How Russia Prepared for Ukraine’s Counteroffensive

How Russia Prepared for Ukraine’s Counteroffensive | WSJ

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As Ukraine prepares to launch its much anticipated counteroffensive on Russian forces, satellite images and videos show how Moscow has been strengthening its defense lines. British intelligence says Russia has built some of the most extensive defenses anywhere in the world with their anti-tank ditches, Dragon’s teeth and trenches.
WSJ looks at the effectiveness of the Russian defenses to understand what Ukrainian troops could face in their offensive.
0:00 Satellite images of defense
0:52 Digging defensive lines
1:27 Defensive lines, explained
2:38 Effectiveness of defense
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@wsj Жыл бұрын

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@ryszardochucki9975 Жыл бұрын

"Hands, legs and heads cut off with axes, people torn by horses and nailed to doors, bellies cut open by pregnant women, wells filled with bodies - all this cruelty shown in the movie "Wołyń" can be taken literally. It was so." Quote from the article. The cult and fanaticism that surrounds the Nationalists of the OUN-UPA and SS Galizien in Ukraine, who are responsible for the genocide against Jewish and Polish civilians during World War II. Let us condemn the cult of cruelty and hatred.

@MetaView7 Жыл бұрын

The NATO Group has become the face of . . . .

@lpaybacktimel Жыл бұрын

Слава России!!!

@kimpedersen4746 Жыл бұрын

@@lpaybacktimel you better shout now , soon russia is not existing 😂😂😂

@az-6262 Жыл бұрын

@@kimpedersen4746 if russia loses, it will still exist, if ukraine wins, it will be in ruins and the population are all happily living abroad

@alexkon7111 7 ай бұрын

5 months later we can say Western experts should quit experting 😂

@user-yc1sk9mp1r 7 ай бұрын

Так эти эксперты вынуждены говорить то, что хотят слышать те, кто проводят политику американского фашизма на Украине. Если эксперты скажут иное, то их лишат работы, доходов, есть риск того, что их убьют. Вот и вынуждены они, эти эксперты, говорить то, что хотят слышать реакционные, шовинистические круги финансового капитала США, проводящие политику открытой террористической диктатуры на Украине.

@ConquestadorExplore 6 ай бұрын

I mean this war is really interesting cuz we dont seem to understand (me aswell for awhile) that one or 2 small counteroffensives cant decide whole war these days Same with 2022s ukraine offensives where we thought Russia will be gone, same rn where ukraine failed and we think they will fall soon since this year didnt accomplish anything for them Both media are idiotic and the succeses are from parts we cant predict, for example Himars offensive

@alexkon7111 6 ай бұрын

@@ConquestadorExplore Its really sad situation, because people are dying, its so stupid they didn't sign deal in beginning of this nonsense

@ltpetrenko 6 ай бұрын

@@user-yc1sk9mp1rстолько патетики про американский фашизм, но люди гибнут лишь там, куда русская свинья сунула своё рыло. Массовые захоронения гражданских видны из космоса считай возле каждого «освобождённого» рашистами города, или скорее его руин.

@dimaker64 6 ай бұрын

@@alexkon7111what deal in which nonsense?

@WolvesValleyFarm 9 ай бұрын

3 months later I think we can safely say that Russia's defences worked very well. So well indeed that Ukranian forces haven't even been able to reach the first line.

@chimei-tekinaneko8318 9 ай бұрын

They actually reached it, but ran against a freakin wall.

@overdrivelzma.9219 9 ай бұрын

They reached the border of the 1st line of defense but their casualties in armour and soldiers are too high that they cannot continue and reach the city of Tomask.

@WolvesValleyFarm 9 ай бұрын

@@overdrivelzma.9219 There is one location where the UAF have reached (and actually breached) the first defense line. This is in Zaporizhzhia region on the axis towards Verbove village. On the rest of the hundreds of kilometers long defense line they haven't even gotten close. Even without the high casualty rate they would never reach Tokmak. Google "Ukraine control map" there is a good map out there with OSINT on unit positions, engagement and exact locations of fortifications. The entirety of UAF offensive operations have taken place in the Russian security zone. An area of "no man's land" in front of the Russian lines where Rusia has been conducting a mobile defense. From the very start it has been clear (and verified by western and russian sources alike) that Russia would be more than okay with giving ground in this security zone if needed. The fact that several months into the counter offensive the UAF still hasn't pushed all they way through this security zone is saying more than enough. They haven't even been able to recapture an area which Russia was willing to withdraw from if needed. Imagine how they are going to fare against the Russian main defensive lines which Russia is NEVER going to willingly withdraw from? They only managed to push until the first such line in one place, they did that 2 months ago. Russia is currently on the offensive again in that specific place...

@ruskiydude9987 9 ай бұрын

@@overdrivelzma.9219Tokmak

@DDtch6669 7 ай бұрын

Correct, people forget that first line of defense is meant to be reached so they can be pounded.@@chimei-tekinaneko8318

@olivierstas8080 7 ай бұрын

6 months later, those defenses proved to be very effective. Those journalist are first class analysts !

@user-mx3ml9vr5r 6 ай бұрын

And no one say about mine fields, that really stop tanks. Really, first class analysis 😂

@non9886 6 ай бұрын

this is just wishfull thinking in commentary of this video. everybody knew what will happen. and that ukraine will never defeat russia...

@mickeydave6528 6 ай бұрын

@@non9886yep, but Russia already lost in the bigger war.

@PropanBytan 6 ай бұрын

@@mickeydave6528белый флаг вывесила, войска отступают? Вы там все кастрюле головые? Ваши СМИ самые честные!?😅

@user-nd8pp3zu7h 6 ай бұрын

@@mickeydave6528нет, не проиграла. В большой войне проиграл тот кто сейчас не воюет своими руками.

@therealNSB 7 ай бұрын

"Experts say these defenses don't necessarily pose a major threat to Ukrainians". Well, that didn't age well.

@dimaker64 6 ай бұрын

Wonder on what sofa did those "experts" sit while theorizing

@willcaswell2341 6 ай бұрын

All these "Experts" are more wrong than right.

