War in South-East Ukraine February 2022 - March 2023
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This video maps out the front line movement in Central Donbas from February 2022 to March 2023. It covers the battles of Popasna, the battle Lysychansk-Severodonetsk, the Russian advance from Svitlodarsk to Bakhmut, the Ukrainian counteroffensive and the second battle of Lyman. It finishes halfway during the battle of Bakhmut.
Front line positions: deepstatemap.live/
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Man I was chewing my fingernails for this one! THANK YOU EA
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0:29 you have my biggest respect for including the "I'm just a youtuber" part, I've seen it way too often that certain youtubers present a topic as if they did all the research and when it's pointed out in the comments that they're wrong (even with sources included) they either ignore it or get angry at the comment.
"What do you mean parroting Deutsche Welle does not make me a journalist"
Dumb comment. There are plenty of quality channels that do actual research like Covert Cabal and Perun. Lazer pig has actual sources he uses for his videos. Not everyone regurgitates news sites.
As a wise man once said "I'm only human after all"
‘All the research’ they talk as if they were god watching from the clouds and reading everyone’s mind
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A current conflict analyzed by Eastory. Can't think of anything better.
This conflict no longer being current would be better.
What about no conflict at all?
@@Lord_Lambertas a Ukrainian I second this 😢
I can: there being no current conflicts for Eastory to analyse.
@@nikolaylysenko8837 Slava Ukraini
Such a great video. Not biased and well put. You should also do a video on Yugoslavia in WW2. Generally a short invasion to cover as the main gains had taken place in the first 3 days.
he did that in his ww2 mediteranian war 1940-1941
@@ckhpersonal670 Just checked, I missed that part. Thanks
Belgrade in 3 days
The invasion was short, but then there were the Partisans
you mean when the Germans took Yugoslavia, the Yugoslavian rersistance or when they helped Russia win the war 1944-1945.
Best war map I have seen so far on this conflict. Thank you!
Jomini the west
Well, looks like you haven't seen much.
Weebunion and Defense politics asia, best maps out of everyone
An incredibly well detailed and well thought out analysis video. I especially appreciate that you admit that details are fuzzy and that some assumptions may be wrong, not enough people on the internet have that level of honesty and integrity. Kudos to you!
This is an outstanding video. The front lines in Ukraine always seemed somewhat arbitrary. Your use of terrain height + urban areas makes it way more understandable why the lines are where they are. Couple that with your usual excellent map animation, and this is one of best videos on this topic. This is one of my favorite channels. Keep up the great work!
I've been your fan since your video 1941. Your channel is amazing.
1941? ive been his fan since 1939!
@@ckhpersonal670 nice
I’ve been his air conditioner since 1985
I love that this is unbiased. You are definitely one of the most dedicated channels on KZhead.
It seems to you that the video is not biased because you often see much more biased videos. As for this video, watching it from Russia, I see that it is still biased. "The truth is the first thing that dies in war" is a very fair statement.
@@johnny_t. what parts of it? I sincerely want to know. Btw I look at Pro Russian Sources as well as Pro Ukrainian ones. I saw no problems as far as I know. Just want to have a debate
@@HH-pm6mj +1 to that. Its not like K&G which takes every second moment to remind people that the Russians are bad guys and its not like Douglas Macgregor who was claiming tha the entire Ukrainian army had died in April 2022. I find that there is so much "The Russians will collapse in a month" and "Ukraine will fall apart any day now" that's been going on for over a year that both sides think the phrase "this war will take a long time" is somehow a bias statement.
Whatever I write to you, it will cause controversy among other people. And I don't want to argue with anyone. I believe that finding out who is more right and who is less only supports this conflict. It seems to me that it is better to focus on the reasons why it needs to be completed. Even if I agreed, any of my comments on this video would not be short. The analysis of some phrases that the author of the video uttered in 20 seconds will turn into very long texts if you give explanations that are obvious in Russia, but not obvious in other countries. Let's limit ourselves to 14:35, the Russian army had no problems with conscription of men. Men were simply not called up. Those who really wanted to go themselves had such an opportunity by signing a contract for 6 months. By the way, are you familiar with the video at 14:40? The author for some reason did not show the ending. Of course, I may be wrong, but in it, by chance, the Ukrainian military does not shoot at a surrendered Russian lying on the ground? And before that, would they by any chance pick up a rifle lying next to this surrendered Russian?
@@johnny_t. If you're not willing to defend your point then why talk at all? Just shut up and sit in a corner, don't couch your arguments with "I don't wana elaborate because you'll be mad at me" right after disagreeing with someone. 14:35 Eastory says they had an ENLISTMENT issue not a conscription issue, IDK if you're ESL but those are very different things. He says later in the video that Russian mobilization/conscription allowed them to refill their frontline and solve their numerical issues. 14:40 is a video of a bunch of dudes sitting around with RPG rockets. I am not familiar with the entire video but you would have to have serious brain rot to think that Eastory is going to show an execution on his monetized youtube channel.
