Ukraine is plasticine, from which you can mold anything! And it is important for me to mold it into a European Economic Tiger, a country, an example to follow. With the strongest army in Europe, which is equipped with the best advanced developments. With a special role as an innovative and creative Hub of Europe and a magnet for investments. With a high quality of life, education, medicine and development of Ukrainian talents. With a spiritual society that lives in love, joy and co-creation, mutual aid.
It's important that the NATO does not stop or reduce their efforts just because Russia gets weak. Full blast until the last Russian soldiers left Ukraine and Crimea and signed a contract that they pay for everything in Ukraine which has to be rebuilt.
We don’t know on pilots. That’s hard to guess when planes are on the ground. But they wiped out the maintenance facility in daytime. Even more precious than pilots are aircraft mechanics and support staff. A pilot only flys one plane. One mechanic keeps multiple planes flying. That’s years of skilled knowledge lost.
..@@Kodakcompactdisc Glory to the brave, Ukraine heroes, who hid behind 600 old men, women and kids in the Azovstel steel works, before surrendering. BTW, 3 Brit mercs have been executed by firing squad, for admitting sniping civvies in Donbas, where 16,000 were MURDERED since the cia coup of 2014. 3 more nutto mercs lined up for the next executions.
Reminds of the battle of Agincourt, they may want to take out whoever's targetting at range, but there's simply no way to do so before your forces bleed out if you don't have the same level of ranged equipment.
Please look at the map. 25% of the most productive land is under Russian control and the Rumble is higher than before the invasion. The Global South, China and India particularly are now very close economic partners.
These are more or less the same words as an Iraqi commentator against the US, Bush and Rumsfeld when they invaded Iraq under the false pretext of chemical weapons. None of them have been blamed for war crimes.
They won't be, and they will continue on long after Ukraine is a distant memory. You obviously cannot see this for anything more than a war. It is a catalyst for many things changing, and unfortunately for the people of Ukraine, they have been caught up in the middle of it. The villain is Z'sky, who had prior warning of this invasion but let it happen anyways. He knew it was imminent because Russia had warned him on invading the Donbas and trying to reclaim lands back from the LPR and DNR militias. Why else would there have been 40000 Ukraine troops on the border of the Donbas on the day of the invasion See .... there's more to this than the common man is aware of. It's not about Ukraine winning .... its about US arms sales and trying to deplete Russian reserves, so they won't come back at the U.S when they try and take on China, over the Taiwan situation. Ukraine is finished .... it will be but a smoking ashtray when Russia is finished with it.
Just cut Kherson off start a bit of a siege then ask to speak to the highest ranking officer, to get them to surrender. It shouldn't be too hard to do, as all the main leaders have already fled across the river.
The downside is things are going get even worse for Kherson civilians who will be used as hostages by desperate Russian soldiers. I really hope Ukraine can force a quick surrender of withdrawal of the Russians because the civilians will inevitably be lacking supplies too.
@@kevinoliver788 most of Russia's fleet wouldn't last 2 minutes over the skies of Ukraine. Once you take out the very old aircraft, cargo and transport planes, it's not as many as the Russians need.
Please look at the map. 25% of the most productive land is under Russian control. The Ruble is higher than before the invasion and the Global South particularly Indian and China are backing Russia.
@@evolassunglasses4673 LOL but can they hold on to it? India and China have their own huge problems brewing now. Soon they will be drowning and yelling for help.
He knows that if he stops the war Ukraine takes Crimea and he loses face. So he continues the war and loses everything unfortunately at the cost of many Ukrainians and infrastructure. Russia will have to come up then with like a trillion dollars for inflicted damages.
@@martijnstam6186 He's insane like most Tyrants are. But he's destroying Russia's militarily in the process. Like Napoleon said "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake". Yes it will take russia over 50 years to recover from his folly. Sanctions will not go down after he is out of the picture. And it will be a long time before any russian can be trusted again to make a Treaty. The old guard must be all gone and forgotten for that to happen.
@@annoyed707 OP wasn't posting a news or weather report. The point is that right now New York city has a higher GDP than all of Russia. This is very likely to change radically, and not in Russia's favour.
