2023 Ukrainian Counteroffensive

2023 Ukrainian Counteroffensive - Animated Analysis

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4 ай бұрын

It’s an early morning of June 7th, 2023. After Ukrainian artillery intensifies strikes on dug-in Russian forces, the offensive, announced a long time ago enters its crucial phase. Ukrainians, jump into their newly acquired Leopard 2A6 tanks, M2 Bradleys, and other armored mine-clearing and mobility vehicles to form columns and cut through Russian minefields and defenses. Understanding all the responsibility and complexity of the task, the soldiers of the recently formed 47th Mechanized Brigade are optimistic about their chances of completing the mission. However, heading toward the village of Robotyne they are about to face immense resistance, not even closely resembled during their months of training in Western countries.
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@TheWarArchive 4 ай бұрын

Dedicated to dozens of people who wrote that we would never make a video about this topic.

@m.streicher8286 4 ай бұрын

Telling projection "If I'm intellectually dishonest, the people I disagree with must also be"

@BigMeechEJ25 4 ай бұрын

@@m.streicher8286 Please tell us more about his internal narrative that you know so much about.

@mohamedahmed-nf7sx 4 ай бұрын

Can you make a video about the terrible work done by Wagner's forces in Bakhmut?

@chipotleeater 4 ай бұрын

The quality of your work is phenomenal. Well done

@Adv-vr1uh 4 ай бұрын

Those were not people but muscovites.

@JorMother 4 ай бұрын

Can't wait for a Bahkmut and Avdiivka episode. These battle seem so sudden and uncovered, other than catchphrases and witty phrases. I love your editing.

@OXiG96 4 ай бұрын

I'm sorry by my "sofa" analysis, but in short - they were a "meat grinder" for both sides - tens of thousands dead from both sides regarding Bahmut (mostly contracted prisoners for Russia and different conscripted men from almost teenagers to elite spetsnaz forces for Ukraine) and some less regarding Avdeyevka (except that Russia didn't use so much or didn't use at all prisoners because of dissolution of PMC "WAGNER" group), which has happenned just now, so there is not enough information.

@JorMother 4 ай бұрын

@@OXiG96 Yeah basically, but it's nice to see unit movements and maps.

@EginOG 3 ай бұрын

And what are you waiting for? Obviously, this Ukrainian will release the most biased video.

@JorMother 3 ай бұрын

@EginOG I'm waiting for a video that will show unit movement and outcomes of said movements. Yes it will be biased, but I don't know anyone who maps out battles like this.

@yaremayaremchuk3608 3 ай бұрын

biased to what? Bakhmut was lost and he literally shows MAPS BRO. U r so brainwashed by ruzzia media, just pipe down a read book@@EginOG

@cherrypoptart2001 4 ай бұрын

The Russians and Ukrainians exchanged control over Uzozhaine, Staromaiorske and Makarvika multiple times over like a week, it wasnt a 1 time control and complete capture by the UAF.

@zjpdarkblaze 2 ай бұрын

this channel is extremely biased towards ukraine. havent you seen his other copium videos of ukrainian loses that sounded as if they won coz of so much coping.

@GeneralMegrel Ай бұрын

@@zjpdarkblaze You people need to be constantly hugged and caressed for you not to cry when faced with truth. I bet you believe the russians had an organized retreat out of Kharkiv

@sendinthetorps8681 Ай бұрын

@@zjpdarkblaze Yeah, this channel has a major hard on for Ukraine.

@verenturnil9510 2 сағат бұрын

why would he go over ever detail of the offensive? the video is already long as is

@Head_Coach 4 ай бұрын

The only gain during the assault Ukraine had committed was Robotino. And it is under attack right now as i right this message down. Surely the goals were far beyond that. So it’s fair to say that the whole operation was a complete failure.

@Maratreason 4 ай бұрын

160 thousand killed and wounded Ukrainian soldiers during 3 months of the offensive. It's not a failure. This is a catastrophe.

@loverofyurigagarin1149 4 ай бұрын

@@Maratreasonsource?

@john_lemon987 4 ай бұрын

@@loverofyurigagarin1149, source: trust me bro

@sirex9244 4 ай бұрын

@@loverofyurigagarin1149any western source already confirms at least 300k loses by now.

@sausaigeham1104 4 ай бұрын

@@loverofyurigagarin1149this isn't for his source but these are my numbers not just during the Ukrainian summer offensive but overall for this war i can confidently say that 60,500 Russian soldiers are kia due to the war some 20,000 permanently injured Russian war vets. For ukrane its much harder to calculate since they are really good at hiding their losses throughout the entirety of the war but anywhere from 300,000-380,000 Ukrainian soldiers are Kia with up to 50,000 permanently injured Ukrainian war vets. If you want sources for my Russian kia list I'll refer you to "Mediazona" but I've also researched a bit on my own as well looking through Russian soldier obituaries and such. But for Ukraine casualties it's hard to give you a source since every trustable source that gives a answer on Ukrane losses is usually suppressed and taken of the internet. But I give you when the president of the European commission stated in November of 2022 that "over 100,000 Ukrainian military officers have been killed so far" which her statement was quickly taken down by the EU and her own account. But her statement was in line with Former U.S. colonel Douglas MacGregors statements as well as a regional map of Ukrainian losses at the time. You can find her statements online that were quickly saved by many people when she said it andyou can also find Douglas MacGregor here on KZfaq and even some of his articles. The regional map of Ukrainian losses cant be found anywhere but I have saved it and at the time of December 2022 it showed 102,728 KIA Ukrainian solders to be exact. I know you can't just believe someone else's statement so I highly encourage to research this topic yourself and come to your own conclusions.

@danylo1724 4 ай бұрын

You forgot to mention that at the same day as counteroffensive started, Russia destroyed/damaged IRIS-T radar, which seriously decreased UA anti-air capabilities and gave Russia significant advantage in using aviation. It also proofs that russians knew when exactly will counteroffensive begin.

@fetusdeletus5117 4 ай бұрын

I mean Ukraine advertised the counteroffensive publicly to get additional western funding. So yeah, Russia knew, so did I lol

@KugasKuoska 4 ай бұрын

- We gonna massive counteroffensive soon! Same guys after: - How did they know?!!

@churchspeedruns8411 4 ай бұрын

@@KugasKuoska its not so simple, you literally cannot hide large formations of troops nowadays. drones and satellite make it impossible to keep secrecy of an offensive. russia would know whether ukraine said it or not

@francojustthat156 4 ай бұрын

Russian ISR...2000 frontline miles

@xxhaxonxx8345 4 ай бұрын

@@churchspeedruns8411That's fair, then again if it's already hard to hide the formations, advertising it might just be pouring salt in the wound

@apathofpain 4 ай бұрын

25:58 ka52 ejection system in action u can see pilot seat and blades flying off. in any other heli in this situation pilots would not survive

@comradericefarmerhao2269 17 сағат бұрын

It’s good to know that Russia actually cares about crew survival

@s_kl2512 4 ай бұрын

15:05 the vehicle to the right of Leopard 2R's is not a Bergerpanzer 3, but a Wisent 1 mine clearing tank.

