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@Davidt1066

10 ай бұрын

srsly can you show me a source of the comment of the german advisor who had said that the ukrainians should "simply go around the minefield"? i mean you are sure the comment is displayed in the context it was said? if you ask me, the instructor was asked "how can we manage the the minefields?" and the instructor answered "well usually we go around it" while the "usually" in this sentence means he is aware that going around is not an option, but also there is a lack of another appropriate tactic.

@Concerned_Robot

9 ай бұрын

Look at all this good content! And only uploaded 1 day ago? That's why im subscribed to Kings and Generals!

@NoProxies

9 ай бұрын

Ukrainian offensive was 100procent a failure of the beginning! Whoever believes otherwise is a fool! Ukraine is fighting to the last Ukrainian for NATO/US and not the opposite!

@amazingfact5215

9 ай бұрын

Hindi Dubbing your Video Copyright!

@mokarokas-1727

9 ай бұрын

@@Avinashm7 - Okay, Ivan.

4 months later. The counteroffensive has officially failed.

@RBoo7

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Not having air superiority is making this counter offensive 100x more brutal.

@tsriftsal3581

9 ай бұрын

Can't have them building a military force that could threaten other nations now, could we? Heck that could decide to team up with the sickle and smash the rest of Europe once fully equipped. It will not be soon forgotten how much suffering was created through the lack of support by the virtuous for so long.

@streunerthelinguisticlearn5506

9 ай бұрын

@@tsriftsal3581 They're not teaming up with Russia. Did you forget who's invading them?

@adlerzwei

9 ай бұрын

​@@tsriftsal3581I'm sorry. What? 🤣

@WhizzingFish12

9 ай бұрын

​@@tsriftsal3581I agree that the support has been slower that hoped for, but Ukraine would have been completely conquered without it.

@boiboiboi1419

9 ай бұрын

Air superiority is dead in the current ERA

Russian forces exhausted by Ukrainian offensive))) What about Ukrainian forces exhausted by Russian defense?

The speed at which you crank these highly qualitative and important videos out is mindboggling!

@fubarrossi1234

10 ай бұрын

Not a single person btw.

@s.v.o.579

10 ай бұрын

@@fubarrossi1234 your reply lacks a verb bro

@veronicalogotheti1162

10 ай бұрын

Xa

@s.v.o.579

10 ай бұрын

@@warok11 All is biased, this is some of the more neutral sources I have come across. They provide proper sourcing and only mention visually confirmed losses. So really it is quite valuable.

@Robin-bm4sp

10 ай бұрын

@@warok11could you give me an objective source then?

I was always bewildered as people thought Ukraine would just wipe the floor with the Russian army, thats illogical and outright dumb, drawing arrows on a map doesnt mean anything, stop being overconfident and over optmistic and get real, it just make pro-Ukraine look like fools when such things dont happen.

@ByZHellas

10 ай бұрын

@@akiva1168They haven’t surpassed expectations they’re literally grinding their men away. At this point both sides are so well dug in, I don’t really see anyone making big gains. Ukraines economy is destroyed and they are in debt to the West, Russia is now fighting its own war of survival for the current regime and is suffering its own, albeit far less severe, economic crisis. No one wins in this war. And both sides have thousands of innocent lives being lost and forever changed and ruined, with men of all ages being mutilated, and mentally ruined. It’s horrific.

@donbenjamin6459

10 ай бұрын

​@@ByZHellasUkraine is winning this war, the Orks are weeks from surrender

@ByZHellas

10 ай бұрын

@@akiva1168 We’ve been past that point, we’re talking in regards to and in the scope of the counteroffensive.

@codypierce2970

10 ай бұрын

​@@ByZHellasseeing how they were initially expected to fall in 3-5 days and have now retaken over half of the territory they lost to Russia initially and are still advancing (albeit slowly) I'd say they've smashed most people's expectations.

@ByZHellas

10 ай бұрын

Alright first of all I have no clue where people are getting the 3-5 day figure from because from before the war I knew it would last weeks to months at a minimum. It's a modern near-peer war we are talking about, and a lot of the territory they recaptured from Russia, Russia had retreated from. The Russians retreated from the North, the Ukrainians just walked in and took most of if not all of it without a fight. Same thing with Kherson, yes I know Ukrainian actions against Russian logistics also contributed to it, but large sections of territory captured by Ukraine were solely thanks to Russia retreating. The only real credit we can give to them in this front is regarding good anti-logistics strikes in Kherson and the great counteroffensive in Kharkiv, other than that most of the territory they just took back without force. The real fighting is in the South and East, and that's where they are really struggling.@@codypierce2970

If everybody during the winter was like watch out the Ukrainians are going to do the spring, summer offensive. Don’t you think the Russians weren’t gonna prepare for it and create defensive networks? I don’t know but it seems arrogant to think the Russians won’t do anything. Just my two cents.

@A.B.5KRVw

10 ай бұрын

This offensive shows how one dimensional Ukrainian decision makers actually are. They literally told 4 months in advance the direction of attack, watched the Russians build defenses in this area, still decided to attack this direction (why??????) and now are somehow surprised that its doesn't work out. Imagine the US president telling 4 months in advance the area of Normandy landing to the Germans, stationing the landing fleet for four months kilometers before the beaches, and after this actually attacking the spot.... This is literally strategic madness.

@fungunsun1

10 ай бұрын

Yeah this seems too simple and stupid. Im still hoping some kind of a faint is in plans (like in Kherson or something)

@jameswebber2943

10 ай бұрын

given the wests slow response thee is nothing Ukraine could do, no air support etc...

@A.B.5KRVw

10 ай бұрын

@jameswebb lol Nothing Ukraine could do? How about not to attack in the biggest minefield fortified area in the history of warfare? There was no other attack vector available? Really?

