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.
I do feel the need to mention that it was probably su25 not su 27 monitored by a tb2 and yes it was fucking ballsy. This version here with the patriotic music in the background is amazing ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zh5DbXG6wWc.html
@@Goerge-lu3ok Most sources at the time reported them as su27s not su25s. Also su25s wings stick out much more from the airframe and are not as swept backwards as the ones on the planes in this strike.
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!"
Nyet ship is fine, has Moscow in name, men will make up for systems not in working order... They probably broke from having capitalist imperialistic thoughts and had to be shot by the political officers! (Then sold for parts on the black market 🤣) Although even with 80-90% of the systems being operational I wonder if the two missiles wouldn't have impacted... listening to the radio calls and seeing the newest video they were VERY low and FAST... I doubt they even had the CIWIS systems on auto fire at that point of having no contact for months... It's all 80's-90's manually controlled auto systems... Like the kind the US Navy accidentally had engage it's own ships during the Gulf War 🤦♂️ There are pretty good videos/stories/pictures of these accounts online, even pictures of a depleted uranium 20mm hole punched into one of the Iowa class battleships 😄 Missouri maybe? And that was 1990/1991 with everyone on high alert in a "high morale,cheerful" Navy lol
the only guy who didnt know the ship was fucked was probably putin. cuz everyone under him was in on the scam of not doing repairs and pocketing the dosh instead....
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.
Yeah but the Ukrainian civilians aren't being accidentally caught in the crossfire they are being targeted. It's how Russia fights war, the go for the heart.
Should be no fly zone like bill Clinton did and bush senior . Why should Russia be special . Putin won’t use nukes if larger military counter attacks .
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.
The people of Crimea voted overwhelmingly to join the Russian Federation. You clearly know nothing about the history of Crimea. The majority of Crimeans are ethnic Russians and are proud to be rework their ancestral homeland
@@maxsportsman2416 The referendum said they could be independent or join Russia - no option was given to remain Ukrainian. Crimea economically is screwed on its own with no ability to sustain its own economy, so of course it said join Russia - but armed Russian soldiers all over the peninsula and no option to return to Ukraine, it was an invalid referendum. And even if they did in fact want to join Russia it still doesn't make Russia's literal armed invasion of another sovereign country's territory morally right or legal.
@@maxsportsman2416 The people of Crimea were given only 2 choices; join with Russia or become independent. The option of staying with Ukraine was not a choice they could vote on. Nice tryto puch Vlad'd lies and warmongering.
@@TheHandgunhero I totally agree with you that it was wrong for their not to be an option to remain part of Ukraine on the ballot. However, how do you feel about the Americans illegally invading Iraq 2002, Syria 2018, genocide in Yemen 2022? Do the one million dead Iraqis or the 500 thousand dead Yemens lives matter to you or do only white Ukraine lives matter? How are American’s invasions any different from Russia’s?
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.
@LordOmnissiah Caesar spgs were indeed used during the snake island bombardment but since the island was just far from the Caesers range, the Ukrainians loaded them onto a barge to bring it closer!
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
From a Navy man's standpoint that's fucking atrocious. If that vessel got a satisfactory rating I'd hate to be in the Russian Navy. Couldn't imagine what an unsat rating is.
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
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.
I too have heard of this that the ship was barely functional and had it been a western ship it would have been kept at port as it would not have been seaworthy by their standards.
Rather hilarious they have to lock up their own gear during an active war to prevent theft. Well maybe when this is all over some treasure hunters can try to salvage some of it for laughs.
@@EricLing64 if your interested, a channel named Lazerpig made a video on the ship not long ago and he goes trough the problems of the ship in pretty good detail while cracking jokes at the same time, his video on the question if there will be T-34's in this war takes a closer look at the russian military corruption. The videos are entertainment but seem to be pretty informative at the same time.
@@Nuinwing The report is also available on Google Docs, which goes into detail about the terrible operating condition of the Moskva. I think Lazerpig has a copy floating around somewhere on his channel too.
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.
And thus it is the perfect symbol of modern Russia and Putins war. Looks tough on the outside, but inside has been rotted away by corruption and negligence, and yet still pretends to be the deadly predator it once was.
