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What are you thoughts on Russia is actually giving it everything they have and can barely take over a small country. I doubt they're going to take over anything of substance..
Can you please disregard and ignore any reporting from 'unnamed officials' or 'people familiar with X's thinking' and the like? We've already found out that most of the time its just some journalist making up stuff to make money.
How can you be happy, Preston, when so many people are willfully ignorant? They think we're literally handing cash to Ukraine! No! We're sending old equipment, and using the money to buy/research newer, better military equipment for our troops. Can someone please help me explain these things to these people. It's like explaining things to goldfishes! I'm sorry I'm insulting your fans, Preston, but it feels tiresome and sad to see very young adults reject proper research and critical thinking in favor of one-liners and fictitious memes. I just want my country to be ok!
Watching other Americans intentionally spread disinformation in the comment section is like seeing people in Portland Oregon (no offense Oregonians!) inject themselves with fentanyl. But no matter how much you dissuade them from it, they don't listen. It's like they're hooked on intentionally lying to themselves, and will lash out if you spray them with Narcan/the truth. I've seen videos of it too! Homeless addicts getting upset at cops for spraying them, and they just wander off like zombies to find more drugs.
@@PrestonStewart this is really money allocated by congress to ukraine so sending them a big batch of weapons to buffer the ukrainians is not a bad thing. in reality i think biden was making a contingency plan in case trump won. so biden only sending 6 billion of the 60 billion was a way to buffer military aid rather than have ukraine have nothing when trump came to office putting them in a desperate situation. also the russian economy isnt doing great either so ukraine having 8-10 months of supply is probably a good thing. allows ukraine to keep fighting while the russian economy starts to crack at a faster pace. go look at the russian rouble value, its likely to drop to 200-300 roubles for 1 usd in next 6-8 months. and as russian inflation skyrockets next 6 months with declining oil price, its gonna put russia in a bad situation. putin already announced he is rolling back wounded compensation to russia soldiers. you dont do that because everything is great. means the russians are in a cash crunch.
@@PrestonStewart he is absolutely right, and so are all the other foreigner as well as American listeners who have had time in service or worked for one of the many alphabet soup agencies and commended you for this. I also appreciate your analysis and reporting and the fact that you do it in such a level-headed manner
Any chance you could do a video on the sacrifice of Latin South American countrymen that were put in the kursk pocket so they h Can be the sponge for Ukrainian pr?
I can’t believe I only found this channel, probably the best English language analysis I have seen. I’m a Polish Army veteran who misses my old briefings… If you are ever in Kraków, I will buy you a beer and talk about shipping weapons over the border 😎
Preston is the man, authentic, fair unbiased… simply reports the facts. Respect for your service… and for those that don’t know, the Poles are some of the toughest, gutsiest folks on the planet 💪🏼 cheers
@@PrestonStewart you have to realize biden sending only 6 billion of 60 billion was planning for a trump win in case it happened. so when biden sends 54 billion in ammo and weapons in next 3 months, ukraine wont really need trump to pass a new aid package. it will allow time to pass where the russian economy likely starts to crumble even more where a deal is more likely. it was always about the russian economy cracking, allowing for ukraine to win like the ussr/afghan war. so with ukraine having enough ammo and weapons, ukraine wont be forced to take a bad deal that rewards russia. although it was rough for ukraine, i think biden made the right plan holding back 54 billion of the military aid to be send in the last 3 months so ukraine can keep fighting for a good 8-10 months at least.
In 04 after graduating high school in June, going to Benning for BCT/OSUT in July and than Airborne school after, I knew NOTHING. Spent most of my 8 years in the 82nd 1st/504th and even as an E nothing during our first OIF deployment if it wasn’t for our NCOs there’s a good chance I wouldn’t have made it. I can’t imagine being thrown into a direct action element with 17 days of military experience and no NCO corps.
@jefferyhubbard3532 be honest , The CIA started the war in 2014 with the coup that started a civil war in Eastern Ukraine. Usa always destabilizing countries that don't submit to them.
21:18 this is true for both sides of this conflict, with frontline Ukrainian officers complaining of unit replacements being roughly 55'ish years old and most of the times having less than 14 days of training.
21:42 I have been shooting and hunting for quite some time and 17 days is a shockingly short time for anyone to learn how to shoot, let alone to ALSO learn how to be a soldier and perform duties. If I was teaching my friends how to shoot I still wouldn’t trust them enough with 2 weeks experience of purely learning how to operate a firearm to a point where my life is in their hands
Brilliant analysis as always Preston, yours is my go to channel for non biased info on this conflict. Even though I'm desperate for Kiev to win, for family reasons, we still have to talk openly about their losses as well as their successes....... even though it hurts to. Слава Україні, Героям Слава!!🇺🇦🇺🇦✌️✌️
4:28 what Russian said this? When and in what context? This sounds like classic strawman stuff. Last I heard the Russians said a prerequisite for negotiation was for Ukraine to withdraw completely from all the oblasts they claim to have annexed.... I'm sure that would include Kursk but to state it in this context is a ploy.
Proud to follow this channel daily. You report things that are tangible, and you dont say too much when there isnt much to report. As HLC titled his last video - there's no fluff, all buff!
@PrestonStewart heck yeah man! Keep making an impact. One question I have for you is is there any way that you could figure out a website link that sends us to our respective constituents in Congress and the Senate to where we can make informed requests of them? I'm sure a simple Google search would do that for all of us but if you were to put that out there for us it would probably have more pull
@@escape692 I’m not even American and I know there is already a US government website like this that exists. You can even directly write to them on this website…🤦🏼♂️ Astounding how little Americans know, and how y’all lack the critical thinking skills to research or look up anything. SMDH.
How strange is this situation? Combat half way around the globe is dictated by the period between the US election and inauguration. The objectives aren’t tactical or operational, but strategic based in how events will be perceived. Perhaps there is something inherently flawed in our foreign policy when our allies fear a disastrous withdrawal of support based upon a change of administration?
The troops in Europe are US troops in US bases working for US interests (NATO allies are a second thought) , such as Rota (the biggest and most important naval base for the US on this side of the Atlantic where DDGs are permanently based, SSNs stop and ships are refuelled and rearmed) and the US air bases in Spain, Rammstein in Germany (biggest US air base in Europe and essential for the US personnel transfers between the USA and the Middle East ), air bases in the UK (essential to the USA’s airplanes, mostly strategic bombers) etc. These are troops present in US bases, so I don’t see the US having their own bases manned by another country’s troops, nor do I see the hosting nations which accepted deals with the USA for these bases seeing another country occupying them. It’s literally infeasible and unrealistic.
I'm from Poland. I will probably end up in Estonia (blind guess), so I asked my friend, "I may need to go fight and maybe even die in Estonia. Are you going with me?" He said, "Of course. One has to die either this way or another." But we are specialized dudes and will probably end up behind desks or at some command post making coffee for the high brass. Or in a drone production something...
I think it’s more about security in smaller bases. Lithuania, Romania, etc … And yes I think that can be done. Let the USA keep their big operational bases but do less in term or protection of the border with Russia ….
The idea that paying death benefits at that rate is “unsustainable” can unfortunately be solved with a parody of familiar words. “This soldier’s death was not service related.”
I think Russia putting just enough pressure on Kursk to draw a lot of highly skilled Ukrainian soldiers into a overall insignificant battle. Ukraine can’t hold it forever and in the process is losing territory everyday against the Russians while sending 30,000 badly needed experienced soldiers into a pointless battle. I’m all for ukraine btw I just think this was a miscalculation
nah, you are assuming the russians were not gonna invade through sumy which it looked like they were gonna do. ukraine went into russia because they thought they couldnt hold sumy. so now the fighting and destruction is happening on russian territory. in addition the casualty rates going up for russia which puts strain on their recruitment. lets say what you saying happens, do you think russia with 50k soldiers in kursk are gonna stop at the ukraine border to sumy? likely not. so its better to fight in russia where they are losing men and destroying russian infrastructure. biden sends the remaining 54 billion in military aid to ukraine, they will have enough ammo to keep fighting for another 8-10 months while the russian economy is cracking. go look at rouble value, its at 100 roubles for 1 usd. could see that fall to 200-300 roubles for 1 usd next 6 months with russian inflation spiking to hyperinflation.
@@tomhenry897 yes but russian economy also cracking if you havent noticed. once it hits hyperinflation, its back to a 1990 ussr moment. go look at the rouble now. they have 30 percent inflation also with 21 percent interest rates. and that fake 8 percent isnt real. american had 9 percent inflation and raised their interest rates past half of that to 5 percent to bring it down to 2 percent inflation. so you can guess what russian inflation is with 21 percent interest rates lol.
@@giovanni-ed7zq Ultimately, Russia will not care if the ruble goes to 1000 to 1 USD. It is Russian territory, and historical precedence they care about. Russian population 2024: 143 million, Ukrainian population 2024: 37 million. The math does not favor Ukraine. Fighting on for another 8-10 months only hurts Ukraine worse than Russia. As much as I would like to see Ukraine "win", this is becoming less realistic by the day. Ukraine has already lost a generation of men in this war; they can ill afford what is becoming little more than a suicide mission.
