The Telegraph has proven itself epistemologically deranged on the question of Ukraine. Ideological capture is complete. I will await the announcement that Victoria Nuland is being appointed Editor-in-Chief. RIP my old Telegraph.
When they started these podcasts it was a powerful speech by Boris now it's this unelected weak man . We need a Churchill figure but now we've got a Chamberlain
I’ve been listening to your podcast since 2023 and find it very interesting and informative, especially with the input from your many guest’s sharing their expertise. I live in Manila. Many here support Ukraine. A friend of mine lives beside the Russian embassy located in one of the gated communities. Around 2022 the embassy burned down. Funny thing was the Russian staff refused entry to the local fire brigade. So the fire fighters had to try to put out the flames from the roofs of the neighbors. And the Russians were drunk and seated on the sidewalk gutter. We heard rumors that they burned their own embassy.
This fiction can easily be disproved. Photos in news articles of the fire , show firefighters in the street outside the embassy directing water at the second story fire: there are no civilians or Russian embassy workers present, just fireman. Furthermore, the embassy adjoins other buildings meaning there is no side access. In order to fight the second story fire, some firefighters had to access a nearby flat roof so they could help direct water at the flames. This also is shown in the news article photos.
Pathetic lies that someone already disproved, not surprising though since the entire narrative of the Ukrobots revolves about manipulating and lying on everything be it numbers (casualties, casualty ratios..), their mobilisation process (The fact that they have made well over 8 mobilisations yet are still critically low on men and that we can easily find videos of young Ukrainians running away from enlistment officers) or even something as simple as the ideology of their own government and "elite" brigades (otherwise they would not have the support of the Western European leftist bots)...
The young generation of the UK and Europe would have to be mad to fight for governments that hate them. I don't want Putin to win but I'm not willing to fight for *this*
Well people said the same in WW2 as there were massive protests against that before it started. The Germans who were brainwashed by Hitler for example soon fell in line when war was declared... ppl flock to powerful leaders like bees to a beehive.
interesting from Charles Michel to talk about investing in war effort, when Belgium is sitting on one of the lowest spending of all NATO members with only 1,13% .. Luxemburg being worst. This is 6B€, of which 4 are going on the next years to 34 expensive F35. It would be interesting for The Telegraph to investigate a bit more on the strategic cost of having smaller nations in Europe, ie Belgium, Portugal, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Romania, Finland, etc buying the most expensive US planes, and callign for more european independance. They are so many european alternatives. What a disaster for the european military industry !
Their support has been so pathetic that the UK gave up Belgium giving promised artillery systems and literally bought + sent them to 🇺🇦. But from what I understand, this in large part down to political divide similar to the one in the US. The population is divided into two camps that hate one another and makes passing anything incredibly difficult.
Belgium hates the military so much they now send trouble youth to the military. Just another hassle on their underfunded hands. They do it to intentionally deter people from trying to join the military.
Well Luxembourg don't have a army and don't really have any territory to do any proper exercise. With a population of 640,064 organizing a army is not really a point at all. Almost all NATO countries are in direction to reach the 2% or go above it. Personally i would like the Norwegian army to use the swedish Gripen jets, rather then F-35s because of price, ease of maintenance and proximity to production.
Luxembourg does have an army, it even used to have a brigade of which a reinforced company fought in Korea, it also has the highest GDP(per person) in the world. On average 1% of the population under arms is certainly achievable, if so inclined, which would equate 6400 personnel.Half of the NATO countries are below the 2% mark, Armies don't fly jets and Norway is filthy rich and can easily afford their F-35A's, it's the Swedes that should up their production of Gripens and expand their Airforce up to 120 E's and F's and donate their C's and some D's to the Baltic states.Other NATO states and/or the EU should compensate the Swedes for that. If not donate them to the Ukrainians.@@kristiansandsmark2048
This podcast, as well as Jake Broe's and Denys Davydov's are my daily triple consumption of Ukraine news. Keep up the amazing work. And get well, Francis!
I agree; also Anders Puck Nielson, and Perun. For the very latest on Ukraine, Suchomimus is good. So many very capable pro Ukrainian TH-camrs out there.
There aren't many podcasts that get things wrong more often than the Telegraph. At what point do any of the regulars on this podcast realize that they just aren't very good at their jobs? They really do try to squeeze any drop of positivity out of the Ukraine situation that they can, but i do sense a depressed tone in their delivery of this nonsense. Perhaps reality is finally starting to take over from their delusion.
Hola from Costa Rica. I almost slavishly follow your podcast which is the most in-depth and varied reporting that I am able to find. I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Nichols. Since 2014, the "western" response to Russian aggression seems to have been to surrender in advance. Every initiative, although supportive of Ukraine, has been too little and way too late. If the trend continues, or even stalls due to the USA losing its collective sanity and re-electing Trump, Putin has no incentive to stop his attempt to reconstitute the Soviet Union. Russia, a country that is nothing more than a mafia run petrol station, only seeks to steal from others what it cannot produce itself. A much more aggressive policy is needed including NATO involvement.
Suspicious side glance to my fellow Brits - oh hello there, jutts anglians fraisii and saxions we have very little gold BTW PS next time, just wave at Us, from across the English channel, ok
That's coming from the nation that holds the historical world record for the fastest capitulation in the history of mankind ? LOL the Russians must be truly scared of the 1000men strong Dannish army with no industry whatsoever and which uses tactics proven to be outdated
"We shall go on to the end...we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our [homes], whatever the cost may, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender..."
Never surrender isn't always the solution. Violence will beget more violence and just get increasingly worse. When the Japanese surrendered in WW2 they had the "It's an honour to die for our cause" mindset until they knew in the end surrender saved literally all their people. Peace should always be on the table before war if we want a future to live for
Yes, it's 'Si vis pacem, para bellum'. The only European country taking the threat seriously is Poland; its defence spending has grown from 2 per cent in 2019 to 3.1 per cent today, though some news reports claim 3.9 to 4.1 per cent. Of course, a boost today will not increase capabilities tomorrow, but Poland is on the right track. Nato's two per cent was based on Russia maintaining the status quo of 15 years ago. That's no longer relevant. A week ago Polish president Andrzej Duda called on Nato members to raise defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP. The problem is Nato has sponger members like Canada that spends 1.38 per cent. The Washington Post, quoting leaked documents, reported last year that Trudeau had told Nato allies _Canada would _*_never meet_*_ the two per cent target_ . This is not a recent phenomenon. It's not even a post-Cold War one. Canada was at less than 2 per cent in 1973. It blipped above 2 per cent during the period of '83 to '87 and fell continuously since then. Nato's internal threat isn't Trump, its leaders like Canada's Trudeau, Germany's Scholz, Spain's Sanchez, Denmark's Frederiksen, et al. The reason for the finger pointing at Trump is because much of Europe doesn't want to spend the funds. Has Germany resolved its defence procurement 'problems'? No. Why not? Because the 'problems' allow an excuse for failing to make the investment. Berlin announces it will increase spending - 100 billion euros supplemental funds - but then doesn't spend them. It's a ruse, a performance for optics.
