Battle of Kiev - How Might It Go
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Quit being lazy - work on your pronunciation next time. 🙄
Disappointed, making money off a conflict, greed destroys people.
Holy crap, you pronounced the name of the Capital incorrectly! Hahaha What a mistake to make!
It's just a sponsor. It's not like he's investing into a weapons manufacturer as a war begins.
"yeah war is ugly and stuff, so no real footage will be shown, but before that here is a message from our sponsor :D"
You did't show a real footage because of a demonetization? Did't ya?
Ah yes, the Derpa river! Famous for head smacking whenever someone tries to pronounce it.
that honestly made me giggle when he mispronounced it
@Wiegraf Well, as an American I would be more than willing to make that bet.
@Wiegraf that's not a language u pleb
@Wiegraf I've been to "Arkansah" as you locals call it. And y'all juss donn understan basik Inglish. There, is that pidgeon enough for you! Just messing with you. I'm from Cali and the number of times people have asked me to speak surfer lingo is quite insane. One thing I do recommend is that you take a trip to Europe. For whatever reason the ladies love southern accents or SoCal ones.
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Russian morale was not mentioned once. It was a key factor is the 90s and early 2000s. It may very well be the deciding factor even, in Ukraine.
And currently it's very low.
@@robertbealer5930 As it should be. They're almost kids born in 2002 who were only sent to military exercise and after 2 month of winter camping were sent to die for old bitter man. They're young, tired, cold, hungry, plagued with covid and shocked war actually happened. They should join Ukraine. It's Putler's war, not theirs.
At 6:45 it was mentioned
@@theproudONE92 Actually that's ukranian morale as mentioned by the narrator unless there was a mistake in the script.
@@theproudONE92 he said Ukrainian
Covert Cabal is so covert he disguised his funding to a freaking kitchen knife company
Binkov just had that same knife
I found it as disgusting as the Applebee's ad on CNN
@@sleekblackroadster not trash, but not what the ad says, they're just knives, probably German steel LOL. I like German steel BTW.
dude, these knife can cut steal, as well as a tomato.... and 1200mm of hemogenous steel. The T80 can opener...
Binkov is the Russian version of covert and disguise his funding trough game ads 😆!!!
"However, either or not Ukraine's military will stay and fight is another matter..."
10 days in, Russians: "uh oh... we screwed up BIG time"
I'm watching this 2 days later and I already feel it is half-outdated.
So, this mostly aged like milk.
So far, everything that you said about Ukrainian soldiers' morale possibly dropping has been happening to Russian troops.
facts. Ukraine is holding on pretty well. Russia has had trouble entering any of the major cities
They actually seem to be falling back in some areas, in others entire columns have been decimated by atgms and tb2s, and let's not forget about the russian soldier surrendering in surprising numbers! If ukraine can keep this up for a week or 2 longer russia could actually be the ones to sue for peace!
Don't base your opinion on what you read in mass media. There is heavy propaganda from both sides, so we will only know what happens after it is over. However, the Russians are not going all-out. In fact, they are restraining themselves, which will rise their casualties for sure. That and the fact that they gave weapons to civilians, is a huge problem for Russia: you no longer know who is a civilian, and you have to be careful with civilians... What Ukraine is doing on the other hand, is all-out kamikaze. They are rising Russian casualties, but also endangering the lives of civilians. That's a questionable move at best...
You can call it a questionable move, but their entire existence is depending on it.
When you have no other choice, you will do what you must.
@@sotir9299 Oh yeah what the Ukrainians are doing is crazy not some asshole that turned the ruble into toilet paper for dogs.
The US found out the hard way, war might be quick, but occupation can last a long time.
i think russia will only occupied friendly ukraine state like donetsk and luhanks
US never wanted Afghanistan or Iraq. It was just supposed to be temporary. Putingrad just wants to keep Ukraine being the thieves that they are.
And Russia doesn't have any support from the local population. The US at least had the promise of freedom and democracy. What does Russia offer?
@@jascrandom9855 Russia have a big support in the russia ethnic majority state like donetsk and luhansk
@@jascrandom9855 They offer nothing. There is no prosperity with being part of Russia going forward.
This war has made Russia out to not be the bear, but a paper tiger.
