The REAL Reason Putin is Invading Ukraine
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War is heating up on the border of Ukraine and Russia. To understand what’s going on you have to understand what Vladimir Putin really wants.
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@@DonutsIceCreamAndCottenCandy Idk man just continue the damn chain
@Ios Tilam What did he say that was wrong? All I heard was facts.
@@kushal10192 Go back to Weibo
Who’s watching this after Russia invaded Ukraine
Me 👀
I am.
Me
Same
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Who else is watching this Thursday morning 2/24/2022 when Russia entering Ukraine?
yes
Meee
Ok, but he is MAD biased.
@@ddd8-
Exuse me?
Are you supporting what is happening today , the russia's attack on ukraine?
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Another major reason is that Putin does not want Ukraine to become a member of the EU and NATO, which would probably result in America positioning armies and nukes in striking range of Moscow. Basically like how America feared the USSR attempting to use Cuba as a springboard of attack close to home.
*probably*
except we have nuclear armed subs that have 24 misses, each with 12 payloads that can be independently targeted
nuclear capabilities are not his worry
also Nato already have plenty of countries on the border of russia without nukes. Like Norway a member since NATO was founded.@@tacticallemon7518
@@tacticallemon7518yeah that’s what he wants people to think. NATO is already close enough🤦🏾♂️
@@sawbasumner2171 what i’m saying is Nuclear facilities in former ussr territory can’t be a worry for him, because we can put hundreds of nukes way closer to moscow
Russia has historically been quite vocal about its concerns regarding NATO's expansion, well before the aforementioned meeting Geneva, especially towards Ukraine and Georgia. The way Russia sees it, NATO was originally created during the Cold War era to counter Soviet military might. Despite the fact that the Cold War has ended, Russia still perceives NATO as a potential adversary, so it's understandable why they might feel threatened by any expansion of NATO towards its borders. How do you think the US would feel if Mexico was in talks to join a military pact with Russia or another adversary?
I see this under every video about Ukraine. Bots come up with something new
@@1ntrovert4567 Do some research outside of the predominantly western narratives, brutha.
How would Mexico feel if they where the US invaded and annexed parts of their territory? (I know this happened once, but that was a very long time ago) Do you think if the US did that that they would have a right to complain that Mexico was seeking alliances with other, potentially hostile nations?
@@fabik805 no. The US didn't need an excuse then. It just took part of Mexico. And that being a long time ago doesn't make it non-existent.
One thing you Russian propagandists overlook is that NATO is a DEFENSE ALLIANCE against Russia. Most countries have voluntarily decided to join NATO because they were afraid that Russia would attack them, see Ukraine. Maybe watch less Russian TV
That "war isn't coming" tomorrow part aged like milk unfortunately.
It didn’t come tomorrow tho. Maybe almost a month later which is still pretty fast
@@alexacabello9625 Considering it's been brewing again for a decade...
Like milk in humid Florida weather
I think he was being optimist and he says “but it (the war) very well could”
Well, he lists solid arguments for not invading, yes. And even though invasion has begun, the arguments are still valid. Moreover, he also concludes that it might as well happen. Which it did, against the reasons listed for not to. I am very curious to understand why.
Fun fact : in 1991 Ukraine had approximately a 1000 nuclear weapons in its borders. It handed them over to Russia with the promise that Russia would never invade Ukraine....that seems to be going well...
Well Russia where the only ones capable of using those nukes they had the launch codes
@@augustuslunasol10thapostle wrong
And the US promised Gorbachev they wouldn’t expand NATO East into former Soviet states of the user disbanded, turns out empires don’t really honor promises
@@matthewc8241 When did they promise this?
@@kozyrevsergey89 prove me wrong
This video says a different story when watching it in 2024.
To be more accurate, it's not just the Soviet Union that was fighting against NATO, but they also had their own organization called the Warsaw Pact, which included countries that directly border the massive country, such as Poland, Czechoslovakia (modern-day Czech Republic and Slovakia) and Hungary, as well as a few outliers like East Germany, Bulgaria and Albania. No. 2, communism began to fall, starting with most of their allies around the late 80s, for instance with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent reunification of Germany the following year.
"Solidarity" movement in Poland begun all of that, then Berlin wall and other countries followed..
@@sebastianliwinski222 first time knowing that. But I did give instances of the fall of communism before the dissolution of the Soviet Union
@@leonardowynnwidodo9704 I appreciate it ...
The union's membership peaked at 10 million in September 1981,representing one-third of the country's working-age population. In 1983 Solidarity's leader Lech Wałęsa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and the union is widely recognized as having played a central role in the end of communist rule in Poland.
this guy emphasized the things that were logical to him only in a westernized way and left all the other important information that he clearly either ignores or he isn’t well educated😂
@@andreamanova258 Who?
It's uncanny to see him explain with such caution optimism why Russia won't invade
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when the correction appeared on screen about propaganda starting, i went 'oh shit'. he was right :(
I too thought Putin would not invade cuz all of the political and economical repercussions, but he actually did. The dumbass did, not caring how this will affect his people first and then an invaded Ukraine. As long as he and his beloved oligarchs are well fed, the guy does not care whether the people are way worse in living conditions. And of course I'm not even mentioning how bad the actual conflict is, no need to. But even in the long term, he is fucking up everything. In a world where we are closely collaborating, the equilibrium in terms of economy and stability is way more brittle. This will affect us all in a way or another. F*ck war
@@dave39548 The difference is America can be trusted with their word, Putin can't. Do not equate Putin's actions with America's. I'm not a fan of west, but god they're right about a lot of things when it comes to evil dictators.
Hindsight is 20/20
I'm Russian and this situation makes me feel so angry and frustrated. It just doesn't feel real. We don't want this, no one wants. Because of this old mad crap and his gang we have to be a part of something no sane person would. There are lots of protests in Saint Petersburg, people shout 'no war' and riot police take everyone they can reach their hands to, vans patrols all over the city. It's not the first time we experience arrests just because we gather and express our minds, but now it's much more surreal than ever. I don't understand why we have to pay for one man's sins. Thank you for objective and real explanation, all I want to add is that Russian people don't support the war.
Thank you for sharing this here
Most Americans feel as you do, Senja Ra (pretty name). I just hope you won't get sent to a Siberian gulag for expressing your opinions here!
No war is just but usa and otan should have not pushed ukraine to provoke this situation.
You as a russian would you be happy to have missiles and possibly nuclear missiles pointed at you as a mean to make your country concede on the economic and political level ?
No you should want this if you love Russia you need to hear Putin speech he is telling the truth
It's complicated: th-cam.com/video/If61baWF4GE/w-d-xo.html
2 years later in here to learn you predicted how it would happen, but now we need to know how it will end, thanks!
The Ukraine-Russian situation has escalated so much faster than I expected.
Same way corona started in China, like a joke... Before we knew it, it was all over the world
It started in 2014 and now it's full blown war, so no it's been under our noses but we have just ignored it (well I havent)
@@joanazuri2795 true i was in college in the cafeteria, we were like “did you hear about the new virus? imagine if it spread all around the world hahaha” 😐
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@@joanazuri2795 omg yes
Just to mention that Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria etc... were not actually "soviet countries" like it was mentioned in the video.. they were of course communist countries, with important ties with the Soviets.. but never part of the USSR like Belarus, Ukraine, baltic states etc were.
Well interesting fact my country bulgaria was actualy offered to become a part of the soviet union
I can confirm that we were in USSR involuntary 🇨🇿
Also moldova was kinda stolen from Romania in WW2
Yet when the Hungarians tried to regain their freedom Soviet tanks quashed the protesters.
