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Happy Sunday, everyone! I know we've all been waiting for this one! Horus' attack on Terra on the Wizards and Warriors channel is never going to get finished with this kind of action going on, lol.
@@srachkov-kuzmaда, вашим войскам понадобится это место смогут ли их семьи вообще устроить похороны контекст (потому что парень, которому я отвечал, был слабаком и удалил свои комментарии) он ужасно пошутил о немецком кладбище в Курске и о том, что там много места (значительно подразумевая, что украинцы будут похоронены там, потому что хахаха нацисты)
Born too late to visit Kursk, Lithuania Born just in time, but never visited Kursk, Russia Born just in time and theoretically able to visit Kursk, Ukraine
@@srachkov-kuzma "под Курском" вы даже не знаете, где находится Курск? Кроме того, твоя дерьмовая шутка о том, что "так там еще много свободного места" явно подразумевает, что там будут хоронить украинцев, так что твоя тупая реплика о "немецком кладбище" еще тупее, потому что они украинцы, а не немцы, ты троглодит
@@srachkov-kuzma Кроме того, твоя дерьмовая шутка о том, что "так там еще много свободного места" подразумевает, что там будут хоронить украинцев, так что твоя тупая реплика о "немецком кладбище" еще тупее, потому что они украинцы, а не немцы, ты троглодит
@@josetosalame5 Maybe you meant to write: "your special military operation goes well when the country you are specially military operating in specially military operate you back in your territory" You wouldn't want to sound like a nazifascist😉
Having visual aids showing the position and movement of troops is a big help. I read news reports on the status of the war but then I keep having to pull up maps to figure out what exactly is happening and where. This is much easier to understand, thanks.
The Ukrainian ability to launch these operations again and again without the Russians knowing is perhaps the most telling sign of how far Russian intelligence has fallen from its golden days. People used to say that the Russians were always watching them, now they can't even watch themselves.
Yes, the West talks to much. It reminds me of the Crimean war in 1853-1856. The russian spys were reading and getting info. of troop movements from the news papers. Now we have social media...
They know but Gerasimov and top officials seemingly dismissed intelligence www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-08/russia-calls-kursk-emergency-after-kyiv-sends-troops-over-border
The Ukranian inteligence shouted to every corner of the world that they feared a Russian incurssion through this salient, so for the Russians a buil up of forces here would sound the best possible decision as it would drag Ukranian troops from the frontline without doing nothing
@ethulwulf5351 well they both had to retreat because of poor logistics. Ukrainian logistics is... well it's a lot easier, since there's a common border with russia, isn't it?
@@ethulwulf5351 if we go so far back that we arrive at napoleon we might aswell go so far back that we arrive at the point where nowgorod bowed to the mongols. besides, i dont think ukraine actually wants to conquer kursk. they would 100% give back kursk for their lost territory.
Besides this channel being one of my favorites for historical battles, it's awesome to have the same attention directed towards events currently happening. It's one thing to hear something mentioned in the news and wondered how it went down. It's another to see it unfold like this. I learn so much more. Thanks. 🤙
@@xyz-v8p barely, Napoleon failed,ottomans,polish, Wilhelm and Hitler as well. This could be a wrong move incase of Ukraine,as proven by history of invasions into russian interior
Well, he successfully made you forget that Ukraine lost more ground in the east than what Russia "lost" in the Kursk. Good job for Ukraine Intelligence Service 😂
I was eagerly waiting for this update, and now want the one for end of August. Best channel on RU-vid, I just became a member, please continue the incredible work
@@pranays it's more the Ukrainians who are employing this strategem. Losing ground on their own home turf is more than likely a pretty solid blow to Russian pride--as the Ukrainians continue to tear through the poorly defended Kursk territory, the image that Putin has built of a strong and fierce Russia that will defend its territories at all costs will only further erode. It also shows that the Russians are far more hesitant to enforce their so-called "red lines", which only further weakens their projection of strength. This may, in turn, lead to the Western powers being more willing to send aid to Ukraine. Putin now has a very difficult decision to make. If he doesn't address the invasion of Kursk, he will only look weak and indecisive. If he tries to mobilize more troops, whether through draft or mobilization, not only does he risk popular dissent--but they may not be able to push the battle-hardened Ukrainians out of Kursk, at least not without massive casualty rights. If he tries to pull troops off the front line in Ukraine, he weakens the Russian positions there and gives the Ukrainians an opening to counterattack--or at the very least, give them a much-needed reprieve.
