War of Attrition - Russian Invasion of Ukraine DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on Modern Warfare continues with the aftermath of the first phase of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022 ( • How Ukraine Won the Fi... ). Previously we talked about the build-up to the new stage of the Russo-Ukrainian War, how Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine continued, and covered events between February 24th and April 7th, as we saw how Ukraine managed to win the first phase of the war. This set up the second phase of the war - battle of Donbas. In the previous video we covered the events of April of 2022 ( • Battle of Donbas Begin... ) including the sinking of the rocket cruiser Moskva - • How did the Sinking of... , while this video will talk about the continuation of the conflict that turned into the war of attrition in May
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@alexanderi1105]

A little bias but good reporting.

[@aaacsacahh9088]

Please make videos on India Pakistan war

[@Biervampir92]

@@SycoticReaperMk good riddance, if you support russia you support terrorism

[@shinsenshogun900]

I like how the Russian accounts here are coping atm Keep on delivering at least some more decent content like these in monthly uploads. We’ll all be seeing how the combat goes into the nearest bleakest future. Stay fit, be cool, and see the accounts cope and mald on seemingly outrageous reports they watch and seethe over. I’d like to hear their thoughts about Russian nationalist and military bloggers or users loyally criticizing the subpar performance that the overestimated Russian forces have been doing so far here.

[@theanglo-lithuanian1768]

@@timmoles9259 Anything that remotely isn't saying "Russians have already taken Kyiv" is propaganda. Got it. 😆

[@somedude1502]

I got to say, I really like the mini map in the bottom left. It helps me navigate where something is, as I am not well versed in Ukrainian geography. And the yellow lines are also a nice touch to be able to see the difference in Frontlines over the month.

[@CloneWars501232]

@@yakivpopavich Sure Russbot

[@1984Phalanx]

@@yakivpopavich Slava Ukraine!

[@xiphoid2011]

@@yakivpopavich sure, we all know how Russian and Chinese media have freedom of the press and not just government propaganda. /Sarcasm

[@ericluffy7970]

I like it too. Dread the day that anything we will see no longer would show Ukraine having lost Crimea. I have noticed that "in error" there have been videos or maps posted that have shown Crimea as not being lost by Ukraine. That drastic of an Error has always resulted in an immediate unfollow/unsubscribe/thumbs down/report in any way possible to ensure my point has be made short of physicaly putting Snoop upside the head of whoever had broadcasted that way.

[@kimkim-mh7bv]

Fake news lol. Anway who can blame him? He just want video to be popular and earn money that's all. Russia lose men from the west unknown and it said russia lose men around 60000 lol. Russia sent only 120k troop and extra old guard from the rear 30k troops so now russia lose 60k troops. That mean russia have only 60k troop for battle. ;)

[@amossa2319]

It's crazy to think that people are doing documentaries about an ongoing war, what a time to be alive. Edit: It turns out that a lot of wars in the 21th century before the invasion of Ukraine have been heavily documented, so yeah it isn't that crazy.

[@syv5013]

Its not crazy. Classical Age, Medieval Age, etc etc... Already made Documentaries about an Ongoing War.

[@aliceDarts]

They have always been doing that. It is noticeable because the media actually fully recognises the war between russia and ukraine, even though this war has been going on for many years.

[@jebjebster]

@@nathanielsavage7932 why?

[@ThePawcios]

Video about Ukrainian war - russian troll storm is coming :D

[@PrinceVega]

@@nathanielsavage7932 , you know you can just ignore these videos, right? You don't have to like every single video that they upload, that doesn't make the channel bad in itself.

[@vedantkale1163]

So glad you listened to my recommendation to add a mini map to understand the geography in your complete winter war video. That video really had a great potential but a lack of a mini map greatly reduced its impact.

[@zee7056]

I saw that comment and thought to myself, I bet K&G sees this and does it. Good job, both parties.

[@riowanaha1946]

Thank you, It really help 👍🏾

[@apexnext]

Was missing the minimap when I just watched an Alexander video, I think it was. 😂👍

[@willybman3723]

@@zee7056 yeah well too bad it was actually MY comment cuz I said it first so yeah its whatever not that cool ya

[@Brslld]

Lysychansk just got captured hours ago.

[@JC-gl7ee]

True, though that was to avoid encirclement. Very very small gains overall

[@JC-gl7ee]

@@user-cv3pg6ll4f somewhat true, they don’t have the entire region and they’re losing incredible amounts of troops for effectively nothing

[@speakingwithoutnet]

@@user-cv3pg6ll4f without a miracle happening, it was going to happen eventually. The best Ukraine could do was buy time and make the Russians bleed for it. We shall see in the next month or two if they made Russia bleed enough, and if Ukraine used their time wisely.

