Does Russia have the advantage in the Ukraine war? | Start Here
“Both sides are suffering, but Russia is suffering less”. The Ukraine war has been at a stalemate for months. But with Ukraine struggling to get enough troops and weapons, does Russia have the advantage? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains what’s happening as the war enters its third year.
00:00 Intro
01:10 - How life in Kyiv looks normal on the surface.
02:27 - Why is most of the fighting happening in the east and south of Ukraine?
02:24 - Mapping the frontline.
04:18 - How Russia has an advantage on troop numbers.
05:34 - The debate in Ukraine around the military draft.
06:18 - Shortages of weapons and ammunition.
07:35 - Ukraine’s success against Russia’s Air Force.
08:23 - Ukraine’s effective use of air and sea drones.
09:18 - How Ukraine’s war effort depends heavily on western support.
09:36 - Doubts over the continued flow of aid to Ukraine.
10:37 - What will happen during the third year of war?
This episode features:
Valeria Shashenok - Kyiv resident & content creator
Mark Galeotti - Russia analyst, Mayak Intelligence
Pavel Felgenhauer - Russian defence analyst
Nataliya Gumenyuk - Ukrainian journalist & co-founder of the Public Interest Journalism Lab
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Kindly cover the Nigerian economic crisis. Thank you in advance
Kindly cover the Balochistan issue, and political crisis of Pakistan.
Please make video on UN efforts for non proliferation
Ukraine war for russia europe energy relation ,please make video on this
Who told you there's a stalemate. Russia is grinding Ukrainians and moving forward on all fronts.
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How's the black sea fleet doing?
@@robfl100 Good, why?
@@robfl100 Hows Advivka doing?
ukarine is advancing towards kiev
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Sandra Gathmann's voice is so soothing
Seasoned liars tend to have that quality 😂
How is the frontline in stalemate?? This is what happens when you watch every zelensky interview 😂
Not sure what war (smo) you are watching?? Their is no stalemate in Uker. Russia is winning.🤷♂
This channel is basically MSM except when it comes to Israel/Palestine issue.
Such a victory is called a pyrrhic victory. Hundreds of thousands of dead soldiers, the ruined reputation and contempt of the entire civilized world, an international arrest warrant for a president who is afraid to travel from the country, a new iron curtain with Europe, the enmity of the majority of Ukrainians for several generations to come, the rise of a totalitarian fascist state and thousands of political prisoners, hundreds of thousands young and educated people fleeing the country, the cost of a war in the hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions of dollars, all for the control of a few destroyed towns and villages in southeastern Ukraine. This doesn't look like a victory for Russia, but rather a disaster.
Yeah.. winning their "10 day's Special Military Operation -3 days in Kyiv" from last 2 years ✌️😆🤣
@@maheshkurana5809yeah, listen for more propaganda, become so dump, you can’t write. People like you shouldn’t even have access to internet.
@@maheshkurana5809каковы успехи ВСУ? Чего добились за 10 лет?
“Withdrawal” from Avdivka she says 😂😂 Aljazeera be Capping
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@@Interactive-gp8xf more effort required, maybe get some fresh material, get some variation in there ?
Supports Russia and Supports Palestine.. Wait.. what? I don't even understand you people anymore.
@@AwesomeRepix you can call me antiBiden I guess 😄😄
People who think that Ukraine is winning are living in denial. They seek comfort in subjective reality and ignore all the facts
Funny how every pro-russian comment is the same, its almost as if ....🤔🤔🤔
@@cumpanions8105 Bro its over. Its not pro Russia nonsense. I'm no fan of Russia or this invasion but it is what it is. After Avdiivka fell, its been one town after another. The front has collapsed.
@@cumpanions8105 funny how pro NATO always make the same reply as if....🤔🤔🤔
@@cumpanions8105 It has nothing with being Pro-Russia. Only Pro-Reality.
@@SchultzDorinda Pro-Idiocy perhaps.
What stalemate? Few days ago Ukraine's best fortified city was captured and yesterday the villages around it.
