Momentum Collapses New Front Line, How Important Is This? - Ukraine War Map Analysis/News
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Looks good to me👍
Worldwide outage or censor, that is the question.
Yep all good
So far so good..is this the same vid I watched earlier while no one else could ?
@@freedumb_3.0 I live in Russia and I could watch it
Macron is angry because of Wagner in Africa kicked his ass XD
In fact even the French farmers are kicking Macron's ass.
Macron saw himself as the next president of europe (king even) then the french people said a big F U with the yellow jacket . He was elected by playing an old trick : he promoted controlled opposition then ran against them. He has 38% of people voting for him while "nothing" has 34% and is hated by a big majority of the french population (and he hate them in return). He view this conflict as a chance to play the hero but his handler don't let him do anything really meaningful.
The US has an old senile dude saying nonsense we have a young raging chihuaha barking away ... To each people their leader to endure i guess :S
The trouble is the French might be forced out but guess who'll refuse to leave.
@@peterr7321why they keep electing this piece of shit?
Let’s face it, the only thing the French military could do was go on safari in Africa
Shovels 1 : Abrams 0
Soon you will have MIRV shovel systems coming out of russia. One shovel has 6 - 8 shovels in it.
What a great idea to name a new tank model -😂 Shovels
Never bring an Abrams to a shovel fight
LOL - Russia is soon to unveil the washing machine units as well
Dont forget the suport of the wachingmachin :)
must be Clint Eastwood shovels
@@johnjacobsen1915I hear they have been working on modernising what they are able to do with microwaves as well.
I heard the Abrams was overwhelmed by meat waves - thousands of Russians mowed down before the Abrams ran out of machine gun ammo, tracks clogged up on the fresh meat
Remember the west laughing at the Russians placing Dragons teeth, digging defensive works and first started jury-rigging cope cages on their tanks...
Who exactly is laughing now?
So true, it's why I don't waste my time with mainstream TV narratives. Willy does a great job, facts are facts and the lines don't lie. This conflict needs to end before more lives are lost.
People forget that all that fancy stuff if another canon shoots at ya it wont matter alot!
@@drogonmax8781 what fancy stuff? Basic defensive earthworks have been used by armies for as long as armies have been in existence. So too, with improvements to defensive measures for both personnel and equipment, to counter newly introduced weaponry.
It's literally as old as time.
What isn't old as time, is the narrative thats currently being regurgitated
American patriots haven't been laughing at anything about this ridiculous war.
When they laugh they're worried 😂 don't fall for the subterfuge lol
The more NATO talks about intervening directly in Ukraine, the more Russian offensive will double down.
Macron was told to F off by everyone tho even the French’s
I sometimes wonder what goes wrong in the heads of the European politicians. Russia just told them that it would be a different war.
But you’ve got to admit. That when they’ve started talking, it’s actually already happened. They’re in Poland now. NATO is lead by degenerate zombies.
@@kingdavid6476 They don't give an eff about Ukraine.
What does that even mean? Not concentrating your forces and applying them to maximum possible effect would be catastrophically stupid.
CIA has become a huge problem.
Too right. Did you see the Spy War article in the New York Times? They literally boast about using Ukraine as a puppet to attack Russia. All the "unprovoked" whining is as dust in the wind now.
CIA is the worst agency to have ever existed, they carelessly meddle everywhere and never stick around to face the fallout of their foolishness. The fact that they can do this with absolute impunity, a virtually unlimited budget and far from any supervision is even more damning.
JFK said something similar, & then .......
Sadly the CIA and the DEA are politically destabilizing my latinoamerican country too :/
Some Russian celebrities announced a reward (about one hundred thousand dollars) for the first destroyed American tank, so it is not surprising that it was destroyed so quickly. In our country, this is rather perceived as hunting a rare animal.
1st and 2nd were destroyed about 3 days ago....
Sooner or later the UN is gonna be forced to put Leopard Challenger and Abrahams on the "endangered species" list xD
I thought that soldiers were given bonuses for certain objectives.
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@@user-ul9dv2iv9sUkraine was doing the same thing for the mercenaries
It’s amazing what human “meat waves” armed with shovels are achieving in Ukraine against an army with only 30,000 KIA and western backed tanks.
Absolutely. At this rate Kiyv is a shoe in by the end of the week.
It doesn’t matter how it’s used. It got destroyed and Putin said it will burned.
Just an example of why the West can't win, the costs for patriot system, 500, million dollars and 3 4 have been dwarfed in the last few days, that's 2 billion US dollars. Russia is building easily 2,000 tanks and 10,000 thousand drones for this, and so it goes on, Our stuff costs too much and honestly it's no good. and that's just 1 example
We all this was coming, because we knew Russia would not accept NATO in Ukraine. Simple answer, Ukraine stayed neutral and became bridge between east and west. The dogmatic desire of Zelinski to sit at the table with NATO is a cause which has punished his country.
Zelensky is a muppet and does what the hand in his butt commands him. You can replace him with a donkey or a dog and nothing will change. The decisions are not taken in Kiev.
If I remember correctly it's a little more complex. Poroshenko pushed really hard for EU, Putin predicted NATO involvement immediately after it, then Zelensky "oooh yeah, we need in NATO"
Some will say that crazy Putin's paranoia, but I don't understand why it's not based paranoia, when you know who was in charge of US and NATO for 20 years
In other words, stupid people are being violated by their own governments and decided there nothing better to do than dive between two Slavs in charge of their countries
this is a reason West CAN understand. the fact that Ukraine TO PLEASE the WEST turned to severe propaganda of hatred toward OWN culture, history, language and religion is what you CANNOT UNDERSTAND. as this put guilt for all that death and damage on EACH OF YOU. as you allowed to be brainwashed into own superiority and consider CULTURAL GENOCIDE of other nations is your right and privilege. and you ALL are OK with your secrete services and governments project that sick mentality on the rest of the world.
it was not the dogmatic desire of Zelenski, but the capitalists class of Ukraine made a gamble and decided that siding with the west would be more profitable for them, than aligning themself with Russia as they done before.
