Russia’s Assault on Kharkiv: What You Need to Know
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Simon's Beard has reached Civil War General Level
Getting close to the confederate average
@@cameraman502 He can start Cosplaying as Longstreet Soon Enough
True!!
One more step and it will be Cave Man level....
Still got nothing on Sideburns tho
Love how Simon shifts from Brain Blaze to Warographics by just throwing on a jacket.
He dims the lights too lol
That's the same jacket he used to wear when he was filming Business Blaze before the rebranding to brain blaze.
@@Drew-lj7hk Also he breaks out his Dad Voice
How many channels does Simon work on?
@@jamesgreenldn 147 it would seem
Me: Yay! Another episode of warographics
Simon: Thousands of people suffering. The future potentially doomed.
Me:
It's like the Hank meme where you're happy to see warographics upload on the left side but you realise thousands of people are going to die on the right side
Well, it's doomed for the Ukrainians, at least.
We'll he's only like that when certain people are suffering so it's not like it's all the time.
It's more like hundreds of thousands 😢
@@GothPaoki of, certain people, huh. Do I hear an accusation behind that thin veil?
I still cannot believe they were able to accomplish all this with only washing machines and shovels.
Isn't GM the one who makes washing machines and the Gau. Both spin
@@rellikskuppin7417 GM is an auto maker. I believe you're thinking of GE who make appliances and locomotives but also might make military weapons.
@cannon26ify Thanks brotha. ❤️
@@cannon26ify it was General Electric
Putin weaponized Whirlpool and Siemens
i wanted to go to bed..... but i checked yt one last time
Like Val and Earl leaving Perfection
which means you more than likely live in japan, australia or new zealand
@@waywaywaywaywaytoolongtore7496 Australia for me. And I also was about to go to bed.
@@waywaywaywaywaytoolongtore7496 can i live with you
I am watching this in bed 😂😂😂
Greetings from Kharkiv. Thank you for covering this.
You guys got this💪
Stay safe
Bro you should flee immediately westward
@@footofblut981they don't it's a matter of time stop this propaganda it's about his life
Can you tell us the percentage of soldiers who actually want to fight till the end, vs the conscripts who don't want to?
Simon: "...with Kharkiv ablast."
Linguist: "oblast"
Putin: "Why not both?"
Simon when do you sleep bro? You have so many great channels/content but I can't imagine you get any sleep 😅
He just reads scripts
I think he's an AI. It's the only explanation that makes sense .
No sleep till Brooklyn!! /beastyboysmode
He reads scripts from the Establishment.
Dude doesnt cut and upload everything himself, for shure has an editing team lol
So messed up that I get excited to see a new Warographics given the content.. but this is easily the best channel on youtube you big bald beautiful man
Wild ass comment 😂
Steady on…
Yeah I'm not "excited" for the news, but I always appreciate Simon's pretty balanced and detailed breakdowns after heavily browsing /r/noncredibledefense all week. I appreciate he never claims to be an expert but does a good job of breaking down the info
We feel this way because we are starved of objective conversation anymore. To watch a top tier CZcamsr (disingenuous term imo) do a better job than the news itself? Doesn't get any better. No politics, no injected opinions, no agenda, just a group of folks working their asses off to give us actual objective brain food.
@@elidames6889 Yes! this articulated what I couldn't - thankyou! Lol
'prepared defensive lines' is a strong use of words, the UA couldn't build proper defensive lines because they were in range of russian artillery so the lines they abandoned were abandoned because they weren't really proper defensive lines
Or they took the money and ran
@@thecommie739 in what way could russian front line troops bribe Ukrainians there and then? With what wealth? How would they wire them the monies?
@@user-ol2mr4bx7cthey are probably one of those people that believe the money laundering stuff
@@user-ol2mr4bx7c Hes referring to internal corruption you fool
Cope harder
I've learned this lesson in HOI4. Unless you're China or Russia, never forget your conscription laws.
The most likely explanation I have seen is moving south will enable them to bring artillery in range of Kharkiv. Seems to make sense to me.
They're also doing 2 other things. Diverting forces from the Donetsk front, and also threatening Ukraine's rear supply routes that lead to the front
The Russians are already in Lyptsi that means the city is already under fire control, I get the impression Nord group has trained specifically for this operation.
I heard that long range missiles that have been hitting Belgorod are all set up in Kharkiv, which is one of the reasons why Russians are advancing in that direction.
