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Sources:
BBC News. (1 May, 2014). Ukraine reinstates conscription as crisis deepens. www.bbc.com/news/world-europe...
Freedman, L., (2019). Ukraine and the Art of Strategy. Oxford University Press
Freedman, L., (2022). Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine. Oxford University Press
Ismayilov, E., (2021). Russia’s Military Interventions in Georgia and Ukraine: Interests, Motives and Decision-Making. Academia Press
Janes., (2022). Ukraine Conflict Equipment Profile. Janes
Politics Today (2022). Ukraine’s Military Transformation between 2014 and 2022. politicstoday.org/ukraine-mil...
Yekelchyk, S., (2007). Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation, Oxford University Press
UN Women (November, 2016). Women are changing the face of armed forces in Ukraine. eca.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2016/10/women-are-changing-the-face-of-armed-forces-in-ukraine
Euromaidan press. (May, 2015) Ukrainian Weapons - What Local Factories are Producing for the Army. euromaidanpress.com/2015/05/2...
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HORAY
Can you do a video on Azerbaijan and it’s war in 2020
Thanks for listening and making this video
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Its still wild to think about military HISTORY channels such as the Armchair Historian, Mark Felton, Binkov etc making videos on present events etc.... honestly a wild timeline.
Kings and Generals have some very top level coverage as well
Perun is top notch too. He made slide show presentations cool again.
There’s always been wars going on in the world. This is the only one in the west and most of the world has cared about😂
It was a matter if time. Humans will never stop fighting.
@@Snip3rtw0 kings and generals is extremely western biased though
It’s so strange that we are literally watching a documentary about a war that’s still going on. Crazy the time period we’re living in.
Where the hell have you been the last 20 years? Afghanistan, Iraq???
Syria, Yemen?
@@Fankas2000nobody even mentioned those countries 🤣
@@Hrosters🫵🏻🤡
You must be out of touch with the world around you then.
8:20 Stugna-P are basically the same thing as TOW missiles. They aren't gun launched missiles, they're standalone tripod launched SACLOS ATGMs with remote computerized thermal viewfinders and joystick controls. Set the launcher on a good vantage point, put the control console somewhere protected, and get shooting.
True there was a r-111 stugna 100mm for the mentiones systems but it was clear that they were not meant. I honestly do not know how you could not realize this while making a video. You would clearly have to have no clue what you are talking about
Stugna-P are somewhat better, because of range of 5kilometers vs 3.7km in TOW. There are even recorded cases of 5.5km hits from Stugna
its funny really
the stated goals of the war were to "denazify and demilitarise Ukraine and prevent NATO from spreading"
yet in reality Ukraine was demilitirising on its own for years
but now Ukraine is more militarised than ever and NATO has expanded by 3 countries as a result of this war
Putin is NATO's greatest salesman
Sweden, Finland, what's the third?
@@reggiekrager5411 Ukraine was promised a NATO membership after this war iirc
Not to mention that groups with (weak) neo-Nazi ties like the Azov battalion are getting lionized and celebrated as heroes. I've seen plenty of pictures of Ukrainian soldiers flaunting all sorts of Nazi memorabilia. So even in the "denazification" goal Putin's invasion had the opposite effect.
@@reggiekrager5411Carelia
Didn't expected you to cover a video about Ukraine at that very moment, the quality is very good
He made a couple others a while ago. Mainly covering the war so far, as well as Russia/NATO politics
@@Hadfield15Both politics are very confusing ngl, even as a Russia supporter myself.
@@GuywithabadenglishOfficcial ew
@@Kristof1 cope
@@GuywithabadenglishOfficcial I wouldn’t blame you, given RuZZians like you are fed constant lies. Let me ask you, have you ever watched the HBO series about Chernobyl? If you have, you should remember a quote.
“Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid”
Ruzzia’s only begun to pay its debt
It's insane how when the war started it looked like a total one sided ended before it began fight. Year later and I'm still impressed by Ukraine and their soldiers.
literally everyone fell for Russian propaganda, even the Russian leadership themselves
Russia is not even using 5% of their army lmao
@@GuywithabadenglishOfficcialthen why don’t they smartass? It’s almost as if Russia can’t beat a tiny country on their border. Adding onto the fact their own PMC betrayed them
@@GuywithabadenglishOfficcial we know, russia is gonna come out with 100 billion troops tomorrow and will curbstomp ukraine yada yada
honestly the whole "russia isnt using x part of their army" argument just makes ur country look worse and stupid, seriously if you cant get the job done with what your using, use more yet it seems like they cant figure it out. embarassing
@@GuywithabadenglishOfficcial source: literal Russian propaganda
Polish help is also worth mentonig, even if not being as large. Since Poland had a stockpile of soviet era vehicles, they could easily send support that could be used without additional training, unlike western equipment. That gave Ukrainians needed time.