After the tucker interview I think Putin believes that ukriane is Russia and not Ukraine.
Hi, this part about Russia's energy policy is pretty bullshit. Before the war countries such as Hungary or Slovakia had favorable prices for gas or oil from Russia. The countries are members of the EU and NATO, and they themselves decided to import energy from the West in order not to support the Russian economy. The problem is that the prices are higher now and it is very unpopular with the public. The Russians did not stop the energy. The countries themselves decided to stop taking them from Russia, and people are now paying for it with higher prices.
I also do not understand how the president of France can say that he wants to defeat Russia, which has a lot of nuclear weapons. A war against a nuclear power cannot be won. We finally need to start using our brains and end the war diplomatically as soon as possible.
Wars against nuclear powers can be won. That’s about as ridiculous as Macron’s statements. Pull your head out of your ass and start rubbing your two brain cells together.
Also the part about "they changed the payement process" ... Like yeah they refused to be paid in dollars that the US is then gonna freeze xD Are they out of their mind to complain about that ?
Wow, so Vietnam actually lost.
The Soviets were victorious in Afghanistan?
Back to the drawing board.
You actually can attack a nuclear armed country. There quite visible possibility to disable such weapons by... How to describe it, opportunities?
Like how US aren't free because they cannot see themselves without benefits that NATO provides, same with nukes
But then, idk what stopping Putin from doing what people did with Ukraine and just multiple any Frances threat by x100, in order to justify nuke retaliation
The facts are that Hungary and Slovakia still importing natural gas and mineral oil / oil products from Russia to this day , it's not a secret ! Most of the Western European countries do the same thing , but with the help of India. India buys the chip Russian oil , refine it , then sells it on the European market making a good profit . The American LNG is available for countries with maritime ports at 3 to 4 times higher price than the Russian gas ! It is a good business for the US oil companies, lots of profits !
Watching this while taking the most heavily weighted shit of my entire life. Thanks Will for helping me get through it.
Same here
Amen bro
I remember in high school this dude I knew in the weight room took the biggest dump I’ve ever seen - he lied and got a group of us in there to look at in the toilet - anyways it was so big it looked like it came from a horse lmaooo
It was beyond gross but it also prompted questions about his own biology. It wasn’t human
You done yet?
How'd it go?
I have to say that the channel has recently become one of my favorite sources of information about Ukraine. The guest appearance at DPAs debate was also really great/
worth seeing. I wish you the best for the future Willy!
thanks mate!
Agreed. After coming back from Gaza Willy has become less of a Ukraine cheerleader and more of an objective reporter.
same for me
@BoskoBuha99 better to the party late than never
@@BoskoBuha99sorry to say but he can't be further from being "objective". He is still obviously very, very pro-Ukrainian.
Saying he is not an absolute clown like Denys is not really saying anything other than he has more than 2 working brain cells.
This channel is getting more of a neutral approach.. I'm liking it more and more... fine job Lt. - Surry Virginia
He's still citing british propaganda.
@@MoonlightVKV give it a few more months, Willy will switch to the Russians
3% of the Abrams came out and 3 % were destroyed..... thats 100% kill rate.
Nothing gets passed you
@@christopherleslie4593 wrong 100% of the 3% were destroyed
2 Abrams are already destroyed (1 was a mine clearing variant). So it’s actually 6%. And the mine clearing one was more valuable.
i genuienly thought the abrams were invincible
exactly...we had seen 2 destroyed abhrams 3 days ago...1 was mine clearing variante😂😂😂@@ericp1139
People get way to exited for Nato tanks, I get the idea of them being superior to their Soviet/Russian counterparts. But at the end of the day, they are still just a cannon on tracks.
They are only superior in imagination.
Issue is cost, you can make 2 t90ms and 3 t80ums for tge cost of one sep 3 tusk. Yes one is generally more survivabile, but in wars of attrition he who has more equipment wins.
@@imperialnerd4662 not only that, but parts and maintenance are easier for Russian tanks, which is why Ukraine prefers them.
NATO tanks are not meant to be unstoppable the tank did its job it kept the crew alive
An MORE EXPENSIVELY Canon on tracks.
Those extra tones and "laser sight" arent cheap you know
Not to mention the obsolences of having a new model every few years with only a light change.
The Russian Washing Machine is set to cleanse the dirty laundry.
by taking 2 fields and dying enmasse?
Yea, by putting fraudsters who run ponzi schemes (Denis Pushilin) and neo-Nazis (Alexander Borodai) in office?
@@xjn2519🤦♂️
It will need 100 sanitising cycles, west is so infested😂😂😂
Was said washing machine taken/stolen as a war trophy by Russian soldiers?
What makes this channel unique is that the more this war progresses, the more Willy becomes objective and more capable of filtering out the facts. Prime example is those MoD updates. From taking it as a serious source of info to a laughing matter, and deservedly so. I haven't seen that kind of change anywhere else, and that is why this the main channel where I get my updates about this war.
Must have been one heck of journey getting to this point. You have earned my respect sir. All the best
Which MoD, though?
Truth. I think anyone following the conflict closely for the past 2 years has changed in the same way.
