Zelensky ‘is in the driving seat’ as Nato's plan to not provoke Putin fails | Peter Caddick-Adams
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- “Zelensky’s attack was launched in ignorance of the West. The West policy of non-escalation, of not provoking Putin, has failed.”
“Zelensky is now in the driving seat” as Ukraine claims to maintain control of 1000 square kilometres of Russian territory, says military historian & analyst Peter Caddick-Adams.
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If you are at war you are at war, Its not something you go half arsed at!
Sadly, We need the Ukraine High Command to come give the Pentagon some lessons. The US has simply played at wars since the First Gulf War. I would know, I was in before and after, and that is the main reason the US Military ( though still huge and fairly good ) is getting weaker by the day.
@@americanpatriot4227 I cant remember who said but it is true that it is the duty of any commander to bring down the maximum violence on the enemy. Because, it ends the futility of war quicker. Half arsed and limited war just lasts longer, cost more in treasure and dead people. I often wonder when our politicians will grasp the consequences of their actions?
Ex Brit Vet. Best regards to you cousine.
@@americanpatriot4227 You can't blame US though... Think about it, when was the last time, if ever, when US was forced to defend it's own territory? They are used to fight on territory of their allies or in enemy territory, where you are expected to lose some ground every now and then, but you don't have to worry about having your own territory under siege. It's still occupied enemy territory. It's not your civilians that are under attack, nor it is your land that is being destroyed. So abandoning few square kms of it is not hard choice, especially if there are added tactical benefits(like having second line of defense in place where they can retreat.
And Russia was exactly the same as Americans in this aspect. Russia used same tactic US employs in the world. They rolled in on "enemy territory" and Ukraine had to play defensively. But no war was ever won just by being on defense. Hoping to win war on your territory with nothing but defense, that is not winning, that is bleeding out slowly. Especially when you are facing enemy few time your size.
@@scroggins100 He probably wasn't the first, but U. S. Grant said something like that.
Ya, you summed it up perfectly, I hated how ukraine had to fight this war under ridiculous rules, vladvater can do whatever they want.
The West attitude has always been weak towards Russia , the US has always hamstrung Ukraine from the beginning . Giving a country weapons and telling them where they can and cannot use them is pathetic.
Not completely true but close.
Non - Escalation...
Escalation...
The US should not have given weapons in the first place, that is where the problem is. The US should gave agreed to a security guarantee for Russia and averted the war. Get it ?
@@johnadam2885 sigh, we gave Ukraine a security agreement, back when they gave up their nukes, 1993. That's why so many countries don't trust the US now, ask the Kurds, Afghans, and on and on....get it?
@@johnadam2885 You seem to forget that Russia attacked Ukraine. Get it?
We, the west failed Ukraine in 2014 and put restrictions on their missile useage in Putin's war. Ukraine, through bravery and ingenuity have changed the war's dynamic. 💛💙🇺🇦🇬🇧
Zelenski in the driverseat, where he ought to be from the beginning of this war.
He listened far too much to the advice of his colleagues of the NATO..!! Bravo President Zelensky, you are a legend and the BEST president I have EVER SEEN !!! SLAVA UKRAINA. !!!❤
Zelensky is not in the driver's seat, he is a bloody fool. He has now put Ukraine at the risk of a nuclear strike. Putin has said Russia will use a nuclear weapon to avert a strategic defeat. In the current case, they would drive out of the Ukrainians by conventional means in the coming weeks; and the nuclear option is always there to fall back on. If Russia is forced to take the nuclear option, Zelensky will find the west will not come to his aid, as they too would get incinerated if they intervened. Get it ?
We haven't seen this thing play out yet...
The west has been so pathetic with the drip feed
Tell NATO and its allies?
Like theres no such thing as spies in NATO. (Turkey,Hungary)
Team Times 👊🏼
I see both sides, Russia and Ukraine, were fractious cousins for some time.
However, after speaking with many Ukrainians and quite a few Russians who left Russia a year ago, this has drastically changed.
