00:00 Attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant 01:29 Massive drone attacks 03:58 Strengthening of Moscow's air defense 04:57 Attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant 07:07 Alternative versions 10:22 The situation at the front 13:20 Build-up of Ukrainian forces 14:55 The number of Ukrainian troops 16:04 Problems of the Ukrainian army 17:28 Logistics and geography 19:02 US risks and concerns 20:44 Risks for Ukrainian forces 22:43 Strategy and logistics 26:00 Questions to Zelensky 30:00 Fear of the Russian offensive 32:45 Fear of Russian invasion 35:01 Preemptive offensive plan 37:46 Fighting on the Kursk Bulge 44:43 Destruction of equipment and air defense systems 48:27 Pentagon Recommendations 49:17 Experts and Russia's strategy 51:04 Russian Tactics 52:27 Fighting and promotion of Ukrainians 53:22 Composition of the Russian troops 55:23 The situation in the Kursk region 57:00 Reporting problems 58:29 The situation at the front 01:00:24 Commanders and the offensive 01:02:49 Shelling and attacks 01:04:44 Evacuation and control of territories 01:06:40 Fighting in Novogradovka 01:08:22 The situation in Mikhaylovka and Selidovo 01:10:12 The situation in Pokrovsk and Novogrodovka 01:12:46 The situation in Mirgorod and Pokrovsk 01:15:34 Problems with recruits 01:20:48 The situation in Toretsk and Kupyansk 01:23:43 The situation in Volchansk and Donbas 01:24:40 Kursk offensive operation 01:25:38 The economic situation in Ukraine 01:26:10 Military prospects 01:27:03 Political and military events 01:28:00 Conclusion and call for subscription
@@richardkuklinski6537 GB become KGB. Official statistics for the beginning of this week. 1,117 arrests have been made, and official charges have already been filed against 677 protesters. And this is just the beginning, according to the Royal Prosecution Service. The work of the prosecutors has officially been switched to a round-the-clock mode, without breaks and weekends. This means, according to The Guardian newspaper, that "all day, every day, courts across the country will be filled with rioters who will face the consequences of their actions." Such a regime of punitive authorities in Britain has already been called "fast justice".
'The American's knew nothing about the Kursk Operation' I openly say bullshit! There is no way Ukraine could enact such an operation without US/NATO suplied and supported ISTAR/ISR period!
00:00 Attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant 01:29 Massive drone attacks 03:58 Strengthening of Moscow's air defense 04:57 Attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant 07:07 Alternative versions 10:22 The situation at the front 13:20 Build-up of Ukrainian forces 14:55 The number of Ukrainian troops 16:04 Problems of the Ukrainian army 17:28 Logistics and geography 19:02 US risks and concerns 20:44 Risks for Ukrainian forces 22:43 Strategy and logistics 26:00 Questions to Zelensky 30:00 Fear of the Russian offensive 32:45 Fear of Russian invasion 35:01 Preemptive offensive plan 37:46 Fighting on the Kursk Bulge 44:43 Destruction of equipment and air defense systems 48:27 Pentagon Recommendations 49:17 Experts and Russia's strategy 51:04 Russian Tactics 52:27 Fighting and promotion of Ukrainians 53:22 Composition of the Russian troops 55:23 The situation in the Kursk region 57:00 Reporting problems 58:29 The situation at the front 01:00:24 Commanders and the offensive 01:02:49 Shelling and attacks 01:04:44 Evacuation and control of territories 01:06:40 Fighting in Novogradovka 01:08:22 The situation in Mikhaylovka and Selidovo 01:10:12 The situation in Pokrovsk and Novogrodovka 01:12:46 The situation in Mirgorod and Pokrovsk 01:15:34 Problems with recruits 01:20:48 The situation in Toretsk and Kupyansk 01:23:43 The situation in Volchansk and Donbas 01:24:40 Kursk offensive operation 01:25:38 The economic situation in Ukraine 01:26:10 Military prospects 01:27:03 Political and military events 01:28:00 Conclusion and call for subscription
Ukraine’s actions are not the actions of a rational actor that has a plan. They are the irrational actions of a desperate actor who sees its end approaching.
@@Theone-bc7tr It seems that Zel got a free ride on an F-16 and we are paying for it. Subsidized tourism. Visit Ukraine and get the thrill of your life in an F-16 piloted by a UK pilot in Ukr uniform.
@@pindapoy1596 yes that's what cowards do, put on others countries uniform. That won't help them when they get caught. Russia doesn't trade prisoners when they are mercenaries so those in Ukraine uniforms will never return home if captured or they surrender.
Ukraine abandoning heavily fortified towns and cities in the Donbass to go fight in no man's land in enemy territory consisting of mainly farms and forests will go down in history as one of the worst blunders in military history.
@TeunisMarinus It will be studied in military colleges for decades to come in particular the battles of Mariupol, Soledar, Bahkmut, Avedeevka, Krasnohorivka etc.
@@ailinofaolin8897 yes, as examples of how to waste hundreds of thousands of lives to take cities that combined had less inhabitants than how many soldiers died taking them
Attacking a nuclear power plant is evil. Russia has avoided doing this to Ukraine. Also killing and abusing civilians seems to be a mark of the Kiev regime. Russia treats its prisoners of war well, once again showing the moral difference between the two cultures, one that defeated fascism, and one that celebrates it!
The WSJ already recognizes that the initial plan of the West was to capture the Kursk nuclear power plant and the entry of Ukrainians into Kursk. But there is a caveat - the Ukrainian military had only 7 days to do this. And they failed.@@arthurtane1557
@@arthurtane1557You say 3,000 Russian troops were captured in kursk, citing The Moscow Times, a rather unreliable newspaper published in the Netherlands. I'd rather believe more reliable sources.
Anyone who has studied or even seen the original film, "The last 10 days", will recognize the drugged delusional leader in 1945 and see the parallel with Zelensky. He needs to leave, one way or another.
The difference is that Zelinsky has a handler who is based in Washington. I am starting to wonder if the USA and the UK did not use the Moustache man as a proxy against Russia. Why did the UK and the USA not start a 2nd front in 1942 to relieve the pressure off the Russians? It seems it was a plan to destroy Russia back then already.
The EU ruled by those who want only to hear themselves, is on course to crash, then crumble, and finally be seen as the worst thing for the western continent.
The delusion is that this would be a special operation. The special operation has failed. This is Putin's bloodbath. Putin is the delusional instigator.
To call it a ukrainian war or ukrainian anything is deeply deeply misleading. Ukraine is only the unfortunate stage for a usa war, not a proxy war but a usa war. The usa planned it, organized it, funded it, directed it and continues it for as long as the usa pleases. It is so important to properly identify the principals involved! Ukraine and the vast majority of Ukrainians are victims of this particular usa agitation and aggression just as the Russians are. Without the usa there would never have been anything but peace in ukraine. Except for some useful extremists used by the usa the Ukrainians are great people. The usa stole the government from the ukrainian people and thus rendered them voiceless and powerless as the usa regime placed in ukraine only listens to the usa. The usa has since their theft of the ukraine government used the nation and it's people as a battering ram against Russia. The plan of using nations for usa purposes is nothing new or unusual. The usa uses the whole planet this way and has for centuries. All usa institutions including universities and ngos and any other usa funded entity are encouraged strongly to sell whatever the usa decides to the world. Usa citizens are used just as much as the media to buy into and sell the usa plan -- or else!
So ............ using your logic you can't call this a Russian war either as its the Communist People's of China which is keeping Russia afloat economically while North Korea now supplies fourth-rate munitions to the struggling Russian Empire.
Typical pro-Russian rant post that discounts Ukraine's existence as a country in the usual fashion along with an attempt to discount any Russian responsibility for the war which is of course obviously massive...
NATO is not a defensive alliance. They illegally bombed Yugoslavia (direct violation of the UN Charter). We must never forget what they did to Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, Syria etc. NATO needs to understand that playing Russian roulette with a nuclear superpower is never a good idea....