It's been so interesting seeing the effects of media and government reports on swaying opinions efficiently at the beginning, while now everything should be taken with a huge grain of salt if not disconsidered entirely.
Willy's doing such a good job at reporting on this. Keep up the good work!
It's funny how biaised he still is. He keep describing actions ukraine are taking or need to take as "we" he keep repeating cope "it's bad here but it's obviously worst in russia" . But at least if he is absolutely not unbiaised he still accept to see fact that goes against what he believe in
Ukraine has lost the momentum and won't recover, he is yet to fully come to terms like real experts like Scott Ritter
Agree i couldn't watch his bias for to long before at least this was somewhat balanced
All the money in the world won't help Ukraine, the Russians are deathly serious about this. If you don't believe me, just ask an old German for a 2nd opinion. Those who fail to remember histories painful lessons are condemned to repeat them!
yes , look , Just an example of why the West can't win, the cost of the patrieot system, 500 million dollars and 3 4 have been dwarfed in the last few days, that's 2 billion US dollars. Russia is building easily 2,000 tanks and 10,000 thousand drones for this, and so it goes on , our stuff costs too much and honestly it's no good. and that's just 1 example javelin is just as pointless and too expensive, that's just how it is,And that's how it is with our tanks, etc. The whole thing costs billions, now it's clear to me why the Americans spend so much money on shot, with that money you could do so much in the USA, there are no problems with higher prices. Cost of gasoline refugees, plus a young American dies every 2-3 minutes from fentanyl and carfentanyl, no one cares,,,, what's going on in the USA, sorry,
Previous to the sanctions, Russia has never weaponized energy and never threaten to do so, never. Russia was happy to do business and sell it, neighbors that are dependant on trade with each other tend to get along and share the cost and ownership of pipelines and such.... *Weaponizing energy and sanctions are a WESTERN thing..*
Any loss Ukraine has in material isnt a loss its someones profit, every loss Ukraine has in person is one less person to rebuild the country... At this point ukraine will run out of manpower before it runs out of foreign equipment. Imagine waking up with knocking on your door and getting dragged out of your house to be sent to the front for nothing...
and when Ukraine sighns their capitulation, our western firms will come in and rebuild...there will be Billions to be made...and its all part of the plan...
but Ukrainian people are tooo dumb to realise, that they are been just used for profit
Like any post war country, immigrants will be the ones rebuilding it. And your little example at the end, the same thing happened in Russia - did you conveniently forget about their conscription?
Nothing for you maybe.
@@waynemongo if you cant win your sacrifice is for nothing, Ukraine wont exist even as a semi functional country anymore after this conflict. This is not about preference this is the sad truth.
I hired Ukrainians since then, i assisted some to get out of the country... Looking at the population exodus, destroyed property and long term injured everyone prolonging this drama on the loosing side should question their stance. For Russia there is only one option and that is to win, they will not back down and they have the longer stick since the beginning...
@@michaelfinger6303 yeah, imagine what Europe would look like if Britain had said that in '39. Ukraine won't always be under the Russian Boot. Because some people will always fight for their freedom.
If Macron knows his history he would know how Napoleon did when he invaded Russia.
Macron is the most politicians who have ever politician.
I will always remember how he "discretly" rold biden "the saudies wont acept the deal" while in live TV.
The moment shit hits the fan this giy will flee faster than royals families seeing mobs carrying guillotine's
He wants to show that he can do better than Napoleon at least that's what he thinks he can do.
I don't actually recall Macron said he was marching on Moscow.
Did he?
Macron more like maclown
😊
Another piece for the Bears museum
Retrieving it is a lot harder than destroying it
@@PaladieshHey, they will retrieve it when the time comes...I doubt it will run away or get stolen. Although, that hunk of metal would worth a lot in a scrapyard.
Russia has a target of making 6 million artillery rounds by 2024. North Korea has a target of 2.7 million. artillery ammunition by 2024. Iran has a target of 1 million artillery ammunition by 2024. total 9.7 million ammunition.
Meanwhile, the EU alone has difficulty meeting 1 million artillery ammunition by 2024
yep, and still EU thinking about going on war with Russia. Like how? With what? I mean, if we prepare, sure, but right now? That is a suicide. Also, for what? For Ukraine that is worshipping till this day nazis banderas?
They won't even come close to a million.
And I thought it was the Ukrainians that destroyed all those cities and towns.
How was that possible if you guys are right?
So what you ar saying is they are fooked...
@@JustChill-zd4ib proper fooked lol
I'm an old US Army soldier, and I don't understand why folks think that US equipment is "invincible".
It isn't.
It's designed to save the crew, not the equipment.
Equipment is cheaper than trained crew.
I guess the term 'gamechanger' is no longer being used now that numerous wonder weapons have entered the war and none of them have been gamechangers.
So game changer is just media bollocks
It's mainly just Ruski cope mate. Anyone with an IQ in double digits knows nothing is invincible in the theatre of war. Troop maintenance, support and safety is so low on the Russian military scale of care its in fact unheard of.
@@CyrilSneer123😂 this the 'supposed' world #2 military power don't forget. If western arms and artillery is of little concern what's with them running over 700 days late on wrapping this exercise up?
US going from industrial to financial capitalism means that most industry lost capacity and most things are overpriced. And your economy is turned into service economy that is essentially disconnected from real needs of US folks. So, print money, but you have a finite number of hulls, very limited number of experts to refurbish units from storage. Last M1 hull is from what I know made in 2000. Those people are retired mostly. Computers dont make new things. Algorithms stay within computers. Owligarchic war vs peasant destroyed jobs, rich gained power, while wrecking ur country. Long term malnourishment means you imagine self strong, but youre really skin and bone strong. Let that sink in. Your mic made expensive things for profit.
