Ukraine Will Receive US Aid Again. Is it too late?
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Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on modern warfare continues with another video on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, as we continue covering Putin's invasion with the events of April of 2024, including the approval of the US aid, the continued Russian advance to the west of Avdiivka, possible new front around Kharkiv, Ukrainian attacks on the Russian oil industry and more.
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Living in the West, this is the first I am hearing about the sabotage operations on domestic critical infrastructure. Thanks, Corporate Media! Way to keep the population in the dark and give us the news only you want us to know about...
We will stop giving aid to ukraine when russia pulls out of the country, and china recognizes taiwan as an independent country
"They have relocated some of these units to Belgorod Oblast, possibly in preperation for an attack in Kharkiv" - well that was prophetic
why, is an offensive onkharkiv going down?
@@tristanstorm5608yeah they advanced 8km according to geolocations, in the Kharkiv oblast around vovchansk and towards lyptsi
@tristanstorm5608 yes, for the past 4 days
@@tristanstorm5608Not on the City but yes, Russia is taking land along the border rapidly and Ukraine seems woefully undermanned there.
It is also rumored their defensive lines are further back and that the land the Russians took was a buffer zone essentially. This could be media cope though, I have no idea.
To be honest in hindsight the second Ukrainian offensive was a colossal waste of manpower and equipment. The first offensive was a combination of luck, good deception and high morale. However the second one had none of these elements. The Russians knew exactly what they were up to and had months to prepare their defences.
The other issue is traitors leaked the counter offensive plans to the Russians prior to it happening.
Sometimes a military has no choice but to push for an unsuccessful counter when it has mounting expectations from internal sources and external sources alike.
The internal sources expect periodic counters in order to keep the average citizen committed to resisting the invasion. And the external sources expect periodic counters to justify to their voters that the aid was being put to use.
The problem being the average citizen and voters abroad have no real concept of tactics and see the conflict purely in terms of who is attacking and who is defending.
As such if the Ukrainian military avoided a costly counter, it would of cost them even more internal support and external aid and possibly could of been more damaging then not losing the offensive.
A possibility of the counter offensive could of been to leverage the the attempt and overstate the loses as a means of appeasing the various stakeholders while buying time for the next real offensive. It's risky but if played well could also give external stakeholders more reason to send bigger aid packages as to preserve the value of the aid already sent and as to appease their voters for pushing a military into making a failed operation.
@@flackstar007 I mean I agree with your reasoning but the Ukrainians don't have the manpower to be this bold. As I said the first one was an exception because they managed to deceive the Russians about their main objective whereas the direction for the second one was clear. So the Ukrainians had to overpower a numerically superior and well fortified enemy that knew that they were coming. In my opinion the second offensive was a major failure and gave Russia the initiative back. To be honest I think that Ukraine had exhausted its military capabilities after the first offensive.
I think we should remember what led up to it. THe sequence of events. After the success in Kharkiv already the RUssians employed stalling tactics, and the Kherson operation was not as smooth as Kharkiv. And immediately the RUssians started pushing in the East. Lysichansk and then Bakhmut, sacrificing manpower for strategic initiative like at Rzhevsk, where they kept attacking Model's prepared positions for 6 months, losing 400K kia and stalling til winter. Then in winter it's Stalingrad and the Wehrmacht's momentum is broken. Meanwhile, Ukraine's hopes go from an all-time high to an impatient expectation of further victories. Under this sauce Zaluzhny publishes his list of needed weapons and equiment to continue the "streak" and when they get what they get, after losing ground in the East, after losing "fortress" Bahkmut to which significant resources were committed, now it is spring of 23 and EVERYONE is expecting them to strike. I personally think the key decision was made my Zelensky. I think Zaluzhny, as well as many advisers abroad, might have decided differently, but they were all overruled. THe divergence between Zelensky and Zaluzhny also becomes noticeable at this point. Of course history has no conditional tense...
Plus, during the first Ukrainian offensive, Ukraine was at a big manpower advantage, caught Russia by surprise, was in an offensive posture and had failed to establish air superiority.
By the time of the second offensive, Russia had mobilized far more soldiers, knew where the attack was coming, gained air superiority, and was dug in for defense.
This war really make me question every military power around the world. Whenever they EU have enough equipment to fight, Russia have enough good soldiers to fight or the US have enough willpower to fight. All the fancy gear mean nothing if you didn't have the quantity to back it up. Quantity is quality on it own
"quantity is quality on its own"
Yeah, when fighting a country with little to no airpower. You can't rely on mass shelling or SAMS when there's an f-35 miles away with HARMs
It's all about air superiority. If you don't have it or you can denied it, you basically fighting a losing battle.
about that quantity thing. eu has a +300 million population advantage over russia.
everybody has a 'yes but' for this. but its still there. and its still giant, almost 1 entire usa in additional population. 440m vs 140 m.
