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29 long-form videos from this channel first observed in Most Popular, still charting or since left (News & Politics, PL). Each one is measured against the median of the same channel's long-form videos published 7-90 days before it. The figures come from the official YouTube API and compare the channel only with itself.

  1. #1
    Peak VPI
    +83.6xLvl 5 - Breakout
    Left Most Popular - 5 days, left 4 Nov 2026YOUTUBELong

    Biggest ever refinery strike rocks Russia as Storm Shadow double tap takes out Putin missile factory

    Baseline: 13K | Views: 1.1M

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  2. #2
    Peak VPI
    +56.6xLvl 5 - Breakout
    Left Most Popular - 7 days, left 18 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    Man killed by tiger at UK wildlife park 'posed for pic & danced before jumping into pen'

    Baseline: 23K | Views: 1.3M

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  3. #3
    VPI
    +41.7xLvl 4 - Trending
    In Most Popular - day 9YOUTUBELong

    EXPOSED: Putin’s blown-up dam backfires as Ukraine smashes Zaporizhzhia assault | Battle Plans

    Baseline: 24K | Views: 1.0M

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  4. #4
    Peak VPI
    +37.4xLvl 4 - Trending
    Left Most Popular - 5 days, left 28 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    Moscow under attack as Russian oil on brink of bankruptcy and Ukrainian soldier fight underground

    Baseline: 25K | Views: 934K

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  5. #5
    Peak VPI
    +33.0xLvl 4 - Trending
    Left Most Popular - 2 days, left 27 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    Putin dismantled in Crimea as Ukraine's drone dominance confirmed | Battle Plans Exposed

    Baseline: 19K | Views: 628K

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  6. #6
    VPI
    +32.7xLvl 4 - Trending
    In Most Popular - day 2YOUTUBELong

    Desperate Putin takes fuel from frontline troops as he orders Chechnya to draft civilians

    Baseline: 12K | Views: 382K

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  7. #7
    Peak VPI
    +30.5xLvl 4 - Trending
    Left Most Popular - 3 days, left 29 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    Putin’s presidential jet plant in flames after ruthless Ukraine drone blitz

    Baseline: 28K | Views: 852K

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  8. #8
    Peak VPI
    +26.0xLvl 4 - Trending
    Left Most Popular - 6 days, left 26 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    EXPOSED: Putin's 50k losses in one month with tiny territory gains | Battle Plans

    Baseline: 28K | Views: 726K

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  9. #9
    Peak VPI
    +24.8xLvl 3 - Rising
    Left Most Popular - 14 days, left 20 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    EXPOSED: Ukraine tanks strike in Kharkiv as Russia loses 2,000 troops in 24 hours | Battle Plans

    Baseline: 40K | Views: 1.0M

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  10. #10
    Peak VPI
    +23.8xLvl 3 - Rising
    Left Most Popular - 4 days, left 14 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    Ukraine hits Russia's largest refinery in HUGE 2,500km strike + Ukraine defeats Putin's offensive

    Baseline: 30K | Views: 720K

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  11. #11
    Peak VPI
    +22.3xLvl 3 - Rising
    Left Most Popular - 3 days, left 25 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    Russia moves HUGE stash of new tanks to Nato border but if Putin invades his men will be massacred!

    Baseline: 28K | Views: 635K

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  12. #12
    VPI
    +22.0xLvl 3 - Rising
    In Most Popular - day 2YOUTUBELong

    Pilots of horror Learjet crash pictured as tech tycoon, wife & kids among 9 killed

    Baseline: 36K | Views: 794K

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  13. #13
    VPI
    +19.1xLvl 3 - Rising
    In Most Popular - day 7YOUTUBELong

    Finland secretly gave Ukraine rare ItO 90M launchers to take down Putin's jet-powered drones

    Baseline: 15K | Views: 281K

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  14. #14
    Peak VPI
    +16.1xLvl 3 - Rising
    Left Most Popular - 4 days, left 21 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    Ukraine defies Trump with Russian oil blitz and SIX jets destroyed in Neptune missile strike

