Inside embattled Chasiv Yar, Russia's next target

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  • Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
  • Chasiv Yar is rightly seen as the gateway to the agglomeration of four cities, from Kostiantynivka in the south through Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, and Sloviansk to the north, which form the backbone of Ukraine’s defense of Donetsk Oblast.
    To understand what could be a critical pressure test for the Ukrainian military and a sign of how the war will likely develop over the summer, the Kyiv Independent gained rare access to units serving both on the flanks of Chasiv Yar and inside the city itself.
    00:00 - The battle for Chasiv Yar has begun
    00:43 - Why Russians are trying to seize Chasiv Yar
    02:17 - With a drone unit
    05:15 - Soldier from Donbas about his motivation
    06:09 - Inside the stabilization point
    09:12 - Inside embattled Chasiv Yar
    11:09 - "It's not just another city"
    13:07 - Infantryman on how the battle is going
    Also, read Francis' article here: kyivindependent.com/battle-of...
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  • @Wraith8s
    @Wraith8s Місяць тому +786

    The fact that the ukranian soldier admitted Russians are pretty good at the integrated ISR artillery strikes is a brave thing I respect him for rather than lying about Russian abilities like everyone else.

    • @marckx1290
      @marckx1290 Місяць тому +113

      Soldiers usually tell the truth, they see their adversary face to face and learn to respect each other, this simple, either it's you or me. Very sad!

    • @davidcritchley3509
      @davidcritchley3509 Місяць тому

      They need to stop the fighting. But Russians expect their border to be protected against NATO missiles aimed at Russian cities. Fired from Ukraine.

    • @vladimirdosen6677
      @vladimirdosen6677 Місяць тому +105

      They gain nothing from lying. Underestimating your enemy is never a good idea.

    • @blackmantis3130
      @blackmantis3130 Місяць тому +41

      ​​@@vladimirdosen6677yes but that hasn't stopped a lot of soldiers from lying. One soldier says Russian soldiers who refuse to fight are shot but the Russians have also said the same thing about Ukranian soldiers.

    • @KILABANANA
      @KILABANANA Місяць тому

      still you are a russian bloody bot

  • @evanchristie9778
    @evanchristie9778 Місяць тому +61

    appreciate your efforts to document the struggle at the front in the battle for Chasiv Yar, which
    i think will be a pivotal battle in this war. Bakmut for all its horror and destruction was still only a step to get to Chasiv Yar.
    i heart goes out to the all poor men and women caught in the crossfire of this geopolitical cataclysm.

    • @jacobjorgenson9285
      @jacobjorgenson9285 Місяць тому +8

      Ukraine has already lost and everybody knows it

    • @vincentadams4223
      @vincentadams4223 Місяць тому

      @@jacobjorgenson9285 Cope, Russian bot

    • @Bronco-1776
      @Bronco-1776 Місяць тому

      Is this you way of admitting to the world how low your IQ must be?

  • @Isimud
    @Isimud Місяць тому +77

    Thank you for this honest reportage which captures the effects of modern drone warfare! The expressions of these brave soldiers who are under constant enemy surveillance just give me chills.

    • @adammac6386
      @adammac6386 Місяць тому

      Hardly honest when they call themselves the Kiev Independent but are ran by westerners.

    • @nookied3735
      @nookied3735 Місяць тому +5

      Honest, lol. Ok.

    • @stosh64
      @stosh64 Місяць тому +1

      "Honest"?? Are you really that naive?

    • @Isimud
      @Isimud Місяць тому

      @@stosh64 Sorry, but not everybody can see through all the lies and deception as you can do. You are exceptionally intelligent. Just accept it.

    • @Bronco-1776
      @Bronco-1776 Місяць тому

      You are a mudbrain. You don't even know enough to know what good reporting is.

  • @alexsabadan5900
    @alexsabadan5900 Місяць тому +63

    Always watch your frontline reporting. Thank you for your work

  • @paulwalker427
    @paulwalker427 Місяць тому +231

    Volga 149.200

    • @gibbs677bg
      @gibbs677bg Місяць тому +14

      📻 👈🤙👍

    • @bilous_
      @bilous_ Місяць тому +2

      Sosolga pidar 😉

    • @RuslanVaslov
      @RuslanVaslov Місяць тому

      ​@@bilous_ сдавайсядурень 😂

    • @user-de9oe5zi1m
      @user-de9oe5zi1m Місяць тому

      ​@@bilous_вот и будешь ты сосолгать за обе щеки😅😅😅

    • @jackricher
      @jackricher Місяць тому

      @@bilous_ принимай европейские ценности стоя раком. тарас !

  • @dadanx
    @dadanx Місяць тому +20

    Don't say at the end the you hope the viewers "enjoyed it", it would be quite strange to "enjoy" these videos...

  • @anders5646
    @anders5646 Місяць тому +2

    I hope it works out, stay strong.

  • @theaterofsouls
    @theaterofsouls Місяць тому +247

    russians never said that they will take it by may 9.

    • @MrMursilok
      @MrMursilok Місяць тому +34

      Это сказали в Дейли Мейл. Какой смысл им врать, тебя когда-нибудь обманывали за последние 2 года ?

    • @therisencomrade3452
      @therisencomrade3452 Місяць тому +10

      They didn't say that they will take on may 9th, they said they want to take it before 9th of may .​@@MrMursilok

    • @robertbradbury7921
      @robertbradbury7921 Місяць тому +4

      @@therisencomrade3452 its always good to set deadlines for yourself, keeps you in check and moving in the right direction at the right pace

    • @pzubets
      @pzubets Місяць тому

      It's clearly another stupid western propogandist pattern, so when Russia won't enter Chasiv Yar by 9th, they could tell "oh look, Russia fucked up again!". Another case of that is potential russian Kharkiv offensive, which is discussed everywhere in ukranian and western media, but not in Russia.