Warsaw pact countries
You are good
Is there any different points of view so comprehensive and logically expressed
Putin does not want to occupy Ukraine either. If NATO had not so seriously violated Russia's legitimate security interests, there would be no war. The admission of Ukraine to NATO would be a checkmate situation for Russia, so it is natural that it could not tolerate this. This is the main reason for the war, any other less serious reason could have been settled between the two states. But the issue of NATO entry was the casus belli.
All of Eastern Europe depends on Russian energy. Putin knows (from historical western behavior) that energy and monetary economics rely on military hegemony. Although separate organizations, this is as much about asserting clout in the European Union economic sphere as it is about containing NATO.
I was just thinking this. Isn’t the gas pipeline delay which would bypass Ukraine also a factor
All of Eastern Europe depends on Russian energy. Well, Yes but actually no. Speaking about Ukraine, after 2014, there is less and less dependent
Cold War about to literally become cold
Who knew the guy behind "chocolate rain" would be a geopolitical expert. Respect!
Putin is a thug and he must be stopped.
The Egoistic World Leaders when they have issue with each other should be allowed to have a MMA or Boxing match one on one and let their respective citizens stay in peace.☮️
Word
Although...given Russia's reputation at Olympic events, there is no doubt, Putin will pursue some illegal means of gaining an advantage.
yea i agree haha, yes... and you know the whole world will watch it lol.. its not lol though, i mean voilence is terrible and not cool! but yeah, it'd be something to see huh, let them go at it lol. atleast thats more manly than even.. even the war with guns, such cowards! if your going to be voilent do it like a man, go in there with fists and hands, not guns lol, i mean do it like a man as they say right? lol. but yeah i mean, to hell with war, it shoudldnt be happening!
Im sorry but war is about much more than personal disputes.
@@RumpelStiltskindarkone But, this whole invasion by Putin sounds personal. His mission is clearly to bring back the Soviet Union. I wouldn't be surprised if china jumps in this in the years to come because they're planning something too.
Smh snap into reality.
These are man who build there country it’s not egotistical, it’s about furthering there beliefs…..
This part is life we have been going at war with each other since the beginning of time
I love your detailed explaining. I do think i am missing a ln important part..
The origin of the betrayal claim
To understand Russia’s claims of betrayal, it is necessary to review the reassurances then US secretary of state James A. Baker made to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during a meeting on February 9, 1990. In a discussion on the status of a reunited Germany, the two men agreed that NATO would not extend past the territory of East Germany, a promise repeated by NATO’s secretary general in a speech on May 17 that same year in Brussels.
nato clearly breaking its promise and having former ussr countries to the nato could be seen as a threat
There was never any promise. The speech you mean that wouldnt put any NATO troops outside Germanys border... well adopting new countries isnt directly putting troops, the countries could choose to not have NATO troops from other countries.
In 2014 Gorbachev himself said in the Kommersant that he never talked about NATO not expanding.
Its Putin from 2007 who has been loud about there being some promise of no NATO expansion
This is true, but that’s not how geopolitics works. There were no treaties signed between Russia and NATO countries to not accept new members. As such, a voiced “promise” means nothing in politics unless it’s on paper. Finally, this entire argument ignores Eastern European agency into wanting to join NATO. For God’s sake, Poland blackmailed Clinton threatening to support the GOP if Clinton did not say he’d consider NATO membership for Poland.
yes but when making this agreement no one was considering that the remaining eastern europe part will be forcefully tested to convert fully to ruzzia. essentially you’re justifying a model where there exists western europe and ruzzia on the eastern part. even though theres like 20 sovereign nations there. you’re acoustic.
@@loonie555 Countries can't choice, they forced to join NATO
@@user-xo1ov2bb9z next time dont use autogenerated account and write in Russian to at least try and look legit
Smart guy who makes really interesting content. However, Eastern Europe is not the same as the Soviet Union. It may have been (Ukraine, Belarus), but it may also not have been (Poland, Hungary) - these were under Soviet influence/Warsaw Pact, but that's not the same thing. Such sweeping inaccuracies (also, for example, that Kenya used to be Uganda) undermine the integrity of your excellent journalism, Sir.
I was born in Russia and currently live in Western Ukraine. I love both countries. Screw politicians. A war would be meaningless!
Yeah.....
About 90% of Russians supported the occupation of Crimea. We are not talking about politicians, but ordinary citizens of Russia.
@@user-zn9zm6xv1p Crimea escaped from Ukraine because the United States destroyed Ukraine.
I believe wars are formed from greedy people ...they enjoy unequal society for their benefits they sell everything including even life they are the capitalist they are ruthless
💡 Ukraine soon.... will calm down in the arms of the Tsar. This is a settled issue, and Europe will wake up to the scheme drawn up by America to make it a cheap sacrifice to defend it in the face of Russia, China, North Korea and many others......
Yeah, it's kinda surreal and scary living right now here in Ukraine at the moment. Constant fear of war, that may escalate any day now, highest covid spike yet, economy collapsing. Yeah, it's been rough. Thanks for coverage and bringing more attention to this topic!
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@@recitationtohear This is why I don't trust any link reply, it's always you.
Wow, hope everyone in Ukraine is ok!
I have been to Kiev, Ukraine lastly, I didn't feel the tension.
Hold on there, guys. Lithuanian here. You have Europe and Nato on your side.
You fail to mention the pre-existing agreement that NATO would not expand more east-ward. This is exactly what NATO did after the collapse of The Soviets. Its not that Putin thumb-sucked this demand because of his affection with Ukraine, but he was saying NATO must keep their part of the agreement.
yes he forget a looot of stuff.. his bision is the USA NATO vision.. so funny ..a gyu so smart forget the principal element for investigation....................war propaganda is working oon so much poeple..
that guy is a pro nato so what do you expect?
yeah the usual claim of this "promise", which was never written down or signed, right, let's invade a country therefore
Except there was no such agreement and Gorbachov confirmed there was no such promise. Until 2007, Russia even considered joining NATO.
The guy is brilliant but for the love of money is the spew of propaganda. He deliberately exempts so much
What you don't tell is that years ago Cuba had exactly the same rights to have nuclear weapons and friendly army on they soil but back then America was on Russia's place now
But Russia agreed to stop and take every weapons back and away from American border and back then thay sign contract exactly the same one that NATO (America) broke
The saddest thing about this is knowing that both most Russian people and most people of Ukraine want nothing to do with this. It's just the government systems. 🙏🏽 😣 🙏🏽
It's Putin
@@RessG hence government.
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@@JWNimble Well, it's only one government system and regime: Putin's. We wanted nothing to do with this.
Oh so he's not considered to be equal as a person and another member of our human family
Actually, Putin didn't say Nato "you can't expand anymore", he said you can't accept to alliance former soviet countries.
You missed an important point, when I lived in Ukraine most of the people there wanted to be part of the EU because they wanted to raise the living standards of the country and to rid corruption. That’s why the war started in the first place because the people of West Ukraine closer to Poland felt more aligned with Europe and the people of East Ukraine felt more aligned with Russia With either side saying that Europe or Russia will bring us a better life if we merge
But it jus small part of easter Ukraine that wants to be part of Russia is not even haft of Ukraine that wants that.
It was a small part of Eastern Ukrainians who wanted to be aligned with Russia, it's even smaller now after our government annexed Crimea and started a war in Donbass, according to polls at least
No, the people from the eastern part of Ukraine do not align mostly with Russia - just the very small Russian descendants do. And they were relocated to eastern there by force too.
Forgot the part where Kiev tries to erase language and culture of eastern Ukrainians
Then split the country in two, and let's see which part is better off in 10 years.