@@tedcrilly46 even with that massive advantage of number it will not means anything when there's no world war. So at least until any real world war happening that advantage wouldn't be able to be use, because EU value in freedom.
@@user-ii6jh6ty3t yep. there it is. just cant accept it.
hey, how about production. do you think maybe 300m population means anything for production. or economic future, after a war.
I do think there is a fourth cause. Russia has made some improvements tactically and operationally. They have changed unit size, used armour in new ways, have improved their deployment of EW, better utilized FPVs, upgraded old dumb bombs with glide kits, and ramped up domestic production. Russia is still not an army capable of mobile warfare on multiple salients, but they are becoming more effective at attritional warfare.
Have you scene the Daily RUSSIAN Losses in Men , Tanks & Artillery ???
@@waynesmith9408 He's not saying they aren't taking losses. He's saying they are spending those losses to actually achieve tactical objectives. They are doing it the hard way, but they are learning. Those mobiks that have survived to this point have accrued practical experience to keep surviving.
@@waynesmith9408cope
@@waynesmith9408 yeah, millions of men and thousands of tanks. im not sure there is any russian left in ukraine.
I think it's definitely something people forget about Russia. Their corruption and arrogance show themselves early in their campaigns. Though, when they finally dedicate to it. The ability to wage war effectively increases as time goes on. Just as stated in the video they are certainly adapting.
It seems Ukraine's losses are undereported by more than 100%...
Nonono, they lost 30k men but for some strange reason then need to mobilise 500k troops as soon as possible 😴
@@roastingminer6919they say in reality that the losses are 70-80K and likely over 150K forces wounded. The 500K number is the lack of manpower, so Men are being forced to stay longer than before as there are no replacements or reinforcements.
@@picklewithinternet2254 indeed, the misery of war 🤧
@@roastingminer6919god, just how many people died in war, especially men. they have family, why don't just surrender if didn't want to die. Russia is a terror
No one win this war neither Russian nor Ukraine
I am no analyst, but I have been watching this series from the very beginning. When many other sites had seemed to forget about this war, I really appreciate your continued coverage. Please continue to cover the updates from Ukraine.
Kind of weird seeing K&G criticizing Ukraine not drafting more men more loosely.
I guess if you're going to fight a war you have to be ready to make the hard choices.
Either you force them to fight or Ukraine doesn't exist, these are the choices they have.
Everyone understands that war is death. It is very difficult to voluntarily go to war, especially when you see how many soldiers are buried every day. I live in a small town with a population of 50,000 people. We have 4 cemeteries in the city, and in two years, each of them has increased by half due to the dead soldiers
@@user-qf1tp7rm3wwell you can fight for Ukraine now or fight for Russia later in places like Kazakstan as Russia rebuilds their empire.
I can imagine conscripted ex enemy cannon fodder can regret their earlier inaction. And the future generations.
@@jackneuman5108lol fearmongering warchicken
Hmmmm why isn’t Europe’s military industrial complex able to supply Ukraine? It’s annoying that NATO is so reliant on America.
Because it was left to atrophy as soon as people could delude themselves into thinking Russia wasn’t a threat anymore. NATO doesn’t have the capacity to wage a long-term war like this, the US included, and everyone has been shitting their pants after realizing it.
Because NATO is USA and its European vassals!
Mighty nations of Europe became dummies and forgot they can do stuff on their own without USA! They should be ready to defend teir continent and not be wholly dependent on USA! Russia knew this.
Because most of the military complex of NATO is owned by the US. The US owns NATO.
they are putting things in place but it takes a long time to get the supply chains up and running.
The same problems with NATO that Americans have been complaining about for decades.
Ukraine aid is still stuck in the traffic jam in Moscow time square
Are they in front or behind the fleat of broken down T 14 Armada's
@@jamesoconnor5908 behind t34
@@jamesoconnor5908 Behind the old T34 and leopard 🐆 🐆
@@jamesoconnor5908 well, obviously Russia doesn't need them.. So, you're good.
@@jamesoconnor5908 You mean a weak man falsified story, where it was just a benign case of the driver leaving the handbrake on.
While others are busy talking about Israel and forget what happened in Ukraine, this channel still continues to updating development war in Ukraine ❤❤.
One is a war, the other is a g enocide , sorry that we care about millions of innocent civilians in palestine I guess
@@KZ-xt4hl Ukraine is waaaaaaay more important than Israel vs Palestine, way more civilians have been killed by Russia than Israel, and Ukraine are innocent unlike Hamas, if you think two million people who lived in a shit theocracy anyway matter more than fifty million Ukrainians fedending their democratic country then you must be sick in some way, maybe you don't care about Ukrainians cause they're white and you're a woke racist? Maybe you have a grudge against Jewish people?