    • @korencek
      @korencek Місяць тому

      no, that's what ukrainian and western media said. You believe it and now think it's Russians who said it. edit: nevermind. you said never :x

  • @alexmckimlouder
    @alexmckimlouder Місяць тому +4

    That guy's "fuck off" shirt seems to sum up the struggles they are enduring.

  • @jacquelineelsner5120
    @jacquelineelsner5120 Місяць тому +6

    Always impressed with your excellent reporting.

  • @brettosler1995
    @brettosler1995 Місяць тому +1

    Great reporting, Francis. Appreciate the insights from the front and putting yourself in amongst it so the rest of us can understand what is happening in this important fight!

  • @sonnigundbelanglos
    @sonnigundbelanglos Місяць тому +4

    a very honest report and intimate and empathic way of interviewing and filming people.

    • @MrMursilok
      @MrMursilok Місяць тому

      Угадай загадку : почему репортёры не хотят ехать в Мариуполь и показать как расцветает город ?

  • @omad84
    @omad84 Місяць тому +3

    MIGHTY CLEAN UNIFORMS

  • @Gedeon_N
    @Gedeon_N Місяць тому +23

    Thank you and others of The Kyiv Independent for the good reporting!

  • @3rdandlong
    @3rdandlong Місяць тому +3

    Awesome report dude. Be safe out there. We need you.

  • @jimuren2388
    @jimuren2388 Місяць тому +20

    Such an easy war to avoid ...
    And now the escalations continue

    • @maryanchabursky9148
      @maryanchabursky9148 Місяць тому

      Yah if ruSSia didn’t invade there would be no war

    • @hefeelslikeivan
      @hefeelslikeivan Місяць тому +4

      Yeah it would have been real easy for Russia to just not go and invade Ukraine. Can you go and tell that to Putin?

    • @nibblerseven
      @nibblerseven Місяць тому +2

      Yep, the muscovites could've just stayed home darling

    • @nzuncovered1845
      @nzuncovered1845 Місяць тому

      ​@@hefeelslikeivanYou need your brain checked

  • @paijofaishal5123
    @paijofaishal5123 Місяць тому +49

    human waves are only using waves after waves of infantry. but the russians are not like that they were using lots of tanks, ifv, and other armored vehicle and they are manuvering by launching assault in the very soft position undercover of artillery, drones and air strikes. after the tanks advancing and giving cover the BMP and infantry. they will deploy infantry to clearing the area which they are wanted to captured

    • @TheB1nary
      @TheB1nary Місяць тому +2

      😂

    • @kaydee6716
      @kaydee6716 Місяць тому +1

      I mean thats really coming from a guy wearing a satan insignia 😂

    • @maryanchabursky9148
      @maryanchabursky9148 Місяць тому

      Tanks are mostly used for indirect fire these days, very rarely you see more than a few in a assault because with drones artillery will focus on them if there are too many

    • @barrycotter1665
      @barrycotter1665 Місяць тому

      ​@@kaydee6716WTF. Great effort dude

  • @claykkari
    @claykkari Місяць тому +2

    Incredible reporting, please keep it coming

  • @BlueAndOrange720
    @BlueAndOrange720 Місяць тому +1

    Be Safe! Thank you for your coverage!

  • @ZAN-THE-GOAT
    @ZAN-THE-GOAT Місяць тому +39

    It’s man power with losses up to 600,000 Ukrainians lost which is going unreported. Use nearmaps to look at the new cemeteries not to mention those left on the battlefield blown to red mist with not even a bone found

    • @travkin8842
      @travkin8842 Місяць тому +2

      Они бросают убитых и раненых.

    • @TonyM540
      @TonyM540 Місяць тому +2

      Like the russian tank crews.

    • @knanliyev6025
      @knanliyev6025 Місяць тому +1

      This video is pure propaganda

  • @iamsorryforbeingrudebefore1626
    @iamsorryforbeingrudebefore1626 Місяць тому +432

    Bye bye ChasivYar, you will be no longer strategically unimportant.

    • @ZALYVES
      @ZALYVES Місяць тому +50

      Waiting for its transformation into a village.

    • @jankowalyk7301
      @jankowalyk7301 Місяць тому +61

      Kremlin trolls, India started paying for oil with bananas. If I were you, I'd start looking for another job.

    • @loudtim265
      @loudtim265 Місяць тому +15

      If soldiers aren’t getting paid I’m pretty sure the troll farm won’t either. Nice meating you Rusty.

    • @bobfruit7400
      @bobfruit7400 Місяць тому +48

      @@jankowalyk7301 I was about to insult you, but truly I thought about it, and if you actually believe this, I genuinely cant bring my self to do so. I have great pity for you.

    • @iamsorryforbeingrudebefore1626
      @iamsorryforbeingrudebefore1626 Місяць тому +21

      @@loudtim265 ChasivYar is always in my heart🤗.
      Zelensky

  • @mkh9164
    @mkh9164 Місяць тому +2

    Its sad to see the casualties of war... 😢😢
    Everybody tired and want to go home to families.. give the kids and wife a hug.. eat and drink be happy instead of running scare all day. 😢😢😢

  • @pacificexplorer6601
    @pacificexplorer6601 Місяць тому

    Great video! Thanks.

  • @Bobbadobbadole
    @Bobbadobbadole Місяць тому +10

    Thank you Francis for putting your life on the line to bring the world this reporting. Even though it’s still not enough, Ukraine has the support it has now in large part thanks to journalists like you who bring the story to light. Take care of yourself out there.

  • @KosmicKitchen
    @KosmicKitchen Місяць тому +15

    Amazing work, thank you, stay safe!

