Operation "Dragonfly" - Animated Analysis 

Well America could have done alot more. They could have given Ukraine everything they need before those Rusick built the Surovikin line. Then we would have seen alot of more Kharkhiv retreat on Russian part

Whataboutism. Stop already 😂

Yeah, whataboutism, don’t get me wrong it’s not gonna change no matter how much it gets discussed, but that doesn’t mean we can look back and discuss the mistakes to avoid similar ones in future

That's unfortunate politics for them. Even the very basic missile variants of Himars could have been delivered months before Russia's invasion when they started building up forces around the borders. But long has gone the days where presidents and governments are willing to stand up for countries because it's the right thing to do. I honestly think the Biden administration couldn't give a damn about helping Ukraine take back it's territories, they know exactly what would be needed to send to end the war swiftly but choose not to. I think they care more about simply degrading the Russian military. It's sort of a deal with the devil scenario.

the US dont want Russia to lose fast, they need Russia to be involved in the war for decades Ukraine is a tool, sadly

@@alikaraahmet5050 go cry somewhere else, weapons are used and wasted and lost. We Westerners understand that, we've understood that for decades. Delusional Muscovites though? The loss of a single unit is a personal offense to everyone's mothers.

No Air Force has that lol I understand the joke but still

@@looinrimsI’d think the USA has that, unless by fleet you mean the entirety of the Air Force. Which then sure, yeah no Air Force has that

I dunno, they seem to be doing just fine given the amount of FABs raining down on Avdiivka and other Ukrainian defenses every day.

@@looinrimsUK, France, Germany...?

@@imyarek shhh dont say that here, this is a pro ukrainian channel. they will call you names for stating facts. just like the fact that ukraine doesnt have ammo for himars and atacms coz it was mostly intercepted already.

Depends on how one sees the value of the munitions. If guaranteed to be expendable, totally fine. But if the US keeps crying its wimp dick tears, maybe not. But considering Moscow's vital attack helis had to retreat and suffered losses, it's a good use of weapons.

In terms of opportunity cost for the Russians, yes. The helicopters were their best way to respond quickly to offensive actions over a wide area of the front, allowing them to concentrate infantry in the most important areas and not have to spread their defense as much. Their ability to conduct a fluid defense within the area those aircraft could cover is now significantly less than it was before the attack. In terms of how it impacted last year's Ukrainian counter offensive, the helicopters had already done their job, and it was too late. It does, however, open up opportunities for future counter-offensives, make Russian aviation more skittish (and thus less likely to provide support to other elements), and puts further stress on the entire Russian apparatus. Taken in context with Russian losses in the Black Sea, continued losses of fixed-wing aircraft, and strikes on Russian petroleum and manufacturing infrastructure, it appears that the Ukrainians are hitting the Russians where they are vulnerable and avoiding confrontation where they themselves are vulnerable. It buys them time, keeps the conflict internationally relevant, and increases the odds that one part of the Russian war machine will fail and tip the balance in the favor of Ukraine. Basically, I don't think Ukraine has (or had at that time) enough ATACMS to cause a breakthrough in the Russian lines. Given the amount they likely had available to them, the attack on the airfield was likely the best way to cause the most damage with lasting effects and shows the West a good reason as to why they should send more.

KA-52s were causing absolute havoc on the frontlines. Mi-28s also. During the counter offensive there were multiple videos of KA-52s destroying entire convoys of western sent armored vehicles. There was one clip where a Ka-52 destroyed an entire column of Bradleys, Australian MRAPs and leopard2s from like 17km out . Plus wounds from the helicopter dumb rocket pods are extremely hard to treat, i wouldnt suggest looking this up even if u got a stomach that can handle gore. But prior to this , the russians were literally destroying ukrainian SAMs like Iris-Ts, S-300s, Buks almost every week which gave these helicopters more freedom to operate on the front lines

⁠​⁠@@cherrypoptart2001I think you’re mistaken on a couple of details there, none of the Russian air to ground missiles have a 17 km range and the 47th brigade never operated bushmasters. While KA52 did have a major impact the Russians really latched on to the propaganda value. Also Ukrainian air defences weren’t destroyed before the counter offensive, rather Ukraine has been reluctant to deploy some SAM systems close to the front line especially in mid 2023 which did leave the frontlines vulnerable to air attack.

@@cherrypoptart2001I am calling you are full of shit 😂

Right!

American and their damn aid timeline, am I right

And they keep doing it.

@@deangregoric4735 no because you can’t find any other documentary on the war

@@deangregoric4735 but he is not biased. In fact there are objective

@@deangregoric4735he is based I know!

@@deangregoric4735 I mean according to Russia it is a victory! Russia is celebrating taking Avdiivka (80kilometres squared) and Ukraine counter offensive took back 280 kilometres squared! I would say it failed but Russia doesn’t think so!

@@deangregoric4735 not really, NATO has not been weakened at all, like you know 2 huge countries joining, Poland massively increasing its military, Great Britain increasing its military and new weapons being created. Russia is on the brink of collapse and hasn’t even fought NATO yet. Cry about it

Against civilian

@@atomica0914 thanks for clarifying. So are regular munitions ok for civilians ? 😂

😂😂😂

Et sur Su34 ,35 , A50 , IL20, les navires de débarquement, sous-marin Rostov on don ,le Moskva, et toutes les pertes russes en général ? Merci 😅

As if losing 3 or 30 abrams tanks would change anyhing. The russians lost more than 100 t-90s

@@freedomfighter22222 "since then around 50 had been confirmed destroyed by the time of the strike in this video." by who? i guess that 50 are only claimed, i count 23 since 22.Feb 2022 lost + 7 in that event

@@freedomfighter22222so you assume none of have been produced since then

There were a lot of damaged ones to, like jets, these helicopters must always be in top condition to operate properly. I remember seeing a decent amount being pulled back from this airbase that werent destroy but definitely damaged . Some might be repaired, some might be salvaged for parts

​@@DavidRamos-no4lh Kamov has a new variant called the Ka-52M in production, but all production has been modified from existing Ka-52s. If Russia can produce Ka-52s, then they're not doing it for some reason. I imagine it's because many of the parts to produce them were imported from France like thermal imagers and electro-optics, and that is no longer an option. It took Kamov 5 years to produce 46 helicopters for Egypt before the invasion, at this point with sanctions and the state of the Russian semiconductor industry I would be very surprised if they could produce more than 10 helicopters a year

Lol literally 50 destroyed ka airframes are scattered around Ukrain it's not surprising they were using them extensively.​@@jetfighter200

cute

And in the end...? Finish the sentence. In the end the Ukrainians decided they were tired of spending money, lives, and political on an expeditionary war on someone else's behalf in foreign country thousands of miles away and decided to pack up and go home? Even a basic understanding of history reveals how dissimilar your examples are from Vietnam or Afghanistan. Ukrainians ARE home. This is not some vague overseas struggle for them, but a war of survival.

The media victories and on the ground situation is 2 completely different thing, if they lost a fortress city, but managed to shoot down a few jets , they'll claim they use western SAMs and support will continue to flow.

Yes but in this war Ukrainians are vietcong and russians are us army

The NVA was broken by the time they signed the peace deal. They waited and re-invaded while the US was in turmoil because of watergate.