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They don't cover modern topics because the info on those conflicts would be wrong. 10 years from now portions of this video will (most likely) be inaccurate. This is mostly due to the fact that most of the information about the Ukraine war is top secret and is unknown to the general public not to mention the only information we do get is from the government and is also often altered from the truth.
@@raitute4084 I'm going to guess it's based off NATO shipments to Ukraine, Thing is though we've been fighting a proxy war with Russia for a long time now. Against Wagner PMCs in regions such as Africa and Syria.
@@grapefruitsimmons The war between Russia and Ukraine has nothing to do with the US. The Russian government just tried to solve its problems through a small victorious war for three days, and threats to the United States are just a propaganda tool.
We wanted to make sure we covered the war with a delay (only talking about 2022 events) so that we can give at least some time for the information to settle. We also made sure not to mention any specific figures for troop numbers/casualties, as those numbers vary widely and are a huge point of contention. Still, we find it useful to help inform people about what is going on in the real world, and being as objective as we can.
This is probably one of the only channels I immediately watch when I get a notification for a new video. I wait for others, not the Armchair Historian.
I just recently spent a few days in the Ukraine to do some filming. Kyiv is intact but Kharkiv is definitely damaged. It's amazing that Kharkiv is still under Ukrainian control. Hopefully peace will flourish again here.
Thank you for it, it's really important that someone from outside of this knows what is going on in Kharkiv. I'm from this city and waiting for our victory, crushing russia and Kharkiv to become beautiful again.
Bro, next time ask someone local to show you the damages in Kyiv. It's a big city. Some damaged buildings still are not repaired. Some of them were repaired but they were burned out completely in 2022.
@JuryOnlyAnimations no, it’s not You don’t say ‘the noun’ you just say ‘noun’ United States begins with an adjective, a descriptor Do you say ‘the Germany’? ‘The France’? ‘The Belgium’?
@@metsgiantsfan333 Oh damn, I knew there was something wrong with how I spelled it. I still get confused with certain words and their spellings. ._. Thanks though.
I appreciate that you guys waited to do a recap overviewing the year in a whole, as well as planning to do the same thing next year. I know a lot of TH-camrs who push out content on the war to capitalize on it and their information is so new that its often outdated or just wrong.
Only complaint I have is that they cut out the massive counter offensive in Kharkiv that happened during the Kherson counter offensive. Prob wants the video to only be 15min.
Nah. Recency bias is too strong. A history channel shouldn't be making videos about such conflicts, as not a lot is known about the true motives or events, due to propaganda on both sides.
@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 Because Ukraine wants the world on their side, and Russia wants the world on their side. Thus, they each put out false info in an attempt to make themselves look better. Until the war has ended, and some years passed, we won't really know the facts of the case. The same is true of other modern wars.
Tbh, I think they should diverge to content about other conflicts, which seems to be what they've been doing recently. I know their reason for not covering recent conflict before was TH-cam demonization.
For some it may sound stupid, but for me in Ukraine to hear "conflict" is just heart breaking. War is so much more than just a conflict. It's like in 1939 Germany started just a conflict, not a war, that became a world war just a bit later. Every day hear air raid sirens and very often some explosions, when glass in my windows are vibrating. It's not a conflict for me
It's interesting to me as someone still in school to witness something that, in years to come, will be taught in my history class to other people looking at it from how I look at previous wars myself.
Interesting enough Ukraine gave up its nukes in the 90’s. Only on the condition that both the east and west would guarantee not to interfere with their borders.
Sadly this is so. And Ukraine was attacked by a country that promised to defend Ukraine. And the US did not help Ukraine in 2014. Pity the Ukrainians who exchanged their nuclear shield for the useless promises of politicians and bureaucrats. Moreover, some of our politicians think that we should stop helping Ukraine, hearing their words makes me furious. Instead of increasing the scarce aid to Ukraine, some hypocrites and egoists demand it be stopped and Ukraine be left at the mercy of a dictator. The world is beginning to lose confidence in the pacts and agreements because they are not respected.
So? Ukraine wouldn’t have been able to do anything with them. To begin with, they weren’t Ukraine’s nukes, they were the USSR’s, and in any case they would have never been able to use them bc the codes were always in Moscow. Fun Fact, Russia would have detonated those nukes if they were still in Ukraine. They could have just said that Ukrainians were messing with the missiles and they blew up accidentally.
@@Jnivella ... so? The original comment is relevant because Russia broke their promise. What relevance did your comment have? That the nukes were useless to them anyway? Who cares. Russia still respected Ukraines borders & promised not to mess with them & then proceeded to invade them later on.
As someone who’s from Ukraine, it’s crazy to think that my kids one day will learn about this war in their history classes and ask me about it. We are living history people.
Sorry, but if the war ends and both sides are at peace, this would not be taught in any history class except for in Russia or Ukraine. This is simply because Ukraine is a poor country, nothing to offer the world. So it's fall would not do much to Europe or the world. That is unless the Ukraine war is the start of a chain reaction. Other than that, it would most likely be forgotten in the future. The only thing interesting in this war would be to see how military operations would be carried out in modern warfare.
@@eliasziad7864 That's a very bold claim. Just because some Americans are ignorant doesn't mean historians wont recognize the importance of this war. At the very least it will be remembered for showing that Russia is not nearly as powerful as anyone once thought
@@eliasziad7864 This war has irreparably shattered relations between Russia and Europe, damaged Russian prestige, relegitimized the once dying NATO, amd is being studied by China right now. And it isnt even over yet. Wgat do you mean this war isnt important?
@@eliasziad7864 ye no cap bro. All of this news is all around the world. It they peace out. This war will forever be remembered by the world,Ukraine and Russia as the humiliation of Russia.
@@lordofthegame5268 lol historians don't control the school curriculum, the board of education does. not to mention the curriculum will probably never talk ahout the events of the war on terror nor war on drugs, why would this war be any different?
Nah. Recency bias is too strong. A history channel shouldn't be making videos about such conflicts, as not a lot is known about the true motives or events, due to propaganda on both sides.
they absolutely shouldnt, seriously most of the information is straught up war propoganda and all interesting information is classified. also you cannot do that much historical Research in active warzones
I was honestly not expecting you guys to cover THIS war any time soon. Thank you ! Hopefully we'll see you cover some of the previous historical battles that occured in Ukraine.
Feels so surreal and heartbreaking watching this, I remember all these major cities, major offensives, major international events etc from when I followed them in real time just last year. We are truly witnessing history with our own eyes, just not sure if it’s a blessing or not.
zelenskey is making his people suffer under his arrogance. he could easily surrender and save a lot civilians from dying. this is why you don't let jews run your country
It's no blessing when you see it this way: This Ukraine War is a war taking place in Europe - a War in Europe. One of the parties in this war loudly and proudly claims "the world is against us, but we'll always prevail!" They also claimed this war would end in months, "Home By Christmas." Meanwhile, everyone in the media keeps saying "This war is not our problem!" Sound familiar?
Bro, chill out. it ain’t going to hurt you lol and nobody felt this way about the gulf war or the war in Afghanistan or the whatever amount of civil wars in Africa. but no apparently the only war that actively bothers people is the war in Ukraine
@@colemorrison8957 The war in Ukraine is a war that threatens Europe itself. Of course Westerners will care more about that than a war in Africa or the ME. In the same way an Arab would be far more concerned with Operation Desert Storm than Operation Just Cause.
It’s mad to think that we legit be telling our kids about these events, and especially countries in Europe like mine that have in many cases taken Ukrainian families into their homes, and seeing Ukrainian flags and blue and yellow ribbons in almost a every town and village it really is a strange time to be alive.
I remember how scary it was watching a livestream of the conflict near the power plant. I was preparing to watch a complete catastrophe right in front of my eyes. How the internet and social media was used during the war will place the conflict in textbooks for study for years to come.
