The USSR helped us defeat the Germans. Russia makes it sound like it was they who sacrificed it all. Puhlease, let’s not forget Russia sided w Germany at the beginning of the war. Talk about revised history.
Russians have created a whole different narrative or amnesia from their activities in WW2 - they have not been in reality for a long time - and still collectively remain that way
Same side as Germany for two whole years. Did a deal - Russia got the Baltic states, Finland and half of Poland. Once they were attacked and joined the Allies, Britain supplied them via Archangel. The absolutely worst convoys to be on.
I remember hearing a story about a German POW who remembered that the single moment when he realized Germany was going to lose the war was when he discovered the US supply chain was so strong chocolate was a part of standard GI rations and sailors had fresh ice cream.
@adamb89 I heard a similar story about a German POW realizing they were going to lose when we saw how completely casual the Allies were with fuel. Vehicles would be left running, gas cans would leak, oil would spill during refueling and no one cared. In comparison the Germans were tightly rationing and conserving every single drop they could. That's when he knew they'd lose, seeing that contrast
@@holyheretic3185 That is a fact and It is certainly a stain in our history books, along with many other stains. I would like to believe that as a country we have learned from atrocities such as that, and that comparable crimes will never be allowed to happen again…. The fact that this history has not been selectively removed from our country's history books and we can have this conversation unlike the white washed history books of certain other countries…. That gives me hope
@@adamb89 I forgot who quoted it but there was something similar, where he basically said he realized they lost the war by seeing how they would know where their power is and send them cakes if it was their birthday
I am Russian, this is the truth. Now, I can tell u, there are many that want to REATURN to their HOME but Roskvgardia will not allow. Many in Russia WANT Ukraine in Kursk 1
It's all downhill for Vova. His last best men the 810th Naval Marines just got OBLITERATED. 70% captured but mostly killed. 30% routed and fled the battlefield. Even their highest field commander went chicken and surrendered instead of RESETTING himself
UKRAINE! NOT "russia" was the MAIN TARGET OF THE GERMAN INVASION!!!!!!! PEOPLE NEED TO FINALLY LEARN TRUE HISTORY INSTEAD OF RUSSIAN LIES AND DEFAMATIONS
@@freebolt5913 What? The Sovjet army was entirely different and a lot of non russian countries delivered most of the technological advances, built the weapons or turned out to be the best soldiers / generals the USSR had. Russia itself always had a problem getting out of the mentality of the tzarist empire being mindless serfs. To this day this mixture of deep set corruption, feudal view of its citizens and neglect of the country as a whole plagues Russia. Putin behaves like a Tzar. Jelzin did the same. Its just like in WW1 when Russia was the biggest superpower but rotten to its core regarding skill, discpline, values. It transcended into a deeply inefficient army just like today.
And for the British Commonwealth essentially contained the Nazis to Europe after evicting them from North Africa, though their Uboats did sneak all around the world, including the likes of New Zealand mainlands and sub-Antarctic Islands.
If the "Allies" of Ukraine give them everything they can spare NOW, without restrictions, I believe that the AFU can finish this War this year. Also, why don't they introduce their own version of Russia's "Little Green Men"? The Baltic States are raring to get involved.
Jag vet... Allt Ukraina behöver göra är att glida runt baksidan av fronten, ända ner till vattnet, och de har stängt av och omringat hela RU-militären. Även om det i princip skulle vara omöjligt att göra mot en riktig armé, visar sig RU vara allt annat än. De är helt förbrukade, outgunned och out-mekaniserade vid denna tidpunkt.
I think you might well be right. I also think that if Putin were to give Crimea back to Ukraine, he might be able to broker at least a cease-fire. How won't, of course, because, like trump, it's all about HIM...
Who would make such a reckless move to try and take a country for no good reason and then deplete their own country when it becomes apparent it’s not as easy as first thought. Answer… a stubborn leader that puts their own interests before the people of who they lead. I hope to see the day when the people of Russia are united with the free world.