This conflict is so obviously black and white, which is rare, and we are really seeing the world divide on democracy vs authoritarianism. I can't even describe how disappointing it is to see my country go with the authoritarians/fascists (Trump)... it is going to be a very rough 20 years. The peace and stability provided following WW2 is about to break down, with conflicts springing up around the globe, which will eventually lead to a nuclear exchange at some point
Trump is setting us up for failure. What good is peace (at the cost of ukraine falling to russia) and isolationism if we are just going to be confronted with the same problem but a stronger foe at the end of Trumps presidency? What good was all that Hutler did for Germany in the 1930s if he eventually got Germany divided into 4 parts in the end? Heavens knows Eric, Donald Jr, amd Barron aren't gonna go fight when the time finally comes to fight an OP Russia.
Bro I ain’t stupid enough to think Ukraine has chance at winning or believe the Ukrainian casualty figures for the Russians. I also don’t believe the Russian side of the casualty thing and only believe something with evidence, the 14 or so SU-34 that got shot down being an example as that was clear bullshit
The general coping of "yet russia is having heavy losses." As if those Fab3000 bombes are falling on empty spots all the time. Yet we see ukraine needing 500.000 additionnal men while having lost only 30.000 men telling us russia has only lost 1.500.000 men.
Ukraine is going for more soldiers with a tail to tooth ratio (T3R) of roughly 3 due to logistics so 500,000 is divided by 3 that is 166,000 new troops to fight. If you are gearing up for a counter offense in spring or winter Russian push. This makes sense as Ukraine did a pull back for 2022 draftees to the rear for rest this year.
Agreed. The speech surrounding high Russian losses never mentios that Ukraine is likely suffering near the same losses with much less ability to replace them
22:29 There’s a reason the Russians don’t retrieve their dead from the battlefields - so they don’t have to pay out on those contracts. In fact, if you listen to the Russian prisoners, they’ve not been paid any of the money they were due.
Yes, “boots on the ground” will be a big problem for Ukraine with a population of about 41M to draw on compared to Russia with a population of 144M. Russia may also garner more troops from N. Korea? The determination by the Ukrainians though, as they have a clear goal which incentivises them!
Russia may have bigger population. But people here are much more reluctant to join the fight cause it happens on foreign soil. And those that do go there only for crazy amount of money which places a very heavy burden on russian economy. Thats why this war is in a stalemate for so long. While Russia is objectively much stronger it cant find a way to utilize its advantage
This entire video is one big contradiction. Ukriane is losing ground everywhere but Russia is somehow losing. I think the information bubble will soon pop for a lot of people. My favorite part of ALL of these videos is the highly specific guessing about Russian casualty numbers, then a pregnant pause when a normal person would specilate about the opposing sides casualties... Then it never happens. Ukraine somehow started the war with way more troops and has maintained some astonishing kill ratio but is now severely short on troops.... It makes sense if you dont think about it. Everyone seems to agree the vast majority of casualties have come from artillery snd that russia has many times the amount of fires from just about any source.... But somehow the casualties are incredibly lopsoded against russia. Ok.
Agree, majority of these pro-Ukraine channels are hooked on hopium and cite MinusRus which alleges 700,000+ Russians have been critically injured or killed since the start of the war. Can't believe I'm saying this but pro-Russian sources are generally more fact-based now. Their big strategy is to kill so many Russians that Russia just decides to stop the war or collapse, pretty delusional.
Yep, the glaring omission in the otherwised decent coverage (for a biased source). There are many indicators that Ukraine has burned through its men in this conflict. This is to say, Russian losses in Kursk are heavy as well, Russia might even be facing its own Rabotino trying to push against Ukraine's best units. But the lopsided "we are winning" coverage, will mean a rude awakening, even though Preston is I think honestly trying to avoid the bias
This guy always provides biased analysis talking only about Russian losses but never talks about how Ukrainian forces are getting obliterated on a daily basis. Typical one-sided western BS analysis.
@@Godisgoodhq Maybe because the Ukrainian losses are so astronomical high in comparison to the Russian losses, it i better not to talk about that and demoralize their western audience who still believe in some magical utopia of Ukraine winning this brutal war. I wonder either this western audience is so God damn naive or still living in a fool's paradise.
I don’t understand why Europe doesn’t get off their butts and mobilize to fight against the Russians to defend their own continent. I guess they believe that the average American tourist is more of a threat to their society than the Russian soldier.
Thanks for the update. I fear Ukraine is going to loose after all they have suffered and sacrificed. If there is a peace deal and they give up the land lost. They loose. All those resources,steel mills,mines waterfront on blk sea. And much more. It just sad for them that the world will allow that......😢
Countries borders have been moving since before countries existed. The lines on the map as we know them are just that, lines on a map as we know them... Why should the rest of the world attempt to prevent such things?
@@dylanfurner8373it didn't stop then, I am only 40 years of age and I have seen the lines move many times in my lifetime, countries that were in my atlas as a child now only exist in the history books... Don't be so naive.
well go look at the russian economy, they will hit hyperinflation in next 6-12 months with oil price dropping. trumps gonna drill drill drill also dropping oil price. and in case you didnt notice the russian rouble is at 100 to 1 usd now, it likely fall even more to 200-300 to 1 usd with russian eocnomy cracking and oil profits dropping.
Preston, I know that you shy away from giving your opinion, but I would love to see you do a video where you really break down the implications of continuing to support Ukraine as opposed to cutting off support. What does it mean for the American people? What is the moral choice, what is the right choice for us as Americans?
UA business and trade will certainly drop if there is no US support, both because the replacement gov't would be pro-RU and because the Ukrainians will know the US is not trustworthy. UA has very potent fertilizer; carbon fuels; grain; and other resources, and market access will decrease. Similar things may happen across other European nations for similar reasons. US prices will increase to reflect this. UA is also one of two nations with experience in peer war, so losing ties with them means losing that pool of knowledge. US has experience in COIN but not LSCO, so this sets the US back in a hypothetical conflict with RU and CN (CN can still collect knowledge from RU). US military spending will be even less effective because there is less knowledge. Article 5 with NATO is more likely to happen against RU as the rest of EU will be at greater risk. A pro-RU UA gov't means RU has more industry and resources to replenish itself. Regardless of how the low-spenders in NATO change their policy, it will still take time for NATO to arm themselves; they are effectively caught with their pants down. Much of western Europe isn't ready, and the eastern Europeans have NATO as a part of their military strategy. If Article 5 happens, the US is politically obligated to send troops like NATO did for the US during Afghanistan, and there is no doubt American blood will spill for Europe again. Noting here that a world divided into "spheres of influence" like during the later half of the 20th century (where we had a USSR side and a NATO side) is very dangerous, because it allows for scenarios like the Cold War to happen. If WW3 occurs, it'll be because of that: too many countries on both sides. I do hope the incoming administration can get a good peace agreement without screwing over UA. But I don't think it's likely. If the war continues, I do think it's economically, politically, and morally correct to continue supporting UA, if only because preventing a WW3 scenario by keeping RU in a lesser position is infinitely preferable to fighting WW3. Of course, many Americans have isolationist sentiments (in terms of overseas conflicts) and justifiably so. But I think the world is too interlinked and the US is too big for them to stay out forever. The US didn't want to be involved in WW1 and WW2, but it was dragged in regardless.
Sorry Preston BUT I definitely agree with those who think that the North Korean troops being in Russia makes Russia look very weak. Russia has 140Million people and has ALWAYS fought their own war without help.
@ Yes, I stand corrected! I had forgotten that until I read your comment and started thinking further. I forgot that the Italians and the Hungarians were fighting on the Eastern Front and the Italians in North Africa. Thanks for jogging my memory. At 75, I need more jogging than I used to! 😀😀😀
@zorandimcevich6128 Dec 7 1941 is hardly at the end of the second world war, and by 1917, the French and British were struggling while the Russians were defeated. We Americans were critical to an allied victory in both world wars.
The United States has a documented history of withdrawing support from other nations during pivotal and often critical moments. A significant portion of the American populace tends to prioritize domestic concerns, often displaying a degree of detachment from global humanitarian crises. While this self-focused perspective is, to some extent, understandable given the complexities of domestic issues, it fails to acknowledge the shared humanity of those impacted by such crises. In conflict zones, countless families endure unimaginable losses-parents mourning their children, children orphaned, and entire communities devastated. This prevailing mindset among many Americans, one that implicitly views the United States as isolated or distinct from the broader global community, fosters a dangerous lack of empathy. Consider, for a moment, how it might feel to lose a parent or a child at the hands of foreign invaders. Such a perspective underscores the critical need for greater global awareness and compassion, qualities that seem to be underrepresented in the collective American consciousness.
Thanks Preston. My anger at the Biden administration grows daily. To claim to support Ukraine, but give it enough to hope but never enough to win is cynical in the extreme and evidence of a bankrupt policy. The resulting Ukrainian casualties are horrendous. I hope Zelensky can convince Trump to give Ukraine what it needs to win. A no-flyzone would be a great starting point.
Trump will end this war. Do not worry. If Ukraine does not come to the negotiating table they will get less funding. If Russia doesn’t come to the negotiating table, Ukraine will get more funding.
@@Pure4PresTrump will try to end the war if it's in his interest to. Probably to suit his buddy Putin, but if he can make enough cash from Ukraine's resources, he just might go the other way.
Delusional, do you even know what a no fly zone is? It requires complete destruction of Russian air defence via air strike campaigns, it's questionable if the US even has the ability to do that. But at that point you have already started WW3 and the escalation chain that will bring will inevitably be nuclear.
