BREAKING: RU Launches Surprise Attack Toward Kharkiv!

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  • @CombatVeteranReacts
    @CombatVeteranReacts  22 дня назад +22

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    • @stephenglover8828
      @stephenglover8828 22 дня назад

      Just a matter of time before Ukraine surrenders, no way it can withstand this pressure from Russia.

    • @MrScandinavio
      @MrScandinavio 22 дня назад +3

      Paul, have you thought about having a live discussion with a Russian military blogger. keeeping it civil, and talking only military tactics?
      I think it would be fascinating to listen to / watch.

    • @jasonschnelle110
      @jasonschnelle110 22 дня назад +2

      1 you can't be sure if this is the main axis of attack yet. 2 the point of a new front is a new front. Manpower issues means Ukraine is already spread thin. If they don't reinforce and Russia commits a large force then Russia will eat up a large part of Kharkiv. If Ukraine does reinforce they are pulling people and equipment from other parts of the line. Screwed either way.
      You shouldn't have bought into the daily casualty figures. If they were losing that many men and that much equipment they wouldn't have 400 tanks, 800 IFVs/APCs and 50,000 troops to commit to a new offensive.

    • @arjan2777
      @arjan2777 22 дня назад +2

      @@jasonschnelle110 I don’t see a contradiction. The Russians have huge stores of older equipment and nobody knows how usable it all is so if they find a few hundred extra that shouldn’t be a surprise.
      And a lot of the casualties are people Russia does not value anyway.

    • @aov6563
      @aov6563 22 дня назад +3

      ​​@@MrScandinavioHe won't even take out any normal military blogger, he is like Deny Denis.

  • @outforbeer
    @outforbeer 22 дня назад +198

    Maybe it is to open up a north front to force Ukraine to send man power north thus allowing the real push down south to occur much easier. Their objection is the thin out Ukraine line, not to take the city

    • @hansb7020
      @hansb7020 22 дня назад

      that won't happen. Russia is just a joke.

    • @user-qu6qg7sk4v
      @user-qu6qg7sk4v 22 дня назад

      With pooter's track record of failed "feints" such as Kiev, Sumy, Kharkiv & Kherson I doubt even putinists would be dumb enough to try another one 😎

    • @rklkify
      @rklkify 22 дня назад +27

      yes and no. Ukraine would have had to station troops there anyway to guard against a russian attack. Russia is using troops to attack better prepared and defendable ukrainian positions, troops it could have used to support the push down south. If russia wastes that manpower while ukraine is able to takes the least amount of casualties then ukrainian lines will not be thined out.

    • @cruise_missile8387
      @cruise_missile8387 22 дня назад +7

      Essentially, they're working towards a seige of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk as well as Kharkiv, which would allow Putin to claim at least a bare minimum decisive victory. He wants Odessa too but I can't see that happening.

    • @fumarc4501
      @fumarc4501 22 дня назад +3

      Would make sense if they’re trying to take and hold the entire coastline, but that’s not currently feasible… unless something has changed?

  • @utah20gflyer76
    @utah20gflyer76 22 дня назад +8

    Ukraine is already desperately short of men, so the opening of any additional front will be catastrophic. If Ukraine doesn’t redeploy a lot of manpower to the north then the Russians will easily be able to take high ground and cross water. The larger the additional frontal area the more troops Ukraine has to redeploy. I can see the logic.

  • @FidelisRaven
    @FidelisRaven 22 дня назад +33

    They're creating a buffer zone and plan to use that lake as flank cover.

    • @docchiro100
      @docchiro100 22 дня назад +1

      Exactly, it’s not really that difficult to see that if people are paying attention to how they move west of Adivika

    • @ivanfiorani1363
      @ivanfiorani1363 22 дня назад

      Yes Paul the tool isn’t very knowledgeable….I doubt he was in the military

    • @nicholasconder4703
      @nicholasconder4703 22 дня назад

      @@ivanfiorani1363 He was in the military, but only served at lower levels (platoon or company). I have noticed he does seem to lack the analysis ability that an officer of higher rank with combat experience would have.

    • @ivanfiorani1363
      @ivanfiorani1363 22 дня назад

      @@nicholasconder4703 and also he is bias and a spinner

    • @marcusaurilius1488
      @marcusaurilius1488 22 дня назад +2

      40k russians is not enough to create a buffer. ukraine is dug in with 15-20k troops. russia needed 15 to 1 numbers to make the small gains they did in south over 7 months when ukraine was low on ammo.

  • @user-uw9bi6fu1r
    @user-uw9bi6fu1r 22 дня назад +134

    the only thing... .we've all been preparing to this for half a year now

    • @kevinmccarthy8746
      @kevinmccarthy8746 22 дня назад +1

      Funny, I just wrote that I hope, they saw this coming 2 weaks ago. My complete ignorence I know they saw this going but made a joke out of it. THEN though, you taught me that WAR games must have been played covering this senereo, hopefully.

    • @hendrikvanleeuwen9110
      @hendrikvanleeuwen9110 22 дня назад

      Yeah, other channels have even given an (accurate) day for the operation to kick off.
      This guy cant think more than a week ahead and relies on the now biased Deepstate UA mapping.

    • @haysikingmusic
      @haysikingmusic 22 дня назад +1

      If they strike gum they would be unstoppable. Make sure to call your local government officials to sanction strike gum so russia doesn't get ahold of it and China can't reverse engineer it.

    • @itsaboutTime2revolt
      @itsaboutTime2revolt 22 дня назад +3

      ​@@kevinmccarthy8746FYI: ​This post, and every post from this profile, is referring to Russia when it says: "we've been preparing to this for half a year now"....this is one of the Combat Vet News channel's full-time resident Russian Bot accounts, that literally comments a handful of posts in EVERY SINGLE video's comment section.