I thought nato agreed not to expand towards russia a long time ago did that end?
It might be one of the reasons for the invasion, but its definitely not the main reason. Ukrainians and ethnic russians were, as you stated, one people for centuries, have so much common heritage...
The main reason why Putin invaded Ukraine is bc ethnic russians arent safe in Ukraine anymore, since nazi ukrainians started to purge them. The new nazi regime which came into power through CIA coup in 2013-14, made things very clear that Crimea would stay within Ukraine. Ethnic russians became public enemy followed up by sanctions like they didnt pay wages or pensions to the people anymore, their kids werent allowed to attend schools anymore. Thats what the new coup Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko consecutively and consequently did after taking over. He even imprisoned the former President Janukovitch which hadnt done anything but dared to insist on neutrality of Ukraine. Janukovitch didnt want Ukraine to join NATO, he wanted to stay neutral between USA and Russia.
Furthermore, the fact that US agencies (CIA,FBI etc.) and NATO troops are involved in Ukraine war only adds to the paranoia of Russia which, according to US history in intelligence, is not without any reason. So if the US didnt cross many many red lines that Putin had posed, if they hadnt broke Minsk treaty, Putin would not have invaded Ukraine just like that. But in his and in the sight of his russian people NATO is a threat to their security and so is Ukraine as long as US is assisting them with military and stuff.
The history of the USA and the Soviet Union (Russia) show that US has provoked and caused way more chaos, trouble and war and more government breakdowns in any decade of the 20th century than Russia in the whole century. So when we see a pattern in this new editioned cold war, its because the constant is the US in dire need of War in order to Finanzen their one of a kind consumerism and wealth.
Thats all America has ever done througout its history, steal Land, steal resources, steal knowledge, steal influence etc pp.
I have a new video coming soon explaining the invasion now that it's happening. Stay tuned and subscribe to get notified when it comes out. Also if you live in Ukraine I really want to include your voice in my upcoming video. I'm collecting accounts of what people are seeing and feeling. Go to my instagram and send me a video
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Is it going to be a good one or another biased american vision of how the world should be?
I'm from Ukraine, the situation is crazy, I hope the world stops the madman
Thanks for your dedication and analysis Johnny, keep up the good work 👍
Talk about the President of Ukraine just saying that they will issue weapons to any citizen who wants them. Now you see why Americans have the 2nd Amendment.
I live in latvia and were geting ready to have a red code activated soon lithuania activated it yesterday its real scary.
All posable prayers to my friend from ucrain love yall and stay safe.
You failed to mention that a lot of europe is energy dependent on the pipelines that run through ukraine. Controlling ukraine is like controlling the tap on europe's economy and livelihood.
Bingo
Putin already controls germany's supply, and the majority of the uk's supply aswell
I think that's kinda bullshit. Cut it off and it will come from somewhere else
@@FTATF and where is that gas going to come from??? no where!! no country can replace the gas that russia is supplying to europe for volume and price..
@@MegaEdward39 yeah but if the price goes up the gas will come. I mean there is all kinds of gas and oil in the area. Yes the infrastructure is set up a certain way, but I think Russia is going to find out just like OPEC did that they aren't as powerful as they think
I watched a few random videos you made and you just got a new fan, informative content
Another excellent presentation.
The most concise on the internet.
Thank you.
I’m part Russian and I’m now in the USA. I’m worried for the safety of Ukrainians and Russians. Please, think of all the normal people that are going to be hurt because of Putin’s choice to invade. Like, imagine waking up for work this morning and instead of getting ready for work… you are getting ready to flea your home
What is that comment gonna do
I'm worried about Russians living in USA also because you guys will receive a lot of racism. Good wishes to all Russians outside of Russia .
It’s heartbreaking! My heart and prayers go out to everyone, what’s going on is disgusting.
@@jhonnywalker866 they’re not trying to stop the war with their comment some people just don’t realize how insane and evil Putin’s decisions are
Thousand of civilians people have been killed randomly by neonazis of azov in South Ukraine since 2014 and no occidental medias had talked about it.
So this war is prepared since 2014.
In a lengthy essay penned in July 2021, Putin referred to Russians and Ukrainians as "one people," and suggested the West had corrupted Ukraine and yanked it out of Russia's orbit through a "forced change of identity." - The classic custody battle on the geopolitical scale.😳
Do you still have source about this, I want to read more about that.
Bullseye
They did the same with Yugoslavia so i don't know why are you surprised?
Like fighting for a child's custody
So US/NATO surrounded Russia with military basis but Putin is the one that badly wants war?yeah right. The guy in the video is delusional.
Modern day Russia has roots in Ukraine . What the hell it means. Ukraine was a geographic location that was mentioned in the past and then new group claimed it was them! Russians Rusky were an ethnic tribe that started in Kievan Rus. Ukrainians were Russians that lived in area that was once part of Russia other part of Poland and Lithuania. Ukrainian language is a mix of Russian heavily influenced by lithuanian and polish. Ruthenians were Poles with Russian roots and Ukraine meant the border. Ukrainians fought against poles and russians-only west of Ukraine as east and south were Russians with Russian culture language etc.
Could you please make a video on the USA backed coup in Ukraine in 2014, the Maidan massacre, Ukrainian nazis and the war waged by the Kiev regime on the russian speaking Ukrainians in the Donbass region? The Minsk accords and subsequential peace agreements that were torpedoes by the west?
“USA backed coup in Ukraine in 2014” - Yanukovych was removed by the parliament in which he had a majority, with 328 votes out of 450. A third of his party voted against him. The parliament elected in 2012 was in force until the elections on October 26, 2014. There was no interruption of legitimate power in Ukraine at all.
"war waged by the Kiev regime on the Russian speaking Ukrainians in the Donbass region" - from 2014 to 2021, from the territory captured by pseudo-separatists to the territory controlled by Ukraine, 800,000 people, a third of the pre-war population of the occupied territory, fled. From their "liberators" to their "oppressors."
The US responding to any conflict: here have some guns
Exactly
Edit : *after all the languages in the world u chose to speak facts!!!*
100% facts!
if you know you know
Giving away weapons is a great way to take money out of people's pockets to fill the private manufacturers and help fuel the media narrative
Like Afghanistan 😂
John, you're making a mistake which so many people do: you use the word "Soviet" wrong. You can't say stuff like "ex-soviet countries joining NATO" and then show countries turning blue, which even though were part of the Warsaw pact, were never part of the Soviet Union: Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Czechia, Poland, Croatia.
Fun fact! Yugoslavia (and thus Croatia, as a constituent republic) was never part of the Warsaw Pact.
@@ByzantineDarkwraith don't forget about Slovenia!
I'm guessing the way he's using it is similar to how I tend to use it these days and referring to the Soviet Bloc nations
do you for a minute think that those countries that were in the block wanted to be there and are you saying they matter less because they were incorporated against their will?
@@toosas you just explained the post ww2 in just few words
I am glad I found this channel, it's very informative
you need to read "geopolitical catastrophe", not just "catastrophe" - it is not the same
I agree with everything but I don’t think that’s Russias only reason. As a British citizen even I recognise that some of NATO and the US’s demands are unfair. The US has military bases and nuclear weapons right on russias border, however when Russia tried to do the same in Cuba, the US completely destroyed the Cuban economy for being a soviet allie.
Agreed. What Putin is doing is reckless and has caused a ton of suffering in Eastern Ukraine, but this video glosses over the impact of NATO spending the last three decades filling in the buffer of states between it and Russia. NATO knew that admitting countries that directly border Russia would be threatening from Russia's perspective.
