You really ought to invite him on the next Even Rounder Table podcast. To have someone on whose actually been on the front lines would be epic, not to mention James is a top notch bloke.
the full story arc that led Spaghetti Kozak from not knowing what "cope" meant in the Wehraboos video to him using it frequently in this video it's just pure art
Two things. One: Whether someone has won a war or not is based on whether or not they achieved their ultimate strategic objective. Russia's objectives have been, defeat the AFU, replace the Ukrainian government and annex the Donbass-Crimea-Melitopol land bridge. They have only achieved one of those and even then there is a distinct chance of that being reversed within the next twelve months. Ergo, they have failed to achieve their objectives and hence they have lost the war. Two: Even if they did win at this stage, winning would essentially mean fighting to a draw. The material and personnel losses they've suffered in no way correlate to a successful campaign. The Winter War comparison is a good one, even if they "win"... was it worth winning? No.
The geopolitical objective is even more of a defeat. Russia's goals were to strengthen their prestige and sphere of influence and speed up the decline of NATO. They have failed horribly on all three counts and the decision to go to war is the direct cause of this. All three goals would have been better served by keeping the status quo pre Feb 22 and continuing to subtly undermine politics in western countries( propping up Orban style right wing governments across europe and the americas)
What you said : P TBF, this actually came to mind a month or two ago. Looking at how nasty some areas of the war, and not seeing any new vids in my feed left me a tad bit concerned.
Someone who thinks Russia could just replace their army with random conscripts should look at what's happening with those conscripts around Bakhmut when they replace Wagner at certain positions. Also no progress at Svatove-Kreminna front despite Russia having a shit ton of troops there
They ran like screaming sheep. I hope Russia loses bahkmut in a pocket encirclement. It's a stretch, but nothing would bring me more joy than to see Wagner's command staff on the other end of a firing squad.
@@twirlyturd4364 i dont know how conscripts help with logistics, if anything they just make it way worse because they don't have the same training as actual soldiers.
@@twirlyturd4364 to say that the forces at hostemel were mostly conscripts is just stupid the Russians took severe losses because they were completely outgunned and were stuck waiting for a supporting wave to actually arrive that was just bad planning and execution on the Russians side
@@toninhosoldierhelmet4033 Essentially it's all about more grunts to do the work. Military logistics systems in Ukraine and Russia still are not mechanized to the same degree as US and require a lot of manpower (actual degree of mechanization differs depending on the branch and unit in question), a conscripts pool is an available source of manpower to be used instead of some equipment, hopefully skilled enough to not FUBAR anything too much.
The biggest problem with the tankies and Putin fan boys is, that 20 years of RT propaganda, unrealistic war movies and Russia strong memes have made them think of the Russian Army like the Red Army of 1944/45. Which forged in blood and steel on the anvil of the Wehrmacht and high on Uncle Sam's logistical steroids was a "somewhat " competent fighting force. The truth is it's closer to the Tsarist Army of 1904/05, the one the Japanese wiped the floor with, a conglomerate of corruption, nepotism, incompetence, alcoholism and abuse. ✌️🇺🇦
Hot dang. Command and Conquer Generals. I recently bought the collection last month and the nostalgia from the old days is incredible. Edit now that I've watched the whole video: It's good to get an insight on the thoughts of people who are on the ground, and if you are a sounding rod to many of your fellow soldiers and the wider Ukrainian sentiment, it's fantastic that you have the high morale and confidence in your abilities for a positive outcome. It's all too easy to get caught up in the maps and the figures, and the daily reports, losing focus about the actual human feelings behind it. From what I've garnered from the sources that I've come to mostly be able to trust through this conflict is that there are 3 possible outcomes to this 'counter offensive'. 1) They make huge gains, routing the Russians back and liberating huge swarthes of territory (probably likely, given that their force is effectively entirely combat destroyed), 2) They get bogged down on the initiation and make very few significant gains (very unlikely and honestly not really worth even considering) or; 3) there's the middle ground between the two. Ultimately, the 'offensive' should be viewed by the wider world looking in as the opportunity for Ukraine to regain the initiative and momentum from the winter stagnation; due to weather and heavy attritional fighting pre winter. This isn't a war ending operation. But it will hopefully be the begininning of the end of the on ground fighting. What happens after that is political, and Ukraine's international friends will need to keep supporting them indefinately in that regard. Help them rebuild, grow and prosper not only as a huge sign of appreciation to the Ukrainian people for their huge sacrifice in the face of outstanding odds and heroic defence of themselves and wider Europe, but as a giant middle finger to Russia leadership and their supporters who will likely be gasping for survival.
