mainstream commentetors give the impression that the Kursk offensive is a " walk on the park " for the ukranian army.Far from true, the ukranians are taking a lot of casualties and they are losing many vehicles, tanks, etc,etc in this offensive
I am from Russia. Ukrainian troops entered the territory of the Kursk region, this is true. This was really unexpected for us. Here in Russia we discussed possible negotiations with Ukraine at the end of this year, we wanted an end. Ukraine also discussed the beginning of negotiations, which lulled our vigilance. After Ukraine's invasion of the Kursk region, none of us wants to negotiate with them! We will continue. Ukraine's temporary media victory in a region where there were practically no our troops, only conscripts on the border. It was easy to attack in this area. But in Donbas, where our troops are, we continue to win, the next cities to fall are Toretsk and Pokrovsk. The lying media will not tell you about this. Also in the Kursk region, the Ukrainians have been stopped, now they are slowly being destroyed. Now in Russia, more and more people are voluntarily joining the military, meanwhile, in Ukraine, they are catching people on the streets and sending them to war. Find on youtube TCK in Ukraine.
So, you understand well what you've done to Ukraine for over 10 years, now that it's happening to you, prick. Is it any wonder the world hates russians now?
😂×93⁶⁴²!!!! you are COMPLETELY DISinformed(!!!!!) because your source is the only statal television, which is controlled by the SHITTY vladimir putin...!!!!!
@@chocolate_squiggleI don't hate Russia and neither does 75% of the world. You don't represent the world. BRICS alone makes up 50% of the globe. The global south supports Russia. Always has! Try travelling and living across 3 continents and you might get an idea how the world thinks. Only the west supports neo-Nazis in Ukraine. Africa, Asia (minus Japan & South Korea who are both US colonies) & South America don't support neo-Nazis.
Ukraine crossed into an area with minimal border defenses. Once the penetrated about 20 km's in they actually hit the first line of defense and that is where they are. They are able to sideways, but unable to penetrate any deeper.
@@HelloHiHowAreYou18493geez, that's really a good one 😂😂😂 I can draw you a map of Neverland as well 🙄 Uktops aren't taking any ground. They're driving around through a scarcely populated area and taking selfies in front of village's name plates. The fact they took a selfie somewhere certainly doesn't mean they control everything up to that point on the map.
@@djape1977 as I said, look at any OSINT map. Not sure why you think it isn’t real, they’re backed up by sources with every update they make depending on which map you use; you don’t know what you’re talking about, stop speaking. Also, it isn’t them taking “selfies”, the updates are backed up by pro-Russian mil bloggers and video evidence.
Ukraine can't fight Russia symmetrically they learnt this lesson in Bakhmut, that's why sending more men to the east is a bad idea. Putting more men in tree lines and defensive postions will only cause more casulties considering Russia has a plethora of firepower it uses to flatten a postion before launching a meat assualt. A fighting retreat is the only sensible approach. Sending troops were the enemy isn't is sensible as it's engaging in asymmetrical warfare, it's creating a dilmea not a problem for the Russian military either send Profesional troops to guard the border or be prepared to lose it. If the east was that desperate, these units would of been sent there, so it's clear there is a plan and losing territory in the east is of no big concern.
@@timverrecchia1654 I don't know your source but the situation is more than desperate for Ukraine. The writing is on the wall and they know it, that's why they're trying to escalate the war, especially before Trump comes to power. This tactically suicidal operation in which their best units are thrown, is out of pure desperation. But this offensive has already bogged down, except some probing attacks here and there and the Ukrainians lack the manpower and equipment to hold the gained ground. And the Russians keep sending more and more new troops without redirecting old one's from the front and they'll keep pushing them all the way to Kharkov. Since Ukraine's best trained troops and big part of the western armour is in Russia they're getting hammered and are loosing more and more ground on the heavily fortified front.
@@Robert-rw5lm Besides this, what are they eating and drinking in the fields and forests? Most of them hiding without any provision. It's about 10km from one village to another, and nothing, zero in between. It's end of August, the temperature is going down to 0...
Ukraine was only able to enter Kursk and gain ground quickly because it was lightly guarded. The reality is, those Ukrainian soldiers will not be coming back out. They dont have reinforcements, no more weapon supplies. It's aone way ticket. These ukrainian soldiers were gathered from various areas of the frontlines thinking it will force Russa to move forces too, but it did not. So now Russia holds the whole Donetsk region. The Kursk region is a vast territory, currently Ukraine only gained 3% of that region
lol, this is the funniest crap i have ever heard. You need to worry about the Russians. Ukraine has bunch of men and equipment in that area. the New York times reported, there are almost 300 Russian troops encircled over there.
@@yahnglee2027 300 russian troops encircled? Where? How much has the russian army on soldiers? Hmm? New York Times just write what Kiew is saying - and most of the part it is a lie. Kurst is a death trap for ukranian fighters. The Ukraine lost so much armored vehicles, tanks and and and (2 patriot radar stations + 5 batteries + 1 Iris-T). They lost so many troops and equipment ..... and are trapped right now - because the only way in and out is under russian view. A death road. Even some may pass, many got destroyed on their way for support. Therefore the Ukranians let their wounded dying on the field - because they lack of many things.
Okay.. Another US channels where 5 service of fsb active again.... Goddammit. Or which cabinet is dealing with US. I wonder if they have learned how to make ai work directly with comments on UA-cam or if it is still only on Twitter and Facebook.
Thats not how wars are faught. An won even when cross bows where king. Unless your the taliban. That a millitery that doesnt know what its doing@cefb8923
Russian government has always been concentrating on grinding enemy forces, not holding the land at all costs. Once the enemy reserves are grinded, the territories will be returned. And then a good chance for the further push forward opens... Mariupol, Bakhmut, Avdeevka, etc.. The same story again and again.
I’ve read analyses which indicate that Ukraine is just pushing until they meet resistance. And then push in other directions. If this is true then this is probably why this happened. Ukraine just wants to meet enemy forces, and so they do not have time to move slowly into an area hunting down any possible enemy positions.
People need to switch to topographic map, then will realized how Ukraine with mobile units manage to go fast and bypass any obstacle and move forward. But now its will be difficulty because Ukraine all ready take low grounds, and mobile units can go of roads, now its going high grounds where Mobile units can not go of roads and need to use roads if they want to go much north or in Kursk town direction, and they are in danger to fall into ambushes if Russians block roads.
I finished up corn harvest on a pretty steep and miserable sidehill in icy snowy conditions a few years back in my combine and was feeling pretty big and bad, and one of my wife's customer/friends (who gave us free firewood because we were a new family of 4 and they are just awesome like that and actually it helped him too because he had more lumber than he knew what to do with) who was of Colombian birth and properly Americanized made a remark that I had the closest taste to what he went through as a lad on much steeper and treacherous terrain, on equipment with far fewer safety features. "You could _feel_ the Devil himself biting your ahhsole!" .... 🥶
Ukrainian PoWs in Kursk were not told any real goal for their attacks.. one main target was apparently the Kursk NPP to use it as bargain for Zaporozhia NPP.. but mostly they said just to move into Kursk as much as possible and do pictures and videos for PR but nothing else.
Lol where you got this from? Kursk region now is buffer zone, that is why this opperation happened. Ukrainians know very well why they are there. Otherwise russia would start operation in Sumy just like in Kharkiv.
I agree all these are just for PR, taking "victorious" fight, but not telling anymore how these Ukrainian soldiers are being killed now or got captured.
@@mickeysimon3789To considerate it as a buffer zone you need to establish a stable force, with solid and confident supplying lines. This is another Zekensk and NATOi BS.
@@AlfaOmega-mz7hw Exactly. A buffer zone would be similar to what Russia has done with the newly incorporated regions of what is now Southwest Russia; formerly Eastern Ukraine, massive military presence with logistics capable of supplying ammunition, food, medics and also defensive fortifications. Ukraine has nothing of this in Kersk. All Ukraine has are an outstretched force that is scattered throughout a land mass without any air support and logistics, let alone medical evacuation capabilities for the dead and wounded. Kersk is a graveyard for Ukraine.
@@mickeysimon3789 you do know the AFU are losing control of the Donbass more so over the summer as they have been overwhelmed by Russian ability to control the skies and deliver Artillery all day everyday. Why any of this is funny to you proves you are a Russia phob we European citizens do not agree with our governments support for the regime in Kiev and hope zelensky is arrested for crimes against civilian Russian Ukrainians and then his own citizens who he has sent to death in the meat grinder
You speak of the electronic warfare aspect of warfare and how crazy it is. I was watching a segment from the Russian frontline the other day. It's was shot in a secret command centre. In the room were three higher-ranking soldiers, two of whom were seated at a long table upon which were laptops and cell phones - various gadgets - and in front of them were two large monitors displaying drone camera footage taken high above a grove of threes in which Ukrainian artillery, infantry and a few vehicles were hiding. What was crazy was that one of these two guys in the command centre had a radio in his hand and was calmly speaking over it to someone on the line who was obviously in command of troops engaging these target in the trees, and it was like watching a guy play one of the highest-stakes voice-operated video games in the world. The guy on the line would radio in and submit what sounded like a request of sorts, and the soldier watching the monitor from the table would tell him to fire. Then the three in the room would watch the monitors for the results. As a non-military guy, I didn't know what I was looking at on the monitors, but then would come the blasts and the black smoke indicating burning fuel. It's a lot easier to see those guns and vehicles when there's smoke rising out of them. It just blew my mind how detached it all seemed in that room. It really was like watching people play a war game on those monitors, albeit a pretty slow one, though I doubt it was slow for the guys being shelled, or the guys doing the shelling. I know some people are into this "forever wars" thing. Others just see it as a sort of immutable reality that has to be gotten used to and/or or suffered. Personally, I wish the treaty that was signed before Boris Johnson intervened on the behalf of his sponsors had stuck. It would mean the world to me to see this thing brought to an end in a signed peace before I die, and I'd rather die of old age or at best, rescuing a baby from a burning house, than because of nuclear fallout. Every Russian citizen I've heard interviewed on the subject seems to feel the same way, that peace would've been so easy, and that this is all just a terrible shame. This video was cool. The information was presented very responsibly. There were a few bits of footage that gave away the identities of some of the soldiers in that vehicle, which isn't really the way things are supposed to be done, but I don't know who's to shoulder the blame for that. I liked it. Thank you.