Sweden was never a neutral country during the Cold War they just did not show publicly their support and calibration with NATO
They weren't really neutral in WW2. Sweden let Hitler use its railway system for free to transfer Nazy Germany's troops to and from the Eastern Front, i.e. enabling the Nazi war against the Soviets.
Sweden supported the communists in Vietnam because of US imperialism
They did denounce the US in Vietnam. So they weren't afraid to speak their minds
😂😂😂American Combat Veteran channel outright refutes the loss of the Abrams as a fake 😂😂😂
Paul's coverage is getting more and more deranged and more and more blatant propaganda
@islandwills2778 ok so it's not just me that's thinking that. It's a bit unreadable recently. You can feel strongly about wanting Ukraine to win without turning your channel into propaganda imo
@@islandwills2778 when it started all-but quoting western media and political leaders narratives so blatantly, it lost any remaining credibility
Yea we know that. They don’t like to get exposed. I bet they punish anyone who says it was Abraham tank like they punished Assamge. Americans are very good at cover ups and lies. This is war and in the war everything is possible like patriot air defence system not being so good either. The same goes for Russia. Russian weapons has their weaknesses too but they don’t hide it. Ohhhhh, 😭😭😭😭our rank is not weak, it wasn’t our tank, it’s fake, it’s Russian’s fault, it’s Ukrainian fault. lol the reality is that it’s hot and tells you that it’s not what you make it to be.
@@sisilotau2185 the real pro-Ukranian channels generally try to avoid spruiking the narrative being fed by the western media, political and military leadership.
They are looking for solutions based on the facts from the ground.
Kiev still has not admitted the loss of Bahkmut for example.
Russia has no reason to stop...
Ukraine has millions of reasons to sue for peace.
NATO needs to STFD....
This makes absolutely no sense. If Russia have no reason to stop then why would they accept a Ukrainian peace deal?
what does "STFD" mean?
Ukraine can't stop either, because people hate history today. That's why ukr/west propaganda is godly effective and russian aren't
@@chillz5967 stand the f down....
Probably "stand down" with a rude word included
I saw references about you in @historyleggends about the "russian waves" without any evidence of any wave. Very good point
Saw that too. I’ve seen plenty of Russian combined arms assaults turning to shit as Willy has put it but that doesn’t equal a ‘human meat wave’.
@@Fitaroy agreed. Only timed I saw purely infantry rush was reinforcements, and of course tales about prisoners waves in Bajmut, but no evidence. And of course with combined arms as it happened to Ukraine in robotine
Alex HL is a legend
meat wave lol
Every time I hear that it remind me an A.I image of a
Smiling brisket/chuck roast waving hello.
@@pasofino9583 😂 I was imagining it like a stadium full of chickens making the wave
Seeing a lone tank doing a Leroy Jenkins across an open field gives me the heebie jeebies, feel sorry for the crews and respect to them for their courage
I doubt even with western aid packages that Ukraine could muster the combat power to actually achieve any sort of offensive this year. Russia seems to not be running out of anything vital to slow their advances
Willie im in JAMAICA i admire how u have become OBJECTIVE in your reporting.I applaud you.Best of health also❤
Here's the plan for Ukraine without US aid 🏳
Here's the plan for Ukraine with US aid 🏳
Truth!
The point being doesn't need to be a victory for it to be a win. Sad truth of this war, those who win do not participate just sending aid.
It's upsetting the peace talks of 2022 were not realized. Nothing meaningful has been gained by UKR in the past 2 years except less of life.
the US elites plan: $60b
Yeah i do think the "we have two plan if you help us or if you don't" is a trick to push the help to come ! The two plan could be "we gonna surrender" and "we gonna keep fighting until you stop giving money"
This war will grow more unpopular daily.
Our western "leaders" don't care.
And I don't trust them a bit. They will continue to make bad decisions
The further Willy is going , the more his his eyes are getting opened and he starts to realise who is white and who is black
I think it was showing in his viewer time and likes. I had to stop watching him for a while. He is still ignoring the last 20 years of NATO in Putins front door.
@@FT4Freedomlol Putin doesn't even think NATO is a threat it's just an excuse. The threat is democracy.
@@yeahnah7220What democracy? Western globalists hate democracy.
@@yeahnah7220it's a threat.its russia sphere of influence and buffer zone
just like cuba to the US
wake up you fool
@@yeahnah7220😂😂 OK...IQ 60? or lower?😂😂😂
Cope cages do absolutely nothing against Javelin or NLAW, but they work wonders against kamikaze drones.
Actually, ukraine war prove that NLAWS mostly don't work. More than half mailfunctuoned, other simply can't breach through shield. Most Russian tanks destroyed with older ATGMS, minrs and drines.
Actually they help lot it makes the contact with the russian era plates less effective
Not really. Kamikaze drones go for the turret or engine block on a relatively flat trajectory and so fly under the cope cage. Cope cages only really protect against drones that drop VOGs and other grenades, and those are ineffective against tanks anyway, the only way they'll get a kill is if the hatch is open.
@@magnusthered4973 dual warheads will still set off reactive armour from 1m away, remember the precursor charge is still a HEAT warhead which sends a high velocity superhot plasma jet towards the target, it doesn't need to be that close to detonate ERA. Alse there is little to no reactive armour plates on top of the turret where the top attack mode of a javelin is aiming for (and the cope cage was made to protect against).
