I don't think Russia has an Army quite suddenly or more accurate to say *"no apparent Army"* meaning no defense from Ukraine entrance into upon all of Western Russia has any opposition being noted so very strange #oddly_peaceful situation exists upon in this soon to be massive *"Buffer Zone"* #buffer_zone so far existing upon in Kursk expanse soon of course elsewhere most important being Belgorod of course also Rostov on Don tho so yes effectively first "stage" of this massive War World War 3 in Europe has now effectively ended 2022-2024 with a Ukraine Victory now imminent in retaking the 2014 Borders and adding to that Crimea excepted #battle_for_crimea 😊
@@stevenvater8720 So you're saying the mighty Russian army is fighting ghosts and shadows and losing well over 1k soldiers per day. Talk about incompetence! 😂
@@Pnaraasi94 No they fighting NATO troops, find How many body bags have been returned to the US. Over 25,000 Polish troops have died, 500 French troops and perhaps 200 British troops. The US by trying to rule the world, has annoyed the world and 85% of the world support Russia. Stop listening to western propaganda, its mainly glitzy but with no true facts.
It is all about Money! FSB ( inside Russia) average salary is 58000 Rubles and foreign fighters ( outside of Russia) average salary is 160,000. If he starts paying some police forces 160,000 has to pay all the police forces instead of 58000, pay 160,000!
Some of us will like to hear from you the so called commander after Ukrainians kursk invasion had failed from 2 or 3 weeks to come. You have been given us false hope when this war started and you are still giving us wishs . Hope to hear from you after kursk invasion failed.
@@stephenadenu-mensah6538 know one of reasonable mind would have thought Kursk was going to be Silver bullet designed to reshape the entire war. You’re being far to simplistic in your understanding
@@theglobalgambit Yes, no one of a resealable would think that because. 1, in history no country have been able to invade part of Russia and able to maintain it. 2, Ukraine is continue loosing more territories far bigger than the smaller portion thier occupying in kursk. 3, there's no way Ukraine can maintain that portion for long with such troops and those men will be killed for nothing. 4, Russia can decide to bring the whole place down as they have been doing to the Ukrainian cities and those Ukrainian soldiers will die for nothing, including wast of arms and the already more needed weapons. This war must stop, we should talk of peace and stop encouraging people to go and die for nothing Ukraine once a beautiful and rich country is now bankrupt and depending on aids for even paying of salaries and arms. Very sad.
I am waiting for a UN supervised referendum in Kursk (the western part was Ukrainian in 1918) to allow the civilians to vote on whether they wish to remain in Russia or be a Ukrainian protectorate.
This is what Zelensky agreed to for the east Ukraine, but was eventually pushed into war. By the west, and a lot by the right-wing militants of Ukraine, that threatened to take over if the elections would be held.
@@Nobody-NowhereZelenskyy made no such agreement. Ukraine did not get pushed into war. Russia attacked Ukraine. The west did not accept Ukraine into NATO. So your statement is bereft of all truth.
@@rajeshkanungo6627 Can confirm. Ruzzia invaded and in days Kyiv was surrounded with intent of national regime change because they wanted to join EU. Ukraine was not eligible for NATO, that was public knowledge.
The word "protectorate" is a red flag. We were the "Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia" in 1939-1945. I hope Ukraine manages to keep the Kursk oblast militarily, but not a fan of referendums or protectorates.
the east was and IS Ukranian, just because Stalin slaughtered 10 million Ukrainians in the'30' and replaced them with Ethnic Russians does not make it Russian. They just want the coal and minerals there and black sea ports, plus a nice jump off to take Moldova etc later
@@yakivpopavich I don't. That is why I used the term 'Soviet' instead of Russia. My point was that Vladimir Putrid subscribes to Soviet nonsense. Or... am I wrong?
Hodges is incorrect. Russia has no incentive to move quickly to expel the Ukrainian forces from its territory. The troops are of no strategic value to Ukraine in their current location. Also, Ukraine has to continue wasting resources to supply these troops and support their position.
You are confusing Putin, and the many people in Russia who love/hate Putin, with Russia itself. Russians only love Putin when he is winning, and they are not subtle about this. Kursk right now does not smell like cinnamon napalm aftershave in the common Russian imagination. Were you on TH-cam saying Prigozhin had no incentive to drive to Moscow? Probably you were, based on your comment here. "Yes, but that doesn't count, because of the love/hate thing." Indeed, my point precisely.
@@efghggdxlmfn33 This is close to being the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. The problem is not Western expertise, but our sensationalistic news cycle, which only ever foregrounds the knife edge of the day. The entire western economic strategy to grow your adversaries into irrelevance was an attritional strategy. This is why our military strategy became obsessed with the quick, decisive blow. Because the _larger_ goal was a to fight a quick war, and then get back to growing our way into total dominance of the world's economic order. Long, slow wars are expensive and bad for growth. As viewed through the larger economic lens, attritional strategy in armed combat is counterproductive. Unfortunately, while Russia continues to mobilize their vast Soviet overhang of kinetic relics from a bygone era, while also rattling their thermonuclear sabre should we lift more than one finger in response, we aren't being given a choice. To _some_ Western experts, mainly the duller knives in the drawer, not being given a choice is new and counterintuitive. This is not the world we designed for ourselves. How did that happen? It happened because we fell asleep while Putin smoldered.
Is your opinion still the same, now that Russia has moved more troops to the Kursk region and begun a counteroffensive? Why would they do that if there's no incentive to quickly expel the Ukrainians?
@@Pnaraasi94 Russia’s counter-offensive in Ukraine is low intensity because Putin doesn’t want to divert any of his troops from the front line in Donbas to Kursk. Also, he doesn’t want to push a high intensity rapid drive in Kursk because this might result in unnecessary losses of troops and equipment. Contrary to media reports, he is not ”embarrassed” by the Ukraine incursion, but sees it as a strategic error by Zelenskyy and NATO.
It’s already been halted . For a general you would think Hodges would know that an army can’t survive with no supply lines or an objective . The only objective seems to be to embarrass Putin . And with great losses
Relay the old fart that said Ukraine was collapsing and losing 30thousand men a week 2 years ago oh and we’re still waiting on the 800.000 thousand troops that Russia had in reserve that smarter idiot
So if this is true… why are the Ukrainians not advancing? I mean that area is basically empty wasteland? Talking about command structure, what about the losses in eastern Ukraine?