Paper bear lmao
I am Ukrainian American, my grandma is in Donetsk and she says the bombings in Donetsk have slowed down because Russias focusing on Kiev now. I face timed her a few days ago and I could hear the bombs going off. Scary.
Sorry for what your family is dealing with thru all of this conflict. May you find peace, y'all stay safe wherever at and countries that wish to be free remain free
May your grandma be protected.
For what its worth, I've emailed my congressmen and I encourage all Americans to do the same. I pray this ends peacefully soon.
You are a coward, go over and fight
The invasion started yesterday morning. So you hearing the boms fall "a few days ago" is just BS. Go farm karma somewhere else.
Surprised they haven’t used MLRS fires as much as it was expected along with EW and such but I guess it can be to a number of factors such as 🇷🇺 wanting to keep colateral damage including civilian casualties to a minimum or also because the 🇺🇦 military dispersed itself as to avoid devastating losses too early on. That been said this is barely the first day and things can rapidity change.
Either way this whole mess is a mistake, it’s going to be bad everywhere.
Russia has never shown a huge regard for civilian life in the past. It seems to be a cultural thing.
This is definitely a mess and a mistake. :/
@@jolness1 They are sending mobile crematories to the frontline. I know Russian army could be pretty cruel, but they are blatantly disrespecting the deads.
Russia has used MLRS. There is video of Smerch being fired from Belarus into Ukraine
It's MLRS, right?
@@jellybr3ak That's scary, that thing probably lowered Russian army morale.
Im from Ukraine people here is super motivated in media even government gives tutorials of how to make molotov also a lot of people that had experience before in war massively joining the army right now. We had Russian troops deployed from sky in Kiev couple hours ago and some old man been throwing his milk pockets at their shooting bmp. Btw those airborne russians are all dead right now but there is coming a huge colonum of technic from Chernobyl which will try to go through the Hostomel, Vorzel, Bucha and Irpin (my city). Btw we have no military infrastructure there but those assholes launching their cruise missiles at hospital we are here hearing super massive explosions almost every 30 mins even if those explosions is more then 7km away i guess its ballistic missiles or some kinds of heavy bombs.
hang in there bro
Give them hell and stay safe!
Slava Ukraini!💖
The Molotov cocktail was also designed by a small country facing down the Russians. It will be delicious irony to burn them out with it again.
Stay strong, I wish we were doing more to help
Dude, you're mention of the Chechnya rooftop AT defense was awesome. You got chops. Respect.
Why did i read this with my Kev from the office voice xD
The problem is that Ukrainians are not chechnians and are not nearly as awesome.
If chechyna was as big and numerous as ukraine the Russians would have a serious problem but the Ukrainians aren’t willing to fight a nasty brutal war
When the roof tops start speaking Chechnyan
I like CC but this was like a 3 minute explanation of nothing. I could have done that with zero research...
I’ve deployed with Ukraine’s army back in Afganistan. I will tell you from my personal experience they are battle hardened fighters. They would rather die fighting than get captured
Russia strong 💪🇷🇺
So are the russians. I'm sorry for your comrades, but russia seems to cut through Ukraine like warm butter.
Who knows if their army is the same anymore? That was a generation ago. Most of those guys have either retired from service or moved on to greener pastures in different job fields.
@@wassollderscheiss33 where are they cutting mate? We are 24 hours into the conflict and despite air superiority and a hundred cruise missiles fired, they barely had any strategic victories. Remember Russia was claiming it can take Kiev in a few hours with a blitzkrieg.
@@wassollderscheiss33 Ghost Of Kyiv goes brrrrrr on Russian aircraft
00:17 "war is ugly, and i don't want to be demonetized"
Honestly, it feels weird to have a sponsor for this video.
It feels like a kick in the balls to all the people fighting and dying in Ukraine as he made the video and as I type this.
@@AutismIsUnstoppable Definitely. "I'm going to talk about people dying. Now here's am advert"
I'm not sure what you were expecting when you started watching a channel focused on war. Every single video of his has indirectly or directly been about killing people.
Gotta feed your family some how. Atleast it’s just an ad and nothing predatory
Yeah especially advertising a fucking knife. Sick to death of these fucking adverts. This video is brought to you buy Squarespace. No it fucking isn't. Square space didn't call you up and say hey can you make a video about WW3 or some shit. Does my fucking head in, feels like I'm watching cable TV.