Just an example of why the West can't win, the cost of the patrieot system, 500 million dollars and 3 4 have been dwarfed in the last few days, that's 2 billion US dollars. Russia is building easily 2,000 tanks and 10,000 thousand drones for this, and so it goes on , our stuff costs too much and honestly it's no good. and that's just 1 example javelin is just as pointless and too expensive, that's just how it is,
Have you figured out yet Willie? Were the bad guys in this movie. It was hard for me to accept too.
You realize he’s just a TH-camr, right? He’s not actively fighting in Ukraine. Him having a biased reporting style in no way makes him a “bad guy”. Step away from the internet and come back to reality.
@@jasoninthehood9726Well, I've been to Ukraine several times and I can't but think that those that support Ukrainian nationalists are bad people.
He is coming to realizaton slowly who bad guys are going around the world pushing others boundaries provking them and setting proxy states to fight them pretending to be good guys helping.
Reminds me of the British comedy duo Mitchell and Webb when they did the WWII German sketch ‘are we the bad guys?’
hi willy, I am French. and the crazy Macron does not talk about NATO troops in Ukraine, he clearly says, I quote, "sending French soldiers to Ukraine is not excluded, even without the NATO consensus".
Muslin French troops? Sis French troops? What white man would fight for a government that's trying to k!ll them? You'll eat crickets and be happy.
Macron est complètement maboule
Do you understand what nato is?
France is a nato country
He had to. Because they already in there since 2022. Now he just give them an official death reason.
@@rustyslawTTVif France decide to send troops, then that is their own decision, it does not mean NATO being involved.
I'm embarrassed of my government for provoking this whole thing.
Russia just need to leave then!.
Its not Russia who first provoked. The West has played a game of "I'm not touching you! I'm not touching you!" with a finger an inch from Russias nose for decades. Ukraine is just the unfortunate proxy in the middle of this much larger geo-political power struggle. @Euroscot9155
@@Euroscot9155 "It's their own fault for not rolling over and surrendering the way they're supposed to! WAAAAAHHHH!"
@@Euroscot9155 just sit down and play with your coloring book this conversations too complicated for you.
@@Euroscot9155Russia protects own interests on its border, what does the US do there?
Macron must be channelling his inner Napoleon. That worked out well.
The Abrams were shipped with very few spares. I would think that one is beyond repair.
Ukraine has no means to repair any of their tanks...they are all being shipped back off for repair, before being returned
Ukraine has lost almost all of their industry. Zelinsky is currently in discussions to bring western military manufacturing directly to Ukraine offering all sorts of financial benefits, including permanent zero tax status, etc
@@LoveBagpipes That carcass would need to go back to the USA. I doubt there is much left on it.
Poland has a regional maintenance hub for the Abrams main battle tanks in Poznań
@@GOLDTR1GGERyes but their repair due is about three months long
@@GOLDTR1GGER Yes I know, but the Abrams didn’t come with spares. they would need to be shipped.
The hull has probably warped and weakened with the cook off, and repairing that is a big job, especially as it is composite armour.
Most of the wiring looms will be gone. They are massive and complex.
The suspension torsion bars will have become “soft” with the heat.
The turbine sits next to the ammunition storage so that will be gone.
You reach a point where you cannibalise the wreck.
This is too funny. Are folks now admitting that the Ukrainian Kharkov “success” was a successful tactical withdrawal? The narrative is beautifully falling apart. This is what happens when you have media strategy instead of a military strategy.
I pray for rest for the fallen, and peace for both sides.
It changes Finland and Sweden, in that, their citizens are about to start seeing certain benefits erradicated and costs increase as they are occupied by "NATO" (aka: US) military
"The tank was first attacked by the small and cheap FPV drone, and then finished off with a light anti-tank grenade launcher. The additional active armor did not save the tank from the usual attack of small forces."
How can stupid hungry Orcs destroy anything with only shovels ? Puzzling !
Make peace you fools
Willy is the only pro Ukraine channel that doesn't promote constant nonsense.
Agreed, and with how the war is going the pro Ukrainian channels are getting deranged
but all subscribers pro Ru 😂🥴
Yevhenii from Ukraine gives an honest assessment.
The cognitive dissonance is mad to watch. Today he said that NATO should've given Ukraine missiles/etc in 2014 because everyone knew then there'd be a war.
What happened in 2014 to ensure a war?
@@__vm__I object to that, I am a subscriber and am neither pro Russian or pro Ukrainian
Willy is good bloke very unbiased about his reporting!! Well done mate ! Great work
He is clearly biased...and he admits that
(Still better than most, most won't acknowledge their bias)
Oh man you are too critical. I wouldnt even know his bias if he didnt mention it. Totally neutral reporting as it goes. Yeah if you watch a 100 of them you can figure it out but this guy is more even handed than anyone reporting. Atleast that I know of...@@LoveBagpipes
@@paxalotin Im pro Russia and my brothers are there ! We all have a preference ! Will definitely more honest than bbc and cnn .
He’s another one in a long line of seemingly “impartial” analysts who are Ukraine supporters deep down. With this guy, you can sense his coping about Ukraine losing. It’s subtle but it’s there. The nonsense about Ukrainians building some new lines of defence and standing up a 4th iteration of their army to man this defence is the great new cope in the west. For people like this, westerners or non-westerners identifying with the west in some way, the order that they knew and are invested in, either economically or mentally or both, is ending. It’s a scary time for these people.
