Compared to my idiot fellow Americans, the British are better educated, intellectually curious, and command a much greater sense of history. And they do know the Russians.
Had to come here for my daily fix as the episode was not available on Spotify. Anyway, now that I am here, I should probably *go and like all the episodes*. And ofc, comment to make the algorithm happy
I don't think giving up the island where Diego Garcia exists is a good idea. They gave Hong Kong as an example. Yet, look how that deal ended. Hong Kong is about to lose all of its independence.
About to? That happened years ago, when the PRC decided to ignore the 50-year guarantees it made to Britain in 1999, because it realised correctly that Britain has nothing to oppose them with. Hong Kong is an integrated part of China today in all but the name, much like how Belarus since the full-scale invasion and especially since the protests there (which revealed Lukashenka's total dependence on Putin) is not a sovereign state anymore, it is a Russian satellite
It's going to Mauritius, not a rampant superpower. It's righting a wrong for which this country should be utterly ashamed. Holding on is the same imperialism we're accusing the Russians of.
The Rurikid dynasty is the only continuity between the medieval Rus and later polities. They built Moscow. Kiev was stacked by Mongols then ruled over by Poles until finally being retaken by Russia/Russia
@mitchyoung93 no, after destruction Kyiv remained ruled by king of Rus Daniel Romanovitch who belonged to senior branch of Monomachs and never surrendered to Mongols. Rus existed as kingdom under his family rule for another five generations and then became part of a Grand Dutchy of Lithuania Rus and Jematia, basicly Rurikids were replaced by Lithuanian dynasty but 80% of population were Rus people - modern day Ukrainians and Belorusians . Mongols were defeated in the battle of Blue Waters by combined Lithuanian and Rus army and were pushed back east. Moscovites (who by the way were based on fino Hungarian tribes and were never considered as Rus by contemporaries) remained part of golden horde for another 300 years.
If the US handed over 400 tanks suitable numbers of armoured troop carriers and 200 F16s, then Ukraini can fill those with men, but 31 tanks is a spit in the wind!
The new UK boxer made in UK and Germany rolled out this month😲 ! “The first batch of 623 Boxer ordered were built in Germany with the majority of the work now done in West Midlands and North-East Wales.”
@@TheLastCrusader22 Jag Landrover, Aston Martin, London black taxi co, countless component and machine tool companies - does JCB count? But yeah, a faint shadow of the skilled workforce and industry of the 50's and 60's. Corporate mismanagement in tandem with a central government policy of managed decline decimated engineering in the Midlands.
So Putin just made our foreign policy worthless. When we talked Ukraine into surrendering their nukes, the U.S. promised to protect Ukraine's sovereignty. So our word is useless.😢
It was not "their" nukes but Soviet nukes stationed in Ukrainian territory. The Ukrainian SSR never had control over them. - The Budapest memorandum, as I understand it, was not legally binding. In view of what has transpired since 1994, it is no longer relevant anyway.
Ukraine never possessed nukes. Thise nukes were Russian and acknowledged as such by the US. If Ukraine had tried to take possession of the warheads, the war that is happening now would have happened earlier. Stop with Ukrainian nukes talk. Not going to happen.
I'm still not convinced that Trump understands how tariffs work. We barely import anything from Russia. Tariffs on their imports would do nothing compared to sanctions and secondary sanctions on ALL of their exports, but especially energy.
Captain Hindsight should never have given our Chagos Islands away. They are an extremely important and strategic base for the West in this area. Hopefully the US will stop Captain Hindsight from making such a stupid decision
I read Trump policy as Stuff Ukraine. Only good that might come from his presidency is Europe sees the writing on the wall and we mobilise for Ukraine, as we should have done from day 1. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇦
Why are the EU members not spending at least 5% of GDP on defense? That is because your political leaders are more interested in staying in power, than doing what's right for their protection. The reality is the UK would lose all their troops in 2.5 months if they were in Ukraine?
If someone asked me if I would be prepared to have my property requisitioned, or would I prefer to learn to speak Russian and relinquish my freedom, I would tell them they can take anything they deemed necessary just as long as the same rules are applied to everyone. In times of war we require citizens to donate their most valuable possesion, their lives and those of their loved ones. Human life is the only personal asset that can never be replaced. Everything else is just trinkets.
Only matters what he does not what he says. He said many things what he did is cut support for Ukraine. Like a magician he diverts attention while he pulls off his true trick.
In answer to the mobilisation of under 25s?? There is and always have been to reasons … who will rebuild Ukraine after? These are the people Ukraine is fighting for their future as an independent nation? The next is why use them as fodder? when Russia is on the retreat then send them in to finish Russia in Ukraine?? Who would sacrifice their queen early in a game of chess?
