It's why Putin has focused on stoking divisions across free democracies around the world. He knows he can't conquer NATO militarily, but he can certainly try to get those countries to implode on themselves. And many of us are happy to oblige. Brexit is a fantastic example.
Let it crumble on its own!? Psshhh!! That could take decades and entire generations to happen! WHO wants to suffer losses for several lifetimes waiting!?!? You gotta get proactive and do it yourself!! Waiting around for change to happen on itself is the lazy person‘s method.
Yes, this may happen to Russia with or without Putin being there. However, it IS possible to happen to the United States, many cracks are appearing in the U.S. house of cards, and a "crumbling" can happen. One reason why the time-frame 2023 to 2026 is and will likely be very critical for a variety of reasons.
I understand that Ukrainian Troops in Kursk are leaving Reviews like this on Google, about the Food Establishments they find in Russia: 1) "Good Food, but not enough parking spaces for our Tanks!" 2) "The employees speak Ukrainian and even accept Ukranian Hryvnias for payment." 3) " I found all the tools I need to repair my Tank. On my way to Moscow now!" I think the last one was just a Joke!
I'd also like to mention the Ukrainian Commander, Syrsky, is a notorious trickster. He is known for attacking in one place and making it seem like the main attack, only to unexpectedly strike in a completely different place. He did this in 2022 by loudly announcing an offensive in Kherson, before launching the main attack in Kharkiv, and right now he is probably doing the same with Kursk. Even if the Russians try to anticipate this it still advantages him, as it forces them to spread out forces in order to prepare for an attack that could come from anywhere, instead of concentrating all their assets in one area like they did in 2023.
The fact is Russia has the same level of financial resources as Italy. Does anyone think Italy could afford a war like this and not have serious repercussions long term? It's mind boggling that people don't understand that this war is going to hurt Russia for a very long time.
There's a significant difference, though. It's estimated that around 10% of Russians live below the poverty line, and the middle class isn't faring well either. Still, most of them would die for Putin and blame the Americans for their situation. I believe it would play out quite differently in Italy if they were in that situation.
@kahvaimuri2824 Only 10%? Wrong. Closer to 22% live below the poverty line. In huts and shacks for rural folk, and dilapidated apartments in the city. 10% in Moscow maybe. But nationally, it’s way higher. In fact, Siberia is estimated at over a 1/4 of it’s population lives in poverty (that’s more than 25% for the uneducated MAGA’s).
It’s even worse because Russia’s wealth and income is concentrated in it’s sale of Natural gas and oil products, mostly to the EU. The EU will continue to move away from Russian energy reliance and Russia will never be able to restore their income, combine this with loss of manpower and the braindrain paint a grim future for the Russian population, one that already struggles with high levels of poverty. Invest in Vodka cause alcoholism is about to skyrocket in Russia as poverty and income crush sets in.
I feel like what Russia does have is an abundance of natural resources (particularly Titanium) but lacks the necessary infrastructure into Siberia for large-scale extraction efforts. A convenient neighbor to Russia who happens to have massive population, finances, and high demand for resources just so happens to be China. Whether it be through increasing cooperation between these two nations or if Russia indeed collapses, where China might need to perform a 'special military operation' into the territories to it's north to protect resident Chinese populations during the potential instability could be a possibility. TLDR: Russia has lots of natty resources, China needs them.
Prior to the Russian invasion of Kyiv in February 2022, Russia did request troops from Kazakhstan. They refused. Russia also requested troops from Belorus. They also refused, but allowed Russian troops to cross through to Ukraine, as well as trains carrying tanks and supplies. Belorus has also shot down Ukrainian drones attempting to transit into Russia. If Belorus were to send troops to attack Ukraine, citizens of Belorus would rebel, kicking Lukashenko out of power. As it is, many Belorus soldiers have joined Ukraine's army. And Belorus citizens have sabotaged rail lines that carry Russian stuff. Citizens of Belorus and the government of Kazakhstan see Ukraine as a brother, don't expect them to join Russia's side.
I've been trying to find any sources to this but the best i could find was Wikipedia saying that 450 Belarusian soldiers are in Ukraine from July 2023, what is your source?
Putin threatening to use Nuclear weapons has always been stupid, as the U.S. has in the past stated a zero tolerance for their use, so if Putin were to use them, he would be taking a tremendous risk that it would draw not just the U.S. but Europe directly into the conflict. He's arrogant but he's not *that* stupid. It would end him.
@@stefthorman8548 Not at all the same thing. NO ONE in the world wants a world where nuclear weapons become once again accepted as a tool of war. NO ONE. Not the US, not France and the UK, not India or China or Pakistan. The reason is simple. The instant that nuclear warfare becomes a possibility again, it will reignite a worldwide arms race with every single country that is capable of acquiring nuclear weapons doing so as quickly as possible, and that is precisely what the nuclear powers do NOT want. They want to keep their special status of untouchables and will stop at nothing to achieve this end. The second Putin orders a nuclear strike, he's done for. Every single nuclear power in the world will be directly going for his head. And believe me, they WILL find him. There isn't a hole deep enough for anyone to hide from that kind of dedication.
It's actually becoming a running joke, Putin has been threatening the nuke card a lot over the last two years but it comes across as desperation to get the west to stop supporting Ukraine. In truth, Putin can't afford to use nukes, if there were any real signs of him going that route, many of his top brass in the government and much of the public would likely turn against Putin, probably to the degree of outright executing him. Putin might be mad enough to use nukes but I highly doubt many in the government and most of the Russian people are, in other words, it's an empty threat that he knows he can't use that I'm surprised Putin keeps banging on about it lol. The only way countries would realistically use nukes if the country is being invaded and things were getting desperate, but Russia isn't being invaded, apart from the Kursh region, but that isn't an invasion and more of a tactic from Ukraine and clearly not something that nukes would be used yet. In any case, Putin's main problem is self survival, he cares about his position of power and will do whatever it takes to protect that, even throw the Russian people under a bus, but Putin also realises that he needs to keep a segment of the Russian people onside for his own survival, hence why he's not as strong as he wants us to think he is in Russia and his options are quite limited in what he can do, hence why he's willing to use prisoners, mercenaries and others on the front line but he seems scared of conscripting more Russians in the military, Putin very likely knows that if he pushes his luck too far with the Russian people, the nose will likely tighten around his neck.
I can only repeated what I heard in an interview with the Lithuanian prime minister at the morning of the 22th of February 2022: the start of this war is the beginning of the end of this regime in Moscow.
@@AwoudeXMore like the lesson Tzar Peter I learnt fighting the Turks on multiple occasions durng the 18th century or Tzar Nicholas 1st learnt when he attacked the Turks in 1854 & his succesor Nicholas II learned when fighting the Japanese in 1904 & 10yrs later fighting the Germans & Austro-Hungarian empire 1914-17 & several soviet era leaders during the Soviet-Afghan war.
@@markmaher4548 current situation with Russia is 1-to-1 as it was with tzar Nicholas I - ambitious moron, whith similar corruption issue in society who lost Crimean war. Putin is going exactly in the same tracks.