Yep those countries (Belo-Russia, Ukraine, ...) are a buffer between the west and Russia. There is no geographical feature beside distance that would prevent any army going from Germany to Moscow. Even if those countries joining the EU might seem unncaceptable for them. What is really unnaceptable, and I agreee, would be for those countries to join NATO. Russia's already immense frontline would have to get even bigger.
Yeah, it makes no mention that NATO is America's weapon to be directed at Russia. Pulling a weapon on someone will make them feel threatened.
@@andr386 yep. The binding mutual defense clause of NATO makes the lack of buffer states much more dangerous.
Exactly I think it's quite reasonable of Putin not to have a NATO base on it's Western Border.
This was also my thought with regards to Cuba, it's very hypocritical then again Biden is the US President so that makes perfect sense
It's surprising how most people don't know much about war in Ukraine when it has literally been on going for a long time.
Edit: Aaaaaand *Russia did Invade Ukraine* (Formally)
@good one reported
because USA isnt affected by things in Europe
People don't know much about anything besides themselves. How is it still surprising?
Yep mokong fact check
you literally mentioned it
Donetsk and Luhansk people's republic are real
Not to the scale of what’s coming.
I respect Johnny and enjoy his videos and i condemn Putin’s war and ambitions but the thing about Putin’s 3 demands towards NATO were kind of inaccurate, he never told US should not protect its Allies in E.EUR and withdrawal the troops. The thing was around “red lines” of expanding NATO and have more bases.
Love how you summarize your videos makes it easy for many to understand, however I have noticed a few confirmation biased povs but still a good channel.
His explanation on the conflict is making it sound way more "sentimental" than it actually is... The conflict is 100% geopolitical and strategic. Of course Russia doesn't want its enemies on their doorstep (The same way the US flights Cuba & China fights Taiwan).
The Russian economy has been stagnating for years. Putin is becoming more unpopular, and his way to force unity in a time of crisis is to keep the country in a state of near war.
America fought......not fight but fought Cuba. I think they squashed that beef recently when Fidel died. But I get you....you're right I guess.
It's not the same. Ukraine didn't want to join nato until russia invaded it. Also nuclear weapons are not being put in ukraine like they tried to in Russia.
@@mcr2356 Do you need to have nuclear weapons to be considered a threat? As far I know, Russia isn't threatened by Ukraine directly (not even by NATO itself to be honest), but by the USA which is behind it all and is a step closer to their borders (The same way as the US wasn't threatened by Cuba, but by the USSR pulling the strings behind it).
@@mcr2356 So Russia invaded Ukraine before 2008. It was in 2008 that Ukraine applied to be a member of NATO
It's all about geropolitics. Ukraine joining NATO is a big no no to Russia. It's like Cuba joining a military alliance with Russia. America would never accept it because it threatens its safety PERIOD
So killing Ukrainians will make them like him again???
@@thatsportsguy983 Oh you innocent child
@@StonedSpagooter he’s not gaining shit by killing innocent people. His ideology of them joining the motherland won’t happen again. The dude is in a fantasy and it’s going to cost him greatly. You don’t gamble with innocent peoples lives because your feelings are hurt. Wake up billy
@@thatsportsguy983 you don't understand geopolitics
@@thatsportsguy983 Dude, "killing innocent people" is basically the American foreign policy for the last seventy-something years.
Our is "to avoid being killed by those".
I think the facts have overtaken the assumptions in this video. The unexplained shootings on Maydan, the billions for the color revolution, the ban on the Russian language, the interference in peace negotiations (neutrality status), the ten thousand artillery deaths in Donbass, Merkel's statement... these things also need their space for being mentioned. Btw. why does the US encircle Russia & China for with it's huge amount of mil. bases? Wouldn't this look kind of scary from a Rusian centric view on the world map?
I love your videos. Keep up the good work I can’t wait to watch all of them. 🎉
"We see them as our own close people."
That's something that makes everything 10 times worse.
Guess that explains why he asked the Ukrainian army to attack their own capital
the worst and most provacative fights are generally among family
First where's the money coming from becoz we're in a stagflation also does this mean everybody will be dead soon?
Some itachi shit
Totally biased
It's okay US bases around the world but not a Russian base in Cuba
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Here's a bit of criticism: while I agree with some of the motivations you bring up, I feel like that makes up only a small part of Putin's reasons for an invasion. Putin didn't get to where he got by being a romantic, but by being extremely pragmatic. I feel like the motivations he might have in stirring up a war, or a mock war, in Ukraine are mostly to do with internal politics (as is the case in 90% of all wars) and the relative power games and power displays involved, and not with international politics.
While i agree in general, i dont think in terms of ukraine he is particularly pragmatic. Take crimea for example. He lost a lot of international trust back then and got hit with massive sanctions for what? I know there is a big russian naval base there, but if you make calculations I'm pretty sure it would've been better to just concede. And this is not even taking into account that russia being shut out of this naval base was even that probable at the time. I think its more of a fear, that the longer he waits, the less influence he has over ukraine as it further westernizes, and escapes his reach entirely.
@@MM-gt9uy He wrote three sentences.
@@MM-gt9uy damn dude you don't need to write a paragraph describing a very complicated subject in order to provide context and legitimate critiques on a video
Wrong. Putin does not care much about ratings
It's an American view on a non American subject, it's only a fraction of what is going on and absolutely not the REAL reason. Harris = Putin bad.
Hey I really like your videos, I just found it. Ima college student and have been writing reports on this stuff and want to cite some of your videos. Could you please share your sources so I can back up your claims (class requirements 🙄)
Your one of the few people who talk about this!! Please!!!!
Keep looking for a more informed source, one less biased.
Enough talking about NATO expansion. Russia attacked Ukraine in 2014, only after that Ukraine wanted to join NATO.
2013. 13% want to join NATO, 67% are against it.
2014. 47.8% want to join NATO, 33% are against it.
and so it was until 2022! And only after the attack in
2022, 83% were in favor of joining NATO, 4% were against.
I’m surprised we didn’t get into Europe’s dependency on Russian energy. That affects the calculus quite a bit in my opinion.
and Russia doesnt depends on Europes cash inflow?
It wasnt exactly a non partisan video. He obveously forgot to mention one of his sponsors.
@@positronikiss You are comparing a piece of printed paper to a natural resource? Nice, the currency is valuable as long as people believe in it, once it looses value in the eyes of the majority you may as well use it as a toilet paper.
You could tell when capitalist start to reason in the comment section.
@boomchicken Exactly, its almost a non zero sum game.
Ok what is alternative?
Dirty coils and oil from USA???
If you need energy you must to pay.
If you want for free give me your good's for free. And your services for free.
It just happened today. War is happening. I pray for the people of Ukraine.
I’m praying for Ukraine too
It started yesterday morning and now the Russian forces are trying a push on the capital
They lost
@@jeffday6459 Kyiv fell?
@@Man44444 I've only heard the president and prime Minister have left the country
Hello, I've come across a lot of your videos mentioning "X number of troops". I googled and it seems that there is no hard definition of what constitutes a "troop".
What are you referring to when you personally use this term ? Is "100 000 troops" 100 000 soldiers ?
Thank you, I'm a big fan of your work.
When people say troops, they are mainly referring to individual soldiers. If they say troop, then that would mean a group of soldiers.
You missed something here, I think. There's good reason to have some neutral territory in between two superpowers. NATO is obviously led by the US, who has the biggest navy in the world. Then there's all the European countries, some of which have a respectable armies and nuclear armed France and Brittain.
Maybe it's a good idea not to expand NATO into Ukraine, so that there's not two superpowers rubbing their legs to fit in the same chair.