Not really. That couldn't be more of a false equivalency. Nothing has been annexed, and its still named for the continent. Besides, it won't stick any more than "freedom fries" did. GoM will still be the name a year from now.
They can name it whatever they like in their own language. We call Lake Constance what Germany calls Bodensee. What we call on maps the English channel is called La Manche by the French. This Russian re-naming thing is just some stupid copy cat thing to show how stupid Trump‘s ego mind workings are. The Bay of Mexico is a geographical name which can be renamed on US maps if they want. . We still call a car bonnet and boot what US Americans call a hood and trunk. I suspect Trump’s praise for Putin‘s act of simply re-naming ‚Russian’ those four Ukraine Oblasts back in Sept.22 must have sparked his desire to re-name something. Even though to date they remain in Ukraine as 270,000 in Kerson City alone can testify.
If Ukraine wants a future it needs young families or is the idea just to replace the young men when peace comes? As is done in the West with our low birth rates. Its younger men are more precious than the US seems to consider. Especially given the slow drip of US arms arriving.
@@justanghozzst8218And sending the young to war would make it drastically worse, especially if not supplied the correct armaments & training. BTW the West is only keeping its population higher due to 3rd world immigration. Is that the suggestion for Ukraine? As I said, maybe the US doesn’t consider how precious these lives are to Ukraine’s future. Only Ukrainians can make that balance & they shouldn’t be pressured IMO
For my 2 cents, Britain has the opportunity to crystallise her leadership potential; by making confidence that the west can rely on each other or otherwise, follow a process for nipping the alternative in the bud.
MAN’S INHUMANITY - 2025!! Man's inhumanity Makes countless thousands mourn A piece of earth made to live We’ve earned our founder’s scorn. Were the bad boys of our planet Who walk in shoes upright We differ only in our posture From beasts that feast at night. Some have asked why must we study history It just encourages us to live in the past. When we forget history, we repeat its errors As the outcomes of all are cast. By Tom Zart
I am heaterned to hear that there is distrust of pootin within parliaments around the world, too often there is too much word finessing that blunts the message
Russia’s foreign debt amounted to $290.4 bln as of January 1, 2025, which is 8.7% (or $27.5 bln) lower than in early 2024, according to files released by the Central Bank. "Dynamics of the indicator was driven by a decline of debts on sovereign securities denominated both in national and foreign currencies, as well as a decrease in liabilities of other sectors on credits and loans borrowed, including with the framework of direct investments," the regulator said. As of January 1, 2024, Russia’s foreign debt amounted to $317.89 bln.
What a coincidence - the $300B held by the UK that your country is about to lose will go to Ukraine, as should about ten years of the Russian GDP for the evil it's done.
Bushman >> Zelensky don't get fund $$! Ukraine get old US weapons & ammo. The money goes to AMERICAN factories + AMERICAN workers production of NEW weapons & ammo
Russia resents UA:TL for showing the world the horror perpetrated on a invaded country. They send their bot army to sow propaganda, fight them with rebuttal comments.
The Telegraph is being recatagorized by the Algorithm for fake news. TH-cam trying to wash their hands of this incompetence at the editorial and broadcasting level.
The notification of this channel goes to the bottom and it annoys me no end. This is TH-cam that can't figure it out - or it does it alphaetically - U is at the end of the alphabet.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on the social media site X that it was time for the European Union to abandon its sanctions against Russia. Orban argued that sanctions have failed to damage the Russian economy or end the war in Ukraine. At the same time, he stressed that the EU has been unable to secure "other affordable energy sources," to replace Russian ones. Orban claimed the sanctions only "destroyed the competitiveness of the European economy," emphasizing that a change is overdue.
He means Hungry has not been able to. Orban is following a path his people do not want, but have put up with because taking back handers from Putin at the same time as milking the EU for every subsidy imaginable at the same time as not wanting to pay in their full dues has made them appear „clever“ to the likes of Trump. Unfortunately being able to throw them out of the EU has not been a legally option so far, but rules may have to change for sure. Orban is not a team player.
Europe will have to increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchases by almost 16% in 2025 due to lack of Russian gas transit via Ukraine, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its gas market report. "Under the assumption that Ukrainian transit of Russian pipeline deliveries to Europe does not resume following the lapse of the previous transit agreement, Europe is set to balance its market by taking in around 16% (or 21 billion cubic meters) more LNG y-o-y in 2025," IEA said. Europe lowered LNG imports by 18% or by 30 bln cubic meters in 2024, the agency reported earlier.