Nuclear threat is one when one’s existence is threatened … Ukraine is not targeting Russia to threaten its existence but to defend its own sovereign lands and trying to push Russia to a negotiation from a better position
It would be dumb for a child to put dog poop on a candy his littler brother had that he wanted. Nuclear bombs make land unable to be used for years and years. Maybe decades and decades
Russia wants an attritional type war in the first place. Their numbers and reserves support that style. Ukraine however wants a maneuver and movement combat like what is happening in Kursk. They have room to move and capture lightly defended Russian positions while incoming reinforcements either have to shore the defenses up which are sparse or pull back to a new defensive line and force the attritional warfare after the Ukrainians lose steam. If they send troops to the crumbing front line they will be hit by Ukrainian forces who have the advantage. If they pull back, it’s the Russians who openly concede Russian territory which is a no go. And even if they have Russian forces come in, they are too mismanaged and have multiple commands with no unification behind it.
No, its not Russia's Vietnam Its Russia's American war of independence where Ukraine is the continentals and Russia is the Brits getting their asses kicked
his map is generally speaking flawed, ukraine took only a small portion of kursk, not as much as hes showing - he just got the whole region, while they took a couple villages there with small strategic benefit hes clearly biased, not a good source for neutral informations
"Mr Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, born on 7 October 1952, President of the Russian Federation, is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (under articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute). The crimes were allegedly committed in Ukrainian occupied territory at least from 24 February 2022. There are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Putin bears individual criminal responsibility for the aforementioned crimes, (i) for having committed the acts directly, jointly with others and/or through others (article 25(3)(a) of the Rome Statute), and (ii) for his failure to exercise control properly over civilian and military subordinates who committed the acts, or allowed for their commission, and who were under his effective authority and control, pursuant to superior responsibility (article 28(b) of the Rome Statute)."
@@tonyburzio4107 It's a load of bullshit accusations from a bullshit court - otherwise this crap would be enforced. Evacuating children from a war zone is not a war crime. 3.5 million Ukraine citizens fled to Russia voluntarily & most of the world knows they are safe & looked after well. I am guessing you are from the heavily censored areas of Europe or N America otherwise you would know this.
@@NofirstnameNolastname I do. The children were evacuated from a war zone. Thier parents are either with them or in jail for sending them to safety in Russia. There are 3.5 million Ukraine refugees in Russia. No children have been kidnapped or stolen by the Russian Government. The ICC is a discredited redundant organisation.
Maybe because Russia has deployed many of its own troops in Syria, Georgia, Transnistria, Azerbaijan, Kazachstan, Tajikistan, Libya, Mozambik and some other african countries. Then they need are large number to secure their own borders and a large number occupying their colonies in Caucasus, Siberia and Far East 🤷🏻♂️
if you knew how war and economy works you would know that its cheaper to pay off other nations young men to go and die instead of wasting your own workforce
Sorry to say that but european union was equiping russian police with tools to supress russian people in exchange for oil, its a bit crazy that germany and canada was supplying russian police year after war start untill someone noticed and put stop to it. Nobody gonna do anything really.
Why would they this is a recruiters dream, the motherland is actually under attack. Ukraine is suffer from a man power issue already, Russia will end up doubling the size of its army.
Well, the Ukrainian army wouldn't be in Kursk today if Putin hadn't invaded the rest Ukraine in 2022 after it's illegal annexing of Crimea after it invaded in 2014. Putin could end the war today, he could just pull out of Ukraine, leave them alone & let them go their own way.
I'm a fan of good military strategy. I have no military experience. But as I get older, the more I enjoy studying these topics. Waking up that August morning was the first this actually felt like a real war. The guy in the video even says it himself, "because the summer counteroffensive was broadcast all over the papers". I remember thinking that same thing.
Correct. Look at Hitler, Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, and Bashar al-Assad. They inhumanely and wantonly sacrifice their own people. Dictators are typically sociopaths.
wrong...this will make him very busy in the background...logistically...he is now compromised....that on top of the loss of the pipeline...the train line....0.007% of land and yet this face lost...the troops loss...then we see the PR lady who was paraylised left behind...GOLD
Putin did good to russia . after boris yelstin he saved russia and all you all want is see it fall aparently democracy .With putin russia saw a 900% gpd growth take him out and you will realise what u did wrong
Putin is far from being dangerous, he's scared of doing anything that could put his survival in even more jeopardy. I saw the look on his face when he learned about the invasion - he looked like he was soiling himself.
This UA-cam channel is one of the best for people who feel it is vital to feel the earth as an environment first but foremost from the perspective of those civilians most effected by change.
I believe that pipeline is an insurance policy against nuclear attack (so is the nuclear power plant) - if either were destroyed (in such an attack) it would be like shooting your own toe off. Not to mention fallout would rain all over the area (even if neither was destroyed or damaged) making accessibility impossible. Smart move on Ukraine's part.
@@Sovi774 True, but you still toxify the land and the water supply & ultimately the food supply. The US has plenty of cases where the "safer" nukes [the underground nukes] are still wreaking havoc, half a century later, on the water supply. I know it was still an issue as late as 1996 (I worked for an environmental lab and did testing for many SuperFund projects out West), and can only guess as to how much of this mess remains (the shear number of nuclear tests did unspeakable damage).
Kinda hard to say that things aren’t truthful, when we have thousands of videos recorded by average soldiers on both sides. We live in a age of technology, where every moment can be live streamed at any time
7:31 in no way should they agree a settlement; Putin has every single time took the ‘settlement’ ‘ceasefire’ ‘peace deal’ to only restock, rebuild and then reattack when he is fully ready again; he will not stop peacefully, ever 7:31
People think it is Putin vs Zalensky, but put the political ambitions of the two aside and why not ask the actual people in Western Ukraine. Western “Ukraine” is culturally, ethnically and politically aligned with Russia. It’s the centre and northeast that is linguistically and culturally different because for centuries it was part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Hence the ongoing civil war and subsequent Russian invasion. Yes, there should be a settlement. Ukraine in its current form makes no sense. It’ll remain a ticking bomb otherwise. 💣
@@123void6that’s not true. Russia just had a deal with Ukraine for using the military port of Sewastopol plus other military structures exclusively for Russian military
Damn, just two more weeks and Russia’s cooked. It isn’t Russian/Chinese bots disliking your videos, it’s your audience. Every week “it’s over for x”, “x has two more weeks”. Cmon man.
Ukraine: about to win since 2022. Putin: about to be deposed since 2014. Yes, it gets tiresome to hear this. If they're ever right, it will be by accident.
@@realQuestion NATO is giving him all handicaps possible and the US Senate even gave him time to take some breath. Nobody was taking in 2014 Pootin is losing anything. The opposite. In 2022 the war started. Why would Ukraine even be considered a winning side if they lost so much this year alone? Pootin will fall if China and the US decide for him to fall. Both are currently high profiteering of Ruzzia in a war scenario. Nothing will happen by accident.
Whats worse? - Russia gets surprised by the UA invasion - Russia knew about the UA invasion, but hat no opportunities to react They had to play surprised
NATO is trying to be relatively nice to Russia because it doesn't want WW3 but can't accept a dictatorship to win. Ukraine however sees it's people dying everyday and thus wants to win not as fast as possible and to do this, you can't be relatively nice to Russia. Ukraine is right, we as NATO are wrong on this case but somewhat justified.