    • @itsaboutTime2revolt
      @itsaboutTime2revolt 22 дня назад +2

      SsuuuuuuRe you have comrade....sure you have. LoL. It's very amazing how much classified Russian military strategy you are always in the loop on. Very impressive.
      That's a GoOoOod bot! YeeeAh...a goooOOOD BoT!! Who's a good bot?!?! YOU'RE A GOOD BOT!! Good bot!! 🐶🤖
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  • @hazardousmaterial5492
    @hazardousmaterial5492 22 дня назад +3

    Bro, we knew that this "surprise" attack was coming for a while

  • @volairn70
    @volairn70 22 дня назад +87

    Surprise attack? They have been talking about this for like two weeks now.

    • @irishrebel374
      @irishrebel374 22 дня назад +15

      He's a combat vet.. he's the expert lololol 😂 Ukraine starting hitting that region first in last few weeks, but this offensive puts that to bed. The yanks working on the artillery are being sent home in ziplock bags cuz they can't find enough to fill a body bag. Lolol 🤣

    • @andrewkoestl
      @andrewkoestl 22 дня назад +2

      ​@irishrebel374 my dad's a combat vet and doesn't know shit about this

    • @irishrebel374
      @irishrebel374 22 дня назад

      @@andrewkoestl holy good f***, sarcasm lad, sarcasm lolol Paul a chomp. My dad was a freedom fighter, where was your father's 'justified' war?. 9/11 was inside job. Afghanistan and Libya was illegal wars as well as Iraq and syria.. your dad was a murderer and and invader..

    • @TrySomeFentanyl
      @TrySomeFentanyl 22 дня назад

      @@irishrebel374lol, it took 2 years to take Andviika, 9 months to take Bakmhut, 100k+ casualties total for RU. Kharkiv is literally 10x the size of Andviika if not larger. 🤣🤣 This is going to be another disaster for RU.

    • @Lepocoloco
      @Lepocoloco 22 дня назад

      @@irishrebel374tard 😂

  • @dzuppi
    @dzuppi 22 дня назад +14

    I don't know why this should be a surprise!? There were numerous reports that Russia was building up forces there.

    • @jasoninthehood9726
      @jasoninthehood9726 21 день назад

      Can you share those reports, please?

    • @utah20gflyer76
      @utah20gflyer76 17 дней назад

      The question before they started that front was “Do the Russians feel confident enough with their available manpower and supplies to open another front?” The answer turned out to be yes. Are they correct? I guess we will see how it plays out.

  • @victorkrawchuk9141
    @victorkrawchuk9141 22 дня назад +45

    The big surprise might be why they didn't do this on May 9th, Russian Victory Day. Maybe someone high up in the Russian Army forgot to check his reminders yesterday...

    • @Rashald
      @Rashald 22 дня назад +17

      Bet they needed that one T-34

    • @Meem_Begorski
      @Meem_Begorski 22 дня назад +2

      The generals were on parade, and then they spent time somewhere else

    • @samwalton4598
      @samwalton4598 22 дня назад +2

      When is Shoigu going to be arrested for being a corrupt POS?

    • @sickmit3481
      @sickmit3481 22 дня назад +4

      Because if the attack would have been a total defeat like it seems to be right now then they would have a defeat on their victory day

    • @Notrusbot
      @Notrusbot 22 дня назад

      I love analysts who know everything about Russia, how they behave and what they think😂​@@sickmit3481

  • @cheechaenfoo2732
    @cheechaenfoo2732 22 дня назад +8

    What surprise? I have been hearing about such a possible attack for the past few weeks....

  • @charlesduke9750
    @charlesduke9750 22 дня назад +1

    If you intend to conquer a whole country, then gaining terrain IS an interesting objective.

  • @RAMelloh-ij5sl
    @RAMelloh-ij5sl 22 дня назад +2

    How could it possibly be a surprise?

  • @frankmims
    @frankmims 22 дня назад +69

    It looks like a feint.

    • @esobed1
      @esobed1 22 дня назад +3

      Wonder what the troop numbers are in that region( in the rear, reserve not deployed). Also what the supply chain supporting that drive looks like. That would give a clue towards what the reasoning is.

    • @bkh8528
      @bkh8528 22 дня назад +1

      @frankmims
      Ah Ok………. Thanks general…….

    • @logon-oe6un
      @logon-oe6un 22 дня назад

      Meta-ironic comment, considering russian explanations for map changes a while ago.

    • @arjan2777
      @arjan2777 22 дня назад +2

      To draw the Ukrainian reserves sure but it is a bit late. The Ukrainian munition shortages will soon be over

    • @crusty5059
      @crusty5059 22 дня назад

      ​@@arjan2777lol you guys are hilarious

  • @jopjop9400
    @jopjop9400 22 дня назад +3

    i dont think you can call it a surprise atack when they basicaly anounce it

  • @Yoshi-bm3wq
    @Yoshi-bm3wq 22 дня назад +2

    How can this be surprising if we knew this since 5 weeks now that Russia is prepping for this offensive.

  • @andrewb8548
    @andrewb8548 22 дня назад +2

    How is this considered a surprise? Victory Day Parade featured current war participants carrying Soviet Battle Flag from WW2 Battle of Kharkov. Doesn't seem surprising at all.

  • @masseymm
    @masseymm 22 дня назад +2

    Surprise Attack!!!! but not really surprised as it has been talked about extensively for a few months now

  • @StritarD
    @StritarD 22 дня назад +36

    Not really a surprise. Something it was talked about for weeks.

