Russia’s Assault on Kharkiv: What You Need to Know

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  • @akiva2112
    @akiva2112 28 днів тому +1135

    Simon's Beard has reached Civil War General Level

    • @cameraman502
      @cameraman502 28 днів тому +58

      Getting close to the confederate average

    • @akiva2112
      @akiva2112 28 днів тому +10

      @@cameraman502 He can start Cosplaying as Longstreet Soon Enough

    • @Recceman901
      @Recceman901 28 днів тому +1

      True!!

    • @_--Reaper--_
      @_--Reaper--_ 28 днів тому +1

      One more step and it will be Cave Man level....

    • @bboi1489
      @bboi1489 28 днів тому +6

      Still got nothing on Sideburns tho

  • @oldmanbanjo
    @oldmanbanjo 28 днів тому +632

    Love how Simon shifts from Brain Blaze to Warographics by just throwing on a jacket.

    • @Drew-lj7hk
      @Drew-lj7hk 28 днів тому +36

      He dims the lights too lol

    • @sickboy9087
      @sickboy9087 28 днів тому +10

      That's the same jacket he used to wear when he was filming Business Blaze before the rebranding to brain blaze.

    • @EbisuMonster
      @EbisuMonster 28 днів тому +8

      @@Drew-lj7hk Also he breaks out his Dad Voice

    • @jamesgreenldn
      @jamesgreenldn 28 днів тому +4

      How many channels does Simon work on?

    • @matthewa2407
      @matthewa2407 28 днів тому +12

      @@jamesgreenldn 147 it would seem

  • @Anglomachian
    @Anglomachian 28 днів тому +446

    Me: Yay! Another episode of warographics
    Simon: Thousands of people suffering. The future potentially doomed.
    Me:

    • @bangercakes
      @bangercakes 28 днів тому +8

      It's like the Hank meme where you're happy to see warographics upload on the left side but you realise thousands of people are going to die on the right side

    • @magisterrleth3129
      @magisterrleth3129 28 днів тому +8

      Well, it's doomed for the Ukrainians, at least.

    • @GothPaoki
      @GothPaoki 28 днів тому +3

      We'll he's only like that when certain people are suffering so it's not like it's all the time.

    • @samhannington281
      @samhannington281 28 днів тому +1

      It's more like hundreds of thousands 😢

    • @Anglomachian
      @Anglomachian 28 днів тому +6

      @@GothPaoki of, certain people, huh. Do I hear an accusation behind that thin veil?

  • @cannon26ify
    @cannon26ify 28 днів тому +306

    I still cannot believe they were able to accomplish all this with only washing machines and shovels.

    • @rellikskuppin7417
      @rellikskuppin7417 28 днів тому +2

      Isn't GM the one who makes washing machines and the Gau. Both spin

    • @cannon26ify
      @cannon26ify 28 днів тому +26

      @@rellikskuppin7417 GM is an auto maker. I believe you're thinking of GE who make appliances and locomotives but also might make military weapons.

    • @rellikskuppin7417
      @rellikskuppin7417 28 днів тому

      @cannon26ify Thanks brotha. ❤️

    • @rellikskuppin7417
      @rellikskuppin7417 28 днів тому +1

      @@cannon26ify it was General Electric

    • @Svannuta
      @Svannuta 28 днів тому

      Putin weaponized Whirlpool and Siemens

  • @Tail_Yellow
    @Tail_Yellow 28 днів тому +153

    i wanted to go to bed..... but i checked yt one last time

  • @rachelbarnes4414
    @rachelbarnes4414 28 днів тому +255

    Greetings from Kharkiv. Thank you for covering this.

    • @footofblut981
      @footofblut981 28 днів тому +58

      You guys got this💪

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 28 днів тому +40

      Stay safe

    • @KennyNGA
      @KennyNGA 28 днів тому +37

      Bro you should flee immediately westward

    • @KennyNGA
      @KennyNGA 28 днів тому +48

      ​@@footofblut981they don't it's a matter of time stop this propaganda it's about his life

    • @timstone2813
      @timstone2813 28 днів тому +4

      Can you tell us the percentage of soldiers who actually want to fight till the end, vs the conscripts who don't want to?

  • @GizzyDillespee
    @GizzyDillespee 28 днів тому +74

    Simon: "...with Kharkiv ablast."
    Linguist: "oblast"
    Putin: "Why not both?"

  • @TheeRomantic
    @TheeRomantic 28 днів тому +143

    Simon when do you sleep bro? You have so many great channels/content but I can't imagine you get any sleep 😅

    • @KennyNGA
      @KennyNGA 28 днів тому +45

      He just reads scripts

    • @C.viscione
      @C.viscione 28 днів тому +15

      I think he's an AI. It's the only explanation that makes sense .

    • @helmhamerhand733
      @helmhamerhand733 28 днів тому +3

      No sleep till Brooklyn!! /beastyboysmode

    • @ericp1139
      @ericp1139 28 днів тому +7

      He reads scripts from the Establishment.

    • @Comander555666
      @Comander555666 28 днів тому +6

      Dude doesnt cut and upload everything himself, for shure has an editing team lol

  • @LikeaGlove90
    @LikeaGlove90 28 днів тому +266

    So messed up that I get excited to see a new Warographics given the content.. but this is easily the best channel on youtube you big bald beautiful man

    • @Soggafriendoflife
      @Soggafriendoflife 28 днів тому +20

      Wild ass comment 😂

    • @ACD54
      @ACD54 28 днів тому +3

      Steady on…

    • @bluenine85
      @bluenine85 28 днів тому +7

      Yeah I'm not "excited" for the news, but I always appreciate Simon's pretty balanced and detailed breakdowns after heavily browsing /r/noncredibledefense all week. I appreciate he never claims to be an expert but does a good job of breaking down the info

    • @elidames6889
      @elidames6889 28 днів тому +4

      We feel this way because we are starved of objective conversation anymore. To watch a top tier UA-camr (disingenuous term imo) do a better job than the news itself? Doesn't get any better. No politics, no injected opinions, no agenda, just a group of folks working their asses off to give us actual objective brain food.