I know this video is just 4 days but how Russia is advancing faster towards Pokrovsk and the momentum doesn't seem to be stopping, as of today russians are just 1 km from Pokrovsk. At the same time the Kursk offensive momentum seems to be stopping. Are "extremely high" casualties real?
Yes, because Russia doesn't care about casualties so they will just send their entire population into Ukraine to replace those lost. That's what happens in a dictatorship like Russia.
1:40 As a Russian citizen, I will say that this is a lie. Z war correspondents were among the first to report on the breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, while the official media and pro-Ukrainian sources remained silent all this time. 3:00 The same Z war correspondents reported about the accumulation of Ukrainian forces on the border in the Sumy region, but the Russian authorities and army completely ignored these statements. 4:15 It is true that the border was defended by conscripts and they could do little to counter the trained Ukrainian forces. 13:00 Russian contract soldiers in some regions of Russia have had their salaries increased. In this way, the Russian authorities are trying to invite as many people as possible to military service without intending to carry out mobilization. I don't think there will be mobilization in Russia because there are too many contract soldiers.
Putin is trying to get conscripts to fight. When Russian mothers complain, there will be mobilization. Russia is running out of contact soldiers, and that is why the salaries were increased.
Then why have contract soldier salaries ballooned? I understand where you're coming from but you're just wrong. The facts and data all point to it. But who am I kidding, orcs don't care about truth facts and data. It's all about feelings and your desperate sad chase of revisionist history and a glory that doesn't exist. You're just murderers.
I like waiting 2 weeks to a month to binge watch this series came back and dam 64 videos over 2 years thats insane and the fact that you cover it for us with maps and great illustrations is awesome like watching everything in real time big fan dude !
Some of the fiercest battles took place here in WW-2. I imagine that digging a trench or enough tanks rolling will reveal remnants of a battle 80 years ago.
Russia has a clear manpower advantage, but it means either weakening other fronts or conscripting more men into the army which is a hugely risky move. Putin has said that the war won’t affect everyday Russians and everything is going ‘well,’ so clearly Ukraine is doing everything it can to show that its not the case. Russia’s entire existence is about keeping its nearest enemy off of their territory. Ukraine pulling on that thread will undoubtedly have repercussions, but it remains to be seen if it will ultimately benefit them. I think the real risk for Ukraine is time. Russia is great at playing the “land for time” strategy. The more territory Ukraine takes, the harder it will be to hold and Russia can eventually bring its manpower advantage to bear.
Russia needs most of the man power to build weapons and run the economy. Ukraine doesn't because it's allies build the weapons and help support the economy.
Russian demographics are sad and getting worse. Even if they "win" this war the effect of declining Russian population and getting of war economy can make them implode.
@@tommytomas-fr3sh Ukraine doesnt need military victory. Soviet Union ceased to exist practically overnight without military action because it was a corrupt empire without popular support. Just like Russia. Just a matter of time before your rotten empire crumbles.
Russia also needs a lot more manpower, just to sustain themselves. Most of Rosgvardia and other internal security forces, the nuclear forces, the navy (except a bit of the black seas fleet), the vanity projects all are eating up a huge amount of manpower with no relevance to the Invasion of Ukraine. Fortunately this is quite a bit closer than it initially seems.
"The crisis in Kursk may have forced him to consider this politically risky step". Lol it's not like it will lower his popularity in the next elections or something.