    • @kuidaorekitchen5850
      @kuidaorekitchen5850 22 дня назад +5

      It's not the surprise, it is the location.

    • @hypernova5773
      @hypernova5773 21 день назад

      He was surprised. He doesn't pay much attention to this war. He just checks the news every now and then.

    • @jasoninthehood9726
      @jasoninthehood9726 21 день назад

      @@hypernova5773Why should he? It’s not like he’s a general in this war. He’s a news aggregation RUclipsr collecting information and sharing it when it is pertinent.

    • @mhlangamlungisi5108
      @mhlangamlungisi5108 21 день назад

      @@kuidaorekitchen5850 and the timing.

  • @JahNgomba-ir2zi
    @JahNgomba-ir2zi 22 дня назад +20

    The Russian should have asked “combat veterans reacts” where to attack

    • @JohnnyBGood1970
      @JohnnyBGood1970 22 дня назад +8

      Yeah but the only problem is they want to win😂😂

    • @FieldsOfUppland
      @FieldsOfUppland 22 дня назад +10

      He thinks this is afghanistan or something.

    • @aov6563
      @aov6563 22 дня назад +2

      Good sarcasm 😄

    • @lTandermthrust2001
      @lTandermthrust2001 22 дня назад +6

      ​@@FieldsOfUpplandHe is just all about money and subscriptions. Am a veteran and am sorry he is misinforming you guys.

  • @XWolf
    @XWolf 22 дня назад +1

    They are scouting for defence lines and artillary positions, next step is reinforcement on specific places to attack blitzkrieg style from the north and east while precision strikes attack artillary and defensive lines at the same time.
    That is how I would do it atleast.

  • @Srbazo
    @Srbazo 22 дня назад +2

    They already took 4 settlement's so don't worry to much

  • @kevinp2593
    @kevinp2593 22 дня назад +13

    Thanks Paul 👍👍👍

  • @roypfeiffer4442
    @roypfeiffer4442 22 дня назад +7

    THIS IS a job for F16s . ..the new Warthog.....

    • @dennisyoung7363
      @dennisyoung7363 22 дня назад +2

      Yes, the aircraft designed in the 1960s will come to the rescue. Take a look, Russia has all the wonder weapons. The F16 won't last 5 minutes in Ukraine, just like the Patriots and the M1 tanks.

    • @Notrusbot
      @Notrusbot 22 дня назад +6

      where is the f-16? Do you still believe that they will appear in the ranks of the Ukrainian army?😂

    • @dennisyoung7363
      @dennisyoung7363 22 дня назад

      @@Notrusbot They have np place to land. The Russians just bombed the airport near Lvov where the F16s were supposed to land.

    • @utah20gflyer76
      @utah20gflyer76 17 дней назад

      Nope!, this is a job for the artillery shell and the drones.

  • @doubtingflock1073
    @doubtingflock1073 22 дня назад +137

    Boss says to take ground at any cost: leads to taking worthless ground. Boss says to open second front: second front opens in death trap.

    • @darthsidius9631
      @darthsidius9631 22 дня назад

      Reminds just too much hitler 😂😂😂

    • @musicalneptunian
      @musicalneptunian 22 дня назад +11

      Battle plan. 1. take useless ground. 2. win T Shirt. 3. Kick bucket.

    • @ItsReallyJackBlack
      @ItsReallyJackBlack 22 дня назад

      Steiner will stop the Russians...no doubt

    • @denniskrenz2080
      @denniskrenz2080 22 дня назад +3

      Thats what happens if you plan your strategy with a calendar.

    • @BholaSingh-vv6ej
      @BholaSingh-vv6ej 22 дня назад +9

      If you would understand, you would be general.
      There should be reason.
      Distraction , volume,
      Dividing etc

  • @MuhamedObradovic4
    @MuhamedObradovic4 22 дня назад +1

    Emotional damage for catholic Serbs, also known as a Croats. The greatest Ukraine supporters

  • @Neeboopsh
    @Neeboopsh 22 дня назад +3

    russia has been talking about a buffer zone. now the exact distance they have said has varied - depending on where. but its to stop artillery strikes by ukraine on places in russia or cities in the donbas the russians hold. they have been shelling donetsk for ages, now belgorod has been taking fire. push as many kms as needed to outrange most artillery. numbers of pieces of equipment and estimates of manpower is way too low to "take kharkiv"

  • @saltydog584
    @saltydog584 22 дня назад +6

    Not that much of a surprise. Podcasts on RUclips were reporting a build up of troops across the border from Kharkiv a fortnight ago.

  • @user-tt6cu4ut1e
    @user-tt6cu4ut1e 22 дня назад +1

    5:50 If you knew why they attack like that, you would be a general, not a veteran.

  • @Elkator955
    @Elkator955 22 дня назад +2

    Ukraine did say they are expecting an attack from that direction, because troops were getting amassed for a month or so, so I'm not surprised. The vector of the attack does seem pretty dumb though.

  • @emjizone
    @emjizone 22 дня назад +3

    Is this the surprise attack announced since February?

  • @giovanni-ed7zq
    @giovanni-ed7zq 22 дня назад +118

    from what i saw reported it was 3 russian bmp and an mtlb that crossed the border and video shows them burning after getting hit by artillery. to me thats not an invasion of kharkiv by russia. its just russian canon fodder probing.
    when you see the russians bring out golf carts, thats when you should realize its serious because all the tanks and bmp have been destroyed.

    • @allenhartley6078
      @allenhartley6078 22 дня назад +9

      Hmmm, they just moved thousands of pieces of equipment to the frontline just this week, including 600 tanks. And another couple hundred thousand troops as well.