@TheWarArchive 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the correction!

@mr.wilson7494 3 ай бұрын

Why is this guy trying to portray Ukraine's counteroffensive as a success?

@sheldon6855 3 ай бұрын

i notice that too.

@EginOG 3 ай бұрын

cuz he is ukrainian

@KIRILL-fl7cp 3 ай бұрын

Because he is ukrainian lol

@Alpha-su8ti 3 ай бұрын

Because this guy recently found out that there is such a country as Ukraine and seeks to support it, guided by the principle “who attacked first is the bad one” lol

@yaro7319 3 ай бұрын

To make you seethe😂

@kost359 3 ай бұрын

We see now near Avdiivka that Russia has drawn conclusions from Ukraine's summer counteroffensive by increasing the number of airstrikes, destroying air defense systems and increasing the production of FPV and Lancets drones.

@user-xp5id1kh4r 13 күн бұрын

The use of Lancets has drastically decreased over the last year. It seems that Russians have transitioned almost exclusively to ukrainian-style fpvs or even commercial drones in nearly most cases, except for deeper longer range strikes where the range of such fpvs wouldn't suffice. Lancets have basically been relegated to a counter artillery drone or a higher value target drone for targets usually much farther behind the lines. It makes sense too, cause why waste $10s of thousands on a drone, when you can waste less than $1k for an FPV drone with an equivalent result. The only thing Russia has "changed" recently is the use of glide-kit assisted bombs... those have been proven to be real "game changers" in terms of Russian tactics, particularly in built up areas like cities.

@Panzermeister36 4 ай бұрын

Another excellent video, thank you!

@TheWarArchive 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, used to learn the first scale model weathering techniques from your channel!

@user-zn8mj1lo6y 4 ай бұрын

I would say ukraine become overconfident after their previous success. This resulted in their defeat.

@DaNuclearBomb 4 ай бұрын

Previous success..lol which one, bakhmut 😂😂😂

@CptShrike555 4 ай бұрын

@@DaNuclearBomb ah, yes, the famous major defeat at bakhmut, that led to a total collapse of the entire Ukrainian army. Ukrainian army collapsed so badly that prompted the mutiny of wagner and rashists forces still haven't advanced any further on that direction.

@mihailviloev8662 3 ай бұрын

@@CptShrike555 outdated info.

@imschleep1309 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the videos 🙏

@carlosmunoz5178 4 ай бұрын

Will you be making a video on Avdeevka in the coming months?

@sircatangry5864 4 ай бұрын

Avdiivka*

@fahman3422 4 ай бұрын

@@sircatangry5864 Avdeevka

@oliveryt7168 4 ай бұрын

@@sircatangry5864 It's Avdeevka now... Before that it was Avdiivka.

@axmat3436 4 ай бұрын

Artemovsk

@petrulutenco6600 4 ай бұрын

@@oliveryt7168 Adviivka always

@wwiking8055 4 ай бұрын

Incredibly good video brother. Hope you keep making them.

@hasbullamagomedov5603 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the analysis. Really appreciate for your work.

@alexandrasmart1830 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the work on this! I was so pumped when I saw the trailer and you did an awesome job❤😊

@black_triton9264 4 ай бұрын

Firstly, i appreciate the amount of work that went into this presentation 👏 However, your conclusion evades the fact that the Russians defeated the Ukrainian assault. None of the operational or strategic goals were achieved by UA with losses in men and equipment that cannot be replaced. The comparison of the Kharkov offensive and summer counter-offensive is like comparing apples to oranges. Completely different set of circumstances. By the sounds of your narrative, this is something that the UA command also failed to recognize. Another failure is for NATO "advisors" not to have understood RU defensive doctrine. Despite public articles showing the heavy defensive works being prepared for months. How on earth could the massive minefields have been missed. Senior UA commanders would have learned defensive doctrine during their time in the Soviet forces. But forgot or ignored it all. UA underestimated their enemy and overestimated their own capability. A fatal mistake.

@nilloc93 2 ай бұрын

NATO is fully aware of Russian doctrine, what they were not able to overcome was the difficulty in planning an offensive without the usual NATO advantages, such as air superiority and a large volume of high precision counter battery weapons. The minefields were not missed that's why the Ukrainians were given engineering vehicles and other mine clearing implements, the issue is that trying to clear a minefield while being disadvantaged in both artillery and airpower is borderline impossible and I don't think any nation in the world has a reasonable plan for that eventuality. You are correct that the UA underestimated the Russians and overestimated their own ability, the media did this as well acting as though western vehicles were some kind of wonder weapons. While western equipment is generally superior to older soviet era equipment its not invincible nor does any western equipment render basic battlefield principles moot. The US (and allies) have breached well placed defenses before in the Gulf war when they breached the Sadam line, but this was preceded by a massive air campaign and massed artillery and MLRS strikes, without which even the US/UK armored forces likely would have taken massive casualties breaching those defenses.

@black_triton9264 2 ай бұрын

@nilloc93 if you were one of the authors of the video, thanks for taking the time to reply. The whole thing (the offensive) was under-resourced. But I suppose political pressure "to show a return on our investment" doomed . No wonder Zaluzhnyy distanced himself from this and, in the aftermath, said "no nato army would have attempted what we did but we had a gun to our heads". Nato should have put the brakes on this. As their credibility was on the line once the blame storming began. You'll recall the defensive statements the US made like we told them not to this or that. You, me, the media were all correct about the under-resoursing of combat support. Especially in the engineering eqpt dept, IMHO. Yes, they knew minefields were there. The major journalism outlets told us all about them. Yet there were much, much more which UA commanders found to be of unbelievable density. This is where I why I made the comment of being unprepared for Russian defence. The opsec was criminal. Months in advance saying what they were going to do: thru the front line, to Tokmak, to Sea of Azov. The UA even made video trailers for the big show! On the other hand, we are always left speculating about what the Russians are going to do until we see it unfolding. Often missing out on identifying the shaping phase of their ops. It seems that the only strength (hope) the UA counted on was their superior moral shocking the low moral, drunken, incompetent, under armed and supplied orc army which would flee before the onslaught. Complete fantasy. Comparing US and Iraq... please. It was like beating up an unconscious drunk. Unfortunately, that became the validation for US doctrine to then be similarly applied to peer/near peer scenarios.

