Colonel and former Pentagon adviser Douglas McGregor warned Ukrainian President on the RU-vid channel "Judging Freedom", that if Russian forces cross the Dnieper river and head west, nothing will stop them. In particular, he pointed out that Odessa and Kharkov are historic Russian cities with significant Russophone populations, making them key goals for Russia.
@@Pajko-g2y nobody knows when exactly the tipping point will happen and what that means. The cracking of UA army can happen in 10 different ways, so the timelines are not easy to predict
Crossing the Dnepr is unrealistic bar a complete and utter collapse of the Ukies. The logistics to pull off a contested amphibian crossing as well as the bottlenecked supply lines are just too much of a bother.
I remember during the bloom of the 'flower of Popasna' (the first of the many flowers that Russia has managed to bloom since), a place called Niu York first came on the radar. It looked so formidable, an impossible place to overcome. In fact, the entire area looked like one giant indomitable fortress together with Bakhmut and Avdiivka. I had no idea back then it was destined to crumble so quickly.
The Glide bombs are cheap and devastating to any fortress, they have literally millions of them to use up, for only the cost of a cheap mass produced glide kit.
So Russians are using infiltration tactics in lieu of armored fists to gain territory. As Weeb mentioned in an earlier viddy individual soldiers and small teams or squads are much harder to spot and destroy than tanks or iFVs. Apparently the latter are being used to ferry infantry near the front, from which points they disembark and continue on foot. Takes longer than successful armored assaults but are much cheaper and in the long run, with Ukr forces stretched thin, a far better guarantor of success than a sledgehammer approach (although you might say precision arty and air bombardment are sledgehammers at this point). Rommel, who used such tactics in WW I to win his Iron Cross, would be most impressed.
Wat. There were no armoured assaults or tanks on the German side in ww1. Infantry assaults were standard, not a specific chosen tactic. Lines were thickly manned too - a small squad could gain a trench but would have to later abandon it. A small squad could not hold territory in ww1.
@@arostwocents That's true. But infiltration tactics on a much larger scale were used in WW I---called "Hutier tactics" after the German commander whose troops first used them (on the Eastern Front IIRC) in 1916. There's a description of their development and implementation in "The Leavenworth Papers" in case you're interested. In this war of course much greater dispersion is necessary and trenches might be manned by a platoon or less along a whole kilometer of front (I'm guessing here).They're mainly a tripwire and will fall back if hard pressed, depending on troops in the rear to counterattack and win back lost ground. So it's possible for single squads to penetrate a trench line and snoop around in the enemy rear without being discovered. That's what these Sabotage and Recon teams or squads are all about.
Ukrainian drugs work this way..they choose a symbol of prowess, them imagine themselves having destroyed it, when attempting an attack on it. Their media then goes to work.
He speaks about it, againts he's own previous statements and decrees. Problem is, that he apparently things he can force Russia to negotate. And if Russia, at this point, even sits at the table, it has as good as lost.
Turkey, China, Hungary, even Switzerland tried to facilitate negotiations, now India. All to no avail. Zelenskyi regime lacks credibility and authority and has written in law the accession to Nato and no-negotion with Russia provisions.
Ukrainian army is crumbling. Zelenskyy should have learned from his mustached predecessor's experience in 1945 that kidnapping hapless cannon fodder off the streets when the war is already lost is no good.
Nazi ideology knows no giving up. Twelve year old boys had to go to war in the 3. Reich. No end in sight for Ukranians only if people take it in their own hands.
Then why was Lviv bombed? Please. People forget how resource rich these areas that they're fighting over are. Or how much of a security risk NATO expansion via Ukraine is for Russia. People of Donbass, suuure. The next few months before the US elections will be pretty hectic, expect both sides to try to look as good as possible come November.
Unbelievable that the 2 replies above don't know what is happening in Donbas since 2014 - one of the big reasons for the SMO. Great way to show you don't know anything at all about what is going on for a decade.
@@limitess9539Russia doesn't care about the U.S. elections but puppet Zilly sure does he's countries life depends on it, either way Ukraine is bankrupt, destroyed and soon will collapse.
@@limitess9539 Lviv strategic locations are bombed only, i have people i know there, they live fine, parties every weekend as well in Odessa, check the beach bars!
It might hold ground for now, but its population is quickly inching the way of the dodo and the dinosaur with each passing day. The partying will then be over, and they'll be begging soon afterwards for a hot meal, water and electricity.
This is 2 months after 61bln package… imagine what it will look like in 2 months…but I’ve heard some info that Russians will be able to continue advance for just few more weeks and then it’s over, I don’t know how but okay…
The Russians don't even call this offensive yet it's active defencive repositioning, or a mild push. They don't want to disturb their growing economy 😂. The global plan is more important
And I read from the news in 2022 that Russia has ran out of missiles, out of ammo, out of artillery barrels, out of tanks, and that their economy is collapsing. Strange, huh? Almost like it was all just lies and wishful thinking?
There is no "okay" about misinformation. The Russians are making sure to keep their SMO sustainable, their attrition tactics are working very well and now Ukraine's lines are actively broken (apparently they were just passively broken before). Chances are this trend will continue, so Russia has practically won this thing and we 're just waiting for the official call to wrap it up.
