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@@williamyoung9401 I mean, yeah... He's deporting them from occupied areas, putting children in Russian families instead of giving them back to their parents, and doing "cleansing operations" in Bucha and many other places... People are making the comparisons for a good reason.
Thanks for continued coverage of the war in Ukraine, it’s much appreciated! It‘s getting harder and harder to get proper information about what‘s going on at the moment
@@ballsmasher3000 Shame there isn't a new's media outlet which literally has no ego, just describes the situation as it is, as it was. Have 10 people proof read it to check for any biases and then release the news like that
I guess I’m just confused why anyone would like and agree with this comment. Anyone who thinks this is accurate either doesn’t watch mainstream media or doesn’t consume media at all. I’m someone who consumes a large variety of media on a weekly basis and Ukraine is covered literally every single day on a myriad Media outlets. For example-PBS NewsHour, CNN, Fox, BBC, German media including TWS, CBN news, CBC news, sky news, Al Jazeera, IndianTimes, the telegraph and on and on and on. Hell, the telegraph literally has an hour podcast on RU-vid exclusively detailing what happened in Ukraine in the last 24 hours. I listen to this every day and it’s extremely detailed. You can find it on RU-vid. Granted there are media outlets that are more common just on RU-vid that don’t cover the war such as the David Pakman show but channels like that typically make their money off Clicks and politics is more profitable than war. But, not only does the mainstream media cover Ukraine in great detail every day, but they don’t shy away from being impartial. Most media outlets acknowledge the facts-that a fascist authoritarian Russian dictatorship illegally invaded a sovereign democratic Ukraine. And of course, they cover news about the variety of war crimes Russia has perpetrated on Ukraine, such as the murdering of civilians, raping of women, murder and torture of Ukrainian soldier POWs, the kidnap of children who are brought back to Russia and forced into fascist indoctrination, etc. But most mainstream media has covered and is covering these issues unless you live in an autocratic nation, such as Russia, China, North Korea. Anyway, I encourage people liking this comment to watch more mainstream media, read more newspapers, listen to more mainstream media podcasts, etc. If you do this, you will notice coverage about Ukraine on a daily basis.
I guess I’m just confused why anyone would like and agree with this comment. Anyone who thinks this is accurate either doesn’t watch mainstream media or doesn’t consume media at all. I’m someone who consumes a large variety of media on a weekly basis and Ukraine is covered literally every single day on a myriad Media outlets. For example-PBS NewsHour, CNN, Fox, ABC/CBS/NBC, BBC, German media including TWS, CBN news, CBC news, sky news, Al Jazeera, IndianTimes, the telegraph and on and on and on. Hell, the telegraph literally has an hour podcast on RU-vid exclusively detailing what happened in Ukraine in the last 24 hours. I listen to this every day and it’s extremely detailed. You can find it on RU-vid. Granted there are media outlets that are more common just on RU-vid that don’t cover the war such as the David Pakman show but channels like that typically make their money off Clicks and politics is more profitable than war. But, not only does the mainstream media cover Ukraine in great detail every day, but they don’t shy away from being impartial. Most media outlets acknowledge the facts-that a fascist authoritarian Russian dictatorship illegally invaded a sovereign democratic Ukraine. And of course, they cover news about the variety of war crimes Russia has perpetrated on Ukraine, such as the murdering of civilians, raping of women, murder and torture of Ukrainian soldier POWs, the kidnap of children who are brought back to Russia and forced into fascist indoctrination, etc. But most mainstream media has covered and is covering these issues unless you live in an autocratic nation, such as Russia, China, North Korea. Anyway, I encourage people liking this comment to watch more mainstream media, read more newspapers, listen to more mainstream media podcasts, etc. If you do this, you will notice coverage about Ukraine on a daily basis.