@@startrilogy Agreed. Israel is in the same wrong as Russia, but much much worse. They want a full extermination of the citizens of Palestine. Watch John Oliver's covering of Israel's treatment of Palestinians. The irony is that the current government representation of Israel has a mirrored behavior of a certain group in Germany from WWII.
Not everyone. Crimean Republic preceded formation of Ukraine and it was put under Kiev administration only in 1954, when soviets thought USSR will be forever. After break up, Crimea fought for independence from Ukraine since 1991.
@@RadoDani Crimean Republic existed in 1910s and was a state of Crimean Tatars. After USSR occupation it became CSSR - Crimean Tatar Socialist Republic. Then indigenous people was deported by russians. Than it became part of Ukrainian Socialist Republic due to management issues under Russia Socialist Republic. Than it became Crimean Autonomic Republic of Ukraine without right of sovereignty. It was never on the board, but than russia occupied it. “Crimean Republic” is russian attempt to legalise occupation using people that replaced native peoples, creating myth that “Crimea was always russia” (it almost never was). Crimea is not a part of russia, it’s territory under occupation and nothing else
Nice video. Just a little detail, from my knowledge there is not "Article 5 from NATO" in the CSTO. This is a military agreement for collaboration to work together but not explicit "if you attack on of us you attack all of us". The "All for one and one for all" is not applicable. Please cross check and confirm.
If you want upvotes you need to do the basics and show crimea as ukranian. How is anyone gonna take you seriously if you can't get something as basic as a map right?
@@fjalarhenriksson to be fair they went from a general “no western equipment used for attacks on Russian soil” to separate rules for different weapon systems and even ammunition. It’s hard to keep track
You cite a single social media post on VK by some random civilian and claim Kursk is upset at Putin? You could have put a little more effort in justifying that narrative.
@@Dreadpirateroberts777 They're not trying to conquer Russia, only make the war so costly that the economy crumbles, and civil unrest leads to Russia pulling out of Ukraine. Russia has certainly lost wars before, WW1, Finland, Afghanistan, Japan...
Its really not using resources though? Like those troops were gonna be a reserve force and now Russia is forced to cover the same land Ukraine does already meaning the 400k Russians that are in ukraine are gonna need to spread out halting alot of there assaults and possibly forcing Putin into another round of conscription as well as causing panic on Russian media causing discontent. This isnt gonna for an exchange cause 1k sq km isnt alot of land to change hands and it would be stupid for either side to give it up anyhow. This is clearly a statement to the Russian people that the war is now on there land as well and if they want it to stop they need to tell putin to get the fuck out of ukraine now and forever!!!
With the amount of distorted information provided here, it is likely for someone to assume that your sourcing your information from mainstream/social media.
To the people who complain that a line has been crossed when Ukraine invaded Russia, forget that Russia crossed the line in the first place when invading Ukraine with false pretenses in the first place. De-Nazification of the area?? ARE YOU SERIOUS??
True, It's a good move if it forced negotiations but the fact is it's the civilians that mostly pay for all of this which is sad no matter what are the results. Like why people talk about countries like it's a game
A coalition of willing NATO countries enters Ukraine & offers to shore up their borders with Russia & Belarus helps to free up Ukrainian troops for the front lines.
@@JohnJackson-e9z We've had such "direct conflicts" for the entirety of the cold war. NATO soldiers fighting under another flag under order of the west vs Soldiers of the Soviet Union (potentially under another flag) fighting for the Kremlin has been a thing for as long as they fought.
@@hungrymusicwolf It was mostly done by the USSR in the Korean war, Vietnam war, etc... NATO didn't really do this. They tended to give supplies and weapons, rarely to put their soldiers in danger for nothing (since in a democracy every life is important and u will loose if u don't give the people a reason to fight) Russia always plays dirty and still looses.
14:57 I heard in multiple other military news and communication channels that the US has recently loosened rules on HIMARS and other western hardware that allowed Ukraine to use some western hardware in the Kursk incursion the way they have. I would double check that statement about the US explicitly prohibiting HIMARS on Russian soil to be sure it wasn’t changed. If I’m wrong by all means let me know but the channel I think I heard it on are reliable from everything I’ve learned from them over the past few years. I’d be seriously surprised if they were mistaken.
First time seeing this channel. Anyone who is a target of tyrants is friend of mine. Take my like, and my comment. And thank you for your work and your time!
The US already gave Ukraine authorization to use HIMARS in Russia since like back in June. And as for the spotted f-16, kinda hard to spot one when they weren't even in Ukraine yet.
The challenge remains that Russia doesn’t need to move its forces from occupied region of Ukraine to fend off in Kursk, but it can bring in troops from other part of Russia and places like Chechnya
Yeah, but Putin could always have done so to just reinforce the already existing front, but hasn't. Every soldier Putin drafts is a weakening of his economy, military production capacity, popular support, and cash reserve. And every soldier he moves from somewhere else is a weakening of (projected) power in that other region, plus there's the cost for moving troops, time needed for having them catch up to a vastly different situation, and having to supply them with different kit which Russia is notoriously bad at. Invading Kursk was a very smart move I think.
in my opinion you heavily downplay the strategic value of the captured Railstation in Kursk. Russia is heavily depented on a functinate Railway system. All of Russia relocation of the Troops happend on the Railways near the whole border from Kursk to Donbass. With such a critical Railway Station captured this interrupts the whole ordeal of doing this. Not to mention the information Ukraine got from that location alone. While it's true that Russia got more men, you shouldn't forget that the Russian have a longer way to cover to get from Donbass to Kursk, the distance is 4 times longer compared to the distance the Ukraine need to cover (because the Ukraine has the inner circle while Russia has the outer circel of the border). And because the Railway is inside the distance Ukraines Missiles can hit, all the soldiers must now pray not to get shot by one of those because that would dealt a heavy blow on Russia if many Soldiers die and a lot of Equipment get destroyed by 1 Missile. (And if they don't use Railway they would need to drive all the tanks to Kursk themself & then start to attack the Ukraines Armee while being exhausted)
The F-16's can be in Russia depending on wich one. Ukraine is buying all belgain F-16's because Belgium will replace them with the new F-32 fighters. The deal will be finished in 2027. So some of these are already oficially Ukrainian fighters.
Stalin was only able to push back Nazi forces in WW2 due to America sending Russia weapons & German intolerance of the freezing weather. Then he just replaced the Nazis in eastern Europe.
surprised this video took so long. I was talking to someone a good week and a half ago about the situation, he found out about it and I theorized that it is to cut supply lines and production infrastructure.
When difficult times and times of need happen you learn tenfold of what you normally do on whatever is necessary to survive. If you need something, you'll do whatever it takes.
9:48 Kursk is 135 km from Ukraine not 80. Also please stop showing a map of just the Kursk oblast, its a minor (although important) incursion and a map of actual frontlines is more useful. Also the 1910s WERE NOT stable, they had a king as general, a recent war with Japan (failed), communist dissent, and a world war looming and then ongoing. EDIT: The 135 is by car sorry.
Russian citizens like him. Perhaps you should ask yourself why that is. Or you can go on believing everything your government tells you about yet another war and continue eating your booster shots.
