Can Russia win in Ukraine with nuclear weapons?

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  • The nuclear talk is back. Russia is again threatening the West with nuclear retaliation, but how close are we actually to nuclear war? In this video I discuss what will happen if Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine, and I argue that it will more likely lead to Russian defeat than victory. But unfortunately that does not mean that we can ignore the danger of nuclear escalation as a result of the conflict.
    0:00 Nuclear rhetoric is back
    2:01 A weapon of weakness
    2:40 Less confident about Ukraine strategy
    4:00 Not a wonder weapon
    5:15 Could lead to Putin's downfall
    7:47 The International explanation
    8:20 A nonproliferation nightmare
    11:04 When might Russia use nuclear weapons?

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  • @anderspuck
    @anderspuck  หลายเดือนก่อน +133

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    • @Thewestcoastshooter
      @Thewestcoastshooter หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      We apprciate your thoughtful and balanced commentary Anders.

    • @tektkite7255
      @tektkite7255 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you seem pretty daft:
      1. 2 nukes on kiev and the war is over
      2. Dear russian slaves and meat, NATO has attacked (for added effect stage a false flag operation) us and we beat them by sending nukes. they are now scared and defeated

    • @lagrangewei
      @lagrangewei หลายเดือนก่อน

      can you be abit less dellusional. after so many years of hyping of ukraine, can you just acknowledge defeat is inevitable without NATO entering the war, in which if NATO enters the war, we will have WWIII and a nuclear exchange? you are not helping the Ukrainian by lying about their conditions, the more you hype them up, the more europe will see thing as under control and the less money and resources they will focus on Ukraine. it is way better to be honest and tell them the truth, then to lie and prolong the slatemate. NATO must consider the possibility of a nuclear war.

    • @ThePearsson
      @ThePearsson หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@lagrangewei Why Ukraine has already liberated 50% of Ukraine. Europe is ramping up the defense industry, the US aid will keep coming. Russia has two years left in the fight, if the west start sanction India and Russia the support to Russia will be gone. Russia is alone in this against Ukraine supported by the richest and biggest military power in the world. If we in the west decide that Russia will lose, then Russia will lose, if Russia uses 1 nuke Putler and Russia is over as a nation. There is no way out of this for Russia anymore, Surrender or total downfall is whats waiting Russia.

    • @madisondines7441
      @madisondines7441 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Russia making a nuclear escalation gambit is actually highly detrimental to them as long as the West sticks to a proportional retaliation strategy.

  • @mawkishdave
    @mawkishdave หลายเดือนก่อน +821

    Nuclear weapons are most useful when you don't use them.

    • @dpelpal
      @dpelpal หลายเดือนก่อน +72

      Last week Putin threatened to nuke a McDonald's because they got his value meal order wrong😂 Russia is nothing more than a joke at this point lol

    • @TheMrCougarful
      @TheMrCougarful หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      They are also useful if you have no other choice to avoid defeat.

    • @sage8573
      @sage8573 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Putin has been threatening the weather with Nukes for 20 years. Maybe the rhetoric has increased but its always been there in some regard

    • @flixri726
      @flixri726 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Are they? I mean, they were quite effective when the US used them if you want to be cynical about it.

    • @dpelpal
      @dpelpal หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      @@TheMrCougarful Not even nuclear weapons can help the russian military, it's such a complete joke lol

  • @mayberryastronomy6335
    @mayberryastronomy6335 หลายเดือนก่อน +305

    Wow. Someone delivering facts and not fear mongering. I’m impressed.

    • @markbryant4641
      @markbryant4641 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A very strange channel.

    • @katiehettinger7857
      @katiehettinger7857 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Anyone old enough to remember the Cold War knows nuclear weapons are useless in reality. How long would it take for any of Russia's neighbors to normalize relationships and resume trade? China, India, all the Russian friends in Africa or Middle East would fear being branded a pariah, being cut out of global trade and turn their backs on Russia as soon as the fist bomb blew.

    • @tomk3732
      @tomk3732 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      This guy is to facts as pig is to flying.