Poland was also fundamental in rescuing millions of civilian refugees, especially women and children, immediately from the start of the invasion, whilst also preventing a mass AWOL of men needed to fight in the war against Russia.
Yes, Ukraine grateful for help. Military and especially humanitarian help was priceless!!!
Absolutely, Poland is very good ally and brother, here, in Ukraine, we don’t undervalue their help at all and we will always be grateful and ready to payback at any moment. 🇵🇱🇺🇦
Let's be honest, Poland is not the only country in the world that has provided aid to Ukraine. It is enough to mention the Baltic countries, which provided Ukraine with 50% of their military budget and most of all their military equipment. Slovakia gave the most valuable thing in this war, the S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems. Well, if it weren't for the USA and Britain aid, the russian troops would have been near Przemyśl a long time ago.
As for helping refugees, Poland is in a big profit, because most of them are already working and paying taxes.
@@ihorv44 yes, absolutely, but we have way easier history with Baltic countries, and with Poland it was always difficult, and whole 70 years of Soviet Union we were taught that Poland is the traditional enemy of Ukraine. I was studying at school in early 2000’s and this was still the case. But now we see what things really are.
As for other countries we absolutely value all the help we got, Baltics don’t have much in terms of military capabilities, but they have given almost everything they had, we can’t underestimate that commitment of course, and we are surely grateful for that!
While Bayraktars made an undeniably significant impact early in the 2022 invasion, they have largely been sidelined because their usefulness diminished when Russian air defense moved in theater.
Ruzzian air defense 😂 good joke!
What air defence
Anti-air ground defenses had some trouble getting rid of the drones until some Russians realised a jammer works far better than bullets in stopping said drones.
Which made those defenses easy targets to Ukrainan troopers.
So now Russian commanders needed to create pockets of defenses around said jammers to prevent drone bombardment.
Which forces said units to stand still instead of attacking or reinforcing other units.
Which results in Russia moving in artillery in said pockets to bomb cities and trenchlines.
*Which* results in Ukrainian counter-offense.
Drones cant win you a war, but they were pretty damn good at forcing a change of strategy towards Ukrainian favor.
In before pro Putin bots storm the comments
Glory to Ukraine! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
@@jukab9292Slava Ukraini
In before the Ukrainian bots storm the comments
@@jukab9292they suck
Slava Ukraini!🇺🇦
Wars like Vietnam and Afghanistan and Ukraine showed that the moral of your troops worth more than a modern army.
Russia has burned ukraine and some ukraine supporters still says they're winning
meanwhile in Vietnam: is literally having an online civil war about this topic, with the general direction of:
- nato is imperialistic/ukraine is a begger, blah blah blah
-having good point like: if that is the truth, then why tf did everybody want to join them
- well said, thirsty three stick (thirsty - khát nước - need country, three stick - ba que, get it, the flag)
- f u
- f u
- f u
- f u
Pretty true. Speaking particularly of the current conflict in Ukraine, the fact that the nation and its people have refused to give up after enduring such physical and psychological devastation is outstanding and profound. They are collectively tough and iron willed
Please dont compare nasies to freedom fighters
@@omaryousifkamal4290here we again with the pathetic excuse.
My cousin is 65 years old he is a t72 driver he was born zakarpathia Ukraine fought in Afghanistan in the 80s now he is in the Ukraine armored division
Prayers to him, I hope this ends soon by any means to stop the causalities on both sides 🙏
And they say ukraine isn't running out of manpower. Prayers to all who are suffering from this war especially the young people who are getting sent to this meat grinder.
Как ваш брат относиться к суверенитету Карпатской Руси?спросите его пожалуйста
Prayers for his safety, he is truly brave for putting his life on the line.🙏❤
I love this channel, and I hope that UA-cam can finally realize that history is not something that needs to be demonized
“Don't engage with someone with nothing to lose. It's an unequal fight.” - Baltasar Gracián
Zelensky has billions to lose, among other riches he has received from Biden.
9:38 For more context for this number, western governments have very rarely spent actual money on aid packages to Ukraine. The majority of them are just taking weapons from stockpiles and sending them over, and the 'XX million dollars' on the package is actually the cost of the weapons when the military originally acquired them, whether that's from 2020, 2000, 1980, etc.
So if you're worried about the government spending too much money on Ukraine, trust me, it's not NEARLY as bad as you think. Especially compared to actual military or federal budgets.
This 100x
We’re spending record lows compared to what we spent for the War on Terror.
Getting rid of old equipment also relieves westerners from the tax burdens of maintaining old junk for decades and the cost of decommission
Also, my fellow Americans, even if we were paying sticker price for everything sent, the cost only worked out to about 25¢ per person every day.