17 days from enlistment to causality seem insane. Maybe impressive in a logistical capacity? I’m very curious if there are historical comparisons for the speed of deployment from other conflicts to help understand and contextualize this rate of recruitment, deployment, engagement, and casualty. Has this happened prior to Russian or other nations and how did it affect their military capabilities and domestic political situation? Trying to imagine how I would react; I assume as a solider being so unprepared for combat would likely both lower my morale and effectiveness. And as a father , imagining my child being used and wasted so carelessly would make me furious. But do the Russian soldiers and citizens see it this way?
North Korean is taking this conflict as an opportunity to train their forces for what may come in the borders with South Korea. Russia could easily wipe out the whole of Kyiv and Lviv etc with their special strike… but so far they have restrained…this is an un winnable war for nato.
I think the population difference is sadly in Russia's favour. For Ukraine to win lifting all restrictions and providing all long range weapons and jets and more armour or tanks would be Ukraine's best chance but I'm not a military expert... I say commit to the goal Ukraine wins all it's territory and then allow the military provide the assistance that Ukraine's military says it needs not politicians just green light victory and let the experts make it happen.
Just random Pole here with many Ukrainian friends. Normal people living in eastern part of Ukraine don't know Ukrainian and identify as Russians. It's not propaganda, i've talked to many of them first hand. The idea to give up eastern parts of Ukraine is not so crazy you were led to believe. This war is pointless on side of Jewlenski.
I love this dude’s channel and his analysis here is strong and mostly realistic. I just wish he would quit saying the Russians are “taking heavy losses” and citing Ukrainian estimates. We’ve been hearing this hackneyed narrative the entire war and it’s greatly exaggerated. The Russian Army is bigger now than it was in 2022. If we want Ukraine to win, let’s rely on assessments grounded in truth so we can understand the dimensions of this war, not sprinkling in propaganda to soften the fact that Ukraine is in a very difficult position.
Slava Ukraine! Post-Soviet NATO expansion was a DEEP strategic error by the West. But the poor Ukrainian people have the right to self-determination and freedom from agression. We must help them WIN.
Ukraine has a smaller population, and the difference in casualty rate is probably more like 3-5X.
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Russians have a massive artillery advantage. They can just pound out the defenders. The casualty differences aren't that big when including the casualties from artillery.
North Korea officially entering the war on Russia's side has already escalated the war. It should clear the way for French and Polish troops to move in in a tit-for-tat manner. They could takeover defending the Belarus, Moldova, and Kherson fronts, freeing up tens of thousands of Ukrainians to be redeployed elsewhere.
Europe won’t risk a war with a nuclear power specially when the US’ future stance is unclear. I understand the idea of wanting to defend Ukraine because at the end of the day it’s Europe but the world powers won’t risk a nuclear war. If they weren’t afraid of that they would’ve sent troops already.
Zero proof of North Korean troops in Russia's west. The video they keep using of "North Korean" troops gathering gear (8:55) are Laos soldiers participating in the LAROS 2024 joint military exercise of Russia and Laos in September 2024.
The thing is, Russia and North Korea have signed a defensive agreement, where one is come to the actual defense (boots on the ground) of the other in case of enemy attack. Ukranian troops are on Russian soil. Hence, its fair game. Ukraine, on the other hand, doesnt have any such agreement
Ukraine offering some type of compensation for the contributions from the US are interesting. It sounds like changing things from "donations" to something more like "Lend/Lease".
@@andrewm.9066 Putin was aggressive against Ukraine both under Obama and under Biden. But didn't move an inch under Trump. Who do you think you are fooling here?
@@friedrichrubinstein Oh, please. Putin was waiting until after the election. He wanted Trump to win, so he waited. When Trump didn't win, he had no reason to wait anymore. He would have entered Ukraine regardless of who won, but with Trump it would have been much easier for him.
@@GeoEstes That doesn't even make sense. Trump was president at that time, why would Putin wait until after the election if it was easier under Trump? If it was easier under Trump Putin had invaded BEFORE the election when Trump WAS president instead of risking that Trump was _not_ president anymore. What a logically incoherent argument.
@@jojobeans64 How so? Ukraine has made it clear it doesn't want to be part of Russia, but it would be impractical to be part of the US. Attaching itself to Europe makes the most sense for all parties.
For the next 2 months each side will be racing to hold/grab more land to better position themselves for an obvious negotiation. Sadly, we can expect some of the worst casualties in that time. There’s no way the United States can provide military aid for a war that un-winnable. It’s time this ends and if Ukraine doesn’t want to let them ask Germany for some cash and France for weapons
I don’t know how anyone at this point believes Ukraine can win. Ukraine has had almost a third of its population leave/become casualties of this war. They lost a large margin of their industrial sectors in the east to the russians, etc. It’s unfortunate how much things change in just 2 years, they will never be the same.
Of course Ukraine can win, Russian Troll. How could Afghanistan win, how could Vietnam? Ukraine is doing better each day. They should have lost 2 years ago, yet here we are.
As Kogline said, many nations have suffered far worse. Ukraine will be devastated by the aftermath, but the only thing you can do after a war is recover, clean up, and move on. Vietnam suffered through horrendous economic times during the 80s. My family lived through such a time, and even after the horrible wars (multiple more conflicts happened after the Americans left), Vietnam found its footing and pulled itself back up.
@@MrKogline lol another internet gangster that can’t take criticism pathetic tbh. Calling me a Russian troll when I’m American my dude shows your lack of intelligence just pure ignorance with you.
I do wonder about the losses, losses that in absolutely no way can be proven and that are completely illogical. Would like to se you make a video we’re you brake down all the losses, with facts and logic, not from Ukraine sources or some other pro anything spokesperson. If Ukraine have all this shortage of manpower, and no soldiers have been able to leave the army during this war, we’re are all the troops? They have mobilised, and they had an initial large army, we’re are they? More then a million men in arms. Ukraine said that 31 000 have died, how can they have issues manning the trenchers when Russia have lost over 700 000 dead and 2.2 million wounded according to Ukraine?
If you want to know the truth, listen to Prigozhin. In days of Bachmut offensive he said that both sides suffered about 900 loses dead and wounded every day. The wounded/dead ratio is about 2/1. You can calculate by yourself now.
According to google for every one infantry there’s 2-5 support personnel. (At least for the US Army) I’m sure most militaries have similar ratios. Also as far as I know Ukraine hasn’t published official casualties.
@mikes989 Progozhin has always been a very strict and honest guy, he spoke the truth even when it was sharp and not in his profit. Anyway his figure had always seemed quite realistic, he never told like "we have 1 k casualties, they have 100 k".
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched surprise assault on the city of Kupyansk on the northern Donbass frontlines. As a result of successful offensive operations, Russian forces broke through Ukrainian defense and gained a foothold in the city. According to both Russian and Ukrainian military sources, the first Russian attack was launched on the evening of November 13th. Two Russian assault groups on armored vehicles moved from their military positions in the area of Liman Pervy toward Kupyansk. According to the Ukrainian military, the first Russian assault group included 2 MT-LB armored vehicles, an infantry fighting vehicle and a tank. Ukrainian soldiers could not reveal the number of vehicles in the second assault group because it entered the battle late in the evening. As a result of the surprise assault, Russian tank and at least one of the MT-LB armored vehicles from the first group broke through Ukrainian defense, entered the city and passed along Svatovska street. On Nekrasova street it came under Ukrainian fire but it was too late because about 15 Russian stormtroopers already attacked Ukrainian positions in the city and captured Ukrainian strongholds in the buildings. Their positions were soon reinforced by other soldiers. Ukrainian media shared the footage of the battles on the city outskirts. After the first day of urban battles, Russian stormtroopers supported by armored vehicles gained a bridgehead in the city. The first line of Ukrainian defense was destroyed, and the Ukrainian command is forced to urgently send reinforcement to stop Russian advance in the city, including additional forces from the villages nearby that were thrown into the battle for Kupyansk. The Ukrainian military were surprised by unexpected Russian assault and are forced to repel the attacks by cannon fodder. Heavy battles are ongoing on the outskirts. According to Russian reports from the battlefield, the reserve units thrown into battles in Kupyansk are not trained and mainly include soldiers taken from hospitals and men captured on the streets. As a result, Ukrainian forces are suffering heavy losses threatened by the upcoming reinforcement of the Russian group in the city. If Russian forces manage to save control of the captured positions and expand their bridgehead in the city, the Ukrainian garrison deployed on the left bank of the Oskol River will face heavy supply problems, since earlier the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took control of the village of Kolesnikovka and cut Ukrainian supply road to Borovaya. The villages of Grigorovka and Petrovka near Selidovo came under the control of the Russian Army. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky may be fired, and deputies will use Maryana Bezuglaya to test the mood in society, - General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Krivonos According to the former deputy commander of the Special Operations Forces, “It is Maryana Bezuglaya who is the specific trigger that determines all the existing problems.” Krivonos believes that Bezuglaya is being used by the authorities to shift the blame for all failures onto the Ukrainian military.
If land for peace was not an option for Israel, why should it be for Ukraine? The world at large supported Israel on this issue. And so it should support Ukraine in it battle to maintain it sovereignty, national borders, and the freedom of its people and the security of its children going to bed to school without fear.