[@JC-gl7ee]

@@j.m7555 again, it’s a small bit of the map, overall it means nothing. Strategically this was a mess. They’ll likely gain Donbas through sheer force, though they’re losing Everywhere else. Their advance will likely begin to cease shortly

[@JC-gl7ee]

@@user-cv3pg6ll4f In which case Ukraine is winning no? Pushed ruzzians off snake island, pushed them back to the border at Kharkiv and now planning an offence at Kherson. Ruzzia is losing everywhere bar the Donbas

[@Nhosto]

One needs to be wary of Oryx's numbers - their methodology is very stringent, which usually is a good thing, however in this instance it only accounts for a fraction of hard losses each side experiences. And not at all for hardware that is down for maintenance.

[@Bayard1503]

Yup, you see people disputing the numbers saying they are too large for the Russian losses... in actuality they are larger, a lot larger. For both sides. As for civilians... I think we're all too afraid to know them, especially in Mariupol.

[@kevak1236]

A couple of months ago someone did an analysis of Oryx numbers vs. a russian military comms intercept of losses reported by one of the russian Brigades. IIRC it was of T80 tanks (T80U?) as they were the only russian unit with that particular model. Anyway, Oryx numbers were about 72% of the russian losses reported so Oryx is potentially undercounting by almost 30%. Is it true overall, probably not as I struggle to believe the plane and helo numbers reported by Ukraine but, at the same time, I do believe Oryx is under-reporting as he only counts losses with photo/video evidence.

[@Raptor747]

Kings and Generals also fails to mention the warship losses, including the heavy cruiser Moskva. That's a pretty significant deal.

[@Brslld]

@@Raptor747 they literally made a separate video about that.

[@demomanchaos]

Orynx has 800 tanks listed as lost, so the real number is well past 1,000. Combine this with the fact Russia only had 2,000-3,000 actually functional tanks and it is pretty clear why Russia's offensive power is now exclusively relying entirely upon artillery. This is at a time when Russia can't even make a car with seat belt tensioners (The Lada Granta Classic is made using only domestic parts and lacks Anti-lock brakes, air bags, stability control, emissions controls, and seat belt tensioners to name just some of the features from the 1970s it lacks).

[@dominiknieznany6946]

Russian nationalists complain about what the war looks like, but that doesn't mean they are against it. Criticism that falls on the government in Russia, contrary to what many people tell themselves in the West, is not always anti-war, often on the contrary, it is pro-war with criticism of ineptitude and conservatism in action

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

That does not make it better in any way, in fact, it makes it worse in every way.

[@ezekielprophet6016]

You are right, because it is forbidden by law to criticize the war.

[@SA2004YG]

So? Every country has different factions

[@Raptor747]

This. A huge amount of the criticism is coming from people who are not against the war, but are rather critical of the failures of Russian military leadership in conducting it. It's the "these commanders suck; I could do better!"

[@danielch6662]

@@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 people are hoping that an opponent would depose Putin and end the war. If Putin gets overthrown by conservatives on the right, they are not surrendering and pulling back their army.

[@akernis3193]

While it's sad that it is even needed to have, I'm grateful that you guys are doing such a good job of breaking down these events. It is so much clearer from these what is actually going on than from any other videos I have seen.

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

@@bobsaturday4273 What are you going to do about it, other than complain, bicker and cry like a little baby that you're your precious russkie bias is not being confirmed? Want a napkin for the tears?

[@kostas3577]

@@SwordTune can you please tell me what he said

[@sulien6835]

@@kostas3577 Probably something about how its all Western lies and how Putin's liberating the holy land from Gay Nazi Satanists. Not worth repeating.

[@shimonbenovadia1125]

@@SwordTuneI'm curious now... what did he say?

[@Arturino_Burachelini]

I'd be happy to see the video on the 2014-2015 war

[@dylanheath6176]

That wasn’t a war, Russia didn’t even have to fire a shot it just rolled in

[@lileb0y]

​@@Gunni1972 well this kind of video wouldn't be on this channel cuz author here analyse only battles which occured in reality and not some shit you just came up with

[@LisaLutschwanzia]

@@dylanheath6176 Killing 15.000 civilians by the kiev fascists from 2014 till 2022 is not a war, correct. Thank god the russians are now killings the fascists, which is also not a war then.

[@guilherme1622]

@@dylanheath6176 there are plenty of documentaries showing that it wasnt a steamroll

[@Artificiaal116]

@@lileb0y its a russian troll, dont reply, you feed him this way

[@rsKayiira]

Great video but a very strong suggestion. Would be great if the unit markers had number of troops shown as well. So we can know what the estimate for number of troops within that Brigade is.

[@jacobdouglas2812]

This would be nice. Alot of estimation, but good none the less.

[@pizzafrenzyman]

An estimate of unit size is given by the II, III, X, or XX on the top of the unit.

