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The official Ukrainian position is that "the Ukraine" is both grammatically and politically incorrect. 'The Ukraine' implies a disregard for Ukraine's sovereignty. Don't get your panties in a twist, this is just a polite correction for future reference. Not everyone will know your position, and using "the Ukraine" without someone already knowing where you stand can cause misunderstandings.
@@TheGreySpectrum "'The Ukraine' implies a disregard for Ukraine's sovereignty." Only in their minds. It's a place and a country. They have no business dictating how Englishmen speak.
@@HunterShows in English "Ukraine" is the correct term, while e.g. in German they still say "Die Ukraine" without any intention of disregard. However, "the Ukraine" in English is a term used by people like Solowjow, when he speaks English. No Ukrainian will do it like that in English.
@@BahamutCat_Lover33 There's hardly anyone left in the Ru military with actually experience. Training takes years, not days or weeks. They just don't have any practical experience to draw upon. In some cases they only have outdated Soviet doctrine and tactics.
Im wondering if Ukraine was training a large number of new forces all year just to throw them in behind the invading troops to back them up and to help transfer supplies to the front ! we haven't heard anything about the number of troops that are now into Kersch.
Remember when all the Z-trolls claimed that Ukraine had no soldiers left, while PooTin was saving his strongest forces for later? Remember when the Z-trolls thought that RuZZia was safe behind PooTin’s “red lines”? Those were the days …
Russia's problem is ghost soldiers. Corrupt officers enlisting fake soldiers to collect money. Then they pilfer the defense budget too. Equipment often goes into disrepair. Russia lies about everything.
Oh -- I love those "Remember"! Remember when NATO guaranteed CCCP the Neutralitiy og ALL its neighbours in 1992? Remember when your stand-up comedian (Sele---whatever) PROMISED the weapons would only be used DEFENSIVLY? Remember that Nuclear Tests on your own territory are within the souvereignity of that country... Rotfront!
Also -- wth are Z-trolls? Not even google knows, what that gibberish is -.- Have you ever read any history books? Why did Nikita Chruscev gift the Krim to Ukraine? When was the 1st Krim-War (you surely at least have seen that Simpson episode) and how did it end? Maybe stick to card- and mobilegames...
@@AND-od5jt Russian trolls are typically paid bots from Russian lie industry like no other country do. They have fresh accounts and don’t show any source or evidence or clear date and place and they can’t answer clear questions and they lie Russian propaganda. And Russian trolls can’t explain anything. Why this war? Who would have a better life? Why not peace and UN blue helmets? Never answers… Do you know the Soviet Union post mark from 1954? It celebrates „military union of UKRAINE and Russia“ in 1654. Ukraine fought for independence from kingdom Poland-Lithuania with help of partners in Crimea. Ukraine - land of Cossacks (check these old maps!) Crimea- land of Tatars. Both never connected to Russia. First time Russia occupied Ukraine and Crimea in 1783 till 1917. only 130 years. Kyiv was big empire in 9th century and Vladimir I brought orthodox church to Slavic area. Mongols destroyed Kyiv Rus and Ukraine was part of commonwealth Lithuania-Poland from 13th till 17th century. In 1658 Ukrainian Cossacks started own hekmatat and tried military union with Moscovities. Moscovities (later they stole the name „russia“) started their principally in 14th century in a new town: Moscow. After mongols left west Russian territories. Ivan the terrible made Moscovities very strong, later with Tsar Peter I till Alaska. In 1783 Moscovities occupied Ukraine and Crimea for 130 years. In 1917 russia lost WW1 and Finland Poland Ukraine Belarus Lithuania Estonia Latvia … started their new independence. Ukraine independent including Crimea. 1917-1922. Ukraine army liberated Kharkiv Poltova Melitopol and Crimea from Russian troops in 1918. But finally Russia won and forced Ukraine in union with Kasachstan Georgia Belarus russia…= Soviet Union. In 1945 Ukraine founding member state of United Nations! In 1991 referendum and 92.3% voted for independence from Russia (in Donbas 87%, on Crimea 57%). Wiki: „Russian web brigades,[a] also called Russian trolls, Russian bots, Kremlinbots, or Kremlin trolls are state-sponsored anonymous Internet political commentators and trolls linked to the Russian government.[1][2] Participants report that they are organized into teams and groups of commentators that participate in Russian and international political blogs and Internet forums using sockpuppets, social bots, and large-scale orchestrated trolling and disinformation campaigns to promote pro-Putin and pro-Russian propaganda“
What strikes me the most, is the fact that Ukraine was able to keep the planning and preparations of this so quiet... and/or how able they were to mislead Russian command. I mean, this is not the first time, that Ukraine caught the Russians with their pants down.
