Why Do We Call the War in Ukraine Unprovoked? - Debunking Russian Claims

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Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on Modern Warfare continues with a video explaining why we call the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the War in Ukraine unprovoked. We go through various Russian claims and debunk them, including biolabs, NATO expansion, Nazis in Ukraine, a claim that Russia is fighting an existential threat, the so-call Donbas genocide and more. Previously we have made a video on the 15 Events that Defined the War in Ukraine ( • 15 Events that Defined... ) and on the possible vectors of the upcoming Ukrainian counter-attack ( • Where Will Ukraine Att... ). Also, check out our biweekly reports on the military, political and economic events surrounding the war - • Russian Invasion of Uk...
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00:00 Intro
02:22 1. Why are we calling the war unprovoked?
05:28 2. Biolabs
08:00 3. NATO expansion
11:06 4. Neonazis
14:56 5. Russia is fighting an existential threat
17:25 6. Donbas genocide
22:04 Conclusion
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[@EnclaveEmily]

Love you guys

[@meddlguys8083]

When will you do something about the Armenian-Azeri war ?

[@aceilingfan_420]

Watching this again, hopefully the overlords don't screw with you anymore. Love your work!

[@tiortedrootsky]

What are the changes in this reupload?

[@aceilingfan_420]

@@tiortedrootsky probably blurring out certain symbols KZbin disapproves

[@krzyszwojciech]

For those wondering what's changed in the re-uploaded video, a bunch of real-life footage from the war was removed and animated graphics were put in its place.

[@jeffstaples347]

This is a really important topic to put more eyes on.

[@yorksfolly1255]

If only you did vidoes like this about palestine and Israeli aggression as well. Every single thing you pointed out about and agaisnt Russia applies to isreal. I wish for the day you make a video about that! But I doubt it

[@krzyszwojciech]

@@yorksfolly1255 I'm not in the staff of this channel. I just had the link to the original and compared the versions.

[@regentvoo]

Thank god. I thought i was having a deja vu about a video i swear sounds familiar

[@michimatsch5862]

​@@yorksfolly1255 I really hate how people are just pretending like there isn't a genocide happening over there.

[@fighter5583]

I'm surprised the shootdown of MH17 wasn't mentioned when it came to civilian casualties in the Donbas region. That itself was a serious war crime.

[@Qba86]

Especially since it makes up nearly 10% of all civilian casualties of Russia's invasion of Donbass. And Girkin was found guilty and sentenced in absentia for this crime by a Dutch court. Actually there is well written article on the "Ukrainian genocide in Donbass" myth on Eastsplaining subtrack (written by a Wojciech Orliński, a Polish journalist)

[@polarizingbrute]

I remember this news breaking and thinking there's no way the collective west will let this slide so its the end of russia.....how naive of me to not know half of them were in bed with him esp the likes of Merkel

[@HayilAl-Qadhaafi-ws9of]

That was an accident.

[@lewisbloxham5546]

​@@HayilAl-Qadhaafi-ws9of You don't shoot down an airliner as an accident ffs......

[@fighter5583]

@@HayilAl-Qadhaafi-ws9of No, it wasn't...

[@seanwhitman8353]

This reminds me of an Aesop's fable: "The Wolf and the Lamb" A wolf was out looking for food and happened upon a lamb in a river. He was originally going to just attack immediately, but felt the need to justify himself. He approached the lamb and began accusing her of various crimes and actions against him. But each time, the lamb refuted these claims, innocent of them for one reason or another. Despite this, the wolf refused to let himself be cheated of a meal and attacked and carried off the lamb anyway. The moral of the story is twofold: a tyrant will always try to justify their actions, and the wicked will not stop their plans simply because the innocent protest.

[@consigliere254]

The wolf had to first justify to the rest of the WILD animals why it needs to eat to survive. The fable would rather have the wolf depending on something else for its biological functioning. Grass perhaps?

[@seanwhitman8353]

@Consigliere Ke I think the fable was more implying the wolf could have gone for a deer or a boar, but the lamb, an innocent child and more vulnerable, was a target of opportunity that the wolf felt the need to attack but also felt like he needed to justify to himself.

[@consigliere254]

@@seanwhitman8353 It would be much more honourable to refer to lambs as other countries like Bhutan or Tuvalu. Certainly not Ukraine.

[@consigliere254]

@@seanwhitman8353 and what would the deer or boar represent? Norway/India?

[@seanwhitman8353]

@@consigliere254 Oh. Now I get what you are referring to. I thought it was more literal, in reference to the fable itself. Sorry. I was just waking up when I read the last comment

[@vojtechpribyl7386]

I must point out that the story of crucified children, including a fetus cut out from the murdered mother I've already heard about the war in Yugoslavia as well. I wouldn't be surprised that they reused the same narratives over and over.

[@PBRStreetgang911]

The USA pulled that in the Kuwait invasion before invading Iraq too. It is a common trope.

[@TMMReznor]

@@PBRStreetgang911 And the story about a crucified Canadian soldier in Ypres(?) during WWI. I imagine that during every human conflict there has always been similar tales told by at least one side.

[@TheBigheadValley]

@@PBRStreetgang911actually Kuwait pulled that trick for sympathy at the UN. Try to get your facts straight.

[@commiebastard]

The made up Crucified little boy of Slovyansk was already used by Russian propaganda on state TV and I'm sure they will do more of the same.

[@acerock013]

similar stories were told about the Iraqi army when they invaded Kuwait in 1991, i remember as a kid hearing those stories in the news as one of the reasons why we went to war against Iraq back then, and we all know now that these stories were all propaganda lies to justify the war.

[@AbwibrahimO]

As Syrian who used to live in Donbas when russia started all this and i still live in Ukraine i am surprise of the amount of research your team did! this is very accurate and with a lots of insight! respect!

[@pandakicker1]

Best of luck and blessings to you, distant cousin. - a Syrian American in Texas

[@flagwashere]

@@iamAdeOba What are you laughing at?

[@AbwibrahimO]

@@flagwashere he might be some supporter of putler ...

[@AbwibrahimO]

@@pandakicker1 Thanks bro! best of luck for you too! hopefully finally there will be a day we get our freedom back and country back

[@micsdf7]

I am happy you managed to find home here, in Ukraine. Stay safe, fellow compatriot.

