Top Ukrainian Commander Is Optimistic
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
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Ukrainian General Oleksandr Syrskyi speaks for the first time to a foreign publication where he outlines the challenges facing Ukrainian forces and how they hope to defeat Russia. We look at a map update around Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine where Russian forces have made notable progress in recent weeks.
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What's he gonna say? "All's lost. Run for your lives" ????
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He could lie like the russians and say ukraine has been finished for 2 years yet here we are still talking about it
Epic
"We don't defend ruins to the death."
The marines in Krinky would like to have a word with you.
Also Bakhmut and Avdivvka 😂
Remember the guys at bakmut adiivka and mariupl
@@jetfighter200 well they didnt. If they did they would still hold those cities. Ukrain is not out of infantry. They held the city as long as it was viable to inflict maximum numbers of casulties. And judgeing my the russian casulty figues it was extremely sucessfull.
@@LuisGpunkt Not in Aviivka where they lost a lot fleeing over the Open Fields got wrecked by Fpv, FABs, Arty etc. and Not because the retreat Order was to Late and Not in Maruipol
@@LuisGpunktjudging what Ukrainian propaganda telling about Russian losses.)
To be fair he wouldn’t say otherwise anyway in his position, just as US General Officer after US General Officer claimed “we’re winning and WILL win in Afghanistan” for 20 years, before then losing.
Leaders rarely tell the truth when everyone wants to hear otherwise and they know they’ll be ousted if they’re honest.
Bingo
@@brohan914 in a way it is but russia is grinding froward.
@@brohan914 That was probably a vaild argument at the start of Russia's full scale invasion. Russia had to temper its expectations after its failed Northern assault as well as subsequent retreats in Kherson and Kharkiv. Ukraine still holds the increasingly remote goal of liberating all Russian occupied territory, including Crimea. That goes far beyond mere survival for Ukraine. Unfortunately, the way the war seems to be going, taking back all Russian occupied territory is not a realistic goal.
@@Myanmartiger921 loosing 3 hundred tanks and apcs to cheap fpvs capturing 50 square kilomteeres in a country as large as ukraine , means the russian military will be completely demechanized in a couple of years
Lol yeah this dude literally got the job because the last dude was honest that they can’t win.
“When it comes to equipment, there is a ratio of 1:2 or 1:3 in their favour,” he said. Since 2022 the number of Russian tanks has “doubled” - from 1,700 to 3,500. Artillery systems have tripled, and armoured personnel carriers gone up from 4,500 to 8,900. “The enemy has a significant advantage in force and resources,” Syrskyi said.
- The Guardian [24 July 2024]
“Therefore, for us, the issue of supply, the issue of quality, is really at the forefront.”
@@Kavala76 and if you think Ukraine will be supplied to that extent by the west then I want what you're smoking. The soldier shortage is probably a bigger problem, though
@@uku4171 sorry, that was to you.
Why did you just repeat exactly what Preston just said......
@@andyjennings15 they picked the worst-sounding sentences to further their agenda.
Ukraine doesn't have the manpower to retake Donetsk, Luhansk , South Kherson and Crimea.
It reminds me that Tom Cruise story when he wanted to do a crazy stunt himself and safety guy refused him, so he replaced him with another guy who let him do it with Tom later on breaking his foot while doing it.
Same way Zelensky has already gone through multiple commanders-in-chiefs who said that Ukraine should go forward with negotiations citing huge and pointless losses. But he has just found a new guy who is telling him he's gonna win the war "If only so many people knew this one simple trick to win a war" says TikTok general
They have over a million soldiers. So it shallbe fine
Doesn't need to. If Ukraine can keep up the defence then Russia will continue eating away at their supplies and their economy and good manpower and force Russia to go back to pre-2022 borders then Ukraine wins.
@@chozer1 yes, but a million soldiers does not mean a million men at the front line. the vast majority are going to be backline positions.
@@RoyPep1 pre-2022 borders, means a lot of Ukraine would still be occupied, I really don't think Ukraine has the ability to take Crimea back, the human cost would be staggering, the whole offensive last year came to nothing against very well set defensive lines - a win for Ukraine would be a ceasefire right now.
Why did you skip over the very important part of the article that basically states only 100,000 troops invaded Ukraine in the beginning of the war?
exactly, which if we use Sersky's logic and Zelenski's BS claim of 31k troops KIA on a 3:1 ratio would in my opinion not make sense with a force of 100K it be around 100% KIA, which is confusing me.
Tooth to tail ratio. The tail of the russian army was/is in Russia. The 100k is the tooth. Ukraines full tooth to tail is in ukraine, obviously (minus some training) 100k frontline soldiers (the tooth) concentrated in a few places is a large force to deal with. It’s just how attacking vs defending army numbers will look like.
Because everyone who has been following the war already knows this and he's covered it several times before.
Being optimistic and coping are two different things
This would be coping?
@@nowarwithrussiaandchina4667No, it’s called being desperate
@@Ramirez83786 Odd. Here we are 2 and a half years later in what was supposed to be a few weeks special military operation (including "within 3 days we will be in Kyiv" and all that jazz). We hear every day from russaboos and vatniki that russia is going to win and Ukraine has no hope. Please, if russia was going to win, they'd have done so within the first couple weeks. They haven't even gotten to the hardest part of invading a country yet.