    • @LikeaGlove90
      @LikeaGlove90 28 днів тому +2

      @@elidames6889 Yes! this articulated what I couldn't - thankyou! Lol

  • @user-ol2mr4bx7c
    @user-ol2mr4bx7c 28 днів тому +80

    'prepared defensive lines' is a strong use of words, the UA couldn't build proper defensive lines because they were in range of russian artillery so the lines they abandoned were abandoned because they weren't really proper defensive lines

    • @thecommie739
      @thecommie739 27 днів тому +20

      Or they took the money and ran

    • @user-ol2mr4bx7c
      @user-ol2mr4bx7c 27 днів тому +6

      @@thecommie739 in what way could russian front line troops bribe Ukrainians there and then? With what wealth? How would they wire them the monies?

    • @DeosPraetorian
      @DeosPraetorian 27 днів тому +4

      ​@@user-ol2mr4bx7cthey are probably one of those people that believe the money laundering stuff

    • @ball3677
      @ball3677 27 днів тому

      ​@@user-ol2mr4bx7c Hes referring to internal corruption you fool

    • @WhiteOwlOnFire_XXX
      @WhiteOwlOnFire_XXX 27 днів тому

      Cope harder

  • @jimbo9305
    @jimbo9305 28 днів тому +39

    I've learned this lesson in HOI4. Unless you're China or Russia, never forget your conscription laws.

  • @zelig1799
    @zelig1799 28 днів тому +63

    The most likely explanation I have seen is moving south will enable them to bring artillery in range of Kharkiv. Seems to make sense to me.

    • @thebossman9176
      @thebossman9176 28 днів тому +20

      They're also doing 2 other things. Diverting forces from the Donetsk front, and also threatening Ukraine's rear supply routes that lead to the front

    • @ailinofaolin8897
      @ailinofaolin8897 28 днів тому +15

      The Russians are already in Lyptsi that means the city is already under fire control, I get the impression Nord group has trained specifically for this operation.

    • @tonybrand4643
      @tonybrand4643 27 днів тому +1

      I heard that long range missiles that have been hitting Belgorod are all set up in Kharkiv, which is one of the reasons why Russians are advancing in that direction.

    • @BelieveInGodlikeWe
      @BelieveInGodlikeWe 25 днів тому +1

      @@tonybrand4643That is the main reason why Russians are advancing there.

  • @overseasniner3668
    @overseasniner3668 28 днів тому +21

    Can we do these videos without the high pitched continuous beeping sound? I love this stuff, but with audio sensory issues this was really hard to listen to at times.

    • @billy-bg9rx
      @billy-bg9rx 28 днів тому +4

      Thank you! Thought I was going crazy at first.

    • @drewwar9344
      @drewwar9344 27 днів тому

      Your both crazy lol sucks for you and your delicate ears

  • @silentkilla14
    @silentkilla14 28 днів тому +31

    I have been watching Simon ever since his first channel, which was a Top5 or tens. I'm subbed to all of his channels, but warographics feel like the most important, relevant, and just suit Simon well. We need this type of videos ! Thank you mate!

  • @McClane4Ever.
    @McClane4Ever. 28 днів тому +59

    It was a pretty soft incursion by the Russians. Almost no armored vehicles, guys with 72 hour packs. It seems to be more of a reconnaissance force operation.

    • @mr.z3664
      @mr.z3664 28 днів тому +24

      Kinda sad that a recon by force operation led to capturing 60 square miles in 3 days.

    • @romanmanner
      @romanmanner 27 днів тому

      @@mr.z3664or, it means mass is no longer as important as porosity

    • @reboundrides8132
      @reboundrides8132 25 днів тому +2

      The initial convoy that tried to take Kiev had about 72 hours worth of provisions as well.

    • @chrissmith7669
      @chrissmith7669 25 днів тому +2

      Almost no armor? Did you miss the bit the other day when 20 Russian armored vehicles were lost in one assault? After loading most of their armored support they tried moving squad size elements forward to cover that would then advance in company or larger sized groups?

    • @Immerteal
      @Immerteal 12 днів тому

      The initial push had plenty of vehicles. We saw videos during the first day of them running into mines.
      The reason the russians continued after that with mostly infantry was that the vehicles didnt manage to get close to the cities without being blown up first.

  • @BriefAnger
    @BriefAnger 28 днів тому +9

    Here we go! Right on time Simon!

  • @1112viggo
    @1112viggo 28 днів тому +27

    4:50 I believe it was initially a probing attack across the front to locate weak points, but as the Russian saw more success than expected they jumped at the chance and pushed further than initially planned.

    • @Funko777
      @Funko777 28 днів тому +1

      Totally plausible, I believe the total Russian force was observed as 30-50k, unsure how many of those are actual combatants. If we assume all are combatants (they're absolutely not though) 30-50k isn't even enough to take 1/3 of kharkiv if we base the casualties on what was seen in Bahkmut and during the Ruzzian campaign thus far.
      I think people keep forgetting Ukraine was never intending to sit directly on the border. That's a good way to catch some Z artillery with your face or get easily flanked because your position is super obvious. I could see the Russian conscripts being surprised at this and thinking the UA defenses must just be bad and pushing their luck past the distance their original mission intended. However, they'd be wrong because the Ruzzian government does not care to train them as a professional volunteer force. They will soon realize why that land was so easy to occupy whenever they finally make it to the actual strong points and defensive lines UA fell back too (like smart boys).

    • @voldemarvaglaots6690
      @voldemarvaglaots6690 27 днів тому +1

      ​@@Funko777, Russian conscripts are far away from front line. Russia get Kharkiv without need to really fight over it or in it. After complete DEMILITARIZATION (including erasing Ukrainian military manpower) everything will be free to walk in for Russians.
      Please remember, Russia don't use conscripts at front line!

    • @JO-du5xh
      @JO-du5xh 27 днів тому +5

      @@Funko777the first part of your reply was fine but then you started spitting delusion about Russian “conscripts” they obviously have decent to good training if they’re able to assault positions in volchansk that are held by Ukrainian elite forces like the GRU and KRAKEN. 5-7k “untrained conscripts” would not have gone this far against Ukrainian elite.

    • @zimingzhao8395
      @zimingzhao8395 26 днів тому

      Yeah and thousands of Russian mothers just posting fake obituaries online. Dumb lie that anyone can disprove

  • @patrickmunneke8348
    @patrickmunneke8348 27 днів тому +5

    In three days the Russians liberated more territory then the Khokhols did in their entire 3 month counter offensive😂😂

    • @scottkrater2131
      @scottkrater2131 27 днів тому

      But far less than the Ukrainian liberated in their first counter offensive. They aren't liberating, but reoccupying lost territory.