[@brady3610]

They dont really release that kind of information during an on going war?

[@phil0934]

@@brady3610 Yes, they don't.

[@ENovaM]

you can pretty much assume the Ukranians are outnumbered 4:1 always

[@worldwar344]

Thank you boys for the continuing the series! Hopefully the war doesn’t permit too many more videos..

[@shaan702]

It’s crazy that every update in this series has a comment saying “it’s crazy there’s documentaries about ongoing wars”

[@internetguy8075]

Crazy

[@abelramirez7320]

Iraq, Afghanistan, Chad, Sudan, Syria, Palestine: Are we a joke to you?

[@Lasstpak]

Did you ever tried DMT?

[@mekingtiger9095]

@@abelramirez7320 Most of these wars have devolved into petty guerrilla fighting. Ukraine here is entirely different in that it is the first war between two actual national armies from two industrial nations fighting eachother out in the open of such proportion we've got in decades.

[@lassemadsen3803]

good video once again, but i don't believe the claimed losses for one second. Ukraine claimed losses are way to low compared to the claimed Russian losses

[@gamervibes6454]

Of equipment or manpower?

[@Dgenrias]

Ukraine claimed losses: ~400 tanks ~1300 ABM ~700 Artillery In all around 12.000 soldiers. Russians losses (claimed UA): ~1500 tanks ~6000 ABM ~1000 Artillery In all around 35.000 soldiers.

[@Schmidty1]

Those are visually confirmed losses not total actual losses. They don't want to use Ukrainian or Russian government figures so there is no real way to determine actual losses till many years from now

[@leonardolanzara4486]

Ukraine tends to give HIGHER losses figures because it's a "tool" to convince the west to give them more weapons and...who knows, maybe also men. Looks like there are some western special forces already operating in Ukr but without national bagdes

[@qinhaoxin6590]

No one really knows because of all the fake news around

[@Ivan2294]

A thought occurred to me in this video. You're essentially making the modern version of those propaganda news films that the allies made in the 40s. I don't mean that disparagingly or to imply that you're lying/misleading viewers, but rather I think it's just fascinating that we may one day have your videos or others like it used in documentaries and presentations about what people heard about this war while it was going on. Instead of reading about how civilians watch news reels in theaters back home, we'll read about how civilians watched this unfold online and got coverage from independent creators. Crazy times we live in.

[@TheValdemaaar]

holy shit that made me think, good one mate

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Remember, just because it's propaganda doesn't mean it's untrue. The Japanese did indeed attack Pearl Harbor and they did it dishonorably during peacetime before declaring war. The truth can be propaganda's most powerful weapon. The point of Propaganda is to convince someone to adopt a certain viewpoint, something that perhaps Kings and Generals is not doing, but rather report the news with the flimsy amount of information available.

[@andysmith9645]

He definitely has a pro-Ukraine bias. But good content regardless.

[@rominesque2921]

@@andysmith9645 Most decent people have a pro-Ukraine bias

[@SFHFWill]

The fact that Ukraine hasn't reported the number of soldiers KIA or wounded, I have a lot of worries for them.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Do you have the same worry for Russia who also stopped reporting in early spring?

[@SFHFWill]

@@KingsandGenerals Not so much. Russia isn't in danger of collapsing in the same manner. Now, I get why a military isn't reporting on their loses. Makes sense. I also understand why western nations aren't reporting on Ukraine's behalf. Makes sense. However, I can't even find independent numbers. I think the political landscape becomes a coinflip should Russia win. You also run into more issues which I see almost no one talk about. If Russia wins, what happens when Turkey doesn't let Russia use its newly acquired warm water port to leave the Black Sea? I fear the outcome of a Russian victory more. Hopefully that makes sense.

[@MrSkoresh]

​@@KingsandGenerals Russia 4-5 years ago issued a law prohibiting the publication of complete data during the war time, they did not "suddenly stop publishing".

[@KingsandGenerals]

@@MrSkoresh I obviously mean official announcements. This law is for civilians, not government officials.

[@hulagukhan123223]

According to Arestovich, 300+ dead a day. Lisichansk fallen without much resistance this week. Unfortunately the reality is Ukraine is not winning at all

[@RickMentore]

Fantastic presentation! One is immediately mesmerized with the narrators staccato delivery. Thorough coverage of events is also note worthy. A weekly update of this series would be most welcome!

[@KJQ.]

It’s still surreal to realize that my favorite KZbin channel makes videos about smth I witness daily. That there are my loved ones and I on the map, unseen but present, struggling to keep it together, looking forward to the day the enemy will be crashed for good

[@flyingtomatosauce3528]

14:40 I was taking notes but i was like "Tf?" When he said "Niu-York"

[@overlordover114]

Well, since war started I know Ukrainian geography better than my own country

[@jonjeskie5234]

You must be an american? 😏

[@bumblebee.146]

Please make more shorts on war formations and strategies they were sooo fun to watch

[@QxBoNG]

thanks for your hard work! this is the best channel for history and battle analysis

[@TheGoodShepherd117]

Thanks for this, I’ve been trying to take notes on the conflict every few days and these videos are invaluable! Great animation as well!

