Kharkiv is too big of a bite for a Russian offensive
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This video talks about the current Russian operations near Kharkiv, their possible goals and the possibility of a future larger offensive on the city of Kharkiv itself. How plausible would that be and what would Russian military even need to attempt it?
00:00 Intro to topic
01:23 Current operations
04:02 Operational goals
06:17 Taking Kharkiv?
09:23 Force needed
13:18 Historical comparisons
15:45 Outro
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Id Like to see a vid bout this: NATO and EU should Send more Their old and new ww1 interwar ww2 COLD WAR etc equipment and tech to ukraine aswell As thousands to millions of volunteers
@@prezmrmthegreatiinnovative3235 Ukraine do not want or need volunteers. They were a thing only early in war where they need help with setting defenses. Now what Ukraine need most, is ammunition.
@@TheRezro and money
From my general observations. Russia consistently overvalue they power, blaming NATO lizardman for every failure. Attack on north was actually not a surprise. Putin give order few months ago, exactly to size the Kharkiv until military parade. It just ended the exact same way as this entire war.
@@prezmrmthegreatiinnovative3235Would be a short video, Russia would lose and in the counter attack Russia would deploy tactical nuclear weapons.
"We have no intention of capturing Kharkiv for now" - Putin yesterday
"We just want to exercise 200.000 troops near the border for fun."
-Putin, 23.02.2022
Versus the “Ghost of Kiev”, the “Magic Missile that shoots down hypersonic missiles”, the Snake Island “Heroes” and “we don’t target civilians nor hide equipment in schools”… 🫤🙄
@@WDLC1911 Dont cry about civilians after Russias bucha maasacre
@@tristinjudd2595 prove that they did it. Give me the timeline and reference photos. I know the bodies all had the Russian supplied bags and people had white bands on their arms signifying they were Russian partisans so you can shove that lie wherever you choose.
The shovels are coming 😎
Like ww1?
have fun with the rising gas prices 😂
@@zhihao1 i have money i do not care XD
You guys do have a fetish for shovels don't you?
@@HeichE944 yes they are lovely
The offensive may not be massive, but considering offensives near adviika and chasiv yar still on going, and Ukrainian artillery, manpower shortage, this further stretches already worn out Ukrainian army making them pull troops and equipment out of already undermanned army.
If Lindsey Graham was Russian...he would say nuke Kharkiv and call it a day.
I actually completely agree : )
Just want to add hes squirming on camera for campaign contributions sounds like a 12 year old adult in body of 15 year old adult somehow. Not sure how else to describe him like a vampire of decency. None of those are original ideas or personal feelings instead they are those of his contributors.
He was jag in air force but wasnt deployed. He was very good "friends" with John Mccain who was POW. He defended Mcaain while running for president against slander by Trump. After Mccain passed Graham became big Trump supporter and got his Chairmanship in Judiciary. Now hes just hawking everywhere. He would literally speak exactly as you typed if those were circumstances. He may regardless if bread was being buttered by them thats all it takes. Watching him in Ukraine telling them to mobilize was just so uncomfortable. He talks like hes a general.
@@ryanphelan6861 Trump did not slander this 🐛 of a man.
He’s a neoconservative - a creature who admires Leon Trotsky; a Trotskyite.
Get it right, brother.
@@ryanphelan6861 We should send that porky Graham to the front lines
I think Russia is not in a hurry. Maybe it will take more than a year, but to protect Belgorod, Karkov need to be under Russian control. Altough the first goal is in Dinbass...
Remind me why Russia isn't in a hurry
@@Davids6994they need time to build up the strengths to take the city
@@Davids6994 it’s a war of attrition and logistics which favours Russia unless the west are stupid enough to continue supplying Ukraine but even that won’t be enough
Kharkov is too big to capture and too big to defend too.
My assumption is that should Russia decide to take the city, it should and probably will come up with some unconventional plan like they did with tunnel digging in Avdiivka.
How long did they dig is Avdiivka?
I read today that there is now a referendum for Kharkov to join the Russian Federation…
Your measurements are off. Double what they should be. 20km isn’t 25 miles
what do you expect from a clown who uses a puppet on his hand. and btw for many years praised the russian army before this war happend, and told us they would just roll over europe before usa would come into the battle...face it . this channel is just trash
@@exposett246 and yet here we are...