Agreed....but take it a step further.....Putin is a tiny man with 4" lifts in his shoes......his ex-wife said he was hung like a minnow and then cruelly added.......not a very large minnow......the man such as he is, is corrupt and arrogant and not too bright.....he also has a series of tiny man syndromes going on.
The West was scared of the USSR attacking during the Cold War. Now we know it was not the Russians we should have been scared of but the Ukrainians. Back then we thought the Russian army was the second best in the world. Two years ago we realised it was the second best in Ukraine. Now we see it is also the second best in Russia!
as CHURCHILL WROTE- GERMANY WAS DEFEATED IN UKRAINE THAT LOST 15.7 MILLION OF THE TOTAL 23 MILLION USSR VICTIMS- USSR WAS 15 REPUBLICS. THE UKRAINIANS WOULD HAVE DEFEATED GERMANY WITHOUT THE WESTERN ALLIES AND WOULD HAVE ROLLED TO THE ATLANTIC- THAT IS WHY D DAY OCCURRED, NOT TO FIGHT GERMANY BUT TO CLAIM TERRITORY BEFORE THE UKRAINIANS PUSHED ON TO THE ATLANTIC
I disagree. There has never been any reason to be afraid of Ukraine. Ukraine, as far as I know has never attempted to annex another country or part of another country claiming it was really part of Ukraine. The Russian army is now in tatters and Putin has practically nobody left to throw at the ''cannons''...unless he starts using school-children and or mothers and grandmothers...which I'm sure he would do without a secong thought if the thought the Russians would stand for it.
Putin and his people were progressing nicely before this war. They were behind, but their future was secure, and he ups and starts this incursion. Perplexing fellow, to have had such a stable reputation.
Putin has been agitating against various countries since 2008 - Ukraine since 2014, Georgia 2008, Moldova, and elsewhere. He's been trying to redraw the map, ignoring national boundaries, using military aggression for imperialist aims. He isn't interested in living in peace and is destroying Russian's future through war. He has united Ukrainians against Russia, united and expanded NATO, made Russia a pariah state, destroyed the economy. He's not playing 3D chess, it's more like darts - which he doesn't seem very good at.
All these disgusting Ukrainian troops stealing from stores in Kursk but worse than that its been reported that they shoot at civilians fired rockets at buildings, ambulances and fire engines, and us Brits are supporting these Nazis, it won't end well for Nato, mercenaries and Ukrainian troops, allegedly over 10,000 entered Russia and I doubt if half will return. Another suicide mission by Zelensky. this obviously won't be shown by our British MSM
yes, 'Breaking up Moscow empire is the only way to end its imperialism', And I don’t mean Putin´s imperialism, but Moscow imperialism in general , from Solzhenitsyn and Brodsky to Yeltsin and Dugin.
Do we have to wait until March? How about the Ides of September? Mrs. Navalny takes over for the next 6 years. Russia Prospers, and stays within it's own borders. It's Diaspora start coming back. Population stabilizes, McDonalds reopens, population drops again lol. Russia helps Ukraine rebuild. (just send money please). NATO offers Russia Membership if it drops it's military budget to 2 pct of it's GDP another lol. Lots to do, let's get busy Russia.
Remember: The last time a Russian leader was rattled and thought he was for the chop due to an incursion on his territory, it did not go well for the invader.
Well, Russia's problems are compounded by the fact that thousands of Russian conscripts have been made POW, and still are being made POW. Young people, barely trained, not intended to fight a war. And after the coming POW-exchange those are to go home and tell their story? That must be Putin's nightmare and dilemma. And not being 'a brilliant general', what about Crimea?
Talking heads (albeit with a lot of experience and entitled to their opinions) predicting Putin’s downfall have so far all been massively off the mark.
Maybe “Russians” are angry about Kursk, but are many of the Kursk residents angry. Historically (mid 17th Century), they were Ukrainians. It was a disputed territory, and remains so.