@Vedioviswritingservice Lots of selfies from that grocery store all but proves this was a social media campaign not a real combat operation, now they're all brown bread or captured what a waste of resources.
estimated losses for Ukraine according to nato Admiral Bob Bauer since the start of SMO Ukraine have lost 675,000 men with 900,000 injured, many never to return to the battle front. He went on to say Nato chiefs estimate in tye same time have lost 90,000 men with 150,000 injured. He went on to say " one day soon there must be negotiations of some sort"
Thank you for the hard work in providing information to the people of all colors and faiths united together in the quest for global equality and justice.
Idk, Austin is a completely incompetent DEI hire, the not. Cees have had too much success, it leads me to believe Austin had nothing to do with it. Austin is a very dimwitted guy, he has no clue how to lead soldiers across the street to the bus stop let alone invade Russia. You could be right, but I’d be shocked Austin (a simple house fixture of the elites) is anything more than a warm body in a suit with a built in insurance policy against criticism
He probably was in it but I wont be surprised if he wasn't - he is black and while they will use him,he will never really be part of them. Just look at Colin Powell how he was used with the display at the UN.
One of the ambitions of Ukra-NATO with this Kursk operation will surely have been to demonstrate that "We're able to run a Blitzkrieg offensive against the Russians, we're able to make big, decisive advances in just a week or two, and there's nothing they can do to stop us!" (an implied contrast with the mostly slow-moving frontlines in the Donbass) - and if that was the goal then it has, once again, FAILED. 🔥Ukraine hasn't managed to take any of the key targets, especially not the Kurchatovsk nuclear plant (instead they are firing drones at it, the height of recklessness!). Now, NATO fans like to imagine that every modern ground invasion could and should look like the 2003 Iraq war and if you can't do it like that, then you should just stand back and leave it to those who can!" /implied to be the US(. Kursk proves, once again, how deluded it is to think that way. In today's world, a Blitzkrieg is only possible when you're faced with a really weak or under-supplied enemy.
Except Now The United West Are Getting Tired of Russian Federation Rethoric and Will Start Upping the Response over the Next Months, Alexander is Not Stupid But Is Giving Physical indicators of Lying, The Little Touch of The Back of the Ear/head , Same as Chemical Ali
@@TeunisMarinus everywhere. You welcome: Another minus two Patriot air defense systems in the Lyubimovka area of the Dnipropetrovsk region. The number of published obituaries of the AFU reached the 494.000 mark, as of today. A wrecked power grid, the loss of 20% of their territory (so far), and hundreds of thousands dead, wounded, or missing. The 45 million strong Ukraine that received those lofty promises so long ago is now a shattered and battered husk with perhaps 25 million citizens left.
Mid-last-year, certain members of the US Congress proposed sending Ukraine tactical nukes. Remember that Joseph R. Biden Jnr removed the "No" from No first use of nuclear weapons.
Alexandre always a pleasure to hear you give a break down on Russia's special military operation and the Ukraine's NATO forces its terrible people getting killed on all sides, sadly tearful the world is in a deep depression emotionally, how does this happen its utterly madness gone wild. God bless 'King Queen and country' 'Almighty God Hashem' hear the cries of your children they need thy love Amen Amen Amen.
the attacks on the ferry was coming from Romania. nato is flying from romania and shoots towards crimeia. that is a fact. same as the drones towards Moscow came from estonia.
Russian side wants to pretend that its not the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacking deep into Russia and Crimea. The railroad ferry to Crimea was destroyed by Ukrainian made Neptune missiles (not drones). Sites all over Western Russia have been hit by Ukrainian-made drones and much infrastructure and airfield supply dumps have been destroyed by those drones..
When I interact with others of a different persuasion (anti-Russian) on war channels all too often the other person wants to persist to the point of ad nauseam, in other words they just want to string me along. In doing so the arguments they present become less persuasive and sillier and reveal the childish and immature nature of their thoughts. I hasten to add that not everyone I engage with behaves in this way. Honest argument is welcome as are some forms of banter. But with some people I am left wondering what am I dealing with.
I agree. One feels like an idiot trying to talk to a Wall of stupidity. Most comments are made by fryed brains, totally propaganda zombiefied. No use to explain things for them. Good day
They suffer from "Terminal wishfull thinking", and are unwilling to confront the facts of the situation which led to and exacerbate the present Ukraine conflict.
Hi pamela. Why dont you chance that text.? It so cringe to writeh the same thing every day. Nothing of personality , c'mon cant be that square for real. Say something worth reading. No offence, just saying. Good day Mam.
As long as Russians can contain Ukrainians in Russia, there is no reason to recapture the territory. It's very advantageous for Russians to keep the best of Ukrainian military assets and troops on hold somewhere in the woods, while they progress on the real front line.
Russia has applied the traditional "Kutuzov theory": sacrificing territory to buy time to address a priority task. Western experts quickly labeled the delay in repelling the Ukrainian attack as a sign of "complete disorganization of the Russian army." However, the Russian military was focused on a different priority: achieving a breakthrough at Pokrovsk. As Ukrainian troops advanced deeper into Russian territory, they began to feel cornered, seeing more opportunities to attack but also facing greater risks. Kyiv attempted to frame its offensive as a success and to occupy Russian territory, but I see no realistic military means for them to achieve this. The goals of their breakthrough were unclear at first glance, and Ukrainian soldiers would have had to control large areas, when they were needed in Donbass. Now, Moscow's main objective is to capture Pokrovsk, the largest logistics hub supplying Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines. The Ukrainian Armed Forces crossed the border with ease and initially encountered little resistance, which turned out to be a trap. If the Ukrainians continue to advance, they may find themselves surrounded. Ukraine's strategy to attack the Kursk region in order to divert Russian troops away from Donbass has not succeeded. Consequently, the Russian army continues its advance towards key areas to maintain balance on the front lines. Additionally, the Wall Street Journal has recognized that the initial plan of the West was to seize the Kursk nuclear power plant and establish a foothold in Kursk. However, there was a critical limitation-the Ukrainian military had only seven days to accomplish this, and they failed.
00:07 Ukrainian attempted attack on Kursk nuclear power plant 03:18 Ukrainian attempts to attack Kursk nuclear power plant 09:26 Ukraine's failed attempt to capture Kursk nuclear power plant 12:29 U.S. planning to send $125 million of military equipment to Ukraine 18:40 Challenges faced by Ukrainians in building up forces near Kursk region 21:23 Ukraine's unclear long-term objectives in holding captured territory 26:35 Ukrainians persist with operation despite losses and unclear objectives 29:28 Speculation on Ukrainian strategy and Russian offensive 35:07 Ukraine launched a pre-emptive offensive to seize a nuclear power plant. 37:53 Ukrainians resist K counter offensive at high cost 43:15 Russian defense Ministry says group of forces North repelled Ukrainian attacks 46:06 Ukrainian losses in military equipment are significant 51:37 Russian troops control Zone south of fortifications 54:27 Russian military units in Kos region are well-equipped and preparing for an offensive. 59:57 Russian forces, numbering over 100,000, are pushing towards Pakros. 1:02:46 Russians intensifying attacks on key supply road in Ukraine 1:08:07 Russian troops advancing towards Mikova village 1:11:04 Russian troops entering Novogrodovka 1:16:24 Ukrainian troops lack training and motivation 1:18:40 Terrified new recruits fleeing causing panic and chaos 1:24:03 Ukrainian defense at risk in Kursk and Sumi regions 1:26:56 Russian troops enter Novogrodovka Crafted by Merlin AI.
This insertion into Russia by Ukraine has some similarity to General Custer's maneuver in which Custer had split his forces. The end of which is history.
Looking at the sheep in the field outside my window, I do not see any of them trying to kill other sheep to get at the best grass. Which are the animals ? The sheep or us.
Washington is not worried about the losses Ukraine is suffering, Alexander, they are worried about the imagery and narrative that this has turned into a war in which BOTH protagonists are guilty of invading each other!