What is happening in Ukraine is on scope and scale which NATO was not even able to imagine and has no answer to it. NATO has almost no ammo left, no artillerry , no tanks, no missilles to stand up Russia. Imagine, U. K. , or some people in U.K. want to fight Russia directly while only having 40(!) Chalanger tanks in working order :) Ridicul*us NATO is a paper tiger. Nato spent 2O years learning how to fight Afghan wedding parties and Iraqi villagers, because that is pretty much what NATO was doing. NATO forgot how to do a large scale ground combat. NATO even has no means to do large scale combat. China is there for Russia, Russia is there for China.... Who is there for USA? United Kingdom with their 40(!) Chalenger tanks in working order ??? Or Germany? Germany is not only 100% out of ammo, but on the top of that Germany was even bombed by USA!!!!(Nord Stream) Ridicul*us NATO, unfortunately still able to make the mess around the globe !!! Pay attention to the Houthis: If USA can not stop the Houthis, at what magical world are they living, that they believe they can fight Russia or China ? They can not even supply Ukraine with 155mm shells…
And always wrong. See for example on YT: 'Russia's logistical system will break down because of sanctions: Lieutenant General Ben Hodges' (feb 22) 'Lt. Gen. Hodges: Russia May Be Forced To Stop Attack 'Within The Next 10 Days' (mar 22) 'The Impending Total Collapse of Russian Forces:" Gen. Ben Hodges on Ukraine | Amanpour and Company' (sep 22) ''Ukraine will liberate Crimea by the end of August' | General Ben Hodges' (jan 23)
If the AFU can blitz towards the Kursk NPP and force it to suspend operations (either out of caution or occupation) Putin will have to send more troops. And if Ukraine can set up proper defensive positions in Kursk, then they can handle the meat waves.
Well, they can't . haha! They are being contained - and no, this is very far from being the "D-Day Event" you think it is: 😃😃 The plan by Ukra-NATO was to take the power plant already within the first week and move on from there, to demonstrate "how to run a Blitzkrieg offensive in Eastern Europe". One month in, the Ukris are nowhere close to reaching the NPP and in fact they are not reaching ANY of the immediate goals with this campaign neither strategic nor tactical. Kiev is sacrificing some of their best troops in large numbers for the sake of a short.term media stunt, and meanwhile left the door open for the Russians to continue taking over western Donbass at an accelerated pace. 😄 ´"Hard luck, ENGLISHMAN!" 🔥😁
there will be no meat waves Russia doesn’t use those tactics and never has . A lot of “ ifs” in your comment . Ukraine doesn’t have the manpower to do any of those things . I assure you there will be no Ukrainians in Russia in a few weeks
2:37 In the age of AI, the 24-hour news cycle, drones and satellites it is not like Rybalko's Third Guards Tank Army sneaking away from the Bukrin Bridgehead to be redeployed elsewhere in absolute secrecy like it is 1943 or something.
"The Kursk salient" History may not repeat itself but it certainly rhymes. Once again the fields and countryside of Kursk appear as ground zero in major war. (0-0)
I did a little digging and one year ago this clown said that Russia will collapseand lose the war due to loss of manpower lol the irony and ukrain will liberate Crimea 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
As a Dutch/European, I am ashamed and frustrated by the fear politics of Biden and Scholz. I hear sounds around me that people are even turning away from the Americans and Germans. These sentiments will be even louder in Ukraine and many Eastern European countries. This will have negative consequences for the Americans and Germans in the future. After all, it is they who have abandoned freedom and democracy for their own fear, politics and selfishness for their own wallet.
You really think this war is about protecting and defending democracy. The war is about weakening Russia, why would they sacrifice their own wealth for the sake of Ukraine. The moment the threat extends to the Western elite finances and economics was the moment the war would end. On a broader strategic scale they know that Eastern Europe has nowhere else to go apart from remaining aligned to the US.
The Russian people are angered and grief grows on the steps of the Kemelin Doors... 3 years not 3 days and the fields of the Ukrainian Front are Blood Soaked with their Sons deaths there...
@@anneallen5207 There are none, and have been little if any. Despite what you hear from Ukrainian and Western media the majority of Russian's support Putin and the Russian Federation and it's military actions. Especially after what happened in 2014.
There is a reason why the US looses all the war it fights in and it's because of people like General Hodges.That is the same reason Ukraine is loosing this war, listening to American Generals.Putin himself states it clearly ,he didn't panic he let the Ukrainians stay there in Kursk because it was working to the advantage of the Russian army in Donbass but today the Russians began to push the Ukrainians out of Kursk and as usual the Ukrainians are being rolled back.
Gen Hodges insight about the contentious nature of the various military elements of the Russian army was spot on. But that level of intrigue was engineered by Putin to keep any opposition within the military at bay.
How do you know this is spot on? What evidence do you base this one? Putin’s popularity within the general public at the time of the last election was in the 80%+ range and it’s still in the 70s even after such a long SMO and with the Kursk incursion giving the Russians a bloody nose. One can only speculate that his popularity is probably somewhat similar within the military and even if it is lower, it’s hardly likely to be plumbing the depths of popularity polls like most western leaders are (30s & 40s.) Many other more credible commentators have offered that allowing Ukraine to sit in the Kursk region whilst they detract from their defense efforts in the East of Ukraine to sustain it is actually accelerating their ultimate demise. I’m afraid Hodges has scarcely been right about a single thing this this past 2 1/2 years.
These remarks remind me of how the Czar's Army was defeated by the Germans in WW I. The Czar had 2 generals that opposed each other, so they decided to attack the Germans separately. Incidentally the Russian system with two separate generals was intended to prevent any single Russian General from initiating a coup to replace the Czar. The German Army then defeated each separate Russian Army consecutively. After those defeats, the Army was done, and so was the Czar. The Russian Revolution then followed and Russia was out of the war. The Germans then moved their Army to the western front to confront France, England, and the other allies, but that front devolved into trench warfare with no winners. Putin appears to be in a similar position to the last Russian Czar. But Ukraine still has to defeat the Russian forces.