@nilloc93 2 ай бұрын

@@black_triton9264 Hello, I am most certainly not the author of the video. I agree with most of what you said but remember that during the Gulf war the Iraqi army was the 4th largest in the world. Specifically I was referring to the Iraqi defenses at the Saddam line which US planners thought would be a major obstacle. Regardless of media sources saying that the success in the gulf war validated NATO ideas the Saddam line is hardly textbook in its breaching method. NATO forces routinely train to breach defenses very much like what the Russians use, minefields covering anti tank ditches with other obstacles thrown in. Now yes the Russian defenses in southern Ukraine are formidable, mostly due to their depth but no individual feature is unassailable. The Russians are not fools enough to try and make an impenetrable defense, just one that would require repeated breaching operations that give enough time to bring up re-enforcements. All this again rolls around to the fact that most NATO countries have no doctrinal method of breaching defenses without the prerequisite artillery or (more commonly) air advantage. And it was insane to assume that the UA was somehow capable of that.

@luksocat 4 ай бұрын

Amazing depth of analysis.

@lt.dashkov1079 4 ай бұрын

I'm glad you made this video I will admit this summer was a horrible summer for Ukrianian supporters since we believed that they would be successful But goes to show this won't be an easy victory nor a quick war.

@blackmantis3130 4 ай бұрын

Overconfidence. I remember when they made trailers of the new western weapons

@imperatorofman 4 ай бұрын

That's what happens when you release a trailer the day before your counteroffensive and buy into your own propaganda like 'best tank in the world' or 'it will smash through the toblerone blockades'.

@faziefallelfarhan1333 4 ай бұрын

Same is happening in avdivka as we speak

@assasinPetronije 4 ай бұрын

you should stop believing in ukraine victory

@Jareers-ef8hp 4 ай бұрын

@@faziefallelfarhan1333They already claimed they would retreat

@Aurelian277 4 ай бұрын

Great video

@triggerviper9116 4 ай бұрын

Hello, first of all this is an amazingly well made, well researched video. I was wondering what your sorce is/are on total lost vehicles? Did you verify these yourself, or did you use an outside source. (and if so, could you share this)

@TheWarArchive 4 ай бұрын

www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html

@black_triton9264 4 ай бұрын

@TheWarArchive "Oryx" 😆. That site is severely compromised. Might as well source your "info" from the Ukrainian govt and NAFO. Glory to the Ghost of Kiev! 💪

@andrasbeke3012 4 ай бұрын

@@TheWarArchiveImportantly, Oryx will not use thermal footage in their calculations, so unless later photographed, ground and helicopter launched ATGM hits were not counted. Due to the nature of Russian OPSEC and standoff weapon range, the Ukrainian vehicle losses are skewed toward a slightly lower rate of kills:confirmation. Whereas successful drone hits are all considered damaged, so fewer Russian losses are unrecorded and almost all are likely to be published

@alab3657 3 ай бұрын

@@andrasbeke3012 Oryx has been proven as a FACT to count a single Russian t-72 over 20 times, a tank towed can be moved multiple times before it reaches a scrap yard. Taking photos of each stage is what they were doing. You absolutely cannot rely on oryx as they are a western propaganda state pushed site. They under count NATO losses and massively over count Russia losses. To prove this fact there should be a tank grave yard in Ukraine containing 7000 tanks and 10,000 armored vehicles. There is no such place. The defender will always collect the armor, opposite for the offender.

@crazywarriorscatfan9061 4 ай бұрын

Phenomenal as always.

@Kkkkkkkkkkkkkk00 4 ай бұрын

detailed analysis but far from neutrality

@iliketrains6235 4 ай бұрын

It was neutral or maybe I missed something?

@RasyidNazar 4 ай бұрын

@@iliketrains6235no its not neutral , still biased a bit , robotyne was likely a village not even a town .

@CAPTAINMIIDGET 3 ай бұрын

@@RasyidNazarI usually see this as just a poor translation but you could be right

@RasyidNazar 3 ай бұрын

@@CAPTAINMIIDGET yes, like some biased media say taht avdeevka just a usuall district that not important than victory propaganda,avdeevka was a city and one of the most fortified and defended city in ukraine.

@StreetsoundzV 2 күн бұрын

@@RasyidNazar Thats why it is important to support Ukraine more and more. Ukraine must win!

@RoyRogerer 4 ай бұрын

I honestly was not in the place to follow the whole counter offensive and I was very confused by what had happened when I caught up with it later. Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation, I finally grasp what had happened there.

@imyarek 4 ай бұрын

@@evobsm2328 to be fair Ukrainians didn't really have a choice. They weren't getting more equipment any time soon and the Russians were digging in more and more each day. And as far as adaptability goes, I think Ukrainians weren't that bad in the first year, with their extensive drone use and some other tactics, but they got carried away after their successes in Kherson and Kharkov and started to think that they could beat Russia in a conventional war, which is impossible without continuous supply of equipment and ammo from other countries with greater production.

@GIJOE839 4 ай бұрын

@@evobsm2328 Well if only Ukraine and the West learn from History. If given enough time the Russian bear will lick its wounds only for it to strike back. This is so sad I was rooting for Ukraine on this one

@Maratreason 4 ай бұрын

According to official data, during the summer counteroffensive, Ukraine lost more than 160 thousand soldiers killed and wounded.

@nilzarindarosa7986 4 ай бұрын

149.200

@MrClauws 2 ай бұрын

@@evobsm2328The reason Ukraine couldnt have done the counteroffensive sooner, when they had the chance, was because the west hesistated.

@user-cl2kz4nf7p 4 ай бұрын

Видео интересное. Жаль, что автор пытается натягивать желаемое за действительное - это серьезно портит все старания

@drainer8073 4 ай бұрын

great work, you have such an underrated channel

@vedantbhat6150 3 ай бұрын

Very well researched and good use of geolocated footage .

@armdengr83 4 ай бұрын

Very well done. Nothing new for me personally, but well put together and well explained. It explains well what happened and apart from some minor details it's on point. Keep it up!

@user-eh2qu2mh2r 3 ай бұрын

Ну, не совсем. С точки зрения тактического и стратегического обзоров, видео хорошее. Однако, статистика потерь недостоверна.

@user-xp5id1kh4r 13 күн бұрын

@@user-eh2qu2mh2r Which loss statistics can you point to that are "reliable"? These loss statistics are literally based on picture evidence... there's not much more "reliable" statistics out there that I've found. Not lost armor or the syrian guy or anyone else.

@catherineharris4746 3 ай бұрын

Very detailed, love it!💜👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍

@stonekar 4 ай бұрын

@TheWarArchive can you explain your research process for this video? how do you confirm these locations etc / specific units etc.? genuinely curious, thx.

@TheWarArchive 4 ай бұрын

I occasionally use the help of people who take part in events shown, but most of the information still comes from published battle footage. It takes a lot of work to find what unit posted it first, and then I geolocate things. This gives reasonably reliable data that can be compared and contrasted with official bits of information to come to a final conclusion for unit disposition and movement.

@user-eh2qu2mh2r 3 ай бұрын

@@TheWarArchive Do you use Russian sources?) I myself am from Russia and communicate with people who have been mobilized. In this particular offensive, they said, the losses of Ukrainian soldiers and Ukrainian equipment were much much greater than those of the Russians. Your video contains statistics that refute this, but I am confident in the words of my friends. Because we discussed this topic only out of personal interest.

