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- Ukraine has been given a limited green light to strike into Russia with Us weapons as it begins counter-offensive operations north of Kharkiv, This week's Frontline experts discuss how the change in US weapons stance could change the war:
Keir Giles, senior consulting fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House.
Owen Matthews, Writer and historian, Spectator's Russia correspondent, ex-Newsweek Moscow and Istanbul bureau chief.
Dr Jade McGlynn, Author of ‘Memory Makers: The Politics of the Past in Russia’ & ‘Russia’s War’ and Research Fellow at KCL.
Prof. Justin Bronk, Senior Research Fellow for Airpower and Technology in the Military Sciences team at RUSI.
Riley Bailey, Russia Analyst at ISW
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Churchill said that ‘you can always rely on America to do the right thing…after it has tried every other option!’
The limitations by the US are absolutely idiotic on those matters!
That’s because they have idiots like Sullivan for politicians.
Those limitations will diminish over time.
The question one should ask, is whether the US and its weapon industry have an interest in ending this war. They are earning billions in profits with providing Europe and partially Ukraine with crazy expensive weapons. Maybe that's the sole reason the US sets restrictions for Ukraine on the use of weapons against the Russian enemy.
May win a battle or two, but nobody will win a thermal nuclear war. Russia is not iraq or Afghanistan.. how would we feel if Russia stuck missiles in Guatemala or maybe Cuba again? I'm sure you folks remember the Berlin wall or irland fighting in close quarters. Does anyone think Ukraine will have an imaginary new drawn line that Russian military or patriots won't fight until that line is moved or gone. Why is once again u.s taxpayers are the ones being suckered? This is ramping up danger for the entire world. I really think people forget Russia is a nuclear superpower. People forget our nuclear subs, and Russia subs play cat mouse game's same in the air. A real president would try diplomacy . I understand that it doesn't always work. But like I said this is a nuclear country. A healthy dose of fear of anhilation is good. A man of bidens age couldn't give acrap. He doesn't care if we all are evaporated. We don't get a do-over. The dems and bush new world order establishment types support this because they are apart and paid by the military industrial complex. If you don't think the w.e.f has their hand in this? , then the spyc-ops, along with the 5th column has done its job.
You and your team are filling a HUGE hole in my (our) ability to participate in thorough, balanced, and 'deep' explorations of what is happening in Ukraine and Russia - and all connected countries. Thank you! (As an American, I have been upset, bordering on rage, with the right-wing Republicans who have been able to slow down aid to Ukraine for their own craven political reasons, mainly pleasing Trump.)
Simple way to end this war. Stop NATO expansion and nobody has to die. It's not rocket science
In Australia there is a huge pro Palestine movement sweeping across universities and outside central train stations. Flags. Dumping soil to disrupt traffic. For Ukraine. There is no noise. Nothing. Barely makes the news. Considering 38 Australians were on MH17 when it was shot down. We hear nothing. So Putin has pulled the strings very well. In my opinion he was behind October 7 attacks. Look up his birth date. Look at the diversion. And the American propaganda useful idiots are not the only ones playing into his hands. It is like a Bond movie or a Batman movie plot. Good trying to get evil. Just pure evil.
Russia isn't exactly a safe distance from "finding out". Give Ukraine what it needs to build a real defense and offense so Russia can look just like Ukraine.
Ukraine couldnt beat russia with USAs military.
@@bryandimery6509 Russia isn't beating Ukraine with their own weapons
It already does. Where do you think the resentment comes from?
@@bryandimery6509Ok comrade get real.
so- until Russia looks like ukraine ??
you don't have big personal spiritual ambitions either have you?
Ukraine must be allowed to defend itself.....
It won't take much, the Rusnn' army can't even take 10% of tiny Ukraine in 2 years. Rusha' has lost 500,000 men and they _still_ are, in reality, losing.
At U.S. taxpayer's expense? Another Vietnam.
I'd argue against that if such views were allowed on youtube.