    • @feoxorus
      @feoxorus 22 дня назад +20

      @@allenhartley6078 And they just lost 314 trying to take, and failing to take, a few fields west of Avdiivka. Over a thousand orcs per day on average are being removed from their gene sewer.

    • @stuartpenman6387
      @stuartpenman6387 22 дня назад +1

      @@feoxorus aww bless , keep believing the CIA LOL

    • @allenhartley6078
      @allenhartley6078 22 дня назад

      @feoxorus the only ones losing a thousand troops a day are Ukraine. Why do you think they are using a draft system and releasing prisoners if they go to the frontlines and fight. Ukraine has no ammo left to kill anyone anymore. And Russia just leveled the heavily fortified airfield that was going to be used for the F16's last night, killing hundreds of Ukraine soldiers and all their equipment.

    • @allenhartley6078
      @allenhartley6078 22 дня назад

      @feoxorus can't reply as they don't like the actual facts. Many military sites out there with real video and data evidence, not a commenter with zero war experience opinions.

  • @kaovi1978
    @kaovi1978 22 дня назад +3

    Surprise?? Everyone talking about Harkiv offensive for months..

  • @Thedude4777-gh1lj
    @Thedude4777-gh1lj 21 день назад +1

    Of course your surprised Paul. It’s pretty obvious you attack where the enemy isn’t.

  • @user-hp9vg9wz6o
    @user-hp9vg9wz6o 22 дня назад +3

    Its hard for him to understand ha ha

  • @porolintu6564
    @porolintu6564 21 день назад +7

    Mr. Combat veteran: It's really hard for me to understand bla bla bla...No surprise there😂

    • @user-hp9vg9wz6o
      @user-hp9vg9wz6o 21 день назад +3

      ) At least he is sincere. I enjoy this as a freak show, but I'm worried about that most of the audience also seems to belong to the intellectual reserve in the American army.

  • @ViktorBludov
    @ViktorBludov 22 дня назад +2

    Its always amusing to hear how you pronounce the city names 🤣🤣🤣

  • @pierrehenriot2480
    @pierrehenriot2480 22 дня назад +2

    surprise attack everyone had been expecting for at least two weeks already !

  • @PeregrineFalconZG
    @PeregrineFalconZG 22 дня назад +8

    Surprise attack? I'd call it more like a diversion. Something else is cooking there.

    • @Tom_McMurtry
      @Tom_McMurtry 22 дня назад

      Yah.

    • @VicMansaMusa
      @VicMansaMusa 22 дня назад

      They ll be in Odessa next week

    • @marcusaurilius1488
      @marcusaurilius1488 22 дня назад +1

      its called russian zerg of territory before ukraine gets artillery ammo. problem is the artillery ammo arrived.

  • @Roonasaur
    @Roonasaur 22 дня назад +4

    You gotta remember Paul: the land itself may not be worth much, but the resources underneath it are. Lots of minerals, lots of oil in eastern Ukraine.

    • @andreimareilie9108
      @andreimareilie9108 22 дня назад

      I don't think they have the time or need for oil

    • @Roonasaur
      @Roonasaur 22 дня назад

      @@andreimareilie9108 They're thinking about AFTER the war . . .

    • @andreimareilie9108
      @andreimareilie9108 22 дня назад

      @Roonasaur Yea I guess it makes sense but we already decoupled from Russian oil and we do need to transition away from fossil fuels so depending on how long this war lasts oil might not be so important. Minerals it depends what kind but it might not matter that much.

    • @RuLeZ1988
      @RuLeZ1988 22 дня назад +3

      @@Roonasaur As if Russia hasn't enough ressources already, especially Oil-Ressources. Russia has so much ressources and potential to be a great country, instead they use these ressources for their military to occupy more land for even more ressources. If Russia is not even able to become a great country with their high amounts of ressources they already have, how are they supposed to become a great country with even more land and even more ressources, that they won't be able to use efficiently? Simple a power greedy country.

    • @Roonasaur
      @Roonasaur 22 дня назад

      @@RuLeZ1988 Well, they're oviously not thinking THAT far ahead, lol

  • @MarkAbenstein
    @MarkAbenstein 22 дня назад +2

    "never fight uphill, me boys" -donnie

  • @chrisb.7787
    @chrisb.7787 22 дня назад +2

    Its not a surprise if it was predicted a month ago. And the fact that they did it the day after victory day. When fresh troops would have the highest moral is not only predictable, but laughably so.

  • @robertwisniewski2029
    @robertwisniewski2029 22 дня назад +5

    you can't make a surprise attack that everyone has been waiting for for at least half a year

    • @nn98b64
      @nn98b64 22 дня назад

      Not to mention the fact it's already been confirmed the US has tapped russian communications lmao. No doubt they told Ukraine about the build up.

  • @rolandscales9380
    @rolandscales9380 22 дня назад +21

    Perhaps it's an extension of the "Russia as the new Rome" theme. They want to re-enact Varus' campaign in the Teutoburg Forest.

  • @philipthonemann2524
    @philipthonemann2524 22 дня назад +1

    Thanks for this, Paul!

  • @jacktheripper6928
    @jacktheripper6928 21 день назад +2

    Did you ever ask yourself "maybe I'm just not that good at tactical thinking?".

  • @trauma50disaster1
    @trauma50disaster1 22 дня назад +3

    You’re so confused what they’re doing. It’s called pushing the line

  • @Mark-ml3nv
    @Mark-ml3nv 22 дня назад +8

    But Russia has the secret weapon, that one remaining working T-34. It's an incredible upgrade on the golf carts.