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@@Interactive-gp8xf you can't face the reality yeah. Anything you can't face you call a bot, you sold out cheap trash
@@Interactive-gp8xfyou are calling others bots, but I see you in every comment. You are acting like one without seeing it
@@Interactive-gp8xfcalling him a bot with his facts right who's the bot here
Nah bro, Ukraine is just advancing to Kiev and Russia is retreating to Avdiivka XD
There is a stalemate that's right both are moving at same speed in the same.direction😂😂😂
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I am very surprised at Al Jazeera's one-sided and sometimes propaganda reporting on this conflict throughout. Sometimes it's like listening to BBC or CNN? I'm also curious as to why RT is banned in the West and Al Jazeera isn't? It just doesn't make sense. The depressing and shocking coverage of Gaza by Al Jazeera has exposed the world to the reality of the situation, and in doing so has greatly enhanced its viewership! They could easily limit its availability. Something is afoot... anyone agree?
Agreed. Al Jazeera is horribly biased, has sided with Russia many times and so has its viewers. It’s pretty ironic given that they fiercely support Palestine during the Israel/Gaza war while Ukraine is fighting for similar values. Geee I wonder why?
Al Jazeera is just like CNN with the exception of what goes on in Gaza
There are simply too many people watching in the west. Banning the channel would cause a huge uproar, and once put under scrutiny it would be incredibly hard to defend a ban with a consistent policy considering how western mainstream media operates. AJ basically use the guidebook of CNN or BBC, if one should be banned they all should.
I'm pretty sure Qatar has good relations with Russia , but Al-Jazeera will self censor to avoid the fate of Russia Today , remember , the Liberal Democrats like Palestine but not Russia . The right likes Russia but usually hates Palestine . Al-Jazeera aims at Liberal Democrats who are secular , they support migrants , anti-racist , more Socialist vs. Capitalist .
why are you surprised?? The US owns the media - especially if it's done in English.
It's not a stalemate at all bullshit and its been going on since 2014 get your facts straight
Well 2014 was not a full scale of conflict, not until 2022 when the Operation has started officially.
Yes and Russia is clearly winning! It’s obvious all the way here from New Zealand. The US , NATO , western governments have become corrupt/ rotten .
???? Your comment is bullshit.
@@trasewagner7582 how did you do it? How you could sa a word like it without being removed by YT or restricted?
@@trasewagner7582 we have a NPC here who gets news from CNN and MSNBC and believes it! 🤡💯😂
This is a one-sided report, which means Ukraine unfortunately lost everything. The West is playing games, and the Russian knows it😉
There isn't, the Russians are advancing.
Sure, they are crawling one farm field at a time. How many killometers have they advanced since 2 years ago???
@@Valdaur seems like 15% of ukraine nail by nail is under russians. Do u think its not a lot?
@@MjRadha It seems safe to say, Valdaur thinks that as inarguably horrible it is, it's not the "3 week annexation" that Putin planned. But it is an undeniable horror, what Putin & Russia have done to their neighbour. You're right about _that._
lessons learned from ukraine. 1. american weapons are still better than russias. 2. russian weapons are not obselete with new equipment being modern and adaptive to the battlefield against nato. 3. american weapons are expensive to make and private companies fuel billions to keep beurocracy more corrupt just like medicine and technology . 4. russian factories are state owned and will produce the needs for ammunition vehicles at the fraction of the cost on the best interest of the Russian Federation. 5. West aide is dwindling because from the withdrawal of afghanistan, usa did not withdraw afghanistan for "peace" and "afghan autonomy" but because the US government told private war companies that the money laundering scheme / oligarch party is apperently over because the US economy is at a fragile state. 6. russia's decisive win over ukraine will spark the new beginning of the multipolar world order combined with the issues of multicultural issues occuring in Europe and the USA, social domestic issues and economic dependence from others. 7. President Putin's gem of ukraine will make the next leader after Putin to be more nationalistic and have a seat at the table There you have it P.S : in the upcoming years, it is still curious to know if these private war companies whom tanks , helicopters, vehicles carrying the US flag will move offshores "venture" expditions just like our american textiles and fabrics.
It's amazing how Russia is still defeating a bunch of more than 30 nation's
Amazing how you can’t spell.