I just hope this doesn't backfire. Initially Russian men fled the country to avoid conscription for a war they didn't believe in. Now that their country is being directly attacked they might have a different perspective on the war.
Is there someone that could replace Putin? Who? Would there be a struggle amongst certain people? I'm so curious but have no idea who would/could do so.
The idea that the WW2 battle of Kursk is in the Russian psyche is ridiculous😮 it's like saying this old American has the US civil War in my psyche Approximately the same time frame.
Sometimes I'm not sure we give the Russians enough credit - it can be dangerous to underestimate your enemy: Potentially the seeming lack of Russian action to move troops into the Kursk region is a test - Russian leadership is running low on personel and the easiest way to get more without compromising the effort in Donbass is to use conscripts. However, before rushing in a large number of conscripts, they want to see how Russian society reacts to a small number of conscripts being added to the war casualties ... if there is no major backlash during the first few weeks or a month, then they'll deploy much higher numbers in Kursk.
Based on demographics, the drop in population insures that in 10 to 20 years, there will not be enough "spare labor" available to staff an army, let alone handle domestic labor needs. Each successive generation will have less children, to support their growing recipient population.
Just a thought, not that I believe it would, or possibly could happen. I don't. But wouldn't be interesting if Kursk seceeded itself from Russia over this mess and perhaps join Ukraine or at least declared itself neutral? A bit of "futuristic" alternative history, if you will. The thought that the citizens haven't risen up against the Ukrainians, unlike the rising up of Ukrainians against Russian invasion is telling, I think, of the state of Russian zeal in the region. Which is seemingly lacking.
Another conscription on top of the unending humiliations and staggering losses? When will it stop for Putin since both sides are not willing to back down?
Where next? Well, considering how long it takes the Russian military to move and organise, it seems noteworthy that Crimea is at the opposite end of the land war to Kursk.
I’ve specifically seen this messaging on this channel and a couple of other British publications. Yet Putin is still here. Seems it’s wishful thinking and he isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
I hate to be a Debbie downer but all this conjecture. You know what will be really meaningful? Seeing action by the Russian people, his own army, etc. until then this is all talking into the wind.
I couldnt agree with Hamish more, the Kursk incursion is not the only move planned by Ukraine to the point that it was intended as a distraction which worked beyond their wildest dreams. Clearly it was very carefully and meticulously planned but I think it was meant to be a distraction for the main goal which is Crimea. They have spent months systematically degrading Crimea's air defense and early warning systems, isolating them in terms of ferries and heavy amphibious cargo and I cant see them wasting all of that effort. What I think will happen is that they will wait until the Russians start to relocate troops away from the major battle front and the F16's are settled in, then take out the Crimean bridge and lay siege to Crimea.
UA can Mad Max their troops all the way to the Don in the East, NO ? That puts the M4 under the guns & cutting offmost supplies for around 5 million from coming to the front lines, NO ? Muddy Season/ Winter will be both cold and hungry !
Yes, but 1,760,000 of those French losses were POWs, and 240,000 were wounded. 84,000 were killed and missing in action. (Germany had 45,000 killed and missing, and 111,000 wounded.)
War is about contracts not democracy. The Taliban still rules Afghanistan but with billions of dollars worth of dumped US equipment. Ukraine was also a money laundering operation. Wars create refugees which means more contracts. Check out the 200 000 UK homes for Ukrainians story. This is where your taxes go and trillions of dollars go missing. It’s the way of the world.
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Come on folks, let Ukraine defend itself without tied hands.
But hurry. There are hardly any Ukrainians left. Ukraine's army is now barely the size of Britain's
@@marioformosa4259 you don't seriously think Russia will be allowed to keep a single inch of Ukraine, do you?
@@tomw.6757who is gonna stop em?
Biden? Kamala? Trump? Betch please.
Ukraine can fight so well that the eastern front is collapsing.