For me, #Ukraine 🇺🇦 has already 'won' this war, when Russia, the second biggest army in the world, could not take Kyiv in 3 weeks. The rest is just a matter of time...
Similar to when the Kremlin occupied and oppressed Poland 🇵🇱 for fifty years, until eventually, the spirit of the people rose up with the Solidarity movement.
This contributed to the collapse of the Soviet regime. People are the REAL power! 💪🏼
What the Soviets sowed, they reaped...
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Unfortunately, Russia may have taken an unforseen path that could end up with the breakup of the Russian Federation, into smaller, independent states like Chechnya, Dagestan, Georgia, Tatastan etc.
Then China will also want to return Manchuria (Vladivostok), back under their state rule, with all it's resources and historical ties.
China is playing the long game.
As Russia becomes weaker, the Chinese get stronger...
If you travel on a Ukrainian passport you will be welcomed around the world with open arms, if you travel on a russian one it will be spat on. Tells you everything.
Drip Drip Drip policy has failed, theres no failure in winning!!!
It’s been a week into the Kursk invasion and Pooty Boy has done *nothing* - he won’t escalate because he *can’t* escalate anymore: he can’t use nukes because he’ll die too, he can’t issue a new mobilization because his war is already very unpopular and he doesn’t want a coup on his hands (he already had a coup attempt last year and won’t survive another) and he can’t call on foreign allies for aid because they are in the process of disassociating from him right now!
He’s cornered and he knows it - even if he pretends otherwise, he realizes that his time is running out and he’s looking for an exit.
Yes his war is unpopular in Russia but don't expect the Russian population to do anything about it. Where is the liberal opposition in Russia now? Where is Kasparov to speak out against Putin? I'm telling you. Russians are not against the war they are against how the war is going for them!
If or when Putin goes down it will come from his inner circle or as it is called a palace revolution. Nobody knows who is going to be in charge next but imagine it is Medvedev for example that puches Putin out of a window. That is even worse. Regime change does not solve anything. They had tsars, They had sovjet commisars, now they have a bunch of kleptocrats with a maffia boss on top it never changes a single thing. Russia remains a continuous menace to it's neighbours. . A descisive militairy victory is needed for Ukraine only that can change the imperialistic arrogant mindset of invinsability and superiority of the Russian people. Then It will not happen overnight but over a few generations we can civilise the orcs..
Western leaders USA in particular gamble to much on regime change from the beginning. Putin is the symptome of the illness not the illness himself. Replacing him might work on the short term when the new leader blames everything on putin and signs a peacedeal but in 20 years when all this tragedy is forgotten in the minds of the Russian common man this new strong man of Russia will chalenge his neighbours again.
Why would Zelensky need to ask NATO?
The brilliance of this move by Ukraine will be spoken about for years to come 👏👏🇺🇦
It’s still going on and you’re over there celebrating how great this is going to be in the history books?
Have you put up your Christmas decorations yet?
Get busy!
@@guybeingaguy I don’t blame you, it must be hard to realize you’re on the losing side.
@@Kodakcompactdisc Oh, I’m an American that takes full responsibility 👍
Whatever is wrong - Americans are to blame and I’m 👌with that.
I’ve learned not to count my chickens before placing them in my cart I put in front of the horse though 👍
@@guybeingaguy you’re passive aggressive reply above made me think you’re russian. A donald supporter so I presume.
@@guybeingaguy shame for the Russian people losing to the smaller country must be tough to except the shame on your country being the aggressor of pure evil
I think a large part of Nato are cool with Ukraine taking this step and are happy they knew "nothing".... Now they can say "Don't look at us" and still support the action
Go well Ukraine!
Putin is provoking Ukraine and NATO. You got that heading the wrong way around !!! 🤣🤣🤣
Far from it!!
@@lucianoantoniodangelo Aaah invading isnt provoking. Kidnapping Children isnt Provoking..