  • @deadrat7989
    @deadrat7989 Місяць тому +2

    dont worry it will become strategically insignificant in a couple of months

  • @kemperdurand7801
    @kemperdurand7801 Місяць тому +2

    I very much enjoyed this report! Keep strong. 💙💛

  • @PandaMoolin
    @PandaMoolin Місяць тому +82

    more money and less troops... what a circus!!!!

    • @Oblivisci........
      @Oblivisci........ Місяць тому +7

      It truly shows how unintelligent you are regarding modern warfare.

    • @InquisitorBoomBoom
      @InquisitorBoomBoom Місяць тому +1

      They have a good amount of manpower but most of them are stationed in the northern borders. Only the damned are in the front lines.

    • @Accept_Any_Bribe
      @Accept_Any_Bribe Місяць тому +1

      You can't ask for Infantry unit from NATO countries, that means its direct contact between NATO and Russia, also means nuclear might be considered.
      The game hasn't changed at all. If one superpower make direct contact, the other one will only supply equipments, military advisor, and mercenaries. Happened in Korea, happened in Vietnam. Now happening in Ukraine

    • @DominicNunez-gz4ul
      @DominicNunez-gz4ul Місяць тому +1

      They have enough troops they are enlisting 17 year olds and I'm pretty sure NATO is still sending more and more special forces

    • @JoeSmith-sl9bq
      @JoeSmith-sl9bq Місяць тому +2

      Seeing their došly retreats, I dont think they have “enough troops”

  • @afterglow5285
    @afterglow5285 Місяць тому +3

    Ukraine needs to draft ilia ponomarenko, denys dadydov and the estonian guy, they are military experts, have a keen strategic eye and deep knowledge of the frontlines. Sending them to the frontlines will be a gamechanger.

  • @leonardleonard3769
    @leonardleonard3769 Місяць тому +12

    Команда самоубиц

    • @Oblivisci........
      @Oblivisci........ Місяць тому +1

      I know Russia really does send many soldiers into a suicidal meat grinder. It's insane.

  • @Musclespapi
    @Musclespapi Місяць тому +31

    Slava is doomed.
    Poor people that lost their lives 😓

    • @jacobjorgenson9285
      @jacobjorgenson9285 Місяць тому

      NEVER play with Nazis
      NEVER trust the USA
      🤷‍♂️

    • @YoreHistory
      @YoreHistory Місяць тому +1

      Doom is a construct of the mind. Where there is will and hope there is fight left.

    • @livefastdieyoung8703
      @livefastdieyoung8703 Місяць тому

      Winning retreat .....

    • @YoreHistory
      @YoreHistory Місяць тому

      @@livefastdieyoung8703 If i cared about what traitors to democracy thought...

  • @waypastbedtime
    @waypastbedtime Місяць тому +12

    Zelenski for all the love people pour on him has been an absolute disaster for Ukraine

    • @Peter-MH
      @Peter-MH Місяць тому +1

      He will go the same way as South Vietnamese president. Once use to West has ceased, then bang!

  • @Manwendlil
    @Manwendlil Місяць тому +15

    how long until this city will fall? and how long until the others will follow?

    • @kenedzrasim7497
      @kenedzrasim7497 Місяць тому

      Is DONE!

    • @maryanchabursky9148
      @maryanchabursky9148 Місяць тому +1

      Who know. As for how long until other cities fall probably a while. If Chasiv Yar falls Konstantynivka will be next but it is about the same size as Bakhmut so it will take much longer (also Ukraine is preparing defences in the region).

  • @thomasbenian4701
    @thomasbenian4701 Місяць тому

    Thank you for a great reportage. It helps to understand the nature of this conflict.

  • @brey6394
    @brey6394 Місяць тому +6

    Thank you for the insightful report. Those men and women are such amazing people and their resolve to keep fighting is commendable. I pray each day this war ends and Ukraine wins all of its land back. 🇺🇦💙💛

  • @countdowntoapocalypse
    @countdowntoapocalypse Місяць тому +3

    Enough!...peace now!..those men need to have a normal life.... negotiate

  • @tomk3732
    @tomk3732 Місяць тому +9

    So when will Russia finally take this unimportant city? Did Zieliński visit already?

  • @enriquelaroche5370
    @enriquelaroche5370 Місяць тому +26

    None of the soldiers wear Helmets, probably have pretty hard heads

    • @michaelr.4921
      @michaelr.4921 Місяць тому +1

      Reconnaissance troops traditionally do not wear helmets. Frontline troops do

    • @enriquelaroche5370
      @enriquelaroche5370 Місяць тому +6

      @@michaelr.4921 OK well 70% of casualties in this conflict are from artillery I guess they were all out of range?

    • @arsensoroka6475
      @arsensoroka6475 Місяць тому

      No, 70% of casualties comes from drones

    • @enriquelaroche5370
      @enriquelaroche5370 Місяць тому

      @@arsensoroka6475 Check your sources Russian writers have emphasised this principle in journal articles, which suggest that Russian artillery may be struggling to achieve the weight of fires necessary to meet its doctrinal obligations. This may be a result of the extreme dispersion that is evident in Ukraine, as well as the lack of ammunition that has impacted more recent operations. Dispersion makes coordination of massed fires more difficult; in theory, systems like Strelets allow guns to disperse and fire on a single target, but they rely on good communications and training. Accuracy is improved through UAVs, but if Russian forces are struggling to concentrate their artillery, then one would expect their ammunition consumption to increase as they try to destroy targets with fewer guns available. Attrition also plays a role: Russia is likely to have lost many of its guns and most experienced crews. However, Russian attacks are often preceded by extensive indirect fire; Russia’s ammunition consumption and accounts from Ukraine both support this argument. Recent reports indicate that 70% of Ukraine’s casualties are a result of artillery fires. It is clear therefore that despite challenges, Russian artillery is having a significant impact on the Ukrainian armed forces and delivering effects through a combination of innovative tactics and technology, as well as a reliance upon its traditional doctrine.

