What you didn’t learn from this story is that mentioned by him at 0:50 14000 killed Ukrainians - are the civilian citizens of Donbas, killed by Ukrainian army..
@@splifstar85 That’ll be to much truth for this guy. It’ll require some research. No time for that though. He just wants to add his 5 cents after he googled where Ukrainian was. Childish analyzes.
@@grayguy9779 ohh you’ve trained them well, all those torture videos of captive wounded Russian soldiers confirm that - just like you did to Iraqis and Afganies.. As for Russians learning it - why would Russians need to learn that? And your combat tactics are only good against an opponent that has been carpet bombed into oblivion where your tactics are mostly clearing an empty city.. and your field tactics are fairly basic too - hide and pray the gunship makes it in time 🙈
Most veterans: "yea I was in a war, I had to take a lot of people out" Mike glover: "I shot an AA gun at taliban fighters with flip-flops from real far away"
Nah, Mike glover is just humble. He was in delta for a short period of time and he was apart of a task force that was going after high value targets. He has engaged enemy from under 10 meters away. Listen to his Shawn Ryan interview, he spent time as a door kicker he is just extremely low-key about it. He’s rubbed elbows with all of the t1 units.
Thank you for also acknowledging that we've been involved. People forget we've had a defense pact with them since we made them denuke themselves. So did Russia.
@@davidp2707 russia ridding the country of the Obam\ma installed Neo Nazi government and we are happy to be supporting Ukraine? How do you think Hunter got a job at Burisma with no experience...lol
People love to circle jerk about the media but the coverage has been pretty measured, I don’t see a lot of calls for direct action. It seems like both the people who are anti-West and anti-Putin all agree that there’s a fine line to walk to avoid WW3. Yes there’s a lot of propaganda going around that’s why I don’t bother counting bodies while the conflict is still happening. But ultimately we know that there are people dying on both sides that never needed to happen if Putin hadn’t directed his forces to engage. So take the individual details with a grain of salt and we have a pretty good idea of what is going on out there
the 'Ukrainian soldiers ambush Russian soldiers in Kiev' section starting around 3:50 was actually a blue on blue incident in the centre of Kiev between different groups of Ukraininans, some AFU, some TDF if I recall. It also ends with a Ukrainian strela crushing a civilian car in the confusion. I see this incident commented on by a lot of people who keep repeating the mainstream media line that they were Russian soldiers and a Russian tank and it's simply not true
Some of the best gun fight stories involve flipflops....or Crocs. I found Crocs didn't collect rocks and break when you are running in them. Other than that, they are terrible footwear.
To be fair, it IS actually a lot safer to drive that car barefooted than it is with flip flops on. I can't imagine bare feet feels great firing a weapon system though. Hot metal? Brass? Pinch points. No thank you.
When I heard about the 40 mi long Russian convoy stalled for days I thought certainly any air assets will be pointed right at those sitting ducks But no…. There they sat…
This war makes me extremely nervous. This whole thing is creating a nasty environment for bad stuff to happen... I pray this thing doesn't spiral out of control, or go to a larger theater.
Same thing was happening in Vietnam I was flying F4’s and the Russians were supplying ground to air Sam missiles around Hanoi. The United States looked the other way and did not take out the ships carrying the missiles in the Harbor. The B-52‘s and my fellow pilots fodder. we asked the same questions over and over and why don’t we take out the ships. The reason always came back we didn’t want the Russians pissed off at us
@@kittywampusdrums4963 Russia will never recover for the next 20 years because the fiasco in Ukraine. It is showing the world what a paper tiger Russia really is disorganized, Out of date,, corrupt, and laughable. Only in your dreams will Developed nations ever except ruble might as well be trading for rocks.
@@genebaker3867 and yet they control the most of the black sea coast. History will tell the truth but by now history will favour Russia because for history human life is cheap but ground is everything. Also because of the nukes none will mess with Russia even if they lost all their tanks and planes
Nixon bombed the shit out of north Vietnam that Christmas, which forced communists to the negotiating table in Paris. He had beforehand reached a policy of détente with mao and Russia which facilitated this increased level of bombing Of nth. Vietnam. If it was not for watergate, Nixon would have kept pounding Hanoi, every time they violated agreements. The nth Vietnamese were shit scared of Nixon, so the watergate scandal was a gift to the communists. I put Nixon out of the picture.
@@kittywampusdrums4963 good point. Not all those Russians are as stupid as they look. CNN, bbc etc… say that Putin is losing the war Because of military loses. He does not care about that, all he cares about is grabbing enough Ukrainian territory and a agreement That makes him look good in Russia. Whole cities and infrastructure are destroyed which will take a generation to repair. He is destroying Ukraine and everybody just watches.
Tank was abandoned, they just finished it off. That's why it was alone, just sitting their, doing nothing at no point with engine off. Sole reason they were this casual.
Great? Kids are tetting killed. America lost 30 years ago. Even the black coffee Rogan types who are supposed to be the good guys are sell out douche bags who most likely still work for c1a
Goodness man. I can’t imagine having this happen in my backyard. It’s terrifying. I hope people wake up and realize we can’t keep giving up our rights, especially our first and second amendment rights. I don’t care for what reason we can’t give in. This year is going to be hard too with the atf doing rulings on 80percents, upper receivers, and pistols. We can’t give up or in.
Something like this happening in mainland USA is super unlikely, a civil war would be much more likely. But civil war was to break out over political allegiance and government overreach, I wouldn’t be surprised if an invasion followed. Hope that it never comes to that but prepare for the possibility that it does.
@@TonyCox1351 I’ve had discussions over this with different people and it wouldn’t be individual left vs right as much as it would be leftist local governments and their police forces, against the right-leaning populous. Hypothetically, Washington state erupting into chaos as their state police begin rounding up gun owners who have mags that hold more than 10 rounds. It would be post an unconstitutional federal law like banning a certain weapon from being possessed by anyone, and then it trickles down into local govts. Isolated incidents of OIS over the attempt to take those guns, then civil disobedience turns into surgical attacks by super hardcore gun advocates in small areas which cascades into the national guard being deployed like they are for riots. Then mass AWOL incidents from oath keepers in LEO and military who don’t agree with what they’re being told to do. This process repeats for every area it affects until succession occurs. The reaction from that is unimaginable so that’s typically where I stop trying to guess what could happen. TL:DR, it’s government and law enforcement vs the certain groups of “don’t tread on me’s” that will get into a war with each other. Extremely dirty war in certain areas.
@@paulsharp3748 If you can show me any evidence that constitutional amendments in the Bill of Rights aren't now being interpreted in the most liberal way in their history I'd love to see it. Save for certain states pursuing changes to voting laws that potentially threaten the Equal Protections clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (which is not inclusive to the Bill of Rights, admittedly), the BOR has achieved its most liberal interpretation by the Supreme Court in U.S. history.
@@hughmungus2760 Truly, as well as the fact that the West is not prepared to engage in any kind of substantial Sanctions against China if they do invade Taiwan, due to the fact that the Globalists have spent decades making China the center of production for most of the West's goods. A perfect example of this is that all of the power transformers in the relay stations of the U.S. electrical grid are now made exclusively in China, and there is a three year waiting list for new ones as of two years ago. That is but only ONE of the items that China could cut off from the West. Also, it is common knowledge that North Korea has two geostationary E.M.P. satellites in orbit directly over the West and East Coasts of the U.S.A. If the grid goes down, EIGHTY (plus) PERCENT of Americans would die in the first year due to the chaos and starvation (and probable Invasion) of a grid down scenario. A good, "fictional" account of this is a movie called, "Ameriggedon".
Hey Mike, just found your channel today. I was an 11B with the 82nd 1st/504th from 04-08 and with Triple Canopy from 09-10. Love the content man, the SF guys I was around during my time in OIF we’re always like super heroes to me but at the same time they were all so humble that you would never suspect that they’re the apex predator on the battlefield.
Nope, it won’t. This is what Russians do: - attack a large area and give off the impression of a total destruction and then retreat just to claim the territory they wanted in the first place - Donbas
Yeah... very little is actual cover in combat, people don't realize that bullets go through just about everything.... If it doesn't stop bullets it's just concealment
Everything about that video is sketchy. Just one tank in an open field with no supporting elements or dismounted troops in the area? Those rockets are slow, short range weapons. Not likely the shooter would be standing straight up in the open taking his time aiming if it was even one active enemy weapons system. This looked more like target practice on an existing wreck...possibly propaganda video production.
First and foremost thank you for your service brother. I have been watching a lot of videos on the war over there since we don’t get much from the media here and have to say I enjoy yours the most ! Most videos are just the same one other people repost just for clicks with typed opinions or voice over comments. I’m digging how your real, and describing the weapons and situations those in the videos are in. I’m now a new fan and have subscribed to your channel. Keep it real brother, thanks !
Spot on. This is a VERY sensitive, very dangerous situation we are in right now. While most of the law-makers in the head shed aren't exactly known as being Rhodes scholars, they all need to be seriously thinking about the consequences of their actions, and how it is seen from the other side. This thing could head south in a hurry.
You have to remember. All the world leaders have their own bunkers in case this goes nuclear. I can easily see them going into their bunkers and abandoning their citizens.
And they keep craving a no-fly zone which is basically nuclear war when the first russian plane is downed. Oh, and the dollar is crashing in a short while.
@Juden Shekelberger No-one "realized we fought the wrong guys too late", including Patton; they felt that, with one enemy gone, and in light of Russia's actions and philosophies, a second enemy should ALSO be erased from the face of the earth. Others disagreed, including such veterans as my dad. There is little difference between Putin and Hitler or Stalin, except that he's old and will hopefully die soon.
I’m a swat team member and I totally appreciate all your insight and a ways not the ways that you teach. Much respect, don’t pay mind to people trying to make names for themselves. I appreciate you and understand that there is such a thing as situational awareness in every op that calls for different tactics. Keep trucking and god bless!!!
I had a buddy who trained with them over there. He said the dudes he was training with told them a few of their buddies were hit by a drone after getting on their snapchat (or something like that). Nuts.
@@surfingtothestars all cellphone connections can be geolocated as is the nature of cellular connecitons(trianglation) so the best idea is to not have a phone with you
Anyone who tells you they know what’s going down in Ukraine is lying or being paid by the white house to prop up their puppet regime for money laundering. Russia is not the Devil Ukrainians are trapping westerners in Ukraine and not letting them leave when they only receive a gun and 8 rounds if their lucky to fight the pooty poot hitlers. And when you do finally decide to leave they tell you to run before they shoot you in the back only to be redirected once they get to the border back into Ukraine by the soldiers at the border. It’s a trap and everyone who goes will perish for nothing
@@dazzling3237 Putin doesn’t want Ukraine to be apart of pedophile western nations and neither does half of Ukraine. Ukraine has far right nazi groups in their military. Zelensky just bombed a bunch of civilians with carpet bombs. Are you sure you’re being spoon fed the right dose of bullshit. Why is Zelensky begging for aid if Russia is allegedly getting their ass handed to them by the Ukraine’s? This is a Slavic civil war that we have no business being apart of yet we have bioweapon labs in Ukraine too.
First, thank you for your service. And just wanted to also thank you for all you do here. Been subscribed for a few months now and enjoy-respect your view and the fact you share your training. ✌
Mike, Poland has been a NATO member since 1999 and EU since 04. If EU or NATO member is attacked the whole organisation has to defend it. That's why Russia is striking bases near Poland instead Poland direct. Oh and the ZPU you fired is 14.5mm😉 Have a good'un mate 👍🏻
My wife is half Russian/half Ukrainian living here in Australia, i also live here with here (obviously). Former Ranger myself and again, obviously American. The things I've seen out of the Ukraine from her family, friends, acquittances has been horrible. What the Ukrainians have done on orders from the US (mainly people like Victoria Nuland) and the atrocities they committed against ethnic-Russians in the Ukraine was terrible. We use to get video of people getting shot at or school buses being blown up, etc. All manner of terrible shit. Yet no one spoke up in their defence, no one. Not even their fellow Ukrainians. Hell, before this thing kicked off 8 years ago, America caused a coup de ta in the Ukraine. Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain were there congratulating them and telling them to keep going, etc. I don't blame Russia one bit for reacting how they have. Constant aggression from Ukraine, NATO and the US towards them has finally spilled over. None of the #'s of dead Russians you've heard from the West is true. Unfortunately the # of dead Ukrainians has been growing steadily ever since this conflict. The Ukrainians managed to get the jump on the Russians early on, but it didn't take long for them to establish themselves. Obviously the Russians have taken causalities, but the main forces doing the fighting are DPR/LPR forces supported by the Russian forces deployed there and their Chechen allies. It's a sad state affairs and another instance of America using NATO, to further create more instability and chaos around the world. Unfortunately, this one is going to blow back shit in their and Europe's face. Thankfully my wife's family/friends are okay and not harmed, at least not physically. Some of them were right in the path of it, in the Donbass. Some of her family was down near Mariupol when it was taken. Was sent video of just scores of dead Ukrainians stacked in the streets after the battle, it was horrific man. There was supposedly 25k fighters and something like 19k were killed in the fighting. Anyway sorry for my rant. I just see too many people siding with the Ukraine in this war and it irks me. This shit has been boiling for 8+ years, no one there is surprised that his is happening, only that it took this long. I also disagree about the Russian military and that they thought they were going to just "roll up on in there", that's absurd comments to make. That's western media talking points right there. The Ukrainians also have been caught making videos showing them "destroying Russian tanks" but in actual fact were not Russian tanks but their own. All I'm saying is, don't be so hasty to believe everything the Ukrainians put out.