Budanov kept talking about a russian incursion into Sumy oblast. Provided perfect cover for the stationing and gradual accumulation of troops in the area. russians probably convinced themselves they tricked Ukraine into believing something that was not, no ru invasion into Sumy
You may also mention that this invasion by Ukraine is a terrible blow to Putin's image and words and I think it's another crack in the facade of Russian might.
Putin's image is irrelevant. His serfs see politics as completely out of their realm. They are all completely indifferent to anything to do with the state of their nation. They only act when told to act. Putin could be dead and someone would replace him and as long as it's clear that the country will be ruled with authority, nobody will do anything.
The scary part is that Putin, like Trump, is never wrong, never loses, and always wins. How do you "negotiate" with that sort of personality? It's going to be some serious 3 dimensional chess diplomacy.
@@DrakeN-ow1imAs if no Russian collusion wasn't enough, he bombed Putin's airbase with a hundred tomahawk missiles for trying to get uppity. How many missiles has Biden/Harris sent towards Syria and Russia's other bases?
@@DrakeN-ow1im Unfortunately, that is true. We here in the USA see his insane prattling about his friends like Putin, Kim, Xi and Victor. I wish we could just exile him and be done. Guess I have to wait until November. I am waiting to see how his sentencing goes next month.
An underrated aspect is that this also puts war closer to the general Russian public. I don‘t want civilians to die of course, but I think them feeling the pressure and knowing that it isn’t just a war that happens abroad, but a war that could come to them or their friends and families might help in making people that were neutral critical of the war and those that were slightly negative more vocal.
That's why all of these analysts now commenting and giving Ukraine options are clueless. It's Ukraine's own secret operation. They know what their goals are, not some retired generals or paid talking heads in western countries that didn't eve see this coming.
they may have got rid of the last of their pro-russian traitors ... was a big problem in the beginning and caused most of the early successes of rude-ssia
With overwhelming superiority, the Red Army went into battle for the Minsk-Moscow highway in 1943, especially between Vitebsk and Orsha. Their losses were 14 times the German defenses, more than 530,000 soldiers. It became an example of incompetent leadership. Today's Russian army acts in good tradition.
To be able to push this offensive in multiple fronts with your best and most hardened units and you reserve forces and newer recruits are still holding the defense in the rest of the country pretty much as they were before the offensive started. That alone is incredibly impressive.
Keep in mind, Muscovy is still slowly grinding forward in the Donbas. Niu York (I think that’s how they spell it) is slowly falling for instance. The good news though is that most of the units being transferred to stop Ukraine in Kursk were meant to be the reserves for the Donbas units.
@@cubefreak123 So what? Let them pay for every inch and once their army is destroyed, they will take it back. Russians are throwing vast amounts of resources there but those resources are not infinite as some orcs may think.
one thing we don't know is what further reserves Ukraine may have. smart leadership would have some to back up the eastern front, and possibly for use if the southern front is seen to thin out anywhere between Donbas and Kherson.
This is one of the best videos I've ever watched by Reporting from Ukraine. Thank you so much for your deadly accurate reporting. Its the real deal compared to the some of the other "want a be' reporters on the Ukraine war" who really don't have a clue by comparison.
In think the endgame here is to force Russia to restart conscription. This would be wildly unpopular in the centers of power - St Petersburg and Moscow. And it could lead to mass unrest and instability for Putin and the Kremlin.
Russia never stopped conscription the vast majority of soldiers in Ukraine if not all are conscripts. Even the ones captured recently were conscripts. Not trying to be mean at all so allow me to clarify. When Russia did its mass mobilization it was drafting anyone and all reservists and former soldiers back into the Russian army. Russia now requires mandatory one-year service for those 18-27 or 30.
@@Predator42ID Restart conscription refers to getting more conscripts. As in, getting new recruits forcibly. “Ending conscription” will not end an already active and existing contract for a newly conscripted recruit.
The mass are so depoliticised it won’t make a difference. They see it as a way of life. I think they can afford to do it again easily without causing much unrest. Don’t think they can do it again after this though …… then the mass might start to think, but in the absence of an alternative perceived legitimate power to Putin, they’re pretty much stuck with their heads in the sand.
That would wreck the labor needed for the harvest and food distribution. The Russian harvest is fast moving and historically hard for them to coordinate. The result is a lot of the crop rots in rail cars and on the side of road. Requires a lot of people and trucks moving from south to north over 2-3 months. Trucks, gasoline and workers. Where could Russia get them from? Hmmm.
