The Russian Military is Learning, Adapting and Growing
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The commander of US European Command GEN Cavoli laid out to the House Armed Services Committee why Russia is as much, it not more of a threat today than when they kicked off their invasion of Ukraine. He hits on how their forces are adapting to the modern battlefield, how nuclear hasn't played a role at all, and how they've been able to reconstitute forces faster than initially expected.
GEN Cavoli's Statement: armedservices.house.gov/heari...
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If you have been reading the British Ministry of Dense intelligence updates for the last 2 years, you would be surprised to learn that Russia still exists.
Ministry of Dense - That's good.😆🤣😆🤣
Our Secretary of State for Density has only ever had one job outside politics. Under a variety of false names he sold dodgy financial deals online.
Whereas Britain is having a pretty hard time just existing without being involved in a war.
and amplified by main stream media😂😂
This was and is no surprise to analysts outside of the west who are intelligent instead of just ideological. We only looked at Russia potential and history instead some moral quantity. Save the BS, enjoy reality.
Its a ministry of bullshit affairs 😅😅😅😅
Its actually expected. People like to think of their enemies as weak and stupid. It makes them feel better about themselves.
Yup underestimate your enemy at your own peril.
I think this so why the IDF attack Gaza and Hezbollah so hard. They know their enemies are not stupid and are quite resourceful and sophisticated.
That's rookie number by WW2 and WW1 standard, in the somme alone to advance 1 mile the british loose 100 thousand men@@darbeefarb2491
@@Soussdagoose no they are stupid, it's what happens when 30% of them marry their cousins
Not at all the case for Ukraine, they didn't underestimate them at all, and managed to stop an overwhelming force. Now, seeing the value of Russian defense lines, the Ukrainian armed forces tend to copy defensive strategies which were used against Ukraine's spring offensive in 2023.
Both armies tend to adapt quickly, however it is also crucial to accept that the Russian military has a lot of problems, all mainly stemming from corruption and overall poverty. Before the war, Russia was feared, people speculated if they even could win a war against NATO or the US. Now, people are laughing at them because they are STILL struggling to overcome a country which is much smaller, has a much lower population, and has much lower military spending. Yes, Ukraine has received help from western allies, but they still haven't received help in terms of manpower, plus, Russian equipment doesn't seem to hold a candle at all to equipment donated by the west, let alone American equipment. Take for example how some T-72s were destroyed by Bradley IFVs. Sure, Russia has modern tanks like the T-14 Armata, but it has supposedly been pulled back from frontlines after sending them for "testing runs" in July of 2023.
Russia has still a lot to improve on for sure, and a lot to prove.
Let’s not forget that all of that was achieved fighting under 16 thousand sanctions and against a coalition of 30+ Ukraine-supporting countries.
finally someone said this. In fact, I'm willing to bet that apart from the United States, there is no other NATO country that can match the strength and endurance of Russia's military forces so far. Even if the United States had to face hundreds of economic sanctions, under $ 100 billion military budget and fighting almost the entire world plus domestic terror attacks, I don't know if American society would be able to withstand turmoil like Russia.
There are getting all their logistics. Satellites etc from west. Who u think is operating the patriots. The himars. The storm shadows
52 Ukraine-supporting countries according to Lloyd Austin's words.
@@arik2216 You are ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON !!!
👏👏👏👏👏👌👍
Anyone who knows Russian military history,the first year is always a shit show but not after that
Even in ww2 the us wasn’t doing the best because they were fresh against a veteran army not supporting Russia just know their military is learning
This applies to almost every military
@@staybraaapin3464
well not exactly, continent sized countries with big populations in general have this problem wether it’s U.S, Russia, China etc… of being heavy, slow, clumsy ineffective in the beginning of any war but they gradually stabilize and pick up unstoppable momentum.
The U.S was the same until the petrodollar in the 70’s
It even shows up until Korea and Vietnam.
But afterwards the U.S was able to outspend the clumsiness and sluggishness out of its military.
The problem is, it's not 1 year....this war lasts for more than 2 years and Russia didn't do anything they wanted to.
Russian military history is more than just WW2 and the Napoleonic Wars.
“There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.” -Lao Tzu
Over estimating is also stupid.
You couldn't be more right but when you hear generals talking about Russia is more powerful than anybody thinks they are remember they're doing that because they want to get more money for spending in the military because they do know the truth. Anybody who watches military or studies military has studied both -Lao Tzu and the wars of the past, and don't get me wrong I don't believe that Ukraine is doing very well and I don't necessarily believe they're gonna win this war and that's only because let's face it they're Russians as well and this trench warfare you would have thought people would have learned from that from World War One and yet look at them both nuff said..
Putin's underestimation of Ukraine comes second only to Hitler's underestimation of the US.
@@HanSolo__💯
@@HanSolo__ Hitler didn't know nothing about the US hello, he fought USSR.
Napoleon's Foreign Minister Talleyrand: Russia is never as strong as it looks, and never as weak as it seems.
He was trying to persuade his Emperor not to invade...
Bismarck said that a Russian man harnesses the horse slowly but drives fast I guess
@@X9xredgkoa its a russian proverb
The reason for that is because the Russian military in peace time is often somewhat so so in nature. Good in some areas, not in most others. It is when it is roused that you see the ruthless side of it and mistakes & inefficiencies are rectified, but it takes time. In WWII, it was only around November 1942, at Stalingrad, that the Red Army started to become the dangerous and ruthless machine we all know of today. Almost 18 months after the German invasion. In fact, even the US military only became the formidable force it was in late 1943 onward - almost two years after Pearl Harbour. People forget that too.
@@limedickandrew6016the red army wasn’t prepared for the initial german blitzkrieg which did collapse and move the frontline deep into Russia till it lost its momentum at the gates of Moscow. Look at the casualties and pow numbers, hell that war was brutal. But them Russians are tough as nails they endured
@@X9xredgkoa Neither the French or British in 1940, nor even the Americans in Operation Torch were prepared much for Blitzkrieg. The military mentality at the time was stuck in the trenches of WWI.
For some reason, Washington thinks they can win a war with a printer nowadays
Money printer wins
@@pingumy Viet kong and taliban lost on the battlefield, but defeated our printers
@@merrick255 if they lost why do you retreated ?
@@omnianti0To decide What gender caste they belong to.
@@BlackHawkTejas tought the money thing seem their victory spending trillion on ammo is rewarding
If you want to know what would make Russia use nukes, try listening to what the Russians have said about what would cause them to use nukes.
What they said ?
@@Masters_Yukesh Any NATO missiles will be considered nuclear, because it is impossible to know what is inside the missile when it is moving towards the target. The answer will be nuclear. If NATO comes from all sides and this poses a threat to Russia's existence, then Russia will launch missiles.
@@aleksey_ag Don't forget the terrorist attack in Crocus had Ukrainian... I mean CIA breadcrumbs everywhere.
@@aleksey_ag also a reminder, NOONE wins a nuclear war, the earth loses.
@@V1gilan7e And what do you suggest? I would be glad to agree on peaceful coexistence, but with no one. There is no faith in any Western leader. Personally, I try to write comments, communicate somehow and understand what Americans and Europeans are thinking. And the prognosis is disappointing. Read the comments yourself. Everyone wants to defeat Russia, no one wants to be friends, build ships together to fly to the stars. Putin said: "We don't need a world without Russia." I agree with him.
The one thing any military history buff will tell you is that Russia gets off to slow starts, but adapt quicker than anyone else.
Well they would be wrong. Fastest adapting military I know of is Israel. But Ukraine is up there at the top.
@@zedeyejoe Ukraine did adapt quickly but not without a ton of help from the US. They aren't using all of that hardware without any assistance, US is assisting them with intelligence, satellites and targeting. You think all of those precision strikes carried out by hardware that Ukraine is barely familiar with were carried out by Ukraine alone?
Before the Russians attacked NATO had been providing training for several years. Before the Russians attacked, the U.S. and the U.K. provided thousands of anti tank weapons and tens of thousands of small arms and ammunition. Their bravery is unquestionable, but they did not do it without help.
@@zedeyejoe help from us started arriving before the war started bozo
Nonsense. @@zedeyejoe
Preston, you’re one of those people that was SIMPING for Ukraine and pushed the narrative that Russia was losing also, let’s just be honest.
It wasn't just Preston pushing the narrative that this is a just war and Russia is losing, but the entire American/European media was promoting the same story. Similar to the fabricated stories of the Bucha Massacre or the alleged Oct 7th Babies' heads being chopped off and mass rape by Hamas militants. It's ironic that when you expose their propaganda, they resort to accusations of communism, being a Russian agent, spreading Russian hoaxes, or being antisemitic. Remember the Russiagate about President Trump.
Exactly.....common sense showed from day one that this was how this was going to end up.
I think he’s been pretty accurate. Russia was utterly failing in the beginning. Russia is adapting and learning which has been reflected in Preston’s reporting, for quite some time.