[@sonicgoo1121]

The part about euromaidan could have been elaborated upon, as the Russian narrative suggests that this was on behest at the US/Nato. In fact, the whole prelude could be a video of its own.

[@thomasfsan]

It’s so awful, because you had 10s of thousands freezing their ass off in -20 for months. Grandmas cooking etc. hard won Revolution is what it was.

[@pal-vx2mn]

You are completely right, so many Russian propagandists and shills always claim that the war started because of the US/NATO coup in 2014 while in fact there was NO western interference during euromaidan. They also neglect to say that Yanukovych ordered the shooting of protestors.

[@pal-vx2mn]

@@aiurea1 The Crimeans didnt want independence, their referundums were held after the Russians invaded and occupied the terrirory fully skewing the votes. And the Eastern territories had no right to declare independence. Imagine the democrats winning an election in the US and Florida decides to declare indepenence, thats not how countries work.

[@dylanvogler2165]

​@viaceslav it wasn't about NATO. Damn Moskal. It was about the EU as well as the fact that Yanukovych was a autocratic a**hole that ordered the police to shoot at protesters.

[@michaelzak5614]

@@aiurea1 maybe some didn't before 2014. Not after. Check your timeline.

[@discoinferno4172]

The thing that's the most ironic about the ''NATO broke it's promise not to expand argument'' is that it's often projection from the Russian side. Because not only did NATO not promise such a thing but it's Russia itself who is violating promises regarding its neighbors joining alliances. The video already pointed out the Budapest Memorandum from 1994, but another one that gets overlooked is how Russia itself promised to respect the sovereignty of their neighbors choosing to join whatever alliances they want to at the 1999 Istanbul Summit, or how Russia promised to pull its military forces out of Georgia and Moldova by 2002. These promises that Russia broke will almost never get talked about because it contradicts the narrative of Russia being the victim.

[@ReeceCMF]

Projection explains absolutely loads of Russian propaganda, not just this one point about breaching agreements. It's like they do it as a tactic to get ahead of any criticism by falsely accusing the other side first. Russia is a far right authoritarian state, so of course they accuse Ukraine of being a neo nazi state. They accused Ukraine of forcibly conscripting people off the streets at a time when the "separatists" were doing exactly that. Or when the krokodil capital of the world pushes made up conspiracy theories about Zelensky and other government officials being drug addicts. Or Russia pretty much destroying entire Donbas cities while falsely accusing Ukraine of relentlessly shelling Donetsk and Luhansk for 8 years even though both of those are almost completely intact even now.

[@Qba86]

Even before the final collapse of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev and other high Soviet officials stated multiple times that Eastern Block countries would be allowed to "go their own way" (this was humorously referred to as "Sinatra doctrine"). It didn't take very long for Russia to break its promise, by sending tanks against protestors in Lithuania. And mind you, Gorbachev was perhaps the least imperialistic leader ever to reside in the Kremlin (maybe ex aequo with Yeltsin). Is it any wonder then that we in Eastern/Central-Eastern Europe wanted to join NATO as soon as possible?

[@Smytjf11]

Russia is about to find out what it means to be victimized.

[@Mass1veGam3r]

That myth that keeps being spreaded despite being debunked and proved to be false to oblivion, fits like a glove on that old say "lie one time and people call you a liar, repeat thousand of times and slowly people take as being true", by which The Zod Federation has been doing for 3 decades already, they can't or perhaps they don't want Zod Federation to became a free and developed nation along the rest since thats very unconvinient for a Dictorship masquarading as democracy where opposition have extreme bad luck, drinking radioactive things, falling of balconies, everyone becames a "criminal"... uuuuuuuuuuh, Democracy will destroy THE MOTHERLAND........ DAMN YOU WEST AND NATO!!!! But on a dictactorship the siege mentality and "everyone around is a enemy" is pretty much a 101 of how to keep the people enslaved under ditactoships, slavery in exchange for "safety and protection against the ENEMIES THAT WANT TO HARM YOU"...... Also if i may add another example of Zod breaking promises and aggression, and on the line of "genocide" Chechen wars" and even to this day tens of millions that are Zods by citizenship but ethnically belong to minorities still being treated as second or third class citizens, so..... the whole new Zod "Cult" and propaganda has more holes than the worse swiss cheese.....

[@Conn30Mtenor]

Putin has not kept a single agreement he's ever made. Why would anyone even entertain an idea of a signed peace deal with the likes of him?

[@guidolensen1629]

Great that the video is back up again! Would have been terrible if such an important video was left age restricted. Especially with the current age-proving process of KZbin

[@luciancasu101]

Is there any difference between this version and the previous one?

[@guidolensen1629]

@@luciancasu101 only slight differences if I am correct. Like the blurred Azov logo

[@rolfdekkers1043]

Apparently some video footage has been replaced with animated footage. Another poster pointed that out

[@dwightd.eisenhower2031]

@@BrickDaniels-qu7bz it isn’t this channels fault, blame KZbin

[@nocturnalforsaken4519]

“There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.” Sun Tzu The Art of War

[@mohammedumar6984]

He never heard of Afghanistan.

[@reddchan]

Enter USA

[@Adriaticus]

Enter USSR

[@ianmyers6643]

Tell that to the USA Military Industrial Complex.

[@Alias_Anybody]

@@ianmyers6643 They are just fine if the US buys their stuff without using it.

[@antonyapostolov8252]

One of the reasons that is not mentioned is that enormous reserves of oil and gaz have been discovered in the Donbass region and Crimean territorial waters in 2012. Ukraine started inviting western oil companies such as Shell to help them get these ressources since they didn't have the technology. The war in 2014 scared western investors and they pulled out. If Ukraine managed to get these fossile fuel ressources, it would've been a major competitor against Russia for providing oil and gaz to Europe. This war has alot to do with energy, and this is why I like to call Putin "the George Bush of Russia". Both these leaders need to be prosecuted for war crimes, Bush and Putin should share a cell.

[@andrewbogard2411]

This is one of the main reasons for putins' invasion of Ukraine, and tbh if russias military was anywhere near the maintenance capacity that they should have been, the war would be going in a different direction. Especially since Russia is throwing its might against Russia and us and its allies are only helping Ukraine. Russia didn't maintain its military near the levels they should have given the amount of equipment abandoned

[@aleksaskela25]

That's taken from Rupert Russell's book "Price Wars", right?