@@dmitryletov8138 The battle in question was the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914. Russia confronted Germany with two armies. The First Army commander was Paul von Rennenkampf. The Second Army was commanded by Alexander Samsonov. The German Army in the east was commanded by Hindenberg. Hindenberg was outnumbered by the combined Russian Armies, but he was attacked separately by each. Hindenberg defeated the Second Army first, and then turned to defeat the First Army. After that, Russia did not have any Army in the west to fight any more in WW I. The victory by Hindenberg was a significant boost for the Germans, and for a time they thought they could easily defeat the French in the west. But trench warfare in France ended that hope.
I don't think the delay had anything to do with rivalries in the Russian security sector. Ukraine was counting on the fact that Russia would abandon positions in Ukraine and redeploy to Kursk. Putin and his Generals saw through the ruse. Keep in mind that when Hitler and Napoleon invaded Russia it willingly traded land and space for time. We can see from the amount of land in Kursk Ukraine has lost in the last few days that the Russian patience is working.
Capturing 10 villages and 125 sqkm in one day is not small😂😂😂 As we speak the russians advancing from the west of the kursk area in high speed. Leaving a big unit ukris trapped behinde the lines😂😂😂 This general is a joke 😂😂😂
The resources of russia are big but not more than any major European country, like Germany, France, Italy or UK. Russia's economy is the size of the Nordic countries. Yes russia had a lot of old Soviet army stockpile but 80% of that is gone now and more than two years of sanctions, a weak Ruble and no foreign investments means the only reason russia is still fighting is that all and every resource is directed at the war. This is not sustainable.
80% is gone now??? says who? Before the SMO Russia had 12,000 MLRS LAUNCHERS in stock! How many rockets do you think they had for them? When the MSM claimed Russia was running out of missiles in 2022, military analysts estimated that Russia only had 12m left!
@@graemepeters5717es ist ihre Sache als Russlandgläubiger mit dem Hang zum Pflichtgemäßen Glauben an die Russenpropaganda mit ihren Märchenerzählungen vom Kriegsverbrecher Putler und seinen Schergen, ihren Bullshit bei ihres Gleichen zu erzählen, aber lassen sie uns damit zufrieden! Bleiben sie ruhig auf'm Pott sitzen und nehmen sie die richtigen Pillen ein! Und gut is!
Russian economy is size of brics boy ,,wake up,, thats half wolrd economy, soviet stock in big yes and the soviet doctorine is allways to outnumber anyone who try to attack russia even whole nato, trust me,, nato storage ammunition is emty,, and sancrion cant work becuse brics ,,new hegemony who dont depend of west ,own bank own payment system own rules won curency , so please wake up ,, west people wake up please
Hard to believe that this conflict has been going for almost 30 months now. The Pacific War between the United States, and the Empire of Japan lasted for 44 months. Russia has been on the brink of collapse for about 28 of those months - I certainly hope is it coming true now.
BS & lies, was this 1 of the 44 General along with Little Britain top brass that could not plan 2 month in advance in leaving (ha-ha) humiliated in Afghanistan. Yanks have won 1 (Gluf) in 6 > ww2. Kursk advanced was nullified, & losing villages every day, & in full scale retreat. The Russians ratio Ukraine is 1:8, Russia has complete control of the air, Ukraine ave. age of men 43+ & press gang men of the streat, inlisting woman & boys is all signs of strength Russia will take the last remaining Russian speaking city's. (Odesa).
The more important question, is what is Ukraine gaining from going to south of Kursk, with lots of open, vacant space,,, as opposed to the decade-long consolidated lines in the Donbass falling at the same time? Is it lessening the pressure in the Donbass? Are the Ukrainians actually getting anything in Kursk? ,,, the Russians don't need to eject the Ukrainians, they can just keep hammering their unfortified positions.. Foolish escapade imo
@@CarlMartin-hw3ev The questions pretty much answered themselves from my pov. What is that you know, that invalidates the rather obvious logic posed? What does the Ukrainians get with Kursk compared to what they're loosing in the Donbass? There's also an increasing amount of fighting being reported along the Zaporozhia line,, not likely to be a Russian offensive, but the increased probing typically precedes one. What good is it going to do the Ukrainians to be bogged down south of Kursk? You got some answers, or just going to pretend you know something?
Ukraine goes on defensive where Russia is strong and Russia advances on a carpet of bodies, Ukraine attacks where Russia is weak and takes large swaths of territory for relatively few casualties. Yeah that seems pretty foolish of the Ukrainians....not.
I feel sorry for you - if you honestly think that Just look back all what he has said last 2 years - just an idiot - or getting paid my some military industrial company to lie through his teeth
@@sergiosaunier Russia has All of Crimea, all of east Donbass, over $7 trillion in gas/mineral resources there, and destroyed over 50% of the Ukraine kursk invasion force...so tell us again how Russia is not winning kid.
Let's play an interesting game. Go through the comments here and report all of them that you believe are misinformation. Not opinions that you might disagree with, because in the free world we are all entitled to those. Then come back in a few hours and see how many comments remain after the computerized google filter has done its work.
Why Russia Can't Stop Ukraine's Kursk Offensive: Yeah, the Soviets managed to stop the all-powerful Wehrmacht. After the war, it was found out that the German army could have won the Kursk battle if only fuel supplies could have reached the warfront. What does Ukraine have now? Nothing.
Russia is having trouble retaking the Kursk area because they never have a backup plan and they don't move and attack well in a real war. Also, they over committed all of their available troops to the Donbass, Donetsk, and Crimea regions. You were impressed with Russia's ability to move a lot of stuff real far real fast? They didn't refuel their tanks at the border so they ran out of fuel half way to Kyiv. And they sent vehicles down from Belarus in haphazard formation, a tank, a medical unit, some trucks, an air defense unit, another tank, a few trucks, some armored vehicles. Also they clogged the roads so when Ukraine dropped the bridges the Russians could not get across and could not move bridge building equipment.
