What's Gone Wrong For Russia? A Former Top NATO General Explains
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- Опубліковано 10 тра 2024
- A retired senior NATO commander says analysts are unsure why exactly Russia's invasion of Ukraine has stalled, but says unexpected "heavy losses" suffered from Ukrainian anti-tank weapons and drones may have played a big role. Petr Pavel was chairman of the NATO Military Committee in 2015-18.
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“An army marches on its stomach.”
-Napoleon
cut of their Goulash
also Napoleon: “An army’s effectiveness depends on its size, training, experience, and morale, and morale is worth more than any of the other factors combined.” The Russians appear to have very little morale in this fight.
@@watkinscopicat Where do you get this impression from? That is not accurate at all. The speed of the Russian army is determined by it's objectives one of which to save as many civilians as possible. The objective of the west and drug addicted Zelensky is to make Russia look as bad as possible. Because if Russia successfully fulfills it's objectives with minimal civilian casualties than it makes Zelensky and US look really bad...
@@125315andrey What the hell? Your speed is not determined by "objectives". That's total nonsense. That's like saying I can write up a different list of objectives to move faster.
@@125315andrey Your excuses are unable to obfuscate the fact that Russian army is progressing at the speed of drunk debil passed out in roadside ditch.
I know some of these soldiers have family in Ukraine this is absolutely insane
Putin needs Removed he's Not right in the Head "...
That's the reason they have been so ineffective in the first phase as they want to antagonise ethnic, social, national groups and be able to make a point!
It’s funny how the world and world governing bodies are saying they want to help Ukraine and her people. Are they protesting YES, How? Having large cooperations cut tires from Russia and imposing sanctions. But the question is, Are they willing to send tanks or troops on ground. No, it’s best if Ukrainians fight it out themselves…. Will NATO and USA help the Ukrainians, absolutely not but let’s keep sending them weapons.. This possibly the worst humanitarian disaster by letting Ukrainians die.. How about a No fly zone. No need, it’s best condemning Russia publicly with tougher sanctions that will affect her Economic but in the actual sense they making Russia even wealthier.. Mind you they said we will cut Russia from “SWIFT” but that will only affect certain banks In Russia that use that type of payment system... Keep in mind Russia supports 25% of world’s economy, no wonder gas/ oils prices, Food etc are going up. Mind you the USA on the other hand will be selling and signing a contract deal for a Bomb they will be selling to Ukraine in next few days secretly.. Would you say, are they sacred of Russia, yes of course and are they creating a Beast… On the other hand President Zelensky is a nationalist but not a globalist though every politician in This world is as Corrupt and a Globalist.. They won’t tell you this but I guess the entire world can see it.. The same people who are feeding people with false information and quote me on this, “am not saying people are not dying in Ukraine” but i am absolute disgusted that we’ve corrupt global leaders encouraging all these things.. You should all be ashamed of yourselves.. every single one of you.. When millions of kids are traumatised by horrific scenes. America, right now, It’s President is a globalist. The same people are condemning Russia for invading Ukraine, are the same people who joined and supported the Iraq war. The invasion and occupation of Iraq was the biggest crime of this century. It killed a million people, was preceded by 13 year long siege that killed half a million Iraqi babies and led or supported by many of the same countries who are horrified by the invasion of Ukraine.. The Hypocrisy Is Breathtaking. Am not supporting what Russia is doing but you who are in power as our leaders are disgusting, playing roles like you actually care for Ukrainians.. Putin isn’t there to kill or destroy Ukraine with nuclear war head.. That’s the last thing on His mind. His there cleaned Ukraine with all this stuff they saying. The people are who are feeding this cabbage were the same people that promised the whole world that Former PresidentTrump will remain the president and will Invoke Marshall law. I remember those things, they might’ve short memory but I remember those things being said. Are the same people who said that there wouldn’t be a change of government in America and that he was going to stay and blah blah blah.. Also if a corrupt globalist leader is a justification to invade into a country and saw destruction of it then America should be nuked right now by shell because this, this is shameful..
@@davidm7740 its not true. Many of ours people going to help you. To protect your soil and risk everything they have. Peoples with family. They are not in duty a they need to wait for authorities to approve. Guys we help as far as we can but we have only one planet.
@@davidm7740
You want them ( nato nations) to have miltary battles with Russia which will feed into the rhetoric Putin is saying about Western globalisation.
Fear is causing this, fear is clouding good moral Russians from seeing the invasion and killing, and fear is stopping other countries from getting involved and causing things to get worse or prolonging wars in other countries.
On answer I think is to see other people as people. With lives and wishes and dreams too.
I dont know the answer, I wish I did.
I pray for the loss of every person in this. May God forgive me for standing so uselessly by.
May God preserve the Ukraine people and its lands.
Deploying air raids without destroying anti-air was so ridiculous.
9 Paratrooper transporters shot down in a day.
I hope there is a video of a downed IL 76, it would be majestic. Those Russian paratroopers will go straight to hell.
@@Giorg189 there is not here
Great to hear
@Corey Perry Russian tactic looks to be kill them with numbers. Same thing they did in WW2. They won, yes, but at a much higher casualties than needed.
Nine?! That must hurt. And not just the soldiers who died.
I grew up thinking Russia is a military Superpower well trained, equipped, fearless!!! This war so far has shown has much they are lacking… Stay Strong Ukraine!!!!
Many of us grew up thinking the same....and then I worked in Russia and the FSU and saw their vehicles which can't go more than a few miles without breaking down.....it was then clear to me the threat was over stated...
Exactly my thoughts, i thought that they can stand toe to toe with the Americans without problems, sheesh, they are just hyping all their equipment up, i think they are very poor inside... look at those equipment they use look like it came WW1 they even transport their soldier with just a van that had a big symbol Z on top of it...
i am not from America but i think one American soldiers with all those equipment and their toys equals more than 10 russian soldiers, i mean on how much they spend their money and well the equiped on it...
@@nakachinjah7240 on paper they spend 10x more money than usa soldier get. In reality general has build himself nice house, while his soldiers eat rations that expired in 2015. 95% gets stolen
@@micindir4213 Looks like them military are struggling,
And that's were the use of nukes cones to hand,he's already put his family in a bunker,maybe someone needs to find before he runs to it.no one but Putin has mentioned nuke alert
"Apparently they have some logistic issues...." Yep. I would call a 40 mile long traffic jam a logistic issue.
I really don't think that fella nor many of his contemporaries have overseen such an action. The major reason will be not wanting to kill many civilians - simple as that.
That convoy would be some target if it coukd be engaged… 🔨🔨
@@irishpaddy555 If it were to be destroyed somehow oh boy would it change the tide of war.
@Omar Haider I don't doubt it for a minute, as well as hiding out in residential buildings.
@@ginjordom6065 I doubt they would be sitting so casually if they were under any kind of threat. Judging by the size it probably has some serious air defence coverage and if the celebrated "Ghost Of Kiev" has not taken a pot shot that would tell me they have air superiority. I mean, I am surprised, based on the propaganda that he has not decimated a few miles of it himself. lol.
fuel, food, and deserters.. officers that dont want to be charged with war crimes against citizens
Don't forget the Ukrainian women putting curses on them, that scares the hell out of Russians.
Well pointed out. People with a grain of brains start to get the grasp of reality. They all have smartphones now
@@scratchy996 Is that supposed to be funny somehow? A bit of war-banter? Let it go. Its not the time
you killed afghans syrians iraqui and vietnamese hypocritical double standards
One of the problems of the famous "column" is, that the soldiers use their engines/motors to keep themselves warm (highly ineffective) and so they need lots of fuel which is normally used for advancing
Give them fuel. In bottles...
@@marcharsveld2914 Difficult to get close enough to pass them those fuel bottles without being shot at, I propose, for safety, throwing it to them from a distance , and maybe lighting it first, to help keep the warm immediately :-)
@@leighsaunderson9203 and add some styrofoam to make sure it sticks to their hands just in case they’re bad at catching :)
Ukraine got fighter jets? Could they just fly over and bomb that convoy? I suppose if they could they already would have
@@Lee-bp8sp ukraine has a very limited air force and the russians would obviously have anti-air units protecting the convoy. So many have said the same thing as you did but you have to look at the capabilities of both sides. Only way is to keep delaying the convoy by constantly attacking the front units by making surprise attacks.
