its not going to be take a look at the gaza video's comment section

[@MinesPredictor-xc6ym]

well watching this now with Ukraine shortage of manpower and reopening Kharkiv front is pretty much a "take a grain of salt" trip from people who really following the war to this very day

[@XIXCentury]

Wars like these usually last 5-6 years with the decisive years being the 4th and 5th one. We've yet to see what's actually going to happen.

[@mk18397]

The way to Kharkiv is not so far could be that the russians try to encircle it and ukranians can only do something against by deploying large forces and reserves which makes them vulnerable at other parts of the frontline. If Kharkiv falls ukranian morale will be severly damaged

[@urdnotwrex6969]

@@mk18397 UA litterally have nothing to put there. They said that they put last reserves there which many of them are just 40% ready. Also new UA mobilisation law makes you think a bit. They already lost, its just agony for them but money must flow to USA you know.

[@borea.jpg_]

pretty funny to hear how much he glossed over the immense failure of Ukraines 2023 Summer Offensive

[@mynameisdominichughes3142]

​@@borea.jpg_ it's because he's pro Ukrainian. Soon it's gonna be funny to watch him not make more videos about this

[@user-zk2qc6rs5x]

Can you do the Balkan wars at some point?

[@p.palmata74]

thats an amazing idea tbh

[@mareksojak4726]

There is a video about Yugoslav wars

[@Smokingcaterpillar579]

@@mareksojak4726 He Might have Ment the Balkan Wars Between Bulgaria Serbia And Greece against the ottomans and then all of them teaming on bulgaria

[@TsaiSigh]

youtubes not gonna like that lol

[@user-yh1nm1vy3i]

The comment section would be wild

[@ThingsThatIDo]

Great music usage on this one. It really goes with the visuals

[@cainmathewson1857]

Can you all imagine WW1 only with drones, heavy tanks, and TikTok? Oh wait we dont have to! Its happening right before our very eyes!

[@gutsjoestar7450]

I hate to be THAT guy, but for it to be ww1 you'd need at least a total war beetwen European union and Russia. With nuclear weapons on the discussion it's impossible because both has it

[@ReikerForge]

To be fair they did have helicopters since 1907, the mk1-4 were heavy tanks, and they had gossip magazines by 1916. We're just seeing their evolved counterparts now.

[@ExtantPerson]

@@ReikerForgeThey did not have helicopters since 1907. They did, however, have pigeons, airplanes, and zeppelins, which could be considered as predecessors

[@ishakaltintas881]

not mentioning that the ukrainian summer offensive was a complete failure which led to them loosing almost all their offensive capabilities is crazy

[@huntclanhunt9697]

Yeah

[@jessfrog4834]

He mentions it at the end of

[@jacksontaylor290]

Why on Earth did they launch that offensive without any air support?

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

​@jacksontaylor290 foolish politicians demanding "results" I'd wager. The long war favored ukraine, mass assaults are a stupid idea for them.

[@vadimivanov3627]

​@@stillcantbesilencedevennowwhy long war favored Ukraine though?

[@JDogtheAutisticGiant]

If you think this is depressing, imagine what watching "War in Ukraine Summarised 2033 | Animated History" will feel like.

[@X-jn87ybt]

Russia too has a military industrial complex to feed

[@brydonthunder]

Take a look at whats happeneing this year so far. Russia is pushing further in all fronts albiet very slowly, a collapse on some front might happen. Or not idk I just look at the map changes

[@ApoBeef]

Trump will end it Q1 2025.

[@historyisawesome6399]

@@brydonthunderi think russias goal is to let ukriane and and the west exhuast it self of things like the counter offensive while only taking territory when they can do so with minimal casalites russia know eventual the west will have nothing left to send or ukranie will have no one left to send and they can get what they want at the table

[@fearlesspotato3429]

"why the ninth battle of bakhmut will be the breaking point of the Ukranian army"

[@elgenvalcin6885]

Ukraine 2023 counteroffensive is a reminder for everyone not to PUBLICIZE YOUR WAR STRATEGY LIKE AN UPCOMING JAZZ CONCERT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. It rly gave me anxiety even before rgey kicked off. Such a blunder,, Ukr really undone themselves there.

[@joestephen3756]

Agreed. Russia's strategy the whole time has been to wait for the West to get bored of Ukraine and move onto something else, which it has done. All of Ukraine's effort had to be forced into proving tangible gains to keep attention on them, and stop the Republican narrative that America is just getting involved in another unwinnable war - hence the ridiculous clickbaiting of their entire counteroffensive for months beforehand. Of course, arguably, even success in Zaporizhzhia would not have swayed the West to take Ukraine more seriously. Russia is still doubling down and further gearing up their economy for a long war, and Trump is determined not to allow Biden to claim any foreign or domestic policy successes over his term to boost his own chances of re-election - as everyone can see from the Republicans consistently blocking Ukraine aid, and even increased spending countering illegal immigration. Idk what this year is going to bring, but I imagine the West pressuring Ukraine to accept a ceasefire - and we all know how well Russia accepts internationally brokered ceasefires (Minsk II ahem ahem)...

[@ReikerForge]

@@joestephen3756 Obama: Crimea goes back to Russia, Donbass become sovereign states Trump: Ukraine loses to militia in Donbass, no Russian intervention Biden: Special military operation in Ukraine You better hope Trump wins in November because the alternative is long war with 10% for the big guy and more quid pro quo with the aid money. "If the prosecutor is not fired, you're not getting the billion dollars" - Joe Biden to Ukraine, Jan 2020

[@jimmylei4728]

This video starts off so disingenuous. Russia literally started with 90k troops. No one with a brain would expect to "secure" Ukraine in 3 days with that amount of troops.

[@viethoangtruong54]

And no one in Russian MoD has ever said that. It is in fact general Miller of the Pentagon who said that. It seems someone deliberately uses disinformation to fool his own viewers.

[@guyman1570]

Russia literally did thought they'd do it, and they failed specularly.

[@superdjack5538]

@@guyman1570 90k bro... they just wanted to repeat the Crimea annexation and avoid long warfare, but NATO encouraged Ukraine to fight with everything they had. the Russians dug in and built a 7 layered line of defense along the frontline, which was one of the reasons for the failure of the Summer Counter Offensive for Ukraine.

[@ddggfcff]

Why would you make a play for all major Ukrainian cities then?

[@historyisawesome6399]

@@superdjack5538ukraines force broke and ran to sepritist militas in 2014 i think that proby what led to the gross over confidince if he whould hae invaded with 5-600,000 troops i bet hed of won by now

[@mtfalpha-1.629]

38 seconds, my new record

[@ilikememesd1945]

PAUSE

[@wattsnottaken1]

“Yeah, I’m gunna go” “They say it’s healthy for your hair” (Spider-Man, Family Guy)

[@ShadowReaper-pu2hx]

She doesn’t seem happy whenever I break my record.

[@Brick_guyy]

13 minutes

[@D4llast]

17 mins is mine, my girlfriend is worried about the score going lower but I am locked in on the grind

[@F324.]

Have to say your animations are the absolute best like how can anyone not watch your videos the detail the animations the professionalism keep up the good work 👍

[@bottle3124]

Shkeebeedee thoiylit

[@pdgona8211]

And now Russia has Avdiivka under control... All that rigid defense for nothing.