It’s a war of atrocity and propaganda. This conflict has been boiling a lot longer then just 2014 these hatred’s are blood tired and run centuries deep. Ever since Russia took Ukraine from the Prussians in the mid 15th century ethnic Ukrainians have despised the Russians ever since they see them as an occupying force that has graped their country for centuries
Yeah, I remember that. I believe the steering column malfunctioned, hence the swerving prior to the accident. Idk how tf they survived in that car though
@@pragmaticparadox5981 They survived, because the tracked vehicle was too wide. If you watch closely as the car is being ran over, its facing the rear of the tracked vehicle. That says that the belly of the vehicle is what slid over them instead of tracks. Couple that with the physical strength of the engine, thats what kept them alive. If the car was ran over at a diagonal angle, one or both of them would have been easily crushed.
I served with the Ukrainians while stationed at Delta Base, Al Kut, Iraq. They were decent soldiers but not much discipline. Side note: if you aren’t preparing for a major collapse and war, you aren’t really paying attention.
The rifle is most likely the new Ukrainian rifle WAC-47. The primary manufacturer is Ukroboronprom, in Ukraine. Basically an M4 chambered in 5.45x39. It could be a US M4 but Ukraine adopted this rifle in 2017 and it was initially issued to special forces troops. It is intended to be the new main battle rifle and is easily converted to 5.56 NATO if they ever desire.
Thanks so much for your input and training videos. Mean a hell for a lot to us on many levels. Thank you for you service. God bless you and your family & all that love Freedom and Liberty.
Alot of people don't know the USA special forces was there in 2014 and help train Ukrainian. And they been waiting for this and set up trench's and defense positions for 7 years
The trenches and positions were mainly in the Donbas where a sort of ceasefire has been in operation. Their defensive positions in other regions have been decidedly lacking mainly because it was feared it might be seen as a provocation to Russia.
@@Law9652 Course they were in the eyes of the MOD they were civvies but just coincidence they demobbed about a week ago and suddenly in Ukraine as private individuals.... Good on em if you ask me anyway.
Honestly it's really fun watching people like you who have had experience in these types of scenarios and can break it down for all the folks that Don't know the life people live in the military whether that's deployed or not.
What i want to know is, why is nobody in this unit taking ANY return fire from ANY tank, in what is supposed to be a whole column of them ? We were taught in the Canadian infantry to charge the position we were being ambushed from. Not saying this is the way to react with armour, but even when the column takes a hit, return fire should take effect immediately. You dont see that here. This is one reason why i think a lot of these videos are staged.
Yeah, looks like the staged video. Russians NEVER send their tanks without escort. Some infantry squads with APCs, maybe ZU-23-4 "Shilka" etc. And look how much time that guy with the RPG spends on aiming. He is not afraid that he will be noticed and attacked at all. If it was an active tank with escort, RPG guy would definitely be noticed, because the effective fire distance from the RPG-7 is only a couple of hundred meters
@@CrestOfArtorias Russian or Soviet tanks are used by many countries. Ukraine including, by the way. To tell exactly who owns the tank, you need to see the insignia. In all other cases, it is impossible to prove whose tank it is.
I was US army 11 Bravo. These aren't staged videos kids. They're very real. I can understand why you want to think that. Media and trust don't belong in the same sentence.
@@troymash8109 I was in army too. RA, engineering troops 2003-2006. 1st video doesn`t look like real war, more like the training. Guys are too relaxed. Smoking, talking too much, don`t taking covers properly etc. There are many little sticks in that first video, that do the trick. All you can say for sure is that in this video, a Ukrainian guy shoots an RPG at some tank. Nothing more
Mike, thank you so much for sharing your highly informed observations regarding tactical and logistical choices on either side of this war. Most of us can see the obvious but you fill in with info that only a trained professional notices, thank you. And thank you ever so much for your valuable service to our country. I feel much better about the potential quality of our U.S. soldiers that are being prepared for battle when I see a soldier or ex-soldier (if there is such a thing) of your caliber sharing his wisdom. Thank you.
Mike and these guys he watches with are the real reason us military is what it is. The professionalism and high standards they expect. That's America's greatest strength imo
@@macronan8368 NO. The military is woke and full of communists. Screw that. I don't want to fight government wars for elitists and politicians on foreign soil.
Watch a video from 7 years ago of Ukrainian troops. Walking in their team members field of fire, standing infront of windows, they were a joke compared to current videos coming from this war. These guys are definitely squared away. Good to see they learned & adapted.
@@97guimaraes It was reported as Russian Spetznas/Saboteurs clothed in Ukrainian uniforms. Also if that’s true, not a war crime. You no longer have those protections if in plain clothes or in deceptive uniform. No difference than a spy who have no legal protection under war crimes. That’s what the claimed circumstance was, can’t say if it was proven true.
@@sethrich5998 I wrote comment about this, but it apparently got deleted. I got same info from a friend before the vehicles was reportedly caught. Propaganda on both sides is strong though.
totally agree with your take at the end, WW3 isn’t happening in terms of nations battling but when you look at the nationality of the individuals partaking it certainly is, got people all over from the western side coming to fight and now Russia has Syrian and Chechen fighters in Ukraine
I just saw a video posted by an American volunteer who was next to that base that was just bombed and he said tons of American and British were killed and that they are not getting the proper weapons and if they do get a weapon there are getting maybe 10 bullets, they're getting no body armor. And when they refused to go to Kiev without any weapons the ukrainians threatened to shoot them. He said that ukrainians are taking Foreigner passports and ripping them up so people cannot leave. He said they had to sneak out in an ambulance because they did not want to fight without the proper equipment. He said it's a Slaughter and the Russians are not losing their actually winning. This video was just posted maybe a half an hour ago.
The fight in the city was blue on blue of 2 Ukranian units didn't realise what is going on and engaged each other. The BTLB Strela that ran over the car was also Ukranian .
Gotta be - why else would a single Ruski AA attack the capitol. Just doesn't make sense. Blue on blue is the only explanation. Similar equipment on both sides makes it a lot easier to cover those up. Happens in every war. Pat Tilman anybody?
People will believe anything if it's a headline these days. When I first saw it I was like why would there be a single supply truck just taking a stroll down the street in broad daylight all alone.
@@ccole5386 At the beginning of the Russian invasion, there were a lot of Russian sabotage groups that tried to kill the Ukrainian president and other dignitaries. In general, the Russian invasion was very poorly coordinated and everything did not go according to Russia's plan. The Russian army is very inefficient and often suicidal. Read about Rzhev. The Russians are now also making suicide attacks. Did the first attack fail? So you need to attack a second time. Then a third time, a fourth time, and so on. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Rzhev
Looking at how the western world and countries like Russia have fought proxy wars since the cold war, I think WWIII could be avoided as long as we don't see any direct NATO action in Ukraine. I find the possibility of a second cold war far more likely.
@@gr33nvik1ng And what BETTER way to force the Sheeple into Globalist Controlled, "Smart" Cities than artificially induced, critical shortages of food, energy, medical, and the looming (if not actual) threat of War/Invasion... "We have NEVER been at War with Oceania... We have ALWAYS been at War with Oceania..." - George Orwell, "1984" ;)
Hate to break it to ya, but I see Putin pulling the 'ol "murder/suicide". He's going to lose, and lose BIG, and I believe in his last act of desperation before he gets caught/killed, he's going to nuke SOMETHING. Who and to what extent is the only mystery.
I think declaring war on Poland is something Russia doesn’t want to do. They don’t want to escalate who all gets involved because like you said, this isn’t going as smoothly as they thought it would.
"I was in my flip flops firing an anti aircraft gun at shepherds that's how easy it was" The private mercenaries used by the oil companies know better than to go Ukraine. Only redditor gamers who believe in "fair fights" go there to be dealt a dose of reality.
Yeah.. When America mentions how little they lost in all that time.. I don't know Afghanistan but Iraq it really did look like against Shepards not a fair fight. Can't compare.
If you're volunteering to go to Ukraine you're not getting paid. Mercenaries by their nature expect to get some monetary compensation for their services.
Prior to the US entering WWI American pilots and other volunteers traveled to England to fight. The same thing occurred prior to our declaration of war against the Axis in WWII as many American pilots went to England to fly for the RAF...so many in fact that they formed a special squadron made up of Americans, Free French, Poles and many others.
Great video, Mike. I was in the Navy so I need a little help understanding what's going on here. I agree that this whole operation could get way out of hand and lead to WWIII. Especially if China gets stupid and decides that now is the time to take Taiwan.
Excellent point. However, I don't think China would invade Taiwan unless the U.S. got involved in the war against Russia. It's too much of a risk for the Chinese. On the other hand, if the U.S. gets drawn in to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it is very possible that China invades Taiwan because they know the U.S. doesn't want to fight two wars at once. Fighting in Ukraine and Taiwan would not be sustainable, especially against two members of the UNSC who are superpowers.
One note about "If one f16 gets shot down, it's WW3" is a bit hyperbolic in my view. The reason I say that is because N Korea has killed US troops that accidently crossed the border and it was just swept under the rug to avoid war at all costs. Additionally, the Taliban has very recently killed US troops in Afghanistan and we still pulled out. The current administration's state department has even told Americans in Ukraine: "If you haven't gotten out by now, it's your own fault". I think for NATO to get involved the Russians would have to clearly show intent to invade a NATO country, not just shoot down a plan caught in the cross fire.
Yes. Your points are as to why I think Russian forces are banking on just wearing down Ukraine. While the invasion goes on as planned, Russia’s making ties behind the scenes where our prying eyes can’t see, and this is just what is to be expected. With China is back dooring Russia with resources and economic support; i cannot see any other outcome other than a total takeover of Ukraine. Unless, like mr Glover mentioned, other American backed nato countries step in. The outcome of that, is potentially WW3. China, rolls into Taiwan while we fight a Russian front. While Ukraine is getting tenderized by Russian forces, and another authoritarian “third-world despotic dictatorship” or two, well have do our best to piece them together. And at the same time have to step in, and back up the Japanese, Philippines, all other south East Asian allied nations; against an invading Chinese military. Taiwan is certainly a target, and unfortunately the US government will most likely treat it much the same as Ukraine. We’ve stepped back from almost every world war, until the end. For good reason, I think. Although, this time; the world is looking at us like we’re the experts, and saviors of the free world, but war mongering greedy assholes, at the time. Interesting times, tbh.
I would say the same thing goes if we shot down Russian planes. But, how far east would the "no fly zone" have to go? The Russians have long range SAMS within their borders that they could use so to enforce such a no fly zone would require going into Russia to destroy those SAM sites. WWIII for sure. Yet, even still Zelenskyy and much of the west (media) pursue establishing a no fly zone. It's insanity. And what no one is talking about is the immense tactical coordination required among the NATO air forces. This takes a lot of planning, communication and discipline. And, let's not forget the Ukrainian ground forces armed with stingers and other anti-aircraft weapons. The communication with them would have to be stellar least they would shoot down our planes. The whole concept doesn't work unless we actually declare war against Russia.