Also ignoring Western Sahara, Sudan, Congo, Myanmar, Tibet, Armenia
I really hate how short of an attention span that the mainstream media has
Don't care
All of this feels so much like the Wehrmacht in late 1943. A relentless grinding campaign, until eventually you get a hole in the lines that can’t be plugged in time, followed by collapse and fallback to a river line.
While I agree with your assessment I do have to admit that the choice of comparison puzzles me.
Plus the constant refusals for strategic withdrawals in poor stragetic situations to save manpower and equipment are reminiscent of the "fortress cities" of the Germans...
@@Mortarion-xt9wp
Azov Batallion, Kraken Special Forces Unit, Right Sector Militia, etc, etc...
Never ask a women her age, a man his salary, or a ukrainian soldier what that funny patch means :^)
@@Mortarion-xt9wp Coincidently the Eastern Front in late 1943 was around where fighting is currently taking place
@@btw6301 Rusich, the Kadirovites, Vagner :]
Never ask a Russian soldier what he's doing in Ukraine :^)
us lost more money to budget errors than they spent on ukraine
Edit: vatniks crying
@@MrShitfireThank you general. i will be sure to let Zelenski know of your expertise.
@@MrShitfireUkraine needs people because AFU doesn't have enough aid.
For example if you don't have artillery to destroy big enemy formations, you need more people to defend.
@@c4cullen09 refuses to fulfil its promises and under equips ukraine then uses the excuse that ukraine is doing badly because they didn't get any support to claim they shouldn't get any support, genius logic well done
@@c4cullen09 it is a winnable war. The west just have to stop fucking around.
@@Freyia935He is right though. Ukraine need take all men from EU back to Ukraine all of them. Not a single of them should need left in EU. All of those false patriots must go and protect their beloved Slavic country and fight with their beloved Russian Slavic brothers.
US aid might help a bit, but it takes much more than that to change the tide of this conflict. Ukrainians are running out of manpower and their morale has never been lower, and since Russians have learned from its previous failures, it's unlikely for Ukrainians to make any notable advance. Keeping the current line would be the best case scenario.
6k 155mm shells? Is it what, to let UA stay in the game one day more?
More Russians and Ukrainians come back as 200s and 300s.. Washington is satisfied. Washington will sleep well.
Russia is currently outproducing the US and Europe combined in 155 shells, that together with Ukraine lack of manpower, there is no way Ukraine can win this war.
Not whole day, onlly from 6:00 to 18:00
Looks like even north korea can outproduce them 😢
I mean, it's not "Even North Korea", it is *North* *Korea* - they prioritize shells over everything else. @@davidchabashvili6848
Thanks for your great work putting all this up together. Appreciate your consistency in providing summary of the ongoing war.
Thanks. Missed a few things last month. Good to catch up. 👽👍
There's a situational disadvantage to covering ongoing conflicts with wartime propaganda and not having enough time to comb over the finer details. Either way you guys do a solid job all these things considered
thanks for the update Kings and Generals team
Damn, I forgot how exceptionally well-made your videos are. Thanks for all the work you put in!
Waste of life of both sides
It's hilarious to see the US panicking about Ukranians attacking russian oil refineries.
Even though it isn't affecting global oil prices in any negative way. In that, it means Russia is forced to export more crude oil.
The US didn't actually demand Ukraine to stop doing that. Their "concern" about that was more of a political and diplomatic formality.
It will be hilarious when naive people carry us into WWIII.
Today I learned a nation has the required emotions to panic.
US is more worried about how ordinary Russian will perceive it. It's either Russians will demand Putin to step down or Russians will be motivated to join the army. Obviously it's the latter because Putin controls the perception of Russians through state controlled media.
One of the most cruel aspects of this war has been how the major Western militaries have been sending Ukraine JUST enough military supplies and equipment to keep the stalemate going. If some of the Western countries alone contributed to Ukraine in terms of % of GDP as my country Latvia, the war would have been over already.
The longer the war goes on, the more they can use it to use it as a scapegoat for every problem facing the west
The problem is that the only country capable of doing that is mine, the United States. However the general consensus among most people is that we shouldn't even be involved which is exacerbated by the republican party who is receiving massive amounts of money from the Russian government to stall aid. Most Americans don't realize that by giving full support to Ukraine we could bleed the Russians and greatly weaken them for decades. Disinformation campaigns among the youth even have a small majority believing America is too weak for a war against Russia, which is bullshit, nothing short of an attack on a NATO country right now would draw out any more support from the American public. With our corrupt politicians actively campaigning for no more aid and the threat of Trump's re-election more aid won't be given until post election by a non trump victory
@@The_dude12 I agree with you, except I don’t get what you mean by saying only USA can do that. My point is if Germany, UK, France and some other large European economies would contribute as much as Latvia in terms of GDP, it would be pivotal. I don’t see why they couldn’t do that.