Your detailed questions inform your audience while challenging your guest. Great job, James.
Great to see Hamish telling it like it is. No fluff
No fluff. Just lots of bull.
Thanks Colonel, spot on commentary and analysis. I do hope the politicians are listening.
Hamish needs to talk to Scott Ritter and learn some truths.
Putin is not rattled. Nato and Hamish know they have already lost. He is a spout for the neocons.
@@philipellis4530the child molester ?
The USSR helped us defeat the Germans. Russia makes it sound like it was they who sacrificed it all. Puhlease, let’s not forget Russia sided w Germany at the beginning of the war. Talk about revised history.
Not to mention that, by all accounts, they were WORSE than the nazis in the territory they occupied.
Not to mention the vast quantities of kit shipped to them by the Yanks.
@@captainhadd0ck we built their manufacturing, but Stalin took the credit. Russians have been living in their own reality.
Russians have created a whole different narrative or amnesia from their activities in WW2 - they have not been in reality for a long time - and still collectively remain that way
Same side as Germany for two whole years. Did a deal - Russia got the Baltic states, Finland and half of Poland.
Once they were attacked and joined the Allies, Britain supplied them via Archangel. The absolutely worst convoys to be on.
Thank you
During WWII the Americans treated German POWs so well a lot didn’t want to go home or immigrated later.
I remember hearing a story about a German POW who remembered that the single moment when he realized Germany was going to lose the war was when he discovered the US supply chain was so strong chocolate was a part of standard GI rations and sailors had fresh ice cream.
Yeah but we also weren't that kind to the Japanese who had been living here all their lives.
@adamb89 I heard a similar story about a German POW realizing they were going to lose when we saw how completely casual the Allies were with fuel. Vehicles would be left running, gas cans would leak, oil would spill during refueling and no one cared. In comparison the Germans were tightly rationing and conserving every single drop they could. That's when he knew they'd lose, seeing that contrast
@@holyheretic3185 That is a fact and It is certainly a stain in our history books, along with many other stains. I would like to believe that as a country we have learned from atrocities such as that, and that comparable crimes will never be allowed to happen again…. The fact that this history has not been selectively removed from our country's history books and we can have this conversation unlike the white washed history books of certain other countries…. That gives me hope
@@adamb89 I forgot who quoted it but there was something similar, where he basically said he realized they lost the war by seeing how they would know where their power is and send them cakes if it was their birthday
the people in kursk in ukrainian control show they happy not sad.
I am Russian, this is the truth. Now, I can tell u, there are many that want to REATURN to their HOME but Roskvgardia will not allow. Many in Russia WANT Ukraine in Kursk
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RasPutin is Finished.
More like Pussolini
Ras klart
not fair to Rasputin he was actually anti-war
@@rochesterjohnny7555 He was indeed a strange character but certainly inappropriate to conflate him with Putin.
@@hoggravyandchitlins
I am an American. What do you expect?
The troops on every yard of uncontested Russian land bordering Ukraine will now constantly be looking over their shoulder.
Hopefully they are all making white flags in readiness.
Uncontested? Typo?
It's all downhill for Vova. His last best men the 810th Naval Marines just got OBLITERATED. 70% captured but mostly killed. 30% routed and fled the battlefield. Even their highest field commander went chicken and surrendered instead of RESETTING himself
I am Russian, I have been screaming this things, if only people knew _truth_ about russia army, it is JOKE
@@dpelpalWe do know the Truth. But idiots and useful idiots will always exist, and ignorant people alike
Ok trust me bro moment 😂😂
@@DiciplinedNasa Mobilization coming 🙂
@user-zh3ig1oj1z Yeah but the three day war is lasting a little long
For Ukraine 2014 was also the first time to be invaded since the Second World War.
You could probably say 9/11 was the first time America was invaded since 1814. Sounds like someone is invading someone all of the time.
