You guys told us Russian weapons wouldn’t last them a year. What happened?

WAIT - the same guy said russia "ran out of ammo" in August of 2022 was the SAME GUY that said "China is doomed to fail".

Significant gains as Ukraine Gains backwards while Russia retreats fowards

I want these western analysts' job - they can carry on being wrong again and again and againa and again and again ... over literally decades, and still call themselves experts and be paid.

For anyone who follows at least partially the situation in Ukraine the analysis of this "expert" is an insult of our intelligence.

Imagine what would Russians do if they had clean, not rusted shovels, and real microchips, not those pulled out from washing machines.

The Ukrainian general says the situation at the front is critical, but Mr Frank(an arm chair general) says it's not true.

The same guy who said that during Ukraine greatest summer offensive Crimea would be captured and he can’t wait for beach holidays there🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

Wow. Shovels are now retreating forward.

Before Russia capturing a western tank it's a game changer After Russia capturing it, it's an old model tank

not bad for a country that ran out of ammo 1.5 years ago....

- Is this a reality check? - No. We knew it all along.

"mobilize on the same scale as Russia"... and from what magic hat exactly would you expect them they pull those conscripts Mr expert?

And to think Blinken kindly asked China to not supply them with shovels...

Never take $61 billion to a shovel fight.

“The Ukrainians need to mobilize on a similar scale to that of the Russians” wow, you don’t say! 🤯

There's a difference between Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Russia... it's beginning to be more and more clear

The real news is: 47th mechanized brigade left its frontline positions because they werent rotated out for a year, Russians noticed the gaps on the frontline, and made a 6 km advance, capturing Ocheretine in a few hours, blocking any traffic towards the south. That made the 115th mechanized brigade's position untenable since they were surrounded, so they had to evacuate Berdichi. Ukraine has to retreat 10 kilometers towards the next potential natural barrier. North of that position in Krasnokhorivka two columns of tanks and troop carriers made a 4 km rush towards the town, and deployed assault squads on the southern outskirts, which almost instantly captured those positions. By seeing the success Russians sent a constant cycling of troop carriers and sent four tanks which rushed in the streets of the city and spotted the potential Ukrainian troop concentrations. Where they found some the troops were directed there, so they took 3/4 of the town by the end of the day.

Saying Ukraine can beat Russia is like saying Biden can walk upstairs without falling over..

the russians have learned a great deal from this war and damn it would be very difficult for any military to defeat them now.

Reality Check is the right term no matter the Western denial.

Why should any Ukrainian give his life for a totally corrupt system and for Blackrock? I wouldn't.

Damn! Must be those powerful washing machines and advanced shovels!

Never in thousands years would I have thought that washing machine chips and shovels would be this effective in the battlefield 😂😂🤣🤣

Is not He the same Military Analyst who said Russia Has no Missiles left in 2022 ? 😎 Well done Frank !!! You are a Genius..give Frank a Medal and one Billion Euro !!! and tell the other Men that Frank is a Genius !!! Impressive Frank !!! 😄

The hardwares in Russia are not like Home Depot in the US, their Shovels are lethal and dangerous 😊

Anyone remember Mariupol, Bakhmut, Avdiivka?

But wait...Elensy said not long ago Ukraine had lost 31k soldiers. Russia lost 31k the first month....

Frank: Ukraine is winning and winning bigly.

This so called analyst or expert forgot to mention what happened to the previously supplied air defense systems.

After this war ended, most wanted items are Russian Shovels😊😊

Frank is frankly preaching to save his job!

"It's not critical". This fool should lose his job over nonstop double talk.

Never bring a gun to shovel fight😆🤣😂

So basically the front has collapsed. That’s what he is saying.

Real men who deeply care about the lives of ordinary Ukrainians would have demanded for the war to stop and brought Ukraine and Russia to star real negotiations. Unfortunately, there are people who have vested interest in the continuation of the war. Ukraine sadly lacks visionaries and the country is being destroyed slowly.

Every time he says Russia is learning he has to say Ukraine is learning too so if all are learning then how do you describe what's happening 😮

Those shovels are amazing, aren't they? They keep digging and digging till they'll get to the water bed 😂😂😂

Ukraine is winning, says the British media and experts.😂😂😂

At 00:47 second he says “reality check” is not the right term and then at 1:54 he says “as you said reality is beginning to set in”

end this war

Mobilizing is one, but giving them the necessary training and integrating them is very important.

If they can have adiivka, they can have anything.

These are not setbacks its a systematic collapse

There exists no conceivable scenario in which Russia relinquishes control of Crimea and the Donbas region. The provision of NATO-led weaponry by the US will not bolster Ukraine's position; rather, it will inevitably lead to further casualties on the battlefield during the interim. It is imperative to pursue a negotiated settlement without delay. Failure to do so risks the West's unwavering support for Ukraine, at the cost of lives on the battlefield.