@@WoofyMcDoodle Ukraine is taking volunteers/ cannon fodder if you'd like to see if firsthand. Seeing combat in real life is much different than watching it on t.v.
In 20 years a kid will be watching this video to research a school project on this war. It's both sad and amazing that we get to live through such a big historical event
Maybe for europeans an americans its both sad and amazing but for ukrainians its tragedy becouse every day russian rockets kill innocent people and every day people lose their relatives. Аnd recently the russians created an environmental disaster in the Kherson region by blowing up the Kakhovskaya HPP. Thousands of people lost their homes, and elderly people who could not swim drowned, and the russians do not give permission for evacuation. There is even a video of a Ukrainian drone giving a bottle of water to people who are forced to sit on roofs due to a flood. And the most disgusting thing in my opinion in this situation is that the UN celebrated the day of the Russian language on the day when it all happened. Why then was the UN created if not to protect the environment and human rights? It is very unfortunate that I (and many other children and teenagers) lose childhood in constant fear while the russians rejoice at every death of Ukrainians
@@CaptainFritz28 Putin made his motives abundantly clear well before the war. I recommend watching speeches his over the years about Ukraine, this war shouldn't surprise anyone.
There's very few channels that can provide information and discussion of a modern war, let alone an ongoing on, in such a clear, non bias, and informative way. Far too many capitalize on the conflict and provide info that is either wrong, heavily biased, or with so little info on. This is why you're the best history channel on this site, I will eagerly wait until next year for your follow-up vid on this conflict.
This is already extremely biased right from the get go. It did not "start" with annexation of Crimea, CIA/Obama administration supported the coup de tat` during Maidan Protests and started arming/funding far right-wing neo nazi militias in Ukraine such as Azov Battalion and Right Sektor. They did not want the pro-russian Yanukovich to win the elections because he was very popular. The west did was it always does and interfered and sewn conflict and that eventually led to the Odessa Federal Building Massacre in which ukrainian militias and civilians firebombed a building full of russian-speaking ukrainians, killing women (some of which were pregnant) and men, any survivors were shot or strangled or were forced to leap to their deaths from the windows. This is all documented, recorded by video and photos by the way. After the massacre pro-russian militias started popping up everywhere and a resistance formed against the neo-nazi militias, in which Russia supported, THEN Crimea WILLINGLY joined Russia without firing a shot, they were welcomed with open arms, Crimea did not want to be part of the western puppet nazi country of Ukraine. And now we are where we are..
Many Americans seem not to understand how important for Poland and whole NATO is Ukraine's survival as indepemdent state. If they fail, we will have Russians in several places at our borders (Kaliningrad Oblast, Belarus and Ukraine). This is also important to NATO, and in turn to USA's imperial status. If USA looses all it's allies, then you guys will have to change your politics to isolation, which will bring you even higher prices of your life. Ukraine's survival is Poland's safety. Poland and Europe's safety is American well-being. Not to mention how Poles have enough of wars with our neighboors. Poland, Ukraine and whole Western & Central Europw deserves peace.
@Chris Porter you mean that stray missile that was meant to intercept Russian drones? what is your suggestion? just stand down and let the russians bomb apartments, schools and hospitals?
Damn, i wouldn’t think that it would be possible to make this kind of video since this conflict is rather new, but I’m impressed, well done to mr. Johnson and his team
Полностью согласен архпх Для них это весело, а для нас это кошмар… особенно для украинцев… Жизнь под вечным гулом сирен и взрывом совершенно не романтична…
I half agree. While this war does showcase a lot modern tech, it also shows a war between 2 near-peer enemies forced to resort to mostly-static attritional warfare. In Western military doctrine wars should be as swift as possible using their massive superiority of force, and I feel that should taken into account.
Even though its crazy that this is still going on in the present day, Armchair historian never dissapoints. The development of detail and providing learnfull facts is extraordinary. I really hope this conflict ends soon, its just terrible what is happening over there..🙏
Though its an interesting video, its far from being detailed. Quite contrary, it's brief summarization of events (and also almost unjustly impartial), which is very far from "extraordinary"
This video only covers up until the end of 2022 and is purposefully lacking detail since a lot of the details of this war right now are propaganda (fog of war effect)
@@Netrofikator That's the thing, we don't have much in terms of unbiased information. That is also why he so briefly mentioned the several people in Bucha being found murdered after Russian retreat - there is a lot of speculation from both sides of who and how did it, with no real conclusion being drawn yet.
The Ukrainians who lived in the Crimea had no water, supplies or food because of the Ukrainian government against the Russian ethnic group, that's why they could have Russia annex them and today they live better than in
A special thank you to the Armchair Historians team for covering this conflict relatively soon, in a far more balanced manner than some other channel that simply presents information in a wrong way or being outright biased. Also, we are seeing the history made in real time. Only thing I am going to pray that it does not turn into another world war.
I don't think it'll come to that point. We may see Polish/German intervention but that's most likely it. The US/China won't step in and risk nuclear escalation.
I'm afraid you're confusing objectivity with forced impartiality. Most of the channels are not biased, they just refer to indisputable facts that make it clear that the russians are baddies of this conflict. This is not a grayscale war, the division into good and bad sides is very visible in this conflict and denying pointing responsible for all this suffering doesn't make you unbiased
@@Netrofikator Be very afraid, that most of the folks outside of the US, Europe a.k.a the west can see through what is happening. Beside using a dictionary in youtube comment section is not going to change the facts on ground. The West controls media, the west controls financial platforms, the west controls non-political entities. Whatever you say, rest of the world are going to take that with a massive amount of salt. So, what you call forced impartiality, rest of us call hypocrisy and biasness. Now get over it.
Thanks for this. Ever since the war began, traditional and social media has been insufferably bad and biased. Glad to see someone give a professional accounting of what’s going on.
You would be shocked at the number of people who don't know about the 1st 2 minutes of this video. Western media doesn't explain it properly on purpose. Another great video.
@@eliasziad7864 oh? Is that why Wagner's leader said they will soon cease to exist? IS that why Wagner still has not captured Bakhmut? HAHAH Glory to Ukraine.
I'm not sure why you'd want the Mariupol one covered. That battle had a lot of Azov and other Bandera cult people involved and I'm not sure Ukraine wants a spotlight on them.
I wasn't expecting an Armchair Historian video on the Ukraine War this soon, but it's still a great 15-minute summary. I hope in the future you make videos focused on the specific battles like the Siege of Mariupol and the September Offensive.
@@poster5887 That is so recent it is not fitting for a history channel. Recency bias is too strong, and school shootings don't fall under the category of war anyways, which is what this channel covers.
Страшно справа твориться у світі...страшно...хочеться спокою, хочу нормально виспатися...прокинуться...разом з рідними...на жаль, деякі мрії більше ніколи не збудуться...усім удачі! ні війна
Thank you trying to give us the most accurate and impartial summary of the events you could. However, it's sad to see such horrors unfold in front of our eyes. I hope this war ends soon.
When I watch arm chair historian, every video i watch is him discussing events that happened years ago. Watching something like this feels weird. I can imagine kids 20 years from now and just starting to learn about this war.
Griffin, a huge thank you to you and your entire team for covering this event with such clarity and political neutrality. It is difficult to learn what is happening in this conflict without being bombarded with political and emotional rhetoric from both sides.
Это проамериканская позиция о какой нейтральности вы говорите? Какая нахрен аннексия Крыма?? Какое нахрен свержение "ПРОРОССИЙСКОГО" президента? Почему не сказано о сожженных людях в Одессе? Почему не сказано об обстрелах Донецка и Луганска? Эти все вопросы показывают предвзятость и лживость американских СМИ
@@Lok_down-y3g se falar que eles constantemente mostram os rostos dos ucranianos mas os dos russos sempre estão coberto ou não aparece, porque? Simples desumanização! Tratar o seu inimigo como se ele não fosse uma pessoa torna muito mais aceitável matar ele, assim ninguém vai questionar,
@@innaavetova6458 But still, compared to how most western media portrays the subject with a blatant talk-down bias or even lies, this is the highest bar we have. The rest can be cleared up by comments like yours to add to the learning experience for the truly interested.