Russia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to Europe increased by 17% (or 3 billion cubic meters) in 2024, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its report on the gas market. "Russian LNG inflows rose by 17% (or 3 bcm) y-o-y, solidifying Russia’s position as Europe’s second-largest LNG supplier," the report says. Belgium, France, and Spain still accounted for 85% of the total volume of European LNG imports from Russia. The United States reduced its LNG supplies to Europe by 18% (or 14 billion cubic meters) last year, but still remained the main supplier of this type of fuel to the region with a share of 47%, the IEA report said. Qatar also reduced shipments to Europe by 30%, redirecting cargo to more profitable Asian markets. Overall, Europe has reduced LNG imports by 18% or 30 billion cubic meters in 2024, the agency said.
Increase in the share of national currencies in mutual transactions among BRICS nations will reduce reliance on the US dollar, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated. "One of our challenges is the reliance on the dollar. The financial framework of BRICS and transactions between BRICS nations in local currencies will undoubtedly help address this issue," Khamenei said, according to his press service. "A nation under sanctions must focus more on its internal capabilities and utilize them for its objectives," the Iranian leader added. Transactions in national currencies among BRICS countries account for 65%, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov mentioned last November.
@laurencehastings7473 there has always been and still is the option for world trade to be in your own currencies, with or without BRICS. It has just proven simpler, more convenient and cost effective to trade In a common currency. First choice US$. There will eventually become a dominate used withi BRICS if not already. Pretty sure Putin would like it to be his Roubles, but that would be difficult to push for because of the current instability. For China to push for the Yuan would upset Putin, so who knows?
Social survey: every fourth man is ready to leave Ukraine forever after the borders open At the same time, every third resident of Ukraine aged 18-29 wants to leave their country forever. Among women who are not yet threatened with mobilization in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, about 17% would like to leave Ukraine forever. Thus, the average indicator for both sexes exceeds 20%. It is worth noting that, according to some data, about eight million citizens left Ukraine in the period 2022-2024, which is more than a quarter of the country's population. After the borders were closed and the Kyiv regime imposed a ban on travel abroad for men of mobilization age, in order to leave Ukraine, some categories of the population have to cross the border at risk to their lives through mountains, forests and rivers.
I just dont understand whats wrong with everyone, if everyone else had volunteered to help out on the front line instead of doing jumble sales to raise money we wouldn't be on the verge of complete collapse.
@jmcw9632 i suppose we could be feigning collapse to lull the Russians into a false sense of security but I doubt it because we haven't got a steel industry.
Russia's non-oil and gas revenues increased by 26%, the budget received 800 bln rubles ($8.09 bln) more than expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the opening of a meeting on economic issues. "Last year, non-oil and gas revenues increased. They grew by 26% and amounted to 25.6 trillion rubles. This is almost 800 bln rubles more than the government expected in the fall, which means that this year a reliable revenue base is being formed for the state treasury, which is much less dependent on the external situation on the raw materials markets," Putin said. At the same time, the Russian budget received 1.3 trillion rubles ($13.15 bln) in additional revenues from the sale of oil and gas in 2024, Putin said. "Additional oil and gas revenues of the budget last year amounted to 1.3 trillion rubles," he said. "This will allow us to maintain the volume of the National Wealth Fund, even though some of its resources have been allocated to government spending and large, systemically important investment projects," the president added. According to Putin, this preserves the potential of the National Wealth Fund as an important stabilizing mechanism and, at the same time, as a development instrument. Putin stressed the importance of continuing to ensure the stability and sustainability of public finances. He recalled that this is why the three-year budget was prepared taking into account the return to the budget rule.
Reagan and Thatcher were a great team! She was wonderful and got a lot of left wing criticism-very unfounded -and now we have the backlash from all the excessive woke that gave us Trump-we have Trump because of excesses by certain groups. We have Trump because middle of the road republicans were attacked as well as the crazies
Diego Garcia sounds like a keeper for the strength of the democracies! I can’t believe that Britain was about to hand it off! Who thought of that? Putin or Xi?
Some of my comments stay visible, some get removed within literally a second, there's no way a human at The Telegraph is doing that. There seems to be no system to it. It's AI's weird system of evaluating words.
Francis suffers from massive levels of TDS. The US support that's being frozen to Ukraine is foreign aid not military support. Of course, Francis decided to leave that bit out..
@@davidg3944 U.S. by a country mile with huge debt and deficit problems. Interest repayments on the national debt alone is $1.1 Trillion. Russia is in rude health and everything the G7 has done has only made Russia a leaner, meaner fighting machine.
