I’ve been photographing life in Ukraine since 2014. I know that from 2014-2022 democrats and republicans had equal amount of interest in Ukraine but both knew very little. But everyone was genuinely concerned and interested when it came up in conversation. It wasn’t until republican leadership told their followers how to feel about Ukraine that everyone came up with these strong opinions about not supporting Ukraine. It’s sad that grown adults can be told what to think in modern day America. Good thing these freaks didn’t exist during WW2…
I wander if the US army could maintain the same level of secrecy and quietness with all the lawyers, human right activists etc in tow who demand to know, have right to know, have freedom of info to know etc. Well done Ukraine.
Where is the russian army? well some of it is sitting in port in Italy. Some of it was turned into a castle on the black sea etc etc... I hope the russian people start noticing this.
Ukraine’s national power grid is down to 23%, and Russia is continuing to reduce it every day. When winter comes Ukraine will freeze. Doesn’t it make sense that Ukraine is going for the Kursk nuclear plant to hold it for ransom.
Arun Kundnani, adjunct professor at New York University, in a review of FDD publication Homegrown Terrorists in the US and UK argues that as a work "typical of many in its approach and conclusions", it does not provide empirical evidence for assumptions it makes and neglects contradicting data as a result of an influence by politics of the publisher and funders, and bias in favor of knowledge claims.
Positive, nice and kind comments eh? Thanks for this. The guest is quite well informed about the situation. His fluid description is authoritative and appreciated. Kudos.
Mike you’re awesome. You’re smart, knowledgeable and your analysis is always pragmatic and objective. I watch you every day 😉🙏🏻… please keep it up. Your take on the news and geopolitics is fascinating. Respect sir 😉🇺🇸
Surely this is probably a maginot line offensive v2. The Russian defences are heavily mined. Could it be the Ukrainians can go around the flanks and come at them from behind?
To help break the siege of Vicksburg in the South, Lee invaded the North to threaten Washington. Of course that didn’t work for Lee. But Wagner showed how open the road to Moscow was last year.
Ukraine is preparing for the possibility that if Trump becomes the next U.S. president, he might pressure Ukraine to immediately cease fire and use the current line of control as the basis for future territorial boundaries. Given the strong Russian defenses on the current front lines, which are difficult to overcome in the short term, Ukraine needs to exploit weaknesses in Russian defenses to advance the line of control quickly. Although the areas controlled may not be of strategic military importance, they could provide a more favorable position for future political negotiations, especially if led by Trump. You can expect that Ukraine will not engage in hit-and-run guerrilla warfare this time. They will set up defensive lines based on the situation, aiming to hold onto occupied territories. However, they will also monitor Russia's reactions to decide on the deployment of military resources. If Russia redirects its main forces to expel Ukrainian invading troops, Ukraine might seize the opportunity to make gains on the current stalemated front lines. This would present Putin with a difficult decision in the short term. Zelenskyy made a risky yet brilliant and necessary move politically and militarily.
Great insight about ma bargaining chip. Because, once Trump gets in, this war is going to end, so they might as well begin positioning themselves for that eventuality.