You could argue they had been occupied since 1917 though
UKRAINE! NOT "russia" was the MAIN TARGET OF THE GERMAN INVASION!!!!!!! PEOPLE NEED TO FINALLY LEARN TRUE HISTORY INSTEAD OF RUSSIAN LIES AND DEFAMATIONS
and Ukraine got its name and territories since 1918
Or am I wrong
@@miladinperic837 Yes, you are wrong.
Ukraine´s history is much older.
Good. But: The Soviet army wasn't "Russian". It was Soviet. The armed forces of the British empire weren't "English" either.
Same smell different odor Ivan.
@@freebolt5913 What? The Sovjet army was entirely different and a lot of non russian countries delivered most of the technological advances, built the weapons or turned out to be the best soldiers / generals the USSR had. Russia itself always had a problem getting out of the mentality of the tzarist empire being mindless serfs.
To this day this mixture of deep set corruption, feudal view of its citizens and neglect of the country as a whole plagues Russia. Putin behaves like a Tzar. Jelzin did the same.
Its just like in WW1 when Russia was the biggest superpower but rotten to its core regarding skill, discpline, values. It transcended into a deeply inefficient army just like today.
And for the British Commonwealth essentially contained the Nazis to Europe after evicting them from North Africa, though their Uboats did sneak all around the world, including the likes of New Zealand mainlands and sub-Antarctic Islands.
UKRAINE! NOT "russia" was the MAIN TARGET OF THE GERMAN INVASION!!!!!!!
Bye bye Putin bye bye trump..and good riddance…😊
Bye bye Putin, Bye bye Kamala, Bye, bye Illegal migrants; Hello Trump 2024
I thought they were one and the same.
If the "Allies" of Ukraine give them everything they can spare NOW, without restrictions, I believe that the AFU can finish this War this year.
Also, why don't they introduce their own version of Russia's "Little Green Men"? The Baltic States are raring to get involved.
Jag vet... Allt Ukraina behöver göra är att glida runt baksidan av fronten, ända ner till vattnet, och de har stängt av och omringat hela RU-militären. Även om det i princip skulle vara omöjligt att göra mot en riktig armé, visar sig RU vara allt annat än. De är helt förbrukade, outgunned och out-mekaniserade vid denna tidpunkt.
I think you might well be right. I also think that if Putin were to give Crimea back to Ukraine, he might be able to broker at least a cease-fire. How won't, of course, because, like trump, it's all about HIM...
Who would make such a reckless move to try and take a country for no good reason and then deplete their own country when it becomes apparent it’s not as easy as first thought. Answer… a stubborn leader that puts their own interests before the people of who they lead. I hope to see the day when the people of Russia are united with the free world.
@beemrdon52 yes lol
Agreed....but take it a step further.....Putin is a tiny man with 4" lifts in his shoes......his ex-wife said he was hung like a minnow and then cruelly added.......not a very large minnow......the man such as he is, is corrupt and arrogant and not too bright.....he also has a series of tiny man syndromes going on.
Putin is no “leader” … He is effectively in charge of the worlds greatest Prison Camp, and the Russian people need to say ‘Enough is enough …
The Russian people allowed it to happen.
They are being united in BRICS which is the present and the future
The West was scared of the USSR attacking during the Cold War. Now we know it was not the Russians we should have been scared of but the Ukrainians. Back then we thought the Russian army was the second best in the world. Two years ago we realised it was the second best in Ukraine. Now we see it is also the second best in Russia!
Russian army is big joke. I am Russian, I can assure you of this
No one was worried about the Russian army during the cold war.