God bless Britannia 🙏
Much respect for the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 from Finland 🇫🇮
Compared to my idiot fellow Americans, the British are better educated, intellectually curious, and command a much greater sense of history. And they do know the Russians.
❤❤❤ from Lincolnshire UK to FINLAND
Congratulations UTL for this excellent episode!
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The Russian cash needs to go to Ukraine. Not thieved into Russian Oligarch pockets in the future.
How can Russia thief what they own 😅😅
@@todd1770 the OP's name is "crimeajewel" lol They're the King of Thieves...
@@todd1770 They owe Ukraine reparations for what they have done.
@@midimusicforever sure they do
@@midimusicforeverawwww nobody cares
I remember when I thought George Bush Jr was the dumbest president we could ever produce.
Potatoe potatoe
There was never a president George bush jr.
he still is, though.
Had to come here for my daily fix as the episode was not available on Spotify. Anyway, now that I am here, I should probably *go and like all the episodes*. And ofc, comment to make the algorithm happy
I don't think giving up the island where Diego Garcia exists is a good idea. They gave Hong Kong as an example. Yet, look how that deal ended. Hong Kong is about to lose all of its independence.
And freedom of speech
Hong Kong and Taiwan are part of China. Not the West's business.
About to? That happened years ago, when the PRC decided to ignore the 50-year guarantees it made to Britain in 1999, because it realised correctly that Britain has nothing to oppose them with. Hong Kong is an integrated part of China today in all but the name, much like how Belarus since the full-scale invasion and especially since the protests there (which revealed Lukashenka's total dependence on Putin) is not a sovereign state anymore, it is a Russian satellite
It's going to Mauritius, not a rampant superpower. It's righting a wrong for which this country should be utterly ashamed. Holding on is the same imperialism we're accusing the Russians of.
Black Sea indeed was called in early middle ages Rusjke More ie The Rus sea, in reference to Rus in Kyiv not Moscovite Rasiya.
The Rurikid dynasty is the only continuity between the medieval Rus and later polities. They built Moscow. Kiev was stacked by Mongols then ruled over by Poles until finally being retaken by Russia/Russia
@mitchyoung93 no, after destruction Kyiv remained ruled by king of Rus Daniel Romanovitch who belonged to senior branch of Monomachs and never surrendered to Mongols. Rus existed as kingdom under his family rule for another five generations and then became part of a Grand Dutchy of Lithuania Rus and Jematia, basicly Rurikids were replaced by Lithuanian dynasty but 80% of population were Rus people - modern day Ukrainians and Belorusians . Mongols were defeated in the battle of Blue Waters by combined Lithuanian and Rus army and were pushed back east. Moscovites (who by the way were based on fino Hungarian tribes and were never considered as Rus by contemporaries) remained part of golden horde for another 300 years.
U people lost. Stop crying and worry about ur own country
WHO cares? The orcs are denied the Ukrainian sea! 😂
@@o_9211 lol, Grand Duchy. All Russian states were princedoms be it of Vladimir or Ryazan, Dutchy is western European heritage, nor Russian one.
The gulf of Ukraine appeals more
Ur not very smart
The ruskies are not very smart! 🤣
@@RyanBrown-w4n says a 4 week old babybot with the spelling of a 4 week old racoon 🤦♂️🤦♂️
@TalibanAtrocities 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
wise words from Mike Martin
What time will Trump be ending the war today?
He meant to say expand.
The funding stops at midnight. Putin gets a phone call tomorrow. Should be over when the smoke clears .
By the time this podcast ends. The funding stopped at midnight.
12 noon EST.
@@TrevorFoster-j1g Fact check comrad, he didn't stop the war on day one.
If the US handed over 400 tanks suitable numbers of armoured troop carriers and 200 F16s, then Ukraini can fill those with men, but 31 tanks is a spit in the wind!
Yeah I heard they have over two hundred thousand AWOL soldiers roaming the hillsides.
Hahaha who is going to train these people. It takes yrs to train good tankers....years.
@@samsungtap4183 Ukraine's self taught tankers already know more than the best Russia has to offer...
they only have 4 f16 pilots capable
@@dearmas9068 Pure fantasy, absolutely no evidence that is the case
The new UK boxer made in UK and Germany rolled out this month😲 ! “The first batch of 623 Boxer ordered were built in Germany with the majority of the work now done in West Midlands and North-East Wales.”
Ah yes, the Midlands, a byword for quality when it comes to all things on wheels!
@@TheLastCrusader22 Jag Landrover, Aston Martin, London black taxi co, countless component and machine tool companies - does JCB count? But yeah, a faint shadow of the skilled workforce and industry of the 50's and 60's. Corporate mismanagement in tandem with a central government policy of managed decline decimated engineering in the Midlands.