  • @MrEnjoivolcom1
    @MrEnjoivolcom1 28 днів тому +12

    Happy birthday Simon!!!

  • @aschalewfekede4118
    @aschalewfekede4118 28 днів тому +2

    Enjoyed your video. Thank you.

  • @AxioM1721
    @AxioM1721 28 днів тому +4

    Thank you for these videos. Youre doing a great job reporting on this matter!

  • @yarugatyger1603
    @yarugatyger1603 28 днів тому +27

    In our news in Austria the main reason stated for the offensive was to take Belgorod out of Ukrainian artillery range and to attempt to create the buffer zone that ensures that. Furthermore yesterday the news came US Secretary of State, stated that the US won't attempt to dissuade Ukraine from using American Missiles against targets within Russia itself, that they don't encourage it but will allow it.

    • @yarugatyger1603
      @yarugatyger1603 28 днів тому

      Furthermore I agree that Ukrainian news could be more truthful, I've been watching the channel "Reporting from Ukraine" for the past few months for some details I wouldn't get anywhere else and sure I get those there but if I believed everything he said then the situation at the frontline would be butterflies and roses peaceful because they're dealing with everything that's thrown at them with such military superiority that they don't need more men or weapons.
      I doubt that that's the case and I think that falsification of truth doesn't benefit anyone who is trying to solve the issues in this conflict. Yes I believe they're doing what they can to hold Russia at bay and inflict massive casualties, but I'm also aware that they don't have the means to effectively push them back and in channels like these that fact goes unstated.

    • @manxx25
      @manxx25 28 днів тому

      if rus can strike ukr with NK missiles, why not rus with nat missile? This is just a big lose lose. rus likly win initial war, but there won't be peace. Same old blowback cycle, but with half the world backing insurgency, etc. It's like rus was fcked before they invaded. They are just here to fck sht up like a psychotic/abusive AF ex-boyfriend.

    • @user-re3nl6oy9r
      @user-re3nl6oy9r 26 днів тому

      Not a good idea because it galvanises the resolve of the Russians and gives them an excuse to increase their buffer zone beyond the Russian speaking autonomous regions.

    • @jeremygibbs7342
      @jeremygibbs7342 26 днів тому

      That is amazing news I didn't hear that !

    • @jeremygibbs7342
      @jeremygibbs7342 26 днів тому

      ​@@user-re3nl6oy9rGalvanised to invade Ukraine? Okay, sure... You do know Putin is already invading Ukraine right? And that Ukraine is defending itself against him, you know that, right?

  • @IMU23588
    @IMU23588 28 днів тому +2

    Hi, you made a great episode as always. I really appreciate all the effort put in an analyses like those you make. Recently I have found out that you live in the Czech republic. Would love to meet you someday. Thanks for your work!

    • @Jesus_Zendejas
      @Jesus_Zendejas 27 днів тому

      Great episodes except his episodes about Bukele. The El Salvadorians come in mobs

    • @PetrSojnek
      @PetrSojnek 27 днів тому +1

      I think Simon mentioned quite a few times in different podcasts, he doesn't really want to meet with his audience. I believe he said he doesn't read messages below videos either. Which is of course his choice and we are only to respect it.

    • @IMU23588
      @IMU23588 27 днів тому +1

      @@PetrSojnek Yeah, you are right. I respect that. Although I admire people like him. Nevertheless, I understand it. He values his privacy and some of his content is inevitably political, as in warographics

  • @g.owenwears7485
    @g.owenwears7485 28 днів тому +2

    Good one, Simon.

  • @benjaminringrose536
    @benjaminringrose536 27 днів тому +7

    And not a single map was shown.

    • @williamvose8402
      @williamvose8402 20 днів тому

      Kings and Generals UA-cam channel has maps.

  • @jesseh5084
    @jesseh5084 28 днів тому +13

    …Homies beard is about to cross into confederate length….

  • @BruceFarcau-ke7oj
    @BruceFarcau-ke7oj 27 днів тому

    Another brilliant, concise, and balanced analysis. It’s a shame that our major news outlets could never produce and air such a piece, really on any subject.

  • @shaun7142
    @shaun7142 28 днів тому +2

    Thanks as usual.

  • @onewithsin
    @onewithsin 28 днів тому +5

    I love what you all do, it is vital to have information like this made publicly available and free; but that ticking in the background has got to go.

  • @Cryptid71
    @Cryptid71 28 днів тому +47

    To say that Russia lost their most experienced troops in the beginning of the war is completely ass backwards. If anything the soldiers who have fought throughout this war are the ones that are now the most experienced.

    • @CyrilSneer123
      @CyrilSneer123 28 днів тому +23

      Simon is not very bright. Russia used mostly second line troops in the early days of the war aside from the airbourne.

    • @mitchyoung93
      @mitchyoung93 28 днів тому +2

      @Cryptid71 Indeed, even most of the 'conscripted' were former contract soldiers with experience in Syria, Georgia, some even in the second Chechen war.

    • @FrostbiteDigital
      @FrostbiteDigital 27 днів тому +6

      Exactly, the Russian army now is NOT the same as the one that initially invaded. They've got experience and now they've adapted

    • @spitfire3797
      @spitfire3797 27 днів тому +11

      @@FrostbiteDigitalThat’s what Ukraine supporters hate hearing lol. They refuse to believe Russia is not a super power and a joke of a country but in reality a country like Ukraine can take years to take or be victorious. It took the United States years to be victorious in some countries that are the size of Texas so obviously it takes time to win a war

    • @pashapasovski5860
      @pashapasovski5860 27 днів тому +2

      Simon is recruiting consent, using his propaganda potential!😅

  • @hammer1g
    @hammer1g 28 днів тому +48

    Your beard is majestic sir!!!

    • @prateekbhurkay9376
      @prateekbhurkay9376 28 днів тому +1

      The man probably goes over it with a comb and beard wax

    • @onemoresmartone
      @onemoresmartone 28 днів тому +1

      ​@@prateekbhurkay9376 as he should lol

  • @southerndurden7618
    @southerndurden7618 27 днів тому +6

    You missed the part about local officials contracting shell companies for fortification construction and embezzling up to 173 million dollars. Leaving the area without many planned defenses.