    • @markbryant4641
      @markbryant4641 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tomk3732. Yeah. Bizarre. It's like listening to interviews with Ben Hodges. He was the highest ranking American NATO member in Europe but he has absolutely no idea about Russia, Putin, Russia's military strategies, Russia's M.I.C. capabilities, Russia's military equipment, Russia's economy... NOTHING!!
      It's unbelievable. I watch these experts get it wrong over and over and over again and wonder, are they really this incompetent? Or are they lying?

    • @reneblom2160
      @reneblom2160 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      @@tomk3732 Then you should rather watch Russian state TV, instead of wasting your time here. The facts being presented there are probably more to your liking. But Z-patriots seem to be constantly drawn towards YT-channels like this one, like moths are drawn towards a flame. Somehow, they simply can't stay away. 😆

  • @flaviucalin
    @flaviucalin 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +56

    THIS IS MY FAVORITE CHANNEL about war in Ukraine. Greetings from Romania

    • @Marko9515
      @Marko9515 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      How can you consider this guy credible after he accused russia for destroying nord stream 2? When i saw that video i knew he is not objective at all.

    • @Andrei-YT01
      @Andrei-YT01 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      salutari

  • @thegreatujo
    @thegreatujo 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    Appreciate the (relatively) short format of these analysis videos. There are quite a few other excellent channels like Perun and Wlliam Spaniel who do explainers but they all produce one hour long materials that not everybody has the time to listen to. You fill a much needed gap for people interested in the conflict.

  • @donixion4368
    @donixion4368 หลายเดือนก่อน +351

    For those of us who remember the Cold War, this kind of threat is familiar and not something we tend to worry about. For the younger ones who have never known constant nuclear threats, this kind of threat is scary. If we are heading into another cold war, everyone is going to have to get used to these threats because they will be far more constant, even without a war going on.

    • @praveendreamer
      @praveendreamer หลายเดือนก่อน

      Coldwar times are over ...! Remember Russia is not big threat to us its china wait n watch on coming October brics + expansion n their plan to kill dollar dominance with centralised currency bwn southeast asian african and middle eastern countries... west hegemony nearing its end !

    • @snyde02
      @snyde02 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

      Oh, we are already in a cold war with Russia. Hints: continuous cyber attacks, misinformation, assassination in Germany, exploding ammo storage in Bulgaria, extensive drone usage on oil platforms in the north sea, buying up real estate in Finland close to military installation, etc etc

    • @TDurden527
      @TDurden527 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      I lived through the Cold War and all this nuclear bomb talk is so ho hum, rofl.

    • @michaelnielsen5573
      @michaelnielsen5573 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I believe that knowledge about nuclear weapons and how (and why) they can be used is the key to cope with a new cold war - at the end of the day, war is still business and ned to give an outcome ;)

    • @perchristophersen8966
      @perchristophersen8966 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Served in the DK Army 4 years 63-67 as engineer large part of the training was decontamination as the Russians was expected to hit our radars towards the Baltic Sea as later told by the Polish after 91 the plan was to use a 2megaton bomb first if did not succeed then a 5megaton half the main island would be destroyed as soldiers were told if they came life expectancy would be approximately 4 hours glad they were broke and stayed home,never imagined these times would come the Russians have never been rational and trustworthy now in Canada since 70 and glad for 👍it 🇩🇰🇨🇦👨🏼‍🦳

  • @RickTheClipper
    @RickTheClipper หลายเดือนก่อน +161

    You are one of the best sources on YT. Always balanced, clear and informed

    • @b_lumenkraft
      @b_lumenkraft หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      True!

    • @MeBallerman
      @MeBallerman หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      He is spokesman of NATO. He's a Danish NATO officer, he can't say one word that contradicts anything that NATO, or the Danish govenrment, says. But he might be more well-spoken than the childish "reporters" you know from your own country,
      Edited for typos

    • @vikalmarentes4376
      @vikalmarentes4376 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You guys are clueless. Weak minds

    • @zeljkopopovic2662
      @zeljkopopovic2662 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MeBallerman Finally somebody using the brains. NATO is pushing planet towards nuclear abyss.