It's just stupid and many in Europe don't like the trajectory here. And by the way, the US involvement in Ukraine years prior to this, it really stinks.
The bloodshed is terrible of course and it should stop, but the bioengineering labs that are now all completely destroyed by the thermobaric ammunition, that's not so bad.
If I was the US army, I would destroy all the Russian funded labs in Mexico right away. But it just happens to be the other way around.
Thanks for the history learned in the video. However, this does feel overly simplistic and told through the lens of a story… which is convenient for a TH-cam video. I feel filmmaking techniques and the reality of the situation have been overly mixed here. Salience bias of focusing on one aspect
Note - it is, of course, incredibly hard to do any such situation justice in explaining all the influences, but it could have spoken more broadly. To avoid there being one main reason for Putin’s actions, which is unlikely reality
Ayo
hello MrSpherical
Hello Mr
Idk I'm Russian and I'd say this is pretty accurate though of course it doesn't go into detail. But I'm not sure people are looking for details anyway
@@Belle-zq3xc it’s likely accurate to say it’s one of Putin’s reasons, but the “salience bias” is likely here too… one reason can’t explain a situation
To be fair, he said it was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century, not the greatest catastrophe in general. The Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, WWI, WWII - those were all humanitarian catastrophes, not geopolitical ones. As for the "tens of millions", he is without question referring to the tens of millions of ethnic Russians that live in Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Kazakhstan, not just all ex-Soviet peoples in general. I'm not at all trying to defend Putin, but if we want to criticize his views we should at least understand them first.
How are the world wars not geopolitical catastrophes?
@@Impzorz they were certainly not geopolitical catastrophes for the winners, i.e., the Soviet Union, the US, France and the UK. I think you're missing the point.
@@Impzorz World wars were catastrophes, but definitely not geopolitical. Geopolitics refers to land and borders, not human lives
Glad someone said it, Johnny really rushed this one out and made it wayyyyyyyy too dramatic. This kind of journalism is toxic
When Putin says "our people" he means ethnically, culturally, more importantly, ideologically *russians*. He doesn't consider kazakhs as russians, and he doesn't consider ukrainians as their own people. He is a nationalist.
Admirable point of view. You deserve many nuland cookies, a laptop and a kiss from blinken and stoltenberg, at least!
Exactly.
Дорогой Джонни, видео 2 года, я всё же хочу откомментировать, так как по смыслу всё очень наивно и приблизительно. СВО я не комментирую, так как пишу под своим реальным именем и живу в России.
1.Россия отпустила Украину в свободное плавание ещё в 1993 году.
2.Украина не являлась примером демократии, но олигархической плутократии.
3. Жители Украины ездили на заработки в Россию и в Европу, а Россияне - только на Запад. Жители Казахстана также не замечены в России в качестве гастарбайтеров: это реальное экономическое положение Украины и России, и наример, Казахстана.
4. До 2014 года Россия каждый год платила Украине за аренду черноморских портов в Крыму и за транзит газа.
5.из-за скандалов с воровством газа во время транзита Россия построила Северный поток в обход Украины, проект стоил 12 миллиардов долларов и так и не заработал.
6.никто не против вступления Украины в ЕС, но были договорённости о военном нейтралитете и не вступлении в НАТО. Это было единственным условием со стороны России.
7. Ваши рассуждения о романтичном отношении Путина к Украине - это ваши же выдумки. Но партнёрство должно быть честным. Нет ручек- нет конфеток.
8.Украина в отношениях с Россией показала себя, как неблагонадежный и неблагодарный партнёр. Это моё мнение, обоснование - пункты выше.
9.даже если выдаёте для простой, незамысловатой аудитории, не выдавайте ваши выдумки за факты.
Удачи.
Let's not pretend that 'allowing' Ukraine to join NATO but maintain neutrality is a reasonable claim. Would be like the West allowing' Russia to join BRICS on the condition that they remain neutral.
I wish for a world where the common people doesn't have to suffer the tragedies of war all because of power hungry individuals.
That's never going to happen. Why do you think humans have become so dominant? Because we kept striving for more and more power. The same reason we got out of the stone age and no longer have a massive fear of wild animals killing us every day is the same reason we go to war
I think we sow the same thing in 1936
@@snakevenom4954 which is why I think humans as a species is doomed. As technologies advance, with weapons of war along with it, it's only a matter of time before conflicts are settled in a catastrophic scale.
@@flexmode17 it's just a "wish" for the positive outcome.
I feel you
What you're saying makes very much sense
Just to clarify. The Eastern European region did not just *become* Soviet Union. Our countries' freedoms were swiped away and we were occupied. The way you put it in this video sounds like we just willingly joined USSR which was totally not the case.
Word
@@AIenthusiast687 no, not just word. this is a HUGE talking point because so many people say "so what If they invade these countries, they owned them before"
Totally not the way he puts it. It's the way you see it.
If it weren't for the USSR, it would be America, just covertly and under the guise of "democracy" (What is happening to Latin America and Asia now). That is, the United States would not have occupied you in the literal sense, but would have crushed you by making it its puppet
@@Anonymous-qj3sf im american and i cant speak on the behalf of my countries avid push for democracy across the world, which obviously doesnt always work, but think about it like this: ussr? Or the usa? Which government would you rather live under
Давайте Россия разместит свои базы на Континенте Америка, в Мексике например, и что США типа это проигнорирует 🤷🏻♀️!? Нет ведь ☝️
Black Rock and Vanguard owns about 10% of the US military industrial complex. They also have been given a $400 billion Ukraine reconstruction contract. They also donate 70% of their campaign contributions to democrats. Larry Fink is a Democrat. The corporate donors interests are the real winners here.
"I don't think he's going to invade tomorrow."
That didn't age well.
His take is psychoanalytical and so spectacularly naive. It's about natural gas monopolization and securing fresh water supplies for Crimea after the Ukrainians cut off canal water from the Dniper river.
@@Spudst3r this very well may be true. But there has never been a point in history when an authoritative political figure makes purely economical decisions. There is ALWAYS an u deleting motive, which he described.
I mean there was almost a whole month's time in between this video and the invasion (plus some extra time while the video was being produced), and that time was when the all-important indicator that is the propaganda being used to justify the war to Russians happened.
This video was made over a month ago
@@Spudst3r Above everything else t's about disabling NATO's spread east.
Disclaimer: I am not defending Russia, if they invade Ukraine and start a war, I condemn this action and think they have to answer for it accordingly.
However
I don't understand NATO, what they expected, as they move along the east, that joining more countries and placing rockets in their territory, which means very high tech war rockets are increasing in near Russian border, at the same time saying any independent country can join NATO but denying Russia to join NATO, and expecting Russia do nothing and be cool with it?
Let's imagine Russia did the same thing. They created some military organization and started to place high-tech rockets in member countries' territory. Let's say they start with joining China and India. And then they start to join Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Columbia. Venezuela, Cuba, Honduras, Guatemala. And then they plan and announce joining ( which means placing active Russian military rockets in) Mexico, which has a direct border with the US. So do you think the US would be watching it and doing nothing??? The same arguments can be used here too, that any independent countries can join any organization this is none of the US's business. At the same time denying the US joining this organization.
And if you remember from history NATO was created against possible USSR invasion. The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 but NATO still exists. The question is whom against NATO exists now? It seems against Russia because they continually deny Russia's joining the NATO. It looks like in playground all the other kids are joining some club and they don't let you join, and now they are trying to join your best friends as well (here analogy best friends = close neighbor countries). So what do you do? What if the club's name is "we will kick anyone's ass who is against us"?
So what do you think about that? Let's have some civilized discussion
USA defence industrial complex is all the reason NATO exist!!