Nice education you have there you immoral russian...
How does it feel to have the second strongest military IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY ??
Yeah, Putin started provoking. What an idiot. To me it's totally ok that China will swallow Russia into a Chinese Provins. 10 years ago I would have thought differently, but noone likes the Russians after this.
ok Ivan
Absolutely.... Russia started the war so what did they expect in return. Russia provoked by sending his tanks over the boarder in February 2022
Not "provoking" Putin? As well try not to provoke the rabid dog chewing on your leg.
How does the speaker know that Zelensky did not discuss his plans with NATO or, in particular western leaders, and have their agreement? Saying that NATO were not informed or they would have stopped it is exceptionally poor logic.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the NATO advisors told him “yeah, definitely don’t invade Kursk, where the Russian defenses are the weakest, and certainly don’t go for the key pipeline nodes in Sudzhu - and make sure you don’t send in your elite mechanized troops as the spearhead for the offensive!”
I think its cause the u.s claim they didnt know.
The US and other NATO allies are closely monitoring and advising on Kiev's military actions. Ukraine doesn't have its own satellite intelligence capability, so would be unlikely to be able to properly plan and execute such an attack on Russia itself. These also need western satellite imagery to monitor the Russian reaction on an ongoing basis and respond to it. I think that the key NATO military leaders must be in the loop.......
@@Mike-H_UKYou’re more than likely correct. Lots of NATO advisors kicking around 😉
Gerasimov has been sacked and the head of the FSB (KGB) Bortnikov has replaced him. Putin is on the way out.
Hasn’t Bortnikov already been replaced by Putin’s bodyguard?
@@peterfireflylund Yes - it's panic and chaos in Kremlin. They are full of delusion and reality is getting through. They still believe they have powerful army and changing one man can change anything. They will be chewing through them until one of them decides "I don't want to fall out of the window, so I'll march on Moscow instead of marching on Ukrainian positions".
If NATO had been told the information it would have been in the Kremlin before Zalenskys top general's had heard it ,
As long as my US and Europe only supports Ukraine to keep them ahead of Russia but not to win, Ukraine will have to do what is necessary to win! It’s their soldiers in harm’s way & their country’s freedom at stake! 💙🇺🇦💙🇺🇦 I hope Kamala is more aggressive!
What is this guy talking about, as far back as may the UK amount a number of other countries gave the go ahead to use the supplied weapons inside Russia, so I find it very hard to believe Ukraine or acting without the approval of western countries.
Capital "M" for May (proper noun). "the UK amount" = the UK and a number of {et cetera: Latin for etc. }. "Ukraine or acting" = Ukrainia is acting. Not criticism, just trying to help your English.
Exactly he acts if he knows ... he doesn't. Hence perhaps NATO advisors abroad told Zelensky if he wants to win it's better to invade then to defend at all cost.
@@peteryounger8876 I'm dyslexic, thankfully I finished school and don't have to deal with any more teaches punching down, but there's always online to look forward to.
Kadyrovs men really helped out ukraine with russias border ❤❤
its not their war, they are but mercenaries
@@AIAudiobooks411 Even so, they failed in their assigned task - they have been revealed to have more bark than bite.
@@wilberwhateley7569 they have zero actual combat experience. they are good at bullying civilians thats it.
It’s already been proven they had an agreement with the Chechen’s fighting for Ukraine they would immediately withdraw or surrender apparently some have already applied to join the Ukrainian chechens
@@wilberwhateley7569I think that there's a reason why they are know as the Tiktok brigade. 🤔🤔🤔😭😭😭😭
When your neighbor keeps shooting at you from his home and authorities are incapable or unwilling to intervene, you take matters into your own hands. That simple.
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Necessary opsec as part of the failure of the last offensive was, as Zelensky said, their plans were on the Kremlin table before they had even started. Too many Russian infiltrators in the west
SOMEONE in the Biden WHITE HOUSE WOULD HAVE TIPPED OFF PUTIN.