@@dpelpal Coping is not a pretty sight.
@@Willy_Tepes We know him pretty well. Don't lose your time to him.
if Russia can use weapons from Iran and North K......then Ukraine can use weapons from across the world.....right!!
Not to mention that Rushn' military is a bit of a joke at this point. If they can't take even 10% of the second poorest country in Europe after 2 years and 450,000 casualities, their "army" is nothing short of a complete joke.
The issue is that Russia knows , that Ukrainians cant use this weapons and thats French and UK people who are striking . Which means, that France and UK are in war with Russia .
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Bub missle air russia ?
If ukraine can strike the Russian rear with nato weapons and nato specialists then Russia can strike at ukraine's rear which is in nato.
@@davidshapiro292 Putin opens up a new front because he wants a 'buffer zone' inside Ukraine. Ends up moving the front line into Russian territory. Yet another strategic blunder.
12:55 is it really growing? How is that? By building tanks that get blown to bits 6h after getting in Ukraine? I say let them keep growing like that...
I think this dude is a shill. Times Radio has the same problem as Fox 'News'...an ownership problem.
Ukraine doit être permit de se défendre
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Silicon Curtain with Garry Kasparov interview.
Exactly what Garry said....The Rushn' army is a total joke. If they can't even take 10% of the second poorest country after 2 years and 500,000 men, Ukraine will win in the end.
Rusha' has now lost over 450,000 men and hasn't even taken 10% of the 2nd poorest country in Europe. Rusha is losing in slow motion seems to me
Nice 👍
Peace is better than war. Both should work out a peace plan.
I liked all the contributors, except Owen Matthews.
He is asked what should the USA do, he says ramp up oil production, then a minute later he says the USA can't do that because its oil industry would go bust.
He said Russia was growing faster than any other, then admitted it was fake growth.
That felt to me like a clever man trying to show he was clever, rather than giving a helpful informative answers.
Agree completely! Was a very confusing comment!
If they would have left the WARS TO THE GENERALS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT
Absolutely agree 👍🏻
13:09 this explain alot.Russia is richer than ever...
Why are they announcing tax increases then yesterday?
Thanks
Thank you
The first guy kinda contracted himself by saying the Russian Economy is doing really well, and then adding afterwards that the war is taking a lot out of the Economy. If everyone is paying higher taxes and so much of their income is being spent on war related products and services, I don't see how that amount of spending can be sustainable. My knowledge of Economics is limited, but my intuition tells me that a few people in the Kremlin are cooking the books. A lot of that money has already been blown and has literally gone up in smoke.
It’s actually quite nerdy the way that journos and pundits on this channel appear to be salivating at the prospect of nuclear annihilation 🥴
Hi Medvedev. Nobody cares about your blustering.
It goes both ways, putin.loves himself to much to risk nuclear war, he is a coward sending his young men to slaughter. And the russian people are brainwashed. He isn't the only one with nukes, no one wants it but can not afford to allow putin to threaten using them. Otherwise all authoritarian and terrorist states will do the same.
Europe should be strong and always ready to defend itself. To have such a neighbour as Russia one will never to feel oneself in safety. The war in Ukraine is the conspicuous confirmation that any agreement with Kremlin doesn't worth the paper it is written on.
@user-ph5ys7ed7i Europeans have historically fought among themselves, don't forget Russia fought valiantly on the allies side in WWII and died in their millions.
This guy is misinformed on multiple subjects. Why do you keep interviewing him?
Is this another game changer?
Found the Orc
@@LarsRyeJeppesen Sounds like another game changer.
Which was the first one? hmm M777 howitzer which turned out to be too fragile for the required rate of fire.
Then we had Himars, tanks, ATACMS, F16s (coming allegedly).
None of them has worked so far, just endangered everyone's life.
@@LarsRyeJeppesen Cope.
@@attilamarics3374 ok Orc
Does this man really believe the russian numbers about theri economy? His story seemed to be interesting, but after this (!4th minute) i am out. Not objective.