On the preemptive Kursk strike hypothesis: the operation began in mid August and the rasputitsa begins probably at the end of September. This could be seen as preventing a Russian strike until next summer. There are relatively few roads in Sumy/Chernigiv regions so the effect of mud and even snow would be more pronounced here than in the Donbas.
Mercouris never speaks flippantly but with a sobre understanding of the horrifying reality of what is happening. Few have dedicated themselves with so much energy, work and detailed day to day commitment to the communication of facts based, comprehensive and truthful reporting. Whether it is Ukrainian or Russian life that is lost, Mercouris speaks with unfailing compassion, empathy - but also dismay at the folly of men. Mercouris’ service to the noble cause of presenting profoundly pondered, balanced and facts based reporting is a rare thing in today’s dark propaganda ridden world. Mercouris even states: « That is a calous way of putting it since we are talking about human lives. But a war of attrition which is what this is, is a calous business. »
@@andrew30m Russia did not invade Ukraine, Ukraine stopped existing as a sovereign state after 2014 American backed and sponsored coup d'état. Russia invaded American proxy on its border, the US would do much worse to Mexico or Canada in a similar situation. UN is usless after USA violate it so many times
Kursk offensive lauched by Ukrainian forces was orchestrated with the assistance of the British military, Polish army, and the CIA, alongside some Nato allies. Observations indicate a significant level of disorganisation with West. Notably, some analysts suggest that the Pentagon was unaware of the kursk operation, and when it faltered, the CIA reached out to the Pentagon for support. Historically, great empires have often faced decline or collapse following military conflicts. The disastrous campaign in Russia significantly undermined Napoleon' s force and reputation, initiating the decline of his empire and culminating in his defeat and abdication in 1814. Similarly, the collapse of operation barbarissa and subsequent setbacks on the Eastern front critically reduced Nazy German's military strength and paving the way for a relentless soviet advance that contributed to its downfall. Moreover, the British empire experienced a decline largely attributed to the impacts of World War 2. It's not the sole factor.
pentagon and germany are taking great efforts to deny involvement in the kursks incursion, a clear indication that they indeed masterminded this bankrupt idea, even deploying special nato forces to ensure success in capturing the nuclear plant. russian defense system, aerial power, leaving ukr/nato forces no hard military targets forcing them to attack soft civilian facilities.
Loyd Austin trying to play innocent in the Kursk attack in Russia territory as this is perceived as American attack undertaken by their Ukranian proxy in which case, Russia will retaliate using its own proxy in Iraq & Syria attacking US bases in Syria and Iraq!
Русские в Курске: Добро пожаловать в отель «Калифорния». The West was correct about the cost to Russia in respect to that area. It will cost Russia in the sense of home certificates and interest suspensions during building for homes damaged or destroyed. The cost to Ukraine according to the RFAF is approximately 16,000 dead and or wounded across the front. That is between approximately 3,000 and 6,000 more than the weekly averages over the past months.
Why should Ukraine surrender ?? Russia hasn't done military thing one to compel the Ukrainians to surrender. 90% plus of exchanged UA troops have been tortured by the Russians. UA civilian leaders know if the Russian occupy their home districts while they are around that they would probably be 'disappeared' into Putin's GULAGS. That is how Russia rolls , everyone knows it... So "nemaye" on surrender comrade...
Russia has claimed that Ukraine has already lost over 5,000 troops. That's over one entire brigade. I doubt they can keep this up. Polish troops have begun to amass on the borders of Kaliningrad.
UKRAINE, TWO NATIONS IN ONE THAT MUST PART IN THE NAME OF PEACE In terms of language, culture, history, fraternal/family affiliations and religious persuasion Ukraine is the most socially fractured nation on the planet. The divide between west and east Ukraine could not be more stark. They not only speak different languages but now belong to two separate branches of the Christian church. Those in the east, the Russian-speaking population were happy to live in peace with their Ukrainian-speaking neighbours. The heart of the problem is that the ultra-nationalist ethnic Ukrainians who live live predominantly in western Ukraine set out on a mission from 2014 onward to eliminate the Russian language and if necessary the Russian-speaking population, from Ukraine. It was in 2014 that a large mob of insurrectionists comprising extremely violent nationalists overthrew the democratically-elected president and government of Ukraine. The authorities that dominated Ukraine from that moment on were essentially illegal and featured some of the most extreme figures from the nationalist political elites. These extremists were massively helped into power with $5,000,000,000 of U.S. taxpayers’ money via the NGO, ‘National Endowment for Democracy’. A leaked phone call between the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and the Assistant Secretary of State was published at the time. In it they were heard discussing who they would allow to be in the illegal government to come. From 2014 onward the ultranationalists were to rule Ukraine by one means or another. The primary factor which gave them power was not their numbers as they were a force of ten to twenty thousand active members led by a few dozen politicians. Several of those politicians however were to become ministers in the new government. The main factor which provided those who took over and those on the streets who enforced their will, was fear. Just as Hitler and his brownshirts started as a small group of largely ignored thugs by one means or another they managed to gain powers. Just as the small number of swastika-bearing nationalists have in Ukraine. As police were being killed by rioters bearing revolvers, hunting rifles, clubs, heavy chains, bricks, Molotov cocktails and toxic sprays in Kiev, the Russian=speaking population in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine looked on in both disgust and fear. The country they shared with the ethnic Ukrainians was being torn apart. Yet the Ukrainians in the west of the country who had taken over the government had no wish or intent to allow the Russian-speaking population to live in peace. They were now to be forced to abandon their language, their affiliation with their neighbours directly across the border, the Russians (with whome they had intermarried for generations) and the essentially Russian culture that was an inherent feature of their everyday lives. Added to all of this was the respect and thanks which generation after generation in that part of Ukraine had felt toward Russia for liberating them from the Nazis during WWII. In the western lands of Ukraine there was no such feeling for Russia and the Russians that those in the east felt so strongly. In fact during WWII many thousands of them had joined Nazi divisions in order to take part in Operation Barbarossa to fight and kill Russians. It is said that the Nazis feared these divisions especially as they were even more ruthless and bloodthirsty than themselves. Those who fought with the Nazis during this time generated a cult of Nazism and ultranationalist barbarity that exists in western Ukraine to this day. Hence the fear among the Russian-speaking population in the east when it became clear that their democratic right to choose the president and government of their choice had been wrenched from them in a coup. The real fear for their lives, language, culture and history within eastern Ukraine on seeing the mass ultra-violence with which the rioters took power, generated the movement in the east that led to demands for autonomy there in order to safeguard and protect all of these. With an absolute minimum of violence local administrative offices were taken over and ultimately led to the establishment of two republics in eastern Ukraine, the Donetsk Peoples Republic and the Lugansk Peoples Republic (DPR & LPR). In the face of torch-bearing modern day Nazis whose chants sent a direct message to them that there world was to be destroyed and replaced the Russian-speaking majority in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine HAD to take matters into their hands. In truth any other option would have meant the extinction of all they loved and quite possibly, through ethnic cleansing or mass murder their disappearance altogether from their homeland. Vladimir Putin saw all this in 2014 but due to the relative weakness of a Russian Federation that was still recovering from the catastrophic fall of the Soviet Union he was only able to save the Russian-speaking people of the Crimean peninsula at that time. Though he had every sympathy with the plight of those in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, the best he was able to do was send convoys of humanitarian aid. That and initiating the process which became known as the Minsk Accords where discussions took place in a forum consisting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany. Regular meetings were held from 2015 to late 2021. In 2021 however, it became clear that neither the Ukrainian regime, nor the leaders of France and Germany had any intention of adhering to their commitments. The Minsk Accords, which were meant to bring a safeguarding level of autonomy to the Donbass, and lead to reconciliation and peace, had been used merely as a stalling technique by those determined to find their solution through warfare. Thus, in February 2022, left with no good options to gain a peaceful settlement through negotiations Vladimir Putin sought to intimidate the Ukrainian president Zelensky into living up to his presidential campaign promises to seek peace. Despite having built the Ukrainian army to NATO standards and readied massive fortifications to engage in war, Vladimir Putin sought one last route to peace, not war. Sending troops to Kiev and various other strategic locations Putin hoped he could stave off the necessity for outright war. He hoped Zeensky would realise his position was hopeless and so agree to providing the Russian-speakers of the Donbass the security, safety through autonomy that Minsk had been designed to bring about. In those early days of what was named the ‘Special Military Operation’ negotiations began first in Belarus then in Istanbul in Turkey. An agreement was very close where Ukraine would agree not to join NATO and all other issues would be discussed by the leaders of the two nations. Just as the negotiations should every sign that they would ultimately deliver peace, Boris Johnson, the then British prime minister, arrived in Kiev to persuade Zelensky that war, not peace was the best option. The intervention of Boris Johnson with his offers of virtually unlimited financial and military support for the Kiev regime caused Zelensky to end the negotiations that had appeared so close to a successful conclusion. We all know what has taken place from those fateful moments to these. A figure in excess of 600,000 casualties, dead and wounded, massive destruction and a divide between the two nations of Ukraine that could never, ever be mended. Once the West-assisted insurrection in Ukraine’s capital to take down its president and government succeeded, all else was essentially inevitable. The two nations of Ukraine that had lived virtually in almost constant peace and harmony in modern times was broken, though still forced to stay together by a regime in Kiev that through the sponsorship of the West believed it could take back the Donbass by force. From February 24th 2022 the Russian president and the Russian military set out to find a way to the peace that could only come to the east that remained possible. All other routes had been closed by the Kiev regime and the western powers. Russia set out to do the only thing that remained possible in the circumstances, face down a regime and military that had embraced a new Nazism backed by western powers determined to use the Ukrainians as tools with which to weaken Russia. The West is waging a war of many facets against the rising nations of Eurasia, Asia, the Middle East and Far East that threaten the dictatorial global power they assert as their god-given right. That a war torn nation of two different nationalities would be sacrificed in the process was of little concern. Two ethnic peoples, one who looked west, the other east were subjects of sacrifice for ignoble ends. Two peoples, two nations that deserved so much better than the travesty of nationalism that breeds hatred there, tearing them ever further apart. You can find me as AEARNUR on Substack.
