Liked him every since Starksy had him on his channel at Hostomel, and asked Denys what he thought as a pilot seeing the Antonov in the state. IIRC for a split second there it looked like Denys was going to cry, but then went on to earnestly explain how pilots of such planes feel as if they are friends of their planes, and how much it hurts to see any of their friends damaged, in his very over embellished, but good natured style.
Dude have you figured out the subtext that he has to keep on moving because he is getting death threats, and given he left Ukraine and is relative small fry he actually is having to move?
>very popular
Does he have ANY experience or connections relevant to what he's trying to do right now other than being a former pilot?
His channel looks HistoryLegends tier.
something about him I dont like. I think its his tone of voice, i guess being a pilot makes you speak in a certain demeanor, idk. i like jake broe better, his tone is more soothing.
his vids are quite informative otherwise
Ukraine still has forces West of the city in advantageous positions that can put pressure on the flank of the Russian force attempting to encircle Bakhmut from the North. That limits Russia's ability to bring that full force to bear on whatever forces remain within the city itself. An anon yesterday made a thread claiming that the Wagner position North of Bakhmut had itself been encircled by Ukrainians West of the city, and the force in the city itself. Personally that sounds like utter bullshit to me, but I don't doubt that Ukraine does at least have the capability to launch attacks on the flank of the Russian force to the North.
At the same time, the defensive line in the city itself has shrunk to a more consolidated position closer to the center of the city. In the South, Russia has, as of the last week, been even less successful at attempting to encircle the city than the force to the North has.
I'm still personally of the opinion that the city may not be worth holding onto at this point. I've said in other threads, but I I think Bakhmut is as close to being at the "2 more weeks" point as it has been over all these months. That said it appears to be the strategy Ukraine has elected to pursue for the moment.
Mate, ukraine has been losing ground for the past 3 months on equal footing.
If they had the capability to launch attacks and push them back they already would have. It's retarded to think they'll be able to hold it when it comes from 3 sides at the same time.
You can only hope that the reason for this is because ukraine is turteling and waiting for the big offensive after mud season that's coming.
>launching attacks during mud season
Are you stupid? Winter and portions of spring is a terrible season to attack.
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
i said after mud season
it's literally mentioned in the video
stop being retarded
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
Russia's grand accomplishment for their winter offensive has been capturing Soledar and ALMOST capturing Bakhmut. After 9 months of continuous assault, while simultaneously failing to make any meaningful progress in Luhansk, and getting utterly BTFO in Vuhledar.
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
Thats why I think its stupid. The main reason they are gaining grounds in bakhmut because of their ability to double down on one area. Which is not good because your forces can get fatigued and exhausted to the point of being vulnerable to a potential counterattack from other fronts.
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
>Which is not good because your forces can get fatigued and exhausted to the point of being vulnerable to a potential counterattack from other fronts.
Russia is currently trying and failing exactly that on multiple other fronts. Ironically Bakhmut is the only place they are (finally) making any degree of progress, at a tremendous cost to the forces they are using to accomplish it. Those are forces that cannot otherwise be allocated to other fronts where Ukraine is holding the line.
In the mid to long term, should a likely highly mechanized focused Ukrainian counter offensive either fail to materialize, or fail to make any meaningful progress I think Bakhmut is utterly fucked.In that case it would be far better for Ukraine to abandon it in favor of defensive positions already established to the West.
In the near term, if Ukraine is capable of preventing the complete encirclement of the city, and thus able to continue providing a route for supplies, capability for relief of forces still in the city, and if necessary an egress route for those forces still currently holding the city, then it perhaps still holds degree of limited tactical value. Personally I think that the degree of that value is highly debatable, and that they would be better off at this point falling back to positions on the high ground to the West of the city. As evidenced by Russia's current inability to complete the encirclement, I think Ukraine has made the judgement call that they believe they are capable of holding onto Bakhmut at least in the near term, while simultaneously preventing Russia from making progress on other fronts.
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
I don't understand what anons don't understand. The point of Ukraine keeping the fighting concentrated on Bakhmut is to prepare their counter offensive. They're trying right now to muster all they can in terms of actual mechanized mobile units. If those have to be utilized for fire fighting across the entire front then Ukraine won't be able to achieve sufficient local concentration to make a new thrust and actually shift the strategic situation. Bakhmut is letting them expend stuff that isn't that useful for a mechanized mobile thrust tying up a huge amount of Russian focus. Which still sucks but they aren't strong enough to take no gambles and just win everywhere or they'd already have done so.
How smart it looks in hindsight is going to depend a lot on whether their thrust works. If they actually were able to pierce down south and liberate Melitopol say, cutting the land route to Crimea and bringing a ton of new stuff into range, that would make it all worth it. If they fail then questions will be raised for sure, though whether fair or not is hard to say. Maybe if the West had started building their tank forces last Fall so they'd have all winter to get ready and with sufficient numbers it'd be different, but they have to make hard choices right now if they want to do more then just hold the line.