@@exposett246from what i recall, in his video before the start of this war he analysed it and his analisys of what would haplen was the most accurate although he too thought that Russians would have more success than they did.
@@exposett246looool
@@shuathe2nd Yeah im here, hazing these military "experts" who played Red alert and battlefield1942 makes me smile :) , they somehow figured out they must create a youtube channel telling us how this war plays out... and it deserves to be laughed at.
Russia does not want to encircile Kharkiv nor take over Kharkiv but to make it under Russian artillery threat.
My guess is that it's not about taking land. It's about exhausting Ukraine's military and draining as much soldiers as possible. Russia had the troops and economy to play the long game.
i miss when we talked about fictional wars :,(
fr, those alternate future scenarios were goated, too bad they became real
To compare modern Russia with 1942 Sovjet Union and Ukraine with WW2 Germany is just wrong
Who compared it?
In many ways, comparing ANY current situation with the past is just plain wrong. All the variables have changed completely with fairly recent advances in technology. IMHO, we are finally seeing the End of War. War is clearly shown to be pointless slaughter that benefits the war industries; without them we don't really have enemies.
@@SunriseLAWfuture internet archeologists will laugh Their butt off to comments like this.
It's just the battle itself, not ideological.
@@SunriseLAW War will never end, it can transform because of nuclear threat, maybe AI robots will fight each other with occasional casualties among humans in 2568, but there will be war still, if humanity survives that long that is.
A bold choice of words, that thumbnail. "Kharkiv is safe". Certain qualifiers to that statement seem rather prominent in their absence, such as "for x amount of time." But let's hear this out...
Okay, heard it out. "Not any immediate danger, [...] nor in the coming months". Sure, sounds reasonable.
keep in mind these are the fresh troops without any combat XP, that were stationed to "defend" Belgorod, with exception of those FPV Squad dudes Beavers(Bobri) that wreak havoc in Vovchansk.
@@SM-qo9gr "XP". God damn, that is some severely cursed vocabulary.
But yeah, I did think Binkov spent a bit too long talking about how hard it would be for the Russians to take Kharkiv/Kharkov/whatever and very little about how hard it would be for the Ukranians to defend it. Still, at the pace even this offensive is going, "months" seem a reasonable assessment, especially given how wide a margin of error that leaves.
@@odinsrensen7460 To the fact that Russia has not said anything about taking kharkov in its current offensive I doubt it will be taken this year. Also why is "XP" cursed its shorthand for experience that is used in video games.
@@thefire5219 I know the short-hand, I just don't like video game lingo being used in real-world contexts. We already have a proper way of writing "experience", experience is a very different thing from the concept of XP used in video games, and "XP" isn't even a proper acronym.
I wonder how this is going to age.
westoids propaganda usually has expiration date, just like milk
like lizz truss
@@stayhungry1503 they've stalled in Vovchansk and are being counter attacked near Hyboke
I don't think the Russians have the capacity to take Kharkov this year, they likely are intending to force Ukraine to overextend it's already depleted force in the hopes of more breakthroughs like at Ocheretyne. Russia's problem is that she lacks both the quantity and quality of forces to effectively exploit such breaches in the line to make significant territorial gains. Though I suspect that may change if either Ukraine's military becomes too weak or if the Russians start handing out copies of Isserson to every officer Captain and above.
Ukraine's big problem is infantry, they expended quite a lot of it in their failed counter-offensive last summer that petered out once they ran out of line infantry and have not ever been able to replace either the numbers or quality of personnel lost. Which is why the mobilization debate was so important and so controversial as many in Ukraine see being mobilized into the infantry as a one-way trip as there is still no end date for how long a mobilized person will serve and casualties have been horrendous. Russia's solution to this same problem was to throw money around until they found enough people willing to go over the top again and again, which works but has also had two important knock-on effects. The first of which is inflation, as these soldiers and their families are flushed with cash and pushing up prices and wages everywhere in Russia have had to be increased to compete with army pay which leads to the second effect which is armaments factories have found it difficult to hire enough extra workers in Russia's tight labor market as people are being drawn by the higher pay in the Army and private sector which has probably seriously impeded weapon production.