How is Russia doing with its pension funding?
Rusha' as a military is no longer taken seriously.
As a retired U.S. Service man, I hang my head in shame at how weak my Comander in Chief has been!!! Many unnecessary lives are lost on both sides while he delays decisions that must be made!
Seems to me Biden is not to blame for the delays. But a clear objective/goal is missing. Such as; Ukraines borders should be restored to before Russias invasion 2014.
Yeah, but you've got nothing to say about the Republican Congress that held up aid for 6 months? Hypocrite.
About time
Finally you got a guest who understands this problem with Putler!
Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements.
Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time.
Russia should mind its own business and go home
They should be helped to find the door.
@@mango2005 Ethnic russians are Russa's buisness.
who is this dude who is bacnking the oligarchs?!
About time, but we should remove all constraints. Let them defend themselves, FFS.
Slava Ukraini! 💙💛
At least the needle is moving in the right direction. Under different leadership, the US could be backing Putin
How much trust does Ukraine have towards the coalition especially the US GOV. ? Furthermore Putin or Biden who is most likely to deliver a better political solution for Ukraine?
Are current political positions in Kiev sustainable? Can we agree to disagree that it's more than weapons Ukraine needs or well trained commanders on the battlefield, a hindrance that cannot be corrected overnight.
Thirdly what has happened to independence policy setting the existing war strategy of the future Ukraine other than Nato membership which seems thin on detail?
Is Ukraine prepared for the loss of territory fact it has to exist besides Russia - or the cardinal sin - delusion of defeating the Russian Federation?
Am curious..........
Russia had given Ukraine a much better deal in which the only demand from the Russians was the neutrality of Ukraine,in Istanbul on March 2022.I do recommend VERY STRONGLY that YOU research Mr.Davyd Arakhamia the lead Ukraine Negotiator,member of the same political party,as the Ukranian President.
So basically Trump is correct drill baby drill?
Your guy here has no idea what he's talking about.
He is a Senior Consulting Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House. And you think you know better than he does? Who are you?
Found the Orc
@@hedleythorne He is a payed political influencer. He is a professional liar.
Compared to 2021 (pre war) Russia earns 45% less today. And the GDP is driven by war economy (lost money).
Source: Joe Blogs, TH-cam
I wouldn’t buy a set of cutlery off Joe bloggs he’s never been right.
@@stu281 You are following Rudy W. Giuliani ? Should I take You serious? 🤔
@@taymot2131 Richard D Wolff and Michael Hudson also SCO and Brics. Interesting stuff.
Appeasing tyrants just emboldens them. I hope the American people will take account of the foreign policy implications of electing Trump, with his pro Russian views. I think Boris and Truss have wishful thinking that Trump will do the right thing on Russia.
If Fracking production costs are up to $40/barrel then how does this compare to the Russian break even price point?
Seems fair enough to me least Ukraine won't attack women and children
Times Radio Fantasy Propaganda
Says who? I am guessing you're not the Senior Consulting Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House like Ken Giles here. What are your credentials to say this is "propoganda"? Ah wait, you're just a bot, nobody cares.
@@hedleythorneno because these guys cut their teeth 30 years ago. They hate Russia and Putin it affects their ability to think and not to emote. Sometimes they buy into their own BS. They really don’t know anything.
@@hedleythorne Think tanks are just disguised lobbying groups. He may have great credentials, but he is working to achieve an agenda set by his employer. Thus, you cannot trust a word he says. My credentials is that I have studied propaganda among other things, and the signs are so obvious that you have to be fully immersed in the brainwashing to not see it. Try some years without mainstream media, and you might wake up.
@@hedleythorne I know propaganda because that is what I do. This is clearly propaganda. The problem with it is that it is also lies.
Watch Russian state TV!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Stop the war
Blame the Biden administration
sure, from a continent away. Too bad Europe has proven to be unable/unwilling
It is too lettle to ladst
The world is praying for negotiations....