@MuellerNick 6 ай бұрын

Ukrainian point of view: They are no thread. They just stopped us. But that's something completely different!

@madnessage 6 ай бұрын

@@dimaker64 они просто не уточнили что "если на них не нападать"

@vanjamenadzer 6 ай бұрын

Probably the same military experts of USA that used open source map to instruct Ukrainian troops...

@incrediblyintelligentman2895 8 ай бұрын

5 months later, i guess we can say the defensive lines are effective.

@tomaccino 7 ай бұрын

Putin fanboy 😂

@incrediblyintelligentman2895 7 ай бұрын

@@tomaccino Bot

@warnpassion 7 ай бұрын

⁠@@tomaccinoLearn to accept the reality instead of calling others who do so as bots. Living in constant denial and propaganda can only help you upto a certain extent but not in the long term.

@landro9369 7 ай бұрын

@@tomaccinowhat are you, bot of nato, i dont get it. Ukrain is over. That was obvious from day one. But propaganda and restricted information in west still saying opposite. Ukrainian people suffer only becose old western idea to control Russia, this is i think 5 or 6 attempt of whole Europe to destroy Russia, and every time result is same.

@Mindful0093 7 ай бұрын

I am from Afghanistan and I must say that unfortunately the minority Ukrainians clowns turned the beautiful Ukraine into worse than Afghanistan, and for what? It’s just absurd not to be neutral between Russia and NATO. They should have been smart but hey sometimes it’s good to learn from own experience;)

@normiedeathsquad40 8 ай бұрын

So weird to watch this 5 months later after Ukraine wasted so much blood for nothing.

@arostwocents 7 ай бұрын

It was obvious this would happen and Ukraine could never defeat Russia as soon as 2022 ended and Russia has started to take it seriously, producing all they could instead of stealing all they could

@vilo368 7 ай бұрын

Ako ze pre nic. Ved ide o pôdu co akoze kupili lichvari a chceli vzkriesit chanat. O pôdu sa bojuje Rusko o ich vlast a lichva by chcela vybudovat novy chanat.

@OneTwo023 7 ай бұрын

Most funny thing that we want to make a deal with ukraine, maybe even give them Donbass. But they thought that is because we are weak and West is support them...well. wrong choise.

@user-uc7yr7ql3e 7 ай бұрын

С другой стороны блицкрига у Вовы путина тоже не удалось

@user-wd1ku9jm6u 7 ай бұрын

@@user-uc7yr7ql3e это неудивительно. 30 -летняя промывка русофобской пропагандой украинских мозгов дала дружные всходы, и это стало главной причиной их ожесточённого сопротивления. Вам, как я вижу, российские оппозиционеры, которых принято называть либералами, тоже промыли мозги, раз Вы так уничижительно называете нашего президента.

@psillocyber 7 ай бұрын

While the West is learning russian maps, Russia is changing the landscape.

@amaliyam4136 6 ай бұрын

При том вручную))

@commanderiosifstalin4938 6 ай бұрын

And soon, Russian troops will change Europe map.

@Ugnetatel16 6 ай бұрын

Не все поймут😂

@Chehoslovak 6 ай бұрын

Здравствуй фистинг в облаках! Данжен мастер в сапогах! Пропади моя нект доо! Вот он я, вэт тюнс ми он!

@onee_san_s_love 6 ай бұрын

Армия - не просто доброе слово, а очень быстрое дело. Так мы выигрывали все войны 🔥

@dataman6744 8 ай бұрын

The Russian defensive lines are mythical...because they never reached them

@user-rk5hm8ui1o 7 ай бұрын

America made a war in Ukraine!😡

@denisgolovachev6606 7 ай бұрын

А теперь включим логику. А почему вы до них не добрались?

@jimdigriz6210 7 ай бұрын

@@denisgolovachev6606 там были кусты🤷‍♂

@denisgolovachev6606 7 ай бұрын

@@jimdigriz6210 ага. И грязь.

@0verJlord 7 ай бұрын

@@jimdigriz6210ахаххахахахахахахахахах

@centraldowifi Жыл бұрын

I think Ukraine and Russia are missing out on a lot of war experts present in the comments below:

@juskahusk2247 Жыл бұрын

I don't think you want to mess with those armchair generals and their massive assumptions.

@nczioox1116 Жыл бұрын

No armchair general ever lost a war. Checkmate

@MarxStevens Жыл бұрын

None of them would grab a AKM and head east lol

@MarxStevens Жыл бұрын

@@nczioox1116 No armchair general has ever been in war. Checkmate.

@nczioox1116 Жыл бұрын

@@MarxStevens its a technicality joke

@Yngvarr77 Жыл бұрын

Three weeks later - even the anti-tank trenches weren't reached

@slavicemperor8279 11 ай бұрын

For real, this has been a disaster. Entire armored columns pulverized by artillery, mines and KA-52s. It's a crime to send these men on these suicide charges without proper air force coverage.

@jozefhorvat3625 11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂👍👍👍

@silentblackhole 11 ай бұрын

This isn't a movie. Of course it takes time. Also they were just probing across 700KM for weeks.

@Hussainpiplodwala 11 ай бұрын

@@silentblackholeit is lot easy to defend as compared to advance and attack...now take that defense part with so many obstacles for the advance forces to slow down and also get killed by mines and firepower coming from russians behind those defensive lines...it is surely a suicide mission considering the fact that russians have rights to attack anywhere in ukraine but it is not the same case for ukranians...russia got air support...ukraines dont...russia funds its own war...ukraine is literally on ventilator...tomorrow if west stops the military and financial aid...very next second ukraine will surrender...u can not win a war on an AID..period

@Yngvarr77 11 ай бұрын

@@silentblackhole Thousands dead, 30% equipment lost just in probing?

@darthtleilaxu4021 6 ай бұрын

Bonjour. Well, after six months, it is fair to say that the Russians were right and knew what they were doing. Building strong defensive lines as they did against the Germans in the Kursk battle in 1943 (at least, the Germans managed to reach the third line but they were exhausted by the toughness of the battles and the thickness of the lines) and, meanwhile, the factories were creating weapons and the militaries upgrading their weapons. Never underestimate Russia.