Yearly military spending for most EU countries is already well over the 2%. This is because all the money now goes to Ukraine instead of to building our own military. Like the EU can't go ahead and buy military equipment for itself. It now just primarily does so for Ukraine. That's where the money is going to.
Trump is a very serious potential additional threat. His proclivities regarding Russia and NK and CCP are in plain sight. He views these countries as real estate opportunities. That's the limit of his geo-strategic grasp.
They were, but they’ve fallen way behind since then, especially with letting the border be blocked for so long. Scandinavia, the Netherlands and the Baltic countries have been doing a great job in providing support. Western Europe and the EU’s 2-4 biggest economies have been the worst with France, Spain and Italy all providing far less support than Estonia despite a collective GDP nearly 174x bigger. But…things recently seem to finally be moving in the right direction with Europe finally realizing they can’t depend on the US nor can they just depend on this just resolving itself sooner or later for good or ill.
your work is very important to getting the word out. Bless Ukraine and Bless the AFU My heart is breaking for the peaceful people of Ukraine. May Ukraine have all defense systems to protect itself possible saint javelin #CrimeaIsUkraine saint Himars #WhatWeAreFightingfor #Ukraine #War #Ctrl_Z
@@sebastianforbes1 Well the EU has already been spending more money than the US did. 🤷 But, given that the aid is spread out over years and the fact that the economies aren't going to suddenly stop running. The money will keep flowing.
@@sebastianforbes1aid isn't only coming by the way of money, nor has the US or EU run out of money or are close to. US has run of political will, which might change, might not.
Because they want credit and to show the public something is being done. It’s not a problem when it comes to common items such as shells and when it comes to new capabilities, as long as they don’t state it until after the deliveries have been made. Which isn’t always the case and is less than ideal.
@@sebastianforbes1No one ran out of $. It’s a political fight. And we didn’t send $. We sent arms, the majority of which, had been paid for in the 1970s and 1980s and cost us nothing or even saved us money since they were mostly retired and many were costing huge amounts to scrap like DPICM and HMMWVs.
Not just Ukraine. Suvaski Gap is widely known weak spot that can be used by Russia to cut off NATO countries (Latvia, Litva, Estonia). Recent russian act of jamming gps over the international water area near Kaliningrad (Koninsberg) is a warning ⚠️ call.
Churchill's speech is always put forward in situations like this. One needs to follow this by saying: 1, the UK was sufficiently on its knees for Hitler to step back on trying to take the land which would have caused many problems because of UK's island geography. That was actually a miscalculation as the allied forces used it as a stepping stone for the eventual invasion.2: in talks Curchill was always the underlying partnet, not quite the powerful leader people made him look like. Both Roosevelt and Stalin determined the outcome. The overwhelming force of the Russian eastern front army eventually broke Hitler's back. If not the western allies would have been defeated. So, Churchill was the right moral leader, albeit a weak one at the time. After the war they couldnt wait to kick him out of office. Everybody only remembers the war speech. That is how shallow people think. And now those same shallow people pose that Putin=Hitler. Mindbogglingly idiotic..Useful idiots in a powerplay i guess. Wake up, people!
One important difference in Russian tactics is that, due to critically artillery shortages, they know Ukraine can’t afford to target low value targets. So, they’ll send 1-2 men at a time forward and build up forces piecemeal extremely close to the line of contact before Ukraine can afford to begin hitting back.
Big thanks to everyone at Telegraph team for providing essential information - stay always independent (from any buyouts) 🙏 During worst times of my life (which isn't even close what Ukrainians are going through) I am happy for the fact I can listen your episodes - especially when everything else is going south. Best from Finland 🇫🇮🤝🇬🇧🙏🇺🇦 I'm happy the British people have never "bogged down" not even their darkest ours. Respect!
Putin should quadrouple the price of gas through the one remaining pipeline and not bother using the others. It would still be cheaper than buying from America.
They're speaking truth amidst western brainwashing, while all them Dmytros are getting salty. So salty that they become blind to the fact that it's not Russia who's been screwing with them all along...
@petergreenwood7731 A Russian win woukd mean Ukraine no longer exists. Democratic Europe as we know it neither. Refugees escaping ruthless authoritarian regimes would have nowhere safe to escape to! Other autocratic dictatorships are taking note. Anyone that thinks the USA and every other freedom loving country will not be affected by such a monumental defeat is delusional.
John Foreman is an impressive commentator ... wisdom born of deep experience coupled with the ability to condense complex issues to understandable paraphrases! R (Australia)
@@dominicrooney5638Then Congress really oughta pass the Senate Bill that provides aid to Ukraine and Israel and also drastically increases immigration enforcement. Take "Yes" for an answer already!
It's a tradgedy that Richard Nixons speaches were not taken seriously. They are absolutely brilliant and lays out clearly the two directions the west could take. One to welcome Russia into the family of nations the other direction is what the west took and we have the results...Nixon totally predicted what has happened...disarster !
The Russian federation was welcomed into the family of nations. Billions of dollars were spent inside Russia to stabilise and grow the Russian economy. Billions of dollars and Euros were invested inside Russia since the collapse of the soviet union. Putin ended Russian democracy, putin chose to militarise, putin chose war in Europe. This is all on the Russian federation. Putin believed that the west is weak, that he could intimidate and threaten the west, while he invaded Ukraine.
The West did embrace Russia. In 1991 Russia (along with Ukrsine and others) chose independence. Gorbachov opened up Russia. Only after so many years of communism they found it hard to adjust. Oiligads practicly stole the countries assets and created so much unemployment. This enabled years later Putin to take such a hold. From the onset he followed his plan to reverse the path to Glasnost. His model was Stalin and his aim to regain the Soviet regions. He wrote about it in 2021 and Kremlin Rhetorik currently reveales his true intentions.