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He is probably on an NGO payroll, but he is just doing it better than the absurd guys that tried to present Ukraine ready to occupy Moscow.
@@Eddie_MunsterRussia didn't fail in the beginning. Actually Russian plan was successful, it resulted in Stambul agreements where Ukraine agreed on russian conditions. But Boris Johnson encouraged Ukraine to fight Russia further...It resulted in hundreds thousands of deaths, and Boris just drinking beer in a bar
Russia is literally learning how to counter our weapons. I’m not saying we should have given or not given Ukraine western tech. But because of this, Russia is suffering losses, but these losses are the prices paid to adapt.
Exactly. They have the best military rn in the world. Boots. American trannies can’t fight these dudes in the trenches. And they r getting tech from equipment they r taking from Ukraine. Destroyed or working. Also , they r exchanging info / tech with Iran and NK. Missile tech. Making them much stronger
Which is why Ukraine got our old stock
@@Eddie_Munster Oh wow so not only was just half of what was promised actually sent, but what did make it there was old dilapidated equipment...fantastic, the entire world sees what a joke the US is when it comes to helping a country in need. I wonder how this makes all the former Soviet-bloc countries feel, if they really needed help..is the US going to give then peanuts and then say "Russia can do whatever it wants with *X country here* 🤡 🤡 🤡
almost irrelevant. The West is not crazy enough to attack Russia. Russia is not crazy enough to attack NATO. Yes, Russia can sell info to China. Info China never had trouble getting anyway.
And the West, mainly the U.S., definitely has something way better in some magical workshops than the weapons currently being used in Ukraine.
you always keep your sharpest sword.
@Eddie_Munster doesn't matter what they got ,Russkies are better than you guys conventionally ,you barely beat the japs with 2 nukes ,got whoop since ww2 by all so called banana countries😂😂😂,,,only place your better is in Hollywood 😂😂
Hold up, so the Russian military isn’t as incompetent as NAFO bots and the MsM has been telling us?!
Bot calling others bots 😂😂😂😂😂
@@jaxonl7810 who ARE bots btw
@@joek600 Yeah, I also want to know. If you disagree with me; then that makes me a bot?
@@johannuys7914 Not unless you are one
We more incompetent than you think
Russia in the past few months has dramatically improved its ISR capability as they are hitting on target far more often.
this is a result of the use of the supercam S350 drone in combination with small batteries of Iskander and tornado S
F-ing China is helping them with satellite images.
They are still talking ground at a snails pace.
Good
@@Donner906because they can. They can hit hard, and can take time
Давайте кое что поясню как русский из России. Есть несколько аспектов по которым все эти анализы мало имеют отношения к реальности. Во-первых, данная "война" не является для России войной в полном смысле этого слова, и не просто так ее назвали "специальная военная операция", так как изначально цели уничтожить или захватить Украину просто не стояло. И вообще, для понимания происходящего рекомендую слушать, что говорит руководство России, особенно Путин, так как в отличии от большинства западных лидеров, он не делает голословных заявлений, практически всегда выполняет обещания и редко отходит от изначальных целей. В итоге суть в том, что военная операция была направлена на вынуждение к переговорам, отсюда и малый контингент изначальных войск, и отсутствие быстрых продвижений, и урезанный арсенал используемого вооружения и так далее. Но в процессе меняющейся обстановки, повышению ставок, меняется и способ, и промежуточные цели, но глобальная цель все таже - переговоры, только уже с другими исходными данными. И если кто не знает какие на самом деле цели у России в этом конфликте, то поясню - глобально это гарантии безопасности для России со стороны условного запада, если конкретно, то нейтральный статус Украины, ни каких баз НАТО в непосредственной близости к границам России, особенно на территории постсоветского пространства, то есть в странах, которые были республиками СССР, а после его распада стали независимыми государствами. Именно по этому, вступление Финляндии и Швеции в НАТО мало беспокоит Россию, а вот вхождение туда Украины, Белоруссии, Грузии, Армении, Казахстана и остальных бывших республик, будет воспринято как угроза безопасности России.
Второй аспект, надо понимать, что вооруженный конфликт с Украиной, это не противостояние России с одной страной, это противостояние России с "условным" западом, НАТО и целым альянсом стран, которых примерно от 30 до 40 стран. Более того, на Россию сегодня наложено самое большое количество санкций из всех государств за всю историю. И надо понимать, что Украина это не маленькое государство с пастухами вместо армии. Для понимания, до конфликта Украина являлась самым большим государством в Европе, обладала примерно 5 по силе армией Европы, с огромным запасом вооружений, доставшимся от СССР, а к моменту вооруженного соприкосновения, западные страны, такие как Великобритания и США, уже 8 лет подготавливали вооруженные силы Украины, поставляли тайно вооружение, спонсировали , то есть готовились и пытались спровоцировать военный конфликт. Так что ни какой легкой прогулки и не подразумевалось, просто руководство России, рассчитывало на быстрый марш до Киева, что бы вынудить к переговорам. И самое главное, так и было. Просто для западного жителя это стало известно только сейчас и то в какой то мере, на самом деле российские войска за несколько недель дошли практически до Киева, тут же появились переговоры в Стамбуле, на которых договорились, а Россия в качестве жеста отвела войска от Киева. Но как наверно уже все знают, приехал Джонсон, отговорил Зеленского от соглашения и пообещал, что они помогут победить Россию. Думаю что из этого вышло видно даже через ширмы западной пропаганды.
В третьих, что бы понять как Россия воюет, надо почитать историю конфликтов и какие были результаты по итогу. Так вот, две крупные войны с Наполеоном Францией и Гитлером Германией, проходили довольно похоже с точки зрения стратегии. То есть, обычно это война на истощение, так как у России есть главный стратегический козырь, кстати из за которого Россию практически невозможно победить военным путем, это стратегическая глубина, грубо говоря, Россия может очень долго оборонятся, отступать и при этом сохранять и наращивать военный потенциал. А в какой-то момент, когда силы накоплены и все готово, она переходит к наступлению и сметает противника очень быстро.
Ну и в заключении, все что вы видите в цифрах, типа производит 3 миллиона снарядов в год, 3000 танков, 2000 самолетов и так далее, это очень примерные цифры, точно ни кто знать не может, потому что это военная тайна. Большинство что вы видите это только то, что Россия хочет показать, а не то, что есть. Более того, с чего все эти "эксперты" взяли, что Россия с НАТО будет воевать танками и самолетами? Не говоря уже о том, что Россия никогда с НАТО воевать не собиралась в принципе, и если бы не тупое расширение НАТО, то вопросов бы и не возникало. Но надо понимать, что подобный конфликт, как Россия - НАТО или конкретно США, это не конфликт с Украиной, это угроза целостности и выживания России, то есть полноценная война, где нет преград для применения всего арсенала, то есть ядерного оружия. И надо понимать, что дело не только в количестве ядерного оружия, а в средствах доставки, и ядерная триада, то есть все виды доставки есть только у двух стран мира: России и США. По этому обсуждение как НАТО победит Россию, это чушь, в этой войне не будет победителя, все будут проигравшими.
Well put
IT was interesting to read. Google translate of text above:
Let me explain how русский is from России. There are several aspects on which all these analyzes have little relation to reality. Firstly, this "war" is not a war for Russia in the full sense of the word, and it's not just that they called it a "special military operation", as initially the goal of destroying or capturing Ukraine simply wasn't there. And in general, to understand what is happening, I recommend listening to what the leadership of Russia, especially Putin, says, as unlike most Western leaders, he does not make verbal statements, practically always fulfills promises and rarely deviates from his original goals. In the end, the point is that the military operation was aimed at forcing negotiations, hence the small contingent of initial troops, the absence of rapid advances, and the reduced arsenal of the weapons used, and so on. But in the process of the changing situation, raising the rates, the method changes, and the intermediate goals, but the global goal is still the same - negotiations, only with other initial data. And if someone doesn't know what Russia's real goals are in this conflict, then I'll explain - globally, this is a security guarantee for Russia on the part of the conventional West, if specifically, the neutral status of Ukraine, nor any NATO bases in the immediate vicinity of Russia's borders, especially on the territory of the post-Soviet space, that is, in the countries that were republics of the USSR, and after its collapse they became independent states. Precisely for this reason, the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO is of little concern to Russia, but the entry of Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan and the rest of the former republics will be perceived as a threat to the security of Russia.
The second aspect, it is necessary to understand that the armed conflict with Ukraine is not the confrontation of Russia with one country, it is the confrontation of Russia with the "conditional" West, NATO and the entire alliance of countries, which are approximately 30 to 40 countries. Moreover, today Russia has been imposed the largest number of sanctions of all countries in history. And you need to understand that Ukraine is not a small state with shepherds instead of an army. To understand, before the conflict, Ukraine was the largest state in Europe, possessing approximately 5 times the strength of the European army, with a huge stockpile of weapons obtained from the USSR, and by the time of armed conflict, western countries, such as Great Britain and the United States, had already been preparing armed the forces of Ukraine, delivered secret weapons, sponsored, that is, got ready and tried to provoke a military conflict. So that no easy walk was implied, simply the leadership of Russia was counting on a quick march to Kiev in order to force negotiations. And most importantly, so it was. Just for a western resident, this became known only now and to some extent, in fact, the Russian troops have practically reached Kiev in a few weeks, then there were negotiations in Istanbul, on which they agreed, and Russia, as a gesture, withdrew the troops from Kiev. But as everyone probably already knows, Johnson arrived, dissuaded Zelensky from the agreement and promised that they would help defeat Russia. I think that iz etogo vyšlo vyšlo even through broad western propaganda.