So many Russian apologists seem to forget that Russia was *already* running out of uniforms, medical supplies and even rifles for their first big mobilization wave last September. They are *already* having artillery shortages now in Bakhmut which is their only major offensive push right now AFAIK. Russia is *already* down to sending T-55s to the frontlines (without any upgrade packages at all according to recent photos). Even if Western support for Ukraine slows to a trickle, that would more likely just turn the war into another frozen conflict, not inevitable result in a Ukrainian collapse. Especially after all of Ukraine has seen what Russia will do to them and their civilians if they surrender, Ukraine will resist with spears and clubs if they have to. And let's not even get started on how poorly Russia would handle a Ukraine-sized insurgency if they even got to that stage. The invasion was supposed to be the easy part for them and they can't even handle that.
It's kinda funny how Russia is now facing the same issue Ukraine have even dealing with from day one: way more manpower than equipment for them. And it's only gonna get worse as their armored vehicles losses continue to outpace their production capability many times over.
Yo dude, I'm a history major, your experiences are important to history and it may be necessary at one point to write about what you experienced in Ukraine.
A lot of people were contacting me for interviews initially, before I'd even really done anything. In fact a guy from Fox wanted to interview me literally as I was crossing the border. I just didn't really have anything worth telling I felt. There's always this clamor over "foreign fighters" when first, it's not really so uncommon nor is it novel, and second, it tends to distract from the massive sacrifices the Ukrainians have made defending their homeland. Perhaps some journos just don't want to hire fixers/translators. In any case, if you hear an interview with me it means that interviewer is likely a friend or a close acquaintance. They're the only people I give them to for the most part.
Man, I’ve been daily watching the back catalogue on your channel, following you in twitter, and consistently waiting for new content. This is one of, if not my favorite channel, and I really look forward to your new content that isn’t war related. I know this channel will blow up. Shit this funny Simple’s cannot be degraded by the algorithm. May the algorithm gods bless you, and who knows maybe you’ll get enough money to make the “heavy industries” part a reality.
13:02 I was sure I heard "... all they could mayonaise...", and I had to re-hear that bit a fair few times, giggle a bit, and conclude I was of course wrong but it was still hella funny ^,-,^
Welcome back! It was a gladdening surprise to see you interviewed by Dylan, I was wondering where you'd gone after that medical aid delivery to Ukraine last year.
Very good explanation! I wonder why so much Westerners waiting some massive ukrainian columns, which will smash all russian troops at the one moment for a week. At a modern warfare that's never would happen anymore. We have to understand that russians are also prepared. They have built a lot of tranches, the routes and fields are mined, there are also a 3 lines of defence etc. And, if you track the recent battlefield,you probably could see that the number of damaged russian howitzers and other artillery systems has been increased drastically. Also, with the help of StormShadows rockets, ukrainians blows new russians bases with equipment and amo. So it going how it is. Personally, I believe, ukrainian Armored Forces waiting for F-16 to arrive
Welcome home man! I’m glad you were able to stay safe. I’d love to see some of you’re shorter and less serious movie/Game videos and some of the sillier memes while you’re putting together the next Anti Werhaboo Action. Hope you and the wife are doing well, and you have sometime to relax in these stressful days
Welcome back!!! So Happy you are back safe and sound 😎👍 Looked you up again literally last week to see if you were still kicking. Very Happy to see you are good, and also in awe that you actually managed to get C&C Generals running 😂 💯
Counteroffensive will happen when the counteroffensive happens. Speculation is useless. The waiting must be a pain in the arse for you though. Glad you’re well. Stay safe!