[@KapitainZino]

And is still not right. G. Busch never wanted to annex Iraq. There isn’t a single Iraqi town/city being indiscriminately bombarded to rubbles as a lot of Ukrainian are.

[@regentvoo]

Because that would be off topic. Read the title again. And this channel tends to be more factual than gossip unlike other channels. It may be a reason for Russian agressiom but unless there are substantial proof, it shouldnt be mentioned at this point

[@sergeygalayda2931]

The war in Ukraine is based on energy market but there is no oil reserves in Donbass. Some natural gas deposits with weak debit known from 1930's in Kharkiv - Shebekino area and Black Sea. Putin needs Ukrainian territory to have direct access to Central Europe thru fully controlled Black Sea. The plan of annexation by one way or another was known in 1999. If Yanukovich could stay in power Ukraine will be the same as Belorussia.

[@melkor3496]

So you got through KZbin… well done. Can’t wait for your next Ukraine episode in you’re coverage of each month of the war. Keep up the great work. Regards from Sweden.

[@nonye0]

what u mean he got through youtube?

[@patrickt716]

​@@nonye0 One of his recent videos was taken down by KZbin for some obscure policy violation

[@bfdiepictennisballbfdi2359]

@@patrickt716 It was precisely this one

[@longphi5876]

@@nonye0 This exact video was taken down right after the time it was uploaded, at first I thought I had deju vu cause I remembered saw the video before.

[@demilung]

The russian representative at the UN was repeating the biolab idiocy, talking about "combat mosquitoes" being developed by those evil labs in Ukraine. So whenever you think "but what do Russians say about this" remember that you're about to listen to people talking at the UN about combat mosquitoes.

[@palar4195]

Nuland talks before congress representatives about the same biolabs are also was an "idiocy"?

[@p.strobus7569]

@@palar4195 The biolabs she talked about were to monitor infectious diseases in Ukraine. Besides, how exactly would this mythical bioweapon the Russians scream about be able tontell the difference between a Ukrainian and a Russian?

[@palar4195]

​@@p.strobus7569 so there was "mythical" biolabs in the end? And who in the hell told you differentiation is intended? I'll tell you more: research is conducted on ukies, there no difference between ukies and russians. Not forget it was not ukrainian but us installation after all. Only "to monitor", you said? and aegis ashore in hungary and poland is for protection against north korean missiles. obvious lies is so obvious.

[@stefan-xaverscherrer7648]

@@palar4195 We all agree with bio-labs. There are organic laboratories all over the world and they are good.

[@cheekcake779]

Its so typical that I’m surprised we’re even giving it another glance. Its just another superpower looking for excuses to bully weaker countries. For Uncle Sam it was fictional WMDs. Now Russia is angry at fictional labs. If China invades Taiwan I’m almost certain you’ll hear something similar. Its almost amusing😂😂

[@memecliparchives2254]

Look if countries from your Bloc (that you established against their will for the most part) left and joined the "opposite side" when they had the chance, what does that say about Russia as a whole?

[@pal-vx2mn]

It shows that their world power status is gone.

[@balaclavabob001]

Putin could have built his country into something the Baltic states and Europe would have been keen to trade with . He could have given his people genuine democracy , pushed for education programs , heathcare and employment training programs etc but he didn't . He decided to use force on his neighbours and rob his own country of billions . One day the russians will realise that but it'll be too late .

[@Qba86]

And Putin's Russia has perhaps even less to offer than the USSR. Soviet narrative about progress, equality etc., while mostly false, at the very least sounded attractive. Putin's propaganda on the other hand is nothing more than insane ramblings, and constantly getting worse.

[@balaclavabob001]

@@gregoryjames165 The color revolution wasn't backed by America. That's russian propaganda . Ukraine wasn't pro russian and every region voted to become independant from russia . Pre 1954 there was no russia only the USSR . Those two things are not the same . It's exactly as simple as this video makes out as long as you don't believe Kremlin lies.

[@justjoking5841]

Those who live in East Ukraine are also probably the result of mass importation of Russians during the era of the USSR. A little something called Russification

[@StrawHat83]

I made a comment, but deleted it because K&G covered it at the end. First video breaking down the UN data by year. I'm impressed. I've been commenting the annual breakdown since the war began, and I'm glad it was finally covered by someone.

[@mixtape9123]

The introduction of countryballs was a punch to the face, but a welcome one, great video and great effort!

[@yorksfolly1255]

If only you did vidoes like this about palestine and Israeli aggression as well. Every single thing you pointed out about and agaisnt Russia applies to isreal. I wish for the day you make a video about that! But I doubt it

[@mixtape9123]

@@yorksfolly1255 Wrong comment broski

[@alexbrown200]

​@@yorksfolly1255 I would be surprised if they haven't covered isreal I would double check unfortunately the situation between isreal and Palestine is a very hot topic

[@achyuthansanal]

@@yorksfolly1255man has been copy pasting this everywhere. Do you really genuinely care or give the slightest shit about the Palestinians or are you just another Russian bot?

[@jhaywood5810]

That's YT for you

[@frazuppi4897]

Thanks a lot for the video, I'd love to see a series in the same spirit on other wars as well, RUS-Georgia, US-Afghanistan, US-Iraq, IDF-Palenstine and others

[@jamiemartin1434]

Look up popular videos list Kings and Generals have done at least 3videos of the Israel at the Arabs at Wars.

[@zenith2068]

The invasion of Afghanistan isn’t even questionable, and we know about Iraq at least largely now

[@frazuppi4897]

@@jamiemartin1434 thanks a lot!

[@frazuppi4897]

@@zenith2068 I am not following the first part, thanks for the reply

[@maflones]

For the IDF-Palestine genocidal occupation just see the ones about 1930-1945. Same crap, all about lebensraum for the chosen ones.

[@paulwaweru9271]

9:00 min "Every state is free to chose its own allies." Farcically untrue. Even if we ignore the Monroe Doctrine, we cannot ignore Cuba's fate post-Cuban Missile Crisis where it was NOT allowed to chose its allies for the same reason Ukraine is not being allowed to chose her allies.