@@gzoechi You just need to convince nato to not actively seek out members who have strategically important locations against russia. Dont try to defend nato or russia, theyre all pos
@@kage2479 It has no relevance what Putin thinks is important to him. Ukraine is a sovereign country and Putin has no say in what they do. These countries around Russia flee into NATO for protection from Putin. It's all Putin's fault nobody trusts him.
@@kage2479 Russia is occupying Ukraine since 2014 though. It has nothing to do with NATO, they want more lands and Ukraine was easy target. If Ukraine could join NATO before the invasion, they would be safe. But US wanted war to happen anyways.
Why are so many people so focused on these 20km gains that are only meassured from 1 point to another to get the max distance for the data? Russia has taken over 730km of land from Ukraine when stretched out since all of their invasions. Ukraine literally needs to take back about 700km to have all their land back. I do not support Russia's SMO btw.
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@@Appowl he is not begging compared to other yt channels
nevermind he is begging a lot
Ain't china was supposed to fall 2 years ago according to your news
I'm not gonna like a video because of your half claim or being targeted by "Russian hackers"
History taught us that "In order to defeat a gigantic unbeatable empire, let it crumble by itself from the insides".
Gigantic? Yeah.... but unbeatable? Only because of their geography. They're far from a mighty empire.
>Unbeatable
Lol. Lmao even.
It's why Putin has focused on stoking divisions across free democracies around the world. He knows he can't conquer NATO militarily, but he can certainly try to get those countries to implode on themselves. And many of us are happy to oblige. Brexit is a fantastic example.
Let it crumble on its own!? Psshhh!! That could take decades and entire generations to happen! WHO wants to suffer losses for several lifetimes waiting!?!?
You gotta get proactive and do it yourself!! Waiting around for change to happen on itself is the lazy person‘s method.
Yes, this may happen to Russia with or without Putin being there. However, it IS possible to happen to the United States, many cracks are appearing in the U.S. house of cards, and a "crumbling" can happen. One reason why the time-frame 2023 to 2026 is and will likely be very critical for a variety of reasons.
I understand that Ukrainian Troops in Kursk are leaving Reviews like this on Google, about the Food Establishments they find in Russia:
1) "Good Food, but not enough parking spaces for our Tanks!"
2) "The employees speak Ukrainian and even accept Ukranian Hryvnias for payment."
3) " I found all the tools I need to repair my Tank. On my way to Moscow now!"
I think the last one was just a Joke!
The funniest thing is seeing Zelensky's picture in random places like a post office or administrative building ^^
Omega Cringe
@@Silver_Prussian omega based actually, when did taunting your enemy become cringe
@@Silver_Prussianthere's the Russian bot
...or was it? (No, JK, for sure he was joking! ..or was he?)
One side is fighting for something. One side is fighting for someone.
One side isn’t even fighting by themselves and the other side is fighting their own fight
@@throne4494we found the bot
@francisbrisebois5450 I dint think he is, I think he was talking about how Ukraine is getting help and supplies, and Russia is all alone basically
Russia has China on their side
both sides fight for someone. One for Putin and the other one for Z-man aka the vacuum cleaner.
I'd also like to mention the Ukrainian Commander, Syrsky, is a notorious trickster. He is known for attacking in one place and making it seem like the main attack, only to unexpectedly strike in a completely different place. He did this in 2022 by loudly announcing an offensive in Kherson, before launching the main attack in Kharkiv, and right now he is probably doing the same with Kursk. Even if the Russians try to anticipate this it still advantages him, as it forces them to spread out forces in order to prepare for an attack that could come from anywhere, instead of concentrating all their assets in one area like they did in 2023.
Psst...shhhhhhhhh! 🤫
@@elenah9950 anything we know, both Russian and Ukrainian governments knew weeks ago. There's no thought we have they don't
The fact is Russia has the same level of financial resources as Italy. Does anyone think Italy could afford a war like this and not have serious repercussions long term? It's mind boggling that people don't understand that this war is going to hurt Russia for a very long time.
There's a significant difference, though. It's estimated that around 10% of Russians live below the poverty line, and the middle class isn't faring well either. Still, most of them would die for Putin and blame the Americans for their situation.
I believe it would play out quite differently in Italy if they were in that situation.
@kahvaimuri2824
Only 10%? Wrong. Closer to 22% live below the poverty line. In huts and shacks for rural folk, and dilapidated apartments in the city. 10% in Moscow maybe. But nationally, it’s way higher. In fact, Siberia is estimated at over a 1/4 of it’s population lives in poverty (that’s more than 25% for the uneducated MAGA’s).
It’s even worse because Russia’s wealth and income is concentrated in it’s sale of Natural gas and oil products, mostly to the EU. The EU will continue to move away from Russian energy reliance and Russia will never be able to restore their income, combine this with loss of manpower and the braindrain paint a grim future for the Russian population, one that already struggles with high levels of poverty. Invest in Vodka cause alcoholism is about to skyrocket in Russia as poverty and income crush sets in.
@@MartinD9999so youre saying russians live better than people int he US?
I feel like what Russia does have is an abundance of natural resources (particularly Titanium) but lacks the necessary infrastructure into Siberia for large-scale extraction efforts.
A convenient neighbor to Russia who happens to have massive population, finances, and high demand for resources just so happens to be China.
Whether it be through increasing cooperation between these two nations or if Russia indeed collapses, where China might need to perform a 'special military operation' into the territories to it's north to protect resident Chinese populations during the potential instability could be a possibility.
TLDR: Russia has lots of natty resources, China needs them.
Prior to the Russian invasion of Kyiv in February 2022, Russia did request troops from Kazakhstan. They refused. Russia also requested troops from Belorus. They also refused, but allowed Russian troops to cross through to Ukraine, as well as trains carrying tanks and supplies. Belorus has also shot down Ukrainian drones attempting to transit into Russia. If Belorus were to send troops to attack Ukraine, citizens of Belorus would rebel, kicking Lukashenko out of power. As it is, many Belorus soldiers have joined Ukraine's army. And Belorus citizens have sabotaged rail lines that carry Russian stuff. Citizens of Belorus and the government of Kazakhstan see Ukraine as a brother, don't expect them to join Russia's side.
I've been trying to find any sources to this but the best i could find was Wikipedia saying that 450 Belarusian soldiers are in Ukraine from July 2023, what is your source?
Putin threatening to use Nuclear weapons has always been stupid, as the U.S. has in the past stated a zero tolerance for their use, so if Putin were to use them, he would be taking a tremendous risk that it would draw not just the U.S. but Europe directly into the conflict. He's arrogant but he's not *that* stupid. It would end him.
Putin never threated anyone with nuclear weapons. He explained when he would have to use them.
"zero tolerance" equivalent to Russia's red line
@@stefthorman8548 Not at all the same thing. NO ONE in the world wants a world where nuclear weapons become once again accepted as a tool of war. NO ONE.
Not the US, not France and the UK, not India or China or Pakistan. The reason is simple. The instant that nuclear warfare becomes a possibility again, it will reignite a worldwide arms race with every single country that is capable of acquiring nuclear weapons doing so as quickly as possible, and that is precisely what the nuclear powers do NOT want.
They want to keep their special status of untouchables and will stop at nothing to achieve this end.