@@TheLastCrusader22Rolls Royce started in the Midlands.
❤Ukraine ❤
So Putin just made our foreign policy worthless. When we talked Ukraine into surrendering their nukes, the U.S. promised to protect Ukraine's sovereignty. So our word is useless.😢
American deceptionalism.
@@Interglacial_optimist haha, im stealing that
It was not "their" nukes but Soviet nukes stationed in Ukrainian territory. The Ukrainian SSR never had control over them. - The Budapest memorandum, as I understand it, was not legally binding. In view of what has transpired since 1994, it is no longer relevant anyway.
Ukraine never possessed nukes. Thise nukes were Russian and acknowledged as such by the US.
If Ukraine had tried to take possession of the warheads, the war that is happening now would have happened earlier.
Stop with Ukrainian nukes talk. Not going to happen.
Read the Budapest memorandum. It just says we will go to the UN. We did
Well said Mike Martin.
No, they will not stop the aid for Ukraine. That refers to the analysis of other programs.
"This is a really critical moment in history." I couldn't agree more. Ukraine is a watershed. Which way the world will go is up to us
Russia will decide.
@errolkim1334 I don't think so. We'll see
Thanks “ Ukraine The Latest “ for the update , going to be interesting to see which side of the coin Trump lands on for Ukraine … 💙💛💙
He'll do what's best for trump. I hope Europe steps up, and Ukraine continues its path towards self sufficiency in arms production.
I'm still not convinced that Trump understands how tariffs work. We barely import anything from Russia. Tariffs on their imports would do nothing compared to sanctions and secondary sanctions on ALL of their exports, but especially energy.
Wat makes u think the sanctions did anything....ur losing😂😂😂
Starmer is truly a total embarrassment re the chagos islands
Captain Hindsight should never have given our Chagos Islands away.
They are an extremely important and strategic base for the West in this area.
Hopefully the US will stop Captain Hindsight from making such a stupid decision
Great interview
Chagos was uninhabitabited, we turned up then it was! That’s like making Margate independent
Better hold off on renaming Black Sea, the Russian Sea. Might need the renaming as a treaty sweetener for Trump. How about the -
Sea of Melania
I read Trump policy as Stuff Ukraine. Only good that might come from his presidency is Europe sees the writing on the wall and we mobilise for Ukraine, as we should have done from day 1. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇦
Great post TT; as always!
Why are the EU members not spending at least 5% of GDP on defense? That is because your political leaders are more interested in staying in power, than doing what's right for their protection. The reality is the UK would lose all their troops in 2.5 months if they were in Ukraine?
Against who?
Very interesting.
If someone asked me if I would be prepared to have my property requisitioned, or would I prefer to learn to speak Russian and relinquish my freedom, I would tell them they can take anything they deemed necessary just as long as the same rules are applied to everyone. In times of war we require citizens to donate their most valuable possesion, their lives and those of their loved ones. Human life is the only personal asset that can never be replaced. Everything else is just trinkets.
Only matters what he does not what he says. He said many things what he did is cut support for Ukraine. Like a magician he diverts attention while he pulls off his true trick.
There are a few media outlets reporting that aid will continue to Ukraine and Israel.
In answer to the mobilisation of under 25s?? There is and always have been to reasons … who will rebuild Ukraine after? These are the people Ukraine is fighting for their future as an independent nation? The next is why use them as fodder? when Russia is on the retreat then send them in to finish Russia in Ukraine?? Who would sacrifice their queen early in a game of chess?
Great stuff Dom.
Russia naming timed with Trump's rename Gulf of Mexico to American Culf, ironic.
Not really. That couldn't be more of a false equivalency. Nothing has been annexed, and its still named for the continent.
Besides, it won't stick any more than "freedom fries" did. GoM will still be the name a year from now.
They can name it whatever they like in their own language. We call Lake Constance what Germany calls Bodensee.
What we call on maps the English channel is called La Manche by the French.
This Russian re-naming thing is just some stupid copy cat thing to show how stupid Trump‘s ego mind workings are.
The Bay of Mexico is a geographical name which can be renamed on US maps if they want. . We still call a car bonnet and boot what US Americans call a hood and trunk.
I suspect Trump’s praise for Putin‘s act of simply re-naming ‚Russian’ those four Ukraine Oblasts back in Sept.22 must have sparked his desire to re-name something. Even though to date they remain in Ukraine as 270,000 in Kerson City alone can testify.
It just never stops does it Pooty? 🤔…🕺🏻🌬️🌬️
If Ukraine wants a future it needs young families or is the idea just to replace the young men when peace comes? As is done in the West with our low birth rates. Its younger men are more precious than the US seems to consider. Especially given the slow drip of US arms arriving.