@@Lok_down-y3g потому что вы только еб...ты натрия и верите в эту чушь, в мутантов чаек убийц славян, в коморов убийц, в Киев за три дня, Херсон навсегда, несбиваемость кинжала😂😂😂😂😂😂 Это не про западная позиция а мировая, только 4 страны поддержали Россию.
It is worth mentioning that on the ground the invasion of Crimea (invasion of Russian military men) had started on February 20th, 2014. Yanukovych fled Ukraine on February 22d. It is the undeniable truth that Yanukovych betrayed Ukraine playing his part in diligently orchestrated "separatism". Putin, later that spring, was honouring his military men involved in Crimea's annexation with the medal created for that occasion that read "for return of Crimea" dated February 20th, 2014.
Its finny think tany starting genocide and ethical cleansing in Ukraine by prowestern Hunta Politicians that took power during the Maydan and became persecuting those who weren't agreed with their unlawful taking power. The events in Odessa's massacre in 2014 - in which Parliament the proRussian peaceful protesters unarmed were burned alive by proNAZI banderas' followers and radicals as bandits and starting ATO (or so-called "counter terroristic operation" killing separatists in Donbass and Lugansk - bombing unarmed civilians and killing women, elders and children who are prorussian speakers by right radicals from neo-Nazi battalions "Azov" and "Aydar"). So the Minsky agreement was the last try to stop such a massacre, with all the territories are returned to the Ukraine (proRussian separatists and Russian forces agreed to stop fire, but the Ukrainian government didn't want to see it and with the support from HQ from London, France and Germany, NATO alliance not to follow these agreements continued firing peaceful citizens there). So the result was the Special Operation - to establish the government in Ukraine that can really provide the safety of proRussian and Ukrainian population there in reality and stop the influence of NATO there which really should go away from there. So the course of President Putin is quite clear for the population and a supportive one: "the denazification and demilitarisation of Ukraine"
Love this channel. Subscribed after seeing VTH react. I love that you keep to the facts and you don’t put any biases in. Thank you and your team for all your excellent work
As a Politics student Seriously dude thank you I had no clue Ground news existed and whilst I’ve only had limited use of it so far all I have to say is that it seems amazing and will be an incredibly useful tool for sources and source evaluations Thank you.
This is already extremely biased right from the get go. It did not "start" with annexation of Crimea, CIA/Obama administration supported the coup de tat` during Maidan Protests and started arming/funding far right-wing neo nazi militias in Ukraine such as Azov Battalion and Right Sektor. They did not want the pro-russian Yanukovich to win the elections because he was very popular. The west did was it always does and interfered and sewn conflict and that eventually led to the Odessa Federal Building Massacre in which ukrainian militias and civilians firebombed a building full of russian-speaking ukrainians, killing women (some of which were pregnant) and men, any survivors were shot or strangled or were forced to leap to their deaths from the windows. This is all documented, recorded by video and photos by the way. After the massacre pro-russian militias started popping up everywhere and a resistance formed against the neo-nazi militias, in which Russia supported, THEN Crimea WILLINGLY joined Russia without firing a shot, they were welcomed with open arms, Crimea did not want to be part of the western puppet nazi country of Ukraine. And now we are where we are..
I would love to watch some sort of patreon exclusive breaking down the creative differences between covering various conflicts based on historical recency. Make this happen, and thanks for the content.
I was amazed by how unbiased this was. No bs propaganda from either side, just a great summary of events and the context to understand it. Keep it up, great quality here
It was super biased. It left out the US participation in the coup in 2014. It also doesn't mention how NATO countries have admitted they never meant to follow the Minsk agreement.
Sorry guys, I know this is supposed to be a recap, but you skipped a huge amount of stuff and really only focused on the beginning and missed the entire summer period, just skipping from May to September. I feel this is a dishonest portrayal. You should not be afraid to talk about Ukrainian defeats.
If they start talking about the defeats, they probably get demonetized. Other people i have seen cover the war more clearly have been stuck with limited or no ads.
@@Irken98798998 I recognized that last line lol. But I would generally disagree. I watch plenty of channels who do daily coverage and do not hide Ukrainian defeats. And this from all the sides of the war. Remember the algorithm doesn't care about anyone, no matter what side your on
You guys kinda glossed over the period of April-August marked by the the grinding massed artillery back assaults on Ukrainian positions on the Severodonetsks river and in Popasna and Severodonetsks and Lysychansk. And the initial attacks on Bakhmut, a small city which still stands 9 months later despite Ukraine only holding 10% of the city.
It was reduced to 10% after 9 months. It was completely under Ukrainian control at the start. Bakhmut is part of a fortified line in the Donbass (Ukraine had 8 years to fortify the area) and a large portion of Ukraine's army have been concentrated in and around Bakhmut. Soledar, another fortified town on the same defensive line was taken in January.
You're lying. Even the original volunteer battalion was not fully staffed by right-wing radicals. The "Patriot of Ukraine" organization, which was behind the creation of AZOV, has other ideological roots.
@@БогданБеркут just happen to use wolfs hook etc the numerous nazi salutes. Okay, child, go play. Let’s adults talk Edit: western MSM openly labelled them as one until this war started. Now just heroes etc
@@dragonsdynamite6403 This symbol is called the "idea of the nation" symbol was popular among Ukrainian right in the 90s. As for the Wolfsangel, you'll be incredibly surprised that it's not just the Nazis who use it.
I love it that you included the most important thing of the video. That a Florida Man possessed a Russian BTR. No partiality and 100 % neutrality and facts. Thanks The Armchair Historian
I wouldn’t say, he is talking about a dubious referendum in the Crimea and about a 100% execution in Bucha by Russians, but there were no investigations. The same pictures in the buchi were days after the Russians left, but the corpses were fresh. Remind me what happens to the blood?
this is a good, unbiased summary but I hope you release a video that goes more in depth into the battles and tactics of the war! drone warfare, HIMARS and restored WWII tanks would be fun to watch covered in armchair historian style
This video is simply perfect. Super great picture quality, wisely structured material, real story of what happened and still happening in Ukraine. The only mismatch - this is not a "conflict" or "crisis". It's a full scale war which will spread all over the Europe if Ukraine falls. I'm really grateful to you and your team for this masterpiece!)
We will not attack Europe, if Ukraine falls, no one will touch you, we are tired of you seeing us as monsters who want to take over the whole world, stop, damn it, doing it!
@@Tyomih If Russia were to succeed completely in Ukraine and able to keep going (that's two big ifs right there) it would make perfect sense to at least keep going though Moldova, since they've already payed the internal and geopolitical cost of going to war.
Європі нема чого боятись, більшість Європейських країн що мають кордон з росією та Україною - в НАТО. А росія ніколи не піде війною на цілий військовий альянс
@@extines як ми вже побачили, НАТО не має бажання перемогти рашизм. путлер порушив всі міжнародні безпекові закони, які тілки міг і зараз ще готує підрив АЕС для створення радіоаційної катастрофи, яка, також, торкнеться країн НАТО. Реакція НАТО? Жодної. путлер теж це бачить. Він розуміє тілки силу, а НАТО демонструє лише безхребетність. Тому на Україні він не буде зупинятись - бо навіщо? Там далі рай для гопника - країни з купою грошей, захист яких може тілки "обурюватись", але "не провокувати" агресора. Україна - це зараз єдиний захист для країн НАТО і багато з них це розуміють.
If I'm correct, Russia did send an 8 point draft to Ukraine before the war started and the US turned it down, even right now the US is against Ukraine having peace with Russia.