No shortage of artillery but guns so depleted /destroyed they can't fire off the shells in great numbers? Lack of drone penetration to spot for strikes?
@@FreeRojava2025 Well the Russians are often seen advancing with no shelling and some villages and entire large towns are now being captured with little or no shell damage. Shelling has reduced and i don't think it's because Ukraine suddenly has enough shells, guns, men to man them or means to spot for them.
The simultaneous Russian push across so many fronts may be motivated by the notion that Russia and Ukraine may be forced to the negotiating table by Trump, and are trying to create facts on the ground that will strengthen their negotiating position.
The 700k number for Russian losses seems impossible. They will be out of fighting units if that were the case. I think real losses of both sides will not be known for some time even after the war ends.
Why so? The soviet losses where millions, if it wasn’t for the US lend lease the Soviet Union would have been complete invaded by Hitler. And I remind you that the Russian economy is on the brink of collapse.
Wrong, it’s been proven since the start of the war, if you had any basic knowledge or common sense, you could guess that Russian deaths are very high if you knew anything about the military
Moving authorized war material from Conus to Ukraine doesn't necessarily create a gap in resources when Trump takes office if the usage rate stays the same. There will be time to assess Ukraine's progress and shape US policy going forward.
Here’s my theory Trump’s gonna try to make a deal. Ukraine will have to accept because they have no choice Russia will reject the deal…… Trump will take this very personally limits will be removed from Ukrainian weapons along with the doubling of support
I don't see there being a gap in resources considering how much is likely to be sent. I would expect Ukraine to try and stretch all that aid out until Trump makes a decision. If he decides to support them then maybe they go HAM with the massive stockpile they will soon be handed. If decides not to they will likely use it more sparingly as they will then have to rely solely on Europe for aid.
Thanks, hope US can do what Sweden did send material that is useful for Ukrain but more or less outdated in our army. I do believe that US have material that is outdated for its army but useful for Ukrain. Cheaper then scrapping it.
Dara Massicot overlooked some key factors. She said that Ukraine basically has enough weapons. Ukraine is missing key weapons without restrictions, that would be a significant problem for Russia. The lack of these key weapons, without restrictions on their use, over the last 2 to 3 years has caused tremendous, unnecessary atrophy to the AFU. She says that Ukraine's biggest shortage is infantry. While Russia's lines of communication back into Russia and its Military-industrial complex in Russia have been off limits, how would Ukraine ever have enough infantry? Even if Ukraine's population were larger than Russia's it still wouldn't be enough under these imposed circumstances. Most of Russia's progress this year has been enabled by it's liberal use of glide bombs and missiles dropped from aircraft. Ukraine needs the weapons to shoot down those aircraft, it's not an infantry issue. Her perspective seems to be that of someone who wants to blame Ukraine rather than find solutions. When we get directly involved we'll do everything that we wouldn't let Ukraine do. I'm ashamed of how the US has been playing this war.
None will let Ukraine strike inside Russia if there is a 0.1 % possiblity of triggering nuklear response. Plus even without nuklear response, russians can mount up their sabotage campaigns inside Europe as a retaliation for anything. This must have never happened initially, Russia will not lose.
This has become a war of attrition. Unless Ukraine is able to replace their losses, men, armor, or planes in a timely manner, it doesn't matter what fancy technology they get. Without the men and materials to make another offensive they will be looking at slowly but surely losing ground to the Russians.
How dumb can you be? Do you know why Russia is not worried about any Russian territory lost? Cause all they have to do ones they have the Russian regions of Ukraine under control is to tell the west: you got 10 days to have Ukraine pull out of the region or we will utilized our constitutional right that’s well documented for last 80 years to use tactical nukes to defend the Russian homeland. And the wonderful thing about that is that they won’t have to “play chicken”. It gives them perfect excuse under UN charter to use nukes for self defense 😂 Also, you can see how the western media and UA-camr are dumb about what is happening with Kursk region and North Korean troops. It’s clear that they have a natural protection agreement and Putin has used the Kursk inversion to justify on “calling support” as it is Russian soil similar to NATO members agreement to protect each others if one is attacked. Has nothing to do with “desperation” He can then utilize those troops to free up his troops and send them to Ukraine. Ukraine is fighting to enslave Russian people on their own lan that they lived for 1000 years. You realy think there is a future where those people will let Kiev rule over them? Putin warned the west about it ever since 2014. He wasn’t bluffing and he won’t be when he makes the offer the west won’t be able to refuse: Nukes or Ukraine, have at it.😂 Can’t wait for Trump to just leave Europe and Ukraine to their own demise. West Europe chooses to terrorize their own citizens by letting millions of criminals into their countries. They not helping Ukraine cause of good will. They want to enslave Ukraine people for next 100 years. It’s all about the money in the west. I’m sure western companies are all ready drawing plans on who gets what peace of Ukraine. I say let the west Europe send their own solders to die for it.
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What are you thoughts on Russia is actually giving it everything they have and can barely take over a small country. I doubt they're going to take over anything of substance..
Can you please disregard and ignore any reporting from 'unnamed officials' or 'people familiar with X's thinking' and the like? We've already found out that most of the time its just some journalist making up stuff to make money.
How can you be happy, Preston, when so many people are willfully ignorant? They think we're literally handing cash to Ukraine! No! We're sending old equipment, and using the money to buy/research newer, better military equipment for our troops. Can someone please help me explain these things to these people. It's like explaining things to goldfishes! I'm sorry I'm insulting your fans, Preston, but it feels tiresome and sad to see very young adults reject proper research and critical thinking in favor of one-liners and fictitious memes. I just want my country to be ok!
Watching other Americans intentionally spread disinformation in the comment section is like seeing people in Portland Oregon (no offense Oregonians!) inject themselves with fentanyl. But no matter how much you dissuade them from it, they don't listen. It's like they're hooked on intentionally lying to themselves, and will lash out if you spray them with Narcan/the truth. I've seen videos of it too! Homeless addicts getting upset at cops for spraying them, and they just wander off like zombies to find more drugs.
Great content, as always. Clean & Clear and to the point. No boring or distracting bs.
Appreciate the feedback!
@@PrestonStewart this is really money allocated by congress to ukraine so sending them a big batch of weapons to buffer the ukrainians is not a bad thing. in reality i think biden was making a contingency plan in case trump won. so biden only sending 6 billion of the 60 billion was a way to buffer military aid rather than have ukraine have nothing when trump came to office putting them in a desperate situation. also the russian economy isnt doing great either so ukraine having 8-10 months of supply is probably a good thing. allows ukraine to keep fighting while the russian economy starts to crack at a faster pace. go look at the russian rouble value, its likely to drop to 200-300 roubles for 1 usd in next 6-8 months. and as russian inflation skyrockets next 6 months with declining oil price, its gonna put russia in a bad situation. putin already announced he is rolling back wounded compensation to russia soldiers. you dont do that because everything is great. means the russians are in a cash crunch.
@@PrestonStewart he is absolutely right, and so are all the other foreigner as well as American listeners who have had time in service or worked for one of the many alphabet soup agencies and commended you for this. I also appreciate your analysis and reporting and the fact that you do it in such a level-headed manner
Any chance you could do a video on the sacrifice of Latin South American countrymen that were put in the kursk pocket so they h
Can be the sponge for Ukrainian pr?
I can’t believe I only found this channel, probably the best English language analysis I have seen. I’m a Polish Army veteran who misses my old briefings…
If you are ever in Kraków, I will buy you a beer and talk about shipping weapons over the border 😎
I like the fact that this classy American is a West Point graduate giving it to us straight !!
thank you for your service brother!
It would be crazy to sit and listen to story’s from a guy like that, I don’t drink but I’ll listen anytime 🤙
Kraków 🐉❤🇵🇱
Preston is the man, authentic, fair unbiased… simply reports the facts. Respect for your service… and for those that don’t know, the Poles are some of the toughest, gutsiest folks on the planet 💪🏼 cheers
Always wonderful content, Preston. You are appreciated. ❤
Thanks a lot!
@@jasonpednault465 take the War to America soil. Since they love funding war so much
@@PrestonStewart you have to realize biden sending only 6 billion of 60 billion was planning for a trump win in case it happened. so when biden sends 54 billion in ammo and weapons in next 3 months, ukraine wont really need trump to pass a new aid package. it will allow time to pass where the russian economy likely starts to crumble even more where a deal is more likely. it was always about the russian economy cracking, allowing for ukraine to win like the ussr/afghan war. so with ukraine having enough ammo and weapons, ukraine wont be forced to take a bad deal that rewards russia. although it was rough for ukraine, i think biden made the right plan holding back 54 billion of the military aid to be send in the last 3 months so ukraine can keep fighting for a good 8-10 months at least.
WOW THIS IS A LONGER VID THANK YOU PRESTON!!!!
In 04 after graduating high school in June, going to Benning for BCT/OSUT in July and than Airborne school after, I knew NOTHING. Spent most of my 8 years in the 82nd 1st/504th and even as an E nothing during our first OIF deployment if it wasn’t for our NCOs there’s a good chance I wouldn’t have made it. I can’t imagine being thrown into a direct action element with 17 days of military experience and no NCO corps.
This was as clear as any description of the war as I've seen anywhere and your commentary is detailed. Thank you Preston!!