In third, to understand how Russia is fighting, it is necessary to read the history of conflicts and what were the results as a result. Так вот, two major wars with Napoleon France and Hitler Germany were quite similar from the point of view of strategy. That is, usually this is a war of attrition, as Russia has a main strategic trump card, by the way, for which it is practically impossible to defeat Russia by military means, this is a strategic depth, roughly speaking, Russia can defend itself for a very long time, retreat and at the same time preserve and increase the military potential. And at some point, when the forces are accumulated and everything is ready, she moves to the offensive and sweeps the enemy very quickly.
Well, in conclusion, everything you see in figures, such as producing 3 million shells per year, 3,000 tanks, 2,000 aircraft, and so on, these are very approximate figures, and no one can know exactly, because this is a military secret. Most of what you see is only what Russia wants to show, not what is there. More than that, why did all these "experts" assume that Russia will fight with NATO with tanks and planes? I'm not talking anymore about the fact that Russia never gathered to fight with NATO in principle, and if it wasn't for the stupid expansion of NATO, then the questions wouldn't have arisen. But it is necessary to understand that a similar conflict, like Russia - NATO or specifically the USA, is not a conflict with Ukraine, it is a threat to the integrity and survival of Russia, that is a full-fledged war, where there are no obstacles to the application of the entire arsenal, that is nuclear weapons. And it is necessary to understand that it is not only about the quantity of nuclear weapons, but about the means of delivery, and the nuclear triad, that is, all types of delivery are only in two countries of the world: Russia and the United States. According to this discussion, how NATO will defeat Russia, you can hear that there will be no winners in this war, all will be losers.
My comment: How the war goes is always up for discussion but some paragraph division would not hurt.
Отлично сказано!
bunkerhousing правильно сказал. Почаще делай разделение между текстом :)
Not the worst translation. Everything is clear. @@bunkerhousing
Putin is making Russia a feared superpower again, and that's very popular in Russia. 2 more years, and the RU army is really going to be formidable, multi-domain operations working, with huge manufacturing capabilities, AI, and drone production, far less corruption. France produces 1000 shells per month (soon 3k), Russian 12,000 per day, same with everything.
Then why are they advancing so slowly?
@@Donner906 because Putin is soft, he's not Medvedev
@@Donner906they aren’t fighting goat farmers who’s main weapon is throwing rocks.
@@Donner906 RE: Then why are they advancing so slowly?
Because they are occupying better positions and then aiming at grinding down the fighting force - war of attrition. As long as they can destroy the opponent's forces from favorable positions, they feel good. Because when the UA military is destroyed, they win. They are not aiming for controlling territory (to win). They had to learn this in WWll.
@@Donner906 because they want to continue bleeding NATO. Stop thinking of this in a vacuum. Step back and look at the big picture.
WW3 is coming and the west isn't at all prepared. The US can't fight in Europe, Mid East, and Asia and still protect the home front. And without the US Europe can't stop Russia, the mid east can't stop Iran, and the pacific (i.e. Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Phillipines) can't stop China.
And that's not even considering how mentally weak Gen Z is in the west.
i love how the comments went from
"hahah shovels funny "
"hahaha russian tank turret go boom"
to " I ALLWAYS TOLD YOU NOT TO UNDERESTMATE THEM"
I know right. A couple more years and they’ll be saying “I knew Putin was right all along! We need him in office!” 😂
Underestimate? You don't have to bully them. They live without climbing anyone, but around them, like seagulls, they are chattering from all sides: what Russian animals, how they should be destroyed, etc. Well, now they're really angry...
@@aleksey_ag whatever you tried to translate with google translate makes no fucking sense mate 😂
@@tavish4699 Yes, buddy, you saw your old enemy very carefully in my comment!.. At least I'm trying to build bridges, not build walls. Well, since it makes no sense to write through a translator, then Putin can write through a nuclear briefcase instead of me...)
@@aleksey_ag no idea what you want to tell me
Russia is as likely to invade Europe as it is to invade the moon.
That’s what they said on Feb 22 2022, just because it doesn’t make sense to you, doesn’t mean it’s true
@@looinrims does it make sense to you?
Ukraine is part of Europe. Russia invaded part of Ukraine. Did not invade part of the Moon. You are wrong.
@@alzvaracc ‘doesn’t make sense to invade Ukraine/europe’ was my point
@@looinrims Do you even know why there is war in Ukraine?
According to Ukraine propaganda, Russia ran out of everything last year, 😅
According to russis they are winning even though 2 years and haven't captured all of donbass 😂😂😂😂
@@jaxonl7810 this is a war ukraine cant win, and russia cant lose. No matter what you imagine ukraine could do, russia can do it 10x.
@@MYwinters1945so kherson is forever russia then ? .....NOT
😂😂😂😂😂 cope more
Sure buddy....why hasn't russkies won yet then?@@MYwinters1945
@@jaxonl7810 you sound like a german in 1944 thinking that because americans were defeated in the Ardennes then the whole US army is collapsing.
The stated goals of United States involvement in the Ukraine war were:
a) to degrade the Russian military,
b) to weaken, if not cripple the Russian economy,
c) to politically destabilise the country and/or effect regime change.
Lloyd Austin: “We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine.” Russia should “not have the capability to very quickly reproduce”.
Lindsey Graham: "Russians are dying...Best money we've spent".
This failed proxy war has resulted in a renaissance in Russia's military-industrial base. Russian economic growth outpaced every G7 country in 2023.
US policies have driven an ever-deepening strategic partnership between Russia and China.
Countries accounting for more than 50% of world GDP have committed to ending their dependance on the US dollar for trade.
7 billion of this planet's 8 billion people reside in countries that chose not to join western sanctions on Russia.
The United States leadership has managed to shatter the illusions of US dominance, US leadership, US moral rectitude and US trustworthiness while instead they have burnished Putin's reputation both with the Russian people and with the entire global south.
It is horrifying to observe these events unfold. Never have i witnessed such extraordinary incompetence.
So True. But no media tell this. Here in France they say all’is fine, ukraine is winning. Huge debts on west countries. We’re rich of debts. Russia debt is 16% of gdp only.
Agreed: but the 'global south' is now referred to by the global south as the 'global majority'. So we will need to change our vocabulary accordingly.
Immoral biden and his incompetent warmongering cabinet.
This is the case to the some extent, but it's not flowers and rainbows for Russia, it's economy does not have the most important components for a modern and advanced economies.
That is a lack of the numbers in small businesses, entrepreneurship and production of high quality commercial goods, as well as strong services sector. It's all export of raw materials and oil/gas.
But this war is an opportunity, they can use the sanctions and lack of western competition to insight domestic competition, and pay the private sector to make weapons and goods for the war, and than later on use those capacities to rebuild Ukraine once it's annexed and export abroad.
it just needs a transparent, non corrupted and a rule-of-law led state for it to outpace the west with it's resources.
Long live capitalism.
@@milutinke
Free/liberal markets are the key, not capitalism.
The reorientation of the Russian economy began in earnest in 2014 after the US made it completely unambiguous that it was determined to pursue a path of confrontation with Russia. This was concretized in the Rand Corporation report "Extending Russia".
The phase-change in the Ukraine proxy war in 2022 turbocharged that process and the west played its hand appallingly.
The "draconian" sanctions the west applied, gifted Russia all of the western-owned enterprises on Russian soil at knock-down prices, if not for free, and helped insulate Russia from another vector of attack.
The technology stack underpinning Russia's military industrial complex is entirely independent of western sanctions. What components they don't produce themselves are readily sourced from friendly countries.
They are also more than self-sufficient in all essential commodities - unlike the west.
The impoundment/theft of Russian reserves sent an unmistakable and irreversible signal to every other country that the US-led financial system is always and forever a subordinate branch of US foreign policy.
Russia will NOT give up crimea, end of story..
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All of eastern Ukraine has joined Russia 🇷🇺 again, and that’s never going to change either. NATO and USA will lose this war and there will be consequences after the war for nato and USA
@@israelruelas5756 /smh
Nato is not fighting this war. Russia is. And they do it for a reason. Theres resources to gain, a strategic important deep sea harbor to defend.
Theres no reason to fight Nato. - No resources to gain, no strategic importance.
It would be pure pain and money out the window.
@@israelruelas5756 Actually it's a mixed feeling in Donbas and all of those places. But Crimea is Russia!