They only worried about Russian nukes.
as CHURCHILL WROTE- GERMANY WAS DEFEATED IN UKRAINE THAT LOST 15.7 MILLION OF THE TOTAL 23 MILLION USSR VICTIMS- USSR WAS 15 REPUBLICS. THE UKRAINIANS WOULD HAVE DEFEATED GERMANY WITHOUT THE WESTERN ALLIES AND WOULD HAVE ROLLED TO THE ATLANTIC- THAT IS WHY D DAY OCCURRED, NOT TO FIGHT GERMANY BUT TO CLAIM TERRITORY BEFORE THE UKRAINIANS PUSHED ON TO THE ATLANTIC
I disagree. There has never been any reason to be afraid of Ukraine. Ukraine, as far as I know has never attempted to annex another country or part of another country claiming it was really part of Ukraine. The Russian army is now in tatters and Putin has practically nobody left to throw at the ''cannons''...unless he starts using school-children and or mothers and grandmothers...which I'm sure he would do without a secong thought if the thought the Russians would stand for it.
Putin and his people were progressing nicely before this war. They were behind, but their future was secure, and he ups and starts this incursion. Perplexing fellow, to have had such a stable reputation.
All gone,All thanks to putin the fanatic (idiot)
Exactly. He had it made and didn't know it and squandered it all for the mess he's in.
Putin has been agitating against various countries since 2008 - Ukraine since 2014, Georgia 2008, Moldova, and elsewhere. He's been trying to redraw the map, ignoring national boundaries, using military aggression for imperialist aims. He isn't interested in living in peace and is destroying Russian's future through war. He has united Ukrainians against Russia, united and expanded NATO, made Russia a pariah state, destroyed the economy. He's not playing 3D chess, it's more like darts - which he doesn't seem very good at.
He really could've cemented himself in Russian history as one of the better leaders, but he let his delusions of grandeur get the better of him
The 2014 coup by the Americans changed that
I presume, that Ukraine is on a strategic gain! ❤❤❤❤
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ♥️ ❤️
All these disgusting Ukrainian troops stealing from stores in Kursk but worse than that its been reported that they shoot at civilians fired rockets at buildings, ambulances and fire engines, and us Brits are supporting these Nazis, it won't end well for Nato, mercenaries and Ukrainian troops, allegedly over 10,000 entered Russia and I doubt if half will return. Another suicide mission by Zelensky. this obviously won't be shown by our British MSM
yes, 'Breaking up Moscow empire is the only way to end its imperialism', And I don’t mean Putin´s imperialism, but Moscow imperialism in general , from Solzhenitsyn and Brodsky to Yeltsin and Dugin.
The US is the only imperialist nation on earth
Putler: "Everything is still going according to plan!"
I wish Times Radio would stop posting the same video cut from an earlier video. We’ve already seen this.
Don’t watch it then, simple.
it’s important for it to be shown.
Propaganda and disinformation is the same garbage recycled endlessly.
I haven’t
I feel the Ides of March is imminent!
Do we have to wait until March? How about the Ides of September? Mrs. Navalny takes over for the next 6 years. Russia Prospers, and stays within it's own borders. It's Diaspora start coming back. Population stabilizes, McDonalds reopens, population drops again lol. Russia helps Ukraine rebuild. (just send money please). NATO offers Russia Membership if it drops it's military budget to 2 pct of it's GDP another lol. Lots to do, let's get busy Russia.
Et tu Rasputin?
Putin: “Why does my tea taste funny?”
Putin: " why are all the windows open?"
Oops, too late...
The thousands of Kursk residents being relocated will bring economic price spikes for rent and food needed
Think the storm shadow will be used permission will be given. God bless and help Ukraine.
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Where is Peskov?
The colonel omits the terrain, especially the wide river that now acts as natural border south of Kursk.
It's lonely at the top.
It's coming home ..Its coming home !
Col. Hamish De Bretton-Gordon knows how to proceed.
I hope he is, but if I got a cent for every time someone said something bad would happen for Putin in the last 30 months I’d be a billionaire.
Thanks 👍🌞
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
You know I couldn’t listen any longer you know.
Who cares what you can or can't do...
"Putin clinging on" ....... What a joke !!!
Been clinging on for the last 2 years.
Remember: The last time a Russian leader was rattled and thought he was for the chop due to an incursion on his territory, it did not go well for the invader.