THE SHIFTING OF POWER IN THE MODERN WORLD There was a time the center of social power was in the periphery of societies since the dominant mode of production was agrarian. With the development of commerce and industry, rural power shifted to the cities and now cities with the industry and commerce have assumed primary importance in decision making power. Reason for this note sprung up from some recent developments in Ukraine and more specifically the raid and capture by Ukraine of a Russian enclave, Kursk, and holding on to it presumably as a jewel to be traded with the captured cities by the Russians in the event peace negotiations break out. This strategy by the Ukrainians is in fact erroneous for the swap is dissimilar and no exchange can take place. Like in the exchange of commodities. For two commodities to exchange it’s necessary that the commodities must have equal or equivalent “use values”,else no exchange is possible. And the question is what use value, in terms of power, Kursk has with its barren land, forests, or even agricultural land? Not much or nothing at all. On the contrary, the big cities the Russians are after, have all the modern bells and whistles amenities , etc. that modern men need and crave for. Hence urban life is much preferred than the mundane life of rural life. That is why the “Kursk victory” the West and Ukraine are cheering about is a Pyrrhic Victory that rings hollow in the scheme of things.
Does the general have any idea of what the bot,s trolls are looking for they are on fire overdrive is not the word. They are looking very very hard for something
All of Putin's speeches was geared up to how easy mainland Russia could be invaded, ((" look into how Putin is allowing it to confirming his historical speeches "))
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I don't think Russia has an Army quite suddenly or more accurate to say *"no apparent Army"* meaning no defense from Ukraine entrance into upon all of Western Russia has any opposition being noted so very strange #oddly_peaceful situation exists upon in this soon to be massive *"Buffer Zone"* #buffer_zone so far existing upon in Kursk expanse soon of course elsewhere most important being Belgorod of course also Rostov on Don tho so yes effectively first "stage" of this massive War World War 3 in Europe has now effectively ended 2022-2024 with a Ukraine Victory now imminent in retaking the 2014 Borders and adding to that Crimea excepted #battle_for_crimea 😊
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By the way, where did you find this clown 🤡?? Good circus show
Congrats
This guy Hodges is delusional, like so many JINGO ENGLISH COLONELS. Fly him off to the front and let him see some action for himself! 🔥 😄
Tell me Ben ,how would you describe the fact that the Ukraine army is surrounded on 3 sides in a pokcet..
From Minnesota. U.S. stop hobbling Ukraine. Let them fight.
Democrat warmongers the party of peace.
You do realise Ukraine have no soldiers..... Not anymore
@@stevenvater8720 So you're saying the mighty Russian army is fighting ghosts and shadows and losing well over 1k soldiers per day. Talk about incompetence! 😂
@@Pnaraasi94 No they fighting NATO troops, find How many body bags have been returned to the US. Over 25,000 Polish troops have died, 500 French troops and perhaps 200 British troops.
The US by trying to rule the world, has annoyed the world and 85% of the world support Russia.
Stop listening to western propaganda, its mainly glitzy but with no true facts.
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Commentstor faild to mention how ukrainian troops are crumbling under Russian counter offensive in kursk.
Did you get this information from the chapati news channels
How did Hodges become a General? 😂
Great post!!! ;-) Keep em' coming!!!
Ben the warcriminal, ben the hedgehodge, ben the destroyer of europe.
Guy who told us last year one look at Nato tanks and Russians will broke? When did this guy was right? Once?
Never right.always wrong
the guy is a joke , for a ex military the guy is a joke
@@danythrinbell1596US MIC cheerleader that owns their stock.
Don’t forget he’s reading from a script. He’s allowed to ad lib a little but he’s not allowed to stray too far from the path.
@@genrcflyer man i'm a ex military also and i can say this guy got only a single eye he can't see a shit in front of him
It is all about Money! FSB ( inside Russia) average salary is 58000 Rubles and foreign fighters ( outside of Russia) average salary is 160,000. If he starts paying some police forces 160,000 has to pay all the police forces instead of 58000, pay 160,000!
not today cat !
58,000 Rubles salary would be a bit over $600 a year to live on,
well under $2 a day.
Even for Russia that sounds low.
You sure about your figures?
@@geofflepper3207
In Russia they observe monthly payment
34000 дол в рублях зарабатываю в месяц в России
@@ГеннадийСеднев-м3щ Then join Russian army...they pay $2,200 US or $220,000 Rubles
Unable to stop?😊 in which reality you both live?
I have lost respect for general BH since his over-otimistic predictions from last year.
There are a lot of moving parts. That's why they are called predictions.
I enjoy hearing interview snippets repeated. Ben Hodges concentrates multiple points in each brief statement.
@@AstroGremlinAmerican why think they’re valuable to share individually!
Some of us will like to hear from you the so called commander after Ukrainians kursk invasion had failed from 2 or 3 weeks to come.
You have been given us false hope when this war started and you are still giving us wishs .
Hope to hear from you after kursk invasion failed.
@@stephenadenu-mensah6538 The invasion is already a success. But for some reason you have failed to see this. Are you a Russian?
@@stephenadenu-mensah6538 know one of reasonable mind would have thought Kursk was going to be Silver bullet designed to reshape the entire war. You’re being far to simplistic in your understanding
@@theglobalgambit Yes, no one of a resealable would think that because.
1, in history no country have been able to invade part of Russia and able to maintain it.
2, Ukraine is continue loosing more territories far bigger than the smaller portion thier occupying in kursk.
3, there's no way Ukraine can maintain that portion for long with such troops and those men will be killed for nothing.
4, Russia can decide to bring the whole place down as they have been doing to the Ukrainian cities and those Ukrainian soldiers will die for nothing, including wast of arms and the already more needed weapons.
This war must stop, we should talk of peace and stop encouraging people to go and die for nothing
Ukraine once a beautiful and rich country is now bankrupt and depending on aids for even paying of salaries and arms.
Very sad.
This isn’t aging well.
Loooooool 😊
I am waiting for a UN supervised referendum in Kursk (the western part was Ukrainian in 1918) to allow the civilians to vote on whether they wish to remain in Russia or be a Ukrainian protectorate.
This is what Zelensky agreed to for the east Ukraine, but was eventually pushed into war. By the west, and a lot by the right-wing militants of Ukraine, that threatened to take over if the elections would be held.
@@Nobody-NowhereZelenskyy made no such agreement. Ukraine did not get pushed into war. Russia attacked Ukraine. The west did not accept Ukraine into NATO.
So your statement is bereft of all truth.