@@1776stubborn Since trump is such close friends with putler, why would he not tip him off?
@@jagarman7048 Let me help you. Biden is presently in the office of the President of the United States. Not Trump. And you should understand that diaper Joe has been slow walking the aid that Trump said he would give them day one, if Putin doesn't leave. You missed that. LOL
You make no sense
@@jagarman7048 What an Idiot, The Trump that ordered the COMPLETE destruction of Wagner and Russian troops in Syria? That Trump? The Trump that saw no invasions, no new wars - NOT ONE US Serviceman Killed in Afghanistan in his last 18 months, Peace Accords all over the Mid East... That Trump? What a joke.
It's almost impossible to overstate the eye-watering weakness of most western political and military leadership... including US, UK, Germany, France, Australia, etc.). Weak men leading democracies into very hard times.
Agree - that's why people are trying to pick some incompetent strong looking idiots, like Kaczynski, Orban, Trump, etc, etc.
' Putin is provoking Ukraine and NATO. You got that heading the wrong way around !!! ' is right!!
OK Ivan
if putin was going to do anything he would have at one of the 30 odd other "red lines" that have already been crossed.
Scholz must be changing his diapers several times a day at this stage.
Why would he? What's Russia going to do?
@@Scotian6444 Exactly.
Maybe he will now send the Taurus missiles.
The Russians only understand strength. That's been the case for 300 years. Why this is such a complex concept for Western countries to understand is beyond me. Nuclear weapons are a variable, but we are still well below the threshold for that risk profile.
Russia could be a great place to live and prosper if Putin hadn't ruined it.
It's friggn cold for a long time there dude
@jeffperteet2327 are you aware that winter clothes exist? 🤔
You are so wrong Russia was on its knees until Vladimir came power do some research 😅
@@chrissharkey6172 I think you need to do research, not me. Putin has hollowed out the Russian economy.
@@chrissharkey6172 Plus Putin and his friends have been milking the Russians for their money ever since they got power.
Biden has been extremely weak in dealing with Putin and Blinken a chocolate teapot - I think Kamala will be far more proactive.
Blinken is managing in an excellent way. I think Jake Sullivan is to blame.
I love listening to experts,they are always so knowledgeable after something happens.Yes,and yet I listen
Chess strategy.....take possession of the opponent's territory.
Pudding's days are numbered.
I don’t think he’ll see next week
Ukraine no longer has to fight with bad Russian weapons
This guy had some interesting points - though I think he's incorrect about Ukraine leaving Kursk - I find it more likely that, if Russia is able to apply sufficient pressure, Ukraine will withdraw at a pace which maximise the attrition ratio to Ukraine's advantage. It's likely the war will end before Ukraine has fully retreated.
War is unpredictable.
I am 43 seconds in and I have already heard this guy claim three assumptions as fact then gone on to announce implications of his assumptions as fact. I will take a pass on this recording.
Can someone please explain if this is western propaganda? Ukraine is struggling in places, good soldiers are dying every day protecting their country yet all Times Radio seems to focus on is Russian struggles with absolutely no concern for the other side. Frankly with the amout of struggles that this channel covers with regards to Russia, the country should long be overrun by Ukranians yet the balance at the front is somewhat in favour of Russia. How so?
The struggle is on the defensive side - where the majority of the Russian imperialists’ forces are pressing them: on the offensive side the indigenous forces of Ukraine have the edge because there’s hardly any resistance (some conscripts, some Chechen mercs that folded quickly, some FSB or police units…) that can stand up to their onslaught - basically, the Russian strategy has turned their nation into a glass canon (they can hit pretty hard, but can’t take much punishment without folding).
Don’t mix Ukraine and Gaza. Gaza is not in our interest zone
I agree with this man
Don't provoke putin ??????????
Let him do what he wants ?????????
I don’t believe the intelligence services didn’t know. I think they thought Ukraine has proved itself and the time is right.
Zelensky is the man of the century !