@@mangeshchalan8786 good point, it is also obvious from defense spending, US defense spending in 2020 $778 billion, Russia 2020 $61.7 billion, The US spends more than 12 times higher compared to Russia.
Russia don't and never wanted to join Nato. Whoever says that to you are lying. Also you have to recognise that Russia is literally forcing countries to join Nato by being aggressive and invading, Finland and sweeden said they will join Nato if it invades Ukraine.There is a reason Canada and Mexico aren't joining a military alliance with russia because they don't fear an invasion from the us. Also honestly Russia have far more troops and weapons in the east than the west do. The idea they fear the west military wise is a joke. This is about stopping democracy on its borders. Don't forget that.
Totally agree
@@dolboblog3626 There is no threat to Russia. Russia (or more correctly, the Putin Regime) is in fact crazy for starting these games It was perfectly fine with Nato before 2008 and wanted to join it. It's not naive to wonder why Putin is doing what he's doing - the only logical explanation is that he wants to create an enemy where there was none, use it to justify his existenance and indispensability.. leveraging the situation it to spin a convenient narrative for Russia's population.
I'll give you an interesting statistic. In 2013, 67% Ukrainians were against joining NATO, and 15% for. In 2022, 76+% of Ukrainians are in support of joining NATO. Russia, USA, or anyne else has Nothing to do with this. Ukraine is free to select which:
ecnonmic bloc to enter;
security alliance to enter;
political alliances to form; etc.
Johnny did you know that in other countries, even Russia, people don't need therapy because they have REAL friends that will listen to their problems? Only Americans need therapists. Why is that? That speaks volumes about how mentally ill America is and how mentally healthier other countries are. I'm one of the few people that dares to talk about this obvious fact. It's taboo for some reason. Why?
No mention of the Minsk Accords and how the west reneged on the agreement not to expand NATO to the east?
I live in Poland near a factory which produces self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles. The last time when they were producing and testing that tanks was around 2008. Today I hear sounds of gunshots everyday coming from there.
You sure you dont live in Cicago?
@@MrEvolcire Southside, Chicago
no i kurwa gdzie to jest?
@@Janshevik a kurwa w Tarnowie, zakłady mechaniczne
Lol
As a Ukrainian I would say that the main difference is we see democracy and freedom as essential path we must follow. We are okay with common culture with Russian and being friends with everyone of our neighbors, we just don’t like being told who to like and with whom to have a friendships. We are our own nation with language of our own, our history and culture.
In anyways, thank you for bringing attention. We need this now.
Да, друг, все бы хотели свободно решать с кем дружить, а с кем нет... вот только решают это наши политиканы за нас, а не мы. И не важно, что ты чувствуешь себя более вольно в Украине или в большей безопасности в России - ничего от этих ощущений в реальности не изменится... так лишь ощущения и останутся... увы
But when Ukraine joining nato is different Russia has security concern that’s why they will act.
@@MM-gt9uy Oh your trolling lol. I saw you on other threads.
You have every right to become a member of Nato and to apply to become a member of the EU.
@@benjiro8793 did you know that if Ukraine become part of nato that they can deploy missiles that can travel 4-5minutes to Russia? I mean imagine Mexico becomes an allie of Russia and they deploy ballistic missile that can travel 4-5 minutes to US? Imagine what would they do to Mexico if that happened?
может так понятнее всему миру? 😂 у России было много бывших девушек и все из них хотели долго жить за счет своего бывшего, а отдавались уже (даже не в привычные места) своим соседям, Россия долго спрашивала: зачем я за это плачу (ах, да - напоминала она себе - у нас же кровная связь), стало быть мои бывшие - это сестры, которые собрались жить отдельно, но все еще хотят у брата брать деньги... и замуж не вышли пока, и отказывать неудобно - скажут - проститутки
So Cuba is like USA's ex girlfriend... Okay, okay
"im not sure russia will invade tomorrow" well that didn't age well
Yeah but if ww3 does happen Ukraine has a good change of winning cause a bunch of other countries are on there side to
@@iwantfood-koda9583 wdym? ukraine isn't even in NATO's, it's not official yet so the US and UK only focused to drain russia's economy not their military
@@iwantfood-koda9583 Ukraine isn't in nato though
he called rigth, after the propaganda machine didn't start till a few weeks ago there was no clear clue. but now we know
@19:53 -- "I'm not sure that he's going to invade tomorrow...BUT HE VERY WELL COULD." You missed the last part.
As a Pole myself I would like to hear more about Eastern Europe in the world media, but not because of Putin's love to destabilise other countries...
Poland is in Central Europe tho
What do you think Johnny should cover about Poland? I live in Poznań rn, and I also would love to watch something about Poland.
@@wlad7192 basically anything, poland has a rich and interesting history, greetings from czech republic
I was shocked about learning NOTHING in school about my neighbouring country Poland or Czech Republic other than our german WW2 sins. It was like an information boycott. Education is ideologized heavily. Don't trust any administration no matter if democratic or not. These narcicists don't want us to be brothers.
@@thisisyol That's quite surprising. In Poland we learn quite a lot about Germany - mostly of course about the events that intersect with our own history, but not just that. We learn about Frankia and how it splintered and morphed into Holy Roman Empire, we learn about religious uprisings connected with the Protestant Reformation, we of course learn about Teoutonic Order, how it became Prussia and then how Prussia took part in partitions of Poland, but we also learn about emperor Otto III and his vision of alliance between HRE and rising Kingdom of Poland. We also learn a tiniest bit about West and East Germany post WW2 - we sadly do gloss over the resettlement of German people from parts of Prussia and Pomerania. I think it's quite regrettable you don't learn that in Germany, because our shared history isn't just those five years of war and occupation and what came before and after gives crucial context to what happened during WW2.
When the berlin wall fell, Nato promised not to expand east. That promise has been broken repeatedly so i can understand why he would think ukraine joining NATO is a matter of national security. he didnt have to invade and start a war but Ukraine should be a part of Russia and America should stop sending money to Ukraine and instead use that money to help Americans.
Nato has never promised anything like that.
Its actually funny watching this after a year, how confident was US back then and how badly it stands right now.
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what? Russia achieved nothing thanks to the US.
ammo shortages and recession@@snssssns409
and what you want to happen a nuclear warfare
@@snssssns409US was very sure that their sanctions will destroy Russia. It didn’t happen and now they’re also decreasing theair military support. The war will end soon.
One correction while watching, NATO has an "open door" policy where other countries can request an invite to be formally a part of NATO. Many of the former Soviet states sought out NATO membership, not the other way around.
If you recall, many of the territories wanted independence but were under the thumb of Soviet oppression. Countries like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, etc. wanted away from Russian control. They actively requested NATO membership as a way to ensure their survival & not fall to future Russian aggression again. It didn't involve much "convincing" by EU or US, it was a matter of necessity for many former Soviet states.
Even Russia (with Putin as a leader) tried to join Nato and was rejected at some point.
@@HungrysitesRu Wait, really?
@@skrydon78 yeah, google for "Ex-Nato head says Putin wanted to join alliance", it's 2000-2001.
@@HungrysitesRu 'ight. Thanks for the info
@@HungrysitesRu That wasn't serious. Yeltsin suggested it too, but then claimed Russia was too big for NATO. It wouldn't work. NATO is a security agreement. What country would attack the US or Russia requiring them to aid each other?
"The greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century" is now ringing in my head
Good grief; agreed!!
Sounds impressive, but has nothing to do with reality. In the mouth of Putin, it sounds like someone ruined the USSR. But the only reason for this "geopolitical catastrophe" is the USSR itself, which built an inefficient planned economy that did not last at least a century.