The second Putin orders a nuclear strike, he's done for. Every single nuclear power in the world will be directly going for his head. And believe me, they WILL find him. There isn't a hole deep enough for anyone to hide from that kind of dedication.
Currently Uncle Vladimir does much saber rattling rhetoric-!!!😳
It's actually becoming a running joke, Putin has been threatening the nuke card a lot over the last two years but it comes across as desperation to get the west to stop supporting Ukraine.
In truth, Putin can't afford to use nukes, if there were any real signs of him going that route, many of his top brass in the government and much of the public would likely turn against Putin, probably to the degree of outright executing him.
Putin might be mad enough to use nukes but I highly doubt many in the government and most of the Russian people are, in other words, it's an empty threat that he knows he can't use that I'm surprised Putin keeps banging on about it lol.
The only way countries would realistically use nukes if the country is being invaded and things were getting desperate, but Russia isn't being invaded, apart from the Kursh region, but that isn't an invasion and more of a tactic from Ukraine and clearly not something that nukes would be used yet.
In any case, Putin's main problem is self survival, he cares about his position of power and will do whatever it takes to protect that, even throw the Russian people under a bus, but Putin also realises that he needs to keep a segment of the Russian people onside for his own survival, hence why he's not as strong as he wants us to think he is in Russia and his options are quite limited in what he can do, hence why he's willing to use prisoners, mercenaries and others on the front line but he seems scared of conscripting more Russians in the military, Putin very likely knows that if he pushes his luck too far with the Russian people, the nose will likely tighten around his neck.
I can only repeated what I heard in an interview with the Lithuanian prime minister at the morning of the 22th of February 2022: the start of this war is the beginning of the end of this regime in Moscow.
22nd
There are 3 or 4 provinces that want to break away from Moscow.
@@jacklobb3510 How is your second language.......yawn!
Too bad that Lithuanian prime minister is just as corrupt as putin
@malahammer pretty bad, but please correct me when I make a mistake! Learning is growth! Being offended by a correction is wildly immature.
Those who do not learn from the past, are doomed to repeat it
Napoleon, and that small mustache guy... maybe now Zelenski? ^^
@@AwoudeXMore like the lesson Tzar Peter I learnt fighting the Turks on multiple occasions durng the 18th century or Tzar Nicholas 1st learnt when he attacked the Turks in 1854 & his succesor Nicholas II learned when fighting the Japanese in 1904 & 10yrs later fighting the Germans & Austro-Hungarian empire 1914-17 & several soviet era leaders during the Soviet-Afghan war.
No aggressor leans from the past.
@@markmaher4548 current situation with Russia is 1-to-1 as it was with tzar Nicholas I - ambitious moron, whith similar corruption issue in society who lost Crimean war. Putin is going exactly in the same tracks.
Nuclear threat is one when one’s existence is threatened … Ukraine is not targeting Russia to threaten its existence but to defend its own sovereign lands and trying to push Russia to a negotiation from a better position
It would be dumb for a child to put dog poop on a candy his littler brother had that he wanted. Nuclear bombs make land unable to be used for years and years. Maybe decades and decades
Ukraine's sovereign lands are already compromised by the American led New World Order. Zelensky is a stooge for the Globalists.
As a non tactician, I don't know how much incompetence it takes for things to get to this point, but is this Russia's Vietnam?
Read the history of the Soviet Afghanistan war and the numbers in Ukraine dead and wounded for each side.
Russia wants an attritional type war in the first place. Their numbers and reserves support that style. Ukraine however wants a maneuver and movement combat like what is happening in Kursk.
They have room to move and capture lightly defended Russian positions while incoming reinforcements either have to shore the defenses up which are sparse or pull back to a new defensive line and force the attritional warfare after the Ukrainians lose steam.
If they send troops to the crumbing front line they will be hit by Ukrainian forces who have the advantage. If they pull back, it’s the Russians who openly concede Russian territory which is a no go.
And even if they have Russian forces come in, they are too mismanaged and have multiple commands with no unification behind it.
No, its not Russia's Vietnam
Its Russia's American war of independence where Ukraine is the continentals and Russia is the Brits getting their asses kicked
Worse
russian vietnam was Afghanistan in the 80's, this is gonna be more like the fall of the third reich
Weird that your map shows Crimea as Russian, but your map does not show Kursk as Ukrainian.
Conquered vs contested
Crimea belongs to Ukraine.
his map is generally speaking flawed, ukraine took only a small portion of kursk, not as much as hes showing - he just got the whole region, while they took a couple villages there with small strategic benefit
hes clearly biased, not a good source for neutral informations
Its currently occupied by russia
@@ethanetn And Kursk is occupied by Ukraine, so it should've been coloured same as Ukraine then. Partly anyway.
Prisoner exchanges work in Ukraine’s favour but they also need to get the children back
"Mr Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, born on 7 October 1952, President of the Russian Federation, is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (under articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute). The crimes were allegedly committed in Ukrainian occupied territory at least from 24 February 2022. There are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Putin bears individual criminal responsibility for the aforementioned crimes, (i) for having committed the acts directly, jointly with others and/or through others (article 25(3)(a) of the Rome Statute), and (ii) for his failure to exercise control properly over civilian and military subordinates who committed the acts, or allowed for their commission, and who were under his effective authority and control, pursuant to superior responsibility (article 28(b) of the Rome Statute)."
@@tonyburzio4107 It's a load of bullshit accusations from a bullshit court - otherwise this crap would be enforced. Evacuating children from a war zone is not a war crime. 3.5 million Ukraine citizens fled to Russia voluntarily & most of the world knows they are safe & looked after well. I am guessing you are from the heavily censored areas of Europe or N America otherwise you would know this.
Nobody ever talks about the stolen kids, it's awful.
@@NofirstnameNolastname I do. The children were evacuated from a war zone. Thier parents are either with them or in jail for sending them to safety in Russia. There are 3.5 million Ukraine refugees in Russia. No children have been kidnapped or stolen by the Russian Government. The ICC is a discredited redundant organisation.
Truth
"All who gain power are afraid to lose it." - Sheev Palpatine.
So true!
How did i never realize his first name is Sheev?
@@evanweaver1060I also had no idea whatsoever. It was always just Palpatine
It will take decades and a lot of lifes to clear all mines from Ukraine.
Such an asshole move to go to another country and mine everything....
if russia has more troops than Ukraine, why does russia employ so many mercenaries from all over the world since last year, mostly from its allies?
Maybe because Russia has deployed many of its own troops in Syria, Georgia, Transnistria, Azerbaijan, Kazachstan, Tajikistan, Libya, Mozambik and some other african countries. Then they need are large number to secure their own borders and a large number occupying their colonies in Caucasus, Siberia and Far East 🤷🏻♂️
Politics. It’s bad for approval ratings to grind your own people into dust. Their bank accounts don’t have the same sentiment.
if you knew how war and economy works you would know that its cheaper to pay off other nations young men to go and die instead of wasting your own workforce
Also, foreign troops are considered more expendable, especially from the perspective of Putin keeping public support for the war in Russia.
This is most important. @@Thisworldistoobig
Ukraine isn't invading Russia, it is just a special operation.
The Russian people would be wise to throw their "leaders" out of power.