    • @rorychivers8769
      @rorychivers8769 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@MeBallerman Oh that's such a good argument, I had better watch RT for half an hour to balance out my opinion, there's no reason at all that Russia might want to twist the facts and bend the narrative when they are obviously doing so well

  • @residentgeardo
    @residentgeardo 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    This channel always delivers a calm analysis without the hysterical fear mongering of many media outlets. Really like the content! 👍

  • @StyleXtube
    @StyleXtube 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    You explain this so calmly and clearly, I needed this. Thank you.

  • @HR_8035_YEA
    @HR_8035_YEA หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    When your bluff has been called a dozen times already, how effective is it any longer?

    • @ghostlightx9005
      @ghostlightx9005 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      "Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!"

    • @delboyg01
      @delboyg01 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Foolish Western talking point. Our leaders don't seem to understand the difference between a 'warning' and a 'threat'.!!

    • @Omgiamsotriggered
      @Omgiamsotriggered 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      As long as they have nuclear arsenal u can never call a bluff.

    • @santoriniblue8413
      @santoriniblue8413 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      That is now called "strategic ambiguity". You never when the other side has set the thresholds of its red lines. Happened with Ukraine in 2008, 2014 and 2022. In all those occasions, the West ignored Russia's previous warnings, later followed by disbelief. The current Israeli-Iranian crisis is another example. Israel never expected such a reaction from Iran.

    • @ghostlightx9005
      @ghostlightx9005 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@santoriniblue8413 I think Israel did tbh. I mean the net result of that was Iran looking very stupid and embarrassed.

  • @dpelpal
    @dpelpal หลายเดือนก่อน +461

    Recently a man was investigated by the russian police during a putin rally. The man said, "Putin gave me the happiest childhood you could ever have!" The policeman looked at him and said "You're 60, putin wasn't president when you were a child!" The man looked at him and said "yes! He wasn't there, this is why I had a happy childhood!"😂

    • @dpelpal
      @dpelpal หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      @user873kak I'm still laughing about him screaming "Kyiv in 3 days"😂😂😂

    • @boxingsense3459
      @boxingsense3459 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      ​@@dpelpal Putin never said Kyiv in 3 days. You can actually search the whole catalog of TH-cam videos right now and you won't find it. That statement was said by western media over and over again.

    • @dpelpal
      @dpelpal หลายเดือนก่อน +55

      ​@@boxingsense3459 Oh yes comrade and the MOSKVA still sails as well!!!😂

    • @BratBugarin
      @BratBugarin หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is fortunate that there are no such fools, like you, in Russia.

    • @boxingsense3459
      @boxingsense3459 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@dpelpal 😂😂😂 Yeah, and 20% of Ukraine is now under NATO control after more than $200 billion dollars.

  • @johnboardman4820
    @johnboardman4820 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Anders. Thank you. A very interesting and thought provoking insight. I love your videos. Muvh appreciated. John from UK

  • @IAmTheAce5
    @IAmTheAce5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Russian Vatniks talk about nukes the way ‘billionare tech-bros talk about pods

  • @underdog578
    @underdog578 หลายเดือนก่อน +92

    In order to preserve non proliferation countries must not only make it clear that they would respond strongly if one were used, but also clearly and transparently ignore nuclear blackmail. If we want to keep a lid on the number of nuclear powers, it must be clear to all countries that there are no real advantages to possessing them.

    • @geronimo5537
      @geronimo5537 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nato is amassing and stacking massive forces all over the western border of Russia. Of course Russia is going to be talking about deterrents.

    • @richdobbs6595
      @richdobbs6595 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Yeah, but it is clear from North Korea that is advantageous to possess them if you are going to be isolated regardless. At least with the current dynamics, nuclear proliferation is going to occur. Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey are probably the current lineup. If Taiwan falls, you've got South Korea, Japan, and Indonesia.

    • @embreis2257
      @embreis2257 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Anders didn't mention it but the US and president Biden already made it clear if Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine, then the US will respond 'very strongly' to it (making sure Russia will regret having done it) and China too already signalled to Putin what will happen if he dares to use nuclear weapons

    • @embreis2257
      @embreis2257 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@richdobbs6595 Taiwan will be one of the first if Russia gets away with the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine - and China told Putin they won't like it one bit

    • @nommchompsky
      @nommchompsky 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      ​@@embreis2257 That was my thinking. Taiwan, South Korea and, Japan probably have everything you need to start a nuclear program and detailed plans on how to get that program started ASAP. Both China and North Korea really don't want that to happen

  • @splzeug
    @splzeug 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I really appreciate your insight and analysis of these important issues. You deliver the material well and are a true professional. Keep up the good work!