No thanks bot
@@sitrepSNAFU maybe cos you're in your bunker far away from the front line?
Russia can leave Ukraine any time it wants. No negotiations needed. When people mention "negotiations" without mentioning Russia leaving Ukraine what it really means is that Russia is ready to accept Ukraine's surrender. It's not going to happen.
@@UniversalDisinformation or in Europe? Or the USA? Places you cannot visit.
What else did you expect? Ukraine doing the impossible and drive the Russians back? How? When? Is it really down to the last Ukrainian??
The You Tube censorship panel keep on erasing my comments, no matter how many times I try. Have anybody else experienced the same?
Ukraine couldnt beat Russia with USAs military. This channels been talking about ukraine taking back all land for 2yrs and russia just. Keeps. Winning. EU is gonna need ALOT of therapists when Russia wins this year
We don't go into trauma when setbacks occur. Unlike you.
Russia with its tiny GDP is going nowhere except down….. little fish in a big pond.
Russia has been trying to conquer Ukraine for over 800 days now.
Time to give up and accept reality that Russia isn't winning this thing.
@@APW-ry2ok Funny that Russia is producing more artillery shells than US and Europe combined😆
@@mrjerzheel That's all you produce. Your economy is smaller than that of Texas.
United States can't double their oil production and drive the price down to 30 dollars a barrel, it cost too much in fracking to do that
you should research cost trends for Frakking, if you can access the open internet
NATO has been so worried about what the rf will do, I think they've forgotten that their combined economies are 20x the size of russia's.
It's probably time to make the rf worry about what NATO will do instead.
I believe it is more like 32 times larger. And you're spot on.
And how much of these economy’s are down to commodities and manufacturing? Maybe you can go eat a hedge fund.
@@hedleythorne I stand happily corrected.
@stu281 ...as opposed to eating crude oil soup?
Weapons manufacturers don't care what generated the money that they're getting for their weapons. They just care that it is going to be worth something in the future (so, not rubles - obviously).
@@billy2807 nope plain wrong. They can’t produce them fast enough oil depending on type will always sell. It’s essential to the developing economies of the global south and east Asia. Lack of cheap energy food uranium and other goodies is devastating to developed economies. So cope on bro.
The preoccupation with the number of Russian casualties is misplaced. The Russians lost over 13% of their entire population during WWII. The only country that lost a higher percentage was Ukraine at roughly 13.5%. The loss of 500,000 out of 144 million is nothing to Putin.
This isn't 1941. The Russian people have options that they did not have in 1941. They know things that they didn't know in 1941.
It's also pure invention.
Putin has gone unpunished for waaaaay to long! Time to take the gloves off. Way past the time!
Well said. Way past the time, indeed.
Yeah Russia's GDP is also the size of spain. It's not out of the realm of possibility that Russia could be cooking the books to make their economy look better
The World Bank last week,has stated that Russia,has surpassed Japan,to now be the 4th biggest economy in the world.Take it up WITH THEM,maybe your info could be better,than theirs.
@@petehowett2854 again, Russia is cooking the books to make their economy look better.
Germany gave the OK too but still won't supply them with their long range cruise missiles lol.
I wish they would give those missiles. However, those Germans who have pushed for increased aid to Ukraine deserve enormous credit. Germany is now the second largest military donor to Ukraine.
If a German is reading this who wrote to their political representatives asking for more aid for Ukraine - the credit should go to you :)
Might be better to not be enemies with Russia …
Make it rain.
How I agree with your interviewee. The US seems way behind the curve. Too little, too late as ever. Except in Israel. Weird.
If they have long range missiles then its obviously not ukraine controlled then.
Christ, its not like they haven't had over two years to fix the ammunition problem
That's my one big criticism of Europe and the UK.
The fact we've stepped up our support slowly, I can understand - because they were afraid of a backlash that would help the far right. The far right is now mostly shifting to supporting Ukraine, so that political restriction is being removed. And there might be an argument that Europe's slowly slowly strategy has been vindicated. I don't know, but as the alternatives strategies are now a counterfactual, no one know.