SGM I'm a veteran of 25 years , combat engineer, 5 years , then infantryman 20. I signed my life at 17 like you. I worked with SF ,I dont know if you know Anthony Youst, but I had the sad privilege to see him killed in a battle on November 19 2005,,,I have an idea,,,,I live I a rural town in Alaska. I think we can fix this,,, we have a volunteer fire department, right? Why can't we have a volunteer group of men trained ON THE GROUND OF THE SCHOOL WE WOULD PROTECT! AS you know a huge advantage, .practice with like mines,,,in the school we would protect.if 10 men where trained,,,maybe only 2 show up, good enough.Airborne
That “Ambush” video cuts off because it shows the Ukrainian mag dumping the wounded guy with no weapon in his hands. The story claims they were Russians in stolen Ukrainian vehicles and complete uniforms. However that story only came out after the civilian militia ambushes the vehicles. It’s the most controversial video I’ve seen from the opening days of the war.
You have not seen yet the russian light tank destroying a civilian vehicle with 2 old ,handicapped couple on the 1st day of invasion. That convoy was annihilated though when they reached the city in brutal fashion.
@@Nomadunlimited you dont even know what you are talking about and it's incredible how people like you speak so matter of factly. You mean to tell me that you believe a single Russian tank was patrolling the streets of Kyiv all by their lonesome on the first day of the invasion?
@@apersonontheinternet8006 Learn to read and understand.I didnt mention it was a lone tank.I even mentioned that that convoy was destroyed and all killed when they reached the city.And that city is not kiev because like I said it happened in the 1st day of invasion.Justice served because they killed the 2 old couple in the car.
Awesome to hear the rundown of these videos from a soldier's perspective! Thank you for your contribution to our understanding👍👍👍👍 and thank you so much for your service
Thanks, Mike, great informative video. Haven't shot or trained in months, it's now spring, so it's time to resume training and investing in survival gear and ammo. Thanks again brotha.
Agreed. It feels like something will happen at the end of the Summer or beginning of the Fall this year at the latest. I don't know what it is that's coming, but it feels awful.
Me too. What Ukrainian people are seeing now could happen to all of us. This isn’t a third world country fighting. It’s people like us. Fighting for their women and children and country. I’m like the old women In Ukraine. I’ll go down w the ship 🛳 before I bow 🙇♀️ down…I’m upset wen I realize that I expected fighting in Middle East. Why would that have seem normal to me?????
@@TacticalTerry we have been on a roller coaster 🎢 ride for two years. It’s barely 2022 and we are headed straight down the biggest hill and holding on and waiting.
I mean, Russia threatened nukes already, it's not really up to anyone other than Putin whether it goes nuclear, unless the world just steps back and gives him whatever he wants, which will never happen.
@@Lithane97 Unfortunately the West is responsible for most of this by aggressively combating Russia geopolitically. Russia will not deploy nuclear weapons unless NATO enters this conflict. Russia is not interested in escalating this into a nuclear war, otherwise they would have already done this as the West created more than enough precedence. The US and NATO have lead equal invasions in the last 30 years. There is no possible moral high ground remaining to legitimise NATO intervention.
Thats political theater for the rest of us to be distracted from this Administration's failures. Notice how Fauci is all of a sudden MIA, then the unrest over mandates was the main topic, then out of nowhere Russia kills Covid. Whats the commonality? Fear is a cash cow. When the people lose fear, create or exacerbate another one.
@@Murderface666 Absolutely, I fully agree with you. It is also interesting to see how easy the majority of people are controlled by main stream media inputs these days. You can get 70% of the West riled up within days to the point where they aggressively support and defend positions that defy all logic, moral consistency and intellectual honesty. Abolishing of personal liberties in regards to Covid or NATO intervention in Ukraine are a good example of this.
The second video is old. I saw that around the 4th of March and it ended up being a friendly fire event. Like Mike said, he had seen the tank running over the car. Same event. Friendly fire Ukraine on Ukraine.
I saw this video of Ukraine soldiers and that truck was shooting at buildings and got ambushed.The guy on the ground flips over the side while the soldiers driving got shot up by The ukraine soldier hinding behind the van.The guy on the ground is finished off by 2 Ukraine soldiers.The one behind the van steps around the truck and shoots and you can see dirt kicking up behind the Russian soldier and his arm moves.Then one Uraine soldier coming from the street on the same side as the russian is laying and walks up and takes aim 10 feet away and no more moving russian.Glory to Ulraine!
I've seen more of the video of the guys shooting up those tanks with the RPGs. They looked like they might have already been abandoned, they were both bellied in the mud pretty bad. That might explain RPG guy & his mates behaving rather casually.
Yeah most of these gung ho videos are literal propaganda where we're led to believe it's back and forth combat when in reality they're just scuttling some abandoned equipment.
I think the event that took place at 5:00 was actually a friendly fire incident as this footage is over a week old no Russian armour or vehicles have made it into kyiv . This was not my assumption there are a few vids on it and some literature ✌️
What i read was these are infiltrated spetznaz that killed and stole ucrainian trucks to facilitate the initial attack at kiev tobtry to overthrow the country quickly.
so Ukrainians are driving into their own civilians? I think not. While there are no russian troops in the Kyiv now, there were scouting groups in the beginning of the war and they were destroyed.
There can't be a "No fly zone" established over Ukraine. The video a week or two back of the Ukrainian Su-27 being shot down was fired at by an S400 surface to air missile launched all the way from Belarus. Unless the west wants to start performing SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) missions in an entirely other country... Also Poland offered their remaining Mig-29 aircraft to Ukrainian pilots by way of sending them through NATO in Germany. Poland also being a member of NATO would really kick off World War 3 if Russia started attacking Ukrainian support directly in Poland.
Ww3 wont happen because china will not support russia they would take the opportunity to take eastern Russia, in Eastern russia there is all ready an ethnic chinese majority
We're already in the midst of WW3. You can't define WW3 the same as we defined WW2. Certainly as a formality one country declares war on another and it escalates from there, but this war has other components... the cyber war (already ha begun) Other country's combat advisors in Ukraine (already there as you know) There are already allied military aircraft in Poland. Today I tracked an Italian RQ-4B riding the border of Ukraine. I also see military aircraft that shut down their ADS-B while in the area. So much of this war isn't seen or talked about, but it's there.
The 'cyber-war' is mostly from estonia. The noisy baltic states have no relevance and they'll play both sides to make a war happen. They are scumbags and anyone who supports them is a scumbag.
The Poles are a tough crowd, the Russians know it. The Ukrainians are just as resilient, resolute, and morale driven as the Mujahideen fighters during the Russian - Afghanistan war. The Ukrainians have risen to the occasion big time! Russia never imagined this was a war of ideology: nationalism, identity, solidarity and will. 🇺🇦
@@liamhennessey2735 Im not a historian, however the area of Ukraine was an important trade route7th-6th century BCE and numerous cultures occupied this Eurasian land bridge. Needless to say a GREAT leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with a unified Populist nation, will rise to the will of the people. To deter the subjugation of Russian Authoritarianism, willing to invade a sovereign nation, thereby not capitulating to living under the yoke of a communist (dictatorship) regime and command…
No, that wasn't really the case. The thing was that the Ukranian government armed civilians, the civilians with AKs spotted 2 Ukranian vehicles: an AA armoured vehicle and a truck with AA guns. They were both Ukranian, but those armed civilians took them for Russians. They shot dead everybody in the truck and the armoured vehicle's driver started to run away in panic and accidentally ran over a civilian vehicle
@@drunklorry3406 So a dumpster fire! Can you name some other leaders of countries that sent civilians to fight. How do they look in the books of history. I just don't see how this is sold to the masses as a heroic thing.
@@davidheipel2934 idk, man. Msm manage to make everybody believe that Ukraine is winning when things like that happen, when the government is so desperate that it arms civilians without even checking the passports, you just come to the point and take the weapon. This is absolutely rediculous
@@drunklorry3406 It's insane. It's this Mass psychosis thing that the media can get people to believe anything they say. I can't believe that people fall for this act of a desperate leader in a total losing situation and people actually show up and volunteer to be throwing into a meat grinder.🤷
@@drunklorry3406 No one will buy your story....not unless you are the ukrainian involved in those footage...just saying...dont spread lies and propaganda here
"If the Ukranians had the airpower" that's the million dollar question. Allegedly the entirety of their airforce is intact, but they're choosing not to engage the enemy from the air. As to why is the single greatest question by every educated analyst viewing the conflict. Evidently there's something we're not aware of.
@@nerychristian Absolutely, but regardless whether or not they'd get their cheeks clapped, surely it's better than just allowing them to sit in storage. What's most interesting is what difference would it make if the US and Poland delivered the identical aircraft that Ukraine currently has sitting in a hanger? Why are they allegedly so desperate for these aircraft from Poland, when their entire fleet is still operational? I think Zelensky is purposely using troops as cannon fodder, in hopes of obtaining global sympathy, and subsiquent intervention by the UN. Ukraine purposely downplayed the threat of invasion to coax civilians into becoming combatants. Two days ago Zelensky released a statement to Russia saying; I quote, "We will never surrender, and you'll need to carpet bomb Kieve before we give in." Dude isn't a hero, he's fkn martyring civilians, not using airpower under the presumption that at some point we'll save the day. Ukraine is only slightly less corrupt than Russia, and I feel as if picking a side is like choosing between having Herpes and HPV.
@@jbone9900 Yeah I know the S-400's are fn nasty, and going up against them is a logistic impossibility. Are they though? Weren't only receiving information from one side. Obviously I'd prefer the Nazis of Ukraine to kill the Russian commies, but just barely. Russia could end this conflict in moments, so why aren't they. We assume Russia desires to preserve the infrastructure, but according to Ukraine Russia is indiscriminately shelling everything. This entire conflict is grimy.
@@tomjjackson21 Bingo. You are correct. It's all propaganda. And anyone with a shred of discernment is able to see that the media is using propaganda to turn is against Russia. Any time a civilian dies in Ukraine, they can use it to gain sympathy for their cause. Only an idiot would fight a war against Russia. It's no coincidence that Hunter Biden was given a cushy job in Ukraine. I'm sure they probably black mailed him and Biden is trying to protect him from Russian intelligence. The media is so corrupt, that when they tell me to think or act a certain way, I do or think the opposite. The fact that the media is censoring people with differing views tells me all I need to know. Ukrainian president probably taking advantage of the situation to kill off political rivals and blame it on Russia. Like you said, both countries are corrupt.
That incident is from right at the start so nearly 3 weeks ago. Its said that some Russian troops who were hiding in the city hijacked UKR APC and the UKR truck hence no "Z". These were chased down by Ukrainian SF and dealt with.
I think the biggest thing coming from this conflict from NATO's perspective is that they're collecting so much intel on russia's actual capability from a military standpoint. While they do have a nuclear arsenal and that's a massive deterrent, russia just lost its image on the world thinking its as powerful as it is. You said it perfectly in this video, that 40 mile convoy would be gone so fast if Ukraine had the air assets other NATO counties such as the US have. Great insight on the footage as always, even if youtube doesn't like the REAL combat clips being on their platform(hence the cutoffs)
What makes you assume that Russia is going on full capacity. In a hot war with NATO I would be surprised if you had any surveillance sats left by now and the starlink would have been turned into a giant shrapnel field in low earth orbit by now making the situation quite impossible for USA mainland launched nukes to even get there whereas they have the actual delivery mechanisms and favorable geography to avoid that problem almost entirely... or atleast thats how I would roll it. From what I've gathered so far, Russia is trying to run this operation without giving too much data on their things to NATO.
@@henriht1147 I would normally just ignore this but I dont where you got that I assumed anything at all. This a comment on this particular video, the topics talked about by Mike and other videos of this conflict reviewed in this way, on this channel. Theres a big difference between capability which I referred to and capacity that you said I wrote about, capability is referring to the soldiers ability, the officers commanding and so much more. I fail to see what anything you said after the assumption sentence has to do with what I said or this video. But all in all have a nice day, and I'll make sure to keep my(?) surveillance sats safe.
@@elijah1885 Ah sorry about personalizing this. I made the mistake of assuming you live in NA somehow. And I am a bit over the edge here due to this whole situation. And I have been hearing the same stories about their "low" capabilities so much that... well I think you get it by now. Russia has always played chess with it's opponents and seems to follow a very similar philosophy to sun tzu etc when it comes to grand strategy. They never show their full hand until it is absolutely necessary. All I am hoping to do here is make people realize the true possible consequences if this shit escalates, because around here it definitely looks like people are a little bit too arrogant about them.
@@henriht1147 I'm just tech guy watching what everyone else is seeing, its all good you just came across as a bit aggressive against.. well I wasnt even too sure, seemed like against the west in general. I don't share my opinions much but I enjoy Mike's videos and since intelligence is a interest of mine, I was just pointing out a media representation of russias invasion thus far and that other governments will be seeing even more than what the media shows.