Is it paranoia if they station NATO troops in a country that is not part of the NATO alliance? Everyone is preparing the ground with the story that European citizens should go to war with Russia over Ukraine (which is not an EU country, nor is it in the NATO alliance), but I don't think they will succeed in that idea.
Part of this podcast headlines is "how Russia rebuilt its armies". If Russia is using it's rebuilt armies in Ukraine I'd hate to see what they were like before.
On the evening of March 18, the MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance UAV of the US Air Force, which operated almost on a daily basis near the Russian Kaliningrad region, lost contact and control from the ground in Polish airspace. As a result, the aircraft crashed. According to the Brigadier General Ireneusz Nowak, inspector in the Polish Air Force, the UAV crashed during a training flight. The UAV took off from a military base in Romania and was supposed to land at the Polish Miroslavets airfield. According to Novak, the US military in Romania lost control of the MQ9 Reaper around 18:00 local time. After that, they tried to transfer control to the Polish side, but they failed to do so. The area of his possible crash was cordoned off, there were no civilians there. As a result, the drone was found nine minutes after the fall, Novak said. He added that the investigation of the incident will be handled by the United States with the help of Polish specialists. In the afternoon of March 18th, there were two two MQ-9 Reaper drones operating in the airspace of Poland, WILEY22 and WILEY33. They both took off from a military airfield in Romania. During the day, both UAVs faced technical malfunctions. According to the official claims, the crashed drone was WILEY22. There is still no information about the fate of the second MQ-9 with the call sign WILEY33. Early in the morning on March 19, the Poles closed the airfield from flights and the Polish military department has also suspended MQ-9 flights. Western media blamed the Russian military for the incident; but the Polish Ministry of Defense denied speculation in the media about the involvement of Russian electronic warfare systems in the incident.
It is about time ! I always heard from my grandfather about the London Blitz, U-Boat Peril, El Alamein and Normandy and thought I would never live through such an exciting age. But it is finally happening ! I just hope we get some leaders like Churchill who are up to the task. Right now only Boris Johnson seems ready for the coming maelstrom. He needs to be brought back into the government and made First Lord of the Admiralty, or whatever is the equivalent these days. The home fleet needs to be based in Scapa Flow as soon as possible. This is something that will bring the UK together and unite the lads under the King's colours: "Over the Hills and Far Away, King George Commands and We Obey!"
Winston Churchill The mastermind behind the Dardanelles fiasco And then there’s Boris the man that scuttled the best peace deal Ukraine could ever have won
The Russian side has information that France is preparing a military contingent of 2,000 troops to be sent to Ukraine, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin said. "The current leadership of the country (France - TASS) does not care about the deaths of ordinary French people or about the concerns of the generals. According to information coming to the Russian SVR, a contingent to be sent to Ukraine is already being prepared. Initially, it will include around 2,000 troops," he said. According to the Russian foreign intelligence chief, the French military "fears that such a large military unit cannot be transferred and stationed in Ukraine unnoticed." "It will thus become a legitimate priority target for attacks by the Russian armed forces. This means that it will suffer the fate of all the French who have ever come to the Russian world with a sword," he stressed. After a conference on Ukraine in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron did not unequivocally rule out potential sending Western land troops to the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine. He also vowed that Western states would "do what is needed" to prevent Russia’s victory in this conflict.
44:10 no! Like any abusive pattern behavior, ru knows but use to manipulate. Dialog just gives them info. Total pattern. 47:23 trauma is a 0lausible explanation. I wish Carlson had had the nerve to ask Putin if he would consent to trauma therapy!
That's weird Russia has never wanted war with these other countries, nor talked about it. It's like the EU is looking for a fight, because they HAVE been ordered to do so.....Sad state of affairs in the EU.
No, of course not. They just want to send their army to occupy other countries and receive flowers. They need a "sanitary" zone up to Berlin like before. Or even more...
Europe must remain in peace and start avioding the NATO Narratives and CIA Operations in Ukraine. This war was over when it startet and wester politics ended in Afghanistan.
The West has certainly disinvested in terms of knowledge of Russia. The university library in my city has what seems like about a quarter of a floor of Russian studies material, mainly in the Russian language produced during the 50s to the 80s, but they have stopped all Russian language courses past first year.
NATO must help, as simple as that! De mining, training, logistics in Ukraine! There is no imaginary Red Lines - we made them for convenience. Ukrainian armed forces could be released from other areas and moved to frontline.
The World Bank estimates that up to 55% of Ukrainian's residing at home could be living in poverty by the end of 2023 and net border crossings remain negative (albeit on a much lower scale than in 2022).
wow, what a forecast ... ... even before the "operation" the average wage was ... how much? the most important thing young people in Ukraine wanted - and I speak from ~2017 - was: leave this corrupt oligarchy - and go the "west" into another corrupt oligarchy :-) ...
I think it's fair to say when speaking of dictatorships and throwing stones at other peoples systems that noone (zero) Brits voted for Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, or Rishi Sunak. The last elected leader, Theresa May, is stepping out of politics. So our system seems to have questionable accountability at best.
Dom, I love your dry humor: English Patient😊. But Francis: Truly, I hope your tooth gets fixed, good as new. I have face-planted too. It's embarrassing 😳
@@toughr1506 Or locking them up and starving them in solitary confinement?? Navalny was not liked in Russia and anyone could have took him out. For Putin to do it at this time does seem strange.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Tuesday that Russia's adversaries are not achieving their results, stressing that they do not understand who they are dealing with. The stark remark was made during a meeting with the Duma faction leaders. "What our adversary is doing, expecting to achieve a result, is achieving exactly the opposite of what was expected, that's all. They don't understand who they are dealing with, Russia," Putin said at a meeting. Besides, he stressed the solidarity among Russians, unified by shared cultural values and goals and transcending ethnic and religious differences. During the meeting, the leaders of the parliamentary groups discussed plans for the country's development and current national and international issues.
dont provoke Russia bcs when first nuke explodes its all over,Russias patience is NOT limitless greetings from Serbia and just remember who liberated europe from hitler
That was the Soviet Union. Gorbachev opened up Russia. Putin has closed it down and has zsar ambitions. His speeches are more Hitler like than ever before.
@@robertl4824 Hey Robert. Just got done walking my dog in our pristine mid western town full of conservative republicans. GO President VLADIMIR PUTIN 🤠💪🇷🇺
Russia is the worlds greatest fighting force..no other country could stand up to a coalition of 50 countries supplying arms and ammo(70Billion) along with sanctions,soveriegn funds theft YET RUSSIA STILL STANDS❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The Russian military is improving slowly. Given the time (5 years) to replenish their equipment and munitions that they have lost/expended, since 2022, they may have the potential to challenge NATO. However, only if there is a cease fire. The current rate of russian men and equipment losses is not sustainable.