@@AdamSzm Ukraine is only winning pr war . Everyone was ok while they were killing people since 2014 and since 2022 all west is pro Ukraine and Bandera aka Aзов support!! It’s embarrassing . It’s sad to see Slavic nations fight but this is all USA government fault and the sad thing is they will drop Ukraine like it’s hot when they fulfilled their purpose!! Sad to see so many man die
Could Finland and Sweden have avoided joining NATO? I don't think so. There is no sovereign independent countries in Europe. Well.. perhaps some try to be independent, like Hungary. But the rest of Europe is pretty much are hostage to the US economic dominance. Countries will face sanctions if they will not happily follow the suit of sanctioning whoever is sanctioned by US. And perhaps it even made sense from security perspective. Finland already have been in a situation in between two powers getting geared for war in 1939 - dint work out very well. But, in the end, it does not mater for NATO vs Russia, as any serious open conflict will go nuclear, for that reason I have very big doubts that NATO troops would ever set foot in Ukraine, unless Russia would allow it. However, the bigger issue is the economy. This war has put a large rift between Europe and Russia. If the war ends in anything then a complete and catastrophic defeat of Russia (which is highly unlikely due to nuclear capabilities of the later), Europe's golden age of cheap resources is over. Taking into account the troubles of USD and growing tensions between US and China, threatening to void the patent laws things don't look too bright.
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Boris Johnson (probably)
“Still don’t go for peace talks, you got this!!”
...Said from his couch while he shovels cheetos while playing COD
They had peace talks in Switzerland recently. Russia refused to attend. How can you have peace talks when the aggressor specifically refuses to accept anything less than unconditional surrender? Lavrov openly said that they are still committed to achieving the objectives the had from the start of the war, which is the capture of Kyiv and dissolution of Ukraine as an independent sovereign nation.
@@felixprime8291cool story bro
You are flat out lying about Russia's stated goals.
@@felixprime8291Well, zelensky signed an agreement and didn’t honor it. They also didn’t honor the Minsk’s agreements. Russias refusal to participate is completely understandable.
The only difference with joining NATO for Finland and Sweden is having painted targets on their backs. From long years of working neutrality to tense borders and having to join in on any bloody adventures the americans decide on. Utter madness.
Let them. Let's see what they will do with given "freedom" and if they can handle it. Maybe its just informational game and they will do nothing...
Hooray, glad you'd managed to post the video.👍
A sacrifice for the algorithm
What happened...Willy's siegheilers and WEF minions are losing on the front...
After what happened to those French Mercs, i am surprised Macron would talk of send Troops.
I like how 'NATO isn't a threat to Russia and have no plans to advance, invasion is unprovoked' turned into 'NATO had bases around Russian border prior the invasion - it is not a secret' really smooth 😄
NATO - Blows up Nordstream pipeline.
NATO - 'Russia is cutting off European gas supplies!!!'
Это сам Путин спустился и взорвал свой Северный поток. Зачем? Просто из вредности.
The biggest AFU problems are that the "fortifications" they have to retreat to exist in the propaganda videos only. Hastily dug company defensive positions will not stop the Russians. And they have no answer to the Russian firepower dominance.
I will quote an AFU soldier's account - "When a KAB-1500 hits, half of the village jumps a meter up."
I remember how at the beginning of the war everyone laughed at the Russians as they turned out to be “old Soviet tactics,” the experts said. now it turns out fortification is important😂
i love how our man has adapted the "this place" and "here" rather than butchering them and fucking with the flow. we can see the names on screen so its all good. smart
With Finland and Sweden joining NATO, they bring a grand total of about 57k active military combined. With the amount of additional land mass that now needs to be protected, I dont think this was a net positive for NATO in the short term. Lets face it, country's in the Balkans dont have much to offer in the way of a military force or a defensible position. Then you have Turkey, which may or may not attack Russia or provide troops. The delicate balance between Turkey and Greece, they may be fighting each other instead of Russia. The UK really dont have much of a fighting force either. Canada, they could not invade themselves with the amount of troops they have. You may notice a theme regarding NATO, they are probably at about 25% of the combat power they had in the 80s, if that. The key here is, will the US be able to deploy enough armor and aircraft fast enough if a war did break out all of a sudden? I doubt the US has the REFORGER type capability right now.
Having said that, I highly doubt Russia has the capability to project much power beyond their border, besides using nukes.
Yeah that would be true if nuclear weapons didn't exist
Helluva long border friend. Some of its neighbours are the USA and Japan. 11 time zones. Exclave Kaliningrad.😅
Я вообще не понимаю чего вы забыли на Украине? Может Россия расположила свои ракеты в Мексике? Нет. Может Россия развернула свои ракеты в Канаде? Тоже нет. Тогда может Россия развернула свои ракеты на Кубе? Опять нет. Какого хрена вам надо на нашей границе?
Germany only has 600 Taurus missiles, and only around a thousand seem to exist altogether. It's the only deep strike weapon Germany has, nothing else is planned until after 2050. They have a fancy "void counting" fuse, but the 500 km range is a bit weak, when Russia has Khinzal which reaches out four times as far, or Kaliber at five times. Even Iskander has 500km, and they get used often. If Russia gets hold of an undamaged Taurus, they might all be rendered useless. They have no inertial guidance but rely on GPS for terrain following and targeting.
I'm not surprised the Germans are not keen to start wasting them on this lost cause.
The german greens are more "military" olive then related to nature or human wellbeing in general.
The guy who hit the tank has been photographed. There is literally a description of how the tank was taken out, it was penetrated with a what i suspect was a RPG but not a 7? or 9? or what ever the most common and well known RPG is, but something like a RPG-29 with a duel warhead round designed to defeat reactive armour.
Duel warheads for an RPG duel? That spawns weird pictures in my head. And I want that movie NOW!