    • @Wyomingchief
      @Wyomingchief 26 днів тому

      Yeah nice made-up story LOL
      You do realize that Russia has admitted today that the attack was a failure😂😂

    • @The_belligerant_servo_skull
      @The_belligerant_servo_skull 23 дні тому +1

      Go collect your potato Ivan, good work today

  • @leschatssuperstars1741
    @leschatssuperstars1741 28 днів тому +24

    You know shit is getting real when simon swears twice in a single vid

  • @Lucky14970
    @Lucky14970 28 днів тому +2

    This is all serious and whatnot, but homey’s beard is getting next level outta control!

  • @user-pj6mg9kf7e
    @user-pj6mg9kf7e 28 днів тому +1

    Thanks

  • @owensthilaire8189
    @owensthilaire8189 28 днів тому +13

    The Russian troops are of low quality he says.
    And the Ukraine is going to give potentially hundreds of thousands of people three months training.
    Making them... low quality troops with a lot less artillery support.

    • @mr.z3664
      @mr.z3664 28 днів тому +6

      Exactly. And unlike Ukraine, Russia has been training thousands of soldiers per month for the last 2 years. Ukraine is begging Europe to deport Ukrainian men back home.

    • @muhammadjijosahaidi1331
      @muhammadjijosahaidi1331 23 дні тому +1

      ​​@@mr.z3664 the Ukrainian don't want fight to Zelensky intereste... because he get lots off aid money and getting richer...

    • @redbull1826
      @redbull1826 22 дні тому

      It's funny ik

  • @earthm4n_mc
    @earthm4n_mc 28 днів тому +3

    Sound is good now

  • @fannymcflanagan2732
    @fannymcflanagan2732 28 днів тому

    Thank you for covering topics that get you demonetized! We all appreciate it!

  • @anotherbacklog
    @anotherbacklog 28 днів тому +10

    Maybe Russia didn’t make a trailer 6 months ago?

  • @user-hd6mx4sg1k
    @user-hd6mx4sg1k 28 днів тому +3

    So far the best Report, I've seen on this topic.

    • @WhiteIkiryo-yt2it
      @WhiteIkiryo-yt2it 28 днів тому

      Agreed. I pretty much just use Simon for my straight to the point coverage as he doesn't get bogged down in political speculation but sticks to the who, what, where, how and why?

    • @mr.z3664
      @mr.z3664 28 днів тому +3

      Not even close. Check out Willy OAM.

    • @JO-du5xh
      @JO-du5xh 27 днів тому +3

      Bro hasn’t seen History Legends vid. He has the best report. He literally details day by day how the Russian attack happened.

    • @abdirahmanahmadalifarah926
      @abdirahmanahmadalifarah926 6 днів тому

      This dude is pro ukrainian

  • @butchcassidy9625
    @butchcassidy9625 27 днів тому +4

    As soon as he quoted Rob Lee, I said never mind this guy's has no idea what he is talking about and skipped the video.

    • @simonkey5755
      @simonkey5755 20 днів тому

      so ur stupid and closed minded, cool. Do you want a medal?

    • @abdirahmanahmadalifarah926
      @abdirahmanahmadalifarah926 6 днів тому

      😂😂 yeah, Rob lee and Michael koffman.. no way he'll

  • @martinfitzsimons5884
    @martinfitzsimons5884 28 днів тому +10

    Thank you for keeping us up to date Simon!

  • @peterdix5992
    @peterdix5992 28 днів тому +5

    The fact that the world acts like our money is owed to them for their own defense is telling. Smh

    • @senju4
      @senju4 28 днів тому +3

      Blame your leaders 💀

  • @MrOpiumDubs
    @MrOpiumDubs 27 днів тому

    The S's in the voice track are way to sharp man damn

  • @kingreich22
    @kingreich22 28 днів тому +2

    Rutherford B. Hayes would be proud of that beard.

  • @dzo3
    @dzo3 28 днів тому +4

    Hm but just a month ago we said that Kiev have around 1 million soldiers. Most chanel's estimated that trere is around 450 thousand Russian's. Then how is possible that Russia "vastly outnumber Ukrainians"??? And no , we don't have all of the Russian soldiers in one front they are dispersed as well

  • @fruckles
    @fruckles 28 днів тому +3

    It's been a good decade long fight with a few lulls in combat, and modern combat is a good resource for information on modern weapons... even if they happen to also use century old weapons.
    ☕🐝🇺🇸

  • @LookAwayMarkAtkins
    @LookAwayMarkAtkins 27 днів тому

    More maps would be appreciated. And in spite of your open and honest bias, you seem to be trying to be objective and that is much appreciated.

  • @wiledman2430
    @wiledman2430 28 днів тому +3

    This has been a really long 3 days.

  • @Ji66a
    @Ji66a 28 днів тому +24

    It’s funny that people think that building fortifications on the BORDERS of your ENEMY is the same as fixing a pothole in your local neighborhood. I’m pretty sure the Russian wouldn’t just allow them to build said fortifications on the border. Which is why they were stopped after 5km, because that’s where the first lines were built…

    • @glintongordon6811
      @glintongordon6811 28 днів тому +21

      Russia did it and it stopped a whole nato armed counteroffensive... Why are Russia probing attacks doing more damage in 3 days than the entire 8 months of counteroffensive?

    • @mr.z3664
      @mr.z3664 28 днів тому

      Russia built the Syrovkin line INSIDE Ukraine in half the time Ukraine had to build ANY defense in the north. It's hilarious that people refuse to see the corruption in Ukraine. There were supposed to be defensive lines and fortifications built, they weren't built. No mine fields, no trenches, no fortifications, no dragons teeth. Look at a topographic map of the area, then tell me how Russia OWNING the high ground for miles around, putting Russian artillery easily in range of Kharkiv is good for Ukraine. Oh... the Russians haven't been stopped, let alone at 5K.

    • @Jason-hl8uj
      @Jason-hl8uj 28 днів тому +13

      Clueless… various maps & geo located footage show they’ve penetrated further.
      The Ukrainians have had 18 months to build fortifications on the entire eastern front especially in Kharkiv Oblast & Sumy oblast. If Russia could build hundreds of km’s of fortifications along the entire southern front on Ukrainian land, Ukraine could have done the same but they didn’t, one word, corruption.