Main target is the Kursk Nuclear Facility to take and hold yes absolutely. So far no serious resistance as Ukraine forces push quite deep and quite far in every direction. Suppression of all drone activities seems to have been done might even take a Russian Air Field. Nothing frontally happening against Belgorod but is being cut off so cannot be supplied from Moscow so might simply abandon posts possibly abandon the City. Nothing formalized entering Belarus yet nothing in Kalingrad nothing in the Western Black Sea but that could change tomorrow at this time as again Russia still has no miltary Force anywhere inside Russia. #developing
It’s a interesting public relations rah rah move... But logistics and manpower are too lacking for the situation to pan out in the long term. The conflict had been kept primarily in the south and this was a relatively quiet situation with settled borders... As the Russian military forces are reinforced in this area its likely to result in counter attack offensive and that’s going to be very detrimental in long term consequences for Ukraine. It was a emotional offensive and took advantage of a opportunity recognized with a swift initiative and decisive action... those were positive military actions. This should have followed up with fast retreat and reorganization back near the border with recon probes into other areas... The Ukrainians should have been using mobility with three line of elastic defense and defensive fortifications to fall to back too... instead of trench warfare and attempting to hold onto particular positions and property. Their military men at arms are the most important thing. Once they lost the majority of their professional army and by all reports they are now fighting bravely with conscripts... however the pace of attrition is too great. These brigades are going to be needed in the future. There is no property equal to soldiers lost. They needed to keep a flexible mobility pattern of give and take with break throughs like this followed up with logistical strikes and a constantly moving situation... The are drawing a attack in this region and afterwards that force is likely to push into Ukraine essentially opening up a northern front... and reinforcing the border will lead to reinforcements needed else where not being available. The manpower issues makes this a long term mistake with mostly more negative consequences. The morale boost and foreign news propaganda is beneficial but not as beneficial as having whole brigades. Winning short term battles leads to losing wars in the long term. They have modern western equipment and are frequently using a combination of world war one and soviet era tactics and doctrines. Periodically using a few NATO style strategies in combination with NATO equipment systems as if they are training the Russian military on how to destroy western equipment and what the western doctrines are... Keeping the military force whole and attacking where advantageous and defending where they hold the advantage should be the goals. They should not be concerned with real estate. The real estate will exist after the conflict. The conflict is over without the military forces. Defend the military and stay in the fight. Holding real estate leads to losing men. Losing men leads to losing the war. Taking the initiative was a good thing. The maneuver was exactly the type of situation they need to repeatedly create up and down the line. But once they hit the military targets and any infrastructure, transportation, logistical capabilities... their supply lines and vulnerabilities grow with no real value other than propaganda. The morale boost achieved by the action does not equal the morale lost if the units involved in taking the action are lost in action.
Think of like boxing without rules. The bigger fighter is on top and has won the last few rounds. The smaller fighter is tiring, so kicks his opponent in the balls. There's no rules, and one small sharp kick to the balls can cause the opponent to collapse.
Arun Kundnani, adjunct professor at New York University, in a review of FDD publication Homegrown Terrorists in the US and UK argues that as a work "typical of many in its approach and conclusions", it does not provide empirical evidence for assumptions it makes and neglects contradicting data as a result of an influence by politics of the publisher and funders, and bias in favor of knowledge claims. -So talk a lot of B.S.then.
Utter desperation on behalf of the Ukrainian armed forces who cannot provide air support to these brigades and will ultimately squander them. Ukraine is already taking heavy casualties from Russian aviation, artillery and drones, as well as reinforcements.
It looks like the guy refers to the information of the beginning of the invasion, 3 days ago. Today Ukrainians already lost at least 900 troops, Russia is bombing the reserves and supply lines on the adjacent Ukrainian territory. The fight is far from over but gamble did not work, Russian offensive on the other areas did not stop for a second.
gamble didn't work? You mean the Russians are scrambling by bringing troops that were fighting in the Donbass to Kursk? Given Russia's terrible logistics, I say the fastest they can move all of their equipment to Kursk is 10-14 days. Now that just moving without time to dig-in and rest. Arriving to the battle exhausted from traveling and the fighting in the Donbass = recipe for disaster. Not to mention they may get Himars-ed along the way there.
Ukraine couldn’t have lost 900 men today because the incursion was crushed 4 days ago. According to the great mother Russia! Those 900 men are simply a case of the Mandela effect😂😂😂
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They fact youre scratching your head and putin is mad means its a smart strategy
I’ve been photographing life in Ukraine since 2014. I know that from 2014-2022 democrats and republicans had equal amount of interest in Ukraine but both knew very little. But everyone was genuinely concerned and interested when it came up in conversation. It wasn’t until republican leadership told their followers how to feel about Ukraine that everyone came up with these strong opinions about not supporting Ukraine. It’s sad that grown adults can be told what to think in modern day America. Good thing these freaks didn’t exist during WW2…
I wander if the US army could maintain the same level of secrecy and quietness with all the lawyers, human right activists etc in tow who demand to know, have right to know, have freedom of info to know etc. Well done Ukraine.