You are almost correct. But it's not that the air defense was not working, they were turn off due to bad design of the ship. Bare with me: the ship is underpower in terms of electricity so it can't hold it's air electronics, radar and other countermeasures on for to long. So there are times when all is turn off so the batteries will recharge. If you get them in one of this moments they are done.
@@leww1982 I can hardly imagine that being the case. I mean have you seen the engine that runs one of those things, you're telling me they couldn't have generation capacity for some radars? But then it being outfitted in Russia, well. We've seen so much rampant incompetence haven't we.
Yep, though this isn't just "intel" this is from an official Russian report of the Moskva's status. They then signed off that the ship was ok to go in this state. You also missed some of the best bits. The damage control equipment was being kept locked up with only the admiral aboard having the key, BECAUSE PEOPLE KEPT STEALING AND SELLING THE DAMAGE CONTROL EQUIPMENT. Furthermore, internal communications were basically nonexistent, so the bridge only knew what caused the explosion after a runner made it all the way up there to tell them.
If you really did, you would. There are thousands of small islands in the middle of noplace that nobody claims, they are deemed as rocks. And if you did want to live closer to people, you can also do that. Tons of island islands that are for sale, all around the world, most are extremely cheap since nobody wants to actually live there.
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.
imagine being some poor dumb german bastard only to hear BANZAI in the middle of the night and the 442nd just bayonets you while you were eating your chocolate meth
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.
Oh no. The impolite Ukranians took THEIR FUCKING LAND back from the Russian general who wanted a TERRIFIC SPOT for Russian aircraft. But you got this bro. You play call of duty. Just gear up and take it back single handed. You seem like a military genius at best lol
Please Sir, keep your witts about you. Dont let him own your thoughts. You may tell them I destroyed the pipeline. Putin loves to put me in jail,so he can easily steal from me. In his disillusioned mind ,he actually believes that what is.mine, hes entitled to it. Just know that Putin is not an energy tycoon. Putin the only thing you should be concerned with is 1 letter/word......Its. O.
@@globaladdict Why are you talking as if the guy you're replying to is pro-Russian? Am I missing something or are you just really bad at reading? Or just plain stupid?
Well, on one island 21,000 men fought nearly to the last man against a force of 110,000 men and 500 ships for more than a month and only 200 taken prisoner. Atleast 25,000 total dead, almost another 20,000 wounded. And the other well, you just heard about.
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.
Wow one howitzer come on man like Brownwood say fuck both the Ukrainian and Russian government they are so corrupt and should be able to buy the peoples and we should have peace
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
Or even the non-battles, like Operation ZZ. "Der Tag". Literally "the day"; the day the German fleet surrendered to the Brits after WW1 and the largest fleet of heavy surface ships steamed back to the UK in unison.
You should check out the youtube channel Drachinifel if you like naval history. He does a really good job covering both of those battles, plus many more.
"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 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.
@@VallornDeathblade Why put a piece of the True Cross on a warship? It belongs in a museum or Saint Basil's Cathedral (do they really care for cultural heritage?).
@@questionmaker5666 The Russian Orthodox Church has close ties with the military and even blesses rifles, tanks, and even ICBMs with holy water and prayer. There's a ton of videos and pictures of it. I assume this is basically an extension of the same mindset, giving the blessing of Christ to their flagship through the shrine of the True Cross aboard it.
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...
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.
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
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 ...
Romania just took it in 1878 before that the island has been ottoman territory for Melania like Crimea Russians( Russian empire) took it in 1783 from Crimean khanate( Crimean tatars) so both are not Russian or Romanian. Romanian controlled the island not more than 64 years.
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...
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
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 !
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thank you, exactly. Propaganda is merely information broadcast for the political or military purposes. It is not necessarily synonymous with lies, and in fact the truth can sometime be used as a form of propaganda.
Propaganda is just a tool like any other weapon, and Ghost of Kyiv being a a lie is pretty typical of much of war propaganda, which even when based on a true story is usually heavily skewed and exaggerated for dramatic effect.