[@t5ruxlee210]

Wars Of Attrition are a lot like old style bare knuckle boxing. It takes more time to get a handle on who is really punching and who is really hurting. The early rounds may hint at what is to come but don't bet the farm on it.

[@user-ow2gs4br8y]

это экономическая война. и закончится она, тогда, когда Европа поймет, что их благополучие которое у них сейчас есть зависит от России. И как мне кажется, что вечный друг русских - зима, которая расставит все по местам. Для русских сдаваться не привычно, лучше умереть в бою. А что с западом? История все знает...

[@SanarySeggnete]

It's scary how a well detailed work getting outdated the moment it released... Writing current history is like chasing after the clock

[@arthas640]

War moves quickly. In Desert Storm by the time the people in Iraq found out they were officially at war with the West NATO forces had already crippled their high command and taken out communications, the Iraqi high command didnt even know NATO bombers had already crossed the border and picked targets until their comm systems went down. Iraqi soldiers only knew they were at war when Apaches were raining hell fire missiles and auto cannons at them and at that point standoff and cruise missiles were already on target. By the time anyone even knew they were officially at war half the fighting was already done. In WW2 there were similar stories with some battles and engagements only making the news after the fighting was finished and youd have to wait days to find out who won and it could take weeks before families found out if their child had died in the battle but compared to WW1 where the same thing would take weeks instead of days.

[@sublime7617]

“Current history” is called contemporary events

[@fedyaglorka]

Carpe diem

[@tonyetzu]

The video is an update of the events in May.

[@carltonlambert7608]

That's most of your education and then you have to get out there and have to wing it.

[@CoffeeSuccubus]

Although this may be a terrible war, it's actually fascinating to see two modern armies use equipment that normally is used against outdated terrorists or outdated countries fight eachother. NATO and US weaponry vs Russian Weaponry, used by two professional armies.

[@Arthur-ud9mz]

Russian Army is brutal to be called modern as well as Ukrainian. We try to get supplies, vehicles, and weapons from the West, but it's relatively small numbers (though, better than nothing). Russians have some modern tanks, aircraft and so on, but the fact that they had to take from storage some of their older dusted tanks says a lot

[@paddington1670]

​@@Arthur-ud9mz Pootin embezzling billions if not trillions in the last 30 years will do that to an army. russia could have been the actual 2nd best military if what they claimed were true numbers. In fact, we are seeing what they are capable of bringing to the table, 60 year old technology to 140 year old technology as Mosin Nagants. russian soldiers only just barely started wearing socks instead of footwraps. Welcome to the 20th century is an understatement when it comes to russia

[@tktilk3878]

Agree, we were not been given a significant amount of NATO heavy tech, a modern equipment even less. NATO countries supply us only in amounts, enough to not lose , not even to counterattack. They mostly supplied us as insurgents. Our MIGs and SUs are outdated inferior to Russian by both technology and numbers, still we manage to not give Russians to gain air superiority. They have couple times more artillery and much more ammo for it. They have couple times more tanks and APCs too. We NEED WEST's arms in bigger quantity

[@ukmkotabandung3609]

Russia peace Ukraine .Russia please make peace and negotiate with Ukraine, Ukraine please respect and understand Russia's interests, peace and peace stop the war immediately, ...let's build together all that has been destroyed ...Russia and Ukraine you are one brother, Stop the war , MEET AND TALK A DEAL ! Russia is Indonesia's true friend, in history including Ukraine.

[@dude9318]

Every war is terrible

[@gammaryland7207]

I am really grateful for all your work on this! The graphics on this video are spectacular and help understand the intricate details of the war.

[@eltonbritt1502]

Some of those Russian military bloggers are criticizing the underperforming military officials and the political leadership for their decision not to officially declare war and call for at least a partial mobilization. Russia is still on a peacetime war footing. Most of these Russian military bloggers are not necessarily against the war.

[@alexandermackie7621]

@R51R4 00 The russians, or did you miss the part where the vatniks are dying in droves and making the world a better place in the process?

[@noncombatant6945]

Вся ненависть и поддержка войны исходит от людей, которые на эту войну никогда не поедут

[@garfield2406]

@R51R4 00 well russia is very great in bombing civilians in shopping centers and Hospitals, great performance ...

[@alexandermackie7621]

@R51R4 00 That is underperforming, the US took iraq in a month, and they at least seemed to do a better job of maintaining their gear. Russias advances are pretty small compared to what everyone figured they would be if they were as good as we thought they were. We're honestly disappointed.

