00:00hello and welcome back to another update
00:02as we covered the latest developments
00:04throughout the front line in the Russ
00:06Ukraine war we start out here to the
00:08east of cers in direction of below Rifka
00:11where the Russians have made a small
00:12advancement here to the south of the
00:14industrial Zone here to the east of bifa
00:18and with this advancement the Russians
00:19have control over the Eastern parts of
00:21bifa and it is likely they will continue
00:24to the Quark Chalk Hill here to the
00:27south of below arifa before moving into
00:29the Parts towards this Village itself
00:33with these developments we see that the
00:35Russians are getting closer to the
00:36capture of bifa with constant small
00:39advancements throughout the front with
00:41no significant push but a lot of
00:44positional fighting against Ukrainian
00:46positions throughout this section of the
00:47front line The Continuous advancements
00:50by the Russians has shown that the
00:52Russians are launching assaults using
00:54small assault squads of infantry to get
00:57closer and closer while under under the
01:00cover of artillery fire this Advance was
01:03confirmed with this ocated footage and
01:06we also have additional gated footages
01:09by riber which includes a lot of
01:11artillery strikes on Ukrainian positions
01:13in the section of the front line and
01:15continuous offensive operations by the
01:17Russians throughout the C front mostly
01:20positional moving on to the next section
01:22of the front line we see here in the
01:24direction of bmud by ieni this
01:27continuous positional fighting with no
01:30significant changes in the section of
01:32the front line we then move further
01:34south to the west of f divka where
01:37Russian offensive operations have
01:38restarted after a failed Ukrainian
01:41counter attack towards orka Russians are
01:44now pushing the ukrainians in three
01:46sections in the north by Ari in the
01:48center towards the manifa from orka and
01:51in tanena were fighting continues in
01:54these three parts over the past two days
01:56the Ukraine have been launching counter
01:58attacks and there's not a lot of of
02:00footage coming out from those counter
02:01attacks however we have these pictures
02:04here which shows the aftermath of one of
02:07such attacks in this first picture we
02:09see a sort of artillery system or tank
02:13that is completely blown to bits which
02:15makes it difficult to identify what sort
02:17of vehicle it is the second one shows
02:20two tanks which are abandoned likely
02:22damaged from the counter attack and were
02:26abandoned by the Ukrainian forces the
02:28third one shows a BMP or infantry
02:31Fighting Vehicle which was abandoned by
02:33the ukrainians following this assault
02:36and finally there is an APC which used
02:39to transport Ukrainian soldiers this is
02:41likely one that has been abandoned
02:44because it was stuck in the m so we see
02:47that this Ukrainian Counterattack failed
02:49and the Russians have regained the
02:51initiative and are now storming in the
02:53direction of seifa however this section
02:56of the front line is very difficult for
02:58the Russians to pass through because not
03:00only do ukraines have fortifications to
03:02the south of St manifa we also see that
03:05the positions are located in the Heights
03:07above the Russian positions at orka and
03:10there are several River lines and lakes
03:12here in between the two positions so
03:14it's very difficult to pass through from
03:16this section by the Russians the likely
03:19main push will come from the north by
03:21Bishi we also seeing the main force of
03:23the ukrainians trying to Counterattack
03:25and recapture positions as fighting
03:27continues in this section of the front
03:29line inside of tonen itself we have this
03:32jul footage which confirms some of these
03:34Russian advances within the village
03:36itself and with this we see that there's
03:38continuous progress by the Russians and
03:41some of these previous advances were
03:42confirmed continuous positional fighting
03:44takes place as the Russians are looking
03:46to capture the rest of tanen
03:48specifically the daa area and the
03:49Northern parts and then push further
03:51towards the next Ukrainian defensive
03:53line here to the east of umans as
03:56Russians will look to capture this to
03:58secure the southern flank of War
04:00with control over Rifka the Russians
04:01could likely start a pins maneuver which
04:04will attack from the south and from the
04:05north to trap the Ukrainian forces
04:08within the Dutch area or to force them
04:10to withdraw from it without a fight
04:12moving further south here in the
04:14direction of glka continuous fighting
04:16takes place and with this ocated footage
04:19here to the south of the city we see
04:22that the Russians continue fighting
04:24within the residential area which leaves
04:26the whole area as a gray Zone there is
04:28an armored effort by the Russian towards
04:30the fortifications and and infantry
04:32assault groups towards the Ukrainian
04:34positions in the residential area this
04:36shows that the positional fighting
04:38between the third ass Brigade and the
04:40Russian units here continues and
04:42ukraines have yet to push them
04:43completely out of the residential area
04:46the fighting continues over this
04:47fortification here to the South if the
04:49ukrainians keep control of it it will be
04:51difficult for the Russians to hold a
04:52foothold within the city and the
04:56ukrainians would losing it would mean
04:58that the Russians would gain better
05:00control over the area and secure a
05:02foothold here to the south of the city
05:04moving further south in the direction of
05:06marinka Des continues fighting here
05:08towards theka with reports of Russian
05:11advances here to the South but I'm
05:12waiting further confirmation we then
05:15move on to the direction of nor mifka
05:17where yet again further reports of a
05:20fighting taking place and we see this
05:22ocated footage where we see Russian
05:25advances here in the central Parts
05:28within the town and with this further
05:30delocated footage we see additional
