Ukraine launches new Kursk counter-offensive deepening Putin's casualty crisis
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- "There are indeed the places where the Ukrainians are attacking in some areas now as well. So it's not inconceivable that you would see up to a battalions worth of casualties over a 48 hour period."
Renewed offensive maneuvers in Kursk will create issues for Putin as Russia struggles with "unsustainable" troop losses and recruitment problems, George Barros from @UnderstandingWarOrg tells Frontline.
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A brilliant commentator. Hugely thoughtful and careful. More please
Yep always very balanced
Keep him away from your collectable toys though
More comedy, please!
Times Radio I had a strange feeling that something good was going to happen today. It did with the always spot on Times Radio host James Hanson interviewing as always the very knowledgeable Mr. George Barros from the Institute for the Study of War and thank you.
How long have you two been dating?
Kurakhove fell to Russia, while the new offensive on Kursk is already a disaster, the Ukrainians are being sacrificed
@simulationsrealconflicts1586 Saw zelensky BEGGING for "daddy" trump to save him. Pathetic
@@bryandimery6509I heard putin asking the same from trump.
@@simulationsrealconflicts1586 - Sacrificed just like the Wagner Group was in Bakhmut huh...
Truly one of the most sophisticated and factual analyses I have heard in a while. Thank you
'Truly'
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@@MrGatzby Not the sharpest tool in the box are you?
How have you come to the conclusion that its factual, they did not discuss any losses on the Ukraine side as if there wee none .Hansaw is a well groomed Propagandist .
@@fritzraake22 Well he can't spell, so he likes those little pics
Ukraine has learned so much about actual peer to peer drone warfare the fact is that we in the west now need them in NATO and we need to rapidly update our military capabilities for what is an entirely new form of warfare
Ukr in NATO. Try it. See what happens.
@@lg2058 - Not a problem
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@@lg2058peace that's what will happen. Same way nothing happened when Finland and Sweden joined. Putin changed his tune as soon as he realised he couldn't do a thing about it.
another Russian apologist coming out of the woodwork.
George is one of the most incisive commentators on the Ukraine war. His grasp of the military details and their political ramifications is second to none!
Amazing commentator indeed. Very interesting!
Guess lasr place can also be 2nd to none
Great reporting George baros always gives a balanced view on the war and always frustrated with the e jack of support as he can see on the ground if Ukraine were given proper weapons they could turn the war in the favour
I am Russian, live Tblisi but from Samara. Many in Russia know the war to be losed. It is never-end now, inflations become very bad. 🤷🏼♀️
@boota1979 Samara south to Moscow dorection
You are from Buffalo?
You should go on the street and say this. I encourage you. Putin looks after you and you turn on your own people. Shame on you.
Sorry for you with a dictator Putin I have lived under such men in Africa
How would they know that? Just asking...
Ukraine we need you in Europe EU
EU gonna go broke trying to fix Ukraine 😂
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@@max_skim-pontoon-cough Russia gone broke trying to overtake Ukraine.
Why??🤔🤔
Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was believed, that Russia had the 2nd strongest army in the world. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it became apparent that Russia had the 2nd strongest army in Ukraine. Now, after the Ukrainian “Special Military Operation”in Kursk, it is apparent that Russia has the 2nd strongest army in Russia.
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What's the difference between a dollar and a ruble? Approximately one dollar.😂😂😂😂😂
I always regret what USA under the Biden's leadership did. Imagine if Ukrainian troops had back during the Kharkiv offensive, all this armament they have nowdays. In few days they liberated several towns without having adequate military equipment
@@sidritqafzezi3958 biden was a disaster as well as well as the germans with their guilt psychosis
They have the third biggest nucelar arsenal which could still turn Europe into the worlds biggest crater.
Do you think there's such thing as winning a war in the modern era? Peace means surrender and loss of land, continuing the fight means millions more casualties.
Do you think UA is going to even survive peace at the rate they're suffering casualties? The war hasn't effected Moscow enough to destabilize the country while UA is surviving off of aid and will need serious rebuilding. I doubt The US wants to foot the bill to rebuild another country, they barely can stomach the 'lethal Aid' let alone sending billions more to corrupt oligarchs which are nearly impossible to differentiate from their Russian counterparts. Times needs to realize that "Russia" and "Moscow" are not one and the same; Russia can be suffering mass economic damage and as long as Muscovites are well fed and taken care of they don't care what Putin does.