@@tonybrand4643That is the main reason why Russians are advancing there.
Can we do these videos without the high pitched continuous beeping sound? I love this stuff, but with audio sensory issues this was really hard to listen to at times.
Thank you! Thought I was going crazy at first.
Your both crazy lol sucks for you and your delicate ears
I have been watching Simon ever since his first channel, which was a Top5 or tens. I'm subbed to all of his channels, but warographics feel like the most important, relevant, and just suit Simon well. We need this type of videos ! Thank you mate!
It was a pretty soft incursion by the Russians. Almost no armored vehicles, guys with 72 hour packs. It seems to be more of a reconnaissance force operation.
Kinda sad that a recon by force operation led to capturing 60 square miles in 3 days.
@@mr.z3664or, it means mass is no longer as important as porosity
The initial convoy that tried to take Kiev had about 72 hours worth of provisions as well.
Almost no armor? Did you miss the bit the other day when 20 Russian armored vehicles were lost in one assault? After loading most of their armored support they tried moving squad size elements forward to cover that would then advance in company or larger sized groups?
The initial push had plenty of vehicles. We saw videos during the first day of them running into mines.
The reason the russians continued after that with mostly infantry was that the vehicles didnt manage to get close to the cities without being blown up first.
In three days the Russians liberated more territory then the Khokhols did in their entire 3 month counter offensive😂😂
But far less than the Ukrainian liberated in their first counter offensive. They aren't liberating, but reoccupying lost territory.
Here we go! Right on time Simon!
4:50 I believe it was initially a probing attack across the front to locate weak points, but as the Russian saw more success than expected they jumped at the chance and pushed further than initially planned.
Totally plausible, I believe the total Russian force was observed as 30-50k, unsure how many of those are actual combatants. If we assume all are combatants (they're absolutely not though) 30-50k isn't even enough to take 1/3 of kharkiv if we base the casualties on what was seen in Bahkmut and during the Ruzzian campaign thus far.
I think people keep forgetting Ukraine was never intending to sit directly on the border. That's a good way to catch some Z artillery with your face or get easily flanked because your position is super obvious. I could see the Russian conscripts being surprised at this and thinking the UA defenses must just be bad and pushing their luck past the distance their original mission intended. However, they'd be wrong because the Ruzzian government does not care to train them as a professional volunteer force. They will soon realize why that land was so easy to occupy whenever they finally make it to the actual strong points and defensive lines UA fell back too (like smart boys).
@@Funko777, Russian conscripts are far away from front line. Russia get Kharkiv without need to really fight over it or in it. After complete DEMILITARIZATION (including erasing Ukrainian military manpower) everything will be free to walk in for Russians.
Please remember, Russia don't use conscripts at front line!
@@Funko777the first part of your reply was fine but then you started spitting delusion about Russian “conscripts” they obviously have decent to good training if they’re able to assault positions in volchansk that are held by Ukrainian elite forces like the GRU and KRAKEN. 5-7k “untrained conscripts” would not have gone this far against Ukrainian elite.
Yeah and thousands of Russian mothers just posting fake obituaries online. Dumb lie that anyone can disprove
Happy birthday Simon!!!
Enjoyed your video. Thank you.
Thank you for these videos. Youre doing a great job reporting on this matter!
In our news in Austria the main reason stated for the offensive was to take Belgorod out of Ukrainian artillery range and to attempt to create the buffer zone that ensures that. Furthermore yesterday the news came US Secretary of State, stated that the US won't attempt to dissuade Ukraine from using American Missiles against targets within Russia itself, that they don't encourage it but will allow it.
Furthermore I agree that Ukrainian news could be more truthful, I've been watching the channel "Reporting from Ukraine" for the past few months for some details I wouldn't get anywhere else and sure I get those there but if I believed everything he said then the situation at the frontline would be butterflies and roses peaceful because they're dealing with everything that's thrown at them with such military superiority that they don't need more men or weapons.
I doubt that that's the case and I think that falsification of truth doesn't benefit anyone who is trying to solve the issues in this conflict. Yes I believe they're doing what they can to hold Russia at bay and inflict massive casualties, but I'm also aware that they don't have the means to effectively push them back and in channels like these that fact goes unstated.
if rus can strike ukr with NK missiles, why not rus with nat missile? This is just a big lose lose. rus likly win initial war, but there won't be peace. Same old blowback cycle, but with half the world backing insurgency, etc. It's like rus was fcked before they invaded. They are just here to fck sht up like a psychotic/abusive AF ex-boyfriend.