‘T-100’ Incoming: Russia Confirmed to Be Preparing a New Tank Class For Production Much like the next generation of the T-72 was named T-90, so too is it highly likely, and in keeping with prevailing trends in Russia’s naming of its main battle tanks for a new T-80 variant to be re-named. The designation ’T-100’ or ‘can be speculated and would make sense chronologically, and given the apparent preference for names which carry dramatic weight. Unlike the T-90, which directly succeeded the T-72 in production, and for a brief period was even produced alongside it, there will be an approximately 30 year gap between production of the last Soviet designed T-80s and the new production model. This means that the difference in capabilities is expected to be much greater than that between the last T-72B models and the baseline early T-90. It remains uncertain to what extent the T-80’s design will be modernised, however, an in particular if and to what extent elements from the ‘Black Eagle’ design will be incorporated. The most extreme case for the new T-80 program could see an effort funded to develop a next generation tank based on the design, which could be more promising than the entirely clean sheet T-14 design produced by Uralvagonzavod. Extreme delays to the T-14’s development mean a competing tank could provide a valuable hedge against the T-14 program, while placing increased pressure on Uralvagonzavod to see it through. Nevertheless, with Uralvagonzavod now owning Omsktransmash, and thus having a total monopoly on Russian tank production, options to increase efficiency through competition remain limited. It is highly likely that the new T-80, likely with a new designation, will produce Russia’s most capable tank other than possibly the T-14 itself. Source Military Watch Magazine
The Telegraph has proven itself epistemologically deranged on the question of Ukraine. Ideological capture is complete. I will await the announcement that Victoria Nuland is being appointed Editor-in-Chief. RIP my old Telegraph.
Sunaks voice at the beginning makes me cringe.
When I listen to this broadcast I forwards it to one minute to avoid Sunak & Zelensky's stupidity. Cringe is accurate.
When they started these podcasts it was a powerful speech by Boris now it's this unelected weak man . We need a Churchill figure but now we've got a Chamberlain
The intro makes me cringe
I though it was Julian Clary talking tough on his tools 🔧
Pittsburgh Proletariat profoundly appreciates this perceptive, prodigious, phenomenal podcast.🎉🎉🎉
I’ve been listening to your podcast since 2023 and find it very interesting and informative, especially with the input from your many guest’s sharing their expertise. I live in Manila. Many here support Ukraine. A friend of mine lives beside the Russian embassy located in one of the gated communities. Around 2022 the embassy burned down. Funny thing was the Russian staff refused entry to the local fire brigade. So the fire fighters had to try to put out the flames from the roofs of the neighbors. And the Russians were drunk and seated on the sidewalk gutter. We heard rumors that they burned their own embassy.
The mental picture of that made me laugh, though. Oh, the absurdity.
Hope, no neighboring properties were damaged!
This fiction can easily be disproved. Photos in news articles of the fire , show firefighters in the street outside the embassy directing water at the second story fire: there are no civilians or Russian embassy workers present, just fireman. Furthermore, the embassy adjoins other buildings meaning there is no side access. In order to fight the second story fire, some firefighters had to access a nearby flat roof so they could help direct water at the flames. This also is shown in the news article photos.
Pathetic lies that someone already disproved, not surprising though since the entire narrative of the Ukrobots revolves about manipulating and lying on everything be it numbers (casualties, casualty ratios..), their mobilisation process (The fact that they have made well over 8 mobilisations yet are still critically low on men and that we can easily find videos of young Ukrainians running away from enlistment officers) or even something as simple as the ideology of their own government and "elite" brigades (otherwise they would not have the support of the Western European leftist bots)...
Get well soon Francis. P.S. I love the podcast, and the interesting topics raised.
Honestly this is the best podcast I've ever listened to.
Not my war...Neocons war...
Neo cons dont want war.
The young generation of the UK and Europe would have to be mad to fight for governments that hate them. I don't want Putin to win but I'm not willing to fight for *this*
Well people said the same in WW2 as there were massive protests against that before it started.
The Germans who were brainwashed by Hitler for example soon fell in line when war was declared... ppl flock to powerful leaders like bees to a beehive.
Never fails to amaze. Well done guys
interesting from Charles Michel to talk about investing in war effort, when Belgium is sitting on one of the lowest spending of all NATO members with only 1,13% .. Luxemburg being worst. This is 6B€, of which 4 are going on the next years to 34 expensive F35. It would be interesting for The Telegraph to investigate a bit more on the strategic cost of having smaller nations in Europe, ie Belgium, Portugal, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Romania, Finland, etc buying the most expensive US planes, and callign for more european independance. They are so many european alternatives. What a disaster for the european military industry !
Their support has been so pathetic that the UK gave up Belgium giving promised artillery systems and literally bought + sent them to 🇺🇦. But from what I understand, this in large part down to political divide similar to the one in the US. The population is divided into two camps that hate one another and makes passing anything incredibly difficult.
Belgium hates the military so much they now send trouble youth to the military. Just another hassle on their underfunded hands. They do it to intentionally deter people from trying to join the military.
Well Luxembourg don't have a army and don't really have any territory to do any proper exercise. With a population of 640,064 organizing a army is not really a point at all. Almost all NATO countries are in direction to reach the 2% or go above it. Personally i would like the Norwegian army to use the swedish Gripen jets, rather then F-35s because of price, ease of maintenance and proximity to production.
Luxembourg does have an army, it even used to have a brigade of which a reinforced company fought in Korea, it also has the highest GDP(per person) in the world. On average 1% of the population under arms is certainly achievable, if so inclined, which would equate 6400 personnel.Half of the NATO countries are below the 2% mark, Armies don't fly jets and Norway is filthy rich and can easily afford their F-35A's, it's the Swedes that should up their production of Gripens and expand their Airforce up to 120 E's and F's and donate their C's and some D's to the Baltic states.Other NATO states and/or the EU should compensate the Swedes for that. If not donate them to the Ukrainians.@@kristiansandsmark2048
This podcast, as well as Jake Broe's and Denys Davydov's are my daily triple consumption of Ukraine news. Keep up the amazing work. And get well, Francis!
Denys davidov is a draft dodger who fled Ukraine so quick as not to serve in the armed forces. Nobody is Ukraine respect that guy.