@temmy9

10 ай бұрын

people have this weird idea that russia is just a bigger iraq

Kozachi Laheri is a very interesting position because it's difficult to defend since it has the Oleshky desert behind it giving it only two supply lines. This is the reason why Ukraine is targeting it, its a weak spot for the Russians along the Kherson front

@hungrymusicwolf

10 ай бұрын

@@JohnRodriguez-jf4dv Tell that to the Russian soldiers that got cholera from being forced to drink surface water. No effect on Russian logistics, yeah right.

@justADeni

10 ай бұрын

@@JohnRodriguez-jf4dv So russian army withdrew from Kherson because they were nicely asked or what? You are an actual buffoon to think that

@eberkovich

10 ай бұрын

@@JohnRodriguez-jf4dv So why are the Rusian military bloggers in that area report a lack of ammo and other equipment? Destroying a few depots must really matter, because, now, Russians have to bring up more ammo from farther away. That makes resupply slower and less reliable.

@eberkovich

10 ай бұрын

@@JohnRodriguez-jf4dv Every ammo depot covers a certain portion of Russian defenses. Ukrainian have probably destroyed a 30-40 such depots in the last two months. That has led Russians to store ammo and supplies farther away from the front lines (everywhere) and deliver them piecemeal. That slows resupply considerably. So, sure, one depot will only create difficulties on one 10-20 kilometer stretch of the front lines. What about 30 such depots?

@eberkovich

10 ай бұрын

@@JohnRodriguez-jf4dv Actually, it is significant, because without such stores close enough to the frontline military units simply can not function

Attacking against a heavily fortified opponent is slow and brutal by definition. Neither side is likely going to have many big "wins" in the immediate future. For the sake of the everyday people, hopefully the war will not last too much longer. Thank you guys for another update video. God be with you out there everybody. ✝️

@tsriftsal3581

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, hopefully only a couple of decades.

@antonbatura8385

9 ай бұрын

The everyday people in Ukraine are determined to see this through and defeat Russia, no matter what it takes. Just fyi.

@dankovskimark4540

9 ай бұрын

Well, NATO did say "they'll will fight till last Ukrainian", so...

@meilinchan7314

9 ай бұрын

Yes but Russia and Ukraine have no choice. It is now a matter of "who blinks first" and gets his dong trapped in a hamburger machine. Ukraine so far has smartened up, using smaller sized units to clear ground in the south instead of attempting manoeuvre warfare which would've ended in a bloodbath.

@PUARockstar

9 ай бұрын

​@@dankovskimark4540 🤡

The idea that the “Russians will experience manpower issues” whilst ignoring the Ukrainian manpower issues is naive

@4Fixerdave

9 ай бұрын

Ukraine *fully* mobilized first, has better NATO led training systems, and has NATO logistics pouring equipment in. Meanwhile in Russia, they avoided mobilization for a year and are still not fully mobilized, are not willing to use their conscripts, and they also sent their trainers to the front after the first failed assault on Kyiv. Ukraine is way ahead of Russia on mobilization and there's no way Russia will catch up, at least in quality. Training of mobilized soldiers increases exponentially from the start. Ukraine will have a manpower advantage for a long time. The Russian manpower issues are the result of failures in the mobilization and training pipeline, not population. People don't seem to realize that for the larger Russian population to actually matter, there will have to be many *millions* of casualties. We are nowhere near that. Oh, and don't forget that Ukraine's economy and war material production are all supplied by the West. Every Ukrainian can fight. Meanwhile, Russia has to maintain their economy, run munitions factories, *and* mobilize people for their army out of the same pool of people. Ukraine has all the advantages.

@CheckYourLeaderTV

9 ай бұрын

@@4Fixerdave interesting POV. But I seriously doubt ‘all those advantages’ will help a single jot. Meanwhile. Russia still holds Ukrainian terrain. It’s supplies come from factories in Russia and it’s economy has strengthened since the invasion due in no small part because its broken the US dominated trading block paradigm. And all this without being fully mobilised. But I appreciate you positive outlook. Oh,. And I forgot to mention air superiority and an abundance of munitions the Russians seem to have. I should also point out you can’t quickly convert a pilot from Soviet era aircraft to F16s sooo just in case that was being mulled over. Those promised F16s won’t be having an impact any time soon. Oh, and there’s that entire nuclear arsenal thingy.

@CheckYourLeaderTV

9 ай бұрын

@@henryhudson9556 which one?

@emperornil1690

Ай бұрын

@@4Fixerdave bruh

I bet the next episode is going to focus on Prigozhin’s death 💀

@mrwhips3623

10 ай бұрын

Assassination

@marcwhitlock5002

10 ай бұрын

probably 2 episodes from now, the videos are usually a couple weeks behind what is happening currently.

@dinomanaj9701

10 ай бұрын

It really isn't that big of a deal on the war though. I mean Wagner has been out of Ukraine for more than a month and their mutiny against Russia also failed. Most of them have either died or been integrated into Russia's proper army with only a few thousand making up whatever is left of Wagner. Prigozhin was certainly an interesting character but he isn't that relevant anymore for Ukraine. Africa on the other hand...

@danielbalderrama4137

10 ай бұрын

​@@dinomanaj9701his forces still number around 50,000 and the march to Moscow was made up of less than 10,000. Not only that but Putin had to in essence surrender to that march. What do you think a 50,000 men rebellion is going to do.

@dinomanaj9701

9 ай бұрын

​@@danielbalderrama4137 Those numbers are way old. Around 10,000 died in Ukraine, a few thousand of them are in Africa, after the mutiny thousands more have went into Russia's army or went home, the ones that actually went to Belarus are only like 5,000. And I doubt those 5,000 men would march into Russia again after last time. Besides Russia is more prepared this time so it won't be a surprise like it was the first time either. Wagner is done for, their relevancy died with Prigozhin.

I know it’s fun to lampoon the German army but bypassing minefields that insane really is the only thing you can do, unless you are willing to take heavy losses clearing the minefield in a (more or less) frontal assault. Until the invention of teleportation those will remain your only two options.

