The memes coming out of the sinking of the Moskva were impressive... but I think the best caption read "Heroic cruiser Moskva promoted to submarine."

I do feel the need to mention that that second strike on Snake Island. It is a tb2 drone that is Imaging the strike, but the strike was carried out by manned Sukhoi 27 aircraft. You can see them popping flares when they pull off Target. One of the most ballsy low-level strikes I have ever seen in real life. Almost straight out of top gun Maverick.

Based on the Moskva's maintenance report made a few days before the war most of her weapon systems didn't work. The close range CWIS only 2 of 8 were working, the other 6 had been partially cannibalized for parts. The 120mm cannon's hydraulics were malfunctioning so she couldn't use it in an air defense roll. The radar was usually disabled to prevent it from interfering with communications. The fire fighting equipment was locked away and only the admiral could unlock it to prevent theft. So, when Russia said the Moskva suffered a fire due to something like a magazine explosion... that was probably what they thought happened, because without the radar being on they wouldn't have even seen any incoming missiles and if they did have it on their defensive layers might have not been able to have worked. I think only the S400 missiles were the only thing that worked on the ship. Russia deployed this ship, knowing full well it was ill prepared to defend itself because, "Sink the Moskva? Next you're going to tell me Vodka isn't food!"

OMG. The writer of "Sink the Moskva? Next you're going to tell me Vodka isn't food!" needs a raise. I laughed out loud literally.

I'm glad you didn't chicken out and refer to it as "the situation in Ukraine" or "the Russian-Ukrainian crisis" or other such watered down names. Its an invasion and you're right to report it as such. Same with calling it the illegal annexation of Crimea.

You missed an interesting part about the battle for snake Island. While Ukraine was able to regain more and more of its territory it managed to retake the mainland point closest to snake Island. Once they did that they used a 100% domestically produced self-propelled howitzer the 2S22(The only one of its kind they managed to build before the break out of the war) to shell the island. Other than the 2S22 being a very advanced system built to NATO standards, I suspect it was also a very symbolic action to have completely Ukrainian built equipment retaking Ukrainian land.

I'm watching these historical war videos at my grandpa's house. He being a retired marine doesn't care for them and cannot understand why I'm interested. Basically it's history happening now in my lifetime, it's not pretty and it is extremely horrifying to know civilians, people are caught up in this but it is happening. That being said grandpa walked in on this video about ten mins in. He told me that during Vietnam he saw some amazing heroism from unlikely people the civilians that were just trying to survive. When you can't run and your hiding places are being overrun you do the only thing left...fight back...the only way you can see tomorrow is win today.

You left out completely the use of the bogdan spg that shelled the island. It's a Ukrainian produced 155mm howitzer with the range to reach snake island. I believe that it was this shelling that the Russians couldn't stop and didn't have any constraints like loiter time etc that was the final straw. The bogdan only has one prototype which was ordered destroyed before Russia could capture it. But the testing unit decided to try to evac and save it. Which were successful doing.

A maintanence report on the Moskva from 14 days before the invasion was apparently leaked a short while ago. This report helps explain how this supposedly extremely advanced ship was sunk by Ukrainian missiles. - 1 of 6 of the anti-missile CIWS systems worked - 0 of the short-range sea to air missiles worked - S-300 anti-air missile systems did work, however their radar interfered with communication systems and was turned off. Even if it was turned on, it reportedly had difficulty locking on to targets anyway. - the twin-link 130mm cannon on the front of the ship, did not work. - Almost all damage control systems did not work - Some water-tight doors were found to be leaking - Out of 500 fire extinguishers that should've been on board, it had 50. - Due to theft concerns, all safety equipment was locked in storage and only the admiral had the key. - Several engines were past the service replacement date by reportedly thousands of hours - The engine problems caused the ship to only be able to travel at about half speed, in an emergency The ship was given a "satisfactory" rating. If this is true, it clearly explains why Ukraine was able to use just a couple missiles to penetrate the supposedly invulnerable 3-tier anti missile system

There was a maintenance report of the Moskova that indicated that many of ship's defense systems were out of order and that even the engine was way past it's overhaul date. Additionally the fire fighting equipment had been locked away to prevent theft.