Well, Russia's problems are compounded by the fact that thousands of Russian conscripts have been made POW, and still are being made POW.
Young people, barely trained, not intended to fight a war.
And after the coming POW-exchange those are to go home and tell their story? That must be Putin's nightmare and dilemma.
And not being 'a brilliant general', what about Crimea?
Talking heads (albeit with a lot of experience and entitled to their opinions) predicting Putin’s downfall have so far all been massively off the mark.
Yes. Seems to me there should be more explicit emphasis that US support for Ukraine is a national security issue, not a “foreign aid” issue.
They really don’t seem rattled, there is a foreign army on their territory and their pundits are talking about the dnc😮
@@johnwhitney2431 If they don't, they'll "fall" out an open window.
Slava Ukraini
Bless Ukraine 🇺🇦
10/10 on idioms
Maybe “Russians” are angry about Kursk, but are many of the Kursk residents angry. Historically (mid 17th Century), they were Ukrainians. It was a disputed territory, and remains so.
this article is 10% fact 90% speculation.
Keep the conscripts Ukraine. Don't trade them back.
Everybody wants peace but not at the expense of Ukraine. Ukraine has to be reinstated as they were before 2014
I just hope this doesn't backfire. Initially Russian men fled the country to avoid conscription for a war they didn't believe in. Now that their country is being directly attacked they might have a different perspective on the war.
Putin would have done well to read Niccolo Machiavelli where he wrote, "You may start a war when you will. But you cannot end it when you please."
Been saying the same thing for 3 years yet, putin still sits on his throne...
Actually, he’s in Azerbaijan at present, wondering if he should ever go home.
Yes, I am sure the latest news from Kursk would make Putin use his white "throne" quite often.
now or never
I’m afraid they’ll just blame the Ukrainians.
Is there someone that could replace Putin? Who? Would there be a struggle amongst certain people? I'm so curious but have no idea who would/could do so.
Thanks!
His tolerance for pain is too horrible to describe 🤧
Bloody “Fear” Starmer, he needs to grow a pair and unrestrict Storm Shadow.
The people are now starting to ask questions about YT being banned.
Blipping is not the word he was looking for.
The idea that the WW2 battle of Kursk is in the Russian psyche is ridiculous😮 it's like saying this old American has the US civil War in my psyche
Approximately the same time frame.
Was Putin not talking to the Chechians the other day looking for troops
Sometimes I'm not sure we give the Russians enough credit - it can be dangerous to underestimate your enemy: Potentially the seeming lack of Russian action to move troops into the Kursk region is a test - Russian leadership is running low on personel and the easiest way to get more without compromising the effort in Donbass is to use conscripts. However, before rushing in a large number of conscripts, they want to see how Russian society reacts to a small number of conscripts being added to the war casualties ... if there is no major backlash during the first few weeks or a month, then they'll deploy much higher numbers in Kursk.
Putin can end this charade by pulling out of Ukraine.
Based on demographics, the drop in population insures that in 10 to 20 years, there will not be enough "spare labor" available to staff an army, let alone handle domestic labor needs. Each successive generation will have less children, to support their growing recipient population.
Putin and Gerasimov are the most brilliant strategic planners since Stalin and Voroshilov.
một con người vĩ đại đó là putin🌹
Just a thought, not that I believe it would, or possibly could happen. I don't. But wouldn't be interesting if Kursk seceeded itself from Russia over this mess and perhaps join Ukraine or at least declared itself neutral? A bit of "futuristic" alternative history, if you will.
The thought that the citizens haven't risen up against the Ukrainians, unlike the rising up of Ukrainians against Russian invasion is telling, I think, of the state of Russian zeal in the region. Which is seemingly lacking.
Another conscription on top of the unending humiliations and staggering losses? When will it stop for Putin since both sides are not willing to back down?
Crazy Putin time is up let’s get real here.
RUSSIA IS THE SECOND GREATEST ARMY... IN RUSSIA!!!!!