@marcwhitlock5002

10 ай бұрын

still was hilarious how he narrated it.

@ChristianThePagan

10 ай бұрын

@@BrickDaniels-qu7bz Well, I'm not saying I envy the Ukrainians of the situation they are confronted with of having to slowly burrow through those dystopian mine fields. However, they would have gotten the exact same answer that they got from the Germans from any other army they asked for advice on attacking through thick mine fields and that includes the US army. The way things stand their best hope is incremental advances combined with deep battle tactics to starve the Russians of logistics support. Oh, and they will most definitely need epic quantities of MICLICs and remote controlled mine clearing drones. Unless they can somehow organise a rapid attack across the Dnipro river, or around the Russian defences through the dried up mud flats of what used to be the Kakhovka Reservoir (which, incidentally, would be doing exactly what the Germans suggested).

@VanBrokkost

10 ай бұрын

I think one of the available doctrine is to heavy bombard the minefield, that would clear a good portion of that. I don't know how much is effective though and how many resourses it would actually need to succeed

@snapdragon6601

9 ай бұрын

I think they said that because in Afghanistan the biggest minefield they ran into was like 100×400 meters. The guys fighting in the world's militaries today have never seen a minefield that goes on and on basically unbroken for hundreds of kilometers to a depth of 2 or 3 kilometers. It's just astounding how many landmines the Russians have buried across Ukraine and it will take decades to clear them once this war is over.

@ChristianThePagan

9 ай бұрын

@@snapdragon6601 True, but the joke is also kind of on the Russians themselves. Even if the Russians manage to hold onto the ‘Crimea corridor’ they’ll have rendered their own conquest largely uninhabitable for the foreseeable future through their own minefields. If they want to keep that land they’ll have to leave the minefields untouched to deter the Ukrainians. Meanwhile it’s the local civilians who suffer the consequences.

Each and every one of your videos are immaculately narrated and presented with the perfect supporting animations. Thank you for another awesome mini documentary!

"Several tanks" is a really generous description.

U always repeat that Russian army is getting exhausted , but so is Ukraine army ?

@dabubba4603

9 ай бұрын

The Ukrainian army just broke through the surovikan line just in the last 48 hours. The Ukrainian army has taken heavy losses no doubt about it, but not enough to end this war anytime soon.

@larsporsena9529

9 ай бұрын

Ukraine rotates it’s troops; where Russia does not - many Russian soldiers have been in continuous contact for months.

@qq-wg3ng

9 ай бұрын

@@larsporsena9529 russians have 2 week vacations every half of year

@frfriedrice5536

8 ай бұрын

@@dabubba4603 Ukraine are still stuck at Verbove

@frfriedrice5536

8 ай бұрын

@@larsporsena9529 Ukraine don't rotate It's that their untrained soldiers don't return They have started recruiting women now

A much-needed nuanced explanation of what's going. Thanks!

Considering fighting against heavily entrenched opponents, no matter how weak or untrained they are, is a cast iron mother fker hard task, so it make sense to adopt a patient strategy, not to mention Ukraine is heavily dependent on Western supplies, hence they cant be wasteful with their equipments

@maxtomlinson8134

10 ай бұрын

nah, russia is just throwing eveyrthing at ukraine to stop them from gaining any advances the fortifcations suck

@danny2039abxhd

10 ай бұрын

@@yassinhafez1337 That is entirely dependant on the west. If western support is steadfast, ukraine will outlast the russians. If it's not, they wont.

@X.Y.Z.07

10 ай бұрын

@@danny2039abxhd the problem is that the Ukranian is pressured by the West to make significant progress, as to justify all the support that has been given.

@danny2039abxhd

10 ай бұрын

yep@@X.Y.Z.07

@cloudpoint0

10 ай бұрын

@@yassinhafez1337 How does that work when Ukraine has two to three times more ground troops than Russia has, with more Ukrainian troops arriving monthly at a faster rate than Russia could ever match with another mobilization and Russia having no more trained reserves at home that can be spared?

Always of High quality, your videos are very helpful in understanding the general situation and the events concurring to shape it. And really love your videos of wars and battles of the past!

Sounds a lot like the Western Front in WW1.

@cloudpoint0

10 ай бұрын

Did WW1 have a winner or is it still going on?

@mrwhips3623

10 ай бұрын

​@@cloudpoint0wow this war isn't even 2 years old and WW1 took 4 fking years!🤡

@johnmcgarvey4758

10 ай бұрын

It eventually stopped but everyone lost, some more than others but everyone lost.🤷‍♂️

@cloudpoint0

10 ай бұрын

@@johnmcgarvey4758 That's true of all wars. The end goal is to be the side that loses less. We have a special word for losing less - "victory".

@johnmcgarvey4758

10 ай бұрын

@@cloudpoint0 : 👍

I like the "recent developments" annotation box - it seems like a smart way to add more up-to-date information even after recording has wrapped.

Thanks for the update K & G.

It's nice watching a military conflict from a very far distance.

@oghuzkhan6136

9 ай бұрын

Nice? People are dying because of this stupid war.

@PUARockstar

9 ай бұрын

As Ukrainian who was target, I can't share your bloody cozyness

@user-xp5yu3tt2g

9 ай бұрын

@oghuzkhan6136 Of course, it's nice. Would you prefer to have a war at your doorstep? It's obvious that you agree with me. That's the only reason you see war documentaries like this one.

@user-xp5yu3tt2g

9 ай бұрын

@PUARockstar What do you mean you don't share my bloody coziness? Are you on the front line defending your country? No, you aren't, so you share the same bloody coziness as me.