Some good news for the Ukraine fighters.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 ✊ 💙 💛
Slava Ukraini!
GOODWILL PEOPLE! DEMAND from YOUR GOVERNMENTS to CLOSE the SKIES over UKRAINE. I am from Saint.Petersburg - it is necessary to ABOLISH FASCISM!
@@marinaermakova2731 I wish..
we have seen the elite russian soldiers, they follow orders blindly, they fight because they want to kill.
next week will be a turning point and the west will see what russia has been doing for 20 years. shit troops establish FOB. elites come down in columns to encircle each city next week. russia wants to deploy over 300 multi-role fighters to end ukranian AA resistance within 1 day. then the encirclements will occur within a few days, and each encircled city will be turned to a flat rubble. nothing will survive. that's what russia does. wait and see, it's a fact.
i hope to god putin is killed soon. it is going to be a modern day genocide of ukranian spirit. upwards of 3 million will be dead from this, everything will be destroyed, the entire ukranian army will be destroyed with encirclements.
gogo russia
This feasco reminds me of Stalin's failed invasion of Finland in 1939. Large colums of vehicles stuck and vulnerable in hostile territory. Like the Finn's the Ukrainian people are fighting like Lion's! Worst of all for the Russians there is an early spring thaw. Time is Ukraine's ally. Everyday the cost and the body count goes up for Putin's war! Glory to Ukraine!🇺🇸🇺🇦
@@matiasmontaldo2616 no we lost about 10 percent of our land, but to finns its a victory that we did not become a soviet republic.
if Ukraine is in Europe (I always get it wrong on the map as in French schools we never talk about Ukraine) then Russia is also Europe. And vice versa
@@antoinedebiran5011 russia is also partly in Europe yes.
Don't say shit like that. Russia is sending in fresh recruits to test Ukraine's defense. Once the experience soldiers comes in we wont know how long Ukraine will last. Never underestimate your enemy.
@@ulfekenberg6463 yes, amazing that no one recognizes this as a classic feint while he pursues more strategic positions with better equipped forces. I can only believe the analysts are playing to propaganda - the notion of resisting plays well for support. So these leaders are pivoting the feint to Bolster the social aspects of resistance.... I hope strategically they know what is really happening. Putin is landing and expanding from high value. It is one thing to flatten a city of 250k (Grozny) quite another to take over 4 one of 4 million (Kyiv). He can also use this to purge disloyal and risky military units and leaders. I do believe they messed up the the short game especially regarding full air supremacy and supply lines. But I'm his game is long as most autocrats can afford long conflicts vs appearing to lose.
GOD bless & protect Ukraine
To quote an Iraqi, Afghan, Libyan and Syrian grandmother early today (to an American and NATO soldier)
"Here, put these sunflower seeds into your pocket, so that when you die flowers will bloom in our country. "
🤣🤣What those countries mentioned above have done in Czechoslovakia in 1968?? NOTHING all those mentioned countries let soviet union to occupy us for 21year.. And am I mentioning it below every nice comment to blessing other people who are absolutely innocent in your hateful comment? Look at yourself first..
I can say if you supporting all of this, then you are going to be second in a row. 😂😂
@@spartanconscience2693 Firstly it was Russia that destroyed Syria. Secondly, if we accept that the US was wrong, how does that make Russia right
Amen
@@aiistyt Syria was destroyed by the USA's interference in the internal affairs of the country and oust the present leader and encouraged and armed the opposition groups to the government. That is where it all began. Imagine Russia encouraged and armed breakaway factions in Californian, Texas and the old Confederacy to leave the repressive union? of which I fully support
Compared to what happened in Grozny it really shows you how important these weapons they have been donated are.
Stay strong Ukraine and drive Putler from *your* land!
"Putler" 😆I like that.
@@Garium87
Yeah, calling him silly names will surely save Ukraine.
You people are delusional. 'These weapons' are running out, they have no logistical capacity to distibrube more, Javelins will be virtually useless in dense built-up environments, they've alread countered high aspect NLAW attacks and when they start popping those things off from buildings, everyone is going getting a distressing reality check on what 'heavy shelling' is. Zelensky was right about one thing, that NATO just wants them to be killed slowly. Ukraine was done in the first few days and all the influx of individual weapons accomplishes is to get more people killed, more of the country destroyed and doubles the risk every day, of theatre escalation through stupidity, accident, or desperation.
@@springbloom5940 The Russians were the ones to invade, all the deaths are on Putin. There is no evidence to suggest that NLAWs and Javelins are useless.
@@questionmaker5666
Right? Putin invaded, so its totally ok to indiscriminately destroy and kill your own people to get a Russian 🤷
The evidence is in actually understanding the weapon systems.
@@springbloom5940 The NLAW and Javelin are guided missiles with small warheads, not indiscriminate weapons. Using TOS-1 in a city is indiscriminate due to its huge blast radius, as is Grad due to its inaccuracy.
A military has to do everything within its power not to kill civilians and keeping vital infrastructure going (sanitation, water and food), sadly deaths will still happen. Surrounding a city, thus preventing further evacuation, then using a indiscriminate shelling puts the onus on the Russian military.
The entire power structure in Russia is highly centralized. Apparently this is also the case in the armed forces. It turns out that the soldiers and commanders on the ground knew nothing about the invasion and were unprepared. They do not know the maps of the area, the location of key points. The liaison officers could not communicate with the groups that had been brought in from all over the country. All orders came only from the top, and the soldiers on the ground did not know what was going on. Because of this, efficiency is extremely low. It is also worth noting that the Russian command expected easy victories and weak resistance. As a result, soldiers are like cannon fodder. They went to the contract service to cover the loans of their poor parents and died for nothing.
The commies are experts in organize desorganization.
@@rogerdiogo6893 The Russians aren't Commies anymore. They're Capitalists now.
I think a lot of their mid to low level officer corps were kept totally out of the loop when they should have had at least some input during the planning stage. I know that after the army reorganized in 1993, they had horrible issues with openly unapologetic corruption in departments like logistical supply. I guess even the two year conscripts were involved at some level. They drastically reformed as much as they could, but evidently it caused a schism in the high command's confidence and might be the root of all this disorganization.
around 500 bucks, this is price to bet your life. putin says 5 000 000 rub will be payed to families in case of death, but it looks like many of those poor bastards will be fired from military (there is video of Russian soldiers complaining that officers are forcing them to sign papers). because accordingly to Russia so far they lost 400 people only. on 3 atack points... fighting on hostile towards them land and local people... and many otherfactors. Ukrainian side says 12 000 casualties on Russian side (both 200 and 300, over 2000 prisoners). so it's less 60 000 000 000 already in time when economy is pre default.
I believe what you say. And a further factor in the slow advance or low effectiveness of the Russian forces is also probably because of low morale and a dawning awareness that they are hated by a population they expected to welcome them with open arms. Without doubt, some of the troops are dragging their feet or sabotaging their own tanks and weapons so they don’t have to fight.
The russian military is cruel, but greatly overestimated.
Paper tiger
Russia hasn't even began. They could crush Ukraine
Have you heard of grozny?
@@remosudharsan9529
Grozny,lol the Chechen population is nowhere near with the Ukrainian one.
Ukraine has a population of 46 million when chechens are less than 2 million.
And despite of that in the battlefield chechens made a great fight against russian army and won to many battles.
Russia has never been very good in the military domain, they just have a very big country and unlimited cannon fodder to push forward.
This guy looks like he was made in a soldier factory. Even this dude's beard looks disciplined and military. He looks like a war memorial. I bet he knows three ways to kill you with a shoe. Such a contrast between him and the frightened kids we're seeing the Ukrainians take prisoner.
Yea he reminds me of Rolf Harris 👍🏿
yeah this guy candidates to be a president of Czech republic next year, hopefully he will win, would be a nice change after that russian rotten vegetable which used to be called a Zeman before, who sits there right now..
I had the same exact thought. If I think of a war veteran, this is the guy I have in mind as a cliché.
At 3:50, you see his shoes actually moving and shifting. He probably trained with Richard Marcinko. (no joke)
@@maksmaso4741 Zeman has turned against Putin now though.
Very insightful interview... May Ukraine prevail in this unjustifiable War Crime committed by the russians.