This war may actually help Russian inequality long term as these higher wages are being paid primarily in rural and underdeveloped regions and essentially represent a wealth transfer from Moscow( and its corrupt oligarchs and Gazprom) to the rest of the country which means long term if Russia wins the war, takes Eastern parts of Ukraine with its industry and resources and has a cash rich population they may see long term growth and perhaps demographic recovery, particularly if they resettle ethnic Russians to depopulated eastern Ukraine as the primary factor limiting Russian family size has always been money.
Except in addditoin to the massive casualties Russia has suffered well over a millon military age Russian males hav eleft the country. Russia is now a country of old women.
@@johnmortin5603sure buddy that’s why the average age of Ukraine soldiers are in their 40s
@@johnmortin5603 That exodus certainly affects issues like the tight labor market and inflation and is why the Russian government has been loathe to conduct another mobilization wave in fear of triggering another exodus that would seriously damage the economy. But Russia still has men as evidenced by the 20-30,000 recruits they get every month, which the agreed figure among Western intelligence and analysts and not just propaganda.
Ukraine has seen a larger number of military age males flee the country which given her smaller total population represents a far larger percentage of recruitable soldiers than those that fled Russia in September 2022 so Ukraine's manpower problem is far more acute than Russia's which is to be expected given the disparity in pre-war populations.
@@johnmortin5603 I wanna smoke whatever you are on 😂
@@rickysampson8759 average age of russian soldiers isnt nuch different ...
Good video Binkov, the data presented all appears well researched, and your analysis well reasoned. Earned yourself a new subscriber
What? Another victory? Do we set goals that were not planned and then call it a failure?
It's a war of attrition. I think Russia is happy to wait it out and inflict steady losses until the front line will collapse in some areas. Taking Kharkiv will just mean unnecessary losses unless they see low resistance, which I highly doubt.
sure, they did that in Bachmut also? thats not the russian way. They did the same with Berlin. They dont care about high losses.
@@najkraemer3117 they do care
this is not the soviet union in a war of anihalation
today is not comparable to ww2
however russia has alot more equipment and that will win the war for them
Russia is also pressed for time though as they have a pretty limited amount of money to throw at their military industrial complex.
Their military budget for 2024 alone is supposedly roughly 115bn USD, and for a country with a similar GDP to Italy, that's a lot of money.
Not to mention the loss of the 300bn USD in frozen assets, which made up a pretty massive chunk of their total state savings is gone and never coming back. Also couple that with the possibility of having of Russia for the first time becoming a net importer of petroleum due to ukrainian attacks on oil refineries and the added possibility of western countries applying further sanctions to close the loopholes Russia is using to sell its crude abroad, and you're looking at some serious future issues for the Russian economy, and by extention, their war effort.
@@najkraemer3117, Russia has not been in Berlin. That was the Communist USSR.
@@cossacks_vodka_enjoyer, 😵💫😀😅😂🤣
I'm so confused on some of these comments about taking Kharkov. The goal is to establish a buffer zone and unless the Russians start doing things that make it look like its more than that, then we should assume they are telling the truth. It's not like it will make a difference in whether we believe they will push farther but still why say something that most likely won't occur for a year or two.
How about we just look at the multiple treaties they put forward to determine what it is they want? You know... the thing that Zelensky is suppose to sign with a list of things that Russia wants on it. Maybe the 'I want this' list might be a good start to determining 'what I want'.
These NPC 🤡s don’t pay attention. They don’t read transcripts of Putin’s speeches. They don’t read ANYTHING from Russian leadership so they are dumb.
You only look at a city in terms of population not fortifications. Bhackmurt was a fortress since 2014
What is Bhackmurt?
Taking cities is a stupid form of warfare. Most cities just consume. You want to destroy your opponents resources, or capability to transform resources into combat capabilities.
Russia doesn't want to destroy Ukraine. If they did this war would have been over a long time ago.
@@Theggman83 myth. Russia lacks that capacity regardless of intent
@@Theggman83have you seen Bahkmut?
@@Kim_YoJong false. Russia has the ability, and simply doesn't want to destroy the whole country.