@TheWarArchive 3 ай бұрын

@@user-eh2qu2mh2r Of course, I use Russian sources. Half of the battle footage in this video is filmed by Russians. The number of lost equipment is based on footage as well, with each loss verified by photo/video evidence. As well, I also want to remind that even particular accounts of soldiers who participated in battles are not sufficient to come to conclusions about losses in operations of such a scale. Only multiple pieces of battle footage might work. This is because anyone lower than a brigade commander is likely to have a very limited awareness of operational-level losses.

@looinrims 4 ай бұрын

The 2023 counter offensive, the most strangely named operation in human history It’s just an offensive operation guys

@quickschweezy 4 ай бұрын

If you take back Ground that was just taken from you its a counter offensive. Theres a difference between a french fry and a steak, though you Seem to just reduce both simply “food”. Yeah its an offensive, but due to something called “context”, i know, very complicated word for you to comprehend, we add a modifier to the word. In this case “counter”. If you go for a walk in the morning its a morning walk, if you go in the evening its a evening walk. I know this is very mindblowing information, but I trust that you put all your braincells to work, and absorb this critical information

@quickschweezy 4 ай бұрын

Nvm you are a Z-bot. One Can just click Your profile and read Your comments up to 6 months ago. Every single one is some Z-bot comment on every single video this Channel has made. Very nice

@looinrims 4 ай бұрын

@@quickschweezy …I’m a ‘Z bot’? L O L

@looinrims 4 ай бұрын

@@quickschweezy a counter offensive is a reactive move against an enemy’s offensive

@looinrims 4 ай бұрын

@@quickschweezy oh sweetheart, you are aware there is no context to add to this, right? You weren’t? Thought so, just talk normally instead of being an idiot okay? I believe in you

@war_observer 4 ай бұрын

Good video. Would it be possible to list video sources in future videos with timestamps?

@PT5-Shorts 4 ай бұрын

Will you cover other wars?

@dimitrisfragiadakis1468 4 ай бұрын

I dont understand why NATO training is considered an advantage. Ukrainians are more battle-hardened in the modern battlefield than any NATO country. Also NATO doctrine relies on air superiority that the Ukrainians will never have. I live in Greece where we have a top military for our size. The superior NATO training is cleaning toilets and firing maybe 2 mags of ammo in nearly a year. If thats the state of the army in Greece then imagine getting land combat training from the British 😂

@pietero.o6792 4 ай бұрын

False sense of western superiority.

@gaobili 3 ай бұрын

Typical post-Cold War NATO bias: we won the Cold War (but didn't achieve it on the battlefield), so our methods must be better than those of the Soviets at all times and places😂

@Milianaire 3 ай бұрын

Ukrainians can't be more battle-hardened on a "Modern" battlefield because a modern battlefield includes real air power and combined arms warfare, which nether ukraine or russia seem to have the ability to do. Ukrainians are more battle-hardened at ww1 era trench warfare, thats not much to be proud of, thats the way we fought 100 years ago. Your thinking is really backwards. I agree most european countires militaries suck, but don't compare that to the american military just because all greece could afford to let you shoot was 2 mags. Thats not the case here, we used to shoot until my finger was sore, and in the u.s army, infantry at least, we were forced to shoot all day long because it was more hassle to return ammo than to use it up. We are just wildly different. Also never ever have I heard of Greece being a top military, in any regard.

@CAPTAINMIIDGET 3 ай бұрын

I think the NATO training includes training as squads and platoons with higher emphasis put upon NCOs rather than Soviet doctrine which is a much more top-heavy command. Both have their benefits.

@nemanjaredzic9534 3 ай бұрын

@@CAPTAINMIIDGETyou cannot always believe in NCO since you support(arty and aviation) wont be there for you prepared...so that NATO strategy wont work in conventional warfare with strong enemy

@dragosbajan3979 4 ай бұрын

nice video

@leetster6303 3 ай бұрын

how is any structure, nevermind a dam, meant to withstand a nuclear strike??? that's beyond ridiculous. you're clearly biased towards ukranian side

@cynicalPixels 3 ай бұрын

"human wave attacks" .... bruh!

@Chris-jt6bk 4 ай бұрын

I think you miss calcuated russian vechile,tank etc losses during Ukraine counteroffensive. There is no way that russia loses more while defending. They also used alot of fpv drones in some point they used more than ukrainians "bobr"is very famous russian drone operator

@CAPTAINMIIDGET 3 ай бұрын

Ukraine was using more FPV drones at this point and had many more artillery shells than they do now, fired from more accurate systems than the Russian systems.

@user-eh2qu2mh2r 3 ай бұрын

You are absolutely right. I have direct contact with the mobilized who were Robotino. Ukraine's losses in manpower and equipment were MUCH greater than those of the Russian army. Last time I answered someone's comment on English-language KZfaq, and they called me a Russian bot. Funny. A peaceful sky for you.

@zjpdarkblaze 2 ай бұрын

@@CAPTAINMIIDGET what are you talking about? russia has significantly more drones than ukraine. its one of the things that ukrainians complain about. and the number one thing the ukrainians complain is russian artillery. russian artillery severely overpower ukrainian ones in accuracy, amount, power, etc. it is literally the strongest aspect of the russian ground force.

@ifuttbucks 25 күн бұрын

@@zjpdarkblaze Russia has more full on military drones, an FPV drone is a civilian drone fitted for military purposes (most of the time)

@StreetsoundzV 2 күн бұрын

@@user-eh2qu2mh2r I have contact to russians soldiers fighting against Ukraine. They say they have MUCH MUCH MUCH greater loses than Ukrainians. Lol leave your bullshit for yourself.

@Hunkzombie20 4 ай бұрын

Brother then the following would be map adviivka? Or are you going to wait for the current offensive to end?

@andrasbeke3012 4 ай бұрын

It depends on if the second line of defenses counts as part of the Avdiivka offensive. Personally I consider the Berdychi-Sjeverne line part of that battle, and it clearly hasn't ended yet

@MrSanja1985 4 ай бұрын

Firstly, I though that is good video, but then came to conclusion, that this video is strong western propaganda.

@SerbianDingo 4 ай бұрын

Me too. Wanted something unbiased but instead got downplaying and coping

@MrSanja1985 4 ай бұрын

@niksonrex88 language they used clearly shows supported side, but OK authors still can try be objective even with this language. But.... The first sentence was, "It is extremely hard to count forces, losses etc." OK, I agree with that. Next sentence is, "Russian has lost hunderds of tanks, thousands of armored vehicles, 50 thousands of soldiers." WTF? What is the source miniestery of defense of former ukraine from Alicante?

@esense9602 4 ай бұрын

@@MrSanja1985 both sides can lie to their casualties and numbers to be honest. It's better if the unbias channels saying their sources better not tell about casualties because both sides will likely lie or downplay their casualties.