@oghuzkhan6136

9 ай бұрын

@@user-xp5yu3tt2g The fact im watching war documentaries, doesnt mean im enjoying war. I simply want to know whats going on. And you might wanna check yourself friend because you're talking deranged

There is only one main problem for ukrainian army , the mines ..... the problem is that every armored vehicle can be destroyed by a mine and when you see the numbers of mines russian have placed ... it's almost impossible to advance without damage , and don't forget anti personnel mines combined.... so it's very tough situation for them ..... love your video as always , got my full support

@PluvioZA

10 ай бұрын

There is much more than "one main problem" for the ukranian army. They are under stocked, under geared and don't have the same level of armor, weapons and air superiority that Russia has, neither do they have the same level of manpower. If the West really wanted to help they would put everything on the table and give Ukraine EVERYTHING it needs to win, but instead the Western nations are dragging their feet and only trickling in support, not nearly enough to allow Ukraine to make a decisive victory. It's bullshit politics all the way down, and Ukrainians are dying in the thousands for it. (Russians too, but it's not sustainable for Ukraine)

@eberkovich

10 ай бұрын

@@PluvioZA Russians are currently losing 6 to 8 soldiers per one Ukrainian. Russians may run out of soldiers before Ukrainians do. And Ukrainians actually know what they are fighting for.

@maxtomlinson8134

10 ай бұрын

nope

@fikriakmal6459

10 ай бұрын

​@@eberkovich6-8 russia per ukranian? Im sorry but what? They are literally the one attacking here, it will be more believeble when they are defending and the media have really played a major role on (insert number russia) per ukranian Dont believe such bullsh8t because of my friend is a rusian and he say he didnt have proboem with the goverment forcefully recruiting him to the military Yet in the other hand we already see ukranian literally draging their young boy to the recruitment center

@fikriakmal6459

10 ай бұрын

Superior artilery, more air power and multiple defensive line And you believe russia have 6/8 times casulties per ukraine? Man, dont trust western media that much, i live in SouthEast asia btw(neutral country) We didnt have media that pick a side, just telling what they know

Great video y'all. I especially love the full map in the corner

I used to like your channel. But you are now putting pure propaganda garbage. Don't loose your credibility man. wars come and go.

@frfriedrice5536

8 ай бұрын

@@henryhudson9556 his entire video inaccurate and biased A month later Ukraines still haven't breached the Russian lines and still are where he said Ukrainians have breached IN this video (Verbove)

Thank you for not sugar coatting things, big ups for you all!

@senselesssai6828

10 ай бұрын

How is this not sugar coating?

@DW-vd6bd

9 ай бұрын

He sugarcoated the entire war and is still doing that. Certainly not neutral

@DW-vd6bd

9 ай бұрын

@@yusufsuleyman5666 idk maybe try analyse the conflict on a neutral level like some media does. Obviously the media is also very biased but at least they have their moments in which they are not simping for Ukraine

@senselesssai6828

9 ай бұрын

Yup. Neutral analysis is the way. Caspian report is a great example of it.@@DW-vd6bd

@addisonwelsh

9 ай бұрын

@@henryhudson9556 Russian bots. Pay them no mind.

Russia had sooooo much time to build defenses and minefields. Plus even untrained conscripts can sit Ina trench and defend

@robertsiwek7503

10 ай бұрын

hungry conscripts without altillery back up will not sit long

@zachary8491

10 ай бұрын

And they are still continuing to improve and build fortifications at a faster rate than the UAF advance.

@zachary8491

10 ай бұрын

​@@robertsiwek7503 strange comment

@scottyd3138

10 ай бұрын

@zachary8491 no they aren't

@eberkovich

10 ай бұрын

@@zachary8491 Actually, that is what Russian military military bloggers are reporting - lack of supplies and low artillery support. Remember, in the beginning of the video, a Russian general, the #2 in the 58th combined arms Army, was fired for complaining about the lack of supplies and artillery support.

This video depicts a little bit optimistic situation.

If I remember correctly in a past video talking about when and where the counter offensive would happen you mentioned that one of the generals or politicians of Ukraine had said for others to not have to high of expectation or enthusiasm of a easy breakthrough and to expect small gains

Looking forward to the Prigozhin episode.

I like how people try defending the failure of the counter offensive with other bs. It’s simple this war isn’t ours and we shouldn’t even be supplying it

@larsporsena9529

9 ай бұрын

Whack take, first now they are making progress, second for 5% of the USA’s military budget we can destroy our enemy’s army without a drop of American blood being shed, and deter China from Taiwan. We need to give Ukraine more, not less!

@frfriedrice5536

8 ай бұрын

@@henryhudson9556 "Yaroslav Hunka, the Ukrainian veteran who was applauded in parliament this week, served with a Nazi unit called the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS - also known as the Galicia Division - that was formed in 1943. But for some Ukrainians, these veterans are viewed as freedom fighters, who only fought alongside the Nazis to resist the Soviets in their quest for an independent Ukraine. The Galicia Division was a part of the Waffen-SS, a Nazi military unit that on the whole was found to have been involved in numerous atrocities, including the massacring of Jewish civilians. Several monuments dedicated to Ukrainian WWII veterans who served in the Galicia Division exist across the country. One such monument sits in a private Ukrainian cemetery in Oakville, Ontario, and features the insignia of the Galicia Division. Another was put up by Ukrainian WWII veterans in Edmonton, Alberta. A third, also in Edmonton, depicts the bust of Roman Shukhevych, a Ukrainian nationalist leader and Nazi collaborator, whose units are accused of massacring Jews and Poles." - BBC

@frfriedrice5536

8 ай бұрын

@@larsporsena9529 so you are happy to slaughter Ukrainians just because it makes Russia weaker?

Thank you great summary

Grate report from you as usual

You're soon to be surprised, sounds like.

@11:43 This information is either outdated or untrue. 30/33 of Ukraine's mechanized Brigades are in the fight. The remaining 3 are located in Chernihiv, Kyiv, and Sumy as a contingency for a possible Russian attack in these directions. Ukraine also has only 1 free Tank Brigade, and 1 free Motorized Brigade. These are also located in the aformentioned regions. The only forces not in combat are several Territorial Defense Brigades which are overwhelmingly lightly armed infantry for security. This is according to Western sources.