    • @TT-bi8ty
      @TT-bi8ty 22 дня назад +3

      it's funny that Russia has been resisting all possible NATO equipment with golf carts and missiles from washing machines for 2 years, and even has the initiative

    • @Keldor314
      @Keldor314 22 дня назад +1

      ​​@@TT-bi8tyYeah, NATO has been running dangerously low on old surplus equipment. If this keeps going, they may have to restart production and even send Ukraine equipment that was manufactured during this century.

    • @TT-bi8ty
      @TT-bi8ty 22 дня назад

      @@Keldor314 your irony looks ridiculous, considering that all countries combined could not give Ukraine even half of the promised artillery, and half of the NATO countries are now saying that they were left unarmed because of supplies to Ukraine

    • @Keldor314
      @Keldor314 22 дня назад

      @@TT-bi8ty Oh, I agree that NATO is, in general, not taking the war very seriously. In fact, as an American, I'd say our contribution can be best described as "half-assed". I mean, really, a couple dozen Himars systems, a couple hundred tanks and other armored vehicles, one or two Patriot systems, and various artillary and small arms? Against the entire Russian military?
      But maybe the strategy is to give Ukraine just enough to hold off Russia until Putin gives up and goes home. If Putin were to ever actually be *overthrown*, we'd be looking at the potential for civil war in Russia, which, given the number of nuclear weapons scattered around, is really not in anyone's best interest.

  • @andersholmstrom3571
    @andersholmstrom3571 22 дня назад +1

    Comments I have heard in the news here is that this attack may be a reconnesence in force and that the major attack may still be to come.

  • @henkvandervossen6616
    @henkvandervossen6616 22 дня назад +2

    How can it be a surprise attack when it has been talked about for at least two months ?

  • @redstar5594
    @redstar5594 22 дня назад +7

    Cumbat Veteran didnt see that coming

    • @tonylarimer1326
      @tonylarimer1326 22 дня назад

      Think he saw it ,he is puzzled by the geographical buzz saw russia is probing.

    • @mlcochran78
      @mlcochran78 22 дня назад +1

      Oh man that's funny

  • @cookudysu90
    @cookudysu90 22 дня назад +4

    It wasn't a surprise offensive as Ukraine knew it was coming.

  • @franco1481
    @franco1481 22 дня назад +2

    They don't need to take anything, just continue applying pressure.

    • @vladimirvladimirovichputin1352
      @vladimirvladimirovichputin1352 22 дня назад +2

      exactly. their goal is to overextend ukrainian forces untill some of their brigades eventually collapse

    • @aov6563
      @aov6563 22 дня назад

      ​@@vladimirvladimirovichputin1352they are completely deffective

  • @KnightsWithoutATable
    @KnightsWithoutATable 21 день назад

    The surprise we all knew was coming. I look forward to seeing what surprises Ukraine has prepared for them.

  • @AnastacioCastaneda
    @AnastacioCastaneda 22 дня назад +4

    There is no way this was not seen coming one way or another.

    • @nn98b64
      @nn98b64 22 дня назад

      It's already been long ago confirmed the US has tapped russian communications. Plus the fact Ukraine has spent the past few months building a multi layered defense in that area so the US definitely told them about it.

  • @Witnessmoo
    @Witnessmoo 22 дня назад +8

    Just probing … lets stay calm

  • @desy2478
    @desy2478 22 дня назад +1

    I've always felt that this war is about Ukraine inflicting as much casualties on the Russians as possible until fate finally catches up with Putin even if it means sacrificing some territory in the short term.

  • @alejandrogarcia-sw4ic
    @alejandrogarcia-sw4ic 22 дня назад +1

    I was commenting in the Willy OL channel that you are one of my favourite bloggers, so funny. Always publishing positive news, and once a week explaining how during last week you had been kicked the ass

  • @mwtrolle
    @mwtrolle 22 дня назад +9

    It's absolutely unlikely it will succeed, or that it even will be that useful as a divergent action.
    Let them do stupid things like this more often, then they will loose the war faster!

    • @bobjones-bt9bh
      @bobjones-bt9bh 22 дня назад

      they're winning...how stupid can someone be to believe that Ukranus is winning this war when they are going backwards and they are banning planting flags on graves because too many are now visible from space in giant cemeteries? They also don't want commercial sat companies taking pics of this from space

    • @Srbazo
      @Srbazo 22 дня назад +1

      Absolutely right 😢

    • @davidlamont5793
      @davidlamont5793 22 дня назад

      Absolutley wrong russia is winning

    • @Dimension37
      @Dimension37 22 дня назад +4

      Ukraines literally throwing marines in krynky.. it’s bizarre u insult Russians for opening a front, but then it’s victory if Ukraine gains ground In small town?

    • @azzamat001
      @azzamat001 22 дня назад +1

      Agreed.
      Never interrupt the enemy when he is making a mistake.
      It helps when your enemy is Russia and he constantly makes mistakes.

  • @lando8913
    @lando8913 22 дня назад +3

    Didn't learn the first time.

  • @borbula5094
    @borbula5094 22 дня назад +2

    Thanks! You rock!

  • @user-si8qc9jg7h
    @user-si8qc9jg7h 22 дня назад

    I really appreciate when you give the date of your updates.

  • @rhm01
    @rhm01 22 дня назад +7

    Sounds like it’s just a feint then

    • @bkh8528
      @bkh8528 22 дня назад

      @rhm01
      Got it, Commander……… 🤨

  • @SGTvolcan
    @SGTvolcan 22 дня назад +6

    Double the front, double the casualties.