@@Predator42IDRussia doesn't conscript under 21 anymore because they (rightfully) see teenagers as more of a problem than a benefit. The only country so far to raise the age above 18, although Ukraine still technically only pulls over 25 year olds as well so until they draft lower they also apply.
Thanks for the update. My utmost respect to the heroes for the AFU! The Ukrainian's are doing phenomenal work. Slava Ukraini. HEROYAM SLAVA!! ГЕРОЯМ СЛАВА. СЛАВА УКРАЇНІ 💪🙏💙💛💙💛💙💛
The People of Ukraine, your Heroic Warriors and your Amazing Leader President Zelenski...."Never Give up, Never Despair." We all stand by your side in Support, Prayers and Hope...God Bless Ukraine from the UK
...all they needed was the ammunition that Zelensky asked for at the outset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is shameful that there was so much hesitancy by EU and USA authorities to assist.
It does indeed seem, that this was not only thoroughly planned as a "kick in the nuts" to embarrass old Vladolf. But they also seem to have made proper plans to go further, if the initial attack were successful (as it has turned out to be). It also seems, that Russian command still sees this as a "bluff", trying to entice them to move other forces away from front line positions within Ukraine. Let's see how far this "bluff" goes... Slava Ukraini.
The trouble for Russia is, no matter what they do, it hurts them. 1) Do nothing and hope Ukraine runs out of steam - Russia looks weak and Ukraine can exploit open borders for sabotage. 2) Rely on existing conscripts, get conscripts killed on Russian soil after Putin swore and oath on national television he was winning the war and no Russian conscript would ever die on Russian soil while he was in power - Russia and Putin look weak. 3) The Draft for sudden massive manpower surge to overwhelm Ukrainian positions and reduce Russian casualties from poorly trained mass assaults. - Putin again swore no draft because he was winning the war he started, Putin and Russia look weak. 4) Scorched earth tactics on Russian soil (They are already doing this in some areas ahead of Ukrainian advances) - Russia betrays its own people, and those people go deeper into Russia (With Ukrainian saboteurs among them) and spread word of the government burning entire Oblasts of civilians alive. Putin and Russia look weak. 5) Recall forces in Ukraine, give up recent gains to reinforce the homeland. - Russia looks weak, territorial losses come with disrespect of the fallen and generals and common soldiers becoming pissed or feeling betrayed by Putin.
It is a dilemma: Rz weakning their attack in Ukraine, means they will be weak there and get kicked hard. Not seriously depending and counter attacking, Ukraine will keep moving forward until they can cut off the supply lines for the invasion.
These Ukrainian actions are very important because they are giving a clear signal to other interested parties that they can take territories with little to no resistance.
Stop supporting the country that invaded Finstan and Russia. You are Literally believing propaganda. This war has nothing to do with Ukraine independence but with Finstan Independence. Zelinky should be arrested and charged with using Mustard gas on Finstan freedom Fighter
They said what??? 🤣🤣🤣 Updated! "Kyiv in three days." (Lukashenko, Solovyov, Simonyan) "We have no plans to invade Ukraine. It is a provocation by the West." (Sergey Lavrov, February 22nd 2022) "We are not planning to occupy Ukrainian territories. We are not going to impose anything on anyone by force." (Vladimir Putin, February 24th 2024) "Conscript soldiers are not participating in hostilities and will not participate in them. And there will be no additional call-up of reservists.." (Vladimir Putin, March 2022) "Everything is going according to plan." (Putin, March 2022) "There will be serious consequences if Finland joins NATO." (Dmitri Peskov, May 2022) "Kherson is russian forever!" (Andrei Turchak, United Russian General Council, May 2022) "I am not bluffing!" (Putin, September 2022) "We will knock down Patriot missile systems." (Putin, December 2022) "The T90 tank is the best in the world!" (Putin, June 2023) "Khinzal hypersonic missiles are unstoppable." (Sergey Shoigu, October 2023) "The invaders have been stopped." (Valery Gerasimov, on day 2 of the Kursk incursion, August 2024) "Do not cross that red line!" (Putin, Lavrov, Medvedev, Peskov, all the time.)