But production of ammunition requires long-term decisions. Once the full-scale war started, it was clear, irrespective of how the Ukraine war, that we needed far higher ammunition production. But we delayed far too long.
Russia is NOT richer rhan ever, 30% of their gdp is military and related production. Thats not income, its like paying yourself $50 to mow your own lawn, mow it five times in an afternoon and claiming you made $250 by supper time.
Looks great on paper, but lets see you try to spend that $250 on dinner that night.
7%. Just lying garbage.
You is an absolute bonehead
India the hub for Russian oil, but nobody criticises India 😊
Forcing oil down to $30/barrel would be too damaging to the American oil industry since fracking isn’t profitable at low prices. Many companies would go out of business. Sorry, Europe, but it’s asking too much of the USA to ask us to sacrifice for a problem that you’ve created through Germany’s self-created dependence on Russian fossil fuels and Europe’s determination to reap a peace dividend and allow your militaries and your defense industries to atrophy.
The Russian threat is a threat to Europe. Europe subsidized Russia’s military expansion and allowed itself to become dangerously dependent on Russian fossil fuels. Europe has allowed its military capabilities to whither.
America has done enough. Europe, step up your game.
They can’t they would rather rely on your firepower. But you’re not ready
The USA is the destroyer of Europe.
Despite Europe having a smaller economy than the USA, they are giving more aid to Ukraine.
To confirm this, google "Ukraine support tracker kiel".
Why can’t the CIA handle
Putin?
Why not keep Putin? He's the worst tactician ever. 😂 It's the federation that needs to be ended or reformed.
I think Russia is handling that. One of his houses got burned down and there wasn’t any sign of a Ukraine attack 👀
Putin has a well armed, loyal, personal security force of 1,500. The FSB cooks his meals. Does the CIA have someone on the inside and really close to him? Could that person approach Putin? Could he do so armed? Doubtful.
They are this channel and all the other mainstream media networks pumping out propaganda and pushing for war is the CIA
When will my president and his leadership team & military advisors EVER think strategically and in terms of victory! We need to be planning toward victory, not supplying after so much damage is done!
It’s the drip feed method, like the incremental rise in prices due to inflation.
Please remember United States aid is more than just late and sad. How about United States intelligence and aid being irreplaceable and outcome changing?
And why should the American people fund foreign wars?
Ukraine should get its nukes back that it gave back to
Ruzzia (boy was THAT a mistake) with territorial guarantees from Us UK and Ruzzia
Ruzzia of course broke this agreement (something most fascist states do sooner or later) hence Ukraine should get new one so it can defend itself
Ukraine never had nukes. they were Russian nukes stationed in Ukraine. Always funny how europeans find a way to absolve themselves from any responsibility. Just like 1939 and Poland
Ukraine never had any nukes; they were the legal property of the Soviets and its successor Russia
I am hearing the wheels may already be in motion for this.
Yes and our response to defending Ukraine has been shameful at the least.
Ukraine never had those nukes.
I told them forget the bridge Leavenworth Crimea to the light brigade
Got to be more to talk about then USA restricting Ukraine striking Russia
He's citing statistics about the economy but not understanding that the actual economy has been supplanted by the military economy. But this is unsustainable. The stats aren't relevant.
The silly nonsense from TR continues
A generation gone as human fodder by two lunitics
Whatever happened to " All's fair in love and war"?
Blinking and Jake Sullivan are always behind curve dealing rasputin aggressive behavior... At times they look like dumb and dumber
Well, have gasoline prices increased in Russia? Is there a shortage of gasoline on the market? Oh, what happened in Poland??
A powerful explosion occurred at the Mesko weapons factory in southern Poland, where rocket fuel is produced. There are dead and wounded.
This didnt age well😂😂😂
rusha a winning plan is not sitting in trenches forever and losing 1000+ /day.
Long time overdue
Thus guy has no clue!
I'm counting on it!