You're Back!!! I've been supporting you since you talked about heading over to Ukraine. I'm an Israeli with a grandmother from Uman and I couldn't be prouder of you and all the Ukrainians taking on Russia, kicking their ass at the same time. To see the struggles against Russia in Syria, the Sahel, and Ukraine come to a head has been a truly moving experience, even with all the violence and carnage that has occurred. I knew you were a good man when I saw your video on Tankies, you were ahead of the curve in calling out these horrid people. The Ukraine War has finally shined a light on these heinous fuckers, forcing them to go full mask-off fascist. Tankies have destroyed many socialist movements across the west, including in the US. I can't wait to see Russia fall apart, and I hope the West is smart enough to uplift the republics of the federation if it disintegrates. I know you have been frustrated with the West's dovishness, I've been very angry that Israel hasn't done enough, but I think you and many others have started a movement to reinvigorate democracy across the world. Regardless of whatever our leaders make, I hope you and others can inspire a new generation to not sit back and watch our world burn, but to make other care, and make the lives of everyone matter. As we say in Judaism, Tikkun olam, make the world than how you entered it. Thank you, I know this sounds corny, but idc. We need more people like you.
While agreeing with every point you make, I'd just like to take a moment to appeciate the media dynamics of this thing. How the 'will they / won't they' speculations went 180 degrees from where they been in Winter 2021/22. How Russian military visibly spends resources, time, and effort under impression from the media hype rather than intelligence. How Ukrainan command is riding that media hype and how comfortable they are with it. This would seem like a complete miracle a year ago. This showcases absolutely clearly where the initiative is at, and tells everything you need on the state of the war effort. For this I would love to say thank you to every person who joined ЗСУ; to Zaluzhny and to countries who committed to supply and support Ukraine; to the decades of Russian распилы и откаты, имитация бурной деятельности, очковтирательство, и распиздяйство; and to the extended Ukrainian civic society who keep the country running and vouluntering effort going. And to you, of course. Thank you for your service. :)
I respect your decision to not make this channel about the war. But I'm still very interested in hearing your stories and experience (when appropriate that is). Will your Twitter be the main outlet for this instead?
seeing the mouse linger on the "DETONATE" button while it was sitting at the building and other bomb trucks only for sanity to ensue was the biggest blue balls I have ever had in my entire life
I suspect part of it is just adequately training tank crews. It takes time and a lot of the predictions by various news sources sounded wildly optimistic. Now because it's taking longer than those predictions said, people are saying the counter offensive has been delayed, but I kind of thought it was going to be the end of summer anyway. I suspect it's going to be really bad for the Russian forces.
Great video king. So I am wondering about what you mentioned in the video, how the VDV and other elite (or 'elite') Russian units have not only lost their most experienced guys but also the trainers as well. If the geopolitical situation were different, as this would almost never happen in reality, could Russia rely on its allies to retrain forces the way Ukrainian forces (I hear) have been trained by American, British, etc. ones? If China or Iran were actually willing to stick their necks out for Russia, could they send trainers over there without getting involved, or do those countries not even have the sort of personnel who could do that at all?
Thank you,I was thinking all of these some times ,but the wave of copium blinded many people, especially the ones who compare all that happens in Ukraine with "battle of Kursk" 🥴
Talking from Zaporizhzhya, around forty klicks from nearest russian, we’re mincing them good right now. And the only thing that keeps me awake at night is Energodar. I do firmly believe that russian will just leave their positions and bounce … again. But you, probably have more information and thoughts on that , I’m spewing stuff sitting on my civilian ass here. P.S. GLA FTW
Jake Broe. I don't know if you're familiar with him. He's a very pro Ukraine TH-camr who was in the USAF and also does business. I don't know, but it seems that when you are not helping defend Ukraine (good on ya) you do business and he does business and he might be useful to your doing of business. I don't know him personally, but I don't know you either, I'm just sayin'...might be. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Good to see you back in one piece Kozak. Now that you are, I demand more Anti-Wehraboo Aktion
You really ought to invite him on the next Even Rounder Table podcast. To have someone on whose actually been on the front lines would be epic, not to mention James is a top notch bloke.
Bring him on the round table!!!
Because you can never go wrong punching Nazis.
@@AWMJoeyjoejoe I second that! Get James on the podcast
GET SPAGHETTI ON THE ROUNDER TABLE!
the full story arc that led Spaghetti Kozak from not knowing what "cope" meant in the Wehraboos video to him using it frequently in this video it's just pure art
Two things. One: Whether someone has won a war or not is based on whether or not they achieved their ultimate strategic objective. Russia's objectives have been, defeat the AFU, replace the Ukrainian government and annex the Donbass-Crimea-Melitopol land bridge. They have only achieved one of those and even then there is a distinct chance of that being reversed within the next twelve months. Ergo, they have failed to achieve their objectives and hence they have lost the war.