[@keith48993]

Yeah, Black Rock is loosing. Lol!

[@superdjack5538]

@@keith48993 oh my god fr, not many people will get your point, but so fr!

[@mikhailclark7529]

addivka has a population of 20,000 before war. idk if that really matters

[@superdjack5538]

@@mikhailclark7529 it's not about population. Avdiivka was one of the so called "fortress cities" (e.g. Bakhmut). Those cities very HEAVILY fortified before the war all the way back since 2014! if you go on google maps and see old satelite photos, you can still see bunkers and trenches there. This conflict is MUCH deeper and longer than you think brother :)

[@Dinatale456]

not for long

[@asavelakuse6865]

Lancets are the new AKs of drones

[@bottle3124]

Want skibidi toilet

[@Jameswebbtelescope7484]

As soon as I saw the video in my notifications tag I immidietly clicked off of what I was about to watch to come here

[@user-yh1nm1vy3i]

Same lol

[@janecooper7573]

😅same

[@cattysplat]

Important to note that Western Europe has struggled to keep supplying Ukraine with ammunition, as the arms industry for producing artillery shells for wars that last years, simply doesn't exist anymore and the governments have no desire to fund them. Whilst Russia is willing to force it's own industries to craft ammunition, whilst also taking advantage of trading with ammunition factories in China, Iran and even African countries.

[@nacelnikprosiak1260]

Important to note that Ukraine still refuses to allow exhumation of bodies of Wołyń genocide and started trade war against their western neighbours while asking these same neighbour for support in war

[@sullathehutt7720]

​@@nacelnikprosiak1260 I didn't know that about Wolyn. That's messed up. And even today, banderist thugs are strutting around Warsaw, Lodz, harassing people, etc. smh

[@monkas1833]

@@nacelnikprosiak1260Stop yapping

[@asavelakuse6865]

The simulations forgot to consider one thing. What if the Russians don't run away and stand their ground instead

[@user-rv4bp4oq7e]

@asavelakuse6865. That's what Russians actually want to because it will reduce the casualties and also to trap Ukrainan. Hence most Ukrainan faces empty trenches and some even got mines on it. But I think Russians are not standing, rather advancing.....

[@user-rv4bp4oq7e]

They also gained more land than Ukraine does in summer offensive.

[@user-rj4gu5oh3k]

The only reason why either side hasn’t had a breakthrough is because neither side has air support so its just WW1 all over again.

[@The-Enclave]

​@@user-rv4bp4oq7eanother bot account I see. Kherson region. Kharkov.

[@kg7162]

​@@user-rj4gu5oh3klmao russia got total air support, look the number of Fab-500 they drop on ukrainian position, the ka-50 destroying ukrainian ifv and transport troop on summer offensive

[@MrAngerissues1]

You are giving Ukraine way to much credit for their "successes" and didn't convey just how desperate the situation is for Ukraine.

[@GuestKid511]

well, have you watched the video?

[@viethoangtruong54]

@@GuestKid511 Lossing all of your best and elite divisions in the battle of Bakhmut just so to not have enough forces for the grand summer offensive (the one that Zelensky has proudly proclaimed to the entire world) is not a win or brilliant in anyway like what the video is trying desperately to show. Anyone with a working brain can clearly see this is a death trap from the start, NATO's advisors have repeatedly warned Zelensky and we all know what happened in the end.

[@AnthonyLopez-lb2bd]

@@viethoangtruong54 diviosns? what are you talking about, Ukraine had brigades there not entire divisions

[@kg7162]

​@@AnthonyLopez-lb2bdok but still they Lost entier brigade

[@ExtantPerson]

Remember that this is strictly about 2023. The situation was looking a lot more hopeful for Ukraine then than it is now.

[@isaacrudiger2087]

How all of you youtubers will be shocked when all the figures for casualties will be revealed. From both Sides

[@evananthony1395]

after the counter offensive the death ratio of russians and ukraine is no longer 3 to 1, but 1.5 to 1. explains so much about the death of boys just for robotyne and adiivka. the counter offensive took too much casualties man. with the critical manpower shortage rn, seems like 50 billion worth of Western weapons arent gonna shoot themselves dont they? all of these equipment with no one to operate will just go to storage and wait for it to be located and get iskandr'ed

[@urdnotwrex6969]

@@evananthony1395 ukranians lost more then 1 million people already while BBC and UA SBU couldnt find more then 50 000 Russian names KIA. Another thing prooving this is new mobilisation law in Ukraine.

[@sasin2715]

You mean in like 20 years? No way in hell either side is admitting how many men they lost now

[@sullathehutt7720]

​@@urdnotwrex6969 😂 Man I'm sorry but your numbers are a joke. Russia has lost at least 300 thousand men and Ukraine at this point has lost more like 650-750 thousand. I'm not pro-Kiev by any means but come on bro lol.

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

​@urdnotwrex6969 oh yeah, Russia has only lost 50k.... cmon dude. At least try.

[@prenus1350]

To think this happened while i am alive is actually unreal, i still feel like he's talking about a war from 80 years ago or smth

[@k-brick9996]

Ukraine Summer Counter Offensive was not successful at all, Russia mostly regained everything they captured in their offensive.

[@SniperFallen06]

And the Ukranian soldiers uploaded videos about how inneficient and costly was the operation

[@k-brick9996]

@SniperFallen06 I know because I see Ukrainian soldiers in my work place. One thing I can say is that they are getting older and older. In 2022, the Ukrainians who came to our workplace were mostly men in 2030s now ( when I last saw them in 2023 ) were mostly 40s and some even 50s. It is tragic, and I find these western propaganda outlets pathetic. They want to fight Russia till the last Ukrainians.

[@RenanMendes-zd8hj]

What is funnier about all of this, not only Russia has regained most of the empty fields they grinded in 4 months but they have advanced more in 7 days in Kharkov than they did in 3 months in Zaporozhye LOL and only using recon groups, and those same people now are saying that the Russians failed LMAO

[@k-brick9996]

@RenanMendes-zd8hj they rather cover the sun with their hand and say " Look the sun is gone " .

[@alexcorvuscazador5596]

The fact they only did that, and still not entirely while being the self proclaimed second best army in the world is not an achievement, but I guess the bar gets lower and lower while making Ukraines higher and higher. But I suppose they are "fighting all of Nato with shovels against the fourth reich reborn" so its justified. Each day the imperialist keeps at its 3 days very special millitary operation is a victory. But hey lets the whataboutisims, shovel comments and 😂😂😂 emojis start once more THIRD year in a row, that will certainly make their victory against less than percent of Natos budget more likely. Damn if I am willing to root for autocrats if that means sticking it to the current party in power in my country like a contrarian even I can stand against both equally

[@ofer3000]

Why did he make it sound like bachmot was a Ukrainian victory? And in general very Ukrainian sided

[@ShadowReaper-pu2hx]

Don’t you know? Bakhmut was only strategically important UNTIL Russia took it.

[@Alastair_Adana]

@ShadowReaper-pu2hx And with Avdiivka

[@kg7162]

​@@ShadowReaper-pu2hxah yes the non strategical city, that became Stalingrad for zelensky and throwing every man and best brigade to defend the city no matter the coast

[@user-io5ol1hb6d]

For every crap-up of Ukraine he got a card "However, Russia..."