  • @marcelholan6983
    @marcelholan6983 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Thank you Anders, fantastic summary

  • @LukVik
    @LukVik หลายเดือนก่อน +203

    It is getting tiresome 😣 the nuclear ☢️ blackmail !!!!

    • @dpelpal
      @dpelpal หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      And laughable lol. Last week putin threatened to nuke a McDonald's for getting his value meal order wrong

    • @God-ub8fn
      @God-ub8fn หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Its not blackmail its a reaction ,warning to Nato trups if they put boots on ukraine and I BET they are serious

    • @JZsBFF
      @JZsBFF หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Rather things being tiresome than things lightiing up in the dark.

    • @jeremybunn8473
      @jeremybunn8473 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@dpelpal Yes and the McDonald's is only 1 mile from his bunker.😄

    • @gazzarafalemozzy4766
      @gazzarafalemozzy4766 หลายเดือนก่อน

      this expert is full of contradicing propoganda..russia cant use weapons without looking weak..yet america nuked 2 cities war crimes diud they also not look weak????????????????????????

  • @Chiller11
    @Chiller11 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    I look to this channel for the most consistently cogent analysis of the war in Ukraine.

    • @larsrons7937
      @larsrons7937 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree.

    • @heatrayzvideo3007
      @heatrayzvideo3007 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Telegraph Ukraine daily is recommended too

    • @tomk3732
      @tomk3732 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Comedy - same as Denys.

    • @sot11cat
      @sot11cat 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​@@tomk3732If this comedy, you are the circus clown.

    • @tomk3732
      @tomk3732 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@sot11cat No, video author is the performing clown - I am in the audience and I am in on the joke. You seem to not get it.

  • @jamesowens7176
    @jamesowens7176 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Love your logical analysis of the situation as always! It really does help process the noise and see clearly! Please continue with your excellent work!

  • @MorfarsSprutFest
    @MorfarsSprutFest 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This channel is great! Your analytics and knowledge is on top, thank you for contribution in these crazy times.

  • @blasterrax5621
    @blasterrax5621 หลายเดือนก่อน +85

    TY Anders for your great videos. 🎉🎉❤

  • @PovlKvols
    @PovlKvols หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Always good food for thought! Thank you for sharing, @Anders.

  • @hamlinsondra
    @hamlinsondra 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Thank you for your insight throughout this conflict. It's reassuring to find that there are sane people in the world.

  • @Thewestcoastshooter
    @Thewestcoastshooter หลายเดือนก่อน +356

    Bluffing. All day long. Dont give the bastards an inch. They will never stop.

    • @dpelpal
      @dpelpal หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      I think they stripped the parts out of most of their nuclear in the 1990s and sold them on ebay to get food money😂😂😂

    • @CyberBeep_kenshi
      @CyberBeep_kenshi หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      absolutely agree. call their bluff

    • @Thewestcoastshooter
      @Thewestcoastshooter หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@dpelpal As I understand it, they took whatever little funding they had and used it to maintain and even grow their nuclear deterrent as best they could during that time to the detriment of their conventional forces. I do not think Russias nuclear forces are are anything to scoff at... But im also certain they will not use them in this stage of the. conflict. Putin may be the lowest form of life on earth but hes not going to commit suicide.

    • @Thewestcoastshooter
      @Thewestcoastshooter หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@dpelpal As i understand it, they took whatever little funding they had and used it to maintain and even enhance a core of their nuclear deterrent. We should not underestimate their nuclear arsenal. Theyre still bluffing, but their nuclear forces are no joke.

    • @dpelpal
      @dpelpal หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      ​@@Thewestcoastshooter They spent all the money on their military and it's still a complete joke? 😂

  • @paulhaynes8045
    @paulhaynes8045 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

    What a wonderfully argued explanation, I'm quite blown away by the way you simplify and explain such an overwhelming and worrying topic. I've long held the view that Putin will not (can not) use nuclear weapons, but never been able to argue clearly why, so it was a great relief to hear you break the question down with such clear and concise logic. Thank you.