Not a good idea because it galvanises the resolve of the Russians and gives them an excuse to increase their buffer zone beyond the Russian speaking autonomous regions.
That is amazing news I didn't hear that !
@@user-re3nl6oy9rGalvanised to invade Ukraine? Okay, sure... You do know Putin is already invading Ukraine right? And that Ukraine is defending itself against him, you know that, right?
Hi, you made a great episode as always. I really appreciate all the effort put in an analyses like those you make. Recently I have found out that you live in the Czech republic. Would love to meet you someday. Thanks for your work!
Great episodes except his episodes about Bukele. The El Salvadorians come in mobs
I think Simon mentioned quite a few times in different podcasts, he doesn't really want to meet with his audience. I believe he said he doesn't read messages below videos either. Which is of course his choice and we are only to respect it.
@@PetrSojnek Yeah, you are right. I respect that. Although I admire people like him. Nevertheless, I understand it. He values his privacy and some of his content is inevitably political, as in warographics
Good one, Simon.
…Homies beard is about to cross into confederate length….
And not a single map was shown.
Kings and Generals CZcams channel has maps.
Another brilliant, concise, and balanced analysis. It’s a shame that our major news outlets could never produce and air such a piece, really on any subject.
Thanks as usual.
I love what you all do, it is vital to have information like this made publicly available and free; but that ticking in the background has got to go.
To say that Russia lost their most experienced troops in the beginning of the war is completely ass backwards. If anything the soldiers who have fought throughout this war are the ones that are now the most experienced.
Simon is not very bright. Russia used mostly second line troops in the early days of the war aside from the airbourne.
@Cryptid71 Indeed, even most of the 'conscripted' were former contract soldiers with experience in Syria, Georgia, some even in the second Chechen war.
Exactly, the Russian army now is NOT the same as the one that initially invaded. They've got experience and now they've adapted
@@FrostbiteDigitalThat’s what Ukraine supporters hate hearing lol. They refuse to believe Russia is not a super power and a joke of a country but in reality a country like Ukraine can take years to take or be victorious. It took the United States years to be victorious in some countries that are the size of Texas so obviously it takes time to win a war
Simon is recruiting consent, using his propaganda potential!😅
Your beard is majestic sir!!!
The man probably goes over it with a comb and beard wax
@@prateekbhurkay9376 as he should lol
You missed the part about local officials contracting shell companies for fortification construction and embezzling up to 173 million dollars. Leaving the area without many planned defenses.
Yeah nice made-up story LOL
You do realize that Russia has admitted today that the attack was a failure😂😂
Go collect your potato Ivan, good work today
You know shit is getting real when simon swears twice in a single vid
This is all serious and whatnot, but homey’s beard is getting next level outta control!
The Russian troops are of low quality he says.
And the Ukraine is going to give potentially hundreds of thousands of people three months training.
Making them... low quality troops with a lot less artillery support.
Exactly. And unlike Ukraine, Russia has been training thousands of soldiers per month for the last 2 years. Ukraine is begging Europe to deport Ukrainian men back home.
@@mr.z3664 the Ukrainian don't want fight to Zelensky intereste... because he get lots off aid money and getting richer...
It's funny ik
Sound is good now
Maybe Russia didn’t make a trailer 6 months ago?
Shhhhh 🤫
Thanks
Thank you for covering topics that get you demonetized! We all appreciate it!
So far the best Report, I've seen on this topic.
Agreed. I pretty much just use Simon for my straight to the point coverage as he doesn't get bogged down in political speculation but sticks to the who, what, where, how and why?
Not even close. Check out Willy OAM.
Bro hasn’t seen History Legends vid. He has the best report. He literally details day by day how the Russian attack happened.
This dude is pro ukrainian
As soon as he quoted Rob Lee, I said never mind this guy's has no idea what he is talking about and skipped the video.
so ur stupid and closed minded, cool. Do you want a medal?
😂😂 yeah, Rob lee and Michael koffman.. no way he'll
The fact that the world acts like our money is owed to them for their own defense is telling. Smh
Blame your leaders 💀
Thank you for keeping us up to date Simon!
The S's in the voice track are way to sharp man damn
Rutherford B. Hayes would be proud of that beard.
How does he keep his face clean? Ugh!