@@commandandconquer6303 So why wassn’t the Budapest Memorandum enforced and Russia actually followed it? Russia can’t say such things to what Ukraine did about “there people” considering they themselves didn’t care about what the Chechnya’s in there nation what they think after they bombed them into oblivion.
@@brandonlyon730 Ukraine used Azov to kill thousands of men women and children, Azov trapped hundreds of civilians in a train station with a false evacuation and you want to compare it to Russia? Ukraine used NAZIS and you want to say "well Russia did this".
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Nice
the fact you posted this at the exact day i started my assignment about Ukraine is just incredible
Can you make a video about the Tigray War in Ethiopia please?
didnt it really start cuz ukraine was announced to be in nato back in 2008 and 2014 was a product of that when NATO reinforced it??
please make a video about Armenia - Azerbaijani, Karabakh conflict. thank you
It’s awesome seeing The Armchair Historian cover the Russo-Ukrainian war. They rarely cover modern conflicts, especially ongoing ones.
Also known as the Russo/US Proxy War
@@grapefruitsimmons explain please your statement
They don't cover modern topics because the info on those conflicts would be wrong. 10 years from now portions of this video will (most likely) be inaccurate. This is mostly due to the fact that most of the information about the Ukraine war is top secret and is unknown to the general public not to mention the only information we do get is from the government and is also often altered from the truth.
@@raitute4084 I'm going to guess it's based off NATO shipments to Ukraine, Thing is though we've been fighting a proxy war with Russia for a long time now. Against Wagner PMCs in regions such as Africa and Syria.
@@grapefruitsimmons The war between Russia and Ukraine has nothing to do with the US. The Russian government just tried to solve its problems through a small victorious war for three days, and threats to the United States are just a propaganda tool.
We live in a time where Armchair Historian made a video about a war that started only a years ago. What a time tobe alive ❤
We wanted to make sure we covered the war with a delay (only talking about 2022 events) so that we can give at least some time for the information to settle. We also made sure not to mention any specific figures for troop numbers/casualties, as those numbers vary widely and are a huge point of contention. Still, we find it useful to help inform people about what is going on in the real world, and being as objective as we can.
History is always being created…
@@TheArmchairHistorian As usual your video is cut to the chase , very well informed and it have great animation too. Keep it up m8
Curious how you feel about the Azov battalion as a Ukrainian supporter.
Make a video :
World War 1 battle of Somme
This is probably one of the only channels I immediately watch when I get a notification for a new video. I wait for others, not the Armchair Historian.
I’m right there for these guys - “Perun” is another channel I feel that way about.
It's totally fake, it's US propaganda, he misses out the US causing the war.
Same here. Sadly, this time he is presenting heavily censored information that intentionally ignores a ton of facts.
@@Bullshlahayou can blame TH-cam
Same
I just recently spent a few days in the Ukraine to do some filming. Kyiv is intact but Kharkiv is definitely damaged. It's amazing that Kharkiv is still under Ukrainian control. Hopefully peace will flourish again here.
Thank you for it, it's really important that someone from outside of this knows what is going on in Kharkiv. I'm from this city and waiting for our victory, crushing russia and Kharkiv to become beautiful again.
It’s not ‘the Ukraine’, it’s just Ukraine
Bro, next time ask someone local to show you the damages in Kyiv. It's a big city. Some damaged buildings still are not repaired. Some of them were repaired but they were burned out completely in 2022.
@@makovenkoandrey will do
@JuryOnlyAnimations no, it’s not
You don’t say ‘the noun’ you just say ‘noun’
United States begins with an adjective, a descriptor
Do you say ‘the Germany’? ‘The France’? ‘The Belgium’?
There's an indescribable feeling about knowing that I am watching history unfold at this very moment.
A dangerous one to because one wrong move could sign the end of humanity
I personally prefer "indescribable," but yeah, it's the same feeling.
@@metsgiantsfan333 Oh damn, I knew there was something wrong with how I spelled it.
I still get confused with certain words and their spellings. ._.
Thanks though.
for me it's horror. i simply do not see a "good ending" being possible att
Im from Kyiv and there just have been an alarm and explosions. So I'd love history to fold back and don't be that historic plz
I appreciate that you guys waited to do a recap overviewing the year in a whole, as well as planning to do the same thing next year. I know a lot of TH-camrs who push out content on the war to capitalize on it and their information is so new that its often outdated or just wrong.
Yeah Griffin's team did their best to stay neutral, even though it's clear RU is the aggressor. Very balanced coverage.
Neutrality is what I really like about this channel too. I had to unsubscribe to some channels because of blatant propaganda and disinformation.
Only complaint I have is that they cut out the massive counter offensive in Kharkiv that happened during the Kherson counter offensive. Prob wants the video to only be 15min.
@@PerfectDeath4 13:33 ?
“so new it is often outdated”
As great as your WW2 content is, I can't help but love your content about other time periods. Including the modern day.
Nah. Recency bias is too strong. A history channel shouldn't be making videos about such conflicts, as not a lot is known about the true motives or events, due to propaganda on both sides.
@@CaptainFritz28 why
@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 Because Ukraine wants the world on their side, and Russia wants the world on their side. Thus, they each put out false info in an attempt to make themselves look better. Until the war has ended, and some years passed, we won't really know the facts of the case. The same is true of other modern wars.
Tbh, I think they should diverge to content about other conflicts, which seems to be what they've been doing recently. I know their reason for not covering recent conflict before was TH-cam demonization.
@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 as not a lot is known about the true motives or events, due to propaganda on both sides.
For some it may sound stupid, but for me in Ukraine to hear "conflict" is just heart breaking. War is so much more than just a conflict. It's like in 1939 Germany started just a conflict, not a war, that became a world war just a bit later. Every day hear air raid sirens and very often some explosions, when glass in my windows are vibrating. It's not a conflict for me
А совок не розпочав 2гу світову разом з Гітлером?
@@gachi_bassiner_ass2755 розпочав, але мій коментар більше про те, як бісить "конфлікт", коли це справжня війна
Conflict is what the Russians call it. Its also called war here in the US
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Just like it's not a conflict but genocide against Palestinians in you which you support Zionists. You are reaping what you sow.
It's interesting to me as someone still in school to witness something that, in years to come, will be taught in my history class to other people looking at it from how I look at previous wars myself.
@@GerMFnU1848Sax ok.
@Auld Southerner 1848 OK but who asked this video and topic has nothing to do with what your on about
@@GerMFnU1848Sax the south lost. get over it lol
@@GerMFnU1848Sax that’s the most homosexual thing I’ve heard today
@@Jakevrana- 2 planes, 3 buildings
The animation of your videos have always been great, but the quality just keeps getting better and better
Interesting enough Ukraine gave up its nukes in the 90’s. Only on the condition that both the east and west would guarantee not to interfere with their borders.
Exactly. It’s the ruscists that are breaking the agreements.
Sadly this is so. And Ukraine was attacked by a country that promised to defend Ukraine. And the US did not help Ukraine in 2014. Pity the Ukrainians who exchanged their nuclear shield for the useless promises of politicians and bureaucrats. Moreover, some of our politicians think that we should stop helping Ukraine, hearing their words makes me furious. Instead of increasing the scarce aid to Ukraine, some hypocrites and egoists demand it be stopped and Ukraine be left at the mercy of a dictator. The world is beginning to lose confidence in the pacts and agreements because they are not respected.
So? Ukraine wouldn’t have been able to do anything with them. To begin with, they weren’t Ukraine’s nukes, they were the USSR’s, and in any case they would have never been able to use them bc the codes were always in Moscow. Fun Fact, Russia would have detonated those nukes if they were still in Ukraine. They could have just said that Ukrainians were messing with the missiles and they blew up accidentally.
@@Jnivella true but there was fear that they would create their own with the material they had already.
@@Jnivella ... so? The original comment is relevant because Russia broke their promise. What relevance did your comment have?