    • @hasansarhan9296
      @hasansarhan9296 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He will not if he does he will be faced with nuclae weapons from the west

    • @gazzarafalemozzy4766
      @gazzarafalemozzy4766 หลายเดือนก่อน

      except the expert is full of contradictions...russia use nuke means russia weak..america NUKED 2 civillian japanese cities..so strong..PROPOGANDA

    • @fdllicks
      @fdllicks หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yep. I have watched him from day 1 of this war and he is spot on each time. The US president should hire him.

    • @Jimbo2193
      @Jimbo2193 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      After the US backed coup the whole issue for the Russians is security. if NATO enters Ukraine and install missiles...Russia has about 5 minutes to react. Whether you believe it or not Russia sees this as an existential threat and they most likely would use nuclear weapons if pressured. But contrary to what Anders says, Russia is winning and was always going to win. Obama warned against any conflict in Ukraine as the Russians ability to escalate was greater than NATO's. He was right.

    • @No_one_cares_about_Ukraine
      @No_one_cares_about_Ukraine 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Nah

  • @CNCTEMATIC
    @CNCTEMATIC 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great presentation Anders, thank you.

  • @teddyhansen9178
    @teddyhansen9178 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Fantastic explanation. Its the best nonnuclear picture I have ever seen. Thanks a lot.

  • @ThePearsson
    @ThePearsson หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Tack!

    • @jojjeja9371
      @jojjeja9371 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You do understand Russia will Winn this war?

    • @ThePearsson
      @ThePearsson 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jojjeja9371 Will never happen, Ukraine and the west will never trow away a world order since 1946 that would open up for dictatorships and, pure evil like Russia, China, North Korea and Iran to do as they want to their neighbors. Thats not even a possibility. Russia is weak and the sanctions bites like never before, we are slowly boiling the frog. Russia has all ready lost this war they just don’t understand it. Russia has a life line by China and India. A lufe line that will end the day the west says stop or we will not bye your gods anymore. These country’s are going down to if they don’t stop supporting the genocide in Ukraine. And if Ukraine would lose against all odds that means WW3 and boots on the ground for Nato. The west has has 30/1 in resources and military power and as you know the will to support Ukraine has gone up the last month. When Ukraine liberates their lands from the Russian Nazis, Russia will collapse. China will then take a big bite of Russia and all the country’s inside Russia that want to leave Russia, like the stolen parts of Georgia, Chechenia, and many other minority’s Russia will brake up in pieces. These regions hate Pution because he send them first as canon food and don’t pay their familys. And I don’t care what you heard at RT or some other Russian fake Nazi state media. You don’t invade other country’s thats a fact. 500 000 dead or wounded Russian soldiers 709-1800 dead a day compared to 100 000 dead UA-soldiers, a totally failed invasion of Ukraine, a Russian Black sea navy taken out by a country without a navy. And last Ukraine has all ready taken back 50%. Yes Russia will take some small grounds the upcoming weeks but then the US aid will arrive, and Europe are starting up the war production at the same time as Russias war industry will be blown to peaces now when the ban on bombing Russia with western weapons are lifted. Russia is weak and have all ready sold their soul to china. Putin is wanted iver half of the world, Nato has started to expend even more. The Russian economy and export is falling like a dead bird and you think Russia is winning 😂😂😂 Ukraine don’t need to win the war, they need to hold the line, Russia will destroy itself from the inside. Let’s see what happened now when 7 Nato country’s is about to send its soldiers in to Ukraine to release them to the front, and when the mobilization is on. Russia is digging its own grave in Ukraine just like they did in Afghanistan. We all know when Russia are afraid and we are doing something right and that when Russia starts threatening the worlds with nukes.

    • @Rottweilerdsq
      @Rottweilerdsq 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jojjeja9371 Nope - Slava Ukraini

  • @krede77
    @krede77 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Great video Anders . Can you do a video on hybrid warfare? . Why isn't the west responding to russian cyber attacks ?

    • @jooseppib1082
      @jooseppib1082 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hybrid or Cyber?