@@rajeshkanungo6627 Can confirm. Ruzzia invaded and in days Kyiv was surrounded with intent of national regime change because they wanted to join EU.
Ukraine was not eligible for NATO, that was public knowledge.
The word "protectorate" is a red flag. We were the "Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia" in 1939-1945. I hope Ukraine manages to keep the Kursk oblast militarily, but not a fan of referendums or protectorates.
the east was and IS Ukranian, just because Stalin slaughtered 10 million Ukrainians in the'30' and replaced them with Ethnic Russians does not make it Russian. They just want the coal and minerals there and black sea ports, plus a nice jump off to take Moldova etc later
This propaganda doesn't work anymore, you know that...right?
99% of the comments in here are Ukraine/US/EU bots
Looks to me like it's working
He is literally making up sh1t up. Russia is steadily advancing all along the front.
@@alexguolo5872So glad to see you here Ivan.
@afp259 hey Cletus. Brush your tooth
I guess what he really said was communication and cohesion as a result of rivalries and distrust.
Good analysis. Thanks
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@@theglobalgambit Hodges has been wrong about everything and told the truth about nothing. i can only hope your fake channel in demonetized.
Only in a paralell Universe.
3:56 "There's nothing cheaper than human life," said my AA sponsor who was on foot in Korea during that war.
Haha. I'm just doing step 2! 'A Power Greater than myself'... Thankfully, my understanding does not equate to a Soviet style God
@@garysmith7184 God is god buddy. Don't bring your xenophobic ethnic Russian hatred into a comment regarding religion.
@@yakivpopavich I don't. That is why I used the term 'Soviet' instead of Russia. My point was that Vladimir Putrid subscribes to Soviet nonsense. Or... am I wrong?
@@yakivpopavichyou misspelled God. Also, Gary Smith isn’t an ethnic russian name
@conchfritters01 so what! Jesus Christ! Get a grip of yourself ffs!
Hodges is incorrect. Russia has no incentive to move quickly to expel the Ukrainian forces from its territory. The troops are of no strategic value to Ukraine in their current location. Also, Ukraine has to continue wasting resources to supply these troops and support their position.
To most Western experts, attritional strategy is counterintuitive.
You are confusing Putin, and the many people in Russia who love/hate Putin, with Russia itself. Russians only love Putin when he is winning, and they are not subtle about this. Kursk right now does not smell like cinnamon napalm aftershave in the common Russian imagination.
Were you on TH-cam saying Prigozhin had no incentive to drive to Moscow? Probably you were, based on your comment here.
"Yes, but that doesn't count, because of the love/hate thing."
Indeed, my point precisely.
@@efghggdxlmfn33 This is close to being the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
The problem is not Western expertise, but our sensationalistic news cycle, which only ever foregrounds the knife edge of the day.
The entire western economic strategy to grow your adversaries into irrelevance was an attritional strategy.
This is why our military strategy became obsessed with the quick, decisive blow.
Because the _larger_ goal was a to fight a quick war, and then get back to growing our way into total dominance of the world's economic order.
Long, slow wars are expensive and bad for growth.
As viewed through the larger economic lens, attritional strategy in armed combat is counterproductive.
Unfortunately, while Russia continues to mobilize their vast Soviet overhang of kinetic relics from a bygone era, while also rattling their thermonuclear sabre should we lift more than one finger in response, we aren't being given a choice.
To _some_ Western experts, mainly the duller knives in the drawer, not being given a choice is new and counterintuitive. This is not the world we designed for ourselves. How did that happen? It happened because we fell asleep while Putin smoldered.
Is your opinion still the same, now that Russia has moved more troops to the Kursk region and begun a counteroffensive? Why would they do that if there's no incentive to quickly expel the Ukrainians?
@@Pnaraasi94 Russia’s counter-offensive in Ukraine is low intensity because Putin doesn’t want to divert any of his troops from the front line in Donbas to Kursk. Also, he doesn’t want to push a high intensity rapid drive in Kursk because this might result in unnecessary losses of troops and equipment. Contrary to media reports, he is not ”embarrassed” by the Ukraine incursion, but sees it as a strategic error by Zelenskyy and NATO.
It’s already been halted . For a general you would think Hodges would know that an army can’t survive with no supply lines or an objective . The only objective seems to be to embarrass Putin . And with great losses
I THINK COL MC GREGOR IS FAR SMARTER THAN THIS GENERAL!!...MORE REALISTIC, WITH FACTS AND FIGURES !!.......😂😂😂😂😂
Relay the old fart that said Ukraine was collapsing and losing 30thousand men a week 2 years ago oh and we’re still waiting on the 800.000 thousand troops that Russia had in reserve that smarter idiot
The purpose in Kursk is to hold up the Ukrainian forces there. They can't reinforce the front in the Dnieper.
So if this is true… why are the Ukrainians not advancing? I mean that area is basically empty wasteland? Talking about command structure, what about the losses in eastern Ukraine?
its too obvious for some peoples intellect,grasping at straws
@@merino8472 true like fighting a nuclear power with sticks
@@luzi29 tf you mean if it's true? And nuclear arms means jack when you're at war with a neighbouring country. Why comment such nonsense
The General who never been in a real war😂🌈🙏
General Ben Hodges is always insightful.
What is happening in Ukraine is on scope and scale which NATO was not even able to imagine and has no answer to it. NATO has almost no ammo left, no artillerry , no tanks, no missilles to stand up Russia. Imagine, U. K. , or some people in U.K. want to fight Russia directly while only having 40(!) Chalanger tanks in working order :) Ridicul*us NATO is a paper tiger. Nato spent 2O years learning how to fight Afghan wedding parties and Iraqi villagers, because that is pretty much what NATO was doing. NATO forgot how to do a large scale ground combat. NATO even has no means to do large scale combat. China is there for Russia, Russia is there for China.... Who is there for USA? United Kingdom with their 40(!) Chalenger tanks in working order ??? Or Germany? Germany is not only 100% out of ammo, but on the top of that Germany was even bombed by USA!!!!(Nord Stream) Ridicul*us NATO, unfortunately still able to make the mess around the globe !!! Pay attention to the Houthis: If USA can not stop the Houthis, at what magical world are they living, that they believe they can fight Russia or China ? They can not even supply Ukraine with 155mm shells…
@@mirekslechta7161 Da, Komrade!!! 🤣
And always wrong. See for example on YT:
'Russia's logistical system will break down because of sanctions: Lieutenant General Ben Hodges' (feb 22)
'Lt. Gen. Hodges: Russia May Be Forced To Stop Attack 'Within The Next 10 Days' (mar 22)
'The Impending Total Collapse of Russian Forces:" Gen. Ben Hodges on Ukraine | Amanpour and Company' (sep 22)
''Ukraine will liberate Crimea by the end of August' | General Ben Hodges' (jan 23)
he is a liar who has been wrong about everything.