That the nukes were useless to them anyway? Who cares. Russia still respected Ukraines borders & promised not to mess with them & then proceeded to invade them later on.
8:08 'Florida man found in possession of Russian BTR'
legendary animations😂
As someone who’s from Ukraine, it’s crazy to think that my kids one day will learn about this war in their history classes and ask me about it. We are living history people.
Sorry, but if the war ends and both sides are at peace, this would not be taught in any history class except for in Russia or Ukraine. This is simply because Ukraine is a poor country, nothing to offer the world. So it's fall would not do much to Europe or the world. That is unless the Ukraine war is the start of a chain reaction. Other than that, it would most likely be forgotten in the future. The only thing interesting in this war would be to see how military operations would be carried out in modern warfare.
@@eliasziad7864 That's a very bold claim. Just because some Americans are ignorant doesn't mean historians wont recognize the importance of this war. At the very least it will be remembered for showing that Russia is not nearly as powerful as anyone once thought
@@eliasziad7864 This war has irreparably shattered relations between Russia and Europe, damaged Russian prestige, relegitimized the once dying NATO, amd is being studied by China right now. And it isnt even over yet. Wgat do you mean this war isnt important?
@@eliasziad7864 ye no cap bro. All of this news is all around the world. It they peace out. This war will forever be remembered by the world,Ukraine and Russia as the humiliation of Russia.
@@lordofthegame5268 lol historians don't control the school curriculum, the board of education does. not to mention the curriculum will probably never talk ahout the events of the war on terror nor war on drugs, why would this war be any different?
We are at the age where historians cover live wars
Condolences to all the families of the ones lost in the war and hope it ends soon...
It would have ended a couple months into the war if Boris Johnson didnt block the peace deal
@@mantheman11 *Live* Wars, that's happening right now!
@@CatholicWeeb and wars happened literally through 99% of human history
@@mantheman11 he means wars that are HAPPENING AT THIS VERY MOMENT, not a war from centuries ago that ended before any of us were ever even born
War ends once Ukraine is defeated
Hope to see more modern wars videos like this and the ones you did on Iraq/Afghanistan! They were awesome.
I hope we get one on the Soviet Afghan War since it led to the Fall of the USSR and the American Afghan War
I dont't think you mean this but, it sounds like you're advocating for modern war lol.
Nah. Recency bias is too strong. A history channel shouldn't be making videos about such conflicts, as not a lot is known about the true motives or events, due to propaganda on both sides.
@@CaptainFritz28This is the only war which russian propaganda cannot even work.
Its terible not awesome to see war in our century
I love Armchair Historian but they should do more videos about modern conflicts like this one.
they absolutely shouldnt, seriously most of the information is straught up war propoganda and all interesting information is classified. also you cannot do that much historical Research in active warzones
I was honestly not expecting you guys to cover THIS war any time soon. Thank you !
Hopefully we'll see you cover some of the previous historical battles that occured in Ukraine.
He shouldn't have
@@ericsuarez834 because?
@@pantherv2669 Ruski strong. Ukraine propaganda. 400 destroyed HIMARS totally true? Usual nonsense?
@@pantherv2669 Lol, cuz this clown has russian flag on the avatar, it talks alots remember this
Defund Ukraine
Feels so surreal and heartbreaking watching this, I remember all these major cities, major offensives, major international events etc from when I followed them in real time just last year. We are truly witnessing history with our own eyes, just not sure if it’s a blessing or not.
zelenskey is making his people suffer under his arrogance. he could easily surrender and save a lot civilians from dying. this is why you don't let jews run your country
@@SlavicUnionGaming So do you not like Zelenskyy because he’s a Nazi or Jewish? Seems like they’re mutually exclusive
It's no blessing when you see it this way:
This Ukraine War is a war taking place in Europe - a War in Europe.
One of the parties in this war loudly and proudly claims "the world is against us, but we'll always prevail!" They also claimed this war would end in months, "Home By Christmas."
Meanwhile, everyone in the media keeps saying "This war is not our problem!"
Sound familiar?
Bro, chill out.
it ain’t going to hurt you lol and nobody felt this way about the gulf war or the war in Afghanistan or the whatever amount of civil wars in Africa. but no apparently the only war that actively bothers people is the war in Ukraine
@@colemorrison8957 The war in Ukraine is a war that threatens Europe itself. Of course Westerners will care more about that than a war in Africa or the ME. In the same way an Arab would be far more concerned with Operation Desert Storm than Operation Just Cause.
seeing trench warfare being mentioned again makes chills down my spine
Why?
@@eliasziad7864 WW1
@@eliasziad7864 the death toll in ww1
Trench saves lives, going over the top doesn't save lives.
@@panther7584 thick thighs also save lives.
It’s mad to think that we legit be telling our kids about these events, and especially countries in Europe like mine that have in many cases taken Ukrainian families into their homes, and seeing Ukrainian flags and blue and yellow ribbons in almost a every town and village it really is a strange time to be alive.
The counter-offensive is failing. We have to hang more flags and ribbons.
@@AmraithNR lmao
Its a minor conflict, a proxy war which your tax is funding.
“Florida man found in possession of Russian BTR” That made me laugh, well done!!! 🤣🤣
wouldn't be surprised. that's typical, even restrained behaviour of the infamous florida man
Louisiana casino has a T-90A behind
Florida Man is Ukraine's secret weapon!
Reminds me of the German guy who had a fully-functional Panther tank in his garage
Hang Florida man for his treason
I remember how scary it was watching a livestream of the conflict near the power plant. I was preparing to watch a complete catastrophe right in front of my eyes. How the internet and social media was used during the war will place the conflict in textbooks for study for years to come.
I remeber that video it was cool af to watch an actual firefight live. Something that was not even possible 20 years ago.
@@WoofyMcDoodle sad that you find it “cool af”.
@@Zman44444 Sadly, to a lot of people, this is just "entertainment" happening to somebody else.
@@WoofyMcDoodle It isn’t cool when it’s your city coming under fire. What’s going on Ukraine is line 9/11 on a near daily basis for them.
@@WoofyMcDoodle Ukraine is taking volunteers/ cannon fodder if you'd like to see if firsthand. Seeing combat in real life is much different than watching it on t.v.
In 20 years a kid will be watching this video to research a school project on this war. It's both sad and amazing that we get to live through such a big historical event
Maybe for europeans an americans its both sad and amazing but for ukrainians its tragedy becouse every day russian rockets kill innocent people and every day people lose their relatives. Аnd recently the russians created an environmental disaster in the Kherson region by blowing up the Kakhovskaya HPP. Thousands of people lost their homes, and elderly people who could not swim drowned, and the russians do not give permission for evacuation. There is even a video of a Ukrainian drone giving a bottle of water to people who are forced to sit on roofs due to a flood. And the most disgusting thing in my opinion in this situation is that the UN celebrated the day of the Russian language on the day when it all happened. Why then was the UN created if not to protect the environment and human rights? It is very unfortunate that I (and many other children and teenagers) lose childhood in constant fear while the russians rejoice at every death of Ukrainians
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RIP for every single person who died in this war.
Hope to see a dedicated video about the Kharkiv counteroffensive one day.
Hear! Hear!
There is not much to say. Russians just fled the area once ukrainians attacked
Kharkiv is too small of a topic,
i'd say all of the Military Actions in the conflict'd be better
Hopefully a day far in the future, when we know more fully the facts and motives behind the war.
@@CaptainFritz28 Putin made his motives abundantly clear well before the war. I recommend watching speeches his over the years about Ukraine, this war shouldn't surprise anyone.
There's very few channels that can provide information and discussion of a modern war, let alone an ongoing on, in such a clear, non bias, and informative way. Far too many capitalize on the conflict and provide info that is either wrong, heavily biased, or with so little info on. This is why you're the best history channel on this site, I will eagerly wait until next year for your follow-up vid on this conflict.