@@rayhoodoo847the UK is not in a position to contribute that much, we have crumbling public services as is
@@rayhoodoo847 Germany has practically expended all its surplus and it's economy is in the crapper with no Russian gas, UK is also in economic ruin, and the French are cowardly assholes
it may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.
TOW is pronounced 'Toe', HIMARS is pronounced 'high-mars'
MARS
THE GOD OF WAR
It's easy to remember because the missile tows a wire behind it.
The voice is AI
How come other NATO members have specific details and number for the air they’re sending and not the US? Strategic ambiguity for them and not for everyone else seems rather stupid.
We're stupid.
@@neilreynolds3858 or don’t actually have the production capabilities. Hence the money going into replenishing the stockpiles
@@WolfclawTheGreatwolf The $$ going to buying things for America is just part of a way to get it approved. If America gets new shiny stuff and Ukraine gets old almost outdated stuff, then congress is happy and signs the bill. Additionally, a lot of money is being given with leeway. IE: "Here's money to buy stuff from us. Pick and choose as you like." So the exact amount isn't really known to begin with.
Money laundering.
The aid packages stopped including specific numbers last year since the amount we are sending is so little and looks so uninpressive on paper. We cab see this especially now, when the only item where a quantity is specified is small arms ammo, because the number is in the millions, which looks impressive on paper, but will only get ukraine through a few weeks.
Thanks so much for the updates
As always, great work! Thank you for your hard work!
Thanks for watching!
Good video! Thanks for the update!
Thanks!
Sadly I dont see Ukraine winning.
I think Russia rolling into the suburbs of Kiev in the first days of the war told us exactly who had the upper hand here.
Luckily for Ukraine it seems like they only care about a landline to Crimea.
@@Bern_il_Cinq and hem rolling back in few days told us how much of joke they where.
with western support? russia can never win.
so it really more of question is it sustainable dunno think that west can easily sustain that while russia can't its more so a question of public opinion do they care still or not.
Every day they exist as a nation in defiance of Russia is a victory. You see their victory every day.
Very good work
How you do your animation ?
Blender
Thank you for the update
Military industrial complex absolutely printing money right now
As an American I keep asking myself what the F are we doing in this whole thing… it should have never happened in the first place. Weak leadership allowed this. I think we are living through the worst presidency in American history. Just a blatant disaster on literally all fronts, foreign and domestic
True, if trump was in charge, this would have been over in the first month of the war. We would have never supplied ukraine and ukraine would have nothing to fight back with.
america was living with the 2 worst presidency in history
Biden is far better than trump.
Never forget that Obama and Trump were the ones that set the conditions for this to fester to the point of a full-scale invasion. If they had instead recognized Russia as the threat they were and armed Ukraine to the teeth we wouldn’t be in this mess.
By the time Biden was in office the only thing he could have done to stop it is literally roll US troops into Ukraine and push Russia out. Probably could have done that in a month or two, though the follow-through on the threat by actually putting troops in Ukraine probably would have been enough to call Russia’s nuclear bluff.
@@jmgonzales7701 Biden without a doubt is the worst president of my lifetime.
What is the name of the background music?
Stop the war once already.
How come the Europeans blame American aid without looking at their own promises that have failed to mature (like EU ammunition promises). It's in your backyard, YOU should care more, not us always footing the bill.
EU is a mess mate, they cant even agree on the color of the sky.
Because, they don't blame US, they are actually sending different kind of aid. And US equipment is good period.
Don't worry, the US has to foot the bill to protect the borders of every country while they dont have one lol
It’s because blaming Americans helps you. People never want to believe it but Europeans tend to like that. Look how Macron speaks about Taiwan. When discussing Ukraine it’s all about sovereignty talk about Taiwan and he’s saying we can’t be involved because of the US.
because europe can't give what they don't have. An american sneeze can pump out more weapons in a month that many european countries combined make in a year (for many key systems it's a divide by zero error).
You want to talk footing the bill? The eastern european states are pouring their arsenals into ukraine. But their economies are smaller than US states. People are pissed because the US giving a quarter of a shit would shove this war in a locker yesterday. Hell, just handing over your recycle bin of cold war retiree equipment would end this war right now.
And why exactly aren't women getting forcefully recruited into the army?
If everyone was recruited, then no one will work in the economy and who will take care of the younger children, also it will ruin Ukraine’s reputation even more.
The demographics of a state in total war is a bit more complex than teenage angst against inequality.
Ok that was a bit harsh. I understand the backlash against radical feminists who seem to want to take everything and give nothing. But Jesus man, choose your battles.
Ukrainian woman are busy in onlyfan
Dontn know ask Pentagon....
Maybe they need to take care of children
Getting this high of video production for free is mind blowing. Huge thanks Kings and Generals
@kingsandgenerals I appreciate how you show the committed resources from both sides. It’d be interesting to approximate the total value of these resources and compare them to value of resources lost and destroyed over a time period and in aggregate. Love the videos great work
Dark hours ahead. Must be steadfast.