Two: Even if they did win at this stage, winning would essentially mean fighting to a draw. The material and personnel losses they've suffered in no way correlate to a successful campaign. The Winter War comparison is a good one, even if they "win"... was it worth winning? No.
It seems like in modern times there's no way to win wars that you start
@@dragonstormdipro1013 Again, it depends on what goals you set as "win". For example, they won in Georgia and the Second Chechnia.
@Dragonstorm Dipro That's because free countries have a way of banding together to support the rules-based international order.
And they pushed Finland and likely Sweden to join NATO.
The geopolitical objective is even more of a defeat. Russia's goals were to strengthen their prestige and sphere of influence and speed up the decline of NATO. They have failed horribly on all three counts and the decision to go to war is the direct cause of this. All three goals would have been better served by keeping the status quo pre Feb 22 and continuing to subtly undermine politics in western countries( propping up Orban style right wing governments across europe and the americas)
Oh god he is back!
Glad you didnt die, mate.
What you said : P
TBF, this actually came to mind a month or two ago. Looking at how nasty some areas of the war, and not seeing any new vids in my feed left me a tad bit concerned.
Glad you’re back safe and sound bro, hope to see more content soon.
It's great seeing a new upload from you
Someone who thinks Russia could just replace their army with random conscripts should look at what's happening with those conscripts around Bakhmut when they replace Wagner at certain positions. Also no progress at Svatove-Kreminna front despite Russia having a shit ton of troops there
They ran like screaming sheep. I hope Russia loses bahkmut in a pocket encirclement. It's a stretch, but nothing would bring me more joy than to see Wagner's command staff on the other end of a firing squad.
@@twirlyturd4364 i dont know how conscripts help with logistics, if anything they just make it way worse because they don't have the same training as actual soldiers.
@@twirlyturd4364 to say that the forces at hostemel were mostly conscripts is just stupid the Russians took severe losses because they were completely outgunned and were stuck waiting for a supporting wave to actually arrive that was just bad planning and execution on the Russians side
@@toninhosoldierhelmet4033 Essentially it's all about more grunts to do the work. Military logistics systems in Ukraine and Russia still are not mechanized to the same degree as US and require a lot of manpower (actual degree of mechanization differs depending on the branch and unit in question), a conscripts pool is an available source of manpower to be used instead of some equipment, hopefully skilled enough to not FUBAR anything too much.
I remember reading that if Russia's "gains" keep going they will win the war in Ukraine in 2050. And that is IF they keep making the gains.
The Russian economy would collapse well before then, or more likely Putin would be deposed and get the Mussolini treatment.
Now that's what I call speed and efficiency.
If a garden snail started at the border at the same time as the Russian army, it would be about halfway to Lviv by now.
The biggest problem with the tankies and Putin fan boys is, that 20 years of RT propaganda, unrealistic war movies and Russia strong memes have made them think of the Russian Army like the Red Army of 1944/45.
Which forged in blood and steel on the anvil of the Wehrmacht and high on Uncle Sam's logistical steroids was a "somewhat " competent fighting force.
The truth is it's closer to the Tsarist Army of 1904/05, the one the Japanese wiped the floor with, a conglomerate of corruption, nepotism, incompetence, alcoholism and abuse.
✌️🇺🇦
I'd rather the Ukrainians take their time and do it with minimal loss of life than meet some political deadline.
Hot dang. Command and Conquer Generals.
I recently bought the collection last month and the nostalgia from the old days is incredible.
Edit now that I've watched the whole video:
It's good to get an insight on the thoughts of people who are on the ground, and if you are a sounding rod to many of your fellow soldiers and the wider Ukrainian sentiment, it's fantastic that you have the high morale and confidence in your abilities for a positive outcome.
It's all too easy to get caught up in the maps and the figures, and the daily reports, losing focus about the actual human feelings behind it.
From what I've garnered from the sources that I've come to mostly be able to trust through this conflict is that there are 3 possible outcomes to this 'counter offensive'.
1) They make huge gains, routing the Russians back and liberating huge swarthes of territory (probably likely, given that their force is effectively entirely combat destroyed),
2) They get bogged down on the initiation and make very few significant gains (very unlikely and honestly not really worth even considering) or;
3) there's the middle ground between the two.