    • @BeardLAD
      @BeardLAD หลายเดือนก่อน

      The West are actively involved in hybrid warfare against their own nations…
      …The West = kleptocratic komrades ie the 1% are like a worm that got a taste for the apple they’ve all but gorged on the guts of.
      The non-supplicant members of the 99% need to establish a rational meritocratic capitalism with an aim for egalitarianism…
      …that Beautiful Undiscovered Country, which evil - in all its perversity - is repulsed by.

    • @falten2
      @falten2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How do you know they aren't responding or planning a response?

    • @krede77
      @krede77 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@falten2 obviously something is being done about it , but i would like to know more about how the west could/would handle that kind of attacks

    • @falten2
      @falten2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@krede77 You did say that nothing was happening, hence my question. But your second post makes alot more sense. Guess we will just have to wait and see.. Im sure there is alot of cloak and dagger in this game.

  • @RogerMillerInVA
    @RogerMillerInVA 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I appreciate your analysis so much. Thank you for your insights.

  • @craigbenson398
    @craigbenson398 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great points. Thanks for doing this.

  • @fraumahler5934
    @fraumahler5934 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thank you for this thoughtful perpective

  • @velox__
    @velox__ หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Clear as ever Anders, thanks and keep it up

  • @beatonthedonis
    @beatonthedonis 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    "We are not close to nuclear war... at this point..."

  • @martinelzen5127
    @martinelzen5127 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hiya AP, thanks for this explanation.

  • @alandoherty5237
    @alandoherty5237 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Great video thank you

  • @Jemacaza
    @Jemacaza หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Amazing video again. Your viewpoint on topics like these are very refreshing. Thank you for these very informative videos. 👍🏻

    • @Lamarck922
      @Lamarck922 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah, his viewpoint is refreshing and very wrongheaded. He has no idea what he's talking about. He's just a goofball with an opinion that happens to be wrong. Remember what they told you Ukraine was going to win Ukraine is going to be completely destroyed. They already have 500,000 dead people.

  • @Chimp_No_1
    @Chimp_No_1 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great analysis ! Thank you for sharing !

  • @chrislong3938
    @chrislong3938 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very well laid out! Thanks!

  • @stevendaugherty7590
    @stevendaugherty7590 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Very interesting & informative video Mr Nielsen. Thank you for your analysis!

  • @Rath-Angkor-Thom
    @Rath-Angkor-Thom หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you 😊

  • @rowanhaigh8782
    @rowanhaigh8782 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for your excellent work. ❤

  • @tamasgyorffy1
    @tamasgyorffy1 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks! Important subject especially the closing sentences

  • @VitalityJolt
    @VitalityJolt หลายเดือนก่อน +81

    We got this Ukraine!🇺🇦

    • @dpelpal
      @dpelpal หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      What is the difference between russian and English fairy tales? English fairy tales begin with "Once upon a time," but russian fairy tales begin with "It will be soon...." 🤣

    • @gagecee5129
      @gagecee5129 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      😂

    • @JamboniUk
      @JamboniUk หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      You got nothing

    • @bigboyhova
      @bigboyhova หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      You got palestine as well ja

    • @marinblaze
      @marinblaze หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ukraine lost the legs to stand on.

  • @jimdale9143
    @jimdale9143 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thoughtful and informative as always. Thank you!

  • @littlepea1325
    @littlepea1325 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    As usual greatly instructive

  • @IMBlakeley
    @IMBlakeley หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    Playing the nuke card would be inherently risky, the US has at least eight SSBN constantly at sea, the UK one, the French one any one of which could make a mess of Russia no one is winning if all that's left is a smoking cinder.

    • @obisanchez5286
      @obisanchez5286 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bullshit, Russia has none, right? Nitwit.

    • @geronimo5537
      @geronimo5537 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nato is amassing and stacking massive forces all over the western border of Russia. Of course Russia is going to be talking about deterrents.

    • @noahway13
      @noahway13 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      And how many Russian nuke subs?

    • @michaelillingworth6433
      @michaelillingworth6433 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      ​@@noahway13I think you miss the point. Nobody wins in a nuclear exchange, it's MAD to think differently.

    • @IMBlakeley
      @IMBlakeley หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@noahway13 Allegedly 4 or 5 at sea, given their maintenance prob 1/2 that.