Y 4:05
The US will help Ukraine, but it is Europe’s responsibility. The speaker blaming the US for anything is ridiculous and shameful.
Remember, Ukraine gave up their nukes because your president at the time promised to defend Ukraine..... if Ukraine had nukes, Pputin wouldn't invade them ....shame on Americans
Why wouldn't Ukraine revive Canadian Gerald Vincent Bull's "supergun" technology?
Ok, the analysis is not correct. It is impossible that Russia has more income than when exporting to the EU. Those are their figures, and as it is normal in a country like Russia, Cuba North Korea or China, anything they say must be understood as wishful thinking in part. It is not possible that after the explosion of the nord stream pipeline they can be exporting the same amount of gas and oil to China and India in old ships and pumping the product to other ships in international waters. Selling less and at lower prices is not a winning formula. China and India are very happy to take advantage of the situation and help Russia collapse while making a lot of extra bucks. And building a nord Stream-like pipeline to bring their product to the Far East will take years and cash Putin does not have right now. If it was cheaper to ship oil, nobody would build pipelines. And that is not including Natural Gas which is even more expensive to ship as the tankers needed are extremely expensive and there were not a bunch of those in the “rental" market ready to take care of Russia´s customers. Actually, there were, and are, basically 0 units available.
Keep telling yourself this garbage.
🤣 are you an expert of Russian economic ?
Well, if true it would mean the road to long term economic success is to start a war with your neighbor, fail in that war, exclude yourself from your biggest export market, and get sanctioned like never before.
Russia has pipelines to asia.
NATO is not a defensive alliance. They illegally bombed Yugoslavia (direct violation of the UN Charter). We must never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.
What was already going on in Yugoslavia before hand? Srebrenica, also in Kosovo the Racak massacre. Ukraine was at peace when Russia invaded in 2022
Scary
According to the book "Nuclear War," it takes 72 minutes with today's nuclear weapons technology to wipe out 60% of the human population on the planet.
Should we perhaps start to address this problem together rather than focusing on further escalating conflicts over small territorial disputes? What is more important? 🤔
Well, it's really nice to think there will be anything but demand for ultimate power. Thanks, we can always appreciate a little optimism and belief in higher ideals. We should address the problem of self-annihilation and try to treat one another fairly.
Will we, though? Give me a break. Of course not.
Well Ukraine isn't going to be a country anymore
BUT Ukraine is NOT aloud to use long range missles lol
US policy for restrictions on usage of weapons for Ukraine is insane, illogical and not in the interest of the West either. Same is valid for restrictions by other NATO countries…
To provoke a third world war is insane. NATO is a threat to world peace!
US policy is insane?Really?Western made weapons,man by Western staff "Ukraine has no experienced staff",using Western supplies targetting data,TO STOP THIS IS INSANE?What is insane is the lack TO EVEN IMMAGINE that Russia would not respond.
About time. Way late. US should stop micromanaging tactics.
US can, while providing weapons, set limits. When unacceptable, Ukraine can stop asking for them
@@icu17siberia Which changes nothing I posted.
@@jim2376 Seems like it directly contradicts what you posted. US interests are not the same as Ukrainian interests. The Ukrainians want to drive the Russians out and are willing to take significant chances with other countries' security to do that. The US would much prefer that the Russians were driven out, but not at the cost of a nuclear war with Russia.
@@FactCheckerGuy "US interests are not the same as Ukrainian interests." Swing and a miss. Studying international affairs might educate you. Ukrainian and US interests in democracy and European security are the same.
Forget the nuclear war garbage. Putin is a blowhard and a bluffer, but he's not suicidal.
@@FactCheckerGuy @FactCheckerGuy Confirms exactly what I posted. Democracy and European security are the interests of both countries.
А ответочка то обязательно прилетит. Be ready for the worst.
Same to you, buddy.
@@johnstone7697 Знаем, плавали. We know, already been through it. What about you.