[@fireironthesecond2909]

I know you’re used to Russian propaganda but this is called unbiased media

[@user-io5ol1hb6d]

@@fireironthesecond2909 Yeah, defenetly pro-western and pro-Ukrainian media in youtube is the place for unbias opinion. Keep belive in that.

[@roxylius7550]

@@fireironthesecond2909armchair historian is one of the trashiest biased channel on youtube

[@jackjames7283]

​@@fireironthesecond2909 tell that to king and generals

[@HoH]

Incredible to see the continuous improvement in animation and quality.

[@donrog5035]

0:14 I am tired of this narrative about Russia expecting to take the whole Ukraine in a matter of day. When did a russians officials or even Poutine say such a thing ? Russia at the beginning of the war had like 150-200k soldiers. It's clearly not possible to take the whole Ukraine country in a matter of days with this amount of soldiers. Ukraine is a very big country. Russia wanted to pressure Ukraine enough to bring them to the negotiation table and they succeeded. Russia and Ukraine were engaged in a negotiation process in Istanbul. Until Boris Johnson came and shut down the whole process. Anyway this narrative that Russia expected to take the whole Ukraine in a matter of days is just plain BS. This n'arrive doesn't make any sense for anyone who try to understand those events.

[@foxymetroid]

In 2014, Russia took Crimea with minimal effort. It's not unlikely the Russians expected another easy victory considering Russian troops we're making dinner reservations in Kiev.

[@mk18397]

The truth is they wanted to replace the government and when they accomplished it it would be all over. It could have taken them 3 days but they failed.

[@donrog5035]

@@foxymetroid Crimea not only is WAY smaller than the rest of Ukraine but Russia already has a military base in Ukraine and Ukraine didn't expect Russia to take over the whole ukrainian peninsula. Also the vast majority of crimean People are ethnically russian. This is the reason they took over Crimea that quickly without firing a single shot. Also you forget that there was a civil war in Ukraine in the Dombass region for 8 years. And Ukraine heavily fortified this region during this war. And this time the US warned Ukraine about Russia invasion. So it was 2 differents situations.

[@sH-ed5yf]

Well they expected the government quickly to collapse and the ukrainians seeing the rusdians as liberators.

[@donrog5035]

@@sH-ed5yf Again when did they say that ?

[@valmid5069]

Can’t wait for more historical content from this channel!

[@robertminigame]

Can't wait for more biased content from this channel!*

[@ChisledFish430]

​@@robertminigame just dont watch it you dont like it. Use your brain damn

[@robertminigame]

@@ChisledFish430 its not if i like it or not bro

[@susgaming.4540]

​@@ChisledFish430AH shouldn't call himself a "historian" then

[@Justin-pe9cl]

@@robertminigame Ruski cope

[@Bababoy6969]

Biased aside its quite impressive how little amount of civilians have been lost less then 20k for 2 yrs of war unlike usa 1m civ casualties in Iraq for 1 year

[@Foreign0817]

Casualties are not all necessary deaths. I'm not sure about that number for Iraq, but it is possible. 1 million deaths in 20 years, but I'm not sure about total casualties.

[@user-eh3gw8fc6e]

Really. It's police op. Main target - notorious narcodealer in old green t-shirt.

[@RCx44]

Russia didn't immediately take out all civilian infrastructure like us did in Iraq

[@dessirangelova2676]

Well of course there are less civilian casualties. Ukraine conscripted pretty much every civilian near the front. There are simply not enough civilians near the front to lose more than 20k

[@ilduce4298]

This video stinks of Nafo cope

[@markchapman2585]

Great video. The graphics look good 👍🏻

[@voxval]

You, comment viewer. Here's your hazmat suit.

Good summary, with magnificent animation; It's a shame that unlike the previous video, you treated the topic with too much focus on highlighting the Ukrainian merits in a year in which things went disastrously for them and in the process you dedicated little time to mentioning the achievements, successes and improvement in adaptation of the Russian army in the conflict (something that takes away the objectivity of the video). Also missing is an explanation of the Russian fortification measures in the South, which ended up leading the Ukrainian counteroffensive to failure. =/

[@alexcorvuscazador5596]

When your army is leaded by a literal economist (at least now) and old soviet autocrats serfs (for 2023 and before) whose biggest achievement has been an around 20km penetration in the 2 years ans 3 months special millitary operation so far against less than 10 percent of Natos budget,partially of old stock, its hard to find victories and be "less biased" against hordes who even suck at imperialisim beyond killing everything with artillery and glide bombs then send in the infantry in waves until they run out of bullets or enery at a turtles pace.

@@alexcorvuscazador5596 Be careful, underestimating an enemy is the main reason why you lost wars like Vietnam. Not all countries have the same mentality and the same willingness to make sacrifices, regardless of the multiple reasons, which for some are more valuable than for others; To think that the Russians would become discouraged for the same reasons that a NATO country would, is a huge mistake and they may regret it sooner or later. Recognizing the strengths and victories of your rivals, regardless of how they are obtained, is the greatest weapon you have to defeat them later, as is recognizing your own defeats; If you don't understand it, I recommend reading someone like Sun Tzu, because then you will understand that knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure you win a thousand battles.

[@alexcorvuscazador5596]

Who is you? I am not even american. I am not underestimating them I am looking at the facts they have moved 20km on the widest point in in 2 years and 3 months. If you need a history lesson and read books please do so as the US stopped out Vietnam due to polical pressure , look at the casualties its not even close. If they had stayed longer and lost that would be another issue. Underestimation is the reason why Russia has extended this special millitary operation to three years and their adapting has not translated to any gain as long as their leadership remains as corrupt a ever. As long as Ukraine has will and manpower nothing sill change based on Russias autocratic charatheristics.

@@alexcorvuscazador5596 You are wrong if you think that every victory translates into the total destruction of the enemy army, the fact that you degrade the achievement of Vietnam by ending up winning that war, regardless of the means or results, says a lot about you; victory is a victory in the end. You may not be American or even not from the European Union, but I perceive in you enough subjectivity with the subject not to be; It is true that Ukraine has achieved something impressive and that regardless of how it ends, Russia can now consider the war a failure because of what it has cost them and for not achieving the objective (which was not to conquer land, but to subjugate Ukraine to keep it under its control), however that is no reason not to recognize merits regardless of whether they are few or great. Aren't you aware of the War? The Russians have adapted little by little and are now attacking the North through Kharkov, succeeding in destroying the rear logistics by precision attacks with drones and artillery, something they lacked at the beginning (if they had had it before, they would have done more damage when starting the war). The point of recognizing the positive evolution of your enemy helps to carry out more effective countermeasures, but also in terms of the news that is given to the public, it also helps to convince people that this war is a serious matter and that therefore that must continue to be helped with more weapons. If he keeps talking only well about the Ukrainians, he will only make the allied countries fall into apathy. Furthermore, you talk about Russia, but since 2022 Ukraine has not been able to advance a higher amount of mileage than what you criticize the Russians for; On the other hand, Russia continues to expand its war economy, while Europe and the United States remain industrially hesitant and rather than gaining ground, they are losing it. Therefore, recognizing your rivals allows you to be objective in the end, not as you do when you only want to impose the perspective that Russia is just failures; They may be wrong, but even with those they have had successes and allied help comes better when you recognize your enemy's possibilities.