These past few weeks have been pretty sad for me. I don't support Russia in this conflict, but I sure as hell can't say I support what our leaders here in the western world are doing either. They are using Ukrainian as cannon fodder so they don't have to fight Russia directly. When this should honestly be none of our damn business. So the number one priority of any government is to protect the interests of their people, right?(in a ideal world at least). And I fail to see how getting involved in this conflict in anyway shape or form is benefitting the American people. I'm really disappointed to see how our media is trying to get all of us to support sending our young men to die for another foreign country, when we all know for a fact that this would mean the end of humanity. Yeah, it sucks what Ukraine is going through, but I think it would do people well to read up on the events that took place in the past 30 years that led up to this conflict. I really think NATO played a massive part in putting Ukraine in this situation. Other than that, I would say, just take nothing at face value, from either side.
I don’t know the back story but I’ve gotten progressively more cautious about all of this. It seems like there is more than meets the eye and we’re on thin ice
@@evanderboynton3057 it’s on RUclips. Look up Oliver stones documentary “Ukraine on fire” there’s other videos on the azov battalion and right sector neo Nazis beating Hungarian immigrants and the whole 8 year eastern Ukrainian Conflict. Donbas is another documentary here on RUclips
@@brokenwrench404 Oliver Stone's documentary was incredibly one sided. He gives Putin and his henchmen like Yanukovuch all the air time while never interviewing the other side. Also Stone's son works for the Russian state media, so if you're expecting objectivity, you're sorely mistaken. Not everything is a government cover up, and the media isn't always lying. Russian tanks rolled into a sovereign country, killing civilians while throwing ordinary Russians who protest against the war back home in jail. Do you know where the stories about Nazis originally came from? Putin. You're more inclined to listen to him than the American journalist who risk their lives reporting from the front lines? Really?
Thanks, and good to hear from you. History say's we fought MIGS in Korea, and Vietnam flown by axis pilots. The Russians are bringing in urban fighters from Syria. The allied munitions are all carrying identifiers of origin. I think the Russians know who provides them. Russia will not declare war against NATO but that doesn't stop them from kicking the bee's nest in provocation. Then he will sit back and say we started it. The Russians military are spread pretty thin. The Germans found out about fighting on too many fronts and what running away from your supply line is all about. History is a great teacher if anybody cares to learn about it.
I’m a democrat. But I learned about the constitution at a university and I am absolutely convinced that gun rights are absolutely the symbol of freedom. It’s funny how my Democrat people are the first to want to disarm Americans but they are the first to tout how we need to help Ukraine with armament to protect their freedom.
Logistics support, clandestine and intelligence support, and of course the international troops are probably the most NATO countries can do. Unless there’s a UN peacekeeping force to be deployed. The other possibility is to integrate air support using air denial assets and incorrectly marked aircraft in the western part of the country, and claiming they are Ukrainian.
@@isaacwest There was at least a UN condemnation of Russia. Regardless the international community in general sees Russia acting in a way unfitting of a modern power. Certainly NATO will continue to hope for Putin’s ouster, and will continue to supply arms to the Ukrainian army to that end.
We've had and have anywhere from 4-5 c17s, kc135r's, one rc135, airbus a330-243mrtt from nato and a usaf MD-KC10 on the Poland Ukraine border 24-7. Flight tracker shows the flight patterns a ton of giant ovals.
hey Mike, let's be honest, are you impressed by my Ukrainian brothers? Seems like every single veteran on RUclips has changed his mind during the last 2-3 weeks. First, you all started with "Oh, they're going to get wrecked by Russia..." And now it's more like "Of course, they fight well because we thought them" lol Just be honest for the moment and acknowledge that you underestimated Ukraine, and hugely overestimated russia. The same way MANY commentators here. As a Ukrainian Canadian, I am getting much more support and compassion from predominantly left Canada than from predominantly patriotic right-leaning American friends. Paradox!
Omg same here, I’m a Ukrainian living in Washington state, but born in novovlynsk. It’s crazy how the left in the US is supportive of us but the right is against us. Meanwhile majority of the Ukrainians in the US supported the conservatives throughout these elections.
They’re fighting a guerrilla conflict against a standard modernised Russian military of course your tactics are going to be effective. That’s the point of guerrilla tactics. But you can’t succeed in those tactics if they can occupy your country which they are absolutely capable in doing
I saw the originally footage of that “ambush” it came out sometime late February so I don’t believe it was in Kyiv, probably a smaller city since it was so early. But yeah that guy lost his life, the guy who walks up before the video ends put a few rounds in him, sadly that did not end his life and he was obviously in pain, a second guy comes from right under the camera view about 30 seconds after the first and finally ends his life. Was rough to watch but I make myself so I can see the reality of not just war but life. The russian who fell out of the side was probably under the age of 20 and again since it was so early on, there was a chance the truck had no idea where it was headed…. If it did it probably wouldn’t have ran through the 100+ shots from the trees at first (that’s what caused it’s rolling stop) it is definitely the most rough video from this war I’ve seen, mainly because of the young guy who lost his life, but because what I saw was a careless waste of life, at the hands of a mad man
This is exactly Kyiv. On the first day there was a landing of paratroopers a few kilometers from the city. Then sabotage groups broke into Kyiv. They were trying to take advantage of the surprise effect of the breakout.
If I remember right it was Russian sympathisers in Kiev who stole some military vehicles. 2 guys in the truck died, the drive in the cab and the guy who jumped over the side.
Ok so the problem is this. Obviously Russia cannot stand up to the West considering the Ukrainians have stopped them in their tracks. So obviously the threat isn’t a “world war 3” but the “wmd” aspect of that. The question, then, is does Russia get to storm across the globe doing whatever it wants wherever it wants with an inferior military because we fear their wmd?
Two points…the US is really bad at extended vision warfare that extends beyond a decade…so far. That said, the entire NSA/CIA industry in the states is a legit thing. I see the occasional modern/rare weapon presented by the Chinese or similar…and while that is obviously a legit threat…it was probably copied off an existing design in Chingrish and not as good. We have basically entire states with Area 51 and skunkworks availabilities to test this stuff…unknown to anyone beyond a top secret clearance. If Russia is as weakly prepared for this as it seems, the clearly unprepared Chinese will suffer mightily. Battle hardened is a thing.
“What we learn from history is that no one learns from history.” -OvB
What you didn’t learn from this story is that mentioned by him at 0:50 14000 killed Ukrainians - are the civilian citizens of Donbas, killed by Ukrainian army..
@@splifstar85 That’ll be to much truth for this guy. It’ll require some research. No time for that though. He just wants to add his 5 cents after he googled where Ukrainian was. Childish analyzes.
Were training and helping Ukrainians understand our tactics and such. I feel this is a bad idea as Russia will eventually learn of it all!
@@grayguy9779 ohh you’ve trained them well, all those torture videos of captive wounded Russian soldiers confirm that - just like you did to Iraqis and Afganies..
As for Russians learning it - why would Russians need to learn that?
And your combat tactics are only good against an opponent that has been carpet bombed into oblivion where your tactics are mostly clearing an empty city..
and your field tactics are fairly basic too - hide and pray the gunship makes it in time 🙈
Remember Pearl Harbor
Most veterans: "yea I was in a war, I had to take a lot of people out"
Mike glover: "I shot an AA gun at taliban fighters with flip-flops from real far away"
What I wanna know is how he got to be shooting a Russian AA gun at Taliban. I get the flip flops part, you're not always geared up 100% of the time
@@throwaway2444 soviets left a lot of shit behind in the 80s just like the Americans did recently.
That's nothing, Smaj. Greene destroyed an street with a MK19 in flip-flops and PTs. Crazy Mr. Universe MF. Don't go in his battlespace, homer!
Dude he must have some crazy stories that he can't tell us.
Nah, Mike glover is just humble. He was in delta for a short period of time and he was apart of a task force that was going after high value targets. He has engaged enemy from under 10 meters away.
Listen to his Shawn Ryan interview, he spent time as a door kicker he is just extremely low-key about it. He’s rubbed elbows with all of the t1 units.
Thank you for also acknowledging that we've been involved. People forget we've had a defense pact with them since we made them denuke themselves. So did Russia.
Looks like we helped Ukraine win the first round of this war.
Why is Ukraine rocking the nazi SS Das Reich 2nd division panzer symbol
@@davidp2707 russia ridding the country of the Obam\ma installed Neo Nazi government and we are happy to be supporting Ukraine? How do you think Hunter got a job at Burisma with no experience...lol
What are you talking about? There was no defensive pact.
@@darksg1295 "What are you talking about?"
Search up the 1994 "Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances".
Thank you for being realistic and not beating the war drum like the media.
Media doesn't have to beat the drum, it's already been beaten to pieces by Pootin for 8 years.
He just told you that war is imminent.
@@percyfaith11 bruh, Ukraine is just as responsible for this as Russia.
People love to circle jerk about the media but the coverage has been pretty measured, I don’t see a lot of calls for direct action. It seems like both the people who are anti-West and anti-Putin all agree that there’s a fine line to walk to avoid WW3. Yes there’s a lot of propaganda going around that’s why I don’t bother counting bodies while the conflict is still happening. But ultimately we know that there are people dying on both sides that never needed to happen if Putin hadn’t directed his forces to engage. So take the individual details with a grain of salt and we have a pretty good idea of what is going on out there
Russians are completely uninterested to release combat footage. There is so much more to this...Azov battalion. Ukraine is lost long ago.
Mike do more of this shit, I’m sure your racing videos and gun reviews are interesting but damn I love when professionals cover real world events.
Here are the FACTS: ruclips.net/video/mvfyBBnHABE/видео.html
Better than any freaking news station.
the 'Ukrainian soldiers ambush Russian soldiers in Kiev' section starting around 3:50 was actually a blue on blue incident in the centre of Kiev between different groups of Ukraininans, some AFU, some TDF if I recall. It also ends with a Ukrainian strela crushing a civilian car in the confusion. I see this incident commented on by a lot of people who keep repeating the mainstream media line that they were Russian soldiers and a Russian tank and it's simply not true
I read that two Ukrainian units fought over a village and it wasnt until they shelled each other that the arty units said wtf your both talking to us
@@padtixx5441 lol
"It's unsafe to drive a car in flip-flops"
Mike: **Fires anti-aircraft gun with flip-flops**
With great power comes great flip-flops.
Some of the best gun fight stories involve flipflops....or Crocs. I found Crocs didn't collect rocks and break when you are running in them. Other than that, they are terrible footwear.
@@marioflores5985
"You can't drink that (nearbeer) in the turret."
"Why is that LT? It's not real beer."
🦧
To be fair, it IS actually a lot safer to drive that car barefooted than it is with flip flops on. I can't imagine bare feet feels great firing a weapon system though. Hot metal? Brass? Pinch points. No thank you.
When I heard about the 40 mi long Russian convoy stalled for days I thought certainly any air assets will be pointed right at those sitting ducks But no…. There they sat…
This war makes me extremely nervous. This whole thing is creating a nasty environment for bad stuff to happen... I pray this thing doesn't spiral out of control, or go to a larger theater.
Dont get scared think positive that fucker Putin he is scared to watch latest moves he does with legs he is scar2d like shit
@@labinotberisha310 Its not russian solders we're worried about, its russian nukes... I dont have access to a bunker idk about you lol
@@vaporiiz I live next door to the biggest ICBM launch site in the nation. I'm toast for sure.
Also pray that it does not go to Air or Sea with nato or US and the land de escalates in Ukraine 🇺🇦
@@grendelprime166 where is that? Lol I’m curious . ✌🏽from 🇨🇦
Same thing was happening in Vietnam I was flying F4’s and the Russians were supplying ground to air Sam missiles around Hanoi. The United States looked the other way and did not take out the ships carrying the missiles in the Harbor. The B-52‘s and my fellow pilots fodder. we asked the same questions over and over and why don’t we take out the ships. The reason always came back we didn’t want the Russians pissed off at us
Tomorrow the european nations start trading the Ruble for petroleum instead of the dollar, Russia won lol
@@kittywampusdrums4963 Russia will never recover for the next 20 years because the fiasco in Ukraine. It is showing the world what a paper tiger Russia really is disorganized, Out of date,, corrupt, and laughable. Only in your dreams will Developed nations ever except ruble might as well be trading for rocks.
@@genebaker3867 and yet they control the most of the black sea coast. History will tell the truth but by now history will favour Russia because for history human life is cheap but ground is everything.