My daily go-to for Ukraine news, too. Weekends are rough, not hearing from these experts. Wish we heard from them everyday. Hello from USA 🇺🇸
Shout out to Silicon Curtain too, aye, these lads i have notifications on.
And Artur Rehi!
I agree; also Anders Puck Nielson, and Perun. For the very latest on Ukraine, Suchomimus is good. So many very capable pro Ukrainian TH-camrs out there.
What an excellent guest, great insights there and his final words quite profound..
Great podcast.
Get better soon Frances .
Thanks for the podcast. Hard to believe a so-called intelligent species just cannot learn from our past
We are just animals with thinking. We know almost nothing compared to all there is to know.
Learning from the past could be "do not go up against Russia."
Thank for yor excellent interview ❤️🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦❤️.
This channel loves the thought of war but the people talking will not be there i know that
Well some of them have actually been in shooting wars.
@@anthonyhulse1248 only one dom nichols
There aren't many podcasts that get things wrong more often than the Telegraph. At what point do any of the regulars on this podcast realize that they just aren't very good at their jobs? They really do try to squeeze any drop of positivity out of the Ukraine situation that they can, but i do sense a depressed tone in their delivery of this nonsense. Perhaps reality is finally starting to take over from their delusion.
The chicken will come home to roost.
Hola from Costa Rica. I almost slavishly follow your podcast which is the most in-depth and varied reporting that I am able to find. I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Nichols. Since 2014, the "western" response to Russian aggression seems to have been to surrender in advance. Every initiative, although supportive of Ukraine, has been too little and way too late. If the trend continues, or even stalls due to the USA losing its collective sanity and re-electing Trump, Putin has no incentive to stop his attempt to reconstitute the Soviet Union. Russia, a country that is nothing more than a mafia run petrol station, only seeks to steal from others what it cannot produce itself. A much more aggressive policy is needed including NATO involvement.
Вам нужно больше читать книг и меньше смотреть телевизор . 😅
Greetings from Denmark, 🇩🇰🇺🇦💪
Suspicious side glance to my fellow Brits - oh hello there, jutts anglians fraisii and saxions we have very little gold BTW
PS next time, just wave at Us, from across the English channel, ok
Danes wouldn’t last two seconds against the Russian military. 😂
What's all that supposed to be?
That's coming from the nation that holds the historical world record for the fastest capitulation in the history of mankind ? LOL the Russians must be truly scared of the 1000men strong Dannish army with no industry whatsoever and which uses tactics proven to be outdated
I love this podcast ❤😂
"We shall go on to the end...we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our [homes], whatever the cost may, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender..."
Never surrender isn't always the solution. Violence will beget more violence and just get increasingly worse.
When the Japanese surrendered in WW2 they had the "It's an honour to die for our cause" mindset until they knew in the end surrender saved literally all their people.
Peace should always be on the table before war if we want a future to live for
@@Bengaltiger1289 Ukraine is not the aggressor. According to your logic putin should surrender.
Telegraph editorial staff volunteer on mass.
russia wont go into europe thats for sure.
Yes, it's 'Si vis pacem, para bellum'. The only European country taking the threat seriously is Poland; its defence spending has grown from 2 per cent in 2019 to 3.1 per cent today, though some news reports claim 3.9 to 4.1 per cent. Of course, a boost today will not increase capabilities tomorrow, but Poland is on the right track. Nato's two per cent was based on Russia maintaining the status quo of 15 years ago. That's no longer relevant.
A week ago Polish president Andrzej Duda called on Nato members to raise defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP.
The problem is Nato has sponger members like Canada that spends 1.38 per cent. The Washington Post, quoting leaked documents, reported last year that Trudeau had told Nato allies _Canada would _*_never meet_*_ the two per cent target_ . This is not a recent phenomenon. It's not even a post-Cold War one. Canada was at less than 2 per cent in 1973. It blipped above 2 per cent during the period of '83 to '87 and fell continuously since then.
Nato's internal threat isn't Trump, its leaders like Canada's Trudeau, Germany's Scholz, Spain's Sanchez, Denmark's Frederiksen, et al. The reason for the finger pointing at Trump is because much of Europe doesn't want to spend the funds. Has Germany resolved its defence procurement 'problems'? No. Why not? Because the 'problems' allow an excuse for failing to make the investment. Berlin announces it will increase spending - 100 billion euros supplemental funds - but then doesn't spend them. It's a ruse, a performance for optics.
Everyone wants out of NATO in Europe and this is how they're doing it.
One dimensional view.
Yearly military spending for most EU countries is already well over the 2%. This is because all the money now goes to Ukraine instead of to building our own military.
Like the EU can't go ahead and buy military equipment for itself. It now just primarily does so for Ukraine. That's where the money is going to.
Trump is a very serious potential additional threat. His proclivities regarding Russia and NK and CCP are in plain sight. He views these countries as real estate opportunities. That's the limit of his geo-strategic grasp.
They were, but they’ve fallen way behind since then, especially with letting the border be blocked for so long. Scandinavia, the Netherlands and the Baltic countries have been doing a great job in providing support. Western Europe and the EU’s 2-4 biggest economies have been the worst with France, Spain and Italy all providing far less support than Estonia despite a collective GDP nearly 174x bigger.
But…things recently seem to finally be moving in the right direction with Europe finally realizing they can’t depend on the US nor can they just depend on this just resolving itself sooner or later for good or ill.
your work is very important to getting the word out.
Bless Ukraine and Bless the AFU
My heart is breaking for the peaceful people of Ukraine.
May Ukraine have all defense systems to protect itself possible
saint javelin
#CrimeaIsUkraine
saint Himars
#WhatWeAreFightingfor
#Ukraine #War #Ctrl_Z
Why didn't your heart break for the people of Donbass who were subjected to air attacks and shelling by Ukrainians since 2014?
Hashtags in a comment and "saint javelin" just scream idiocy and cringe
Good to see many comments calling out this neocon clown show
Why do supporters of Ukraine announce the number of and timing for arms deliveries?
Most likely to let Russia know no one is walking away from this (apart from the US). Also, complains about not being transparent otherwise.
@@sebastianforbes1 Well the EU has already been spending more money than the US did. 🤷 But, given that the aid is spread out over years and the fact that the economies aren't going to suddenly stop running. The money will keep flowing.
@@sebastianforbes1aid isn't only coming by the way of money, nor has the US or EU run out of money or are close to. US has run of political will, which might change, might not.