Many countries in the east have worse birth rates than the west so that's a strange distinction
@@justanghozzst8218And sending the young to war would make it drastically worse, especially if not supplied the correct armaments & training. BTW the West is only keeping its population higher due to 3rd world immigration. Is that the suggestion for Ukraine? As I said, maybe the US doesn’t consider how precious these lives are to Ukraine’s future. Only Ukrainians can make that balance & they shouldn’t be pressured IMO
Ukraine is sending middle aged men to the front, not 18 year olds.
There seems to be some debate on whether Trumps halt on foreign aid for 90 days includes Ukraine?
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Brit in NZ😎
For my 2 cents, Britain has the opportunity to crystallise her leadership potential; by making confidence that the west can rely on each other or otherwise, follow a process for nipping the alternative in the bud.
DOM, buy British. British cars are great 👍
That's the Morgan and McLaren options, any others?
A Dum and Dummerly production 😂😂😂
MAN’S INHUMANITY - 2025!!
Man's inhumanity
Makes countless thousands mourn
A piece of earth made to live
We’ve earned our founder’s scorn.
Were the bad boys of our planet
Who walk in shoes upright
We differ only in our posture
From beasts that feast at night.
Some have asked why must we study history
It just encourages us to live in the past.
When we forget history, we repeat its errors
As the outcomes of all are cast.
By Tom Zart
Spicy episode 🥵
Poor Europeans they want Regan back after dealing with trump lol
Trump could partially fix what will be a sad presidential history by punking Putin.
Time for Europe to step up.why do we always have to do the paying. It’s not even on our continent
We May Go Down In Tears in This Fight 😢. But it will be Because of The Love of Our Country Families,And Not For Any Other Reason.
Russia most stop war
We will go down in tears and then be handed the bill ……
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Can Trump stop committed aid though? If so his pause is little more than posing.
Yes. Biden has been funding the Ukraine with Presidential drawdown money
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I am heaterned to hear that there is distrust of pootin within parliaments around the world, too often there is too much word finessing that blunts the message
Is it just another jolly good show today govnas?😂😂😂😂😂😂
Imperialists turning on one another
There exception for military aid to Ukraine
Thank God (and the British people) the Tories are out of power.
15:20 as far as I can tell, both interpretations are simultaneously correct
All russian immigrants can only have 13k awesome idea😊
Poland needs to step up sending the military aid or the Russians are on their border.
Russia’s foreign debt amounted to $290.4 bln as of January 1, 2025, which is 8.7% (or $27.5 bln) lower than in early 2024, according to files released by the Central Bank.
"Dynamics of the indicator was driven by a decline of debts on sovereign securities denominated both in national and foreign currencies, as well as a decrease in liabilities of other sectors on credits and loans borrowed, including with the framework of direct investments," the regulator said.
As of January 1, 2024, Russia’s foreign debt amounted to $317.89 bln.
And if there's anything that's reliable, it's official government data from the Moskals themselves!
What a coincidence - the $300B held by the UK that your country is about to lose will go to Ukraine, as should about ten years of the Russian GDP for the evil it's done.
With russia as your source...
Yep the war has ended now! Trump has done it with his divine power. What a 🤡
If the Europeans countries (not just the Baltics) wont pay for their own defence it seems unreasonable to expect the US to do so.
trump digging himself a hole ... big one
No more spending sprees for Zelensky
How many times has Putin visited the frontline ?
Bushman >> Zelensky don't get fund $$! Ukraine get old US weapons & ammo. The money goes to AMERICAN factories + AMERICAN workers production of NEW weapons & ammo
His appetite grows more and more every time.😂
Sup bois
Praying for peace
A lot of bots here today ...
Russia resents UA:TL for showing the world the horror perpetrated on a invaded country. They send their bot army to sow propaganda, fight them with rebuttal comments.
Never getting notifications for this channel now, i have to look it up
The Telegraph is being recatagorized by the
Algorithm for fake news.
TH-cam trying to wash their hands of this incompetence at the editorial and broadcasting level.
@@Interglacial_optimist sounds about right
@jmcw9632 They removed my response to your post
@@Interglacial_optimist now they are just being cynical 😔
The notification of this channel goes to the bottom and it annoys me no end. This is TH-cam that can't figure it out - or it does it alphaetically - U is at the end of the alphabet.
"Facinating" in the intro is poorly placed
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on the social media site X that it was time for the European Union to abandon its sanctions against Russia.