    • @bobjones-bt9bh
      @bobjones-bt9bh 22 дня назад +1

      for the AFU, yup. The UMPCs are killing them

    • @pablodiviso7909
      @pablodiviso7909 22 дня назад +2

      @@bobjones-bt9bh Lol nah the disadvantage is for the ruSSians, who have to fight an even harder fortified position than in the east, something Ukraine has been preparing since 2022

    • @nn98b64
      @nn98b64 22 дня назад +2

      So true, not to mention the fact russia is attacking a area Ukraine has been building a multi layered defense in depth for months😆
      They are already being mauled and they haven't even reached the main lines yet lmao.

    • @hypernova5773
      @hypernova5773 21 день назад

      ​@@pablodiviso7909The question is did they bring the shovels?

  • @JoseTorres-ry9qe
    @JoseTorres-ry9qe 22 дня назад +1

    Did these people learn nothing from the river wedge over at Chasiv Yar?
    Good.

  • @wallingnaga6563
    @wallingnaga6563 21 день назад +2

    Came here seeing Willy’s roasting 😂

  • @Flamechr
    @Flamechr 22 дня назад +10

    Hardly a surprise when everyone knew there was 50 k Russians in that arear

    • @marcusaurilius1488
      @marcusaurilius1488 22 дня назад +1

      problem is they need about 250k to 300k russian soldiers to take kharkiv. the small gains they made in 7 months when ukraine was low on ammo at avdiivka of 10km front moving, the russians were attacking in a very localized area with 15 to 1 numbers taking huge casualties for small gains.
      look what happened in bakmutivka today when russia put an unwise troop concentration there today with ukraine having artillery ammo come in and new bradleys.

    • @TARKHPERUNOVICH
      @TARKHPERUNOVICH 21 день назад

      @marcusaurilius1488 BBC and other pro Ukraine sources admitt
      Russia has only lost 50k since start of war.

    • @marcusaurilius1488
      @marcusaurilius1488 21 день назад +1

      @@TARKHPERUNOVICH not really uk and france now say russia lost around 450k in total casualties. uk says of that 150k are kia russian soldiers. you are using data from 2 years ago lol

    • @marcusaurilius1488
      @marcusaurilius1488 21 день назад +1

      @@TARKHPERUNOVICH your russia propaganda data is 2 years out of date.

    • @TARKHPERUNOVICH
      @TARKHPERUNOVICH 21 день назад

      @@marcusaurilius1488 Russia has captured 10 villages in the last 24 hours alone

  • @wdonwelton
    @wdonwelton 22 дня назад +7

    Why doesn't Ukraine destroy all of the roads and bridges at the Russian boarder. It makes no sense to me to leave these pathways open and make it easy for the Russians. Paul, can you comment on this please.

    • @donixion4368
      @donixion4368 22 дня назад +7

      They are crossing in land border areas. These attacks didn't utilize bridges. The roads in those areas are cut and the area is mined.

    • @bkh8528
      @bkh8528 22 дня назад +2

      @wdonwelton
      Ahhhh because Ukraine doesn’t have enough ammunition to put up a defense sooooo they definitely don’t have enough ammunition to destroy all the “roads and bridges” either………
      Pretty simple when you don’t think of war as a video game……….. 🤨

    • @feoxorus
      @feoxorus 22 дня назад

      @@bkh8528 You probably need to spend more time finding the real news and less on your Ho-Hos and Cheetos. Ukraine now has so many drones that they can afford to use them to chase down individual orcs.

    • @jamesdrummond7684
      @jamesdrummond7684 22 дня назад +8

      @@bkh8528 you don't destroy bridges with ammo.

    • @jonlee2217
      @jonlee2217 22 дня назад +5

      @@bkh8528 You think Ukraine doesn't have enough explosives to destroy a handful of bridges? lmao!

  • @fractalinfinity1750
    @fractalinfinity1750 22 дня назад

    Eventually, we've got really great news. Thank you!

  • @trleith
    @trleith 22 дня назад +1

    I think their goal is to take terrain -- they haven't defined the borders of the part of Ukraine their constitution claims as Russian. Get what you can, freeze the war, declare victory at home, recover and refit, continue in five or ten years.

  • @MrBendylaw
    @MrBendylaw 22 дня назад +37

    Goodbye, Private Conscriptovitch. That ain't a bunch of women and kids down there.

    • @OleDiaBole
      @OleDiaBole 22 дня назад +13

      And it was all women and children up to now??? I would like to remind you that ukr lost only 8000 civillians according to UN. While-palestine-lost 15.000 kids in 4 months. While Iraq-lost-1.6 million of people, of-wich-300.000-were kids.

    • @MrBendylaw
      @MrBendylaw 22 дня назад +3

      @@OleDiaBole What would you say is an acceptable/unacceptable number of civilian deaths, Colonel Kleptovsky? I mean, Moscow has been intentionally targeting civilians for over two years now, but I guess you're saying it's not the intent, but rather the efficiency or volume? Didn't you just shoot at churches during the Easter services, Colonel? No doubt you were only aiming at the back of the congregation, where the guys with the guns sit, right?

    • @brothersinarms5524
      @brothersinarms5524 22 дня назад +4

      Your comments will not age well, sir. Russia is about to break this thing open for some distance. I guess you can sit next to Obama with your hopes and dreams. I prefer to live in reality.
      It seems as if you have picked a “good guy” in this whole thing.
      That’s so sweet little guy!

    • @MrBendylaw
      @MrBendylaw 22 дня назад

      @@brothersinarms5524 How quaint of you to refer to me as 'sir', Mr. Vatnik, while you promise death, torture, and rape to millions, while stirring the race-pot with the name of an American citizen who hasn't been in office for eight years...
      I have to say, I've met some clumsy and inept trolls, but maybe you take the cake. Paul, do you really run your channel like this? When they held it hostage, did they get you?