@@nowarwithrussiaandchina4667 Nah, he's beyond coping. He's being delirious.
Delusional even
Story of Syrski actually speaks volumes about this conflict as a whole. He is Russian and his parents live in Russia however he is fighting for Ukraine government. This was is more like a civil war between the same people of same origin but with different political views.
This is what russia wants you to believe. Look up holodomor and educate yourself on ukrainian-russian relationship in the past and then come back
It's a family feud that went too far and started killing each other because someone called Uncle Sam who lives three blocks away got involved.
Preston, regarding "Prohres" vs "Progres", this is an issue of Ukrainian spelling and pronunciation versus Russian spelling and pronunciation. The 'г'/'Г' letter is 'h'/'H' and 'g'/'G' in the Ukrainian and Russian alphabets respectively.
There's no 'h' in Russian, hence why they say Garry Potter and Gitler, amongst other things, while the Ukrainians tend to not use a 'g' sound/letter, and would say Harry Potter and angry moustache man with an 'H'.
That said, from what I understand there _is_ a mostly unused 'g' letter in Ukrainian, being 'ґ'/'Ґ'.
Ah thanks for this, really helpful!
My Russian is rudimentary, but to your claim "There's no 'h' in Russian" I can only say, хорошо́, but I did notice Ukranian tendency to replace g with h, without any reason, replace A with O, so Aleksei became Oleksii and Harkov became Kharkiv, , Lavov became Lviv , Kiev became Kyiv and so on, As a native Serbian speaker I can say that Ukranian versions sound strange and artificial
@@PrestonStewart you're welcome! 👍🏻
@alexlazar4738 hey! I have a Serbian friend, and he taught me some Serbian! Živeli, brate! But, yeah, I thought Russians and Ukranian people used the x (h)? Maybe I'm mistaken, though.
@@alexlazar4738 the 'х' in 'Хорошо' is not said as an 'h' like 'Horosho', it's said it's more like the 'ch' in Scottish 'loch', German 'nacht', or the 'ח' or 'כ' letters in Hebrew, a guttural noise that comes comes from the throat.
Regarding the Ukrainian spellings, they're going back to their Ukrainian language roots that the Soviet Russians attempted to quash by forcing people to speak and write in Russian instead of Ukrainian.
As to how being a Serbian speaker makes that sound artificial to you... 🤷🏻♂️
Back in the Spring, Greg Terry said that regarding the F-16s, the pilot training doesn't finish until the end of the Summer and he was expecting them closer to September.
they have been moving that date back and back and back.
Honestly i think that they are probably hoping that the war resolves itself before they have to send the f16s to the battlefield.
@@islandwills2778 Greg had said back then that the training of the pilots takes so long and that the training would still be going on until the end of the Summer so there was no reason to have the planes become targets when the pilots were not ready.
@@wishingb5859I don't think the pilots are the issue so much as aircraft mechanics. Ukraine has to be able to do regular maintenance themselves. It's one thing for nato to repair damaged airframes they could do that but nato can't maintain them from outside the country.
@@islandwills2778100% man the west doesnt want to send more of its valuable equipment to a battlefield filled with FPV drones that are making previous equipment obsolete and extremely vulnerable.
They will trickle in, and it will take even more months for the Ukes to actually integrate them into a cohesive operational framework.
It will take literally years to build a real air force. The F-16s will likely have very little impact until late next year at the earliest.
Ukraine is winning front line moving towards Kiev
those are gains oin negative direction
You look dumb rn
thanks man, always very informative work
Cheers for the consistent updates Preston 👍
Ukraine: "Russia suffer 5 times more losses than we".
Russia mobilization wave count: 1
Ukraine mobilization wave count: +10?
Yeah, Ukraine is lying.
Ukraine did half of one a while back and is doing another half now. russia also has over 500,000 soldiers in Ukraine and all they are doing is dropping. At the rate russia is going, they will only need about 35 million more soldiers....just to get to the hard part of the invasion: occupation of the whole country. If what is happening to russian soldiers and administrators in the parts already occupied is any indication, russia only needs about 12 million soldiers to occupy all of Ukraine and will likely lose between 3000 to 5000 a month to insurgency.
@@hughanquetil2567 Ahaha, quit drugs, they ruin your brain.
so why ins't ukraine "defeated" yet by your numbers? don't tell me it's the foreing legion or NATO, also russians sources are untrustworthy.
There is a very fine line between optimism and cope. He should define victory. I don't think he can. I don't think anyone can. Preston, can you define victory? How does it look like?
A victory for Ukraine is that it still has 40% of their country after the peace agreement.
Victory is if the war ends and Ukraine is not 100% under Russian control. This was the objective and expectation from the start of the so called "special military operation". Anything less than that would be a complete failure for Russia. This means that the leader of Russia set out to start an objective that he could not complete. He should be replaced for his incompetence. The people of Russia need to rise up again. Doesn't Russia want to be part of the world again? Last time I checked people are leaving Russia for the west not the other way around. I wonder why...