@@cegesh1459 Russia has been (mostly) winning the war. It's just not going as quickly and decisively as it should have been due to the support Ukraine has been receiving. But the Ukrainian military can't maintain this war for much longer. They've become desperate enough that they're even recruiting middle aged men (50+) to replace those lost in battle. And with every strategic sector that Russia takes, the Ukrainian forces are further crippled. Even if they liberate the areas from Russian control (and they have in a few), those areas now have to be rebuilt, and the men/equipment lost in it's loss, along with the further losses suffered in its retaking are exhaustive. These counter-invasions into Russian territory aren't a sign of the Ukranian army moving towards victory. They're a strategic attempt to refocus the Russian Military's forces from offense to defense, to give Ukraine time to recover. It's startegically sound but also a sign of desperation. It may work but it's actually a longshot.
@@cegesh1459 many of the Russian victories of World War II were due to the British providing intelligence from enigma decrypts. In some cases the British forwarded German battle plans at the same time at the Germangenerals receive them.. Stalingrad was due to Bletchley Park
Just to put the salary of Russian soldiers into perspective it would be the same if US soldier got $100k one time payment and around $300K after one year. If he survives that is. Also if we take into consideration living costs in Russia that $400k for a year is way more than half a million so no wonder desperate people keep signing.
op just said people keep signing out of desperation. you dont have to enlist like them and gamble your life. so wheres all this hate coming from? its not like you live a life of dodging bombs and bullets. so atleast have some respect to men who are more masculine than you. without your phone shielding you from their beatings i doubt you can even mutter that garbage around them.
Your cost parity is off from what I have gathered. The Russian economy is heating up. Inflation and shortages are making things cost more, but salaries are also going up. Housing prices are going up from the bonuses! Moscow says if a soldier signs up there they will stand to make 5.2 Million Rubles total in a year. That is just 57,142$ USD at the moment as of now. Not sure if different provinces get different bonuses. From WarontheRocks of July 9. "The purchasing power parity modifier for Russia is roughly 2.2, meaning that goods and services worth $100 in the United States would cost roughly $45 in Russia." So yeah definitely not as much as you say, but at the same time it is -really- good for an average Russian in some isolated province. Edit - Wonder if they tax that. I'd be angry! A bit more than 100k is nothing to sneeze at. They are making more than gas and oil employees which I guess is a big deal. One note while trying to find the PPP of Russia conversion. The least amount paid is 14 million rubles to wounded/dead. The website says it will cost Russia at least 800 billion to 1.4 trillion just for casualties as of May. That is insane. I don't think that factors in money lost from ya know... Someone being dead and not working.
Thank you for the update on this. All I can say is what I've been saying since the beginning. To the Ukrainian people keep praying, stay strong and you will achieve your goals 👍🏻
First time watching this series.. very interesting.. impressive that you've covered the war every week since beginning of war. And quite calm in the comments as well. Keep it up
@@ElGordoElGordito military summary channel is way more different to kings and general. Something of more regular news with a bit of conspiracy where k&g more of a news outlet. And military summary channel is more of pro Russian channel
Everytime the war starts to seem boring, something ridiculous happens (like kurks), and yes I know it's messed up to speak of the war like it's a TV show, but I can't help but be fascinated with it at times.
it's fair to say unprovoked if Russia attacked first. If Russia wants to use grievance as excuse, then all invasions in human history can be considered "provoked".
Don't listen to those sheep. It was unprovoked. About as unprovoked as it gets. Russia was safe. Putin wanted a legacy, and that is it. Bringing back Russia to its former glory. Those people forget Ukraine were fed up of Russia trying to meddle with them. So they wanted to join up with NATO for protection, and their only mistake is they couldn't have done it fast enough.
Thank you, as always, for continuing to cover the events in Ukraine. As always, hopefully it will end soon. God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)
Vatnik 07846: "Sir, the Ukrainians want to negotiate a cease fire" Putin: "Good, about they came to their senses. Tell them we'll meet in Kyiv where we'll discuss their forfeit of the city" Vatnik 07846: "Sir...they're at our front door"
Boris Johnson is a Clown and a Liar - "When a Clown enters a Palace, the Palace becomes a Circus" the UK's Parliament is a Joke, I am a British citizen, our latest Government is a Farce, which is a Travesty!
Could you guys upload some of the music you use in the background as separate videos without any talking in the foreground? It is insanely good music, and I'd like to hear it while doing other stuff uninterrupted by the speaking sometimes.