You probably paid that tiny price by buying milk.
noo it's bad. we've givin ukarein way too much money and weapons and we need to stop
It's not NEARLY bad when you're sending your reserve equipment and portions of your modern equipment to a losing war
@@MR_Nosy_Otter1 The US hasn't given Ukraine.a penny. The US has sent what amounts in several cases are decades old weapons systems that have been well maintained. Same with Germany and the UK.
I know your an undercover Russia spy
You can report back to your comrade that the support will continue
This was one of my favourite videos in a long time. Your sound direction and narration are incredible.
It’s crazy to think that videos like this will probably be used to teach history in 50-100 years time.
exactly! That’s the coolest part
I agree
❤lll
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine still had nuclear weapons. The third largest in the world. The Western countries of the USA and Great Britain together with Russia signed the Budapest Memorandum peace treaty. According to which they were supposed to provide security in exchange for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons.
As you can see, after the start of the war, no one protected us with their nuclear umbrella
Other people might cover Ukraine war more regularly, but i really like Armchair making the awesome animations.
And when the war is over and done with.. a video or series to cover over what happened for people watching in the future would be amazing.
Thank you Armchair Historian, for putting the effort despite UA-cam strikes and other military bloggers covering the war!
When the historian becomes the source
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine still had nuclear weapons. The third largest in the world. The Western countries of the USA and Great Britain together with Russia signed the Budapest Memorandum peace treaty. According to which they were supposed to provide security in exchange for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons.
As you can see, after the start of the war, no one protected us with their nuclear umbrella
It's going to evolve into world war 3 before it ends as soon as China tries to invade Taiwan in 2027 they are going to send Chinese to Russia to help them in the Ukraine front and they are going to take the suwalki gap and invade Poland
When the war is over? I hope u know the probability of nuclear war is at its all time high.
@@mrBurlaka1Such is the life of a pawn
Very cool production! You know I've heard epic stories of "The battle of Hostomel Airport" but haven't seen a visual representation of it. It would be cool if you guys did an animation on that.
Whatever people say happened over there, is mostly just propaganda. Nobody knows what happened there, and it's likely that Russian VDV was able to hold the airport until the next day when regular forces came and and helped them.
@@jxfwliz5ldnheeg so you're implying the battle wasn't real?
ua-cam.com/video/r0Ji7KqqEqg/v-deo.html is an incredible one
@@jxfwliz5ldnheeg Mate the place was home to the biggest plane in the world.
It's clearly an airport.
@@jxfwliz5ldnheegRussia's VDV units paradropped into Hostomel to secure the airfield and allow forces to come in by aircraft. They successfully secured the airport but to prevent the use of it Ukraine shelled the runway. Because of that the VDV became trapped as Ukrainian forces closed in. The battle was short as they were surrounded on all sides. Unfortunately during the battle, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest aircraft in the world was destroyed by Russian bombing. The VDV was wiped out, which was devastating for Russia. That was their elite forces.
It's safe to say that if Ukraine didn't sacrifice the airfield's capabilities over the potential advantage of recapturing it intact, Russian reinforcements could've arrived and overran Kyiv once the main forces arrived. Ukraine's victory at Hostomel was crucial to their continued fighting in the war.
Love the production quality of these newer videos.
the video is 2 min old my guy
@@moe5346ou can already tell it’s good though
@@moe5346and it's plural. All these vids have had good production values. Shame they aren't doing well
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine still had nuclear weapons. The third largest in the world. The Western countries of the USA and Great Britain together with Russia signed the Budapest Memorandum peace treaty. According to which they were supposed to provide security in exchange for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons.
As you can see, after the start of the war, no one protected us with their nuclear umbrella
I`m Ukrainian myself, my brother is serving in the 58th Mecanized Brigade, and i still didn`t know some of the facts from this video. Keep up the good work!
Дякуємо вам пане.
Ви справжній козак.
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
Хай твой брат будзе жывым й цэлым як і ўсе ўкраінцы ў вайны супраць маскалей! Здароўя й перамогі! Слава Украіне
Интересно когда уже ядеркой по украине долбанут?
😂😂ищи его в списке без вести пропавших
At 8:32 I believe you made a mistake: The stugna is not fired from a T55 - there are no T55 in service either the UAF (except for deliveries from the Czech Republic). You probably meant the T64 or T72. :)
*stugna, not strela :)
@@oleksandrshymanskyi1129 of course sorry :)
2014
Ukraine: OK we're gonna phase out conscription
Russia: _invades_
Ukraine: dammit Russia
2022
Ukraine: OK we're gonna phase out conscription
Russia: _invades_
Ukraine: DAMMIT RUSSIA
For every time Russia invades Ukraine I would have two nickels
Actually, you would be quite a businessman in history.@@meireek9937
@@meireek9937No it be more then 2
In Donbas it was not “rebellion”, it was also Russian invasion, because there were Russian FSB and regular army units
В Украине был Майдан, чел. Националисты и нацисты начали приходит к власти. Русские люди на территории Украине - Новороссии буквально начали поднимать партизанские восстания , а Донские казаки, ВС РФ и другие военные организации помогали партизанам.