[@madzihove]

@@alexandermackie7621 Iraq's capabilities had been seriously degraded by years of sanctions and even then they didn't have good leadership leading to poor morale of the troops most of whom surrendered rather than fight.

[@solenplays5312]

Thanks for the update, i feel like this is one of the best sources too learn from

[@Silent_Steel]

Another great video... keep up the great work 👍

[@imagecollections6665]

Fantastically detailed information. Impressed you even have the unit names etc. Great work, I have watched every one of your videos.

[@schpyy]

Thank you for this video, high quality as always by Kings and Generals

[@dillonmadson3130]

Love your work! Keep it Coming! much appreciated from a strategy nerd! lol

[@NAILGUARDco]

I wonder how much military activity is not included in this and what sources Kings and Generals uses to get this information. Impressive comprehensive report on what’s going on. Good series.

[@VDneprovskiy]

Много не попало в видео. Особенно не хватает описаний реальных масштабов партизанской деятельности на оккупированных территориях. В Херсоне и Мелитополе российская армия теряла каждый день около 10 солдат убитыми. Гражданские ловили пьяных оккупантов и резали их ножами, закладывали взрывные устройства на маршрутах их передвижения. Очень много подобных вещей упущено авторами видео. К примеру, в начале войны российские солдаты до ужаса боялись штурмовать город Сумы. Поскольку там стреляли из каждого куста и кидали зажигательные смеси. Большей частью, Сумы удержало именно гражданское население, вооруженное охотничьим оружием, силы местной полиции и небольшие подразделения армии.

[@jameswyre6480]

The stalemate in the air and the need for all trained soldiers on deck are sharply outlined by how many airborne and air assault units are fighting as ground troops and have for months. Excellent job and the best order of battle info I have seen by far!

[@jonjeskie5234]

When a group of wheat Farmers force the world's "second most powerful military" into a stalemate it's actually not a stalemate. It's a win for the wheat farmers.

[@petrosmos688]

I definitely don't support the whole invasion thing, so don't get me wrong, but Russia isn't losing as badly as some people claim. While the Russian economy is in terrible condition because of the imposed sanctions and the preexisting crisis, the Russian government was intelligent enough to have certain contingency plans ready as the invasion was planned. The West, and especially the EU, became so dependent on Russian gas and Ukrainian wheat through the years and are now paying the price for it. For me, as a Greek citizen already in a dire financial situation since 2010, paying 80-85% of my monthly salary on rent, electricity, fuel and food, a 50-60% price increase of said items essentially condemns me into extreme poverty, all because our government and the EU didn't have the insight (or had but chose not to) to prepare for something boiling since 2014.

[@ingloriuspumpkinpie9367]

The EU Australia and mainly the USA are all a major food exporters and they are certainly not importers of Ukrainian wheat. Eu is reliant on russian gas for now, that much is true

[@petrosmos688]

@@ingloriuspumpkinpie9367 I can only speak for my country, news reported that Russia and Ukraine are Greece's #2 and #3 grain importers with really low prices on top of that. (32M$ annually to Russia and 18M$ to Ukraine or something like that), since diplomatic relations with one are severed and the other country cannot export properly, they'll have to find, higher priced alternatives. Now for gas I think Russia is the #1 provider for all EU and covers percentages above 50% for most countries while again being really cheap. Still, feel free to correct me with numbers, but overall life has become way too expensive for many Europeans since the war began.

[@ingloriuspumpkinpie9367]

@@petrosmos688 Yeah it did that's definitively true. The funny thing is that Ukraine was a major source of wheat for Greece 2500 years ago as well. Just an interesting note.

[@andreiacsinia5088]

How would the EU or national governents justify such a massive switch of energy or grain imports from Ukraine or Russia during peacetime, especially if they would source them from more costly sources? Cooperation with Russia was supposed to guarantee some sort of decent ecenomic and diplomatic status quo, albeit Putin's mania was quite in the play as a wild card. Securing resources on short and medium terms is costly and has a massive political and social impact, see how separating EU's economy from Russian gas is playing out now (high inflation, recession, economic instability). As its military position, Russian economy is not in as dire situation as many have put it. They are taking advantage of higher gas prices to sell to other parties and to Europe at higher prices for lower export quantities. Strangling Ukraine's grain exports also ensures a slower cash flow to the country and implicitly less funds for the Ukrainian war machine.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

@@petrosmos688 Half their contingency funds were in the West, and were seized. Their intelligence has limits.

[@Bawlzmcgruff]

Is absolutely crazy to watch a relatively live accounting of the battles I've been watching.

[@jozefkovac6858]

It is insane.

[@russell4370]

# ME TOO 😁 Been watching everything since Putins sneak attack on February 24th after saying that the Russian troops were just doing military exercises, just another lie from the Russian communist as usual.