Orban argued that sanctions have failed to damage the Russian economy or end the war in Ukraine. At the same time, he stressed that the EU has been unable to secure "other affordable energy sources," to replace Russian ones. Orban claimed the sanctions only "destroyed the competitiveness of the European economy," emphasizing that a change is overdue.
The man who lines his and his crony's pockets with EU funds...
He means Hungry has not been able to.
Orban is following a path his people do not want, but have put up with because taking back handers from Putin at the same time as milking the EU for every subsidy imaginable at the same time as not wanting to pay in their full dues has made them appear „clever“ to the likes of Trump.
Unfortunately being able to throw them out of the EU has not been a legally option so far, but rules may have to change for sure. Orban is not a team player.
Europe will have to increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchases by almost 16% in 2025 due to lack of Russian gas transit via Ukraine, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its gas market report.
"Under the assumption that Ukrainian transit of Russian pipeline deliveries to Europe does not resume following the lapse of the previous transit agreement, Europe is set to balance its market by taking in around 16% (or 21 billion cubic meters) more LNG y-o-y in 2025," IEA said.
Europe lowered LNG imports by 18% or by 30 bln cubic meters in 2024, the agency reported earlier.
Trolls are hard at work in comments.
Trump has less than 6 hrs to end the war..or first promise broken…😂😂Aussie Ted
What about Toretsk? Full Russian control?
Russia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to Europe increased by 17% (or 3 billion cubic meters) in 2024, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its report on the gas market.
"Russian LNG inflows rose by 17% (or 3 bcm) y-o-y, solidifying Russia’s position as Europe’s second-largest LNG supplier," the report says.
Belgium, France, and Spain still accounted for 85% of the total volume of European LNG imports from Russia.
The United States reduced its LNG supplies to Europe by 18% (or 14 billion cubic meters) last year, but still remained the main supplier of this type of fuel to the region with a share of 47%, the IEA report said.
Qatar also reduced shipments to Europe by 30%, redirecting cargo to more profitable Asian markets. Overall, Europe has reduced LNG imports by 18% or 30 billion cubic meters in 2024, the agency said.
Maybe trump's policy of driving down LNG costs will bankrupt your country.
HONG LONG continued to be a British terrioty up until the end of the lease........................THAT THE IMPORTANT POINT HERE DON'T BE SO STUPID!!!
So how us ChasOv Yar going,🐖
Increase in the share of national currencies in mutual transactions among BRICS nations will reduce reliance on the US dollar, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated.
"One of our challenges is the reliance on the dollar. The financial framework of BRICS and transactions between BRICS nations in local currencies will undoubtedly help address this issue," Khamenei said, according to his press service. "A nation under sanctions must focus more on its internal capabilities and utilize them for its objectives," the Iranian leader added.
Transactions in national currencies among BRICS countries account for 65%, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov mentioned last November.
@laurencehastings7473 there has always been and still is the option for world trade to be in your own currencies, with or without BRICS.
It has just proven simpler, more convenient and cost effective to trade In a common currency. First choice US$.
There will eventually become a dominate used withi BRICS if not already. Pretty sure Putin would like it to be his Roubles, but that would be difficult to push for because of the current instability. For China to push for the Yuan would upset Putin, so who knows?
Social survey: every fourth man is ready to leave Ukraine forever after the borders open
At the same time, every third resident of Ukraine aged 18-29 wants to leave their country forever. Among women who are not yet threatened with mobilization in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, about 17% would like to leave Ukraine forever. Thus, the average indicator for both sexes exceeds 20%.
It is worth noting that, according to some data, about eight million citizens left Ukraine in the period 2022-2024, which is more than a quarter of the country's population. After the borders were closed and the Kyiv regime imposed a ban on travel abroad for men of mobilization age, in order to leave Ukraine, some categories of the population have to cross the border at risk to their lives through mountains, forests and rivers.
I hate hearing trump's slimy voice at the start of the podcast now !
Hah, me too and a lot of others. I usually skip the first minute to get right to useful information.
It makes me shudder. But I congratulate the pod on finding a relatively palatable quote.
I just dont understand whats wrong with everyone, if everyone else had volunteered to help out on the front line instead of doing jumble sales to raise money we wouldn't be on the verge of complete collapse.
That sounds like effort, id rather post hashtags on X
@jmcw9632 i suppose we could be feigning collapse to lull the Russians into a false sense of security but I doubt it because we haven't got a steel industry.
Who's "everyone"?
Russia's non-oil and gas revenues increased by 26%, the budget received 800 bln rubles ($8.09 bln) more than expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the opening of a meeting on economic issues.