@@SincereSentinel You're absolutely right. It was a real eye-opener for me. I'm not saying I understood how war was fought before drones and satellites and high-res video feeds - I'm sure more traditional aspects of combat would amaze me as well - but what I saw there just seemed so... detached I suppose is an okay word. It was like office work. Ugh, war.
The Russian and Ukrainian Marines are comparable to the US Army Rangers. They are significantly more well trained and equipped than the majority of any other force.
oh no))) 1200 square kilometers))) They hide in the forests and scurry around in small groups; they cannot even gain a foothold anywhere and create a line of defense. If in the first days they simply drove along beautiful roads as far as possible and took photos, it does not mean that they control this territory)
It would also be safer to call in danger close artillery if your people were in trenches or bunkers than if they were in open. The same can apply to vehicles as well. It is possible they also don't want to risk damaging those either.
While VDV is more known in the West, Russian Marine Corps are hard as nails. They lead the charge on Mariupol, encircled and crushed elite Ukr brigades like they were nothing. In a month it was all over 😮 Definitely one of the most combat proven units.
literally the opposite of the VDV, the VDV was widely known and feared up until the invasion. now they're known as fools, while the marines weren't as known, and have proven themselves in the invasion as a very capable and effective force.
Сер, американцев в Курской убили достаточно, не считая поляков и прочих туристов. Их в плен не берут . Хуситы русскими ракетами в Красном море сломали авианосец U.S. Washington. Русское оружие будет убивать американцев по всему миру, по счетам всегда приходится платить !
@@AboveandBeyondAviation1 maybe you should interview people who are experts on this topic for decades like Prof meersheimer and colonel Douglas MacGregor. Keep an open mind.
It makes sense, when the western countries want to go out of the trap they laid withoug losing their face. It was NATO who suggested and send them there. It will shorten the war ..... Ukraine lose, West blames Selensky or Sirski .... Game over.
Нападение на Россию это самое глупое что можно было придумать. Любую ядерную державу по умолчанию невозможно победить Нападение на Курск приближает ядерную войну, а ядерная война, это третья мировая война. Европейцы и американцы, которые поддерживают нападение Украины на Курск не понимают, что тем создают себе вероятность падения ядерных ракет себе на голову. И запомните, России не нужен мир в котором нет России.
Why are you, russian bot writing here in your ugly language? Go and kiss putin's ass. Your nuclear weapon is a joke, by the way. Poopin is not allowed to use it, winnie forbade him to do that.
классика ядерного сдерживая, в начале пойдёт пехота, потом техника, авиации и корабли, как только ситуация станет критичная, пойдёт ЯО. но до него ещё далеко. яо если и применят это будет крайняя мера.
@@lt1310 да, но и агрессия против России с помощью обычного оружия, когда под угрозу поставлено существование государства является основанием для применения ЯО.
I agree but I really don’t like the tactic of using information from Russian propagandists and ignoring Ukrainian journalists who have good information
Ukraine isn’t a democracy. If it was, then Ukrainians would have been protesting against forcibly recruiting people who don’t want to fight. Ukraine is a dictatorship.
Ukraine is suffering large loses of men and armor no matter how much people in the comments section like to think otherwise. Caught in prepared fire sacks by mobile DRG's , Russian Aviation and Drones hunt small groups in the open step lands far away from any Logistic supplies. Go to various other channels if you don't believe it. Whilst the entire 1,300 km Front in Donbas is collapsing. The entire Kursk operation hasn't forced Russian transfers but has stripped Ukrainian soldiers from the Donbas and accelerated the last dwindling supply of Ukraine's most trained and motivated soldiers.
Uh, yea but the war has been found in heavily fortified cities and trenches that have been building defenses for a decade. This is just a rural village. They are getting smashed hard. This doesn't seem sustainable and will probably not be there in a month or two.
Starting to get interesting on the Kursk front. That area where the Russian 810 marines were operating looked like the area where the Ukrainians blew bridges over the Seym river and trapped the Russians on the wrong side of the river.
no russians are not trapped ....ukraine ato is trapped with this pr stunt that will become a suiside mission and at the same time ukraine is losing in the donbas frontline
Genuine question: Do you think these are Russian troops on a "last stand"/ fighting retreat or are they specialised troops trying to contain the Ukrainian push through delaying tactics ? Thanks.
@@SamuelWandaroI’m pretty sure they’re troops moved there to contain. The marines were the first group redirected to deal with the incursion. They’ve also been building bridges for river crossings in light of the bridges being hit. That’s not something you do if you’re on a last stand, it’s something you do when you’re trying to push more troops through an area.
The 810th is the ”evil twin” of the Ukrainian 36th Marines, since it was formed mainly from Ukrainian marines defecting during the invasion of Crimea (the marines not defecting eventually formed the 36th). Many of which are still serving, ten years later. The two faced eachother at Ilich steel works, a larger plant than Azovstal in Mariupol just North of it. And at Azovstal when the remnants of the 36th managed to fall back to it and join the Azov Regiment there.
@@mitchyoung93 There were probably a decent proportion who were ethnically Russian that defected (this is a more neutral term), which is understandable.
@@GoogleAreEnemyCombatants So? If a group started a civil war in the DPRK tomorrow, they would be committing treason. Does that mean you would be against them?
It's kinda funny, how's a 810th marines are being "evil twins". And 36th is "the real legacy holders". I can understand that you are started to get interested about this conflict and all those complicated history stuff pretty recently, but cmon, browse more then one article on new york times before you make a comment.
I wonder why the Ukrainian took this risk? The list to men material doesn’t seem like it’ll be worth it. I get it’s most likely some sort of distraction. But will it be worth it in the long run? I guess we will have to just wait and see
Off course no one gave a public statement, but likely there are multiple causes. First is that this operation was a serious blow inflicting many more casualties than reviving due to the surprise. Second, is distraction of the enemy from their main offensive down in Donbas. Third is bringing the war to the aggressors soil. When the fighting takes place in Ukraine Ukrainian city’s are being destroyed, this is the way to avoid that, and what’s more important to avoid Ukrainian civilian casualties. Maybe it is something else, but those three make most sense.
Thanks Preston and team! Your updates are welcomed. Id be curious to know how you think this will all play out, the counter offensive, the Crimea bridge etc
By the way, that didn't come to my mind, good question. I mean not just about the area to the South of Seym River but about the whole operation of Ukraine in Kursk. We didn't see much trophies shown by Ukraine (which they regularly does as they have a chance), so likely they didn't face much resistance, they didn't have that successful battles that they tells us nowadays. This also tells a lot about the situation and its perspective.
@@olegrudkovskyi7616 Just because they didn't broadcast it didn't mean they weren't winning fights. Remember, it took them a few days to even openly admit they were in Russia, even though we already knew from TicTok and UA-cam. Maybe the Ukrainians are finally starting to learn what OpSec is and stop talking so much about operations literally AS they are happening. Nothing quite like telling the enemy on live TV what your plan is in real-time.
@@lalzgarra9493 Nothing important on Kursk except Putin's pride, a very important point being made, and a strategic dilemma for Moscow. Tell us you don't know much about warfare without actually telling us.
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@@PrestonStewart You are a solid voice. In general you do not let your biases or beliefs interfere with your reporting. Everyone has a bias perspective. You manage to keep yours to a minimum. And that is a big plus. You very rarely speculate. When you do you say you are doing it. You are covering aspects of conflicts worldwide that the US based MSM has put on the back burner for covering election season. Of which I can not listen to who is up or down in the polls everyday. Especially when all the values up or down for either candidate are with in the margin of error. However they have to jack their jaws to fill airtime. The only poll that really matters happens in November.
And no one's saying that Ukraine is losing fortified settlements daily in the Pokrovsk direction. Even Toretsk near Kramatorsk will fall in a matter of weeks or days.
There was a speculation by ukranians that if their drones got tangled in EW, those positions where poorly defended. That assumption was particularly true until few days ago, hence the rapid advance. Russians had their teritorial defence forces and border patrols stationed in the area, but those forces were never even near a combat zone and had no combined warfare experience. Due to the nature of this war, they couldn't deploy large amounts of regular army to Kursk in one go, they tried and got clapped hard. So now they infiltrate the area with smaller groups and do what he explained in the video. It's still a mistake by the Russians to let ukraine go this far and they know it, so now we see the damage controll and stabilisation, before the attritional grinding of AFU starts. Area was evacuated of civilians. They don't particularly care about the occupied land if ukraine keeps sending troops in they will trade some land and retreat to keep own losses low, and meanwhile prepare the lines to destroy anything that enters the area. I have to give ukranians a medal for bravery and kudos on the fast offensive, but the slower they go forward, they should realise the fact that they need to stabilise the advance and let Russians try to break their defences and/or tacticaly retreat when necessary so they don't lose so much equipment and manpower.
@@CynthiaRoberts-ii1tl sounds like youre already imagining things; Ukrainians are fighting for their home country, trying to push out the invaders, not fighting on behalf of anyone else.
Successful ambushes are common during an exploitation phase when units are running willy nilly to gain undefended spaces and objectives. The Russian Marines just caught a light UA recon force in exploitation phase with its guard down, nothing special, the UA will tactically adjust now that they have determined the Russians MLR.
What’s the Ukraine objective? This seems to be more of a maneuver warfare to nowhere instead of some clearly planned objectives . They push where they can in every direction they can without clear goals
Yeah I notice both sides do it. Both will jump up and down about destroying a single tank, or ambush one column. So weird seeing both sides do desperately try to convince themselves they're winning.