12:50 Intel says the Moskva was a half-broken hulk. No spare parts, so no repairs. _None of its 3 layers of air defense were working._ From memory: Detection radar couldn't be on at the same time as communication radar and of its 6 anti-air miniguns, 5 were plundered for spare parts to keep the 6th one going.

I've always wanted to live on a tiny island like this, far away from civilisation. I'll just jump into my small boat once a week to get groceries.

This channel is so dope man keep up the good work and keep dropping these good videos man

Spot on presentation again Simon! thank you very much

Your narrative is world class. I could listen to you talk all day. great video.

Thank you Simon. Your videos are truly badazz. 😁

You did not mention at all the Bogdana howitzer pounding the Snake Island day and night from the Ukraine's Budyak coast

Excellent video! For a follow up, you might want to look at the long history of Chornobaivka in the Kherson region of Ukraine. Chornobaivka is a small village that hosts the regiomal airport, which has a massive flat expanse of concrete. The Russians decided it would be a perfect helicopter base, and placed a couple of squadrons of attack helicopters to take advantage of it. Ukrainians were within artillery range, and destroyed a couple of squadrons of helicopters. next, not long after that, a Russian general decided that it would be a terrific site for his new headquarters, and established it there. Ukrainians waited politely, then fired again, killing two generals and the and Terry headquarters staff.Shortly after that, another two dozen helicopters were placed there. Ukrainian artillery fired again, and they were no more. Since March, Ukrainian artillery is targeted the base at least 45 more times, with varying degrees of success. Something like a bowling alley. Unfortunately, Ukraine is on the verge of retaking Chornobaivka and the saga is coming to an end.

Simon, fantastic job and well written. I was glad to hear the guys survived. I was wondering if you could do a piece on the 442nd Japanese regiment during WW2. Two of my grandfather's brothers were a part of that group. One of them was wounded in Italy. I'd love to hear one of your writers take on the story.

1:15 - Chapter 1 - Sacred island 5:05 - Chapter 2 - "Russian warship" 8:40 - Chapter 3 - Eating a porcupine 12:10 - Chapter 4 - Death from above 16:20 - Chapter 5 - The battle for snake island 20:15 - Chapter 6 - Re raising the flag

Just how many channels do you have Simon?! 😄 I keep stumbling on more - not that I'm complaining.

Snake Island vs Iwo Jima really isn't a fair comparison

I hope you guys cover some more of the biggest naval battles like Leyte Gulf or Jutland

Now subscribed! Greetings once again from Hamilton Bermuda! 🇧🇲

the main reason for the moskva sinking was that it was in terrible condition as stated by a report from 2 weeks before the sinking, for a more detailed video on the subject watch lazerpig's video

Thank you and your team for great content.

Great and informative video

Gotta admit, this guy is starting to grow on me. Good channel

Wolves, porcupines, ducks…i love the metaphors used in this segment 👍🏼

Very good docu!!👍

Simon with another channel, what's that make - 18, 19 channels? More power to you

The Moskva we shadowed in the Med in the early '80s was a big butt, badly designed ship. The front half was a missile cruiser, the back a flight deck for helicopters. I got to see it up close and personal. This Moskva is the re-named Slava, the lead ship of the Slava-class. For a ship initially named "Glory," it didn't have a very glorious ending.

Love the honest reporting of the Russian invasion of Ukraine! Keep up this great work !

just love your stories about history and ukraine and such. thank you.

I love this channel

I thought the low-altitude bombing run that took out the AA on Snake island was done by Su-27s? You can see them popping flares on their way out. Thought I heard you say TB-2s did that in the video...

"if you drive a scared dog too deep into a corner, it will attack you with all of its might, for it has no more space to run. You'd better prepare for the worst scars of your lifetime, for it will hurt like hell." - my grandfather talking about the winter war

The recently release maintenance report lets us know that only one of the CIWS was operational while none of the other missile defense systems were operational. Add to that the fact that the emergency gear was under lock and key to prevent theft and many of the watertight doors were either leaking or propped open. The ship was barely sea worthy and yet was signed off on as perfectly fine by the Admiral.