Also because of the nukes none will mess with Russia even if they lost all their tanks and planes
Nixon bombed the shit out of north Vietnam that Christmas, which forced communists to the negotiating table in Paris.
He had beforehand reached a policy of détente with mao and Russia which facilitated this increased level of bombing
Of nth. Vietnam. If it was not for watergate, Nixon would have kept pounding Hanoi, every time they violated agreements.
The nth Vietnamese were shit scared of Nixon, so the watergate scandal was a gift to the communists. I put Nixon out of the picture.
@@kittywampusdrums4963 good point. Not all those Russians are as stupid as they look. CNN, bbc etc… say that Putin is losing the war
Because of military loses. He does not care about that, all he cares about is grabbing enough Ukrainian territory and a agreement
That makes him look good in Russia. Whole cities and infrastructure are destroyed which will take a generation to repair. He is destroying
Ukraine and everybody just watches.
Tank was abandoned, they just finished it off. That's why it was alone, just sitting their, doing nothing at no point with engine off.
Sole reason they were this casual.
100% my thought. or some other form of staged vid
Combat reacts are great, I liked it when you had a couple of your associates view some footage.
Feildcraft Survival x GBRS = all star sh*t
Lmao dude just say his friends not “associates”
Stupid BS more like it. Braindead activity.
Great? Kids are tetting killed. America lost 30 years ago. Even the black coffee Rogan types who are supposed to be the good guys are sell out douche bags who most likely still work for c1a
Associates is a good name for those badass former Devgru frogmen lol
Mike, I love your commentary and reactions to the combat actions in Ukraine. Please do more. I’ve been learning a lot. Keep up the excellent work.
Goodness man. I can’t imagine having this happen in my backyard. It’s terrifying. I hope people wake up and realize we can’t keep giving up our rights, especially our first and second amendment rights. I don’t care for what reason we can’t give in. This year is going to be hard too with the atf doing rulings on 80percents, upper receivers, and pistols. We can’t give up or in.
Something like this happening in mainland USA is super unlikely, a civil war would be much more likely. But civil war was to break out over political allegiance and government overreach, I wouldn’t be surprised if an invasion followed. Hope that it never comes to that but prepare for the possibility that it does.
It is important to realize that the entire bill of rights is being attacked. Not just the first 2 amendments.
@@TonyCox1351 I’ve had discussions over this with different people and it wouldn’t be individual left vs right as much as it would be leftist local governments and their police forces, against the right-leaning populous. Hypothetically, Washington state erupting into chaos as their state police begin rounding up gun owners who have mags that hold more than 10 rounds. It would be post an unconstitutional federal law like banning a certain weapon from being possessed by anyone, and then it trickles down into local govts. Isolated incidents of OIS over the attempt to take those guns, then civil disobedience turns into surgical attacks by super hardcore gun advocates in small areas which cascades into the national guard being deployed like they are for riots. Then mass AWOL incidents from oath keepers in LEO and military who don’t agree with what they’re being told to do. This process repeats for every area it affects until succession occurs. The reaction from that is unimaginable so that’s typically where I stop trying to guess what could happen.
TL:DR, it’s government and law enforcement vs the certain groups of “don’t tread on me’s” that will get into a war with each other. Extremely dirty war in certain areas.
@@paulsharp3748 If you can show me any evidence that constitutional amendments in the Bill of Rights aren't now being interpreted in the most liberal way in their history I'd love to see it.
Save for certain states pursuing changes to voting laws that potentially threaten the Equal Protections clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (which is not inclusive to the Bill of Rights, admittedly), the BOR has achieved its most liberal interpretation by the Supreme Court in U.S. history.
It’s been fucking happening my guy. Straight up had a platoon sgt go home back in 2014 to fight in Ukraine on leave. He was defending his home.
This is what’s called “4th Generation Warfare”. Where even your mind is a battleground.
its going to be interesting when the china-taiwan conflict kicks off. Russia doesn't hold a candle to china in the information war space
@@hughmungus2760 Truly, as well as the fact that the West is not prepared to engage in any kind of substantial Sanctions against China if they do invade Taiwan, due to the fact that the Globalists have spent decades making China the center of production for most of the West's goods.
A perfect example of this is that all of the power transformers in the relay stations of the U.S. electrical grid are now made exclusively in China, and there is a three year waiting list for new ones as of two years ago. That is but only ONE of the items that China could cut off from the West. Also, it is common knowledge that North Korea has two geostationary E.M.P. satellites in orbit directly over the West and East Coasts of the U.S.A. If the grid goes down, EIGHTY (plus) PERCENT of Americans would die in the first year due to the chaos and starvation (and probable Invasion) of a grid down scenario. A good, "fictional" account of this is a movie called, "Ameriggedon".
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Strong minds they can break but Jesus they can not take. 🤙
4th gen warfare is asymmetrical war by non-state actors. This is a mix of 3rd gen, 4th gen and 5th gen. 5th gen being cyber and info war.
You make sense, non gimmick conversation, good opinion based on experience, Finally, someone who speaks to be understood. Thank you for your service.
Hey Mike, just found your channel today. I was an 11B with the 82nd 1st/504th from 04-08 and with Triple Canopy from 09-10. Love the content man, the SF guys I was around during my time in OIF we’re always like super heroes to me but at the same time they were all so humble that you would never suspect that they’re the apex predator on the battlefield.
Absolutely. Thank you for your service too. 👍❤
1-504 C co ! 🍻
First - O4 here as well. Alpha Company 3rd Platoon. Mid '86 to Late '87.
Then I moved on to better units with much better leaders.
Nope, it won’t. This is what Russians do:
- attack a large area and give off the impression of a total destruction and then retreat just to claim the territory they wanted in the first place - Donbas
Yeah I feel you my dad was an Army ranger in Iraq and he is always so humble about his service.
Running behind “concealment”, that tooth pick shed is not cover.
I noticed that and immediately thought,
"Run behind the pallet built shed to reload the RPG, but....what if the other side also has.....an RPG"
@@drd1924 yeah they were attacking armor too. 🤣
Yeah... very little is actual cover in combat, people don't realize that bullets go through just about everything.... If it doesn't stop bullets it's just concealment
Looks like a training video.
Everything about that video is sketchy. Just one tank in an open field with no supporting elements or dismounted troops in the area? Those rockets are slow, short range weapons. Not likely the shooter would be standing straight up in the open taking his time aiming if it was even one active enemy weapons system. This looked more like target practice on an existing wreck...possibly propaganda video production.
First and foremost thank you for your service brother. I have been watching a lot of videos on the war over there since we don’t get much from the media here and have to say I enjoy yours the most ! Most videos are just the same one other people repost just for clicks with typed opinions or voice over comments. I’m digging how your real, and describing the weapons and situations those in the videos are in. I’m now a new fan and have subscribed to your channel. Keep it real brother, thanks !
Spot on. This is a VERY sensitive, very dangerous situation we are in right now. While most of the law-makers in the head shed aren't exactly known as being Rhodes scholars, they all need to be seriously thinking about the consequences of their actions, and how it is seen from the other side. This thing could head south in a hurry.
That's the thing, dumb politicians don't care about people. So they will pick fights and then send people's children to go fight their wars.
@@katashi222 we are like ants to them. Humans are dispensable
Using US money,weapons and technology to support the UN, NATO and the globalists who want to destroy us? Not a good idea
You have to remember. All the world leaders have their own bunkers in case this goes nuclear. I can easily see them going into their bunkers and abandoning their citizens.
And they keep craving a no-fly zone which is basically nuclear war when the first russian plane is downed.
Oh, and the dollar is crashing in a short while.
If they’d have let General Patton have his way, we wouldn’t be going through this now.
indeed
Sure 😏
And MacArthur way.
@Juden Shekelberger No-one "realized we fought the wrong guys too late", including Patton; they felt that, with one enemy gone, and in light of Russia's actions and philosophies, a second enemy should ALSO be erased from the face of the earth. Others disagreed, including such veterans as my dad. There is little difference between Putin and Hitler or Stalin, except that he's old and will hopefully die soon.
If we didn't allow biden to steal the elction from trump then Putin wouldn't have even considered invading and we wouldn't be under inflation
I’m a swat team member and I totally appreciate all your insight and a ways not the ways that you teach. Much respect, don’t pay mind to people trying to make names for themselves. I appreciate you and understand that there is such a thing as situational awareness in every op that calls for different tactics. Keep trucking and god bless!!!
My old unit trained with them a few years back and at least conventional unit they seemed pretty solid
I had a buddy who trained with them over there. He said the dudes he was training with told them a few of their buddies were hit by a drone after getting on their snapchat (or something like that). Nuts.
@@controvercc1098 social media posts can be geolocated and therefore makes you an easy target if you post a simple photo or video
@@surfingtothestars all cellphone connections can be geolocated as is the nature of cellular connecitons(trianglation) so the best idea is to not have a phone with you
Love this! Walkthrough from someone who actually knows what’s going on
Anyone who tells you they know what’s going down in Ukraine is lying or being paid by the white house to prop up their puppet regime for money laundering. Russia is not the Devil Ukrainians are trapping westerners in Ukraine and not letting them leave when they only receive a gun and 8 rounds if their lucky to fight the pooty poot hitlers. And when you do finally decide to leave they tell you to run before they shoot you in the back only to be redirected once they get to the border back into Ukraine by the soldiers at the border. It’s a trap and everyone who goes will perish for nothing
@@JacketedHollow66 Spoken like someone that has literally no clue what's going on.
@@dazzling3237 Putin doesn’t want Ukraine to be apart of pedophile western nations and neither does half of Ukraine. Ukraine has far right nazi groups in their military. Zelensky just bombed a bunch of civilians with carpet bombs. Are you sure you’re being spoon fed the right dose of bullshit. Why is Zelensky begging for aid if Russia is allegedly getting their ass handed to them by the Ukraine’s? This is a Slavic civil war that we have no business being apart of yet we have bioweapon labs in Ukraine too.
@@JacketedHollow66 Don't bother..
wow a sane level headed analysis of the situation. especially liked the devil's advocate bit.
First, thank you for your service. And just wanted to also thank you for all you do here. Been subscribed for a few months now and enjoy-respect your view and the fact you share your training. ✌
Mike, Poland has been a NATO member since 1999 and EU since 04.
If EU or NATO member is attacked the whole organisation has to defend it.
That's why Russia is striking bases near Poland instead Poland direct.
Oh and the ZPU you fired is 14.5mm😉
Have a good'un mate 👍🏻
My wife is half Russian/half Ukrainian living here in Australia, i also live here with here (obviously). Former Ranger myself and again, obviously American. The things I've seen out of the Ukraine from her family, friends, acquittances has been horrible. What the Ukrainians have done on orders from the US (mainly people like Victoria Nuland) and the atrocities they committed against ethnic-Russians in the Ukraine was terrible.
We use to get video of people getting shot at or school buses being blown up, etc. All manner of terrible shit. Yet no one spoke up in their defence, no one. Not even their fellow Ukrainians. Hell, before this thing kicked off 8 years ago, America caused a coup de ta in the Ukraine. Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain were there congratulating them and telling them to keep going, etc.
I don't blame Russia one bit for reacting how they have. Constant aggression from Ukraine, NATO and the US towards them has finally spilled over. None of the #'s of dead Russians you've heard from the West is true. Unfortunately the # of dead Ukrainians has been growing steadily ever since this conflict. The Ukrainians managed to get the jump on the Russians early on, but it didn't take long for them to establish themselves. Obviously the Russians have taken causalities, but the main forces doing the fighting are DPR/LPR forces supported by the Russian forces deployed there and their Chechen allies.
It's a sad state affairs and another instance of America using NATO, to further create more instability and chaos around the world. Unfortunately, this one is going to blow back shit in their and Europe's face.
Thankfully my wife's family/friends are okay and not harmed, at least not physically. Some of them were right in the path of it, in the Donbass. Some of her family was down near Mariupol when it was taken. Was sent video of just scores of dead Ukrainians stacked in the streets after the battle, it was horrific man. There was supposedly 25k fighters and something like 19k were killed in the fighting.
Anyway sorry for my rant. I just see too many people siding with the Ukraine in this war and it irks me. This shit has been boiling for 8+ years, no one there is surprised that his is happening, only that it took this long.
I also disagree about the Russian military and that they thought they were going to just "roll up on in there", that's absurd comments to make. That's western media talking points right there. The Ukrainians also have been caught making videos showing them "destroying Russian tanks" but in actual fact were not Russian tanks but their own. All I'm saying is, don't be so hasty to believe everything the Ukrainians put out.
