Ukraine War: Russia claims to have seized the city of Marinka

What do we know about this drone attack is it retaliation from that strike on that ship yeah good afternoon Simon I mean overnight Russia launched this huge wave of missile and drone attacks on Ukraine apparently 46 um combination of drones cruise missiles and the like Ukrainian claims they shot down 32

Here’s an example of what they claim they shot down what you can see here is the very familiar triangular shape of the shyed 136 drone which is that Iranian Supply drone one of the challenges Russia often Target the critical energy infrastructure of Ukraine but even when these things are

Shut down they still tumble into buildings and the like cause Devastation um but it’s no coincidence that actually Russia um is almost certainly retribution because literally a couple of days ago um Ukraine managed to successfully attack a landing vessel at fuia Port and Crimea we’re seeing the

Explosion um here it was a massive explosion of Russian Landing ship almost certainly this ship was Pack full of explosives in in some way whe it’s ammunition or bombs or whatever um now the Russians amazingly admit that the the um this thing um has been damaged here’s a per picture we’re

Looking at the picture just here that’s the vessel and there we go um that’s it’s damaged apparently it’s been obliterated there’s nothing there so typical um Russian understatement um now the Russians claim they shot down to the fighter jets that were involved Ukrainian fighter jets involved in this

Attack which of course Ukraine denies Grant shaps the defense secretary has been used as an example of how the ukrainians have destroyed 20% of russan Black Sea Fleet that they’re on the front foot and that actually the Ukraine war isn’t stuck in some sort of Frozen Conflict at the moment and happening on

Christmas day as well I’m sure that was planned maybe as a certain sort of landmark let’s talk about Minka how significant is that claim that Russia has that they’ve seized that City despite the fact we can talk about ships we can talk about tanks getting destroyed and the like but ultimately

The only metrics of success in this war are territory and bluntly the Ukraine have been going since June with their spring offensive and the front lines haven’t moved that much meanwhile the Russians have been focused on the donbass that’s clearly been their priority if you remember back the battle

For bmot last almost a year um literally 30,000 deaths as a result of their um um Onslaught there since then we’ve seen the fight around abiva just around here for the last two or three months and marinka has been the other area of intense fighting uh on Christmas Day the

Russians claimed that they’d finally seized Minka Ukraine said they hadn’t 24 hours later um Valerie Zusi who’s the head of the Ukrainian Armed Force admitted that they have actually withdrawn from rinka itself now that’s really important because Russia has put a huge amount of effort into the season

The dbass these cities these towns sorry are a pathway to seizing this and I suspect even though it’s a small tactical Victory Russia will feel very emboldened by this uh the seizure of that strategically important town and speculation of course for where do you think this conflict moves now well the

What we have to remember is um Ukraine is the David to Russia’s Goliath and without Western Aid continuing to flow Ukraine would struggle now you remember the EU can’t yet approve funding for next year Hungary stood in the way Russian Congress is uh standing firm as

Well and and it’s very difficult to see either side ending up Victorious as a result of this so actually we do see those sides need to refresh their military capability we’re into some sort of Frozen conflict the West will start piling on pressure on both sides now to

Come to some sort of negotiated agreement that will be deeply uncomfortable with president zelinski but ultimately if the war is Frozen what other options are there Sean fascinating as always thank you very much indeed for joining us

Russia claims to have seized the city of Marinka in a tactical move as further drone strikes hit Ukraine.

Military analyst Sean Bell explains the latest developments as Western support for Ukraine’s war effort stagnates.

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45 comments

  1. Im going to be very honest..was it really worth it to sacrifice all those beautiful lives of young russian men and woman with beautiful familys the loved so much,,was it really worth it mr putin 350 thousand of poor young boys and girls slaughtered on the battle field😢😢😢 for what 10 per cent of Ukrainian land

  3. I dont think the truth will ever be told of how much destruction the Russians have caused, the amount of equipment the Ukraine had and has been given has got them know where
    Military analysts sat behind computer screens thinking they are playing xbox

  6. I think that's only propaganda to not admit that this war si going worse and worse for ukrainian regime. I want remember everyone that after the golpe of Maidan all opposition parties were put outlaw. So ukrainian parlament is not rappresentative of the people.

  9. Draws analogy to David v Goliath and follows up with the need for western support in the conflict. Don’t really remember there being a bigger than Goliath figure supporting David?

  10. This war is not about a few meters of land. It is about making it so painful for Russia to stay in Ukraine, and Ukraine is making it VERY PAINFUL. Another confirmed Navy boat. At this rate, when does Russia run out of ships?

  14. The BBC has notoriously again absurdly downplayed the reality.

    As when I spoke of James Waterhouse… Sean Bell also doesn't really do the work, and just assesses the war in the 'simplest' most 'superficial' terms!

    He doesn't entirely consider the Russian supply lines cut-off, the planes downed, the Russian troop losses which Putin has been trying to hide since the beginning of the war… and this is becoming increasing untenable.

    And the fact Russia doesn't have the capacity to build much in the way of new weaponry, because they need chips from West!

    Or the Russian economy which is on the brink?

    Things are very difficult for the people of Ukraine, the very 'least' the BBC can do… is not make this even more difficult!

  17. Ukrainian authority's admit the loss of the town.
    They also claimed the newyork times is infiltrated with pro Russian propaganda 😂
    NYT a Russian bot really good stuff 😅

  18. Why is this news coming out so late? Marinka fell under total Russian control well over a week ago, nevertheless, when Ukraine conducts successful operations, they are reported on the same day. Your bias and obvious attempts at manipulation of facts via omission is insane

  26. Ukrainians dont want to fight for their land.
    They are avoiding mobilisation.

    Why should my government support the most corrupted country in EU?

  31. Russia striking back like the true 'superpower' they are, special thanks to Iran and their critical support for a hopeless dying empire.

  32. Putin said Demilitarization, DeNazification and Decommunization for Ukraine. Russia's is exhausting Ukraine of combat capability. Once exhausted all the SMO goals are easier to fully achieve.

  33. Seized not a city, but a piece of burnt out polluted land, where neither flora, nor any fauna remains. We don't say: "a man was seized", if there is a charred corpse instead of living man.

  36. Failed to mention that this is the same ship that ukraine "hit & sunk" few months ago as a distraction from losing another major city. In both cases the ship, an old soviet ship, was being repaired. Cost for ukraine over 10 cruise missiles, 2x SU24 shot down to damage the same old wreck, HEH

  41. How can it be a frozen conflict if Ukraine's funding and manpower has been drastically reduced, while Russia's military expenditure and manpower has increased? This is classic CIA ops news. Ukraine has lost and at this point it's just a cleanup/escape job for the West/Biden's campaign to get reelected.

  44. That man also was saying Ukraine
    Will defeat Russia in 2023
    We can see Russia defeated only we can see Russia pushing backwards the Ukrainian and Europe fighters

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