Hm but just a month ago we said that Kiev have around 1 million soldiers. Most chanel's estimated that trere is around 450 thousand Russian's. Then how is possible that Russia "vastly outnumber Ukrainians"??? And no , we don't have all of the Russian soldiers in one front they are dispersed as well
It's been a good decade long fight with a few lulls in combat, and modern combat is a good resource for information on modern weapons... even if they happen to also use century old weapons.
☕🐝🇺🇸
More maps would be appreciated. And in spite of your open and honest bias, you seem to be trying to be objective and that is much appreciated.
It’s funny that people think that building fortifications on the BORDERS of your ENEMY is the same as fixing a pothole in your local neighborhood. I’m pretty sure the Russian wouldn’t just allow them to build said fortifications on the border. Which is why they were stopped after 5km, because that’s where the first lines were built…
Russia did it and it stopped a whole nato armed counteroffensive... Why are Russia probing attacks doing more damage in 3 days than the entire 8 months of counteroffensive?
Russia built the Syrovkin line INSIDE Ukraine in half the time Ukraine had to build ANY defense in the north. It's hilarious that people refuse to see the corruption in Ukraine. There were supposed to be defensive lines and fortifications built, they weren't built. No mine fields, no trenches, no fortifications, no dragons teeth. Look at a topographic map of the area, then tell me how Russia OWNING the high ground for miles around, putting Russian artillery easily in range of Kharkiv is good for Ukraine. Oh... the Russians haven't been stopped, let alone at 5K.
Clueless… various maps & geo located footage show they’ve penetrated further.
The Ukrainians have had 18 months to build fortifications on the entire eastern front especially in Kharkiv Oblast & Sumy oblast. If Russia could build hundreds of km’s of fortifications along the entire southern front on Ukrainian land, Ukraine could have done the same but they didn’t, one word, corruption.
@@glintongordon6811because russia is stronger?
@@glintongordon6811 Russia has an overwhelming artillery advantage over Ukraine, so it's not quite as simple as: "well, if Russia could build the Surovikin line, Ukraine should have been able to do it too".
This would also go on to partially explain why the fortifications north of Kiev are much more robust than the ones North of Kharkiv, since the area north of Kiev borders Belarus rather than Russia, and with Belarus being formally neutral, the Ukrainians could most likely construct those defenses without worrying about being harassed by russian strikes.
All that being said though, incompetence, corruption and misjudgements could all be possible explanations also.
This has been a really long 3 days.
10:18 look at that chimney sweepers jacket elbow.
2 episodes in one day?!
It's a pity it takes so little to become part of the propaganda machine.
Two Russian brigades captured more territory in a few days than Ukraine's entire summer offensive and they walked right in which is worse.
Thanks for your analysis without all the bias and spin of the legacy media!
What is the name of the piano music towards the end of the video?
Sound?
Edit: Sounds on now!
I thought it was just me
None here either
Bro you clicked so fast on the video that even the sound was like ''Hey calm down''.
Lol
Ukraine can survive with its forces mostly intact? Are you nuts? Why do u think they need to mobilize ANOTHER 500,000 people? Where are the previous half a mill gone? If thats intact, well, then Ukraine can escape intact, with one million or so dead. The war is not lost? The war was lost the moment US laid their eyes on Ukraine back in 2013. Ukraine was destined to become another Afghanistan or Iraq, and so it is.
Most people prefer to be rotated off the frontlines from time to time. And unlike hundreds of years ago, people don't sign decades long military service contracts. This is all quite obvious, but then you are promoting the Russian narrative about a "coup", so I think we all know where your loyalties lie.
@@shaun7142 Um not many Ukrainian units are getting R&R. And it was a coup. The US handpicked the replacement Kiev government, all secretly recorded in a telephone call, you were obviously not old enough in 2014 to remember. Obama, McCain, Nuland all in on it. That same US picked Kiev government went to war against the east, shooting people at polling booths, the Odessa massacre. Dmytro Yarosh the far right leader of Right Sector was even part of the government for a time. You are clueless as to the real story behind the Ukraine mess. The US created this mess, the US wanted this war and it wants to prolong it as long as possible. Oh and they also blew up Nordstream.
What you need to know is that it's more news than it deserves to be
The Kernels beard is getting out of control.
It is evident that only negotiation can end this terrible war; both sides need to get round the table and hammer out a deal - no one will get everything they want, but there has to be another way.