@user-rv7vh7ge5c 6 ай бұрын

Никогда не воюйте с Россией. Отто фон Бисмарк

@sergeygas6080 6 ай бұрын

Тут клуб юных клоунов я вижу. Ладно малыши,веселитесь

@user-ds4tt3ts7o 6 ай бұрын

Merci à vous, Monsieur!

@nonpolite 6 ай бұрын

@@sergeygas6080 ну как там психологические приемы от Зеленского? Беременных небось мобилизуют? Ну ты жди, и до тебя доберутся военкомы

@madnessage 6 ай бұрын

@@sergeygas6080 лучше быть клоуном в интернете чем служащим в ВСУ в мокром окопе

@athousandbrains125 7 ай бұрын

Who is watching 5 months later for a quick laughter 😅

@Drunkenduck109 3 ай бұрын

9 months is funnier. UK defence ministers have come and gone and only get more desperate and Monty python ish

@Rom2Serge 3 ай бұрын

Me . sadly many of " us " continue to watch the same "experts"

@ludiogoncalves1030 Ай бұрын

🇷🇺 👏👏👏

@vukmirodan 2 ай бұрын

Man... this aged badly...

@alexeygermakov2197 9 ай бұрын

well those western experts were wrong, these defences are good

@tomaccino 7 ай бұрын

Putin fanboy 😂

@aeniechka 7 ай бұрын

@@tomaccinoyou sent 5 the same comments… are you a human, at least?

@incrediblyintelligentman2895 7 ай бұрын

@@aeniechkait's a bot account.

@aeniechka 7 ай бұрын

@@incrediblyintelligentman2895 oh 😅

@arostwocents 7 ай бұрын

Western experts were wrong - i just can't believe it 😂😂😂

@VVV85650 Жыл бұрын

UKRAINE: But the Russians have anti-tank systems with a range of 10km. NATO: Great, here are your tanks!

@mareksykora779 11 ай бұрын

And what response of NATO you have expected? Something like "So, why do you need tanks?"

@fabianabongo6284 11 ай бұрын

@@mareksykora779exactly. You didn't change into clean clothes if you are going to play on mud.

@warnpassion 7 ай бұрын

Why the West keeps on sending arms and ammunition but not diplomats to help Ukraine end the war is just outrageous.

@Sergey_Sokolov 7 ай бұрын

Bravo

@user-yj4bi1ti2l 6 ай бұрын

@@warnpassion Ukraine has plenty of food and energy resources. In fact, the West is now investing in Ukraine in order to seize all the resources in exchange for a loan after the surrender. And also because the loan debt is already obscenely large and without reparations Ukraine simply cannot pay it off

@msresu 9 ай бұрын

and after 3 months we see that Russians defence is working....and all military expert has to resign

@user-yc1sk9mp1r 7 ай бұрын

Если эксперты скажут о силе России и слабости позиций американского фашизма на Украине, то этих экспертов мгновенно лишат доходов. На Украине сомневающихся в силе России и вовсе убивают.

@Matt-yg8ub 3 ай бұрын

They never resign, they just fail upward and get promoted to senior level

@mikea1127 10 ай бұрын

It appears the measures taken to create a defensive line have been effective.

@AugustoScudieri 9 ай бұрын

It appears our western media the only effective thing they did it was lying 🤥 🤡

@vijaym2823 6 ай бұрын

6 months later and western analysts can say we need to learn from the Russians their defense strategy Worked !!!!

@eighthelement Жыл бұрын

>a military analysts who spoke to the WSJ say they're skeptical of the effectiveness of these defenses >some military experts say these defense system don't necessarily pose a major threat to the Ukrainians There we go. The WSJ experts have humiliated themselves with their poor grasp of the situation.

@arostwocents 7 ай бұрын

They have done so since Feb 2022

@arostwocents 7 ай бұрын

Anyone speaking sense or stressing reality was criticised as a Putin Bot as in modern times people actually believe that positive thinking and flags on social media can change reality

@Sergey_Sokolov 7 ай бұрын

😂

@user-yc1sk9mp1r 7 ай бұрын

@user-mj2vi9no7l 5 ай бұрын

Experts never fight never involve themeselve in War, they only read the books of heroes which was written by coward hands

@slimhope1 11 ай бұрын

And after nearly two months of the Ukrainian offensive they haven't even reached the 1st defense line.

@shayaldwarka7907 11 ай бұрын

Rumors around that the first wave were just cannon fodder to test russian defences

@hartman12349 10 ай бұрын

@@shayaldwarka7907 - when it was tested, it was found that there were no more people or tanks for a real counter-attack :-) what a pity for those lives, most of them didn't even want to fight for the Kiev regime :-(

@puciopucio3165 10 ай бұрын

I wish the Ukr people can read this. 😅😅😅😅

@PAYDAY003 10 ай бұрын

See XD Surovikin line RiP

@secondlang 10 ай бұрын

@@KillerInstinct-ch5ojhe knows enough to know Ukrainians are dying in massively. You need to pay attention.

@ahtheh Жыл бұрын

"defences are ineffective" If a hole in the ground made stops a 10 million dollar tank, I think that's more effective than what ever the analyst was smoking

@tron-8140 Жыл бұрын

You must not have seen the video's of quad drones dropping grenades into orc trenches. Oh what am I saying. You are very clearly a war expert! All those war movies you have watched its a wonder both sides dont come to you for tactics! Always seems to be the putin supporters who suffer this kind of brain rot. Must be a coincidence surely. LOL

@timbokousky 11 ай бұрын

This reminds me of operation citadel in 1943...the Russians were waiting for them too.

@huijgenr 11 ай бұрын

Well have you been wrong

@KaiserBlade 11 ай бұрын

A hundred dollar aluminum bridge goes across the ditch . Here come the tanks.

@Kazy-nn3vr 11 ай бұрын

Funny enough, those million dollar tanks couldn't even reach the anti-tank ditch

@ulyssesg5811 Жыл бұрын

ukriane even dont manage to touch that lines......... great counter offensive!