    • @numalo
      @numalo Місяць тому

      Go to war and than i will u ask way u stop wear a helmet. If U dont know nothing about war its better U dont Talk OK

  • @Alp560
    @Alp560 Місяць тому +1

    I'm convinced that these people love war. They don't necessarily have to know what they're fighting for.

  • @ArmoMan87
    @ArmoMan87 Місяць тому

    Glad you got experience next to you. Good luck. Thank you.

  • @EternalSearcher
    @EternalSearcher Місяць тому +40

    The stakes couldn't be higher
    for this strategically unimportant town

    • @skywillfindyou
      @skywillfindyou Місяць тому +2

      ah, folks who didn't even look at map tell what locations are unimportant. We don't really know that.

    • @Warren_Peace
      @Warren_Peace Місяць тому +12

      ​@@skywillfindyouIt seems you missed the point. This is a running joke pertaining to the pro-Ukrainian side's attempts to claim that any town or city taken by the Russian to be "unimportant", regardless of how much important it was considered when it was in Ukrainian hands.

    • @maryanchabursky9148
      @maryanchabursky9148 Місяць тому

      Everything has strategic importance, the question is how much and to whom.

    • @maryanchabursky9148
      @maryanchabursky9148 Місяць тому +2

      @@Warren_Peaceit’s almost like a town can have more strategic importance to Ukraine than ruSSia. Is your brain too small to understand this?

    • @Warren_Peace
      @Warren_Peace Місяць тому +1

      @@maryanchabursky9148 No, more like you have cognitive dissonance. The problem is not that Ukraine puts strategic importance to a town or city, it is the fact that the pro-Ukrainian side automatically suffer collective amnesia the moment said town or city falls to the Russians.

  • @dmytro_palahniuk
    @dmytro_palahniuk Місяць тому +62

    Incredible reporting. Thank you, Francis. Slava Ukraini

    • @kyivindependent
      @kyivindependent  Місяць тому +7

      Thank you for watching!

    • @user-ww8nz5oo2l
      @user-ww8nz5oo2l Місяць тому +21

      Thank you for supporting Slavic sacrifice for US hegemony

    • @gibbs677bg
      @gibbs677bg Місяць тому +5

      @@kyivindependent So when are you doing a report from the Russian side?

    • @marckx1290
      @marckx1290 Місяць тому +2

      If the Russians allow him, he would be the first one, wouldn't he?.

    • @gibbs677bg
      @gibbs677bg Місяць тому +2

      @@marckx1290 No, there are Western reporters In Russia, and I'm sure they would be safer on the Russian front lines.

  • @donlawson7711
    @donlawson7711 Місяць тому +5

    thank you for bringing these first hand accounts to the world - slava Ukraini

  • @Nikshaw42
    @Nikshaw42 Місяць тому

    That is the cleanest "Field Hospital" that I have ever seen so far. True professionals, including freshly clean patients, that came from front lines.
    After all, dirt carries germs, and who wouldn't want to avoid amputations, due to the environmental surrounding.
    Excellent journalism, there is a big future for this team. Would love to see as quality of report on Gaza from this team of journalists

  • @geoffreyveale7715
    @geoffreyveale7715 Місяць тому +16

    One big point to observe is the mood of the troops. This is not an army that thinks it can win, they are just trying to survive.

  • @MickKly-ih4it
    @MickKly-ih4it Місяць тому +4

    Everyone prays all the combatants can go home safely to their families on both sides 🙏🙏

  • @johntait491
    @johntait491 Місяць тому

    A well made, narrated and interesting video. Thank you Kyiv Independent. 👍

  • @gordonweiss5170
    @gordonweiss5170 17 днів тому

    Great reporting mate.

  • @15s.98
    @15s.98 Місяць тому +50

    Many Ukrainian men are in Europe, where it is safer to defend their country. One Ukrainian boxer and mayor of Kyiv said, “I’m not ready to die for Ukraine, I’m ready to live for it.” Such is the struggle

    • @brinjoness3386
      @brinjoness3386 Місяць тому +5

      you missed his point and he is still in Ukraine dip 5h1t.

    • @user-bx1ot1di3z
      @user-bx1ot1di3z Місяць тому +1

      А, Борис Джонсон сказал:" Война до последнего украинца". Кто такой мер киева что бы спорить с Борисом?!

    • @votebrian66
      @votebrian66 Місяць тому +11

      @@brinjoness3386 and his kids have become German citizens so they can live for Ukraine too

    • @moehaymed9567
      @moehaymed9567 Місяць тому +14

      @@votebrian66 Imagine, the mayors kids don't even want to be Ukrainian anymore... 🤣

    • @jjk343
      @jjk343 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@brinjoness3386he was in slovakia before 2 weeks

  • @yotoma
    @yotoma Місяць тому +294

    It’s a bit confusing at one point where the guy says that the Russians just keep sending meat assaults and they don’t care about losses, but the overall repeated theme is that the Russians have 24/7 visibility and much superior drone, and artillery cover. If so, why would Russians be doing frontal assaults with heavy loses? The Ukrainians throughout the video are shown to be just hanging on and being pushed back. I’m sure they are taking heavier losses than the Russians who just bomb the heck out of their positions. Some propaganda from Kiev media.

    • @lukemichaels84
      @lukemichaels84 Місяць тому +39

      kinda not really "independent"

    • @andresausecha9553
      @andresausecha9553 Місяць тому

      I say the same. Even in the old Soviet union they relied a lot on artillery to minimize their losses. Hollywood also has manipulated us a lot

    • @lvdv4645
      @lvdv4645 Місяць тому +23

      Have you even seen videos? Russians are running towards ukraine trenches..

    • @marcusaurelius3487
      @marcusaurelius3487 Місяць тому +41

      @@lvdv4645 Same with Ukranian videos, how do you think assaults happen?