    • @KonstandinosVerzamanis-xm4ip
      @KonstandinosVerzamanis-xm4ip 28 днів тому +6

      ​@@glintongordon6811because russia is stronger?

    • @cossacks_vodka_enjoyer
      @cossacks_vodka_enjoyer 28 днів тому +8

      @@glintongordon6811 Russia has an overwhelming artillery advantage over Ukraine, so it's not quite as simple as: "well, if Russia could build the Surovikin line, Ukraine should have been able to do it too".
      This would also go on to partially explain why the fortifications north of Kiev are much more robust than the ones North of Kharkiv, since the area north of Kiev borders Belarus rather than Russia, and with Belarus being formally neutral, the Ukrainians could most likely construct those defenses without worrying about being harassed by russian strikes.
      All that being said though, incompetence, corruption and misjudgements could all be possible explanations also.

  • @buryitdeep
    @buryitdeep 27 днів тому +1

    10:18 look at that chimney sweepers jacket elbow.

  • @kananisha
    @kananisha 28 днів тому

    2 episodes in one day?!

  • @ailinofaolin8897
    @ailinofaolin8897 28 днів тому +24

    Two Russian brigades captured more territory in a few days than Ukraine's entire summer offensive and they walked right in which is worse.

  • @musikmedravnen
    @musikmedravnen 28 днів тому +7

    It's a pity it takes so little to become part of the propaganda machine.

  • @zergbonbon4770
    @zergbonbon4770 28 днів тому

    Thanks for your analysis without all the bias and spin of the legacy media!

  • @user-ic4mv1cq7r
    @user-ic4mv1cq7r 27 днів тому

    What is the name of the piano music towards the end of the video?

  • @jakel8627
    @jakel8627 28 днів тому +21

    Sound?
    Edit: Sounds on now!

    • @TheLastRaven
      @TheLastRaven 28 днів тому +2

      I thought it was just me

    • @maz0r
      @maz0r 28 днів тому

      None here either

    • @StayPrimal
      @StayPrimal 28 днів тому +6

      Bro you clicked so fast on the video that even the sound was like ''Hey calm down''.

    • @iVETAnsolini
      @iVETAnsolini 28 днів тому

      Lol

  • @CZOV
    @CZOV 28 днів тому +5

    Ukraine can survive with its forces mostly intact? Are you nuts? Why do u think they need to mobilize ANOTHER 500,000 people? Where are the previous half a mill gone? If thats intact, well, then Ukraine can escape intact, with one million or so dead. The war is not lost? The war was lost the moment US laid their eyes on Ukraine back in 2013. Ukraine was destined to become another Afghanistan or Iraq, and so it is.

    • @shaun7142
      @shaun7142 28 днів тому

      Most people prefer to be rotated off the frontlines from time to time. And unlike hundreds of years ago, people don't sign decades long military service contracts. This is all quite obvious, but then you are promoting the Russian narrative about a "coup", so I think we all know where your loyalties lie.

    • @CyrilSneer123
      @CyrilSneer123 28 днів тому

      @@shaun7142 Um not many Ukrainian units are getting R&R. And it was a coup. The US handpicked the replacement Kiev government, all secretly recorded in a telephone call, you were obviously not old enough in 2014 to remember. Obama, McCain, Nuland all in on it. That same US picked Kiev government went to war against the east, shooting people at polling booths, the Odessa massacre. Dmytro Yarosh the far right leader of Right Sector was even part of the government for a time. You are clueless as to the real story behind the Ukraine mess. The US created this mess, the US wanted this war and it wants to prolong it as long as possible. Oh and they also blew up Nordstream.

  • @wenterinfaer1656
    @wenterinfaer1656 28 днів тому

    What you need to know is that it's more news than it deserves to be

  • @xchazz86
    @xchazz86 28 днів тому +1

    The Kernels beard is getting out of control.

  • @tenacious3911
    @tenacious3911 28 днів тому +18

    It is evident that only negotiation can end this terrible war; both sides need to get round the table and hammer out a deal - no one will get everything they want, but there has to be another way.

    • @cplpuddingpop
      @cplpuddingpop 28 днів тому +10

      Negotiation is a non-starter. Russia has stated as non-negotiable demands, for fighting to stop, Ukraine would have to cede territory, disarm its military, and be forbidden from joining NATO or other defensive alliances. This just means that Russia can recoup losses, rearm and prepare for a second invasion while Ukraine can do nothing to prepare a defense. This is exactly what happened with Chechnya, and all Russian rhetoric indicated that the goal of the Kremlin is to possess all of Ukraine.

    • @jjdonnellan1
      @jjdonnellan1 28 днів тому +2

      Nobody seeks negotiations when they still think they can achieve their objectives by military means.

    • @perfboi69
      @perfboi69 28 днів тому

      @@cplpuddingpopahh so you’d rather endless war, death and destruction. Sounds like standard neocon western thinking.

    • @Remychat9
      @Remychat9 28 днів тому +2

      @@cplpuddingpopNope. Non NaTo, free election ins Donbas and Luhansk… Never claim Crimea anymore and you will have peace as treaty.
      If violated Ukraine can go ask NATO if borders are crossed again. Peace has to show what is in the battlefield. The 2 provinces are Russian almost now.

    • @Remychat9
      @Remychat9 28 днів тому +7

      @@cplpuddingpopIf Ukraine doesn’t negotiate in 18 months they will have no leverage to negotiate, as they will out of men to fight.

  • @lucasvazquez7631
    @lucasvazquez7631 28 днів тому +7

    ¡Gracias!

  • @ghian696
    @ghian696 28 днів тому

    He's on fire - beard is getting 'excited'

  • @voldemarvaglaots6690
    @voldemarvaglaots6690 27 днів тому

    This was tactical level of analysis. "These walked here, opposite side stole funds .. " Strategical goals of Russians stayed undisclosed.