Interesting to watch this video one month on. The assault on Kyiv is a failure, the Russians are retreating. None of the major cities have fallen, though Mariupal is pummelled to rubble, it is still clinging on. Ukrainian Morale, which you speculated would be falling at 6:40 is as high as it always was.
Not a criticism of your analysis, nobody has a crystal ball.
This video has aged very poorly
except those that knew Eastern Europe (Baltics most definitely) don't like russia and don't want to be a part of russia. Ukraine has and will continue to have a large nationalist movement and culture.
If Zelenesky ran and said I need a ride not guns like asraf ghani the moral would also fall like Afgan
@@user-pm7fv9dt6j Russian will go the way of Austro Hungary, or more recently, Serbia.
Is your moral is still high? :-)
Maybe I'll check back in another month and see how it is then.
Thank You Covert Cabal. I have been waiting for this all day! Please keep these updates coming!
Take a break away from your screen, you're getting too addicted.🤷🏿♂️
I have to disagree with you on the lack of moral and resolve on the Ukrainian side. These people are defending their houses, families, livelihood and way of life. In short: Their very existence!
Never underestimate the strength of someone who is fighting for survival.
Former US servicemen would agree
I suspect that this becomes Yugoslavia.
Exactly. People always, always underestimate the toughness of an enraged people, and overestimate the power of shiny gear.
Difference between fighting for your motherland or for a bunch of corrupt oligarchs who want civillians to become cannon fodder for Russias army...
Send as many Russians to Puto's super body incinerator as you can....
After realising the scale of war, your respect for Finland in 1939 grows by million times.
I understand why you compare those wars but realistically Finland was in a much better defensive position then Ukraine by far
@@itzikashemtov6045 Ukraine is stronger than Finland by far as well.
"There are different types of victory."
Pyrrhus
And the Russians have mentioned asymmetrical warfare so often over the years. They are definitely playing the propaganda card strongly too. I sincerely hope this doesn’t end the way we thought the Cold War would when I served.
@@NoName-ds5uq Nothing goes quite the way people think. Having served myself in a post-Cold war world, the spirit of the defending nation is the single most important determinant of whether victory will be swift and decisive, or bloody and drawn. I've lived in Kyiv, Moscow, and St. Petersburg - and the Ukrainians are a wily and hardy folk. I don't think it will be walk in the park everyone expects.
@@threethrushes I agree the Ukrainians aren't going to quit.
Well, that depends on what Russia is going to do with Chernobyl. The morale is going to be quite low if the Russians are able to create a nuclear cloud blowing over Kyiv.
@@hendrikdependrik1891 Would that qualify as a war crime? Sounds like it may be a possibility. Although the winds of fate are sometimes unpredictable - Belarus isn't too far away.
Why dose everyone ignore the variable of "being the defender". I am from Croatia, when our war of independence started we broke away from a country with 3rd biggest army... we had 0 soldiers. They took 1/3 of our territory and the situation was beyond bleak... well the war is over, we have 100% of out territory back and we won. They can easily make this war not worth it for Russia.
Well a large portion of Ukraine is Russian, and have felt oppressed over the past decade. Apples and oranges.
Imagine ignoring the massive NATO bombing campaigns that reduced the VRS fighting capabilities and all those Ustase vets that formed militias
He did I recall go into detail about Ukraine having advantage being defender and on home territory in the last Ukraine video
How long did that take, 3~5 years ? That's not anything like easy.
That's morale, which was talked about.
Curious of 2 things.
1. Javelin vs Arena
2. If widespread use of personal body armor will accelerate the push for 6.8
You bet your butt the US has observers there to get field reports, expect a lot of changes to classified projects in the future from this conflict. Wouldn't be surprised if the 6.8 program is pushed ahead.
@@infernosgaming8942 we'll see. It could also kill 6.8 if appears unnecessary. Smart people make stupid decisions, everyday... and stupid people make lucky decisions, everyday. Time, and this war, will tell.
What is 6.8?
@@deusexaethera 6.8mm ammo
@@deusexaethera It’s the new cartridge for the US Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) Program. 6.8x51mm
So basically what you’re saying a couple of C5’s need to “accidentally” strategically air drop anti air and anti tank weaponry not just for the sake of destroying the opposition, but for the morale boost of seeing destroyed tanks and aircraft would have on the Ukrainians.