He is a delusional clown
You should iron and button your shirt when interviewing someone like General Hodges. Just a thought...good luck...
If the AFU can blitz towards the Kursk NPP and force it to suspend operations (either out of caution or occupation) Putin will have to send more troops. And if Ukraine can set up proper defensive positions in Kursk, then they can handle the meat waves.
Well, they can't . haha! They are being contained - and no, this is very far from being the "D-Day Event" you think it is: 😃😃
The plan by Ukra-NATO was to take the power plant already within the first week and move on from there, to demonstrate "how to run a Blitzkrieg offensive in Eastern Europe". One month in, the Ukris are nowhere close to reaching the NPP and in fact they are not reaching ANY of the immediate goals with this campaign neither strategic nor tactical. Kiev is sacrificing some of their best troops in large numbers for the sake of a short.term media stunt, and meanwhile left the door open for the Russians to continue taking over western Donbass at an accelerated pace. 😄
´"Hard luck, ENGLISHMAN!" 🔥😁
there will be no meat waves Russia doesn’t use those tactics and never has . A lot of “ ifs” in your comment . Ukraine doesn’t have the manpower to do any of those things . I assure you there will be no Ukrainians in Russia in a few weeks
(earlier comment m*ted by U2)
@@TrevorCrook-c1sMaybe 3 days tops?😅
Oh, those two man human waves.
The Military Industrial and Congressional Complex thanks you for your naive attention
2:37 In the age of AI, the 24-hour news cycle, drones and satellites it is not like Rybalko's Third Guards Tank Army sneaking away from the Bukrin Bridgehead to be redeployed elsewhere in absolute secrecy like it is 1943 or something.
It already has
Great clarity, #GeneralHodges!!!
He's great
"The Kursk salient"
History may not repeat itself but it certainly rhymes.
Once again the fields and countryside of Kursk appear as ground zero in major war. (0-0)
I did a little digging and one year ago this clown said that Russia will collapseand lose the war due to loss of manpower lol the irony and ukrain will liberate Crimea 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
In anything I have ever heard from him has been wrong. It is mind boggling how he became a general.
@@DKyle327 I can now understand how they lost to goat herders of Kandahar.
Ok Ivan
Well done Ukraine to find the strategy to liberate the country.🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
To most Western experts, attritional strategy is counterintuitive.
As a Dutch/European, I am ashamed and frustrated by the fear politics of Biden and Scholz. I hear sounds around me that people are even turning away from the Americans and Germans. These sentiments will be even louder in Ukraine and many Eastern European countries. This will have negative consequences for the Americans and Germans in the future. After all, it is they who have abandoned freedom and democracy for their own fear, politics and selfishness for their own wallet.
Embarrassed American...checking in. - Here
You really think this war is about protecting and defending democracy. The war is about weakening Russia, why would they sacrifice their own wealth for the sake of Ukraine. The moment the threat extends to the Western elite finances and economics was the moment the war would end.
On a broader strategic scale they know that Eastern Europe has nowhere else to go apart from remaining aligned to the US.
All power to the Soviets
The Russian people are angered and grief grows on the steps of the Kemelin Doors... 3 years not 3 days and the fields of the Ukrainian Front are Blood Soaked with their Sons deaths there...
Where are the protests though ?
@@anneallen5207 They are probably not drafting people from Moscow. And people in Moscow don't care about the people from Not-Moscow.
@@anneallen5207 There are none, and have been little if any. Despite what you hear from Ukrainian and Western media the majority of Russian's support Putin and the Russian Federation and it's military actions. Especially after what happened in 2014.
@@yakivpopavichthe chosen tribe controls both sides at the top and demands blood of goyim to offer to moloch
daydreaming again?
There is a reason why the US looses all the war it fights in and it's because of people like General Hodges.That is the same reason Ukraine is loosing this war, listening to American Generals.Putin himself states it clearly ,he didn't panic he let the Ukrainians stay there in Kursk because it was working to the advantage of the Russian army in Donbass but today the Russians began to push the Ukrainians out of Kursk and as usual the Ukrainians are being rolled back.
Maybe the Kursk territory is a way Russia keeps those Ukrainian troops from going to the East, in some sort bizarre thinking.
Курск капкан для украины
The Ukrainians are using phasers in Kursk
Maybe the Russians will use their GPS set to shortest distance to get to Kursk quickly. I'm sure the Ukrainians won't mind.
Russia didn’t move troops from east?
How many troops did you loose in Afghanistan sir Hodges and for what reason?
If the 2400 us fatalities, ~370 were in regional south command…
Compared to 70k + in the Russian side of this war. Not really a comparison is it.
Hodges talking nonsense as usual
Follow the money with this guy and many of the other retired generals
Aged like milk 😂
A fine milk
Ukraine being slaughtered stop spinning
The guys is some some sprt of dreamer so many of those couch analyses 😂
They already stopped Begkrainians in Kursk
You are wistful thinking guy
Always great to hear from GBH.
he is a liar and been wrong about everything....BOT
@@chadhaire1711
Are you talking about the russian little whiney beach?
Stupid
Hodges is a deluded 🤡
Propa !
Gen Hodges insight about the contentious nature of the various military elements of the Russian army was spot on.
But that level of intrigue was engineered by Putin to keep any opposition within the military at bay.
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How do you know this is spot on? What evidence do you base this one? Putin’s popularity within the general public at the time of the last election was in the 80%+ range and it’s still in the 70s even after such a long SMO and with the Kursk incursion giving the Russians a bloody nose. One can only speculate that his popularity is probably somewhat similar within the military and even if it is lower, it’s hardly likely to be plumbing the depths of popularity polls like most western leaders are (30s & 40s.)