@@engineerenginering8633 bakmut was leveled because Ukraine wouldn't let it go and fought till the last man... Literally.
During WW2, didn't the Red Army surround Kharkiv and wait for the Nazis to surrender? With modern precision munitions and drones, the Russians could make things rather uncomfortable for UAF, while minimizing collateral damage; meanwhile bypassing the city and expanding the border buffer zone.
Looks over at mariupol.
Yeah, uh sure buddy. Whatever you say. Ru armed forces sure are famous for not simply flattening every city they try and siege 🙄
The Red Army needed over 1.1 million soldiers and suffered between 177,000 and 255,000 casualties (depending on the source) to surround and take Kharkiv by siege during the 4th Battle of Kharkiv. In addition, in WW2 the Red Army lost about 1,800 tanks in the siege. The Russian Army today does not have the resources to surround Kharkiv whilst maintaining offensive operations elsewhere in Ukraine. Kharkiv city now covers approximately three times the area that it did in 1943 and has a number of satellite cities and villages that would need to be captured. Each of those is around twice the area of Bakhmut. Additionally, the cities and villages surrounding Kharkiv tend to have more difficult terrain than the Donbas cities with upper and lower parts separated by steep inclines which aids in their defence..
lets hope that just like in the past, russia prevails against the german tanks with those hideious black crosses and superior technology.
Comparing Soviet Union during its peak capabilities with a country that has just a fraction of that power is incredibly naive.
True, but Ukraine is getting thousands of new shells in artillery and rockets
Dont let the haters and bots get to you Binkov. This video was comprehensive and devoid of bias. I remember watching your videos years ago before russia invaded Ukraine. Now as a soldier in the war, you videos are some of the few un bias sources i can turn to for an actual analysis.
About the best info out there, Thanks!
Thank you Mr. Sock puppet for more entertainment!
I like how the creator of the channel defends Ukraine not fortifying its borders, even though they had already spent money saying that they used it to buy wood and concrete to fortify those borders.
Using this logic one would think that Berlin, a city of 4.3 million people, will never fall.
In reality, every army has a breaking point, and Berlin fell in two weeks ...
From what we can see, RuAF numbers and strength are increasing, while AFU is on its back legs.
It took a million Soviet soldiers to take Berlin against a force of about 100,000 Germans.
Binkov and logic? LOL
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Thats true but we'll see who really wins the war, i still think neither Russia or Ukraine, there will be some kind of negotioation at the end..
All this garbage about "HURR DURR 40000000000000000 PEOPLE CITY" is just propaganda meant to make it seem like the Russians have some impossible task, it's meant to calm down pro-Ukriane people. The population of the city isn't going to fight, they will all just evacuate once the Russians actually come. And the Ukrainian army within the city will only have the advantage of the Russians having to travel bigger distances to get anywhere. If Ukraine can't spare enough men to defend the city, then it doesn't matter how big it is. Just because the city is 20 times or whatever bigger than Bakhmut, doesn't mean that Ukraine has 20 times as many men in it.
Berlin is a capital city and that fight came at the climax of WW2. You're forgetting that Putin's orcs tried and failed to take Kyiv. Then ran a copium operation to pretend as if they were never trying to take Kyiv
I have to give you credit. It takes real talent to put together a video like this, considering what's actually going on over there right now.
Since this war is thr most filmed ever. I would love to see a real time chronological order of the many battles along the entire frontline. It would be hours of explanation and footage of the fighting. including all the various narratives and news from both sides.
a little goulish there - hundreds of thousands are dying and being maimed,
You probably will a year or 2 after the war ends
They already have resources for that.
One way or another we shall see in a few months.
I always enjoy seeing a Binkov notification!
I'd be worried about a feint and what might come from the south while everyone's busy up north
11:30
"Lesser of two weevils"
I didn't know Binkov enjoyed Master & Commander
Had to stop the video because I needed to comment that I absolutely LOVE the map you are using for the video.
It isn’t super up to date tho. Look at Chasiv Yar for example: according to the map it’s still fully under Ukrainian control, but they themselves admitted Russian troops have occupied parts of the city
@@yarnickgoovaerts Not true. According to DeepState (the most accurate map since summer of 2022), Russia is merely on the far eastern borders of Chasiv Yar
@@dragonrykr there’re videos that say otherwise
excellent video, thank you
You made a plushie and it's not a puppet? That's a missed opportunity if I've ever seen one.