Fascinating stuff. It's great seeing so much content on current conflict given its relevance
Great content, as always!
Very informative, thank you!
Such a great summary! Really looking forward to a potential follow-up
I love this channel, good work man. wonderful.
Top quality. Thanks Eastory!
Man this was really excellent. Thank you for that.
Excellent presentation & easy to understand. Thanks a Lot!👍🏻
Just opened KZhead and saw this and this fricking made my day, I love these videos especially on modern wars
many thanks for this visualisation
12:32 You’re the first channel that integrates an ad in a non-intrusive and actually useful way 💯
Unironically this video helped me understand basic military strategy on the local level. Amazing
Logistics, logistics and high ground. Yes you passed modern tactics 101
@@Dayvit78 Logistics are generally above the tactical level. More like operations and strategy 101 Terrain is definitely a tactical concern tho.
@@Dayvit78 "logistics high ground tactics" These words mostly do not mean what you seem to think they mean.
Love the geographic and logistical emphasis of the video
I was hoping you'd make a video recently, thank you!
Good job. You’re putting together the 2nd draft of history. As time goes on we’ll learn more and more. Thank you for the contribution.
You provide better information than the mass media. Thanks
Love this coverage of the war. It’s been difficult to get a good perspective on the bigger picture, and this helped that. Appreciate the content and effort behind it.
I have been eagerly awaiting this video!! Thank you very much
This was amazing perspective, thanks for your work.
That is your best video. The combination of daily info from Balkan Mapping and your few Ukrainian videos per year is the best source of informations.
The Blyatkrieg = you advance 25km in 4 months, then lose 100x more on the flanks in 2 weeks.
Bachmut was taken using only shovels and Ukraine won the counteroffensive and took Crimea?
Thank you so much for your video and your work.
Damn, that was a amazing. I haven't been following the details of the fighting and this vid has given a perfect overview. Thank you!
This video is super interesting and educational! I especially like that you choose to highlight the higher ground and the urban areas.
I really like how the videos are progressively getting more professional in editing. Been here since quite a while ago, I'm happy for all your improvements.
Excellent summary. Thank you
Thank you very much for this video
Fabulous work here. Likely as close to the truth as we will get right now.
Suggestions: It would be nice to have a little bar scale at the bottom or some other solution for a sense of scale. During transitions like 15:13, it would be nice to have a smaller, secondary screen or a little box or such showing what part of larger scale Ukraine we are viewing. Great video!
Too true, I was having the same issue.
Thank you and keep up the good work❤️
Always making fantastic videos my friend.
Incredible - very well explained and engaging. Shame it ends on a cliffhanger!
I already monitored the frontlines of the war almost daily, And it's interesting to watch this as a summary and try to remember what I was thinking and what I was curious about at the time.
The only time line of the way battle ground I have really understood,thanks
Love your content.
The unbiased narration is what I like most about this Channel.
Awesome video! A bit strange decision to use the lightly colored gradient to indicate higher height, as most elevation maps we see do the opposite and concentrate the color on mountains and peeks. At least for me it was bugging my brain to stop visualizing the terrain backwards. But anyways, again big ups for creating this video, don't stop doing what you're doing \m/
True! I read the map wrong and should have returned the video 10 seconds
I liked it. The higher you go the lighter it gets. Sorta like real life. But yeah, I know it runs reverse to what we're accustomed to.
Simply amazing, good efforts !
Wonderful! Exactly what I was waiting for 🎉🎉🎉
"Just a KZheadr". You're a living legend mate.
Great analysis. The most detailed and unbiased narrative of the war I've seen yet.
You made the best ad for Ground news out of all the youtubers I watched. The 2nd best is Perun's natural speech style ad for Ground news, but your direct "Ground news helps with X regarding the video because Y and Z" Good job.
Amazing, Thank you!
Great job pronouncing the names of the various towns and villages. Yet another example of your effort to convey accuracy.
I love how unbiased this is, thanks so much for this amazing video!
Excellent video. Thank you
I cannot commend you enough for the professionalism that went into this video. Well done!
Thank you for this overall summary of how the Russo-Ukrainian War has gone, so far. Keep up the good work!
This isn’t a war, this is special operation, if russian start war, noone will survive, they have not begin yet to fight seriously
@@mappingtheshit Выздоравливай
@@mappingtheshit of course, no one will survive (specifically talking about the russian army)
Like your work very much and the fact that you admit there might be many errors in your research makes your work even that more remarkable! Carry on with it 🙂
BRAVO! So well done! Keep it up!
thnx for update bro
Very informative video. Truly unbiased. 👍
I love unbiased videos. Nowadays, you can not find unbiased videos about war. Everybody became emotional.. Thank you
It's so daft people becoming emotional over indefensible wars and war crimes.