  • @christopherseidl444
    @christopherseidl444 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Thanks as always for such wonderful and structured analysis. I am visiting Denmark in July I hope to bump into you in Kopenhagen.

  • @PeanutsDadForever
    @PeanutsDadForever 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for another excellent video!

  • @mike_oe
    @mike_oe 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Another great and clear-eyed analysis, thank you!

  • @diverboy70
    @diverboy70 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    When Saurons orchs are performing badly on the battlefield you can see two sure signs, 1. Sauron ratteling his nuke threats and 2. the photos of Sauron are looking more like Gollum, when he is losing his ring (Ukraine) in the River.

    • @tsugumorihoney2288
      @tsugumorihoney2288 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Till today we have only 1 country which used nukes against enemies and it were not "evil empire" of USSR/Russia, it made light democratic USA, just remember it

    • @joeperkowski
      @joeperkowski หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@tsugumorihoney2288so

    • @davidsawyer1599
      @davidsawyer1599 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@tsugumorihoney2288 ,absolutely remember. The point was to end that instantly. Save millions of lives using conventional warfare. Your point is taken as it is. Hello Bot!

    • @nicklindberg90
      @nicklindberg90 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@davidsawyer1599it's nice of the bots to undermine their own arguments lol

    • @tsugumorihoney2288
      @tsugumorihoney2288 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@davidsawyer1599 so according to your logic, Russia must use nuke to end war fast and same millions of lives?

  • @deckearns
    @deckearns หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Who wants to deploy nukes on their doorstep? That's nuts.

    • @mirror452
      @mirror452 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The nukes would actually not target Ukraine.

    • @johannesvalterdivizzini1523
      @johannesvalterdivizzini1523 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Putano cares not one iota for anybody, including his own people. "Nuts" or not, that's the reality we have.

    • @cookiecola5852
      @cookiecola5852 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@johannesvalterdivizzini1523, for Putin this is a game of who can be the craziest...

  • @TheDaveRout
    @TheDaveRout 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I really appreciate your calm analysis

  • @bethanyrae001
    @bethanyrae001 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great analysis. Thank you

  • @garyoconnor6131
    @garyoconnor6131 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Love your analysis and how you look at things. Your oversight and insights are so high level.

  • @ralphhardie7492
    @ralphhardie7492 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Good one
    Insight and logic
    🎉🎉🎉🎉
    Thanks 🙏

  • @CamilleCullen-ow6qj
    @CamilleCullen-ow6qj หลายเดือนก่อน

    great video as always!

  • @stevenjohnston7809
    @stevenjohnston7809 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks for the video

  • @eudaenomic
    @eudaenomic หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Thank you for providing sanity and clarity.

  • @thomaskrenn3808
    @thomaskrenn3808 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    as always: clear thoughts evolved

  • @Wulfrune
    @Wulfrune 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Anders, the clarity in how you see the world is astounding and expressed wholesomely by yourself. Hej Hej.

  • @classifiedsecret6383
    @classifiedsecret6383 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I am seriously impressed with your logic and reasoning. To the extent that I will even forgive you for wearing a tie. (lol)
    Seriously though, keep up the good work!
    Cheers

    • @46FreddieMercury91
      @46FreddieMercury91 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nothing wrong with a shirt and tie. Nice to see someone dress smart for a change

  • @richardmiddleton4634
    @richardmiddleton4634 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    I fail to see how using nuclear weapons in Ukraine is a win. For one I thought the point was to retake Ukraine. You can't occupy irradiated land. Also, the political fallout would be worse than from the bombs. Total embargo, kicked out of the UN, etc. It's hard to run a country when nobody will trade with you.

    • @intractablemaskvpmGy
      @intractablemaskvpmGy หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      You can occupy irradiated land. In fact, it may be easier to occupy irradiated land. Besides Russia doesn't want Ukraine but to control access to Russia, and that is in Western Ukraine and Poland. Remember people never stopped working at Chernobyl, and human activity has continued in the surrounding area to this very day. I think the threat of NATO responding if Putin does such a thing will prevent tactical nukes. I believe Sullivan or Kirby have already alluded to this last time he threatened

    • @pastuh
      @pastuh หลายเดือนก่อน

      hundred thousands dead and you can ask question if its holocoust.