I've heard this analysis somewhere before...like the rest of the occupied territories .
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7:18 in the video you have the 20 mil and 25 km switched
Great analysis and video. Looking forward to the turtle tanks!
wtf are these comments?
people are waking up
Thanks!
What if Russia just wants to level it flat?
What if Moscow was returned to nature?
it"s mostly an american tactic
@@druisteen Grozny, Mariupol and Bakhmut just called and would all like to what the fuck you are talking about lmao
@@cossacks_vodka_enjoyer What about post WW2 Europe
@@druisteen famous american leveling of europe post 1945 lol. Local whataboutism enthusiast is unable to fathom that Russia has a worse track record when it comes to relentlessly bombing shit when things aren't going 100% according to plan than probably any other country in the modern age
whats concerning to me is why EVERYONE is so sure that this is not an offensive to capture kharkiv. Noone knows...and even if we do not see enough troops there yet it can always change. But every media is suddenly claiming its just a buffer zone. Thats worrying to me...
Well Putin said they do not intend to capture the city, but to simply create a buffer zone. So that’s there if you want to take his word
True. That guy Putin is clueless. How could he say with absolute conviction that this operation is not about capturing kharkiv?
@@rainieresguerra6519 or maybe U are the one that is clueless.
looking forward to the tutel tonk video 🐢
As a completely impartial person from the Texas oblast, I can say that those Ukrainians have already lost the war, and the USA isn't going to help them. And I know this because my name is John and I love baseball and apple pie. Да.
Спасибо, Джон из Техасской области
Ukraine has oblasts too.
Somebody with a brain from the US 😅
@@ikaustraliaJust like your understanding of the reality of Russia’s untenable economic position, this joke flew completely over your head.
The russian trolls are out in force to hope Russia in these comments!
Imposible to surround and conquer Kharkiv with a mere army corp
Where is binkov from?
Croatia.
@@user-sk6xt6zt9p thanks
Are you sure with that info?@@user-sk6xt6zt9p
Kharkiv is to heavily defended and would require hundreds of thousands of troops and preparation. It cant be done on a whim.
This is most likely a diversion to pull Ukrainian troops away from the front lines near Donbass . Russian has been slowly making progress village by village in that area.
If they are able to capture surrounding villages near Kharkiv or even if they dont they take minimal losses and at the same time stretch out the Ukrainian troops on the front.
Ukraine has more to lose in this offensive and does not have the manpower to manoeuvre or outflank Russians in the same way.
in 2022 they used 4 mechanized infantry divisions plus a few independent brigades, tahts over 75,000 men. They failed to break the line which is almost at the outskirts of the city.
The current attack its done so far by 2 and a half divisions. not enough to capture it
@@dv2045 Yes I don't believe they are trying to capture it. It would take a considerable amount of men and firepower which would take time to gather and manoeuvre towards the vicinity of Kharkiv and would be hard to keep a secret from the Ukrainians.
@@dv2045 Thats why they are not taking Kharkiv. They are are taking location around Kharkiv. THat way, they can attack the city with Artilery while creating a buffer zone. Not a bad strategy actualy.
@@jefurihartono1630 Russian thinking 101 "if I dont have it nobody will". He will make it another destroyed ukranian city if the UAF dont evacuate it
@@dv2045 That's how war works whether it is Russian or not. If you are not willing to sign a peace deal which is advantageous to the enemy, he is going to make you hurt more than he would profit from getting what he wants.
kharkiv is untakeble, unless all the defences they claim to have build actualy do not exist and the responsible are in jamaica stacked with cash
did you see the thousands of dragons teeth stacked in piles on the ground instead of placed in the ground in an orderly fashion 😭 they couldn't possibly be more corrupt
@@Chris-jt4pl It's interesting how Ukraine and Russia traded places since 2022. In Feb. 2022, Russia was woefully unprepapred, corrupt, untrained, etc. - the Ukrainians looked like they could stop this thing. 2 years later, Ukraine is now somehow looking more corrupt than Russia, their trained and experienced guys from 2022 are probably all dead by now, leaving them with untrained conscripts, while Russia looks like it has gotten its shit together.