    • @nookied3735
      @nookied3735 Місяць тому

      It's because they're lying. There's no video proof of "human waves" from the Russian side.

  • @StevenKeery
    @StevenKeery Місяць тому +2

    Best wishes to all the Ukrainian troops and the people at home that they protect.
    God bless them.

    • @SkywalkerPaul
      @SkywalkerPaul Місяць тому

      It is God who gave them war ...

    • @travkin8842
      @travkin8842 Місяць тому

      Они сатанисты как и ты

  • @monsieurgrigny
    @monsieurgrigny Місяць тому

    A really great video.

  • @user-yc4xf8cv5y
    @user-yc4xf8cv5y Місяць тому +213

    🇷🇺Russian flying shovel is deadly 😁

    • @jankowalyk7301
      @jankowalyk7301 Місяць тому +1

      Tovarisch Ivanow, why don't you get normal, decent job and stop prostitute yourself?

    • @jankowalyk7301
      @jankowalyk7301 Місяць тому

      Tovarisch Ivanow, why don't you get normal, decent job and stop prostitute yourself?

    • @obi-wan-kenobi46
      @obi-wan-kenobi46 Місяць тому

      Russia go home. All your neighbors hate you. You only bring poverty misery and war. Nobody wants to be part of Russia.

    • @andresausecha9553
      @andresausecha9553 Місяць тому +13

      And it's washing machine chip is formidable

    • @jankowalyk7301
      @jankowalyk7301 Місяць тому +1

      @@andresausecha9553 tovarisch Ivanow, why don't you get normal, decent job and stop prostitute yourself?

  • @mattsmith-ri3lp
    @mattsmith-ri3lp Місяць тому +77

    Then after it inevitably falls, "it wasn't of any significance"

    • @jayfraxtea
      @jayfraxtea Місяць тому

      The significance is that Russia wants to get it till victory day. One day later its relevance will drop for the Russians.

    • @maryanchabursky9148
      @maryanchabursky9148 Місяць тому +3

      Everything has strategic value the question is how much and to who.

    • @vladimirk6698
      @vladimirk6698 Місяць тому +6

      When all of Ukraine is lost they’ll say the same thing. It was of no significance. Nice job collective west and NATO 👎

    • @jayfraxtea
      @jayfraxtea Місяць тому

      @@vladimirk6698, only that this "when" will never happen. BTW it was neither the collective west nor the NATO that attacked Ukraine, you Russian troll lord.

    • @UninstallingWindows
      @UninstallingWindows Місяць тому

      @@vladimirk6698 fuck off you traitor of Russia. Instead of accepting the führer's propaganda, you should have fought on the streets of moscow against the ruski reich when the first political murders took place. People like you are the reason why the russian führer gets to send dumb meat into this stupid war.

  • @operator9858
    @operator9858 Місяць тому +2

    i dont think its going to hold very long. its not very defensible.

  • @searchingforsanity4170
    @searchingforsanity4170 Місяць тому +17

    Thank you.

    • @kyivindependent
      @kyivindependent  Місяць тому +5

      Thank you for watching!

    • @user-ww8nz5oo2l
      @user-ww8nz5oo2l Місяць тому

      ​@@kyivindependentthanks for deleting comments that trigger your cognitive dissonance. Sad coward.

  • @patrickescoe
    @patrickescoe Місяць тому +38

    building defences in the north when ur retreating in the south is a crazy tatic i don't understand

    • @robwyyi
      @robwyyi Місяць тому +7

      Because you’re unable to rap your mind around it doesn’t mean it can’t be understood.
      Its about picking what is more vital.
      Ukraine has chosen to keep the buffer in the North in around Kharkiv over territory in the south. Thats not hard to understand since Kharkiv is a vital population and economy of Ukraine. The second city of Ukraine.

    • @Oblivisci........
      @Oblivisci........ Місяць тому +5

      Amazing how many generals there are in the comments section. 😂

    • @robwyyi
      @robwyyi Місяць тому +1

      @@Oblivisci........ its being a general its knowledge being shared and he had no ideal why ground was given but in the north residents continues. By the way your one liner means nothing because it’s just an empty gesture.

    • @robwyyi
      @robwyyi Місяць тому +2

      @@Oblivisci........ helping another understand why something is occurring is not being a comment general. Naive of you to be dismissive as such.

    • @FirstNumber1
      @FirstNumber1 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@robwyyieconomy? This is not the time to worry about economy

  • @kwtinternational4451
    @kwtinternational4451 Місяць тому +5

    Why show your surroundings… Y’all helping Russia win… Ukraine are most likely lose by showing of what they have and location

  • @tars48979
    @tars48979 Місяць тому +16

    Those soldiers look defeated

  • @johanderuiter9842
    @johanderuiter9842 Місяць тому +7

    All your mate Zelenskye has to do is make a sincere effort towards a ceasefire and peace. It's that simple.

    • @indieanna4764
      @indieanna4764 Місяць тому

      Putler needs to get his men of Ukrainian land , nobody invaded Russia. Putin is the warmonger, needs to be taken out of govt.

    • @travkin8842
      @travkin8842 Місяць тому +1

      Кто? Этот наркоман? Он кукла на руке.

    • @TonyM540
      @TonyM540 Місяць тому

      You don’t seek peace talks when your winning.

    • @maryanchabursky9148
      @maryanchabursky9148 Місяць тому +1

      😂😂😂 we tried that multiple times ruSSia keeps coming back so clearly they want to sort this out by force.

    • @moehaymed9567
      @moehaymed9567 Місяць тому

      @@maryanchabursky9148 Signed agreements and didn't honor them, now you will learn by force.

  • @michelemarr76
    @michelemarr76 Місяць тому +17

    Thank you for your great reporting! I stand with you and the people of Ukraine.