    • @diegoflores9237
      @diegoflores9237 22 дня назад +2

      Keep coping. At least you're making us laugh

  • @donalddalley7274
    @donalddalley7274 22 дня назад +5

    Sumy is the traditional, historical invasion route.

  • @FritzOFN
    @FritzOFN 22 дня назад +1

    This was not any surprise attack, Ukraine Intel knew about this 2 months ago.
    The estimate is that some 500.000 troops is needed to do so.
    What we had here was a recon group...moving without propper recon done or any recon drones up an about.

  • @globalinvestor4675
    @globalinvestor4675 22 дня назад +2

    I think its to stretch as much as possible the ukrainian defensive line to overflow the front on other more important side of the frontline and try to make more significant ground gain

  • @beentheredonethatunfortunately
    @beentheredonethatunfortunately 22 дня назад +3

    Don't forget they'll want to get to the bottom of that big lake in order to destroy the dam and flood downstream.

    • @sonnigundbelanglos
      @sonnigundbelanglos 22 дня назад

      I also thought about it. can be in 5 months or in the winter 2024/25, I think this is at least partly their plan.

  • @israeldna3720
    @israeldna3720 22 дня назад +4

    Callback. It is apart of the same mission of creating a buffer zone for Russia border to create a dmz so they can eliminate the drones and to get artillery in range for shelling Kharkov. Because it is very common that Russia shell a town and then do recon and then fab and then put pressure on the flanks. Come on Paul you know Russia needs at least 200k for a all out front in the north along with 300k to standby for clean up .

    • @azzamat001
      @azzamat001 22 дня назад

      They've already been shelling Kharkiv for quite some time.
      Maybe to bring the 122s closer?

  • @gaborrajnai6213
    @gaborrajnai6213 22 дня назад +2

    What suprise attack, Historylegends and Weeb Union is literally talking about this troop concentration for a month now.

  • @satsebeli
    @satsebeli 22 дня назад +2

    It wasn't a surprise tbh, here in Ukraine everyone knew about it a week beforehand

    • @johncale1849
      @johncale1849 21 день назад

      How are people feeling in Ukraine?

  • @level7041
    @level7041 22 дня назад +14

    It wasn’t a surprise attack. Ukraine knew it would happen and prepared accordingly.

    • @user-hp9vg9wz6o
      @user-hp9vg9wz6o 22 дня назад +2

      Right, they even provoked it. And Russia likely know and let the enemy think that they fall into the trap.

    • @yAto-oz2kn
      @yAto-oz2kn 22 дня назад +2

      ​@@user-hp9vg9wz6oThey lured them in is what they did.

    • @diegoflores9237
      @diegoflores9237 22 дня назад +1

      Ukraine prepared? 😅😂😂😅😂😂😅😅😅😅😅

    • @level7041
      @level7041 22 дня назад

      @@diegoflores9237 The Russian body count would indicate so..

    • @diegoflores9237
      @diegoflores9237 22 дня назад +2

      @level7041 lol yeah according to Ukrainian propaganda. The same propaganda that assured us the ghost of kiev was real

  • @Hludwine
    @Hludwine 22 дня назад +22

    The trolls didn't wait long enough to have watched the video and the early comments don't match the content. The trolls must be paid by the word, or perhaps they're just in a hurry to get home for the weekend.

    • @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg
      @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 22 дня назад +3

      What home?

    • @stiannunn5113
      @stiannunn5113 22 дня назад

      So all people who knows more than this clown and suport Ukro but is saying Russia is winning is trolls??😂🤣🤡🤡

    • @Dingdangdoo
      @Dingdangdoo 22 дня назад +1

      Ukrainian trolls or Russian trolls?

    • @Notrusbot
      @Notrusbot 22 дня назад +5

      there’s no point in even looking at what this chewing gum advertisement says, all of its analytics are meaningless because they never come true

    • @stiannunn5113
      @stiannunn5113 22 дня назад

      @@Notrusbot Garbage channel.

  • @UID574
    @UID574 21 день назад

    With a lake to the side, your enemy also can't charge into your flanks which is good if your intent is to drive straight forward.

  • @TheGrahamFactor
    @TheGrahamFactor 22 дня назад

    You're the man paul

  • @user-ni1gi8gr9d
    @user-ni1gi8gr9d 22 дня назад +16

    "never attack uphill, me boys"

    • @musicalneptunian
      @musicalneptunian 22 дня назад

      General Lee got it to work once in the US civil war. But yes every other time uphill attack = write your own will.

  • @clydeosterhout1221
    @clydeosterhout1221 22 дня назад +15

    The AFU have stated that these attacks are an effort to crest a 3-5 mile buffer zone to protect Russian territory.

    • @danchostanchevyordanov1577
      @danchostanchevyordanov1577 22 дня назад +2

      Seems the most logical explanation.

    • @feoxorus
      @feoxorus 22 дня назад

      The orcs can't protect their original territory, that's proven almost every day.

    • @kushroo
      @kushroo 22 дня назад +2

      The author finds it difficult to contemplate its just a buffer zone .

    • @clydeosterhout1221
      @clydeosterhout1221 22 дня назад +1

      @@kushroo that was the AFU assessment, not mine! I suspect that this is simply another example of Soviet operational opportunism. If the attack is non-productive the Russians will say that it was just a diversion. If it is productive the Russians will say that they have had a tremendous victory due to the brilliant leadership of their fearless leader.

    • @nikolasnikolovski5636
      @nikolasnikolovski5636 21 день назад +2

      ​@@clydeosterhout1221 ok, but why is just a soviet opportunism? Litteraly every army of the world does that when there is a failure.