5 months into the conflict... Sad world...
It’s a war of atrocity and propaganda. This conflict has been boiling a lot longer then just 2014 these hatred’s are blood tired and run centuries deep. Ever since Russia took Ukraine from the Prussians in the mid 15th century ethnic Ukrainians have despised the Russians ever since they see them as an occupying force that has graped their country for centuries
Mike, The second video with the Track rolling over the car was confirmed as a Blue on Blue incident on day 2 or 3 of conflict.
Yeah, I remember that. I believe the steering column malfunctioned, hence the swerving prior to the accident. Idk how tf they survived in that car though
@@pragmaticparadox5981 Wodka makes people Rubbery.
Yes. Different incident unfortunately. I doubt they made it out that car in this instance.
I hope the citizens drop liquid, flaming hate on them.
blue on blue is name of friendly fire?
P.s.all is second video is ukrainians, armed civilians vs military.
@@pragmaticparadox5981 They survived, because the tracked vehicle was too wide. If you watch closely as the car is being ran over, its facing the rear of the tracked vehicle. That says that the belly of the vehicle is what slid over them instead of tracks. Couple that with the physical strength of the engine, thats what kept them alive. If the car was ran over at a diagonal angle, one or both of them would have been easily crushed.
I served with the Ukrainians while stationed at Delta Base, Al Kut, Iraq. They were decent soldiers but not much discipline.
Side note: if you aren’t preparing for a major collapse and war, you aren’t really paying attention.
The rifle is most likely the new Ukrainian rifle WAC-47. The primary manufacturer is Ukroboronprom, in Ukraine. Basically an M4 chambered in 5.45x39. It could be a US M4 but Ukraine adopted this rifle in 2017 and it was initially issued to special forces troops. It is intended to be the new main battle rifle and is easily converted to 5.56 NATO if they ever desire.
And the guys with the RPG's left them propped against the building.😳
Thanks so much for your input and training videos. Mean a hell for a lot to us on many levels. Thank you for you service. God bless you and your family & all that love Freedom and Liberty.
Alot of people don't know the USA special forces was there in 2014 and help train Ukrainian. And they been waiting for this and set up trench's and defense positions for 7 years
Yea, I made a whole website about this in 2014 for college. A lot of people think this is new.
The trenches and positions were mainly in the Donbas where a sort of ceasefire has been in operation. Their defensive positions in other regions have been decidedly lacking mainly because it was feared it might be seen as a provocation to Russia.
3 x UKSF have been KIA on Sunday in Ukraine. A small report in the media only on Monday night and nothing mentioned since.
@@auwz66 No, it said ex-personnel in a training capacity. PMCs.
@@Law9652 Course they were in the eyes of the MOD they were civvies but just coincidence they demobbed about a week ago and suddenly in Ukraine as private individuals.... Good on em if you ask me anyway.
Honestly it's really fun watching people like you who have had experience in these types of scenarios and can break it down for all the folks that Don't know the life people live in the military whether that's deployed or not.
I think we all can feel it coming, and know where this is all going we just don't want to admit it.
Pray that peace returns.
Agree. Makes me wonder if that’s why so many of us have been preparing and training. Almost like a universal call for what’s to come.
Doubt it. This is a different type of war.
That seems to be true. Hopefully not. I don't know if there are many " off ramps " left.
What i want to know is, why is nobody in this unit taking ANY return fire from ANY tank, in what is supposed to be a whole column of them ?
We were taught in the Canadian infantry to charge the position we were being ambushed from.
Not saying this is the way to react with armour, but even when the column takes a hit, return fire should take effect immediately. You dont see that here. This is one reason why i think a lot of these videos are staged.
Yeah, looks like the staged video. Russians NEVER send their tanks without escort. Some infantry squads with APCs, maybe ZU-23-4 "Shilka" etc. And look how much time that guy with the RPG spends on aiming. He is not afraid that he will be noticed and attacked at all. If it was an active tank with escort, RPG guy would definitely be noticed, because the effective fire distance from the RPG-7 is only a couple of hundred meters
@@nomuracat Nah there is plenty of footage out there where the Russian tank basically waltz into an ambush with ZERO screening elements.
@@CrestOfArtorias Russian or Soviet tanks are used by many countries. Ukraine including, by the way. To tell exactly who owns the tank, you need to see the insignia. In all other cases, it is impossible to prove whose tank it is.
I was US army 11 Bravo. These aren't staged videos kids. They're very real. I can understand why you want to think that. Media and trust don't belong in the same sentence.
@@troymash8109 I was in army too. RA, engineering troops 2003-2006. 1st video doesn`t look like real war, more like the training. Guys are too relaxed. Smoking, talking too much, don`t taking covers properly etc. There are many little sticks in that first video, that do the trick. All you can say for sure is that in this video, a Ukrainian guy shoots an RPG at some tank. Nothing more
This man is a real hero and endless fighter for the freedoms listed in the US . Constitution.
Mike, thank you so much for sharing your highly informed observations regarding tactical and logistical choices on either side of this war. Most of us can see the obvious but you fill in with info that only a trained professional notices, thank you. And thank you ever so much for your valuable service to our country. I feel much better about the potential quality of our U.S. soldiers that are being prepared for battle when I see a soldier or ex-soldier (if there is such a thing) of your caliber sharing his wisdom. Thank you.
Israeli special forces Japanese thai forces supporting Ukraine.
@@gospeljoy5713Thanks for Ukraine
Mike and these guys he watches with are the real reason us military is what it is. The professionalism and high standards they expect. That's America's greatest strength imo
You mean what it was. Not what it is.
@@macronan8368 NO. The military is woke and full of communists. Screw that. I don't want to fight government wars for elitists and politicians on foreign soil.
Watch a video from 7 years ago of Ukrainian troops. Walking in their team members field of fire, standing infront of windows, they were a joke compared to current videos coming from this war. These guys are definitely squared away. Good to see they learned & adapted.
There have been US forces their in plain clothes since 2014. You can bet they've been training them for this.
3:45 That was an Ukrainian friendly fire incident, It also cuts of a potential war crime at the end.
What would the war crime be ?
@@titobandito1555 they execute a surrendering soldier after that video cuts, you can find it full online on reddit
@@97guimaraes It was reported as Russian Spetznas/Saboteurs clothed in Ukrainian uniforms. Also if that’s true, not a war crime. You no longer have those protections if in plain clothes or in deceptive uniform. No difference than a spy who have no legal protection under war crimes. That’s what the claimed circumstance was, can’t say if it was proven true.
@@sethrich5998 I wrote comment about this, but it apparently got deleted. I got same info from a friend before the vehicles was reportedly caught. Propaganda on both sides is strong though.
@@sethrich5998 They admitted it was a friendly fire three or four days later.
Regardless of this Reacts video, we’re all being played. This is to distract us from other events. “Look over here, while we’re doing other sh!t”
Correct
I believe Russia is doing our white hats a favor and destroying the cabal in Ukraine.
Deep state insurance fire!
100%
This is all planned. Research the Leviathan oil field for all the answers you're looking for.
a financial coup d'etat and global control agenda
Please do more of these observational videos. Your view as a combat vet, and SpecOps warrior is very interesting.
Enjoyed your analysis! Very dangerous situation indeed!
totally agree with your take at the end, WW3 isn’t happening in terms of nations battling but when you look at the nationality of the individuals partaking it certainly is, got people all over from the western side coming to fight and now Russia has Syrian and Chechen fighters in Ukraine
you know that Chechnya is part of Russia, right?
I really respect the straight forward approach to the way you break these things down.
I just saw a video posted by an American volunteer who was next to that base that was just bombed and he said tons of American and British were killed and that they are not getting the proper weapons and if they do get a weapon there are getting maybe 10 bullets, they're getting no body armor. And when they refused to go to Kiev without any weapons the ukrainians threatened to shoot them. He said that ukrainians are taking Foreigner passports and ripping them up so people cannot leave. He said they had to sneak out in an ambulance because they did not want to fight without the proper equipment. He said it's a Slaughter and the Russians are not losing their actually winning. This video was just posted maybe a half an hour ago.
GOOD!!!!!!
That's what they get... you don't play BOXING, and you don't play *WAR!!!!!*
Link here or it's fake news.
It's almost like Ukraine is running a propaganda campaign that's on par with Russia's or something.
@@percyfaith11 Its all over social media, like Gab.
Sounds like something spread by russians.
The fight in the city was blue on blue of 2 Ukranian units didn't realise what is going on and engaged each other. The BTLB Strela that ran over the car was also Ukranian .
Gotta be - why else would a single Ruski AA attack the capitol. Just doesn't make sense. Blue on blue is the only explanation. Similar equipment on both sides makes it a lot easier to cover those up. Happens in every war. Pat Tilman anybody?
People will believe anything if it's a headline these days. When I first saw it I was like why would there be a single supply truck just taking a stroll down the street in broad daylight all alone.
One big hint was that they didn’t have big letters painted on them.
Beat to it, but neither of the vehicles had flashes so highly likely they were Ukrainian.
@@ccole5386 At the beginning of the Russian invasion, there were a lot of Russian sabotage groups that tried to kill the Ukrainian president and other dignitaries.
In general, the Russian invasion was very poorly coordinated and everything did not go according to Russia's plan.
The Russian army is very inefficient and often suicidal.
Read about Rzhev. The Russians are now also making suicide attacks. Did the first attack fail? So you need to attack a second time. Then a third time, a fourth time, and so on.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Rzhev
Thanks for the updating. Brings reality to the forefront.
Looking at how the western world and countries like Russia have fought proxy wars since the cold war, I think WWIII could be avoided as long as we don't see any direct NATO action in Ukraine. I find the possibility of a second cold war far more likely.
It's already pre-planned. Research the Leviathan oil field, for all the answers you want.
Oh yeah a new Cold War has definitely started...
But instead of just Russia and the US, it's the Russian-Chinese vs the US.
Yeah but agenda 2030 is just around the corner now
@@gr33nvik1ng And what BETTER way to force the Sheeple into Globalist Controlled, "Smart" Cities than artificially induced, critical shortages of food, energy, medical, and the looming (if not actual) threat of War/Invasion...
"We have NEVER been at War with Oceania... We have ALWAYS been at War with Oceania..." - George Orwell, "1984" ;)
Hate to break it to ya, but I see Putin pulling the 'ol "murder/suicide". He's going to lose, and lose BIG, and I believe in his last act of desperation before he gets caught/killed, he's going to nuke SOMETHING. Who and to what extent is the only mystery.
I think declaring war on Poland is something Russia doesn’t want to do. They don’t want to escalate who all gets involved because like you said, this isn’t going as smoothly as they thought it would.
We don't want it to happen, because we don't want to get nuked off the face of the earth. I am assuming you don't want that?
i appreciate not only your point of view but the soothing voice that delivers it :’)
6:41 - The longer clip is out there. The guy slumped by the truck was shot again by the guy who came around the corner. He dead.
ya, and assuming the soldier in question was unable to fight back that is essentially an execution.
"I was in my flip flops firing an anti aircraft gun at shepherds that's how easy it was"
The private mercenaries used by the oil companies know better than to go Ukraine. Only redditor gamers who believe in "fair fights" go there to be dealt a dose of reality.
Yeah.. When America mentions how little they lost in all that time.. I don't know Afghanistan but Iraq it really did look like against Shepards not a fair fight. Can't compare.
If you're volunteering to go to Ukraine you're not getting paid. Mercenaries by their nature expect to get some monetary compensation for their services.
Wow, Mike , thank you for the break down. Prayers out to Ukraine & Poland & that Air space. My God.
Yes Mike, please keep it coming! This is exactly what the west needs. No BS, just an analysis by an expert.
Prior to the US entering WWI American pilots and other volunteers traveled to England to fight. The same thing occurred prior to our declaration of war against the Axis in WWII as many American pilots went to England to fly for the RAF...so many in fact that they formed a special squadron made up of Americans, Free French, Poles and many others.
True. Some took up with the Canadians, some with the British.
Great video, Mike. I was in the Navy so I need a little help understanding what's going on here. I agree that this whole operation could get way out of hand and lead to WWIII. Especially if China gets stupid and decides that now is the time to take Taiwan.
Excellent point. However, I don't think China would invade Taiwan unless the U.S. got involved in the war against Russia. It's too much of a risk for the Chinese. On the other hand, if the U.S. gets drawn in to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it is very possible that China invades Taiwan because they know the U.S. doesn't want to fight two wars at once. Fighting in Ukraine and Taiwan would not be sustainable, especially against two members of the UNSC who are superpowers.