The russians give up and tuck tail, we lost in Afghanistan
@@almightytwee1188 This. This is what i am talking about. Delusions. You seem to have some issues with hearing or unable to listen at all because you completely missed what Russia has stated - that they deem this war as existential to Russia's sovereignty because 32 NATO countries and 20 non NATO are trying hard to achieve strategical defeat of Russia. Which is not fisible goal. Do you understand what existential war mean? They never called war in Afghanistan as existential, because the stakes were local. That's the kind of difference we're dealing with. Stakes are huge right now.
Now please tell me how do you defeat a nation that deems this war as existential and has nukes to prove their point. It's simple - you don't.
Only one way to finish this war - is to force Ukraine to negotiate for peace in interests of US and Russia. Both sides should benefit from this war. Neither of the sides care about Ukraine and no one cares about their opinion. It's about national interests of US and Russia. Ukraine is merely a ground for proxy war. Always has been. That's realism.
The victory for Ukraine is long gone. They lost this chance after 28 March 2022 when they rejected favorable peace and decided to continue war to "gain more points to negotiate".
@@almightytwee1188 It's apparent to me that you don't have enough capacity to understand the issue. So i won't even bother to explain to you how it works. Russia has called this war as existential not for nothing. Defeat is not an option. They don't see the world without Russia.
No one wins just someone loses more
Who ever loses the least is the winner I guess
you can say that stopping another country From occupying your country is a win
When someone writes a comment in a bid to sound profound
@@Mesopotamia-v6dthen Ukraine is losing
@@Mesopotamia-v6dToo late for that. Russia will not leave.
Zelinski did not send Kuleba to China because Ukraine is winning. He was sent to China to tell them they are ready to talk and that is not a sign of Ukraine moving towards victory, in case that wasn’t clear.
You're a 🤡
Correct me if I'm wrong Preston, but isn't the pipeline for troop recruitment and basic training a huge hurdle for the logistics of Ukranian Armed Forces? Even with a mobilization it doesn't seem that this bottleneck in capacity can be overcome without serious modification of the training pipeline.
Yes it is. As many signed up voluntary as they apply for certain positions in contrast to the mobilisation. It created a huge influx and Ukraini is struggling with training capacity. Hence the reason why some European countries started to take it once again upon them to do trainings.
There have always been more people stepping up to defend their country and freedom than can be trained by Ukraine alone. Hence why the rest of the free world has been helping with training troops directly and training Ukrainian instructors for domestic training efforts.
You are correct.
Most of the military age men fled to western Europe. They knew what was coming. And we are seeing it now with 60 year old fat military recruiters trying to abduct 16 year old boys off the street and getting their ass beat. There is nothing left to recruit
Haven't herd anything about this but I'm interested. Do you have a good source to read about? I expected basic training would be logistically easier than ammo and artillery logistics, food and medicine, etc.
great vid as always man 👍
attrion and not territory gains is the target
On the Ukrainian side? Dude, when has that ever been Ukraine goals? They did the counter-offensive in order to retake land.
He's saying that attrition should be the goal
@@airon89toyota
They should start by not letting Russia cut off Vuhledar like they’re about to…
@Preston Stewart : Russia does have more resources than Ukraine, but Ukraine makes it sound like it's facing hordes of Russian soldiers and that simply isn't the case. Colonel Reisner over at Osterreichs Bundesheer, puts the number of Russians in Ukraine at 510k in this video in late May. It could have risen since then, but Ukraine supposedly has over 800k soldiers in uniform.
800k in uniform does not translate into 800k on the frontlines, factor in other unfriendly borders (transnistria and belarus) along with support at logistical troops it ends up being a lot less to hold the russians back with
@@LeeSmith-lc2wv Those 510k Russians aren't all at the front either.
800,000 soldiers in uniform does not translate to frontline combat troops. The tooth-to-tail ratio of the American Army is roughly 10-1 (10 support soldiers for every combat soldier); that also means there are soldiers in different branches (like the air force). Like another commenter says, Ukraine also has potentially hostile neighbors in the form of Transnistria and Belarus, so it has to dedicate troops to make sure those borders are secure.
@@danielallan8061Russian forces have much more force multipliers than Ukrainian units do. Having partial artillery superiority and aerial in some places superiority gives the Russian forces a much greater force multiplier. Russians are much more “disposable” than Ukrainians as too many Ukrainian deaths will lead to political loss of the war (Vietnam for US).
The odds are on Russias side not for numerous reasons but for force multipliers
@@Psitau Ukraine withdrew its soldiers from the Belarus last I heard. Ukraine and Russia do not have a 10-1 ratio in support soldiers, but it is likely that Ukraine currently lacks offensive forces like infantry. Russia doesn't have 510k Russians at the front. That's just what's in Ukraine.
He also mentioned that in a past life he was Napoleon.
Spoiler alert, they will lose more people and territory if they don't start talking peace.
Wrong
@@glenn5328try keep up bud. The frontlines are in freefall
That's the thing with 'peace'. Any 'peace' is always Russian lingo for 'surrender'.
For any prerequisites for peace, Russia has made it clear that Ukraine has to recognize Russian ownership of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv oblasts.
That's allowing Russia to be rewarded for its military aggression. That sends a very, very dangerous precedent to set.
@@Psitau how can you completely disregard the peace deal in 2022 and not understand the realities have changed since then 🤦♂️
both sides will, what is your point
I don’t always agree with you Preston, but I sure do appreciate the detailed updates
The article is basically admitting that Ukraine is getting smashed.