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What would be the benefit of own or controlling the city? What strategic advantages would it offer
Kharkiv is 1.4 mln metropolis - trouble to take and maintain under military control under best of circumstances. Russia lacks forces to protect rear of assult on the city, much less to carry it out. Blocked is best case for Russia. Though prevaling opinion is that goal of operation is just to create buffer zone from Belograd border and as bonus, stretch Ukrainian forces elsewhere.
why Binkov has legs?
I love your Patrick O'Brian reference there.
0:31 That's soooo cute! I might get one for my...... kids! Yeah, they are in college now but I'd be happy to keep it for them on my desk!
They only need inexpensive shovels and used washing machine ics..
is this the flex you think it is?
@@shuathe2ndyou have to admit that it's funny though, I always chuckle when a I read shovels and washing machines 😂😂
It's the type of propaganda that I love lol
Maybe their military from late 2021, but its gone...
Wake up.
Even the Pentagon admits Russia today is WAY stronger than they were 800 days ago.
U still believe they will be out of missiles by may-22? Muppet.
@@111076tomstronger? XD I’ll have what your smoking
Баклажан и стыдоба. Балет сидит над грозой. Не пали контору.
@@nathanspreitzer6738 How stupid is it possible to be? Why not google it before you reply like a muppet?
Do you think +800 days of high intensity war gives no experience? Do you think 1000 new recruits per day dont matter?
Of course it`s not for free, but IT IS a fact. Production is up 5x-40x. FFS even the air-force is much more capable.
@@nathanspreitzer6738 FFS even the Pentagon admits it. Why not just Google it before leaving a fools comment?
From the Russian perspective it looks like this: no one is going to capture Kharkov, an offensive in the north in several places is needed to further disperse the Ukrainian armed forces. This will make the front more vulnerable to a breakthrough in other directions. Ukraine has problems with mobilization, over these more than two years there are fewer and fewer people willing to go to the front, there are many videos of how Ukrainians are forced to go to the front. It is also worth noting that the amount of humanitarian aid is decreasing; there are not as many volunteers as there were in the first two years of the war. There are also big problems with military assistance. The last time it took about six months for military aid to be approved. It is unknown how long the next aid from the United States will last. All this negatively affects the morale of Ukrainians; moods are gradually beginning to change from the desire to return the borders of 1991 to negotiations on peace with the loss of territories. Plus, additional captured lands in the north will be a plus at the negotiating table.
Ok, let's see
Yeap, because the ghost of Kiev is protecting the city.
0:47 such a cute little general ❤😊
"Ukraine is winning!"
"Ukraine is losing!"
"Ukraine is safe!"
Dude, come on..
"Ukraine is holding back Russian troops"
It is called war. Clearly you never looked into one. However do not believe any media hype, they are all just click baiting.
I hope he doesn’t delete this video. I want to bookmark this and see how it ages.
Almost like its more complex than could be fitted in some kremlin slogan
As if you'd expect a war to go exactly the same during three years, without nothing changing?
Your big mistake is basing your assessment on Bakhmut. That was a Wagner operation, which did not have the full support of the Russian MoD. A more accurate comparison would be Avdiivka.
That makes no sense, Russian airborne covered their flank and Russian MoD gave Wagner a 5:1 artillery fire advantage
Don’t take hot dog man’s whining at face value
@@looinrims is said no “full” support. My comment wasn’t edited either.
On the contrary, Wagner was prioritized over others for supplies and reinforcements. They held this until the tail end of the battle when Wagner began to beef with the MoD and make them look back, leading to the downgrading of priority and, eventually, the failed coup.
A city even smaller than bakhmut?
@@scatterlite2266 you mean the strongest fortress Ukraine had.
When speaking about WW2 isnt it called Kharkov?
In Russian it is called Kharkov, so when it was under the Soviet Union they used the Russian spelling. Since Ukraine’s independence it’s been called Kharkiv, which is the Ukrainian spelling.
I wonder how many game patches we're going to have in Escape form Kharkiv?