[@viethoangtruong54]

@@alexcorvuscazador5596 You are clearly a illegal US immigrant or a Ukrainian untralnationlist based on how you are conducting yourself.

[@et9949]

I think you highly sugar coated the fact that Ukraine counteroffensive FAILED..Really badly.. they lost most of there equipment with only capturing small villages..and months later.. Russia took Adivika,a strategic town.

[@1996Horst]

They recovered almost 80% of the equipment, compared to russias current rate of 30%. Adivika is about as strategically important as the alpine front between France and Germany in WW I.

[@et9949]

@@1996Horst 80% recovery.. you really believe that number..80% of destroyed equipment were recoverable...sure thing bud bakmut wasn't strategic, adivika isn't strategic..Krasnohora/riftka won't be strategic strategic,,nor Chas avir

[@1996Horst]

@et9949 you have a serious mental disability considering that you managed to misidentify 99% of what I said. Kinda amazing. Hut also explains everything you said so far

[@mikhailclark7529]

in that counter offencive the ratio of ukraine deaths and russia deaths were 30,000-110,000 (UN sourse) while the kremlin says it was 44,000-48,000

[@KasadysXI]

Ukraine will be deploying the 62nd reddit tank brigade, and the 71st twitter motor rifle company to plug the gaps.

[@robertminigame]

other title for the video: cherrypicking victories in the ukraine war

[@alphonsostudebeker]

Absolutely, crooked perspective

[@LucyLucky7580]

Honestly, I was shocked

[@The-Enclave]

Yes, Bakhmut was a cherrypicked Ukranian victory...

[@ExtantPerson]

How are they cherry-picking? Russia didn’t have that many victories in 2023 compared to Ukraine. Remember, this video is dedicated solely to the war’s progress in 2023. Russia’s renewed offensive is not part of that time frame.

[@SVRSK]

@@ExtantPersonOverall they undermine Russia's successes and make it seem as if Ukrainian forces capturing some settlement or tiny village was a major blow to them, not only that but any defeat the ukranains have they always credit it to ''bad weather'' or some other circumstance belittling the Russian army

[@christianworkman8108]

What is this? Die wochenschau? Ukraines war effort has been an absolute disaster, they lost bakhmut, avdivka and that summer offensive was ww1 izonzo level disaster, one from which Ukraine will never truly recover from

[@niixodus]

They are still a country. Fighting all of Russia

[@christianworkman8108]

@@niixodus not for much longer, let me guess, zelensky is waiting for Steiner's counter attack?

[@niixodus]

@@christianworkman8108 Time will tell.

[@randomdude5187]

@@niixodusEven Ukrainian commanders are saying if Russia opens another front in the Sumy region they are fucked.

[@ihavenoidea2735]

Lmfao, remember ukraine doing trailer for their counter-offensive? Also, this IS 2023, not 2024. Ukraine was "fine" and "stable" in 2023.

[@Vashkella1937]

Winter War: Part 2 Electric Boogaloo

[@varunrajesh6516]

​@@patrickwelch3859 Notably Finland was on its own throughout the Winter War. Not so much here. Not even close.

[@AlecuBeldiman68420]

​@@varunrajesh6516Not completely on their own, many volunteers from all over Europe (especially Sweden, Norway and Denmark) came to Finland's help

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

​@@patrickwelch3859 Meh. Choose your overlord. I'd rather NOT be tied to russia/china/iran.

[@fearlesspotato3429]

​@patrickwelch3859 well the Soviet obejective in finland was to anex finland. They had to settle with taking the defensive line of finland and basically no important lands. And WW2 was what changed things, have WW2 not happen the effect of the winter war would have been just a russian humiliation and forcing finland to join the tripartite pact. So if the Ukranian war is going to mirror the winter war then expect russia ro settle for the Donbass and perhaps crimea after being humilliated and then Ukraine entering NATO. And expect if there's a ww3 somehow ends the same way as ww2 which is highly unlikely.

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

@@fearlesspotato3429 now now. It's entirely plausible ww3 will end with suns being dropped, just like ww2.

[@Nikolaievich9837]

Russia just recently recaptured rabotino. Ukraines only advance during the counter offensive is finally gone. Zelensky can claim now that the offensive never happened.

[@eigintasbaranauskas7519]

Bro get your ass out of here with that pfp

[@sullathehutt7720]

​@@eigintasbaranauskas7519 Lol triggered

[@eigintasbaranauskas7519]

@@sullathehutt7720 Yeah, at least I'm not defending despots

[@seb_1504]

Yeah like zelensky banning people from leaving his country or forcibly conscripting men in his country by taking them into vans... ​@@eigintasbaranauskas7519

[@attilamarics3374]

@@eigintasbaranauskas7519 Well, Zelensky jailed his opposition and refused to do elections. UHHHHHHH

[@Cleavedn2]

I find it quite crazy how desensitized we are to war now because we been learning about it in school about the world wars and civil war.

[@ShadowReaper-pu2hx]

Quite a positive spin on such a terrible year for Ukraine. The video conveniently refrains from mentioning Ukraine’s manpower shortage.

[@KAZVorpal]

Yes, this is more of a dishonest propaganda piece, than honest and accurate history.

[@kevinaguilar7541]

I assumed that the man power shortages was more prevalent in 2024.

[@rellikskuppin7417]

I agree with the 2024 comment but still. Average DRAFT age is 43. They are not free volunteers lol

[@Sterlingcape]

The biggest issue I have is the lack of criticism of Bahkmut hold out, and the part where he implied Russia is using NeoNazi units lol

[@rellikskuppin7417]

@Sterlingcape Laughs in Azov. When has Putin ever said Bolshevik'ism/Stalin'ism was good. Shits crazy. He says "those with a heart miss thr USSR. Those with a brain would never want it to return".

[@lorenzod3667]

From what was supposed to be a super technological modern war, it turned into the poor version of the World War I, with some splashes of the World War II. I also see reminiscences of the Winter War, the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and the Iran-Iraq War.

[@MaitreKorda]

War. War never changes.

[@varunrajesh6516]

Honestly pretty expected considering the type of terrain it is. Iran-Iraq War is the best comparison albeit with drones too. It's not like Russia and Ukraine were gonna fight each other from space or something. That's a US & China war situation.

[@kingjom5651]

Ww1 but with drones

[@kg7162]

​@@varunrajesh6516us & china and i Hope not, will be the equivalent of the Pacific War 2.0 with super Sonic missile, island hopping campaing, cyber Warfare

[@randomdude5187]

Ukraine really went from somewhat of a beast in 2023 to a helpless nation in 2024 all because Russia learned from both Russia's and Ukraine's mistakes.

[@bestieswithtesties]

Uh no? It happened because republicans in America, specifically Mike Johnson, are team russia and held up aide to Ukraine for months. They literally did not have enough ammo to stop the russians. Pretty much the only reason russia can accomplish anything at all, both defensive and offensive, is because they can rain down massive amounts of artillery on Ukrainian positions. The Ukrainians on the other hand started running low on artillery when republicans held up much needed aide for months allowing the russians to advance much easier.