Great contribution. Thank you.
Russia must know Ukraine is setting a trap and they will know that and still go into trap.
They don’t no the nk soldiers don’t understand they just don’t no not just Ukraine both sides are duin it
That's strategy. Dammed if you do, dammed if you don't.
Thank you Field Marshall richard
@ build a trap and they will come
Slava Ukraine 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Cute propaganda.
Men are dying while you shout slogans.
In "standing with" Ukraine, the Biden-Harris administration convinced them to abandon a peace deal that would have ceded only half of the territory that Russia now occupies. And for that opportunity to lose twice as much of their homeland, they paid with tens of thousands of innocent lives.
We did this to control the $11 trillion of minerals under the Donbas. We did it to grind down the Russian war machine on the grist of Ukrainian teenagers. We did it to hand out hundreds of billions of dollars to US hedge funds, who are, as we speak, carving up rights to Ukraine's fertile soil and vast natural resources.
The truth is that the United States has never stood with the people of Ukraine. That is simply a jingle -- an ad campaign, broadcast to those who have never been there, designed to sell taxpayers on the appeal of prolonging war for profit.
We have cost Ukraine her territory. We have cost Ukraine her children. The war hawks and the bankers are no friends to Ukraine
Very good analysis, Thank you
Happy new year 🥳 times radio and people of the free world 🌎 ❤from Jurassic coast uk 🇬🇧
Very informative commentator, thank you!!! More please.
George Barros is the best commentator on this war.
Free Ukraine 🇺🇦 ✨️
...free Ukraine from Zelensky regime
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I look forward to the analysis from George. Maybe this report is just a little too soon as there are still many unknowns. As this so close to Trump inauguration I wonder if they plan to take the nuclear plant as a trade for their own in Zaphorezia ?
or its just a distraction to force russia to take men from front lines in Ukraine to allow Ukraine to push through there instead... it could go either way as in Ukraine will push through somewhere, its purely down to what the russians do in response.
They couldn't when they had surprise in their favor last summer. The Russians already started using attack helicopters and drones controlled through fiber optic cable. If anything it's a PR stunt to say they can still take territory or a diversion for something else. Everything they have there should have stayed in the Donbas.
George is very knowledgeable and I enjoy his input.
excellent commentary and usual very good interviewer
Thanks James and George, another fascinating, incisive and in depth analysis of the current situation in Ukraine, I could listen to you guys all day! You show how so much of the other commentary in the media is froth and bubbles with no substance to it.
Thanks to Times Radio for giving us an excellent source of news on the Ukraine front
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦!!!!
Thanks.
Do we know how the everyday Russian feels about having North Koreans fighting in their army? Do they know?
I doubt they know. I hope the russian people will rise above this especially seeing their economy in shambles. Ruble is at .0090.
Excellent - as always with George
Very interesting interview, ❤
It isn't just conscription . Russia doesn't have the industrial or technological capacity to build large weapons like vehicles , artillery, planes, or ships . Conscription means nothing if they don't have weapons to arm them .
Продолжай и дальше так считать, это даёт тебе возможность спать спокойно, хотя не ты и никто другой России не нужны , это Россия нужна вам, хотя в сило своей умственной ущербности, тебе этого не понятьр
They got golf buggies though. I heard two golf buggies went out and struck a land mine got a hole in one the other was okay though.
"Russia doesn't have the industrial or technological capacity
to build large weapons like vehicles , artillery, planes, or ships."
Seriously?? Which planet are you living on? Russia has at least
ten drone factories. Uralvagonzavod is the largest tank factory
in the world, with 30,000 workers, and it's not Russia's only tank
factory. The Pentagon itself concedes that Russia is currently
outproducing all of NATO.
As for technology, Russia just unveiled the ORESHNIK missile,
which is the most powerful non-nuclear weapon ever designed.
@@Llewellyn2844. These folks be delusional.
The fact the Russians couldn't prevent this, says a lot to me...
They are quite happy for Ukraine to elongate the front line.
The side with fewer forces making the front line longer is a genius move from Ukraine.
Hysterically funny but sad.