@jozefhorvat3625 11 ай бұрын

Yeah !!! They are really SWIFT !!!😂😂😂👍👍👍

@dragonstormdipro1013 11 ай бұрын

Still not near

@mariocoronel8445 10 ай бұрын

I am from the future, the first line was pierced, and russian are sending what they have left to stop it before it's too late😊

@azmagaref 4 ай бұрын

@@mariocoronel8445 I'm from 2024 and Ukraine has sent everything they had and lost Avdivka 😂

@xuninorderu6963 3 ай бұрын

@@mariocoronel8445 i am from the future of the future.. RIP mighty abrahams🐸

@PUMPADOUR 10 ай бұрын

I guess we know how effective the defense lines now.

@luigipasta9496 Жыл бұрын

Russian don't need to follow western tactics opinions, they do it on its own pace and time..... and there you can see it... UKr still struggling to reach at least the front line of defense!!

@RaymondCore 8 ай бұрын

That last bit didn't age well. The lines near Robotyne, in Zaparozhia, were tested by continuous attacks from Armed Forces Ukraine from early June until currently, now in November, without penetrating the Surovikin Line anywhere an suffered heavy casualties as a result.

@arostwocents 7 ай бұрын

Ukie TV says 1.2m lost Inc wounded out the SMO and they are probably under reporting. Analysts have counted over 500k fresh graves

@user-hm8eh6be8c 7 ай бұрын

Да, только украина оставила там более 50К людей.

@user-gk7un3pe3v 7 ай бұрын

А у меня с Сергеем Владимировичем Суровикиным общее фото есть.Куча охраны,а Человек настолько простой!!!

@user-hm8eh6be8c 7 ай бұрын

@@user-gk7un3pe3v а я с Путиным за руку здоровался и ещё с Герхардом Шрëдером ;)

@user-gk7un3pe3v 7 ай бұрын

@@user-hm8eh6be8c Ну хоть за руку,а не за кое что другое.)))

@darrenadams1555 Жыл бұрын

Rolling out razor wire with bare hands ! ! Very impressive !

@ElDuderinoh Жыл бұрын

Caught that too

@firstlast9292 Жыл бұрын

Is oligarch made razor wire. Is not sharp. All money for razor went to buy house in London.

@carlruffier3092 Жыл бұрын

I seen that too.

@agnius3878 Жыл бұрын

it took 15 men to film that (14 of them have no arms now). But if you think it is impressive and you are at least a little afraid of them - they think they succeeded

@joefran619 Жыл бұрын

billions of dollars, no gloves, money being laundered

@1nhof 7 ай бұрын

0:37 Gotta love these military analysts. The Surovikin line still holds strong after 6 months.

@darthtleilaxu4021 6 ай бұрын

Indeed.

@commanderiosifstalin4938 6 ай бұрын

Now, Russian troops are attacking. Zelensky's counteroffensive now lives in his heart.

@BladeRunner2025_ 10 ай бұрын

Impressive work by the Russians, again.

@stavrosk.2868 9 ай бұрын

These defenses so far have been very effective.

@tiamatsmirnov938 9 ай бұрын

Russia prepared better in 6 months alone, than Ukraine in 8 years, with all the western help...

@mitchyoung93 9 ай бұрын

TBF Ukrainian fortifications outside of Donetsk and Lugansk are the reason the Russians haven't made much progress there.

@tiamatsmirnov938 9 ай бұрын

@@mitchyoung93 I partially disagree... If indeed there were some fortifications that helped, main reasons why Russia didn't progress are the ratio attacker/defender, the overall quantity of soldiers mobilized compared to the front"s length and the relative "restraint" of Russia. For information. In Iraq, US led coalition was more than 1M men with blatant superiority in every sector & a full control of the sky And if Russia is shelling quite a lot indeed... it's not doing it NATO style... meaning carpet bombing from high altitude. Do you know a country attacked by NATO that 6 months after the beginning still had internet, electricity, water? In Ukraine... in Odessa, Kiev, and many many other town.... they are partying in clubs outside.

@mitchyoung93 9 ай бұрын

@@tiamatsmirnov938 We I mainly agree...I just watched a video of the Korean-American dude in Ukraine taking a train to Odessa* and was astonished that Kiev's central train station hasn't been touched or even the trunk lines heading into the station.

@taelorpickel2830 6 ай бұрын

@@tiamatsmirnov938 Russia struck a lot of electric lines and power-lines. Power is low.

@StevenWJRichards Жыл бұрын

Defences, including mines, are not intended to prevent the enemy from crossing over, but to slow them down sufficiently to hit them with anti-tank, artillery, aircraft, drones and whatever else they have. Any slowdown in the advance at all will result in serious casualties. Vehicles are extremely vulnerable when they are stationary or moving slowly!

@user-gp2lr7od1p 11 ай бұрын

Этого срочно на фронт!

@samuraiace454 11 ай бұрын

@@user-gp2lr7od1pна чью сторону?

@DedHobbit 11 ай бұрын

@@samuraiace454 Так сразу и не скажешь. ТАкой ценный кадр нужен везде!)))

@samuraiace454 11 ай бұрын

@@DedHobbit давай на сторону UA ARMY 🇺🇦? Я из Украины просто. Такие мамкины стратеги нам пригодятся.

@DedHobbit 11 ай бұрын

@@samuraiace454 Блин...Нам в Россию тоже не помешал бы. Может по пол года будет арендовать его?

@indiansaudi93 3 ай бұрын

9 months later, it is safe to say ukraine counter offensive failed MISERABLY

@ziegle9876 4 ай бұрын

Those shovels really worked!!!’

@carknower 4 ай бұрын

8 months later this didn’t age well

@talicadk 4 ай бұрын

Agree

@user-zn6mh9gp3l 9 ай бұрын

so how about them Leopard tanks?🤣🤣🤣 did the break the Russian defense yet?

@chimei-tekinaneko8318 9 ай бұрын

As expected they burn just as well as the russian tanks.. Tanks used to be the best strat, but that time is long gone.