I think they missed a point about Ukrainian groups operating in Crimea. True the Russians have occupied it for 8 years but also true that Ukraine has also had 8 years to develop a partisan network inside Crimea. I don't think they just gave up and walked off to let the Russians control it unopposed. Special units working behind lines would be able to tap into a well developed support and intelligence network.
Everyone I know is raising money to outfit Ukraine with more drones, body armor, helmets, all kinds of kit. Things are about to change big time in the next few months. There are things we as regular people can do to help Ukraine win this. Come back alive Ukraine, Blue and Yellow a Lithuanian organization that supplies drones, or VestForUkraine which supplies vests and other much needed gear.
That tactic perhaps worked in the pre 21th century era, but today, grinding away only does one thing. It shows in real time how utterly archaic and immoral the Russian doctrine is. It show what a failed loser state Russia really is
They are famous for underestimating their foes rather, it happens in every war they get into and they have never really fought a sizable army since ww2. If Afghanistan with minor help could bring down USSR then it's really ridiculous that they thought they could deal with Ukraine without serious consequences.
Most of the Russian population is complicit in this evil invasion. All the pretty boys from Moscow and St. Petersburg are are being kept out of the war so Putin can continue to con the Russian people.
I've ridden the passenger ferries in Kherson, and you can't supply any substantial force using just them. You would also need a couple of weeks just to evacuate a substantial number of troops, as long as you leave their equipment behind. HIMARS really is a game changer in this instance.
@@fauxque5057 Putin hates the West and is always up to mischief, like trying to funnel immigrants through Belarus into Poland, carrying out assassination in other countries and trying to mess up energy markets in the wake of the covid economic collapse. If Russia cannotplay nicely, it needs to be put in its place or they will continue to try to destabilise the West.
@@fauxque5057 would you like to live in russia where your told what you can say, read or even think. Trust me on this you’re much better off in the west 👍🏽
And so will the Ukrainians once the lend lease agreement with the US kicks in next month. More HIMARS, plus the longer range rockets.... Should force the Russians back a further 40 to 50 miles.....
The explosions were so large that it would seem that every aircraft in the area must have been destroyed or heavily damaged. It does not take much damage to write off an aircraft frame
@@scottdavis421 Ukrainians know they are there. What's fascinating is there is so many double agents on both sides you could make one country with them.
Surely you must have at least some humanity in order to empathize with the citizenry, especially children... They’re not exactly loving having their homes and country turned into flaming rubble by shelling from ruZZian nazis, kapish?
No. They should have acted more swiftly in 2014 when the Nazis took over in Kev and started persecuting Russian speakers and any form of opposition. But they will win this conflict as they are fighting to defend their homeland against mercenaries and proxies shedding their blood for foreign powers.
@@matoko123 Portugal and Spain and France and UK and Netherlands and Czechs and Slovakia and Poland and Denmark and Norway and Sweden and Canada and US , among (many) others ..
If you look at Russian forces little is hidden from the Ukrainians. We see drones flying over Russian armoured vehicles and there has been no attempt to camouflage them. Tracks on the ground so that you can follow to where they are. And the training of the Russians leaves much to be desired.
@@milerale5286 I saw some Russian drones, and they had film cameras on them and ran on liquid fuel. They looked like a hobbiest airplane here in America 40 years ago.
@@Qingeaton ha, those were my thoughts exactly, building Kiel craft balsa models and using rubber bands to hold the wings on. the DSLRs they're using looked pretty decent, probably good optics but for the size of those orlicons I'd expect gimbals and flir, it has neither.
Russians probably didn't think the Ukrainians had the capability to strike that deep into occupied territory. When they write the History of this war one of the major themes is how Russia miscalculated so many facets about this war.
Russian propaganda says that there is no war, no invasion of Ukraine, there is only a special military operations and Crimea is part of Russia. Some Russians believe the propaganda.
@@JohnnyD-u7 Russia has blown up a few HIMARS and seized at least one. They can also probably buy some from the black market since Zelenskyy is selling off weapons.