"Last year, non-oil and gas revenues increased. They grew by 26% and amounted to 25.6 trillion rubles. This is almost 800 bln rubles more than the government expected in the fall, which means that this year a reliable revenue base is being formed for the state treasury, which is much less dependent on the external situation on the raw materials markets," Putin said.
At the same time, the Russian budget received 1.3 trillion rubles ($13.15 bln) in additional revenues from the sale of oil and gas in 2024, Putin said. "Additional oil and gas revenues of the budget last year amounted to 1.3 trillion rubles," he said. "This will allow us to maintain the volume of the National Wealth Fund, even though some of its resources have been allocated to government spending and large, systemically important investment projects," the president added.
According to Putin, this preserves the potential of the National Wealth Fund as an important stabilizing mechanism and, at the same time, as a development instrument. Putin stressed the importance of continuing to ensure the stability and sustainability of public finances. He recalled that this is why the three-year budget was prepared taking into account the return to the budget rule.
Final green mile for Zelenskyy.
Or maybe it's the old, infirm putin that will walk that path...
Putin needs a diaper change
More like the old, infirm putin is about to find an open window.
Reagan and Thatcher were a great team! She was wonderful and got a lot of left wing criticism-very unfounded -and now we have the backlash from all the excessive woke that gave us Trump-we have Trump because of excesses by certain groups. We have Trump because middle of the road republicans were attacked as well as the crazies
Diego Garcia sounds like a keeper for the strength of the democracies! I can’t believe that Britain was about to hand it off! Who thought of that? Putin or Xi?
Civil society. Something the fascist US doesn't have. The islands were stolen from the local people.
Dom has lost his sence of humor
Nice to see my comments removed.
The truth cannot be found on the telegraph
Good to see TH-cam censoring intentional disinformation from lying kremlin orc trolls like yourselves
Good to see TH-cam censoring the lies and disinformation of the paid Kremlin trolls.
Thats a step in the right direction for sure.
Good. Removing lies and disinformation should always be a priority.
Some of my comments stay visible, some get removed within literally a second, there's no way a human at The Telegraph is doing that. There seems to be no system to it. It's AI's weird system of evaluating words.
Britain should ask Ukraine for a monetary loan...just saying.
They have rare metals.
"Just droning" is more accurate.
Sanctions do not deter actions they punish them, tariffs deter.
Sanctions don't affect Russia
@@danielraducan5087 We will see about that
@@philipmain5701 Still waiting...
@@danielraducan5087 So why is their economy tanking then?
If they had this much passion for Gaza we wouldn't see so much bloodshed...... the double standards are shocking
There's a sister podcast called Battle Lines that has info and interviews on Gaza.
i dont see people on the street for Ukraine
Exactly @@jmcw9632. The double standards from the philo-middle easterners are shockingly disturbing.
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In less than 24 hours after his inauguration and all Ukraine aid is frozen . The pod cast tone has also changed . How times change
Ukraine is increasing its self-sufficiency in drone warfare, and still has armaments and support from Europe. All is far from lost.
My God! Trump is truly worthless
No, he's a cost. A terrible, awful cost, made worse by open fascists like musk surrounding him.
Francis suffers from massive levels of TDS. The US support that's being frozen to Ukraine is foreign aid not military support. Of course, Francis decided to leave that bit out..
There is no special relationship as far as Trump is concerned. Everything's a transaction at face value.
U.S. $2 Trillion govt budget deficit v Russia $35 billion govt budget deficit. (i.e 6% v 1.7%)
Which country is more hollowed out? Russia by a long way. The Very Sick Man of Europe/Asia/Purgatory.
@@davidg3944 U.S. by a country mile with huge debt and deficit problems. Interest repayments on the national debt alone is $1.1 Trillion. Russia is in rude health and everything the G7 has done has only made Russia a leaner, meaner fighting machine.
Huh, the UK spends three billion GBP a year on migrant hotels alone. In fact it's probably more now, that number isn't current. Priorities.
This is treason by almost every measure.
So many generals in the comment section... But no armies to lead.
Russia winning this contest with the U.S. led Nato in Ukraine, hands-down.
Yes it has lost half of the ground it took and lost Syria. The Black sea fleet has run away and they are about to collapse. Some win.
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If Trump has promised six months, 3 years more likely. Novorossiya was not built in one day!
Your country is doing a fine job of destroying itself. A hollow shell led by a empty man. How fitting...
Yes the ukrainian navy has escalatory dominance over the black sea.
Lol
He said that out loud.
no navy yet dominance which is like witchcraft
Imagine losing the sea battle to a country without a Navy. Russia truly is a joke.
No he didn’t
Remind me how many Russian ships Ukraine has sunk?
@ genius at the least