@dilbertosantiago2959 11 ай бұрын

its so incredibly impressive how fortified they made that mass of land in such short time under heavy combat. Russia knows how to fight.

@Kurtwell 11 ай бұрын

It's a suicide mission for the Ukrainians

@The_Indo_Aryan 11 ай бұрын

They used their shovels, axes and trenches extremely well in the face of Operation Barbarossa and Operation Typhoon to defend their cities from The Germans. Old habits die hard I guess.

@King_Patir_ 11 ай бұрын

@@The_Indo_Aryanthey use trench digger.

@WolfGangFX 11 ай бұрын

Short time ? Lol you’re funny.

@F.O.U.N.D.E.R 11 ай бұрын

@@WolfGangFXkid ☕

@isaacchang2780 Жыл бұрын

Hmmmm..... this didn't age so well.

@chefen336 11 ай бұрын

Aged like milk

@commanderiosifstalin4938 6 ай бұрын

Aged like vodka.

@ProAlchemist Жыл бұрын

It's wild seeing this type of warfare in 2023. You'd think we'd be past that

@trevorsutherland5263 Жыл бұрын

How would "we get past that"? If I'm on land you want, how else would you get me off?

@steezy2695 Жыл бұрын

Russia has always been stuck 100 years in the past

@blakespower Жыл бұрын

boots on the ground is the only way to take over territory

@_ProTrax Жыл бұрын

Just because there are trenches being dug doesn't mean it's WW1 bro

@CGplay186 Жыл бұрын

MatE2010 And what type of warfare would you like to prefer? AI? you do relies elites can focus more on civilians with this type of warfare as soldiers would hide at a safe distance, when wars start be about who population run low first it ain't gonna be pretty

@cleytonnicelferreira4429 7 ай бұрын

I came from the future to say that defenses worked and the analysts are wrong again.

@KonstantinC4 6 ай бұрын

😧!? 🎉😂

@WellWisdom. 4 ай бұрын

This video aged like milk.

@james-yg9cg 3 ай бұрын

Well said

@cCiIcCo Жыл бұрын

The frontline is about 1000 kilometers or 625 miles long. The sheer length is unbelievable

@hgv1883 Жыл бұрын

Filled with cannon fodder

@eliasziad7864 Жыл бұрын

"Unbelievable" jesus man, that isnt even that long...

@cCiIcCo Жыл бұрын

@@eliasziad7864 A frontline of a 625 miles...not that long... okay

@eliasziad7864 Жыл бұрын

@@cCiIcCo Compared to other countries, like Yemen or Syria or Libya...

@cCiIcCo Жыл бұрын

@@eliasziad7864 All countries are smaller than the Ukraine and I can't remember if in any of the three the frontline was as long as in the Ukraine.

@stinyg 4 ай бұрын

Want to hear a joke?? 'Western Expert' .

@expertizer 3 ай бұрын

Whoever hired these 'analysts' should demand their money back.

@janwetzlar 5 ай бұрын

Aged like fine wine

@ivanstepanovic1327 11 ай бұрын

One month later and they haven't broken through, didn't even reach the first defensive line of Russia, still stuck in buffer zone. Further more, Russians have some offensive success in the east... Great work, military experts!

@alwild1722 9 ай бұрын

This just in, Ukraine military took control of an obscure field in the middle of nowhere. Military experts say Russia ready to surrender at any moment.

@MohamedAli-eo2iz 8 ай бұрын

Ukraine is in it's way to Moscow

@T-19- 8 ай бұрын

Update: Ukraine is at the gates Of Moscow in winter

@warnpassion 7 ай бұрын

@@T-19-Enemy at the Gates 2?

@arostwocents 7 ай бұрын

The funniest thing was the experts all summer actually saying this 😂😂😂😂

@Sergey_Sokolov 7 ай бұрын

😂

@stefanpavlov6370 8 ай бұрын

Looking in retrospect - the russians knew very well what they were doing. And why. Soon many people will realize, that it was like that from the very start of the war.

@ironmonkey1512 7 ай бұрын

Funny thing is the audio is 'skeptical blah blah blah' but the video looks very impressive.

@joelcambre4334 Жыл бұрын

Laugh out loud, the "experts" were dead wrong, because the counter-offensive has been a resounding failure.

@timbow614 Жыл бұрын

There is no Russian counter-offensive this summer.

@joelcambre4334 Жыл бұрын

@@timbow614 I was talking about the Ukrainian counter-offensive.

@sticksjke Жыл бұрын

you really think that they were supposed to say something truthful lol. ukraine is winning even now. no doubts. they gonna stick to it even if Russians take Kyiv.

@_tiredofidiocy_ Жыл бұрын

@@sticksjke as cityzen of Russia I confirm even begining of this so called "special military operation" was blunder and inevitable strategic defeat. So in short term Ukraine is not winner too in any further developments. But long-term as part of West they will do better then inevitably degrading and decaying Russia. So WSJ will be not so far from truth.

@VodkaPandas 11 ай бұрын

Slava cocaine! XD

@juskahusk2247 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see humanity is replaying the old hits on it's farewell tour.

@dixonpinfold2582 Жыл бұрын

Show us how it's done. And please tidy up your living quarters before your departure.

@braxxian Жыл бұрын

Humans will never change. We have gone from wooden clubs to cruise missiles but at heart will are still just stupid monkeys that learned to use tools.

@MarxStevens Жыл бұрын

@@dixonpinfold2582 I'm met with excuse after excuse when I tell Uketards to grab a rifle and head east. Why?

@dixonpinfold2582 Жыл бұрын

@@MarxStevens Shouldn't you be in dim light inspecting elderly ammunition and rifle barrels for fitness yourself?

@MarxStevens Жыл бұрын

@@dixonpinfold2582 didn't think so 😂

@thomasg4324 9 ай бұрын

*Since sufficient time has passed......notice that the Russians are contracting out much of the defensive construction with ZERO fear of attack upon the work being done.* Russia's Maginot Line is big and beautiful.....and the lack of response whilst it is being constructed screams volumes about Russia's enemy incapability. 😃

@user-cv6ue9bt7o 7 ай бұрын

Wagner отвлек противника в Бахмуте.