Much more than the patches given out to the russians when they got kicked out from much of kharkiv and kherson city perhaps?
What would Binkov need to get the groove back that is the question
Binkov plushy? I will call him...Blinky
Binkushy?
@@looinrims Binkush 🚬
7:30 what's up with the random numbers here??
It’s because the western media doesn’t actually know the numbers and makes them to further their agendas because of them pro/Ukrainian very of their governments. Pro- Ukrainian bots, Ukrainian propaganda. My brother-in-law is in the Ukrainian army and often has said that media isn’t reporting what is really happening. They want to make us look as if we are doing better than we are. II isn’t true we are barely holding on. This what he told my wife who is Ukrainian.
If I had to take a guess, I don’t think Putin/Russia would try to invade the north/Kyiv again anytime soon.
Imo, I imagine the goal will be to add all of Kharkiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts (as well as the remaining territory of the Oblasts they’re currently in) to give them a solid defensive position on both sides of the river and a big land border with Transnistria and Moldova.
Not to mention that those four Oblasts all have size Russian minorities in them.
This looks like a diversionary tactic.
The main axis is still the full occupation of the 4 oblasts.
And then Kharkov?
@@ikaustralia - That depends if after the full occupation of the 4 oblasts (which might take atleast 1 more year), there is a peace deal.
@@ikaustraliaKharkiv, and it will never be Russia again
@@SelfProclaimedEmperor how you mean? It's a Russian city
the war has 2 years???? and you didnt understand a shit about it, impressive...
This is one of those videos that will definitely not age well.
The aim of this operation appears to be not to take Kharkiv, but rather to prevent it from being a supply hub for the Ukrainian forces in Donbas.
Russia just needs to get its artillary in range.
Well if they can get across that river I believe they will be able to
1:39 I think that suppressor is clogged up. XD
Diversion to fix Ukrainian reserves to the north and allow to a major push in the est?
diversion with possibility of free territories 😂
That seems more likely than a massive helping of urban warfare.
And now bhakmut is not important how interesting..
I’ve seen some say that Russia may just want to get in artillery range of the city to pressure it (or at least use the threat of that possibility to redirect Ukrainian troops.
The problem with understanding Russians mastery of chess is the US wars of checkers 😉
@@user-re3nl6oy9r let’s not pretend that the knuckle-draggers in Moscow know any more
@@norad_clipsare you quoting Hitler?
@@user-re3nl6oy9r wut
@@norad_clipsСоль иголка для унитаза.
Didn't Ukraine say this was just a recon force?
I agree.
Binkov and it’s copium at it again 😂
They probably just want to kreep closer till they can rain artillery easier deeper in the city level it
Face reveal @0:55 to 1:19, Binkov?☺
Leningrad siege was more then 1,5 years. It was 872 days
You're both right. The Soviets opened a land corridor on 18 January 1943, which allowed them to transport supplies into the city, so while the city was still besieged, it wasn't totally surrounded.
How can Russia be a threat to Europe if they can’t even take one city 25 miles from Russia border?
The most defended city in the whole of Europe though.
Hey stop noticing things ! Only Russian bots and Nazis notice things !
because the rest of Europe isn't surrounded in minefields and in a state of war
"how can a lone gunman be a threat to a school if he isn't to a police station?"
Shhhh, you're breaking Western propaganda rhetoric with that comment
@@override367 T-27B3's generally aren't fast enough to sweep through entire countries before said countries put up a couple minefields.
Ukraine is advancing backwards and Russia is retreating forwards!
I feel sorry for all the Russian widows and their families who will never receive support or closure from the penny pinching Kremlin
@@ShadowPhoenixMaximusthe same can be said about Ukrainian ones as well
@@ShadowPhoenixMaximus Thanks you care about Russia.
Ukraine is crying for your sympathy 😅
who is that little bully stealing the binkov plush ?
Bro how is 25 km 20 miles
If the defenses are insufficient and the assault force has proper equipment, logistical support, and support from fire and air then it is sufficient to do a lot of things.
Wow, Russian bots are heavy today, must mean this is a well made and highly informative video!
In all seriousness though thanks for the clear eyed assessment Binkov.
Its so funny, they all act like the insane losses russia takes for each objective are all negligible.