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
the defense of Bakhmut makes sense IF they are inflicting catastrophically high casualties on the russians
i hope thats the case
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
I just hope they aren't confusing kamikaze penal squads for actual soldiers, since those casualties don't mean much.
>Personally that sounds like utter bullshit to me, but I don't doubt that Ukraine does at least have the capability to launch attacks on the flank of the Russian force to the North.
haven't done shit in the area for months, but yes i'm sure steiner will lead the counter attack any day now
I think he's just posturing it as an excuse since they didnt get a full envelopment.
His momentum and success are a function of his political clout.
He wouldn't risk shitting into military politic unless it were necessary, and it's not realistic that he'd pull back.
Some sources say he's just getting the same amount of ammo now as other battalions, but who knows.
Yeah but think of the battle of severodonetsk, they had utter artillery dominance. ukraine could barley do shit to counter it. Strelkov himself admitted (months ago) that russian artillery fire was down 75% since the summer. So, with their artillery advantage taken away to begin with, it could be hard to tell if there's "shell hunger" there
>random contextless webm that’s utterly silent with no subtitles despite people clearly talking as the main focus >tiktok with user83937828473773 like all Russian “accounts” >random catbox link that isn’t related to what the post says with the current Russian cope video
This is the quintessential vatnik bot post
Not defending this random tuber but I haven't seen a single channel on either side that does detailed daily updates and their videos didn't age horribly.
It just goes to show that no one really has any idea what's going on and people are just cheerleaders for their side.
Don't even concern yourself with the thumbnails. This dude is the top of the pyramid. Either side can be someone like Denys, or Ukraine Matters. Punctuated by motolife, Magyr, and then the smoke clears and Technocraticus Australis descends from the heavens on Sunday.
I love u Denys, you are a nice dude
They haven't even crossed the bloody river.
Liked him every since Starksy had him on his channel at Hostomel, and asked Denys what he thought as a pilot seeing the Antonov in the state. IIRC for a split second there it looked like Denys was going to cry, but then went on to earnestly explain how pilots of such planes feel as if they are friends of their planes, and how much it hurts to see any of their friends damaged, in his very over embellished, but good natured style.
Ukraine abandoned the east side of the river since its much harder to defend than the west. Russias advance was into the abandoned territory
Ah! A sign of good will!
No. Just pre-planned decision to hold more favorable position in case enemy breaches the perimeter.
How about leaving Bahmut and retreating to the more favourable position right behind it since the entire city is flanked on both sides?
who?
youtuber, former ukraine commercial airline pilot, been out of work, so does war updates, very popular
Do you think he secretly wishes this goes on forever so he can keep making $50K a month instead of $30K a year?
who wouldnt
Dude have you figured out the subtext that he has to keep on moving because he is getting death threats, and given he left Ukraine and is relative small fry he actually is having to move?
Denys is actually weirdly brave.
>very popular
Does he have ANY experience or connections relevant to what he's trying to do right now other than being a former pilot?
His channel looks HistoryLegends tier.
he doesn't do a lot of research when he says stuff, for instance he posted a pic of hideo kojima as the shinzo abe assassin
he's also biased pro ukraine obviously
that being said his videos are comfy
something about him I dont like. I think its his tone of voice, i guess being a pilot makes you speak in a certain demeanor, idk. i like jake broe better, his tone is more soothing.
his vids are quite informative otherwise
dumb move staying in bakhmut
they will be fighting russians from 3 sides
Oh no!
not even remotely the same since the other side also has to watch out on 3 sides
that's not happening here
Yeah, in that map they were actually completely cut off.. That's not happened in Bakhmut.
Ukraine still has forces West of the city in advantageous positions that can put pressure on the flank of the Russian force attempting to encircle Bakhmut from the North. That limits Russia's ability to bring that full force to bear on whatever forces remain within the city itself. An anon yesterday made a thread claiming that the Wagner position North of Bakhmut had itself been encircled by Ukrainians West of the city, and the force in the city itself. Personally that sounds like utter bullshit to me, but I don't doubt that Ukraine does at least have the capability to launch attacks on the flank of the Russian force to the North.
At the same time, the defensive line in the city itself has shrunk to a more consolidated position closer to the center of the city. In the South, Russia has, as of the last week, been even less successful at attempting to encircle the city than the force to the North has.
I'm still personally of the opinion that the city may not be worth holding onto at this point. I've said in other threads, but I I think Bakhmut is as close to being at the "2 more weeks" point as it has been over all these months. That said it appears to be the strategy Ukraine has elected to pursue for the moment.
>Ukraine does at least have the capability to launch attacks
No, they don't.
Damn I'd never thought of that, that's a good point thanks friend.
Mate, ukraine has been losing ground for the past 3 months on equal footing.
If they had the capability to launch attacks and push them back they already would have. It's retarded to think they'll be able to hold it when it comes from 3 sides at the same time.
You can only hope that the reason for this is because ukraine is turteling and waiting for the big offensive after mud season that's coming.