Ukraine is fine on it's own, as long as their government isn't overthrown by my imperialist country. Why should the actions of my nation thousands of miles away reflect their natural ability to co-exist as one nation?
Kiev was the original cultural source of Orthodox Christians and the name "Kievan Rus" is the viking name rus for boat when the Rurik dynasty created a trading post named Kiev for trade with the Vikings/Verangians/Scandinavian long boats that crossed the Baltic sea to get into Novgorod and trade with those slavic peoples who eventually became known over centuries as the russians from the keyword "Rus" of the Kievan Rus traders.
Austin goes to ask Ukraine what he already knows to give the impression - ohhh we don't know about this Ukraine adventure in Kursk seriously!! I thought all hardare was being monitored, but also yanks are providing a greart deal of on the ground forces
Well, two things are true: 1) the Ukrainians have yet to capture Alexander's room, and 2) the only suit and tie Alexander owns are in his TH-cam profile picture.
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00:00 Attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant
01:29 Massive drone attacks
03:58 Strengthening of Moscow's air defense
04:57 Attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant
07:07 Alternative versions
10:22 The situation at the front
13:20 Build-up of Ukrainian forces
14:55 The number of Ukrainian troops
16:04 Problems of the Ukrainian army
17:28 Logistics and geography
19:02 US risks and concerns
20:44 Risks for Ukrainian forces
22:43 Strategy and logistics
26:00 Questions to Zelensky
30:00 Fear of the Russian offensive
32:45 Fear of Russian invasion
35:01 Preemptive offensive plan
37:46 Fighting on the Kursk Bulge
44:43 Destruction of equipment and air defense systems
48:27 Pentagon Recommendations
49:17 Experts and Russia's strategy
51:04 Russian Tactics
52:27 Fighting and promotion of Ukrainians
53:22 Composition of the Russian troops
55:23 The situation in the Kursk region
57:00 Reporting problems
58:29 The situation at the front
01:00:24 Commanders and the offensive
01:02:49 Shelling and attacks
01:04:44 Evacuation and control of territories
01:06:40 Fighting in Novogradovka
01:08:22 The situation in Mikhaylovka and Selidovo
01:10:12 The situation in Pokrovsk and Novogrodovka
01:12:46 The situation in Mirgorod and Pokrovsk
01:15:34 Problems with recruits
01:20:48 The situation in Toretsk and Kupyansk
01:23:43 The situation in Volchansk and Donbas
01:24:40 Kursk offensive operation
01:25:38 The economic situation in Ukraine
01:26:10 Military prospects
01:27:03 Political and military events
01:28:00 Conclusion and call for subscription
The British government needs to investigate you as a foreign agent
@@damn6 Use fab-ulous fried pork ribs instead of popcorn.
@@richardkuklinski6537 GB become KGB. Official statistics for the beginning of this week. 1,117 arrests have been made, and official charges have already been filed against 677 protesters. And this is just the beginning, according to the Royal Prosecution Service. The work of the prosecutors has officially been switched to a round-the-clock mode, without breaks and weekends. This means, according to The Guardian newspaper, that "all day, every day, courts across the country will be filled with rioters who will face the consequences of their actions." Such a regime of punitive authorities in Britain has already been called "fast justice".
'The American's knew nothing about the Kursk Operation'
I openly say bullshit! There is no way Ukraine could enact such an operation without US/NATO suplied and supported ISTAR/ISR period!
EU seems to be ok with Ukraine bombing nuclear power plants, even though they themselves will be badly affected by radioactivity, this is insane.
It’s what they want dude, they seem to have a plan we’re not aware of
I'm disgusted in my zionist puppet government here in the uk 🇬🇧 love for Russia 🇷🇺 ❤
Oh it makes SOME sense : the radioactivity won't be a problem at a luxury bolthole in the Caribbean....
the EU Commission is criminally insane.
@@TomasFunes-rt8rdRussian subs lurk around Miami and have a friendly port in Cuba.
00:00 Attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant
01:29 Massive drone attacks
03:58 Strengthening of Moscow's air defense
04:57 Attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant
07:07 Alternative versions
10:22 The situation at the front
13:20 Build-up of Ukrainian forces
14:55 The number of Ukrainian troops
16:04 Problems of the Ukrainian army
17:28 Logistics and geography
19:02 US risks and concerns
20:44 Risks for Ukrainian forces
22:43 Strategy and logistics
26:00 Questions to Zelensky
30:00 Fear of the Russian offensive
32:45 Fear of Russian invasion
35:01 Preemptive offensive plan
37:46 Fighting on the Kursk Bulge
44:43 Destruction of equipment and air defense systems
48:27 Pentagon Recommendations
49:17 Experts and Russia's strategy
51:04 Russian Tactics
52:27 Fighting and promotion of Ukrainians
53:22 Composition of the Russian troops
55:23 The situation in the Kursk region
57:00 Reporting problems
58:29 The situation at the front
01:00:24 Commanders and the offensive
01:02:49 Shelling and attacks
01:04:44 Evacuation and control of territories
01:06:40 Fighting in Novogradovka
01:08:22 The situation in Mikhaylovka and Selidovo
01:10:12 The situation in Pokrovsk and Novogrodovka
01:12:46 The situation in Mirgorod and Pokrovsk
01:15:34 Problems with recruits
01:20:48 The situation in Toretsk and Kupyansk
01:23:43 The situation in Volchansk and Donbas
01:24:40 Kursk offensive operation
01:25:38 The economic situation in Ukraine
01:26:10 Military prospects
01:27:03 Political and military events
01:28:00 Conclusion and call for subscription
Appreciated
Very much appreciated!
"AI" can be wonderfull
Thank you for your great work, Alexander ❤👏🏻
Ukraine’s actions are not the actions of a rational actor that has a plan. They are the irrational actions of a desperate actor who sees its end approaching.
Desperate move by Ukraine and everyone with a working brain knows it.