Are you really hoping that ordinary middle range ballistic missiles can change anything? 😅😅😅😅😅
They are "ordinary" missiles until they land on you. By then, it's too late to change an erroneous opinion.
@@ljm-i3v Ukrainians tried to use them many times before. Eight Atacms were intercepred just yesterday😅
The American Atacms, Russian Iskander and old Soviet Ukrainian Tochka-U are just ballistic missiles. They aren't hypersonic and have just 200-300 miles fire range. Those weapons are effective but can't stop Russia😁
StPiter's alternate account is here again. The day you tell us you will be able to hold an adult conversation, we can in turn tell us what western missiles can do. Next step: Tomahawks.
@@stream2watch Tomahawks are so slow. S400 systems will be happy to get some trainings with those old missiles. 😎
Russia's luky USA can't build hypersonic missiles😅
@@Infopirates S400 is a joke. Tomahawks are ground hugging and you won't even be able to see them. If S400 can not sink a cessna size drone that flies 1300km over RU territory for 8 hours it will not touch a Tomahawk.. Hypersonic is a bluff, narrative straight out of your daddy's mouth. I am sorry you live in an alt-facts reality.
Russia can all people and assets they have, including help from China,Iran with no single restriction, while Ukraine must fight Goliath single handed and restricted by most Western countries.
Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity.
In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas.
If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy.
Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements.
Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time.
Russia's national security was compromised once NATO began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining NATO was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns.
20th September, 2021. Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO.
NATO is not a defensive alliance. NATO illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter).
We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc.
Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster?
Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest.
Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland.
Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed.
Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens-theirs will hide in the basements”.
Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it.
Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country.
Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. 13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list.
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list.
There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence).
The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present.
Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave.
Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) RIP
The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims).
The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter.
I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion.
I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written.
Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified.
The assessment of the state of Russia's economy and budget is simply not believable. The picture depicted here js simplistic and not representative of the current slow collapse of the Russia economy we are witnessing.
I suggest that YOU take that up to the World Bank.Last week it announced that Russia had surpassed Japan,to be the worlds' 4th largest economy.
Idiota, there's no people living on streets in Russia, there are more G-class Mercedes-Benz in Moscow than in North amerika all together.
When family has a newborn, they are financially set by the government!!!!
You have zero clue about Russian people. Turkey put sanctions on tomatoes......oh no!!!!!! Russian people are growing lovely tomatoes.
Oh, what about canada and airbus begging Russia to sell them the titanium?
I disagree with the freezing of oligarchs assets help Putin. Much of their monies belong to Putin and are being held for Putin.
Putin get rekt!
Instead of arming Ukraine and Israel, US tax payer money should be spent on infrastructure, healthcare, education and homelessness.
❤Ukrainian ❤
Russia can all people and assets they have, including help from China,Iran with no single restriction, while Ukraine must fight Goliath single handed and restricted by most Western countries.
Gentlemen is right , they tried this in Vietnam and it was absolutely disastrous in every way and it ended up being one of those wars where trying to fight the battles from Washington leads to the disastrous Fall of Saigon and our excepting our loss of the War that Veterans of this war truly opens up a lot of wounds for the guys and gal's that lost a lot over there. The parallels are incredible
❗Western countries must stop the feudal Kiev regime if Western countries are truly for the supremacy of democratic law, and not for the supremacy of caste-feudal suffrage.
The presidential elections in 2019, without the right of choice for the residents of Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk, is a violation of articles of the Constitution 69-71 and the “Law on the Election of the President of Ukraine.”
Why would Crimea and Donbabwe and Luganda be allowed to vote when Russians are holding the land? You really want to put FSB in charge of vote counting and persecution of those that vote "wrong"? Grow up.
Found the Orc. Hey, Orc
@@LarsRyeJeppesen Peace means stopping Zelenskyi's beast-antichrist.
Why aren't the fine details made public and you are OK with it?
Sickening to see these restrictions
Why don't you go and fight in the ukriane???
Sick to see you yap and not do anything