Die Ukraine
This is already extremely biased right from the get go. It did not "start" with annexation of Crimea, CIA/Obama administration supported the coup de tat` during Maidan Protests and started arming/funding far right-wing neo nazi militias in Ukraine such as Azov Battalion and Right Sektor. They did not want the pro-russian Yanukovich to win the elections because he was very popular. The west did was it always does and interfered and sewn conflict and that eventually led to the Odessa Federal Building Massacre in which ukrainian militias and civilians firebombed a building full of russian-speaking ukrainians, killing women (some of which were pregnant) and men, any survivors were shot or strangled or were forced to leap to their deaths from the windows. This is all documented, recorded by video and photos by the way.
After the massacre pro-russian militias started popping up everywhere and a resistance formed against the neo-nazi militias, in which Russia supported, THEN Crimea WILLINGLY joined Russia without firing a shot, they were welcomed with open arms, Crimea did not want to be part of the western puppet nazi country of Ukraine. And now we are where we are..
This video is bised.
@@asdilia693 in favour of whom?
@@asdilia693 this is the only video ive seen on the internet that is not biased towards ukraine
Never thought you'd make a video on an ongoing war, great work!
I know, he should also cover recent school shootings, maybe the death of George Floyd in 2020.
more like poor propaganda work.
8:13 ‘Florida Man found in possession of Russian BTR’
😂😂😂
The animation team did not hold back for this video. The quality in this one just skyrocketed.
I like how he doesn’t include jokes and keeps a serious tone in this one
Many Americans seem not to understand how important for Poland and whole NATO is Ukraine's survival as indepemdent state. If they fail, we will have Russians in several places at our borders (Kaliningrad Oblast, Belarus and Ukraine). This is also important to NATO, and in turn to USA's imperial status. If USA looses all it's allies, then you guys will have to change your politics to isolation, which will bring you even higher prices of your life.
Ukraine's survival is Poland's safety. Poland and Europe's safety is American well-being.
Not to mention how Poles have enough of wars with our neighboors. Poland, Ukraine and whole Western & Central Europw deserves peace.
@Chris Porter you mean that stray missile that was meant to intercept Russian drones? what is your suggestion? just stand down and let the russians bomb apartments, schools and hospitals?
@Chris Porter don’t see how a tragic accident changes that.
is there nothing that Nato has imposed on Russia with missiles?
@Chris Porter it wasnt
@@ЕгорЖитов-н6я what?
Just want you to know that for Ukrainians the war started in 2014, and the one that started in 2022 we call "the big war" or "the full-scale war"
In Russia we tend to call it special military operation
@@AviIle in russia you tend not to respect yourselves
@@mallvalim why do we?
@@AviIle why are you asking me? I don't get it either, so you have to figure it out yourself. At the end of the day, it's your nation, not mine
@@mallvalim that was wrong question
Why do you think we do?*
8:08 "Florida man found in possession of Russian BTR"
None are safe from Florida
When you got live converage from a history channel you kniw shits crazy💀
The animation never ceases to amaze me. Great work!
When someone starts criticising a defensive pact, everyone ought to prepare for war.
Studying history: 😊
Living a historic event: 😢
"May you live in interesting times" is definitely one of those statements you feel these days.
Didn’t expect this one so soon on a history channel
Damn, i wouldn’t think that it would be possible to make this kind of video since this conflict is rather new, but I’m impressed, well done to mr. Johnson and his team
Americans and Europeans: wow, this is so cool, I'm in history
Russians and Ukrainians: ...Eto pizdec...
Полностью согласен архпх
Для них это весело, а для нас это кошмар… особенно для украинцев…
Жизнь под вечным гулом сирен и взрывом совершенно не романтична…
@@Koneshotypidarasswomp womp
yep
Ukrainians: Ce Pyizdec*
Yep, pizdec.
Your animation keeps getting better and better friend. Almost at 2 million congratz in advance!
A wonderful video! As EHC team, our best wishes to you man!
Hey
Thank you, Armchair Historian for this video, finally we got something fresh in this channel:)
Alot of people dont know truth,you know thruth only if you will be there
I have a feeling Russo-Ukrainian war is like a testing field for modern combat, like the Spanish Civil War before WW2
It has certainly proven the viability of mass drone use.
@@TammoKorsai agree and drones are cheap
I half agree. While this war does showcase a lot modern tech, it also shows a war between 2 near-peer enemies forced to resort to mostly-static attritional warfare. In Western military doctrine wars should be as swift as possible using their massive superiority of force, and I feel that should taken into account.
@@ntf5211 Iraq had a very well equipped army.
Also there are no cavemen today. Don't be racist.
Because Soviet Union also lost to those "cavemen".
@@JustAsPlanned1 not to start anything but who are these "cavemen" because I'm a bit confused
Even though its crazy that this is still going on in the present day, Armchair historian never dissapoints. The development of detail and providing learnfull facts is extraordinary. I really hope this conflict ends soon, its just terrible what is happening over there..🙏
Putin should be stopped
Though its an interesting video, its far from being detailed. Quite contrary, it's brief summarization of events (and also almost unjustly impartial), which is very far from "extraordinary"
This video only covers up until the end of 2022 and is purposefully lacking detail since a lot of the details of this war right now are propaganda (fog of war effect)
@@Netrofikator If you're going to accuse someone of impartiality at least take the bother to minimally elaborate why.
@@Netrofikator That's the thing, we don't have much in terms of unbiased information. That is also why he so briefly mentioned the several people in Bucha being found murdered after Russian retreat - there is a lot of speculation from both sides of who and how did it, with no real conclusion being drawn yet.
This video is wild, incredible work guys! Y’all should make a video on the Tigray-Ethiopian war eventually too. Another major conflict this decade
8:10 Absolutely love that you snuck Florida man into there
What a g for putting the sources. Writing a 5 page paper on the illegal annexation of Crimea and this mad helpful 🤝
Show that racist madman Putin-Hitler-Stalin-Trump9000 no mercy! Viva Ukraine!
Skill issue
I could easily give you some more information on the subject.
Honestly not that hard to find.
Been researching this conflict for the past 3 years.
The Ukrainians who lived in the Crimea had no water, supplies or food because of the Ukrainian government against the Russian ethnic group, that's why they could have Russia annex them and today they live better than in
@@Zman44444 then do it instead of bragging around.
Nice to see a summary about this. I missed some of the info so thanks for the catch up😊
A special thank you to the Armchair Historians team for covering this conflict relatively soon, in a far more balanced manner than some other channel that simply presents information in a wrong way or being outright biased. Also, we are seeing the history made in real time. Only thing I am going to pray that it does not turn into another world war.
I don't think it'll come to that point. We may see Polish/German intervention but that's most likely it. The US/China won't step in and risk nuclear escalation.
Slava Ukraini
I'm afraid you're confusing objectivity with forced impartiality. Most of the channels are not biased, they just refer to indisputable facts that make it clear that the russians are baddies of this conflict. This is not a grayscale war, the division into good and bad sides is very visible in this conflict and denying pointing responsible for all this suffering doesn't make you unbiased
@@Netrofikator Be very afraid, that most of the folks outside of the US, Europe a.k.a the west can see through what is happening. Beside using a dictionary in youtube comment section is not going to change the facts on ground. The West controls media, the west controls financial platforms, the west controls non-political entities. Whatever you say, rest of the world are going to take that with a massive amount of salt. So, what you call forced impartiality, rest of us call hypocrisy and biasness. Now get over it.
@@Netrofikator This war is just a chess game between the US and Russia. Ukraine in it is a board and Ukrainians are expendable pieces.
8:12- "Florida Man found in possession of Russian BTR" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I caught that too 😂
@@JiveCinema 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for this. Ever since the war began, traditional and social media has been insufferably bad and biased. Glad to see someone give a professional accounting of what’s going on.