Many other more credible commentators have offered that allowing Ukraine to sit in the Kursk region whilst they detract from their defense efforts in the East of Ukraine to sustain it is actually accelerating their ultimate demise. I’m afraid Hodges has scarcely been right about a single thing this this past 2 1/2 years.
This aged well, ukrainian forces are on the way to being encircled in Kursk.
Really? Care to point to the overwhelming Russian forces approaching them? Little to no evidence of that
@@theglobalgambit theres videos of a counter offensive in kursk, ukr units surrounded and surendering, theres plenty just go look for yourself
This is interesting. General Hodges has highlighted Russian internal weaknesses & fragility of Putins regime.
Hodges has never won a war…nobody cares
@@RobKov6Still trying to cope yah flog! Off you go to the front and show us how it's done. Or does your pointy head spin to much ! 😂
@@RobKov6 Hodges never invaded Ukraine 🇺🇦 Who cares wins Ukraine 🇺🇦
@@aussiviking604 After you flog stuff!🤠👊 🇺🇦
@aidanwalsh3930 Done my time decades ago junior! This your generations time to shine. Off you go shiney bums , show us old farts how it's done! 🤣
These remarks remind me of how the Czar's Army was defeated by the Germans in WW I. The Czar had 2 generals that opposed each other, so they decided to attack the Germans separately. Incidentally the Russian system with two separate generals was intended to prevent any single Russian General from initiating a coup to replace the Czar. The German Army then defeated each separate Russian Army consecutively. After those defeats, the Army was done, and so was the Czar. The Russian Revolution then followed and Russia was out of the war. The Germans then moved their Army to the western front to confront France, England, and the other allies, but that front devolved into trench warfare with no winners. Putin appears to be in a similar position to the last Russian Czar. But Ukraine still has to defeat the Russian forces.
Bla bla bla. Can you name these yours imaginable generals?
@@dmitryletov8138 The battle in question was the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914. Russia confronted Germany with two armies. The First Army commander was Paul von Rennenkampf. The Second Army was commanded by Alexander Samsonov. The German Army in the east was commanded by Hindenberg. Hindenberg was outnumbered by the combined Russian Armies, but he was attacked separately by each. Hindenberg defeated the Second Army first, and then turned to defeat the First Army. After that, Russia did not have any Army in the west to fight any more in WW I. The victory by Hindenberg was a significant boost for the Germans, and for a time they thought they could easily defeat the French in the west. But trench warfare in France ended that hope.
I don't think the delay had anything to do with rivalries in the Russian security sector. Ukraine was counting on the fact that Russia would abandon positions in Ukraine and redeploy to Kursk. Putin and his Generals saw through the ruse. Keep in mind that when Hitler and Napoleon invaded Russia it willingly traded land and space for time.
We can see from the amount of land in Kursk Ukraine has lost in the last few days that the Russian patience is working.
cool developement
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Capturing 10 villages and 125 sqkm in one day is not small😂😂😂
As we speak the russians advancing from the west of the kursk area in high speed. Leaving a big unit ukris trapped behinde the lines😂😂😂
This general is a joke 😂😂😂
High speed what are they travelling in there lads Rivas ?
The resources of russia are big but not more than any major European country, like Germany, France, Italy or UK. Russia's economy is the size of the Nordic countries. Yes russia had a lot of old Soviet army stockpile but 80% of that is gone now and more than two years of sanctions, a weak Ruble and no foreign investments means the only reason russia is still fighting is that all and every resource is directed at the war. This is not sustainable.
80% is gone now??? says who?
Before the SMO Russia had 12,000 MLRS LAUNCHERS in stock! How many rockets do you think they had for them?
When the MSM claimed Russia was running out of missiles in 2022, military analysts estimated that Russia only had 12m left!
@@graemepeters5717es ist ihre Sache als Russlandgläubiger mit dem Hang zum Pflichtgemäßen Glauben an die Russenpropaganda mit ihren Märchenerzählungen vom Kriegsverbrecher Putler und seinen Schergen, ihren Bullshit bei ihres Gleichen zu erzählen, aber lassen sie uns damit zufrieden!
Bleiben sie ruhig auf'm Pott sitzen und nehmen sie die richtigen Pillen ein!
Und gut is!
...and the begging way UA is gathering financial and military resources is perfectly sustainable???
Russian economy is size of brics boy ,,wake up,, thats half wolrd economy, soviet stock in big yes and the soviet doctorine is allways to outnumber anyone who try to attack russia even whole nato, trust me,, nato storage ammunition is emty,, and sancrion cant work becuse brics ,,new hegemony who dont depend of west ,own bank own payment system own rules won curency , so please wake up ,, west people wake up please
@@dirkhouben9960 You mean like begging NK, China and Iran for weapons?
Hard to believe that this conflict has been going for almost 30 months now. The Pacific War between the United States, and the Empire of Japan lasted for 44 months.
Russia has been on the brink of collapse for about 28 of those months - I certainly hope is it coming true now.
Why would it collapse???
1500 square km sounds a lot, but it's no more than a patch 25 miles by 25 miles square.
Ukraine controls that territory only in theory. In real life, they are being obliterated each and every single day.
Tell this to the country of Luxembourg
ロシア人がやっていることは、すべてを爆撃して瓦礫にし、軍隊を大量攻撃に送り込み、学校やショッピングモールを破壊することだけだ。
they're not buying the land
Incorrect. 25 x 25 is 625. 25 x 60 is 1,500.
BS & lies, was this 1 of the 44 General along with Little Britain top brass that could not plan 2 month in advance in leaving (ha-ha) humiliated in Afghanistan. Yanks have won 1 (Gluf) in 6 > ww2. Kursk advanced was nullified, & losing villages every day, & in full scale retreat. The Russians ratio Ukraine is 1:8, Russia has complete control of the air, Ukraine ave. age of men 43+ & press gang men of the streat, inlisting woman & boys is all signs of strength Russia will take the last remaining Russian speaking city's. (Odesa).
Just like Russia defeated in Afghanistan after 16 years of trying
Still this guy not in Ukraine?