@longforgotten4823

9 ай бұрын

One should look at the chronology embedded in the video. This was late July early August.

@parabalani

9 ай бұрын

Where did you get the 30/33 number?

Thanks for this videos.

Thank you, guys.

Cant wait of a flight simulator clip with Prigozin in it🙂

Whenever you release vids, something major happens in Ukraine. *laughs in Prigozin*

Excellent analysis

Love thus channel!

the more time passes the hardest it will be to get through, a dire situation indeed. I think maybe a good option is fortifying their rear while counteroffensive pressures the front line, giving time to better define this frontline as a possible dmz in case of armistice

@cx24venezuela

9 ай бұрын

Ukraine have time in his side. The only big problem is Trump

@AMKPlayz

9 ай бұрын

@@cx24venezuela yeah I've been thinking the same thing. We just gotta hope he doesn't get elected next year or all that western aid is gone...

@enriqueperezarce5485

9 ай бұрын

@@AMKPlayzhighly doubt the US is going to give up unless catastrophic stuff happens

@AMKPlayz

9 ай бұрын

@@enriqueperezarce5485 as long as Biden is in power they won’t give up. But if you’ve heard trumps statements about Putin and the war, he’ll likely say to Russia: “take what you want” and he’ll say to Ukraine “give them what they want”.

@OldSchoolGM94

9 ай бұрын

​@@cx24venezuelaWhy do you think time favors Ukraine? The West will tire of this foreign war well before the Russians would.

The dynamic map is marvelous for viewer comprehension. Thank you!

This is so good!

If Surovikin doesn't surface soon I am going to have to assume Putin had him loaded into that lunar rocket. 🚀🌛

@KingsandGenerals

10 ай бұрын

He was dismissed and is likely under arrest

Your guys work is always so damn impressive!

The biggest mistake Ukraine made was voting for the "NATO weapons and Procurement Act" back in 2019 What do think would happen to the state of Texas if they voted for "Chinese Weapons and Procurement Act"

@smartkking4984

9 ай бұрын

Biggest mistake ukraine made was thinking nato equipment are invincible thats how western media thought too

@darrofelipe

9 ай бұрын

@@henryhudson9556 Texas had a brief independence from the u.s. and Mexico. It's a very small microcosm of Russia/Ukraine history. Ukraine is not technically a country. They did not go thru the 168 member U.N. General assembly for statehood. And I could give a rats ass what the Ukrainian people think.

@darrofelipe

9 ай бұрын

@@henryhudson9556 your not getting me. It was never voted on.

Thanks again

Nicely informative video

Ask Erich Von Manstein what he thinks of Russian defenses and minefields in particular.

Been waiting on this so so fucking bad man , Thank you so much your fucking ACE bro you really are! If you are you and If you want to know what Alexander the Great done & how he changed warfare as we know it from what the men eat , to the horses and what they packed Weapons etc , You are in the right place. To Afghanistan & Vietnam To the bush wars and Great war and WW2 and the small but key & Major battles this is my go to Guy best of the best And this topic is a hard one , But i really wanted to hear your depth of knowledge on Warfare and strategy on all Conflicts and The take a way's from history we can learn from , So to get your Honest Opinion and assessment , Is Priceless man I Can't thank you enough!!

@KoZaKRaidZ

9 ай бұрын

They really are a great team. Blessing us with this knowledge for free

The best quality content

impressive animations, very nice.

4:12 While the western allies certainly could've been more expedient in delivering tanks, apcs, and even jets, you go to war with the army you have. These vehicles require the training and infrastructure to support them. Any earlier delivery of such vehicles would not have impacted the war in any significant degree.

@Icemann89

9 ай бұрын

It would. They just had to send one type of each weapon class and as soon as possible instead of sending mix of everything at a slow pace.

@pmeagle

9 ай бұрын

The delaying has been mostly in public announcements. If the Pentagon leaks were true, the weapons were already being delivered and troops being trained. Usually the West has been announcing packages AFTER already initiating the preparations for them.

@neurofiedyamato8763

9 ай бұрын

It would have. If they had been training Ukrainian on tanks and jet during the first 6 months, they would have them NOW when they need it most. Constantly saying "it is not needed now" was idiotic. The fact they need training and delivery times mean that you do it early so when they need it, its available. Now they say "no point in sending it since it won't make it in time." And they wonder why that is?! Like obviously if we do training now they won't get it in time, its why they should have done it half a year ago at latest. They will keep finding reasons to delay and delay and then blame the Ukrainian for inadequately apply NATO tactics when these new guys with no experience spent a fraction of the time to learn. And ofc the Ukrainian would default to old tactics since they never had time to acclimate when you give it to them 1-2 months prior to the offensive

@novusregnum

9 ай бұрын

@@neurofiedyamato8763 What I’m saying is that Leopards and Abrams are not wonder weapons. Other weapons like HIMARS definitely have had a significant impact. But to think that all Western apcs and tanks would make the Ukrainians have a much better chance at victory is folly. They have no air support. These vehicles are not invincible either. While I do think we should’ve been faster in giving them what they need, everyone thought Ukraine was going to lose in the first few months

Sadly, with the Autumn season due to start in September, with the attendant, horrible, mud. I think we may have to accept that, without a huge break through in say the next couple of weeks, that the counter offensive has largely failed. Wish it wasn't so. But I don't see them pulling this off.

@smartlucker4011

10 ай бұрын

Trust in AFU, they know what they’re doing. All that’s needed at a minimum is tokmak

@mahojohodge5395

10 ай бұрын

I disagree. If the Russian army has no significant artillery or tanks left by the rainy season (likely), AND has to conscript again (I think it's almost 100% that they'll need another conscription round in September) AND is being even more logistically threatened than they are now by further moderate ukrainian gains, Ukraine won't need much heavy armour to advance significantly in the wet season. They made big advances in September last year without western armour because of Russian weakness at those positions. Russian positions are only getting weaker with time. Time is working against russia and for ukraine.