@@user-cc3pi3ir2y you are judging against previous Russian assaults. But these have to be scattered, they're attacking into fortifications and massed artillery. You saw the damage when they used big numbers attacking Avdiivka! As a counter example of even larger units brought together. This is different. There are no fortified lines, and these are mostly light vehicles. The number can be greater when they are just running down roads. I'm sure the average size will dwindle if Russian firepower further improves in the sector.
Theres a massive difference I’m noticing between the pictures of these ambushed convoys theres a distinct lack of blood and viscera that accompanies ambushed russian convoys making me think that the crews probably escaped after being fired on. Lots of destroyed and damaged vehicles but the crew relatively unharmed.
You can see dead bodies in the video. one example is @8:48 is blurred. Not everything goes well or according to plan in war. Please try to have a level and non bias analysis of video evidence.
@@QuisUtDeus828 he isnt fighting in a trench. Its a youtube commentary you are trying to mock of lack in navy seal skills. lmfao It does matter. I think Ukraine would prefer to fight russian best IN russia instead of IN ukraine.
Marines are basically Naval Infantry. But yea you right but take note that most people watching this are Westerners so he's using terms that are equivalent to Marines to make it easier for the viewers to understand
Somebody has an opinion about some clearly ragebait comment and you called it of as just a vatnik ? You seem brainwashed, take a snickerbar 🍫@@bivvystridents3752
While this is interesting, I no longer take anything from Russian with a grain of salt, but an entire silo. Of course, Ukraine is not some magical source of truth either, but at the very least they have plenty of prisoners that can be verified and require actual activity to obtain. This war is best understood in post.
while the whole world was laughing, Putin silently allowed the maximum amount of Ukrainian manpower to enter the meat grinder. How convenient it is when your military strength does not depend on international PR
Unbiased analysis! Good job... As you said, it's hard to extrapolate one experience to all the great scheme of this battle, bit you make good points and show some limitations of Ukraine's offensive.
This is really useful commentary - well-informed and balanced. That's why I subscribe here and not to some of the politically-driven channels and often just speculate wildly.
@@MengzisDisciple\Russian propaganda machine.\ Where did you see it? I want to see. According to Ukrainian speaker Vlaschenko - "FB and YT provide us with unprecedented support at the administrative level" (c) this means groundlessly deleting Russian sources and promoting Ukrainian ones with all their might
It’s not funny it’s because it a big empty space and the shape of the border means they can likely capture a lot of unoccupied land with the least resistance. The purpose is of oírse to barter the 1000 kms of Russian land for say 10,000 kms of Ukrainian land. Not a great idea as Putin wouldn’t agree to that as it’s just a sign of weakness.
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Kots also interviewed a Chechen Ahkmet officer who said his men were not taking prisoners in Kursk. They were killing all the “Ukrainian bastards” they captured. Which is standard for many Russian units throughout the war. This interview was on Russian Media Monitor last week on Olga’s tv show.
Saw the Aftermath of another one of these on twitter, there were half a dozen fuel trucks some taken out others apparently abandoned, logistics could be a big problem for the Ukrainians
Thank you for the objective analysis, habibi Subscribed! Not subscribed to times radio - but always enjoying the comedy shows that the al gore rhythms send me. I love to watch times radio etc and then Danny Haiphong, Dialogue Works etc - crazy times!
Ukrainian MP Maryana Bezugla: “Ukrainian Armed Forces units are being withdrawn from Donetsk Oblast, leaving entire strips of the front to their fate.” "Our units are being withdrawn from there, leaving entire strips of the front to the mercy of fate, ammunition is not being added, the Russians are passing through empty fortifications. In such circumstances, the occupation of Pokrovsk is a matter of the near future, and Toretsk is living out its last days. It looks as if we are giving up Donetsk region," she wrote. "Beyond Pokrovsk is the direct route to Pavlograd, where there are no fortifications at all, and then there is the Dnieper" When the Russians get to the Dnieper River it will be the End of the War
@@VladimirPutin-p3t the Russians are only a few kms from the outskirts of Pokrovsk already and elements of the scouts and recon teams could have got to the city in a few days that’s reality and on the maps and comments from neutral and pro and con commentators. So you right it’s not the end of the war but the loss of the city will be a blow it’s especially well defended as it’s a central logistics hub.
3:05 it's actually not so simple in Russia because a lot of people get tricked or bullied into signing contracts, including by cops who arrest people and give them an offer they can't really reject. Moreover there are two (or maybe even three depending how you look at it) categories of conscripts, and the one you're talking about here is the obligatory "military training" service thing, where they basically act as free labour for various projects on bases or for the officers (food delivery, shopping, construction crews on dachas etc.)
The guy at the start is nicknamed "BALU" not "BALI". I know that reading cyrillic can be difficult but try to learn it if you want to report this conflict more precisely.
How will Russia supply their remaining forces in the Kursk forces in the region? If Ukraine consolidates over the fall /winter with the bridges down Russia will need to build pontoon bridges or air drop supplies to keep their remaining forces supplied correct?
All of which are destroyed at the moment, this is a big issue for them honestly. Even more so because putin doesn't want to redirect troops from the east. @Spookiekoon69
I think I saw Scott Ritter or other one that I don't remember the name speaking of this. The river isn't that big that would make it difficult to make supplies go across and the pontoon bridges are easy to make and remake because of that, so it slows down, but doesn't negates the supply also, because Russians have less troops than Ukrainians there, the need for supplies is not that high. Meaning that a few trucks can supply a battalion for a while (plus their attacks and defensive perimeters make use of less ammo since they are defending low intensity attacks). Now, as for Ukraine holding this territory for more than a few weeks everyone doubts that. Especially with the number of hymars, amor vehicles and as batteries that they are losing. Plus the front in other areas is collapsing and fast, so there will be only so much that Ukraine can divert to reinforce the area.
The 810th Brigade is actually Russian marines al, the way from the Far East. They are supposed to be more capable, and it seems they are. Russiannmilitary is very diverse as far as capabilities
Contractors? Why not distinguish between conscipts and volunteers by calling the volunteers "volunteers". The USA has had an all volunteer force for about four decades. No one calls the US military a "contractor" force. In the US context "Contractors" refers to mercenaries, like Blackwater or the Wagner Group. Just call them volunteers.
The Russians refer to their volunteers as contract soldiers as they have signed contracts to serve. Yes, we would call them regulars or volunteers. Volunteer soldiers tend to fight harder and are usually far more effective than conscripts. We in the west use the term "contractors" to unsubtly mask the fact that such troops are mercenaries. The Russians don't care about international bans on mercenaries, and openly call their mercenaries, which is what they are.
Ukraine does have the advantage that they have blown the bridges along the river and that pocket to the west of where the initial advance will be very difficult for the Russians to resupply. It will also be very hard for them to pull any equipment they have there back to the North. Part of the aim for Ukraine was to pull decent Russian units away from the East and Kharkiv so it looks like that has been somewhat successful.
It's war. Both sides are Biased. I've heard "Russia is running out of Tanks/Soldiers/Ammo/Artillery" every month since 2022. Then also heard "Human wave tactics" and "using shovels as weapons" a number of times too without any evidence. Take the info given by Russia, Take the info given by the West, and the truth is somewhere in the middle.
Absolutely, and Ukrainian war bloggers tend to be biased towards Ukraine. The goal is to sift through enough data from enough sources to be able to pick out the unique aspects that aren't obviously overblown in one direction or another.
1:15:33 Tesla’s action to clear out the supercharger team seems to be an important part of the process for keeping the team lean and thinking better. It’s brutal for those who are affected but the world is naturally brutal. At least the team has been rebuilt, with some old team members in certain positions, but it’s going to be a new frame of mind team.
I eagerly look forward to Mr Stewart’s videos. But I do believe that, on occasion, he makes the mistake often made by Americans. The west, and by extension what Ukraine is aspiring to do, is to not specifically lie. OpSec is important so if you don’t want to disseminate information for whatever reason, morale, operational etc you have a blackout. This isn’t a rule that’s always followed but it does mean that we tend to believe reports from our military and any doubts are that we’re not getting the full picture, rather than that we are being lied to. But as demonstrated by Russian equipment specifications which are largely aspirational, as opposed to the west’s usual underreporting of capabilities, Russian culture does not place a premium on the truth. You can never take a statement from them at face value. Now, I’m not saying there wasn’t a Ukrainian firefight they lost, that they were never ambushed. But there are several reports, supposedly in different areas, showing the same destroyed small column in accompanying images. And the lack of reporting about drones being a concern to them is highly suspicious. Maybe the Russians have pulled together a working EW system and all of a sudden drones aren’t working. The Ukrainians aren’t going to tell us that one of their primary advantages, the tactics and skills of their drone operators, has been neutralised. So it is possible. But assuming it’s true based on a propaganda report from a Russian milblogger is dangerous. Yes, I know some milbloggers have apparently been going off script and reporting losses. But I’d bet my left testicle that this isn’t a slip up, it isn’t a case of a security flaw. It’s going to be part of ‘the plan’. If it wasn’t, the milbloggers involved would have been shut up very quickly. It’s more likely the Kremlin wants to alarm their population just enough to not object too much to another partial mobilisation. Or at least, they are trying to setup the conditions if they decide they need to. I don’t go in for conspiracy theories as a rule, but Russians love conspiracies. They love intrigue and ‘tricking’ their adversaries. It’s a hangover from Mongol slave days. This is why they find the Brits more interesting WRT espionage, the Brits are pretty damn sneaky themselves and Russians respect that. Whereas Americans tend to be more open, more honest and rely on firepower, cash and numbers. That’s not a criticism, it works for you. But the Brits and the Russians have a long history of being sneaky with each other, it suits both their national characters well. I have noticed this charming and highly admirable attitude from a number of US reporters on Ukraine. Jake Broe and Ryan MacBeth for example. Although I can’t quite work out if Ryan is actually playing a game with his very American habit of taking people at their word and at face value. This is not a criticism by any means. There’s something in that character of optimism that has made the US the world’s greatest power while still, for the most part, remaining democratic. Consider me a concerned friend who doesn’t like seeing friends get taken by evil bastards who play on their good nature.