Could he say anything different? Of course not and you know it
What are we expecting them to say they're hoping to get more money from the US
the "quality over quantity" part wories me that's exactly the opposite strategy the allies used in WW2 to win.....
That's one interpretation. Another is to say that the Allies committed immense resources to make two of the highest quality bombs they could, dropped them on Japan, and saved a great multitude of humans from having to invade the home islands. History isn't as simple as slogans.
@@johnschwartz1641 Yeah and that was the last straw too. Emperor Hirohito had many moments to capitulate before the US dropped the bombs. Bombing raids, the firebombing of Tokyo, etc and THEN the US dropped the bombs. Japan didnt have to force the USA into invading Japan, at the cost of a million US servicemen, OR another top secret way - which would show Japan they really CANT win, when the US has that much power to administer. Hirohito forced the stakes to rise.
The sherman was quality and had the quantity aswell german equipment was large and expensive but lacked the quality
The Allies had weapons that could be produced in high quantities but they had at least decent quality as well.
Looking at Russian Mad Max like vehicles and Golf carts I have my doubts about that quality
No it wasn't, that was a myth started by NATO in the 1950s to help with the other myth of "the honourable officer/wermacht" because they needed the public to be comfortable working with former Nazis, basically saying the wermacht lost cuz Hitler and cronies being crazy, "overwhelming number of t34s, sherman yadda yadda... " and the SS being the SS. The Sherman was a high quality design, unlike the T34, it had _great_ ergonomics, and was easy to manufacture. This goes for the majority of _western_ allied equipment
Ukraine will win ….
Source: Trust me bro
No one trust you bro😂
Ukraine's supply lines are secure as long as recruiters can apprehend family men on their way to work or taking their children to kindergarten
too bad russians have to do the same, still unfair with a 10x man power advantage.
Excellent episode. So who is really winning Preston? You promised to tell us :) I agree totally that tactical updates lack meaning and the incessant Russian platoon-sized assaults are not worth reporting, only bimonthly updates are needed in regards to the tactical situation along the front. In regards to the land Dominion. The other six dominions however (well perhaps not space), as well as the operational and strategic situation, all seem a lot more fluid and changing. And difficult to gage - at least for me. So I was kind of curious to hear what you think of that. And when you said, you know, you'll give your analysis of who is really winning and losing I sort of built up an expectation there.
You've consistently been one of the best channels re Ukraine & other topics as well.
Appreciate that, nice of you to say!
The New Voice of Ukraine - The Russians close to surrounding Ukrainian unit in Donetsk Oblast, making moves in Kharkiv Oblast - DeepState. The soldiers of the first and third battalions of the 31st Brigade have been defending themselves in the encirclement for the last few days, as the Russians have formed a bottleneck south of Lozuvatske. The village of Prohres was captured by Russians on July 21. The Russian forces is trying to get as close as possible to Ivanivka, DeepState points out.
According to analysts, the leadership of the 31st Brigade is aware of the risks and possible consequences of such a defense. The battalion command supports the military in their plans to withdraw from encircled positions, but the brigade command orders them to “stay surrounded until the last soldier”.
DeepState notes that these command decisions could lead to the same situation as the one that occurred at the Museum position (formerly Zenit) in Avdeevka in February 2024.
The operational and tactical situation near Progress became critical over the weekend due to the chaotic withdrawal of one of the infantry brigades. According to analysts, the 47th Mechanized Brigade, which was redeployed there, was unable to hold back the Russian forces due to its large numerical superiority.
Currently, the Russians are infiltrating Vovche and advancing in Novoselivka Persha, south of Prohres. DeepState also reports complete occupation of Pishchane in Kharkiv Oblast.'
SF - Pounding the Ukrainian rear, the Russian army is advancing on the frontlines.
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops entered Sinkovka, having grinded down the Ukrainian defense north of the village in prolonged battles.
To the north, the Russian army is close to taking full control of the last Ukrainian stronghold on the outskirts of Donetsk, the town of Krasnogorovka. Amid Russian advances on the streets, Ukrainian forces retreat to the northwest across the river.
The Ukrainian military is also threatened by a possible Russian offensive on the southern frontlines. According to Ukrainian intelligence, to date, a large grouping of about 90 thousand servicemen has accumulated in the Zaporozhye region, while the transfer of additional forces is still ongoing. The same is happening in the neighboring Kherson region. However, no signs of preparations for a possible offensive have been detected in this direction so far.
The Russian military has destroyed a drone control and command center of Ukraine’s 63rd Mechanized Brigade in the Donetsk direction.
The center, located near the settlement of Krasnyi Lyman, was targeted with an Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile. Video footage of the strike surfaced online on July 24.
Ten fixed-wing drones, more than 300 FPV suicide drones, multiple drone control systems and several vehicles were destroyed by the pinpoint missile strike. In addition, at least 65 Ukrainian troops were killed or wounded.
On the night of July 24, Russian forces launched another series of strikes in Ukrainian rear regions. Explosions thundered throughout Ukraine for hours. Strikes were reported in the Kyiv, Poltava, Odessa, Mykolaiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson regions. The attack was launched in several waves of drone and missile strikes.
