Sorry for long post.

So I’m currently in the middle of a 4,000 kilometre journey across Ukraine’s front line, travelling from region to region to document what’s happening on the ground.

By complete coincidence, while I was here in Donbas, Operation Vivaldi came into full swing, and I happened to be speaking to quite a few of the people involved!

It was such a fascinating operation that I thought I’d put together a quick report from the ground to explain what happened and how it worked

This isn’t actually an episode from my upcoming documentary series. It’s just a quick update I wanted to share while I’m out here. I really hope you find it interesting and learn something new from it.

I also have a favour to ask. If you enjoyed the video, please leave a comment letting me know what you thought, or what you found most interesting. It really does help the YouTube algorithm, but I must admit I’m a little biased because I genuinely love sitting down and reading all your comments too!

And if you haven’t already, please consider subscribing. I’m currently working on a 12-part documentary series covering my entire journey across Ukraine’s front line. We’ll be travelling from region to region, meeting some extraordinary people and showing you what life really looks like in a country defending itself against the largest invasion in Europe since the Second World War.

I’ve put a huge amount of work into this project, and I really can’t wait to share it with you. The first episodes will be coming very soon.

Finally, if you’d like to follow along with the project, see updates on the release, or help make these documentaries possible, you can find the support links below. Making a series like this is incredibly expensive, and anyone who would like to support the project can also have their name included in the credits.

Also check out ‪@KingsandGenerals‬​ for the great map animations I overlayed in parts here.

Thank you so much for watching, for supporting independent journalism, and for taking an interest in what’s happening here in Ukraine. It really means a lot.

I hope you enjoy the video!

22 airports closed in Russia, including 4 major in Moscow and other big cities like Kaluga, Pskov, Tver, Penza, Kazan, Samara, Izhevsk and many more.

Ukraine now controls the skies above Russia.

The sheer restraint it takes to just stand there and smile while a reporter lists off all of Trump's current failures: bad midterm prospects, tanking popularity, and starting a war! When asked if Trump is just using him as a scapegoat to cover up this absolute mess, Zelensky just smiles for ten solid seconds. "This is my answer".

Big Z doesn't even bother dignifying it with a real response, he just lets Trump's pathetic blame-shifting hang in the air in total silence. Drink that vatnik tears, fellas.

No formal legal documentation ever transferred the UN seat from the Soviet Union to Russia