[@dimikius7100]

@@bestieswithtesties That is, you once again confirm that without the help of the United States and NATO, our “police force” (as it was in the early stages of hostilities), the operation would have been a success, Zelensky would have signed the conditional “Minsk-3”, which would have ended the conflict back in 2022 year and would not have led to the death of thousands of people on both sides of the barricades and less destruction that occurred over these two years? You know, on the other hand, I would like to express some gratitude to the US leadership. Thanks to them, we were finally able to move away from a certain focus on cooperation with the West because we were finally convinced of its total hypocrisy, and with grief we are moving towards building our political position in the world. I hope that when Western and Ukrainian politicians ask for peace, ours will only raise a pig cutter over their heads with a malicious smile.

[@ReikerForge]

@@bestieswithtesties Typical ukrobot has to blame Murica for Ukraines failures Then again, you guys just parrot Zelensky. "If the US doesn't keep giving in to our demands, it'll be _your_ sons and daughters dying in Ukraine"

[@The-Enclave]

​​​​@@dimikius7100If Ukraine stops figting, there will be no Ukraine. If Russia stops fighting, there will be no war. Supporting genocidal maniac is just crazy.

[@dimikius7100]

@@The-Enclave Geniuses, we were completely satisfied with the option of a neutral Ukraine, which was a buffer between NATO and our borders (which, by the way, is beneficial for Ukraine itself in all aspects, but unfortunately, people have been in power there for a long time who reflect your selfish interests, and not the interests of their people) . We are not to blame for the fact that Kyiv was not going to comply with the Minsk agreements with a slow, but still confident transition to the world that everyone needs (guys, both the Europeans and the Ukrainians themselves have more than once openly stuffed themselves with weapons that Europe and the United States supplied there in full ignoring any warnings from the Russian Federation and provoking us to support the decision of the Ukrainian leadership to join NATO, which led to a forceful solution to the problem (which was completely unprofitable and unnecessary for Russia). Even when hostilities began, only the Russian leadership negotiated, stopped the advance of troops, opened green corridors for civilians, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine actively used while politicians delayed the negotiation process, and then openly abandoned the Russian Federation and continued hostilities. As a result, the forced police operation turned into a bloody massacre in which there are no true winners, there are only losers and broken destinies. And you know, I’m sure that right now you’re thinking, “Heheh, stupid Putin bot,” so I’ll say it straight. It is YOU who are to blame for this war. It is YOU who benefit from the death of thousands of people on both sides. It was YOU who ignored us and assured the Ukrainians that it would be an easy walk, giving them weapons and sending them to a deliberately suicidal war. It is YOU who supply weapons there that only prolongs the agony of the Ukrainian leadership and increases the number of victims on both sides. It was YOU who forbade them to negotiate, which could have ended the war earlier and largely on terms that suited Ukraine. The blood of ALL who died during the war is on YOUR hands, and YOU will not get away with it. I hope that our leadership will not conduct any dialogue with either the United States or Europe, you have finally shown your colors in relation to Russia, then don’t complain.

[@ayushweoooo7482]

to be honest i am a armchair history fan but this whole video is biased .

[@P4Tri0t420]

"but"?

[@toddswarthout6064]

Absolutely agree

[@themanwhosnameisstan3140]

How come?

[@nenadnikolic6142]

Watching this video, makes me feel like watching CNN or BBC propaganda.

[@P4Tri0t420]

@@nenadnikolic6142 For real... sadly. I was hoping ACH would do a neutral analysis

[@RelaxingLavaLamp]

I especially liked the part where you glossed over and barely acknowledged Ukraines neo-nazi problem before making a huge song and dance over Russia's supposed neo-nazi problem. Tell me, how much did Zelensky pay you to make this fine piece of totally unbiased and definitely not propaganda film?

[@dorf1472]

Among all of the pro Ukrainian channels ACH is the most unbiased one (tbh maybe the most unbiassed amongst all political channels). The mere fact that it was acknowledged is huge. We must admit that rusich belongs to prison no less than azov rdg and kraken.

[@maxave7448]

Did you even watch the video? He briefly mentioned both sides having far-right groups fighting and you just freaked out the second you heard him mention that russia has the same thing?

[@demianperez1182]

Bro he mentions that

[@demianperez1182]

And do you think russia also doesn't post propaganda?

[@attilamarics3374]

@@maxave7448 Its dishonest tho. Ukraien has nazi battalions, and national heroes. Meanwhile Russia has supposed groups that are that, but for wagner it was just a story, made up by a newspaper, without any evidence. Remember the "Russians" in the free russian legion? You can guess for what reason they joined Ukraine. They are that type of people.

[@Numba003]

Hopefully, the suffering there will end soon. Thank you for the video. God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️

[@Gaming_Channelorsomething]

Bro these land hungry officials need to understand that this war is not about “oh, my pawn fell, no problem, I can replace it.” It’s about “my husband/brother/son/nephew etc. died” no matter the reason war is never alright

[@clark4813]

"We are not the baddies." Them literally having an enormous evil-looking skull on their huge pitch black flag.

[@KAZVorpal]

How about the actual Nazi symbols for the Ukrainian actual Nazi battalion?

[@koga924]

By that logic the Red Cross is evil because they have a snake. They're mercs, you'd be singing their praises and saying "that logo is sick AF" if they had joined Ukraine.

[@Justin-pe9cl]

@@KAZVorpalLARP Nazies

[@gayorsomethingidk553]

​@@KAZVorpalAt this point, I'm pretty sure both sides are fielding extremist groups. Manpower is manpower in war. Similar to how most political parties attempt to cooperate more during war, best to win against a foreign power cooperate with your competition than losing your country.

[@youtube_is_shit]

@@gayorsomethingidk553 разница лишь в том, что на Украине это массовое явление, люди с нацистской символикой становятся героями и примером для подражания. А в России есть только ДШРГ Русич - небольшое подразделение, которое не героизируют на государственном уровне. Даже не упоминают об этом, будто бы стыдясь.

[@user-mg5gv9mn3f]

11:50, I never understood this logic “they aren’t giving up?, bomb their families and friends, that will make them want to give up” like bruh they’re gonna get more angry and have nothing left to lose. America did the same thing in Iraq in 2003 and it made the civilians more mad and we got fucked in guerrilla warfare and had to withdraw 💀. (Not saying the same thing will happen to Russia, I don’t have a fucking crystal ball 😭)

[@2boysyou2be]

A lot of the time I just think of these modern wars as just the occasional skirmish or something of the like. Now I see this is a full-fledged war.

[@2packrm781]

Hey, Armchair Historian (AH), thank you & the guys for making this update of the 🇷🇺 vs. 🇺🇦 war. I have a question to run by you, are you going to put this video upload (& even the other uploads) onto a DVD📀 for your audience to have for watching in their personal free time🤔?

[@YAH2121]

Should've mentioned how Russia ultimately gained more territory in 2023 than they lost despite the Overhyped ukraine counteroffensive

[@user-yh1nm1vy3i]

How though? They lost Kharkiv and Kherson and lots of Land around it.