@@JohnJones-k9d ahh.... of course
the invaluable insight of the weekend arm chair general here goes a long way
Of all the commentators Mr Barras is the best in so many ways.
Mr. Barros noted that as Russia's economy continues to deteriorate and the pool of individuals willing to fight for pay dwindles, the government may be forced to resort to mobilization. However, it is uncertain whether mobilization would be effective at that point. If people are unwilling to fight despite the combination of propaganda and extravagant signup bonuses, why would they comply with a summons, even under the threat of severe penalties? Instead, they might choose to go into hiding or even revolt.
Yes it would be risky for Putin
Agreed!
Anyone else find it ironic that the imperial conquest arm has to be Russians, but the defense of Russia proper has to be manned by soldiers from some other country?
Where are the bots? Are Russia losing here too?
Maybe it's due to the holidays in Russia? 🤔
No need Russia forces are deciding this war.
2 Russians recently captured a town after the Ukraine army fled.
Ukraine is repeating battle of the bulge with same results.
Right, guy. Because if they disagree with you, they must be bots? They couldn't just be wanting to point out the fact that we've been in situations like this before.
That Russia is not the Soviet Union. That when the Berlin Wall fell, so did communism. But now, out of nowhere it seems, we've got this narrative that "Russia bad! Cold war good!' I don't accept that.
When i was deployed to Afghanistan, Russia was there in support of us after 9/11. I didn't see Ukraine.
Found one
The bot activity does seem to have dropped off. Inflation?
Russia lost the Ukraine war a long time ago.
Ukraine won the war a longer time ago
Ukraine casualties are 80 000 and Russian casualties are 800 000,something seems strange about this narrative, how do they "make up" these numbers,and do their audience actually "believe" them?
@themasterbuilder222 Believe what you wish, but Ukraine will prevail.
10:31 he says the average Russian salary is 1.2 million rubles annually, but it's actually far less than that outside Moscow and St Petersburg. People in the regions are dirt poor and get about 200-300,000 rubles a year.
Good on you
Excellent thank you
Go Ukraine! More support for Ukraine! Putin must go back to 1991 borders!!
Awesome fantastic presentation.
Awesome content 😊
Samara.....been there in the 90s.
I don't know who needs to hear this, you've got to stop saving money. Invest some part of it, if you really want financial freedom.
Invest in bitcoin, gold, silver, buy stock, forex market, commodities. Just invest and save yourself.
Good talk, I tell my friends everyday. It's good to save money but gotta have that investing spirit if you really want financial freedom
What if you don't know how to trade any of these?
I mean, I see your point. Some people have the money and are willing to invest. But the problem is where to.
Hey dude, this is 2025. People who aren't even traders make money from the crypto and forex markets and moreover there are already financial analysts and trading experts(PhDs) who have shelled out theories and ideas for years on how bit coin technically grows
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Great!
I think the number of people working in the defense industry as well as other war functions are a large part of the cost and reason for work force deficiencies
The claimed Russian casualty rate is hard to believe..
The Kiev regime wildly exaggerates Russian casualties,
by a full order of magnitude. On the other hand, Ukrainian
losses have been simply appalling, so Kiev simply passes
them off as Russian losses. See how the game is played?
Even the Russian losses just from photographic evidence are enormous
@@andrew30m the worst day's casualties on the Somme, the British lost 57,000 troops..charging into machineguns
@@geofflewis8599 True, which brings some perspective, but non the less losing well over 10,000 armoured vehicles, 26 ships, 260 aircraft and circa 100,000 men for a 3 day SMO of your choosing is quite the achievement
@@Llewellyn2844 bot
It’s Dutch Disease, execpt caused by enlistment bonuses and not natural resources.
What happens to dismounted infantry at subzero temperatures ?
After two hours, after six hours, after twenty hours ?
So much for Putin protecting Russians.
And what is the progress ???
Berdin's population was 140 people at least before the conflict started. Obviously a huge milestone for Ukraine. Why discuss this at all?
He calls Ukraine "we" bro I've never seen people so involved with a country they didn't know existed until 2022.
Ukraine are brothers to the west now.
Notice that this guy never gives the Ukrainian casualty rate that is likely higher than Russia’s.