@elysianfields1671 You have forgotten that F-16 hve arrived in Ukr. The results are so far kept secret..
@@pindapoy1596 haha oh yes another game changer haha 😄
@@Theone-bc7tr It seems that Zel got a free ride on an F-16 and we are paying for it. Subsidized tourism.
Visit Ukraine and get the thrill of your life in an F-16 piloted by a UK pilot in Ukr uniform.
@@pindapoy1596 yes that's what cowards do, put on others countries uniform. That won't help them when they get caught. Russia doesn't trade prisoners when they are mercenaries so those in Ukraine uniforms will never return home if captured or they surrender.
Ukraine abandoning heavily fortified towns and cities in the Donbass to go fight in no man's land in enemy territory consisting of mainly farms and forests will go down in history as one of the worst blunders in military history.
Vladolf Phutlers SMO will go down in history as one of the worst blunders in military history.
It’s a money laundering scheme for Ukraine. Just look at who the dictator is.
@TeunisMarinus It will be studied in military colleges for decades to come in particular the battles of Mariupol, Soledar, Bahkmut, Avedeevka, Krasnohorivka etc.
yes it is right up there with US invasion of Afghanistan and Iraqi.
@@ailinofaolin8897 yes, as examples of how to waste hundreds of thousands of lives to take cities that combined had less inhabitants than how many soldiers died taking them
Thank you Alexander. 🙏
Attacking a nuclear power plant is evil. Russia has avoided doing this to Ukraine. Also killing and abusing civilians seems to be a mark of the Kiev regime. Russia treats its prisoners of war well, once again showing the moral difference between the two cultures, one that defeated fascism, and one that celebrates it!
What attack? What make believe are you trying to sell?
The WSJ already recognizes that the initial plan of the West was to capture the Kursk nuclear power plant and the entry of Ukrainians into Kursk. But there is a caveat - the Ukrainian military had only 7 days to do this. And they failed.@@arthurtane1557
Laughable nonsense
Yes lets go with Putin's "lets pretend"
@@arthurtane1557You say 3,000 Russian troops were captured in kursk, citing The Moscow Times, a rather unreliable newspaper published in the Netherlands. I'd rather believe more reliable sources.
Excellent journalism, discussion and analysis
Off course the US knew about Kursk and you would be a fool to think otherwise.
Yet Russia knew as well ----------- and did nothing!
@@arthurtane1557 Exactly! They were fools.
Thank you.
Very good information.
Anyone who has studied or even seen the original film, "The last 10 days", will recognize the drugged delusional leader in 1945 and see the parallel with Zelensky.
He needs to leave, one way or another.
The difference is that Zelinsky has a handler who is based in Washington.
I am starting to wonder if the USA and the UK did not use the Moustache man as a proxy against Russia. Why did the UK and the USA not start a 2nd front in 1942 to relieve the pressure off the Russians? It seems it was a plan to destroy Russia back then already.
@@bernventer5949Funny you should say that…..
The EU ruled by those who want only to hear themselves, is on course to crash, then crumble, and finally be seen as the worst thing for the western continent.
@@quemades Just how funny? Enlighten us.
The delusion is that this would be a special operation. The special operation has failed. This is Putin's bloodbath. Putin is the delusional instigator.
Woke up early to catch your video Mr Mercouris. And as usual you did not disappoint . Thank you.
To call it a ukrainian war or ukrainian anything is deeply deeply misleading. Ukraine is only the unfortunate stage for a usa war, not a proxy war but a usa war. The usa planned it, organized it, funded it, directed it and continues it for as long as the usa pleases.
It is so important to properly identify the principals involved! Ukraine and the vast majority of Ukrainians are victims of this particular usa agitation and aggression just as the Russians are. Without the usa there would never have been anything but peace in ukraine. Except for some useful extremists used by the usa the Ukrainians are great people. The usa stole the government from the ukrainian people and thus rendered them voiceless and powerless as the usa regime placed in ukraine only listens to the usa. The usa has since their theft of the ukraine government used the nation and it's people as a battering ram against Russia. The plan of using nations for usa purposes is nothing new or unusual. The usa uses the whole planet this way and has for centuries. All usa institutions including universities and ngos and any other usa funded entity are encouraged strongly to sell whatever the usa decides to the world. Usa citizens are used just as much as the media to buy into and sell the usa plan -- or else!
a blackrock war
So ............ using your logic you can't call this a Russian war either as its the Communist People's of China which is keeping Russia afloat economically while North Korea now supplies fourth-rate munitions to the struggling Russian Empire.
Yes...yes...yes
Typical pro-Russian rant post that discounts Ukraine's existence as a country in the usual fashion along with an attempt to discount any Russian responsibility for the war which is of course obviously massive...
Don't forget all the later azov remnants from the 1940s era.
Thank you 🙏
GOD BLESS YOU DEAR SIR!!!!❤
NATO is not a defensive alliance. They illegally bombed Yugoslavia (direct violation of the UN Charter). We must never forget what they did to Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, Syria etc.
NATO needs to understand that playing Russian roulette with a nuclear superpower is never a good idea....
Austin is not going there to ask what they wanted to achieve...he goes there to ask why they didn't achieve anything.
Exactly
No he's not. He's going there for an extremely cheap European holiday. Apparently our Lloyd is notoriously tight.
Bang on mate.!
@@charliebridges3584 monkey pox
Thanks Alexander for all the work.
Modi hugging Zelinsky .... a sickening picture .... 😮
he will be hot with the Elinsky curse, soon ...
@@brigittehoffmann8965 He refused to sign on to Zelensk's Swiss summit communique.
Why not call things as they are and report that it is Nato that is again the aggressor?
He's frit
Thank you Mr Alexander for the update. God bless you.
God bless Russia and Russian people ❤
God does not bless invaders lead by a War Criminal.
And you think God has blessed the Russian people over the last 30 months? With what? With Human Waste?
@@arthurtane1557 So far the RF is blessed with 600.000 dead and wounded now tell me why?
So far the RF is blessed with 600.000 dead and wounded now tell me why?
Why is because the US can't keep its word and sees any other powerful country as a threat to be undermined.
Ask me a harder one!
Bonjour , merci beaucoup monsieur Alexander .
Thank you for your meticulous updates and analysis.
Ukraine didn't capture the Kursk power plant in three days. 🤡🔥
Lol
No they captured a well stocked grocery store in Sudhza. That's it so far.
@Vedioviswritingservice Lots of selfies from that grocery store all but proves this was a social media campaign not a real combat operation, now they're all brown bread or captured what a waste of resources.
@@VedioviswritingserviceMaybe they got 3 sausages 😂
estimated losses for Ukraine according to nato Admiral Bob Bauer since the start of SMO Ukraine have lost 675,000 men with 900,000 injured, many never to return to the battle front. He went on to say Nato chiefs estimate in tye same time have lost 90,000 men with 150,000 injured. He went on to say " one day soon there must be negotiations of some sort"
Thank you for the hard work in providing information to the people of all colors and faiths united together in the quest for global equality and justice.
western media arr struggling to hype thier news 😂
Desperate men do desperate things
@@LGD2051 Zelensky is the perfect example of a desperate cokehead dictator
Explains why Putin is doing some pretty desperate things atm
Yeah I call total BS on Austin not being actively involved in the implementation of this op. 😂
Idk, Austin is a completely incompetent DEI hire, the not. Cees have had too much success, it leads me to believe Austin had nothing to do with it. Austin is a very dimwitted guy, he has no clue how to lead soldiers across the street to the bus stop let alone invade Russia. You could be right, but I’d be shocked Austin (a simple house fixture of the elites) is anything more than a warm body in a suit with a built in insurance policy against criticism
He probably was in it but I wont be surprised if he wasn't - he is black and while they will use him,he will never really be part of them. Just look at Colin Powell how he was used with the display at the UN.
Austin is a DEI hire. No substance except body fat.