The US were well informed before this happened...
Where is the russian army? well some of it is sitting in port in Italy. Some of it was turned into a castle on the black sea etc etc... I hope the russian people start noticing this.
Ukraine’s national power grid is down to 23%, and Russia is continuing to reduce it every day. When winter comes Ukraine will freeze.
Doesn’t it make sense that Ukraine is going for the Kursk nuclear plant to hold it for ransom.
The best news source out there... Another good interview, Mike.
Arun Kundnani, adjunct professor at New York University, in a review of FDD publication Homegrown Terrorists in the US and UK argues that as a work "typical of many in its approach and conclusions", it does not provide empirical evidence for assumptions it makes and neglects contradicting data as a result of an influence by politics of the publisher and funders, and bias in favor of knowledge claims.
No one knows,just all guesses.
Positive, nice and kind comments eh? Thanks for this. The guest is quite well informed about the situation. His fluid description is authoritative and appreciated. Kudos.
Mike you’re awesome. You’re smart, knowledgeable and your analysis is always pragmatic and objective. I watch you every day 😉🙏🏻… please keep it up. Your take on the news and geopolitics is fascinating. Respect sir 😉🇺🇸
Surely this is probably a maginot line offensive v2. The Russian defences are heavily mined. Could it be the Ukrainians can go around the flanks and come at them from behind?
To help break the siege of Vicksburg in the South, Lee invaded the North to threaten Washington.
Of course that didn’t work for Lee. But Wagner showed how open the road to Moscow was last year.
Logistics and manpower
Ukraine is preparing for the possibility that if Trump becomes the next U.S. president, he might pressure Ukraine to immediately cease fire and use the current line of control as the basis for future territorial boundaries. Given the strong Russian defenses on the current front lines, which are difficult to overcome in the short term, Ukraine needs to exploit weaknesses in Russian defenses to advance the line of control quickly. Although the areas controlled may not be of strategic military importance, they could provide a more favorable position for future political negotiations, especially if led by Trump.
You can expect that Ukraine will not engage in hit-and-run guerrilla warfare this time. They will set up defensive lines based on the situation, aiming to hold onto occupied territories. However, they will also monitor Russia's reactions to decide on the deployment of military resources. If Russia redirects its main forces to expel Ukrainian invading troops, Ukraine might seize the opportunity to make gains on the current stalemated front lines. This would present Putin with a difficult decision in the short term.
Zelenskyy made a risky yet brilliant and necessary move politically and militarily.
"If the UKR can hold it..."
Yea, there is that....
That was a great video, thank you.
After all of this, whoever win this war, what do you think will be the cost of repairing the material and environmental damage on both territories?
Thx Mike, stay strong.💪
Great insight about ma bargaining chip. Because, once Trump gets in, this war is going to end, so they might as well begin positioning themselves for that eventuality.
Main target is the Kursk Nuclear Facility to take and hold yes absolutely. So far no serious resistance as Ukraine forces push quite deep and quite far in every direction. Suppression of all drone activities seems to have been done might even take a Russian Air Field. Nothing frontally happening against Belgorod but is being cut off so cannot be supplied from Moscow so might simply abandon posts possibly abandon the City. Nothing formalized entering Belarus yet nothing in Kalingrad nothing in the Western Black Sea but that could change tomorrow at this time as again Russia still has no miltary Force anywhere inside Russia. #developing
It’s a interesting public relations rah rah move...
But logistics and manpower are too lacking for the situation to pan out in the long term.
The conflict had been kept primarily in the south and this was a relatively quiet situation with settled borders...
As the Russian military forces are reinforced in this area its likely to result in counter attack offensive and that’s going to be very detrimental in long term consequences for Ukraine.