Negotiation is a non-starter. Russia has stated as non-negotiable demands, for fighting to stop, Ukraine would have to cede territory, disarm its military, and be forbidden from joining NATO or other defensive alliances. This just means that Russia can recoup losses, rearm and prepare for a second invasion while Ukraine can do nothing to prepare a defense. This is exactly what happened with Chechnya, and all Russian rhetoric indicated that the goal of the Kremlin is to possess all of Ukraine.
Nobody seeks negotiations when they still think they can achieve their objectives by military means.
@@cplpuddingpopahh so you’d rather endless war, death and destruction. Sounds like standard neocon western thinking.
@@cplpuddingpopNope. Non NaTo, free election ins Donbas and Luhansk… Never claim Crimea anymore and you will have peace as treaty.
If violated Ukraine can go ask NATO if borders are crossed again. Peace has to show what is in the battlefield. The 2 provinces are Russian almost now.
@@cplpuddingpopIf Ukraine doesn’t negotiate in 18 months they will have no leverage to negotiate, as they will out of men to fight.
¡Gracias!
He's on fire - beard is getting 'excited'
This was tactical level of analysis. "These walked here, opposite side stole funds .. " Strategical goals of Russians stayed undisclosed.
Huge Russian Cassualities😂😂😂😂
We’ll talk about this whole affair like Vietnam
In Vietnam USA had less casualties than Vietcong. Russia is straight up struggling and losing more men. They already had a demographic crisis before this war
Russia can't loose, Putin can't loose. They will use EVERYTHING before Putin takes an L
@@european-one Proportionally, Ukraine's casualties are worse.
Before anyone says anything, I want Ukraine to win. But Ukraine has a far smaller population and every Ukrainian casualty represents a significantly larger proportion of the total population than any given Russian casualty. Looking at the total numbers alone is a mistake here.
It’s more like we’ll discuss it’s similarities to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
@@european-one yeah we sure did have less casualties, anyway, who won?
At 5:55, you say the reason for low troops numbers are from "polical shenanigans." What do you mean?
0:57 .... Beard looking like it's screaming for some balm. 😅
This is out of date already. The US has no changed its stance on weapons use in Russia. It has said it doesn’t encourage it, they are free to now fight the war as it sees fit. This was known yesterday, yet this video chose not to include this vital info.
over 100 of the total 350 kilometre square of kharkiv is already taken? Do i heard you right? that is already massive
It's 100/31,418 ... so not quite
not kharkiv, some villages in the region. what your 350 km represent? square of kharkiv city has nothing to do with current battlefield as they not reached the city
@@xxxd3736 no... but Russian artillery is now well in range, and that's not good.
Because it’s Kharkov, not Kharkiv. That’s why
@@tomassali8870 its ukrainian so kharkiv
Now the reality.
Two weeks before the offensive in Kharkov, Russian forces had been shelling the city’s military and energy infrastructure in order to weaken the area of offensive and lead a reconnaissance of ongoing. On May 10th, the offensive began at 5 AM, making significant progress on the frontline. Throughout the first week of the offensive there were taken 13 settlements and the whole north part of the city Volchansk. As Russian President Putin said - the offensive on the Kharkov region is necessary in order to create a buffer zone for preventing shelling of civilians in Belgorod and other regions of Russia.
Someone should really do a supercut of all of these Ukranian War videos to see how the projections change and evolve.
I love how unprepared the Russians were for this kind of rapid advance since they didn't believe kharkiv was almost totally undefended and they now have to wait and bring more artillery and vehicles since this was all done only by a simple recon who probably couldn't believe their eyes how much they were progressing. If i was Ukrainian though i would start worrying.
You do realize that the Ukrainian defensive lines were not built right on the border right? They're between 10-15km back from the border to make them easier to defend and reinforce. So all russia has managed to do is capture a couple of practically undefended border towns which had prewar populations of less than 200 people, and they've been stopped dead by Ukrainian forces that moved forward from the defense lines to meet them.
@@cynderfan2233 so vovchansk a town of previously 17 k is now only a town of 200 which is insignificant and everything is fine despite Russians gaining 9 kilometres in 3 days just by a simple recon. Sleep well my dude but then again it looks you already are ..
@@cynderfan2233
Dude, multiple reports from guys actually on the ground on location have stated that the defensive works were never built.