  • @Iknowwar
    @Iknowwar 27 днів тому +4

    Huge Russian Cassualities😂😂😂😂

  • @GeldUndKokaine-kc1hp
    @GeldUndKokaine-kc1hp 28 днів тому +9

    We’ll talk about this whole affair like Vietnam

    • @european-one
      @european-one 28 днів тому +15

      In Vietnam USA had less casualties than Vietcong. Russia is straight up struggling and losing more men. They already had a demographic crisis before this war

    • @jessel9930
      @jessel9930 28 днів тому

      Russia can't loose, Putin can't loose. They will use EVERYTHING before Putin takes an L

    • @Talisguy
      @Talisguy 28 днів тому +11

      ​@@european-one Proportionally, Ukraine's casualties are worse.
      Before anyone says anything, I want Ukraine to win. But Ukraine has a far smaller population and every Ukrainian casualty represents a significantly larger proportion of the total population than any given Russian casualty. Looking at the total numbers alone is a mistake here.

    • @emerj101
      @emerj101 28 днів тому +2

      It’s more like we’ll discuss it’s similarities to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

    • @GeldUndKokaine-kc1hp
      @GeldUndKokaine-kc1hp 28 днів тому +1

      @@european-one yeah we sure did have less casualties, anyway, who won?

  • @connorfritsch8618
    @connorfritsch8618 27 днів тому

    At 5:55, you say the reason for low troops numbers are from "polical shenanigans." What do you mean?

  • @beezysbeatz4924
    @beezysbeatz4924 28 днів тому +1

    0:57 .... Beard looking like it's screaming for some balm. 😅

  • @Warbeaver
    @Warbeaver 28 днів тому +8

    This is out of date already. The US has no changed its stance on weapons use in Russia. It has said it doesn’t encourage it, they are free to now fight the war as it sees fit. This was known yesterday, yet this video chose not to include this vital info.

  • @ayenia2736
    @ayenia2736 28 днів тому +8

    over 100 of the total 350 kilometre square of kharkiv is already taken? Do i heard you right? that is already massive

    • @pan-demics8015
      @pan-demics8015 28 днів тому +5

      It's 100/31,418 ... so not quite

    • @xxxd3736
      @xxxd3736 28 днів тому +3

      not kharkiv, some villages in the region. what your 350 km represent? square of kharkiv city has nothing to do with current battlefield as they not reached the city

    • @mr.z3664
      @mr.z3664 28 днів тому +2

      @@xxxd3736 no... but Russian artillery is now well in range, and that's not good.

    • @tomassali8870
      @tomassali8870 26 днів тому

      Because it’s Kharkov, not Kharkiv. That’s why

    • @xxxd3736
      @xxxd3736 26 днів тому +1

      @@tomassali8870 its ukrainian so kharkiv

  • @BelieveInGodlikeWe
    @BelieveInGodlikeWe 25 днів тому +2

    Now the reality.
    Two weeks before the offensive in Kharkov, Russian forces had been shelling the city’s military and energy infrastructure in order to weaken the area of offensive and lead a reconnaissance of ongoing. On May 10th, the offensive began at 5 AM, making significant progress on the frontline. Throughout the first week of the offensive there were taken 13 settlements and the whole north part of the city Volchansk. As Russian President Putin said - the offensive on the Kharkov region is necessary in order to create a buffer zone for preventing shelling of civilians in Belgorod and other regions of Russia.

  • @peterk7428
    @peterk7428 28 днів тому +1

    Someone should really do a supercut of all of these Ukranian War videos to see how the projections change and evolve.

  • @GothPaoki
    @GothPaoki 28 днів тому +22

    I love how unprepared the Russians were for this kind of rapid advance since they didn't believe kharkiv was almost totally undefended and they now have to wait and bring more artillery and vehicles since this was all done only by a simple recon who probably couldn't believe their eyes how much they were progressing. If i was Ukrainian though i would start worrying.

    • @cynderfan2233
      @cynderfan2233 28 днів тому +8

      You do realize that the Ukrainian defensive lines were not built right on the border right? They're between 10-15km back from the border to make them easier to defend and reinforce. So all russia has managed to do is capture a couple of practically undefended border towns which had prewar populations of less than 200 people, and they've been stopped dead by Ukrainian forces that moved forward from the defense lines to meet them.

    • @GothPaoki
      @GothPaoki 28 днів тому +23

      @@cynderfan2233 so vovchansk a town of previously 17 k is now only a town of 200 which is insignificant and everything is fine despite Russians gaining 9 kilometres in 3 days just by a simple recon. Sleep well my dude but then again it looks you already are ..

    • @McClane4Ever.
      @McClane4Ever. 28 днів тому +9

      @@cynderfan2233
      Dude, multiple reports from guys actually on the ground on location have stated that the defensive works were never built.

    • @ssnaut1871
      @ssnaut1871 28 днів тому +2

      ​@@GothPaokialso ppl forget or don't know Russians spend last 4 months targeting Ukrainian territorial defence and border guards around kharkiv especially they used overwhelming amount of drones in this . Problem is that even if it is not about corruption no civilian contractor will be safe while building those trenches near border for atleast 20-30 km

    • @mr.z3664
      @mr.z3664 28 днів тому +7

      @@cynderfan2233 you do realize that Ukraine has already admitted that defensive works that were supposed to be built, weren't built. No mine fields, no dragons teeth, no hardened positions. They're already "investigating" and have fired the officer in charge of the defense of Kharkiv.

  • @thegreatdane3627
    @thegreatdane3627 28 днів тому +7

    not allowing Ukraine to use western weapons in russia makes it kinda hard to protect the border. If Ukraine can't use artillery or mortars until the russian troops have crossed the border, then they have to move their defensive lines at least a few km back. That makes the entire border area a greyzone.

    • @AB-pb8oo
      @AB-pb8oo 28 днів тому +1

      Their problem is that money that had been allocated for building defensive lines in that area was embezzled. “Surovikin line” was riduculed (and lots of cash was stolen) but at least it was built and was enough to stall the summer counter-offensive.

    • @thegreatdane3627
      @thegreatdane3627 28 днів тому

      @@AB-pb8oo that is only partly true. Some fortifications were not build, but most were. The strongest defensive line were build 4-5km from the border for the reason mentioned above.