Because they want credit and to show the public something is being done. It’s not a problem when it comes to common items such as shells and when it comes to new capabilities, as long as they don’t state it until after the deliveries have been made. Which isn’t always the case and is less than ideal.
@@sebastianforbes1No one ran out of $. It’s a political fight. And we didn’t send $. We sent arms, the majority of which, had been paid for in the 1970s and 1980s and cost us nothing or even saved us money since they were mostly retired and many were costing huge amounts to scrap like DPICM and HMMWVs.
British defence 😂😂😂 who don’t even have enough ammunition and soldiers to fight 😂😂😂😂
Your news is great
When Ukraine retakes all it's territory, Belgorod plus other areas may be the buffer zones needed to protect Ukraine from invaders.
Not just Ukraine. Suvaski Gap is widely known weak spot that can be used by Russia to cut off NATO countries (Latvia, Litva, Estonia). Recent russian act of jamming gps over the international water area near Kaliningrad (Koninsberg) is a warning ⚠️ call.
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Get well soon Frances!
Europe must what????????? We won’t be your cannot fodder
Boris Pistorius is such an amazing supporter!
Churchill's speech is always put forward in situations like this. One needs to follow this by saying: 1, the UK was sufficiently on its knees for Hitler to step back on trying to take the land which would have caused many problems because of UK's island geography. That was actually a miscalculation as the allied forces used it as a stepping stone for the eventual invasion.2: in talks Curchill was always the underlying partnet, not quite the powerful leader people made him look like. Both Roosevelt and Stalin determined the outcome. The overwhelming force of the Russian eastern front army eventually broke Hitler's back. If not the western allies would have been defeated.
So, Churchill was the right moral leader, albeit a weak one at the time. After the war they couldnt wait to kick him out of office.
Everybody only remembers the war speech. That is how shallow people think.
And now those same shallow people pose that Putin=Hitler. Mindbogglingly idiotic..Useful idiots in a powerplay i guess. Wake up, people!
Hitler never actually wanted to fight Great Britain and offered peace terms on multiple occasions - Churchill refused all of them.
Nobody believes this garbage anymore
One important difference in Russian tactics is that, due to critically artillery shortages, they know Ukraine can’t afford to target low value targets. So, they’ll send 1-2 men at a time forward and build up forces piecemeal extremely close to the line of contact before Ukraine can afford to begin hitting back.
No ur just incompetent
Stop eating all this bull$$it from MSM
@@RyanBrown-nx8dw Your reply made no sense. Also, I’m not Ukrainian.
Big thanks to everyone at Telegraph team for providing essential information - stay always independent (from any buyouts) 🙏
During worst times of my life (which isn't even close what Ukrainians are going through) I am happy for the fact I can listen your episodes - especially when everything else is going south.
Best from Finland 🇫🇮🤝🇬🇧🙏🇺🇦
I'm happy the British people have never "bogged down" not even their darkest ours. Respect!
It's time for the US to repair Nordstream
... they will not even allow their German slaves to do it ...
just a piece of junk;
Pointless.... no one wants to use it. Russia had already cut off supply, and Europe no longer wanted it. It's scrap at this point
@@harryhole5786 stupid comment
Putin should quadrouple the price of gas through the one remaining pipeline and not bother using the others. It would still be cheaper than buying from America.
Can't hear what John Foreman says
Merci pour cette capsule! C’était très intéressant.
Continuez svp!😊
So many vatniks.
They're speaking truth amidst western brainwashing, while all them Dmytros are getting salty.
So salty that they become blind to the fact that it's not Russia who's been screwing with them all along...
It is a sign that information here is very relevant.
@@toughr1506*disinformation of this propaganda shithsow that is.
Europe should prepare for peace
Win or lose in Ukraine standards will go down
Europe needs to prepare for war if they want peace. Putin only respects power and force.
@petergreenwood7731
A Russian win woukd mean Ukraine no longer exists. Democratic Europe as we know it neither.
Refugees escaping ruthless authoritarian regimes would have nowhere safe to escape to!
Other autocratic dictatorships are taking note. Anyone that thinks the USA and every other freedom loving country will not be affected by such a monumental defeat is delusional.
@petergreenwood7731
Loose and they no longer exists. It gets no lower than that!
@@Kath-nd6pjrussian troll, illiterate as per usual 🤡
@@sebastianforbes1NATO meets to talk war
BRICS+ meets to talk trade
Sorry to hear about Francis, hope he gets better soon!
Battlegroup Getica is with the legions in Belgorod. Romanians ❤
Amusing
John Foreman is an impressive commentator ... wisdom born of deep experience coupled with the ability to condense complex issues to understandable paraphrases! R (Australia)
No Russian called me gammon 🤷
What does that mean?
@@namesurname624 it means we have an invasion at home to deal with before looking at Russia
@@dominicrooney5638Then Congress really oughta pass the Senate Bill that provides aid to Ukraine and Israel and also drastically increases immigration enforcement. Take "Yes" for an answer already!
It's a tradgedy that Richard Nixons speaches were not taken seriously. They are absolutely brilliant and lays out clearly the two directions the west could take. One to welcome Russia into the family of nations the other direction is what the west took and we have the results...Nixon totally predicted what has happened...disarster !
Nixon was smart enough to get out of town after whitewater
The MAGA republicans support Russia. I support the US Constitution 📜🇺🇸👍
We, maga Republicans have our flaws, but those people?
Really?
The Russian federation was welcomed into the family of nations. Billions of dollars were spent inside Russia to stabilise and grow the Russian economy. Billions of dollars and Euros were invested inside Russia since the collapse of the soviet union.
Putin ended Russian democracy, putin chose to militarise, putin chose war in Europe. This is all on the Russian federation.
Putin believed that the west is weak, that he could intimidate and threaten the west, while he invaded Ukraine.
The West did embrace Russia.
In 1991 Russia (along with Ukrsine and others) chose independence.
Gorbachov opened up Russia.
Only after so many years of communism they found it hard to adjust. Oiligads practicly stole the countries assets and created so much unemployment.
This enabled years later Putin to take such a hold. From the onset he followed his plan to reverse the path to Glasnost. His model was Stalin and his aim to regain the Soviet regions. He wrote about it in 2021 and Kremlin Rhetorik currently reveales his true intentions.
Stop trying to start WWIII
Go home Russia
No
I'd say Putin did a pretty good job of that by invading sovereign lands and encroaching closer to other lands which aren't his to invade. Russian bot.
Russia started it!😒🙄
@@antilarge7860 ok
I'm so tired of this charade. How can Americans donate to the Russian Army?