planning and actually doing an offensive maneuver is two very different things, war never goes as planned i just feel sorry for both sides, going in an ambush knowing that surviving especially if vehicle is damaged is almost slim to nun, it is a flat field, field with enemy soldiers, with drones, good optics, armored vehicles, also drones with bombs flying everywhere
@@Khronogi Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2021 *United States Department of State* • Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor UKRAINE 2021 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT "Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: unlawful or arbitrary killings, including extrajudicial killings by the government or its agents; torture and cases of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of detainees by law enforcement personnel; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary arrest or detention; serious problems with the independence of the judiciary; serious abuses in the Russia-led conflict in the Donbas, including physical abuses or punishment of civilians and members of armed groups held in detention facilities; serious restrictions on free expression and media, including violence or threats of violence against journalists, unjustified arrests or prosecutions of journalists, and censorship; serious restrictions on internet freedom refoulement of refugees to a country where they would face a threat to their life or freedom; serious acts of government corruption; lack of investigation of and accountability for gender-based violence; crimes, violence, or threats of violence motivated by anti-Semitism; crimes involving violence or threats of violence targeting persons with disabilities, members of ethnic minority groups, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or intersex persons; and the existence of the worst forms of child labor."
mainstream commentetors give the impression that the Kursk offensive is a " walk on the park " for the ukranian army.Far from true, the ukranians are taking a lot of casualties and they are losing many vehicles, tanks, etc,etc in this offensive
And Russia keeps pushing hard in the main fronts, Kursk is a bloody bluff.
😂 media is lying? 🤥
@@deathlarsen7502
👍🏻 AGREED 💯%
Yeah, but on bright side that kinda reporting suuuure is embarrassing for Putin. 😂 It makes him and his military look pathetic. 🤣
Accordng to Russian MOD
Invading Russia is not a problem. But coming out alive is!!! Which army has succeeded? Check the history.
Tako je!!!
Полностью согласен с данным утверждением.
People also thought Russia will end the war in couple weeks. Let me remind u it still going and now Ukraine is invading Russia.
Only the Mongols if I remember.
Intelligence Comment..
I am from Russia. Ukrainian troops entered the territory of the Kursk region, this is true. This was really unexpected for us. Here in Russia we discussed possible negotiations with Ukraine at the end of this year, we wanted an end. Ukraine also discussed the beginning of negotiations, which lulled our vigilance. After Ukraine's invasion of the Kursk region, none of us wants to negotiate with them! We will continue. Ukraine's temporary media victory in a region where there were practically no our troops, only conscripts on the border. It was easy to attack in this area. But in Donbas, where our troops are, we continue to win, the next cities to fall are Toretsk and Pokrovsk. The lying media will not tell you about this. Also in the Kursk region, the Ukrainians have been stopped, now they are slowly being destroyed. Now in Russia, more and more people are voluntarily joining the military, meanwhile, in Ukraine, they are catching people on the streets and sending them to war. Find on youtube TCK in Ukraine.
So, you understand well what you've done to Ukraine for over 10 years, now that it's happening to you, prick. Is it any wonder the world hates russians now?
Shut up, russians do NOT have you tube...!!
Plus: russians.........winning‽‽‽→go back to the caves………!!!
😂×93⁶⁴²!!!!
you are COMPLETELY DISinformed(!!!!!) because your source is the only statal television, which is controlled by the SHITTY vladimir putin...!!!!!
@@chocolate_squiggleI don't hate Russia and neither does 75% of the world. You don't represent the world. BRICS alone makes up 50% of the globe. The global south supports Russia. Always has! Try travelling and living across 3 continents and you might get an idea how the world thinks. Only the west supports neo-Nazis in Ukraine. Africa, Asia (minus Japan & South Korea who are both US colonies) & South America don't support neo-Nazis.
@@markiyanhapyak349Pipe down keyboard warrior😏 You wouldn't dare talk like that in public.
Ukraine crossed into an area with minimal border defenses. Once the penetrated about 20 km's in they actually hit the first line of defense and that is where they are. They are able to sideways, but unable to penetrate any deeper.
Don't speak fake
@@ottoabramishvili8375 he's correct, actually!!
@@ottoabramishvili8375 dont speak stupid
@@ramrod9556 they started digging in long before they faced resistance. So youre wrong
Surrender @@ottoabramishvili8375
This is much better than CNN which is so biased thanks
cnn is pure propaganda and lies
This one is also biased. His main starting argument is false. Ukros aren't taking any ground
@@djape1977they literally have took ground and are continuing to do so, look at an OSINT map.
@@HelloHiHowAreYou18493geez, that's really a good one 😂😂😂
I can draw you a map of Neverland as well 🙄
Uktops aren't taking any ground. They're driving around through a scarcely populated area and taking selfies in front of village's name plates. The fact they took a selfie somewhere certainly doesn't mean they control everything up to that point on the map.
@@djape1977 as I said, look at any OSINT map. Not sure why you think it isn’t real, they’re backed up by sources with every update they make depending on which map you use; you don’t know what you’re talking about, stop speaking.
Also, it isn’t them taking “selfies”, the updates are backed up by pro-Russian mil bloggers and video evidence.
The waste of man and armour in a useless PR stunt is mind boggling
Could it be that Ukraine just wants a bargaining chip for a peace deal?
Or is NATO just pushing the Brzezinski doctrine?
The Economict назвал Курскую операцию-дерзкой авантюрой рождённой отчаянием
Ukraine can't fight Russia symmetrically they learnt this lesson in Bakhmut, that's why sending more men to the east is a bad idea.
Putting more men in tree lines and defensive postions will only cause more casulties considering Russia has a plethora of firepower it uses to flatten a postion before launching a meat assualt.
A fighting retreat is the only sensible approach.
Sending troops were the enemy isn't is sensible as it's engaging in asymmetrical warfare, it's creating a dilmea not a problem for the Russian military either send Profesional troops to guard the border or be prepared to lose it.
If the east was that desperate, these units would of been sent there, so it's clear there is a plan and losing territory in the east is of no big concern.
@@timverrecchia1654 I don't know your source but the situation is more than desperate for Ukraine. The writing is on the wall and they know it, that's why they're trying to escalate the war, especially before Trump comes to power. This tactically suicidal operation in which their best units are thrown, is out of pure desperation. But this offensive has already bogged down, except some probing attacks here and there and the Ukrainians lack the manpower and equipment to hold the gained ground. And the Russians keep sending more and more new troops without redirecting old one's from the front and they'll keep pushing them all the way to Kharkov. Since Ukraine's best trained troops and big part of the western armour is in Russia they're getting hammered and are loosing more and more ground on the heavily fortified front.
@ra-ge my source is what Zelensky himself said, look it up.
Ukraine shows us, never ever choose comedian as a President
Рональд Рейган был актёром и радиоведущим. Был ли он плохим президентом?
@@slnkrnkHe was not a comedian.
@@ericg7781 хз, шутки про собак у него получались неплохие
Jo bided don’t no wot planet he’s on !
no its show you poor slave how u live in shit in shithole rusia
Ukraine going the offensive, means it also has to deal with all those weaknesses
@@Robert-rw5lm Besides this, what are they eating and drinking in the fields and forests? Most of them hiding without any provision.
It's about 10km from one village to another, and nothing, zero in between.
It's end of August, the temperature is going down to 0...
@@monaliza3334молодец соображаешь
@@monaliza3334classical russian trap. From Napoleon war
@@monaliza3334the temperature will remain high till October, but still without clean wather and food a soldier can't do much then surrender 😂😂😂
@@hukebein92 Russian logistics they are fucked X-D
Ukraine was only able to enter Kursk and gain ground quickly because it was lightly guarded. The reality is, those Ukrainian soldiers will not be coming back out. They dont have reinforcements, no more weapon supplies. It's aone way ticket. These ukrainian soldiers were gathered from various areas of the frontlines thinking it will force Russa to move forces too, but it did not. So now Russia holds the whole Donetsk region. The Kursk region is a vast territory, currently Ukraine only gained 3% of that region
lol, this is the funniest crap i have ever heard. You need to worry about the Russians. Ukraine has bunch of men and equipment in that area. the New York times reported, there are almost 300 Russian troops encircled over there.
@@yahnglee2027 lol. The only one you need to worry about is the ukrainians, who are defending Pokrovsk and Toretsk
@@yahnglee2027 300 russian troops encircled? Where? How much has the russian army on soldiers? Hmm? New York Times just write what Kiew is saying - and most of the part it is a lie. Kurst is a death trap for ukranian fighters. The Ukraine lost so much armored vehicles, tanks and and and (2 patriot radar stations + 5 batteries + 1 Iris-T). They lost so many troops and equipment ..... and are trapped right now - because the only way in and out is under russian view. A death road. Even some may pass, many got destroyed on their way for support. Therefore the Ukranians let their wounded dying on the field - because they lack of many things.
@@yahnglee2027 LOL, the mere mention of NY times mad me laugh hard 🤣
Why would ukrainians get out? They will just merge this land with ruski and poof ukraine is expanding hahahah
The tactic of wandering around until you successfully draw fire is kinda crazy
War is, indeed, crazy if you think about it. Killing and dying because a guy in a suit sitting 500km away told you to do so.
@@boogaloobomber9889true... Ukraine started to learn this lesson.
@@boogaloobomber9889 It's not really that crazy when it's been the same way since the beginning of time.
Okay.. Another US channels where 5 service of fsb active again.... Goddammit. Or which cabinet is dealing with US.
I wonder if they have learned how to make ai work directly with comments on UA-cam or if it is still only on Twitter and Facebook.