They have been.
You’re not gonna see any of this. Unfortunately Ukraines days as a sovereign nation are almost over. The time to act and prevent this was far since past due to weak leaders across the world. Russia just has a better trained, better equipped, and larger military. The Ukrainian president is likely to surrender to minimize the loss of life.
That would be based, unfortunately biden is too meek and mentally gone to order such an action (most likely). Perhaps the CIA would like to introduce themselves?
@@The_Black_Falchion The way to prevent the war negotiated since JUNE of 2021. Meaning NATO should keep its documented promise not expand to the east (violated before "evil" Putin was ever elected, so there is no excuse). Ukraine should be neutral, demilitarized and denazified. But, of course, NATO did not agree with it since they did the 2014 coup exactly to use Ukraine as a tool against Russia, so they were stuffing it with weapons and training the neo-Nazis, officially incorporated by Ukraine (with all of their glorious Waffen SS insignia, torch marches, banning the Russian language, sabotaging the peace Minsk-1/2 agreements etc).
The CIA started this whole mess.
The Western puppet government of Ukraine is done.
Hope u updated more in term of weapon and strategy for this invasion 👍🏽
Hopefully a combination of mounting costs, anti-war sentiments in Russia, and sanctions makes Putin withdraw from Ukraine.
Please, the UN is weak and the Braindead Gasbag in our white house has all but given putin a reach around and a couple courtesy strokes.
Or better yet get violently deposed.
@@drezworthy the world would move very quickly to recognize a new russian govt that would succeed putin.
let us hope they soon find that courage to dispatch him
@@laszlozoltan5021 We love Putin. He fights for our national interests.
@@georgeousthegorgeous We hate Putin. He brings misery, death and destruction not only to our brothers in Ukraine, but to our country too.
I don't get the impression that we will see the Ukranian military give up at all during this war. They are angry and looking to kill as many Russian's as possible. Russia is going to regret this fight a lot in the long run I think especially considering their economy is going to tank.
ну тебе с дивана конечно виднее
This is a war of national survival for the Ukrainians, I expect them to fight to the bitter end.
@@non5309 ahh look its a dictators little servant
@@slyfoxx8540 hey anglo bot. Get a real job.
They have historically been a very brave and fearsome foe.
1:12 - for majority of these airstrikes you don't need precision weapons, and USSR also had laser and TV guided PGMs. Just they don't have JDAM equivalent, at least not as widespread.
They absolutely have JDAM equivalents. Those are just laser and GPS guided bombs... You even said in the same sentence they have laser bombs lmao.
anyone else eyeing taiwan to see if something happens there as well
The US was never seriously obligated to defend Ukraine unlike NATO countries, we have a significantly stronger commitment to Taiwan but it's unclear how far that will go if it means a direct engagement with China. Honestly it sorta feels like the world is gradually teetering to another world war and all great powers are working to delay it as long as possible.
Personally I doubt there will be any Chinese move against Taiwan in the near term. It's mainly a Washington scare tactic. Beijing has always had a long term cultural political economic plan to reintegrate Taiwan.
China keeps flying close to Taiwan airspace and Taiwan keeps intercepting them. But with a braindead gasbag in our whitehouse, Taiwan might as well give up, although, big as china is, it's unlikely to make a move yet. And I've seen that, even in the best scase scenario for china, it could be a long conflict if they start anything, and that's just fighting the people of Taiwan.
I don't think your view which side will have to struggle with low morale is quite accurate, given what just happened on the Snake Island.
It's early yet. The dead have very low morale.
Absolute legends, RIP to those 13 soldiers.
Yeah. The Ukrainians are very motivated to fight. The Russians... Sure, some of them are on board. But Russia isn't North Korea. Russians have access to information. Plenty of them (probably most) are no fans of Putin, even in the military.
no step on snek 😳
What happened on snake island?
Please keep us updated with your analysis as often as possible.
CC, you better be posting videos every few hours. Now is your time
Personally I feel it would also be well to post the war footage during his videos. Covert Cabal has been my goto for war statistics and logistics I didn't know he'd be against showing footage
Been waiting on ya man!!
Damn Derper river, always derping around for no good reason.