What happens when Russia mobilizes?
'absolutely rattled and clinging on'
thats just not true
this is propaganda in its own right
Where next? Well, considering how long it takes the Russian military to move and organise, it seems noteworthy that Crimea is at the opposite end of the land war to Kursk.
Probably because he’s going to end up like Qaddafi.
No, like Ceaucescu (the Rumanian dictator in 1989).
He’s hiding in Azerbaijan at the moment.
I’ve specifically seen this messaging on this channel and a couple of other British publications. Yet Putin is still here. Seems it’s wishful thinking and he isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
He’s in Azerbaijan, maybe forever.
I hate to be a Debbie downer but all this conjecture. You know what will be really meaningful? Seeing action by the Russian people, his own army, etc. until then this is all talking into the wind.
Putin’s delusion reminds me of Ceaucescu just days before he was overthrown.
Bring it on, I say.
Putin suddenly fears the tea and window washers. I am sure all those loyal trolls and tik tok lads will defend him right?.
Where is puting hiding ?
He should be on the frontline
Come on now!
There is No " killer blow!"
Stop dreaming
It's the Tale of Igor's Campaign all over again.
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I couldnt agree with Hamish more, the Kursk incursion is not the only move planned by Ukraine to the point that it was intended as a distraction which worked beyond their wildest dreams. Clearly it was very carefully and meticulously planned but I think it was meant to be a distraction for the main goal which is Crimea.
They have spent months systematically degrading Crimea's air defense and early warning systems, isolating them in terms of ferries and heavy amphibious cargo and I cant see them wasting all of that effort.
What I think will happen is that they will wait until the Russians start to relocate troops away from the major battle front and the F16's are settled in, then take out the Crimean bridge and lay siege to Crimea.
Duck duck go
Maybe Putin is playing three dimensional chess like that other stable genius. Ha
Did y'know that this is Hamish y'know DeBretton y'know Gordon.... y'know.🫡
When my dear old mother came out with constant ,you know' I would say 'no,I don't know she would say "well I'm telling you" !
The Nazis were fighting Ukrainians back in Kursk in WW2. And Ukraine is right next to its logistics hub.
Wait. So Putin´s only _´rattled´´_ now? 😂
I see other videos of the opposite being reality...
Who do we believe
UA can Mad Max their troops all the way to the Don in the East, NO ? That puts the M4 under the guns & cutting offmost supplies for around 5 million from coming to the front lines, NO ? Muddy Season/ Winter will be both cold and hungry !
putin needs to examine a storm shadow personally.........send one to his office
Maybe, just maybe he wants to use Kursk as a excuse/alibi to call off the war. In the sense to "protect the fellow citizens".
France last 6 weeks in WW2 and lost 2.2 million soldiers.
Yes, but 1,760,000 of those French losses were POWs, and 240,000 were wounded. 84,000 were killed and missing in action. (Germany had 45,000 killed and missing, and 111,000 wounded.)
War is about contracts not democracy. The Taliban still rules Afghanistan but with billions of dollars worth of dumped US equipment. Ukraine was also a money laundering operation. Wars create refugees which means more contracts. Check out the 200 000 UK homes for Ukrainians story. This is where your taxes go and trillions of dollars go missing. It’s the way of the world.
Hey man dont let the cat out of the bag,puttin might be listening.
Guide to war coverage
Most people get emotional when they land on a channel that doesn't meet their expectations.
If you just want cold facts and analysts who don't care to present negative for either side try:
War update Theti mapping
Defence Politics Asia
Military Channel
Weeb Union
History Legend
William the Australian veterans
If you are pro Ukrainian and you need the feel good channels then try
Combat veteran
Sun
daily Telegraph
Sky News
Denny
Ben Rogers interviews
Times radio
If you want pro Russian feel good channels try:
Hindustan Times
Times of India
This is what immediately comes to mind, Hopefully you will be able to avoid emotional damage with this guide