👍🇺🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦
Protection really means protection from his own paranoia.
Is it paranoia if they station NATO troops in a country that is not part of the NATO alliance? Everyone is preparing the ground with the story that European citizens should go to war with Russia over Ukraine (which is not an EU country, nor is it in the NATO alliance), but I don't think they will succeed in that idea.
People from a tiny country, with a tiny army which was kicked out by Taliban peasants chatting on how to defeat Russia.. The mice that roared!!
The guest sounds like he is hiding in a closet.
Part of this podcast headlines is "how Russia rebuilt its armies". If Russia is using it's rebuilt armies in Ukraine I'd hate to see what they were like before.
Well they were able to grab a small bit of Donbass back in 2014. So that was it for them back then.
On the evening of March 18, the MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance UAV of the US Air Force, which operated almost on a daily basis near the Russian Kaliningrad region, lost contact and control from the ground in Polish airspace. As a result, the aircraft crashed.
According to the Brigadier General Ireneusz Nowak, inspector in the Polish Air Force, the UAV crashed during a training flight. The UAV took off from a military base in Romania and was supposed to land at the Polish Miroslavets airfield.
According to Novak, the US military in Romania lost control of the MQ9 Reaper around 18:00 local time. After that, they tried to transfer control to the Polish side, but they failed to do so. The area of his possible crash was cordoned off, there were no civilians there. As a result, the drone was found nine minutes after the fall, Novak said.
He added that the investigation of the incident will be handled by the United States with the help of Polish specialists.
In the afternoon of March 18th, there were two two MQ-9 Reaper drones operating in the airspace of Poland, WILEY22 and WILEY33. They both took off from a military airfield in Romania.
During the day, both UAVs faced technical malfunctions. According to the official claims, the crashed drone was WILEY22. There is still no information about the fate of the second MQ-9 with the call sign WILEY33.
Early in the morning on March 19, the Poles closed the airfield from flights and the Polish military department has also suspended MQ-9 flights.
Western media blamed the Russian military for the incident; but the Polish Ministry of Defense denied speculation in the media about the involvement of Russian electronic warfare systems in the incident.
Levada center. Look it up.
It is about time ! I always heard from my grandfather about the London Blitz, U-Boat Peril, El Alamein and Normandy and thought I would never live through such an exciting age. But it is finally happening ! I just hope we get some leaders like Churchill who are up to the task. Right now only Boris Johnson seems ready for the coming maelstrom. He needs to be brought back into the government and made First Lord of the Admiralty, or whatever is the equivalent these days. The home fleet needs to be based in Scapa Flow as soon as possible. This is something that will bring the UK together and unite the lads under the King's colours: "Over the Hills and Far Away, King George Commands and We Obey!"
There is absolutely nothing glorious not existing about any of this
Winston Churchill
The mastermind behind the Dardanelles fiasco
And then there’s Boris the man that scuttled the best peace deal Ukraine could ever have won
panglayman - war is not a game 🎮. It's horribly real.
yeah, warmonger BJ is the one that forced Ukraine to reject peace offer that they already agreed on.
@@Charlie-o1r4ppretty sure CIA was already at work on Ukrainian soil at that moment.
The Russian side has information that France is preparing a military contingent of 2,000 troops to be sent to Ukraine, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin said.
"The current leadership of the country (France - TASS) does not care about the deaths of ordinary French people or about the concerns of the generals. According to information coming to the Russian SVR, a contingent to be sent to Ukraine is already being prepared. Initially, it will include around 2,000 troops," he said.
According to the Russian foreign intelligence chief, the French military "fears that such a large military unit cannot be transferred and stationed in Ukraine unnoticed."
"It will thus become a legitimate priority target for attacks by the Russian armed forces. This means that it will suffer the fate of all the French who have ever come to the Russian world with a sword," he stressed.
After a conference on Ukraine in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron did not unequivocally rule out potential sending Western land troops to the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine. He also vowed that Western states would "do what is needed" to prevent Russia’s victory in this conflict.
Our leaders want us all dead and the world to burn…
Fact : ukr lose soon
Watch Piers Morgan interview Professor Jeffrey Sachs. Painful but instructive.
Piers the original Propaganda stooge
I hope the west will help more and wake up from their dream. Because without involving things will not get better. Slava Ukraine.
We don't owe any of these crooks a damn thing. GTFO out of here with your pathetic guilt trip.😂
44:10 no! Like any abusive pattern behavior, ru knows but use to manipulate. Dialog just gives them info. Total pattern.
47:23 trauma is a 0lausible explanation. I wish Carlson had had the nerve to ask Putin if he would consent to trauma therapy!
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
Ruzzkiy Mir is the peace of the grave.
That's weird Russia has never wanted war with these other countries, nor talked about it.
It's like the EU is looking for a fight, because they HAVE been ordered to do so.....Sad state of affairs in the EU.
OK, Sergei
Why did he invade then? Or was that column of tanks with a replacement for Zelenskyy headed for Kyiv Feb.2022 just a TV show?
No, of course not. They just want to send their army to occupy other countries and receive flowers. They need a "sanitary" zone up to Berlin like before. Or even more...
That‘s weird, Russia never talked about a special military operation yet they conducted one. It‘s like they were looking for a fight.
Europe must remain in peace and start avioding the NATO Narratives and CIA Operations in Ukraine. This war was over when it startet and wester politics ended in Afghanistan.
These guys should work the heavy bag like macron,,, eye of the tiger
😂😂😂😂😂 those are Photoshopped photos of Macron. He's gone off his nutter.
we are the actual baddies.
Yeah. Think about how evil not allowing Putin to get away with genocide and occupying a foreign country is!
Bloody step! Get well soon lad 😁
Ukraine shelling Belgarod indiscriminately with cluster munitions ?
Russia Free Legion...It's NOT Ukraine, it's RUSSIANS doin it......
It doesn't fit the pro-Ukraine narrative😊
Good idea !
yea, every day
Slava ukraini
The West has certainly disinvested in terms of knowledge of Russia. The university library in my city has what seems like about a quarter of a floor of Russian studies material, mainly in the Russian language produced during the 50s to the 80s, but they have stopped all Russian language courses past first year.
There are many options available on the internet. Free and paid.
WTF is the Pope doing?
Always funny to listen to English propaganda 😂😂😂
NATO must help, as simple as that! De mining, training, logistics in Ukraine!
There is no imaginary Red Lines - we made them for convenience.