To be thrown into a conflict with Russia and then betrayed, it the worst thing that can happen to a country. I feel for Ukraine. 😢
Remember what happened to the vietnamese and the afghans who sided with the US?
They were abandoned and left to die after the us left
I hope Trump can get a cease fire and some type of dialogue. Ukraine needs diplomatic help. Russia needs to stop their war.
@@jefferyhubbard3532they will as long as Ukraine agrees not to join nato!🎉 yay wars over
@jefferyhubbard3532 be honest , The CIA started the war in 2014 with the coup that started a civil war in Eastern Ukraine.
Usa always destabilizing countries that don't submit to them.
Russia invaded...they are the aggressor
Thanks, Preston.
Preston just wanted to let you know you do a very good job and are enjoyable to listen to
Outstanding reporting and analysis.
21:18 this is true for both sides of this conflict, with frontline Ukrainian officers complaining of unit replacements being roughly 55'ish years old and most of the times having less than 14 days of training.
Thanks Preston for staying cohesive. Only you and Perun seem to have done so. 1000 days... quite the toll.
21:42 I have been shooting and hunting for quite some time and 17 days is a shockingly short time for anyone to learn how to shoot, let alone to ALSO learn how to be a soldier and perform duties. If I was teaching my friends how to shoot I still wouldn’t trust them enough with 2 weeks experience of purely learning how to operate a firearm to a point where my life
is in their hands
Brilliant analysis as always Preston, yours is my go to channel for non biased info on this conflict. Even though I'm desperate for Kiev to win, for family reasons, we still have to talk openly about their losses as well as their successes....... even though it hurts to.
Слава Україні, Героям Слава!!🇺🇦🇺🇦✌️✌️
Same with Israel.
Islam is pure evil.
Islam is fascism.
18:25 damn that man flew for a second
4:28 what Russian said this? When and in what context? This sounds like classic strawman stuff. Last I heard the Russians said a prerequisite for negotiation was for Ukraine to withdraw completely from all the oblasts they claim to have annexed.... I'm sure that would include Kursk but to state it in this context is a ploy.
Putin often talks about how Ukraine has to accept the reality on the ground in negotiations
Proud to follow this channel daily. You report things that are tangible, and you dont say too much when there isnt much to report. As HLC titled his last video - there's no fluff, all buff!
Means a lot, thank you!
@PrestonStewart heck yeah man! Keep making an impact. One question I have for you is is there any way that you could figure out a website link that sends us to our respective constituents in Congress and the Senate to where we can make informed requests of them? I'm sure a simple Google search would do that for all of us but if you were to put that out there for us it would probably have more pull
@@escape692 I’m not even American and I know there is already a US government website like this that exists. You can even directly write to them on this website…🤦🏼♂️ Astounding how little Americans know, and how y’all lack the critical thinking skills to research or look up anything. SMDH.
Great video as always Preston 👍 👌 👏
my new favorite channel ❤️ best informations and without any type of propaganda behind it
How strange is this situation? Combat half way around the globe is dictated by the period between the US election and inauguration. The objectives aren’t tactical or operational, but strategic based in how events will be perceived. Perhaps there is something inherently flawed in our foreign policy when our allies fear a disastrous withdrawal of support based upon a change of administration?
The troops in Europe are US troops in US bases working for US interests (NATO allies are a second thought) , such as Rota (the biggest and most important naval base for the US on this side of the Atlantic where DDGs are permanently based, SSNs stop and ships are refuelled and rearmed) and the US air bases in Spain, Rammstein in Germany (biggest US air base in Europe and essential for the US personnel transfers between the USA and the Middle East ), air bases in the UK (essential to the USA’s airplanes, mostly strategic bombers) etc.
These are troops present in US bases, so I don’t see the US having their own bases manned by another country’s troops, nor do I see the hosting nations which accepted deals with the USA for these bases seeing another country occupying them.
It’s literally infeasible and unrealistic.
I'm from Poland. I will probably end up in Estonia (blind guess), so I asked my friend, "I may need to go fight and maybe even die in Estonia. Are you going with me?" He said, "Of course. One has to die either this way or another."
But we are specialized dudes and will probably end up behind desks or at some command post making coffee for the high brass. Or in a drone production something...
I think it’s more about security in smaller bases.
Lithuania, Romania, etc …
And yes I think that can be done.
Let the USA keep their big operational bases but do less in term or protection of the border with Russia ….
Have you ever gone on deployment? Sounds like you've never been to one of our bases.
Trump does not understand any of this. 🇺🇸🇩🇪❤️
@@HanSolo__ Hah I wish German people would be like that. I really need to move to Poland...
The idea that paying death benefits at that rate is “unsustainable” can unfortunately be solved with a parody of familiar words.
“This soldier’s death was not service related.”
I have a bad feeling of just letting russia annex portions of ukraine. Taiwan would be in grave danger if Putin gets away with this.
Excatly
But Taiwan is China)
So , what danger are you talking about?)
Or you're saying, that Russia can't do that same, what USA did?)
Trump doesn’t care
More importantly, I don't care.
@@Игорьсуздальскийtaiwan is chinas legitimate government, it always has been.
Its not a property of the terror CCP org. to come and claim.
I think Russia putting just enough pressure on Kursk to draw a lot of highly skilled Ukrainian soldiers into a overall insignificant battle. Ukraine can’t hold it forever and in the process is losing territory everyday against the Russians while sending 30,000 badly needed experienced soldiers into a pointless battle. I’m all for ukraine btw I just think this was a miscalculation
nah, you are assuming the russians were not gonna invade through sumy which it looked like they were gonna do. ukraine went into russia because they thought they couldnt hold sumy. so now the fighting and destruction is happening on russian territory. in addition the casualty rates going up for russia which puts strain on their recruitment. lets say what you saying happens, do you think russia with 50k soldiers in kursk are gonna stop at the ukraine border to sumy? likely not. so its better to fight in russia where they are losing men and destroying russian infrastructure.
biden sends the remaining 54 billion in military aid to ukraine, they will have enough ammo to keep fighting for another 8-10 months while the russian economy is cracking. go look at rouble value, its at 100 roubles for 1 usd. could see that fall to 200-300 roubles for 1 usd next 6 months with russian inflation spiking to hyperinflation.
Russia can afford high looses
@@tomhenry897 yes but russian economy also cracking if you havent noticed. once it hits hyperinflation, its back to a 1990 ussr moment. go look at the rouble now. they have 30 percent inflation also with 21 percent interest rates. and that fake 8 percent isnt real.
american had 9 percent inflation and raised their interest rates past half of that to 5 percent to bring it down to 2 percent inflation. so you can guess what russian inflation is with 21 percent interest rates lol.
@@tomhenry897 we all know what happened to soviet army in afghanistan after the soviet economy callapsed from hyperinflation.
@@giovanni-ed7zq Ultimately, Russia will not care if the ruble goes to 1000 to 1 USD. It is Russian territory, and historical precedence they care about. Russian population 2024: 143 million, Ukrainian population 2024: 37 million. The math does not favor Ukraine. Fighting on for another 8-10 months only hurts Ukraine worse than Russia. As much as I would like to see Ukraine "win", this is becoming less realistic by the day. Ukraine has already lost a generation of men in this war; they can ill afford what is becoming little more than a suicide mission.
This conflict is so obviously black and white, which is rare, and we are really seeing the world divide on democracy vs authoritarianism. I can't even describe how disappointing it is to see my country go with the authoritarians/fascists (Trump)... it is going to be a very rough 20 years. The peace and stability provided following WW2 is about to break down, with conflicts springing up around the globe, which will eventually lead to a nuclear exchange at some point
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Trump is setting us up for failure. What good is peace (at the cost of ukraine falling to russia) and isolationism if we are just going to be confronted with the same problem but a stronger foe at the end of Trumps presidency? What good was all that Hutler did for Germany in the 1930s if he eventually got Germany divided into 4 parts in the end? Heavens knows Eric, Donald Jr, amd Barron aren't gonna go fight when the time finally comes to fight an OP Russia.
Thanks Preston
Pristine content! Thank you for your time!
Excellent coverage Sir! Thank you!
1:13 why is there a clowns face over Budapest?🤣
@@jojobeans64Молодцы Венгры!!!!!! 🇭🇺🫶🇷🇺
Orban
Because there lives a clown who thinks he can outsmart everyone.
@@zorandimcevich6128but he's gay!
@@zorandimcevich6128 u are calalling addition smart, Ukraine can cut off his "cheap" energy any time, as well as russians themselfs
As always your work is appreciated Preston. Tha k yoy for the videosand yoyr on-going thoughts on the events as they unfold.
Love your videos, best unbiased News
About conflicts
He is biased toward Ukraine,nothing wrong with that
He's biased big time. You just been thoroughly brainwashed and can't see it.
Bro I ain’t stupid enough to think Ukraine has chance at winning or believe the Ukrainian casualty figures for the Russians. I also don’t believe the Russian side of the casualty thing and only believe something with evidence, the 14 or so SU-34 that got shot down being an example as that was clear bullshit
@@TuanTran-h5f we all have biases. It's all a matter of how aware are you with it. Cappie's pretty aware of his.
Excellent work, sir
What happened to the vaunted F-16s? Haven’t heard a peep.
one crashed shortly after they got them
Why should you,they are in use.