@GLADICEK2 4 ай бұрын

And who cares about your brainwashed opinion? You're just mad nobody sane in the west listens to your ludicrous russian propaganda.

@galactic-guy 4 ай бұрын

@@MrSanja1985the source for equipment losses for both sides is often oryx. They count visually confirmed MBT, IFV, AFV etc. losses. Obviously the real losses for both sides will be higher as there isn't a picture of every destroyed MBT but it's still the best estimate possible.

@jaybzjaybz 4 ай бұрын

Why don't you differentiate visually between battalions, brigades and regiments? It would be very helpful. Thanks very much for the great videos.

@EUGEN093 4 ай бұрын

Where did you get that info about numerical advantage? Tanks, planes, artillery - yes. Infantry - no

@EginOG 3 ай бұрын

Дожили...русский у украинца что-то спрашивает на английском языке...

@Gigagato_ Күн бұрын

Do a 10-15 minute video on the battle of Ugledar, one of the most interesting smaller battles of the war IMO.

@Pulya_v_noge 3 ай бұрын

Guys, it’s an incredible work! Are you gonna make videos only about war in Ukraine or about other conflicts too? Maybe you could make a video about 7 October HAMAS attack on Israel? It would be interesting to see an analysis about horrors that happened in that day.

@boomerok4532 4 ай бұрын

The Ukrainian field tree and bush lines remind me of Bocage in Normandy

@vasbadrou8414 4 ай бұрын

Ukrainian moral was really high in avdivka

@RasyidNazar 4 ай бұрын

They got hammered really bad in avdiivka, the most defended and fortificated city was fall less than bakhmut , that was the umpc power.

@StreetsoundzV 2 күн бұрын

@@RasyidNazar russians lost 16.000 troops in Avdiivka. While Ukraine a maximum of 2000. So who hammered who lol

@RasyidNazar Күн бұрын

@@StreetsoundzV coping really hard lol .

@verenturnil9510 Сағат бұрын

@@RasyidNazar a decade to take a city, good job

@teodorradovic1254 4 ай бұрын

Why did you use the losses betwen june and december, when the couteroffensive lasted till septmeber. You added 3 more months. My guess is to inflate Russian losses with the inclusion of Avdivka, which saw an also massive number of destroyed Russian vehicles

@galactic-guy 4 ай бұрын

It's not completely obvious when the counteroffensive ended, since the crossing of the dnipro near krynky could also be considered part of the offensive

@christosferizis-synodinos8851 3 ай бұрын

@@galactic-guy kryky is an artilery practice range at this point with no tactical importance anymoer a fair point to point out is that ukraine captured LESS kilometers during the counteroffensive than russsia had captured during hte counteroffensive

@user-eh2qu2mh2r 3 ай бұрын

You are absolutely right. I have direct contact with the mobilized who were at Work. Ukraine's losses in manpower and equipment were MUCH greater than those of the Russian army.

@galactic-guy 3 ай бұрын

@@user-eh2qu2mh2r I belive you that you know some mobilised soldiers but how would they know the overall losses? They might be able to say that in the battles they participated, the ukrainian losses were higher but how would they know all losses? Only the Russian and ukrainian army general staff will know the losses. And most losses are due to artillery and mines anyways so how would a russian soldier for example know about a ukrainian who was hit by artillery 15km behind the front line? He could only know thatvif hecwas a drone operator but than again he wouldn't know their own losses

@duceawj5009 3 ай бұрын

@@user-eh2qu2mh2rif you are going to pretend not to be a bot make a username that doesn’t look computer generated

@rolandsilver7742 4 ай бұрын

great work mate. Cant wait for the next vid

@Avstrietz 4 ай бұрын

Let’s never forget everyone who lost there lives in this battle and in this war, they will be allways in our hearts ❤ and forever part of history, my faghts and prayers to there familys…

@Avstrietz 4 ай бұрын

And even I stand as person who supports Russia Still I bring my faghts and prayers to all people who had died from Ukrainian side…

@nemanjaredzic9534 3 ай бұрын

There was no video of direct heat of leo2 against russian mbt,you are making this video of cathastrophic operation(for ukranians) as much less painful for them and by saying something like "russian defenses are obliterated" I mean russians did retreat on multiple cases just to lure ukraniaans in more

@sheldon6855 3 ай бұрын

Sorry but Ukraine got a brutal thrashing here and not for much either. A couple of small villages. They stayed in the cauldron and were subjected to overwhelming artillery, atgm, glide bombs, and loitering munitions. They wasted a ton of equipment for nothing. Ukraine have to rely on their own experiences because these NATO countries are lost.

@TheArcticFoxxo 3 ай бұрын

I honestly have no clue why aerial surveillance wasn't a prioritized threat. Almost no attack, no matter how well planned or structured, would survive on a frontline fight with complete surveillance and exact details of movement and positioning.

@MarioLacunza 4 ай бұрын

Which tools are you using for this video?

@fakenate9871 3 ай бұрын

What happened to the teaser trailer for this video

@redscorpio81 3 ай бұрын

This author lives in an alternate reality universe where Ukrainians won and kicked ass everywhere. Too bad that the reality was oh so different.

@user-cw5cc7vw1x Ай бұрын

You're not right

@mike990 15 күн бұрын

Go fight for Russia, fascist.

@Okeel1234 Күн бұрын

@@mike990 who's fascist? The ones who wants to rule the world like he would like USA pigs!

@SmokeDimi 4 ай бұрын

10:18 Raised water level makes it impossible for Ukrainian troops to launch an amphibious assault? Ummm...what? So the flood created by the fall of Kakhovka dam flooded Russian fortifications and forced them to retreat 5 km inland to unprepared positions and raised the level of water over the planted mines and that's supposed to be something unfavorable for Ukrainian troops? How? Why?

@blitzhill9533 4 ай бұрын

simply because there is more water to cross to reach the other side, Ukraine doesn't have the capabilities to move heavy equipment across large bodies of water which is ultimately what can make an offensive successful or not

@owencairns5872 4 ай бұрын

It widened the distance between the lines, plus the water didn't stay, it turned the ground into a marsh, no exactly crossable by boat and difficult to cross with vehicles.

@Syn_1 4 ай бұрын

Wider river with no cover to cross. Plus a stronger current that will push you and any supplies down stream. You could get a squad or two across but anything bigger is too risky.

@Maratreason 4 ай бұрын

The author simply does not know about these events. He only knows what the Western and Ukrainian media allowed him to know.

@Ducktage 4 ай бұрын

Great video once again!

@222keke 4 ай бұрын

Cool video ngl

@messier8379 3 ай бұрын

Wasted 30 minutes it was too biased

@alexfilma16 3 ай бұрын

So you enjoyed the other 10 minutes?