[@jonjeskie5234]

It also shows that we are in bad times when K&G can make videos about events from 3 weeks ago 😒

[@BrandonQ1995]

Been waiting on part 3, thanks! Keep up the good work!

[@Orgil.]

bruh 💀

[@joeljodrey5310]

Excellent update guys! Thank you for the info 👍👍

[@ly7993]

Until the end of the war, no one can judge who the final victory belongs to

[@jonjeskie5234]

No ones trying to..

[@phil0934]

@@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana Like a totally broken economy? Not sure if that is a benefit.

[@phil0934]

@@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana interesting. How will they pull that off?

[@tranium67]

@@phil0934 prolly by doing some economic shit

[@hannibalbonaparte6378]

However it's obvious EU is the biggest loser

[@chriswindleydigitalsalesexpert]

This is a fabulous overview - thanks.

[@JohnyB1989]

Absolutely amazing work!

[@heinekelland9223]

Great video! although something i don't understand is why sometimes when referring about brigade units, regimental symbols are shown like at 3:45

[@TheHomelessDreamer]

True.... a regiment is III... and a Brigade is an X. They could use some help from people with actual military experience, rather than just historians.

[@alemmerenjamir7337]

As far as I can tell, the X means purely an infantry brigade, an X with an oval indicating a mechanised/motor brigade (Or a brigade with tanks, BTRs, etc) and an X with an anchor indicating naval/marine units. I may be wrong though...

[@Astuar]

Maybe it just means in general units of that brigade were taking part. Or the active forces of that brigade decreased to a regiment size.

[@coffeeblackisbestdrink]

@комиссар полиции обвиняет russian bot identified.

[@andrewbirdsell2638]

@@alemmerenjamir7337 you are correct. An X is an infantry unit. An X with a circle mechanized (with various other subversions not used here), only a circle a tank unit, an anchor for naval units, the tiny triangle for air mobile units, and the tiny semicircle for mountain units

[@mcs6330]

That minimap on the down left side is extremely practical

[@davidwaterhouse7490]

The best,,, the war as been explained in my eye... Top video son...💯💯💯🎯🎯🎯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿☝️☝️☝️👌👌👌🤛🤛🤛

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great work 🥳🥳🥳 Thank you 💜💜💜

[@ghostgodtv]

Been waiting on the updates thanks @Kings and Generals 💯🔥

[@bpsalami9864]

These are so awesome! Please keep covering real time warfare!

[@coolaid5272]

was waiting for this..

[@billsimons6658]

Excellent summation.

[@pravinr8657]

Can you guys make a video on the Battle of Tours

[@adambahelka3112]

Will you also make documentary about Great Moravia? There is very little content on this topic.

[@amitaimedan]

Excelent video, visualasation and summation.

[@justinzhang7972]

to make it easier, could you do a small key in the corner to represent the types of troops/divisions?

[@taylorw]

How you came to such thorough order of battle information is amazing. Thanks for it and for the analysis of the movements.

[@unodos.4557]

Its actually easier than u think, keep reading or keeping up with on the ground reporters both individual reporters and famous ones as well as information from online posts from the people living there.

[@Molecular-Brainwaves-Translate]

You can cross reference things by looking at official statements from both the Ukraine and Russia governments. From there you can fill in gaps by looking at Twitter, Reddit, or other KZbin videos, and of course other official statements of other countries.

[@SmokeJam]

The only "blessing" of modern wars... The internet and global networks grant quite consistent foundations to the state of the battles/wars and as long as you have an algorithm to clear out propagandistic numbers on both sides, you get a realistic count of losses

[@taylorw]

@@ariovistus313 - for the life of me I don’t see a lick of propaganda in their accounts of Japanese actions in the early parts of the war in the Pacific. Seems very carefully prepared and explained.

[@user-kr5gi7gg7d]

Isn't it too early to make a video about an ongoing war for information are not really clear

[@josephstalin7353]

No, this information is already weeks old.

[@johnq5284]

Excellent !

[@Ali_Esmail]

Very amazing. Continue please.

[@TheHomelessDreamer]

Craft is a collective noun.... it means that any number of craft exceeding one are still called craft, not crafts.

[@aces8481]

*WW3 commences by 2030* Kings and Generals: So today half the population was wiped out, here are the strategic moves planned out by both sides' military commanders

[@ypsawbones3646]

toobe honest that would be cool and i would watch it if i will be still alive

[@josephstalin7353]

**aggressive coughing after each sentence**

[@mekingtiger9095]

@@josephstalin7353 More like aggressive *vomiting* because that's the actual first symptom you're gonna feel from acute radioation poisoning.