@@SheVPBlaruzzians had too many freedom in Ukraine. it was time to end this madness. Don't like Ukraine? So go to ruzzia. It's that simple! Go to the country you like more.
@@waldemarkrieg7031 🗿Ты же знаешь историю? Знаешь, что когда Россия захватила Крымское ханство, то эту новую территорию начали называть новоРОССИЯ? Новороссию отдали большевики Украине, это русские территории с русским населением.
Не хотят жить с русским, то пускай уходят с русских территорий.
НЕТ Украине.
Поддерживаю@@SheVPBla
1:11 What!? How? This turned into a dozen military boats, 300 tanks and a couple of thousand combat transporters, less than 100 aircraft and 200 thousand soldiers. God, is corruption really such a destructive thing?
Yep, corruption can really undermine a military
@@nursestoyland Hmm, Ukraine is unlucky with its government, people and neighbors You ask me why people? Because unfortunately people choose these people Now I am sure that schools must introduce lessons in political education
The US has actually given Ukraine way more than 2.7 Billion dollars worth of equipment because a recent report exposed that the pentagon undervalued all the shipments by over 6 Billion dollars.
@4RST facts! I was fine with giving some aid at the start of the war, but we, along with some of NATO, are completely bankrolling them. It is time to stop people from DYING.
@@killerking1987 My guy the US spent 10% of its annual Defense budget. If you want people to stop dying, vote for some senator that will start CIA assasinations in Russia. If you want to spend less money, fix your healthcare system that bleeds cash.
@@4RSTevery dollar spent in Ukraine is like 5 dollars saved to counter weight the Russian threat. The US don’t need a conventional large army to defeat Russia as we once originally thought. We can pivot to Asia and a growing China now.
@@4RST Its actually some of the best spending the US will ever do. They get to weaken a rival with surplus equipment, and not a single US servicemember has to step foot in the combat zone.
@The_Lunch_Man lets just say they are giving away way more than just surplus equipment. The Biden Admin has said to the public and the world that we are running low on ammunition and equipment from our actual stockpile. If China decides to invade Taiwan, then we can not even defend them
I only just began watching your videos, I've blazed through so many in a week. You and your team are truly deserving of all the accolades you receive. The animation, subtley blended memes, and careful, humane narration are noticed. Both poignant and hilarious, watching your videos had been a real pleasure to enjoy after work or while working solo. Thank you!
he's also a huge spreader of western popangda especially when it comes to this conflict. i'd watch his stuff with some skepticism.
@@MR_Nosy_Otter1Didn't see anything in this video specifically that wasn't already public knowledge. More a summary than an update, tbh.
@BennetoZachary Why? Putin's War of Empire has caused nothing good for anyone but the Western military industrial complex. Russia has thrown away the lives thousands of promising young men from both Russia and Ukraine, dooming them to a pointless, miserable death in the trenches on the Eastern Front. In his vain attempt to deter N.A.T.O. 'aggression', he has instead inspired them to be more precocious, with Finland joining N.A.T.O. and Lithuania blockading Kaliningrad. Not even to mention the brigade of sanctions making life progressively worse for Russian citizens. Putin has also started a civil war. An I'm not even exaggerating, the failed Wagner coup and the Russian Volunteer Corp and Freedom of Russia Legion raiding Russian military bases WOULD, by definition, be a civil war.
TL:DR, have fun being hit with Cluster Bombs, tankie.
@@Juke-Redlin what i mentioned was specifiaclly in this video. what i have mentioned was in some other videos he has done about this conflict.
@@MR_Nosy_Otter1 okay. So. After reviewing a sample of your 37 comments on just this channel, I feel like I'm justified in saying that you're as likely to be taken in by Russian proganda as you are to believe I've been taken in by the western. Here's the thing. I don't have any issues admitting failures of the countries on this side. Every one, every single one, has done terrible things. They all have inherent flaws.
Russia can't capture a country with a beleaguered military supported effectively by economics. So. Ya know. The military sucks and our economies are good enough to dunk on Russia without firing a shot on our own. That alone shows the inherent issues Russia has while illustrating the constant misinformation the New Russian Czar has spouted since the invasion. Now... imma block you. Not because I don't want to have a lively debate. I don't even doubt -some- of your points made in other comments. But I don't want hassled by someone who supports the objectively more inept and flimsy logic of a senile old dictator clingy to power than... well at this point most of the human population. Have a day. :)
Very informative and useful video. Though you forgot to mention Nuclear arsenal that was left in Ukraine after USSRs collapse, which aparently was traded for peace guarantees from russia and USA.
well that was a lie
@@ReliableExcavationDemolition turns out it was indeed a lie... Now I wish we still had at least a part of that arsenal...