Ukrainian armed forces could be released from other areas and moved to frontline.
The World Bank estimates that up to 55% of Ukrainian's residing at home could be living in poverty by the end of 2023 and net border crossings remain negative (albeit on a much lower scale than in 2022).
That's ridiculous
wow, what a forecast ...
... even before the "operation" the average wage was ... how much? the most important thing young people in Ukraine wanted - and I speak from ~2017 - was: leave this corrupt oligarchy - and go the "west" into another corrupt oligarchy :-) ...
@@sebastianforbes1
They sure did
Again, what is your point?
@@isabelatarcomnicu6536
If I want your comment,
I'll ask.
Have a great day
I think it's fair to say when speaking of dictatorships and throwing stones at other peoples systems that noone (zero) Brits voted for Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, or Rishi Sunak. The last elected leader, Theresa May, is stepping out of politics. So our system seems to have questionable accountability at best.
What a disingenuous bot argument.
actually in fact noone voted for the last 3 leaders of the UK.@@The_ZeroLine
In the UK we vote for the party, the party chooses the leader. I feel that sentiment though
Has the word 'peace' become toxic to this podcast ?
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No.
A disorderly mob is no more an army than a heap of building material is a house
Ukrs have been driven out of Russia. Belgorod has been unfreedomed. Ridiculous entrrprise anyway. At least 12 months late. Kyev not Kiyv.
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Propaganda
The English Patient 😅
Dom, I love your dry humor: English Patient😊. But Francis: Truly, I hope your tooth gets fixed, good as new. I have face-planted too. It's embarrassing 😳
What was the result of Navalsy seconde autopsy done by his family ? Did he die of natural causes ?
Either way his influence on this election would have been from 2% to zilch.
just check the news - in case the echo chamber broadcasts "as much as with nstream" ...
... it should be all clear, doesnt it?
@@andyrobinson2653 this doesn’t mean it is ok to murder political prisoners.
Britain must release political prisoner, Julian Assange. He has been imprisoned for telling the truth about US and British war crimes.
@@toughr1506 Or locking them up and starving them in solitary confinement?? Navalny was not liked in Russia and anyone could have took him out. For Putin to do it at this time does seem strange.
Make hay not war.
Tnis is bullshit
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Tuesday that Russia's adversaries are not achieving their results, stressing that they do not understand who they are dealing with. The stark remark was made during a meeting with the Duma faction leaders.
"What our adversary is doing, expecting to achieve a result, is achieving exactly the opposite of what was expected, that's all. They don't understand who they are dealing with, Russia," Putin said at a meeting. Besides, he stressed the solidarity among Russians, unified by shared cultural values and goals and transcending ethnic and religious differences.
During the meeting, the leaders of the parliamentary groups discussed plans for the country's development and current national and international issues.
Says tge man whose invasion plans fell apart on the first day.
He says a lot of things.
Each time he embellishes more then more lies into his newfound „history“.
What is your point?
dont provoke Russia bcs when first nuke explodes its all over,Russias patience is NOT
limitless greetings from Serbia and just remember who liberated europe from hitler
That was the Soviet Union. Gorbachev opened up Russia. Putin has closed it down and has zsar ambitions. His speeches are more Hitler like than ever before.
The Allies, yes.
India 🇮🇳 should not be allowed too seat on two chairs Ida she is with West against Russian dictator and be on wrong side of history .
This podcast has as much charisma as a corpse 😂😂😂
Tragic 2000 French enter Ukraine how many will see France again
Hopefully none.
Worry about the Ruzzians mate.
@@anthonyhulse1248 why ? they appear to be able to look after themselves
Tragic 2000 Russians die every 2 days in Ukraine when they could surrender or rise against their officers
@@evilaquaman and according to a polish general a million Ukrainians
If they havent yet theyre stupid?
War isn't a side joke people,
neither is giving in to dictators!
@@robertl4824
Hey Robert.
Just got done walking my dog in our pristine mid western town full of conservative republicans.
GO President VLADIMIR PUTIN 🤠💪🇷🇺
@@robertl4824
Hey Robert,
Try not to get mugged on the way to the store tonight.
Stay safe
@@robertl4824yeah, to dictators like Zelensky that denied elections and closed off borders.
Russia is the worlds greatest fighting force..no other country could stand up to a coalition of 50 countries supplying arms and ammo(70Billion) along with sanctions,soveriegn funds theft YET RUSSIA STILL STANDS❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Total bullshit lies nato would destroy Russia in 3 days so would usa.
Amen
I agree brother 🇷🇺 Russia is the real superpower in the world 🌎 & not this Western countries clowns
That’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard
The Russian military is improving slowly.
Given the time (5 years) to replenish their equipment and munitions that they have lost/expended, since 2022, they may have the potential to challenge NATO.
However, only if there is a cease fire. The current rate of russian men and equipment losses is not sustainable.
Ukraine activity reeks of desperation.
As it should Ukraine is the under dog in this fight. The Russian federation has more of everything.
Ukraine is eating an elephant one bite at a time.
‘T-100’ Incoming: Russia Confirmed to Be Preparing a New Tank Class For Production
Much like the next generation of the T-72 was named T-90, so too is it highly likely, and in keeping with prevailing trends in Russia’s naming of its main battle tanks for a new T-80 variant to be re-named. The designation ’T-100’ or ‘can be speculated and would make sense chronologically, and given the apparent preference for names which carry dramatic weight. Unlike the T-90, which directly succeeded the T-72 in production, and for a brief period was even produced alongside it, there will be an approximately 30 year gap between production of the last Soviet designed T-80s and the new production model. This means that the difference in capabilities is expected to be much greater than that between the last T-72B models and the baseline early T-90. It remains uncertain to what extent the T-80’s design will be modernised, however, an in particular if and to what extent elements from the ‘Black Eagle’ design will be incorporated.
The most extreme case for the new T-80 program could see an effort funded to develop a next generation tank based on the design, which could be more promising than the entirely clean sheet T-14 design produced by Uralvagonzavod. Extreme delays to the T-14’s development mean a competing tank could provide a valuable hedge against the T-14 program, while placing increased pressure on Uralvagonzavod to see it through. Nevertheless, with Uralvagonzavod now owning Omsktransmash, and thus having a total monopoly on Russian tank production, options to increase efficiency through competition remain limited. It is highly likely that the new T-80, likely with a new designation, will produce Russia’s most capable tank other than possibly the T-14 itself.
Source Military Watch Magazine
Someones bin teabaged