@@greenbrickbox3392 In the case of the Ghost of Kyiv - even the hard facts are extraordinary. Lie is a harsh word, Especially when you find interviews of some of the pilots who fought in those first days.
@@writingref interviews of military personnel during wartime is also propaganda as anyone with knowledge of military public affairs units is aware. Ghost of Kiev definitely qualifies as a lie, but as with all militaries the Ukrainian military has a mission to achieve victory, and telling the public the truth about military operations is very low on a military's list of priorities.
@@greenbrickbox3392 I mean - we basically agree, but I don't think we agree on lies vs myth. Myth is something much more powerful than a lie - because it is a shared ideal. A public dream. And if one considers the basis of truth in all dreams . . . then myth is something very different from a lie. Therefore I think Lie is the wrong word to attribute to the Ghost. Myth is correct.
Of which there are none. This video is clear propoganda. Strategically and tactically russia has achieved all its current goals. Now we need to hope that russoa doesn't decide they want more or zelensky be so foolish as to attack the newly annexed territories and prolong the suffering of his people.
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
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.
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 🤣
It is absolutely crazy if that maintenance report is true that Russia allowed the boat to get in that shape. The US would consider that ship unserviceable. The ship explains the entire Russian armed forces and why they are losing
@@bobbob-gx1iq For me it even throws the nukes into question. How many of them would even function? How many accidental dirty bombs across russia would occur if they tried to push the button and missiles failed to leave the silos?
@@timbrwolf1121 exactly. A ship is cheap and easy to maintain compared to ICBM networks and their silos. If they can't keep their ships operational or their tanks armored, do we really believe they can maintain HUNDREDS of technologically advanced super weapons?
@@Russo-Delenda-Est They have a parade fleet of nukes that work if putin requests a test, and the rest are a significant risk to use if they are even functional at all. Its crazy how deeply he has fallen into the dictator trap and how wholly unaware he is of the extent of the corruption
Ukrainians are tough and nice people. Our(Denmark) military has worked closely with Ukraine for many years. We've helped training their army troops. And they have used their transport airplanes moving big or heavy stuff for us, in Afghanistan, Greenland, Mali.. Etc. They just get the job done with any BS 👍
Snake Island has the same level of honorific as the battle of Thermopylae in my mind. Defiance against overwhelming odds, for no other reason than because it is right to do so.
Can we get the - Battle of Trafalgar Or Sole Bay Simon? If you please! Both maritime wars in Britain's history as a colonial superpower! Sole Bay - 🇬🇧 vs ⚔ 🇳🇱 Trafalgar 🇬🇧 vs ⚔ 🇫🇷🇪🇸
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.
@@BodybuildingNews What was fake? The Russian Warship go f**k yourself or Fortune favours the bold? Because if you mean the Russia Warship go f**k yourself thing... can you back that up since there is nothing online about it being fake anywhere. Not even conspiracy theory sites calling it fake. If you mean the Fortune favours the bold I would direct you to I preceded the example with "may or may not have said" acknowledging historical errors. That was kind of the point of using that example... there is no way to know for sure Pliny the Elder said that someone could have just claimed he said it to make the phrase stick better by tying it to a famous figure. Had Pliny not said that or the person that came up with it not attributed it to Pliny that phrase may not be in common use more than 2000 years after its alleged origins.
@@BodybuildingNews Is it? Any definite proof for that claim or did you hear about it on some Russian propaganda channel. Btw, steroids are bad for the brain, it’s not just your balls shrivelling away.
@@BodybuildingNews So that’s your proof? The fact that there’s something like fog of war? If you had paid attention you would know about all this a few days after the Russian invasion.
These are like movies, so well put together, but this real lives, and current, so my emotions are mixed, so your quick jokes (very quick though) are a little comic relief. Thank you for these videos. Glory to Ukraine, please make this end
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!
18:59 well actually harpoon are not "capable of traveling further". neptunes range is about 280 km, kinda the same as harpoons. the other thing is that Ukraine didn had many neptunes to defend itself.
It was su-25 attack aircraft which destroyed the tor on snake island as well as doing lost if the bombing. Most of Ukraine bayraktars were destroyed within 2 weeks of the war’s beginning and the rest were used primarily as recon