[@gagui97]

Dear people, Westerners and Easterners, watch the video and think clearly, if you never shared a border with russia, never say something, just live near border and you will change your mind if you`re not evil by nature. Love the video, as it is accurate as possible, and to be honest I`m pretty excited that KG have such information about Ukraine and Georgia, looks they have really good informators in there. Thank you

[@kirillzakharov7336]

*informers

[@triadwarfare]

We (Philippines) share a sea border with China and they're just as bad, but falls short of an actual invasion. However, they have their maritime militia that harras our local fishermen. Also, I think the indians does not share a favorable view with them either.

[@oleksii8182]

If you live near a border with Russia, build a high wall with flamethrowers .

[@KrisLapler]

I was so disappointed to learn through a Pravda article that I could have also worked towards my underwater demolitions and knife fighting patches when I was in the Boy Scouts. I guess those weren't available in my area.

[@greenkoopa]

Yeah I think those are in the Iowa and Nebraska branches 🤔

[@Onezy05]

​@@greenkoopa only in Ohio

[@greenkoopa]

@@Onezy05 no in Ohio they have the SCP/Backrooms badge

[@BigMeechEJ25]

Lmao right maybe I would've stayed in Boy Scouts if that was actually the case. Instead you just got to tie knots, camp, build wood cars and get diddled by the Scout master.

[@gunterthekaiser6190]

​@@BigMeechEJ25 The last one doesn't even gives you a badge.

[@jansandman6983]

I am not pro-Russian but I really think NATO should have just allowed Russia to join NATO when it wants to join them, then this war could never have happened.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Russia didn't want to join NATO, it is Russian propaganda

[@gidi3250]

The Soviet Union wanted to join, but NATO said no, Russia on the other hand has made no such intention, rather it views joining NATO as joining an empire and would require Russia to lose it's sovereign.

[@jansandman6983]

I see@@KingsandGenerals

[@pibroch]

​@@KingsandGeneralsIt's well documented that Putin twice asked to join NATO. He was told not to bother applying. The war was provoked by US lead NATO - that is clear as crystal. Do your own research.

[@nobbynobbs8182]

@@pibroch BS. Putin wanted to join NATO, on the conditions that the rules to be a NATO member would not apply to Russia. Off course NATO said no to such unreasonable demand

[@AlexVictorianus]

Not only the Russian government. Also large parts of the Russian population have contempt for written International law, and often for written law at all. International law is regarded American-influenced. Many Russians value abstract ‘justice’ over law. And the “justice” tells them, Russia was humiliated by the West in the 90s, Ukraine is actually a little brother of Russia, and that’s why it has to be “restored” to Russia. It’s much like revanchism after WW1 in Europe.

[@aaronmarks9366]

In the same vein as their coverage of this conflict, I'd love to see K&G do an in-depth series on the Arab Spring and the Libyan, Syrian, and Yemeni civil wars, as well as the rise and fall of ISIS. There's soooo much detail to these conflicts, and they've really defined the last decade of world history. K&G would do a great job with them.

[@alainarchambault2331]

Aye, we have a few myths that needs clarifying concerning that period.

[@eebox1]

That would be awesome

[@tylerboyce4081]

It feels weird that we have to reiterate that claims like this are false, but I suppose that's a consequence of our post-truth world. I appreciate you all taking the time to provide the evidence and reasoning for why the Russian claims are lies.

[@yorksfolly1255]

If only you did vidoes like this about palestine and Israeli aggression as well. Every single thing you pointed out about and agaisnt Russia applies to isreal. I wish for the day you make a video about that! But I doubt it

[@vayate1234]

@@yorksfolly1255 You go make a video about Palestine and Israel. Why expect someone else to do it for you?

[@lovebaltazar4610]

@@vayate1234k&g have influence, and influence is power, so there is an argument to be made there

[@gerrardanderson6376]

He’s a KZbinr , no country on planet earth gives a shit about that war so why make a video nobody will watch , except you

[@yorksfolly1255]

@@lovebaltazar4610 He doesnt have common sense he just wants to make a jab at me while making himself look dumb becuase hes butthurt realizing theres no real difference of the situation between what russia is doing af what isreal does to palestine does. Imagine going to any other youtube channel where a subscriber asks a channel hes subscribed to to make a video about a topic well within their realm and fits their other vidoes and being told "why do you expect someone else to do it for you" what a fool XD

[@victorvictor369]

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. But it's a great material for someone who wants to figure out what's going on in Ukraine (even if it's obvious)

[@guccifer764]

I prefer the other version of the saying “There’s no cure for stupid”

[@gilgoofthegrove5072]

Anyone who thinks it was provoked cannot be told otherwise... I showed interest in the idea that it was provoked until it didn't add up... narratives are louder than the truth

[@maximus2536]

Never saw these kind of videos for the invasion of iraq and the war crimes committed there. I guess the west is only awake when it fits their narrative.

[@frog382]

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[@user-jn7jf3kv6k]

No narrative justifies the invasion of Ukraine.

[@floridaman_85_58]

The Problem was that the USA post-cold war made the mistake of being the graceless victor. After the soviet union collapsed, america knew it stood unopposed and so they leveraged they're unipolarity as a way to forcefully user in liberal democracy across the board. This created a situation were they had a hitlist, which for the 90's/2000's and 2010's mainly targeted african and middle eastern regimes that they felt weren't aligned with liberal democratic principles. The main tactics employed were a plethora of overt or covert economic sanctions, colour revolutions followed by the classic "humanitarian intervention" which often resulted in on going civil wars and failed states. This model of liberal expansion meant that eventually russia would be next on the chopping block followed by china and iran. Thats what this war is about, thats why they're also talking about "possible" war with china and iran, these regimes understand that within the paradigm of a unipolar world steered by the US, they stand out as unexceptable. Now even if you view liberal democracy and the liberalization of markets as the magic bullet that solves everything, you have to atleast admit that the way in which the US has sought to usher in universal liberalism has for the past 30 years stirred more chaos then prosperity, and the fact that they cannot be held accountable for the worst of its "mistakes" means alot of countries(mostly in the global south) are beginning to also lose faith in the justice and fairness of the international liberal institutions and are now looking towards the east as a necessary counter weight to Western aggression. Putin was provoked, the same way Xi is being provoked right nkw and it takes some serious mental corruption to argue otherwise. The ukrainians knew what they were getting themselves into, they just underestimated how unhinged putin could be. You call it unprovoked because Vlad chose to strike preemptively, but even a blind man could see this war coming.