The night attack targeted several Ukrainian military airfields in different regions. According to preliminary reports, one of the targets was the Mirgorod airfield in the Poltava, which is coming under Russian strikes on a regular basis. The repeated precision strikes are likely aimed to prevent the Ukrainian military from restoring the local infrastructure, which is necessary to continue operations of the Ukrainian Air Force as well as to deploy the long-awaited foreign F-16 aircraft.
Another Ukrainian military airfield was reportedly attacked in the Dnepropetrovsk region. According to local reports, the Dolgintsevo airfield located on the outskirts of the city of Krivy Rih came under a series of Russian strikes, including with Iskander-M missiles. Some facilities of the military industrial complex were also reportedly damaged in the city.
More Russian strikes destroyed targets at the Voznesenk military airfield in the Mykolaiv region. A large fire was filmed in the area. According to unconfirmed reports, there were at least two aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force deployed at the airfield during the strikes. Russian reconnaissance UAV was reportedly coordinating the attack. Thus, the Russian military may soon publish the footage confirming the damage to the airfield.
Russian strikes in the city of Mykolaiv began on the evening of July 23. Then, the footage confirmed smoke rising over the city. At night, more strikes reportedly destroyed another depot with military equipment in the area of the local port. The prolonged secondary detonation was reported in the area.
The southern region of Odessa came under a wave of devastating Russian strikes. The region was reportedly targeted both by Russian drones and missiles. As a result of the attack, a large fire broke out in the port of Izmail located in the estuary of the Danube River. According to local reports, Russian forces struck the local port infrastructure, fuel tankers, the local repair plant.
The targets of the reported Russian strikes near the Ukrainian capital are yet to be revealed.
Russian forces are also pounding the Ukrainian military deployed in the war-torn regions near the frontlines. A series of explosions thundered in the southern Kherson region. More Russian strikes targeted the Armed Forces of Ukraine across the Kharkiv region.
The constant Russian strikes in Ukrainian rear regions prevent the Ukrainian military from transferring the necessary military supplies to the frontlines, they damage the strategically important military and industrial infrastructure. As a result, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are retreating in different directions on the frontlines.
Dude, shorten thay down
All that Russian progres and attacks dont really mean anything. With all that aquipment being lost.
In my opinion USSR was smart in building it military equipment forseeing future need. It's smart to use older equipment with some more modern to buy time. Russians prepared for a sustained war against Russia. Its evident by the number of equipment held in storage. With more modern equipment coming off the assembly lines vould work in Putins favor. Especially if this equipment can best western equipment in the long term. True they has lost a kot of equipment and soldiers. But question is have they really lost trained soldiers? Putin is using a lot of Mercs. Which is a lot of the casualties. Again it has bought Russians time to train more Soldiers. I believe this is what we are beginning to see now. Russians are playing catch up. They soon may be getting caught up. Equipment and training in Ukraine is not coming fast enought to stay on top of the Russians. Ukraine was knocked back on its heels and the west was to slow in making a difference in the War, in Ukraines favor. No doubt Ukrainians have fought gallantly. Maybe in the in it will be they heart of Ukrainians that will ultimately win.
Western countries must unrestrict Ukraine from strkes deep in to Russian territory. These factories must be destroyed for Ukraine to win the edge here. Air supremacy for ukrain is crucial now.
So, where's this modern equipment you speak of?
And according to you, Russia purposely humiliated themselves? Everything is going according to plan??
It’s because of Hollywood. Old bad mentality. If something works, then it can be used.
who said russia can't escalate accordingly
@@park1776 escalate with what?
He sayes that Russians dont make significant progress is only local gains rather than an oprational breakthrough such as the capture of major city. I think like for him only fall of Kiev is major progress, and yeah Russia didnt make major captures becose 95% of Ukraine are small towns, fields, villages, farms, tree lines, forest, from big citiys you can number them on hands. I don't understand the way of thinking where you say that the enemy is not making great progress because they haven't taken down the big cities, okay, that means the Russians will occupy 95% of Ukraine and surround all the big cities and why is that still not a big progress?
I always look forward to your videos! Thanks for the updates and for sharing this information with us.
Keep up the great work my man!
Sorry mate. Don't be conflicted. If Ukraine were making up that ground...we all know how it would be portrayed in this sphere.
I wouldn't blame him, although he might be foolishly optimistic. As the person in charge of the entire army he can't say 'guys, we're screwed'. Imagine what happens to the morale of the soldiers if he said anything of that sort. While I personally don't see how Ukraine can win this militarily in the long run I sincerely hope they will ultimately find peace.
My biggest nightmare:
The US pulling out of Russian sanctions and ongoing war crime investigations.
Donnie J probably would do all that, he’d just ask Putin ‘hey did u guys do the war crimes?’
‘Nah homie G’
‘K thx’
Our next president wont do that.calm down@@looinrims
@@looinrimsu have a history proving President Trump lives deep in your head.
@looinrims Ironic that Russia collusion turned out to be a Clinton hoax story. And Trump and Putin were right to treat it as such.
@@looinrims I don't think you understand the United States. Clearly you don't understand Donald Trump because that guy couldn't stomach losing on anything but his own terms. Maybe wait and expect us to do what's right like we have been for 70 damn years in Europe.