How about the Ukraine's crimes against humanity for the past 8 years?
@@jjryan1352 How about the Russians invading their country. You really are dumb, Russia has been invading sovereign countries since Oh yes forever. It does not matter what you say ALL the fighting for the last decades is about getting freedom from Russian control or stopping Russian aggression. So you can take your "Russian is innocent and stuff it where the sun does not shine." NATO was setup to counter Russian aggression, end of Story, had Russia returned to it's Pre 1940 borders in 1945 NATO would not exist, there would have been no need.
@@jjryan1352 How about Dioxin-Novichok-Polonium putin poisoning a Ukrainian Presidential candidate with Dioxin in 2004? What crimes did Ukraine commit? You can't prove any crime Against Ukraine. You're such a moron. I really feel sorry for your dumb STUPID ASS! I look forward to the day when your intelligence comes up to the level of a box of rocks....! And you should too. You should sue the doctors that delivered you, because they threw away the baby and gave your mom the afterbirth.
Best be clear that the war crim is committed by Putin and his government. The Russian and Ukrainian people are both victims in this.
Actually that war began in 2014 when the West deposed an elected President and imposed a fake one, Ukrainians attacked ethnic Russians in the Donbass regions and Odessa forcing Putin to annex Crimea, Hundreds of ethnic Russian civilians were murdered which was documented by Human Rights watch and Amnesty international, Zelensky is known to be ultra corrupt and was about to invite NATO into Ukraine to point nuclear warheads at Russia (its backyard) this is similar to the Cuban missile crisis in 1961 When the USSR wanted to put ballistic missiles on Cuban soil pointing at America, America was outraged and was ready to cause WW3 to stop it, there is no difference with the Situation with Ukraine. So, Its not an unjustifiable war committed by the Russians, the Jew Zelensky and his corrupt cabal helped cause it, he is as much responsible for it.
Instead of using the military budget, to upgrade weapons and train the troops, they bought super yachts, and super models instead.
Russians have blood on their hands. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦❤🇺🇦❤🇺🇦❤🇺🇦
@keep Dreaming ucranianos os quiero mucho 🇪🇸❤️🇺🇦
You mean Putin? Since he is the one who is sending Russians to attack Ukraine at the first place
@@TheOneTrueAemondz cierto, putin es el auténtico responsable lunático, los rusos tienen que expulsar a putin antes de que nos arrastre a la locura total en todo el mundo.
Ukrainians have much more blood in their hands.
@@christee9590 Ukrainians are fighting for freedom. Russians are fighting for Putin.
as a concerned American I thank you for providing this English language news service at this critical hour. it shames me to view this and do nothing but call my political representative. we have access to active medical providers in Ukraine and we can donate cash to them online. it is something....
Слава Украине! Героям Слава!
Glory to Ukraine! Glory to heroes!
Viva Ukraine. England supports you
@@heatrayzvideo3007 Indeed. No disrespect to you or your Country now. But the English were historically were plunderers of the world, invading countries and stealing their wealth. Something I feel is glossed over regarding "the Colonies".
Ukraine was a project by the USA. Nothing glorious. Brainwashed and nazis. They use population as a shield. I read comments from citizens of Mariupol. They hate how ukranian Army hides behind women and children.
Shame.
@@Turtytreeandaturd and also was the first country to outlaw slavery. funny how you don’t mention that. Also stood against Hitler.
@@dotdashdotdash and greatly benefited from slavery and you want praise for banning it?
Hitler was at England door but well done ✅
I seems to me, that the Efficiency, Morale and Motivation of the Russian troops were greatly overestimated.
Almost as badly as the Ukranians Efficiency, Morale and Motivation were underestimated.
The very long convoy stuck on a highway outside kiev has been abandoned. No food, no water, no fuel.
The temperature in the daytime is 32 degrees Fahrenheit - this is the freezing point of water.
At night the temperature drops into the 20s Fahrenheit.
The military vehicles are not well insulated.
1) boredom
2) freezing 24 hours each day, for over one week now (as of today, March 8, 2022)
3) out of food
4) out of water
5) probably out of gas
The troops would have died of exposure to the harsh climate by now. It would begin with frostbite of the toes and fingers. Gangrene follows frostbite.
There have been reports that drones with cameras show the convoy as abandoned.
If the reports about communications being interfered with is accurate, it's possible that the convoy was not able to communicate with leadership. After over one week of being in freezing cold with no food and no water, it is unlikely anyone stayed with the vehicles.
@@Greg_Chase It only proves Russia is a big bad bear, without decent paws.
@@RuiLuz - don't underestimate the Russian soldiers WHEN they are motivated. The Winter War against Finland in 1940 showed a similarly demotivated Russian/Soviet army. But when Nazi-Germany attacked in 1941 and devastated Russia and murdered many people, the soldiers became motivated and defeated the strongest army of the time in Europe.
There have been reports that suggest that many of the soldiers in the large stalled column are reluctant to attack civilians. Some also may be rightfully concerned about the enormous difficulties (and casualties) they could expect in an urban warfare environment.
@@thatsjustnotfair5888 NWO, sheesh, I bet you believe in the monsters in the closet also. Relax, it's only a disney movie, not a documentary.
@@thatsjustnotfair5888 Yes of course you are right. They just bomb the civilian buildings because their aim is poor.
@@shenmisheshou7002 You can't censor the truth.
@@thatsjustnotfair5888 Paperback Brain, you haven't been paying attention.
@@thatsjustnotfair5888 Seems that you should spend more time living your life and less time discussing the life of others if your girlfriend takes up so much of your time that you become a victim to obvious propaganda.
"...anti-tank weapons and drones may have played a big role."
No kidding! If you've seen the pictures of the destroyed tanks on the ground, even the asphalt beneath them has melted or eroded. Even fighter jets are eating anti-aircraft missiles and falling from the skies. If I were a Russian invader, I'd much rather go to jail than die like that.
If you look at this as numbers game, lots of shit in the pipe to come.
its all useless now coz they attacking nuclear power plants that will have terrible consequences. Remember Chernobyll???
They still have numerical advantage the Russians and an evil leader who demands victory let’s hope he fails .
@@opencurtin There must be some Brutus around i'm sure.
Well.. regarding the russian jails... i'm not sure they are better than a horrible death...
Why that column didn't move? Because soldiers are hungry and cold. They haven't been provided with food and fuel. So the morale has also tanked. They're abandoned by their commanders as well as left with no provisions.
Apparently, their food rations had expiration dates in 2015.
Lets hope they starve to death.
The best thing for Russia right now would be to lose the war and go home. Even if they somehow manage to take the capital, and that is a big almighty if, they will be drawn into an even bigger guerrilla war with Ukraine and many more Russian lives will be lost. It should be clear by now to everyone the Ukrainian spirit and will to fight is strong, they will never give up their land. #StandWithUkraine
convince Putin of that
@@johnstreet819 He should watch the documentary "Winter on Fire", the story of the Kyiv Maidan uprising. These are a people that have literally made a decision that they are prepared to die in the pursuit of freedom
Only thing not mentioned in NATO/EU assistance: anti- ship missiles, to neutralise the potential imminent amphibious landing in Odessa (which Lukashenko helpfully showed).
@@resp-kf9ri it was real
Putin facepalmed when Lushy pointed out the aquatic attack, absolutely brilliant 😂
@@resp-kf9ri That's their intentions. They held back the best troops and equipment for further invasions. They underestimated Ukraine.
Ukraine has their own 'Neptune' anti-ship missile, looked extremely effective in trials in last year or two, but don't know if it's been deployed yet.
Is that a real thing? Or do you mean NATO/EU countries are failing to provide Ukraine with those?
EU and USA should make every effort to help the Ukraine in this war. You must understand Putin will not stop on Ukraine.
The US told Europe... No one listened.
Putin will be happy with Ukraine. His reward for the ever expansionist Nato pushing again his borders for years.
If they would continue to advance into any other country, for example, Romania, Poland, Latvia or Hungary, russian forces would need to face the full force of all NATO members. And seeing how their invasion of Ukraine is going so far, I don't think that Putin would dare to thread any further.
@@richardyatesyates3893 Russia should join NATO. Problem solved.