Gonna get worse before it gets better, but it will get better
@@samwill7259maybe, but this war can’t last forever. I sense a Finnish-Russia situation occurring again
@@Alexq79- Interesting to contemplate, I never thought of that. I'm starting to think of a North/South Korea situation. A bloody stalemate, a ceasefire but no treaty, and an incredibly militarized DMZ, and if that does come to pass Ukraine must be given membership to NATO and the EU to ensure this never happens again.
@@ItsDylanMegaw Russia is going to win and they will dictate terms. Ukraine will have no say and neither will the "west". Rather, this war shows up NATO for the paper tiger that it is. One potential outcome of this war will be the dissolution of NATO into regional blocks and alliances.
@@jontheb123 Russia is nowhere near to "going to win", especially with in the terms initially planned for Ukraine. I see you cherishing the idea tho. We can in fact thank ideological traitors for this situation.
Thank you
Thank you for continuing to provide coverage of the war in Ukraine. As always, hopefully, the suffering there ends soon.
God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)
I give it 2 more years 3 at most.
great video, cheers for another gem K and G ❤
I've said since the beginning of the war that Ukraines, whom i support, only hope is to keep russia in this stalemate, until the russian public turns on the russian government but it seems that's not gonna happen at this point. At this point id say they can still hold them off for a long time but not indefinitely. Unless something drastic happens i believe Ukraine will fall.
The Russian people are never going to turn against Putin. He's the ideal leader to a Russian. My wife, who's Russian, can't understand it either but it's true. They're stubborn people and to them, it's the West threatening them again.
Russians wouid never do that, that joke is no longer funny. They still admire Stalin as the greatest ruler of all time, and their support for Putin has risen greatly after he initiated the invasion into Ukraine. You seem to live in your own fantasies, well "Ukraine falling" is just another one of them.
The whole ridiculous western idea that they actually believed that removing the russian flag in every sport event, not allowing russian students or athletes to participate in western countries or sanction russia in hundreds of other unnecessary ways would make the russian public turn on the russian government and not actually make them turn against the west even more because the xenophobia made them even more isolated, is truly laughable.
Hard to "like" a video of news like this, but I like your reporting.
"metal defensive covers on tank" such a fancy term for the turtle tank x)
I’m sick of my country (America) funding a war that is not our business
I think Ukraine doesn't have enough money and capability to build strong defence lines. Ukraine doesn't have enough millitary aid and all kinds of delays/refusal to provide some equipment resulted in experienced soldiers exausted or dead. Russia improved their tactics and Ukraine needs much more help to even survive.
Agree with most apart from improved tactics, they’ve definitely learned from their mistakes but I personally don’t think that if they didn’t have such a massive manpower advantage they would be doing so hot.
But they have enought money after war living on Spain, France, or Havai.....
10:25 A wonderful example of Ukraine arrogance towards those, who are doing their best to support it .
There are people in every country receiving aid who aren't grateful
At the beginning of this war, U.S & its allies provided large quantities of arms & ammunition to Ukraine but failed to defeat Russian military. Furthermore many interested to boost Ukrainian army manpower on the Frontline and shortly later either died, injured or withdraw back.Now talking about resupplying of military support for Ukraine, I strongly doubt it will change the game on the Frontline. In other words with these latest military, Ukrainian will never defeat Russian military. That is for sure. To defeat Russian military, all U.S troops together with all its arms, ammunition and all relevant war equipment to Ukraine. Just supplying some is clearly no way match.
Amazing content 🔥🔥
Long to arrive? some of those weapons were already photographed in my Poland before the bill was signed
Weapons most likely were sent over to Poland just for it to be ready, all it needed was the green light and off they go into Ukraine.
In Poland sure, but not photo'd in Ukraine. They should have had these two years ago
Poland is part of NATO, the US can keep military supplies there anyway
So, you are aware then that Poland is not in Ukraine. . . Yes?
Soon you won't be so confused as they will all be called Russia.
if odessa falls the war is over
France will enter before Odessa is occupied.
@@loudtim265so what? What ll French soldiers do?
@@loudtim265 France cant and wont do anything but hey they can go there and try but theyre gonna lose and put a white flag lol
The actually question is when will it fell?@@YahudiDestroyer
@@AnmolX-jw8jr Never lmao, you believe that russians can force the Dnieper river and capture Kherson and push more than 200KM, when they cant destroy 500 UA marines in left bank almost a year. You, experts from New York frontier so funny
Loved the video though yall make great videos
The idea of a country repatriating you so you can be drafted sounds kind of horrifying if you had no desire to fight. Hope these are willing people.