@@peterrudenko4496 Yeah. Russia and the West really screwed you all over on that deal.
Russia sees Nato as a threat. Since the U.S. wanted to drag Ukraine into Nato to create a belt of tension near Russia's borders, it was the U.S. that violated Ukraine's security guarantees and forced Russia to respond.
@@Roketsune and this is... HIGLHY UNFORTUNATE...
Great video, I hope your new content is generating the views you guys needed!
Not only a fight for their country, the whole europe!!
Yes. They are fighting for Baltics, for Poland and for Moldova. Didn't they hold they ground like this and we would be next. Heroiom slava!
At this point, standing up to Russia has become part of Ukraine's national identity. It wouldn't be Ukrainian to give up.
@@4RSTI thought Republicans liked democracy
@@dontbetreadin4777 you`re ridiculous
Standing up to Russia is part of the national identity of....just about every neighbour Russia has.
@@dontbetreadin4777 Botski reported, may you soon be drafted.
Not only an armchair historian, he should also be appointed as armchair general and fairy tale master ..
I hope the comment section will be very peaceful with absolutely no fanatics on either side 😅❤
Me too, it might go down
What are you talking about, that's the best part! Sort by "New" and you'll get more fanfiction than there is on AO3
@@doodtheman2508 which is currently not a lot since it apparently keeps getting DDoSd
Hello from Ukraine!
Укрофашисткий бандеровец!
@@Unitednations1.0ty otstoy iz Ameriki
Love the videos guys! Keep it up!!
NATO and USA aid to Ukraine made a huge shift in the battle , without it no way Ukraine would last for that long
Russia had already suffered its worst defeats before American aid even began. Maybe they'd be doing worse without NATO aid but there's no way in hell they'd be over and done with.
@@wisemankugelmemicus1701how so? Ukraine is still being rapodly destroyed even by walking 1 km as of today Ukraine has 9 chance of surbival once Russia snaps and decides to fight against Nato.
@@GuywithabadenglishOfficcial nice argument senator why dont you back it up with a source
@@GuywithabadenglishOfficcial well you see Ivan
Who said this war would be over if you occupied Ukraine?
@@GuywithabadenglishOfficcial Settle down, Putin simp.
Love content on modern conflicts. Thanks for the great work as always
Unfortunately, for some it is not only the content but also the reality outside the window
Love your videos. Great job on this one. Keep it up.
"...capable of going toe-to-toe with one of the strongest militaries.." Bro, there was a period a couple weeks ago where the Russian Army wasn't even the strongest military in *Russia*.
Very nice work as always, AH team!
are you talking about the funny moustache man or
AH? Did you mean Adolf Historian or Armchair Hitlr?
Great to see you continuing your modern conflict series
Thank you for your quality videos. You guys are doing a great job keep it up!
Generous of you to donate, but the creator should thank you, at least with a “heart” emoji.
@@UnCannyValley67 didn't do it to get a heart emoji. I did it to support the channel. I don't mind it🙂
Incredible animations and documentary!
I'm going to finish this before UA-cam takes this down
I love this channel! So many great videos! I would love to see more modern day videos! As well as continuing the plethora of historical videos!
Great video, love your content, keep up the good work🎉
Super video! That is the type of content we are seeking to!
You should maybe of focused a tad more on just how involved the Russians were in 2014 and the fact that they were actually there ( commercial passengers incident)
Maybe more focus on Ukraine Nazis killing ethnic Russians?
@@misterpinkandyellow74which never happened?
@@black-uh1df even the main stream media reported, try your gaslighting elsewhere liar
MH17
There are no clues and no proofs it was done by Russia
I watched ur vids from a long time ago and I am amazed by how far this channel has grown
Thank you griffen and team for making the best content on the we
hey Armchair? I love you. The time and effort you put into your videos is being disrespected by youtube, and you dont deserve it. For the sake of all generations present and future I hope you continue your work, for the betterment of both understanding our past and acknowledging it. I love you so, so much.
How do you love some one you don’t even know? This obsession is creepy man. Please seek help.
@@Bluis5445 I don't think they mean love in the romantic sense. There're different ways to say and mean love.
Example I love my car, I love video games, I love history. Or if with a person you can say for example you love your president, you love your teacher, you love your best friend, etc.
Those are all non romantic forms of love but instead just genuinely really liking something, passionate about, really care about, or someone or something you care for a lot.
That said the way that SupaSillyThyme said it comes across a little weird and almost obsessively. I'd agree with you, if it wasn't for the context of them thanking Armchair for his work and the good it brings to the world in terms of education and understanding. They could've worded it a little better honestly. Mainly cutting off the ending part with the "I love you so, so much" sounding like something you'd hear a teenager or some modern adults in the 20-30 age range would say via texting.