What is needed right now, more than ever is a cheaper man-portable anti-drone missile system, smaller than the Stinger system. Perhaps some kind of upgrade/modification kit for the Hydra -or the soviet equivalent rocket with a picture recognition system as guidance.
I don't think missiles would be able to manoeuvre and react in time, the only thing I've seen work reliably was catch nets and sport shooters who shoot the drones on approach. Maybe a sort of trophy system might be a better option. I saw a video of a guy who built a short range radar and gun to shoot flies in his bedroom (lol) for example
So, Isreal has produced a guidance system for small arms that supposedly gives a rifleman an 80% chance to hit a drone. The UK has just bought a batch of them, calling it the SMASH (I know…). My problem is if you can hit a surveillance drone with a rifle, it has already seen you.
@@tavenstrickert9658 It was provoked when NATO decided to expand into Ukraine despite Russia's begging us not to do it since forever. It's not just Putin who is against this it's the whole Russian political establishment. And why? Because NATO is an existential threat. It's like Mexico having military bases of North Korea on its border with the US. And also btw, Putin did exhaust every diplomatic means of solving this issue with the Minsk Agreement and the security negotiation which Russia proposed right before the war to Biden which the West so remarkably ignored.
I find this video interesting as it shows that the Ukrainians aren’t in the best position but as acknowledged in the title it’s a bit outdated by the Ukrainians breakthrough into Russia.
@@hollyjaw3303 If you can make 10 times more during war why give a fuck? This is not even an argument bro. Every war nowadays is a war of attrition. Ukraine cannot win it without help.
@@hollyjaw3303 so Russia is only left with 30% of what she had before war? That's what you think? Are you trying to use my obvious exaggeration to sound smart? Equipment is nothing if you can keep producing it either you like it or not. For the time being Ukraine is the one that runs out of shells and manpower.
Next month is going to be crazy depending on how things keep going in Kursk and Belgorod. Sorry, I mean the People Republic of Kursk and Belgorod since apparently that's all the rage now. Will wait for the referendum announcing their annexation to Ukraine.
Ukraine had to attack this area which serves as a logistical and military training ground for an attack on their country. In this way, they also relieve the front in their country. The Ukrainians are in a difficult situation because the West did not supply them with a sufficient amount of heavy weapons either before or after the attack, there are no phantoms, Apaches, Abrahams, rifles... they still use Soviet equipment in this sense, planes, tanks, helicopters. . The Americans mostly gave them javelins, chimars and drones, but that's more for defensive use, and it's not enough for this kind of war where the Russians have especially artillery dominance.
Ukr pulled their reserves from the Donbas for this invasion, how exactly is it relieving that front!!?? Russia has reserves in Kharkov and in the mainland. This “incursion” has zero military sense other than trying to put themselves in a better negotiating position in the future, which Russia will never go for!
During syria Isis era fars news regularly published up to dàte defeats of isis forces. And its good to understand all points of view in current (potential escalating) war in middle east.
For those interested I recommend news sights like middle east eye, Trt news (Turkey world news) English, on Middle Eastern war I follow both sides of Iran and Israel I read Fars news English (Iran view) and times of Israel (fairly obvious) wion news (indian) world news. Saw a few people in comments saying they like this site for up to date info, recommend these and other independent journalists for those interested in world conflicts. News with non bias for either side.
The questions in that poll (16 minute) are provocative themselves. How about questioning Ukrainians "would you prefer elimination of Russia instead of joining NATO", etc.
@@andriilink5666 I mean that they're not obvious for a reason. Everyone knows they would rather keep their territory intact etc., but in case that's not an option it's good to know what the people think. What would be their preferred second best or third best outcome? It's not guaranteed Ukraine will get its territory back, and it's important to know what the people will or won't support. It's a democracy, after all.
@@mokarokas-1727 Russia could've been eliminated as a state a week ago. A month ago. A year ago. The roads to Moscow are still empty of any battleworthy detachments and have no defensive lines / mine fields. So why do you think "an option" in the poll should only be the variants favourable for Kremlin?
@@andriilink5666 Oh, you think it's that easy? lol, get outta here. And I already answered that exact question in the comment you just replied to. What are you even getting at?