You would be shocked at the number of people who don't know about the 1st 2 minutes of this video. Western media doesn't explain it properly on purpose. Another great video.
Oh yeah the minutes where he says russia invades ukraine with unlabeled soldiers.
They did talk about the little green men tho
And new elections where then held
This was very general but still great. Can you make some more specific episode on Ukraine ? Like battle for Bakhmut or siege of Mariupol ?
Wagner beat Ukraine.
@@eliasziad7864 oh? Is that why Wagner's leader said they will soon cease to exist? IS that why Wagner still has not captured Bakhmut? HAHAH Glory to Ukraine.
@@soccerguy2433 Have you ever heard of Psyops?
I'm not sure why you'd want the Mariupol one covered.
That battle had a lot of Azov and other Bandera cult people involved and I'm not sure Ukraine wants a spotlight on them.
@@soccerguy2433 Is that y ukrops retreated from 90% of bakhmut?
You know we gonna get an oversimplified video on this.
It took me far too long to realise Donbas was short for Donetsk Basin
I wasn't expecting an Armchair Historian video on the Ukraine War this soon, but it's still a great 15-minute summary. I hope in the future you make videos focused on the specific battles like the Siege of Mariupol and the September Offensive.
He should cover school shootings such as the Robb Elementary shooting
@@poster5887 no
@@poster5887 That is so recent it is not fitting for a history channel. Recency bias is too strong, and school shootings don't fall under the category of war anyways, which is what this channel covers.
Thank you Mr. Johnson, we appreacite this a lot. Live from ukraine!
Slava kokaini, heroin slava
Ukraine has not perished yet! Long live Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania!
This video is very interesting keep it up but my question is can you make a breakdown of the war in Congo? that will be very useful
They made a video about the Congo wars
'Florida man found in possession of Russian BTR' 😂
Страшно справа твориться у світі...страшно...хочеться спокою, хочу нормально виспатися...прокинуться...разом з рідними...на жаль, деякі мрії більше ніколи не збудуться...усім удачі! ні війна
Thank you trying to give us the most accurate and impartial summary of the events you could.
However, it's sad to see such horrors unfold in front of our eyes. I hope this war ends soon.
😂😂😂😂😂беспричастное ага
I was little bit worried about the bias but to my pleasent suprise the informations are clear and non-biased to either side.
Good Job guys👌
I would really like to see a video on the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.
It’s crazy that we’re watching history unfold like this!
History always unfolded like this, you just never cared before Ukraine.
@@obiwanfisher537 no dingus. We werent fucking alive for most of it and now is when a war is happening in out actual lifetime
When I watch arm chair historian, every video i watch is him discussing events that happened years ago. Watching something like this feels weird. I can imagine kids 20 years from now and just starting to learn about this war.
Griffin, a huge thank you to you and your entire team for covering this event with such clarity and political neutrality. It is difficult to learn what is happening in this conflict without being bombarded with political and emotional rhetoric from both sides.
Это проамериканская позиция о какой нейтральности вы говорите? Какая нахрен аннексия Крыма?? Какое нахрен свержение "ПРОРОССИЙСКОГО" президента? Почему не сказано о сожженных людях в Одессе? Почему не сказано об обстрелах Донецка и Луганска? Эти все вопросы показывают предвзятость и лживость американских СМИ
@@Lok_down-y3g se falar que eles constantemente mostram os rostos dos ucranianos mas os dos russos sempre estão coberto ou não aparece, porque? Simples desumanização! Tratar o seu inimigo como se ele não fosse uma pessoa torna muito mais aceitável matar ele, assim ninguém vai questionar,
@@innaavetova6458 But still, compared to how most western media portrays the subject with a blatant talk-down bias or even lies, this is the highest bar we have. The rest can be cleared up by comments like yours to add to the learning experience for the truly interested.
@@charmyzard Truth
@@Lok_down-y3g потому что вы только еб...ты натрия и верите в эту чушь, в мутантов чаек убийц славян, в коморов убийц, в Киев за три дня, Херсон навсегда, несбиваемость кинжала😂😂😂😂😂😂
Это не про западная позиция а мировая, только 4 страны поддержали Россию.
Thank you for bringing light to this terrible war.
It is worth mentioning that on the ground the invasion of Crimea (invasion of Russian military men) had started on February 20th, 2014. Yanukovych fled Ukraine on February 22d. It is the undeniable truth that Yanukovych betrayed Ukraine playing his part in diligently orchestrated "separatism". Putin, later that spring, was honouring his military men involved in Crimea's annexation with the medal created for that occasion that read "for return of Crimea" dated February 20th, 2014.
Yanukovych don't betrayed Ukraine, Ukraine betrayed Yanukovych and Russia
@@cry_ukr_babysay that to an actual Ukrainian.
@@cry_ukr_babyfunny to hear when you were forced to be "loyal" mate
Its finny think tany starting genocide and ethical cleansing in Ukraine by prowestern Hunta Politicians that took power during the Maydan and became persecuting those who weren't agreed with their unlawful taking power. The events in Odessa's massacre in 2014 - in which Parliament the proRussian peaceful protesters unarmed were burned alive by proNAZI banderas' followers and radicals as bandits and starting ATO (or so-called "counter terroristic operation" killing separatists in Donbass and Lugansk - bombing unarmed civilians and killing women, elders and children who are prorussian speakers by right radicals from neo-Nazi battalions "Azov" and "Aydar"). So the Minsky agreement was the last try to stop such a massacre, with all the territories are returned to the Ukraine (proRussian separatists and Russian forces agreed to stop fire, but the Ukrainian government didn't want to see it and with the support from HQ from London, France and Germany, NATO alliance not to follow these agreements continued firing peaceful citizens there). So the result was the Special Operation - to establish the government in Ukraine that can really provide the safety of proRussian and Ukrainian population there in reality and stop the influence of NATO there which really should go away from there. So the course of President Putin is quite clear for the population and a supportive one: "the denazification and demilitarisation of Ukraine"
Finally someone who's not biased
Love this channel. Subscribed after seeing VTH react. I love that you keep to the facts and you don’t put any biases in. Thank you and your team for all your excellent work
VTH is so based
Loving the new video guys great job as always armchair historian team!!
This is perhaps the most recent historical event that this channel has covered so far.
As a Politics student
Seriously dude thank you I had no clue Ground news existed and whilst I’ve only had limited use of it so far all I have to say is that it seems amazing and will be an incredibly useful tool for sources and source evaluations
Thank you.
wow, a non-biased video that doesn’t take any sides? I loved this!
There is no such thing.
What video were you watching dunce
Exactly ! Quite a challenge when this conflict is been drenched by propaganda by both sides
Not sure what was unbiased about this
This is already extremely biased right from the get go. It did not "start" with annexation of Crimea, CIA/Obama administration supported the coup de tat` during Maidan Protests and started arming/funding far right-wing neo nazi militias in Ukraine such as Azov Battalion and Right Sektor. They did not want the pro-russian Yanukovich to win the elections because he was very popular. The west did was it always does and interfered and sewn conflict and that eventually led to the Odessa Federal Building Massacre in which ukrainian militias and civilians firebombed a building full of russian-speaking ukrainians, killing women (some of which were pregnant) and men, any survivors were shot or strangled or were forced to leap to their deaths from the windows. This is all documented, recorded by video and photos by the way.
After the massacre pro-russian militias started popping up everywhere and a resistance formed against the neo-nazi militias, in which Russia supported, THEN Crimea WILLINGLY joined Russia without firing a shot, they were welcomed with open arms, Crimea did not want to be part of the western puppet nazi country of Ukraine. And now we are where we are..
I would love to watch some sort of patreon exclusive breaking down the creative differences between covering various conflicts based on historical recency. Make this happen, and thanks for the content.
Can’t wait to see the 2023 recap!