[@MilesMoncur]

I have only just discovered this series. But some of the little comments have aged beautifully, no seriously like HIMARS and the bridgeheads close to Kharkiv. I’ve had a chuckle, given what we know now. Great stuff guys (and gals), if I get a better job I will become a patron

[@GatorMH]

The June recap should be interesting....

[@dancingdanzig6098]

Where are the sources for this?

[@manthanmoudgalya5271]

as all ways, good content

[@jpablopp]

Thank you very much for this video, the analysis is impeccable and clear, keep up the excellent work!

[@lionkane7790]

Been waiting for this. Thank you.

[@romanviktorovi4]

You forget to say Ukraine is being supported not only with military vehicles and rocket systems but more with the trainin and intelligence data (that is more important nowadays) and other things.

[@PWiz30]

20:52 "It is unclear if the Ukrainians are planning their offensive here or to the East of Kharkiv" Why not both?

[@OmegaTrooper]

Great stuff - can you guys put these episodes in an album?

[@Lugh9]

Well done video presentation. Only problem i have was that i think the channel underestimated ukrainian losses. Otherwise, good job

[@SturmMedik]

You can't underestimate visually confirmed losses.

[@mekingtiger9095]

Those are the visually confirmed losses and this video used this method for both sides. Visually confirmed losses are the low-balling end of the statistics. Of course they're gonna seem low because they're the _minimum_ estimated.

[@Schmidty1]

they didn't say those are the losses... They said those are the visually confirmed losses. Actual losses are much higher for both sides

[@Lugh9]

I see, thanks for clarifying

[@CatOfCulture]

Those are visually confirmed losses bruh

[@rosecityrower]

HIMARS is having a noticeable effect, its range is important, but its accuracy combined with shared targeting data from the US is allowing for the destruction of large amounts of supplies. Pretty much every night we are getting massive ammo detonations from the east.

[@patandderry8416]

From the East? Can you use a compass?

[@barsaydn4233]

@@gethomas02 yes.

[@mekingtiger9095]

@@gubruikertje As it seems, Russia has an advantage of heavy armament and firepower, but not enough men, while Ukraine has an advantage of having more men, but not enough heavy armament and firepower.

[@lokomike2911]

Hahahaha Russia the dumb orcs winning ? No they can't even keep they're tanks or trucks or planes running let alone keep from blowing up nonstop. Russia can't even properly arm it's soldiers with optics on rifles or any body armor for shrapnel. They have unsecure radios and resort to shooting a lot of old artillery at a position to try and take an area after shelling it to death..the only thing Russia has accomplished is killing thousands of civilians in schools and hospitals and Russia has lost so many tanks and planes they will never recover from the amount of losses.

[@cinnamon3578]

Would be really cool if you could cover the conflict in Myanmar too.

[@stacey_1111rh]

Excellently done! 👍🏼

[@user-nt2pe1yy2u]

Mad nice

[@mr.warlight9086]

The Battle of Mariupol should be considered a top last stand in world history. That's one of the most perilous grueling military defenses ever.

[@korbell1089]

Been saying that from the beginning, by forcing Russia to stop and deal with them they stand there with the Alamo and Saragarhi for buying Ukraine time!💪

[@joshuaferris7786]

I've been following this conflict sense the beginning. Thank you 4 the tactical information.

[@mst7155]

From the military point of view, your channel is second to none!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!

[@sagnal]

Some of your mil symbols are incorrect. II equals a battalion which in many cases you are referring to as a X which is a Brigade. It would also be good to indicate the difference between a TDF Bde and and Ukrainian Army Bde. Whilst TDF is light infantry they have far less capability including almost no Support Company elements (mortars, assault pioneers, Direct Fire Support Weapons/Heavy Weapons platoons) this needs to be indicated to give some level of the measure of combat capability.

[@tylertipton5354]

Do the tdf brigades have artillery?

[@sagnal]

@@tylertipton5354 According to Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_Defense_Forces_(Ukraine) The TDF Brigades are supposed to have a a Fire Support Company and a heavy Mortar Battery however that is probably not realistic given the whole organisation was only ramped up and officially activated on 1 January 2022 this year.

[@tristinjudd2595]

I've got to say, this is without a doubt the best channel on KZbin for this. That mini map at the bottom of the screen really helps me keep up with where the battles are. Also love the battle lines that move with the events. Absolutely outstanding work as always Kings and Generals.

[@CartoonHistory]

great work guys, must have taken quite a lot of hard work to get this one done!

[@scottjohnson9912]

Very good video.

[@joeshmoe8345]

Cool thanks

[@DarkSide2377]

Videos like this are very helpful. Please keep them coming.

[@iSucharo]

Have you considered making a broader video on 2014 conflict in Ukraine?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Eventually

[@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385]

@@KingsandGenerals make it when the year ends

[@psjhfc28112010]

Thank you. Your videos shine light on what is really going on in the war.