Doesn’t mention Ukrainian high desertion rate that has thousands of troops fleeing the battlefield.
Doesn’t mention that Ukraine is so short of troops that they are dragging men off the street and out of prison and preparing to draft 18 year olds.
Won’t mention that Russia’s economy is doing better than most of Europe.
Claims that Russia isn’t innovative with drones but their wire fed drones are wreaking havoc on Ukrainian troops.
He also ignores the fact that Russia just took Chasiv Yar, Toretsk, and will likely soon take Pokrosk, the major tactical supply point for the Donbas.
This war is over. No matter what trump does or tries to negotiate. Face it, NATO. You lost.
it's a territorial fight. independence. finding new homes.
Deepening Ukrainian casualties
Where is Kate Gerbeau?
Hi James. Nothing seems to have been said about the recent state of Russian positions, from their early 2024 incursion towards Kharkiv. Can we know if Russia still holds some Ukrainian territory there, and if so, how much and how worrisome is it?
Go Ukraine!
Time is concerning
Given our experience with the level of competency displayed by the Russian army, maybe we should not be giving them too much detail of the Ukrainian effort in real time as the Russians could actually learn something prematurely?
Europe and the US need to up their game militarily, politically, economically and diplomatically. Russia doesnt have a good hand in this "card game" but they do focus on the game unlike some in the West who barely find the energy to stay at "the table."
A strategic plan in action however i believe theres gonna be a surprises in the pipeline ,
Do you think Putin and kim will pay the families of the fallen soldiers
next innovation... stealth missles.....
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Loving your interviewee's Lego Bird of Paradise Plant.
Slava ukraine!
A question to Times Radio - maybe you should do a journalistic investigation - why does this analyst do a PR campaign for dictator Aliyev?
Azerbaijan was in alliance with Russia and Turkey in the war with Armenia, the then defence minister Shoygu said this in an interview to Turkish journalists: “It was a successful joint operation”. How is it not an ally of Russia then? Check the bribery cases of EU MPs (German in particular) - is this yet another example of Azeri petrodollars speaking?
This channel is utterly clueless & delusional.
According to the latest updates, the Ukrainian offensive
(or counteroffensive) has already been crushed. It was
a pointless, hopeless PR stunt that never had a chance.
Where do you get your news, Sputnik??? Talk about clueless or delusional...
DW is better than times
While your overview of the situation in Ukraine is informative, I found that the video could benefit from more conciseness and focus. There’s a lot of repetition, with some points being restated multiple times, which could make it harder for viewers to stay engaged. The speculative nature of certain comments also weakens the overall analysis. Your insights into Ukrainian tactics and Russian vulnerabilities are valuable, but a more streamlined presentation would certainly improve the clarity and impact of your message.
Ukraine is reaching Kurakhove too 😏
Please buy him a mic.
Another week of Vladimir Putin discovering at great cost just how Special his Military Operation really is.
That egg basket is a good bet for Putin, considering what we can conclude from the Mueller Report, the first Impeachment hearings, inter alia.
Assume that's accurate what does it tell us. 😂🤔🤦
Some people like to get solid analysis from a number of sources and some people are just here to troll. Which one are you? Don't bother to answer
@pedtrog6443 Some people think there are only two types of people.
1 United States Dollar equals
107.50 Russian Ruble TODAY at 4:43pm PST
A lot of the times interviews on Ukraine are overly optimistic, I always watch the ISW bc they’re usually very pragmatic and realistic.
Can anyone point me to footage of North Korean units in Kursk. All I have seen is individual pictures of Asian looking guys in Russian uniforms.
I hope Ukrainians advance deep into Russia as much as possible. But unfortunately they lack the manpower. You need boots on the ground to take territory especially when the territory isn't yours. That's why I think a longterm ceasefire would be beneficial for Ukraine. Meanwhile Ukraine can regroup, rearmed, supplied, reinforced and so on.
Yes, as long as they can also keep Kursk in their territory that’s why it is better to strengthen their presence in this area.
@johnnytampocao7671 I hope they take all of Kursk district but so far they have barely 10% of it. Actually they have taken only one town.