Thats not how wars are faught. An won even when cross bows where king. Unless your the taliban. That a millitery that doesnt know what its doing@cefb8923
Russian government has always been concentrating on grinding enemy forces, not holding the land at all costs. Once the enemy reserves are grinded, the territories will be returned. And then a good chance for the further push forward opens... Mariupol, Bakhmut, Avdeevka, etc.. The same story again and again.
Zelensky and us dont know these tactics they only know how to use planes😂
People who grew up on Call of Duty believe holding territory wins you victory points.
The RaZZian government is pretty much like a headless chicken since Zelensky destroyed Putler's dream of taking Kiev in 3 days...
Napoleon took Moscow.
Hitler took Minsk.
NATO took the Sudzha football field.
we-will-need-Video-Assistant-Referee-for-the-last-one.....seems-a-bit-OFFSIDE...:))))
Saturn VII needs to do the homework, UNLESS it's said in Sarcasm.
😂😂😂😂😂 nato loosers
NATO?
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I’ve read analyses which indicate that Ukraine is just pushing until they meet resistance. And then push in other directions.
If this is true then this is probably why this happened. Ukraine just wants to meet enemy forces, and so they do not have time to move slowly into an area hunting down any possible enemy positions.
People need to switch to topographic map, then will realized how Ukraine with mobile units manage to go fast and bypass any obstacle and move forward. But now its will be difficulty because Ukraine all ready take low grounds, and mobile units can go of roads, now its going high grounds where Mobile units can not go of roads and need to use roads if they want to go much north or in Kursk town direction, and they are in danger to fall into ambushes if Russians block roads.
This is called "maneuver warfare".
I finished up corn harvest on a pretty steep and miserable sidehill in icy snowy conditions a few years back in my combine and was feeling pretty big and bad, and one of my wife's customer/friends (who gave us free firewood because we were a new family of 4 and they are just awesome like that and actually it helped him too because he had more lumber than he knew what to do with) who was of Colombian birth and properly Americanized made a remark that I had the closest taste to what he went through as a lad on much steeper and treacherous terrain, on equipment with far fewer safety features. "You could _feel_ the Devil himself biting your ahhsole!"
.... 🥶
It's called "Advance to Contact"
Russia and Ukraine use similar tactics to be honest
Ukrainian PoWs in Kursk were not told any real goal for their attacks.. one main target was apparently the Kursk NPP to use it as bargain for Zaporozhia NPP.. but mostly they said just to move into Kursk as much as possible and do pictures and videos for PR but nothing else.
Lol where you got this from? Kursk region now is buffer zone, that is why this opperation happened. Ukrainians know very well why they are there. Otherwise russia would start operation in Sumy just like in Kharkiv.
I agree all these are just for PR, taking "victorious" fight, but not telling anymore how these Ukrainian soldiers are being killed now or got captured.
@@mickeysimon3789To considerate it as a buffer zone you need to establish a stable force, with solid and confident supplying lines.
This is another Zekensk and NATOi BS.
@@AlfaOmega-mz7hw Exactly. A buffer zone would be similar to what Russia has done with the newly incorporated regions of what is now Southwest Russia; formerly Eastern Ukraine, massive military presence with logistics capable of supplying ammunition, food, medics and also defensive fortifications. Ukraine has nothing of this in Kersk. All Ukraine has are an outstretched force that is scattered throughout a land mass without any air support and logistics, let alone medical evacuation capabilities for the dead and wounded. Kersk is a graveyard for Ukraine.
@@mickeysimon3789 you do know the AFU are losing control of the Donbass more so over the summer as they have been overwhelmed by Russian ability to control the skies and deliver Artillery all day everyday.
Why any of this is funny to you proves you are a Russia phob we European citizens do not agree with our governments support for the regime in Kiev and hope zelensky is arrested for crimes against civilian Russian Ukrainians and then his own citizens who he has sent to death in the meat grinder
You speak of the electronic warfare aspect of warfare and how crazy it is. I was watching a segment from the Russian frontline the other day. It's was shot in a secret command centre. In the room were three higher-ranking soldiers, two of whom were seated at a long table upon which were laptops and cell phones - various gadgets - and in front of them were two large monitors displaying drone camera footage taken high above a grove of threes in which Ukrainian artillery, infantry and a few vehicles were hiding. What was crazy was that one of these two guys in the command centre had a radio in his hand and was calmly speaking over it to someone on the line who was obviously in command of troops engaging these target in the trees, and it was like watching a guy play one of the highest-stakes voice-operated video games in the world. The guy on the line would radio in and submit what sounded like a request of sorts, and the soldier watching the monitor from the table would tell him to fire. Then the three in the room would watch the monitors for the results. As a non-military guy, I didn't know what I was looking at on the monitors, but then would come the blasts and the black smoke indicating burning fuel. It's a lot easier to see those guns and vehicles when there's smoke rising out of them.
It just blew my mind how detached it all seemed in that room. It really was like watching people play a war game on those monitors, albeit a pretty slow one, though I doubt it was slow for the guys being shelled, or the guys doing the shelling.
I know some people are into this "forever wars" thing. Others just see it as a sort of immutable reality that has to be gotten used to and/or or suffered. Personally, I wish the treaty that was signed before Boris Johnson intervened on the behalf of his sponsors had stuck. It would mean the world to me to see this thing brought to an end in a signed peace before I die, and I'd rather die of old age or at best, rescuing a baby from a burning house, than because of nuclear fallout.
Every Russian citizen I've heard interviewed on the subject seems to feel the same way, that peace would've been so easy, and that this is all just a terrible shame.
This video was cool. The information was presented very responsibly. There were a few bits of footage that gave away the identities of some of the soldiers in that vehicle, which isn't really the way things are supposed to be done, but I don't know who's to shoulder the blame for that. I liked it. Thank you.
Peace would have been easy? Not if Ukrainians give a shit about their geographical continuity.
The tit for tat proxy wars will continue
And there are people that still believe in the superpower of the Russians shovels, and the dishmachine chips.
NATO is being humiliated.
It sounds like you are referring to Patrick Lancaster recently, whilst reporting on the front lines in Ukraine from a 🇷🇺 command post.
@@SincereSentinel You're absolutely right. It was a real eye-opener for me. I'm not saying I understood how war was fought before drones and satellites and high-res video feeds - I'm sure more traditional aspects of combat would amaze me as well - but what I saw there just seemed so... detached I suppose is an okay word. It was like office work.
Ugh, war.
@@markwarrensprawson 🤝
Russian Marines are no joke and should not be underestimated.
They're Russians. Lousy looters and drunks.
As long as general doesn't criticise Russian army and go to jail
The Russian and Ukrainian Marines are comparable to the US Army Rangers. They are significantly more well trained and equipped than the majority of any other force.
They're Marines, of course lol.
@@subjectc7505 well in the US the opposite is true. They have a much smaller budget and only their SOF guys have the most advanced equipment available
oh no))) 1200 square kilometers)))
They hide in the forests and scurry around in small groups; they cannot even gain a foothold anywhere and create a line of defense.
If in the first days they simply drove along beautiful roads as far as possible and took photos, it does not mean that they control this territory)
Friendly advice: while using Suriakmaps I suggest turning off cities since all those dots clutter the screen.
@@jaxonl7810 cope
@@jaxonl7810
@@jaxonl7810bro u comment this under every video like wth are we supposed to do ? 😭 Like do u thinks Putin reads these comments?
Friendlier advice: maps are for orientation and cities are excellent for giving a sense of distance and direction.
@@jaxonl7810 yes, of course 😂😂😂😂
NATO go home! Leave Ukraine alone!
Russia go home leave Ukraine alone!
@@SuperJourneyer Russia already at home. Who came to RU for defending against UKies? Donbas. Do your homework
@@SuperJourneyer🙉
@@SuperJourneyer Educate yourself about the world before speaking. Too much propaganda by the media and gov't rots your brain.
@@SuperJourneyerrussians at home. Russians is a mix ukrainans×germans×polians×belorusians
It would also be safer to call in danger close artillery if your people were in trenches or bunkers than if they were in open. The same can apply to vehicles as well. It is possible they also don't want to risk damaging those either.
Very few trenches and bunkers in maneuver warfare.
@@ronaldfharring7326if any at all that are at least useful
No just no
Friendly fire, isn't.
@@ronaldfharring7326 This wouldn't be the first time a new army has thought itself too good for the shovel.
While VDV is more known in the West, Russian Marine Corps are hard as nails. They lead the charge on Mariupol, encircled and crushed elite Ukr brigades like they were nothing. In a month it was all over 😮 Definitely one of the most combat proven units.
literally the opposite of the VDV, the VDV was widely known and feared up until the invasion. now they're known as fools, while the marines weren't as known, and have proven themselves in the invasion as a very capable and effective force.
US is responsible for this mess
*jvvs
they are terrorists!
Сер, американцев в Курской убили достаточно, не считая поляков и прочих туристов. Их в плен не берут . Хуситы русскими ракетами в Красном море сломали авианосец U.S. Washington. Русское оружие будет убивать американцев по всему миру, по счетам всегда приходится платить !
putin is even a kid can tell that😅
@@AboveandBeyondAviation1 maybe you should interview people who are experts on this topic for decades like Prof meersheimer and colonel Douglas MacGregor. Keep an open mind.
Many armies have entered Russia. but not many armies have returned hone.
- Bismark
Especially the Muscovite "army"
True, large parts of the Russian army won't be returning home.
The orcs wont be returning home
@@agnelomascarenhas8990they're already in Russia. And hitler would disagree with you
@@agnelomascarenhas8990 brain damaged scum hahah pathetic biowaste are you a delusional or just a product of abortion ?
It makes absolutely no sense to go on the offensive, Ukraine is gonna lose a lot from this
Lose what?
@@boogiewoogie9770donbass
It makes sense, when the western countries want to go out of the trap they laid withoug losing their face.