@@dentoncrimescene Its crazy that we live in a time where we have first hand sources recorded on phones and sent all over the internet of Russian war crimes and sheer blatant provocation and get some still refuse to look at any of it and stick their head in the sand.
@Bampa I saw many more war crimes against the civilians of Donbas from the Ukrainian side than Russians. Let's speak the truth here.
Lol
@Bampa You clearly forgot about Syria, Yemen, Libya, which have hundreds of thousands of hours and combat footage of Merican war crimss.
Absolutely great video. Very informative and unbiased.❤❤
Two minutes in im hooked 😲 very informative video 😁 #subscribed
Hey Eastory, As for me watching your content since the beginning knowing that you should refer to the Ukrainian Offensives as Offensives not Counter Offensives. A counter-offensive is when the defending side immediately launches an attack on the attacking units.
Actually, this is a good point. But since everyone refer to it as "counteroffensive", then I used this word in the video.
the offensive word has a negative connotation (being the aggressor) while counteroffensive has a positive connotation (responding to the aggression of the other side) that is why this language is used
@@APMI-OFICIALA counter-offensive is a large-scale military offensive undertaken by a force previously on the defensive. To prove my Point this is a source from a dictionary I have in my house.
Контрнаступление это наступление на наступающего противника,а не на обороняющегося.
Thank you for your concise and informative video. This has really helped put the conflict in perspective and explains why certain things happened. I know that while the facts may not be fully known, you have done your best to give us as accurate and unbiased summary as humanly possible and I sincerely appreciate that. So thank you again for an amazing video and I can’t wait for your next one. :)
This is exactly what I needed!
Love this video!
А можно ссылку на карту урбанизации? Мне пригодится такая
I found it very weird how little coverage was dedicated to Popasna when the battle was raging in the town. Early summer it seemed like Ukrainians planned defense of Donbas anchored on Donets river and 2014 contact line fortifications. All future Russian advances near Lysychansk and later Bakhmut stem from the breakthorugh at Popasna, but very little coverage is available of what exactly happend there.
Thats because ukrainain media doesnt share ukrianian defeats. for obvious reasons, to keep morale higher and avoid doomers
From what I've gathered, so much arty that the Ukrainian lines just dissappeared. In a few interviews with separate guys defending Bakhmut, they all mention that the shelling is less than what got dropped on Popasna. From a casualty perspective, likely fairly light on kia but many many wia. Shell shock is a very real thing
Nothing extraordinary happened there. It's just that, with increasing pressure, there comes a moment when some point does not stand up. There would be no Popasna, there would be a breakthrough in another place. The breakthrough was not unexpected, it was expected. Only the breakthrough point was unknown. And when Popasnaya defense only faltered, the pressure on her immediately increased. The units that were ready for a breakthrough came up to her. And that's when the assault began. Artillery, bomb and missile strikes. All this has increased significantly. And the forces of the assault turned out to be enough to expand and deepen the breakthrough so much that the APU could not do anything about it.
@@Franfran2424 Друг бои за попасную шли 3 месяца там бойцы держались как могли. Старые политиканы и ЛГБТ идиоты с запад тянули с помощью когда она была так нужна из этого вытек снарядный голод
I don't know if its a "widely used" nickname or not, but I've heard the breakthrough does have significance to those that follow the war day by day. I believe some call it the "Popasna Flower" due to the resulting action after the breakthrough in the area looking like a flower, aka troop movements pouring out in every direction from Popasna.
You should add a scale to the side of the video, it's hard being unfamiliar with specific terrain to understand the size of areas in the video. Love your vids :)
Tears in my eyes. Love the video
being on the defensive dosent mean that you will take less casualties
Usually it does.
@muffinskake Absolute does not, people who say that have little understanding of how war works.
@@stc3145 Not true. Casualties depend on firepower And equipment.
@@eliasziad7864 if you’r in defense Usually it does . When you’re in building you’r less visible and you see terain than people who don’t . Yes it depends but on average it does .
When your enemy makes meaty attacks on fortified structures, as was the case in Bakhmut, then, of course, the attacker will lose more.
imagine how many lives would be saved if such tactical retreats were done in ww2
Around 20 division around Stalingrad, retreat to a defensible river position will give the German an advantage over the Russia and maybe counterattack later on down the line
No they will help probably figth to retreat them get send to stop the colaps of the centre-group wich would make them have more time to use Romanian oil and longer and more strengt to contain D-Day not stop it.
good summary. Thank you
Thank you!