It was a emotional offensive and took advantage of a opportunity recognized with a swift initiative and decisive action... those were positive military actions.
This should have followed up with fast retreat and reorganization back near the border with recon probes into other areas...
The Ukrainians should have been using mobility with three line of elastic defense and defensive fortifications to fall to back too... instead of trench warfare and attempting to hold onto particular positions and property.
Their military men at arms are the most important thing.
Once they lost the majority of their professional army and by all reports they are now fighting bravely with conscripts... however the pace of attrition is too great.
These brigades are going to be needed in the future.
There is no property equal to soldiers lost.
They needed to keep a flexible mobility pattern of give and take with break throughs like this followed up with logistical strikes and a constantly moving situation...
The are drawing a attack in this region and afterwards that force is likely to push into Ukraine essentially opening up a northern front... and reinforcing the border will lead to reinforcements needed else where not being available.
The manpower issues makes this a long term mistake with mostly more negative consequences.
The morale boost and foreign news propaganda is beneficial but not as beneficial as having whole brigades.
Winning short term battles leads to losing wars in the long term.
They have modern western equipment and are frequently using a combination of world war one and soviet era tactics and doctrines.
Periodically using a few NATO style strategies in combination with NATO equipment systems as if they are training the Russian military on how to destroy western equipment and what the western doctrines are...
Keeping the military force whole and attacking where advantageous and defending where they hold the advantage should be the goals.
They should not be concerned with real estate.
The real estate will exist after the conflict.
The conflict is over without the military forces.
Defend the military and stay in the fight.
Holding real estate leads to losing men.
Losing men leads to losing the war. Taking the initiative was a good thing.
The maneuver was exactly the type of situation they need to repeatedly create up and down the line.
But once they hit the military targets and any infrastructure, transportation, logistical capabilities... their supply lines and vulnerabilities grow with no real value other than propaganda.
The morale boost achieved by the action does not equal the morale lost if the units involved in taking the action are lost in action.
Think of like boxing without rules. The bigger fighter is on top and has won the last few rounds. The smaller fighter is tiring, so kicks his opponent in the balls. There's no rules, and one small sharp kick to the balls can cause the opponent to collapse.
is this the guy from breaking bad? friday night lights
Arun Kundnani, adjunct professor at New York University, in a review of FDD publication Homegrown Terrorists in the US and UK argues that as a work "typical of many in its approach and conclusions", it does not provide empirical evidence for assumptions it makes and neglects contradicting data as a result of an influence by politics of the publisher and funders, and bias in favor of knowledge claims. -So talk a lot of B.S.then.
6 huh? Hmmm
The Russians have too many troops for this to affect the other battles/zones. Putin will crush this I hate to say.
Utter desperation on behalf of the Ukrainian armed forces who cannot provide air support to these brigades and will ultimately squander them. Ukraine is already taking heavy casualties from Russian aviation, artillery and drones, as well as reinforcements.
Yes, comrade, it is exactly like that.
@@xandr13 it is exactly like that...
It looks like the guy refers to the information of the beginning of the invasion, 3 days ago. Today Ukrainians already lost at least 900 troops, Russia is bombing the reserves and supply lines on the adjacent Ukrainian territory. The fight is far from over but gamble did not work, Russian offensive on the other areas did not stop for a second.
The copium is stronk with this one.
well thats not true is it?
gamble didn't work? You mean the Russians are scrambling by bringing troops that were fighting in the Donbass to Kursk? Given Russia's terrible logistics, I say the fastest they can move all of their equipment to Kursk is 10-14 days. Now that just moving without time to dig-in and rest. Arriving to the battle exhausted from traveling and the fighting in the Donbass = recipe for disaster. Not to mention they may get Himars-ed along the way there.
Rusia tiene demasiados soldados Ucrania ya casi no los tiene se ayuda con mercenarios extranjeros de la Otan
Ukraine couldn’t have lost 900 men today because the incursion was crushed 4 days ago. According to the great mother Russia!
Those 900 men are simply a case of the Mandela effect😂😂😂