Ukraine won’t win. That’s just silly.
You look really dumb rn
Well, he has optimism if nothing else. Victory for Ukraine is a long way off. Russia is unlikely to give up soon. Putin and many hardliners in powerful positions in Russia consider this war existential for them. It is for Ukraine as well.
Says the putin apologist
Why is it so essential for Russia (Putin)? Is the war now an issue of power security (i.e., a loss would be a potential death for him, maybe not a literal one but certainly a political one)?
@@jaxonl7810didnt ask 😎
@@pechudin9086 It's not just Putin who thinks this war is existential. Medvedev and many other Hardliners do as well. It's actually good that Ukraine has not assassinated Putin yet. Because the hardliners worse than him would take over. It's an issue of paranoia from Russia over NATO getting ever closer. Why wouldn't they be paranoid. The alliance was founded to oppose them and it has acted offensively before in places like Yugoslavia. Putin, rather foolishly, did not predict Finland and others joining NATO. Even so, it's a lot harder to invade Russia from Finland than from Ukraine.
@@corebabajustin1238 indeed I didn't 🤣
Hey Preston, will you do an episode from unsubscribe podcast?
Love your work from Santa Ana California
Obviously, that’s false.
But out of curiosity -
What does winning against the largest country with the most nuclear weapons in the world look like?
In other words they want the World to End 🤦♂️.. Thank Black Rock for this
Not giving information is called opsec … seriously who want to tell your enemy what the next move is ?
Sure he's a figurehead, he will ofc say they will win. Afterall, it's not him on the trenches
Oh, yes....we saw the same thing in Volkisher Beobahter und wunderwaffen und also Glaube an den kompromisslosen Sieg before 1945......
The Avvdivka withdrawal wasn't ordered and if it was it was way too late. It was a rout at the end, units were cut off, men ran away.
ohh man.... i can't even laugh properly after reading his lines 🤣🤣🤣
I believe that the pronunciation of Prohres/Progres is similar to the Russian and Ukrainian pronunciation of Hostomel and Gostomel
Did he ask him about his family in Russia? Or his butcher of Bakhmut nickname?
The largest issue both sides have is that they have a misguided perspective thinking their wanted by the other but resistance will be very fierce if either side gets a major breakthrough
Winning this war are not that easy these drone are become night mare
Top Ukrainian commander is simply delusional. How can they win a conventional war against a nuclear power, explain that to us.
What di nukes have to do with anything? Russia cant use them.
@@engineerenginering8633 Yep. But the Ivan's and benedict Arnold's are out in force.
“We could win, but only if nato supplies and funds us” seems more of a realistic statement at this point
How's that working right now though? And Ukraine knows we're not sending NATO troops.
Don't worry guys F-16s will be there is 6 months, they told us 6 months ago...
He is delusional.
The man's got jokes
Russia can mobilize 10x times and then what?
Their logistics network would just collapse
@@heyho4770 Ukrainin did collapse, but russian will?
@@diegoriveira3579 Russia is not in any shape to even adequately get food, water and clothing to the front if it were to multiply its soldiers by 10.
Nevermind arming and training these people.
@@heyho4770 I disagree. Russia is pushing on the frontlines despite support of 50 NATO countries and Ukraine mobilized all it can and can't resist. I am pretty sure russia din't use all it's resources yet. Maybe 1/10th? Not saying that help from china and Iran, Northern Korea. They know that if russia falls in this fight they will be doomed.
@@diegoriveira3579let's just be clear nato has donated old equipment worth less then 1 percent of GDP the US spends over 3 percent of GDP on its peace time military. No one is more concerned with a Russian defeat then the US. This is why when ukraine has been doing well aid is cut but if Russia does too well it increases. The aid is only meant to create a quagmire for Russian forces and weaken Russia without it collapsing into a bunch of new nuclear states.
They need B-1s to bunch several holes in Russian fortification lines and allow Ukrainian brigades to get through. Where did that modern air force come from? No one knows...
okej du har nu slagit ut bunkrar genom 3 lager av diffens. sträckan är ca 1km bred. nu skickar du in dina trupper med stridsvagnar i spetsen. Oj nu har du råkat göra Våroffensiven 2.0. För du glömde alla minor och hinder som va i vägen plus dom granater som regnar ner på dina trupper hela tiden.
Läget där är inte så lätt som du tror. större truppsamlingar blir bombade på 5min. Det är därför vi ser hur båda sidor gått över till små taktiska grupper på 6-12man.
That's insane man.
@@The_WatchList Desert Storm plan. Of course, you need a multi domain operation. Ukraine has land and cyber but lacks air and sea.
Peer pressure isn't going to work when people's lives are on the line. Bestvthey can do is deny services to those that ran away, and even then, that won't work.
As long as the weapons of the west still keep flowing ukraine cant really loose, especially with russia heavily getting supply restrained with certain system around the end of 2025
🤣🤣🤣🤣
The shovel embargo cut deep.
@@mitchyoung93
Are you paying attention or just parroting some stuff ?
@@timmommens901he's a Russian sophist. He will puppet whatever they say regardless of its logic. He will tell you the sky is green and grass is blue.
2025? I'm not sure Ukraine will last another winter.