It was NATO who suggested and send them there. It will shorten the war ..... Ukraine lose, West blames Selensky or Sirski ....
Game over.
How long has this war been going on? How many military personnel has Russia lost?
@@ALAN-il4uu Russia can afford to lose. Ukraine cannot.
this was good analysis I think, objective and clearly explained
rubbish
This is just another battle of the bulge. Same motivation, same outcome.
Nothing remotely similar.
Нападение на Россию это самое глупое что можно было придумать. Любую ядерную державу по умолчанию невозможно победить
Нападение на Курск приближает ядерную войну, а ядерная война, это третья мировая война. Европейцы и американцы, которые поддерживают нападение Украины на Курск не понимают, что тем создают себе вероятность падения ядерных ракет себе на голову. И запомните, России не нужен мир в котором нет России.
Why are you, russian bot writing here in your ugly language? Go and kiss putin's ass. Your nuclear weapon is a joke, by the way. Poopin is not allowed to use it, winnie forbade him to do that.
классика ядерного сдерживая, в начале пойдёт пехота, потом техника, авиации и корабли, как только ситуация станет критичная, пойдёт ЯО. но до него ещё далеко. яо если и применят это будет крайняя мера.
@@lt1310 да, но и агрессия против России с помощью обычного оружия, когда под угрозу поставлено существование государства является основанием для применения ЯО.
As always, i appreciate the information your videos put out.
Thanks, and keep up the great work
Appreciate that David!
I agree but I really don’t like the tactic of using information from Russian propagandists and ignoring Ukrainian journalists who have good information
@@TKUA11 ukrainjan journos often hype up things
I no longer feel sorry for Ukraine like before. Elenski doesn't care about his country.
It’s not his country….israel is
Zelensky Blackrock，nuland, blinken, winner what the coming denominator is@@stevenpatrick9213
Ukraine isn’t a democracy. If it was, then Ukrainians would have been protesting against forcibly recruiting people who don’t want to fight. Ukraine is a dictatorship.
so if zelenski dont care then you also dont care? What logic are you using here?
Ukraine is suffering large loses of men and armor no matter how much people in the comments section like to think otherwise.
Caught in prepared fire sacks by mobile DRG's , Russian Aviation and Drones hunt small groups in the open step lands far away from any Logistic supplies.
Go to various other channels if you don't believe it. Whilst the entire 1,300 km Front in Donbas is collapsing. The entire Kursk operation hasn't forced Russian transfers but has stripped Ukrainian soldiers from the Donbas and accelerated the last dwindling supply of Ukraine's most trained and motivated soldiers.
Keep crying suck boy, fuck Russia, and get real stats next time you wanna comment. low life, low IQ, worthless ass clown😂😂😂
Wow, you're acting like they're at war or something... oh, sorry... Special Military Operation.
Uh, yea but the war has been found in heavily fortified cities and trenches that have been building defenses for a decade. This is just a rural village. They are getting smashed hard. This doesn't seem sustainable and will probably not be there in a month or two.
@@KettleBell-md8ph For Russians this will look like hunting wild boars in Texas
@@VladimirPutin-p3t F pro-ua 💩🤡
😂😂
Starting to get interesting on the Kursk front. That area where the Russian 810 marines were operating looked like the area where the Ukrainians blew bridges over the Seym river and trapped the Russians on the wrong side of the river.
no russians are not trapped ....ukraine
ato is trapped with this pr stunt that will become a suiside mission and at the same time ukraine is losing in the donbas frontline
Genuine question: Do you think these are Russian troops on a "last stand"/ fighting retreat or are they specialised troops trying to contain the Ukrainian push through delaying tactics ? Thanks.
@@SamuelWandaroI’m pretty sure they’re troops moved there to contain. The marines were the first group redirected to deal with the incursion. They’ve also been building bridges for river crossings in light of the bridges being hit. That’s not something you do if you’re on a last stand, it’s something you do when you’re trying to push more troops through an area.
Lol, Ah, but they are in RUSSIA. They will be on the right side of the river either way, Ukraine trapped itself
@@sovietbanana4589 The Pontoons are wrecked already, there are currently no viable crossings that we know of.
The 810th is the ”evil twin” of the Ukrainian 36th Marines, since it was formed mainly from Ukrainian marines defecting during the invasion of Crimea (the marines not defecting eventually formed the 36th). Many of which are still serving, ten years later. The two faced eachother at Ilich steel works, a larger plant than Azovstal in Mariupol just North of it. And at Azovstal when the remnants of the 36th managed to fall back to it and join the Azov Regiment there.
@@mitchyoung93and some say "committed treason".
@@mitchyoung93 There were probably a decent proportion who were ethnically Russian that defected (this is a more neutral term), which is understandable.
@@GoogleAreEnemyCombatants So? If a group started a civil war in the DPRK tomorrow, they would be committing treason. Does that mean you would be against them?
It's kinda funny, how's a 810th marines are being "evil twins". And 36th is "the real legacy holders".
I can understand that you are started to get interested about this conflict and all those complicated history stuff pretty recently, but cmon, browse more then one article on new york times before you make a comment.
@@GoogleAreEnemyCombatantslmao
I wonder why the Ukrainian took this risk? The list to men material doesn’t seem like it’ll be worth it. I get it’s most likely some sort of distraction. But will it be worth it in the long run? I guess we will have to just wait and see
Everything about Ukraine begins to make sense as soon as you admit that it's a death cult.
To secure continuous support after the election.
Off course no one gave a public statement, but likely there are multiple causes. First is that this operation was a serious blow inflicting many more casualties than reviving due to the surprise. Second, is distraction of the enemy from their main offensive down in Donbas. Third is bringing the war to the aggressors soil. When the fighting takes place in Ukraine Ukrainian city’s are being destroyed, this is the way to avoid that, and what’s more important to avoid Ukrainian civilian casualties. Maybe it is something else, but those three make most sense.
It WAR, which has always been about destroying the enemy and taking territory.
They had no choice the south east front is literally falling bit by bit, so this move might be stupid but its all they could've come up with
Good reporting / analysis. Thanks.
Thanks Preston and team! Your updates are welcomed.
Id be curious to know how you think this will all play out, the counter offensive, the Crimea bridge etc
Good channel tbh. Calm narration and good timing.
I keep wondering how much equipment Russia had trapped on the wrong side of the Seym River.
not much. the 810 is hiding in front of Kursk City. this guy is talking about companies and platoons like they are armies.
Probably not much and what is there is very old. Russia didn't defend the border strongly.
By the way, that didn't come to my mind, good question. I mean not just about the area to the South of Seym River but about the whole operation of Ukraine in Kursk. We didn't see much trophies shown by Ukraine (which they regularly does as they have a chance), so likely they didn't face much resistance, they didn't have that successful battles that they tells us nowadays. This also tells a lot about the situation and its perspective.
@@olegrudkovskyi7616 Just because they didn't broadcast it didn't mean they weren't winning fights. Remember, it took them a few days to even openly admit they were in Russia, even though we already knew from TicTok and UA-cam. Maybe the Ukrainians are finally starting to learn what OpSec is and stop talking so much about operations literally AS they are happening. Nothing quite like telling the enemy on live TV what your plan is in real-time.
@@lalzgarra9493 Nothing important on Kursk except Putin's pride, a very important point being made, and a strategic dilemma for Moscow. Tell us you don't know much about warfare without actually telling us.
Thanks for this Preston. Good analysis, providing balance to the big picture. As always, I look forward to your content
Thank you so much 💓 for bringing the other side Superman. I like people like you who are not brainwashed with the mainstream media. Love from LONDON ❤❤❤
Nice balanced, sensible analysis as always Preston...... thank you mate!!
You should know that pursuing an enemy into his home is extremely dangerous because you may never know where the enemy hides.
They also never know where to hide but the drones know where they are hiding.
Thank you for the commentary, Preston.
Your straight forward reporting is welcomed.
Thanks for the feedback Shawn, glad you're here!
@@PrestonStewart
You are a solid voice.
In general you do not let your biases or beliefs interfere with your reporting.
Everyone has a bias perspective. You manage to keep yours to a minimum.
And that is a big plus.
You very rarely speculate.
When you do you say you are doing it.
You are covering aspects of conflicts worldwide that the US based MSM has put on the back burner for covering election season.
Of which I can not listen to who is up or down in the polls everyday. Especially when all the values up or down for either candidate are with in the margin of error.
However they have to jack their jaws to fill airtime.
The only poll that really matters happens in November.
@@PrestonStewart the z*gbot responds to actual bots
lol
lmao even
@@PrestonStewartY AmeriSwines te33orists still unable to weaken Russian army after 2yrs 😢😢
And no one's saying that Ukraine is losing fortified settlements daily in the Pokrovsk direction. Even Toretsk near Kramatorsk will fall in a matter of weeks or days.
A lot of mainstream media talks about Russian advances. It's just that when a small country like Ukraine invades the invaders land, that makes news.
This is a very good channel, well explained, truthful, unbiased.
There was a speculation by ukranians that if their drones got tangled in EW, those positions where poorly defended.
That assumption was particularly true until few days ago, hence the rapid advance.
Russians had their teritorial defence forces and border patrols stationed in the area, but those forces were never even near a combat zone and had no combined warfare experience.
Due to the nature of this war, they couldn't deploy large amounts of regular army to Kursk in one go, they tried and got clapped hard. So now they infiltrate the area with smaller groups and do what he explained in the video.
It's still a mistake by the Russians to let ukraine go this far and they know it, so now we see the damage controll and stabilisation, before the attritional grinding of AFU starts.
Area was evacuated of civilians. They don't particularly care about the occupied land if ukraine keeps sending troops in they will trade some land and retreat to keep own losses low, and meanwhile prepare the lines to destroy anything that enters the area.