[@robertminigame]

@@user-yh1nm1vy3i those arent the only areas in ukraine...

[@cringewatcher4229]

@@user-yh1nm1vy3ithose were in 2022

[@tanmaypandey4028]

​@@user-yh1nm1vy3i Russia relaunched attack towards Kharkov...

[@datacollector345]

​@@robertminigameg@@yfo copies about ucocane is insane😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@WeoXCY]

This aged well😂

[@Heavenport]

??

[@czevzi]

The video literally came out the day you left this comment, what do you mean?

[@WeoXCY]

@@czevzi Are you slow? Have you at least seen the title? 🤣

[@czevzi]

@@WeoXCY It's presented from the current perspective, so by "aged well" you mean the war itself? Because your irony would imply the video itself aged badly, that's all.

[@WeoXCY]

@@czevzi "Aged well" was definitely written by me to emphasize author's vision on conflict. Nobody refers to the video itself but to the context of the video. Isn't it obvious?

[@KennedyMA35]

To not say Ukraine’s counter offensive wasn’t defeated by the Russians not just failed is crazy

[@jdkongu]

Does anyone believe ukraine has more chance of taking Crimea than donbas

[@BozheTsaryaKhrani]

neither will happen

[@prgamer241]

At this point the Russians will be at the gates of Kharkiv city, Sloviansk, and kramatorsk than Ukraine retaking Crimea. There are rumors that Russia will reopen the Sumy front, so if that happens then a there’s a guaranteed Kiev front that will force Ukrainian forces to be more stretched out. If there’s a second Sumy and Kiev front then I bet that most units will be concentrated defending the Capital and the 2nd most important city, this could allow the Russians to capture Chasiv yar and advance to other areas including Kupiansk, sloviansk, kramatorsk, provkorsk, Zaparozhia city. This year will be the worst year for Ukraine, after this year Ukraine might as well gg

[@fearlesspotato3429]

The only ways such a thing could happen is if 1) russia collapses into civil war and Ukraine doesn't (extremally unlikely) 2) Russia gives up the fight Vietnam style and negociates crimea and dombass back (Not very likely but we'll have to see if russia starves in a few years or not) Theres basically no chance for ukraine to actually beat russia militarily while theres also not a lot of chances for russia to beat Ukraine militarily. This war seems to be decided by who stayes in the fight for longer. And since ukraine is fighting for their existance while Russia is fighting for their waining status I'd say theres more chances that ukraine will endure longer than russia.

[@user-rj4gu5oh3k]

@@fearlesspotato3429Idk if you’ve seen videos but there has been plenty of videos of men resisting Conscription in Odesa. If that doesn’t sound like a looming uprising idk what doesnt.

[@fearlesspotato3429]

@@user-rj4gu5oh3k I've seen many videos of great many things. I've seen Ukranians soldiers executing surrendering Russian soldiers only for the dead Russian soldiers to find a more comfortable pose while dead and I've seen videos of supposed Ukranian officers demanding the execution of zelensky. When it comes to internal affairs of Ukraine I tend to doubt DIP (Deceptive imagery persuasion) I prefer to judge actions and so far I've seen none.

[@jeanadams7387]

I feel like too many people forget that the intial invading force was only 180,000 people, 1/3 of which were combat troops. The notion that Russia was looking to conquer all of Ukraine - a country of ~30 million - with 180,000 is laughable. The Russian assumption was that a quick invasion of Ukraine would force the Ukranian government to come to the negotiation table and renounce any desires to become a NATO member; of course, this turned out to be a total failure. Nonetheless, the costly Russian mistake of assuming the Ukrainians would give out quickly pales in comparison to the foolishness of the Ukranians to reach a favorable settlement early on in a war that was (or rather, will be) a Russian victory. Wars are determined by manpower and industrial output, neither of which Ukraine (or NATO countries) have. Years of outsourcing industry to other countries for cheaper labor has left the West vulnerable and without any surge capacity for rapid weapons production. Never mind training a professional workforce to man the factories to mass produce tanks, missles, and artillery shells like we did WWII, we don't even have the factories to send them to. This war was a doomed proposition from the Ukrainian side before it even started, and with the average age of a Ukrainian conscript being 43(!), there is serious risk of the Ukrainian nation ceasing to exist. What a waste of life.

[@Legion617]

Tell that to the trillions of rubles sunk into a war that's never, ever going to be cost effective no matter what can be exploited out of the country. Industry and manpower do win wars, but that's never, EVER, an absolute. Smaller nations have always proven that wars can be won when the invader suffers being bogged down for too long, no matter how authoritarian or tightened state security is. Russia is in year 3 of its invasion, forced to sink so much of its economy that has lost a lot of influence in its own backyard, and is becoming solely dependent on China and Iran, sacrificing its position as a major world power. It betrayed Armenia, it screwed its massive weapons exports market, its relying on older and older technologies of which some can't be replicated anymore because of how outdated it is, it no longer has access to western markets, the CSTO has proven to be absolutely useless and pointless, and its suffering an enduring rivalry with Turkey and China for influence that Russia SHOULD have intense establishment with. All for a war that could've been avoided had Putin just come to the negotiating table with all parties involved.

[@AgentLeonDeputyAmaral]

It can be a waste of life, but we need to understand that Ukranians will not give up their land so easily, and they will not bargain with Russia, not with actual "governant" who's want basically all of Ukraine... maybe more, and even if they agreed with all Russia demands, wich are unfair and many, its not garanted that will end here.

[@svetlinsofiev1910]

great comment

[@jeanadams7387]

@@AgentLeonDeputyAmaral The Russian demands were for Ukraine to not join NATO, not to give up land. In 2014, the Donestk and Luhansk asked Putin to annex them, to which Putin told them that Russia would recognize their regional autonomy as \Ukrainian\ territories. The land annexations of this war are done out of situational necessity rather than a bid for establishing a new Russian empire. The Ukranians had a good deal in 2022, and they blew it.

[@Legion617]

@@jeanadams7387 Not really, as it left them completely at the mercy of Russia's will soon afterwards. Georgia certainly didn't get a good deal, neither did Chechnya through 2 freaking wars, and the Syrians were constantly bombarded by Russia because their government forces were on the brink of collapse.

[@merafirewing6591]

The proverbial meat grinder is a good description between the two nations since it's a strange mix of ww1 and ww2 tactics and strategies with modern technology.

[@wubblersswubblerss4822]

9:06 You call a surface to air missile hitting his plane, "A Plane Crash" ?!?!?!

[@ushankajoshy]

the plane (in the end) did indeed crash

[@JordanDavila]

_"plane crash"_

[@TheTacoKing13]

Its was offically a "Plane Crash" as stared by russian officials. But we all know hat happened

[@yis9259]

iirc the most credible reason for the plane crash was a hand grenade that was set off mid-flight

[@howiehall4622]

Doesn't look like much of the plane crashed so much as disintegrated in mid-air.