@FelixstoweFoamForge

10 ай бұрын

@@mahojohodge5395 I wish I could feel the same way buddy, I really do. (And I didn't mention Western armour, It was mostly old kit, like leopard 1, and was sent for political reasons, not because it really changed anything). But I do, sadly feel, the attrition suffered so far, plus the affect the autumn mud will have on logistics and resupply to combat units, means this offensive, without a pretty much immediate break through, has shot it's bolt, and the horrible suffering will continue.

@greek7281

10 ай бұрын

@@mahojohodge5395 only getting weaker by time? every day this stalemate in zaparoshia continues means another trench dug and another defensive line dug. the reason ukraine is having such a hard time was because of their indecisions and stalling a attack of zaparoshia. now they are severely struggling to get past the 1st line of defence. in some directions there is 4 more lines waiting for them. most of their flagship units are completely depleted and it took them almost 2 years to set them up ukraine has been through 5 mobilizations and russia so far only 2. time is on russias side. not on ukraines side sure they are slowly putting some hurt on russia but I don't think its enough. ukraines total population shrunk from 44 million to under 30 in the matter of 2 years. conscription officers are having a hard to convincing young men to even come with them. to the point they got impressing gangs of 5 guys to force them to come with. some conscription officers even got murdered. So its only gonna get worse not better.

@stefanoruggeri9935

10 ай бұрын

Considera the autumn mud does not last long (normally), and Ukraine can keep attacking. Maybe we Will not have a big kaboom, but victory can be achieved also as a sum of Little successes.

amazing documentary as always

Now it look like Stalingard before soviet counter offensive.

@frfriedrice5536

8 ай бұрын

@@henryhudson9556 Ukraine is recruiting women now so yeah buddy they don't have the manpower While 250k Russian volunteers are on the sidelines

There is no war with out problems.

Thanks!

Ukraine is gambling against an enemy that knows the exact intent of Ukraines counteroffensive. Will Russia sit idly by for the AFU to gain strategic initiative in the Zaporizhia front. Highly unlikely!

@flowershopapt

10 ай бұрын

On the other hand, what are they going to do about it? They lack the offensive potential to put much more pressure than they already are. Their response is the offensive in the north - a small feint obviously just trying to draw fire away from Zaporizhia. I imagine without another wave of mobilization it will be the most they can manage for a long while.

Robotyne is more tactically important than most people think. Having that area puts Tokmak within artillery range.

@esportsprodigybuhanil933

9 ай бұрын

Agreed. When AFU liberated Robotyne Russian Telegram channels treated it as one simple village but when Russians counter attacked with an intent of taking Robotyne back pro Russian telegrams treated the reports of taking of singe building withing the village as a war winning moment even when there was no evidence of Russian advance.

@andrewrosser8909

9 ай бұрын

Are you sure? I thought they needed to get a few km closer? It’s about 30km isn’t it? What’s artillery range?

@LutherusPXCs

9 ай бұрын

Placing artillery in robotyne without clearing the flanks will get equipment destroyed

@ozzyhaye

9 ай бұрын

It's their last full brigade...even if they can break through there's 100,000 troops waiting to outflank them.

@ozzyhaye

9 ай бұрын

It's their last full brigade...even if they can break through there's 100,000 troops waiting to outflank them.

thank you

Artillery the mine fields ... create breach points and use these to create paths to the command posts

@blackcorp0001

10 ай бұрын

CoH player 😊

It doesn't matter how much mine clearing equipment there is, going through these minefields without air superiority and artillery dominance is basically poised to fail; the 2nd El Alamein battle is a reference for what it requires to punch through a fortified position head on. With only about 2 offensive corps, it was plain foolhardy to attack along the most expected line. Only the Cherson sector around Kozachi Laheri offered a reasonable target for such a limited offensive effort (I already wrote that at the outset of the offensive). How far can you hope to get with 50000 offensive troops? Only cutting off of the westernmost part of the front made for a reasonable objective of operational value, force the Russians to redeploy to the West and attack them on the way. Would have been a meatgrinder still but maybe it could have worked out successfully, however, the stalemate now persists. Predicted next moves: escalation of the war in 2024, with war officially being declared, further Russian mobilization (reasons are easy to come by now), and a new theatre of operations being opened.

I know this is not related to the video, but may I suggest a video on the 3rd Jewish revolt, the Bar Kochba Rebellion? Thank you, hope you'll produce it.

@KingsandGenerals

10 ай бұрын

It is planned

I agree with most of what Ukraine has strategized thus far, with perhaps the exception of Bakhmut. I was surprised to see them bring reinforcement units in to hold it (I think most people were). I think it made more sense just to withdraw the forces completely from the western portions of the town and position them with sufficient artillery on the high ground toward Kramatorsk.

@alphagamer9505

7 ай бұрын

I think they decided to held Bakhmut simply because was a way to tie down Wagner in the city as they were Russia best troops Defending its easier to attack, so Ukraine turned Bahkmut into a Wagner Meatgrinder It worked so well that Wagner revolted Against Russia