  • @larryclemens1850
    @larryclemens1850 22 дня назад +2

    If you want to know Putin's motivation, overlay a map of the invasion with a map of undeveloped Ukrainian oil and gas deposits. YES! The objective is to take as much territory as possible to prevent Ukraine from developing the Luhansk-Donetz gas field which would undercut the Russian price of oil.

  • @htlmlphpcr6028
    @htlmlphpcr6028 22 дня назад

    Thank You

  • @CoinTradingBoy
    @CoinTradingBoy 22 дня назад +3

    4:47 I respectfully disagree with your comment "Liberate". I believe "occupy" may be the most appropriate word.

    • @bernieeod57
      @bernieeod57 22 дня назад

      In the sane manner the Allie's "Occupied" the Nazi Death camps? Russia has yet to venture outside ethnic Russian areas you Kronies in Kiev have been persecuting for the last 8 years

    • @aov6563
      @aov6563 22 дня назад

      He is right. RUSSIA liberates own territory.

  • @hansschonig2472
    @hansschonig2472 22 дня назад +3

    They simply chose the most unlikely place because anything else is doomed to failed anyway

    • @sashaparavdin378
      @sashaparavdin378 22 дня назад +5

      Your school grades are doomed to fail 😂

    • @mathiasbartl903
      @mathiasbartl903 22 дня назад

      At Gettysburg Lee thought that place was the Union center.

    • @ItsReallyJackBlack
      @ItsReallyJackBlack 22 дня назад

      The only thing that has been failing is the Ukrainian defense

    • @mathiasbartl903
      @mathiasbartl903 22 дня назад

      @@ItsReallyJackBlack send in reinforcements straight away to exploit the success

    • @nimmha6708
      @nimmha6708 22 дня назад +3

      @@ItsReallyJackBlack that's why it's a 3 year 3 day SMO right?

  • @videobyredjade
    @videobyredjade 22 дня назад

    Thank you

  • @TDCflyer
    @TDCflyer 22 дня назад +2

    Is it really a surprise attack, when all of the Ukr-mil-vloggers have been reporting the orcs amassing 50thousand troops north of Kharkiv?

  • @Peter-or8oc
    @Peter-or8oc 22 дня назад +17

    Russia is just trying to overwhelm Ukraine's capabilities

    • @marcusaurilius1488
      @marcusaurilius1488 22 дня назад +3

      nah not with only 40k troops about north of kharkiv by russia. its alot easier to defend than attack and ukraine has 15-20k troops there in fortified positions. russia would need about 250-300k troops to take kharkiv is the reality.

    • @marcusaurilius1488
      @marcusaurilius1488 22 дня назад +1

      the small territorial gains in the south russia had, they were sending 15 to 1 numbers to make those small gains at huge casualty rates when ukraine was low on ammo for 7 months. go look at videos of today at novabatmutivka, russians move a high troop concentration there into a kill box and they took huge casualties with no gain.

    • @gendalfgray7889
      @gendalfgray7889 22 дня назад

      It's treacherous war, putler trying to bury as much as he can.

  • @thabomanene91
    @thabomanene91 22 дня назад +3

    Paul how do you feel lying to your subscribers and selling them combat telegram videos you got for free

  • @benwilburn6147
    @benwilburn6147 22 дня назад

    I think you’re right on that it’s intended to pacify that section of border and grab whatever land they can regardless of its usefulness or strategic significance. It’s a shame seeing the largest wilderness left in Europe get trashed these last couple years.

  • @mp-hk6ln
    @mp-hk6ln 22 дня назад

    Rivers means bridges bridges means limited and vulnerable supply routes, it makes sense to attack into a waterway pocket if you can easily cut off enemy supply and travel options to that area that's what I gather from this anyway

  • @hsatin20
    @hsatin20 22 дня назад +7

    Soviet thinking values numbers over substance, like a classic bureaucracy.

    • @karabomafa5609
      @karabomafa5609 22 дня назад

      WOnder what country you're from and what achievements it has that are better than the Soviet Union

    • @hsatin20
      @hsatin20 22 дня назад +1

      @@karabomafa5609 Quite a few actually. In fact there are quite a few countries today that have achieved more. Im not sure how many have killed as many of its own citizens as the Soviets did though. That's one where the Soviets exceeded all expectations.

    • @karabomafa5609
      @karabomafa5609 22 дня назад

      @@hsatin20 I asked about your country

    • @hsatin20
      @hsatin20 22 дня назад

      @@karabomafa5609 Yes you did.

    • @karabomafa5609
      @karabomafa5609 22 дня назад

      @@hsatin20 your countries Tanks drive into Berlin and put an end to Hitler and Nazism?

  • @CowboyTech
    @CowboyTech 22 дня назад +6

    Putin stated that he wants a buffer zone, maybe this is it. They advance 20 or 20 km and then fortify.

  • @JohnCSmith-lp1qr
    @JohnCSmith-lp1qr 22 дня назад +2

    Paul its simple ! The Russinas told you .....they will create buffer zone so the Ukrainians cant bomb Belogorod. DUH

  • @joaquimrosa5192
    @joaquimrosa5192 21 день назад

    russian thinking: "Rafah! If they could, we too..."

  • @jensgustafsson6342
    @jensgustafsson6342 21 день назад +3

    This makes me angry only us can have bufferzone. Russia can not put nuks on Cuba. I suport biden 100%. Like if you agree

  • @gavintaylor8383
    @gavintaylor8383 22 дня назад +12

    Did they delete your other vid?

    • @mravecsk1
      @mravecsk1 22 дня назад +3

      No, it is not public.

    • @aov6563
      @aov6563 22 дня назад

      Because it's so much lie in it.

  • @mrvwbug4423
    @mrvwbug4423 22 дня назад

    They're going for the Kharkiv dam, that would basically wipe out Kharkiv.