Ultimately, the 'offensive' should be viewed by the wider world looking in as the opportunity for Ukraine to regain the initiative and momentum from the winter stagnation; due to weather and heavy attritional fighting pre winter. This isn't a war ending operation. But it will hopefully be the begininning of the end of the on ground fighting.
What happens after that is political, and Ukraine's international friends will need to keep supporting them indefinately in that regard. Help them rebuild, grow and prosper not only as a huge sign of appreciation to the Ukrainian people for their huge sacrifice in the face of outstanding odds and heroic defence of themselves and wider Europe, but as a giant middle finger to Russia leadership and their supporters who will likely be gasping for survival.
Welcome back. Command and conquer vid 😁💙
So many Russian apologists seem to forget that Russia was *already* running out of uniforms, medical supplies and even rifles for their first big mobilization wave last September. They are *already* having artillery shortages now in Bakhmut which is their only major offensive push right now AFAIK. Russia is *already* down to sending T-55s to the frontlines (without any upgrade packages at all according to recent photos). Even if Western support for Ukraine slows to a trickle, that would more likely just turn the war into another frozen conflict, not inevitable result in a Ukrainian collapse.
Especially after all of Ukraine has seen what Russia will do to them and their civilians if they surrender, Ukraine will resist with spears and clubs if they have to. And let's not even get started on how poorly Russia would handle a Ukraine-sized insurgency if they even got to that stage. The invasion was supposed to be the easy part for them and they can't even handle that.
Also, welcome back!
I really dug your interview(s) with Dylan! I'm glad you are safe and still in one piece.
Glad you're back safe and sound. Thank you for everything you do!
So good to hear your voice mate, very happy that you made it home safe.
It's kinda funny how Russia is now facing the same issue Ukraine have even dealing with from day one: way more manpower than equipment for them. And it's only gonna get worse as their armored vehicles losses continue to outpace their production capability many times over.
Yo dude, I'm a history major, your experiences are important to history and it may be necessary at one point to write about what you experienced in Ukraine.
Incredible that no major newspaper or outlet has tried to interview him.
A lot of people were contacting me for interviews initially, before I'd even really done anything. In fact a guy from Fox wanted to interview me literally as I was crossing the border. I just didn't really have anything worth telling I felt.
There's always this clamor over "foreign fighters" when first, it's not really so uncommon nor is it novel, and second, it tends to distract from the massive sacrifices the Ukrainians have made defending their homeland. Perhaps some journos just don't want to hire fixers/translators.
In any case, if you hear an interview with me it means that interviewer is likely a friend or a close acquaintance. They're the only people I give them to for the most part.
If the Counteroffensive is successfully launched, we shouldn't hear about it until days after from the Ukrainians themselves.
So glad you're back safe and sound. You're a genuine hero in my book.
I watched the 2 part interview on DylanBurnsTV. Great job!
Keep fighting the good fight! Greatings from Poland 🙂
Glad to see you back! And can't wait to see your next video!
I've been following you since I stumbled upon your blog in the mid-2010s. Welcome back and keep up the good work!
Glad to hear you! Thank you for everything you're doing, man
Yes, disguise the bomb truck as another, less-threatening bomb truck. the enemy won't see it coming.
Oh shit, you're back
Glad to hear you're well! Thanks for the update!
Spaghooy kozac, from the trenches to the content mines. The things he does for us.
Love the work you're doing, dude! I also really enjoyed your interview with Dylan Burns. Super insightful without violating opsec
Real good to see you, Kozak
" a literal snail " made me laugh pretty hard. 🐌
HE LIVES
No seriously awesome to see you safe and sound, God bless
Oh shit he's back! Good to have you back man and glad you're safe.
This game is my childhood game and watching u play gives me some serious nostalgia. Also, an amazing video.
Man, I’ve been daily watching the back catalogue on your channel, following you in twitter, and consistently waiting for new content. This is one of, if not my favorite channel, and I really look forward to your new content that isn’t war related. I know this channel will blow up. Shit this funny Simple’s cannot be degraded by the algorithm. May the algorithm gods bless you, and who knows maybe you’ll get enough money to make the “heavy industries” part a reality.
Welcome back, and glad you came back safe!