Makron and Scholz are the last people on earth who should talk about sending troops against Russia. Maybe they should recruit Mongolia into NATO - they seem to have a better track record 😅
Oh, it’s up!!
Re the lost Abrams: It’s important to identify the Ukrainian centre of gravity, which I think is the terrain.
At first glance Ukraine looks much like the rolling Fulda gap, the area between the Hesse-Thuringia border and Frankfurt am Main, and the North German Plain. these two corridors were the ideal route for Soviet Shock Armies to invade Europe. so much so that almost all modern day Main Battle Tank development was based upon these areas. the Abrams, the Challenger and the Leopard were all designed specifically for combat in these two areas.
The alluvial shale and soil structure of the Fulda Gap is strong enough to support the weight of very heavy Main Battle Tanks. The Leopard, Abrams and Challenger took advantage of this, and are very heavy.
but Ukraine is very different.
At the heart of Ukraine’s agriculture is its highly fertile soil. Nearly a quarter of the world's most fertile soil, known as Chernozem, is located in Ukraine.
Almost all of it to the East of the Dnieper river.
Chernozem is black soil rich in organic matter called ‘humus,’ which is made up of decomposed plants. More than 65 percent of arable land in Ukraine is composed of Chernozem deposits, making it ideal for farming.
These soils are peat-like and soft. So soft that land erosion is a serious problem. every year around 500 million tons of soil are eroded.
The North German Plain is very different. It comprises predominantly coarse grained sands and silt that is capable of supporting heavy armour.
Most of the year the Ukraine rolling plains cannot support Main Battle Tanks, as they risk sinking in to the hull in the peat-like soil. In fact the only real opportunity is a brief window of opportunity between early February and late March, when the soil freezes down to a depth of around 2 feet. after that the thaw starts, and by May around 65mm of rain is falling each month, adding to the softness of the terrain.
Russia left its invasion of Ukraine too late to take advantage of this hard frozen ground. this invasion didn’t start until 24th February.
The Russians were using the Soviet/Russian doctrine of manoeuvre warfare, where fast moving armoured forces exploit gaps and weak points, bypassing areas of resistance. Artillery then subdues these areas of resistance using an escalating range of weapons from conventional explosives to chemical and tactical nuclear.
The initial stages of the invasion went well for Russia, and they almost encircled Kiev in the early days.
By late March the Russians found the ground had softened. This prevented exploitation of gaps and weaknesses, as tank crews became wary of being trapped in soft soil. This stopped the Russian advance.
A further problem developed when the Ukrainians noted that the Russian armour was staying on the main roads, as they tried to avoid soft ground. The Ukrainians began using portable anti armour weapons to destroy the front and rear tanks in ambush, allowing them to pick off the other trapped tanks at leisure.
The above means that the Ukrainian centre of gravity is its soft (and frequently muddy) terrain.
This is well known and recognised. It played havoc with Nazi Germany’s offensive towards Moscow in 1941. “The roads rapidly became nothing more than canals of bottomless mud, along which our vehicles could only advance at a snail’s pace and with great wear to the engines,” lamented Heinz Guderian, a German general, that October.
“The Ukrainian mud in spring has to be seen to be believed,” noted a British journalist during a Soviet offensive in 1944. “The whole country is swamped, and the roads are like rivers of mud, often two-feet deep.”
The Russians will have to either develop a new war fighting doctrine or limit armoured manoeuvre to a six week window each year.
The same restriction will apply to Ukrainian armour, especially the heavier tanks being delivered by Western nations. The Challenger and Abrams tanks all weigh 62.5 tons each. The Leopard is an incredible 67.5 tons.
A T72 is around 20 tons lighter, and even the new T90 is only 50 tons.
When considering combat in Germany these weights only influenced transport and bridging assets. In Ukraine they risk slowly sinking into the ground.
The last two mild winters seemed to have greatly diminished the window in which heavy armour could operate in Ukraine. Given the current weather conditions and time of year, I wonder how much the lines might change given that both sides would be fighting in the same soft terrain. If the Russians break through the main defensive belts and the Ukrainians haven't strong defenses to fall back to, I would think that the ground would be too wet to dig into, but on the other hand, how well might the Russians pursue them and how exposed might they be fighting under the same conditions?
I always assumed the 31 Abrams tanks were specifically for the defense of Kiev. If not, why would hundreds more been sent?
Your analysis of Russian losses completely ignored the logistical mess that Russia was in.
Nor the astonishing misplacement of units and tactical errors that abounded allowing for units to be picked off.
In short, you didn't allow for the incompetence of the Russian staff nor the outstanding over estimation of the Russian armed forces and the expected collapse of the Ukrainians which never eventuated.
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Errrrrrrr Hi there!
I didn’t estimate Russian losses mate.
Can you try again?
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I agree. If I were in Ukraine I would be building bloody big defence lines 12 miles back.
Thank you Willy for keeping the information real and not any propaganda
and us , mhh Just an example of why the West can't win, the cost of the patrieot system, 500 million dollars and 3 4 have been dwarfed in the last few days, that's 2 billion US dollars. Russia is building easily 2,000 tanks and 10,000 thousand drones for this, and so it goes on , our stuff costs too much and honestly it's no good. and that's just 1 example javelin is just as pointless and too expensive, that's just how it is,And that's how it is with our tanks, etc. The whole thing costs billions, now it's clear to me why the Americans spend so much money on shot, with that money you could do so much in the USA, there are no problems with higher prices. Cost of gasoline refugees, plus a young American dies every 2-3 minutes from fentanyl and carfentanyl, no one cares,,,, what's going on in the USA, sorry,
Update. Ukies amd Nato still losing 😊
The defence contractor selling the Abrams on the world market, has taken the worst hit. This is terrible.