Out of power or out a window
The Russian people have no say. Putin has rigged it all
@@MrRobertjusherhopefully both 😂
That applies more to the US than to Russia,
Sorry to say that but european union was equiping russian police with tools to supress russian people in exchange for oil, its a bit crazy that germany and canada was supplying russian police year after war start untill someone noticed and put stop to it.
Nobody gonna do anything really.
According to military analysts, Russia has not pulled any troops from the Donbass front in support of the Kursk counteroffensive.
Russia also hasn't made a strategically impressive military move this entire war. According to the facts.
This whole video is a wet dream by bureaucrats in Brussels. Don't come here looking for facts.
They need to move people in to keep the status quo. The question should be, have they redirected the inflow?
I've seen reports that they sent their nuclear, aviation and engineering personell as infantry
Why would they this is a recruiters dream, the motherland is actually under attack. Ukraine is suffer from a man power issue already, Russia will end up doubling the size of its army.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, a red line wasn't crossed already? The UN draws a line for Ukraine but doesn't for Russia 🤦♂️🤷♂️
Well, the Ukrainian army wouldn't be in Kursk today if Putin hadn't invaded the rest Ukraine in 2022 after it's illegal annexing of Crimea after it invaded in 2014. Putin could end the war today, he could just pull out of Ukraine, leave them alone & let them go their own way.
I'm a fan of good military strategy. I have no military experience. But as I get older, the more I enjoy studying these topics. Waking up that August morning was the first this actually felt like a real war. The guy in the video even says it himself, "because the summer counteroffensive was broadcast all over the papers". I remember thinking that same thing.
Looks like someone read the art of war. No point in defending when you keep supply lines untouched.
You can’t force a dictator into a settlement. Pride will not allow Putin to be reasonable. If anything, this will make him more erratic and dangerous.
Correct. Look at Hitler, Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, and Bashar al-Assad. They inhumanely and wantonly sacrifice their own people. Dictators are typically sociopaths.
wrong...this will make him very busy in the background...logistically...he is now compromised....that on top of the loss of the pipeline...the train line....0.007% of land and yet this face lost...the troops loss...then we see the PR lady who was paraylised left behind...GOLD
So Ukraine should give in?
Putin did good to russia . after boris yelstin he saved russia and all you all want is see it fall aparently democracy .With putin russia saw a 900% gpd growth take him out and you will realise what u did wrong
Putin is far from being dangerous, he's scared of doing anything that could put his survival in even more jeopardy.
I saw the look on his face when he learned about the invasion - he looked like he was soiling himself.
This UA-cam channel is one of the best for people who feel it is vital to feel the earth as an environment first but foremost from the perspective of those civilians most effected by change.
Don’t confuse the number of troops with the quality of troops.
I believe that pipeline is an insurance policy against nuclear attack (so is the nuclear power plant) - if either were destroyed (in such an attack) it would be like shooting your own toe off. Not to mention fallout would rain all over the area (even if neither was destroyed or damaged) making accessibility impossible. Smart move on Ukraine's part.
I don't think nukes are likely in Ukraine at all why would you nuke land you plan to occupy and annex
The vast majority of modern nuclear weapons are airburst, which minimizes fallout.
@@Sovi774 True, but you still toxify the land and the water supply & ultimately the food supply. The US has plenty of cases where the "safer" nukes [the underground nukes] are still wreaking havoc, half a century later, on the water supply. I know it was still an issue as late as 1996 (I worked for an environmental lab and did testing for many SuperFund projects out West), and can only guess as to how much of this mess remains (the shear number of nuclear tests did unspeakable damage).
What's the point of conquest if the land you conquer is useless?
The first victim of war is always the truth.
Remember this.
bot talk. not true in this war.
Kinda hard to say that things aren’t truthful, when we have thousands of videos recorded by average soldiers on both sides. We live in a age of technology, where every moment can be live streamed at any time
Saying that during a war makes it a paradox though
@@gen.tucker6024 Exactly!
@@Maplelust you are a naughty bad bot
Square meters of gas? You probably meant cubic meters of gas
it's flat gas
@@davidzof its fart gas... so much from russian gas.. no gas at all, just fart gas
@@davidzof Areas are measured by square meters, volume is measured by cubic meters! Frankly your comment doesn't make sense. What is flat gas?
@@markusd.7409 well... if its measured in square meters then it has to be flat gas, otherwise it would be in cubic meters.
@@radek1651 I googled flat gas. Have not found any scientific definition. I only find a reference to flatulence
videos like these will be played in a future history class. crazy to think abt that
Well first lets hope they get to the objective truth of everything before adding (or not) these kinds of videos as history Gospel in the future!
7:31 in no way should they agree a settlement; Putin has every single time took the ‘settlement’ ‘ceasefire’ ‘peace deal’ to only restock, rebuild and then reattack when he is fully ready again; he will not stop peacefully, ever 7:31
People think it is Putin vs Zalensky, but put the political ambitions of the two aside and why not ask the actual people in Western Ukraine. Western “Ukraine” is culturally, ethnically and politically aligned with Russia. It’s the centre and northeast that is linguistically and culturally different because for centuries it was part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Hence the ongoing civil war and subsequent Russian invasion. Yes, there should be a settlement. Ukraine in its current form makes no sense. It’ll remain a ticking bomb otherwise. 💣
Ukraine could go like:
"We’ll only agree to a settlement if Putin permanently steps down/ if you hand Putin to our custody for war crimes"
The Ukrainians are bad ass
why did so many men run like little girls when the action started
Ukraine is a good ally worth backing.
They are giving Putin a lot more war than what he bargained for. The world is taking notice.
@@GilbertKislingbecause they were Russians
@@Hai-Hunter Nas mnogo is not even close to any competetion 😂 They stay in iron rank forever
@@valdasdr8432 How much rubels moscow is paying you?
what's with the map? Crimea is Ukraine 🙄
It was a gift, its not actually ukrainian, read up buddy, and no I am not pro-russian I just dont like bullshit
@123void6 you don't usually take gifts back from people
@@123void6piss off
@@123void6that’s not true. Russia just had a deal with Ukraine for using the military port of Sewastopol plus other military structures exclusively for Russian military
@@Gnilron_game quick honest words, love it
Damn, just two more weeks and Russia’s cooked.
It isn’t Russian/Chinese bots disliking your videos, it’s your audience. Every week “it’s over for x”, “x has two more weeks”.
Cmon man.
Ukraine: about to win since 2022. Putin: about to be deposed since 2014. Yes, it gets tiresome to hear this. If they're ever right, it will be by accident.
@@realQuestion NATO is giving him all handicaps possible and the US Senate even gave him time to take some breath. Nobody was taking in 2014 Pootin is losing anything. The opposite.
In 2022 the war started. Why would Ukraine even be considered a winning side if they lost so much this year alone? Pootin will fall if China and the US decide for him to fall. Both are currently high profiteering of Ruzzia in a war scenario. Nothing will happen by accident.
@@HanSolo__ war didnt start in 2022
Fr fr, finally someone in the comments that also notices
Whats worse?
- Russia gets surprised by the UA invasion
- Russia knew about the UA invasion, but hat no opportunities to react
They had to play surprised
Your map is completely wrong, they didn't take the whole Kursk region, but only a little part of it
Ukraine learned from Israel. U.S. says don't do it & Israel does it anyways 😂
As an American I can safely say our government will exhaust all other possibilities before making the correct one lol
NATO is trying to be relatively nice to Russia because it doesn't want WW3 but can't accept a dictatorship to win.