[@originalname2457]

Ok, i understand if this video would be published in summer-autumn 2023 but now... Seriously? Although, i really like this narrative: *Battle of Bakhmut:* Insignificant gains (including cities Bakhmut and Soledar), Russians lost 5 soldiers for 1 ukrainian according to NATO estimates (and only to it). Not a single word about ukrainian casualties during battle of Bakhmut and how it affected plans for counteroffensive, while mentioning all the problems of the russian army. *Summer Counteroffensive:* well, ukrainians did defended themselves, destroyed some russian ships and even though they didn't reconquered HUGE chunk of territory, still, they DID achieve tactical gains. Not a single word about russian gains. Bro, you even animated RDK raids on Belgorod and Krynki operation, while not saying a single word about Bradley square or Robotino. You haven't even shown battle of Avdievka on map and how it ended, while stating that "Russia lost a lot of soldiers and had huge issues". Hell, you haven't even shown this offensive and it's results on map, and i'm not even mentioning the results of 9 days russian offensive in Kharkiv oblast, which saw more territorial gains, than whole ukrainian summer offensive in 4 months. Im not saying that it's all good and great with the Russian army. There is a great number of issues and problems with it, but such biased view on this conflict is just disguisting. That's not history, that's propaganda. Still, looks like this is what informational warfare is nowadays.

[@TheBayzon]

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@studgud3345]

Bro he’s only talking about what happened in 2023, many of these battles such as avdiivka ended in 2024

[@sonogamirinne7172]

Well he western so if he side with Russia, western people will cancel him so he nor say much about Russia 😅

[@dog4328]

@@studgud3345That’s true, but barely mentioning the “huge losses” and failures of Ukraine while continuously mentioning Russia’s is a big problem in of itself. It gives the illusion that Ukraine is still at optimal strength while Russia’s military is in shambles when it isn’t the case at all. Now when they recap 2024 they’re going to look like fools as everything said in this video will make AH seem uncredible which is unfortunate as KZbin already has a thing against history channels and losing the trust of the views is the last thing they need.

[@lancerevo9747]

Every time I try to make comments like this I get banned from commenting for a few days.

[@land0n592]

I have a feeling the counteroffensive was far more fatal to Ukraine"s war effort than anyone is letting on

[@theawesomeman9821]

Can't wait to see the Armchair Historian's conclusion to this war.

[@alpharius7454]

its kind of sad AH skip small details like the soviet weapons depo inside Soledar that give Wagner an edge in supply chains as the weapons got use against the AFU and the confirmation of loses of NATO equipment in the ukranian counter offensive but the narration is good and the animation is absolutly beautiful now in 2024 the momentum is on Russia as the lost of Avdiivka made crack in ukranian defenses and the lack of trenches behind it made way for a russian advance towards Chasiv Yar and now the Kharkiv offensive seems to have put Ukraine on a precarious situation having stretch its forces, looking forward for the 2024 video animation

[@viethoangtruong54]

This is a clearly propaganda video, he will only praise one side of the war so to speak.

[@wattsnottaken1]

Please do a video on the Battle of Guadalcanal when you get chance. Important and interesting lesser known campaign of ww2

[@xWarLegendx]

Watch K&G

[@2SSSR2]

Will return here in 2 years to see how the war ended.

[@OutlierOnYT]

We need to watch this before it gets taken down by KZbin

[@keith48993]

Why would KZbin take down CIA propaganda?

[@ryanradkowski3058]

The animation is amazing! Love the hard work you all put in! Cheers 🍻

[@glintongordon6811]

Who said it was supposed to days? And there was no stalemate

[@hitpoint69]

I love those animations they are so cool

[@jasonchecinski9741]

Just a recommendation, but a "timeline" graphic would be really nice. Especially if it was always on the screen. Another comment is that i really like when discussing a location (other then obvious ones) if its shown on a map

[@ZanderCrawford-ko6hd]

LES GO NEW VIDEO NEW W

[@imperatorofman]

Ukraine got billions in aid in 2023 and delivered the worst results so far when compared to 2022. If anything questions need to be asked about the money being fed to them monthly.

[@sH-ed5yf]

Cause russia dug in for almost a year

[@Rudnaz_127]

3:05 anyone else feeling like there was a sponsor coming?

[@Enderkiller77]

Wish this was longer 🥺

[@LucyLucky7580]

I guess you like listening to sweet propaganda lol

[@nurjanahcatherine5337]

Can you do the Battle of Marawi

[@enzicoxe]

this video is so wrong, in so many ways. Firsly, during the ukranian 'counteroffensive' in Kherson (2023) they didnt retake Oleshky, nor did they capture any amount of territory that comes close to what you showed; with them barely capturing any towns, and across very small areas. (like Krynki.) Secondly you say the RU suffered 5-1 casualty ratios in Bakhmut but this simply wasnt the case, with Bakhmut having 'destroyed' several ukranian brigades initially meant for the counteroffensive. You also completely forgot to mention the fact that Russian missle and strike capabilities grew massively during 2023. you also completely ignored the 'Fab UMPC' being used in bakhmut, which wouldve been somewhat understandable, but then also completely forgot to mention it all later on...? when this weapon is now being used in the hundreds a day (and has been since Oktober 2023, when they started to be used near Adveevka) You also massively understated just how much of a failure the Ukranian counteroffensive was, with so many forces being used in the completely ridicilous offensives near Bakhmut and the Vremsky ledge that lead to huge casualties in terms of armor, aswell as ignoring the fact that due to these forces (aswell as all their weapons) being destroyed in useless counteroffensives ukraine is now suffering a massive shortage in terms of reserves, weapons, and manpower, with RU now having captured more territory in 2024 near Kharkiv then ukraine in 2023 in total. You also ignored the total failure of ukranian air defense, but thats to be expected as that only became clear recently. Its amazing how wrong this video is on so many levels; yet you still manage to include the lancet. which i do like, because that (alongside the FAB and FPV drones) has been the most influential weapon in this war, destroying everything from tanks and mortars to aircraft a hundred kilometers away. Looking foward to a 2024 video a year from now where you have to admit that the reason for current ukranian failure is a badly-timed and planned offensive aswell as an increase of RU weapons production.

[@quirklyquibble]

The video left me with the similar impression, it is trying to convince that Ukraine had sort of advantage throughout the whole 2023. It's absolutely not true.

[@enzicoxe]

@@quirklyquibble exactly. because while its true russia didnt achieve any ground; ukraine weakened itself enough with the senseless defense of bakhmut and stupid counteroffensive (where they announced where they would begin the attack too btw. im not even joking) aswell as ukraine losing support from more neutral countries, like poland and slovakia saying theyre not giving more weapons, exc. He also never adressed ukraines manpower issue, which is just another sign that this is solley a propaganda video meant to bolster support for ukraine. im used to him making unbiased videos, but now im starting to rethink all of his previous videos aswell.....

[@attilamarics3374]

@@enzicoxe people liek to claim this huge losses but nobody can prove them. It makes me question the legitimacy of all of these 'history' youtubers.

[@littoww]

I'm actually amazed how well Ukraine has done. We all thought it would be over within a couple months with an easy Russian win.

[@leehoward5370]

I know, people still think if Ukraine falls this years that’s a huge W for Russia. For a small country delayed Russia for 3 years. Now imagine Poland and Germany with American planes swarming the region’s airspace.

[@PrinceDaemonTargaryen]

​@leehoward5370 exactly even if Russia does eventually win this is a massive embarrassment in a similar vein to the winter war.