One note about "If one f16 gets shot down, it's WW3" is a bit hyperbolic in my view. The reason I say that is because N Korea has killed US troops that accidently crossed the border and it was just swept under the rug to avoid war at all costs.
Additionally, the Taliban has very recently killed US troops in Afghanistan and we still pulled out. The current administration's state department has even told Americans in Ukraine: "If you haven't gotten out by now, it's your own fault".
I think for NATO to get involved the Russians would have to clearly show intent to invade a NATO country, not just shoot down a plan caught in the cross fire.
Yes. Your points are as to why I think Russian forces are banking on just wearing down Ukraine. While the invasion goes on as planned, Russia’s making ties behind the scenes where our prying eyes can’t see, and this is just what is to be expected. With China is back dooring Russia with resources and economic support; i cannot see any other outcome other than a total takeover of Ukraine. Unless, like mr Glover mentioned, other American backed nato countries step in. The outcome of that, is potentially WW3. China, rolls into Taiwan while we fight a Russian front. While Ukraine is getting tenderized by Russian forces, and another authoritarian “third-world despotic dictatorship” or two, well have do our best to piece them together. And at the same time have to step in, and back up the Japanese, Philippines, all other south East Asian allied nations; against an invading Chinese military. Taiwan is certainly a target, and unfortunately the US government will most likely treat it much the same as Ukraine. We’ve stepped back from almost every world war, until the end. For good reason, I think. Although, this time; the world is looking at us like we’re the experts, and saviors of the free world, but war mongering greedy assholes, at the time. Interesting times, tbh.
I would say the same thing goes if we shot down Russian planes. But, how far east would the "no fly zone" have to go? The Russians have long range SAMS within their borders that they could use so to enforce such a no fly zone would require going into Russia to destroy those SAM sites. WWIII for sure. Yet, even still Zelenskyy and much of the west (media) pursue establishing a no fly zone. It's insanity. And what no one is talking about is the immense tactical coordination required among the NATO air forces. This takes a lot of planning, communication and discipline. And, let's not forget the Ukrainian ground forces armed with stingers and other anti-aircraft weapons. The communication with them would have to be stellar least they would shoot down our planes. The whole concept doesn't work unless we actually declare war against Russia.
SGM I'm a veteran of 25 years , combat engineer, 5 years , then infantryman 20. I signed my life at 17 like you. I worked with SF ,I dont know if you know Anthony Youst, but I had the sad privilege to see him killed in a battle on November 19 2005,,,I have an idea,,,,I live I a rural town in Alaska. I think we can fix this,,, we have a volunteer fire department, right? Why can't we have a volunteer group of men trained ON THE GROUND OF THE SCHOOL WE WOULD PROTECT! AS you know a huge advantage, .practice with like mines,,,in the school we would protect.if 10 men where trained,,,maybe only 2 show up, good enough.Airborne
i appreciate that you have uploaded this video and your viewpoint.
That “Ambush” video cuts off because it shows the Ukrainian mag dumping the wounded guy with no weapon in his hands.
The story claims they were Russians in stolen Ukrainian vehicles and complete uniforms. However that story only came out after the civilian militia ambushes the vehicles.
It’s the most controversial video I’ve seen from the opening days of the war.
You have not seen yet the russian light tank destroying a civilian vehicle with 2 old ,handicapped couple on the 1st day of invasion. That convoy was annihilated though when they reached the city in brutal fashion.
@@Nomadunlimited you dont even know what you are talking about and it's incredible how people like you speak so matter of factly. You mean to tell me that you believe a single Russian tank was patrolling the streets of Kyiv all by their lonesome on the first day of the invasion?
@@apersonontheinternet8006
Learn to read and understand.I didnt mention it was a lone tank.I even mentioned that that convoy was destroyed and all killed when they reached the city.And that city is not kiev because like I said it happened in the 1st day of invasion.Justice served because they killed the 2 old couple in the car.
@@Nomadunlimited no, you learn to research. The tank was Ukrainian and no Russian units made it to Kyiv on day 1. Go be stupid somewhere else.
Awesome to hear the rundown of these videos from a soldier's perspective! Thank you for your contribution to our understanding👍👍👍👍 and thank you so much for your service
Thanks, Mike, great informative video. Haven't shot or trained in months, it's now spring, so it's time to resume training and investing in survival gear and ammo. Thanks again brotha.
I can't lie I have a very bad feeling about this whole thing! I'm almost thinking we might want to be ready for the worst.
Agreed. It feels like something will happen at the end of the Summer or beginning of the Fall this year at the latest. I don't know what it is that's coming, but it feels awful.
I agree. This is just getting started this could be the start of WWIII
Me too. What Ukrainian people are seeing now could happen to all of us. This isn’t a third world country fighting. It’s people like us. Fighting for their women and children and country. I’m like the old women In Ukraine. I’ll go down w the ship 🛳 before I bow 🙇♀️ down…I’m upset wen I realize that I expected fighting in Middle East. Why would that have seem normal to me?????
@@TacticalTerry we have been on a roller coaster 🎢 ride for two years. It’s barely 2022 and we are headed straight down the biggest hill and holding on and waiting.
@@TacticalTerry Pope Bergoglio consecrates Russia on the 25th-- a week from today.
I hope our leaders are sensible enough to not start a nuclear confrontation with Russia.
I mean, Russia threatened nukes already, it's not really up to anyone other than Putin whether it goes nuclear, unless the world just steps back and gives him whatever he wants, which will never happen.
@@Lithane97 Unfortunately the West is responsible for most of this by aggressively combating Russia geopolitically. Russia will not deploy nuclear weapons unless NATO enters this conflict. Russia is not interested in escalating this into a nuclear war, otherwise they would have already done this as the West created more than enough precedence.
The US and NATO have lead equal invasions in the last 30 years. There is no possible moral high ground remaining to legitimise NATO intervention.
Thats political theater for the rest of us to be distracted from this Administration's failures. Notice how Fauci is all of a sudden MIA, then the unrest over mandates was the main topic, then out of nowhere Russia kills Covid. Whats the commonality? Fear is a cash cow. When the people lose fear, create or exacerbate another one.
@@Murderface666 Absolutely, I fully agree with you. It is also interesting to see how easy the majority of people are controlled by main stream media inputs these days. You can get 70% of the West riled up within days to the point where they aggressively support and defend positions that defy all logic, moral consistency and intellectual honesty. Abolishing of personal liberties in regards to Covid or NATO intervention in Ukraine are a good example of this.
love that. We can critique their tactics but this is it, this is war. They're in it. Respects..
Mike , please keep up this videos ; thanks
The second video is old. I saw that around the 4th of March and it ended up being a friendly fire event. Like Mike said, he had seen the tank running over the car. Same event. Friendly fire Ukraine on Ukraine.
I saw this video of Ukraine soldiers and that truck was shooting at buildings and got ambushed.The guy on the ground flips over the side while the soldiers driving got shot up by The ukraine soldier hinding behind the van.The guy on the ground is finished off by 2 Ukraine soldiers.The one behind the van steps around the truck and shoots and you can see dirt kicking up behind the Russian soldier and his arm moves.Then one Uraine soldier coming from the street on the same side as the russian is laying and walks up and takes aim 10 feet away and no more moving russian.Glory to Ulraine!
I've seen more of the video of the guys shooting up those tanks with the RPGs. They looked like they might have already been abandoned, they were both bellied in the mud pretty bad. That might explain RPG guy & his mates behaving rather casually.
Yeah most of these gung ho videos are literal propaganda where we're led to believe it's back and forth combat when in reality they're just scuttling some abandoned equipment.
I think the event that took place at 5:00 was actually a friendly fire incident as this footage is over a week old no Russian armour or vehicles have made it into kyiv .
This was not my assumption there are a few vids on it and some literature ✌️
What i read was these are infiltrated spetznaz that killed and stole ucrainian trucks to facilitate the initial attack at kiev tobtry to overthrow the country quickly.
so Ukrainians are driving into their own civilians? I think not. While there are no russian troops in the Kyiv now, there were scouting groups in the beginning of the war and they were destroyed.
Well SPOKEN❗️👊🏾💥
There can't be a "No fly zone" established over Ukraine. The video a week or two back of the Ukrainian Su-27 being shot down was fired at by an S400 surface to air missile launched all the way from Belarus. Unless the west wants to start performing SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) missions in an entirely other country... Also Poland offered their remaining Mig-29 aircraft to Ukrainian pilots by way of sending them through NATO in Germany. Poland also being a member of NATO would really kick off World War 3 if Russia started attacking Ukrainian support directly in Poland.
they have indicated they may do that anyway, the reference was to "ships" in particular, but I dont know how accurate the translation was
The Mig deal is happening.
Though, I would suggest sending them over in pieces. Ukraine still needs replacement parts.
Ww3 wont happen because china will not support russia they would take the opportunity to take eastern Russia, in Eastern russia there is all ready an ethnic chinese majority
We're already in the midst of WW3. You can't define WW3 the same as we defined WW2. Certainly as a formality one country declares war on another and it escalates from there, but this war has other components... the cyber war (already ha begun) Other country's combat advisors in Ukraine (already there as you know) There are already allied military aircraft in Poland. Today I tracked an Italian RQ-4B riding the border of Ukraine. I also see military aircraft that shut down their ADS-B while in the area. So much of this war isn't seen or talked about, but it's there.
WW-3 involves wholesale genocide against European peoples and the use of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons.
@@taraswertelecki3786 whole scale* brother. Not a bulk buy. Jus correcting to help
Ukrain gov will burn in hell for supporting neo-nazis and so will its supporters like you.
The 'cyber-war' is mostly from estonia.
The noisy baltic states have no relevance and they'll play both sides to make a war happen.
They are scumbags and anyone who supports them is a scumbag.
@@ghos_t7041 Hey, maybe Sam's Club or Costco is selling Titan missiles now. Ya never know.
This is a great review, Mike. Thank you Mike and RUclips.
"We must end war, before war ends us." - HG Wells
The Poles are a tough crowd, the Russians know it. The Ukrainians are just as resilient, resolute, and morale driven as the Mujahideen fighters during the Russian - Afghanistan war. The Ukrainians have risen to the occasion big time! Russia never imagined this was a war of ideology: nationalism, identity, solidarity and will. 🇺🇦
Nationalism for a country that has no real history 👍🏻
@@liamhennessey2735 The brief history that they have has been killing and subjugating ethnic,Jews, Russians, Poles, and Greeks
@@liamhennessey2735 Im not a historian, however the area of Ukraine was an important trade route7th-6th century BCE and numerous cultures occupied this Eurasian land bridge. Needless to say a GREAT leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with a unified Populist nation, will rise to the will of the people. To deter the subjugation of Russian Authoritarianism, willing to invade a sovereign nation, thereby not capitulating to living under the yoke of a communist (dictatorship) regime and command…
@@liamhennessey2735 Even if you are right (actually not), every nation started from that point.
@@Letsberealish bout all they can bring to a fight
I love ya brother. The breakdown you provide is great! Thanks man ~ GET SOME
6:10 that armored vehicle that ran over the civilian vehicle was reported to be a Ukrainian armored vehicle that lost control.
No, that wasn't really the case. The thing was that the Ukranian government armed civilians, the civilians with AKs spotted 2 Ukranian vehicles: an AA armoured vehicle and a truck with AA guns. They were both Ukranian, but those armed civilians took them for Russians. They shot dead everybody in the truck and the armoured vehicle's driver started to run away in panic and accidentally ran over a civilian vehicle
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So a dumpster fire! Can you name some other leaders of countries that sent civilians to fight. How do they look in the books of history.
I just don't see how this is sold to the masses as a heroic thing.
@@davidheipel2934 idk, man. Msm manage to make everybody believe that Ukraine is winning when things like that happen, when the government is so desperate that it arms civilians without even checking the passports, you just come to the point and take the weapon. This is absolutely rediculous
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It's insane. It's this Mass psychosis thing that the media can get people to believe anything they say.
I can't believe that people fall for this act of a desperate leader in a total losing situation and people actually show up and volunteer to be throwing into a meat grinder.🤷
@@drunklorry3406 No one will buy your story....not unless you are the ukrainian involved in those footage...just saying...dont spread lies and propaganda here
"If the Ukranians had the airpower" that's the million dollar question. Allegedly the entirety of their airforce is intact, but they're choosing not to engage the enemy from the air. As to why is the single greatest question by every educated analyst viewing the conflict. Evidently there's something we're not aware of.