[@williamyoung9401]

"This is not a Peace. It is an Armistice for twenty (20) years." -Foch (2:48)

[@peergynt6515]

Amazing drawings used in the animations!

[@King-rx4qf]

Russia attacked Ukraine👎 Usa attacked Libya, Syria, yeman ... 👍

[@EyeoftheU]

Do you believe that two wrongs make a right?

[@King-rx4qf]

People prospective

[@tankerbrosgaming6556]

Airstrikes vs full blown invasion are not the same lmao

[@King-rx4qf]

@@tankerbrosgaming6556 you think the America did not bomb the hell out of other countries and kill many people. Lied about weapons of mass destruction.

[@black-uh1df]

​@@King-rx4qf the US didn't bomb Syria or Yemen. Saudi Arabia bombed,Yemen and your beloved Russia bombed Syria

[@viktornylund8264]

The only justification I can think of is that the territory of Ukraine makes up important strategic land, as most of it is flat and is quite mountainous to the west. Adding to that the sea to the south makes the lands of Ukraine fairly important to control in case of future conflicts with the west. Of course there is no saying for sure there would be any such conflict, but I can somewhat understand the possible thought of Kremlin that it HAS to maintain it's strength and remove any weaknesses in case the West would become hostile and invade them. They are certainly aware of the history of countries like Korea, Japan, Iraq and may not want to be any kind of threat from the West even in the future.

[@yuriy454]

You described there a "possible reason to", not justification There is so many "it would be better for us but bad for them" in this world.. and nothing of the kind has ever done and never will make an action just

[@yuriy454]

And.. Russia wasn't in any kind of danger before 2014.. and it was tiny before 2022.. and just small after 2022.. like.. for what? Resources? They are selling it all already Even in this weakened state Russia is not under any war becides the one it begone.. actually, that "Russia vs NATO" narrative was pushed by Russia alone.. even became a best NATO salesman in Eastern Europe by trying threatening every country around it into submission.. some fled to NATO.. and now Russia is stated that NATO is surrounding them!) So they will attack "to defend"!) Everyone in Eastern Europe know what is happening here.. it's not obvious only for the nations which have newer tasted a russian occupation

[@darthioan]

How many countries have tried to annex sovereign territories since Ww2? One. Russia. How many countries would ever consider invading a nuclear power, or better said, the country which has enough nuclear missiles to remove all life from Earth? Stop regurgitating Putin propaganda. Russia has zero worries about ever being invaded. It simply cannot tolerate to have functional democracies on its borders (such as Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova) because that threatens their oligarchic power structure, because that threatens Putin, because that may give people ideas such as, what if not Putin. That is it. That is the only reason Russia has been invading countries and annexing territories since the 80ies (Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine, Afghanistan).

[@kayemni]

you described why Russia might want the land, it's absolutely not a Justification !

[@brandonlyon730]

Russia has the world’s largest stockphile of nuclear weapons, unless NATO makes some sort of anti-nuke device, what threat would the west pose to them? No one is dumb enough to start armageddon.

[@planetmikusha5898]

The real reason for Russian taking the Donbas is that it chokes off the Sea of Azov and this region holds at least half of Ukraine's mineral wealth which would be in the trillions of dollars.

[@TallCasade1115]

It’s also really industrialized

[@kidnamedfinger516]

Mofo we all knew Nato was too agressive plus they themselves was sketchy itself like blowing the nordstream itself like basically forcing their allies themselves hmmm btw shit was started..I've watched the news bout this one during HS days 5 years or 6 years ago kinda funny coz none of em' talking bout azov region or such and so called mineral wealths

[@rutgerb]

The real reason is that putin has multiple motivations

[@125discipline2]

@@rutgerb true, one reason is not enough for a war to break, unless the reason is trying to replace dollar

[@Puget55]

There is also the NATO expending in eastern Europe, don't know why they don't speak about it, there is multiple factors but it's definitly one of the factors.

[@kocyszemaitis2310]

I worked for DoD under the Nunn-Lugar program in the 1990s. Russia was intricately incorporated into the mission at that time. Everything was transparent.

[@Me.Winter]

I was surprised when I couldn't find this anymore. But then I realised that it was age restricted. Man youtube can be questionable sometimes. Nonetheless great video!

[@TrunkyDunks]

Some folks don't understand geopolitics or the tactics involved, and it's scary...remember folks, we are the ones who will fight in the wars, but our leaders will sit comfortably watching us do so.

[@flyingberserker3965]

We are pawns in a chess game

[@user-wm5rt9pw5l]

The word "geopolitics" is increasingly turning into an excuse to simplify for the ignorant

[@TrunkyDunks]

@@user-wm5rt9pw5l I used it because that part of the world has a lot of history and cultural division over the last 100 years.

[@Sir-Complains-a-Lot]

why the cringy scamy partners?

[@sloshed-rat]

Why the accurate profile name?

[@zacharydurocher4085]

@@sloshed-rat Why Shneldon and not Sheldon

[@sloshed-rat]

@@zacharydurocher4085 Why, Zach, and not Zack?

[@zacharydurocher4085]

@@sloshed-rat 😧

[@robert8659]

Who made those wonderful moving pictures! The imagery is amazing!

[@user-gq7yd4ql4b]

Always high quality work thank you

[@igorkolesnikov4368]

I am truly grateful for the time and effort you have invested in crafting such an insightful and thorough review of the topic. The meticulousness with which you approached each facet truly stands out and provided me with a comprehensive understanding of the subject. Your ability to distill complex concepts into accessible, digestible content is commendable, and it's clear that your depth of knowledge is significant. Your passion for the topic radiates through your writing, and that enthusiasm is infectious.

[@brokenordinance]

I said it on the previous upload of this video, but I’ll say it again. If your justification has to keep changing, maybe, just maybe, you aren’t justified in your war.