"The Donbas Industrial Area". I didn't really get just how urbanized this area was. The amount cities and towns present in this area is staggering.
more than 90% of the urban population, but mostly these are sovov slums, in which it is inconvenient to live
Ukraine has been using artillery against it for almost a decade
would love to see this style but with the siege of Mariupol
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I think the only problem is the details are very fuzzy surrounding it. There’s not many who can really say what happened.
@@Lawnmower737 масса подробных карт штурма Мариуполя буквально по дням. Есть проблемы только с картами по окружению Мариуполя
Thanks!
1. Make sure the army has strong logistics. 2. Avoid fighting in urban areas and natural obstacles as much as possible. 3. Attackers must have 5:1 advantage in manpower, keeping in view both have same level of technologies.
No ammo shortige , shovels doin great job.
Russian Final Boss of Bachmut: m.kzhead.info/sun/f9yxiNtwapuclI0/bejne.html&pp=ygUPU2hvdmVsIHRocm93aW5n
Great video man!
Great analysis Eastory
It's still hard for me to understand what exactly happened in Soledar. According to some guys from the 93rd Brigade of UAF, they were feeling pretty confident and were very successful in their defence of Siledar, but after the rotation and being replaced with the 46th Airmobile Brigade, things started going downhill. At first I believed that this was just a coincidence explained by other factors, but later one of the 46th Airmobile Brigade commanders was complaining about being given soldiers with very weak training which makes me believe that the replacement of the 93rd for the 46th might have been more significant in the Soledar troubles.
It's because VDV paratroopers made a dash towards the city from Yakolivka, destroyed parts of their artillery, and paved the way for Wagner to take the city.
46th has essentially been rebuilt. poorly. 93rd was still relatively untouched. I dont think they will be since they seem to be getting grinded down in bakhmt
The idea here was probably to save combat proven 93rd relatively untouched, so they could jump elsewhere if needed to be the firefighters or to save them for the coming counteroffensive. The 46th was just a filler considered enough to hold out in soledar, but battlefield verified those assumptions
Probably the fall of Yakovlivka strategic position.
A lot depends on whether an assault is underway, or you are under disturbing artillery fire and reconnaissance combat. It depends on what forces the assault is carried out. They could well believe that they had been stormed all this time. And that they were holding up well. They were shelled, they tried to knock them out of distant defense nodes. But their trouble was that it wasn't really an attack. It was preparation for the assault. Their fortifications and artillery positions were identified. When the assault began, the density of artillery fire increased significantly. Aviation joined the case. And their positions were already known by that time.
Great video as always! It's still a bit weird seeing the number 2022 / 2023 in the corner
It really is!
Excellent quality!
East key is quickly becoming my favorite youtuber for a variety of reasons! Keep up the great work
its very nice to see the most talented estonian to upload videos
As a hoi4 player, this does way more sense to me compared to the news
great job !!
outstanding video. eagerly await more like this
Extremely interesting. I’m in the loop of certain events, such as the Russian progress in the Bakhmut suburbs, but to have it visualised is so much more informative.
bahmut doesn't really matter. it's just farming)
@@xDeiMx no you’re right it doesn’t, and Ukraine will probably withdraw from it very soon.
@@willlongley1657 the most interesting will be in Melitopol I am from Russia, if you are interested in something, I can tell you)
Four months after the fall of Bakhmut(if it ever happens), we would still be talking about the Battle for Chasiv Yar.
Good work and very important use of the Caveat.
Thank you for not being biased as the other youtubers
I'm impressed that you managed to cover the entire year of fighting without the tactics and explanations either getting too overly convoluted or complex, or dumbing things down too much for a general audience. This is a trap which many other KZheadrs and analysts have unfortunately fallen into, however this video was an exception to that! This felt just right with how it covered the conflict in the East. Great video!
From the very start you got your info wrong. Russians were outnumbered 3 to 1 for an entire year. Only recent months it became something like 1,3 to 1 still in favor of Ukraine. Only in number of equipment Russian have more numbers, but as you said the defensive advantage gives Ukraine the edge again. It's not only defensive advantage but 8 years of building bunkers, tunnels, underground fortresses, etc...
Overall they are outnumbered but they aren't necessarily outnumbered on the front. Ukraine has to station troops everywhere to defend multiple locations across the country while Russia can stick all their troops on the front
@@a.t6066 Then that means Ukraine doesn't have to station troops all around if there are no enemy troops in that location.
@@eliasziad7864 🤦♂️
@@eliasziad7864 are you a child or are you from NCD...?
@@a.t6066 A child.
Amazing level of detail.
Really informative video!
You failed to mention that Ukraine actually had some of its forces encircled and captured at Hirske-Zolote, at least 500 of them.
He said something went wrong with the withdrawal.