You say it well, we have a hard time accepting that Russia is OK with massive losses. Losing a million or two people in a war, for their system of government thats not very high number historically or psychologically. For us even a few hundred is high (gulf war)
a lot of people fail to understand Russian mentality. They lost 27 million in WW2 (civillian and military), 2, 3 or 4 million to beat Ukraine and the west is nothing.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. One scenario... Russian divisions are pulled off the lines in the East and North to encircle Ukrainian forces as they breach further into Russia. This means relief for Ukrainian frontliners in the defensive positions. They can cycle forces in and out.
JD Vance was an outspoken critic of Russia. If I was Russia, I woulkd not worry about it. JD Vance was also an outspoken critic of Trump and look where he is now, praising the alleged virtue of Trump and his policy.
_Nobody_ wants any expansion of Moscow's influence. The problem non-Leftists have with the Democrats is the latter's paradoxical position of the US being obligated to support Ukraine _from a position of ever-worsening weakness_ . The US already has to delay delivery and even claw back export approvals from "less-important allies" in order to keep up with the demands of the war in Ukraine even before Hamas decided to attack Israel.
In the short term, yes. In the long term, it is unsustainable. Russia doesn't have enough people to sustain its current economy. In the 90s, this was compounded by the fact that the veterans from Afghanistan and then Chechnya started banding up and became a criminal menace. Let's just say, there will be way more veterans and disabled from this war than there were from Afghanistan+2 Chechen wars.
I would even add to the previous comment that, where it was indeed completed, it did function as intended, some blokhaus surrendering weeks after the french reddition. also, the maginot line was in the alps too, where the italians did not pass, and where either defeated or stopped.
That defensive line did its job. Well, the problem was it was enveloped because Belgium was quickly conquered and before the war, it got angry whenever France proposed fortifying their shared border
@@christianweibrecht6555 You have that backwards, the French charged into Belgium thinking the fight would be in Belgium. Instead the Germans attacked through the Ardennes forest and hit the Maginot Line at Sedan, which was 6 months behind in the construction of its ouvrages due to the ineptitude of Charles Huntziger. The French did not hurriedly remove it's forces from Belgium which resulted them getting cut off and being forced into the Dunkirk evacuation.
@@Edax_Royeaux I’m gonna gaslight you and claim that was originally thought of. That the tactics initially working but having an exterior flaw/weakness (Belgium and Kursk) happening :)
@@KingsandGenerals no mocking or prejudice here. I see that wikipedia gives both (New York or Niu-York), so this is probably a question to wiki. In ukrainian language, it is actually spelled and pronounced same as US major city. I'm from Ukraine and I love watching your videos. Thanks for doing a great job!
That's not a rosy picture for Ukraine overall but glad to see Ukraine liberating part of Russia! Again we have been shown how useless the UN is in obvious attacks into sovereign pre 2014 Ukraine.
This is perhaps the most unbias channel, besides task & purpose, that provides good information on this conflict. Other channels like Denys Davydov and Arthur Rhei seem to only provide 1 sided accounts and are pretty much proganda channels. I had no idea it was this bad that Ukraine was struggling so hard on their other fronts before watching this. Good job Kings and Generals. I appreciate your hard work!
To which date are you referring to at the start of video vovchansk completely fell in July and they are advancing in Kharkiv direction, please check the latest sources and if the video is with respect to old incidents then it's okay.
Very informative. I figure the Russian gains in this episode were because the UAF was husbanding the men and material required for their Kursk offensive.
Opinion on Kursk offensive. its just a advance with no real motives tho. Ukraine shouldn't expect to be capturing Kursk. the situation is dire in areas like Chasiv yar and Advika sectors. Russian advances are slow but steady. most of these can be stopped with manpower and focused firepower. this advance goes against it as its another front Ukraine has to put its resources on. this does have some benefits for Ukraine tho. it boosts some morale and can satisfy west to send more equipment as well as providing leverage in a peace conference. not to forget damaging Russian population's morale.
If Russia is leaving it's borders completely undefended in order to advance in Advikia, it means Russia doesn't have the manpower to both advance in Advikia and protect the border, so it makes sense to force the Russias to redistribute their manpower to the border so it can no longer conduct meaningful offensives.