@goodlife6277 8 ай бұрын

This aged well...😂😂

@commanderiosifstalin4938 6 ай бұрын

Russia is laughing, NATO is crying, Ukraine is dying.

@focusmusicnature 2 ай бұрын

11 months later - well, that's what you get when you call anyone an "expert".

@joeydownloadable Жыл бұрын

Pretty effective. They blunted the offensive very well

@tron-8140 Жыл бұрын

Effective? You must not watch much of the war footage. Seems every day there is a new video of Russians getting blown up by drones dropping grenades into their trenches.

@diawannoto Жыл бұрын

3 weeks into UA counter offensive... nothing gained... so defense line proved to be succesfull ::)

@Nikita-qx8os Жыл бұрын

They havnt even reached the defense line

@diawannoto Жыл бұрын

@@Nikita-qx8os exactly 😂

@Nikita-qx8os Жыл бұрын

@@communist754 HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAHAHAHA

@kornilovec1918 Жыл бұрын

well, a month has passed since the beginning of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, the result for the armed forces of Ukraine is not comforting, during this time it was possible to take only 8 unknown settlements, in fact, without even reaching the first full-fledged line of defense. we all saw burning leopards and abandoned amx 10s, dozens of abandoned and destroyed Bradleys, so it was stupid of you to talk about the ineffectiveness of the Russian defense line, because, I remind you, Ukraine did not even reach these lines in a month of the offensive, although the plans were Napoleonic before the offensive, they often talked about "de-occupation" Crimea, in fact, we see a failure and mountains of corpses of Ukrainian fighters

@mango2005 Жыл бұрын

I think if they do get F16s things may speed up but the Ukranians have made some gains, mostly in the eastern part of the southern front.

@TheMaxsev Жыл бұрын

@@mango2005 твои f16 могут только против бородатых в тапочках, против эшелонированной системы ПВО и современных су35 это 0

@neznaboh Жыл бұрын

Where did you see mountains of corpses? Did you mean on the russian side?

@m_yoda Жыл бұрын

You are proud of terrorists? may be you are also proud of hitler ?

@ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available Жыл бұрын

@@neznabohI have a brother-in-law who lives in Lviv. His friend from the high school days got drafted about a month ago. The guy was 45 yo, never served in the army. He had received two weeks of rudimentary training before being sent to the frontlines in Zaporozh'ie. The first day there, their position got shelled, and the entire squad was wiped out without even encountering a single Russian soldier. The funeral took place two weeks ago. He left behind a wife and daughter.

@powerstroke6.7 9 ай бұрын

Here we are 4 months after the start of the counteroffensive and Ukrainians are just now reaching first line of defense. Managed to breach one but not push thru…. They are breaking their teeth the well designed and effective defense lines. Good call by the “military experts” 👎🏻

@k.h.a191 9 ай бұрын

They don't even defend in towns and villages

@overdrivelzma.9219 9 ай бұрын

Not yet passed the anti-tank trenches I saw on video as M 113 and Stryker at full speed were trapped in one of these anti-tank trenches ended up abandoned armored.

@blagojepetrovic8017 7 ай бұрын

So. 5 months later.. How's it going?

@user-hk1qn9ue2t 7 ай бұрын

Great! The Russians have gone on the offensive!

@blagojepetrovic8017 6 ай бұрын

@@user-hk1qn9ue2t That was my point. :D And i am really happy

@fallenkeith5885 6 ай бұрын

Ukraine : Hypes up counteroffensive to get PR wins Russia : Takes the months given to them to fortify and prepare Ukraine : What went wrong?

@demsrchildabusers7959 Жыл бұрын

These defenses make it difficult for movement to happen in *both* directions. And that says something about Russian strategy. It says they aren't as concerned with advancing as they are with holding. They are willing to let the Ukrainians exhaust themselves trying to breach the their defenses.

@Smitty2032 Жыл бұрын

Indeed. Why move forward when the enemy comes to you and blows up while you watch....

@8i_SAMURAI_i8 Жыл бұрын

Вауу! ты так хорошо объеснил.😊

@petermuller7681 Жыл бұрын

Ukrainian men and western economic will break down on these fortifications. Time is with Russia I think.

@Chris-rs4so Жыл бұрын

Very true

@lucks4fools978 Жыл бұрын

@@petermuller7681still waiting for them to get to the Azov sea

@gudaykiran 11 ай бұрын

Who are these military analysts who said these fortifications won’t cause major problems? Ask them to go to school and start their studies again😅😅

@dilvastak7351 7 ай бұрын

The worst thing about these lines is that the Ukrainians were never able to reach them during their offensive

@andaltargren9015 6 ай бұрын

And the Ukrainian counteroffensive was nothing but a complete failure lol.

@tornado-s-2012 7 ай бұрын

The Western world is losing this war so shamefully

@warnpassion 7 ай бұрын

Why the West keeps on sending arms and ammunition but not diplomats to help Ukraine end the war is just outrageous.

@NordStar7 7 ай бұрын

@@warnpassion the West does not care about Ukraine. In this war, they saw a good opportunity to oust Putin. which is their long-held dream. as you can see, it didn't work. and their interest in Ukraine is falling

@user-vt6qk4yt1q 6 ай бұрын

Русские военные это не аборигены в тапках! ☝️

@user-bc8ff8oi8k 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, and made relations with Russia about 10 million times worse than they've been in decades. NATO couldn't be more wrong if they think Russia is going to just forget about the billions of dollars that got put up against them.

@user-bc8ff8oi8k 4 ай бұрын

Ukraine was never America's business. Now look at the situation - an obscene amount of money wasted, an even more upset Russia, and a lot of dead volunteers, many of them veterans of America. Way to go Joe!

@tonyp2865 6 ай бұрын

It isn't occupied it's liberated. Fixed it for you.

@hoangdang9631 Жыл бұрын

2 week later and Leopard CHallenger, Bradley park together 3km before the 1st line...rampage by ATGM, Ka52, Lancet, Kamikaze drone, t62 artillery style...wow expensive parking ticket.