Wow! Times Radio actually got a decent guest for once. Peter Caddick-Adams is a fine military historian. I enjoyed his books on '1945: Victory in the West' and 'Monte Cassino' and the Battle of the Bulge. As he says, it is pointless to speculate on Putin's succession plan - he cannot have one because that would undermine his power. The spiders will just get more frenetic and hungry in the jar.
If Iran is that weak how do they get away with harassing and attacking foreign militaries passing through the strait?
Inna real war as in the case of Ukraine / Russia war , whatever weapon Ukraine 🇺🇦 procure or import, becomes UKRAINIAN why tying their hands when they have been murdered In their country by the RUSSIAN
this guy doesnt know this. Zelensky could of talked about this with nato. Just because nobody told him doesnt mean it wasnt part of the plan.
Brilliant
Self defense is not provocation. Why are we we even entertaining such a ridiculous premise?
Someone needs to tell NATO that their plan is not to provoke Russia, they are not doing well at this
NATO's "plan" for dealing with Russia is the same as most of the Western "plans" to deal with problems around the world. The centerpiece of the "plan" is the fervent hope that the problem will go away if the West does the absolute bare minimum in terms of activity. NATO's "plan" lives at the intersection of conservatism and timidity.
Excellent!😊
Zelensky was fed up waiting on the weak west.all talk with no action.
Attempts by Russia to take back the towns and villages could result in them being severely damaged in the fighting. Putin will then have to explain why peoples' homes and workplaces have been destroyed. He will also have to bear the cost of re-building them.
Escalating? Seriously pretzel logic. We are in this together to defeat Putin soundly.
Invading Kharkiv the second time seems an incredibly dumb move now. The first time seemed a good idea at the time, since nobody realized how the intense corruption undermined the Russian army.
Why does Times radio always repeat the dialogue?
Ukraine is fighting for its own survival and Russia is definitely gonna learn in the hard way because Ukrainians are warriors and they don't joke when it comes to fighting an enemy. You can as well comfirm these fact from their boxing champ. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
When you want a new russia you risk to loose the older
If the truth can be told, Germany and probably other EU states fear post war competition from Ukraine. Ditto Polish farmers and many others. Ukraine victorious would be a LARGE state with competitive advantages of large scale mining, vast agricultural areas, and a forward-thinking population, bye and large. So not all the foot dragging is high minded. You can see from this the concept of the European Union, as a union, is still being realized. NATO, if Ukraine were a member, could probably put to rest concerns about Russian hegemony. Contrarily, if Ukraine were to completely fall the Russian Federation would essentially be doubled in military capability and Europe would be relatively weaker. This has happened before and the result was catastrophic.
President Zelensky is a commendable and astute leader who tirelessly works towards the liberation of his nation. He is a hero who deserves our support.
"ukraine has gaines in 1 week, as much land in russia in 2 years" is just not true
Now let Ukraine into NATO!
Oh come on! Zelensky is holding the line its his choice! I wish british gov would protect its people, even netanyahu protects his people
Giving Ukraine everything it needs to win this war and Ukrainian integration into the EU and NATO is the west’s best self defense.
People are dying daily for piece of land. No one is going to take land with them. Only memory is what stays with us. So enjoy your moment. Asset is your today and tomorrow it may be others and it us going stay down for years to come. Why are you fighting.. 😢
NATO…😂…the sleeping beauty. Time for the other ruzzian neighbours to wake up !
Can't you just play some computer game instead? Less than you think are interested in going along with the pooping Putin. Other people have lives
Very good, accurate and compelling analysis.
The two big losers are Jake Sullivan and Vladimir Putin.
You are incorrect......NATO met on the subject and decided it was now ok to attack into Russia short range.....educate yourself
We now see how appeasing a madman with vast resources is futile at best.
It’s almost like he’s fighting a war ?
Hes not in the driving seat if all aid is stopped, the US must have known they spotted the Russian build up before the invasion began snd warned Ukraine.