@@Izzy-qf1doamazing ukies concerned about english spelling
Meanwhile threatening NATO with nuclear arms, yeah. "no no please don't send troops or i'm gonna lose 🥺🥺🥺"
@@NikitOS-vv4ks you're nutshell
@@RobertJackson437 cry about it
What stalemate? I thought the Banderites are losing comprehensively. The real tragedy is all the people, both young and old, that they forcibly conscripted and who had to die in the Banderite's senseless war.
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Who started the war exactly?
@@robfl100 NATO expansion despite promising not to. That's what caused the war.
@@wpboddy9165 They never promised not to expand NATO, and countries can agree to join NATO if they want to. NATO is a defensive alliance so Russia has nothing to fear; Russians are just paranoid.
@@wpboddy9165oh no, I can already hear NAFO screaming and running towards you (they still need to finish school homework, so just wait)
It's only a stalemate in terms of position gained. Eventually the able recruits will die off and Ukraine will be left with senior citizens on the frontlines. You can resupply ammo but you can't buy back lives. The lady asks what is the alternative? The alternative is to negotiate so 2 years later Ukraine isn't a charred battlefield with only women and children picking up the pieces.
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Russia has lost more troops than Ukraine, and is now having their black sea fleet destroyed.
@@robfl100у нас была мобилизация один раз полтора года назад. А на Украине?
@@robfl100source: trust me bro
@@DarmoeD88ты чиво!?!? Эта прапагвнда!!! (Читать соответственным тоном)
but but but Ukraine is definitely winning.... on TIktok, Reddit and Cartoon Network 😆😆😆
Explain the Wikileaks extradition next. It seems that is a mjor issue that is going under the radar.
Stalemate 😂😂😂are you high on some powder
You are talking about yourself 😡👎🏼
the cokehead of keev is
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Yeah, this is sweeping Russian advance. But that Kharkiv and Kherson thing was just regrouping don't worry about that.
Looks like stalemate is the new propaganda in all MSM
The globalists wanted to make a fool out of Russia. But instead, the globalists ended up making fools of themselves. Let that be a lesson.
Trump will sort it all out 🙄
I bet you think the earth is flat.
This video release a little late.. there are big gains by russia and there is a uprise in ukraine because of martal law mobilization
Are you a Ukrainian? You are not, are you? Then you are a putlerbot🤮👎🏼
Your sub-headline is already a lie... there is no stalemate. Heard of Avdiivka??????
Have you heard about it before the war started??????
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Oh yeah, that small town with a prewar population of around 33k people that Russia has been failing up until now to capture? Wow, such gains 🤣
Excellent update on Ukranian situation. Keep it up. Thanks.
you are gifted . amazing clarity is given . thank you.
Eh.. Russia is advancing in all fronts at the moment, that’s not a stalemate…
11:35 Can we get a video explaining the DRC war and the different groups involved.
It is stupid to call that a stalemate.....Russia has been reconstructing the new territories and carrying out an attrition of the Ukraine's military, meanwhile Ukraine's indebtedness has been rising significantly.
Please make a vedio on Julian Assange, the CEO of Wikileaks.
This needs to be edited, Russia is clearly winning against Ukraine, not a stalemate.
why they don't communicate with Russia and come to an agreement, instead of continuing war and their young people are dying in the front.
😂😂😂after agreement can i marriage your mom？
You are way too smart, why don’t you give your home to russians, they will come and take it from you😡👎🏼
zelensky wants everything + Crimea 😀
@@fluxeorswndicкак правило те кто хочет всё - не получают ничего.
@@fluxeorswndic Zelensky doesn't want to win this war. He just want to prolong this war as much as possible because he can squeeze as much US billions as possible so he can buy Luxury Mansions and Yachts..
11:31 Please make a video on how Brexit has turned out!
Remember Russia ran out of missles almost a year ago and are fighting with showels. So NATO cannot defeat men with showels, what a shame.
Russia has the right to defend itself against NATO aggression
You are lying. NATO has never been threat to anyone
But there's different between Ukraine and NATO
@@hgfku-tn6hbthese Russian bots are not exactly the brightest bulbs
@@hgfku-tn6hbthe Russian bots don't understand the difference
@@hgfku-tn6hbHow? Elaborate!
Peace to Ukraine!
BBC via Al Jazeera. Hard to stomach.