[@184Kitkat]

Forgive me but Im gonna play the Devil's advocate here. Let's say that the argument of existential threat was serious, but not meant as an imminent threat from NATO, but as a threat to the Russian leadership, should its neighbours start thriving once they had broken loose from Moscow. We have plenty of such examples from eastern Europe. If Ukriane, the crown jewl of the Soviet... Err Russia's friendly neighbours would be allowed to break loose too then that would entice the entirety of the Soviet sattelites to break with Russia. You see? The threat is from the INSIDE if Ukraine or other states prove to be better off without Moscow. THIS is what Putler fears, hence the argument of existential threat may be real for them. That is not to say it is a valid argument to attack and bestially start killing "your brother" neighbours, but referring to no imminent military threats is either a misunderstanding by KG's part or intentionally ignoring it. So lets talk about it.

[@user-wm5rt9pw5l]

@@184Kitkat This is a beautiful narrative about a prosperous Ukraine as a threat to authoritarian Russia. But I don't think it's true. Russian propaganda was able to convince the Russians that Ukraine is literally the successor state of Hitler's Germany, despite the fact that the country is ruled by a Jew and there are no nationalist parties in parliament for 9 years in a row. If Ukraine were successful, Russian propaganda would simply change reality for Russians.

[@derrickthewhite1]

@@184Kitkat The thing really under threat was Russia's sphere of influence, and to some extent, Russia's ability to keep Western influence outside of it. These are not trivial issues, but none of them is a cause for war.

[@tommihyypia3256]

I like your pretty precise analysis 👍

[@GameOver-bd3my]

The thing I find rich about people who mention the war in Donbas to defend Russia's full scale invasion is the fact that the Russian side itself is admittedly responsible for starting that war. Russian national Igor Strelkov, a former FSB agent and former commander of separatists, admitted in 2014 to being responsible for war in Eastern Ukraine, and how if his unit didn't cross the border and pull the trigger nothing would've happened in the Donbas. Another thing that's also especially rich is how the Russia apologists who go on about how a genocide was happening (with no evidence btw) will then be so quick to dismiss any and all evidence of Russian war crimes which really goes to show you how ''skeptical'' these people are. They literally just believe whatever they want to and clearly aren't interested in the facts if it doesn't suit their authoritarian worldview.

[@vatic1091]

Thank you so much I spent an hour last Wednesday looking for this vid because I saw it when you in Initially posted but couldn’t rediscover it

[@bradleywoods1999]

Id love to see a video on the 2008 invasion of Georgia

[@bradleywoods1999]

@@mdstate829 that would be good to but I think Georgia would be better. I don't know much about that war as its often overlooked and I'd like to know more about the russains performance.

[@reform-revolution]

@@mdstate829 America did an imperialism not much to talk about that isnt already known my friend

[@JaBa23BatEverythingForYou]

​@bradleywoods7354 it was the same war as in Ukraine but finished sooner, by the enormous effort of the West and Georgian armed forces, that times Russia was much weaker than at the beginning of 2022 and I believe they couldn't afford a long war, also they still wanted to keep relations with the western world, which happen with help of Obama and restart politics :) They "sold" Georgia in 2008 on economic development, oil, and gas by rejecting Georgia and Ukrainian in NATO and allowing the invasion to happen, but more horrific was to see restart politics and smiles on their faces, the winter Olympics in Russia and World Cup, man... what a disappointment... and then all pains come in all together in 2014 and much worst in 2022, just by realizing you lived all this and you know it could be stopped by Angela Merkel and Sarcozi in 2008.

[@Iv4Bez]

​@@JaBa23BatEverythingForYouwest not allowing everything to happen, you like a child :(

[@kochetovalex]

Thank you very much for covering this important topic in details - specifically for English-speaking auditory.

[@Dramn_]

The part at 10:40 didn't really make much sense to me as stationing troops there (to me at least) would not indicate fearlessness but instead that they actually do fear an attack... thus the positioning of troops. Nato was pretty clearly expanding but its expansion was very, very slow. I think we all know that at one point or another, every country surrounding Russia that wasn't directly allied with them of their own volition would have entered nato eventually and Russia would have a huge border with nato allied provinces. Whether or not anyone thinks that all these countries being a part of nato is a good thing or not, I think that we all know that conflict with Russia in some way was and is inevitable. A lot of the video was quite well done for the video being as short as it was (since I think some of these topics can be at least an hour long) and I'm mainly just grateful for more curated information regarding this conflict. It is extremely exhausting to constantly sift through propaganda and information every day to keep track of what is going on and people like the ones that run Kings and Generals really help to alleviate that problem while at the same time keeping this conflict in people's minds So thankyou

[@hisvin]

Not really...Nato was about to be disband prior 2014 conflict. US was about to close many bases.

[@winzyl9546]

There wont be any war if Russia doesnt invade. NATO would never invade a nuclear capable country like russia, even if russia has no nukes, the US people would crucify the US government if it dared to start a war.

[@PetersonSilva]

​@@hisvinyeah, right

[@Kaynahkier]

Wait is this a re-upload? I already watched this a few days back if I remember it correctly.

[@e.m.451]

He commented on this. Was taken down and age restricted.

[@killer3000ad]

KZbin nannies had some issue with the previous upload and bonked K&G.

[@supersardonic1179]

It's not a re-upload. You are in the Twilight Zone.

[@mikew8214]

I'm watching this edited because KZbin said version and commenting to support you

[@imperitum3585]

Thanks for the realy important content!

[@karlhans6678]

The art has become really good!

[@-ross3778]

PLEASE STOP PROMOTING MASTER- _SCAMS_

[@dimamishchenko588]

Thank you for a very comprehensive way to address Russian claims. I, as a Ukrainian who live abroad, am engaged in frequent conversations with westerners who sincerely believe in the outlined Russian arguments. I don't blame them since Russian media presence is monstrous compared to Ukrainian. However, it is sometimes hard for me to debunk Russian nonsense in an effective way. Thanks again! ❤

[@definitelynotadam]

Westerners have zero education about history of the region Dima. As a Pole who also lives abroad I can confirm that. There are also certain far left and far right circles which lap these narratives. That is because these narratives fit into their world view, and are reinforced by their ties to Russia. Historical ties in the case of far left (communist movements) and modern ties in the case of far right, who are financed by Putin across Europe.

[@fafafafafaafafafaafaffafaa4530]

what's worse is that many westerners think they are on the smart side by believing russia, simply because it is contrarian and goes against the conventional wisdom. People thinks this makes them smart and better-informed than others, when it's obviously the opposite.