@messier8379 28 күн бұрын

@@alexfilma16 yeah like the narrator telling the Ukrainian attacks on several fronts failed and stagnant until the narrator claim it still successful... whereas Ukrainian losing cities are just Muh Tactical Retreat

@crusader_wolf1104 24 күн бұрын

@@messier8379 So the information is only factual unless it fits your personal narrative? You do you I guess

@GeneralMegrel 3 күн бұрын

@@crusader_wolf1104 They like to think they're 'rational' thinkers but simply refuse to accept facts that contradict their narratives they built in their heads for the last 2 years

@messier8379 Күн бұрын

@@crusader_wolf1104 as much retaking 12 empty villages outweigh losing one of the largest City in Donbass i guess Ukraine is winning for you

@S3th4llna7 4 ай бұрын

Trained in western countries or in ukraine or on mars doesnt give you any advantages against more numerous and fortified opponenet that has advantage in artillery and total air superiority... It was a cockup played out on the wrong assumptions, underestimating the factional state of battlefield and hype up from the politicians.... i bet it looked good on computer simulations ... Zaluzhni , no mater what he said latero on - got everything he asked for and more... talk about f16s and whatnot came way after the offensive... ultimately, its his fault , not recognising the actual reality and having realistic goals. A good general wouldnt make such mistakes.

@antthegord9411 4 күн бұрын

This video just made me realize we're about to be stuck in a "modern" trench warfare system. I hope drones can be the "cool new tech" to break stalemates like how tanks originally were.

@dominuslogik484 4 күн бұрын

The drones are less like the tech to break stalemates than they are to cause them, the Drone is a new invention of the Machinegun. problem is that inventing the new "tank" of the modern battlefield is going to be much more difficult.

@user-se7hc6dy6l 3 ай бұрын

То есть Россия потеряла 500 танков, а украина 100 с копейками? А почему тогда не 10000 танков потеряла Россия? зачем мелочиться?

@mobb7837 4 ай бұрын

Does ukraine attack more on foot because that would explain higher equipment losses for russia or simply because russia has more equipment to use.

@buckplug2423 4 ай бұрын

@mobb7837 they do, as using large columns of vehicles proved to be impossible. at the same time, the standard procedure when an enemy breaches your defensive line is to send tanks and IFVs to counterattack, which then often get destroyed. Generally speaking, the defender has numerous advantages in Ukraine, which is why large amounts of ordnance and support is needed to gain any ground.

@Oleg111222333 4 ай бұрын

Because the Ukrainian tanks ran out, they were given all the old tanks made in the USSR and located in Eastern Europe, they were also almost all gone. The turn of tanks from NATO countries came, but they were given few... Tanks are an expensive resource in the Ukrainian army, soldiers are a cheap resource.

@teodorradovic1254 4 ай бұрын

The higer equimpent losses for Russia are explained buy this guy counting losses from june to december, even though the offensive ended in september. Russians in october, november and december lost a lot of vehicles around Avdivka. Why he encloded these months? My guess is to inflate Russian losses

@Newtwo_ 3 ай бұрын

I do not understand why Ukraine is still being trained by NATO officers, this is literally the first major war after World War II, where the same trained armies with great fighting spirit collided. NATO countries fought only against Wang and Abdullah in sandals, and special forces wars do not work here. That is why the Russians are winning, they rely on themselves and no officer from another country tells them how to fight, who does not imagine what a real war is. According to experience, Russia and Ukraine now have two of the strongest armies in the world btw p.s. the author wants Ukraine to win, but it will not happen, but thank you for the fact that the author tries to be objective

@MrClauws 2 ай бұрын

Ukraine is mainly being trained by NATO on their weapons systems, not much battlefield tactics.. It's acutally the opposite, where Ukraine is currently training British and other NATO troops on trench warfare.

@Newtwo_ 2 ай бұрын

@@MrClauws The Ukrainians are specifically trained in tactics. I watch military interviews and all of them say why we are taught military-police methods of warfare in urban areas. Sweeping missions, etc. Russia has not been trained, it relies on itself to win 9 out of 10 battles

@comradericefarmerhao2269 16 сағат бұрын

@@MrClauwsmedia always show British officers training fresh Ukrainian soldiers in trench warfare.

@comradericefarmerhao2269 16 сағат бұрын

@@Newtwo_well nato military always have been training like if the Russians were gonna use mass wave tank attacks and take Germany in a week lol. You’re right that nato only real enemies were people in sandals.

@HOTSHTMAN53 Ай бұрын

31:20 No one going to question where does numbers from? How can an attacking side have less vehicle losses than a defensive side when they were hunted down by helis, kornets/metis, recon artillery, etc let alone the fact that most destruction footage we have seen is occurring in open fields?

@user-xp5id1kh4r 13 күн бұрын

Because of the fact that they had lesser numbers of said equipment, lol. Common sense. Russia literally had the largest numbers of and reserves of armored equipment on the planet at the start of the war... they're much, much, much more liberal with their use of such vehicles, whereas, the Ukrainians with a fraction of such vehicles must be much, much more judicious and sparing with their use. Remember, the majority of "gains" (if you can call them that) from both sides over the last year hasn't been from large mechanized operations, but by small infantry based missions with few armored pieces that only serve as "taxis" to deliver infantry to the front lines before high tailing it out of there and back behind safe lines.

@DarknessVery 3 күн бұрын

@@user-xp5id1kh4r Yes, they were used quite sparingly... 48 Bradleys in Bradley Square

@user-xp5id1kh4r Күн бұрын

@@DarknessVery How does your comment have anything to do with my comment? What point was it addressing? There's barely any of them in Ukraine. There's literally only like ~200 bradleys that Ukraine got, all of which have gone to one single unit... which means if they lost 48 bradleys in "Bradley Square" (which they didn't, but let's assume for argument's sake), then they lost one quarter of their bradleys. There's several thousand ifvs held by Ukraine, which means at maximum, Bradleys account for 10% of their armored units... which are approximately 10% the size of the Soviet/Russian stock itself. That means that Bradleys account for ~1% of the ifvs that Russia has... which means they are even rarer than normal Ukrainian ifvs.

@user-tb1gf7bk8u Ай бұрын

I still can’t understand how it is possible to carry out offensive actions against an enemy who prevails in all components except motivation

@KILLERAOC 4 ай бұрын

Very well presented video. Clear timeline and locations present.

@Adonnus100 4 ай бұрын

I'm really curious. How did you get the exact information as to what unit was where and did what on which day? Did you talk to veterans of the battle?

@TheWarArchive 4 ай бұрын

@Adonnus100 4 ай бұрын

@@TheWarArchive Damn, sounds like a lot of work. Thanks for your efforts! By the way, given the problems listed in the video, do you think it's possible a similar counteroffensive could succeed in the future (if the US unblocks aid)?

@TheWarArchive 4 ай бұрын

@@Adonnus100 The only thing that I do not wish to do with respect to this war is make predictions. It's simply pointless, as even I do not possess the amount of information that is necessary to have a full picture. Moreover, to even attempt to make predictions, I think it's necessary to have a much higher level of expertise in these topics than I have. To demonstrate that, I always suggest people recall Progizhin's mutiny and how unexpected this event was from the start to the end. So, taliking only in terms of probabilities, I think that both sides, Ukraine and Russia, in certain circumstances, can still get the upper hand and conduct strategic offensives. The alternative to that, long and grueling trench warfare, is definitely more likely for the foreseeable future.