[@smcdoug11]

Thank you for your content!

[@valeriangelov5592]

great Work, Kings and Generals, thank you!

[@zengboxie1887]

Ok, then waiting for the update for the June and July.

[@andrewkorin]

thanks!

[@user-dd3hw3cg4e]

What an outstanding work you did! However, i would like to stress that at 19:18 you mentioned 25th mechanised brigade of Ukraine while i pressume it was actually the 24th Mechanised Thank you in advance!

[@jasonlyons1575]

Thank you this helps me out a lot to understand what’s going on over there

[@jasonlyons1575]

If Russia loses this war they will never be considered a serious power ever again it’s already get to the point where China doesn’t even see Russia as a country anymore because why is the number two most powerful country in the world unable to take down a small country like Ukraine

[@foodmore]

The saddest thing about seeing the graphics is that behind them are real people getting killed. We may be sitting comfortably and safely in our homes watching this video, but if you pictured yourself sitting in a tank out there not knowing when a missile is gonna hit your tank and turn it into a metal oven, it’s actually pretty darn scary. War is so pointless. People dying for a stupid cause.

[@genericscout5408]

war isn't pointless you only have access to technology because of war. All the people dying in Ukraine will determine around 20% of the price of your gas you put into your tank.

[@nikityukvlad]

Defending your home, culture, language, way of life is a stupid cause?

[@PacifistBetaFish]

@@SIX598 (this guy as his wife is getting railed by several different dudes in front of him) "L-life is unjust, b-but its the reality"

[@aljon5947]

@@PacifistBetaFish Your comment is the dumbest one I've ever read here.

[@pioterosiemdziesiat]

@@SIX598 You will make a perfect slave.

[@JW-zx5dr]

Very interesting

[@MotoriderD250]

Nice graphics.

[@-mathijs]

I have a feeling that Ukraine is slowing losing it's grip on the Donbass because of they're running out of men and supplies

[@Edax_Royeaux]

How the Ukrainians they running out men? They vastly outnumber the Russians. The problem is the disparity in artillery means just keeping a load of men in artillery range doesn't do the Ukrainians much good unless the position is very well fortified.

[@bangscutter]

@Perun did an excellent analysis of the general situation between both armies. Ukraine and Russia face opposite problems. Ukraine has a lot of manpower but not enough heavy equipment. Russia has a lot of heavy equipment but not enough manpower. Russia has not mobilised for war, and is only using its peace time regular forces, supplemented by the Donbas militias and mercenaries. Ukraine has mobilised its whole population of fighting age. This is why the Donbas is a slow grind with both sides facing opposite deficiencies.

[@ahahuehafook4207]

Well they gotta jus hold these next few towns like stalingrad

[@owenfranco9441]

@@jvy012896 “forced to fight” as if most of the Russians in Ukraine aren’t conscripts

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@@jvy012896 In the US, there are more guns owned by civilians than civilians. You think China wouldn't be able to arm a hundred million men with rifles being the world's 2nd largest economy? And it took Easy Company from the 101st Airborne in WWII 8 weeks of training before they were deployed to Britain as active soldiers with Parachutist Badges. (Yes I know they received more training in Britain for the Normandy Invasion). Soldiers are not exactly a hard commodity to come by. The problem is that in modern combined arms warfare, you need more than just rifleman. China for instance, wouldn't be able to do much with 100,000,000 rifleman unless they were fighting a defensive land war.

[@detroitdave9512]

One of the best channels on KZbin, as well as one of the most informative!

[@ericchen7376]

How do you know which unit is engaging which?

[@odinc55]

I didn't know the channel covered modern events!

[@JohnJohn-pe5kr]

They have a playlist for modern events

[@Lethargie55]

They make an exception.

[@veritasabsoluta4285]

@@mehmetkilic2334 ok Russian bot

[@veritasabsoluta4285]

@@attilamarics4808 "Wishful thinking isnt an academic virtue" Exactly, you should follow your own advice.

[@veritasabsoluta4285]

@@hachibidelta4237 Because the majority want him to cover the war in Ukraine, covering the 2014 revolution would take time away from that and we would have to wait longer.

[@anri4607]

These animations make it so much easier to understand war

[@logondash]

The economic losses to Ukraine are the destroyed economy, towns and infrastructure. That is big attrition. That said, Ukraine is not giving up despite the destruction, and I can't blame them because I would probably do the same.

[@macsenhayes]

Ukraine doesn't have to worry about those destr4oyed towns and infrastructure, that is now a part of Russia lol!

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Such losses consequently make it far harder for Russia to advance. It's reverse scorched earth, they have to rebuild all of it when they take it to make use of it to support their invasion.

[@plehmann72]

Guys a bit more depth over a shorter period would give greater insight. Just a suggestion. I'm still subscribing.