It was fun watching this, especially the Bayraktar drone footage with the narration and epic music.

These are great presentations; I listened to another one teaching how Ukraine took Kharkiv so fast and enjoyed it a lot. Thanks!!

Excellent update, Simon. Please keep this content up as is appropriate. Glad you started this Warographics channel when you did!

Nice, Thank you...

This was a great episode, of not only the re-taking of a strategic place in the ocean, but also a tremendous morale booster for the Ukrainian's who had so many things that were criminally removed from them during these illegal land-grabs by the Russians... And a tribute of the extremely heroic acts of defiance of the Ukrainian troops who were originally tasked to guard it... And they lost their lives in the process... The admiration of these few brave/dedicated troops , is regarded my many in the Ukraine and by their family of supporters to be an incredibly selfless act to sacrifice their lives for the good of those who repel tyranny....This is Bravery...

wait, warographgics. when the hell did this channel start, this man is like half of youtube at this point

16:00 those are two Ukrainian jets not tb2s. Its being filmed from a TB2 though

I have a note for Simon’s team: please use a deesser in the future. He is on one heck of a roll in this video.

The funny thing is that the marine Roman Hrybov is not the author of the famous quote. When he was released from the captivity, he was asked to say it was him because some people from the Zmiyinyi garrison were still in the hands of russians including the author. So it was like "hey, the guy is with us, you can stop looking for him". The actual author was released later in late May

Loving these modern military videos. Sad to think script boy has probably already forgotten everything mentioned in this video.

Reporter: President Putin, what more do you want now that only 1% of residents voted against joining Russia? Putin: I want their names!

Awesome episode Simon and Team. Thank you as always!! Algorithm

Fun fact! The infamous Snake Island belonged to Romania and was occupied and " annexed" by the USSR illegaly in 1948, the world didn't care back then! My grandfather used to fish around that island ...

Great content Simon and crew. Thanks for the entertainment.

I'm glad I decided to watch these recent events in your videos, NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THIS HERE IN MICHIGAN. The news channels are awash with political news here in U.S.. I recently turned in my cable tv box to save money, none of these events were being covered by international reporters since the recent mid-term elections, in a couple hours I 've been informed of much that I didn't know, Biden has made me poorer, the tv had to go. I rang the bell and hit the like button, I doubt my decision will have much affect on your channel but It's all I can afford, I am subbed to nearly a hundred channels I don't upload videos because I can't afford a decent phone or camera I'm not complaining just telling you how it is. God Bless you Simon, thank you.

It’s really crazy how many barren, tiny, flat islands with no animal life besides birds and rats have been fought over for dubious reasons.

Pretty sure this is going to get made into a movie some day

Here’s a channel I haven’t seen bef… oh, it’s Simon again 😂 Love it.

Well, i know the brass statue that is going to be built on that island with its internationally recognized symbol of communication to evil

nice ending ktgw :)

In hindsight… it’s similar to MacAulfie’s “Nuts”

So you're working on multiple channels

Ever since the Snake Island radio transmission went viral I have wondered how many great moments like this in history where lost prior to the digital age and social media. This is gonna be remembered pretty much forever unless there is some kind of "great fall" of humanity where we lose all records, where events like this happening in past wars and conflicts have often been lost to time unless they were attributed to a key figure who may or may not have said it like Pliny the Elder coining "Fortune favours the bold" before attempting and failing to reach the Harbour at Pompeii while Vesuvius was erupting.

NO STEP ON SNEK.

@6:46! Awesome

Good story

I've been watching too much Brain Blaze, I expected the Bayraktar song to show up when Simon paused after mentioning it.

"What an umbrella it was"....(was) being the key word.

Knowing what we do now about the Moskva and her lack of maintenance. The defenders of snake Island could have probably beaten the ship with whatever they had on the island 🤣

dudes i just paused to google the size of snake island, and found out a fun fact. snake island is the same size as snake island, 17ha. ya know the other snake island, in brazil, lookk it up if you don't know its wild, a litteral snake island so dangerous it is illegal to ggo

Watching it on October 8th, the same day as the explosion of the Crimea bridge? Can we have a video about it please?