@calneigbauer7542 4 ай бұрын

With geolocation accounts open source info accounts (osnit) on twitter and telegram you can track this war real time almost. As a military and combat vet it’s crazy to me to see how much the and how fast the outside world can see what is going on also makes it very easy to figure out what’s happening and what’s gonna happen

@Adonnus100 4 ай бұрын

@@TheWarArchive That's quite sensible. Myself, I thought it might be possible if the Ukrainians can somehow figure out how to use their drones to silence the Russian artillery, which will allow them time to clear the minefields in peace.

@LunaticTheCat 3 ай бұрын

It's a damn shame the US didn't send Ukraine ATACMS until after the counteroffensive had already lost all its momentum. Being able to desyroy all those Ka-52s and push back their air bases before the counteroffensive started would have been huge.

@LunaticTheCat 3 ай бұрын

Test (seeing if shadow banned)

@Ben_mgsp 4 ай бұрын

Interesting topic as always

@therraxz 3 ай бұрын

Can anyone answer me on this? What is up with all these high numbers like the russian 1430, are the numbers just randomly picked or does they have a meaning? Or where is the other 1429 combat units?

@user-ip1ue5dt7v 3 ай бұрын

Это традиция нумерация сохранена с вмв когда у СССР было 70 армий, 450+ дивизий, 4000+ стрелковых полков, после войны многие части расформировали и остались лишь некоторые части так например сеть 2 и 59 армии которые имеют историю больших побед в прошлом

@Rockefeller.69 4 ай бұрын

Thankyou for your work. Keep it up. Historians will thank you.

@ingeborgwohl2864 3 ай бұрын

Sehr gut !

@ixxer8747 4 ай бұрын

Ukraine counteroffensive failed before it even started

@Vatniks_are_clowns 4 ай бұрын

I was hoping you'd cover this man. Thank you for your hard work ❤️

@EginOG 3 ай бұрын

Все неплохо, но лучше расскажи каковы желуди на вкус

@user-sz3ki3bo1f 3 ай бұрын

Что это? Предвзятое видео об успехах Украины? Ну, я не удивлен видеть это на ютубе

@LansiOwO 11 күн бұрын

there is just much more money to make

@iggvec5769 4 ай бұрын

incredible work, thank you

@Gerwulf97 4 ай бұрын

I come away from this video thinking a couple of things: 1. Ukraine just didn't have the manpower to conduct offensive operations, and couldn't create local advantages because of: 2. Lack of surprise. They could've been more creative in their attack directions. 3. Lack of concentration of force, but the density of the terrain being defended vs the quantity of the Russian troops with current sensors/precision weapons is also just a challenge. 3. The blowing of the dam on the Dniper was pretty masterful by the russians. The one diversion they did have went away. They maybe should've stopped after that. 4. Increase to sufficient numbers in the sensors and precision weapons that define this war by the Russians was very significant in coordinating artillery and air assets onto them the same way they have been doing for the year+ prior to this We live in a world where we have powerful offensive tools, and relatively weak defensive tools. This actually a good thing for peace because it creates the least likely conditions for taking territory and dissuades war. I think its imaginable this offensive would've worked without drones+thermals, or at least significantly better. They are bassically the new machinegun, when the world of even a few years before was one of bolt actions. So it needs to nullify the advantages of drones+thermals. Without drones calling in artillery on your head or hitting your vehicles then you can advance, without that you can't. I guess you can do this two ways: making a new offensive weapon(s) that disables drones, or making a defensive weapon/tool that prevents them from seeing or hitting you in some way. This could be: Offensive 1. EW: 1a. jamming drones behind enemy lines to take them out, not possible atm. Even if possible a counter is autonomous drones. jamming can hamper autonomous drones by preventing comms and therefore coordination, but not down them. 1b. hacking to down/takeover drones. 2. Kinetic, 2a. some sort of system that can spot and eliminate drones, perhaps direct energy weapons, like microwaves. counter could be microwave shielding 2b, drone swarms that overwhelm enemy drones and equipment in general, counter is jamming, even with autonomous ones Defensive: 1. Concealment 1a large deployments of multispectral proof smoke to conceal the advance 1b thermal camoflauge with even just regular smoke 1c etc 2. Armor 2a something that can increase the armor of vehicles, like sacrificial drone swarms, though hard to imagine that defeats artillery rounds. ATGMs sure. 2b idk, im running out of steam. Out of the options im most bullish on concealment: Thermals and drones to use thermals are the problem. Concealing infantry and vehicles with IR camo and then using ridicoulus amounts of high altitude pluming IR/multispectral smoke to conceal an advance and reduce engagement distances would work. Ultimately though, Ukraine just doesn't have the people to take back all their land even with nullifying the drone+thermal advantage on the front. If they controlled the skies, and could comprehensively strike deep and take out artillery with fixed wing air forces that'd be one thing, or even if they got the ATACMs with the 300km range to take out the kerch bridge and really hurt the logisitics of the russians in the west that might help there but not with donbass. But with their corruption in the government and military at large eating up all that money that should be going to the front, up to and including Zelensky, plus the recruitment crisis, if they don't pull out a successful offense this year by some of these things changing, or the Russians breaking in manpower/logistics first, I see them having to settle soon. Maybe this year, maybe they fight defensive for a couple more years, idk. But I hope they settle before the russians see they're going to break, and ask for more than what they're willing to do if this is the case.

@FinDan07 4 ай бұрын

The 40 minute video felt like a 20 minute one, what is this magic?

@extrememito 4 ай бұрын

2x playback speed

@zodijackyllight1 3 ай бұрын

Nice vid brother appreciate the effort! Bit biased though. ;) Very unlikely that the Russian Army suffered greater losses in equipment and manpower in a defensive posture. Advantage in artillery on ukrainian side in this operation is a claim never confirmed and and hard to believe. NATO-tanks and other armored vehicles are just tanks and BMPs at the end of the day. There are no "wonderweapons". However, once again UA traded to much manpower and ressources for (some) kilometers. Now we starting to see the consequences of that.

@rickyjones1296 4 ай бұрын

Sir thanks for this

@jude_the_apostle 4 ай бұрын

I think the -spring- summer counteroffensive was something that was spawned into existence by the media after Western tanks were announced for Ukraine. I think Ukraine just had to ride the media hype and not dispel anything because western public support is their lifeline. I dont ever remember Ukraine first announcing anything.

@purnamapurnama828 4 ай бұрын

Ukraine made a trailer and show it to the world about their offensive. That's why it fails badly

@OperatorJackYT 4 ай бұрын

This is going to be a banger :o

@flyingmanforfun 4 ай бұрын

A counter-offensive without airsupport, what a brilliant idea, NGL if Ukraine lose this war its due to the west not giving them the shit they needed in time, the fact that we are 2 years in and fighter jets are still nowhere to be seen is a disgrace.