[@wishbones170]

@@PrinceDaemonTargaryen I imagine that's how it will end. There will be a massive stalemate and Ukraine may end up surrendering a few territories in return for peace.

[@fireironthesecond2909]

@@wishbones170I personally think Putin is putting his all into this. He’s cut all Western ties and is getting old so I bet he’s put his entire legacy on getting Ukraine

[@Miloshmkd]

I guess this is nice quick recap from Ukrainian/Western point of view.

[@mk18397]

Won't help tho since we don't live in the past

[@MOMIN5]

yeah kinda sad, he is using British and Ukranian MOD, as a source, while they are known to spread complete lies like shovels, trees and bushes disrupting UKR counteroffensive and what not, I doubt we will get a realistic casuality count from either side for atleast the next 20-30 years

[@sH-ed5yf]

Lets look at the russian point of view: nazi, nazi, naziiiii. Done

[@kg7162]

Not really good recap of 2023 it was the worst years for Ukraine with this one as well, the offensive in the kherson region was a total failur gaining 30km^2 of Land for 3/4month of fighting while russia is regain those Land and gaining Land faster than Ukraine.

[@The-Enclave]

​@@kg7162Ukraine managed to pull off two major offensives before that.

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

This gonna be a problem when the time for both sides to meet at the negotiating table comes

[@ITZ_mymelodyshines]

Totally biased video why doesnt he consider the russian success in the avdiivka? Or in luhansk region?

[@franek335]

Read the title of the video and see when the battle of avdiivka ended , then you will understand

[@ITZ_mymelodyshines]

@@franek335 Yeah ik but still Ukraine had the worst year in 2023, there were russian successful assaults in the Donetsk region while Ukraine had manpower and supply issues due to USA postpones

[@JR-wg6cs]

Is this supposed to convince people Ukraine is making progress

[@dislikebutton543]

Yes

[@Anil-zg9gh]

Yes diverting western propaganda

[@somethingiswrong8975]

Begone bot

[@JR-wg6cs]

@@somethingiswrong8975 I shall disobey those orders brother

[@nblockhiguys6098]

what animation app do you use?

[@thisisthewayyoda]

I respect anyone willing to cover this topic with nobias, thanks guys

[@jackjames7283]

he's bies at least he, not as bias as Lazerpig.

[@Fijore]

The counteroffensive was halted also by the Surovikin line

[@fedortheodor1782]

Guy is trying his best to explain why Ukrainians lost their counteroffensive

[@The-Enclave]

Still had massive success in two previous ones. Meanwhile Ruzzia managed to capture a 20,000 population town with 20,000+ loses.

[@jackjames7283]

​​@@The-EnclaveOK so what if they had 2 good offensive the Germany had many good offensive but they still lost.

[@icekidtvshorts4504]

​@@The-Enclave20k Russian casualties 😂 I believe your source is the ghost of Kyiv 😂. At this rate Russia would've ran out of soldiers but it's Ukraine who only suffers 30k losses in 2yrs according to Zelensky is running low on manpower with just 500k active soldiers currently after recruiting over a million men in late December 2022, what happened to half of the recruits from December 2022

[@MungorTV]

@@The-Enclave meanwhile ukies have general mobilization and no electricity

[@The-Enclave]

@@MungorTV Country fighting for it's right to exist will obviously have general mobilization. Mean while in RUSSIA they will just randomly kidnap you of street to fight in a meatwave. Attacking power grid is a warcrime, but at least it's not randomly dying by itself like in corrupt Ruzzia where they steal maintenance money so dams just break.

[@manofarmageddon92]

15:37 wut da hell is Serbian Volunteer Guard (a paramilitary from the 90s wars) doing in Ukraine 💀💀💀💀

[@orderoftheyawgmoth]

As ACH was describing the start of the summer offensive one could easily make many parallels to the Battle of Kursk 1943. From delays due to waiting for new advanced tanks and spring rains to defense in depth and employment of mines to the main tank assault itself. History does not repeat but it rhymes. The only thing missing was the Battle of Prokhorovka 2.0. While I think it was a good thing highlight the success of Ukrainian marines' river crossing operation the sad disappoinment was the overt pro-Ukrainian (pro-Western?) view that the summer 2023 counter-offensive was success - which it was not. The offensive was a disaster. I saw enough tank graveyards, felt the overall depression in the Western media as the offensive ground to a halt and as the offensive ended we finally saw how little gains Ukraine managed to achieve (correct me if I am wrong but I recall only about 3 % of the original goals were met). It was so clear that after the offensive ended in disaster the overall war interest in Western media started to wane and the harsh reality set in: Russians had learned the hard way how to wage war. Despite all the Western propaganda BS Russia's economy did not crash, it's army did not collapse and their military industry production just keeps increasing in volume. Unless something absolutely surprising happens Russia is not gonna lose this war.

[@hestan723]

Russian economy isn't collpasing because they are running on their money stock which has been reduced by 50% Plus, their oil and gas export are at loss because of how low they sold it to China and India

[@morgan1719]

Some problem saying "Nazi" when you describe the "Free Russia Brigade" or Azov Battalion, Right Sector, C13, etc?

[@kodai-5546]

youtube censorship probably, its pretty weird

[@JerziTBoss]

You don't have to say "oblast", you can say just region because that's what word oblast means. It means region.

[@crusader_wolf1104]

Doesn't really matter, both are interchangeable since as you said, theyre the same thing

[@mayachico9766]

You showed zero russian gains ....

[@p00bix]

He did. It just doesn't look like it on a map because the amount of land gained is tiny

[@mayachico9766]

@@p00bix go be a bot somewhere else :(

[@ververdil8296]

he hates Putin

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

I’m gonna be honest, the gains are tiny on the map, just about a mile every few days. War sucks.

[@tanmaypandey4028]

​​@@p00bix Ukrainian gains are and were even smaller... also Oleshky was never taken by Ukraine.

[@goofyahhmcburb]

As an major fan of your previous videos i cannot even explain the disappointment I have with this video. Cmon man

[@The-Enclave]

Almost like creating history videos about very recent events is not a good idea

[@user-so2od8ic7d]

Not bad on the whole, but one can sense a pro-Ukrainian stance: - far-right groups in Russia are called neo-Nazi, while in Ukraine they are called far-right; - it was said about the Russian military defecting to Ukraine, but not about the Ukrainian military defecting to Russia; - it was said that Russian attacks were carried out not only against military but also civilian targets, while Ukrainian attacks were carried out only against military targets. Although Ukraine also regularly strikes civilian targets in Donetsk and Luhansk; - the information about the dead military officials in the headquarters was provided by Ukraine. It would be good to point this out.

[@MayureshGMhatre2520]

Not a NEUTRAL Video ! Half Information & ONLY Placing Ukrainian Narrative.

[@The-Enclave]

Russian narrarive is literally just propaganda lol

[@Stefan-xu5nd]

13:57 Srpska Dobrovoljacka Garda operated in the early 90s during Civil War in Yugoslavia. After the war, and mysterious death of their leader Zeljko "Arkan" Raznatovic caused dismemberment of that group. Although I understand what Armchair Historian tried to tell, it wasn't accurate. Radicals and fanatics from Serbia who joined DNR volunteer company are present in great number (between 1000-2500).