Crimea is not a job to be easily given up. LOL
Easy to get the impression that the Russian military is falling apart at the seams??? …. No Preston. I widen my news sources outside of mainstream sources and propaganda and I definitely don’t get that impression.
Good for you comrade! Mom and Pop Shop propaganda for the win! Screw that mass produced mainstream. Go for artisanal propaganda.
It is easy to get that impression due to ethnocentrism, western soldiers would mutiny at how Russian officers treat their men
Every time I look at footage they seem better equipped and trained.
As long as you don't also think Russia is one good push from Kiev.
@@kathic6402 no reasonable person thinks that. But honestly with the attritional rates this war it’s only a matter of time. Ukraine simply doesn’t have enough men. They’ve resorted to using the mentally disabled. It’s sickening
Underestimating opponents is f’n dangerous
That's how we lost Vietnam
@@subjectc7505And it is why Ukraine will lose.
@@ashfield1425😂😂😂😂😂 good joke comrade
Tell another one 😂😂😂😂😂
@@jaxonl7810 Hood joke? Is that something new or is English not your strong point? Such a shame Ukraine’s energy infrastructure got blown out and the front lines are collapsing. Terrible.🤣🤣
@@ashfield1425what ? Where did I say hood ?
Looks like you cant read at all comrade 😂😂😂😂😂
Such a shame those russian oil refineries go up in smoke same for that dam looks like those russian shovels didn't save them 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Front lines collapsing? 2 years later 🤡 🤡
Bro is still not out of mainstream narrative
it's gonna take em a while
His mate Willy OAM has now realised the mainstream narrative and can now give 80% true truths of the Russo/Ukri war. He is yet to reach 100% truth soon though. He still believes in a Ukrainian victory just like Devy Davdov
Slow propaganda bot commentary… give him time to catch up… not the quickest
This is why I cant take these pro Ukraine/MSM people seriously, this channel seems to toned down a lot now compared to a few months ago, so thats an improvement.
@@zero00tolerance it took willyomac a while to kinda cope with the narrative
I heard that new book from Shoigu is coming.
"1001 way of to fight with shovel"
Don't forget the quadcopter washing machines.
Shoigu is a central Asian deer-herder and Putin’s yes man. That’s why he’s still alive, at the expense of thousands of Russians who died as a result of his incompetence.
Damn them shovels!🛐
@@holdfast453 I'm not sure you understand how things work but usually the commander in chief gives orders and his generals follow. Shoigu is doing his job mate. Just like any general in the west would. Your point is mute. I don't think he's incompetent. I mean he's made mistakes but I would hardly call him incompetent. The casualty numbers you get from mainstream media are highly exaggerated. Ukraine is losing several times more men than Russia. Russia has much more firepower and they actually have aviation that they're using to drop glide bombs. It makes no sense that they would have anywhere close to the same casualty numbers.
what about missles, how much left?
Russia have not lost 10% of it’s air-force; not sure where you’re getting these statistics…
Yes 10% is too much
Russia ALWAYS began as "Barbarossa"....evolve to "Uranus" and make a "Bagration"......
A rarely discussed aspect is that 25% of Ukraine population has emigrated, mostly young, i.e., ran away. Ukraine population was 40M before the war, it is now 30M.
Women and children, what do you expect them to do, be raped by Russian soldiers? What good is it for women and children to stay in Ukraine when they could be taken hostage by invading Russian soldiers. What happens to the Ukrainians who fled if Ukraine loses, they become stateless persons I guess without a country.
I doubt it but it would still make sense. Very high amount of refugees are in France, and other countries.
Prob less than 30M now, honestly.
And biggest % of them are went to Russia and live nice lives here. We are same people except Zelensky is a moron.
Yeah, you can pretty much scratch off Ukraine as a country as most of all there young men were killed, seriously maimed or immigrated to other countries where they will probably stay in.
The first rule of war: Never go to war against Russia in their backyard.
The Second rule of war: Do not forget the first rule.
This rule doesn't apply for Afghanistan
@@LansiOwOThat’s what the US said 👏
@@LansiOwOobviously, because Afganistan isn't Russian backyard. However, when Soviets left that country, it was an organised withdrawal, not the panic retreat US did.
@@LansiOwO Rule still applies. Russia entered to assist the Afghan government- Russia was not defending it's own backyard.
@internetapocalypse4885 yes, plus Afghanistan is not the Russian historical land populated by the ethnic Russians
No one is getting the impression that Russia is failing we no who tells the truth and who lies
We all know RuSSia is a joke
Yes, Russia is the most successful country on Earth, don't you want to move there and live the Russian dream? All sorts of immigrants are trying to get into Russia, the World's richest country!
I can see Russia has failed. Russian military has declined, Ukrainian military has expanded. Give it time and that spells victory for Ukraine. Do you disagree?
Delusional@@zedeyejoe
@@mozambique9113 no, just reality. Deal with it.
Im glad youve woken to reality.
Even if in a coping way. This is why I have side stepped most NAFO bots IRL and online, because I've known all I have to do is be patient, because in the end, they will not be able to deny Ukraine is losing, as we always knew that was the only outcome. Just a matter of time.
@@LoneStarMillennialIt really just comes down to the meat at the end of the day. Ukraine is starting to sound like they're hurting for troops more than for equipment, which is a pretty unpleasant thought. You can't just send Ukraine people like you can weapons or ammunitions.
@LoneStarMillennial I remember on the beginning of the war when they were firing off ammunition randomly and recording it, to make it seem like they were in a firefight (but their tactics, demeanor, and surroundings clearly told me they were not), I am sure they are regretting wasting all that ammunition now. They didn't care, it was our tax dollars to begin with what do they care they'll have as much as they want, right?
@LoneStarMillennial and everyone's natural reaction is I must support russia. No, not at all. I see reality, and am blessed to have the experience of hindsight to see where it was going then and now.
@@LoneStarMillennialthis is just coping 😂😂😂 these shills only backtracked after the point of no return
I'd like to emphasize that those tanks are not just "refurbished". Yeah, they take the hulls of old tanks, but they don't just get fresh engines and transmission. Those tanks are modernized to have modern thermal sights ("Сосна-У"), modern tracking systems and coms, and also last gen reactive armor. So in the end those are not very different from modern tanks in terms of their combat abilities.
And western tanks are just upgraded hulls too. Leopard 2's are Leopard 1's, and Challengers are all Chieftains that have been upgraded.
Yesterday I had a quick chat with my Pakistani delivery guy. When did he come to England? Last year. How? Flew in as the spouse of his wife who enrolled in to study social sciences. His status? DBS checked, indefinite leave to remain. Children? Two, with a third on the way.
Russia is not my problem. Reform UK!
UK could have been buying gas from Russia and you could have been sitting with your heater on 24/7. UK could have listened to Putin who predicted that bombing Middle East will lead to a refugee crisis 20 years ago. You could have owned your own home instead of paying to some landlord for a mice infested 1850s house. UK and Russia could have been working together to provide better quality of life for both future generations. UK could have been making trillions building nuclear icebreakers and other ships for Russia and BRICS. UK could have had fishing rights in Murmansk and your food prices would have been lower. Fertiliser, wheat, gas, fish, wood, caviar, vodka, pine nuts, honey, fur in exchange for steel, ships, commercial jets, cars and trains. Nah, screw that sounds lame.
Instead your government decided to antagonise Russia, send weapons to bomb Belgorod and shoot itself in the balls economically, because it convinced itself Russia is some sort of a Mordor and Putin is Lord Sauron. Well, great job, what can I say. What is the best thing to do after an economic collapse due to lockdown and deindustrialisation? Exactly, convincing yourself to fight 80% of the world population, siding with an overhyped and bankrupt printing shop pretending to be a country. Amazing.
Not to diss Brits, but living on a small island for that long must have had some effect on intelligence through inbreeding.
47 % Christian
Seems to have parallels of WW2, Russia learns from it's own mistakes and doesn't care who suffers in order to learn those lessons.
Except they are far less capable
@@Donner906That's sadly something most people don't recognize yet. The Russian federation is not the USSR. Russia is demographically, geographically and economically far weaker than the USSR eve was. The Soviet Union had a population of nearly 300(!) million inhabitants in 1990 and was the second largest industrial nation, sitting just behind the United States.
@@helmuthvonmoltke5518id rather we acted like they are capable.
The alternative is too risky
@@Donner906😂😂🤪🤯🤡🤯🤪😂😂
@@busch_ii7450 we should do diplomacy, I hope humanity and dialogue prevails. tired of these bs ahh wars
It's almost like underestimating your enemy is never good
Like their almighty black sea submarine fleet😂
3 yrs ?
@@jajajaja2624 against a proxy of over 30 countries
@@jajajaja2624and still cant beat them?
@@jaxonl7810and y'all still can't beat them?. Lol scared?
Dont worry about Russia. Keep underestimated them
I’m not military expert but I’ve been following the war in ukraine with an obsession since its onset.
Russia was supposed to win in the first 3 weeks and was supposed to lose over the last 1 year 11 months. Russia has gotten stronger and has learned.