I thought with the summer offensive Ukraine has 10 new battle groups only 3 where used so what about those 7 battle groups
4 have already been deployed, 3 are in strategic reserve for situations like this one happening elsewhere.
Imagine how Ukraine would fare if Russia suddenly reveals they have a few hundred ODST pods, and they'd deployed everyone to the front lines. Obviously that's an extreme, but you should never discount your enemies' capability to surprise you. The more confident you are that they will be unable to surprise you, the more surprised you will be at that crucial moment.
@@jamielonsdale3018 thx man! I hope they use those 3 reserve units,
And it's unfortunate that Ukraine has mad modern equipment but is sitting in the rear
@@TribeManagement Not really, the Ukrainians also used Patriots in frontline raids, where they moved them at night to the front, shot down Russian Reconnaisance Planes over the black sea and retreated them back to safety.
Ukraine has to rely mostly on Soviet- and Ukrainian-made equipment, since that is the large brunt of their stockpile. The western stuff is good, yes, but of that they have way too few and way too little, too unreliable reinforcement to use the western equipment in masses.
You should have talked about the corruption problem as well.
Unfortunately it did more damage than some of the Russian rockets...
Here’s hoping!
Time to negotiate.
The April 17th explosion at the BAE plant took place at a remote part of the site used for shell dissasembly which has a higher risk of accidental detonations and is a poor sabotage target. Almost certainly an accident.
Wasn't Ukraine supposed to have won this war already?
It's the other way around
Wasn't special military operation supposed to last 3 days?
@@javanava8925 that would’ve never happened even if Russia would’ve won by now three days would be way too sort to take over the biggest country in Europe
The Red Army in WW2 (1943) took Bakhmut and here we are as the current Russian Armed Forces have also done just that. Bakhmut was critical for Field Marshal von Manstein to anchor the Wehrmacht defenses of the Donbas region in WW2. So that should tell us something.
The Soviets pushed the Wehrmacht entirely out of Ukraine. I'd call that taking Bakhmut
@@scottkrater2131 Yes, correct, in 1943 they did.
@@adalwolf8006 Thanks? But it doesn't tell us anything about the current war. The situation is totally different. And the Russian Generals of today, aren't nearly as good as the Soviet Generals in that conflict.
@@scottkrater2131 Surre, cause they much better now. They dont risk lives of 10 000 000 soldiers, when they need only 500 000 of them. With this circumstances can russians fight this war almost for decades.....
@@Bynk333 so can Ukraine.
I hate how Russia can make endless mistakes and Ukraine has to work hard to exploit them but any mistakes Ukraine makes results in significant setbacks. They have to be basically perfect.
because Russia has the ability to make mistakes Ukraine doesn't.
@@jackjames7283 I know. That’s what I’m saying.
@ShabazzTBL The best widow Ukraine had at winning is around the time they got invaded and mid-2023
Another fantastic video on a terrible situation. Thank you K&G
I wish we had a real time map which showed battlefield confirmed losses and gain of territory estimations visualized while we wait for the next update.
Look at the deep state map.
type deep state into Google, an up-to-date map of the war, which is constantly updated
Weeb Union channel does that
There's no confirmed losses, just propaganda from both sides.
A good rule of thumb is see territorial gains on multiple fronts. The side that is able to do it consistently is usually winning a conflict. Losses of equipment and soldiers are always unreliable in real time and biased.
Ukraine rn has more fire power then many of eu nation
well, what a difference 2 days make, Blinken said that they won't tell Ukraine how/where they use the US weapons..
Well, we'll see if Terrans can withstand a Zerg rush
Sounds like ukraine will lose
really Ivan?...
@@user-McGiver More like Mohammed.
No it doesnt
What about Gaza, lol. Sounds like your brothers are losing there, lmao.
@@giorgijioshvili9713 🤣
Keep the money in America and America only
Tbh if America kept to itself and stay isolate it is only time when your precious dollar going to be replaced by other currencies and when that happened, the US economy, people and business is going to the toilet. Just look at how Britain lost the status of world currency in ww2.
@@donk3y863that’s already happening.
Best assessment of developments in April that I have seen yet.
Animated visuals get the point across better than words.
I think that Western reporting on the war tends to over-emphasize Ukrainian successes and overlook the failures and huge problems still facing the Ukrainian military.
Thanks for your more balanced perspective.
It is 100% clear to me that the world will be better off if Russia is stopped in Ukraine. One thing bothers me a lot. United States Congress took a few extra months to approve funds for aid package. During this time Ukranian forces began to show some weakness and inability to effectively counter their enemy. European countries have failed to produce enough artillary shells and mooch off of the US. However, why could European countries not purchase artillary shells from the US? Why couldn't they purchase needed systems from the US? Are we being used? Were the losses of territory part of an ill advised pressure campaign to get air package to pass? Is all of Europe completely reliant on the US? The other thing that bothers me, why are Ukrainians not building far more trench line and defensive positions. I get it the army is too busy. There should have been an army of Civilians and contractor with machinery and or their bare hands digging and building.
