Ukraine is pulling off something impossible

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Crimea was lost. Now Ukraine’s making a play to take it back. ➡️ Protect your privacy on the network level with Cape at https://cape.co/maxfisher. Use code MAXFISHER33 at checkout for 33% off your first 6 months. Twelve years ago, Russia shocked the world by seizing Crimea from Ukraine. Now, against all odds, Ukraine is making a m

The YouTube video titled "Ukraine is published by Max Fisher and explores the unfolding military campaign regarding the Crimean peninsula [00:00].

Historical Context and Current Situation: In 2014, Russian special forces seized control of Crimea, which Moscow subsequently integrated into Russia through

infrastructure projects like the Kerch Bridge and a network of supply routes [00:14]. For 12 years, this control felt unshakable, but recent developments show significant changes visible even from space via satellite imagery, depicting dramatic dimming of lights and decreased activity across the region

[01:33].

Ukraine's Breakthrough Against Defenses: Ukraine has developed new tactics to breach Russia's air defense network. By systematically hunting and destroying small suitcase-sized portable radars used to detect drones [06:47], Ukrainian forces manage to temporarily blind Russian defenses in specif

ic zones long enough to deploy suicide drones [08:07]. Furthermore, Ukrainian military innovation has sped up through embedded engineers and frontline units utilizing web portals to rapidly adapt equipment [01:09:58].

Disrupting Russian Supply Lines: Ukraine has severely impacted Russia's logistics by t

argeting the "Novorossiya Highway" and naval transport routes in the Sea of Azov [01:05:29]. Striking supply trucks and sinking cargo ships and oil tankers has effectively closed off key logistical arteries into Crimea [01:14:39].

Strategic Goals Beyond Retaking Territory: Analysts and commanders note t

hat Ukraine is not attempting an immediate full-scale ground invasion to retake Crimea due to heavily fortified Russian positions [01:16:19]. Instead, the campaign aims to make holding Crimea as difficult and expensive as possible for Russia, turning the region into contested territory [01:18:45], cutti

ng off Russian forces from using it as a springboard for offensives into the Donbas [02:24:06], and ultimately altering the strategic calculus to pressure Moscow toward negotiations [02:25:24].

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Ukraine is pulling off something impossible

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@h32022

11:42 small correction: Ukraine has been doing this for months, not just June and July

@georgiangio9789

This winter is gonna be harsh for these people on both sides.

@kirktinsley

I’m SO Gen X I guess. Because I’ve learned from max’s videos that I absolutely prefer paper cutouts stuck onto a cork board as opposed to slick animations.

@QOUCHZ-OUO

Pray that the war will end soon!

@andrewkaufman1276

14:31 awe what a cute crosshair

@uiioiio31

I don't understand why literally everyone who's covering Ukraine from time to time FAIL to deliver the information on how many illegal russian settlers moved to Crimea.

@G-i-a-n.1

Technically the real game changer was the development and use of new small mid-range drones that took the range from 20-50 kilometres to 100-200+ kilometres from June onwards

@gregschundler3727

Excellent

@DavesMcWhopper

So Ukraine basically took the old blitzkrieg tactics of concentrating attacks on a weak spot and then flooding through the lines once a break is made. Brilliant.

@A_minus481

Some mistakes I found in this video

@C-Weegs

Ukraine is not trying to retake Crimea, they want to starve the population and force them back to Russia due to unlivable circumstances, drive them out for good

@strych9.0

Keep going man. Your content is awesome. Transparent, independent and fact-proven.

@YashwantsYashu

Honestly I never imagine Ukraine will sustain and fight back to this longtime

@truthmatters6110

"This video would not have been possible without reporting by Reuters, the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Kyiv Independent, and the Institute for the Study of War."