@user-vy4xx2qp3d Жыл бұрын

No gloating

@Medved-Yarik 4 ай бұрын

Do those experts still have their jobs?

@rvarvasv7890 6 ай бұрын

Они даже не дошли до первой линии обороны. Понесли огромные потери. Процесс денацификации, демилитаризации продолжается успешно.

@velonuclid 3 ай бұрын

бензин ще не подорожчав?

@rvarvasv7890 3 ай бұрын

@@velonuclid , в бессильной злобе надумаете себе перемоги и сами в них свято верите.

@awlhunt 7 ай бұрын

6 months on and I’m wondering how those so-called “experts” and their bold predictions are holding up…😂

@fabsther 9 ай бұрын

3 month later, I'm still laughing at the scepticism of defense efficienty..

@firdausharun3736 Жыл бұрын

and 13 days after this video was uploaded.. ukraine has lost a bunch of bradley and leopard tanks..

@firdausharun3736 Жыл бұрын

@Broken_Society123 actually i dont care who wins or lose.. i just love to watch real time war movies.. but in this war.. i choose Russia bcos of the bias of "the (western) world".. if the western started it, they r the liberators.. if russian started it, they become the oppressors...take more aid ukraine and prolongs the war..

@sleepyjoe7843 Жыл бұрын

@Broken_Society123 They just lost some villages in grey zone but kept high ground around these villages. It's a suicide mission by Ukraine to keep these villages for publicity stunt, nothing else.

@nathanielrubin3392 Жыл бұрын

Only on the first line of contact, without even reaching the first line of defense. Ukrainian Greatest counter-offensive turns the greatest waste of Western money.

@fleisbester612 Жыл бұрын

@Broken_Society123 Which land? Land that Russians never went in? lol

@philipd9901 Жыл бұрын

@BrokenSociety966 You later forgot that it is Russia that controls 14.3 percent of the territory of Ukraine. There are thousands of settlements under the control of Russia, and you are talking about some 5-6 villages in the gray zone, allegedly "liberated" by Ukraine in 1.5 months of the "counteroffensive".

@schnecks2180 2 ай бұрын

Western Experts: " You pay. We say"

@FishMan1nsk 8 ай бұрын

Interesting are those "experts" are still sceptical?

@Groove328 Жыл бұрын

Guess those challengers and Leopard tanks ultimately haven't worked out eh... great use of tax money 👍

@hiddeninthewires2308 Жыл бұрын

I guess we know how effective these defense networks were. The counter offensive is stalled

@genickAtgmail Жыл бұрын

you are right.

@akt3292 Жыл бұрын

Украинцы до них даже не дошли.

@Mack_Dingo Жыл бұрын

Failed says state department

@The-KP Жыл бұрын

There's a bunch of bridges and dead Russian conscripts that would beg to differ.. oh wait they're all dead.

@hiddeninthewires2308 Жыл бұрын

@@The-KP Ukraine set the objectives to conquer back all russian occupied land. they have shown difficulties and no significant progress made in counter offensive makes any future peace agreement that much more difficult. if they wont negotiate peace until Russia leaves the territories... but Russia sees they are incapable of doing this through force why would Russia leave on their own. in the end there is no way to spin this either this war goes on for decades to try to achieve an breakthrough or any realistic peace agreement would include some land.

@albundy8049 5 ай бұрын

Three lines of defence. All nato military analysts were laughing and trying to downplay the quality and the scope of these defensive lines... Well now some six months and 200 billions of Western equipment later they are tying to copy from Russkies so as Elensky will save whatever he can save ... Elensky's army did not reach the first defensive line

@mainasaradanfuloti9162 5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 now we know for sure this defense are effective

@samorayee420 9 ай бұрын

God bless Russia everything is massive. Who dare enter in this trenches. Even America never have experience such huge line

@arostwocents 7 ай бұрын

Greatest line in human history.

@WaltervonKurzgesagt Жыл бұрын

I'd love to meet some of these defense analysts and hear about their experiences in the trenches.

@ReptilianAnusWizzard Жыл бұрын

Yes the old authority Argument. I dont need to be a Veteran or expert to point certain things out...

@dalton6108 Жыл бұрын

There are online bets on what people think is going to happen.

@worknehfollow6688 Жыл бұрын

@@dalton6108 where

@ymx7947 Жыл бұрын

@@ReptilianAnusWizzard What happens when the police force is run by people with zero field experience? Sweden happens.

@ReptilianAnusWizzard Жыл бұрын

@@ymx7947 what happens when you put up a Strawman like this? 🐃💩 happens

@senanur1983 9 ай бұрын

Are they still sceptical? 😂

@alex3475 6 ай бұрын

6 months later, Ukraine has not crossed single defensive line. The defensive lines have been very effective.

@JeffrikOG9 Жыл бұрын

They didnt even make it to the ditches😂😂

@franciscomorillomontano8576 Жыл бұрын

THE COUNTER-OFFENSIVE CONSISTED OF TAKING 6 VILLAGES IN WHICH THERE WERE NO RUSSIAN SOLDIERS, AND REPEATING IN THE MEDIA THAT THIS IS A GREAT SUCCESS.

@fingerprint8479 7 ай бұрын

Time to write this article again! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@commanderiosifstalin4938 6 ай бұрын

They are busy with crying.

@ronjinskaarin8310 11 ай бұрын

This aged well!

@GeneralThargor Жыл бұрын

And here we are, into the third week of the offensive and no Ukrainian troopers have seen this line, it's still 10 KM away.

@John_Smith_86 Жыл бұрын

Those trenches look wayyy more comfortable than the WW1 trenches we see on TV. Must be the power tools we have available nowadays that look for better and more comfortable construction. (that they are newly built probably helps too)

@mandarinandthetenrings2201 Жыл бұрын

Yea, but did you know now the German Wehacht dealt with French fortifications world war 2? They simply when around it.

@John_Smith_86 Жыл бұрын

@@mandarinandthetenrings2201 Yup, it is basic history taught at a very low level

@mandarinandthetenrings2201 Жыл бұрын

@@John_Smith_86 Vladimir Putin no General this defensives and his war is a total joke.