The more important question, is what is Ukraine gaining from going to south of Kursk, with lots of open, vacant space,,, as opposed to the decade-long consolidated lines in the Donbass falling at the same time? Is it lessening the pressure in the Donbass? Are the Ukrainians actually getting anything in Kursk? ,,, the Russians don't need to eject the Ukrainians, they can just keep hammering their unfortified positions.. Foolish escapade imo
If you don't know, then you haven't been following this war. Why not do some research and find the correct answers?
@@CarlMartin-hw3ev The questions pretty much answered themselves from my pov. What is that you know, that invalidates the rather obvious logic posed? What does the Ukrainians get with Kursk compared to what they're loosing in the Donbass?
There's also an increasing amount of fighting being reported along the Zaporozhia line,, not likely to be a Russian offensive, but the increased probing typically precedes one.
What good is it going to do the Ukrainians to be bogged down south of Kursk?
You got some answers, or just going to pretend you know something?
@@CarlMartin-hw3ev cope
@@CarlMartin-hw3ev Ukraine invaded a small farming village and you act like thats some huge victory while Donbas and Crimea are still solidly Russian
Ukraine goes on defensive where Russia is strong and Russia advances on a carpet of bodies, Ukraine attacks where Russia is weak and takes large swaths of territory for relatively few casualties. Yeah that seems pretty foolish of the Ukrainians....not.
I find general Hodges to highly credible and insightful.
Yes he is. Too bad nobody in any position to act on his suggestions seems to be listening.
I never heard of him, but he has some really good points in the interview.
I feel sorry for you - if you honestly think that
Just look back all what he has said last 2 years - just an idiot - or getting paid my some military industrial company to lie through his teeth
Stupid troll.
Pjotr 😂 get same medication youll need it😂😂😂
YES.. Russia has not changed it's Battle Tactics of WW2
Slava Ukraine
Are you kidding ?
They are using satellites, drones and missiles, the west can only dream of.
That is why they are winning
@@chadhaire1711 They are not winning anything at all.
@@sergiosaunierRussia is obviously winning; the abject media says otherwise.
@@sergiosaunier Russia has All of Crimea, all of east Donbass, over $7 trillion in gas/mineral resources there, and destroyed over 50% of the Ukraine kursk invasion force...so tell us again how Russia is not winning kid.
Repackaged interview from when the General was in the USA last month. Stop acting like this is you speaking to him,.
only watching this for the hair- Ben Hodges has the brains, but definitely not the Wella Balsam Hair.
Such a dimwitted comment, maybe it's time to up your game?
Love this guys opinions more brains & common sense than all the Masters put together, & Michael Clarke
Wait, Russia can't stop the Kursk offensive? It has been stopped like two weeks ago, you are clueless.
Let's play an interesting game. Go through the comments here and report all of them that you believe are misinformation. Not opinions that you might disagree with, because in the free world we are all entitled to those. Then come back in a few hours and see how many comments remain after the computerized google filter has done its work.
What an embarrassing clown take. LOL
Why Russia Can't Stop Ukraine's Kursk Offensive: Yeah, the Soviets managed to stop the all-powerful Wehrmacht. After the war, it was found out that the German army could have won the Kursk battle if only fuel supplies could have reached the warfront. What does Ukraine have now? Nothing.
I call for the immediate dismissal of Vladimir V Putin. Good Russian depose Putin. Fools defend . It's getting late.
Russia is having trouble retaking the Kursk area because they never have a backup plan and they don't move and attack well in a real war. Also, they over committed all of their available troops to the Donbass, Donetsk, and Crimea regions.
You were impressed with Russia's ability to move a lot of stuff real far real fast? They didn't refuel their tanks at the border so they ran out of fuel half way to Kyiv. And they sent vehicles down from Belarus in haphazard formation, a tank, a medical unit, some trucks, an air defense unit, another tank, a few trucks, some armored vehicles. Also they clogged the roads so when Ukraine dropped the bridges the Russians could not get across and could not move bridge building equipment.
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This aged poorly
THE SHIFTING OF POWER IN THE MODERN WORLD
There was a time the center of social power was in the periphery of societies since the dominant mode of production was agrarian. With the development of commerce and industry, rural power shifted to the cities and now cities with the industry and commerce have assumed primary importance in decision making power. Reason for this note sprung up from some recent developments in Ukraine and more specifically the raid and capture by Ukraine of a Russian enclave, Kursk, and holding on to it presumably as a jewel to be traded with the captured cities by the Russians in the event peace negotiations break out. This strategy by the Ukrainians is in fact erroneous for the swap is dissimilar and no exchange can take place. Like in the exchange of commodities. For two commodities to exchange it’s necessary that the commodities must have equal or equivalent “use values”,else no exchange is possible. And the question is what use value, in terms of power, Kursk has with its barren land, forests, or even agricultural land? Not much or nothing at all. On the contrary, the big cities the Russians are after, have all the modern bells and whistles amenities , etc. that modern men need and crave for. Hence urban life is much preferred than the mundane life of rural life. That is why the “Kursk victory” the West and Ukraine are cheering about is a Pyrrhic Victory that rings hollow in the scheme of things.
Ad at end is a Scam.
Ben will you give u misleading the public
Hodges waffles never age well.
Ukraine`s generals ain`t DRUNKS ! and they listen to the west generals !
True
An English dandy interviews a paid liar.
So now all Putins diopters
Ben needs to be in the WH
Stupid
Ben for president !
This only shows that Zelensky is incompetent military strategy.
Does the general have any idea of what the bot,s trolls are looking for they are on fire overdrive is not the word. They are looking very very hard for something
Geography101. See size of Kursk. Compare to tiny size of potato field occupied by 11,000+ dead ukraine troops.
This man has less logic than any teenage barista I've ever met.
That's clever, but grossly wrong.
Offering nothing but ingrained hate point of view
The only thing consistent about this guy is how wrong he always is with his analysis.
More Hodges nonsense. They are already being pushed back out of that non strategic pointless offensive.
All of Putin's speeches was geared up to how easy mainland Russia could be invaded, ((" look into how Putin is allowing it to confirming his historical speeches "))
This man deserves to have a leadership position in the Harris/Walz government! N.B. russian bots are active on this site.
So someone who has a different opinion to you or this clown are Bots - so sad you have such shallow thoughts
Apparently the US bots are active here too…
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Yes you are!