I have to give ukranians a medal for bravery and kudos on the fast offensive, but the slower they go forward, they should realise the fact that they need to stabilise the advance and let Russians try to break their defences and/or tacticaly retreat when necessary so they don't lose so much equipment and manpower.
all that writing and 9 likes 😮
Whole lot of made up stuff 😂
Realmente invejável avança por locais sem nenhum tipo de resistência real, e quando infretou essa resistência virou sucata.
Who crossed the border of Russia is already a corpse.No one will leave alive, it's just thousands who died in vain.
no blood in that Humvee. They got out alive...
this is not first time i see destoryed nato armour and crew undamaged
They wouldn't show it
@@des_smith7658they would blur it but was anything blurred
who knows
Let's see Paul Allen's underwear
_"Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark!"_
I feel so sad for every Ukrainian soldier that loses his/her life. It's hard to imagine the level of sacrifice giving your life for your country.
giving your life for UNCLE SAM is unimaginable
@@CynthiaRoberts-ii1tl tf you just yapped?
@@CynthiaRoberts-ii1tl sounds like youre already imagining things; Ukrainians are fighting for their home country, trying to push out the invaders, not fighting on behalf of anyone else.
@@CynthiaRoberts-ii1tl Only to cowards like DonOld Trump.
@@CynthiaRoberts-ii1tldid russian invade the US ?
Successful ambushes are common during an exploitation phase when units are running willy nilly to gain undefended spaces and objectives. The Russian Marines just caught a light UA recon force in exploitation phase with its guard down, nothing special, the UA will tactically adjust now that they have determined the Russians MLR.
What’s the Ukraine objective?
This seems to be more of a maneuver warfare to nowhere instead of some clearly planned objectives .
They push where they can in every direction they can without clear goals
Light ? ua recon army with more then 15 vehicles ...buddy just follow this war it's fu**king massive size...
Yeah I notice both sides do it. Both will jump up and down about destroying a single tank, or ambush one column. So weird seeing both sides do desperately try to convince themselves they're winning.
@@user-cc3pi3ir2y you are judging against previous Russian assaults. But these have to be scattered, they're attacking into fortifications and massed artillery. You saw the damage when they used big numbers attacking Avdiivka! As a counter example of even larger units brought together.
This is different. There are no fortified lines, and these are mostly light vehicles. The number can be greater when they are just running down roads. I'm sure the average size will dwindle if Russian firepower further improves in the sector.
Yes because who uses a recon element of several platoons and dozens of vehicles?
Thanks for the Update
Thanks, Preston.
Theres a massive difference I’m noticing between the pictures of these ambushed convoys theres a distinct lack of blood and viscera that accompanies ambushed russian convoys making me think that the crews probably escaped after being fired on. Lots of destroyed and damaged vehicles but the crew relatively unharmed.
You can see dead bodies in the video. one example is @8:48 is blurred. Not everything goes well or according to plan in war. Please try to have a level and non bias analysis of video evidence.
The crews never escaped, they ran away…..
Most of the footage that can be shown are on telegram and belive me...its nasty.
U wont see that stuff on yt.
A lot of bodies buddy...
Well youtube dosn't like blood and explosions. Preston had cut the bodies from the videos but they are there.
Even if they managed to escape, do you think they can survive on foot? Either becomes swiss cheese or POW...
Russia surged in some higher quality troops. Which usually means more careful tactics.
Also means they aren't where they would have been.
Also I have seen Spetsnaz training. LOL is all I can say.
@@dh1380 at least they didnt get humbled in tongo tongo 😂😂
@@dh1380 Spetsnaz is a very broad term.
@@BnsoGnsoyou are spineless that was a sad ambush and your taking the piss? How many Russians dead in Ukraine?
@@QuisUtDeus828 he isnt fighting in a trench. Its a youtube commentary you are trying to mock of lack in navy seal skills. lmfao It does matter. I think Ukraine would prefer to fight russian best IN russia instead of IN ukraine.
EW is useful, but it has a lot of limitations. Range is limited.
Thanks Preston!
Russia doesn’t have Marines. They have Naval Infantry.
Marines are basically Naval Infantry. But yea you right but take note that most people watching this are Westerners so he's using terms that are equivalent to Marines to make it easier for the viewers to understand
Russia also ambushed their own Convoy. Russia is attacking anything that moves due to broken chain of command and communications.
source: Trust me
Says nobody...
Care to cite your source of your claim?
You just have to stop moving! So that I don't attack!)
Ukrainians are using big triangle on their vehicles as Russians using Z.
No way they ambushed their vehicles
@@alexanderwohlfarth7178russian military blogger already confirmed
You really pissed off the bots with this one, Preston
You seem afraid of bots 😢
@@8000_k Hush, vatnik.
@@8000_k slav logic gets called a bot randomly assumes we're afraid. Keep following your leader like the sheep you are.
@@8000_kPeople are often afraid of words they don’t understand.
Somebody has an opinion about some clearly ragebait comment and you called it of as just a vatnik ? You seem brainwashed, take a snickerbar 🍫@@bivvystridents3752
Brilliant analysis... thank you mate 👍
Thank you for searching out the truth and reporting it
In a very dangerous neighborhood in my city there was a sign that said "Enter as you wish, leave as you can."
Patrick Lawrence is YouTubing on the front lines in Kursk with Russian special forces.
Dangerous AF
I think he considers every Russian unit to be "special forces".
@@k.s.333 He is with Akhmat so yes they are SF
I think you mean Patrick Lancaster. Patrick Lawrence is some guy with a guitar🤣
While this is interesting, I no longer take anything from Russian with a grain of salt, but an entire silo. Of course, Ukraine is not some magical source of truth either, but at the very least they have plenty of prisoners that can be verified and require actual activity to obtain. This war is best understood in post.
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Yeah the one thing I've learned in the last two years is that everything... *everything* that comes from Russian sources is a lie.
Yeah „prisoners“ which dont even say theire names, not obviously dressed up ukrainians to do tik tok videos
Yeah „prisoners“ which dont even say theire names, not obviously dressed up ukrainians to do tik t0k videos and people like you to comment
Always look forward to these videos, the unbiased opinions and evaluations are always welcome.
Thank you for the analysis, looks reliable.
while the whole world was laughing, Putin silently allowed the maximum amount of Ukrainian manpower to enter the meat grinder. How convenient it is when your military strength does not depend on international PR
Unbiased analysis! Good job... As you said, it's hard to extrapolate one experience to all the great scheme of this battle, bit you make good points and show some limitations of Ukraine's offensive.
This is really useful commentary - well-informed and balanced. That's why I subscribe here and not to some of the politically-driven channels and often just speculate wildly.
Let me guess you're a "moderate" or a "centrist" yes?
And yet, based on Russian propaganda machine...
@@MengzisDiscipleI too believe comics and ghost stories like you 😂
@@MengzisDisciple\Russian propaganda machine.\ Where did you see it? I want to see.
According to Ukrainian speaker Vlaschenko - "FB and YT provide us with unprecedented support at the administrative level" (c) this means groundlessly deleting Russian sources and promoting Ukrainian ones with all their might
I respect how you reference your sources
Why you channel is very informative. Really enjoyed it. Cheers mate✌️✌️✌️
You are so balanced in your reporting. Thank you!
but the funny thing is that area holds no strategic purpose..
It’s not funny it’s because it a big empty space and the shape of the border means they can likely capture a lot of unoccupied land with the least resistance. The purpose is of oírse to barter the 1000 kms of Russian land for say 10,000 kms of Ukrainian land. Not a great idea as Putin wouldn’t agree to that as it’s just a sign of weakness.
All I want is peace. Please consider in your life the goodness of charity and bringing humans from all walks of life / background together. We are capable as humans to choose how we act.
I won't send any more msg.
I just pray with all my heart you practice peace in your life as an example for others to follow
Brother you are not the real Preston Stewart... @ssPrestonStewart0 I am sorry.
Please accept my peace offering and pass it on to Preston, I wish him all the best. Good health and a safe future. God bless ❤
Amazing analysis. Thank you.
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Kots also interviewed a Chechen Ahkmet officer who said his men were not taking prisoners in Kursk. They were killing all the “Ukrainian bastards” they captured. Which is standard for many Russian units throughout the war.
This interview was on Russian Media Monitor last week on Olga’s tv show.
This is horrible
Yeah, and the wonder why we don’t like them…
and ukranians havent tortured any captured russian prisoners of war....nooooooooo of course they havent.
Truth. Russia never does prisoner exchanges...except for the thousands of prisoners who've been exchanged.
@@nihilistzero8066 you have any evidence to suggest otherwise?
Thanks for not sounding biased one way or the other. I can respect this kind of analytical reporting.
Right! He's usually super biased and is still hoping for a Ukranian victory
Thanks for covering this
An unbiased review..
Makes a change.
Saw the Aftermath of another one of these on twitter, there were half a dozen fuel trucks some taken out others apparently abandoned, logistics could be a big problem for the Ukrainians
Thank you for the objective analysis, habibi Subscribed! Not subscribed to times radio - but always enjoying the comedy shows that the al gore rhythms send me. I love to watch times radio etc and then Danny Haiphong, Dialogue Works etc - crazy times!
Ukrainian MP Maryana Bezugla: “Ukrainian Armed Forces units are being withdrawn from Donetsk Oblast, leaving entire strips of the front to their fate.”
"Our units are being withdrawn from there, leaving entire strips of the front to the mercy of fate, ammunition is not being added, the Russians are passing through empty fortifications. In such circumstances, the occupation of Pokrovsk is a matter of the near future, and Toretsk is living out its last days. It looks as if we are giving up Donetsk region," she wrote.
"Beyond Pokrovsk is the direct route to Pavlograd, where there are no fortifications at all, and then there is the Dnieper"
When the Russians get to the Dnieper River it will be the End of the War
Source?
I think I read this same thing last summer.
Too many profit from war.
@@VladimirPutin-p3tNo this is recent i saw it too.