Ukraine has also learned the difference is Ukraine isn’t capable of continuing this fight.
The only people who said it was supposed to win in the first weeks were NATO heads spreading disinfo as a popular opinion manipulation tactic.
Many people get the issue of Russian conscription wrong.
1- Conscripts can´t be sent to Ukraine unless they become contract soldiers.
2- Russia not only raised the upper age limit (27 to 30) but also the lower limit (18 to 21) so the overall pool for conscription hasn´t grown because of this.
The issue is they consider Donbas Russian territory. And technically they are fighting within Russia on some fronts
The Russian army will be way stronger if they conquer Ukraine and use their resources.
@@AmateurRider275 indeed, thats one of the grey areas they could use conscripts, but I believe it would be more of an emergency resource.
isn't that why putin "officially" annexed kherson, donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia? In their view. They aren’t fighting in Ukraine but on Russian soil.
@@vitorossi7839😂😂😂😂 OK comrade
If NATO is so defensive, why did it continually move toward Russia's borders?
Are you mentally brain dead? Are you actually this pathetic? A lot of those countries wanted to join NATO. Poland blackmailed their way at one point.
Basically because Russias neighbours saw it as a threat. Russia invading Ukraine, saw Sweden and Finland join NATO. Duh.
None of what you just mentioned is hostile in action. By definition.
@@zedeyejoe well there is no wonder they saw Russia as threat, imagine spending 20 years brainwashing Poles and Latvians that once they separate from USSR they would all drive Mustangs and live like movie stars in Hollywood. Now those Poles and Latvians are taking care of elderly in Britain, receiving minimum wage, sniffing human waste of old Brits for peanuts. I doubt they imagined it would turn out like that.
By the way, during USSR those same Latvians and Poles were engineers, doctors and scientists, launching humans into space. Now they are paying rent to Brits while their British boomer landlords are enjoying endless vacations in Spain. Not much surfing, dating pretty girls and driving fast cars like they showed in Hollywood.
Argue with me on any of those points please, I am very curious which on of those points is not true.
@@kruger7796 well I am sure Soviet missiles in Cuba were not hostile neither, Cuba is a sovereign country, right? Wonder why the US nearly started a nuclear war because of that.
who woulda fucking thunk that people could learn.
Low iq Redditors still think they are the shovel army
Definitely not the mainstream media lol.
Westerners don`t see Russians as humans, just as they don`t see any Syrians, Libyans, Iraqis, Yemeni, Serbians, North Koreans, Vietnamese, Chinese and other 80% of world population.
let's not forget that Putin still has not unleashed his greatest weapon ... Sensei Steven Segal
Say what you want, but steven segal could beat up your dad.
They're replenishing their airforce at this point the Russian airforce receives tenths of aircraft's of different classes every month.
And new models.
They don't fly over Ukrainian territory. Hence the glide bombs.
@@Donner906 it's standard procedure to use stand of munitions when you're confronted by enemy with air defense systems,have you ever asked yourself why Israel attacks Syria while outside of it's borders? When they did go in they hid behind Russian aircrafts which led to the Syrians shooting down a Russian cargo aircraft.
@@jamesmiller2735 Why can't the Russians break the Ukrainian air defenses?
@Donner906 The reason is simply that the West keeps replenishing it,unlike Iraq, which had no country that could replace its destroyed air defense systems. Ukraine's air defense is constantly being replaced, and so asking the question why has Russia not been able to completely destroy Ukrainian air defense is like beating a child with one hand and asking why the child is crying,a cheap trick that has nothing to do with reality.
Has NATO ever faced a real adversary? I'm talking about an opponent capable of firing back?
Nope
Has Russia?
@@IrrationalCharm Yes
Nato funded Ukraine and pretty sure Ukraine is stronger than alot of Nato countries as well, plus don't forget even before war has started, they are already has a proper conventional army
@@digitalronin7787 NATO only really funded Ukraine after the invasion.
And it just makes Russia seem even more incompetent that they severely underestimated Ukraine.
Because initially their expectation was to fight a weak Ukraine now a “real adversary”
not a “real adversary” *
I've said from day one that Russia isn't a force that we want to mess with... I'm glad to see you slowly coming to your senses
I like how the US General thinks its America's job to enable Europe to have militaries that aren't pathetic. Maybe if they had spent money on their militaries in years past, they wouldn't be the pathetic paper tigers they are.
Denmark gave away all its artillery...so huge asset. UK has less than 100 functioning tanks and thanks to their "make england better for everyone but the english", they just mothballed two naval vessels because of a lack of crew. And in the US? The Army is restructuring its force to cover the 95000 personnel shortfall. Fortunately, getting rid of those not needed infantry and combat jobs. Because Ukraine had proven that war is all tanks, artillery, and drones...no infantry required.🙄.
And that doesn't even cover the societal collapse happening in the US, with MULTIPLE cities and states deploying national guard to stop crime and illegal border crossings.
General has been homesteading in Europe to long. NATO isn't his country.
IMHO
Don’t think real reason is lack of crew. More like fear of being sunk by cheap drones.
More like retiring while u are champion before some young punk knocks you out scenario.
And Russia didn`t even start stirring up things in western countries like western countries try in Russia. Lets all remember that UK has Ireland, Scotland, Wales and none of those people are particularly in love with England. Lets also remember that Latin America where the US has been making one coup after another has a very large Spanish speaking population within the US that does not really enjoy cleaning pools and repairing roofs for wealthy Americans. I mean, all it takes is a few Russian tourists to explain to the Spanish speaking immigrants that with a little help from Russia, they won`t need to clean shite after American boomers, they would be able to have their own pools and golf courts.
Americans should really think if they want their own Chechen war or a Civil War in their country. Putin is too much of a gentleman to do that, but I feel like if western countries continue acting like that, antagonising Russia and supporting murder of Russian people in Donbass, they could fall apart themselves rather quickly. We could also help some freedom fighters, you know. When things start blowing up in your suburbs and your kids in school will be taken hostages, don`t call them terrorists, call them freedom fighters, just as you did in Chechnya.
@@pingumy I doubt it. The recruiting shorfall is huge.
@@RantTheRetort also people are sane enough not to join. Or not desperate enough to had to join.
@@pingumy not everyone who joins the military is desperate, but yes, a bad economy generally helps military recruiting. Coincidentally, the Army and Air force now think they will finally meet their recruiting goals....
Finally some pertinent content. The war in Ukraine is the most pressing conflict right now and deserves more attention.
100%
Too many emotions in the Middle East, Gaza is relevant to no one outside the region
It’s all the same war. Only westerners think these are separate. WW3 has already kicked off, and our enemies are working in sync.
@@looinrims It may be a little cruel of me to say this, but I 100% agree.
It’s not that I don’t care about the lives there, but I do not live in the region, and I am not religious. So the land has next to no meaning to me.
@@foundationuser5043that is exactly why the Global South support itself.
in the first days of the war, Russian contract soldiers entered Ukraine. How professional military men they were if you understand that while serving under contract, 90% of the time they marched along the parade ground and swept paths. And who is fighting today after 2 years? My cousin has been fighting in Ukraine for a year and a half after mobilization. How professional is he as a military man? He can no longer be frightened by explosions, shelling and gunfire. He does not lose his composure in an emergency situation. He is trained to operate FPV drones. This is already a professional military man and therefore the entire front line is filled with experienced fighters. So the war is only gaining momentum.
You cant blame Russia for not wanting NATO bases on its border.
but you can blame them for invading a country. Invading countries is wrong.
@@istvansipos9940 it is justified, just like when nato invaded libya, Iraq, afganistan, whats so special about ukraine? just because nato wants ukraine and put bases there? fk it.
noone in nato force other nations to join, they want to join nato for a reason
@@istvansipos9940 Laughs in American
@@enrico4818It doesn't matter. They can tell countries no in order to preserve the peace.
Damn so those aren’t flying washing machines dropping shovels out the sky? 🤯
those shovel travel at hypersonic speed man .. lethal
Thanks for always being professional and linking things for us!
Your content is better than anything on the TV.
Hey thanks for the kind words, means a lot!
Preston is the best out there..no stupid propaganda
These morons actually think that Russia has lost 350K soldier, Biden thinks Hunter is a genius.
You're endorsing this idiot who has been lying to you all for 2 years and now he is just waking up to reality
Plz. Broaden your horizons. You get much more honesty from History Legends, DPA, Military Summary, and Judging Freedom, right here on TH-cam. I could go on...
Perun talked about this a little while ago, how expectations swing up and down compared to actual battlefield performance, and how the two don't always match.
As it has been for centuries, regardless of ruling regime and political system.
In the beginning of major prolonged military conflict Russian army is sleepy, disorganised and sometimes hilariously incompetent.
But as time passes by, it gains such a momentum in every aspect - strategical and tactical planning, positioning, maneuvering, arms and ammo production, supply, reaction time, reconnaissance etc - nothing can stop it from reaching it's goals. Of the most truthful commom sayings - "Russians saddle their horses for days, yet they gallop like lightning".