Even if Ukraine is within artillery distance of Kursk's nuclear power plant, I dont foresee the UAF attacking it becauee, unlike RU's military, they aren't animals
they can take out the powerlines that go out from there,, or in other words , switch of the power ;o),,no need to damage the plant it self ,russia has blown a dam, and attacked many power infrastructures in ukr,, ,so being close to the plant migh t stop the russians from doing that from now on,,
I don't think Ukraine would stoop to that kind of wanton (and petty) damage of civilian infrastructure... doesn't mean they can't do a little trolling while they're in the neighbourhood, though!
@@MrMortullUkraine would absolutely destroy civilian infrastructure if NATO allows it, however they wouldn't target the plant itself, that's asking for a radiation cloud to be blown over your own territory. But given the chance, destroying powergrids, fuel storage etc etc has tactical benefits
Looking forward to the day we learn how the UAF were able to mitigate and minimize Russian FPV drones to the extent that the Ukrainians are able to conduct combined arms maneuvering in Kursk Oblast. Just stunning how rapidly the UAF is advancing!
they probably don't have much in the way of FPV drones in that direction (if any) and they are at a disadvantage moving them around because their LoC are really long compared to UA.
Ukraine Matters covered this recently. From what I understand, recon units go out with strong EW systems to scramble all enemy FPVs, Ukraine follows up with their own drone swarms synced to enter the area of the recon units right as the EW systems are turned off. The drones do their work and the main pushing force of the AFU follows up immediately afterwards. It’s basically the drone swarm equivalent of a creeping barrage.
Ukraine Matter said Ukrainians are switching the frequencies of their drones so fast Russia can't counter them. It's a new tactic they kept hidden until this operation. It's like the Borg in Star Trek adjusting to phaser fire frequency...
@@TOMAS-lh4er Seems like word is getting out that surrendering is safe. There are stories of retreating soldiers being turned around by Akhmat "soldiers" so then they turn around and surrender.
@@zhadez10Surrender for both sides is safety, away from the front lines. Retreat for both sides will get you a bullet. It's pretty common sense which one everyone prefers, but even then both sides usually only surrender when they've run out of ammo first. Gotta look like you tried.
Truly remarkable achievements by every aspects of the SOLDIERS OF UKRAINE and LEADERSHIP SKILLS, INTELLIGENCE EVERYTHING. The whole world is in awe of the current circumstances on the battlefield being achieved by UKRAINE. Always informative, insightful and well presented!! It's truly uplifting THANKYOU. GLORY TO UKRAINE!!!
Not sure how it is that remarkable, it is painfully obvious Russia wasn't expecting Ukraine to be so audacious. Very few Russian soldiers and equipment have been taken considering that this border was technically a front line and evidently was sparingly manned by mostly new recruits. I'm not sure how much firepower Ukraine will be willing to divert from defending Donbas especially as Russia move in more and more troops to stabilize the area, this will be interesting to see how the next week or two play out.
It seems that the Russians routinely store vital munitions in vulnerable warehouses. Are they really incapable of building bombproof bunkers? The ongoing incompetence is baffling.
@juhajuntunen7866 corruption is a big problem too. Kind of a mirror to how ones own self interest's at the expense of others eventually leads to self destruction
Ellos no esperaban que Ucrania pudiese desarrollar la capacidad para golpear en profundidad sobre blancos estratégicos,los rusos se creyeron su propia propaganda en la que ayudó para que se la crean,la infinita soberbia que venía junto con su propaganda
They believed that the West wouldn't allow Ukraine to attack warehouses on Russian territory. Probably a bad practice in general, considering that the warehouses would be sitting ducks in a hypothetical confrontation with NATO, but maybe it is just realism that if NATO attacks Russia, their bombers wouldn't survive to make it off the runway anyway.
Totalitarian dictatorships cause incompetence by suppressing initiative and independent thought. If you are not allowed to think outside the box you lose the ability to do so. If you can't think outside the box you cannot be fully competent, you're just an automaton and yes-man.
There are so many russian pow in Kursk that Ukrainian logistics are thinning, so some say: russians are using a new strategy, sending their soldiers to worsen the logistics of their enemy.😁
The fact that 1000 km² is 214 km² smaller than the City of Los Angeles means the West must increase its support for Ukraine, so that this area can become much, much larger.
I think info coming out that it was Ukraine that sabotaged the Nordstream might put a halt from some Western countries, especially Netherlands and Germany
Side effects of Extra Strength "Incur-Z-N" may include compassion towards civilians, intact housing and structures, humanitarian aide for residents, and compassion towards POW's. Ask your doctor if Incur-Z-N is right for you.
This is a really interesting twist. My heart goes out to all those soldiers who never wanted to be soldiers and families who have troops on the line... bringing further glory to the heroes who have gone before them.