Your biased coverage of ukrainian war makes me question your coverage of Palestinian war. Do your work better AJ
Russia just took a city. How is thar a stalemate?
Puler lover? Shame 🤮👎🏼
@@Interactive-gp8xfthe truth shall set you free
Wow, it took a city after a decade. Amazing work, comrades. You just need to keep the pace for another few decades, lol.
@@perfectlyroundcircle it's 2 years Russia took multiple cities and Ukraine is out of weapons... Cope harder
@@glintongordon6811 We're talking about the current situation, specifically Avdiivka, shill.
Could you do video how other countries of the world (not eu and usa) participate in this war with aid, weapons, etc.
What does winning looks like? It wasn’t a matter of if, but when. Is not about the unthinkable, is a matter of the inevitable. Is all that spending worth it that doesn’t comes from them worth it? This could have ended a long time ago.
Winning looks like a big number on the banks acount because all wars are bankers wars
one normal comment, its a shame...
stalemate?? really?
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@@Interactive-gp8xf Bait used to believable
The thing is that, russia isn’t even playing with full Strength. They are going easy on Ukraine otherwise Ukraine would have wiped out a long ago. Russia mission is to change the mindset of Ukraine, and show them true history of these land.
_Russia mission is to change the mindset_ - Well, they certainly achieved that goal. Before the war at least some Ukrainians were supporting Russia, now 99% of Ukrainians are against it and Russia is universally hated.
Yes, it was Russia's plan all along to be in a multi-year war that has cost them billions of dollars and tens of thousands of Russian lives. Putin the grand strategist!
Well, tell us what do you know about their history ? Cuz you seem to be a blockhead :D
You can say the same for NATO , NATO play easy on Russia … so “teaching Ukrainians history” is worth the hundreds of thousands of people that die on both side ? That’s ridiculous… Russia have the biggest country in the world , it could be thriving if it focus its energy on the people and the country instead of endangering the lives of millions
Russia is now literally reliant on North Korea and Iran for missiles.
What happened to Al Jazeera? It was an excellent source years ago. Now, it seems to be an echo of Western media. - 1 follower, unsubscribed.
She asked at the end, what the alternative is? It is peace. Similar to what was before antagonization of the biggest neighbour. Peace will come at the end.
Yeah, but Russia needs to stop antagonizing its neighbours and cut its losses for peace to happen. That's a tall order with Putin at the helm.
The civilian casualty ratio in Gaza is hundreds of times higher than for the conflict in Ukraine. Russia is trying to minimize civilian casualties.
Потому что , там живут наши люди
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Why western countries not stopping supporting the war and starting to talk
Thank you
Thank you for covering it and bringing it back to attention. Thank you for emphasising the need of Ukraine for protection
5:34 - 11:34 (For preparing for LRIP PT on 21th)
I like your videos alongwith your skills. In fact I like everything about you.
What is the alternative the lady asked at the end. Simply, Ukraine could have decided to stay neutral.
Indeed.
If Kyiv is a normal city at war, then that could be said for 99% of cities in Russia? Including Moscow, most cities near Ukraine border and some cities that got captured by Russia like Maruipol, Melipotol..
There is no stalemate, Russia is uninterruptedly marching towards victory. It is only a matter of time before the entire frontline collapse. It will not hurt to tell the truth
Russia has barely made any progress on the front line at all in almost two years. This is coping hard.
Are you a putlerbot? It looks like… and remember, russia and iZreal are on the same side, Netanyahooj is Putler’s close friend 😡😡😡
Where is Ukraine's "counter offensive" that we have hyped for long?
@@pengliu2087 already happend but it failed miserably
Start Here is doing great. Please make a video on Balochistan issue also. Thank you
Please can you cover the Syrian civil war and all of it's factions And external influence like US, Russia and Turkey
A question to all that are not from north America or Europa: Is this war a problem for the world or just for Europa? Also, pls say from were in the world you are.
Can you do a similar video of life in Gaza ? Show us the children and every day struggles before and during the war please.
Yes it is a 'trench war', but in a stalled trench war, you measure proportionality through shells fired. Russia fires often 10x the shells a day Ukraine does. That is not a stalemate.
I just discovered this series of videos. I really like the format and the information is great.