It is really easy to inflate the number of russian tank and IFV losses if you have an agenda. Do these sites really report the differnce between a russian or ukrainian T-72 or BMP?
Come on Preston. Realistically you don't believe this will end with an Ukrainian victory. No one with a minimum of military knowledge believes that. Regardless who are the majority of your subscribers.
Thanks man
ok,ok ukraine now wins🤣and these victorious Ukrainians are here with us in the same room?
Russia has advanced 16 km between Bakhmut and Chasiv Yar in the Donbas, its main objective, since it took the former over a year ago. I don't think either side is looking at a decisive victory in this war. Russia fumbled this war in the first months, underestimating firstly Ukrainian resolve to resist, and secondly that the West would just stand by and watch whilst it unilaterally changed borders in Europe by force. Utterly naive. Now they're throwing bodies at the problem.
@@adamhall5298 look attentively map, location avdiivka oceretino progress, now novoselivka first
But i thought they were running out of everything 😂
For the algorithm
It seems to me no one is winning or going to win. It's terrible war between brothers all because of a mad dictator.
ukrainians didn't consider russians brothers before the war
@@park1776 I wouldn't consider Russia a brother either if I learned they starved my family and locked the borders down during Holodomor.
Thanks for the update mate
it is always easy to criticize decisions of military leaders, but nobody has the full picture looking at it from the outside.
It's not far off an impossibility for Ukraine to win outright.
Agreed I don't see how they think they can take Crimea. I hope they do but I don't think they can.
@@horstnietzsche1923Crimea is gradually being turned from a Russian fortress to a death trap for the Russians.
They’re losing very quickly.
@@horstnietzsche1923 Likely the way Crimea and Sevastopol has always been taken, through a protracted siege. Ukrainian SRBMs regularly disrupt the overland rail connection so all they need is to permanently sever the Kerch bridge and make sea resupply prohibitively costly. The hard part is fighting their way to Crimea without weakening other fronts too much.
Can I get the number of your drug dealer 😅😅
Syrskyi is by far the best Russian general.
we are winning-Napoleon
“Strategical evacuations”😂😂
The word gymnastics the mainstream media has been using during this war has turned comical.
Reverse advance
The question of does Russia have a lot of tanks and people is the wrong question
The questions should be does Russia have enough serviceable (and modern) tanks in reserve... the answer is yes but rapidly shrinking. Especially if Ukraine can continue to get modern western equipment.
Does Russia have enough people they can mobilize without causing economic problems or political instability in Moscow and St. Petersburg? For a bit maybe but it's way smaller than just the raw number or people in Russia. This isn't the grear patriotic war.
There is recent footage of brand new T-90's heading to the front. Russia is supposedly restarting production of T-80's as well. They are also refurbishing old tanks. Russia will have to push output to meet or exceed their losses.
@@danielallan8061 the numbers I've heard are like 30 a year
@@thereallocke8065Uralvagonzavod makes 30 a month
The World Bank’s annual national income rankings, released on Monday, showed that Russia has advanced from “upper middle” to “high” category on the strength of its economic growth.
The bank measures gross national income (GNI) based on a method dating back to 1989, and updates its classifications every July 1, based on the previous calendar year’s GNI per capita. The income is measured in the equivalent of US dollars.
@@thereallocke8065
Numbers differ, British sources claimed around 100 tanks per year, Ukrainians 60-65 tanks per year, and Russians unofficial sources claimed around 150-170, however it included other variants refurbished and modernized up to M standard.
I personally would say 70-90 because every batch they deliver to troops is around 13-14 tanks
They usually produce 6 batches, and sometimes 7 batches, also they may have an increased number of tanks in batches.
So around 70-85
Blinken said at the NATO meeting that they were on their way to.
I am guessing the Russia has a much higher rate of KIA than WIA than Ukraine as Russia does not seem to have good battlefield evacuation and medicine.
It is also hard to evacuate someone woth all the drones
No bro, the western propaganda will tell you Russia lost 400k soldiers and Ukraine only 31k, but the true numbers are horrible for Ukraine, around 600k Ukrainian soldiers are dead, many more wounded, Russia is smart and let the pmcs and volunteers do most of the hard work, Russian losses are anywhere from 47k-80k not including pmcs and volunteers, they have 500k volunteers and get around 30-40k more each month, Ukraine has been forced to change the mobilization laws constantly to mobilize more men and WOMEN, they are asking countries to send their military age men back to fight, their living on the hope Russia looses interest but to think they will get Crimea back and the LPR and DPR is delusion at its finest, Zelenskyy has sent his men suicide missions just for a nice headline like in the Belgorod region where he lost 15 hundred men in less than 48 hours, this war should’ve ended almost 2 years ago, but Zelenskyy chose to trust the west,
It depends on the front and medical services available while they can be high in some places but in some places it's not.
@@Will-wy5qw😂😂😂😂😂 source
Trust me bro
Yes, you are guessing.
Ukraine is fighting with one hand tied behind its back with all the restrictions.
Anyone who actually thinks Ukraine can win this, needs to pull their heads out of their asses.
What people who support Ukraine should be doing, is advocating for a peace deal Ukraine can LIVE with. This is only going one way, and it will continue to get worse the longer this is prolonged.
