Russian Report: 'Ukrainian Tactics are Hit & Run'

We look at a Russian manual titled "I live, I fight, I win! The Rules of Living in War" (Живу, сражаюсь, побеждаю! Правила жизни на войне) and a British-Ukrainian Report Preliminary Lessons in Conventional Warfighting from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: February–July 2022 that is based on information provided by the Ukrainian General Staff. This video covers various lessons learned from the Ukraine War or "Special Operation" as the Russians call it.

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Mykhaylo Zabrodskyi, Jack Watling, Oleksandr V Danylyuk, Nick Reynolds: Preliminary Lessons in Conventional Warfighting from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: February–July 2022, RUSI, London, 2022.

Разумов А.Н., Крюков Г.А., Кузнецов А.Н.: Живу, сражаюсь, побеждаю! Правила жизни на войне. ОБЩЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ОБЩЕСТВЕННАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ РОССИЙСКИЙ СОЮЗ ВЕТЕРАНОВ АФГАНИСТАНА И СПЕЦИАЛЬНЫХ ВОЕННЫХ ОПЕРАЦИЙ, Москва 2022.
Razumov A.N., Kryukov G.A., Kuznetsov A.N.: I live, I fight, I win! The Rules of Living in War. All-Russia Society, Russian Union of Afghan and Special Military Operation Veterans, Moscow 2022.

00:00 Intro
02:37 Lesson 1: There is No Sanctuary
06:23 Lesson 2: Slack Capacity
08:23 Lesson 3: Drones for everyone
11:14 Lesson 4: Precision
11:57 Lesson 5: Disperse, Dig Deep or Move Fast
16:59 Looting
18:43 Summary & Merry Christmas

#UkraineLessonsLearned #UkraineWar #RussianSource

[RWKIN]

As a person who speaks Russian the translation of Russian Report was done correctly. Kudos!

[mensch]

I'm very amused by the sarcastic comments about Russian officers in the Russian report. It reminds me of Soviet jokes about the nomenklatura, but rather more out in the open.

[ninaakari]

"Everytime you stop, drill yourself into the fatherland".This was a very basic lession I learned in the Finnish army. Always dig yourself a foxhole when stop moving in exercises, keep distance, always observe

[pRahvi]

15:26 Russian guide: "With a dull shovel, just like with dull people, you don't get much work done."
MHV: "As you can see, the guide also addresses the Austrian bureaucracy - although in a far more positive light than I would."

That was brilliant. Savage, and brilliant.

[bryangrote]

Most people interested in war related topics focus on flashy things like tanks, planes, missiles, etc. Logistics and basic tactics for survival learned the hard way are rarely focused on and probably far more important most things that get most of the attention. This is for me what makes your channel fairly unique because it looks at things such as this much more than other channels that just “stick to tanks” so to speak. Very informative video. Love your work!

[elzian]

I have to say, this was written with a lot more "fun", then I would have expected. All of the insults, the metaphors, I would not have expected from such a manual

[The_Annoyed_chef]

We got trained in the Finnish army to not to use cell phones for communication in exercises. Just because they might not work in a real hot international shooting competition and they can be located pretty easy and quick.

[Fronzel]

"The main value in war is life."

That's the all-star sentence from the palmphlet I think.

[ycplum]

I was a 19D (armored reconnaissance specialist) and was particularly sensitive to keeping of pressence hidden. Our survival was dependent on not being detected. If we have to use or guns, we screwed up. Our best weapon system is our radios, connected to an artillery unit.

An unarmed drone is just as dangerous as an armed drone.

[stalkingtiger]

I find it interesting that half of these lessons were the same lessons stressed in old WW2 era writings such as infantry attacks. Funny how some parts of war never changes.
Murphy's Law of Combat: Look unimportant, the enemy may be low on ammo.
Also: A gallon of sweat saves a gallon of blood. Dig your trenches deep.

[DrMerio]

I love the unique Russian sense of humor ever so slightly poking at the establishment!
"Dull shovels are like dull people, you don't get much work done "

[markmaki]

I am reminded that during the Pacific War, US military intelligence was able to estimate the numbers of Japanese soldiers stationed on a base or island with great accuracy (more or less) simply by counting the number of privies that were observed by aerial reconnaissance, and the Japanese military never caught on.

[tokencivilian]

Excellent video. Love how you go straight to primary sources and do the comparison and find common points between the two documents from opposite sides of this war.

[derrickthewhite]

"How to recognize when your own country is shooting you: they don't conserve ammunition"

[KingdomRepublic]

This truly is the aspect of war, My father talked to me about it when he said looters are bad and will likely be the first killed and also he told me the importance of camouflage and having to move or get in a trench, So even after 40 years the basic things are the same.

[TheGrenadier]

The russian guide is indeed very cool, updated, realistic and casual enough. Quite a read.

[OldMusicFan]

This is an excellent. I forwarded it to 2 family members on active duty in US Army

[ew]

Wow! That was an incredible video. It really cleared the fog on a lot of what is going on over there and how each side views the war.

I liked the russian perspective and it seems a lot more personal. You cant fight in the war if you are dead.

[jon-paulfilkins]

Detecting a cell phone down to 3 Meters? Yes, plausible, playing with CB radio, RF loops (wire coat hangers in place of a base loaded antennas 'whip') and RF Strength meters we could ID which tower block a person was broadcasting from... we were kids with crude analogue kit, with more modern digital systems with computer support, you could do that as long as you have at least 2 receiving towers, 3 or more points of reception, 3 meters could be very possible.

[grizwoldphantasia]

Either you and the Chieftain read Russian, or it is available in translation. It sounds like an interesting read.