@John_Smith_86 Жыл бұрын

@@mandarinandthetenrings2201 Your English is quite poor

@badluck5647 Жыл бұрын

I imagine they were miserable to be in during rain and mud season.

@franktyrone6789 6 ай бұрын

No Ukranian has ever reached those defence lines, they're mythical.

@paulobainz1210 8 ай бұрын

Boris Johnson needs to be at the helm of the lead tank.

@warnpassion 7 ай бұрын

Inside the tank gun to be precise.

@NordStar7 7 ай бұрын

It would be the most hairy tank

@janbenko7618 8 ай бұрын

Ukrajina si vylámala zuby na línii dotyku s Ruskou armádou. Nepomohli ani západné tanky.😊

@arostwocents 7 ай бұрын

USA has forced Ukraine to return the Abrams as they fear the impact on arms sales of them facing Russia

@user-ik5ob4nq8b 7 ай бұрын

Их спасение 149 200 Волга , частота по рации для сдачи в плен 🤙🇷🇺

@Ars_Istec 7 ай бұрын

@@user-ik5ob4nq8b так вроде все лагеря для уZZkих рабсиянцев давно переполнены

@alex_nemo_ 7 ай бұрын

Ты поляк?

@thebelltower8040 7 ай бұрын

Da tam ne tolko zuby, tam vylomalo absolutno vse chto tolko mojlivo bylo vylomat. Zapadne tanki vsegda byli i budut bespoleznim metalom

@TotalyRandomUsername 11 ай бұрын

Eight weeks later, still zero progress has been made. We are waiting now for seven months for the big Ukraine offence and all we saw were lots of western tanks driving in minefields or just get blown up by drones. At that point we should agree on that it really does not matter how many war gear we deliver to UKr.

@user-cm1uu6zq3k 11 ай бұрын

Украина :сейчас мы будем наступать и уничтожим Русские войска, дайте техники. Так-же Украина :ой, Русские выстроили, самую сильную оборону всех времён. Так не честно 😢

@Raven_McGraw 7 ай бұрын

@@user-cm1uu6zq3kКляти москали опять обманули! Вот если бы не защищались мы бы их... Ухх😂

@oap851 9 ай бұрын

Results after 4 months after June 4th (Beginning of Counter Offensive): - Nearly 80-90K Ukraines KIA. - Still is in “grey zone” and unable to breach through 1st line of defence - According to NY Times (pro-ukraine and western source), Russia has gained more land during Ukraine’s counter offensive and throughout the whole year even though they were supposed to be in defence 😂 (funny to me even though how that happened i am a neutral) - Western nations are losing hope in Ukraine and stopped funding them This is Russia, the nation that was the first to defeat Napoleon, defeated the Nazi Germany and saved the world. This nation has the greatest military doctrine and principles. They have also mastered the Art of Defence like no other nation.

@OneTwo023 7 ай бұрын

Nah...thats Putin's propaganda. Ukrainians says that conr offensive is philosophical operation to scare Russians. Looks true enough for me

@user-kg2jh2yh9m 7 ай бұрын

Это точно!

@OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-zn2fy 7 ай бұрын

330,000 dead Russians. 1,000,000+ wounded Russians. Ukraine's offense is creating "meat grinders" like Bakhmut and Avdiivka to eliminate large numbers of the enemy. The Russians charge forward for political reasons and are slaughtered 20:1. Ukraine attacks where they can acheive their objective or reducing the Russian army without losing their own men. If the Russian army is nice enough to walk into the traps, Ukraine is happy to kill them while on defense and taking few losses of their own. It's like WW1. The side with the better defense strategy and new technology wins. That's Ukraine. Russia will send more conscripts. Who will train them? What armor will support their attacks? Russia has lost. Untrained conscripts are only capable of making "meat wave" attacks into the robotic machine guns of the Ukrainians. If they send more conscripts, their losses will only increase.

@user-yq1rc1ti2l 7 ай бұрын

Весь ужас в том, что страны НАТО изначально знали, что украина проиграет. Просто задумайтесь над этим - сотни тысяч жизней.

@Ving_Demon 7 ай бұрын

И Наполеона и Нацистов Рейха победили в основном Украинцы, именно у них были наибольшие потери в этих войнах, пока русские сидели в тылах

@adrianopadilha7338 6 ай бұрын

Hi. Its december 2023 and the defensive lines are quite effective. You are welcome.

@glennfreo6651 9 ай бұрын

hows the counter-offensive going? the video above was a good time capsule.

@ariefpoerniawan Жыл бұрын

Defensive line are made not to block the offensive force but to slow down the movement while neutralizing the obstacles.. while the defensive force have time to destroy as many as they can the offensive force… either with artilery, mortar, multiple rocket launcher or even mine and anti tank

@Mendoza1414 Жыл бұрын

🤡

@williammasselink Жыл бұрын

How well did that work out for Saddam Hussein?

@incanalita Жыл бұрын

Welp it just worked so well just a couple of days ago 😂 And they didn't even crossed the first line of defense 😅

@knowall5792 Жыл бұрын

@@williammasselink Taliban improved on Saddam plan.

@SilentTraveller21 Жыл бұрын

@William Masselink saddam didn't have air superiority or to make the airspace contested, all his defenses were mostly against ground forces, this is different, neither side has air superiority and is mostly a ground war

@sacredhero2158 11 ай бұрын

That aged nicely!😆

@cramsa 11 ай бұрын

Ukraine lost 20,000-30,000 since this propaganda puff piece came out. I fell sorry for the drafted Ukrainian men who are ordered into the meat grinder.

@Bergahorn-iy1lx Жыл бұрын

I love the last sentence: "If Ukraine attacks defensive lines, which are not sufficiently protected, Ukrainians will be able to bypass the obstacles with Western Challengers and Leopards." Apart from the bad iterative English "Ukraine, Ukrainians" "Western Challengers and Leopard", this also does not make any sense. If these static objects are not defended by humans, even a human with nothing on him or her can stroll past them. They seem to have had not much confidence in their Wunder weapons and those Ukrainians - and rightfully so.