[@CapybaraKingUa]

Thank you so much for your hard work preparing this video. The accuracy and logics of your report are astonishing!

[@andriisnihyr6497]

Thank you for re-iterating these! Well made video as always. It is sad that there is a need to debunk these myths, but I guess that's the world we live in :(

[@markbrisec3972]

Some call this new world a "Post truth world".. There were always all kinds of people believing in or standing for all kinds of false, hurtful, wrong and criminal ideas but let's call it like it is.. The person who normalized these fringe views and encouraged people to trust their feelings more than facts, is none other than Fat Donnie; Orange Buffoon himself. Prior to him these people talked among themselves in the deepest corners of the internet. It was Donald who brought them out to the sun and told them that scientists are corrupt and not to be trusted as well as all media (except the talking heads that were licking his ass). Trump made fools being proud of being fools and thinking that their opinion formed after half an hour of Google "research" , is just as valid and holds the same weight as an opinion of some PhD dude who spent a better part of his/her adult life researching that same topic while contributing new and scientifically proved data to the matter...

[@victorvictor369]

The most sad part is that You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. But it's a great material for someone who wants to figure out what's going on in Ukraine (even if it's obvious)

[@EARTH_GARONS]

Well people still believe about good wehrmacht myth despite its being debunked many time

[@mikemodugno5879]

Thank you so much for continuing to shed light on this issue. Continued prayer for the whole situation.

[@lilith4961]

Thank you for making this video

[@skyer82]

Love you guys! ❤

[@Akislav1990]

I am really curious about the previous version of this video, since i am one of those who came late to the party. Is it possible to make it accesible some other way?

[@jamiemartin1434]

For anyone who says this channel does not do anything about Israel six day war , First Arab - Israeli War ,and Yom Kippur war have all been done on this channel the 6-day war is number three in popular videos list but that's what I expect for people who complain about the conflict especially when it's irrelevant besides people use it defective tactics to make people focus on that instead of what needs to be focused on at the moment.

[@yorksfolly1255]

If only you did vidoes like this about palestine and Israeli aggression as well. Every single thing you pointed out about and agaisnt Russia applies to isreal. I wish for the day you make a video about that! But I doubt it

[@yorksfolly1255]

Be realistic. The native population of Arabs and Muslims defending themselves from a colonial power isn’t defensive and justified on their end at all?? Cut the shit.

[@yorksfolly1255]

And they are talking about the reasons isreal gives for attacking Palestinians and propaganda agaisnt Palestinians being debunked in a video. They arnt complaining about the war being talked about itself you fool. Same as this video it’s not about the war exactly but the justifications by Russia being debunked despite them having other vidoes actually directly about the war and tactics there’s a difference use your brain if you have it

[@noahschmidt4740]

@@yorksfolly1255 bruh... you're a bot spamming the same comment over and over again. cut the shit

[@jamiemartin1434]

@@yorksfolly1255 Okay first off I'm not Kings of generals. I don't recall Ukraine saying we're going to wipe out every Russian because of a genocide that was just committed against them and force the entire country into on the day it was formed. Or break It multiple treaties time and time again and acting offended when the other side doesn't fall through with their side after you already broke it or kick it out every Russian person on the grounds of you no longer have citizenship for our new country that you've been living in since before this country or Ukraine committed International attacks against rusted background civilians Over The Grove.And remind me how many ukraines allies have not recognize lessons right to exist especially before this war even happened?

[@OppShmokedddd]

❤❤❤ thank you for this entire video

[@stevenjohnston7809]

Like this kinda video. Going to check out your other stuff now...

[@nathanspreitzer6738]

Sad that KZbin didn’t like the irl footage of these events, but people need to see those videos to understand what really happened

[@farhanrizkiahnafa7404]

It's because they don't condone gory stuff

[@dankbirb9596]

I can't seem to find where you cite your sources, except for some in the video. Please write it down, the information that you are spreading is about solemn events.

[@andzejsulzicki9401]

Great video! Good job👍

[@pascal9055]

Thanks for making this. Much easier than constantly typing things out, I can now just link to this.

[@RibshackTV]

Brilliant video, but the use of Stalker gameplay (5:50) makes it absolutely glorious in so many ways... Oh so many. You've made my day...

[@feialot8926]

Fantastic guys. Congratulations

[@leelucas8657]

Great video as always

[@mariafernandes-os4jg]

Please do a video on Goan libration

[@aliosman0]

great video, thanks

[@kisscola]

I think the argument regarding NATO expansion could have been stronger if the emphasize were put on arguing against the real threat posed by NATO instead of focusing on the right to self determinate, which alliance a nation wants to belong to Because in the end, that does not matter to Russin perception of NATO. A case against NATO being a threat might have been more plausible in my opinion. Thus, comparing US and Russian policy in regard to their sphere of influence and the acceptance of military forces of a foreign nation at their border would be helpful. Kind regards

[@shantanusapru]

Why the re-upload? I believe this video was uploaded a few days back, isn't it? I think on 24th May 2023. Did you get a strike from YT? Or someone reported it? If so, what has changed between the last upload version & this one?

[@KingsandGenerals]

A few footages are sanitized

[@shantanusapru]

@@KingsandGenerals Hmm...what exactly does that mean/imply? "Sanitized" how/in what way? And, why? So that this remains a non-18+ video on KZbin?

[@KingsandGenerals]

@@shantanusapru there was some war footage with soldiers being killed. Was considered violent. Meanwhile the footage of Russian and Ukrainian Nazis was considered hateful.

[@shantanusapru]

@@KingsandGenerals Ohh! Interesting... I find it a bit odd that such things might be considered 'offensive' or 'violent' or 'hateful' in a history channel/video...But, I guess we live in a time with very different 'sensitivities' & 'sensabilities'... Thanks for your response!

[@-foxwint-3140]

just wanted to say it's a cool detail that those drawings of uk soldiers all have different weapons,in reference to all the nato equipment they got,cool

[@A_Bone1972]

thank you for the incredible efforts to not only create content, but to also navigate the algorithm waters. the reasons you must are as unfortunate as the reasons i must navigate to get unbiased truths as to what i consider newsworthy with myself residing in the USA in the 21st Century. ✌️🐝➕

[@vitorpacheco3519]

Thanks so much for this!! Once again, an amazing video.