After the title, my fears proved to be wrong. This was an outstanding video presentation with a correct and sincere portrait of the current situation.Will share!👍 Some notes. -The russians DID send some VDV forces and artillery from the Cherson region to Zaporizhzhia front. Cherson now has only minor artillery units and 'mobiks', green and ill-trained fresh mobilized forces. Ukraine has freshly trained marines at its disposal. Still, the logistics are not in favor of an Ukrainian offensive here. But Russia seems to allow some 'leaking' of its security in the Cherson region. With no reserves available, they take a risk of breaktrough somewhere in the southern Cherson-Zaporizhzhia front., having hardly flexibility to counter such crisis. -Western intelligence confirms serious russian artillery losses, about 20-25 pieces a day since the counteroffensive, and often double digits in tanks and other vehicles as well. Ukraine postpones a full push, to preserve its soldiers as primary concern. Equipment can be replaced by western allies, but in case of a long conflict, soldiers cant. Besides that, for strategic succes the counteroffensive only needs to reach the strategic heights and other vital points of logistic value in central Zaporizhzhia. They dont need to reach the coast, just advance another 25 km to the south, like from liberated Robotyne. -The russian offensive towards Kupiansk DID force Ukraine to deploy some reserves, meant for the Zaporizhzhia counteroffensive. Still they have signficant unengaged units. As Ukraine Matters expects, the real push can be expected mid-september. So far, attrition is doing a great job. Western allies still train new reserves for Ukraine and Russia will be forced to conduct a new mobilization, if they want to cope with the current situation. Even the primary advantage of Russia in artillery has been minimized, there is a new parity. This has also been reached in tanks and develops further in favor of Ukraine. -Yet, in an interview with Perun, Danish military expert A.P Nielsen notes the possiblity of a war that might take some more years to be concluded, even into 2026. So, the start of training pilots and pledges of F-16 jets are probably useful after winter, but not this year.

@louismonnier4793

10 ай бұрын

A Ukrainian larger offensive in mid-September does seem kinda unlikely, they are probably waiting for next year's F16 an other jets to really start pushing with minimal casualties and maximal effectiveness.

@cz1589

10 ай бұрын

@@louismonnier4793 well, i dont think they will try to reach the coast at all costs before autumn. However, gaining the strategic positions in central Zaporizhzhia is a feasible objective and worth serious investments. Its not whether Ukraine can push through now, but more how many soldiers they are willing to sacrifice. So the conservative push and attrition will continue as long as possible before making the final move. Anyway, when gaining the strategic heights, they might consolidate their new positions and advantage, before moving towards the coast. The lower lands can wait till spring. With new units, tanks, planes and GLSD'bs. Anyway, we dont need to wait long to see the final chapters of the counteroffensive to evolve and draw some final conclusions of its succes.

You're doing a million dollar job. Keep it up. This is the way

Uhhh sir there's a lot of mines what should we do? "go around them" XD

Great 👍 video

Ukraine made a big mistake using tanks in their counter offensive

Yo K&G, did you hear the news? Prigo was blown up mid air!

@SakiniCZ

10 ай бұрын

Is anybody really surprised?

@MikhailTabigay

10 ай бұрын

@@24tommy109that’s right, the guy should have settled his scores in Moscow and at least die there, instead of getting shot by a surface to air missile.

@NoVisionGuy

10 ай бұрын

@@24tommy109 yeah, he should've known better, even billionaires are getting killed by Putin for betrayal.

@SakiniCZ

10 ай бұрын

@@24tommy109 It´s what happens when you become a burden and seciurity risk to the Russian state, they are extremely tolerant even to open criticism, but there is a clear red line.

@zimti7390

10 ай бұрын

​@@SakiniCZOpen to criticism? That's a new one, given how criticism of the very very special operation literally is considered "discrediting" the armed forces and gets ordinary people thrown in jail

Such a good video

This is absolutely amazing video, delivers totally transparent vision and understanding of actual stage of the conflict!

Slow compared to what? To retreat from Kabul?

@leopoldtselig5593

10 ай бұрын

Snap!!

@kazearqaz1734

10 ай бұрын

Took 20 days to capture to retake a village. That is damn slow

@kazearqaz1734

10 ай бұрын

Took 20 days to capture to retake a village. That is damn slow

@sidjoosin6549

10 ай бұрын

@@kazearqaz1734 better share your knowledge, go there and teach how properly fight Russian army for dummies, nowadays seems everyone knows how easily defeat entrenched opponent that have dominance in aircraft, navy, artillery, rockets and manpower, so do not keep in a secret how you usually fight Russian army

@kazearqaz1734

10 ай бұрын

@@sidjoosin6549 You asked how slow, I gave a response. Simple as that really.

Would you be able to do a video on The Knights Templar and any factual around them, where they were, what did they do and such. Recently up to 8 graves have been found with a mix of Templar Knight so it re peaked my curiosity on this subject. Or if anyone knows any other channels that have done a good video with as much truth as possible I'd appreciate it

When doing counteroffensive there's alot of risk and technically much harder than what can you think of, specially with limited supply and ammunition technically it's pretty hard for Ukraine to foresaw what they're hoping to get as far as i know if doing counter offensive the more you wait and halt the time the more risk of being compromised and the Russia would likely adapt to it. expect more casualties will happen within Ukraine because of counteroffense takenote "it's easy to defend it's hard to attack"

Been watching your videos since the start of the war. Love your videos, always so insightful!

I feel old now . I’ve been following kings and generals since they had 20 k subscribers

Is the answer landmines, artillery, trenches and airpower?

@PluvioZA

10 ай бұрын

The answer is for Western nations to stop the bullshit and actually give Ukraine everything it needs to win, but no it's just a slow trickle of gear due to politics. Ukrainians are dying every single day and the West barely cares enough to take this seriously. And yeah, I wouldn't consider billions of support serious, considering the EU + US can provide hundreds of billions and it would still be under 5% of those countries GDP.

@LNGD_46

9 ай бұрын

Showels

Dope video

Neither of the sides will achieve momentum shifting victory's quickly or easily. To much defensive infrastructure at theis point. They will just bounce back and forth, "attack and stall out, ok your turn" this go on for a while.

@victorcode2075

9 ай бұрын

Smartest comment here. This war is in the hands of the defending side. Very WW1 like.

The previous Ukrainian offensive was successful due to a campaign of destruction in the Russian backline. Ukraine waited a lot of months, blowing up enemy equipment in the rear that would be vital in the defense against the counteroffensive.

@blacmagicwand

9 ай бұрын

The previous offensives were only successful because an undermanned defense packed up and Left. Somehow Ukraine's generals were expecting a repeat of the same thing and got pummeled

@longforgotten4823

9 ай бұрын

I remember the shaping of the logistics net work for the retaking of the Wright bank of the Dnipro began in early July of last year. It takes time, and this region is the size of Normandy.