Ukraine however sees it's people dying everyday and thus wants to win not as fast as possible and to do this, you can't be relatively nice to Russia.
Ukraine is right, we as NATO are wrong on this case but somewhat justified.
US politicians are worried about popularity not other countries problems....cause they cant even solve their own
well said
@@startrilogy Agreed. Israel is in the same wrong as Russia, but much much worse. They want a full extermination of the citizens of Palestine. Watch John Oliver's covering of Israel's treatment of Palestinians. The irony is that the current government representation of Israel has a mirrored behavior of a certain group in Germany from WWII.
Sit down, get comfortable, and grab some more popcorn because you're about to see a whole lot of nothing
Crimea is internationally recognised as Ukraine. Never show it as Russian
Not everyone. Crimean Republic preceded formation of Ukraine and it was put under Kiev administration only in 1954, when soviets thought USSR will be forever. After break up, Crimea fought for independence from Ukraine since 1991.
@@RadoDani Crimean Republic existed in 1910s and was a state of Crimean Tatars. After USSR occupation it became CSSR - Crimean Tatar Socialist Republic. Then indigenous people was deported by russians. Than it became part of Ukrainian Socialist Republic due to management issues under Russia Socialist Republic. Than it became Crimean Autonomic Republic of Ukraine without right of sovereignty. It was never on the board, but than russia occupied it. “Crimean Republic” is russian attempt to legalise occupation using people that replaced native peoples, creating myth that “Crimea was always russia” (it almost never was). Crimea is not a part of russia, it’s territory under occupation and nothing else
For a show about the ongoing war, its maps are meant to be informative about the state of affairs.
Nice reporting. Thanks!
Nice video. Just a little detail, from my knowledge there is not "Article 5 from NATO" in the CSTO. This is a military agreement for collaboration to work together but not explicit "if you attack on of us you attack all of us". The "All for one and one for all" is not applicable. Please cross check and confirm.
If you want upvotes you need to do the basics and show crimea as ukranian. How is anyone gonna take you seriously if you can't get something as basic as a map right?
Now do the map for Serbia, with Internationally recognised borders, and lets laugh together about your hypocrity :)
I thought gas volume was measured by cubic foot or meter. Never heard of square meter being used in volume measurement.
15:09 is this correct? I thought the US only prohibited the use of ATACMS rockets in Russia not HIMARS in general
the guy doesnt know what hes talking about
I think that the rule was not to attack a Russian target from Ukraine. If they launch from Kursk they're launching from Russia not Ukraine.
@@HepCatJack no, I know this was the rule for the most time, but in the last weeks they were mixing it up
@@fjalarhenriksson to be fair they went from a general “no western equipment used for attacks on Russian soil” to separate rules for different weapon systems and even ammunition. It’s hard to keep track
They changed it a few times. The last time I checked is that they could return fire.
What would a UA-cam (News) video be without loud ‘background’ music?
Always very informative! Ty.
1:25. This is already being used at incredible scale against channels that are critical of “The Chiggity”.
Have in mind that some of the baltic countries to the west are also opening plans to engage in the war against russia.
Yes, there is no end to the delusion.
The Baltic chihuahas? The only thing they can do is bark
"Pootin" had been flushed down the toilet! 😂
Personally, I hate all governments, but I can't stand Putin!
Great vids! Keep the analysis coming!
Crimea peninsula IS Ukraine turf that Russia took in 2014.
cope harder
Now do the map for Serbia, with Internationally recognised borders, and lets laugh together about your hypocrity :)
Kursk is 300 miles south of Moscow
You cite a single social media post on VK by some random civilian and claim Kursk is upset at Putin? You could have put a little more effort in justifying that narrative.
Thank you!
The map at beginning is wrong. Crymea is NOT russian territory. Is internationally recognised as a part of ukraine.
Empires go from the inside and Ukraine is in.
Napoleon and Hitler couldn’t even beat Russia no way Zelensky the comedian could😂💯without American Troops it’s only a matter of time they lose
@@Dreadpirateroberts777 The SU got equipment via Alaska from the US as nowadays wars are fought differently as the world is witnessing.
@@Dreadpirateroberts777 They're not trying to conquer Russia, only make the war so costly that the economy crumbles, and civil unrest leads to Russia pulling out of Ukraine.
Russia has certainly lost wars before, WW1, Finland, Afghanistan, Japan...
@@Duchess_Van_HoofChechens
@@Duchess_Van_Hoofthey lose every war they are in 😂
Its really not using resources though? Like those troops were gonna be a reserve force and now Russia is forced to cover the same land Ukraine does already meaning the 400k Russians that are in ukraine are gonna need to spread out halting alot of there assaults and possibly forcing Putin into another round of conscription as well as causing panic on Russian media causing discontent. This isnt gonna for an exchange cause 1k sq km isnt alot of land to change hands and it would be stupid for either side to give it up anyhow. This is clearly a statement to the Russian people that the war is now on there land as well and if they want it to stop they need to tell putin to get the fuck out of ukraine now and forever!!!
a real geopolitical and military analyst, this guy
With the amount of distorted information provided here, it is likely for someone to assume that your sourcing your information from mainstream/social media.
Guy does not even know difference between Czechia (Czech Republic) and Chechnya
The fact that Russia is hacking UA-camRS is wild
To the people who complain that a line has been crossed when Ukraine invaded Russia, forget that Russia crossed the line in the first place when invading Ukraine with false pretenses in the first place. De-Nazification of the area?? ARE YOU SERIOUS??
True, It's a good move if it forced negotiations but the fact is it's the civilians that mostly pay for all of this which is sad no matter what are the results. Like why people talk about countries like it's a game
Nice evening watch, thanks for the video!
Slava Ukraini !
Oh Hum, that's the way it is with a dictatorship. One man runs the show.
Great documentary
Pressing the button on one side can make the other side to press it also. Even if they don't know where it is aimed at.
dude this entire channel is just beating some crazy US meat rn
Technically, there are a lot more countries far more happy, and their names end with "land".
@@tonyburzio4107Somaliland?
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My name is Giovanni georgio but everybody calls me georgio.
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A coalition of willing NATO countries enters Ukraine & offers to shore up their borders with Russia & Belarus helps to free up Ukrainian troops for the front lines.
Won't happen as that would risk direct conflict between nuclear powers.
Isn’t Estonia sending troops?
@@JohnJackson-e9z We've had such "direct conflicts" for the entirety of the cold war.
NATO soldiers fighting under another flag under order of the west vs Soldiers of the Soviet Union (potentially under another flag) fighting for the Kremlin has been a thing for as long as they fought.
@@hungrymusicwolf
It was mostly done by the USSR in the Korean war, Vietnam war, etc...
NATO didn't really do this. They tended to give supplies and weapons, rarely to put their soldiers in danger for nothing (since in a democracy every life is important and u will loose if u don't give the people a reason to fight)
Russia always plays dirty and still looses.
@@andrzejostrowski5579 No, just talking and posturing so far.