@@valp1621 zelensky seems more like an early morning tv evangelist claiming if you don't donate to his church god will rain down fire and brimstone upon you... stoltenberg has more of that smoothtalking anti-christ aura to him
@@NihilistAlien What was Napoleon's biggest weakness? The adverse environmental conditions, the weak state of his army, the incompetence of his officers, and the superior tactics of his enemies all forced Napoleon to wage war from a disadvantageous position and eventually led to his demise.
I’m Very happy about how things appear to be going for Ukraine, God Bless them. Such brave people. But I’m also worried about the more cornered Putin becomes, the more erratic he may become. . .
... things are going very wrong for Ukraine, if you are concerned about erratic behaviour best look at the demented criminal in the White_House and his US neoCons who are running this war from the safety of huge distances and two Oceans .. they appear to be prepared to escalate this war into WWIII in the belief that the evil empire (the US_of_A) can win a nuclear war, with their vassal states in western Europe bearing the brunt and taking the hits ..
Amazing what just a few Himars can do with a knowledgable and willing force, imagine if the west decided to up the game with even better equipment that’s abundantly available to the west.
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@@justicehenrydamian475 So where did I say Himars were used on that strike, ? Oh, that’s right, I didn’t, so keep your personal presumption to yourself, oh and Check your spelling Henry.
It clearly illustrates that you may be able to occupy territory but it's far harder to pacify it especially when the majority people in that territory oppose you.
We can all admit, Russia is been very sloppy handling the war.. And to be thinking that they can challenge the west/NATO to be at war is absolutely laughable..
The Russians have also proven in this conflict to be good learners from their previous experiences & mistakes. It will be foolhardy to underestimate the Russians.
@@ebiekem It seems Ukraine has taken some of Russian's tactics too on denying any of the explosions happening in Crimea. So its all elemental of tactical surprises..
I hope Ukraine will be able to push Russia back over the Kerch bridge. Then blow the bridge up. Nothing wrong with "burning your bridges" in this case.
As nother comment. Take a look at all the other countries that left the Soviet. They now have freedom and is not wanting to go back. That should tell you something about the Country where you live. Putin is running the Country as a Mafioso and is taking you straight under Xi Jinpings wings as the next North Korea. That sound like a good future doesn't it.
The rationale of having an airforce like Russia comes into question. If they can't keep an airfield secure, can easily lose skilled men and expensive equipment, can't fly over enemy territory without serious risk of being shot down, and don't contribute much to their side anyway, what's the point?
... could argue it's better to have an air_force than not have an air_force (like Ukraine) .. Ukraine also has very little left of an air_defence system and the Russians can fly anywhere with impunity .. what happened to the 'game_changing' Patriot missile systems? believe they went the same way as the 'game_changing' Leopard tanks ..
The interesting thing is that the battle for Crimea is going to mirror the battle for Kherson. Russia has the same problem in both cities. First off, you blow the bridges to the east, cutting off resupplies and reinforcements. And in Crimea, like in Kherson, as soon as Ukraine gets close it is very likely that the command structure will retreat out of danger. Then you have a relatively low number of low level troops occupying major ukranian civilian populations. There are estimated to be 5000 russians inside kherson and another 15,000 on the north side of the river. Those 5000 russian troops inside Kherson are with 100,000 Ukranians in Kherson. Those civilians are sending coordinates to the Ukranian military of any type of ammo depot, barracks or command center inside the city, and at the same time performing their own operations. It wasn't reported much, but inside Kherson the russian-appointed mayor and many of his friends were poisoned and killed by Ukrainian civilians. That situation is horrible for russian soldier. Command left, supplies cut off, and 100,000 people with cellphones telling your enemy what building you are trying to sleep in.
@@valp1621 Even if everything you say is true, which is possible, let’s not lose the big picture: Russia is the aggressor and invader. Ukrainians giving Ukraine info on Russian troops are Patriots. Ukrainians giving Russia info on Ukrainian troops are traitors. Simple as that.
@@valp1621 Sure, there are always multiple sides to every issue. Here in the US there are certainly people who would like to see slavery legalized. Fortunately those people are relatively few, just as there are relatively few Ukrainians who want to be ruled by a dictator.