Well, the Russian army is almost saddled at this point.
The 6% of GDP figure for military spending is significant when you realize that it's more than the war in Ukraine, it's a massive rearmament campaign.
US - 18 %
Would should have either totally supported Ukraine with no restrictions or done nothing. I feel like we had this "goal" of degradeing the Russian military, but the result will be the exact opposite. It comes down to production capability, manpower and "desire to continue". The Russian military will come out of this stronger than ever, and battle hardened. Half measures in war always fail. Our approach is absurd. All or nothing.
Not to mention they also got to field test their tech vs NATO tech. They lost learned and adapted. They're losing a lot of untrained grunt troops but in return they are gaining battle harden veterans. More dangerous side effects of the war is advancement of drone combat.
Both Ukraine and Russia are exploring a new war doctrine at a scale that NATO troops have not experienced yet. A few years in the future a lot of war doctrine and sop are gonna be obsolete. Hopefully NATO powers are taking note and updating their strategy.
@@ranvorkvartec7358 My thoughts exactly, and I completely agree. Hopefully some "smart people" within NATO are learning and adapting to the new focus of drones in combat, because they are absolutely the future. Electronic countermeasures and trained drone teams (drone mos!) Among other things should be the focus. Big institutions like NATO are historically slow to adapt. We shall see.
@@ranvorkvartec7358 they are deploying Emma and her two moms, Russia stands no chance
But if they're battle hardened, that means the need to keep fighting is literally what Russia WANTS to hang on to, thus repeating this constant wanton need to take more territory. That is genuine insanity, that just means Russia NEEDS to attack another country, and thus showing Russia is a major aggressor nation regardless of its stupid excuses.
going all in sounds a little bit too nuclear
makes sense. obviously any army would learn and adapt with time. the initial special operation was a shit show because they failed their initial objective in hostomel and only invaded with a force of 180,000. they didnt plan on a full scale invasion and it turned to shit because of that. if they pulled off their objective in hostomel, it would have been very impressive and they got pretty damn close.
seriously. if they didn't they would have already folded which they haven't
The initial objective was to bring Ukraine to the negotiating table. That they achieved. A deal was signed, and then Ukraine tore it up when Boris Johnson arrived in Kiev and 'advised' them.
@@limedickandrew6016 Correct. But, the west had to say Russia's full scale invasion at every chance they have. And that over 50% of their military equipment has been destroyed. When Russia only committed 15% of their resources to this. The rest was in reserve in case NATO thought they had a chance.
@@limedickandrew6016 I meant militarily. Wasn't the whole point of taking that airport was so that they can deliver more vehicles and troops right outside of Kiev to encircle it?
@@alexandern5296 I don't think aircraft are very good at delivering many vehicles. Things like rifles, machine guns, ammo, missiles etc yes. But vehicles take up way too much space or are just too heavy. The area was never fully secured either, so any such aircraft risked getting shot down. No, far too risky for little gain - if any.
The surface navy is the most vulnerable part of anyones military.
The Russian/Soviet surface fleet has always been overestimated IMHO.
That's why russia hides them on the seabed.😅
@@scorpiontail2561 that's why ukraine lost all they ship
@@ismailalfiyasin2714 You almost got it, almost...
@@scorpiontail2561 Oh, is that where they are? Well I guess you can tell US troops in near east and NATO's new allies in the north to relax because they actually don't have a massive force of sea borne cruise missiles that could barrow down at them at a moment's notice. Except that they do.
Russia often starts slowly/Badly in conflicts (ww2/Chechnya and of course Ukraine) but they are resilient and they learn quickly. The tactics they use have developed, they are loosing less helicopters and aircraft that they were during the first few months. They didn’t have the standoff weapons they needed..now they have. Plus of course the guys are now very combat experienced.
Same goes for most large powers.
You know how painful and sad it is to live in and love a country, which is traditionally perseived as a big threat in the world? Since the Crimean war and even before, we are the big bad. And when we try to integrate, we are suffering tremendously because of opportunists using the chaos and getting rejected in the end anyways. I guess Russia really has to be on it's own. Those who are bold enough to come visit peacefully will be welcomed anyway. Like my bro Ian from Ohio or Rafat from Iraq.
Well to Ukraine it is a big threat, the Russians running Russia don't care how you are perceived by foreigners, they don't care how many Russians die in this war, those Russians aren't them, they are game pieces they are willing to sacrifice in this game their are playing with men's lives. Some people play chess, these people play war, they don't sacrifice their own lives, they sacrifice other people's lives move them across the map, issue orders, and their military hierarchy make them obey often to their deaths, their bodies are returned to their families of they are so lucky to receive their remains, and the leaders get the glory and get to be called "Great" by future historians if they succeed, forgotten are all the soldiers who made the sacrifice for their leader's glory! You read a history book, you learn about leaders such as Alexander the Great and Napoleon, but they sent many men early to their graves, people that didn't have to die!
@@thomaskalbfus2005Anything if the Russian government wanted war it wouldn’t have waited for 8 years that allowed Ukraine to be armed and how do you expect it to happen??
Ukraine will never be in NATO, which represents a threat to Russia and Putin is there to ensure the safety of the Russians, unlike Zelensky prefers to send his men to be killed for the beautiful eyes of America, which has never hesitated to Destroy foreign nations and cause thousands of deaths
Stop sending money
Russian military is actually more capable even more than the USA military because the US military has not been tested this hard on ground by any near peer competitors... US has only been fighting those who cant really fight back. In Ukrain Russia is actually fighting 31 countries combined trained by the best of NATO... What can one say? The Ruskies are so much more formidable.
Very true.
You’re telling me a military that has not had its back to the wall since the Korean war might be a paper tiger?
Something else that often gets overlooked is the value of having combat veterans in your military. When this is over Russia will have the most experienced troops in the world apart from Ukraine. NATO troops on the other hand, have almost zero combat time aside from some in Afghanistan. When all else is equal on the battlefield, veterans always beat green soldiers
You don't think Nato would have naval and air advantage over Russia? Or even conducting combined arms maneuver.
@@claydredsbroadhead7763if all comes down to that, I doubt we'll never be able to see that happening,. Because of Nukes
Unbiased, concise, and truthful analysis as always. Keep up the good work Mr. Stewart
Very biased, if you are one of us who has been reading a myriad of others sources, including from countries not involved in the conflict. This guy is NATO biased.
He lost credibility by saying Russia lost 10% of its air force. Losing helicopters vs losing jets is completely different, and they hardly lost any of their jets.
I would like to point out that according to the UN since Feb 2022 only 11,000 civilians died in Ukraine and over 500,000 soldiers on both sides. Compare that to over 300,000 civilians dead in Iraq and only 4550 US soldiers.
Yes it’s taking Russia way longer than a few weeks, but to me these number say that Russia is going out of its way to avoid civilian casualties (despite whatever they show in the media). If they followed the Western military doctrine we’d probably have over a million dead civilians already.
Yeah, I actually shocked how low the civilian casualties have been have to credit Russia with being very careful where and when to strike. Also have to give credit to Ukraine for not hiding behind civilians like Hamas has been doing.
@@Kenny-bj2zq ahahahaha! "ukraine is not hiding behind civilians!" what a joke! Joke of the day)
Say it to drone constructing shops in basements of shopping malls, say it to ukr HQs hiding in hospitals, say it to tons of manpower deployed at schools, hospitals, universities! And when Russians strikes at that places - every propogandic shit starts to babycry "OH THOSE CRUEL RUSSIANS SPENT EXPENSIVE ROCKETS TO HIT BABY GARDEN!" and when there are appears photo of those dead "babies' with AK's and ammunition laying blown around - they starts to edit and cover that photos! Exactly how it be when Russians did blow some Vampire MRLS in Kharkov's region 3 weeks ago, that MRLS was hiding in shopping mall, and when Russians hit those MRLS - every journalist near was crying LOOK RUSSIANS STRIKES CIVILIANS, but those cocksuckers did not said that those Vampire MRLS was massively shooting at Belgorod, simply unprecisely shoots "at squares" of peaceful city
you, westernies, knows nothing about shit really happening here, you just a babies who watching the show where "bad russians making booms, and good ukranians heroicly defending wheir motherland!"
"Idiocracy" was a documentary movie
@@Kenny-bj2zq oh c'mon. Hamas hiding behind civilians? if so, why the IOF dropping bomb instead soldier?
@@Kenny-bj2zqth-cam.com/video/pn1uEA7acVY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=oLOIVHVI_Mdly_UT This is a good video that debunks the human meat shields narrative
@@Kenny-bj2zqThere's a good video about debunking the human shield narrative, I can't share the link 'cause youtube deletes my link, it's by a guy named GDF.