Been waiting for this
You completely forgot about morale and combat value. This is an illegitimate war fought against brothers and sisters and the demoralizing effect this has had on the attackers, let alone the completely failed logistics that seems to hamper the Russian troops. I think you can do a quick sortie here by posting a video about how morale and combat value has a great impact on Russia's ability to win against a motivated Ukraine. Keep up the good work!
hwe mentioned morale
Russia is only using its professional troops here flown in from syria. No teenagers here.
I was literally waiting for this video
I have been metaphorically waiting.
Listen guys, I know the world is scary right now.. but it's gonna get way worse.
I appreciate your optimism.
I think the moral of the Ukraine troops are extremely high, not only are they fighting for their homeland, they do also have extremely bad experiences with the Soviet Union and Russian control of their country. It is pretty clear that many of their troops will rather die fighting than give up. While the Russian speaking side have sympathies for Russia, west Ukraine is quite the opposite. Ukrainians are a proud people, this will be a long mess for Russia if they succeed taking over the institutions. It will be much like the situation in Iraq or Chechnya with guerilla troops and hidden remnants making ambushes for years to come.
At this point, the only methods Putin have left to win is to big in heavier and more modern weapons, as casualties are piling up for the old T-72 stuff they are using. It also seems like that he doesn't have the full support of the Duma, which means that he might be on borrowed time, and needs to win this war very quickly. Politically this war has cost too much as they are loosing access to the Mediterranean even for trade ships, as both Turkey and France are excusing detainment of such vessels with the sanctions against Russia, meaning that they are effectively experiencing a full Navy blockade in their most vital ports. Similar events might also happen in the Baltic Sea.
This is a huge misstep for Russia, and will end in a military build up on their border nations. Neutral nations such as Sweden, Norway and Finland will seriously consider full membership of Nato, while expanding their military budgets. Considering that there is already a big export of Swedish produced NLAWs rolling in to Ukrainian airfields, it is pretty clear what rest of Europe feels about Russia's invasion, and that is "Go, f..ck yourselves".
Polish had very bad experiences (civilian slaughters) with Ukrainians in WW2 but now support them.
The bad experiences you mention is the key for Neonazis in Ukraine. USA support them since 2014.
>neutral nations
>Norway
A teenager with no understanding wrote this
@@bennelong8451 You see Scandinavian nations have been neutral during the cold war, not taking steps to provoke the USSR, while Denmark and Norway technically were members from the start, they couldn't count on official US help in case of a war with USSR. This was because both countries unique position. One sharing borders with USSR in Finnmark and one blocking the narrow strait.
Finland was under the peace agreement with USSR at the time and was forced to buy soviet weapons. Sweden just remained neutral because of the successful policies during WW2.
So yes, Norway has been seeking a policy of neutrality in most cases when concerning Russia, the same goes for Denmark. I admit, that I screwed up writing Norway up as a non-member nation, but what I meant is that Norway didn't allow permanent foreign troops on it soil as a part of it's neutrality. A policy that they with high likelihood will change, as Denmark will be a hub for NATO forces to deploy in the Baltic region (recent policy change as well).
I really wish you would drop the sponsors for videos like this. I feel like it cheapens the work you do on the content. I subscribed to your Patreon.
1:31 LOL we know the answer now.
I've been waiting all day for this.
They’re fighting for the future of their nation, I don’t see many “giving up” just because they’re outgunned.
No they're fighting for the pentagons foreign policies! Ukraines neo nazi regime needs to be removed from office for there to be peace!
They already handed out guns to civilians in Kiev, they are desperate, and many fronts the Ukrainians were fighting have been victory to the Russians, i think morale is pretty low since there is forced conscription on the males that are 18-60 that are trying to evacuate
FU RAZOR.
@@SwordOfTheSpirit-I- Nazis lead by a Jewish President? You people are funny. I don't know how you can say this shit with a straight face.
@@Kosh800 there are neo Nazis in Ukraine, but they are not in the government, they just want to kill Russians
First! Love your content thank you for all your awesome videos learned so much!
Nope I was 1st check up above
Thanks for this and keep up the good work! I am very interested to see how the combined arms movement was supported by SAMs and CAP. Cheers.