[@vasilzahariev5741]

Is this a reupload? I remember watching a video with the same title a few days ago.

[@e.m.451]

He commented on this. Was taken down and age restricted.

[@RuinStatue]

When you tell people to leave or stay away. They should listen.

[@tarasdubenskyy508]

Kings and Generals, thank you for pinpointing those very important peculiarities and truly debunking Russian criminal lies and true crimes

[@huseyincobanoglu531]

You've pointed out an important topic regarding genocide and the legal definition. Can you also look into the events that's happened straight after WW1, during the Turkish independence war. Did Turkiye commit genocide? My background is Turkish but would like to know the truth. I don't condone a single person getting murdered for their ethnicity but also think this topic should be discussed in a non biased way. Thank you.

[@PowermadNavigator]

13:20 I don't think that that ideology is a problem right now or matters at all. When you consider that it's a fight for survival at this point... and anyway, people need something to believe in, this war business is very hard on people. I'd say that getting all the weapons and armed forces inventory back from volunteers and recruits when this is all over would be a far greater challenge.

[@23Drazse]

From 13:39 : and General Oleksandr Syrskyi born in the Russian SFSR near Moscow. Rüstem Ümerov the new defence minister is Crimean Tatar and he is muslim.

[@bradG91]

People will believe what they want or close their eyes and cover their ears if an opposing view is presented. It applies to both sides. "Blah blah propaganda!" As if the side they chose to believe doesn't put out propaganda.

[@Artur_M.]

It's a shame that you had to re-upload your video. Anyway, I'll drop the comment I've made under the original version too: Regarding 14:04, I would add one name to this list - Mustafa Nayyem. He's an Afghan-Ukrainian journalist and activist who eventually became a politician. He was Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and is now the head of the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development. Most importantly, he basically kickstarted the whole Revolution of Dignity (Euromaidan) with his social media posts.

[@unreleasedost5230]

Please can you remaster the Siege of Tenochtitlan ?

[@williamyoung9401]

Jim Baker, who had no authority as to who would join NATO, casually mentioned, verbally, that NATO would not expand, one time. That's it. No formal treaty. It was during the fall of the Berlin Wall, and everyone was freaking out. (10:40)

[@fabiograziani8869]

Brilliant, please keep up with the good work

[@HellStr82]

Wow România disaapeared from the map at 8:40 when talking about NATO. What happened ? 😂

[@Smytjf11]

Quantum Romania. Someone very quickly looked at what direction they were going, so we no longer knew where they were. Looks like they're back now according to Google Maps

[@reform-revolution]

they activated the cloaking device and phased out of existance for a moment

[@user-in1tr1cz8q]

What is the name of the final music ?

[@ghju344]

This chanel explained what media couldnt for more than a year ❤

[@noma5050]

Rhe mainstream media wouldn't explain clearly. They could have.

[@lewisbloxham5546]

Thank you so much for your informed and wonderfully created videos on this barbaric war. You are doing a great service documenting and providing truth about this conflict. Sadly, humanity is stupid, which leads to war being a certainty. But people behind intellectual media like yourselves are doing your best to help this generation and the next avoid being stupid

[@takeitasacompliment.]

Thank you so much for the propaganda

[@lewisbloxham5546]

@@takeitasacompliment. Do you even get paid to be a troll by your Fascist masters?

[@ericdekker5768]

Is this a repost? I feel like déjà vu, that i watched this video 1 or 2 weeks ago.

[@yumi1384]

The truth is like a mirror and a two-edged sword. If you try to look at it you might see it's natural form. If you try to grasp if firmly, you might hurt yourself. But if a sword strikes a mirror, it will break.

[@rosslogie217]

Great work guys!

[@ForelliBoy]

"ukraine is oppressing russian speakers" elected president is a russian-speaker that hosted the Russian Channel-1 New Year Special multiple times prior to 2014 top general (Sysrky) is RSFSR-born graduate of Moscow military academy with heavy accent when speaking Ukrainian

[@richardburgess8657]

Good stuff. Thank you.

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for information

[@iulianochescu]

Great video! Do you have any similar material about the unprovoked invasion of Iraq? 🙏 For me it's so sad to see that great powers are still dependent on military interventions. Diplomacy is still so weak after all it's still not working on a global scale. 😢

[@Mestari1Gaming]

Why did Iraq invade Kuwait?

[@iulianochescu]

@@Mestari1Gaming good point. But be careful when using this kind of narrative trying to justify an unprovoked invasion (if that already sounds familiar to you regarding the current status of european security). Kuwait, Iraq, Ukraine are all unnecessary and unprovoked if we would equally imply the same principles. Some kind of common security and sense must be achieved very fast on a global scale from my humble point of view. Diplomacy is the only way I think. I just pray 🙏 for world peace ✌️

[@idk-zi3gw]

Iraq's evil dictatorship invades another nation for no good reason.

[@gidi3250]

​@@Mestari1Gamingoil price gouging, UAE was messing with the market so long term outcome would be beneficial for UAE, this messed with Iraq's only real way of making money, selling oil, sadam angered by this ignored even trying to open political talks and just invaded. This was originally to get rid of his debt, a debt he got from accepting lend lease (much like Ukraine has) although since the Iraq-Iran war ended in a draw, they didn't make any money back so when the west asked for their financial investment back, Iraq had nothing to give, it only had a large military left and a desperate dictator, kinda like zelenski, who's tip towing on the line of dictator. This is gulf war 101.

[@Mestari1Gaming]

@@gidi3250 I agree with everything except that Zelenskyi is dictator, he is not. Now tell me, how is Zelenskyi like Saddam?

[@user-vs2vj9hl5r]

As a ukrainian I want to thank you for this video. You people just could not imagine how tired we are here of explaining all this to foreigners! Also must give credits to creators for the unbeliveable accuracy of everything told in this video. Not a single point I could argue about, and I've been studying russian-ukrainian politics for almost a decade now. Great respect for you guys!

[@ragael1024]

9:38 i must know the track used here. I.MUST!

[@the_487]

Thank you for the bold and brave acknowledgement of the facts in favor of the free world. We need more videos like this from every capable person with an audience. This is REAL INFORMATION!!!

[@arbpaninken6719]

Well made and very informative