One of the ambitions of Ukra-NATO with this Kursk operation will surely have been to demonstrate that "We're able to run a Blitzkrieg offensive against the Russians, we're able to make big, decisive advances in just a week or two, and there's nothing they can do to stop us!" (an implied contrast with the mostly slow-moving frontlines in the Donbass) - and if that was the goal then it has, once again, FAILED. 🔥Ukraine hasn't managed to take any of the key targets, especially not the Kurchatovsk nuclear plant (instead they are firing drones at it, the height of recklessness!).
Now, NATO fans like to imagine that every modern ground invasion could and should look like the 2003 Iraq war and if you can't do it like that, then you should just stand back and leave it to those who can!" /implied to be the US(. Kursk proves, once again, how deluded it is to think that way. In today's world, a Blitzkrieg is only possible when you're faced with a really weak or under-supplied enemy.
Exactly
Except Now The United West Are Getting Tired of Russian Federation Rethoric and Will Start Upping the Response over the Next Months, Alexander is Not Stupid But Is Giving Physical indicators of Lying, The Little Touch of The Back of the Ear/head , Same as Chemical Ali
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True..!
The Iraq War sure did inflate their egos.
Thanks for good information ❤❤
Good evening to you sir,alex and the duran
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❤😊THANK YOU SIR
@@markduncan8227 waste of space troll
thank you Mr Mercouris
❤😊UKRAINE IS COLLAPSING.
Where???
@@TeunisMarinus everywhere. You welcome: Another minus two Patriot air defense systems in the Lyubimovka area of the Dnipropetrovsk region. The number of published obituaries of the AFU reached the 494.000 mark, as of today. A wrecked power grid, the loss of 20% of their territory (so far), and hundreds of thousands dead, wounded, or missing. The 45 million strong Ukraine that received those lofty promises so long ago is now a shattered and battered husk with perhaps 25 million citizens left.
@@efghggdxlmfn33Well summarized. That other dude is coping so hard.
@@Kain666yup. A lot of dead males , generation gone almost , and people living in squalor while the elites / oligarchs chillax
@@TeunisMarinus Everywhere, even the cities 100s of miles from the front have no electric and fuel son
Zelensky is becoming more and more mentally unsound. He will use nukes if he gets a chance.
Actually it has been Putin and his henchmen who repeatedly threaten the use of Nuclear weapons.
He has no nukes
@@mulli4454there is the reason why Ukraine got independence under condition of neutrality and no nuclear power
Mid-last-year, certain members of the US Congress proposed sending Ukraine tactical nukes. Remember that Joseph R. Biden Jnr removed the "No" from No first use of nuclear weapons.
Zelensky doesn't have any nukes. It's Vladimir that does, and he has threatened to use them more than once.
Excellent analysis Alexander 👍
No wonder everybody is trying to find an alibi about the Kursk disaster.
ALEX.THANKS FOR YOUR GOOD WORK.KEEP IT FLOWING.FROM MAU.
Zelensky is the new Bandera
Bandera means ‘flag’ in Spanish. Fag might be more appropriate.
Mr Zelensky is just an actor.
He is an accomplice to the new Pandora!
Ok but the short man in Kremlin isn't Stalin. So...
took three years for you to understand?!
i remember how they said Ukraine cannot be Nazi, with a Jew President.
Since when? when was Israel not Nazi?
Alexandre always a pleasure to hear you give a break down on Russia's special military operation and the Ukraine's NATO forces its terrible people getting killed on all sides, sadly tearful the world is in a deep depression emotionally, how does this happen its utterly madness gone wild.
God bless 'King Queen and country' 'Almighty God Hashem' hear the cries of your children they need thy love Amen Amen Amen.
How horrible and sad that anybody would want to set off a nuclear disaster
You mean Dmitry Medvedev constantly talking about nuking the west?
That too @@arthurtane1557
the attacks on the ferry was coming from Romania. nato is flying from romania and shoots towards crimeia. that is a fact.
same as the drones towards Moscow came from estonia.
Exactly
Russian side wants to pretend that its not the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacking deep into Russia and Crimea. The railroad ferry to Crimea was destroyed by Ukrainian made Neptune missiles (not drones). Sites all over Western Russia have been hit by Ukrainian-made drones and much infrastructure and airfield supply dumps have been destroyed by those drones..
Laughable nonsense when Ukraine has been able to attack across Russia at will.
When I interact with others of a different persuasion (anti-Russian) on war channels all too often the other person wants to persist to the point of ad nauseam, in other words they just want to string me along. In doing so the arguments they present become less persuasive and sillier and reveal the childish and immature nature of their thoughts. I hasten to add that not everyone I engage with behaves in this way. Honest argument is welcome as are some forms of banter. But with some people I am left wondering what am I dealing with.
They're probably State Dept AIs
I agree. One feels like an idiot trying to talk to a Wall of stupidity. Most comments are made by fryed brains, totally propaganda zombiefied. No use to explain things for them. Good day
They suffer from "Terminal wishfull thinking", and are unwilling to confront the facts of the situation which led to and exacerbate the present Ukraine conflict.
@@GreenIsland38 I like the expression. Terminal..... thats actually funny. Mind if I steal it ? Good day Sir. Ireland, is it ?
This was apparent 2 years ago
I hate how Alexander Mercouris must always give some credit of credibility to the Ukrainians' spins. Otherwise youtube would ban his program.
the UK has underwater drones that are up the rivers and launching drones and missiles. But they are not a part of this fight... lol
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Little Napolitano Bonaparte is trying too start WWIII..
Little Russia is remembering its military defeat and surrender of 1917!
@@arthurtane1557 , It's on the verge of surrendering to "Big Israel" and it's ex-president Zelensky.
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the nafo clowns continue to despair
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Hi pamela. Why dont you chance that text.? It so cringe to writeh the same thing every day. Nothing of personality , c'mon cant be that square for real. Say something worth reading. No offence, just saying. Good day Mam.
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As long as Russians can contain Ukrainians in Russia, there is no reason to recapture the territory. It's very advantageous for Russians to keep the best of Ukrainian military assets and troops on hold somewhere in the woods, while they progress on the real front line.
They sure will contain them forever. As Russian saying now,, you wanted Kursk, stay forever here ,,
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Russia has applied the traditional "Kutuzov theory": sacrificing territory to buy time to address a priority task. Western experts quickly labeled the delay in repelling the Ukrainian attack as a sign of "complete disorganization of the Russian army." However, the Russian military was focused on a different priority: achieving a breakthrough at Pokrovsk. As Ukrainian troops advanced deeper into Russian territory, they began to feel cornered, seeing more opportunities to attack but also facing greater risks. Kyiv attempted to frame its offensive as a success and to occupy Russian territory, but I see no realistic military means for them to achieve this. The goals of their breakthrough were unclear at first glance, and Ukrainian soldiers would have had to control large areas, when they were needed in Donbass. Now, Moscow's main objective is to capture Pokrovsk, the largest logistics hub supplying Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces crossed the border with ease and initially encountered little resistance, which turned out to be a trap. If the Ukrainians continue to advance, they may find themselves surrounded. Ukraine's strategy to attack the Kursk region in order to divert Russian troops away from Donbass has not succeeded. Consequently, the Russian army continues its advance towards key areas to maintain balance on the front lines. Additionally, the Wall Street Journal has recognized that the initial plan of the West was to seize the Kursk nuclear power plant and establish a foothold in Kursk. However, there was a critical limitation-the Ukrainian military had only seven days to accomplish this, and they failed.
I dont feel we are the good guys anymore.
Duh. Havent been for decades.
"are we the baddies ... ?!?"
00:07 Ukrainian attempted attack on Kursk nuclear power plant
03:18 Ukrainian attempts to attack Kursk nuclear power plant
09:26 Ukraine's failed attempt to capture Kursk nuclear power plant
12:29 U.S. planning to send $125 million of military equipment to Ukraine
18:40 Challenges faced by Ukrainians in building up forces near Kursk region
21:23 Ukraine's unclear long-term objectives in holding captured territory
26:35 Ukrainians persist with operation despite losses and unclear objectives
29:28 Speculation on Ukrainian strategy and Russian offensive
35:07 Ukraine launched a pre-emptive offensive to seize a nuclear power plant.