It's illogical for the US general to say that strengthening NATO now will decrease the likelihood of US involvement in a war with Russia. In fact, the exact opposite has occurred. The expansion of NATO over the past two decades, up to the border of Russia, and the US interference in Ukraine which contributed to the coup of 2014, is what created the Ukraine war. This expansion of NATO, in other words strengthening of NATO, has brought the US and its western proxies/allies closer to war with Russia than at any time in the post-WW2 era. We should not forget that NATO's entire reason for existence was to exist as a military force arrayed against first the USSR and now Russia. It was set up under US command and control and of course this continues to this day. NATO exists as a virtual proxy force of the US. When the US invaded Afghanistan it demanded NATO members provide troops to assist in military operations. None of these countries had any reason to invade Afghanistan, it was of no strategic value whatsoever. They are little more than pawns for the US as it seeks to impose its hegemony over all of Europe. And after Russia it will be China. The single greatest threat to world peace is the USA. Just look at the Middle East, all the war and destruction there since the end of WW2 is direct result of US foreign policy in the region.
100% spot on!!
" The single greatest threat to world peace is the USA"
That's why the U.S. invaded a European country in 2022. Right?
or maybe thinking is not your strongest side, and world peace is fuggd up by several countries
Do you consider Eastern Europe to be a part of Russia? Why should the poorest country in Europe consider themselves the master of Eastern Europe, it just doesn't make sense?
But the arguments are ridiculous too. "To defeat Russia". The war between Nato and Russia, or US and Russia would finish only in one way, and everybody knows how. So a topic where Nato would fight Russia is laughable.
@vladimirdosen6677 the Russians could get scared and stop trying to conquer the world like they have been. For some reason. Russia hasn't been deterred from starting a war in Europe, maybe if NATO troops were to enter Ukraine, the Russians will get the hint that invading Ukraine was a bad idea and they may back out. After all, you said such a conflict could end only one way! I think the Russians were hoping for an easy victory, not a nuclear war, if it confronts NATO troops and realizes we're not backing down it will realize it won't have that easy victory, they are the ones who started this war after all, it was their decision, they can end it by going home, all we're doing is defending, we're not attacking Russia. So the Russians can go home and end this war, that is the only way. Letting the Russians win is not a way to discourage war, it didn't work with Germany. If confronting Russis leads to world wide destruction, that is a risk we'll have to take, it's not a risk Russia has to take, just remember, they're attacking, we're defending, the attacker can stop this war by ending its attack and we would have nothing to defend, that is how World War III could be won.
B-but....I thought the russians only had shovels and have lost 900k men!
10% of airforce is equal to about 300 aircrafts. I doubt that. 1% is more realistic value
One thing, Im hearing alot about artillery ammo production but what about barrels? Not seeing alot of info on the latter.
I think you still can fire with a worn out barrel. It is just not as precise. Russians care less about precision but this is still interesting to know.
@@wurstelei1356 The thing about worn out barrels is metal fatigue or micro fractures, anytime the barrel could explode uncontrollably and kill its operators, though I doubt Russia would even care the lives of the artillerymen
@@wurstelei1356 how do you know they care less about precision?
@@X9xredgkoa Because they are ''evil'' duh
Yes Russian barrels are wearing out - some are exploding. Interestingly Russia has stripped barrels from its artillery war reserve and used them to replace barrels on their SP artillery. That does make some sort of sense. But they will never know how many rounds those barrels have already fired. Its a dangerous game.
Never underestimate the enemy… a flaw to common these days in senior leadership
Another great informative episode Preston. I appreciate how you’ll read a paper or artical, and explain it in bite size prices, with your knowledge and experiences. And Break it down so people understand. Must be that good army training. I was E-3 USMC, but I’m sure as a fresh Lt. you had to give your share of briefings or reports. Well done. Continued success, my friend. ✌️
Thanks for the update, keep safe.
Russia does have advanced capabilities and sending billions to Ukraine will not help. Those billions would better serve domestic U.S. issues like border security. The fact that Russia hasn't been phased by NATO weaponry is proof that Ukraine just needs to come to peace terms before their entire country is destroyed.
Hasnt been phased is a false statement. Putin isnt phased by anything but you could argue that the poor russian boys thats are coming under fire from NATO weapons are very very phased by it 😂
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'Phased by NATO weaponry'
Lol... they already know about a lot of the weapons... a lot of this shits been around for decades.. You make it sound like everything is so secret and only a handful know of.. lol...
We didn't give them our classified armors... we didn't give them nukes. People got all freaked out when Russia captured some Bradleys also a while back.. Bradleys that were developed in the 80s..
ah yes we all know how it goes when you reward a dictator with land in order to avoid a war. almost like thats happened before in the past huh??
The past never had a threat of nuclear bombs. I suggest you look into the Maidan coup that happened in 2013 in Ukraine. It gives one perspective of why Russia is doing what they are doing. I personally don't agree with Russia's stance, but I can at least understand it.
My favorite videos you make are the ones you burst our American bubble. Thank you for that. People out here have no idea how dangerous it is to underestimate our adversaries
What bubble? Nothing here is new, except that instead of russia saying it, its a US General. The increase in size and production figures are old news to most, unless you follow Dennys Daddyov and the like.
@@RantTheRetort and unfortunately that’s whom most people might get their daily information. You and I may not be in a bubble, but lol I assure you the general American public definitely does.
@@Jackiee_Chann Nah, I don't think its a bubble, I think most Americans think about Ukraine less than they do the Roman Empire. US media is collapsing left right and center because only fringe leftists watch. Most Americans have or are tuning out.
Most Americans are grandchildren of people who fled Europe in 1920s and 1940s or some other perturbation. You know, brave people actually stuck around to stand their ground, the ones that ran to North America were not the bravest kind and didn`t want to tell it to their grandchildren to avoid being seen as a coward. That`s why most Americans are so clueless, no generational passing of knowledge. Don`t worry little Johnny, your grandpa came on a Mayflower, yep. Right from Leningrad in year 1917. No Johnny, your grandpa wasn`t a coward that served Tsar like a little doggy and he didn`t run to Odessa, loosing his sheets along the way as the big scary workers and soldiers came to tear his anus apart, yep yep. No cap Johnny, no cap.
And your other grandpa didn`t flee from Germany in 1923 instead of fighting against the bad guys in Munich, he was a very brave man that grabbed two pairs of socks and two pairs of underwear, withdrew money from the company`s bank account and jumped on the first ship to NA. He walked right up to that Freikorps officer, bravely looked into his face, said sorry and moved out of his way as his country was being taken over, that`s right Johnny.
Same with Irish, same with Hungarians, same with Anglos. Anglos who said some joke about their Queen and were about to be sent to Australia as prisoners, fled to the US. North America is basically a collection of most scared individuals from all over the world.
This is why Americans hate history, because once you open that book and check the dates, all the dirty past comes out and kids start asking - dad, why didn`t our grandpa stand his ground and fight for his freedom like all men with balls did?
I am from Russia, my ancestors never ran anywhere, Mongols came - buried them all right in the soil I stand on, annihilated them. Swedes came - all buried, French came - dead, Germans came - dead, graves all over. That is why for a Russian man always walks around with a little barely noticeable smile, its so pleasant to walk over our land because underneath our feet are all the dead enemies. No such joy anywhere else, this is why Russians living anywhere else feel like something is missing.
I did a DNA test, Ancestry one, turns out I am 24% Norwegian, explains why women here look good, took all the good looking ones from Europe, left them short thick sinned piglets. That`s why we love to bring up history, why not bring up the score if ours is good. We don`t need Hollywood to make up heroes, our elderly ones are. We don`t need Disneyland, our whole country is one big Disneyland - dead enemies everywhere and I am alive, makes you laugh a lot.
Not to diss you personally or anything, but its all facts, that`s why I take all the anti Russia sentiments easily, its all right being salty when you loose all the time. Now we also do better economically, hence the hysteria, imagine - took all your pretty women, took all the land, killed best men, took all the gas, all the oil, launched first man into space, now those mofos have better healthcare and education, God damn it Johnny!
Our American bubble? I am an American, and not in a bubble. Which is also why I have never watched this channel that youtube suggested this evening. This fellow is on copium. It's much worse for Ukraine than he is letting on, and always has been. If Russia was so inept and Ukraine so great, then how could Russia columns of not many men penetrate so far so fast--faster than actual Blitzkrieg, and Ukraine not cut them off or encircle them? Can you imagine how embarrasing it would be as an American, if an army was able to do that here, and how outraged we would be if they were then able to retreat at will? Yet none of this happened in Feb 2022 when Russia zipped at will across Ukraine wherever they chose. Sure they got harassed, and Ukraine decided not to surrender as they did in 2014, but they had no ability to encircle a single salient. That was indicative of the future outcome right then.
It takes about 10 years to reconstitute the American military- which happened following the Vietnam war to the military under Ronald Reagan in the 1980s
Famous Russian leader of Liberal Democratic Party - Vladimir Zhrinivosky once said, “Army is perfected during wartime”.
Of course they are going to exaggerate the Russian position as there is a need for money to go to Ukraine.
Sorry bud you got so wrong and if you payed attention to daily updates about the war you would constantly see Russia on the constant attack since the end of Ukraines summer offensive.