I'm more into the information he speaks not the colorful moving visuals
@@Nekavandre very good point you make and very well written.
The comment literally says hey armchair i love you. Stop watering the meaning of the word love. You typed your response for no reason. You wasted everyone’s time.
Honestly I would like to hear about Japan's lost decade from 1990 to 2000 and how they nearly became a superpower in their own right
I would too. Japan ruled during the 80s from I recall bad banking/financial was their undoing. Also the US basically occupies them, and so it’s a cash cow of weapons, training, maintenance services for the US.
thank you for the video
There is an error in map. Until 2022 only 1/3 of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts’s veer occupied, while in video they are marked as fully occupied
At 9:19, white bandages are on the legs of a soldier - Ukrainian troops do not use such markings, they wear yellow and blue, sometimes green, and mostly on their hands. White armbands are the prerogative of Russian troops
Ukraine's Military is very Impressive
The Cossacks are the best
Yes. Thanks to us. They're beggars
@@edfer81 BM "Oplot",BTR 4 "Bucefal",Fort 224 "Maliuk", a lot of different drones. Yea,true beggars🤡
@@edfer81, what are all the guns without the experienced crew to use them?
@mbanasevych just play games my son. One day, you'll understand
The animation quality is better and better with every episode!!
As a ukrainian its amazing to see such a video, thanks so much to the production team and Josh for this amazing story, and beeig able to te tell more people about the skill and heroism of the ukrainian armed forces in the titanic battle for the very existance of ukraine and ukrainian people.
Why aren't you fighting if your a male?
@@skiddadleskidoodle4585 im 16 my bro
@@skiddadleskidoodle4585 troll attempt failed, please try again later
@@The_Lunch_Man im not trolling im just interested i didnt mean anything bad
@@maiwindows2187 didnt mean anything bad im just asking, do u intend to fight in the future?
Never forget.
The second greatest army on Earth has been forced to end arms shipments to other nations, entrench themselves, no longer show tanks in parades and enter mobilisation.
All that and a year later the twenty-second greatest army on Earth still hasn’t fallen and has even recaptured thousands of kilometres
Truly Russian incompetence will never cease to amaze
I think this shows that all these rankings are stupid. But the fact that the Ukrainians have achieved some successes at the expense of mistakes made by Russia is not evidence of their strength. Mistakes can be made, like at the beginning of a war, but they can also be avoided, like during a "counter-offensive". Trying to win a war by counting on your enemy to make mistakes is wrong.
what do you expect from Russia fighting a country being support from the whole NATO
The only reason that the second greatest army on Earth was forced to do all these things is because of the tremendous support from NATO and USA’s side.
Funny how Nato is "the stongest millitary alliance in the world and Russia is beating them Regardless, american imcopetence is so horrendous, they had to call shipments to supply their weapons, and don't forget that Russia is still the elite, they caused more casualties, captured more cities, and even when things weren't looking too good, Russia turned the tables and made everything on their side, truly one of the best.
Ironic how you say this after Afghanistan
American incopetence is hillarious
@@user-so2od8ic7d also the "Counter offensive" only forced casualties in Ukranian side.
Russia isn't even using their full power and everyone making assumptions, plus Nato is backing ukraine anyway, to the point they said the'll be sending soldiers there as well.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” -Sun Tzu
Putin underestimated Ukraine and overestimated his own forces at the start of this war. Which can be seen in the small size of his invasion force, the expectation that Ukraine would fold in days, and the lack of supply for that invasion force when Ukraine did not fold. Because of that initial failure this war is built on he is now struggling in every battle and has basically trapped himself in a war that he does not have a winning strategy for.
Actually, Putin overestimated Ukraine. It seems like he believe, that Ukraine still have some independents. So negotiation (March 2022) will be successful. Guess what - it failed.
So now Ukraine lost not only Donetsk and Lugansk.
@@AaSs-ln9mm weither Putin can hold them remains to be seen. Russia has already lost 2 provinces and the biggest city that was captured (Kherson). They are also losing military leaders very quickly.
Regardless of if he does achieve minimal land gains he has lost a lot of influence and power on the international stage. His army before the war was seen as the second strongest in the world and now it is seen as weak and with little strategic thinking skills. Economically many European countries depended on Russia for natural gas and oil now that source of stable revenue is gone. NATO is now stronger then it has ever been with Finland and soon to be Sweden joining it. Before the war Ukraine had a large portion of its nation that favored stronger ties with Russia the war has burned that and United the nation against Russia. Putin has lost 10’s of thousands of troops and Millions of dollars in military equipment. Any one of these make his land gains costly, all of them make the gains not worth it.
@@AaSs-ln9mm Ukraine will reclaim all it's territory.