@belluh-1huey102

9 ай бұрын

@endless9883 the defenses were actually manned properly, but the attrition of drone strikes hitting targets led to them being not filled

@Wraith8s

9 ай бұрын

Pure rubbish..Russian lines were undermanned and stretched. Ukraine is much better armed and advised than the last offensive. Stop making excuses for a failure.

@Wraith8s

9 ай бұрын

​@@belluh-1huey102 Again, pure rubbish, Ukraine had HIMARS strikes agreed, but to say the Russian lines were properly manned is just a shameless untruth. Why do you think the lines got stabilised and ground to a halt after Russia mobilized men?

Can we all appreciate the fact that Kings & Generals never disappointed us with its content. 🤗🤚

Regarding the losses they include damaged equipment. Meaning they are being repaired. I think the number of confirmed destroyed leopard 2’s are 4 at the moment of writing this

Thanks for sharing!! Ave Maryia

You would have thought that German trainer might have been a little more understanding, since you know, the failure of the Wehrmacht vs entrenched strong Soviet defences during Operation Citadel. Shame they dismantled that massive railway gun they used to flatten Sevastopol, or can't go north into Russia proper and sneak around the back of the Donbas like Army Group South did... kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIxnyqd6ZJeznrg.htmlsi=nnd6FHqF4xQdFzxo

@JK-hd9raton

9 ай бұрын

Shame ?

Hey @KingsandGenerals, great video again. Two things: 1) What's the name of the song at 19:00? 2) Down the line, I've got a new series in mind for you: The Syrian Kurdish (Rojava) war against ISISI, from around 2013 to 2019. So from the early and unknown battles where the YPG made a name for themselves and set up their own autnonomous region, to the siege of Kobani, to Raqqa, and finally to Baghuz

@ekn_38

9 ай бұрын

Yeah no I am not interested I genocidal maniac terrorists fighting against genocidal maniac terrorists

Thanks

Finally y’all here get with reality.

With the recent news stories circulating about the plane crash that Wagner leadership was supposedly were killed in when it crashed, the ramifications have yet to be understood how this could help or hinder the front during counteroffensive measures.

@IAsimov

10 ай бұрын

Authoritarian regimes focus by having only one head at the top, and loyalty being more important to the regime than capabilities (in fact, capability being outright dangerous to the regime). This is another lost officer to the war, which is never good for an army that forbids independent thinking, but we've yet to see the front change. The war has been at a stalemate for months, now. That, and we've yet to see Wagner Troops' collective reaction to the """accident.""" They weren't happy about Putin's treatment, so while we may see a lack of a unifying figure, they can also share their anger over being used as cannon fodder.

it will work soon

ill say it again, may peace and love for fellow h7uman beings make this war end as soon as possible. RIP to those lost in this senseless war

@danielbalderrama4137

10 ай бұрын

Putin dies and the war is massively scaled down to possibly ended.

@user-jc4oi1xg1z

10 ай бұрын

not with ruZZians/

If an offensive fails to achieve its goals- it is a failure. It has taken Ukraine nearly 3 months and they are still stuck before the first line.

@iPodiMaster

9 ай бұрын

In the war between good and evil, even a stalemate can be a form of victory

@berkutonemusic

9 ай бұрын

@@iPodiMaster no.

@berkutonemusic

9 ай бұрын

@@henryhudson9556 zaporizhzhia is not kherson. Every time the russians have fought back ukrainian attacks they've made lackluster progress.

@berkutonemusic

9 ай бұрын

@henryhudson9556 stronger defensive lines. Much more ukrainian casualties. Western equipment. I can go on.

@lrdvdr

9 ай бұрын

well, going by your logic Russian offensive is definitely a failure

Looking forward for the new episode(s) devoted to Ukrainian conflict

How do you know all this?

Or Ukraine needs to be sponsored by Masterworks

Well the good news is the RU cant really advance either, so my question is when exactly are they all gonna sign a ceasefire? Neither side will break through.

@4Fixerdave

9 ай бұрын

Did the Ukrainians break through in Kherson? Did they sign a ceasefire? Did the Russians leave? The Russians will leave all of Ukraine. It's just a matter of time, which is on Ukraine's side.

@SuleimanTheIndifferent

9 ай бұрын

@@4Fixerdave Kherson wasnt a breakthrough it was earned by exploiting the supply lines over the dnieper striking the pontoon bridges daily, it was a forced retreat not a breakthrough it was done by Artillery not Armor. Kharkiv was an armored breakthrough but that was because it was against a thin and shallow line, Russia has since doubled its personnel in Ukr and established multiple entrenched defensive lines, history shows at Kursk and the Bulge that Armored attacks cant break through multiple defensive lines in one push, Zaporista offensive will not breakthrough

@4Fixerdave

9 ай бұрын

@@SuleimanTheIndifferent "Kherson wasnt a breakthrough..." Yes, I agree on all counts. I asked 3 questions... the answers to the first 2 were obviously 'No', the 3rd 'Yes'. Just pointing out that a breakthrough is not necessary for Ukraine to win significant territory back. I consider this a reasonable model for how the rest of the war will go. Sorry you missed that. Oh, and the timing is about right for another Kharkiv style surprise. I wonder where the Ukrainians have picked? Not required, but the timing is right if they decide.

@daledullnig1778

9 ай бұрын

Ceasefire world take Ukraine out of the media, thereby accelerating Ukraine fatigue, and put them one step closer to being politically strongarmed into giving up the land Russia stole. Don't think it's ideal for them to do so.

Winter will be very interesting. Lack of Russian supplies most likely

@Salty-Doggy

10 ай бұрын

That is if Russia actually has a lack of supplies.

the main problem with the offensive is the stupid analysts on main stream media, "just report the news and keep your half baked commentary to yourself Ron Burgundy's of cable news".