@@empry7 The USSR falling is far more complex then just an inefficient planed economy, it was manly done by one man who in acted very stupid policy's by reforms plus nationalism brewing in which made infighting, but god is it stupid to call it "The greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century"
@@empry7 you know.............the world is full of headline readers that do not do further readings on issues and simply take it whole heartedly on what media say. Thats why the world is full of conflict and unrest precisely because of Sheeps who are living in bubble around the world.
"greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century" remark was explained by Putin several time. Back then in Soviet era everyone from every member states were free to travel and migrate around , it was under one system. When Soviet collapse it resulted a huge amount of Russians stuck in those ex member states and they are faced with enourmous uncertainties in terms of socio-economy, nationality recognition and security conditions.
But it seems to me that many of you guys simply accepted what Western mainstream media says by taking the remark out of context and call Putin a new Tsar.
The world is never going to have peace because vast vast vast majority of the people in the world lack such critical thinking in complex issues especially economy, history and politics, and easily brainwashed by propagandas.
I am exhausted and tired of this hypocritic world. Believe me. I am also tire of debating online being a keyboard warrior and non of us can change the world. Good luck to all of us.
Dont forget how American Media make many people dislike Muslims during War on Terror era and many Western scholars and publicists trying to paint a picture where Quran made Muslims aggressive and violent.
You buy the Medias word without researching and thinking further, you become part of the problem. World will never have peace. even what you said is meant to be humourous.
I'm surprised there are people "in the west" who understand this relatively simple truth about Putin's ideology like you 👍
In the late 1990s, shortly after the signing of the mutual Security Agreement between NATO and Russia, NATO began the actual eastward expansion operation, which has been violated by the agreement until now, five rounds of eastward expansion have been conducted. Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic were admitted in 1999. In 2004, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia and Lithuania joined NATO. Croatia and Albania joined in 2009. Montenegro joined in 2017; In 2020, North Macedonia will join.
After as many as five rounds of NATO enlargement, the agreement has long been in vain, and NATO's strategic tentacles have reached the Russian border. The security pact between NATO and Russia reached 20 years ago is a dead letter. This is The REAL Reason Putin is Invading Ukraine.
I want to nominate this as the most American take on the crisis I have seen yet.
That's exactly what I thought. I sometimes wonder what it feels like to see life in such a simplistic way. He totally confused the excuse Putin's making to invade with the actual reason
lmfao
super biased video in facts and tones in his voice
@John Grigg probably something internal o resource driven, like most wars
Exactly, I usually like his videos but this one is just clearly biased.
"Putin thinks ...", "Putin wants ...", "Putin is afraid of ..." - if you hear any of this, then be prepared, maybe right now you are being fed shit.
*Share your thoughts 💭 and suggestions on the above number:::.*
No , Putin has everyone in his control. Similar to North Korea he's more of a dictator than a president , and everyone in the right mind understands this.
@@on_set5917 lol you know nothing about North Korea. In fact, I know you don’t because only people who don’t know anything about North Korea will shoehorn NK into any conversation about “dictators” or authoritarianism. If you wanna understand NK, you HAVE to learn about the Korean War, what started it, and the United States role in the horrific oppression of NK. All of the click bait “facts” about NK are lies of western media, and it’s easy to tell considering none of them have any actual sources. And they get increasingly outrageous. NK is just a country that is extremely wealthy in natural resources but is under the boot of absolutely insane economic sanctions and US military presence at their borders.
Russia is an entirely different story. But it’s helps nobody to diminish an entire countries story the way you just did. There are two sides to everything. We just live in the dominant force of the world, so our nation (USA) heavily controls the narratives.
In Russia the only thing what matters is what Putin wants. I live in Eastern Europe and thats how politics work here in every country since forever. It's just another form of feudalism with the king and the aristocracy getting the land/money/positions and we the peasants. If you don't understand this you cannot understand Russian or Ukrainian or Eastern European politics. The West wants to spread democracy, which even if an imperfect system (since nothing is perfect) at least gives you a greater autonomy and some choice, even if as for the big things the choices are still illusionary. So for Ukraine, the West is a much better prospect than joining this dubious "aliiance" ran by a single person voted in for life. NATO is made up of dozens of countries all leaders being replaced every couple of years, and there is no "NATO" opinion, there are the NATO members who all have their opinions. In Russia, its only Putin and whatever Putin thinks. You cannot "cooperate" with Putin because you have to do whatever Putin wants anyway. Countries could leave the NATO and oppose the US (France left once, Germany constantly was against the US wars etc.). Russian "alliances" is basically like a master-slave relationship.
@@novakattila Come on ... Only US call the shot in Nato. Other countries are just for window dressing.
It's a one-sided analysis. It doesn't take an expert to be able to raise questions about the complex factors. Ex-girlfriend and boyfriend comparison to the conflict reflects the lack of understanding and immature of the mind in geopolitics.
What’s unfortunate is this channel missed an opportunity to produce an analytical and entertaining docu series. Instead I see a simplistic left of center bias.
Many people are ridiculing Putin's remarks regarding the collapse of the USSR. I was born in the USSR in 1982. I share the view that it was a catastrophic event for our generation, particularly for Soviet citizens who identified with the Soviet Union. The rise of nationalism, fueled by both external and internal factors, led to brutal civil wars that continue to resonate today. Tens of thousands perished, hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes and were forced to flee from their birthplaces and familiar surroundings.
It's common for Westerners to claim that Putin aims to resurrect the Soviet Union. Personally, I disagree with this assertion. He once remarked that the Soviet industry could only produce galoshes (rubber shoes), indicating his skepticism towards restoring the Soviet era. Unfortunately, the underlying ideology of the Soviet state failed under practical examination. Nonetheless, the collapse of the country brought about immense sorrow and hardship.
Came back here after watching Russia start to invade Ukraine. Honestly kinda scared for the future…
Mee too. As a Polish citisen i seriously concider selling all my assets here and go to the west. Fucking nuts as i'm barely recovering from the covid madness. What's really interesting though is putting Vladimir Pozner's lecture in comparison with this video. USA is quite and asshole when it comes to war-related stuff and they were no good in that term. Putin wanted to join NATO in 2002 and had few years od collab with US after 9/11. It sucks as the propaganda here is so strong from all sides it's quite hard to learn the truth.
I did too. I don't 100% agree with Johnny's assessment of Putin's intentions. Although Putin's invasion is totally wrong and violates all sorts of international relation processes, some of Putin's demands are not nonsensical as Johnny would have us believe - especially the part about NATO expansion. How would you feel if Mexico and/or Canada made a major defense pact with China?
@@johns1139 exactly what i thought, NATO expanding non stop is not only scary for russia but for the world… when there is one big union (and unions are made to fight for the same purpose) that is so strong and has almost no one that can stand against them it’s scary. It’s like a person that acts all nice with everyone to bully other people while they cheer him on and help him
Hey, if Russia wants a Canada/US or Austria/Germany type relationship with Ukraine, that's great. Those relationships, today, do not involve invasions or annexation. They involve economic, military, and cultural cooperation.
It's not about what non-democratic Russia wants but what sovereign Ukraine wants...
@@AndreUtrecht as a canadian ukrainian, lol, it is my understanding that about half of ukraine likes their connection to russia, albeit they all seem to like western culture as well.
Yes, but Austria and Canada do not suddenly decide to join a military alliance with China or any other force opposing west
@@medievalpepper1832 because they aren't afraid their largest neighbor will invade
@@patton3rd1 It's a real chicken-&-egg situation. A Western Ukraine is as much a threat to Russia as a growing Russian sphere is to the West.