@10:00 we've seen lots of Leopards throughout the war.
The truth is that, either the Ukrainians don't like the Challenger 2 or Abrahms (the Russian think tank report on the failed Ukrainian counter offensive noted that the Western Equipment did not perform well in the environment)...alternative is, given the above, the Ukrainians are under orders not to use the Challengers and Abrahms as this will negatively affect sales.
Ukraine should have negotiated in 2022 when they had a chance. This is going to end very badly for Ukraine, no matter what NATO does. I can see Russia taking Odessa and the entire Black Sea coast.
As an ex infantryman: you have anti tank weapons (that actually work) -- tanks are no problem.
If you don't have them -- tanks are the biggest problem there is.
Even a first generation Sherman from WW2 with the bad ammo would be an absolute nightmare on the ground today if you didnt have the ammo to deal with it, or had run out.
100%
Russia smashing through the front.
You're coming in loud and clear here in West Virginia 👍
I am a pro Ru, but I personally think that delivering Taurus rockets would be beneficial to Ru. It would let them study one of the best rockets in their arsenal.
What do you think is inside ? 'space tech' :) ? Western aerospace is downhill going from industrial to financial capitalism that wrecked real jobs for the banksters vs everybody else.
Russians still try to figure out the difference between burning Abrams and burning Leopards...
Norwegians straight up not knowing what an Abrams looks like
Haha
Tucker Carlson blew up Nord Stream.
Thanks, for taking Your time and sharing these updates daily. Even with admitting in being biased, the video seems to be more rational and explained in more calm manner then many other journalists do it.
I realy appreciate this channel because you help cut through all the propaganda and fog of war. You dont take a strong Ukrainian propaganda stance like so many other TH-camrs. I don't want a pro-Russian stance either, I just want accurate info (as accurate as can be had).
West did a terrific job supporting Ukraine. Partners.
ey good job willy!
I've seen a reasonable analysis that the Ukrainian subsequent main defensive position is on the heights across the river, the UAF is just fighting a delaying action to properly build the defenses. You might ask why the defenses haven't been built in the last ten years, and I can just shrug.
That will be overrun from the north watch
No matter what side you are on… we can all agree Willy’s haircut is ON POINT
Willy's haircut is a Game Changer! I'm getting mine done today and taking Willy's photo with me! It'll cost me a bit more, but hey! you only live once!!😎😎
@@kashd4668 Hell yeah! Do it up!
America and Europe continues to spreading empty propaganda but can't dare to stop Russia.
Viva to Russia.
Wow, maybe if the corruption in Ukraine was dealt with sooner then this crappy situation wouldn’t have arisen.
You rock Willy! We are on opposing sides of who should win this, but I still listen to your analysis, as it has objectivity! I wish you good health! And to see your videos for long to come!
Genuine question but why do you think Russia should win?
@@samwood9330 his pfp is Nikola Petrovic Njegos so he likes authoritarian people
@@irocznike Not like Ukraine isnt authoritarian, they have nazi statues.
@d9330 If most aggresive empire in recent times USA wins in surrounding and strangeling Russia World is doomed. USA engaged in 400 military interventions in it's short existance.
@@samwood9330 If Russia loses you will have 50 Gazas around the world
Loved the video, def one of the most reliable and truthful sources on the internet rn. Great job!
Macron should remember what happened to Napoleons Grand Armee when they came to fight Russia 😂
That Abrams isn’t beyond repairs, just needs duct tape!
Just a scratch, buff it out,
Lots o Abrams got destroyed in Yemen 🇾🇪.
The significance of destroyed Abrams is that Ukraine is spending their last reserves.
My man's just figuring out its destroyed, it's been for days, and a special launcher one damaged too
That’s a extra road wheel that is in front of the loaders hatch. The gunners sight is in front of the commanders hatch. The square piece below the commanders 50 cal.
Your videos haven’t been popping up for some reason despite me being subscribed, so I haven’t watched in a while, but you sound fantastic! I’m glad your procedure was a success.
From what i read on the russian side,the internals of the Abraham were very much intact. So new tech for the Russos
not really. Its an old tank. Russia has likely seen it, particularly in Syria.
@@cplcabs I know they have faced off before, but these are newer tanks as advertised when the war started
thanks for the impartial analysis.
one most important thing to know about this war - RUSSIANS ARE LOCAL PEOPLE on both sides of the front line in Ukraine. not by some stretch to 1000 years of history. TODAY these people are 100% hold Russian as their ONLY native language, Russian history as their ONLY family history, Russian culture and religion as the ONLY their religion. today.
now see 2014 coup the first decree was to BAN region language law which made Yanukovich elected twice, and second decision of the coup was TO BOMB Russian areas which VOTED to leave Ukraine being disagree with a neo-nazi coup.
look at Patrick Lancaster interviews of locals in Avdeevka who tell about their VOTE in 2014 and how Ukraine was slaughtering them last 10 years.
Since the begining, NATO weapon are used by NATO soldiers... At least the long range weapon like scalp, himars, ceasar....
NATO have already boots on the ground...
Hey Willy,
I have mostly avoided blatant pro-Ukrainian sources because in general, they seem to repeat whatever the mainstream narrative is. I have immense respect for you in being dedicated to the truth regardless of what you might want, it is that virtue of yours that now has me watching your videos the moment they drop. You, History Legends, Defense Politics Asia, along with The Military and Foreign Affairs Network (Seriously, you guys should collab with MFAN, he's been an amazing source and was a Tank Commander during the Gulf War. He seems to have insider information too)