Discovered you from the interview with Dylan CIA Burns.
Cheers from Sicily!
13:02 I was sure I heard "... all they could mayonaise...", and I had to re-hear that bit a fair few times, giggle a bit, and conclude I was of course wrong but it was still hella funny ^,-,^
Welcome back! It was a gladdening surprise to see you interviewed by Dylan, I was wondering where you'd gone after that medical aid delivery to Ukraine last year.
Nice to see you're back!
Welcome back mate!
Agreed with what you said, the counteroffensive will come when Ukraine is ready.
Can't wait for what content will come out soon.
Papa Pasta's player name in C&C is "Abu Spaghet". :)
Dude! Where's my Wehraboo video?
J/k: Welcome back.
Very good explanation! I wonder why so much Westerners waiting some massive ukrainian columns, which will smash all russian troops at the one moment for a week. At a modern warfare that's never would happen anymore. We have to understand that russians are also prepared. They have built a lot of tranches, the routes and fields are mined, there are also a 3 lines of defence etc. And, if you track the recent battlefield,you probably could see that the number of damaged russian howitzers and other artillery systems has been increased drastically. Also, with the help of StormShadows rockets, ukrainians blows new russians bases with equipment and amo. So it going how it is. Personally, I believe, ukrainian Armored Forces waiting for F-16 to arrive
Welcome home man! I’m glad you were able to stay safe. I’d love to see some of you’re shorter and less serious movie/Game videos and some of the sillier memes while you’re putting together the next Anti Werhaboo Action. Hope you and the wife are doing well, and you have sometime to relax in these stressful days
good to have you back man
My Lord! My Looooord! You've returned to your flock!
Glad to have you back!
Welcome back hope you're staying safe
Hey, glad you are back
Welcome back!!! So Happy you are back safe and sound 😎👍 Looked you up again literally last week to see if you were still kicking. Very Happy to see you are good, and also in awe that you actually managed to get C&C Generals running 😂 💯
Counteroffensive will happen when the counteroffensive happens. Speculation is useless. The waiting must be a pain in the arse for you though. Glad you’re well. Stay safe!
Welcome back!
Дякую за службу друже!
Really good, reasoned insight from someone who’s been there. 👍🏿
The "Spring Offensive" came from talking heads, such as Podolyak and Danylov (who coined "The Ukrainian Spring"). Budanov was hyping it as well.
No generals claimed it, though.
Great video, thanks and good luck :)
So happy to see you back. Love your content and hope you get some medals. heheh
Welcome back, I was worried when I didn't see you for a while after you left for Ukraine.
You're saying things, but all I can hear is "can I have some tools? AK-47s for EVERYONE! Here I am... Sorry, no tracking number."
WE are the just ones!
Have you played Ostriv? So good. Very slow but it's a vibe
You're Back!!! I've been supporting you since you talked about heading over to Ukraine. I'm an Israeli with a grandmother from Uman and I couldn't be prouder of you and all the Ukrainians taking on Russia, kicking their ass at the same time. To see the struggles against Russia in Syria, the Sahel, and Ukraine come to a head has been a truly moving experience, even with all the violence and carnage that has occurred.
I knew you were a good man when I saw your video on Tankies, you were ahead of the curve in calling out these horrid people. The Ukraine War has finally shined a light on these heinous fuckers, forcing them to go full mask-off fascist. Tankies have destroyed many socialist movements across the west, including in the US.
I can't wait to see Russia fall apart, and I hope the West is smart enough to uplift the republics of the federation if it disintegrates. I know you have been frustrated with the West's dovishness, I've been very angry that Israel hasn't done enough, but I think you and many others have started a movement to reinvigorate democracy across the world. Regardless of whatever our leaders make, I hope you and others can inspire a new generation to not sit back and watch our world burn, but to make other care, and make the lives of everyone matter. As we say in Judaism, Tikkun olam, make the world than how you entered it. Thank you, I know this sounds corny, but idc. We need more people like you.
Sir... You telling me war is not paper-rawk- scissors?!?? Why is no one popping their micro to hop in and out of their humvees? ....or technicals?
Glad you are ok!!! Was a bit of a mood changer seeing you post today! Слава Україні!
While agreeing with every point you make, I'd just like to take a moment to appeciate the media dynamics of this thing.