You have a big low frequency noise "trembling" your microphone (I think is that the issue...) you can solve it with a simple fabric between the microphone support and the table...sound like that¡¡¡
UA will run out of men in a year but the west can bring more, but more expencive lives. If the globalists want to bankrupt America fast than it will last longer. Let's say 6 more years, but the elections in us will shorten it. Complicated
Every military situational briefing will give Force size involvement..!. Cannot get a true perception of the front without size of force's involved** Example: Is this a company that has broken through?? Or a platoon ? 😮 ? **Kind of makes a big damn difference when it comes to the situation on the front.. Don't you think so? 😮
Because all Western media repeat that lie every single day and will continue, otherwise people would protest in mass against sending more money and arms to Ukraine.
Oh Lord! Visions of war…Field Marshal Ney’s gallant and indomitable rear guard action to rejoin the army during the French retreat in Russia. “All the Cossacks and Russians in the world shall not prevent me from rejoining the army.”
A complete disaster for Ukraine.. this land could have stayed Ukrainian and all the soldiers could be alive if Zelensky accepted the 2022 negotiations.
Nothing depends from Zelenski. His sponsors (UK.and UA) made decisions for Ukraine. Go and find before 2022 , how much muney those countries spend in Ukraine . They own Ukraine.
@@ayankhaznawi Russian ego and overconfidence lead them to this stalemate. They tried to quickly seize key cities in Ukraine but were forced to fight a long and costly war. Finland and Sweden have joined NATO. It was a failure.
@yannheurtault8373 Lol what when it was quite clear the RUAF couldn't collapse Ukraine in a short time they faced too much resistance so they knew it wouldn't be a walk in the park that's why they were willing to leave Ukraine including DPR and LPR at the exchange of ukraine not getting into nato...they acknowledged these realities so they went to negotiate...ukraine on the other fucking hand completely blinded by its ego and pride decided that it'd be a right move to prolong the war into reclaiming all territories INCLUDING crimea 😭
Sorry, but I do not understand: the Ukrainians seem literally glued to the ground, instead they should try to perform a fighting retreat, slowing down Russian advance and at the same time moving and avoiding being encircled and wiped out by the enemy. Why are they glued to the ground, defending at all costs meaningless fortifications with no tactical relevance? what on earth can we call this strategy? The "glue strategy"?
I suppose both the retreats, fighting or not, as well as the advances have been too devastating for the AFU. They might have decided the best way to extend a soldier's avg lifespan is to have him lay low in a bunker until the RF bombards and overwhelms him. It could maybe be called a stationary human wave tactic.
There's 2 reasons I can think of: 1) There isn't enough depth of well entrenched positions to allow for that. The UAF has done as well as it has in holding back the Russians since the initial rapid advances because of how well fortified they've been (see how hard it was to push them out of Avdiivka followed by the relatively rapid advance afterwards through much less fortified positions). The Ukrainians would need to build a lot more fortified positions to their rear to be able to have that staggered retreat to to preserve their forces if they don't want to run out of fortifications to defend pretty quickly since the Russians have already managed to work their way through a good portion of the existing fortifications already. Looking at how well they built those defences on the Kharkiv front I'm not sure I'd trust their construction companies to actually do the job near active frontlines. 2) I wouldn't trust the quality of their army to manage that sort of fighting retreat manoeuvre any more. At the start of the war sure, the UAF was a well trained professional force that had been preparing to fight a major war for close to 8 years. They were competent to pull off difficult manoeuvres and were well enough trained to not let that sort of withdrawal harm their moral, but the current Ukrainian army isn't the same force that started the war. Those guys are largely dead and wounded, replaced and have had a lot of those replacements being replaced again a few times over. I'm not going to say there isn't veterans from the start of the war left but they've got to be a minority of the current army at this point given the scale of Ukrainian mobilisation and those replacements have largely not been trained well enough to do much more than hold the line to free up the few better trained or more experienced brigades to do more urgent work in hot spots across the front line. If you try to make that force conduct a fighting retreat they're likely to break entirely after giving up a few towns repeatedly.
This guy always hypes up his video's..... 2.5 years have passed, and russia struggles to advance 5m on a daily basis. They are fighting for square meters, trees and a houses. The scale of this war is pathetic, and I cannot believe that there are people on this planet, who take Russia seriously.
it's the preponderance of flimsy US equipment and ineffective NATO training that encourages cowardice and immediate evacuation that is causing Ukraine's military collapse
Where do you think Zelenski will settle down after his last couple of very busy years? Europe or America? Poor thing must be sooo tired after all his efforts.
Red Square. :D Actually the Russians seem to have changed strategy and use less armored vehicles. Ukraininas - maybe try to adopt but maybe also low on equipment.
Tanks and other armoured vehicles became too vulnerable with the introduction of FPV drones. Both sides of conflict refrain from using them the way they were used before. Remember, it's the first conflict in decades of 2 technologically advanced parties, tactics are bound to be changed.
@@knurft886you better read that again. Youre arguing with someone you agree with. A sign that we better put our screens down for awhile. Have a good day out there bud.
Now it is the Chinese motorcycles and golf carts that escort the infantry to their deaths. Before it was tanks, there are still thousands of them but when you have less reserve, you pay more attention to the remaining equipment.
Ukraine still gets enough volunteers, but not at the level at the beginning of the war. The Ukraine strategy is trade territory for time, so they can adequately train their new recruits. They learned not to trade lives for time like Bakhmut. The losses were so bad the Ukraine rush trained replacements which got more of them killed quickly. Each side has adjusted their strategies and tactics. The Russians have the edge, but they still have a long way to go to win.
Buying time for adequate training? All the training in the world will not help Ukraine one bit. More typical Ukrainian dream cope have no reality as basis.