37:53 Ukrainians resist K counter offensive at high cost
43:15 Russian defense Ministry says group of forces North repelled Ukrainian attacks
46:06 Ukrainian losses in military equipment are significant
51:37 Russian troops control Zone south of fortifications
54:27 Russian military units in Kos region are well-equipped and preparing for an offensive.
59:57 Russian forces, numbering over 100,000, are pushing towards Pakros.
1:02:46 Russians intensifying attacks on key supply road in Ukraine
1:08:07 Russian troops advancing towards Mikova village
1:11:04 Russian troops entering Novogrodovka
1:16:24 Ukrainian troops lack training and motivation
1:18:40 Terrified new recruits fleeing causing panic and chaos
1:24:03 Ukrainian defense at risk in Kursk and Sumi regions
1:26:56 Russian troops enter Novogrodovka
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How can Ukraine attack a civilian ferry? And without outcry from the NATO partners. Can you imagine the condemnation if it was the other way around???
A civilian ferry full of military supplies?
@@arthurtane1557And you know this for sure???
@@arthurtane1557dont belive in propaganda
Hypocrisy is typical for the west rule based order
Arthur, you just make things up, it's pathetic.
This insertion into Russia by Ukraine has some similarity to General Custer's maneuver in which Custer had split his forces. The end of which is history.
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Mysticism is not going to save you.
You dont know what mysticism is since you answering it about faith...@@DerykRobosson
According to Scott Ritter who Ukraine forces have surrendered on mass
According to Scott ritter little kids are fair game
Looking at the sheep in the field outside my window, I do not see any of them trying to kill other sheep to get at the best grass. Which are the animals ? The sheep or us.
Washington is not worried about the losses Ukraine is suffering, Alexander, they are worried about the imagery and narrative that this has turned into a war in which BOTH protagonists are guilty of invading each other!
Austin.....another genius....what a bunch
Shadow banned, shame on you YT! 😠
This was Ursula van der Layne work experience for her future career as NATO'S secretary general.
Money for thee but none for me
On the preemptive Kursk strike hypothesis: the operation began in mid August and the rasputitsa begins probably at the end of September. This could be seen as preventing a Russian strike until next summer. There are relatively few roads in Sumy/Chernigiv regions so the effect of mud and even snow would be more pronounced here than in the Donbas.
Putin dropped a bombshell!!!
Was it the FAB 9000? ...or just a FAB 3000?
FABulation XXXX
57:32 holy shit the cope!
12 died on a ferry, I think spectacular is just maybe the wrong word sir
Mercouris never speaks flippantly but with a sobre understanding of the horrifying reality of what is happening.
Few have dedicated themselves with so much energy, work and detailed day to day commitment to the communication of facts based, comprehensive and truthful reporting.
Whether it is Ukrainian or Russian life that is lost, Mercouris speaks with unfailing compassion, empathy - but also dismay at the folly of men.
Mercouris’ service to the noble cause of presenting profoundly pondered, balanced and facts based reporting is a rare thing in today’s dark propaganda ridden world.
Mercouris even states: « That is a calous way of putting it since we are talking about human lives. But a war of attrition which is what this is, is a calous business. »
@@constantquestioning4010 Yes but that does not mean he is not capable of chossing the wrong wording sometimes - everyone does
Terrorism
@@jackklugman107Russia invaded and was condemned at the UN. It’s a war and 50 oil tankers are the definition of a valuable military target
@@andrew30m Russia did not invade Ukraine, Ukraine stopped existing as a sovereign state after 2014 American backed and sponsored coup d'état. Russia invaded American proxy on its border, the US would do much worse to Mexico or Canada in a similar situation. UN is usless after USA violate it so many times
Kursk offensive lauched by Ukrainian forces was orchestrated with the assistance of the British military, Polish army, and the CIA, alongside some Nato allies. Observations indicate a significant level of disorganisation with West. Notably, some analysts suggest that the Pentagon was unaware of the kursk operation, and when it faltered, the CIA reached out to the Pentagon for support.
Historically, great empires have often faced decline or collapse following military conflicts. The disastrous campaign in Russia significantly undermined Napoleon' s force and reputation, initiating the decline of his empire and culminating in his defeat and abdication in 1814.
Similarly, the collapse of operation barbarissa and subsequent setbacks on the Eastern front critically reduced Nazy German's military strength and paving the way for a relentless soviet advance that contributed to its downfall.
Moreover, the British empire experienced a decline largely attributed to the impacts of World War 2. It's not the sole factor.
pentagon and germany are taking great efforts to deny involvement in the kursks incursion, a clear indication that they indeed masterminded this bankrupt idea, even deploying special nato forces to ensure success in capturing the nuclear plant. russian defense system, aerial power, leaving ukr/nato forces no hard
military targets forcing them to attack soft civilian facilities.
This story about Lyon Austin is definitely a blatant lie.
Russia isn't fighting Ukraine, it's fighting US forces.
56 countries are involved in war against Russia!
You’ve only just realised dmfk’s…
Its now written blud’🇺🇸
I thought the Russians were fighting aliens from Venus. How else could a invading army cross over the Russian border with zero resistance!
@@arthurtane1557Russians are now changing into blind ostriches!!…
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At this point in time, isn't the term, "Western Powers" an oxymoron?
Perhaps a better term is, "Western Central Banking System"?
The US knew but as objective has gone south, Austin wishes to discuss plan B.
Loyd Austin trying to play innocent in the Kursk attack in Russia territory as this is perceived as American attack undertaken by their Ukranian proxy in which case, Russia will retaliate using its own proxy in Iraq & Syria attacking US bases in Syria and Iraq!
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The West was correct about the cost to Russia in respect to that area. It will cost Russia in the sense of home certificates and interest suspensions during building for homes damaged or destroyed.
The cost to Ukraine according to the RFAF is approximately 16,000 dead and or wounded across the front. That is between approximately 3,000 and 6,000 more than the weekly averages over the past months.
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Why should Ukraine surrender ?? Russia hasn't done military thing one to compel the Ukrainians to surrender. 90% plus of exchanged UA troops have been tortured by the Russians. UA civilian leaders know if the Russian occupy their home districts while they are around that they would probably be 'disappeared' into Putin's GULAGS. That is how Russia rolls , everyone knows it... So "nemaye" on surrender comrade...
Russia has claimed that Ukraine has already lost over 5,000 troops. That's over one entire brigade. I doubt they can keep this up. Polish troops have begun to amass on the borders of Kaliningrad.
So why has another Russian city fallen today in Kursk?
@@arthurtane1557City or farm ?
Hi
Putin 'feeding troops into a wood chipper' as Russia reels from Kursk ‘humiliation'.
Your beloved nutzi stuck in the meatgrinder again😅
Is it so cold in the UK that you have to wear a Sweatshirt 😂
Yes this last week has been cold and wet. Storm Lilian apparently.
@@Samuel-hd3cp 34 degrees tomorrow in Switzerland...❤️
Perhaps the US has embraced a Jozeph Pilsudski policy?
RFK speech was an earthquake... Said the truth about the conflict, amongst a lot more. An epic moment.
Paid for by a truck load of cash from Moscow
Evidence would be nice Arthur........
How can a loon produce an earthquake ??.... I think what did him in was the baby bear dump and getting handsy with the 20 something baby sitter...
UKRAINE, TWO NATIONS IN ONE THAT MUST PART IN THE NAME OF PEACE
In terms of language, culture, history, fraternal/family affiliations and religious persuasion Ukraine is the most socially fractured nation on the planet.
The divide between west and east Ukraine could not be more stark. They not only speak different languages but now belong to two separate branches of the Christian church. Those in the east, the Russian-speaking population were happy to live in peace with their Ukrainian-speaking neighbours. The heart of the problem is that the ultra-nationalist ethnic Ukrainians who live live predominantly in western Ukraine set out on a mission from 2014 onward to eliminate the Russian language and if necessary the Russian-speaking population, from Ukraine.