05:32advances by the Russians and continuous
05:35firsts by the Russians both through
05:36North South and Eastern parts of the
05:39town to continue advancing and Ukraine
05:41sending additional reinforcements to the
05:43area to Counterattack and hold the
05:45positions within the town so heavy
05:47fighting is taking place here in the
05:49direction of no mka with hardly any
05:51advancements by either side but there
05:53were some small advances by the Russians
05:55over the past 24 hours moving back North
05:58to the direction of the west of fifka we
06:01have to go into more detail about the
06:03fighting taking place and to do that we
06:06have to take a look at why the
06:08ukrainians are sending additional forces
06:10and reinforcements to the section of the
06:12front line to Counterattack despite
06:15these fortifications not really being
06:17that strong meaning that the Russians
06:19could simply take advantage of these
06:21advancements and the counter attacks by
06:24the ukrainians to end up in a battle of
06:27attrition here to the west of FKA where
06:29the ukraini will be in a position where
06:31the fortifications aren't really going
06:32to hold up that well against the Russian
06:34bombardment to get a better
06:36understanding we take a look at this
06:38article by the New York Times headlined
06:41surprisingly weak Ukrainian defenses
06:44Advance Russian forces continue to make
06:47small but rapid gains outside of the
06:49Eastern Ukrainian city of fdfa
06:51attributable in part to dwindling
06:54Ukrainian ammunition and declining
06:56Western aid but there's another reason
06:58that Kremlin troops are advancing in the
07:00area for Ukrainian defenses Spar
07:05rudimentary trench lines populate the
07:07area west of fdfa that Ukraine is trying
07:10to defend according to a Times review of
07:12imagery by Planet Labs a commercial
07:14satellite company taking a look at these
07:17trenches we see that there are a few
07:19trenches located here west of fdfa the
07:22biggest issue with these trenches is
07:25that they aren't properly built they are
07:27duck allowing for cover and defense
07:30against artillery shells the shrapnel
07:32flying around but the fortifications
07:34themselves that are connected with these
07:36trenches are not built this leaves only
07:38the trenches as the fortifications of
07:41the ukrainians here west of fdfa This
07:44Means although there's numerous
07:45fortifications they aren't really
07:47fortified the biggest reason for this is
07:50according to leaked information from
07:54Insider sources from The Office of the
07:56President of seninsky it is mainly due
07:58to the conflict that was between salushi
08:01and seninsky where seninsky refused to
08:04build up the fortifications to the west
08:06of FD ifka to prevent solusi from
08:08retreating from the city because he had
08:11the intention to do so if there was
08:13nowhere to retreat to then he would
08:15refuse to retreat even in a
08:17disadvantageous situation because the
08:20advantage would lessen even more if they
08:22were to fall back to fortifications that
08:24weren't properly built this report is
08:26not adequate though considering the fact
08:29that the fortifications in searia are
08:31facing the same issue the ukrainians
08:34here expected to have much more success
08:36in the southern Direction where they
08:38then could take advantage of the
08:39fortifications the Russians had built to
08:42fortify their areas after their quote
08:45unquote success in the summer offensive
08:47but following the Ukrainian failure to
08:49capture Russian positions we ended up in
08:51a situations where the ukrainians did
08:53not properly build up fortifications
08:56there are trenches dug up and there are
08:58fortifications built but they are not
09:00nearly as well prepared and built as
09:03they need to be to hold back Russian
09:05advances so what we are seeing is that
09:08the ukrainians are suffering from three
09:10separate things a lack of Western Aid a
09:13lack of infantry to deal with Russian
09:16forces and finally poorly built defenses
09:20all of this added up together allows the
09:23Russians to make significantly more
09:24advances than what they could previously
09:27this is why we're seeing the Russians
09:28attacking all throughout the front line
09:30and try to advance and the ukrainians
09:32being forced to send additional units
09:35their best units to counter attack to
09:37try and hold the alliance to buy time
09:40for new fortifications to be built in
09:42the rear to avoid the Russians simply
09:44breaking through their lines however the
09:47biggest issue here is even if the
09:48ukrainians manage to succeed to build
09:51fortifications in the rear at the cost
09:53of men buying time they would lose
09:55significant Manpower that will not be
09:58replenished due to the lack of Western
10:00Aid and lack of mobilization prowess the
10:03Ukrainian mobilization has significantly
10:05slowed down since the month of January
10:08and right now it is hardly active
10:10considering the lack of information
10:12there and according to sources I have
10:14from there so with this we see that the
10:16ukrainians are now lacking on both
10:19Reserve Manpower being built there's no
10:21new mechanized brigades being built due
10:23to the lack of armored vehicles from the
10:25west and with the lack of artillery
10:27shells a lack of ammunition they're
10:29taking even more casualties than what is
10:31needed and with the poorly built
10:33fortifications they have to commit their
10:35reserves to hold the lines all of this
10:38adds up to a future Russian offensive in
10:41the summer or in the spring season
10:44towards the end of it throughout may as
10:46Western media has been teasing they have
10:48been reporting that the Russians will
10:49likely launch an offensive operation
10:51this summer it is now even more likely
10:54to happen as the Russians will continue
10:56grinding down the Ukrainian forces
10:58throughout the next few months and build
11:00up their own in preparation for an
11:02offensive operation and that is going to
11:05be all for this update thank you for
11:07watching and have a great