@@valp1621 Can I confirm what you've just said? No - that's your job. If there's an Odessan pro-Russian brigade that's sending geolocation coordinates of nursery schools, hospitals, and retirement homes as you claim, well I have little doubt. If you support the claim that Russian authorities are adept at supervising free and fair elections in areas under military occupation, well I have some doubts.
Thanks for the laugh and RUSSIA is DESTROYING ukis everywhere... MERCENARIES all smoked ,weapons destroyed 1 himars gone .. have a great day or evening depending where you are...RU-vid news 😂
Yes that's why he called them occupied, too many commentators refer to them as Russian territory or Russian controlled. Occupied is accurate because it refers to them having been invaded and seized.
The UN should post a dollar amount hourly regarding how much Russia will have to pay Ukraine in war reparations. It will be paid as a tax on future Russian oil and gas sales. The tax will be collected by countries buying oill and gas and submitted to the International Monetary Fund for disbursement to Ukraine
Great idea, but WW1 showed that reparations are mostly unworkable. Reparations were a significant factor in Hitler’s rise and of WW2. Yet they never covered much of the damage.
In the meanwhile Ukraine informing the Russians re: the Russia-Crimea Land bridge “The bridge is an illegal object,” presidential aide Mykhaylo Podolyak said on social media. It “must therefore be dismantled. Not important how - voluntary or not”, he added, implying the Kerch bridge could become a military target for Ukrainian forces.
Russia is really struggling, they've only taken 25% of Ukraine with 10 to 15% of its army. The Ukrainians in Donbass are welcoming the Russians and 30,000 have already applied for Russian passports. This is despite the threats from Kiev to shoot them as collaborators and threats of 15yrs jail for people who accept humanitarian aid and food packages from Russia.
@@fimenduro your lack of knowledge is astonishing. You won't find any truth from British news , I recommend The Duran, Scott Ritter, Patrick Lancaster and the military summary channel. You might learn something but your title would suggest otherwise.
Primary action of defending troops is to deprive its attackers of food, fuel, and equipment to attack them. They are making VERY good use of their drones and I am sure the local people are helping too. That has always been the way of war. And, unlike Russia, they are not attacking civilian hospitals and schools, just supply columns, railways, bridges and ammo dumps for the most part. Smart use of equipment too, keeps their casualties down if they can attack in small groups at night and scatter explosives then leave. That is smart.
The use of HIMARS has been incredibly smart, and I think the move of not providing tons of these was the correct way to allow UA to learn on how to better use these critical equipment. You do not need 150 MRLS if 20 can strike with incredible accuracy far from your enemy artillery and eye. Plus they move the Himars and M270 using the same strategy of NATO. You move with anti air elements, ground special forces going first to recon and good knowledge of where to shoot. Russian nazis have really few hope to just come close to an Himars.
If your Bandera allies would quit setting military units in hospitals and schools Russia wouldn't attack them. If Russia were deprived of supplies it wouldn't be using 50,000 artillery rounds a day. Russian units in Donetsk found a pile of women's corpses in the woods near Solidar. They were dressed in winter clothing. How do you suppose they got there?
@@pisolo86 Ukraine has 7 or 8 HIMARS left and the US plans their fire missions. NATO is putting Ukraine on an ammo diet. We are losing and it's getting expensive to keep losing.
Yes with their Molotov Bombs ....come on this is all fake PROPAGANDA ....... URANIANS ARE BEING BUTCHERED BY THEIR CORRUPT CLOWN ZELENSKY ..they can never win ....never . ...never ..... They Brigades are ruined no soldiers to fight .....actually evreyone knows that there are Usa forces #fighting on the ground .... and that is very bad ............
@@valp1621 It will be destroyed. It's a legitimate military target and of enourmous symbolic value. Crimea is Ukraine. The last thing Ukraine wants is a bridge to russia. Cope.
@@valp1621 I saw alot of explosions in Crimea on the news today. And I remember a certain Dimitry Medvedev promising instant judgement day if Crimea were attacked, saw that on the news as well. Goes to show russians talk alot of talk, but can they walk the walk..?
There’s SO many reasons, people having to stay behind to care for ill or elderly parents who can hardly be evacuated without extensive logistics (that may not even be available), how naive to just suggest that everyone can just easily uproot and leave like that! 🤦🏼♂️
@@jessehachey2732 Yes you are correct. I left Odessa with my wife and 3 kids but it was a lot easier for us. I left because of my kids. I would not allow them to witness this and be damaged. Let's hope more is done to evacuate them all.