How the 'will they / won't they' speculations went 180 degrees from where they been in Winter 2021/22.
How Russian military visibly spends resources, time, and effort under impression from the media hype rather than intelligence.
How Ukrainan command is riding that media hype and how comfortable they are with it.
This would seem like a complete miracle a year ago.
This showcases absolutely clearly where the initiative is at, and tells everything you need on the state of the war effort.
For this I would love to say thank you to every person who joined ЗСУ; to Zaluzhny and to countries who committed to supply and support Ukraine; to the decades of Russian распилы и откаты, имитация бурной деятельности, очковтирательство, и распиздяйство; and to the extended Ukrainian civic society who keep the country running and vouluntering effort going.
And to you, of course. Thank you for your service. :)
No matter what, thank you from the deepest of my heart.
He's back!
Nice to hear you, Kozak (:
Welcome back SK!
A video idea you may want to do is how you got into Warhammer 40k, and your relationship with it over the years.
You are in luck. Warhammer 40K Boltgun just came out.
Nice
Oi, did you received the medal you said the UA army gave you after you went back to the US?
HOLY FUCK YOU LIVE so glad youre back on here almost jumped when I saw your vid in my subbox.
Hello from Kyiv
Welcome back, SK. Been thinking of you while you were in Ukraine. Thansk for what you did and do.
I respect your decision to not make this channel about the war. But I'm still very interested in hearing your stories and experience (when appropriate that is). Will your Twitter be the main outlet for this instead?
Thank you for the video and your service in Ukraine!
How does one legally play Command and Conquer Generals in 2023? I can't find any place where I could download it digitally
EA and its crappy ap bs has all the C&Cs
seeing the mouse linger on the "DETONATE" button while it was sitting at the building and other bomb trucks only for sanity to ensue was the biggest blue balls I have ever had in my entire life
Welcome back
Will you do more history vids?
Most american cities would prob be a nightmare for the Russian military
I suspect part of it is just adequately training tank crews. It takes time and a lot of the predictions by various news sources sounded wildly optimistic. Now because it's taking longer than those predictions said, people are saying the counter offensive has been delayed, but I kind of thought it was going to be the end of summer anyway. I suspect it's going to be really bad for the Russian forces.
What is the game you are playing? Looks neat. Also, great video (even if I’m late as hell)
All the best. What did you think of the Lindybeige interviews? He was a funny guy if nothing else.
Happy you back god speed
Wait a sec, he took part in the war?
Great video king. So I am wondering about what you mentioned in the video, how the VDV and other elite (or 'elite') Russian units have not only lost their most experienced guys but also the trainers as well. If the geopolitical situation were different, as this would almost never happen in reality, could Russia rely on its allies to retrain forces the way Ukrainian forces (I hear) have been trained by American, British, etc. ones? If China or Iran were actually willing to stick their necks out for Russia, could they send trainers over there without getting involved, or do those countries not even have the sort of personnel who could do that at all?
Thank you,I was thinking all of these some times ,but the wave of copium blinded many people, especially the ones who compare all that happens in Ukraine with "battle of Kursk" 🥴
There was also a Lyman/Izium counter-offensive
By the way, im glad you are ok
Thinking about Joules right before you mentioned him.
I treat him dooming as a good omen
its literally already a year now
I'm not sure what you're referring to here unless you mean the war itself.
HOLY SHIT YOURE ALIVE??
Russian sources claim to have killed him fourteen times.
To be fair, the feeding, clothing and sheltering of their troops has been optional. Love the stick figure Schwartzkopf.
Talking from Zaporizhzhya, around forty klicks from nearest russian, we’re mincing them good right now. And the only thing that keeps me awake at night is Energodar. I do firmly believe that russian will just leave their positions and bounce … again. But you, probably have more information and thoughts on that , I’m spewing stuff sitting on my civilian ass here.
P.S. GLA FTW
Of course I play GLA.
How does it feel that Heroyam Slava now refers to you, too?
Trank you fit These infos
You got nice Mazepynka there
Jake Broe. I don't know if you're familiar with him. He's a very pro Ukraine TH-camr who was in the USAF and also does business. I don't know, but it seems that when you are not helping defend Ukraine (good on ya) you do business and he does business and he might be useful to your doing of business. I don't know him personally, but I don't know you either, I'm just sayin'...might be.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Damm I respect you so much