They lose their minds over acouple of Abrams losses, yet when another russian armored column gets blown up for a 1km advance it gets almost no attention because its "normal".
“Anyone who disagree with me is a Russian bot”
its like you lot use this bot claim to help you dismis the, frankly more compelling arguments put forward in russias favor. why dont you try to point by point rebuttal the examples you are referencing. im willing to bet you are not able to.
@@scatterlite2266 you are building a straw man argument. those who follow the footage and data in detail never argue that russia is losing columns per km at all. because the data doesnt support that. the satellite imagery of ukrainian mass grave creation supports a near 1 million death toll on the UAF's whilst nato sources most recently put russian deaths at under 100k. i bet you cannot counter my point with objective critique.
@@03056932 And here we see yet another bot, attempting to mimic human speech, but utterly failing to understand the context of the comment, or what the point of the comment is. Indeed, it only knows that "bots" have been mentioned and parrots out a pregenerated response thinking this sufficient to create doubt in the average viewers mind. The random numbers for a name is also a dead giveaway.
It's a diversion
Thanks Legolas
This scenario is absolutely horrific.
They don't have to push hard if Ukraine sent as many troops to khakiv as you said. Glide bombs, drones and artillery shells will dramatically reduce those numbers causing Ukraine another heavy manpower loss. This is dangerous for Ukraine for even having to transfer more manpower from other sides or the front lines.
I don't see this Russian advance going much further. I agree that the most likely reason for the initial rapid advance was a combination of poor preparation, and the main Ukrainian defense line sparsely set up several km back from the border. With the 4 additional AFU brigades recently deployed in the area this line will freeze or the Russians may even be pushed back across the border unless Russia adds more resources.
The forces are about matched now - but a smattering of battalions including elite units were sent to stop the Russian attack. Attacks on Ukrainian artillery and AD continues at an unsustainable level relative to the re-supply from West.
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Ukraine has been launcing drones and artilleri into civilians in Belgerod. to prevent this the russians said they needed a bufferzone to stop this. they dont need to go all the way to kharkiv to do this because Ukrainien weapons except himars dont go that far. but you never know.
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To take the city? Probably 500k troops dedicated just for that task
I would disagree simply for one factor. Morale, Ukrainian moral is garbage right now do their loss after loss after loss. If the Russians sent even 100k troops into the khariv front I would say their is a good chance it would collapse. But, I also don't believe the Russians goal right now is to take kharkov so I don't believe they will send that number of troops.
The Germans occupied Kharkov in 1941 with 25k guys, I think Russia could do it with 50k plus 25k Rosgardia for rear rechelon/policing
It all depends on how much they can deplete Ukrainian manpower
When they took kharkov, the Soviet army was pretty much in full collapse, what are you on about?
There are 2 millions of people living that that city.
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Not anymore.
@@ivanbrezina7632 Many leave.
@@ivanbrezina7632your ears are not working
Just a comment (or you could call it a warning, I suppose) for Comrade Binkov... while what you are saying about the strictly military issues associated with a possible Russian siege and attempt to occupy Kharkiv is probably (mostly) correct, you are not factoring in the corrosive effect on morale that would be caused by repeated Ukrainian defeats (and forced retreats) in the areas north of the city.
Western war toys notwithstanding, Ukrainian army morale (as near as we can assess it with publicly available evidence) seems to be in the doldrums, and it could collapse altogether if Ukrainian front-line units on the line of combat contact, start disintegrating (or running).
In that scenario, all bets would be off, regarding "what can the Russian army accomplish, with so few troops". As I seem to remember, in 1940, General Gamelin was pretty sure that the Wehrmacht didn't have enough soldiers to defeat France and occupy Paris.
even many german generals thought that and warned of millions of casualties needed to win
Can't they besiege the city and wait for their surrender? Or is that too risky for Russia?
did you not watch the video? their approach towards the city itself would be heavily contested over open fields
I think Russia would never take karkive, they knows its going to be costly
So they mostly would create a Bufferzone to prevent belgrod from shelling
An actual karkive offensive will be seen mostly next year (considering they will recruit more troops and creat stock piles of ammunition and bombs and also if they managed to create the buffer zone)
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