14:57 I heard in multiple other military news and communication channels that the US has recently loosened rules on HIMARS and other western hardware that allowed Ukraine to use some western hardware in the Kursk incursion the way they have.
I would double check that statement about the US explicitly prohibiting HIMARS on Russian soil to be sure it wasn’t changed.
If I’m wrong by all means let me know but the channel I think I heard it on are reliable from everything I’ve learned from them over the past few years. I’d be seriously surprised if they were mistaken.
First time seeing this channel.
Anyone who is a target of tyrants is friend of mine.
Take my like, and my comment. And thank you for your work and your time!
Comments being deleted. Reality ban in force.
Listen dude, it’s not over until Swan Lake plays on repeat.
Вся эта ситуация должна прекратиться. Никто не выигрывает от войны.
You should tell Putin about this
@@TaxEvader2197 More like the western elites, who made this war between brother nations start.
......except those selling the weapons and the political campaigns they fund....
Скажи это путину лутче
Верни Украине земли 1991 вот все что мы хотим.
@@yarik_superpro : Хотел бы я, но я согласен с тобой.
Gas is measured in CUBIC meters, not square meters, the other specifications being standard temperature and pressure.
The US already gave Ukraine authorization to use HIMARS in Russia since like back in June.
And as for the spotted f-16, kinda hard to spot one when they weren't even in Ukraine yet.
On your map you have Crimea as part of russia. That make is a fashist map. You should fix that if you want to be trustworthy.
The challenge remains that Russia doesn’t need to move its forces from occupied region of Ukraine to fend off in Kursk, but it can bring in troops from other part of Russia and places like Chechnya
Yeah, but Putin could always have done so to just reinforce the already existing front, but hasn't. Every soldier Putin drafts is a weakening of his economy, military production capacity, popular support, and cash reserve. And every soldier he moves from somewhere else is a weakening of (projected) power in that other region, plus there's the cost for moving troops, time needed for having them catch up to a vastly different situation, and having to supply them with different kit which Russia is notoriously bad at. Invading Kursk was a very smart move I think.
in my opinion you heavily downplay the strategic value of the captured Railstation in Kursk. Russia is heavily depented on a functinate Railway system. All of Russia relocation of the Troops happend on the Railways near the whole border from Kursk to Donbass. With such a critical Railway Station captured this interrupts the whole ordeal of doing this. Not to mention the information Ukraine got from that location alone. While it's true that Russia got more men, you shouldn't forget that the Russian have a longer way to cover to get from Donbass to Kursk, the distance is 4 times longer compared to the distance the Ukraine need to cover (because the Ukraine has the inner circle while Russia has the outer circel of the border). And because the Railway is inside the distance Ukraines Missiles can hit, all the soldiers must now pray not to get shot by one of those because that would dealt a heavy blow on Russia if many Soldiers die and a lot of Equipment get destroyed by 1 Missile. (And if they don't use Railway they would need to drive all the tanks to Kursk themself & then start to attack the Ukraines Armee while being exhausted)
Reeeeeee
0:14 why did you put crimea as part of Russia 💀
I feel like the quote "those who fail to learn from history, is doomed to repeat it" is rather fitting for thise case.
Nice video for the evening! Thanks 😁
The F-16's can be in Russia depending on wich one. Ukraine is buying all belgain F-16's because Belgium will replace them with the new F-32 fighters. The deal will be finished in 2027. So some of these are already oficially Ukrainian fighters.
That's what happens when your military has zero experience
Great video!!!
That's what people said at the start of the war...
I'll believe it when i see it
Russia is running out of supplies and experienced man power.
So is Ukraine
@@BCSTS Russia has very few experienced fighters left, relying on conscripts now. Human lives are worth noting to Putin.
@@marvinhensbergen1515 russia is giving immunity to a U.S. airforce pilot whos charged with child pornography if he fights for them
@@BCSTS Russia's gonna have it way worse now that Ukraine turned the tables on them
Stalin was only able to push back Nazi forces in WW2 due to America sending Russia weapons & German intolerance of the freezing weather. Then he just replaced the Nazis in eastern Europe.
and Ukrainians fighting on his side
@gzoechi There are ukranians fighting on russian side now too
@@Kerorhavbc777 Russians fighting on Ukrainians side also.
@@gzoechi The Ukrainians fought for the Germans. Polish people remember them well as they ethnically cleansed southern Poland of Poles and jews.
All the Russians are like that surprised Pikachu meme
surprised this video took so long. I was talking to someone a good week and a half ago about the situation, he found out about it and I theorized that it is to cut supply lines and production infrastructure.
And this man is a comedian before. Mind boggling.
When difficult times and times of need happen you learn tenfold of what you normally do on whatever is necessary to survive. If you need something, you'll do whatever it takes.
9:48 Kursk is 135 km from Ukraine not 80.
Also please stop showing a map of just the Kursk oblast, its a minor (although important) incursion and a map of actual frontlines is more useful.
Also the 1910s WERE NOT stable, they had a king as general, a recent war with Japan (failed), communist dissent, and a world war looming and then ongoing.
EDIT: The 135 is by car sorry.
in a straight line or by car?
By car sorry i didnt realize 80km was that short.@@Rosahonung
Mostly there is not much movement anywhere else...unless you wanna see more farming fields get liberated. The Russians cant take anything else.
Canada for world's largest country 2024 🇨🇦
I hope Putin does not have access to their Nuclear weapons... Russian citizens should decide soon
Russia doesn't have nuclear weapons. Not since '98, and possibly not since long before that. They've always been a paper-tiger, a false threat.
Putin wouldnt use nuclear weapons for no reasons. He explained when he would have to use them.
@@spike5911 He said when Russian land was invaded and right away. Russian land has been invaded and he did nothing.
@@robertthomas5906 Do you really think he will use them if a small part of russia is invaded? I think you knew what he meant.
Russian citizens like him. Perhaps you should ask yourself why that is. Or you can go on believing everything your government tells you about yet another war and continue eating your booster shots.
Great Video I watch the whole thing. ❤❤❤❤
Is this a video about Ukraine or UA-cam? I’m confused
Praying for peace and both countries go home ❤
You just need to convince Putin to leave other countries alone
@@gzoechi You just need to convince nato to not actively seek out members who have strategically important locations against russia.
Dont try to defend nato or russia, theyre all pos
@@kage2479 It has no relevance what Putin thinks is important to him. Ukraine is a sovereign country and Putin has no say in what they do. These countries around Russia flee into NATO for protection from Putin. It's all Putin's fault nobody trusts him.
@@kage2479 Russia is occupying Ukraine since 2014 though. It has nothing to do with NATO, they want more lands and Ukraine was easy target. If Ukraine could join NATO before the invasion, they would be safe. But US wanted war to happen anyways.
Hm.
Russia said "nah i'd win" but ukraine humbled them so quick.
Why are so many people so focused on these 20km gains that are only meassured from 1 point to another to get the max distance for the data? Russia has taken over 730km of land from Ukraine when stretched out since all of their invasions. Ukraine literally needs to take back about 700km to have all their land back.
I do not support Russia's SMO btw.
It took Russia 10 years
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@@МёртваяБелка russia took Crimea 10 years ago
Excellent analysis of the current situation! (BTW: Shouldn't that be cubic meters of gas at 8:24?) .
you speak truth