Been waiting on your vids over this 💯
Been looking forward
Ukraine has been in the independent country for almost 30 years now since the collapse of the Soviet Union I don't think they're ready to give up their independence nitty-gritty it's like I said the Russians would have to engage ukranians on their terms on their time not the other way around...
before soviet time, Ukraine is part of RUSSIA!. people there know this fact as clear as daylight, unlike western people who just now googling what is Ukraine.
Ukraine was a Russian vassal until 2014.
Russia will stop of they give up on the break away regions and keep NATO out.
@@wyunaboy after getting starved to death by Stalin I don't think any people living there at the time though being part of that regiem was nice
@@wyunaboy so what, they don't want more oppression from your dictator, they've lost millions years back as have the rest of Eastern Europe 🖕
Thank you very much for this fast analysis!
Please keep updated videos on this war coming!
Please make update to the 40 mile convoy outside of Kiev!!!!!
Its moving slowly
Join the discord to stay up to date!
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very interesting, such a deep analysis, please make more videos like this
Damn you should put out an addendum or something like a newspaper retraction for all the terrible and wrong predictions you’ve made regarding this war.
Hostomel Airport raid is very interesting. 30+ helicopters flying low through MANPADS fire and losing only 1 bird....insanely daring operation.
Russia said 130. They deployed troops there and were countered by brigade of Ukrainian national guard which failed to dislodge them. At the same time they taken Chernobyl. Then Ukrainians did not offer too much resistance and Russians now are in north Kiev suburbs. They are also on the ring road and driving like they were in Moscow. Remaining Ukrainian troops positioned cannon fodder on the bridges for Russia to mop up and some remaining paratroopers closer to center for short last stand (appears to be the case).
Not to mention a Ukrainian mig-29 flew in and took out a few planes and helis.
@@daxtertalon4 Yeah sure, no verification at all of any kind. Maybe the famous ghost guy?
@@tomk3732 whats the situation now?
@@tomk3732 please update us on what's going on
Your videos are getting more and more cluttered with ads and leaner on valued content.
Thank you!
I cant get over that VBV jumps in front of the jet intakes
I honestly would doubt that iraq Had a much weaker military. In Terms of Numbers no. Also equipment was mich more numeros. Anti air for example. They had around 200 anti air sides. With almost 20.000 missles. Thats something
You don't want to show war footage because you want to sell us stuff. Be honest.
Bump. As usual, good information!
Keep dropping videos.
I'm sorry to say I expected something much more informative from this channel.
yup
Better a little then a lot of shitty content filled with fake infos
I can't imagine he had a ton of time to write this.
I would imagine the average video takes at least a week of writing.
I don't think there's too much to discuss yet after only one day of war
He avoided getting into the specifics because outside of Kyiv, Moscow, and the Pentagon no one actually knows the current state of things. Everything is unconfirmed and 95% of all info is from Twitter which is susceptible to manipulation.
If reports are true, seems like they're doing well.
You guys love this stuff
safety tip, curl your fingers as you cut produce
Lmao...the river is pronounced Nee-puh. Not durpadurpa.
Proceeds to show Serbian tanks for the third time lol
I'm sorry, which River? 🤣🤣
Thank you, I needed that. 👍
'knee-pa' river
When the world needed him the most, Cabal answered.
I think to myself “it’d be sweet if covert cabal had something new and badass to say about this” and then…. click. Thank you 💪🏻
"Kiev" is the Russian Spelling, The Ukrainians call it "Kyiv".
Everyone pronouncing it Keev is driving me insane.
That's like arguing native English speakers should call Rome Roma. I understand not wanting to use the Russian name but in English YI are never put together, it's super awkward. You're making the language less intuitive and useful for political purposes alone.
@@otm646 How muych harder is it to say "Key-iv", instead of "key-ev"?!
Does anyone knows if the attack is still ongoing, I have not been able to find any real update since the bombing of major cities in the morning?
Some pretty good analysis here and predictions as well that came true! And for me, it's interesting going back and viewing this vid now. And not as a re-watch, coz I actually didn't see it when you released it. Only discovered your channel when you uploaded that Russian tank count vid. And hey! Nice that you along side most other people were wrong about the longevity of the Ukrainian forces. Day 125 now!💪✊✊
Day 180 😂
sad that by the time I am watching it (just few days later) the video is already out of date, which is expected considering how quickly situation changes on the ground. For example key assumption is wrong - Russia still does not control skies above Ukraine and that fundamentally changes the other assumptions.