He will stop in ukraine dude
I heard rumors of soldiers putting down their arms and sabotaging themselves from day one. It looks to me like the first few waves all got shot up and destroyed, the second caught some wind of the situation but wasnt sure and the third wave may have had an all out tank in morale.
This is ofcourse all hypothetical, but I think this convoy is stuck people the people in this group got together, spoke, realised wtf is happening and are now collectively sabotaging their own vehicles.
I dont often toot my own horn, but it was only yesterday that the Pentagon spoke about low morale and self sabotage and desertion among the soldiers, but this information was already out way sooner. I said it before army chuds in the Pentagon did HA!
Now please Putin, stop this stupid war, your own soldiers, your own people dont even want this
Would you want a Hitler to tell you to break into a house rape rob and loot them? You would not do it either 😢😿🤗
Sabotage is rife, Russia just increased the charge to life for it. Putin is scared and running out of power by the day!
@@TobotronPrime Poor Ukranians, but definitely also, poor Russians.
Its just getting worse and worse for everybody
@@rederickfroders1978 forgive me for having little sympathy for Russians, I have friends there from a backpacking trip I made 10pms ago, many of my friends there are totally indifferent to what is happening and I am honestly wholly disappointed in them.
@@jailhouseattorney9071 As a Mercenary that honors Geneva Conventions on the field unless no quarter is given, I would turn around and shoot that individual giving such orders in the face if possible. As a Commander, I would personally shoot any man in my command that is convicted by a military court of such crimes after I have arrested them. -Q
I'm impressed with the courage of the Ukrainian people... And I feel sorry for the young Russian soldiers that are being used and sacrificed because of their leaders arrogance and inability to come up with diplomatic solutions. Russia... why don't you just join the rest of the world in peace and prosperity? We are not your enemy...
I agree with your first sentiments. However, Russia, currently, is our enemy; their actions confirm that. All the time that Putin or Putin-like are in charge, then Russia is an enemy.
Surely the invasion of Georgia should have told us that Russia has not changed. Instead of which, the EU, particularly Germany and Italy, are now effectively dependant on Russia for oil and gas. Since when did becoming dependant on your enemy seem a good idea?
Not different with China. They manufacture so much of what we use that we are somewhat dependent on them. The pure non-essential consumer items can be gone without but China makes too much of what our populations now think is their right. The increasing move away from Chinese production must be quickened.
Neoconned
Russia asked to joined NATO a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time ago.
They declined .....
@@theofarmmanager267 much of the west like Canada still purchase refined oil from Russia…still today. Funding this. Don’t be fooled. Money is being made all over the place because of this war. Russia has had enough of the west surrounding them with nuclear weapons and bio weapons labs. Ukraine gov is corrupt with a comedian actor put in place to go along with the Biden criminal activity. Pay attention…..class is in session, you’ll learn something if you put your emotions aside.
@@theofarmmanager267 The idea was and is mutual dependency. Noticed how Russia could not really use the gas as a leverage, unlike in other conflicts before. Sure, they threatened to stop supplying, but that does not work well when they are even more dependent on the money they get from the Gas than we are of the Gas.
The problem was less making the deals with Russia and China, it was not having plan B ready, at least to cover the brunt of a supply stop. Luckily for us, Russia does not have a plan B either. China won't pay as much for Gas, and it is a long way there.
As it is, neither we nor Russia can turn off the Gas without almost completely killing our economies.
Imagine a military column, where the tanks, artillery and infantry trucks are all up on the front......now imagine that you packed your fuel trucks all the way in the back. Imagine what could happen on a two lane roads and no way to get around to go to the front vehicles.
Lots of trucks seem to have broken down due to bad maintenance...
A-10 go BRRRRRRRRRRR
A-10 achieves 150 kills before returning to base.
@@joecee6862 imagine a warthog let loose on that amount of sitting ducks..wont happen ofc nobody wants a third world war and the column is probably pretty well defendend against air raids but still, a beautiful thought..
Also Ukrainians have done a good job destroying support vehicles like fuel trucks
We would find a way - just lift-up those fuel trucks with special helicopters to bring them to the front. Looks like the Russians don't have these?
I think this former general is being kind to Russia. There is no unknown reason for the slow progress, the Soviet Union and the US have found in Afghanistan and Vietnam that if you send in a poorly motivated, untrained (conscripts are usually the least trained of the forces so the general is correct saying that the real forces have not been used yet or at the time of this interview) and logistically support lacking forces the progress is slow and painful, and you have no winner after the conflict. The conscripts which were not informed of why or what they were doing do not want to be there! The 64 kilometer convoy heading to Kyiv is lacking resources, they have seen that the locals do not want them there, and the commanders by reports getting out via online methods, have just about lost command of the on ground units, which means the progress only moves if the soldiers under their command regain control. Oh and the Ukraine soldiers are far superior to the small mujahadeen units that thwarted the Soviet armed forces in Afghanistan. The only way Russia wins the conflict is if they use their superior air firepower, and that has been a disaster as well, again through poor strategy. Russia may take the country, but it will become another decade long occupation and there is no way the oligarchs and wealthy allow that to happen. Putin has gone all in and unfortunately he is going to be a loser what ever happens.
Thank you for pointing that out that he seems soft on Russia. But to be fair maybe he’s looking at it from a different way. Though I think Russia should’ve known better to invade due to Ukraine planning on using gorilla warfare which is a hassle to deal with.
Unfortunately? Do you mean fortunately hes going to be a loser in a unfortunate situation
Hopefully he goes out Gaddafi style
He is going to be the loser no matter that is true, but the question is wether or not he makes the rest of the world lose aswell due to his pride.
Its either the oligarchs or the army tgat is going to initiate the death of Putin. Not soon, but it will come from that perspective as the oligarchs are so rooted into the West lifestyle that they cannot fathom a life without those privileges.
@@SgtFista rifle up his ass 😲😲😲😲😲
One factor is that they lied to their troops, they sent them into battle under completely false pretences, and the resistance of the Ukrainian forces/people has made that clear to the troops on the ground. Added to that the mentality of the peoples of the steppes of Asia, who traditionally are known for being people you don't want to be in a fight with, and Russia of all people should know that.
Asia? Are you counting Ukrainians as Asians? oO
What
Khazars, cumans and petschnegs are all asian, being core of ukrainians. Western ukrainiana are different though.
You are living in a dream world.
They lied to their troops?
How easily amateurs fall for agitprop.
Which is what this channel is.
@@jjryan1352 I didn't fall for anything, I watched videos of captured Russian soldiers stating they were told they were only 'going on maneuvers'.
I’ve heard of a developed country subjugating a less developed country, and peer states conquering each other. However, I’ve never heard of a failed state like Russia subjugating a successful liberal democracy, other than in a very limited and peripheral way. Especially a democracy with lots of technological abilities, and lots of friends in the West and in the East. That is just not how the world works, and the Russians should have known this ..
These are their tactics, by the way. They are not using all of their assets, and only using fodder to establish FOB bases.
this isn't normal for a country that cares about lives, but they deploy their elite units next week and launch a full scale aerial attack. they will encircle the cities and flatten them. we have seen these tactics being used since 1943. they really care about the elite troops, which will be used for normal military operations. the boys are used for the special operations where they set up within range of the major cities. they need to set up close or they would run out of fuel on the way. this is normal. next week will be absolutely fucking devastating. im afraid of ukranian cities will be turned to dust within 2 weeks.
ukranian only hope is to hold a front line, hold some port, hold some connection to the west. once that connection is gone and russian air force has control, they will be turned to ashes and dust. im sorry. nobody encircled will survive. we expect over 3 million casulties.
I expect the Russians will try to keep the south and east of Ukraine leaving a land-locked and weakened rump state.
Ukraine is not a liberal democracy and hasn't been at least since 2013 coup d'etat. West Ukraine, maybe, but not Ukraine as a whole.
Democratic elections are a necessary, but not q satisfactory condition for democracy. Recognition of anti-russian Azov Battalion by Ukraine govermnent violates the other important aspect of democracy - respect and protection of minorities, which Russian speaking people are in Ukraine.
@@404killer I think Hitler also thought that 1946 will be a great year for winning his war. When the elite troops arrive, you know.
If the USSR was a "failed state," how would the component parts be any better? Was the Ukrainian SSR run any differently from the RSFSR?