    • @user-it3ve2bl7j
      @user-it3ve2bl7j 28 днів тому

      For orcs from a parallel fictional world of schizophrenia. Western artillery and missiles are constantly bombarding Belgorod and the surrounding area.
      Oh yes, Orc propaganda shows the destruction of civilian buildings in Belgord as destruction in the Ukraine. ))) But the reputation of orcs as completely empty-headed and deceitful animals is a problem only for the orcs themselves.
      Saying that they cannot shoot on the territory of the Russian Federation is a diagnosis. Your diagnosis. ))

    • @mr.z3664
      @mr.z3664 28 днів тому +5

      Ukraine has been regularly attacking Belgorod, so stop pretending that Ukraine can't attack across the border. It is an absolute FACT that defensive works that were supposed to be built, were not built. Zelensky himself already said "investigation is underway".

    • @thegreatdane3627
      @thegreatdane3627 28 днів тому

      @@mr.z3664 yes they can attack russia with drones and weapons produced in Ukraine. But not with western weapons, until now.
      Some fortifications were not built. Keyword here is "some".

  • @JerveTheSwerve-JTS
    @JerveTheSwerve-JTS 28 днів тому +1

    I've got sound but quality is 360p

  • @jakemeyer8188
    @jakemeyer8188 28 днів тому +2

    Given the content, I know why Simon doesn't have his tangents on this channel...but I still miss them!

  • @johnathandoe9346
    @johnathandoe9346 28 днів тому +9

    Wait did you report the Russians where losing a few months ago ?🤣

    • @Dee-ye1ld
      @Dee-ye1ld 28 днів тому +1

      Almost like it’s a war? Shit can change in days or even hours. They captured a lightly guarded “buffer zone” if that’s a big win that’s embarrassing lol Russia lost the war a long time ago showed the world how incompetent their military really is within the first month, their logistic capabilities to invade their own neighbor was a shit show. For being the “best” military and can barely invade their own neighbors and getting pushed back and losing 100s of thousands of men to essentially a Third World country is insane, Russia will never be looked at as a power house anymore

    • @johnathandoe9346
      @johnathandoe9346 28 днів тому

      @@Dee-ye1ld But according to the our elected officials who's giving the Ukrainians possibly TRILLION of our tax dollars that we really need, the Russians are holding back they're best units to invaded London or Paris and Washington. So with that logic those "second hand troops" along with their African And North Korean mercenaries friends are doing a really good job.

    • @unyieldingsarcasm2505
      @unyieldingsarcasm2505 25 днів тому

      They had actual ammo reserves a few months ago.
      Crazy that a side can go from winning to losing if their supply lines are cut right? -_-

  • @user-gc8cj5nk2n
    @user-gc8cj5nk2n 26 днів тому

    Thanks for being as objective as can be. This is all a bloody mess and I hope better minds prevail. Some day.

  • @dimas128
    @dimas128 27 днів тому +2

    What was the purpose of showing collaped residental building after UKR attack in Belgorod ?

  • @juanviel6115
    @juanviel6115 28 днів тому +9

    Primitive method of fighting… I think it’s just how you control territory… what did bombing afghan do for the u.s in 20 years we lost against Vietnam and Afghanistan.

    • @WhiteIkiryo-yt2it
      @WhiteIkiryo-yt2it 28 днів тому +2

      This is a different war compared to Vietnam and Afghanistan. Afghanistan was a asymmetric war where a conventional military was against a guerrilla force which is incredibly difficult to defeat with conventional.means as they can hide amongst the populace and receive aid while remaining hidden....and mostly stuck to using IED's because anytime there was a gunfight they got their asses handed to them. Vietnam was a combo of conventional forces in the form of the NVA and asymmetric warfare with the Viet-Cong and the rules of engagements set by Washington ensured the U.S forces were not able to do what they needed to do.
      This is a conventional war that has taken a hard turn towards to attrition warfare. Unfortunately, Russia has an advantage in such a war as they have a massive population to draw from and vast stockpiles left over from the Soviet era and despite the technological superiority of the West, it would have to be the Ukrainians who have to use the equipment and that takes time to train, supply and deploy, time the war will not wait for. It also doesn't help that the West does not have the industry base for a war footing and steps have to be taken to not drag NATO fully into the war because that would just go nuclear pretty damn quick.

    • @KonstandinosVerzamanis-xm4ip
      @KonstandinosVerzamanis-xm4ip 28 днів тому

      ​@@WhiteIkiryo-yt2itvietnam also had guerilla warfare.

    • @WhiteIkiryo-yt2it
      @WhiteIkiryo-yt2it 27 днів тому

      @KonstandinosVerzamanis-xm4ip I noted as such with the point of the Viet-Cong being the asymmetric warfare element of the war in Vietnam.

  • @Black-Sun_Kaiser
    @Black-Sun_Kaiser 28 днів тому +4

    He finally started pronouncing kiev correctly 👏

  • @yashwantmohit4579
    @yashwantmohit4579 28 днів тому +1

    Frontline stabilisation huh!!!

  • @mostlymessingabout
    @mostlymessingabout 28 днів тому +1

    What defensive line? They embeslled so much money there's none left for any defenses 😂

  • @anthonymiozza526
    @anthonymiozza526 28 днів тому +21

    When you have some nerd dissing Russias method of warfare saying its primitive,... but its actually working lol

    • @rainieresguerra6519
      @rainieresguerra6519 28 днів тому +8

      It's actually not. More than 2 years into the war, Russia is yet to defeat a much smaller and weaker neighbor and is still stuck in a corner of Ukraine where they got kicked into after being chased away from the outskirts of Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv and even lost Kherson City and most of Kharkiv later.

    • @Lunar2050
      @Lunar2050 28 днів тому +3

      He is saying its working but if ukraine gets the supplies they may need to change strategy

    • @tombrazy12hunnit
      @tombrazy12hunnit 28 днів тому +5

      @@rainieresguerra6519 even though Clownskyy lied to the world that they only lost 31k, everybody can see his forces are slowly decimated into DESPERATE CONSCRIPTION, so it’s working. 🤣😂🤷‍♂️

    • @rainieresguerra6519
      @rainieresguerra6519 28 днів тому +1

      @@tombrazy12hunnit Well, Ukraine needs as many soldiers it can mobilize, considering that the russians are throwing more and more russians into the war.
      Just tell me when Russia would be able to move out of the hole they have been in the last two years. 😩

    • @tombrazy12hunnit
      @tombrazy12hunnit 28 днів тому +7

      @@rainieresguerra6519 they have the East, The South, Crimea, Bakhmut, Avdiika, recently Robotyne, I’m sure Kyiv government will say those are not “important “. 🤷‍♂️ Now they’re grinding the North at Kharkiv.