We need to take Russians seriously. I see a lot of comments those days making joke of Russians way of warfare. It is wrong joking with your enemy. Keep in mind that Russia is the largest country in the world and has an ally, China, which is the most populous country in the world
Russia can also and Russia has china support
Well this counteroffensive came to an end quicker than it started 😂😂 don’t do the same thing expecting different results they lost even more ground
Russian reports which I trust are that around 200 Ukr soldiers were invovled, manybof whom have dued or injured, and a lot of armour vwas destroyed.
??? Wow. Trustworthy, Clueless and delusional all in one there.
Stop giving the russians a heads up,loose lips sink ships
great to see the guest
excellent and detailed understanding and knowledge of real world boots on ground situations
please have him on again soon 😎👍🤌
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One thing that might help with drone communication is DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS! There are antennas that transmit in a single direction, much more powerfully! This could help to maintain control of friendly drones, but not those that are UNfriendly.
Amazes me how you keep bringing this person on your programme. He offers so little true insight and is only good for restating the obvious.
So tell us you're not just a vatnik troll trying to earn his potatoe for the day
Interview starts at 1:08
The amount of coping lol.
So will Ukraine take over Russia or vice versa?
Ukraine doesn't want Russia. It just wants the Russisn military out of their country
Kurakhove fell to Russia, while the new offensive on Kursk is already a disaster, the Ukrainians are being sacrificed by the democrats and the comedian
Next you are going ask why Hillary Clinton isn't 50 points ahead lol
So you're telling us you have no idea of what's going on in the world
Why are Ukraine troops still over the Orc border 5 Months after crossing??? Just like sacrificing Wagner Group in Bahkmut, what's your point???
I hate them playing a bit of the video , that’s just a recap
I guess the thinking is that it gives the casual viewer a taste of what's in the video. Just fast forward 1 minute at the start
"deepening Putin's casualty crisis" 😂😂😂 why is ukraine catching people on the street if Putin has the crisis?
It is not true that the Soviet army, which is currently the army of the Russian Federation, is an invincible army. The war with the Finns in 1939, the war in Afghanistan in 1979, the first Chechen war in 1994. The Russian army is of course not currently the second army in the world. And if you add up and it will continue, corruption in the army, theft of military equipment. One should consider whether the current army of the Russian Federation will win this war (???). However, I believe that after a few years of war both armies will stop and there will be positional fighting, trenches and bunkers. The fact is, the NATO army is stronger. And to what extent is the Russian Federation able to buy military equipment from another country, produce it at home. Well, I don't know (???). Because here too, time is important in this. In my opinion, the war may last 10 years, but it will be positional fighting, in trenches and bunkers. A020
russia loves calling atacms long range, but in fact they are short range 300km ballistic missiles. Calling long range helps russia justify escalation to IRBM 5500km oreshnik multi 6 re entry modules. russian kinzhal 2000km range, kalibr 2500km range iskander ss26 500km range. russia also using Nkorean km23 missiles 240-690km range.
The Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) is a short-range, surface-to-surface ballistic missile. It is classified as a guided missile that is long-range and road-mobile. ATACMS missiles are solid-propellant fueled and are fired from the MLRS family of launchers
how about Ukraiscasulty ?
You were told by Trump last month,and the point is that it is not as high as the Russian war machine.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Russia moved all the arms (tanks, artillery, everything) from Nagorno Karabakh to Ukraine front line after Azerbaijan won the war in 2020 with Russian help - that was part of their deal. Ukrainians found Republic of Nagorno Karabakh insignia and markings on the destroyed tanks. It is interesting that this gentleman dies not have this common knowledge and is building a totally false narrative here.
So Russia can sustain it's losses for 18 to 24 more months before having to resort to a new mobilization?
If that's true then Russia is easily sustaining the current losses and will continue to do so.
Russia has recently announced a system that's been around since the 1970's that surpassed their S500 system. It can detect and shoot down radar images as small as a marble at supersonic speed. The SMO isn't allowed access to this arsenal.😊
More ruSSian technology? You haven’t got any, concentrate on indoor plumbing.
A word of advice for you. Stay of the drugs
In the next 18 to 24 months....i cant say exactly when.
😂😂😂 Tell me nothing without making it seem like you know nothing. 😑
ISW...are you kidding me???
ISW is a rabidly Russophobic organization,
so their commentary cannot be trusted.
Wouldn't kid an Orc...