@@terryharris1291 yes pendos 😂, you absolutely right 🤣
@@АлексейАлексеевич-м8к Ok dick whacker.
They're using them, but it's just one tool among many.
Many tears were shed for John C Woods
The general coping of "yet russia is having heavy losses." As if those Fab3000 bombes are falling on empty spots all the time.
Yet we see ukraine needing 500.000 additionnal men while having lost only 30.000 men telling us russia has only lost 1.500.000 men.
Ukraine is going for more soldiers with a tail to tooth ratio (T3R) of roughly 3 due to logistics so 500,000 is divided by 3 that is 166,000 new troops to fight. If you are gearing up for a counter offense in spring or winter Russian push. This makes sense as Ukraine did a pull back for 2022 draftees to the rear for rest this year.
They are so blinded in believing that
Agreed. The speech surrounding high Russian losses never mentios that Ukraine is likely suffering near the same losses with much less ability to replace them
Ukraine has not even touched men under 25.
@boboeggsmasher-p5j and russia has right?
22:29 There’s a reason the Russians don’t retrieve their dead from the battlefields - so they don’t have to pay out on those contracts. In fact, if you listen to the Russian prisoners, they’ve not been paid any of the money they were due.
Yes, “boots on the ground” will be a big problem for Ukraine with a population of about 41M to draw on compared to Russia with a population of 144M. Russia may also garner more troops from N. Korea? The determination by the Ukrainians though, as they have a clear goal which incentivises them!
Russia may have bigger population. But people here are much more reluctant to join the fight cause it happens on foreign soil. And those that do go there only for crazy amount of money which places a very heavy burden on russian economy. Thats why this war is in a stalemate for so long. While Russia is objectively much stronger it cant find a way to utilize its advantage
@@AlexWayne-jc7pv When people have a reason to fight they have much more motivation, fortitude & perseverance!
was 41 in 2014😂😂😂😂 now? 25ish and the bulk are peoples above 40
@@Tonyx.yt. & getting younger!
In 1940 Germany had captured most of Europe, in 1945 Germany had nothing. Capturing land is pointless unless you can hold it.
F the UN
I have seen articles from Russian mil bloggers mentioning 2 of their more elite units being moved from Kherson and the east to Kursk.
dawww love that pic of bluey its so cool
Great break-down. I highly doubt the troop replacement. They don't wield any power. They barely have manpower!
This entire video is one big contradiction. Ukriane is losing ground everywhere but Russia is somehow losing. I think the information bubble will soon pop for a lot of people.
My favorite part of ALL of these videos is the highly specific guessing about Russian casualty numbers, then a pregnant pause when a normal person would specilate about the opposing sides casualties... Then it never happens.
Ukraine somehow started the war with way more troops and has maintained some astonishing kill ratio but is now severely short on troops.... It makes sense if you dont think about it.
Everyone seems to agree the vast majority of casualties have come from artillery snd that russia has many times the amount of fires from just about any source.... But somehow the casualties are incredibly lopsoded against russia. Ok.
Agree, majority of these pro-Ukraine channels are hooked on hopium and cite MinusRus which alleges 700,000+ Russians have been critically injured or killed since the start of the war. Can't believe I'm saying this but pro-Russian sources are generally more fact-based now. Their big strategy is to kill so many Russians that Russia just decides to stop the war or collapse, pretty delusional.
Yep, the glaring omission in the otherwised decent coverage (for a biased source). There are many indicators that Ukraine has burned through its men in this conflict. This is to say, Russian losses in Kursk are heavy as well, Russia might even be facing its own Rabotino trying to push against Ukraine's best units. But the lopsided "we are winning" coverage, will mean a rude awakening, even though Preston is I think honestly trying to avoid the bias
This guy always provides biased analysis talking only about Russian losses but never talks about how Ukrainian forces are getting obliterated on a daily basis. Typical one-sided western BS analysis.
Yup I have always said they all always talk about Russian losses but never Ukrainian losses. I wonder why?
@@Godisgoodhq Maybe because the Ukrainian losses are so astronomical high in comparison to the Russian losses, it i better not to talk about that and demoralize their western audience who still believe in some magical utopia of Ukraine winning this brutal war. I wonder either this western audience is so God damn naive or still living in a fool's paradise.
Security guarantees did seem to mean anything when Russia invaded in 2014 and 2022. So what is it going to matter with these?
This channel is the best copium for UA fan
Cry harder Hasanazbol
I remember early on after the Afgan withdrawal I had told someone that the world had about 4 years to f around, and then they'd find out.
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"Free Will" and North Korea don't go in the same sentence, lol.
I pray that Ukraine can survive. I can’t understand how an American can support Russia.
No one supports Russia
Because there is alot of hidden evils about ukraine. I was born in Ukraine and am not pro russia
I don’t understand why Europe doesn’t get off their butts and mobilize to fight against the Russians to defend their own continent. I guess they believe that the average American tourist is more of a threat to their society than the Russian soldier.
Americans mostly give zero fucks about Ukraine
Me neither with Germans. It's a bad time with the internet brainwashing people.
3:33 does the combat duck have nuclear flash curtains?
Thanks for the update. I fear Ukraine is going to loose after all they have suffered and sacrificed. If there is a peace deal and they give up the land lost. They loose. All those resources,steel mills,mines waterfront on blk sea. And much more. It just sad for them that the world will allow that......😢
Countries borders have been moving since before countries existed. The lines on the map as we know them are just that, lines on a map as we know them...
Why should the rest of the world attempt to prevent such things?
@@iliketurtles4463it was the norm for all of human history until 1945. That was a worse world.
@@dylanfurner8373it didn't stop then, I am only 40 years of age and I have seen the lines move many times in my lifetime, countries that were in my atlas as a child now only exist in the history books...
Don't be so naive.
@@iliketurtles4463and it just so happens to be 3rd world conflicts where that happens
well go look at the russian economy, they will hit hyperinflation in next 6-12 months with oil price dropping. trumps gonna drill drill drill also dropping oil price. and in case you didnt notice the russian rouble is at 100 to 1 usd now, it likely fall even more to 200-300 to 1 usd with russian eocnomy cracking and oil profits dropping.
Preston, I know that you shy away from giving your opinion, but I would love to see you do a video where you really break down the implications of continuing to support Ukraine as opposed to cutting off support. What does it mean for the American people? What is the moral choice, what is the right choice for us as Americans?
UA business and trade will certainly drop if there is no US support, both because the replacement gov't would be pro-RU and because the Ukrainians will know the US is not trustworthy. UA has very potent fertilizer; carbon fuels; grain; and other resources, and market access will decrease. Similar things may happen across other European nations for similar reasons. US prices will increase to reflect this.
UA is also one of two nations with experience in peer war, so losing ties with them means losing that pool of knowledge. US has experience in COIN but not LSCO, so this sets the US back in a hypothetical conflict with RU and CN (CN can still collect knowledge from RU). US military spending will be even less effective because there is less knowledge.
Article 5 with NATO is more likely to happen against RU as the rest of EU will be at greater risk. A pro-RU UA gov't means RU has more industry and resources to replenish itself. Regardless of how the low-spenders in NATO change their policy, it will still take time for NATO to arm themselves; they are effectively caught with their pants down. Much of western Europe isn't ready, and the eastern Europeans have NATO as a part of their military strategy. If Article 5 happens, the US is politically obligated to send troops like NATO did for the US during Afghanistan, and there is no doubt American blood will spill for Europe again.
Noting here that a world divided into "spheres of influence" like during the later half of the 20th century (where we had a USSR side and a NATO side) is very dangerous, because it allows for scenarios like the Cold War to happen. If WW3 occurs, it'll be because of that: too many countries on both sides.
I do hope the incoming administration can get a good peace agreement without screwing over UA. But I don't think it's likely.
If the war continues, I do think it's economically, politically, and morally correct to continue supporting UA, if only because preventing a WW3 scenario by keeping RU in a lesser position is infinitely preferable to fighting WW3.
Of course, many Americans have isolationist sentiments (in terms of overseas conflicts) and justifiably so. But I think the world is too interlinked and the US is too big for them to stay out forever. The US didn't want to be involved in WW1 and WW2, but it was dragged in regardless.
he already stated he plans to end support to Ukraine.
(After securing a good deal for Ukraine)
@boboeggsmasher-p5j (just like he said last time when he with held support for something of personal gain)
@@boboeggsmasher-p5j Trumps definition of a good deal for Ukraine seems to be what ever Putin says is a good deal.
Damn , real atari battlezone
Slava Ukraine
No
Slava Cuckraini 😂
@@josephkush1032 Pedofile
Respect
Sorry Preston BUT I definitely agree with those who think that the North Korean troops being in Russia makes Russia look very weak. Russia has 140Million people and has ALWAYS fought their own war without help.
They had plenty of help in both world wars
@ Yes, I stand corrected! I had forgotten that until I read your comment and started thinking further. I forgot that the Italians and the Hungarians were fighting on the Eastern Front and the Italians in North Africa. Thanks for jogging my memory. At 75, I need more jogging than I used to! 😀😀😀
@ Good point! That’s less than 10 days help! 😀😀😀
@zorandimcevich6128 Dec 7 1941 is hardly at the end of the second world war, and by 1917, the French and British were struggling while the Russians were defeated. We Americans were critical to an allied victory in both world wars.