@@mrhitisnumberoneuhm, there is no contradiction between his statement and the change of initiative on the battlefield in Russian favor.
@@mrhitisnumberone So they only tell the lies that you want to believe then?
@emildavidsen1404 Actually there is a contradiction between reality and his words. His words are clearly meant to downplay the Russian gains and dismiss them as insignificant which they aren't. Anybody who pays attention to this war knows without the West support Ukraine can't win, but his words make it clear he has a problem with more money going to Ukraine. So he must decide between wanting to see Ukraine win or lose which means accepting more money to Ukraine or not.
@@davey64 What specifically are you getting at?
What people fail to realize about the initial stages of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine is that it wasn't meant to be an invasion, Putin thought he could just "walk" into Ukraine in a similar fashion to what he has done in Crimea. There was little to no actual preperation for a long-war or even any war in general. People give Ukraine too much credit
Always a great perspective and I always seem to take away a new thought from each episode.
Honest queries: One thing that I remember everyone talking about at the first year of the war was the extreme low moral of the Russian Army, how they were giving up their weapons, vehicles, and just escaping to Ukraine. We were told that the Russians will loose the war because their own soldiers didn't want to fight, had no weapons, no food, no moral, and didn't agree with invading Ukraine so they were surrendering on the fields. Now we don't hear anything about that. Neither that their moral is high or low, just no conversation about it, compared to every week being told that moral was important and Russian soldiers were critically struggling with it. So, what happened? How the Russians fixed that? Was it as bad as we were told at the beginning? Is it as important as it seemed? How about Ukraine's now? I am neither pro Ukraine or pro Russia, tbh I didn't know enough about them until the war started. Just asking from the military and media aspect. Not interested in politics.
Another thing they said was Russia wasn’t equipped to fight in the winter. If they had said the heat was effecting Russian soldiers it would be believable but give me a break Im sure Russians are the best cold weather fighters in the world.
That's the media cycle. Every week since day one, I've seen articles doomer-posting about how low Ukraine and Russia are running on ammo. These surface-level takes fail to understand the greater scope of the war. Russian logistics *are* struggling, as is their morale. However, they're adapting their infrastructure to improve production, and their insanely repressive laws make crushing dissents basically effortless.
I'm interested to hear why you take a centrist stance. Obviously Russia bad, but why not support Ukraine? Do you just not know enough about the topic, or do you have solid reasons for your neutrality here?
@@papalittle3691 The best cold weather fighters in the world are the Norwegians, Finns, and Swedes. Believe it or not, most Russians don't live in Siberia. Also, they literally did suffer in the winter. Their soldiers had rusty guns, their tanks got stuck, and clean socks were among the many supplies not being delivered to the front. The difference now isn't so much that Russia has improved, but moreso that Ukraine hasn't kept up with them. Not because it's Ukraine's fault, mind you, but because the Western news cycle has all but abandoned them, and so it's easier for politicians to ease off of sending aid (which needs to be sent btw).
@@snowcat9308 your right i don’t believe it interesting perspective though cheers bro
@@snowcat9308when Norwegians, finns and Swedes are winning real war last time? In XVII century? Just check temperature ma of Russia. You will be surprised
2:32 general schwartzcof says you don’t wish away the capabilities of an adversary. You operate with the belief that they may have a capability until you know they don’t.
Great review! Its good to see objective analysis on the topic.
People don't realize aswlel that seasoned fighters and men who have fought for a uesr plus non stop will be able to pass those lessons on and integrate it into training for years to come. It also makes the surviving fighters better fighters then most
Great video!!!
Thanks!
Regarding the US anti involvement in EU war/s, history called and said "don't make me repeat myself" ;)
Thanks as always for your great work.
Brother, history says "ha you're locked in for civil war now"
In the first two World Wars, the United States was not involved until one of the hostile powers decided to attack or declared war on us.
🇷🇺Russia did a show of force at very beginning. They would have been thrilled to get any deal from 🇺🇦Zelensky at that stage. But. 🇬🇧Boris Johnson who never wore a uniform a day in life. Chose war.
Be careful what you ask for.
Never underestimate your enemy
From start of this conflict both side can agree just on artillery rounds alone is 7-10:1 by Russians fired, lately ratio is even bigger, yet official Ukrainian casualty numbers by Zelensky is 31K until February 2024. By this report Russians had lost 315K soldiers.... yeah nothing fishy here, no bias or propaganda 🤨🤫
Next you are going to say that Putin has not been dead two times, out of missiles and the Russians are not breaking down washing machines for chips.
Also Ukraine is one who defend every cm of land. But somehow has no casualties.
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Loss of equipment can be replaced, clearly it's harder, more costly and takes time to replace things like sophisticated aircraft, naval vessels and somewhat cheaper things like tanks, but Russia can certainly make up for those kinds of losses within a year or two through production. Replacing specialist, experienced personell losses takes longer. So it's important to remember that equipment losses are not forever, and can be back at the same level in a year or two with concentrated production, and Russia seems to have swivelled to more of a war-time production economy now.
Not sure they can produce competent tanks in numbers.
They can refurb tanks but with old tech.
@@knoll9812 True, but the tech is slowly getting better, and they capture western stuff to reproduce. For Russia it's doctrine is usually a numbers game to overpower it's opponent with mass; but that will change too.
10% of the Airforce is insignificant, majority of those aircrafts are old Soviet ones which are now been phased out anyway and new ones are coming in, same with tanks, ships etc, Russia is moderning their military while depleting older stock...
Russians are brave as Indians. We belong to warrior class. It is in our blood. When it comes to defending the motherland Indians and Russians are same. British won their wars using indian soldiers during world war 1 and 2. We are proud nationalist and ready to sacrifice ourselves for defending and safeguarding our country interests.. Long live russia India friendship❤❤❤
you are Homo Sapiens. Some brave, some cowardly, some kinda meh. Take the son of your most badass general, give him 0.0000 training and he will be useless in war. Because war is NOT in your blood. War is stuff you learn or don't learn.
Your mythical bullshit sounds like the story of a stupid rpg game. Grow up.
(and please, feel free to responde. But ONLY if written English is not a problem. I had to guess too many times what some Indian people were trying to write. No more of that, please.)
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Isn’t the warrior class just one of the castes? And India doesn’t really have the best military record. Couldn’t even beat Pakistan, and historically got conquered by much smaller forces of Muslims and British.
@@Breakage96 He's on the right track about how much the British depended on Indian troops. In both world wars more than half of all foreign troops were Indian. Not just non-white, INDIAN.
Good content
Great job as always.
Ukraine didn't "sink" not a single Russian naval asset. It all were US and UK specialists with their equipment wearing ukrainian uniform. If you want to check this statement search attentively all info on ukrainian Black Sea fleets in period 2000 - 2022. You'll be surprised how shitty it is, so where from they could possibly have any experienced specialists or tech-s? "Magic people - NATO people" (c)
Especially their war economy, very impressive. Ukribots have been waiting for Russia to run out of tanks since December 2022.
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@@jaxonl7810 I think you need anger management lessons
Been waiting for your take on this excellent report keep kicking ass Preston also very dapper you looked for your trip
Thank you!
4:50 You don't need a navy these days to sink ships. If you're fighting an advanced enemy, navy is more like your weakness, than your strength.
It seems that you are also adapting and learning, slowly though but surely. Good job....
The narrative changed from ''lets give all our money to Ukraine cause they are clearly kicking ass'' to ''Hurry lets give all our money to Ukraine cause they are going to lose badly''. The end result is the same. We must give all our money, lower our living standards, sacrifice our future because some ghouls in the State Department though that it would be a good idea to set up shop in Ukraine and Russia could do nothing about it. That worked well...
5:05 Is this saying that the Russian air force is 10% smaller, or that 10% of the original number of planes have been destroyed?
Because there is a big difference. Russia is continuing to produce new planes and train new pilots. So if they lost 10% of the air force available in Feb 2022, but built more planes than they lost, then the Russian air force would be bigger than at the start of the war.
And probably a lot more capable, with all the combat experience, modernized weapons and tactics, etc.
Russian airforce is being slowly attrited . The problem will increase in about a year when they start losing okBes to F16 a2am
@@knoll9812 ye ye same cool fairy tales as about patriot, iris-t and other stuff. Sure these nato AA made problems, but nothing we cant overcome i a proper timing
@@knoll9812 Yes just like how the mighty abrams tank turned the tide of the war lmao.
@@piedude333ify There is such a small amount of western tanks in Ukraine that proof of them having any effect at all shows how outmatched the old russian equipment is. The amount of T-72s, T--80s and T-90s destroyed is staggering. Besides, the Abrams and Leopards sent to Ukraine have all been surplus. Meaning they're outdated in the eyes of the west.
@@kruger7796 yes im sure the ‘modern’ abrams uranium armor is gonna stop a tornado missile blowing it into pieces. better armor can only go so far
@ 12 : 28 says it all .