  • @_Coffee4Closers
    @_Coffee4Closers 28 днів тому +13

    13:00 The US no longer has restrictions on the use of US weapons inside of Russia and has not had any in place for a while now.

    • @MrSirlulzalot
      @MrSirlulzalot 28 днів тому +4

      Simply not true, read the headlines.
      Restrictions have been lifted by other countries.

    • @Sufferingzify
      @Sufferingzify 28 днів тому

      False, by verbatim the US says it won't.

    • @merrickfernandez4734
      @merrickfernandez4734 28 днів тому +2

      Nope misinformation

    • @_Coffee4Closers
      @_Coffee4Closers 28 днів тому

      @@Sufferingzify LOL, just google "US lifted restrictions on Ukrainian weapons use inside of Russia" Dumb A__ and get back to us... you have zero idea what you are yammering about. Google is your friend.

    • @_Coffee4Closers
      @_Coffee4Closers 28 днів тому

      @@MrSirlulzalot Liar, just google "US lifted restrictions on Ukrainian weapons use inside of Russia" Dumb A__ and get back to us... you have zero idea what you are yammering about.

  • @Dr.ZoidbergPhD
    @Dr.ZoidbergPhD 25 днів тому +2

    Bro doesn't care for pronunciation 😂

  • @unamedjoe830
    @unamedjoe830 28 днів тому +1

    Beard looking a bit shaggy there Simon!

  • @AJack47
    @AJack47 28 днів тому

    I would like your videos more if you had this time but the background was more action and clips of the warfare

  • @GothPaoki
    @GothPaoki 28 днів тому +9

    Good to see Ukraine is putting our tax money to good use. I'd recommend they spend some of it to put welcome signs outside of kharkiv it's not like they use it to defend kharkiv to begin with so might as well be polite and decorate the place!

    • @DedmanReactin
      @DedmanReactin 28 днів тому +1

      Is Russia in karkiev? Lol they will never make it!

    • @GothPaoki
      @GothPaoki 28 днів тому

      @@DedmanReactin bro if they were gonna enter the 2 largest Ukrainian city with just recon squads bro I'm going right now at the square and complain about my tax usage.
      Still it's very concerning that they gained 8-9 kilometres around the 2 largest Ukrainian city with just recon when it took them months to just gain a foothold around avdivka which is a relatively insignificant city

  • @ashokagarwal78
    @ashokagarwal78 28 днів тому +7

    If there was no resistance initially Russia incursions upto several kilometers insde Ukraine occurred so how did Russia suffer huge casualties.

    • @echeogo3928
      @echeogo3928 28 днів тому +3

      You get it!

    • @CrashNTheBoys2002
      @CrashNTheBoys2002 27 днів тому

      At best, both sides lost at least a thousand soldiers and that’s including K.I.A and W.I.A.

  • @willz0452
    @willz0452 28 днів тому +1

    Hey Ho! Simon!

  • @xscorpzzau1223
    @xscorpzzau1223 28 днів тому

    Mic test?

  • @iamthe1234567890
    @iamthe1234567890 28 днів тому +5

    🇷🇺🐻🥹

  • @michaelfaraday8391
    @michaelfaraday8391 28 днів тому +10

    Ukraine blames the west for delaying weapons and allowing the russians to have 6 months to prepare defenses which thwarted the ukrainians counteroffensive, ukraine had 2 years to prepare defenses for kharkiv and 8 years to prepare for adviika, so what happened? the dogginess of the russians is what makes them so successful in taking these grounds against heavily fortified ukrainians defenses, ukraine doesn't have that

  • @spacecaptain3687
    @spacecaptain3687 27 днів тому

    i think you need a new mic. all your videos audio is extremally sharp. s sounds are high pitched for example.

  • @BucephalusHume
    @BucephalusHume 12 днів тому +1

    Vedant Patel ----------------- Mexican Jonah Hill? 2:35

  • @BUSHCRAPPING
    @BUSHCRAPPING 28 днів тому +11

    interesting that you didnt mention why russia wants a buffer zone...

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar 28 днів тому +1

      Because it's irrelevant.

    • @mr.martyr8573
      @mr.martyr8573 28 днів тому

      Why don't YOU tell us Mr.BushCrapping.

    • @BUSHCRAPPING
      @BUSHCRAPPING 27 днів тому +4

      @@mr.martyr8573to keep civilians in belgorad safe from Ukrainian shells

  • @perilxurr868
    @perilxurr868 28 днів тому +20

    Ukraine is just another Vietnam, history repeats itself.

    • @EuroMaidanWasAnInsurrection
      @EuroMaidanWasAnInsurrection 28 днів тому +11

      It's unfortunate because it was completely preventable. All the opposition leaders had to do was respect the Feb 21st 2014 agreement. Ukraine would of never had a coup, Crimea and the rest of Novorossiya would still be part of Ukraine and Yanukovych would have lost in democratic fashion.

    • @HelmetOfHonor
      @HelmetOfHonor 28 днів тому +3

      No it's more WW1, Spanish Civil War. Afghanistan was more of a Milennial Vietnam

    • @createdforthemoment6740
      @createdforthemoment6740 28 днів тому

      ​@@EuroMaidanWasAnInsurrectionno, All Russia had to do was not invade. This entire war is entirely on Putin seeking power and Russias fault.
      The war ends when Russia goes home. Its as simple as that.

    • @mr.z3664
      @mr.z3664 28 днів тому +6

      Only in terms of wasted US taxpayer money.

    • @HelmetOfHonor
      @HelmetOfHonor 28 днів тому

      @@mr.z3664 nobody is paying Ukraine anything they are getting surplus weapons from NATO countries dating back to the 80's-90's. We are doing this because it costs more money to dispose them and we are using the billion dollar funds to replenish our own military

  • @DrFeelgoodxbox360
    @DrFeelgoodxbox360 28 днів тому

    Where the sound

  • @StarlordStavanger
    @StarlordStavanger 28 днів тому +1

    Is it just me or does the white shirt look like he has a bib on ? LOL just saying :P