    • @MrMursilok
      @MrMursilok Місяць тому +1

      Где ты в репортаже увидел народ Украины, на какой минуте был показан народ ?

  • @bodieboyb
    @bodieboyb Місяць тому +6

    I have so much respect for those Ukrainian soldiers!

    • @paulroustan3643
      @paulroustan3643 Місяць тому

      I have respect for both warriors, both side so mass carriage, these are strong people.

    • @svetlinzarev3453
      @svetlinzarev3453 Місяць тому +1

      If ukrainians had some self respect, they wold have surrendered !

  • @Karim-fo8zl
    @Karim-fo8zl Місяць тому +27

    gone are the days when Ukraine was winning on the headlines of magazines.

    • @oprrrah3498
      @oprrrah3498 Місяць тому +4

      They are losing big time.

    • @bobwoods1302
      @bobwoods1302 Місяць тому +1

      Hard to believe Russia thought this would be a "3 day special military operation" and here we are over 2 years later.

    • @rettro6578
      @rettro6578 Місяць тому +6

      @@bobwoods1302Russia never said that to dolt.

    • @Karim-fo8zl
      @Karim-fo8zl Місяць тому +1

      @@bobwoods1302 hahaha i like how you cope

    • @geraldrada
      @geraldrada Місяць тому

      If you study History and the Second World War...you would be wary of judging a people and the outcome of a war by it's ups and downs...

  • @darrencorrigan8505
    @darrencorrigan8505 Місяць тому +1

    Thanks, Kyiv Independent.

  • @skywillfindyou
    @skywillfindyou Місяць тому +50

    3:56 Oh, man. From Ukranian soldiers closer to battlefields info is rather different, they said how Russian are different now, how fast they learn, etc. Anothe myth about "meat waves" is something they repeat more themselves, maybe to lift up morale. Do they forget they lost tons of people in mass assault in battle like Bahmut, Avdeevka? How many thousands Ukranians vanished there for kind of PR reason.

    • @maryanchabursky9148
      @maryanchabursky9148 Місяць тому +2

      Lol I love your lack of self awareness. You like that they say the truth about ruSSia adapting (which is something that is broadly discussed in the Ukrainian information space btw). But when they say the truth that ruSSia launches repeated assaults against highly defended positions and suffers mass casualties you call it propaganda.
      You can’t forget something that didn’t happen. According to all estimates that have any evidence ruSSia suffered massively disproportionate casualties in those battles which is why Ukraine held them so long. One ruSSian sources that was in the battle for Avdiivka said as many as 17,000 ruSSian death.
      You don’t get to pick and choose your facts yes the ruSSians learn, adapt, and innovate but also yes ruSSian commanders systematically lie about their losses leading to higher ups ordering repeat assaults on highly defended positions.

    • @barrycotter1665
      @barrycotter1665 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@maryanchabursky9148Russia never moved for 12 month's after the baukmout offensive and the Ukrainian military gained next to nothing for 12 months. Then the winter offensive came along and avdivka is now 15km behind them, and now 2 months later. Chasiv yar as far as I know had French soldiers sent to help the defence of and its still going to fall.

    • @maryanchabursky9148
      @maryanchabursky9148 Місяць тому +2

      @@barrycotter1665 you are incorrect. Since Bakhmut fell Ukraine launched the summer offensive, which although unsuccessful in its main objectives retook 0.085% of Ukrainian territory (in the south and east). Since ruSSia regained the initiative and lead it winter offensive they have taken 0.05% of Ukrainian territory. You can argue about Avdiivka being more valuable than Robotyne but the fact is that so far ruSSia has gained less Ukrainian territory and population in its winter/spring offensive than Ukraine did in its summer offensive.
      Idk which drug you consumed that made you think there are French troops in Chasiv Yar (I wish lol) or why you think that the fall of Chasiv Yar is guaranteed and why taking it will result in no negative consequences for ruSSian forces (apparently you think the ruSSians can just levitate over the hights at the back of the city).

    • @diegoflores9237
      @diegoflores9237 Місяць тому

      The meat wave narrative is mostly for western audience consumption. Ukrainian soldiers on the front know this is not true. Western governments know their citizens would turn against more weapons to ukraine if they knew that Russia was succeeding. So western governments tell their citizens that Russia is suffering large casualties to keep support for Ukraine going

    • @barrycotter1665
      @barrycotter1665 Місяць тому

      @@maryanchabursky9148 no its very clear unlike your bias that you can't handle the facts that only in small areas have they not regained the land even though it's only a defensive line not attacking like the eastern front. The southern lines haven't moved since Ukraine's first attempt at an offensive but the eastern front has moved 10km. Russia will be in kharkiv by mid to end of June.

  • @jooseppib1082
    @jooseppib1082 Місяць тому +11

    Thanks for the important work you are doing. MUGA !!!!

  • @Decoy0527
    @Decoy0527 Місяць тому +7

    Many of these frontline Ukrainian soldiers were told that the recently enacted draft legislation would include a provision that they could leave the Army after 3 years of service. That part of the legislation was pulled out due to manpower shortage. In effect, the very brave infantry men interviewed in this video have to remain in the military until they become a casualty or the war ends. This is a.proxy war. Zelinsky does what the money man (USA) tells him to do. At the moment, the money man wants the war to continue, so the dumb and unnecessary war continues. US involvement is zero about helping the people of Ukraine. US involvement is 100% about an attempt to maintain Western governments hegemony.

  • @bigbillyz
    @bigbillyz Місяць тому +5

    Sign a peace agreement stop the fighting

    • @harryordfyeah8622
      @harryordfyeah8622 Місяць тому

      Does anyone even expect Putin to uphold any agreement? Invading Georgia in 2008, then Crimea and eastern Ukraine clearly wasn't enough to satisfy his greed. He'll most certainly be back to invade again even after a peace agreement is signed.