This man has a way with words. It's not the right way, but it's still a way.
When i here you speak french i will s up, disepere!
That was mean, but fucking funny.
The man probably speaks several languages. At least two we know of. How’s about you?
Thats a common Czech speaking problem we use eh SOOO often and for no fucking reason as well
Yeah well it’s not his primary language
In a way he's reminiscent of Sean Connery in Hunt For Red October. This guy certainly looks the part of a been-there-done-that top general.
He ist next president of the Czech Republic, he will replace putin agent Zeman.
@@stormtrooperofdeathc I wish, but idiots will vote for Babiš...
@@bonito135 Hopefully not after what is happening now.
"Denounce war as a weakening of the human family in the face of the Greater Community. Emphasize unity and cooperation in the human family facing the Great Waves of change and in preparing for the its great encounters with the Greater Community in which it lives." A quote from the New Message written by Marshall Vian Summers.
Thank you, Mara.
Indeed. Humanity needs to learn to unite, to share and work together so that the entire world can be strengthened and able to fend off those intervening in our world. Thanks for quoting MV Summers. Remarkable man with a powerful, yet practical Message for humanity. Life changing stuff.
Thank you for sharing this
Is it possible that part of the reason is that just maybe the Russian soldiers' hearts aren't in this conflict? They're fighting a war they don't want to fight, against people they have nothing against. Yet they have been trained to follow orders -- but their reluctance to follow them would compromise their purpose and render them to a large extent innefective. They probably just want to go home, like a large proportion of the German regular army wanted to in WWII.
There is a big difference though. If a German layed down his arms he was shot dead by his commander. If a russian wants to lay down his arms he might be sent to prison. They have no problems shooting rockets from a save distance on civilians, they only seem to have a problem when they have to face danger themselves...
It's a fair point. There is a very good chance that many of those soldiers have family or friends in Ukraine as the two countries have been historically interconnected.
Have you been to Russia yourself to speak for the majority of Russian sentiments of their beloved country?
@@TheOpheltree Russia is a divided country internally. Like most nations not everyone thinks the same. The young conscripts who have been sent to this war unwittingly will have no rosey nostalgia for the Soviet Union.
@@TheOpheltree Yes I have. I have friends in Moscow and Kiev and have visited both countries often. All good people. All friends. They have travelled. They are open.
This guys has the spitting image of a general. This is what I would imagine with the word general
I don't know, he looks more like an Admiral to me :)
@@scratchy996 he looks badass and cool for some reason to me maybe the beard, moustache and hair combination
He looks like Michael McDonald from the Doobie Brothers. He is focused, concise, cerebral. Intellugent He looks nothing like a retired general. He is very hip looking. Is he German,?? Informative interview.
@@cindyland6273 he is Czech
@@janfkarel92 He might be future Czech president
You know who lost the war even before it all started in Ukraine? Russian people. There were massive protests in Russia, Google Bolotnaya protests. I grew up in Russia but I left it in 2010 and I must assure you that most of the people there do not support this war. But the thing is, people tried to protest against Putin long time ago. And they failed because he pours all the oil money onto police. Which oppresses and beats up the people there. People are to scared to become disabled or get to jail.
Nevertheless, the only force that can stop that is Russians. Even though they are scared af now. Nobody wants WW3 which will probably be a nuclear wipe out
of all the humanity. And on camera Russians may even say that they support Putin but in fact they hate him just like he hates everyone and everything in the world
I have news would war 3 has already started 🤬
@@mypeeps333 well, it’s still somehow better than the Cuban missiles crisis of 1962 when the world was literally one step from total nuclear destruction. Idk. I hope people won’t let the dictators go too far
ww3 already began, nukes will be the climax , not the start.
Our politicians in the west failed the Russian people when they abandoned them after the fall of the Soviet Union. While they didn’t begin this war, it’s a shame that it even came so far. Ukraine and Russia were never supposed to spill each other’s blood. I hope Putin will not stay in power for too long and that Eastern Europe , Ukraine of course in particular & the rest of Russia too will finally get to breathe in peace.
i understand that russian people is hostage to the police but there are ways to challenge the police in russia! if you live near a policemen house in russia, well, you know what to do! if everyone that knows a policeman house and they burn that house, the police will start thinking about whats going on! any revolution is not easy and not clean! gotta eliminate the pawns first before reaching the others!
Remember Ho Chi Min trail guaranteed supplies to the Vietcong in the South for years. That was a trail through the juggle that Americans never managed to stop. Ukraine has long open borders with its suppliers of weapons in the West. Any point in those thousands km is a point where weapons can enter Ukraine. If Americans never managed to destroy a narrow jungle trail, the Russians will never succeed in stoping weapons crossing the borders into Ukraine, no matter how hard they try.
To those of you saying the slow progress is actually a very cunning or well reasoned military tactic just ask yourself a question. Is going slowly better than going quickly? A hint the answer is No.
Yes, if your job is to keep Ukrainian forces in the north, while the real targets are in the south; Odessa mainly.
Slow is bad you only give time for prep and defence and can have continues harassment
And must add that having a standing column in a straight line makes you a terrific target, if the Ukrainians are able to move the arty closer north. They could be thoroughly demolished. Ukraine is also an artillery-based army, but I have no idea where they are right now.
lmfao, yeah i heard that blitzkrieg tactic failed horribly for the nazis...actually attacking hard and fast in the beginning is the best way to win a war. the russians simply couldnt do it, partly bc of them and partly bc of ukrainians.
@@kreb7 speed kills
Smart and honest man. I wish all polititons were honest and direct like him.
He is supposed to make a presidental campaign here in Czechia next winter, so your wishes might come true very soon.
One has to admit he is also kinda a looker, ... kinda like Sean Connery on Red October. I am a straight man, but still... Compare him to the chief Crazy Orange.
@@noldo3837 No one can Match Trumps wig and Spray tan combo, its on a whole new level of Weirdness and it just lets us ALL know that Trump just as much a clown on the OUTSIDE as he is on the Inside (._.)!
I'd argue it should be obvious Putin rigged the 2016 US Presidential Election for Trump to win, and now that Putin has officially invaded and Bombed Ukraine at MULTIPLE Locations says this was Putins plan all along. Weaken NATO by dividing America, and by 2020 whether we had been cursed with 4 more years of Trump or not his plan worked, and we'd be that much less prepared for a follow-up attack whether Cyber or not. Then we get yet another shitty president known as Joe Biden (-_-)! We trade 1 idiot for another.
Now Putin invades, and we have this Skeleton who can hardly read the teleprompter let alone piece together words to complete a single sentence without his meds, AND he ignores the problems faced by the Working Class... sound just like Donald J Trump in my book (._.)
Next czech president, pro western pro democratic
@@AlexLopez-vm7uq idiot fool
Biden is worse moron
Путин должен уйти.
Putin musi odejść
Putin must go.
Putin muss weg.
Not my favorite guy to quote, but someone once said of Russia: “We have only to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down.”
But for some reason no one beats. Everyone is just talking.
A large column of armour is it's own cause of problems - when a vehicle breaks, all those behind it get stuck too. They ran out of fuel, but fuel trucks can't get past the column to fuel front part of it, to get whole thing moving. When it's stuck, it's stuck.
that is then the ideal time for small groups of Ukrainian soldiers armed with anti-tank weapons to take out their armour.
Most dictator lost their mind in their 60s.
all before
Thats is corect..even before
Cognitive capabilities often decline with advanced age
@@haansolo7834 offcourse..and joyness and happines of life alone is going down as you getting older...thats why older ppl are grumpier,more angrier and more saddenes is in them...
IDK the on the ground situation, however, if I just piece it together in laypersons terms: western supplies of weapons are flowing from the western EU border, constantly from dozen(s) of countries. There will be enough to fully engage any Russians west of Kyiv. Given that they will eventually, in the meantime, to encircle Kyiv, you need to have the western side closed or else no encirclement. The supply of weaponry won't end, so the Russians are stuck. As well as fighting within Kyiv outwards. What will it take from the Russians to subsume Kyiv? And like he said, Kyiv is seen as the cradle of Russian civilisation. And the whole point was to 'liberate' the cradle from neo-Nazis. What to do Russia...?
