Why is Russia Failing?- The War in Ukraine Explained: Operational and Historical Overview *CENSORED*

Hey guys, a different video today. I will return to games, military history and anime after this. But I felt I needed to make something on this. It's been a busy few days.

Here are two links to Military Aviation History below regarding the Russian Air Force:

Glory to Ukraine.

[toolazyforthis]

This is really interesting to look back to 8 months later to see how strategies on both sides have developed

[myrlid]

As a Ukrainian, I'd like to add some corrections to this nevertheless a good video:
1 There is and was no civil war in Donbass (it was russian invasion, where they have been acting like terrorists in civil uniform, supporting local gangs with money and weapons)
2 Kyiv, not Kiev (Kiev is how russians call it in russian to humiliate it and state that it is "their" city)
3 There are and were no radical nationalists in our government, the parties have not received enough votes and single politicians were not supported. There are not more such radicals in our country, than in any average European country.

[dm]

Looking back a year later, its crazy to see that Russia stands close to military defeat due to CONSTANT mishandling of the war.

[matthewramstad]

The original video is how I found your channel, and have been binge watching since. Definitely worth rewatching the re upload.

[flippingchips]

"The river that vanquishes armies" is an incredibly powerful image

[arsenalxa]

I was in Odessa in 2008 when my ship, USS McFaul, participated in joint exercises with Ukraine's Navy. The goal was to determine what steps they needed to take in order to be on par with NATO member navies. I shared some time chatting with a trio of Ukrainian midshipmen, who I've been wondering about since this thing kicked off.

Are they still fighting? Are they alive? Are they dead? I can only pray they're alright and fighting back.

[Norbrookc]

One of the things that I think is an unintended consequence for Russia of this invasion is that they showed that their military is just not very good. Poor logistics, poor training, unmaintained or obsolete equipment, and troops who aren't really motivated is not something that send shivers down the spines of any of their future opponents. While the overall numbers of tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, and troops sounds impressive, if it is breaking down, out out of fuel, and your troops are hungry, well, you don't last very long. A tank out of gas is simply an artillery piece in the wrong place.

Russia may eventually take Ukraine, but keeping it is something they won't be able to do. And afterward any attempts at bullying are going to be met with "Bring it."

[rangered_]

Ukraine has shown its will and might to resist an invading force on their homeland, no matter who they are and where they are, they'll defend their country till the end. Слава Україні! Героям слава!

[capefear]

You did a really good job with this video about The topic of Russian support and really and I think you raise some valid points. slava

[Globaleye]

An extraordinary video presentation for those who want an excellent commentary on the war in Ukraine. Awesome analysis and opinion on developments in the region. Well done, thank you!

[amorosogombe]

So good listening to someone that knows what they're talking about. I've learnt more from you in 20 minutes than from the whole mass media in 2 weeks.

[xanmontes]

One of my siblings believes that there was a referendum for independence in Donbass and that I am an idiot for believing propaganda.

When I told him that there was a very good chance that Russian troops went incognito to the region he dismissed it as propaganda.

When I told him that Russia dropped Willie Pete (white phosphorus) he didn't believe me and after he checked, he said it was on military targets and thus not a warcrime.

I showed him a song I learned (it was Erika so that's my fault, I thought it was pretty) and he had an intervention because he is worried I'm going down a rabbit hole because Ukranians are mainly far right nazis and I side with them.

I shared some of Zelensky's comedy routines and he informed me that Zelensky is a puppet for the West. I told him he got 73% of the vote. You guessed it, that was propaganda too.

I don't know what to do... I'm enlisting to the army of our country so I can help by fighting in Ukraine but I know he will NOT share my thoughts.

He hates war but sadly his interpretation of "appropriate invasion response" is to avoid battle and surrender.

I fear he is too naive for this world...

Edit-> When the war started our family talked about it at length. He was the only one who didn't approve of our country sending (pathetically little) aid. He said he'd rather there be no war at all. When pressed for it, he suggested they surrender.

[jasonhare]

When Vlad winds up in a basement very similar to the one Tsar Nicholas wound up in I won't even be a little surprised ....

[StevenSmith-mkfg]

To me, it's pretty obvious why Russia's military is so poor. The reality is that the latest US carrier alone is over half of Russia's entire defence budget and Russia has not spent it correctly. They've spent most of it on designing new generation techs such as the T-14 MBT, SU-57 and other projects in the hope of securing funding abroad via sales. That hasn't happened which only makes it worse but what this has meant is that very little money has gone into maintaining what they do have along with training. This is why their air force is virtually non existent. Allot of their jets are probably not air worthy and then on top of that, they are worried about combining air opps with ground operations for fear of blue on blue fire. This comes from not having the data fusion/digital awareness capabilities and training to be able to quickly identify friend from foe and act quickly.

Russia's ground strategy appears to be to just throw masses of low quality conscripts into areas and then shell the civilians a little bit in the hope of getting them to surrender. The only reason why Russia wasn't exposed and looked good during the Syrian conflict was because Russia stuck mainly to air operations. Their ground operations was mostly limited to small spec forces embedded with the Syrian army to help with the ground fighting. What Russia essentially did was use the Syrian army to go into and take rebel held areas after the air force had carpet bombed the population out using mostly dumb ordnance.

Most people don't seem to understand just how big this is in terms of the world order. Russia's reputation as a top military power is essentially over. She will always be respected due to her large nuclear arsenal ofc but that's about it. Little more than a large North Korea with gas/oil.

[jedidiaheben]

So impressive how Ukraine went from potential Russian rule to saving its capital to stopping Russians in Donbass to actually retaking lost land and actually winning against the Russians. Slava Ukraini✊

[Kiwigrunt]

Very well put together, incisive, informative and for the most part accurate.... well done sir.

[fogrepairshipakashi]

Watching this after NAFO Even Rounder Table Episode 2 it is almost like whiplash hearing Animarchy here versus that discussion.

[jeromebirth]

Needed content no matter how many times you have to post.
Keep up the great work.

[Crashed]

"They all have a plan until you punch them in the face"

Mike Tyson.

[Alte.Kameraden]

Ukraine's know what they're doing so much more than the Russians at this point. I just watched a civilian drone scouting a large Russian camp in the forest, flew away from the camp to get a bird's eye view moments before the camp was shelled by Ukrainian artillery. The shells were spread out, targeting specific areas of the camp, the one of the first shells directly hit a munitions dump in the camp causing a huge explosion. Mean while Russia is struggling to hit anything they're aiming at.