The lack of any significant counter offenses, after very embarrassing 3 weeks, points to a severe lack of reserves. Even troops stationed in the far east could have been moved to the front.
I was beginning to wonder, if this series would be slowly getting more and more behind real time to the point that it became too late to rely on for "news" in regard to the war, which is what I have been using it for all this time, since this channel consistently puts out the best content in these sort of regards. Luckily this seems to not be the case! :D
the reason the video is a bit late is probably because they didnt want to make a video about it if the information was false or Ukraine got pushed back, though that doesn't seem the case anymore :)
It was populated by German settlers as I heard, but no idea why they called it New York. Maybe it was influenced by some English industrialist in times of Russian Empire.
from the point of view of russians they took NOTHING , 15km is peanuts , there is no factory , no engine plant , no train station , no storage and terrain is not suitable for mecanised units (that's why russians avoided this zone when invading ukrain ) . they just applyed the standard procedure as written in art of war ; they just retreated while keeping an eye on the UA . they estimated ±2500 active units , almost 8000 in total , and 25000 UA involved , and putin announced a deployment of 40.000 "territorial defense"(±SWATS/FCB) units to take care of the problem in addition to the conscripts and various technicians who resisted quietly(=there was no panic or "shock" ) in front of top tier UA elite troops . russians knew there was "too much" forces regrouped around karkov , and it was exactly the point to bait them here . in other words the "invasion" of kursk [little piece of region] is more than a good deal for russians , they can afford it and offer gifts to FCB special forces , more glory more trophies . and to be honest , glory and trophies are the only thing UA can expect from this little jacking . russian defeat = they vaporise all ukrainians russian victory = they capture ukrainians alive
Animarchy History did one yesterday, might be worth a look. And Perun is pretty good, too. But K&G's method of waiting for things to settle down before they release their reports is part of why they're as good as they are. Instead of trying to get breaking news, they try to be accurate.
I just checked and occupied Kurks territories are in area of 820square km, while territories that Russia occupied since november of 2023 is only 750square km, i was like DAMN.
Ukraine attacked an undefended area without many fortifications while Russia is grinding through a mobilized and prepared enemy. It’s very different. And Ukraine won’t be able to hold onto that land in the long run. They can’t even hold onto the heavily defended east. They’re getting slowly pushed back and ground away. They’ll have even less time to fortify and dig in here
@@neoalmaguer6505 Look at the map and check what the areas are since 2023 november for russia and check the area of kurks territories for Ukraine. for Ukraine 823 square km as of 8/27/2024 for Russia little over 750 square km way below 800.
Technically the the Ukrainians don’t have to capture the Russian nuclear power plant. They just have to get close enough to act as a gun to the valuable infrastructure head.
Even a slim chance of Ukraine capturing or damaging that thing forces the Gremlin's hands big time. They need to defend it, which means binding resources needed elsewhere. You're right. Threatening it is probably enough. And here I am talking about "damaging" a nuclear power plant for strategic gains. What interesting times we live in.
I think it may be more significant to capture Prokhorovka. Even though it has no strategic significance, it would be a huge blow to Russian morale since it’s the same battlefield where the Nazis were defeated
They dont even have to get close just look at how deep their drones strike Russia and now they have long range missiles + F16s. I doubt the npp is the target more like a nice bonus if the AFU capture it.
In previous King and General's Ukraine war videos, you would always notice a pretty large chunk of dislikes coming from salty vatniks. But right now, this video has the smallest amount of dislikes ive seen on a KnG Ukraine war video, lmao the pro-russian trolls have pretty much disappeared with how much Russia has been absolutely choking.