Lets hope the US and NATO are helping the Ukraine to make some offensive strategy; however, I wonder if the Russians are, like usual, actually playing a trick - surely they cant be this incompetent.
@@drcl7429 I see you haven't actually seen what true corruption means. Russia is next-level stuff.
West is not great, but the difference is magnitudes wide.
@@drcl7429 All this is none of our business.
ok go fight in Ukraine or send your children to fight there and I will then respect your point of view.
D Rcl The russian military has always been greatly overestimated.
many of these vehicles in the stalled convoy have tire problems as the used tires from china and not Russian or European tires , watch news videos and check out all the blown tires on damaged or abandoned vehicles
It's simple, Russia is large but very poor due to level of corruption etc. The same factors influenced decrease of Russian army capacity. Cream and Syrian war were very small so they didn't show average level of (low) quality of their country. Plus USA have plans of invasion much earlier.
It's simple, Russia (The USA) is large but very poor due to level of corruption
Russia could circle Kiev, then be attacked from outside Kiev and inside Kiev. Russia is not controlling the countryside.
They don’t have to. They only have to cut off 3 main roads and the country starves.
That’s already the reality and Ukraine is now demanding they allow humanitarian and military convoys into Kyiv, Kherson, Kharkiv to drag the war out indefinitely.
The reality is the Russians can and will commit genocide. Zelenkyy is refusing to accept the wars lost.
@@jugganaut33 I see the Russian trolls have come out of their sh*tholes.
@@jugganaut33 Roads are only a convenience. The reality is vehicles don’t need to travel on roads, the first Ford Model T proved that a hundred years ago.
That would be a called donut manoeuvre by Ukraine against Russia Now the Russians have abandoned so many MBTs and other weapon systems, that the Russians can now be considered Ukraine's largest arms supplier! #PoisonerPutin aka #DobbyTheWarElf & #LoonyLukashenko have to go! #Ukraine
After this, Russia should not be allowed to have nukes and only defensive weapons.
Hahaha you think US army can just walk in the Moscow and Russian Nuclear reactors and disable them ?
(And Disable 6 k nukes?)
Lmaooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Go take them away then.
Yo just stay on the sidelines bro. No one needs your opinion right now. Its clearly stupid as fuck.
@@lolofblitz6468 If their economy falls apart sure
Lol good luck with that. Russia has the largest stockpile of nukes. All we can do is end up in another cold war and nobody wants that. I've always known the Russian military was a paper tiger running mostly antiquated equipment with outdated systems.
The UAV's that are destroying Russian equipment have a max speed of 80 mph, and if the Russian columns had their usual anti-air defenses working, those UAV's would be no threat. A couple of the drone videos show them destroying a SAM missile launcher, which could have easily shot down the drone if it had had its radar turned on. What is behind this Russian incompetence, disorganization and bad morale? Is this the state of the Russian army after a decade of reform? Is it something about this particular mission? Did their commanders fail to tell them that Ukrainians would oppose them?
Ukrainians have a formidable network of spies inside the Russian forces.
This incompetence just goes to confirm that Putin’s military is absolutely no match for an angry USA!!!
@@mesofius I'm really happy to hear that. Hopefully this can be the end of Putin.
I suspect the troops have been sold the same propaganda that is been sold to the rest of Russia. That they are liberators sent to free oppressed people from corrupt leaders and Nazism. If you are told this then you will expect to be welcomed but it comes as a nasty shock when those you are supposed to be liberating start to shoot at you. Also some of those Russian troops may well have friends and family in Ukraine so are reluctant to push too hard in case they kill them.
It has also been suggested that the corruption and kleptocracy that has been rampant in Russia for some time now could mean that money that was supposed to be spent on the military and equipment was syphoned off and second rate materials have been used in production with people not expecting what they make to ever have to be used. So what they have is less reliable and likely to break. The last thing you need as a solider is knowing that your equipment is likely to fail when you need it.
That is the issue with a powerful Charismatic Egomaniac Dictator, whatever they think , believe or Do cannot be challenged, so they surround themselves with Yes men and anyone that would challenge any assumptions or beliefs is replaced or even vanished.
A lot of those Russian soldiers secretly kept their mobile phone with internet and still can see the truth
@ th 0:54 mark. " They have a 40 mile long snake, motionless and starving" How long can the conscripts protect that perimeter ?
It was explained to me that Russian soldier lack initiative because they are brought up in an oppressive system in which free thinking is not encouraged or permitted. On the other hand, in the west a lowly private wakes up in the morning free to think freely. So when he/ she reports to duty, he/she is full of initiative and enterprising spirit... basically a fine soldier. Freedom always prevail.
There is no time for lgbtqi inclusion morning teas!!
Judging from what you think of the western private, I don't think you have ever been in the military, and I don't think you should be.
@@iPlayOnSpica sorry, but retired naval pilot. Initiative comes from mental training.
@@ramspace I see. Nevertheless, you do have the wrong idea of the enlisted service member of today.
@@iPlayOnSpica Hi again, take a Russian conscript vs a freely enlisted Canadian soldier and there is difference: motivation, clarity of thinking, love of their job and unit, respect from their superiors, etc. Not to mention decent middle class salary. This is, of course, a generalization.
A conscript army, who was mislead as to what they were doing, and where they were going, will never be able to stand up to a trained, determined army.
And it's strange that he said "who knows?" when asked about the armored column. We know full well what is going on; Most of those vehicles have been in storage for over 20 years, the fuel is bad, and their tires are rotten. They were sent out with little to no actual maintenance. And thus far, no one has been able to spot a single recovery/maintenance vehicle in the column.
This was very poorly planned, even more poorly thought out. There will come a time when western nations finally say "enough is enough" and take direct action. And Russia will back down. Guaranteed.
In fairness to him, this was 5 days ago. We've learned a lot more in those 5 days.
@@panderson9561 Or they will use nukes. I don't think they will but I also didn't think Putin would be so insane to invade the entire Ukraine.
Maybe he is cold-blooded enough to use them if his dream of a new Soviet Union fails.
@@Garium87 Let's hope some level headed general gives him a noodle before he goes too far.
I agree. Really glad for Ukraine and I know the suffering there is real, but it has been a lot like watching a first or second-rate team throw a game to an opponent that shouldn't have any business being on the same field. Very weird.
Quite an Analogy
I think Putin is trying to do the invasion on the cheap, relying on lightly armoured vehicles and conscripts to be ground up and spat out.
@@repletereplete8002 to be fair Germany and who knows how many other countries are helping Ukraine with weapons...
Only because you've been brainwashed with absurd propaganda. Bro, Ukraine lost 95% of its air and ADS capability and 80% of its vehicles, armor and materiel in the first 72hrs. Ask yourself, if Russia is doing so poorly, why is Zekensky on tv 25/8 begging for a wirld war, while throwing civilians at tank columns?
@@springbloom5940 Because it should've all been over in those 72hrs.
Hope some russian soldiers can desert an save lifes both sides🙏
It's happening.Sources are, of course, unreliable and biased, but you see an awful lot of undamaged, abandoned equipment with full ammo stock.
Brace for incoming Russian trolls...
@@mitanni0 many ukrainian soldiers are also fleeing, many are also changing sides. it is most visible in the donbas region and on crimea..Anti-Russia trolls don't like that
To all Russian soldiers, lower your weapons, Putin is not worth dying for! He is a coward and a tyrant to even the Russian peoples, rise up good people of Russia and take back your freedom, overthrow the evil dictator who has been lying to you, the dictator who has stolen 650 billion dollars from your country to pay for bombs.
Soldier take back your freedom, remove Putin and invade Belarus, liberate the Belarussian people's, then unite as one under the sky in freedom, live in peace and dance in the streets. Do not fight for #PoisonerPutin aka #DobbyTheWarElf & #LoonyLukashenko aka #DrDumb
the main mistake is underestimate an enemy. I enjoy seeing you doing it.
He looks like a cartoon sea captain that is a good friend of the main character.
Interviewer asked why the Russian convoy has been stuck for days?" but the General then waffled on about logistics instead of answering the question. The simplest answer is that the Russians are confined to the roads because the country is too muddy for them due to the warmer spring weather that has turned the hard icy surfaces into slush. Therefore the Ukraine army have fought to block the long line of Russian vehicles using relatively few troops across the road and narrow flanks on either side. And presumably are attacking the long column at various points using light infantry and from the air with drones. So, the general's statement about logistics problems was simply bs because those problems did not cause the halt of the Russian convoy but instead are the result.