  • @oggaBugga
    @oggaBugga Місяць тому +217

    Vietnam, Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, *UKRAINE* ................. All countries the West once supported, then ran away from.

    • @naturalmystic9238
      @naturalmystic9238 Місяць тому +4

      I understood good point! But they might stay this time Ukraine is white.

    • @lucasaugusto5881
      @lucasaugusto5881 Місяць тому +10

      @@naturalmystic9238 in the end of the day we all die equaly when a bomb fell next

    • @oggaBugga
      @oggaBugga Місяць тому

      @@naturalmystic9238 They are already preparing to leave.
      The americans will wash their hands of it after the US elections and blame Trump. Then they will move on to the next war...

    • @jankowalyk7301
      @jankowalyk7301 Місяць тому +1

      False. The West stayed in Korea, Japan, East Europe...... and those countries are successful,. the opposite is where ruSSia rules, there is misery & tiranny.

    • @dwaynedibley4294
      @dwaynedibley4294 Місяць тому +12

      Afghanistan beat the Russians with American help?

  • @leonardleonard3769
    @leonardleonard3769 Місяць тому +9

    Помощь то возможно и приедет, только уже никто не хочет идти в мясорубку.. если уже начали блокировать людей кто уехал. Это явный сигнал, что все печально

  • @chadwolf5596
    @chadwolf5596 Місяць тому +1

    Those shovels hit hard

  • @Tbone1492
    @Tbone1492 Місяць тому

    Honestly these guys would be happy with a peace deal. Then you can prepare for any further advancement!

  • @carlosbaltazar2243
    @carlosbaltazar2243 Місяць тому +113

    One ukraine soldier said the Russians haven't change their attack tactics of human waves, but on the stabilization hospital the dr said 80% of the injured soldiers is because of Russians drone attack, so what you have to say about that? The tactics have been changed of curse, thousands glider bombs the Russians are launching, so the Russians tactics haven't changed.? Let's be honest.. what the reality

    • @dillonhillier
      @dillonhillier Місяць тому +1

      I have never seen evidence of human wave attacks, they always have support fire.

    • @speggeri90
      @speggeri90 Місяць тому +23

      I think what the soldier meant was that the Russian army still doesn't value the life of an individual soldier, especially of an assault one.

    • @gibbs677bg
      @gibbs677bg Місяць тому +34

      IKR This Ukrainian soldier talking still about victory, they are delusional, I guess the drone pilots are a bit further back from the front lines that regular troops supplied for the meat grinder, at this stage they are just fools.

    • @MikeR196
      @MikeR196 Місяць тому

      The reality is that Russia is adapting their tactics very well. The western propaganda (which is present in every war on both sides) told us that the Russian army is stupid and just keeps pushing ''human waves'' forward, while at the same time telling us that ''Putin is coming for entire Europe''.🤣 This is the best documented war is history, but footage of the human waves is nowhere to be found... Clown show

    • @MikeR196
      @MikeR196 Місяць тому +10

      @@gibbs677bg Well said.

  • @andregarcia3355
    @andregarcia3355 Місяць тому +76

    Those Russian shovels make a lot of noise and blast.

  • @DanielSmith-lv5ed
    @DanielSmith-lv5ed Місяць тому +1

    Ha!!!i should sell a book to either side on "fighting tactics no man on this earth would even think of". Luscious vegatation over there though

  • @MegaVero23
    @MegaVero23 Місяць тому +2

    Should have kept to the minsk agreements

  • @faulkner146
    @faulkner146 Місяць тому +10

    Do they get brand new equipment all the time. None of it looks like it’s been worn in a combat zone especially the guy that just returned from 8 days at the front.

    • @exploringtheplanetsn
      @exploringtheplanetsn Місяць тому +1

      Your equipment is not gonna be really dirty unless you’re sitting in a muddy trench or in ruins.

    • @klub7justin
      @klub7justin Місяць тому

      @@exploringtheplanetsnyou never been in the infantery lol

  • @aaronaiysen7534
    @aaronaiysen7534 Місяць тому +12

    It’s about to fall now

    • @Oblivisci........
      @Oblivisci........ Місяць тому +2

      You said that almost three years ago 😂

    • @aaronaiysen7534
      @aaronaiysen7534 Місяць тому +3

      @@Oblivisci........ Mariupol I said and it fell 😂😂😂 glory to mother Russia 🇷🇺 ❤️

    • @krau144
      @krau144 Місяць тому

      Right now? ok

    • @maryanchabursky9148
      @maryanchabursky9148 Місяць тому

      @@aaronaiysen7534😂😂😂 Yoy understand Mariupol was years ago at this point? You understand that ruSSia has not taken a single city over 100,000 since?

    • @aaronaiysen7534
      @aaronaiysen7534 Місяць тому

      @@maryanchabursky9148 I understand you a sick confused homosexual 😂

  • @SkinwalkerFarm
    @SkinwalkerFarm Місяць тому

    Where in Poland was this filmed ?

  • @jeromepaul2075
    @jeromepaul2075 Місяць тому

    Francis you are very brave

  • @aryongadio3052
    @aryongadio3052 Місяць тому +5

    Dari awal harusnya berdamai dengan Rusia hidup berdampingan gak usah ngeyel nurutin kemauan barat ibaratnya nasi sudah menjadi bubur sudah terlanjur Rusia tetap maju terus pantang mundur karena udah terlalu ajur dibikin sekalian aja Ukraina hancur lebur itulah kesalahan Ukraina yang tidak mau hidup berdampingan.

    • @vincenttayaban6876
      @vincenttayaban6876 Місяць тому

      How could you make peace with a tyrant?

    • @travkin8842
      @travkin8842 Місяць тому

      ​@@vincenttayaban6876как можно иметь президентом безумный труп?