@@GothPaokialso ppl forget or don't know Russians spend last 4 months targeting Ukrainian territorial defence and border guards around kharkiv especially they used overwhelming amount of drones in this . Problem is that even if it is not about corruption no civilian contractor will be safe while building those trenches near border for atleast 20-30 km
@@cynderfan2233 you do realize that Ukraine has already admitted that defensive works that were supposed to be built, weren't built. No mine fields, no dragons teeth, no hardened positions. They're already "investigating" and have fired the officer in charge of the defense of Kharkiv.
not allowing Ukraine to use western weapons in russia makes it kinda hard to protect the border. If Ukraine can't use artillery or mortars until the russian troops have crossed the border, then they have to move their defensive lines at least a few km back. That makes the entire border area a greyzone.
Their problem is that money that had been allocated for building defensive lines in that area was embezzled. “Surovikin line” was riduculed (and lots of cash was stolen) but at least it was built and was enough to stall the summer counter-offensive.
@@AB-pb8oo that is only partly true. Some fortifications were not build, but most were. The strongest defensive line were build 4-5km from the border for the reason mentioned above.
For orcs from a parallel fictional world of schizophrenia. Western artillery and missiles are constantly bombarding Belgorod and the surrounding area.
Oh yes, Orc propaganda shows the destruction of civilian buildings in Belgord as destruction in the Ukraine. ))) But the reputation of orcs as completely empty-headed and deceitful animals is a problem only for the orcs themselves.
Saying that they cannot shoot on the territory of the Russian Federation is a diagnosis. Your diagnosis. ))
Ukraine has been regularly attacking Belgorod, so stop pretending that Ukraine can't attack across the border. It is an absolute FACT that defensive works that were supposed to be built, were not built. Zelensky himself already said "investigation is underway".
@@mr.z3664 yes they can attack russia with drones and weapons produced in Ukraine. But not with western weapons, until now.
Some fortifications were not built. Keyword here is "some".
I've got sound but quality is 360p
Given the content, I know why Simon doesn't have his tangents on this channel...but I still miss them!
Wait did you report the Russians where losing a few months ago ?🤣
Almost like it’s a war? Shit can change in days or even hours. They captured a lightly guarded “buffer zone” if that’s a big win that’s embarrassing lol Russia lost the war a long time ago showed the world how incompetent their military really is within the first month, their logistic capabilities to invade their own neighbor was a shit show. For being the “best” military and can barely invade their own neighbors and getting pushed back and losing 100s of thousands of men to essentially a Third World country is insane, Russia will never be looked at as a power house anymore
@@Dee-ye1ld But according to the our elected officials who's giving the Ukrainians possibly TRILLION of our tax dollars that we really need, the Russians are holding back they're best units to invaded London or Paris and Washington. So with that logic those "second hand troops" along with their African And North Korean mercenaries friends are doing a really good job.
They had actual ammo reserves a few months ago.
Crazy that a side can go from winning to losing if their supply lines are cut right? -_-
What was the purpose of showing collaped residental building after UKR attack in Belgorod ?
Frontline stabilisation huh!!!
Primitive method of fighting… I think it’s just how you control territory… what did bombing afghan do for the u.s in 20 years we lost against Vietnam and Afghanistan.
This is a different war compared to Vietnam and Afghanistan. Afghanistan was a asymmetric war where a conventional military was against a guerrilla force which is incredibly difficult to defeat with conventional.means as they can hide amongst the populace and receive aid while remaining hidden....and mostly stuck to using IED's because anytime there was a gunfight they got their asses handed to them. Vietnam was a combo of conventional forces in the form of the NVA and asymmetric warfare with the Viet-Cong and the rules of engagements set by Washington ensured the U.S forces were not able to do what they needed to do.
This is a conventional war that has taken a hard turn towards to attrition warfare. Unfortunately, Russia has an advantage in such a war as they have a massive population to draw from and vast stockpiles left over from the Soviet era and despite the technological superiority of the West, it would have to be the Ukrainians who have to use the equipment and that takes time to train, supply and deploy, time the war will not wait for. It also doesn't help that the West does not have the industry base for a war footing and steps have to be taken to not drag NATO fully into the war because that would just go nuclear pretty damn quick.
@@WhiteIkiryo-yt2itvietnam also had guerilla warfare.
@KonstandinosVerzamanis-xm4ip I noted as such with the point of the Viet-Cong being the asymmetric warfare element of the war in Vietnam.
He finally started pronouncing kiev correctly 👏
Thanks for being as objective as can be. This is all a bloody mess and I hope better minds prevail. Some day.