Logistics: They have run out of fuel. Ukrainians blow bridge and destroy supply vehicles. Simple.
there we go, youtube expert enlightning everyone else, praise be.
Good interview. Thank you. Sounds like Russia is confused in several areas.
They use young kids that don’t know that they are going to war, many are lied too and they think they are going for a training.
@@passenger-rider An 18 year poorly trained and unmotivated kid is a sad, afraid little fellow. Can't help but feel sorry for them but the officers can intimate them into executing civilians without any backtalk from the kids. That's what the Germans did. Russians will do it too.
Uhm. Thats like definition of Russia.
A FEW FACTS...
This dude saved like 50 French soldiers in Yugoslavia when he organized a column (Czechoslovakian at that time) with his unit and pulled them out - he was awarded the highest french order for that (some men in his unit as well).
In NATO he used to be 2nd in command.
He was a member of communist party in his youth when he started the military career.
Atm he is running for the Czech president.
I'll not vote for him - not that I'd not trust him, but because I believe we deserve a president that has never been in a communist party and there are other really good candidates as well. But if he wins, it will be all fine with me :)
A few hours ago a Russian IL-76 transporter took off from Czechoslovakia, was it a peace delegation?
I mean, a lot of people chose to be members not because they were communist or particularly loyal to the government, but because without party membership promotion was either impossible or at least very difficult?
@@_John_P this plane delivered fuel to nuclear station in Slovakia. If you western idiots could forbid this plane to takeoff, then Slovakia will have no electricity.
@John P That is hard to belive since Czechoslovakia didn't exist for last 30 years. So no. Russian plane did not take off from Czechoslovakia few hours ago. I know you Americans learn geography only when you are invading the country but come on. It's been 30 years.
@@reggdew5412 It's on flight radar 24
This whole situation reminds me of what Malcolm Gladwell says in his book David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants. Sometimes the appearance of overwhelming superiority can work against you; as Gladwell says, "There is a high probability of improbable events occurring in situations where one outcome is greatly favoured over the other." The apparent underdog should never be counted out...
Has Russian war fighting doctrine changed since the days of the USSR? Because by and large their equipment hasn’t. The backbone of the military hardware is essentially Cold War era when their doctrine was based on overwhelming numbers and high mobility. A high rate of attrition was expected and accepted as ultimately they believed that “quantity had a quality all of its own” and by sheer weight of numbers they’d prevail. The equipment hasn’t changed but they are now far fewer in number. The old Warsaw Pact could throw 60,000+ main battle tanks at NATO during the 1980s, they could afford the losses. They simply cannot fight that way with that kind of kit anymore.
Their doctrine was massive armored columns with little infantry support on the spearheads. The idea was to pulverize everything in their way and then bring in the infantry to clean up and hand off to occupy or just destroy everything into a wasteland. Which seems sound for about the first 50-100km depending on resistance and type of terrain. Then the logistics chain becomes crucial with all those thirsty vehicles. The tip of the spear was supposed to act as an overwhelming shock, much like the German Blitzkreig in WW2. They have obviously moved away from that. More along the lines of Iraqi freedom where you move in force and utilize a 360 degree battlefield (hence these pockets). But they just plain suck at it. Now they will devolve into massive artillery and rocket barrages that will level the cities and then they will move in, like they did with Berlin. Ukraine must find a way to draw infantry into well designed urban traps and wear them down by attrition while interdicting any stand off armor and artillery. This means massive civilian casualties. When the Russian rifleman starts seeing his buddies dying left and right, then the head takes over. Ukraine is already getting in their heads. It is going to be so expensive for all of Russia and just wait til those body bags start coming in by the trainload. There is so much we cannot see and this is a good thing, but it is so disheartening. And its just gonna get worse. Leadership is going to decide the outcome on this. We've already seen who is leading and who is hiding.
I would think that the forces in Kiev and Kharkov would be using IED weapons once the Russians are in the city.
Possible. Ukrainian soldiers and civilians alike are currently still highly motivated and although it’s only been the first week, I think this is very much as realistic possibility they are certainly debating if not even already implementing.
They lack the technical expertise and don’t benefit from having a border state supplier. Iraq insurgency benefited from Iranian funding and technical expertise. Who will play the role of Iran for Ukraine
@@lukeleppla The same alliance that broke the Soviet army in Afghanistan.
@@lukeleppla umm, most of the free world?
IEDs will be made only when other better means of defending have been expended.
IEDs also provide a huge danger to civilians, so don't expect them used widely unless things get unspeakably worse. People care for human life a lot in Ukraine.
That column is a sitting duck 😳
They just run out of fuel, basically soon it's to be either bunch of burned metal or Ukraine will take those as their future vehicles.
Ukraine has no air force really, the gas is an issue, for the time being.
@@sirbader1 well , still everyday dozens of russians columns being destroyed from air, bunch of videos of it being released daily. Sure, no air force)
U.S. apache pilots just looking at those Russian columns fuckin drooling like dogs waiting for their piece of bacon
Yet noone attacks that column
Take a shot every time he says “uh”
Nice channel you got yourself here. I just landed here 20min ago. A few more videos and I believe I'll subscribe. Good quality, good job.
Iv been wondering the convoy is it possible that there is also sabotage...young men dont want to fight to be killed.
He should monetize his voice.
He may be quite probably next Czech president. Well... Can anyone be more charismatic?
@@noldo3837 that's great news
@@noldo3837 It will be a nice change from the curent (drunk) one :-D
The southern front and black sea ports are key to the economy of Ukraine, and it is there that the Russians have focused their efforts.
I love every "Aah" this guy says! XD
If the Russians encircle they will leave a massive back area to be attacked by incoming weapons.
Hopefully this will occur;) unfortunately Putin’s generals have already planned for this possibility.
@@JeepCherokeeful Russia's Oligarchs have already planned for Putin's end though
Russia has a long history of using prison and punishment battalions as cannon fodder.
Listen more
And 18/22 year old russian boys. Putin lost his mind
@@thijsssstoer332 do live in Russia? Ah no. So why you talk this
@@MotaMoto77 I do, and I see mostly 18-20 y/o conscripts on the video footage.
Glory to Ukraine fighters. God be with you all.
for someone who doesn't know, this is Petr Pavel. I cannot understand why RFE doesn't mention his name.
They do, right at the start
It sounded like every other word was "uh".
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My guess why that column is stalled is that the front vehicles ran out of gas, and the fuel truck are in the back or stuck in the middle. The ground is soft, and it’s difficult to go off road. I would expect that column to be their for months. Wonderful target if the Ukrainians can get at it.
It could possibly be a decoy? The Russians have left the vehicles and nearby they’re congregating with other weapons? Don’t know? Anything is possible but it’s bitterly cold there atm and if the Russians are elsewhere they’d need to remain hydrated and warm.
Another theory is that the (Chinees) tyres of the vehicles are rotten having not been used for a while.
Here is a Transcipt if you're like me and cant understand what he's saying because he says "uh" too many times.
I have to say that its quite a question mark for a number of military analysts. Why Russians were not much more effective given the size of their force, given the capacity of their equipment. And of course, given the advantage of coming into country 3 different directions. They also used units that were composed of large number of conscripts, with older equipment that they have in their military arsenal.
So it's quite a question, why are they so ineffective in providing enough combat power, logistic support, why they didn’t effectively use air assets.
Q: they have a huge armored column 30 kilometers from Kyiv, and it been there for a number of days now. It doesn’t seem to be moving. What’s going on with that?
A: Who knows? It’s not normal that such a huge column moves on one route. Usually the columns would move on different routes and they would be shorter to be better protected. Surely they have some logistic issues, and the other reason I would see is that Russia doesn’t want to get involved too much in street fights in Kyiv.
First, Sieging Kyiv is quite a sensitive issue for a number of Russians. Combat in town is extremely demanding in terms of loses on equipment and lives of soldiers. So Russia now has to face internal pressure given the number of casualties they have suffered in the war so far. In Kyiv, the losses would be much higher.
Q: So what do you think then the next few days are going to bring on the battlefield?