>launching attacks during mud season
Are you stupid? Winter and portions of spring is a terrible season to attack.
i said after mud season
it's literally mentioned in the video
stop being retarded
Russia's grand accomplishment for their winter offensive has been capturing Soledar and ALMOST capturing Bakhmut. After 9 months of continuous assault, while simultaneously failing to make any meaningful progress in Luhansk, and getting utterly BTFO in Vuhledar.
Thats why I think its stupid. The main reason they are gaining grounds in bakhmut because of their ability to double down on one area. Which is not good because your forces can get fatigued and exhausted to the point of being vulnerable to a potential counterattack from other fronts.
>Which is not good because your forces can get fatigued and exhausted to the point of being vulnerable to a potential counterattack from other fronts.
Russia is currently trying and failing exactly that on multiple other fronts. Ironically Bakhmut is the only place they are (finally) making any degree of progress, at a tremendous cost to the forces they are using to accomplish it. Those are forces that cannot otherwise be allocated to other fronts where Ukraine is holding the line.
In the mid to long term, should a likely highly mechanized focused Ukrainian counter offensive either fail to materialize, or fail to make any meaningful progress I think Bakhmut is utterly fucked.In that case it would be far better for Ukraine to abandon it in favor of defensive positions already established to the West.
In the near term, if Ukraine is capable of preventing the complete encirclement of the city, and thus able to continue providing a route for supplies, capability for relief of forces still in the city, and if necessary an egress route for those forces still currently holding the city, then it perhaps still holds degree of limited tactical value. Personally I think that the degree of that value is highly debatable, and that they would be better off at this point falling back to positions on the high ground to the West of the city. As evidenced by Russia's current inability to complete the encirclement, I think Ukraine has made the judgement call that they believe they are capable of holding onto Bakhmut at least in the near term, while simultaneously preventing Russia from making progress on other fronts.
I don't understand what anons don't understand. The point of Ukraine keeping the fighting concentrated on Bakhmut is to prepare their counter offensive. They're trying right now to muster all they can in terms of actual mechanized mobile units. If those have to be utilized for fire fighting across the entire front then Ukraine won't be able to achieve sufficient local concentration to make a new thrust and actually shift the strategic situation. Bakhmut is letting them expend stuff that isn't that useful for a mechanized mobile thrust tying up a huge amount of Russian focus. Which still sucks but they aren't strong enough to take no gambles and just win everywhere or they'd already have done so.
How smart it looks in hindsight is going to depend a lot on whether their thrust works. If they actually were able to pierce down south and liberate Melitopol say, cutting the land route to Crimea and bringing a ton of new stuff into range, that would make it all worth it. If they fail then questions will be raised for sure, though whether fair or not is hard to say. Maybe if the West had started building their tank forces last Fall so they'd have all winter to get ready and with sufficient numbers it'd be different, but they have to make hard choices right now if they want to do more then just hold the line.
the defense of Bakhmut makes sense IF they are inflicting catastrophically high casualties on the russians
i hope thats the case
I just hope they aren't confusing kamikaze penal squads for actual soldiers, since those casualties don't mean much.
>Personally that sounds like utter bullshit to me, but I don't doubt that Ukraine does at least have the capability to launch attacks on the flank of the Russian force to the North.
haven't done shit in the area for months, but yes i'm sure steiner will lead the counter attack any day now
Don't Google Verdun.
Vietcong tunnels! That shit was hilarious.
Nah, see
He's a pretty cool dude, a good watch especially when he gets to just ever so slightly autism out when the topic involves aviation.
>PrepHoleope
>seething about PrepHole
Something tells me you retards are either crossboarders or discord fags.
the situation is bleak
i posit it is time to switch the projection from two more weeks to any week now.
Not convinced Wagner is really out of ammo.
I think he's just posturing it as an excuse since they didnt get a full envelopment.
His momentum and success are a function of his political clout.
He wouldn't risk shitting into military politic unless it were necessary, and it's not realistic that he'd pull back.
Some sources say he's just getting the same amount of ammo now as other battalions, but who knows.
Yeah but think of the battle of severodonetsk, they had utter artillery dominance. ukraine could barley do shit to counter it. Strelkov himself admitted (months ago) that russian artillery fire was down 75% since the summer. So, with their artillery advantage taken away to begin with, it could be hard to tell if there's "shell hunger" there
youre welcome to stay on your board, anyway heres the attention you so badly crave
The defender doesn't need to charge, retard.
Weird how they keep doing it, then
>random contextless webm that’s utterly silent with no subtitles despite people clearly talking as the main focus
>tiktok with user83937828473773 like all Russian “accounts”
>random catbox link that isn’t related to what the post says with the current Russian cope video
This is the quintessential vatnik bot post
Not defending this random tuber but I haven't seen a single channel on either side that does detailed daily updates and their videos didn't age horribly.
It just goes to show that no one really has any idea what's going on and people are just cheerleaders for their side.
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
Don't even concern yourself with the thumbnails. This dude is the top of the pyramid. Either side can be someone like Denys, or Ukraine Matters. Punctuated by motolife, Magyr, and then the smoke clears and Technocraticus Australis descends from the heavens on Sunday.