It was in 2014 that a large mob of insurrectionists comprising extremely violent nationalists overthrew the democratically-elected president and government of Ukraine. The authorities that dominated Ukraine from that moment on were essentially illegal and featured some of the most extreme figures from the nationalist political elites. These extremists were massively helped into power with $5,000,000,000 of U.S. taxpayers’ money via the NGO, ‘National Endowment for Democracy’. A leaked phone call between the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and the Assistant Secretary of State was published at the time. In it they were heard discussing who they would allow to be in the illegal government to come.
From 2014 onward the ultranationalists were to rule Ukraine by one means or another. The primary factor which gave them power was not their numbers as they were a force of ten to twenty thousand active members led by a few dozen politicians. Several of those politicians however were to become ministers in the new government. The main factor which provided those who took over and those on the streets who enforced their will, was fear. Just as Hitler and his brownshirts started as a small group of largely ignored thugs by one means or another they managed to gain powers. Just as the small number of swastika-bearing nationalists have in Ukraine.
As police were being killed by rioters bearing revolvers, hunting rifles, clubs, heavy chains, bricks, Molotov cocktails and toxic sprays in Kiev, the Russian=speaking population in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine looked on in both disgust and fear. The country they shared with the ethnic Ukrainians was being torn apart. Yet the Ukrainians in the west of the country who had taken over the government had no wish or intent to allow the Russian-speaking population to live in peace. They were now to be forced to abandon their language, their affiliation with their neighbours directly across the border, the Russians (with whome they had intermarried for generations) and the essentially Russian culture that was an inherent feature of their everyday lives. Added to all of this was the respect and thanks which generation after generation in that part of Ukraine had felt toward Russia for liberating them from the Nazis during WWII.
In the western lands of Ukraine there was no such feeling for Russia and the Russians that those in the east felt so strongly. In fact during WWII many thousands of them had joined Nazi divisions in order to take part in Operation Barbarossa to fight and kill Russians. It is said that the Nazis feared these divisions especially as they were even more ruthless and bloodthirsty than themselves. Those who fought with the Nazis during this time generated a cult of Nazism and ultranationalist barbarity that exists in western Ukraine to this day. Hence the fear among the Russian-speaking population in the east when it became clear that their democratic right to choose the president and government of their choice had been wrenched from them in a coup.
The real fear for their lives, language, culture and history within eastern Ukraine on seeing the mass ultra-violence with which the rioters took power, generated the movement in the east that led to demands for autonomy there in order to safeguard and protect all of these. With an absolute minimum of violence local administrative offices were taken over and ultimately led to the establishment of two republics in eastern Ukraine, the Donetsk Peoples Republic and the Lugansk Peoples Republic (DPR & LPR). In the face of torch-bearing modern day Nazis whose chants sent a direct message to them that there world was to be destroyed and replaced the Russian-speaking majority in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine HAD to take matters into their hands. In truth any other option would have meant the extinction of all they loved and quite possibly, through ethnic cleansing or mass murder their disappearance altogether from their homeland.
Vladimir Putin saw all this in 2014 but due to the relative weakness of a Russian Federation that was still recovering from the catastrophic fall of the Soviet Union he was only able to save the Russian-speaking people of the Crimean peninsula at that time. Though he had every sympathy with the plight of those in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, the best he was able to do was send convoys of humanitarian aid. That and initiating the process which became known as the Minsk Accords where discussions took place in a forum consisting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany. Regular meetings were held from 2015 to late 2021. In 2021 however, it became clear that neither the Ukrainian regime, nor the leaders of France and Germany had any intention of adhering to their commitments. The Minsk Accords, which were meant to bring a safeguarding level of autonomy to the Donbass, and lead to reconciliation and peace, had been used merely as a stalling technique by those determined to find their solution through warfare.
Thus, in February 2022, left with no good options to gain a peaceful settlement through negotiations Vladimir Putin sought to intimidate the Ukrainian president Zelensky into living up to his presidential campaign promises to seek peace. Despite having built the Ukrainian army to NATO standards and readied massive fortifications to engage in war, Vladimir Putin sought one last route to peace, not war. Sending troops to Kiev and various other strategic locations Putin hoped he could stave off the necessity for outright war. He hoped Zeensky would realise his position was hopeless and so agree to providing the Russian-speakers of the Donbass the security, safety through autonomy that Minsk had been designed to bring about. In those early days of what was named the ‘Special Military Operation’ negotiations began first in Belarus then in Istanbul in Turkey. An agreement was very close where Ukraine would agree not to join NATO and all other issues would be discussed by the leaders of the two nations. Just as the negotiations should every sign that they would ultimately deliver peace, Boris Johnson, the then British prime minister, arrived in Kiev to persuade Zelensky that war, not peace was the best option.
The intervention of Boris Johnson with his offers of virtually unlimited financial and military support for the Kiev regime caused Zelensky to end the negotiations that had appeared so close to a successful conclusion. We all know what has taken place from those fateful moments to these. A figure in excess of 600,000 casualties, dead and wounded, massive destruction and a divide between the two nations of Ukraine that could never, ever be mended. Once the West-assisted insurrection in Ukraine’s capital to take down its president and government succeeded, all else was essentially inevitable. The two nations of Ukraine that had lived virtually in almost constant peace and harmony in modern times was broken, though still forced to stay together by a regime in Kiev that through the sponsorship of the West believed it could take back the Donbass by force.
From February 24th 2022 the Russian president and the Russian military set out to find a way to the peace that could only come to the east that remained possible. All other routes had been closed by the Kiev regime and the western powers. Russia set out to do the only thing that remained possible in the circumstances, face down a regime and military that had embraced a new Nazism backed by western powers determined to use the Ukrainians as tools with which to weaken Russia. The West is waging a war of many facets against the rising nations of Eurasia, Asia, the Middle East and Far East that threaten the dictatorial global power they assert as their god-given right. That a war torn nation of two different nationalities would be sacrificed in the process was of little concern. Two ethnic peoples, one who looked west, the other east were subjects of sacrifice for ignoble ends. Two peoples, two nations that deserved so much better than the travesty of nationalism that breeds hatred there, tearing them ever further apart.
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Ukraine is fine on it's own, as long as their government isn't overthrown by my imperialist country. Why should the actions of my nation thousands of miles away reflect their natural ability to co-exist as one nation?
You missed the bit about Russia arming hoodlums and shooting down a Malaysian jet
Modi unwise to go to Ukraine. It doesn't serve India's interests at all
Bangladesh coup.
Clearly India disagrees
The Rammstein Circus has " planned " the Kursk Banzai operation.
Mr Arthurtane just to remind the audience Kiev once was the capital of the Soviets.
The capital of the what ? Do you have a vague idea what a history book is?
Kiev was the original cultural source of Orthodox Christians and the name "Kievan Rus" is the viking name rus for boat when the Rurik dynasty created a trading post named Kiev for trade with the Vikings/Verangians/Scandinavian long boats that crossed the Baltic sea to get into Novgorod and trade with those slavic peoples who eventually became known over centuries as the russians from the keyword "Rus" of the Kievan Rus traders.
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@@Sahasrarasmi-Sancoditein old Russian or Old Slavic ,, rus,, mean LIGHT, so Russia is country of Light
Alex is now infering that Ru has a tactics...Ukr is now arracking from the west as well...
Ukraine is west of Russia
As far as I heard from the 17 only 3 were killed of those only 1 wwas missing, 😢😢😢😢
When you get stuff for free it doesn't matter the cost
Austin goes to ask Ukraine what he already knows to give the impression - ohhh we don't know about this Ukraine adventure in Kursk
seriously!!
I thought all hardare was being monitored, but also yanks are providing a greart deal of on the ground forces
Well, two things are true: 1) the Ukrainians have yet to capture Alexander's room, and 2) the only suit and tie Alexander owns are in his TH-cam profile picture.
The Duran should produce a double breasted jacket embroidered with their logo. That'd class things up a bit. 😄