Im concerned about the response that Russia might take , although that will mean open season on Moscow we need a peace deal before this gets out of control
Anyone who talks about "peace" talks with Russia is a clown.
The deal is now obvious. Russia can give back the Ukrainian land it occupies and Ukraine can give back the Russian land it occupies. Simple.
This is where we get known unknowns which is frankly a scary scenario.
When I get my nose stuffed I also have great ideas
The problem Ukraine has holding territory is the length of the border, not the area involved. So they could theoretically occupy much more land than they already have, and hold it. I have no idea if that is a goal, just saying.
Nothing lost by the Kyiv pro ethnic Ukrainian government as only ethnic Russians are sent on such missions. Kyiv is headed by an ethnic Russian who considers himself to be a Jew. A thousand troops under the payroll of Kyiv have entered the Belgorod reason. Kyiv only sends soldiers on supposedly suicide missions who consider themselves to be ethnic Russians and Cossacks who are originally from Ukraine. Not to be outdone, Moscow spares the lives of ethnic Russians sent by the Kyiv government on suicide missions, and asks them to surrender. A ethnic Ukrainian is someone who kills prisoners of war sent in by Moscow in front of German mercenaries. . Kyiv was created out of Ottoman ruled areas in 1667 when the military base of the Ottoman empire was overrun by Cossack villagers of the suburbs around Kyiv. in 1667. In 1783, a nation was created by conquering the whole of present day Ukrainian was taken from Ottomans and created as a homeland for Cossacks the fiercely independent Russian clans of present day Ukraine.
Is that true? Theyve gained as kuch territory in a week as Russia has gained in two years?
'the Wests policy of non-escalation' -
lol
"Peace in our time" ... as they once said in 1938.
The idea might be that this area is occupied temporary and after this one another area. In that case Russia needs to change their plans regularly not knowing what will be next.
If we gave them more tanks he said? They have been given hundreds of tanks go look it up
NATO’s plan to win the war by not upsetting Russia. Good plan 😂
Oh dear! A Second Krinky on the way….
Invade and risk being invaded- sounds like war Vlad !
Trump doesn't even mention Ukraine these days. I thought he liked winners.
That is contrary to the opinion of nearly every other guest expert, military or otherwise, that main battle tanks and F 16's would not be game changers
Melrose? Sigh I guess the name fits. Sorry child, MBT's and F-16's are game changers. Its just the quantity of them and the doctrine of use that makes the difference.
Oops Putin...put the kettle on the Ukrainians are popping in for tea !
What a curious point of view from this man, surely an admirer of the great Russia.
Russia now has the second best military in Russia.
Funny, how Ukrainian soldiers walk through a village and a Russian civiian screams „Glory Ukraine“. Funny becaus it reminds me of WW2-scenes where American GIs where walking through newly liberated German towns and villages in 1945...
Let's not upset Putin, perhaps the whole of NATO can surrender now. Maybe NATO can provide us all free Russian language lessons? Weak, weak, weak.
Thanks, Times Radio.
Any news on the killings in Bangladesh or are you not allowed to report on that ?
They new it was going to happen
Choice of Aleksey Dyumin as the Secretary of State shows how badly Putin is mistrusting those around him.
Does putin not use north Korean and Irans equipment as well as foreign soldiers
Yeah, but don’t count on him to admit it…
Since the Russians believe that the West did … Go and do …. support Ukraine all the way.
I wonder if this Ukrainian operation was carried out now in order to grab as much Russian territory as possible and hold it until the autumn rains begin.
This will in effect make cross country operations almost impossible leaving Russia no option but to use the roads which I am sure will be well covered by Ukrainian drones and artillery.
He failed to mention...that in invading Russia. Ukraine has already cit one of two railroad lines. That supplies Russian troops in Eastern Ukraine. And is close to cutting the 2nd line too. And when that happens....Russia has a huge problem. Sooo....why would Ukraine ever retreat and go back into Ukraine!!!