    Baseline: 37K | Views: 592K

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  15. #15
    Peak VPI
    +15.8xLvl 3 - Rising
    Left Most Popular - 3 days, left 18 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    Ukrainian Neptune strike destroys six Su-34 fighter jets at Borisoglebsk military airfield

    Baseline: 22K | Views: 351K

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  16. #16
    Peak VPI
    +12.6xLvl 3 - Rising
    Left Most Popular - 2 days, left 3 Nov 2026YOUTUBELong

    The 2 million casualty trap crushing Russia's offensive | Battle Plans Exposed

    Baseline: 37K | Views: 469K

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  17. #17
    Peak VPI
    +12.3xLvl 3 - Rising
    Left Most Popular - 3 days, left 14 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    How Zelensky’s new commander is tearing through Russian lines | Battle Plans Exposed

    Baseline: 31K | Views: 384K

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  18. #18
    Peak VPI
    +12.2xLvl 3 - Rising
    Left Most Popular - 5 days, left 18 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    EXPOSED: Ukraine wipes out 3,000 Russian trucks to sever Putin's Crimean land bridge | Battle Plans

    Baseline: 80K | Views: 988K

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  19. #19
    Peak VPI
    +9.9xLvl 2 - Moderate
    Left Most Popular - 4 days, left 6 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    Ukraine did something not seen in over two years | Hamish de Bretton-Gordon

    Baseline: 46K | Views: 459K

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  20. #20
    Peak VPI
    +8.9xLvl 2 - Moderate
    Left Most Popular - 4 days, left 7 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    Ukraine's GIANT Russia strikes force Putin to admit failiure as Zelensky unveils lethal new missile

    Baseline: 102K | Views: 913K

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  21. #21
    VPI
    +8.7xLvl 2 - Moderate
    In Most Popular - day 2YOUTUBELong

    EXPOSED: Russia loses 2,250 troops in a day as dead and wounded hit 1.56million | Battle Plans

    Baseline: 47K | Views: 413K

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  22. #22
    Peak VPI
    +7.6xLvl 2 - Moderate
    Left Most Popular - 1 day, left 1 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    How Operation Vivaldi laid the groundwork for a brutal winter (round 2 will crush Russian troops)

    Baseline: 29K | Views: 223K

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  23. #23
    Peak VPI
    +7.0xLvl 2 - Moderate
    Left Most Popular - 2 days, left 20 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    Ukraine blitzes Vlad’s hometown St Petersburg as explosions rip through oil depot

    Baseline: 53K | Views: 374K

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  24. #24
    Peak VPI
    +6.6xLvl 2 - Moderate
    Left Most Popular - 2 days, left 20 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    Ukraine turns Putin's Crimea supply corridor into a 'turkey shoot' | Battle Plans Exposed

    Baseline: 66K | Views: 443K

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  25. #25
    Peak VPI
    +6.6xLvl 2 - Moderate
    Left Most Popular - 5 days, left 6 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    Putin's mass mobilisation signals huge escalation | Dr Jade McGlynn

    Baseline: 77K | Views: 510K

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  26. #26
    Peak VPI
    +5.5xLvl 2 - Moderate
    Left Most Popular - 2 days, left 27 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    SAS-style forces gearing up to fight Putin in -30C Finland

    Baseline: 22K | Views: 121K

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  27. #27
    Peak VPI
    +4.1xLvl 1 - Standard
    Left Most Popular - 1 day, left 13 Oct 2026YOUTUBELong

    Ukraine proves ‘tank is still master of the battlefield’ in Kharkiv shock action operation

    Baseline: 45K | Views: 189K

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  28. #28
    Peak VPI
    +2.8xLvl 1 - Standard
    Left Most Popular - 2 days, left 29 Sept 2026YOUTUBELong

    Putin's northern invasion plot to break Ukraine | Battle Plans Exposed

    Baseline: 91K | Views: 254K

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  29. #29
    Peak VPIBelow level 1 (1.5x)
    Left Most Popular - 1 day, left 29 Sept 2026YOUTUBELong

    Putin is a 'cornered rat' & preparing a second front against NATO | Ex-diplomat Cormac Smith

    Baseline: 161K | Views: 149K

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