@imperatorofman 4 ай бұрын

That's what happens when you release a trailer the day before your counteroffensive and buy into your own propaganda like 'best tank in the world' or 'it will smash through the toblerone blockades'. Then you double down for the first month sending wave after wave of vehicle assaults against helicopters and men waiting with ATGM's.

@simeonkondov7340 4 ай бұрын

Pls make a video like this for the 2024 russian offensive when it ends

@comradericefarmerhao2269 16 сағат бұрын

Those operations would need different videos to cover up

@CapitainGreg 3 ай бұрын

I mean from piece of subjective art your summary is the side effects on making your feelings viewed but not much more

@ademarmackenzie183 4 ай бұрын

Ukraine was hit really hard, and it might take a long time for them to get back on track. We can see the effects of the fighting even now, with Ukraine losing control of places like Avdiivka. It seems like Ukraine suffered more than Russia did. Right now, Russia looks strong, and Ukraine looks weak. It's clear that Ukraine got hit really badly during the fighting

@tollph3314 4 ай бұрын

they're are loosing badly right kw they don't have enough soldiers neither equipment it's really awfull for them

@nei1mchugh 4 ай бұрын

Another great video

@HOTSHTMAN53 Ай бұрын

All of that manpower slaughtered for nothing, Russians regaining most of what was lost

@conflict_monitor 3 ай бұрын

There was no qualitative advantage

@wirb3859 4 ай бұрын

I hope they do better this year with a new general but honestly this shows how flawed the West and Nato is. For months all the world leaders said that Ukraine was guaranteed to win and that they would support them to the end. But when it came to actually doing their promises, they fell short. They let Russia build up their defenses and minefields for whatever reason and gave Ukraine sub optimal amounts of assets. I mean really, only 14 challenger 2s and less than a hundred other tanks? Thats not enough to make even a single armor company. The U.S. lost 50 Bradleys on the first days of Desert Storm, and somehow they thought Ukraine was going to survive with only 100 to fight a much more lethal enemy for months? Also the short amount of mine clearers delivered and the rate they got destroyed also slowed down the offensive. Also the training the armor crews got was suboptimal too. Only 2 months of training for the leopards took its toll hard. You can see in video evidence some of the leopard 2 drivers were still making U-turns and exposing their weak armor even when their tanks can reverse fast. And The clusters of western vehicles lost because they panicked when they hit mines makes me wonder if they were really trained to deal with those conditions or was only “read the book, do everything it says and you will always ”. To this day they still let down Ukraine. They are losing key cities like Adviika because of a lack of artillery ammunition that the West promised. So far the “1,000,000” shells that were promised never arrived, F-16s that were promised last Summer are only arriving now, and Abrams that were supposed to see the fight last year are still dormant. This is all costing massive loss of life. Instead of building up Ukraine to be a defensive power capable of stopping Russian aggression, they are giving them barely enough to survive. When looking at these defense packages, they say deliveries in 2026 all the way to 2030. It makes you wonder if this was a Nato country, if Europe could really come together to save their butts, or are we going to see a Hitler style appeasement doctrine.

@TheWarArchive 4 ай бұрын

Wonderfully said. I can only add one more dangerous side of such a policy. For Russians, Ukraine slowly becomes not only a place of missed conquest opportunities and enormous losses but also training grounds. Lack of support literally translates into lower levels of Russian losses which means that the Russian military actually accumulates experience of modern war while more or less maintaining their capabilities. I think the most appropriate analogy is when the infection is treated not with a big dose of antibiotics, but with many extremely small ones, which in the long term will make this infection completely resistant to treatment. In other words, the current policy of Western Countries basically means that they are growing the beast in their backyard, teaching it the laws of modern warfare. At this point, we all can agree that the Russian military at the beginning of the war (when they did not even try to send cheap recon drones in front of their columns) and the Russian military now are two substantially different enemies. And one day, the West might face yet a stronger version.

@wirb3859 4 ай бұрын

@@TheWarArchiveAs fancy as F-16s, depleted uranium tank rounds, storm shadows, atacams, kamikaze boat drones are, it’s going to be the basics that decide this war. Artillery systems, anti tank weapons, protected transports and medevacs, high grade tourniquets and medical supplies, armored vests and basic ammunition have kept Ukraine going for so long. Because for every T-90M that they destroy Russia is going to produce 2 more each month. With plenty of poor desperate villagers and prison convicts and industry, along with any anti war critic becoming suicidal mysteriously, Russia is fully capable of stretching out the war, and Ukraine is not. The saying “They have more people than we have bullets” is literal.

@rolandsilver7742 4 ай бұрын

I very much appreciate all your thoughts. What then is the Western policy? surely they are not simply incompetent? Why would they "slow-roll" the supplies? What could be the long term strategy? Balkanization of Russia? Nato testing Russian capability before sending Polish tank army into the war?

@randycheow4268 4 ай бұрын

The western world should have formed a UN Army to assist Ukraine like in Korea 1950

@TheWarArchive 4 ай бұрын

@@rolandsilver7742 Western policy is not completely incompetent as it would be going to a modern analog of the Munich Agreement right away, but it is largely based on assumptions that are not true. For example, the idea that Russia is somewhat similar to Western democracies, so the constant significant losses and series of humiliations will inevitably stir unrest inside or, at least, upset the elites around the one who started the war. This is simply not happening because Russia, against all projections of political scientists of the 90s, did not move in the direction of democracy with globalization. Putin used globalization and the facade of democracy to cement authoritarianism and personal power, which was a fairly smart move. West's key mistake is that aging elites are still living in a paradigm of the 90s, where democratic peace will inevitably prevail, and they still do not see that authoritarian states evolve with globalization as well as democracies do. So, the lack of support for Ukraine stems from the faulty idea that it's enough to "make Russia pay for war" to eventually cause regime change and avoid nuclear escalation instead of accepting one universal doctrine - the ejection of Russia from the whole internationally recognized territory of Ukraine by military means. If the whole West would adopt this strategy, democratic peace in Europe would be a little bit closer.

@tereshchenkotav 3 ай бұрын

'training in nato countries' - amazing advetege.

@verenturnil9510 Сағат бұрын

training isn't important?

@Serbia1857 4 ай бұрын

Are you going to make a video about Adivka or Bakmut capture

@jevgenijliogkij7849 3 ай бұрын

Conclusion: if you don’t have superiority in the air don’t do any counteroffensive

@fishfish8879 4 ай бұрын

“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

@timkey_4542 4 ай бұрын

how would you have achieved that? Strategically it was clear where the Ukrainians would attack, operationally the Russians were set up to quickly reinforce threatened areas and tactically their excellent coverage via reconnaissance drones (quadcopters with a smartphone camera) made any surprise attack impossible