The United States has a documented history of withdrawing support from other nations during pivotal and often critical moments. A significant portion of the American populace tends to prioritize domestic concerns, often displaying a degree of detachment from global humanitarian crises. While this self-focused perspective is, to some extent, understandable given the complexities of domestic issues, it fails to acknowledge the shared humanity of those impacted by such crises. In conflict zones, countless families endure unimaginable losses-parents mourning their children, children orphaned, and entire communities devastated. This prevailing mindset among many Americans, one that implicitly views the United States as isolated or distinct from the broader global community, fosters a dangerous lack of empathy. Consider, for a moment, how it might feel to lose a parent or a child at the hands of foreign invaders. Such a perspective underscores the critical need for greater global awareness and compassion, qualities that seem to be underrepresented in the collective American consciousness.
I love how your truly not bias, its super hard to find sources that are not like you these days
Did afgan set em back then? So how long can they go?
Thanks Preston. My anger at the Biden administration grows daily. To claim to support Ukraine, but give it enough to hope but never enough to win is cynical in the extreme and evidence of a bankrupt policy. The resulting Ukrainian casualties are horrendous.
I hope Zelensky can convince Trump to give Ukraine what it needs to win. A no-flyzone would be a great starting point.
Trump will end this war. Do not worry. If Ukraine does not come to the negotiating table they will get less funding. If Russia doesn’t come to the negotiating table, Ukraine will get more funding.
@@Pure4PresTrump will try to end the war if it's in his interest to. Probably to suit his buddy Putin, but if he can make enough cash from Ukraine's resources, he just might go the other way.
Delusional, do you even know what a no fly zone is? It requires complete destruction of Russian air defence via air strike campaigns, it's questionable if the US even has the ability to do that.
But at that point you have already started WW3 and the escalation chain that will bring will inevitably be nuclear.
To be balanced, Congress has been slow to authorize funding for Ukraine.
@eldorados_lost_searcher Yeah, I wasn't excusing MAGA's shenanigans.
17 days from enlistment to causality seem insane. Maybe impressive in a logistical capacity?
I’m very curious if there are historical comparisons for the speed of deployment from other conflicts to help understand and contextualize this rate of recruitment, deployment, engagement, and casualty. Has this happened prior to Russian or other nations and how did it affect their military capabilities and domestic political situation?
Trying to imagine how I would react; I assume as a solider being so unprepared for combat would likely both lower my morale and effectiveness. And as a father , imagining my child being used and wasted so carelessly would make me furious. But do the Russian soldiers and citizens see it this way?
North Korean is taking this conflict as an opportunity to train their forces for what may come in the borders with South Korea. Russia could easily wipe out the whole of Kyiv and Lviv etc with their special strike… but so far they have restrained…this is an un winnable war for nato.
@gyanbanks74 don't speak common sense, it's not welcome around here
😂😂😂 guys found Ivan! Training their troops??? How does that work if none come back genius
Insane for Ukraine!
I think the population difference is sadly in Russia's favour.
For Ukraine to win lifting all restrictions and providing all long range weapons and jets and more armour or tanks would be Ukraine's best chance but I'm not a military expert...
I say commit to the goal Ukraine wins all it's territory and then allow the military provide the assistance that Ukraine's military says it needs not politicians just green light victory and let the experts make it happen.
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Just random Pole here with many Ukrainian friends. Normal people living in eastern part of Ukraine don't know Ukrainian and identify as Russians. It's not propaganda, i've talked to many of them first hand. The idea to give up eastern parts of Ukraine is not so crazy you were led to believe. This war is pointless on side of Jewlenski.
I love this dude’s channel and his analysis here is strong and mostly realistic. I just wish he would quit saying the Russians are “taking heavy losses” and citing Ukrainian estimates. We’ve been hearing this hackneyed narrative the entire war and it’s greatly exaggerated. The Russian Army is bigger now than it was in 2022. If we want Ukraine to win, let’s rely on assessments grounded in truth so we can understand the dimensions of this war, not sprinkling in propaganda to soften the fact that Ukraine is in a very difficult position.
Slava Ukraine! Post-Soviet NATO expansion was a DEEP strategic error by the West. But the poor Ukrainian people have the right to self-determination and freedom from agression. We must help them WIN.
Why is Ukraine struggling to maintain troop numbers? Russia is dying at 10x the rate.
Ukraine has a smaller population, and the difference in casualty rate is probably more like 3-5X.
Russians have a massive artillery advantage. They can just pound out the defenders. The casualty differences aren't that big when including the casualties from artillery.
maybe because its propoganda from ghost of kiev news
I remember hearing somewhere that it’s estimated that >70% of all casualties in this war are from artillery.
@@WhiteSerpentineand the russians always enjoyed 10-1 /7-1 advantage in artillery and 100-1 in aircraft. Now you do the math
They can prove they are fighters?
Then wtf have they been doing this past 3 years 😂
North Korea officially entering the war on Russia's side has already escalated the war. It should clear the way for French and Polish troops to move in in a tit-for-tat manner. They could takeover defending the Belarus, Moldova, and Kherson fronts, freeing up tens of thousands of Ukrainians to be redeployed elsewhere.
Europe won’t risk a war with a nuclear power specially when the US’ future stance is unclear. I understand the idea of wanting to defend Ukraine because at the end of the day it’s Europe but the world powers won’t risk a nuclear war. If they weren’t afraid of that they would’ve sent troops already.
Zero proof of North Korean troops in Russia's west. The video they keep using of "North Korean" troops gathering gear (8:55) are Laos soldiers participating in the LAROS 2024 joint military exercise of Russia and Laos in September 2024.
They are in Kursk,Kursk is Russia clowns
The thing is, Russia and North Korea have signed a defensive agreement, where one is come to the actual defense (boots on the ground) of the other in case of enemy attack. Ukranian troops are on Russian soil. Hence, its fair game. Ukraine, on the other hand, doesnt have any such agreement
Ukraine offering some type of compensation for the contributions from the US are interesting. It sounds like changing things from "donations" to something more like "Lend/Lease".
Great video as always. Hoping Trump puts a peaceful end to this madness. Thanks for keeping us updated man🤙🏾
@@sealofakatosh 😂🤣 Putin doesn’t give a f*** about Trump
@@andrewm.9066 poopin pootin will bend the knee u commie
@@andrewm.9066 Putin was aggressive against Ukraine both under Obama and under Biden. But didn't move an inch under Trump. Who do you think you are fooling here?
@@friedrichrubinstein Oh, please. Putin was waiting until after the election. He wanted Trump to win, so he waited. When Trump didn't win, he had no reason to wait anymore. He would have entered Ukraine regardless of who won, but with Trump it would have been much easier for him.
@@GeoEstes That doesn't even make sense. Trump was president at that time, why would Putin wait until after the election if it was easier under Trump? If it was easier under Trump Putin had invaded BEFORE the election when Trump WAS president instead of risking that Trump was _not_ president anymore. What a logically incoherent argument.
second!!! lets go preston a 25 min banger i bet
Basically either Ukraine becomes a client state to Russia or becomes one of the United States 🤷
It could become part of the EU or NATO.
is already a client state of US since 2014
@@jojobeans64 How so? Ukraine has made it clear it doesn't want to be part of Russia, but it would be impractical to be part of the US. Attaching itself to Europe makes the most sense for all parties.
For the next 2 months each side will be racing to hold/grab more land to better position themselves for an obvious negotiation. Sadly, we can expect some of the worst casualties in that time. There’s no way the United States can provide military aid for a war that un-winnable. It’s time this ends and if Ukraine doesn’t want to let them ask Germany for some cash and France for weapons
I don’t know how anyone at this point believes Ukraine can win. Ukraine has had almost a third of its population leave/become casualties of this war. They lost a large margin of their industrial sectors in the east to the russians, etc. It’s unfortunate how much things change in just 2 years, they will never be the same.
Of course Ukraine can win, Russian Troll. How could Afghanistan win, how could Vietnam? Ukraine is doing better each day. They should have lost 2 years ago, yet here we are.
@ lol delusional is real with you people. Why aren’t you fighting on the frontlines instead of being a keyboard warrior goofy lil boy
As Kogline said, many nations have suffered far worse. Ukraine will be devastated by the aftermath, but the only thing you can do after a war is recover, clean up, and move on. Vietnam suffered through horrendous economic times during the 80s. My family lived through such a time, and even after the horrible wars (multiple more conflicts happened after the Americans left), Vietnam found its footing and pulled itself back up.
@@MrKoglinewhat makes him a Russian troll? He’s speaking facts.
@@MrKogline lol another internet gangster that can’t take criticism pathetic tbh. Calling me a Russian troll when I’m American my dude shows your lack of intelligence just pure ignorance with you.
Seriousness aside, at 21:01 it took me a solid 15 seconds to realize that Russian Soldier's patch didn't say "Snickers"
I do wonder about the losses, losses that in absolutely no way can be proven and that are completely illogical.
Would like to se you make a video we’re you brake down all the losses, with facts and logic, not from Ukraine sources or some other pro anything spokesperson.
If Ukraine have all this shortage of manpower, and no soldiers have been able to leave the army during this war, we’re are all the troops?
They have mobilised, and they had an initial large army, we’re are they?
More then a million men in arms.