What defensive line? They embeslled so much money there's none left for any defenses 😂
When you have some nerd dissing Russias method of warfare saying its primitive,... but its actually working lol
It's actually not. More than 2 years into the war, Russia is yet to defeat a much smaller and weaker neighbor and is still stuck in a corner of Ukraine where they got kicked into after being chased away from the outskirts of Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv and even lost Kherson City and most of Kharkiv later.
He is saying its working but if ukraine gets the supplies they may need to change strategy
@@rainieresguerra6519 even though Clownskyy lied to the world that they only lost 31k, everybody can see his forces are slowly decimated into DESPERATE CONSCRIPTION, so it’s working. 🤣😂🤷♂️
@@tombrazy12hunnit Well, Ukraine needs as many soldiers it can mobilize, considering that the russians are throwing more and more russians into the war.
Just tell me when Russia would be able to move out of the hole they have been in the last two years. 😩
@@rainieresguerra6519 they have the East, The South, Crimea, Bakhmut, Avdiika, recently Robotyne, I’m sure Kyiv government will say those are not “important “. 🤷♂️ Now they’re grinding the North at Kharkiv.
13:00 The US no longer has restrictions on the use of US weapons inside of Russia and has not had any in place for a while now.
Simply not true, read the headlines.
Restrictions have been lifted by other countries.
False, by verbatim the US says it won't.
Nope misinformation
@@Sufferingzify LOL, just google "US lifted restrictions on Ukrainian weapons use inside of Russia" Dumb A__ and get back to us... you have zero idea what you are yammering about. Google is your friend.
@@MrSirlulzalot Liar, just google "US lifted restrictions on Ukrainian weapons use inside of Russia" Dumb A__ and get back to us... you have zero idea what you are yammering about.
I would like your videos more if you had this time but the background was more action and clips of the warfare
Beard looking a bit shaggy there Simon!
Hey Ho! Simon!
Good to see Ukraine is putting our tax money to good use. I'd recommend they spend some of it to put welcome signs outside of kharkiv it's not like they use it to defend kharkiv to begin with so might as well be polite and decorate the place!
Is Russia in karkiev? Lol they will never make it!
@@DedmanReactin bro if they were gonna enter the 2 largest Ukrainian city with just recon squads bro I'm going right now at the square and complain about my tax usage.
Still it's very concerning that they gained 8-9 kilometres around the 2 largest Ukrainian city with just recon when it took them months to just gain a foothold around avdivka which is a relatively insignificant city
If there was no resistance initially Russia incursions upto several kilometers insde Ukraine occurred so how did Russia suffer huge casualties.
You get it!
At best, both sides lost at least a thousand soldiers and that’s including K.I.A and W.I.A.
Mic test?
i think you need a new mic. all your videos audio is extremally sharp. s sounds are high pitched for example.
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Ukraine blames the west for delaying weapons and allowing the russians to have 6 months to prepare defenses which thwarted the ukrainians counteroffensive, ukraine had 2 years to prepare defenses for kharkiv and 8 years to prepare for adviika, so what happened? the dogginess of the russians is what makes them so successful in taking these grounds against heavily fortified ukrainians defenses, ukraine doesn't have that
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interesting that you didnt mention why russia wants a buffer zone...
Because it's irrelevant.
Why don't YOU tell us Mr.BushCrapping.
@@mr.martyr8573to keep civilians in belgorad safe from Ukrainian shells
Ukraine is just another Vietnam, history repeats itself.
It's unfortunate because it was completely preventable. All the opposition leaders had to do was respect the Feb 21st 2014 agreement. Ukraine would of never had a coup, Crimea and the rest of Novorossiya would still be part of Ukraine and Yanukovych would have lost in democratic fashion.
No it's more WW1, Spanish Civil War. Afghanistan was more of a Milennial Vietnam
@@EuroMaidanWasAnInsurrectionno, All Russia had to do was not invade. This entire war is entirely on Putin seeking power and Russias fault.
The war ends when Russia goes home. Its as simple as that.
Only in terms of wasted US taxpayer money.
@@mr.z3664 nobody is paying Ukraine anything they are getting surplus weapons from NATO countries dating back to the 80's-90's. We are doing this because it costs more money to dispose them and we are using the billion dollar funds to replenish our own military
Is it just me or does the white shirt look like he has a bib on ? LOL just saying :P
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