There is trust between the US & Canada because there isn't an external player (like China, but could be anyone) actively agitating Canadians to cut ties with the US. If there was, do you think the US would sit idly by?
There are some incorrect statements in this video. For example, putting all former Warsaw Pact countries under the umbrella of "former Soviet countries" or stating that those countries where persuaded by NATO to join. Far from it. Former Warsaw Pact countries had to go to great lengths to be admitted to NATO (e.g. economial and legal reforms), and all of that amid some NATO memebers being veru cautious about opening their doors to the countries that just a few years ago were part of a rival military bloc. The bottom line is that implying such things actually strengthens Putin's narrative that it was NATO that expanded eastwards. In reality, it was those former Warsaw Pact countries that "expanded" towards NATO.
This is a true interpretation, I wish ppl would stop filtering geo politics through their moral values. There is no right and wrong in geopolitics only outcome.
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were indeed a part of the Soviet Union and are now in NATO. It was a blanket statement that encompassed places like Poland, you're correct there. But frankly, it's hair-splitting.
You are a very intelligent person and able to think about things distinctly, as can be seen from all your videos.
I don't know if this video is sponsored or if history is not your best ability, but this video misses several crucial points and has a partial vision of the conflict.
I feel like a lot of this explanation heavily depends on taking Putin's writings at face value, and not as (in greater or lesser part) propaganda pieces intended to foster nationalism among Russians, and rally support among the populace and the oligarchs and other powerful people whose backing he depends on. As much as he may or may not be a romantic, Putin is also an intelligent tactician heavily concerned with his own power, and this wouldn't be first time a dictatorial leader starts a conflict over a nation's bygone glories to increase national unity and support.
I believe what you say about Putin having strong, genuine feelings about the geopolitical history shared by Russia and Ukraine, but reducing this conflict down to "Putin is a delusional, jealous ex-boyfriend" seems overly simplistic to me.
EDIT: I guess I stand corrected. He's proven himself to be anything but an intelligent tactician, and the idea that this whole war's sole purpose was to simply stroke a blind, power-hungry dictator's ego seems more and more like it's the truth.
@good one thanks for the link, I reported it to youtube for you!
Absolutely correct - this is essentially a war of propaganda and should be analyzed as such.
Beside the shared heritage and economic sphere of influence, I feel Johnny is brushing the whole "Nato at your doorstep" a bit too quickly here, I think that's probably a big factor And Ukraine not joining NATO will probably be part of his explicit demands to ease the tension.
excactly what i thought. The point that Ukraine got more western Politicians and wants to be in the west has to be looked closer. If you look at the US and the dozens of states they manipulates in favour of them is unbelievable. Really not impressed with this video. nothing new to be honest and no where near a deep analysis
@good one یہ کیا طریقہ ہے دین کا مذاق بنوانے کا۔ کلکس چاہیئں تو کوئی دوسرا طریقہ اپنائیں۔
No mention of the Minsk agreements / 2014 and NATO's & US's commitment not to move towards Russia?
Maybe Johnny never heard of this?🤔
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 EXACTLY!! America went against their word and now are dealing with the consequences
Conveniently left out to push a narrative,
Exactly! That’s one of the real reasons
When Putin invaded Crimea, NATO turned a blind eye.
When the USSR colapsed there was no more need for NATO.
Would the USA have agreed for Russia to put military bases in Mexico or any other place close to its proximity ?
Not a blind eye ... in CRIMEA there's a REFERENDUM and the people there have spoken.
Personal emotion won be the only factor. The MAJOR reason for putin to do that is if Ukraine join NATO means Western military forces would base next to the Russia just miles away, it jeopardises the Russia and it is possible to jeopardise Russia to be controled or even invaded by western countries or NATO
Admission of Ukraine to NATO since 2014 is fundamentally impossible
Greetings from Finland
watching this now to get some information, I don’t live in ukraine nor russia but I live in europe and even if I don’t this still concerns the world, this situation could escalate and become a bigger war 🤦🏻♀️ I’m sad for all the people, the innocent people who are the losers in this situation. I hope that this won’t end badly
please dont take this video as information... this is uncut propaganda with ZERO information. I love johnny harrises videos but this one is stupid.
@@spoonskates like I said to get some information, it doesn’t mean that I’ll believe everything. I can also search abt it 🤷🏻♀️ at the end of the day I’m just worried for ukraine’s people who are suffering from the attacks.
Most likely
uhhh russia is NOW INVADING
It will, one way, or another. One thing is for certain: Even if it does not become a world war, Russia is most definitely fucked. They are waging a war they cannot afford.
You misunderstood one rule of international relations that every super power wants its borders secured, they want neighbors that are friendly and easily controlled. US will react the same way if canada, mexico or even Greenland sign a military agreement with china. Case in point: cuban missile crisis 1962
Yes, this seems to have been left out by this TH-camr. They certainly wouldn't want a traditional adversary as their neighbor. Also, It’s childish to use the ex bf/ex gf analogy for this situation.
Hhahaahhahahahaha how are you so sure that US will invade Canada if China had a military agreement there? China been colonizing South China Sea but where y’all at? Siding with Putin? 🤮🤣
Also, the world knows China with its military have its own agenda and evil works behind that military agreement. China and Russia cannot be trusted at all cause they don’t have transparency, legitimacy and integrity with their actions unlike the US and NATO
@andy broqueza, you didn't understand my comment. Please read it again carefully. It wasn't about west vs east or democracy vs dictatorship
Hello from Russia. It seems to me that if Mexico suddenly wants to join some kind of military alliance (not NATO), the democratic policy of their neighbor will never allow it. Or do you think someone will come forward and say "they are a sovereign country, they do what they want, we cannot interfere in their politics"))) It seems to me that then the United States will simply have another state, south of Texas
The collapse of Soviet Union was a real tragedy. It was a tragedy for millions of people who became poor within days and didn't know what to do. Don't be so sarcastic, Johnny. Plus, you forgot to mention of NATO's presence not only in Europe but on the East and Middle East as well.
Only for russian imperialists. Soviet Union was a prison of nations.
When you thought the pandemic will bring all nations together, but instead another world war is closer than ever.
Prayers to everyone in Ukraine right now.
covid is just a short pause in the international politics
Don't worry nothing will happen with Ukraine. The whole NATO are on their side and if something really escalete between Russia and Ukraine, the whole NATO will protect Ukraine.
Funny how in this vid there is no mention about the 2014 coup that happened in Ukraine that was openly supported by US and EU. There is much missing from the "real reason".
This Russia-Ukraine conflict wouldn’t be another world war
@@stevie6621 Lot's of context conveniently cut out.
I feel like, for the sake of brevity, you have grossly simplified the relationship between Ukraine and Russia (particularly by glossing over what Stalin did to them, which happens to be the period Putin is currently glorifying), while that is an understandable editorial decision, it does undermine your argument somewhat. Also, do you really think Putin has truly been able to retain power under his own capabilities? You may want to examine the people who actually ensure he retains power more closely and see what their motives are. That might help you gain a better idea of why he desperately wants and needs Ukraine back under Russian control and it is far from romantic.
His pro western stance is very clear. This is not journalism but a propaganda.
Who are the oligarchs controlling Putin?
"You may want to examine the people who actually ensure he retains power more closely and see what their motives are."
I believe Johnny touches on this in this video: th-cam.com/video/hrORwk_RZLM/w-d-xo.html
Can you elaborate on that pls?
@@patrickm.4754 but, but, but the argument of OP here was not that he is pro-west, but rather that the video is incomplete, if anything, you could say he was pro-east in this video!!
I think we need a follow up to this one.