Love your reporting. I’d also like to hear more of where this conflict is likely to go. Thank you.
It's best for the war to stop.
please next Explain the Sudan conflict.
Sandra rocks!
Can you do an episode on Russian History & Colonialism?
Been a while, thanks for bringing us up to speed Sandy but I just hope we can allow peace to reign rather than all this war
Please make video on Ukraine war for the russia europe energy relation
you didnt discuss on any peace negotiations?
You are the best news channel, thank you For doing your best for us.
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Putin declared Kherson as a Russian city then retreated out of it 20 months ago .
The Ballot Is Stonger Than The Bullet ..... Abraham Lincolon (American President 1961)
Please talk about DRC Congo’s Conflict with M23 Rebels 🥺
"The war is a stalemate"... Meanwhile Ukraine's lines are collapsing.
11:28 The alternative is peace talks, that are constantly rejected by the ukrainian side.
I'll put it simply: YES
Why didn't Russia attempt to entice Ukraine to join them? There are countries trying to join the European Commonwealth. There was a period when territories tried to join the USA. Both Russia and China could learn from the ideas underlying the European Commonwealth in my opinion.
yes
There is no easy way to subscribe to Start Here. The link takes me to a sign in screen. It should be made easier.
True story ukraine has lost around 500,000 and russia around 350,000 this is the truth.this is one sided biased article
Imagine Russia using it's professional force and not conscript, the entire kiev would have been a waste land
Have you been hired for counting the bodies?
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@@RM99885 i dont belive jokers propagandas
@@Interactive-gp8xf joker bot 😂
they were one country!!! brothers fight and we should not get involved 😞
Sure, China bot🤮👎🏼
Понравилось, как дикторша произносит "Адивка". Похоже на Ачивку.
There is no more Mercy to the US-Attacker.
What is the alternative? Peace…it’s like they never think of that.
Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity. In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas. If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy. Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements. Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time. Russia's national security was compromised once nato began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining nato was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns. 20th September, 2021. Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO NATO is not a defensive alliance. Nato illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter). We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc. Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster? Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest. Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland. Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens-theirs will hide in the basements”. Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it. Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country. Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. (13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list.) Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list. There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas. (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence). The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present. Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave. Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) RIP. The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims). The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter. I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion. I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written. Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified.
does Blackrock now own this channel too then ? 😂
Drop a video about Sam Altman and his ambitious $7T investment plan for AI🙂
Thank you NATO. Thank you US for vetoed UN ceasefire in gaza
There is no stalemate Russia is steam rolling through Ukraine.
Taking two villages means ‘rolling’? Too much ruzzki TV, putlerbot 🤮👎🏼
@@Interactive-gp8xf Your stepdad Boris Johnson tell you Ukraine is winning did he little boy. Go ask mummy who's winning she will tell you the super power Russia.
do you know how big these "villages" are? @@Interactive-gp8xf
@@Interactive-gp8xf Spamming insults won't change the reality of the war.
@@Interactive-gp8xf Adviika retreat is strategic. Too much Ukranzi, NAFO bot
Hi. Could you please explore/cover the increasing terrorist attacks in the north of Mozambique. Thanks
It doesn't look like a stalemate. Ukrainian front is collapsing
Still having doubts?
It is not what I´d call "high intensity".
The war is a stalemate, really? Russia has been running out of weapons since 22, remember? Continue to change the narrative as it suits your audience bravo😂😂😂😂😂
Remember, ruzzki colonialism is already in Africa, along with China😡👎🏼
Rule of thumb for making a war : make a war depend on you own country's power, rather than depending on foreign countries' military aid. If you country's own power is not enough for making a war, then just don't do it.
And who started the war???
Make a video on turkey fith generation fighter KAAN and the future prospective of it for other countries like Pakistan, Azerbaijan.
Great as always.
There is no such thing as a stalemate just because the lines don’t move doesn’t mean the Russians aren’t winning , Since the progress of the war is not only measured by the positions of the line.
Putin declared Kherson as a Russian city then retreated out of it 20 months ago .
Do topic on Serbia Kosovo relations
They are biased against Serbia and hypocritical on the issues, just as in the case of Russia.
It is true that the us congress is exploring the option to widraw from syria.