@@AaSs-ln9mm Is this comment the best work of your 2 brain cells zapping current together? You are a perfect comedic representation of the barbaric idiots that are being sent to UA.
@@AaSs-ln9mmI know it's painful for you to come to terms with Russia's failure in Ukraine and on the geopolitical stage but downing more and more copium is only postponing the inevitable heartbreak for you and the rest of the Ruscist world. Better pick up those vodka bottles and wash away your grief soonest possible
I really enjoyed watching this video because it is very accurate. There are probably few things missing, but those are insignificant to the average viewer. Thank you so much for the video.
Name checks our
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This was amazing, thank you so much
$180 billion in the last 1.6 years definitely helped
Thank you for covering this ongoing situation--especially with how overly zealous UA-cam has been against "non-advertiser friendly" content.
For the war itself, I can only hope it ends soon--
Its devastating effects on Ukrainian citizens and soldiers, as well as the ramped-up attacks on critical Russian citizens-- It's all very alarming...
Oh wow dat a lot of money
@@lemurman7978 very true, but he makes quality content-- so I've got no regrets
money🤑
Good on you my dude. Donations like that keep great channels like this going. Thanks for making it possible to watch more history on this crappy platform.
Russians should go home, I agree.
Great video!
Thank you for this
With the benefit of hindsight, it was a huge mistake for Ukraine to give up their nukes back in 1994. A perfect example of politicians not thinking in the long term. It was only a matter of time before Russia broke the Budapest Memorandum.
They wouldn’t have had the economy to maintain them regardless
I doubt the Ukraine really had the proper personnel, know how, and facilities to maintain nuclear arms. Let alone a proper budget. Maybe with outside help (who would want outside help with something as important as nuclear arms).
That doesn't really make any sense. They couldn't see the future, Russia was still an emerging democracy by that point.
Plus by that point, who knew old crazy head putting would end up in power.
Brother, No one cares about "Urine should kept their nukes" when they would fail to launch them anyway. Russia is the Perfect example of proving their enemies wrong.
Plus if the Geneva convention actually worked and was applied, Nato wouldn't be here to brainwash the world.
Love to see more armchair historian!
Aye!
Great video, thank you
The whole Ukraine war proves Twain's quote to be true: "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog."
In the case of Ukraine, this is not entirely true. Ukraine is a huge country and that also helped it a lot in defense and complicated logistics for Russia. After all, we saw it when the Russians ran out of fuel in their tanks during their offensive.
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Ukraine's country size & army count are dwarfed by how much Russia has, not many, myself included, thought Ukraine would last as long as it has & that's what I mean: their morale & the size of their fighting spirit is greater than the Russians.
@@dr.virus1295😊нет они просто мяса на фронт больше отправляют
@@hdhdnfbxbdbdа как же)) Утешай себя дальше.
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это то, что делает россия
I send my prayers out to all the men and women fighting in this war.
Send a few more and the war will stop
@@FrankYammy I plan to. By hoping that both sides can find peace.
@@FrankYammydont be petty
@@tdkreturns-batcavepictures1224 no peace with russians. It's either they burn Ukraine to the ground or Ukraine makes russia collapse
@@tdkreturns-batcavepictures1224 Russia can go home tomorrow and the war ends. Don't pray for the murderers and rapists of the orc horde.
love your videos
Lmao in the sponsor i love how griffin started head banging
I don't know if you take suggestions for video ideas but a few topics I think would be super interesting for you to cover would be like, battle of the little bighorn, weapons/warfare of the Renaissance, and more videos about the Korean War
Can u guys please make a WW2 from dutch perspective? Btw congrats on 2 mil.
Dutch women sleep with Wehrmacht soldiers and latter get their heads shaved. There, that sums up the Dutch WW2 experience.
@@hubertcumberdale2651 lol
@@hubertcumberdale2651 Not really since theres also some navy shenanigans in the east Indies.
@@davidty2006 wow I didn't know the East Indies spoke for the day to day experiences of the 99.999% of the Dutch population residing in the Netherlands and not the east Indies
@@hubertcumberdale2651 Well there was whatever was left of the dutch navy around there.
love your content, keep it up.
I’m sorry. @ 05:30 the budget is stated to be “eight and a half billion dollars”, but the graphic shows 8,500,000. Just pointing it out, not being an asshole.
Lets play the game
"Spot the RT viewer"
Sorry, just a correction, South Africa was actually the 1st country to voluntarily get rid of its nuclear arsenal.
well they destroyed them without other nations knowing bc aparthid was ending, ukraine singed treaties with russia and the u.s to give them up
Great video
At 9:17 they show a RQ-7Bv2 “Shadow” UAV which is a strictly surveillance based AV. It couldn’t even carry ordnance on it because it can barely carry itself
thanks for being one of the few youtubers to upload proper ultra wide. These videos are always a pleasure to view on my ultrawide screen monitor.