Nobody arguing that Ukraine is winning, or can win, can point to any objective analysis that explains why these statements are, or could be true. All they will do is quote Ukrainian or Defense Department spokespeople whose JOB it is, to push propaganda. Just like the Russians in the same positions job is to push propaganda.
Meanwhile, on the ground, we can see Ukrainian military graveyards from space. Ukraine continually mobilizes hundreds of thousands, continues to lower the age, or standard for conscription, and is beginning to face civil unrest over their conscription efforts. Every day more military aged men flee the country, and or, are caught in the process.
Meanwhile, the 152s and FABs keep falling. Ukraine keeps abandoning positions with scores of dead comrades left behind. The Russia air force is getting more active by the day. The Russian force IN Ukraine continues to grow. The Russian economy continues to pivot to China, India, SEA and Africa making it increasingly insulated from Western sanctions.
Ukraine continues to rely on a western life line to even be able to ATTEMPT to fight back and that lifeline is tenuous at best. Their critical civil infrastructure continues to be degraded. Their army continues to be battered.
But no, don't trust logic, reason, statistics, generations of military theory and principles. Trust the "trust me bro" sources. Trust the guys saying the next wunderwaffe is a "game changer".
For the sake of Ukraine, we need to find an offramp for this as quickly as possible that Ukraine can live with. My fear is, Russia is anticipating a much bigger victory here and won't settle for a peace deal Ukraine can live with.
Sure bro, we trust you.
They even rub it in our faces “ to exhaust Russia 🤓🤓”
Exhaust Russia LOL ; at the expense of who’s father , mother , son & daughters……..
Beyond tragic
Superiority in numbers, not in quality. So far.
the illusion of Russian ground superiority has been crushed regardless of victory
this is probably the most copium infused line mathematically possible
@@МихаилОрлов-б8щok comrade
@@МихаилОрлов-б8щcopium is believing in complete Russian victory after 2 1/2 years of “special military operation”
@@torengallagher8368 military effectiveness is relative .There is no absolute standard
@@МихаилОрлов-б8щ I mean he's right, before this invasion the image of the Russian Army was one of vast, endless armor and just overpowering force. That image no longer exists
NATO go home! Leave Ukraine alone!
That's probably how the native americans thought before they were wiped out by the anglō säxons
Native amerikans where whiped out by germanic tribes?
wtf
Wait so the Russian Born General, who replaced an actual General, who also doesn’t set foot on the battlefield is now Optimistic? He has done more good for Russia than Ukraine. At a point it felt like he was purposely backstabbing Ukraine…..
He doesn't make decisions for the battlefield
There are hundreds of experienced officers and advisors who do that
If he stepped out of the line they can easily expose him
@@baha3alshamari152 🙄🙄🙄 just be quite…
Is this guy joking 😂
Isn't this the guy that brought in to replace the previous general who wasn't happy with how zelenskyy wanted to fight the war?
In fact, the Ukrainian dude didn’t say anything new: Ukraine is winning.
😂....dreams...are not reality..😂
Who’s we ? Is America part of the war ?
"I know how to win, but I wont tell you" ha ha this is 3rd grade pile of BS
This is serving 1945 "Steiner wird kommen!" bunker-vibes and anyone who isn't completely delulu knows that.
No it’s not, gaslighting doesn’t make what you say true
@@looinrims Damn, "nu uh!" is such an eloquent and convincing argument...
@@mnk9073 since when did you make an argument? ‘Vibes’ is a brainrot synonym for feelings
Your “”argument””” is literally ‘it feels like this to me, anyone who disagrees is dumb’
@@looinrims The red that grows every day on the map is speaking for itself. Last week alone the Russians took more ground than the whole overhyped Ukie "Best summer offensive ever" did in months. You being salty doesn't change the facts on the ground and the obvious reality that Kiev is utterly delusional about this.
@@mnk9073 "Last week alone the Russians took more ground than the whole overhyped Ukie "Best summer offensive ever" did in months." Source? In Russia's main objective, Donbas, Russia has managed to advance a whole 16 km between Bakhmut and Chasiv Yar in well over a year. Zoom out, and reconsider the material cost of these Russian territorial 'gains'.
These interviews are sadly not based in reality and it is highly unlikely that these "goals" can be achieved, ever.
All is not lost.
Its joever
Yet lol
You could never be a part of any winning army to be repeating this bad information that may reach soldiers on the front line. Losing their life on lies of winning.
A soldier depend on information to make good decisions.
Why shouldn't he? He screw the first battle of Bakhmut when the Ukrainians were defending the city. He screw the second when the Ukrainians tried to recapture the city. No reason to be pessimistic.
2 years later not one oblast taken
Russia screw up already
@@jaxonl7810 process is nothing. Result is everything. Wait till the end.
@@alexbort3082😂😂😂 Holy copium
@@jaxonl7810 copium is to hope that the guy who has lost all his battles will win something
@@alexbort3082thank you for proving my point kiddo
Keep coping 😂
Dang, pro-Russian trolls are out in force in the comments section! And Preston's views on Ukraine are pretty balanced, even sometimes giving Russia more credit than it is due. I say do a purge of the comments section, Preston.
let people have their opinions
Not balanced. He was okay up until where he went to the Nato summit. After that, he shifted towards pro-ukraine/nato side.
delusional