17:09 typo here. "Russians"
I think they should remind European viewers how vulnerable America is and how disgruntlement within the country is growing as regular Americans are seeing housing crisis and food inflation I truly believe the next Oval Office is going to step away from NATO and any type of aids that Europe is desperately relying on
People who actually live in America can easily recognize Russian bots.
@@APerson-dq4hl not necessarily. Lots of the “Russian bots” are just Trump supporters.
Ukraine have only lost 31k (Killed or injured ) soldiers but they are facing manpower shortage.
Which is strange, given that the UAF has over 1 million active personnel and over 2 million in reserves. If they only lost 31k, then how are they facing manpower shortages?
@jm40121 thar lying, which is a given
They admitted to At least 35k killed months ago. So even low estimates should put that to 40-45k+ killed. Add in probably 100k+ wounded. This isn't something Ukraine is hiding.
The problem isn't just casualties but weariness. Tens of thousands of soldiers have been active in this war for over 2 years now with barely any rest. The soldiers need to recuperate and take time off the front lines. Even if Ukraine had suffered 0 casualties they would still need more manpower just to keep energy and moral up at the front lines.
@@Klickor those number are on the very low end
@@jackjames7283 I know they are low and the real numbers sadly is most likely higher. But I posted them to show that what the OP posted is pure Russian disinformation.
Good video.
If you low on manpower. You have a big problem!!!
Kuleba is absolutely right. The lack of support from the world's mightiest military alliance is just staggering.
It should also be eye opening. For all the people that said they don’t need the US. The US is a 3rd rate power and yadda yadda… what’s the verdict now?
Europe has nothing at stake and people here do not want to give hundreds of billions each ear including sanctions just so that Ukraine might have a change to conquer back some of their lost land.
What do you mean? Ukraine had the 2nd largest army in Europe in 2022 and had a decade to build up defenses before pushing Russia's buttons. They wasted at least a half trillion dollars in aid already. What's staggering is how much of that aid went into the pockets of supposed Ukrainian leadership. Any other questions?
when people start losing elections because of them shitting our money into this slushpot it's gonna get a lot more staggering than it is now
@@johnpruett4984 This. The only thing Ukraine has for it, is that they fight the corruption somewhat, while it is rampant in russia rn. Its like two Armies fighting each other, while being scammed out of the best available equipment all the time.
I am here just to watch Russian bots fighting Ukrainian bots in the comments
16:09 in case you were looking for the hetzer meme
It’s too late.
Only two digits of the Western countries' main tanks have crossed over to Ukraine, and the supply of artillery ammunition is not far behind Russian production. There is still no sign of delivery of fighter planes either, despite the fact that the need for them has been crying out for two years now.
And yet, the Western countries are saying that they will cut off aid if Ukraine does not produce results, or that they will not allow attacks on Russian territory, and it is very doubtful whether they are serious about supporting Ukraine.
Nafo sisters, i dont feel too good.
German invasion of france 1940: 2.4 million men. Why are the armies these days so much smaller?
Because they are gey
Industrial processes demand more people to keep the consumer goods flowing. No one is ready for a total war right now. Good.
Animating and creating the script for these videos must take forever.
Takes time surely
The US needs to stop bothering with foreign governments.
As a Ukrainian i disagree
Countries wither and die in isolation.
That’s what the isolationalists said during ww2 as well, always on the wrong side of history
@@user-jn7jf3kv6k As a US citizen I agree with the OP
@@quandangle9397breaking isolation is why we're here. Nukes, cold war, Vietnam, War on Terror, South America, Ukraine, Israel's means of existing, rising crime and degradation in our own country, etc.
Who will operate the equipment? Russia has won the war of attrition. As soon as the initiative was lost at Kiev this became a war of attrition. For the past year and a half it has been a war of attrition. Majority of Ukrainian front line units now operate at under 50% capacity. The units around bhakmut are averaging 30-40% capacity. These breakthroughs are proving tough to impossible to plug. The equipment that is also being sent over has not been as effective as the media has made it out to be. The Abrams and Leopards are definitely superior to a T-72. It is a double edged sword however they are extremely outnumbered. It is like instances in WW2 where the Tiger tank went against a dozen Sherman’s or T-34’s and knocked several out but a few managed to break through and take the Tiger out.
We've all seen how effective modern tanks are if you can't cover them from their.
Its actualy nothing like that. Tanks in Ukraine rarely fight other tanks, instead they are used for anti-infantry roles. Various missiles and drones are used to attack tanks. Here Abrams is not particulary better than T-72 nor is it better protected against anti-tank missiles or drones, its well armored up front but has very weak armor on top or on sides.