Russian shovels and washing machines are beating abrams and leopards? Damn...

military expert desperately trying to spin how Rus with shovels and museum tanks are winning

If the entire public is being fed with wrong information about the state of the Ukraine war, then you the media can be bold enough to take responsibility. Starting With your guest Frank who is almost always so fragile with the facts

I find it funny that the Top General of Ukraine is an ethnic Russian who attended Russian military school. 😂

USA and EU sacrifice Ukraine for theire own interests 😢😢😢😢

It is too bad US cannot send Ukrainians common sense.

But okraine only lost 31000?!

COMEDIAN + PRESIDENT = THE GREATEST CONMAN OF ALL TIMES.

Just tell the truth one day the truth will come out

The implementation of a war of attrition against Russia has proven to be an ineffective strategy. Throughout history, numerous nations have attempted this approach, only to experience catastrophic failures.

Europe is stuck in this position because of a foreign policy led by the US arms industry, which NEEDED to continue making an enemy out of post-Soviet Russia. None of this would have happened if Ukraine had simply stayed neutral and refused to play that game.

Russia has more casualties and running out of ammo.. most of their weapons are old soviet style and their military gains and missile attacks are all symbolic😂😂

Thanks to the west that plays with Ukraine life. We help you as long as it takes then ohh we don't help. What a shame.

Fred, why should anyone belief a word you have to say?

Herr Frank Leywidge the military analyst - who said Ukraine was not in crises, seemed jittery, nervous, talked too fast - usual signs of a person not telling the truth

You know the situation is far worse when they cant lie anymore and tell the truth

Losing ground means winning.

But Latvia bots laugh when we say russia are winning even though the chief of their army admitted it

🙏🏻🇺🇦 ❤️from 🇺🇸 UNITED TOGETHER 🌎☮️

Thank you senior Defence analyst.

Thank God for independent journalists, other sources like scott ritter and many others than listening to these clowns

In Russian's shovels we trust.

Russia must start exporting those deadly shovels, its so deadly

Wait, I thought the Russian soldiers still uses shovels and are being pushed back into Moscow🤔

Last year, you said Ukraine's reformed 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 1st Galician was on the outskirts of Moscow! What happened?

I thought Russians are fighting with shovels?😂

damn those washing-machine chips

Russia has been building up their forces, so this was expected, but when they attack from the north Ukraine will be in more trouble! Russia still has plenty of tanks & troops & other equipment in abundance, lossing a thousand tanks is nothing to Russia, they have not been using their best kit as yet!

What happened to that American Made "Parrot Missile System " ??

The best thing to do for Ukraine is to call Russia and start negotiations ! Those hopes of winning are unrealistic, Ukraine should preserve both men and territories that are left !

Fred, always the optimist and feeding us tripe. Where is his ukrainian flag 😂

But you told the World that Russia had no Army 😂😂😂😂😂and that Ukraine had all the advantage Stop been delusional

That does not look like a cohesive retreat in the Donbas. More like units running away.

can you imagine the morale if everytime i look acoss the battlefield i see my previous position for two years

Those advantages don't mean squat, when you are clueless on how to conduct a modern war with 1950's and 1960's equipment.

U.S. M1A Abrams tanks worse than useless against Russian drones.

im shocked all the reporting has had ukraine winning any day now

The person giving witness is self pleasing

Good interview.

It would be worth thinking about Russia's superiority in forces and resources in advance, before stipulating membership in NATO in its Constitution.

Good on DW for leaving the comments section open. Respect.

Ukraine is not going to win in the mobilization aspect due to the fact that Russia has a population of about 144 million people while the population of Ukraine is about 38 million. In addition, many military age Ukrainians have fled the country.

You can't hold a modern battle front if the other side has airpower and you don't.

The Ukrainians are bravely advancing towards...Kiev🤣🤣🤣

This is a war of shovels and dishwashers

I thought russian wount last using shovel😂

What part of this could not have been foreseen two years ago?

And next month, we are going to hear the experts: "Why are child soldiers good for democracy in ukraine". This is literall clown show.

I recalled that the defense minister of Ukraine was replaced. The motives were just that his staff did not believe of the Ukranian victory. However, I imagine this scenario. He wanted to retreat its forces near the capital to concentrate their defenses and to coordinate better the units, to which Zelinsky did not agree. Instead of studying the assessment, he replaced the minister of defense.

Before the aid they were losing because of the lack of supply. Now after 60 billion dollar aid they still losing because it's not enough. 😅

And for the 1st time I hear DW's tone is sobering up, hopefully they will start working for peace now rather than fueling war now that the prospect of sending their own kids to the meat grinder is growing.

This is the same comedian military analyst that said over 2 years ago that Russia will collapse in a month .

Dithered for several months!? The mobilization should have been started very early on and kept a steady pace moving conscripts into units *with* volunteers. Mixed together motivation can spread.

I Thought Russian was running out of missilen in 2022

They are advancing with shoves