It's been demonstrated all day that the Ukrainians are determined to stand and fight. The Snake Island 13, The Ghost of Kyiv (whether he's real or not doesn't matter - it's been an absolute inspiration on the ground it seems), the line of control's solid resistance so far. Hell - there was a whole Russian platoon who straight up walked up to the Ukrainians and surrendered today because apparently they didn't know they were there to invade.
Not to mention - the plans Putin has for supporters of the 2014 revolution are frankly fucking crimes against humanity - Ukrainians are going to fight like hell it seems to avoid that fate. History runs deep in this war - and nations under Russia's heel in the past very obviously never want to be under them again.
More than likely the pilot is real, but his air to air kills are greatly exaggerated
@@Bigman-fh1fz this isn't ace combat. I would suspect the same
@@FuelAirSparkTime they claim 3 confirmed on soviet era ground attackers for him, wouldn't surprise me
Already coming up with heroic names for Ukrainian soldiers -_- I've seen the footage of this supposed Ghost of Kiev, it's all over on Reddit at the moment. Didn't look like an intense dogfight to me. Honestly the truth of this war will only come out once it ends
@@G_Flash84625 that footage was from DCS. And no, Ghost of Kiev doesn't exist, he's made up
interesting watching this now the the battle for Kiev is all but over
When you fight for your home u fight to the end
Love your content but does this need to be sponsored? I dont think the situation at hand should see a sponsorship on relevant videos.
yeah that was cringey, as bad as cnn rolling applebees commercials during live coverage of an invasion
Hes gotta make money somehow. His videos take time, and energy. For the quality of videos, and you can skip it.
@@713Tankbuster the attention on the subject continues to get him more subscribers. More subscribers = more views long term, which makes more money.
No need to make sponsorships on videos getting worldwide attention for topics that are dire.
@@DisregardKD RUclips ad revenue is nearly nothing even for major channels.
Man needs to eat
God protect all the people out there…hopefully they can come home in one piece
One thing that turned out a bit differently is the missle arsenal.
Altgough stockpiles seem to shrink, they had much more than most people expacted
If they hold out casualties will be high so it’s a tricky decision
Always bring a sharp knife to a helicopter fight
I've seen a video of dozens of russian helicopters flying towards Ukrainian positions and none of them got shot down after deploying flares.
I've seen that video. The automatic flair launches saved them. I've seen pictures a ka52 that was less lucky and was shot down.
They were also pretty low. And there wasn't any particular indication that Ukranian forces were right in that immediate area.
All I see is Russia pushing with minimal resistance. I’m laughing so hard because for months people have been telling me “the Ukrainians will fight house to house and make Russia bleed” LOL 3 days later Russia is in Kiev, they almost have the Ukrainian forces in the East completely encircled, they saw no resistance in Odessa and Mariupol(key strategic cities) and they have only used 10% of their 190k forces on the Ukrainian border. You guys have been duped no sensible Ukrainian will fight for the Zelenski puppet regime.
@@Dan-Martin yea running out of gas, losing lots of men and hardware, having airborne units routed.
Of course the odds are in favor of Russia, but you'd be daft to think it's going as easy as they thought it would.
Ive also seen a video of 2 ukrainian helicopters firing missiles without being shot down. Glory to Ukraine!
am watching from Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
You must be happy that this is happening. RUclips notified me of this video after a decade of silence...
Russia's performance is subpar just like it was even against Georgia in 2008 and this was totally expected. They have suffered massive losses already and they are unable to even gain air superiority. Only a fraction of its military is up to date, and even the most up to date system fall 20 to 25 years behind the western counterparts. Russia is also economically small country, it's GPD is size of Italy and per capita it's even worse, so Putin's expectations and fantasies about being a super power do not meet with reality.
Ahh multiple KA 52s shot down 🤩🤩🤩
Two. Just two.
I appreciate your policy of not showing the actual war
I don't. It only serves to further the disconnect between armchair generals and the reality on the ground... Oh an of course it helps with monetization.
@@AutismIsUnstoppable Kind of wishing that RUclips rely more on human reviewers than bots on subjects as of this. Once read back then that if enough context is given to back up your reason for uploading such footages, you just got yourselves the green light.