"russia has won the war of attrition"
how can it win the war of attrition when the war of attrition is still ongoing? Also, russia is the one suffering immense irreplacable losses. Territory can be retaken, but a thousand dead men cant be brought back to life, nor can a platoon of tanks be quickly rebuilt.
@@Booz2020 No Mariupol is liberated and rebuilded right now. Maybe Kharkov will be liberated again.....
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516 So you have your own answer. Ukraine can take teritory, but without 500 0000 thousand man cant be brought back to life. So for Ukraine its almost semles to continue this war....
Its sad that west limit aid so Ukraine can fight but never win
Glad he came around, but I hope Mike Johnson understands what he did.
Well it's GG well play for Ukraine because having a 1 to 10 in manpower basically means your no longer playing defense but a fighting retreat.
real. money is nothing without manpower
You lack resolve and determination. Thankfully, Ukraine isn't filled with cowards like you.
They are not fighting Zimbabwe, give them what they need
People shouldn't fight if they don't want too. That's horrible
Ukrainian MP who earns $11 000 a year (also funded by Western Governments Aid Packages) bought a $600 000 Rolls Royce EV Spectre this year to add to his collection. How many drones could've been bought with that, how many trenches and fortifications could have been built, how many munitions, etc Imagine how much more the officials higher up are stealing, yet they drive around Kyiv untouched. This to me seems to be Ukraine's biggest problem!
Funny how much """Pro-Ukraine""" sources like to focus on Russian corruption but blindly ignore massive corruption going on in Ukraine.
The name please?
Ukraine was the most corrupt country in Europe before the war....clearly nothing has changed.
@@mcfoolskully Zelenski the Jew literally bought King Charles III's estate for over 20M pounds. I wonder where the money came from
And US politicians become financial geniuses when they stay in politics for a while. It is a feature of politics and the state, not a bug.
12:28 correction: pensions are explicitly NOT allowed to be paid for with the latest financial aid provided by the US. That was a point of contention for those against the bill.
suck to be them
I didn't know that even small attacks are fronts.now I know.
I wish the U.S. would be a bit more quiet about what they deliver to Ukraine. All Russia has to do is turn on CNN and then formulate a strategy for Ukraine going forward. If I would be Putin I’d go all in on Ukraine too before the aid package arrives.
Because USA wants to be the great defender of democracy and doesn't care about innocents!
All they do is for showcase of their goodwill!
As trump said they could have stopped the war but rather they did not!
They want Russia to get weak and USA to become saviour pf Ukraine, without the care for innocent lives lost!
The details doesn't really matter. None of what is sent is a deal-breaker and the Russian army also isn't exactly organised and trained well enough to quickly adopt their tactics to small changes on the battle field.
It will be a slow grind anyway and the moral boost for openly sending aid is most likely larger than the detriment of Russia finding out a few days earlier.
What happened with the defense of the Kharkov region? Did the money for building defenses get stolen?
Welcome to the alliance Kuleba....Now you know!
Suddenly!! Its been 2 years, thats lomg enough to learn a lot of things.
Now this is a good video, instead of wasting half the video on shipmen of weapons (Still took a lot of time though), you explain reasons: who, how and why of the developments on the front, it would be cool if you delve depper on the tactics used, but overall good job with this video.
It's not like Ukrainian or russian commanders publish their tactics on the Internet immediately after the battles or US satellites broadcast every battle online from above XD
Most of things in these videos are made of experts' assumptions and public statements. We won't learn deeper tactics until long after the war.
Lol, look at this guy talking about things as if he is the biggest War Tactician on UA-cam.
@@bartterp88 LOOK mate sum of us have been watching UA-cam videos for the inter war - by now we must be very nearly a rear admiral type rank if not a supreme commander type thing or i would not have this on my play list on the daily
Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Soundtrack
ua-cam.com/video/PJy5loLVDCU/v-deo.html
This video should give an overview about the current situation in Ukraine so it’s no wonder they are talking only about numbers and politics
But it it true a look at the battlefield scale and tactics would be a great video
FYI: The F16's are scheduled to show up in June. But may come early. It takes a lot of effort to build an air force! One MUST have logistics, ground mechanics, inspectors, pilot training, etc. all set up ahead of time. Ukraine and US are working on it with the help of allies.
Undertrained pilots in 45 F16s will not help Ukraine.
@@user-ro2ih7oj7g Yes, fortunately that is not what we're dealling with here.
@@richardbayer5702 6 are scheduled to be ready for combat soon. Out of the 45 that they recently were confirmed to receive. Even if they get 100, it still wouldn't be enough. The Russians have THOUSANDS. And also, they have the pilots with years of training ready to go. Ukraine doesn't. Their pilots are cramming years' worth of training into 6 months by skipping a huge amount of simulation time and other things.
@@user-ro2ih7oj7gand with a giant border the can't be everywhere at one's pilots need to rest and the aircraft needs Maintenance