@@VladimirPutin-p3t the Russians are only a few kms from the outskirts of Pokrovsk already and elements of the scouts and recon teams could have got to the city in a few days that’s reality and on the maps and comments from neutral and pro and con commentators. So you right it’s not the end of the war but the loss of the city will be a blow it’s especially well defended as it’s a central logistics hub.
@user-zb9lv3gh8s are you nuts? He just gave you a source 😂
As always great unbiased analysis of the situation on the ground.
How is a singular Russian source unbiased?
Correction their the 328nd separate motorized rifle regiment of the 810th separate brigade
interesting analysis of the tactical situation
3:05 it's actually not so simple in Russia because a lot of people get tricked or bullied into signing contracts, including by cops who arrest people and give them an offer they can't really reject. Moreover there are two (or maybe even three depending how you look at it) categories of conscripts, and the one you're talking about here is the obligatory "military training" service thing, where they basically act as free labour for various projects on bases or for the officers (food delivery, shopping, construction crews on dachas etc.)
Russian bots suprise attacking the comments 💀
"Source? NAFO bot"
I can see them already 😂
Does that hangs nafo bots?😅😂
nafo clowns really not the smartest tools in the box:)
Too scared to go to the frontlines, so they hide with their doctor's notes on mama and papa's computer.
How about a comment on the video instead of displaying petulance at people who disagree with you.
Pretty heavy MRAP losses 😢
The guy at the start is nicknamed "BALU" not "BALI". I know that reading cyrillic can be difficult but try to learn it if you want to report this conflict more precisely.
How will Russia supply their remaining forces in the Kursk forces in the region? If Ukraine consolidates over the fall /winter with the bridges down Russia will need to build pontoon bridges or air drop supplies to keep their remaining forces supplied correct?
Russia already has used multiple pontoon bridges
They will likely evacuate these troops and build their defefsive line elsewhere.
All of which are destroyed at the moment, this is a big issue for them honestly. Even more so because putin doesn't want to redirect troops from the east. @Spookiekoon69
I think I saw Scott Ritter or other one that I don't remember the name speaking of this. The river isn't that big that would make it difficult to make supplies go across and the pontoon bridges are easy to make and remake because of that, so it slows down, but doesn't negates the supply also, because Russians have less troops than Ukrainians there, the need for supplies is not that high. Meaning that a few trucks can supply a battalion for a while (plus their attacks and defensive perimeters make use of less ammo since they are defending low intensity attacks).
Now, as for Ukraine holding this territory for more than a few weeks everyone doubts that. Especially with the number of hymars, amor vehicles and as batteries that they are losing. Plus the front in other areas is collapsing and fast, so there will be only so much that Ukraine can divert to reinforce the area.
@@tampontim69 Successfully? Source?
Bravo. Thank you. Very informative.
The 810th Brigade is actually Russian marines al, the way from the Far East. They are supposed to be more capable, and it seems they are. Russiannmilitary is very diverse as far as capabilities
It appears though that Russia doesn't have many of such capable forces and that the bulk of the army is made up of ill equipped and trained men.
810th brigade from Crimea
@@johnnie5442 810 is black sea marine brigade
Russian marines are more capable in general
cut the bullshit yankee, 810th are from Sevastopol and half of them are ukrainians.
Contractors? Why not distinguish between conscipts and volunteers by calling the volunteers "volunteers". The USA has had an all volunteer force for about four decades. No one calls the US military a "contractor" force. In the US context "Contractors" refers to mercenaries, like Blackwater or the Wagner Group.
Just call them volunteers.
Because they are mercs. Ukraine has a ton of south american mercenaries and thats a fact.
The Russians refer to their volunteers as contract soldiers as they have signed contracts to serve. Yes, we would call them regulars or volunteers. Volunteer soldiers tend to fight harder and are usually far more effective than conscripts.
We in the west use the term "contractors" to unsubtly mask the fact that such troops are mercenaries. The Russians don't care about international bans on mercenaries, and openly call their mercenaries, which is what they are.
@BlackWolf9988 Perhaps English is not your first language. There is a considerable difference between a contract soldier and a "contractor"
Because this is how Russian army and all Russian sources differentiate them. The US (or, say, French) context doesn't matter much.
Thanks!
FYI- US COMMENTATORS on you tube normally report on what the ukri nazis tell them. They are not military analysts per say.
Ukraine does have the advantage that they have blown the bridges along the river and that pocket to the west of where the initial advance will be very difficult for the Russians to resupply. It will also be very hard for them to pull any equipment they have there back to the North. Part of the aim for Ukraine was to pull decent Russian units away from the East and Kharkiv so it looks like that has been somewhat successful.
it was so "successful" that Ukraine hastily evacuated the city of Pokrovsk and lost a settlement almost every day
lol, you mean they destroyed their only way out..look again American bootlicker
Realyze that Zelensky's initiative is suicidal from the beginning.
Russian war bloggers are a bit of a biased source, no?
It's war. Both sides are Biased. I've heard "Russia is running out of Tanks/Soldiers/Ammo/Artillery" every month since 2022. Then also heard "Human wave tactics" and "using shovels as weapons" a number of times too without any evidence.
Take the info given by Russia, Take the info given by the West, and the truth is somewhere in the middle.
Absolutely, and Ukrainian war bloggers tend to be biased towards Ukraine. The goal is to sift through enough data from enough sources to be able to pick out the unique aspects that aren't obviously overblown in one direction or another.
Ukrainian sources aren't biased at all 😂
@@evanbell8012 I don't think that is his point. Ofcouse it is biased but usually comes with more context and videos. And not just trust me bro
@@PrestonStewartfair enough.
"1200 square km captured" and then shows the captured area of 500-600 square km
"Blue Dawn" roflmao. Russian soldiers walking around in blue jeans and t-shirts with big ole beer belly--but these are their "elite" regular troops.
1:15:33 Tesla’s action to clear out the supercharger team seems to be an important part of the process for keeping the team lean and thinking better. It’s brutal for those who are affected but the world is naturally brutal. At least the team has been rebuilt, with some old team members in certain positions, but it’s going to be a new frame of mind team.
I D I O T
I eagerly look forward to Mr Stewart’s videos. But I do believe that, on occasion, he makes the mistake often made by Americans. The west, and by extension what Ukraine is aspiring to do, is to not specifically lie. OpSec is important so if you don’t want to disseminate information for whatever reason, morale, operational etc you have a blackout.
This isn’t a rule that’s always followed but it does mean that we tend to believe reports from our military and any doubts are that we’re not getting the full picture, rather than that we are being lied to.
But as demonstrated by Russian equipment
specifications which are largely aspirational, as opposed to the west’s usual underreporting of capabilities,
Russian culture does not place a premium on the truth. You can never take a statement from them at face value.
Now, I’m not saying there wasn’t a Ukrainian firefight they lost, that they were never ambushed. But there are several reports, supposedly in different areas, showing the same destroyed small column in accompanying images.
And the lack of reporting about drones being a concern to them is highly suspicious. Maybe the Russians have pulled together a working EW system and all of a sudden drones aren’t working. The Ukrainians aren’t going to tell us that one of their primary advantages, the tactics and skills of their drone operators, has been neutralised. So it is possible. But assuming it’s true based on a propaganda report from a Russian milblogger is dangerous. Yes, I know some milbloggers have apparently been going off script and reporting losses. But I’d bet my left testicle that this isn’t a slip up, it isn’t a case of a security flaw. It’s going to be part of ‘the plan’. If it wasn’t, the milbloggers involved would have been shut up very quickly. It’s more likely the Kremlin wants to alarm their population just enough to not object too much to another partial mobilisation. Or at least, they are trying to setup the conditions if they decide they need to.
I don’t go in for conspiracy theories as a rule, but Russians love conspiracies. They love intrigue and ‘tricking’ their adversaries. It’s a hangover from Mongol slave days. This is why they find the Brits more interesting WRT espionage, the Brits are pretty damn sneaky themselves and Russians respect that. Whereas Americans tend to be more open, more honest and rely on firepower, cash and numbers. That’s not a criticism, it works for you. But the Brits and the Russians have a long history of being sneaky with each other, it suits both their national characters well.
I have noticed this charming and highly admirable attitude from a number of US reporters on Ukraine. Jake Broe and Ryan MacBeth for example. Although I can’t quite work out if Ryan is actually playing a game with his very American habit of taking people at their word and at face value.
This is not a criticism by any means. There’s something in that character of optimism that has made the US the world’s greatest power while still, for the most part, remaining democratic.
Consider me a concerned friend who doesn’t like seeing friends get taken by evil bastards who play on their good nature.
planning and actually doing an offensive maneuver is two very different things, war never goes as planned
i just feel sorry for both sides, going in an ambush knowing that surviving especially if vehicle is damaged is almost slim to nun, it is a flat field, field with enemy soldiers, with drones, good optics, armored vehicles, also drones with bombs flying everywhere
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@@zeusfthfghhfhfh2883 YES,
I m not supporting war but why would i be on the side supported by fucking NATO
Fuck NATO, greetings from Serbia 😉
@@zeusfthfghhfhfh2883 yes, i feel sorry for both russian and ukranian
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Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2021 *United States Department of State* • Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
UKRAINE 2021 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
"Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: unlawful or arbitrary killings, including extrajudicial killings by the government or its agents; torture and cases of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of detainees by law enforcement personnel; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary arrest or detention; serious problems with the independence of the judiciary; serious abuses in the Russia-led conflict in the Donbas, including physical abuses or punishment of civilians and members of armed groups held in detention facilities; serious restrictions on free expression and media, including violence or threats of violence against journalists, unjustified arrests or prosecutions of journalists, and censorship; serious restrictions on internet freedom refoulement of refugees to a country where they would face a threat to their life or freedom; serious acts of government corruption; lack of investigation of and accountability for gender-based violence; crimes, violence, or threats of violence motivated by anti-Semitism; crimes involving violence or threats of violence targeting persons with disabilities, members of ethnic minority groups, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or intersex persons;
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