Excellent episode Warographics team. Thankyou.

I now basically only see Simon ever time open KZfaq lol dude stays recording videos 24/7 lol

You should be teaching at schools if you are not already buddy. You make war history a fun to learn. Thanks

These videos could be so much better with maps depicting what is going on.

Even better reply than "Nuts".

Simon and your team of researchers keep up the excellent choice of topics and detailed research, this story will be taught for years to come and I’m sure your channel will be used extensively for history lessons in the future. Skol Ukraine!

Once the war is over, I would image some kind of monument being built on Snake Island with the words "Russian warship go f**k yourself" inscribed onto it, that would be amazing

Thanks

Lazerpig does an amazing job covering why the Moskva sank and Russia is losing this war

Topic - Interesting Script - AWESOME!

Excellent introducing of nowadays circumstances of snake (🐍) Island ..it's history background nearly 300 years ago also video labeled its position important for black sea 🌊 northern dominate & it's effective reconnecting capabilities..thanks for sharing

Brilliant coverage and prestigious commentary! History in the making! God Bless America and stay strong Ukraine.

11:44 If you didn't know, this is a well-established phrase in Russian "to eat vodka".

I would like to point out that the two aircraft where in fact Migs and not drones. You can tell by the glaring after burners of the two jet fighters.

From an economic standpoint, one big advantage of drones like the TB2 is that many of these systems are *cheaper than the missiles capable of shooting them down* while being powerful enough to blow up the whole launch system if they don't shoot. Which means either way, you're getting a net positive in the comparison of your war chests. Gone are the days where the thing you're shooting at with your multi million dollar SAM system is always a multi tens of millions dollar fighter jet. Russia's currently fielding some drones that cost somewhere in the ballpark of 20 000...which is so much cheaper than the missiles needed to shoot them down that it's kinda astonishing.

Thank u!

I love you how explain (without explaining) that propoganda doesn't have to be a dirty word - that it can be a very positive force in warfare for the side with the clear moral high ground. Some people treated legends like the Ghost of Kyiv as some kind of lie they were angry and disgusted with, when if they had grown up in a different time where people had more faith in leaders and institutions, they would be more supportive of the power of mythology.

Alexander 'no kid' Dugin :D

How many channels does this guy narrate????

Eating a porcupine isn’t difficult, flipping it over to expose its belly is the tricky part.

Can you do a video on the Lend lease act and how America used it to help British and Russian army’s posh the Germans back and how it will effect the upcoming winter , and the effect it will have on the Russians and Ukraine army’s . That would be a great video . Thanks for this one it was great !

Thank you for talking about this topic, this stupid war needs all the visibility it can get.

You forgot to mention that 155mm SPG using excalibur and volcano shells were used from the main land to knock out air defence system and counter battery artillery. With out this the harpoon launcher systems and tb-2 would have been lost and the island would still be in Russian hands. Also manpads teams are stationed on the island to counter cruise missiles and drones from Crimea attacking the railway to Romania.

The Moskva was in such a sad state of maintenance that most navies would have scrapped it. It could barely go half speed, most of its watertight compartments weren't watertight, only 1/3 of its defenses were even partially functional and that one was 1/6 operational. It's radar shorted out its communications if they were both turned on at the same time. Not even the climate control worked. But it was a RUSSIAN warship manned by RUSSIANS so there's no way the "inferior" Ukrainians (who built the damn thing 40 years ago) could POSSIBLY harm it. The parallels between modern Russian and 1930s German military command ideologies are pretty similar.

Didn't Russia see Rock IV? Thats basically whats playing out, but in real life with countries rather than two men

Hi simon

Was just wondering what to watch when your notification arrived. When I saw warographics I knew I could just click without thinking and I'm not disappointed!

A year ago today!

The Gauntlet was a drone killer. Until it wasn't XD

I heard (an official) translator accidentally call it "Serpentine Island." I kinda like that more.

How many channels is he moderating? Must be over 9000 ...