Did we change timelines again? What is Keev?
From what I've seen the ukrainians are willing to die even if it's hopeless. Hard to beat someone with that kind of determination. Long live independent Ukraine
zelensky is making them do tht
@@vicvic2081 sorry know their hatred and fear of Vlad the poisoner is making them do that
Then just surrender
@@calvinblue894 if Vlad The Vampire was coming into my country I'd fight until I died too
@@michaelthespikel5685 which country you are from.. because i believe he will attack a NATO country next.
It’s still early in this conflict/war but it already seems Russia is having problems, there is confirmed reports of Ukraine shooting down Ka And other types of helicopters, including destroying tanks and many armored vehicles and have done some air to ground attacks with Ukraine’s MiG-29’s. Again it’s still early but it seems Ukraine isn’t playing around and is making it very difficult for Russia the military. As me making this comment there is reports and footage of Ukraine shooting down a Cruise missile or a Russian bomber, so Ukraine is doing its absolute best to defend its country. God bless Ukraine and the Ukrainian People 🇺🇦.
As of this writing, confirmed 30 Russian tanks, 130 light armor and trucks, 8 fixed wing aircraft and 7 helicopters have been destroyed. If Ukraine keeps this pace Russia will be combat ineffective in less than two weeks.
@@92HazelMocha hopefully this is accurate. What’s the source?
Yea as of right now Ukraine has been doing a lot of damage to Russian forces, there is a Ukrainian Fighter who has 6 confirmed kills on Russian jets and unconfirmed possibility a 7th kill as we speak. Ukraine also has probably shot down a Tu-160 loaded with ordinance in Ukrainian airspace and the Ukrainian airforce has been doing air to ground attacks on Russian fighters, they also have shot down multiple fighter jets including multiple Ka attack helicopters as well as other Russian helicopters in general. I honestly believe Russia has underestimated the Ukrainian military and again it’s still very early in this conflict but right now the Ukrainian military isn’t sitting around, they’re actively dealing some serious damage to Russian forces.
Oh yes, ukraine is holding pretty strong, but i would not overestaminate russian losses given two things - 1st its huge scale operation we have not seen for some time and its NOT against militants armed with toyota trucks and 50cals at most. 2nd - most of the helicopter losses happened during risky atempt to cut Kyjev from the west deploying troops deep ahead in to the ukraine controlled teritory so i would guess these losses were expected. But still, im pretty surprised how is UA army holding the russians off on the easter front, shame front is pretty much collapsing as we speak everywhere else.
@@Jabba.Da.Hutt_ how is Ukraine flying if Russia controls airspace ? Where are these Jets taking off from if russia destroyed most airfields ? I’m lost
I hope the conflict ends quickly without a lot of suffering and deaths.
Yep. Lets hope the Putingraders run away in defeat then. The only answer.
@@wolfgangjr74 no, let's hope Ukraine will finally return to its roots.
@@georgeousthegorgeous Technically it's Russia returning to its roots of Ukraine. Putingrad can go ahead and leave now.
@@georgeousthegorgeous yes and make ukraine strong again
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There is no choice but they must abandon Kiev as capital but use it as a Guerilla warfare frontier.
With airlift support from other European bases, they could deny the Kiev area.
true but the soldiers morale will plummet if that happens. I mean can you imagine if your capital city fell under enemy control.
@@shadybanana6553 - It's probably not the best strategy, but there is precedent. During the Napoleonic wars Russia had to abandon Moscow to Napoleon, and in fact burned down the majority of the city, leaving Napoleons army with little supplies in the middle of winter. He was eventually forced to retreat and suffered many losses on the march back to France. That supply issue wouldn't happen here to Russia in this war however. Another example would be the British burning Washington DC during War of 1812. Clearly that did not put an end to the United States as a fighting force, let alone as a country.
Just a guess, but, the “hat” they put on the tanks might not be armour. If the javelin and whatever the Swedish one is called use ML pattern recognition (don’t know if they do) to explode over the hatch, they might just need to make the hatch to not look like a hatch from above. If it works they have acquired and or stolen examples to test with. There are ways around this, but I doubt they could update the software in time.
They are known to go for Center of mass
Oh my how things have changed since then