Lightning warfare in 1940s: driving through Belgium to circumvent the manginot Lightning warfare in 2020s: Driving down an undefended highway while taking selfies so the Ukrainian mappers know how big to make the blue area
@@ReikerForge sorry for your blindness not to see russian air support dominating in the area. Also you know nothing about this incursion, there was resistance and it is now.
@@bugwar5545 It's not always the amount of land, it's where the land is. Whatever you come out with next, you have to admit this doesn't make Putin / Russia look good.
@@daddad8707 Yep. Losing a bit under 400 square miles of your land in a war can be embarrassing. Losing a quarter of your country for over two years as Ukraine is doing has got to be even more embarrassing. On the whole, I'd rather have Putin's problems that Ukraine's. I wish Ukraine luck, but things don't look good for their future.
Russia lost much of its most experienced forces (especially VDV and Spetsnaz) and best equipment in the early phase of the war... how unfortunate for Russia!
I wonder if Ukrainians have been advancing relatively slowly there (compared to how pathetic the defense has been), to seriously dig in and fortify the area as a further staging ground and foothold for future raids into Russia. It would make sense, because the existence of such a position for Ukraine, would be a real thorn for Russians. It's going to be hard to remove them from this kind of a position. And it would be extremely costly to even try and contain it. But if they don't, the issue will get worse.
There is another major reason for doing this incursion that I don't think anyone has mentioned. After this is over, Russia will have to maintain a much stronger presence all along their border. They have obviously been neglecting this, so no matter what there will be some degree of diversion of energy, thought and resources to holding the line to avoid a similar thing happening again. I have no idea how significant that would be but it may also be a political issue for Putin to have to maintain such a strong force and basically admit that he has created a wolf at the door.
Yeah, after the war is over, but what kind of Russia will exist at that point...? during the war, they can't do it anyway because they are losing more men than they can train.
Negotiating an agreement with Putin makes no sense: he has never respected any agreement, even those he instigated! The only solution to consider is the capitulation of Russia by providing Ukraine with sufficient supplies. But it does not seem that this option is being considered by NATO members, so timid are they by the red lines they have set for themselves. Interpreted by Putin as an admission of weakness, this pusillanimity seriously risks leading us to a generalized conflict, WW III
Russia lost a lot due to incompetent leaders( drunks) over negotiations with the west. The redlines were crossed by the west multiple times. It took this long for Russian regime to get to a place where it could take back ( by force ) those things it lost during Gorbachev-Boris Eltzin era
I would assume that the key Ukrainian demand is that they can befriend and purchase weapons from anybody they wish. It seems like building out a fully western kitted and trained ukrainian armed forces would take russian invasion off the menu for Putin or his replacement
@@stefannicolae5885Yes, the evil West respected Russia’s borders and made no attempt to take back any of the territory the USSR seized from Finland, Poland, and Slovakia during WWII. It paid to clean up and stabilize Chernobyl, invested huge sums building up Russia’s oil and gas industries, paid Russia to build most of the international space station to keep their rocket scientists gainfully employed…. I could go on and on. The West expanded the G7 to the G8 to include Russia. Allowed Russian observers in NATO. Let Russia into the WTO. And Russia is wah, wah, wah, we want to be treated with respect. We want back control of Eastern Europe. Well, hate to tell you this, but the Eastern Europeans and Baltics remember well a half century of Russian occupation and don’t want Russia back. The West did not somehow force most of the former Warsaw pact to join NATO. The former Warsaw pact countries beat down NATO’s door begging to be let in. Why is that? In 1989 the USSR declined to invade Poland when it decided to open up. Within a few months every Russian puppet state in Eastern Europe had broken free. That should tell you that the ONLY thing keeping those governments in power was fear of Russian intervention. Russia is by far the largest country on Earth. It could be a respected, powerful, rich, prosperous, free country. It should be. But no, instead it chooses to be the rotting husk of a corrupt empire, surrounded by countries that fear and despise it, with “friends” like China that just want to take advantage of its weakness. POLAND likes GERMANY now more than RUSSIA. Let that sink in. With all the horrors the Germans committed against Poland in WWII. With all the ties of language, culture, and blood between Russia and Poland that should make them natural allies. You had to seriously screw up to accomplish that. Well, congratulations, Ukraine will survive this war, and the Ukrainians will now also hate Russia for 3 generations because of it. Good job making friends and allies, Russia… and good luck discovering that the Chinese are your friends only so far as it serves their interest. You already gave them back half an island opposite Khabarovsk. To stay sweet they will expect more handovers to follow.