That was what happened to invading French in Spain in Napoleon's Time. Gen Arthur Wesley was just sooooo brilliant to defeat and destroy them. Somehow, it's happening now with Ukraines against these Evil Orcs. They will be completely destroyed.
Ukrainian SF have been training for 6yrs from the best, the SAS/SBS. They could teach us now. They have been planning these raid,s for yrs, also Partisan cell,s will be reporting back, easy now with encripted smart phones.
I was at my local gym in the USA and meet 2 teenage boys visiting from Belarus, and they supported Ukraine, not understanding why Putin is invading Ukraine.
What I haven't seen discussed anywhere is how things will unfold when Ukraine enters Winter. Winter warfare killed Germany in WW2 but guessing the Soviets are not prepared now like they were in WW2.
thats why Ukraine has to get the water cut before winter then all they need to do is hold the Russians back in the winter months. Ukrainians are hard and have nowhere else to go!
It's not a mistake. It's worse. Russia has no choice. Russia is very rail bound and very much lacking in truck transport. That forces them to centralize stores, as trucks are needed to accomplish dispersion. Russia does not have the trucks to first disperse the ordnance and then deliver the ordnance from dispersed locations to the front. So centralized storage is their only option. They could, and should, guard their supplies better, but that plays into issue #2 - lack of manpower. Their front line troops have been decimated. They are being filled in with whoever. It is the worst troops that are left behind to guard supplies and there are probably not even enough of those. Everybody waiting for a battle of Kherson needs to take a deep breath. If Russia has its problems, so too does Ukraine. Ukrainian troops are simply not trained or equipped to attack. It seems that they are trying to get there but who knows where they are in the process.
Can't guard against HIMARS and with supplies and supply routes gone I think even a not fully ready Ukrainian army might persuade the troops trapped north of Dnjepr to surrender.
@@tellyboy17Russia has already taken out 8 Himars another 4 to go. They are not a magical weapon. Russia has hundreds of even better MRLS. Right now Ukraine is activated it's sleeper cells in Crimea and Kherson as it's desperate. But activating sleeper cells also tends to expose them and eventually they get taken out leaving nothing.
Ukraine has been very strategic about how they use resources and most importantly: time. They've been focusing on defence where they have an advantage to inflict as many losses onto Russian troops as possible. Meanwhile they've been busy acquiring weapons, getting conscripts up to speed and training handlers of western weapons to become proficient. They know the importance of good preparation before starting offensives. I suspect those offensives are starting now.
Looking at the daily Ukrainian reports about Rus KIAs, tanks, etc. Notice that the number of trucks, fuelers, Tigers now numbers at about [edit actual published no. is about 3000 not 6000]...that's a huge hit in the distribution chain.... with no sign of more 40 kilometer convoys from Belarus or Russia.
There is also the problem with wind direction after a tactical nuclear weapon is detonated, The Chernobyl disaster is proof of this, the radioactive fallout which spread thousands of kms all the way to Ireland, something the russians, with the city of Belgorod 60 miles from Kharkiv, are no doubt well aware of & the potentially dire implications, for everyone.
He probably will lose more territory and men while putting in his last best effort, he takes 1 step forward one place and 2 or 3 steps back someplace else. I suspect the front line, old border, coast are filled with holes and with a little probing can find paths for vehicles, boats, or people with backpacks carrying in switchblade or other precision mentions.
Satellite imagery showed that a number of bomb craters were present on the site after the attack. They had a broad scale effect with a diameter of around 75 metres each. Three of them took care of almost all the aircraft inventory present on that air base. They were most likely some type of ground to ground guided missile, perhaps even from a ship.
Russia is winning, and the UKraine has not retaken any territory since the start of the SMO. Also 85% of the worlds countries have refused to sanction Russia.
Russia's only wealth comes from what you can dig out of the ground. As your biggest customers are no longer buying and your other 85% demands a discount, do you really think Russia comes out of this economically stable long term? Russia will be North Korea in 10 years 😂