A: Russia will probably try to get control of the two major cities of Kharkiv and Kyiv and to encircle them, hoping that they will give up soon. It's apparently a false expectation because Ukrainians are extremely determined to continue fighting at any cost. And also with the growing pressure from the west on Russia diminishing their resources to sustain the operation with growing military support to Ukraine, providing a number of very effective anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons, the continuation of a Russian offensive would be more and more difficult.
So, we may end up in a situation when both sides will get to the negotiating table.
Q: The support for Ukraine from western countries, obviously there’s the economic sanctions. But they’re suppling anti-aircraft, anti-tank. Ukraine’s also got quite a fleet of drones that they’re using. How effectively are they being used by the Ukrainians.
A: From what I see and hear from my Ukrainian colleagues, these anti-tank missiles, the same way as anti-aircraft missiles and drones extremely effective in fighting Russian armored vehicles. We heard the messages that those Turkish UAV’s caused several tens of losses of Russian heavy equipment.
And of course, it's creating wrinkles on Russian faces, because they didn’t expect such a heavy rate of losses.
Q: Of course if the Russians are able to encircle Kyiv and Kharkiv supplies of ammunition anti-tank weapons, and anti-aircraft weapons are going to diminish over time. So the western supplies are simply not going to reach those cities are they?
That’s true, but on the other hand would need quite a lot of troops, a lot of force to effectively control this encirclement because Kyiv is a large city with a big River crossing through the city. So getting into it would probably still be possible. At the same time, Ukrainians still have plans B, and C for continuing their defense even in a case when Kyiv is incapacitated by encirclement. So they still have quite significant military capability.
So the guy in the blue was speaking English?
Thanks for the transcript. It was unbearable trying to listen to the video.
I have the feeling the "stalled" convoy is just bait for a couple different reasons... If a neutral country decides to attack convoy it plays into Putin hands, Russian people sympathy at home.. (look see they are bombing Russians) . Putin may be trying to tempt anyone to bomb convoy to gain propoganda, he would totally spin any attack on convoy as big outrage. This is why most of those stalled vehicles are older military equipment, they are just bait. Next is simple military tactic...look over here at big convoy (while the real military push comes from different positions) it's classic military strategy. I could be wrong I'm no military strategist but the longer the convoy is idle the more I feel this is true.
there is something in that. would think they would be able to unf..ck that traffic jam in a matter of days if they really tried.
@@andersbjrnsen7203 Welp I bet the all seeing Uncle Sam sees everything from the sky,I don't think there will be any surpising surprises. Ukraine apparently has no way to bombard that column so that could be a simple reason for the amassing.
@@ginjordom6065 agreed, they dont have the capacity.
Yes, it's keeping the Ukrainian forces in the north when Putin's real targets are in the south.
@@_Mentat think theyre pushing pretty hard north of Kyviv atm anyway, and since it is after all the capital, it probably binds up a lot of their forces anyway.
They sent in Cannon fodder 20 year old lads, not experienced soldiers, imo they were sacrificed to soften up the targets.
He thinks he's Hitler
bullet sponges
Early on one Ukrainian said of Russian soldiers "They're not TEN feet tall !"
The image of the huge colmn is an IMAGE. A frozen moment in time. None of us have access to time-lapse collection of images of that road, etc.
Radio Free Europe: Any idea as to why Ukraine has not fired upon the incapacitated convoy which could become a huge problem,Assuming that the problem is logistical, and that Russia could potentially overcome it in the days ahead?
They want to evidence humanity...
The Ukrainian army have been attacking their supply lines so their running out of fuel and food,plus they have being using cheap knock off Chinese tyres which have being failing,as when they try to go off road their trucks are getting stuck in muddy fields.
I cannot believe the stories that they have no food are fuel. This makes no sense. The majority of troops are not first line troops as much of the equipment they have shown is older. The best equipment goes to the higher trained troops as they've always done
Yet, they still sent the untrained and old equipment first. Isn't that just murdering their own?
Perhaps that is why NATO is bolstering the border countries...to keep Russia's best troops tied down.
@@GentiluomoStraniero They are preparing for Moldova.
@@_John_PThey're saving the best troops for Moldova?
The best troops are in the South, opening up the canal and surrounded the Azov Battalion.
The way he was saying uh uh mm uh was almost like morse code, please someone translate it
What? Are you as thick as that? They waited so that non-combatants got clear. I am sure glad I did not serve under such blindness.
Wait a moment, do not jump to conclusions. Don't assume that the entire military of Russia is inept. The reason conscripts and older equipment was used, is because they assumed wrongly that the Ukraines would be a push over. All evidence kind of points to that. But do not think that Russia does not have better units and equipment, because they do. That material is kept in reserve just in case 'other' factions enter the fray. Remember this.
You're correct. Putin isn't as stupid as these western media types want us all to believe. Of course he held his best troops in reserve in case NATO decided to get involved. The "general" in the interview isn't very bright and honestly you have to wonder how such mediocre types become high ranking officers.
@@solinvictus39 You could hardly sound more grandiose if you tried.
@@solinvictus39 lepších vojakov nemá a je hlúpi
There is an excellent video on the “Task & Purpose” channel called “What the West Doesn’t Understand EP 3” that explains Russian military doctrine and how what is happening isn’t unexpected. He then explains what the next week or two will look like and it isn’t pretty. I highly recommend it for anyone that wants to understand the current situation and what is likely to happen next. It’s not unusual, it’s in alignment with Russian military doctrine.
At yes, the military doctrine of epic logistical problems, huge numbers of casualties, and zero air superiority. Brilliant!
@@123214matt - Not quite that bad but it’s an interesting listen. It’s definitely a different approach than Western doctrine.
Unfortunately most ppl are in for a rude awakening, can't believe that think russia is having logistic issues, Russia took the hotspots and they circling everything they cut off the air space, Ukraine troops are stuck in kyiv they are the ones that will have logistic issues
@@jetts18111 From some actions it can be concluded that they do have logistical issues. If we don't count the few vehicles that were captured that ran out of gas, I already saw a picture of civilian vehicles, probably captured ukrainian, used for resupply (it can be seen at one point in video from LazerPig ''Ukraine - Putin's big OOF''). Other thing is, it doesn't seem like they have very much in reserve. They're currently hauling additional vehicles all the way from far east of Russia. It'll take about a week before it'll get to Ukraine, that's certainly not ideal.
what this doctrine doesn't take into account is the heaping evidence that there are massive logistical problems going on with the advance in the north especially. things are definitely not going to plan over there no matter how you look at it.
It was political decision to has such aproach.
It will cost them some more dead solders, but civil casulties will be lower.
Bigger speed is obviously not their goal.
General Pavel is extremely capable and knowledgeable and I would hope that he is being sought to curb the more aggressive points of view by former and serving Generals. He is such a great communicator.
Could barely listen for 60 seconds then i had to turn it off. If i hear him say "uh" one more time im gonna snap.
8000 Russian soldiers are dead and the tanks have stopped because many of them are out of gas but more importantly the soldiers themselves have not eaten in 3 days. The soldiers have been told that they're going to be fired and sent home and new soldiers will replace them
Russia is truly harsh. I can see now women in usa that are russian are the way they are.
Why do they act like they know, there has been constant conflict between them and yet he act like he knows Russia.
This is painful.
His favorite word is "UH."
Yeah i dont know if you noticed, English isn't his first language. How many do you speak?
@@sirbader1 Three languages. But I don't say "uh" every five seconds in any of them.
But you didnt get em
@@leonsullivan4156 ???
@@duanehorton4680 u didnt get em
I hope things keep going wrong for Russia.
I actually hope things go well for them by removing Putin.
according to Myth Buster , a youtube commenter:
2 things to clarify:
First that convoy has stopped 20km from Kyiv for a reason. They are waiting on a safe distance for other operations to finish and at the same time they are already in artillery range which is typically 22-25km for Russian heavy artillery.
Second Russians are methodically making a cauldron in a wider range around Kharkiv because most of Ukrainian regular forces are there around 50,000 men and they don't want them to escape or make some surprise while trying to escape.
the only sound comment under this totally wrong video
@@VirgoHamael I thought so too. But he did not provide any evidence to support his statements.
Keep up the fight Ukraine.