  • @michaelwilson9921
    @michaelwilson9921 Місяць тому +49

    Cowardly to take down comments just because you don't like them!

    • @sixbox9634
      @sixbox9634 Місяць тому

      I bet this channel is a hotspot for russian bots

    • @chrisbecker5472
      @chrisbecker5472 Місяць тому

      I just reported your comment about Boris Jonson Hegemony peace deal BS for misinformation. That was debunked long ago. Echoing nonsense. Congratulation Einstein.

    • @Oblivisci........
      @Oblivisci........ Місяць тому

      It's not the comment. It's because you're a clown and no one loves you.

    • @maryanchabursky9148
      @maryanchabursky9148 Місяць тому

      This place is swarming with kremlin bots

  • @LordLegato
    @LordLegato Місяць тому +2

    Yall ignored their referendum and now you're worried they might come to your city next? Yall should have just accepted it as a loss.

  • @adversarialxvx
    @adversarialxvx Місяць тому

    thank you Kyiv Independent and Francis! and thank you to all the brave soldiers out there! you are amazing and i will always support you! glory to Ukraine

  • @honahwikeepa2115
    @honahwikeepa2115 Місяць тому +83

    Russia can see everything from various sources.

    • @TonyM540
      @TonyM540 Місяць тому +7

      As is with the Ukrainian as well.

    • @miriamweller812
      @miriamweller812 Місяць тому

      @@TonyM540 Well, mainly one source - NATO, which is hiding cowardly behind it, using it as meat-shield and meat-ram.

  • @GSThai
    @GSThai Місяць тому +4

    The fabled human wave attack is like spotting a unicorn or mermaid, Ukrainian soldiers say it happens all the time but its never been caught on camera. Strange with the almost constant drone footage

  • @24hourjukebox55
    @24hourjukebox55 Місяць тому +2

    For every town the Ukies lose Bellendski gets a new mansion. His ''Cash for Corpses'' scheme is doing well.

  • @Postin_.-._ghosT
    @Postin_.-._ghosT Місяць тому

    6:33 Love the silent protest to the camera.

  • @Titoscudd
    @Titoscudd Місяць тому +69

    Has Zelenskyy visited Chasivyar to hand out medals yet? Once he does that, you should know that the battle will be over in the next few days.

  • @echoredfour
    @echoredfour Місяць тому +5

    Great content. It’s just gonna get harder

  • @ZAN-THE-GOAT
    @ZAN-THE-GOAT Місяць тому

    Even drones are running down in numbers

  • @dfui.
    @dfui. Місяць тому +1

    Uraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Name next week will be Chasov Yar, Inshallah! Akmat Sila!

  • @user-kl7yf3is9s
    @user-kl7yf3is9s Місяць тому +5

    min 6.17 clean boots ???

    • @soton5teve
      @soton5teve Місяць тому +1

      His left boot heel is grey with dirt, some grey dirt on other too.

  • @djolivierastro
    @djolivierastro Місяць тому +138

    Though i stand with Russia i feel immense sadness and anger for the missed and torpedoed peace opportunities and all the wasted lives

    • @user-ow7xc7fx9j
      @user-ow7xc7fx9j Місяць тому +24

      Zelensky has banned himself from entering into negotiations with Russia, and so has everyone else.

    • @user-ww8nz5oo2l
      @user-ww8nz5oo2l Місяць тому

      It's all a sacrifice for farmland. Going to need food in the coming cataclysmic events in the next 20 to 25 years. The real issue is all of this is in preparation for the degradation of our magnetic field and the events that will precede the pole flip or micronova of the sun. If you follow suspicious observers on here, the current global conflicts will make sense.

    • @greatman5836
      @greatman5836 Місяць тому +5

      Yes 😢

    • @jimuren2388
      @jimuren2388 Місяць тому +11

      @@user-ow7xc7fx9j Zelenskyy? Or his bosses?

    • @robertbradbury7921
      @robertbradbury7921 Місяць тому +1

      @@jimuren2388 same difference

  • @jang1809
    @jang1809 Місяць тому

    recon can be done by drones (not troops) to guide howitzers trucks.

  • @DominicNunez-gz4ul
    @DominicNunez-gz4ul Місяць тому +5

    Kyiv independent but has a English speaker journalist 🤣

    • @brinjoness3386
      @brinjoness3386 Місяць тому

      umm pretty sure Al Jazeera and sputnik have foreign journalists

    • @intracerebrally
      @intracerebrally Місяць тому

      This is called a higher education. An unusual thing for you 🤣

  • @roccocarlino067
    @roccocarlino067 Місяць тому +43

    Good luck defeating a nuclear superpower with unlimited natural resources and a 1M man army waiting in reserve.

    • @travkin8842
      @travkin8842 Місяць тому +4

      Железнодорожные составы из китая ирана и кореи едут 24 часа в сутки. Ресурсов нам хватит победить весь мир.

    • @TonyM540
      @TonyM540 Місяць тому +2

      Who is that superpower?

    • @fedorlezhnev8397
      @fedorlezhnev8397 Місяць тому +7

      ​@@TonyM540definitely not Europe

    • @TonyM540
      @TonyM540 Місяць тому +2

      @@fedorlezhnev8397 so the USA then

    • @moiseshuerta3984
      @moiseshuerta3984 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@TonyM540
      USA or Afghanistan?

  • @matthewdonnelly3683
    @matthewdonnelly3683 Місяць тому

    Do not think about where comrades were lost brother. To lose that place is not the same as to lose the war. Those comrades would want you to remember instead where they/you won. May God bless you brothers!

  • @stephandeetlefs9875
    @stephandeetlefs9875 Місяць тому

    Wow!

  • @MrRugbylane
    @MrRugbylane Місяць тому +4

    The first casualty of War is Truth