Thanks for the video from Kharkiv 🤝
Glory to all international volunteers, who bravely stay with us 💪
I'd say this video is mostly fair. It's a good thing you didn't state any kill counts, because both sides are stating wildly different numbers.
I was amazed by how unbiased this was. No bs propaganda from either side, just a great summary of events and the context to understand it. Keep it up, great quality here
It was super biased. It left out the US participation in the coup in 2014. It also doesn't mention how NATO countries have admitted they never meant to follow the Minsk agreement.
What propaganda would this be? Russia is attacking schools, hospitals, and malls, killing innocent people.
@@caseyhoward9101 russia needs to leave back to the urals.
@@caseyhoward9101 seems like your biased there's little to no proof that usa did a coup in ukraine
@@caseyhoward9101 your 2nd russia also didn't follow the agreements
Almost 2m subs we have to get armchair historian to that point
Sorry guys, I know this is supposed to be a recap, but you skipped a huge amount of stuff and really only focused on the beginning and missed the entire summer period, just skipping from May to September. I feel this is a dishonest portrayal. You should not be afraid to talk about Ukrainian defeats.
They don't want to do 1 hour long videos, bc budget
@@charlie8344 Even just a 3 minute segment is enough imo. I'm just annoyed that it was entirely skipped, not even a passing mention
If they start talking about the defeats, they probably get demonetized. Other people i have seen cover the war more clearly have been stuck with limited or no ads.
@@Irken98798998 I recognized that last line lol. But I would generally disagree. I watch plenty of channels who do daily coverage and do not hide Ukrainian defeats. And this from all the sides of the war. Remember the algorithm doesn't care about anyone, no matter what side your on
The recent ones will be skipped too? Ukraine is losing massively, manpower, ammo and equipment shortages are starting to take their toll>
You guys kinda glossed over the period of April-August marked by the the grinding massed artillery back assaults on Ukrainian positions on the Severodonetsks river and in Popasna and Severodonetsks and Lysychansk. And the initial attacks on Bakhmut, a small city which still stands 9 months later despite Ukraine only holding 10% of the city.
They are doing a Stalingrad on Russia, we all know what happens next! Oh the irony 😂
It was reduced to 10% after 9 months. It was completely under Ukrainian control at the start. Bakhmut is part of a fortified line in the Donbass (Ukraine had 8 years to fortify the area) and a large portion of Ukraine's army have been concentrated in and around Bakhmut.
Soledar, another fortified town on the same defensive line was taken in January.
Yeah, lol
By "glossing over" you mean omission?
@@melburnianscience7021 not very successfully clearly.
I've been waiting for a video about this for a long time now. Thank you!
Waiting for the recap 🤞🤞🤞
THERE ARE neo nazis. It’s not a baseless accusation
You're lying. Even the original volunteer battalion was not fully staffed by right-wing radicals. The "Patriot of Ukraine" organization, which was behind the creation of AZOV, has other ideological roots.
@@БогданБеркут just happen to use wolfs hook etc the numerous nazi salutes. Okay, child, go play. Let’s adults talk
Edit: western MSM openly labelled them as one until this war started. Now just heroes etc
@@dragonsdynamite6403 This symbol is called the "idea of the nation" symbol was popular among Ukrainian right in the 90s. As for the Wolfsangel, you'll be incredibly surprised that it's not just the Nazis who use it.
Let me guess? Banderism? 😂
@@БогданБеркут my bad, nothing to see there. All the videos etc I saw are evidently fake
Would have never imagined this conflict on this channel. Looking forward to it, as it is a very important conflict of 21 century.
Great upload, very informative
Perhaps you can do a video on more modern conflicts like the 2 Chechen wars?
he already did on the second chechen war
He already did that (about the second chechen war), and this the most modern conflict that there is right now
Pretty sure he already did.
@@Llamajake777 My bad I forgot
"Join us next year for the 2023 recap" sounds a lot like "I cant wait for season 2 of Chernobyl" 😂
I dont know, sounds like a war to me. Calling it a "conflict" is just outrageous
Israel-Palestine "conflict"
Afghanistan-Taliban "conflict"
India-China "border conflict"
but when white people dies, its WAR 😂
At the beginning of the invasion you missed the north , Chernihiv , it was occupied more than a month. I am from this city .
He had to skip over most stuff, since that would take a far longer video.
It's sad to hear.
I love it that you included the most important thing of the video. That a Florida Man possessed a Russian BTR. No partiality and 100 % neutrality and facts. Thanks The Armchair Historian
The Biden’s make a lot of money in Ukraine
I wouldn’t say, he is talking about a dubious referendum in the Crimea and about a 100% execution in Bucha by Russians, but there were no investigations. The same pictures in the buchi were days after the Russians left, but the corpses were fresh. Remind me what happens to the blood?
@@Kampotik Bucha was done by Ukranians, that's a cold and hard to swallow fact, but it's true.
more like full on Ukrainian lies mixed with few facts.
but why they would do that? to blame russians for it and get more ammunition from west? @@interpl6089
this is a good, unbiased summary but I hope you release a video that goes more in depth into the battles and tactics of the war! drone warfare, HIMARS and restored WWII tanks would be fun to watch covered in armchair historian style
There is no unbiased summary of the war
@@imbasingexactly
@@imbasingbetter even there is no unbiased summery of EVERY war.
But this is as unbiased as it can get
I would love to see you cover the Anglo-Irish war of the 1920s
northern ireland: 🚗💥💣
This video is simply perfect. Super great picture quality, wisely structured material, real story of what happened and still happening in Ukraine. The only mismatch - this is not a "conflict" or "crisis". It's a full scale war which will spread all over the Europe if Ukraine falls. I'm really grateful to you and your team for this masterpiece!)
We will not attack Europe, if Ukraine falls, no one will touch you, we are tired of you seeing us as monsters who want to take over the whole world, stop, damn it, doing it!
@@Tyomih If Russia were to succeed completely in Ukraine and able to keep going (that's two big ifs right there) it would make perfect sense to at least keep going though Moldova, since they've already payed the internal and geopolitical cost of going to war.
@@Tyomih Tell that to Putin, who called the USSR "historical Russia" three days before the start of the war.
Європі нема чого боятись, більшість Європейських країн що мають кордон з росією та Україною - в НАТО. А росія ніколи не піде війною на цілий військовий альянс
@@extines як ми вже побачили, НАТО не має бажання перемогти рашизм. путлер порушив всі міжнародні безпекові закони, які тілки міг і зараз ще готує підрив АЕС для створення радіоаційної катастрофи, яка, також, торкнеться країн НАТО. Реакція НАТО? Жодної. путлер теж це бачить. Він розуміє тілки силу, а НАТО демонструє лише безхребетність. Тому на Україні він не буде зупинятись - бо навіщо? Там далі рай для гопника - країни з купою грошей, захист яких може тілки "обурюватись", але "не провокувати" агресора. Україна - це зараз єдиний захист для країн НАТО і багато з них це розуміють.
If I'm correct, Russia did send an 8 point draft to Ukraine before the war started and the US turned it down, even right now the US is against Ukraine having peace with Russia.
Considering Russia was willing to gleefully ignore the Budapest Memorandum like nothing, what would there promise’s have been worth.
@@brandonlyon730 Because it would be enforced. Do you even know half the things Ukraine has done to its own people?
@@commandandconquer6303 So why wassn’t the Budapest Memorandum enforced and Russia actually followed it? Russia can’t say such things to what Ukraine did about “there people” considering they themselves didn’t care about what the Chechnya’s in there nation what they think after they bombed them into oblivion.
@@brandonlyon730 Ukraine used Azov to kill thousands of men women and children, Azov trapped hundreds of civilians in a train station with a false evacuation and you want to compare it to Russia? Ukraine used NAZIS and you want to say "well Russia did this".
Oh dose Ukraine want to bend the knee to Russia and the big bad USA is keeping that from happening?