As practice has recently shown, no matter how many modern armored vehicles and well-trained soldiers you have, if there is a donkey at the head of your army, then you will never win.
Yes that is why Ukraine is losing
@@misterpinkandyellow74 That's not the gotcha you think it is- If Ukraine is led by a Donkey, then what's Russia led by? They, who had every military advantage known to man and got stalled for a straight year?
@@acceptablecasualty5319 Russia is winning so they are led by decent leaders
@@misterpinkandyellow74 This applies to all the armies of the world, not only to Ukraine or Russia.
@@misterpinkandyellow74 Kherson still "forever Russian"?
And yet, the UK is still cutting troop numbers when the war showed that boots still matter.
From another UA-cam documentary channel, “Ukraine took Russia from the 2nd most feared military in the world, to the 2nd most feared military in Ukraine”.
countries that perpetually live under the threat of a larger neighbouring entity swallowing them tend to have pretty tough populations, so yh, stands to reason their millitary would be quite gnarly too
Yes ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine getting murdered by far right Ukraine nationalists were living under threat.
You should cite sources in the description.
it does help when the west gives you a fuckload of weapons and munitions yes.
also gives you intel and sattelite imagery.
Here before russophobia against normal people starts for no reason
it seems odd that history channels covering events from 200 years ago are suddenly covering events that arnt even over yet, but then again I would have thought it odd that a military superpower would fail to be able to annex a neighboring country's territory without loosing their superpower status in less than a year and still not yet win
Russia hasn't been a superpower since 1991. The invasion of Ukraine just made that obvious to the layman.
You are delusional and dishonest.
Acting like NATO were not arming Ukraine for 8 years. Ukraine dug some insane entrenchments.
Also Russia has already won the war strategically
25 countries support ukrine
@@omaryousifkamal4290 which was very much forseeable and should have factored into the strategy of russia
@@omaryousifkamal4290not a single one has supported Ukraine with any manpower. Ukraine is beating a nation with over 4.5x their population effectively alone
Let’s keep this amazing channel and its content safe from UA-cam censorship.
Fight the algorithm!
Great channel and animation
Finally a non-WW2 video! Great one too, please keep up the good work
While there certainly are a lot, 7 of the last 20 videos have been non-WW2.
This reminds me of the of when the military channel would be making videos about the war in iraq while it was still going on. Now we have INSTANT content about an event just little over a year old.. even books published. Just wild.
It's weird though you talk about what they are regularly equipped yet they now use everything they are given by nato and other countries.
that's right, because before 2022 everything in the army was accounted for 250k soldiers, not 700k. We didn't have enough of anything for these new draftees.
Thanks for your work! Greetings form Ukrainian mortar unit✌🏻
Дякую за службу!
Дякую за службу
@@gpjedy7379 Та ладно)
Its insane how the ukrainian army became so powerful and organized so fast since the 2014 incident.
A ton of nato trainers as he says in the end of the video, kinda helps.
@@havocgr1976Of course it helps, but it’s not the reason alone; it was mainly due to Ukrainian reforms and their will. Afghanistan government forces were trained and supplied by the US for decades and some men in sandals took Kabul.
@@jeffasbestos7813 Oh yes ofcourse, its always the will that matters most.
@@havocgr1976 NATO trainers do help them but most of the experience came from when Russia start pushing across ukrain border.
It's Trials by Fire and it's finally paid off .
@@user-mz2yb7np4k Yanukovych was removed via a parliamentary vote including votes from his own party.
Just watching transformer battle in comment section between Ukraine bots and Russian bots
Ok boomer
Wow, a history video with 0 dislikes, cant wait to see comment section be civil about this subject
the video is 2 mins old
Well that didn't last long
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Come on, You expected that!
The Ukrainian military has come a long way from 2014!
It’s actually been driven backwards, West 😂
@@jamesmason1347 And you’re mocking a brave man it’s like mocking Holocaust victim and D-day veteran as well Stalingard victims! Show some compassion and stop mocking Ukrainian soldiers and it’s country! Show some compassion, Man! What’s so funny? Hmm you’re probably Putin’s supporter. Mocking Ukraine is like mocking Poland during 1939 trying to stop Red army and Wehrmacht advancing? And you’re probably make fun of Ukrainian Veteran
@@corporatejones9126 Ukraine is getting exactly what it deserves. This is what always happens when you think America has your back.
They went from using petal mines on civilians in donetsk
To using outdated cluster bombs against... well the citizens of donetsk again
@@jamesmason1347yeah we get it you support Russian imperialism. This is what happens when you try to go up against western allies, Russia could turn around and run home if they want to save lives.
Interesting video to upload while we are litterly halfway through the summer.
They truely have come so far in such a short time!
thank you for this really fun to watch and informating video