Well, ever since K&G started to filter bots and russian trolls from the comment section, they don't bother watching the video and leave a dislike. So, all we're left with is the minority of "useful idiots" who bought into the russian propaganda
its very interesting i always see the same like 200-300 dislikes every video you do on the Ukraine war. I never imaged we'd see ukraine invade russia with the purpose of potentially holding that land. What a time we live in
The Ukrainian army is strong and full of morale! Kings and Generals, thank you very much for the work you have done, it is a pleasure to watch and listen to you!
Anyone feel UNEASY that this is about some current conflict instead of history? That people are dying from both sides and we're talking about as like it's history from cold and calculative perspective?
Yes, but pros outweights the cons. My family is in Lithuania and I want to know whats happening in the eastern europe. Also, the sooner we make records about things like that the better. Nobody with a kind human heart can watch this without feeling uneasy, but we need this.
If you're trying to understand how the war is going you need to think about it coldly, otherwise you don't see the big picture. If you just take your info from the news you won't understand shit. Of course we all think that this is a tragedy though
I am glad that you asked that question, although I am going to disagree with it entirely. It is fundamental to the study of history and all the humanities that we ask questions and that we doubt ourselves, as we search for new information and perspectives, and try to synthesise these into our own understanding. I contend that there is no such artificial distinction as to what is and is not history. We are, of course, free to avoid engaging in discussions of current affairs until a time that we determine that events are 'historical' enough to reckon with. In my country, it was once suggest by a prominent politicians that this period be a '30 year rule' for historical studies in education. Often, official documents are sealed for even longer until their contents are finally released for the public. But in my experience as a historian and teacher, those who have argued for such ways of viewing things - and attempting to enforce them as strictures in textbooks and curriculums of history - have been motivated by a desire to obscure certain events, perspectives, and to stifle informed discussion and debate, for their own ends. I contend that the world could do with a little more apposite investigation an discussion of events right now, making use of the expertise of those studied in the humanities, who are curiously often sidelined by politicians and journalists alike who want to control public understanding of the 'news,' requiring us merely to react and emote passively as they determine. We offer a counter to that, by treating these subjects and events with the seriousness and discipline of the historical method, and the people whose lives have become involved as seriously. We could be wrong; we could have missed some vital information; events may not go as we imagine they would; new information will undoubtedly be available to us in the future. But the effort to understand what we can is never wasted, when the alternative is allowing some other interest to make those assumptions for us and expect us to accept them uncritically. Avail yourself of it, and you will be better able to understand the world which leaves us all uneasy at the suffering of those who must live in it.
Ukraine captures some territory from Russia (for now), but it seems (wisely so from the Russian perspective) that Russia doesn't really respond that much. In my opinion Ukraine is fighting a desperate struggle with Russia that they know they cannot win without more support from NATO. In the end it is all a numbers and economical "game", which is right now in Russia's favor. It is smart what Ukraine is doing, as it disrupts Russia's military control and plans, but in the end it will be to no avail. The real goal for the Ukraine defense forces for this operation is to easen the pressure on the Ukraine front. If Russia does not respond by pulling away strong forces from this front it will result in a pointless attempt. Actually, if Russian high command is smart enough and can tolerate some additional territorial loss, they might entice Ukraine to move forward only to cut off their logistics and forces at some point.
All true, the question then is 'tolerate some additional territorial loss'. Essentially this is a polictial or ' morale' move as Von Clausewitz would describe.
Definitely possible. But if you know it, I know it, Putin knows it...well, Ukraine certainly knows as well. If Putin's offensive stagnates, and Ukraine takes that AKW for example, killing, wounding or capturing thousands of those conscripts in the process...well, we will see. I do realize being a priviliged armchair general here. Better than to be a helpless watcher, I guess.
15:16 - Just a notation critique: If a number is "greater than" another number, the appropriate symbol is ">", as in the inequality "x > y" meaning "x is greater than y". If the number of casualties is greater than 1200, the shorthand should be ">1200", since the shorthand only removes the target of the comparison, "x" (in this case casualties). The open end should point to the larger of the two values (in this case, the implied "x"). Writing "