Because they know they would get their asses kicked by Russia
Mostly russia s500 but there smoking russia for the most part.
@@nerychristian Absolutely, but regardless whether or not they'd get their cheeks clapped, surely it's better than just allowing them to sit in storage. What's most interesting is what difference would it make if the US and Poland delivered the identical aircraft that Ukraine currently has sitting in a hanger? Why are they allegedly so desperate for these aircraft from Poland, when their entire fleet is still operational? I think Zelensky is purposely using troops as cannon fodder, in hopes of obtaining global sympathy, and subsiquent intervention by the UN. Ukraine purposely downplayed the threat of invasion to coax civilians into becoming combatants. Two days ago Zelensky released a statement to Russia saying; I quote, "We will never surrender, and you'll need to carpet bomb Kieve before we give in." Dude isn't a hero, he's fkn martyring civilians, not using airpower under the presumption that at some point we'll save the day. Ukraine is only slightly less corrupt than Russia, and I feel as if picking a side is like choosing between having Herpes and HPV.
@@jbone9900 Yeah I know the S-400's are fn nasty, and going up against them is a logistic impossibility.
Are they though? Weren't only receiving information from one side. Obviously I'd prefer the Nazis of Ukraine to kill the Russian commies, but just barely. Russia could end this conflict in moments, so why aren't they. We assume Russia desires to preserve the infrastructure, but according to Ukraine Russia is indiscriminately shelling everything. This entire conflict is grimy.
@@tomjjackson21 Bingo. You are correct. It's all propaganda. And anyone with a shred of discernment is able to see that the media is using propaganda to turn is against Russia. Any time a civilian dies in Ukraine, they can use it to gain sympathy for their cause. Only an idiot would fight a war against Russia. It's no coincidence that Hunter Biden was given a cushy job in Ukraine. I'm sure they probably black mailed him and Biden is trying to protect him from Russian intelligence. The media is so corrupt, that when they tell me to think or act a certain way, I do or think the opposite. The fact that the media is censoring people with differing views tells me all I need to know. Ukrainian president probably taking advantage of the situation to kill off political rivals and blame it on Russia. Like you said, both countries are corrupt.
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Nope.
5:10 Where’s the “Z?” Or are they not marking their vehicles anymore?
That incident is from right at the start so nearly 3 weeks ago. Its said that some Russian troops who were hiding in the city hijacked UKR APC and the UKR truck hence no "Z". These were chased down by Ukrainian SF and dealt with.
Yeah you right, they were retreating Ukrainians and it was friendly fire(a common thing in Kiev), but of course they said they were russians.
Blue on blue
I always enjoy your videos and straight commentary.
I think the biggest thing coming from this conflict from NATO's perspective is that they're collecting so much intel on russia's actual capability from a military standpoint. While they do have a nuclear arsenal and that's a massive deterrent, russia just lost its image on the world thinking its as powerful as it is. You said it perfectly in this video, that 40 mile convoy would be gone so fast if Ukraine had the air assets other NATO counties such as the US have. Great insight on the footage as always, even if youtube doesn't like the REAL combat clips being on their platform(hence the cutoffs)
What makes you assume that Russia is going on full capacity. In a hot war with NATO I would be surprised if you had any surveillance sats left by now and the starlink would have been turned into a giant shrapnel field in low earth orbit by now making the situation quite impossible for USA mainland launched nukes to even get there whereas they have the actual delivery mechanisms and favorable geography to avoid that problem almost entirely... or atleast thats how I would roll it. From what I've gathered so far, Russia is trying to run this operation without giving too much data on their things to NATO.
@@henriht1147 I would normally just ignore this but I dont where you got that I assumed anything at all. This a comment on this particular video, the topics talked about by Mike and other videos of this conflict reviewed in this way, on this channel. Theres a big difference between capability which I referred to and capacity that you said I wrote about, capability is referring to the soldiers ability, the officers commanding and so much more.
I fail to see what anything you said after the assumption sentence has to do with what I said or this video. But all in all have a nice day, and I'll make sure to keep my(?) surveillance sats safe.
@@elijah1885 Ah sorry about personalizing this. I made the mistake of assuming you live in NA somehow. And I am a bit over the edge here due to this whole situation. And I have been hearing the same stories about their "low" capabilities so much that... well I think you get it by now. Russia has always played chess with it's opponents and seems to follow a very similar philosophy to sun tzu etc when it comes to grand strategy. They never show their full hand until it is absolutely necessary. All I am hoping to do here is make people realize the true possible consequences if this shit escalates, because around here it definitely looks like people are a little bit too arrogant about them.
@@henriht1147 I'm just tech guy watching what everyone else is seeing, its all good you just came across as a bit aggressive against.. well I wasnt even too sure, seemed like against the west in general. I don't share my opinions much but I enjoy Mike's videos and since intelligence is a interest of mine, I was just pointing out a media representation of russias invasion thus far and that other governments will be seeing even more than what the media shows.
These past few weeks have been pretty sad for me. I don't support Russia in this conflict, but I sure as hell can't say I support what our leaders here in the western world are doing either. They are using Ukrainian as cannon fodder so they don't have to fight Russia directly. When this should honestly be none of our damn business. So the number one priority of any government is to protect the interests of their people, right?(in a ideal world at least). And I fail to see how getting involved in this conflict in anyway shape or form is benefitting the American people. I'm really disappointed to see how our media is trying to get all of us to support sending our young men to die for another foreign country, when we all know for a fact that this would mean the end of humanity. Yeah, it sucks what Ukraine is going through, but I think it would do people well to read up on the events that took place in the past 30 years that led up to this conflict. I really think NATO played a massive part in putting Ukraine in this situation. Other than that, I would say, just take nothing at face value, from either side.
I don’t know the back story but I’ve gotten progressively more cautious about all of this. It seems like there is more than meets the eye and we’re on thin ice
@@evanderboynton3057 it’s on RUclips. Look up Oliver stones documentary “Ukraine on fire” there’s other videos on the azov battalion and right sector neo Nazis beating Hungarian immigrants and the whole 8 year eastern Ukrainian Conflict. Donbas is another documentary here on RUclips
Exactly THIS!!!
Who is funding the AZOF battalion? When you figure that out Russia doesn't seem like the bad guy anymore.
@@brokenwrench404 Oliver Stone's documentary was incredibly one sided. He gives Putin and his henchmen like Yanukovuch all the air time while never interviewing the other side. Also Stone's son works for the Russian state media, so if you're expecting objectivity, you're sorely mistaken.
Not everything is a government cover up, and the media isn't always lying. Russian tanks rolled into a sovereign country, killing civilians while throwing ordinary Russians who protest against the war back home in jail. Do you know where the stories about Nazis originally came from? Putin. You're more inclined to listen to him than the American journalist who risk their lives reporting from the front lines? Really?
...Good video. I like your commentary about the Ukrainian war. I would like to see more. Thx!
Thanks, and good to hear from you. History say's we fought MIGS in Korea, and Vietnam flown by axis pilots. The Russians are bringing in urban fighters from Syria. The allied munitions are all carrying identifiers of origin. I think the Russians know who provides them. Russia will not declare war against NATO but that doesn't stop them from kicking the bee's nest in provocation. Then he will sit back and say we started it. The Russians military are spread pretty thin. The Germans found out about fighting on too many fronts and what running away from your supply line is all about. History is a great teacher if anybody cares to learn about it.
You're 100% right we have been involved to the point we started this mess.
We didn’t start it.
I’m a democrat. But I learned about the constitution at a university and I am absolutely convinced that gun rights are absolutely the symbol of freedom.
It’s funny how my Democrat people are the first to want to disarm Americans but they are the first to tout how we need to help Ukraine with armament to protect their freedom.
Logistics support, clandestine and intelligence support, and of course the international troops are probably the most NATO countries can do.
Unless there’s a UN peacekeeping force to be deployed.
The other possibility is to integrate air support using air denial assets and incorrectly marked aircraft in the western part of the country, and claiming they are Ukrainian.
russia still sits in the U.N as a founding country with a veto right. good luck getting a U.N peacekeeping force in ukraine.
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There was at least a UN condemnation of Russia. Regardless the international community in general sees Russia acting in a way unfitting of a modern power. Certainly NATO will continue to hope for Putin’s ouster, and will continue to supply arms to the Ukrainian army to that end.
@@josephk.4200 even if UN forces get deployed, they wont do shit. The UN is probably the most useless organization in history
@@sugandesenuds6663 facts
@@sugandesenuds6663 Seemingly just like the league of nations before it...
4:00 was actually a Ukrainian friendly fire insendent.
Great video- Thank you for this perspective...
We've had and have anywhere from 4-5 c17s, kc135r's, one rc135, airbus a330-243mrtt from nato and a usaf MD-KC10 on the Poland Ukraine border 24-7. Flight tracker shows the flight patterns a ton of giant ovals.
Go ahead & tell 'em that WE KNOW their flights r in an OVAL...
hey Mike, let's be honest, are you impressed by my Ukrainian brothers?
Seems like every single veteran on RUclips has changed his mind during the last 2-3 weeks.
First, you all started with "Oh, they're going to get wrecked by Russia..."
And now it's more like "Of course, they fight well because we thought them" lol
Just be honest for the moment and acknowledge that you underestimated Ukraine, and hugely overestimated russia. The same way MANY commentators here. As a Ukrainian Canadian, I am getting much more support and compassion from predominantly left Canada than from predominantly patriotic right-leaning American friends. Paradox!
Omg same here, I’m a Ukrainian living in Washington state, but born in novovlynsk. It’s crazy how the left in the US is supportive of us but the right is against us. Meanwhile majority of the Ukrainians in the US supported the conservatives throughout these elections.
Probably because Canada didn't carpet bomb entiee countries and get away with it. We only helped from the sidelines.
They’re fighting a guerrilla conflict against a standard modernised Russian military of course your tactics are going to be effective. That’s the point of guerrilla tactics. But you can’t succeed in those tactics if they can occupy your country which they are absolutely capable in doing
New to your channel. Very appreciative of your efforts. This is the real deal. Let's hope that rational minds are running the show.
That first one has to be training footage.
Must likely, one guy is wearing training markings... You would not wear bright reflective yellow in combat..
I saw the originally footage of that “ambush” it came out sometime late February so I don’t believe it was in Kyiv, probably a smaller city since it was so early. But yeah that guy lost his life, the guy who walks up before the video ends put a few rounds in him, sadly that did not end his life and he was obviously in pain, a second guy comes from right under the camera view about 30 seconds after the first and finally ends his life. Was rough to watch but I make myself so I can see the reality of not just war but life. The russian who fell out of the side was probably under the age of 20 and again since it was so early on, there was a chance the truck had no idea where it was headed…. If it did it probably wouldn’t have ran through the 100+ shots from the trees at first (that’s what caused it’s rolling stop) it is definitely the most rough video from this war I’ve seen, mainly because of the young guy who lost his life, but because what I saw was a careless waste of life, at the hands of a mad man
no dude, it became a proven fact that it was all an accidental friendly fire incident
This is exactly Kyiv. On the first day there was a landing of paratroopers a few kilometers from the city. Then sabotage groups broke into Kyiv. They were trying to take advantage of the surprise effect of the breakout.
Link please
If I remember right it was Russian sympathisers in Kiev who stole some military vehicles. 2 guys in the truck died, the drive in the cab and the guy who jumped over the side.
Ok so the problem is this. Obviously Russia cannot stand up to the West considering the Ukrainians have stopped them in their tracks. So obviously the threat isn’t a “world war 3” but the “wmd” aspect of that. The question, then, is does Russia get to storm across the globe doing whatever it wants wherever it wants with an inferior military because we fear their wmd?
8:16 that one was very ironic. that was an anti-air missile battery truck, taken out by something the truck was supposed to protect that convoy from.
Two points…the US is really bad at extended vision warfare that extends beyond a decade…so far. That said, the entire NSA/CIA industry in the states is a legit thing. I see the occasional modern/rare weapon presented by the Chinese or similar…and while that is obviously a legit threat…it was probably copied off an existing design in Chingrish and not as good. We have basically entire states with Area 51 and skunkworks availabilities to test this stuff…unknown to anyone beyond a top secret clearance.
If Russia is as weakly prepared for this as it seems, the clearly unprepared Chinese will suffer mightily. Battle hardened is a thing.
Very good insight there. I would tend to agree based on what we're seeing in the Ukraine.
Only difference is that Russia is poor as fuck and cant afford upgrades while China can.