Ukraine said that 31 000 have died, how can they have issues manning the trenchers when Russia have lost over 700 000 dead and 2.2 million wounded according to Ukraine?
If you want to know the truth, listen to Prigozhin.
In days of Bachmut offensive he said that both sides suffered about 900 loses dead and wounded every day. The wounded/dead ratio is about 2/1.
You can calculate by yourself now.
I think the Russians, at the very least have 700,000 casualties (not to be confused with deaths).
Casualties being injured and dead.
According to google for every one infantry there’s 2-5 support personnel. (At least for the US Army) I’m sure most militaries have similar ratios. Also as far as I know Ukraine hasn’t published official casualties.
@mikes989
Progozhin has always been a very strict and honest guy, he spoke the truth even when it was sharp and not in his profit.
Anyway his figure had always seemed quite realistic, he never told like "we have 1 k casualties, they have 100 k".
No more wars too many people have died already
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched surprise assault on the city of Kupyansk on the northern Donbass frontlines. As a result of successful offensive operations, Russian forces broke through Ukrainian defense and gained a foothold in the city. According to both Russian and Ukrainian military sources, the first Russian attack was launched on the evening of November 13th. Two Russian assault groups on armored vehicles moved from their military positions in the area of Liman Pervy toward Kupyansk. According to the Ukrainian military, the first Russian assault group included 2 MT-LB armored vehicles, an infantry fighting vehicle and a tank. Ukrainian soldiers could not reveal the number of vehicles in the second assault group because it entered the battle late in the evening. As a result of the surprise assault, Russian tank and at least one of the MT-LB armored vehicles from the first group broke through Ukrainian defense, entered the city and passed along Svatovska street. On Nekrasova street it came under Ukrainian fire but it was too late because about 15 Russian stormtroopers already attacked Ukrainian positions in the city and captured Ukrainian strongholds in the buildings. Their positions were soon reinforced by other soldiers.
Ukrainian media shared the footage of the battles on the city outskirts.
After the first day of urban battles, Russian stormtroopers supported by armored vehicles gained a bridgehead in the city. The first line of Ukrainian defense was destroyed, and the Ukrainian command is forced to urgently send reinforcement to stop Russian advance in the city, including additional forces from the villages nearby that were thrown into the battle for Kupyansk.
The Ukrainian military were surprised by unexpected Russian assault and are forced to repel the attacks by cannon fodder. Heavy battles are ongoing on the outskirts.
According to Russian reports from the battlefield, the reserve units thrown into battles in Kupyansk are not trained and mainly include soldiers taken from hospitals and men captured on the streets. As a result, Ukrainian forces are suffering heavy losses threatened by the upcoming reinforcement of the Russian group in the city.
If Russian forces manage to save control of the captured positions and expand their bridgehead in the city, the Ukrainian garrison deployed on the left bank of the Oskol River will face heavy supply problems, since earlier the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took control of the village of Kolesnikovka and cut Ukrainian supply road to Borovaya.
The villages of Grigorovka and Petrovka near Selidovo came under the control of the Russian Army.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky may be fired, and deputies will use Maryana Bezuglaya to test the mood in society, - General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Krivonos
According to the former deputy commander of the Special Operations Forces, “It is Maryana Bezuglaya who is the specific trigger that determines all the existing problems.”
Krivonos believes that Bezuglaya is being used by the authorities to shift the blame for all failures onto the Ukrainian military.
If land for peace was not an option for Israel, why should it be for Ukraine? The world at large supported Israel on this issue. And so it should support Ukraine in it battle to maintain it sovereignty, national borders, and the freedom of its people and the security of its children going to bed to school without fear.
No shortage of artillery but guns so depleted /destroyed they can't fire off the shells in great numbers? Lack of drone penetration to spot for strikes?
No. It is the Czech initiative being completed. As well as domestic production being exponentially increased.
@@FreeRojava2025 Well the Russians are often seen advancing with no shelling and some villages and entire large towns are now being captured with little or no shell damage. Shelling has reduced and i don't think it's because Ukraine suddenly has enough shells, guns, men to man them or means to spot for them.
The simultaneous Russian push across so many fronts may be motivated by the notion that Russia and Ukraine may be forced to the negotiating table by Trump, and are trying to create facts on the ground that will strengthen their negotiating position.
The 700k number for Russian losses seems impossible. They will be out of fighting units if that were the case.
I think real losses of both sides will not be known for some time even after the war ends.
Remember that includes wounded, many of those would have been sent back into the fight
Why so? The soviet losses where millions, if it wasn’t for the US lend lease the Soviet Union would have been complete invaded by Hitler.
And I remind you that the Russian economy is on the brink of collapse.
Wrong, it’s been proven since the start of the war, if you had any basic knowledge or common sense, you could guess that Russian deaths are very high if you knew anything about the military
Moving authorized war material from Conus to Ukraine doesn't necessarily create a gap in resources when Trump takes office if the usage rate stays the same. There will be time to assess Ukraine's progress and shape US policy going forward.
Here’s my theory Trump’s gonna try to make a deal. Ukraine will have to accept because they have no choice Russia will reject the deal……
Trump will take this very personally limits will be removed from Ukrainian weapons along with the doubling of support
Exactly what I think
I don't see there being a gap in resources considering how much is likely to be sent. I would expect Ukraine to try and stretch all that aid out until Trump makes a decision. If he decides to support them then maybe they go HAM with the massive stockpile they will soon be handed. If decides not to they will likely use it more sparingly as they will then have to rely solely on Europe for aid.
Slava Ukraini.
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Thanks, hope US can do what Sweden did send material that is useful for Ukrain but more or less outdated in our army. I do believe that US have material that is outdated for its army but useful for Ukrain. Cheaper then scrapping it.
4 years too late
The US has been doing that since 2022 with a halt in 2023 because the Pro Putin wing of the Republican Party blocked the aid for 6-8 months
16:40 dont talk bullshit give the proof of it
WOW!
Dara Massicot overlooked some key factors.
She said that Ukraine basically has enough weapons. Ukraine is missing key weapons without restrictions, that would be a significant problem for Russia. The lack of these key weapons, without restrictions on their use, over the last 2 to 3 years has caused tremendous, unnecessary atrophy to the AFU.
She says that Ukraine's biggest shortage is infantry. While Russia's lines of communication back into Russia and its Military-industrial complex in Russia have been off limits, how would Ukraine ever have enough infantry? Even if Ukraine's population were larger than Russia's it still wouldn't be enough under these imposed circumstances.
Most of Russia's progress this year has been enabled by it's liberal use of glide bombs and missiles dropped from aircraft. Ukraine needs the weapons to shoot down those aircraft, it's not an infantry issue.
Her perspective seems to be that of someone who wants to blame Ukraine rather than find solutions.
When we get directly involved we'll do everything that we wouldn't let Ukraine do.
I'm ashamed of how the US has been playing this war.
The US has already ceded the nation. It was never about help, only about money and war.
None will let Ukraine strike inside Russia if there is a 0.1 % possiblity of triggering nuklear response.
Plus even without nuklear response, russians can mount up their sabotage campaigns inside Europe as a retaliation for anything.
This must have never happened initially, Russia will not lose.
This has become a war of attrition. Unless Ukraine is able to replace their losses, men, armor, or planes in a timely manner, it doesn't matter what fancy technology they get.
Without the men and materials to make another offensive they will be looking at slowly but surely losing ground to the Russians.
How dumb can you be? Do you know why Russia is not worried about any Russian territory lost? Cause all they have to do ones they have the Russian regions of Ukraine under control is to tell the west: you got 10 days to have Ukraine pull out of the region or we will utilized our constitutional right that’s well documented for last 80 years to use tactical nukes to defend the Russian homeland. And the wonderful thing about that is that they won’t have to “play chicken”. It gives them perfect excuse under UN charter to use nukes for self defense 😂
Also, you can see how the western media and UA-camr are dumb about what is happening with Kursk region and North Korean troops. It’s clear that they have a natural protection agreement and Putin has used the Kursk inversion to justify on “calling support” as it is Russian soil similar to NATO members agreement to protect each others if one is attacked. Has nothing to do with “desperation”
He can then utilize those troops to free up his troops and send them to Ukraine.
Ukraine is fighting to enslave Russian people on their own lan that they lived for 1000 years. You realy think there is a future where those people will let Kiev rule over them? Putin warned the west about it ever since 2014. He wasn’t bluffing and he won’t be when he makes the offer the west won’t be able to refuse: Nukes or Ukraine, have at it.😂
Can’t wait for Trump to just leave Europe and Ukraine to their own demise. West Europe chooses to terrorize their own citizens by letting millions of criminals into their countries. They not helping Ukraine cause of good will. They want to enslave Ukraine people for next 100 years. It’s all about the money in the west. I’m sure western companies are all ready drawing plans on who gets what peace of Ukraine. I say let the west Europe send their own solders to die for it.
Why would freezing the lines or delaying NATO invitation work for stopping the war? Doesn't seem like anything that would work for Russia.
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NAFO is a bunch of fudd LARPers. That coming from a Ukrainian.
Bluey in the background!
As a Russian I fukken love Americans. "Geran-2 drone dorito shape", dude it is called triangle in your language, lol.
The fact russia has locked itself into no talks until Kursk territory is retaken, is a very interesting bit of info.
In 3 days on verification posts Russia in 3 days in kursk has lost or injured over 5k manpower