Early notable benefits from the Kursk offensive 1) Scores of POWs for exchange. Many of those are conscripts and some of those conscripts will have influential or active parents 2) Disrupting rail line that was used to supply stuff from Belarus to the frontlines, including fuel from Mozyr. It will stay this until Sudzha is recaptured 3) Forcing Russia to frantically move some reserves there, easing the situation on other fronts. 4) Saving some Ukrainians settlements from bombs and missiles that will now fall on Russian settlements instead 5) Getting world media attention back. 6) Yes, it is a huge morale booster for Ukrainian troops fighting defensive battles elsewhere
@@Edax_Royeauxit was a massive L for Putin tbh, but he's consistently underestimated Ukraine's propensity to continue the fight. I'd have thought he would take the gloves off after the first push on Kiev, when it became clear Ukr wasn't going to be scared into a quick and easy capitulation, but here we are years later watching him still make these mistakes
@@ElGordoElGordito In the final years of WWI, many German generals were already convinced of their defeat on the Western Front, but due to the political situation, they went along with the doomed offensives anyway that accomplished little other than to nudge the frontline. The logical thing to have done was to retreat back to the German border and from there attempt a ceasefire, but millions of Germans died for a handful of kilometers of French land and thus it would have been political suicide to retreat and have it all been for nothing. I think Putin is stuck in the same situation.
Thank you for monitoring the situation with the unprovoked russian invasion of Ukraine and for sharing objective updates regarding the current events. This is very valuable.
the new russian tactics look suspiciosly like the storm trooper tactics of 1918s imperial german army. And they still work (sort of). Only question might be why it took the russians two years to develop it? Near-peer indeed....
Several units have social media (for example, Azov and the 3rd Assault brigade both have youtube channels where they post-combat footage) or the soldiers in each unit have social media and mention the area of the front they are in. That being said not every unit has its exact location known at every moment so I wouldn't be surprised if the unit icons you see in the video are a rough guess based on people and equipment seen operating on that part of the front. As for plans, it's mostly guesses about what people see happening and what soldiers on the ground are saying about how they are being attacked.
A compromise could be eastern Ukrainian land broken off to form separate country. Of course this is if Ukrain cannot reclaim any lost land at all militarily.
@@nomooon It doesn't matter either way, unfortunately. It's all too clear that Russia will just attack again to take the territory, when they're better prepared.
That attack on Kursk is just a double edged sword. Ukraine could use it to negotiate if they hold the territory down for a while but i doubt Putin would want to negotiate after that, but there's a big chance Putin might use the attack on Kursk as a reason to open up another front, whatever front he'll open who knows...
its just a advance with no real motives tho. ukraine should'nt expect to be captruring kursk. the situation is dire in areas like chasiv yar and advika sectors. russian advances are slow but steady. most of these can be stopped with manpower and focused firepower. this advance goes against it as its another front Ukraine has to put its resources on. this does have some benefits for ukraine tho. it boosts some morale and can satisfy west to send more equipment as well as providing leverage in a peace conference. not to forget damaging russian population's morale.
@@danishkfd If Russia is leaving it's borders completely undefended in order to advance in Advikia, it means Russia doesn't have the manpower to both advance in Advikia and protect the border, so it makes sense to force the Russias to redistribute their manpower to the border so it can no longer conduct meaningful offensives.
As a big fan and committed viewer, I strongly urge Kings and Generals to maintain their elite status as a history and global affairs channel by pursuing an objective line of reporting on global affairs.
Thank you for this video. It would be interesting to illustrate the principle of indirect approach, impeccably implemented by the Ukrainians and extensively studied by Liddel Hart.
Thank you for making these videos, they're very informative. It will take a long time before historians can accurately chronicle how everything happened, but articles and content like this will have to do for now. I hope you can parse through the propaganda.
The cause of history is as important as the pursuit of a better future. Without looking behind you periodically, you will walk the same paths repeatedly. I hope the host of videos yall have made over these last several years help somebody or sombodies avoid making the same mistakes. Cynically I doubt it because theyre youtube videos lol. But hopefully, hopefully it does something