    • @kjellrogerjgensen60
      @kjellrogerjgensen60 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Russians so afraid of shadows
      they attac eweryone, they surely live in the past. As a result they repeat it themselves, and make shadows threathening.
      With their foggy logic they will newe feel safe. They are a victim of their own halusination.

    • @saltzkruber732
      @saltzkruber732 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Nuclear weapons dont have as much radiation as people think and they would be detonated in the air so the radiation would not be absorbed as much into the ground, Japan was hit twice and safe to live in a very short time after

    • @nvelsen1975
      @nvelsen1975 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The UN is defunct and no longer matters in any way, shape or form. Case in point: Hamas was just recognized as a country by the UN.

  • @luisekjeldsen1515
    @luisekjeldsen1515 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thats was very informative ,and about time someone talked about this. Thanks Anders !!

  • @kemperdurand7801
    @kemperdurand7801 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I just used mine for the first time tonight. It is very nice! I was skeptical of the built-in measurer, but it works well. Tight seals, nice pour, and NO condensation! Well done.

  • @morchellemusic2829
    @morchellemusic2829 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Finally a someone talks reasonably

  • @flow1188
    @flow1188 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Its like a bee threaten with his sting, knowing its his strongest-weakst weapon.

  • @chrismartin5662
    @chrismartin5662 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    Putin's like a schoolyard kid saying he'll get his big brother just because he's losing

    • @ashton1952
      @ashton1952 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Have you looked into what independent journalists are reporting? Maybe it's a good idea.

    • @nathanhazlehurst484
      @nathanhazlehurst484 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Losing? Ok you guy's have lost all credibility. See ya!

    • @brianrichardson3331
      @brianrichardson3331 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      He’s not losing

    • @-Highlander-42
      @-Highlander-42 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@nathanhazlehurst484 What he is winning?. tell me...

    • @-Highlander-42
      @-Highlander-42 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@brianrichardson3331 What he is winning tell me?. He lost land sinds the start of the invasion..He lose men and armor everyday at a high rate. what he get back for it?.
      check the land he lost 2023 after the gain 2022 after a attack ukraine did not now...U look the war map now.
      What diod Putin win?. Tell me....Nothing!!. In this rate it will take 80 a 100 years..

  • @pamelahalstead
    @pamelahalstead หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anders, you are both brilliant and so articulate. We await your every broadcast! Greetings from Connecticut USA!

  • @andrewhumphries4029
    @andrewhumphries4029 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice, objective, clear analysis. Thank you

  • @hansleijonmarck9768
    @hansleijonmarck9768 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I too feel this time around of nuclear blackmail it is a sign of weakness.

    • @tomk3732
      @tomk3732 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Strong nations send warning first.

    • @Jimbo2193
      @Jimbo2193 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@tomk3732 which they have done.. agree.

  • @AirB-101
    @AirB-101 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Thank you Sir!

  • @q-tuber7034
    @q-tuber7034 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great analysis, as usual

  • @haroldsmith45302
    @haroldsmith45302 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you for this rational and articulate explanation.

  • @yamaneko-ex8fy
    @yamaneko-ex8fy หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Thank you for your explenation. Since the start of the full scale war against Ukraine I thought briefly about this nuclear threat and then decided that it is a bluff. Glad my own thoughts about that are about the same as your.
    I wish your explenation would be broadcasted by the mass media as far too many people still fall for it.

    • @delboyg01
      @delboyg01 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      People seem to be mistaking a warning for a threat. Contrary to what the video states, Putin nor anyone else has spoken about using nukes in Ukraine, why would they? They are doing fine on the battlefield, it is Ukraine which is getting devastated.
      Putin's warning was about the use of NATO weapons to attack Russian territory, the warning is that it risks Russia considering the country which supplied the weapons as a party to the war, then there will be no problem to hit them on home soil, using whatever weapons they deem fit.
      In that situation everyone seems to jump direct to nukes, but Russia has a lot of none nuke missiles, able to avoid NATO air defences and strike anywhere in Europe.

  • @kirk34
    @kirk34 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    👍👊

  • @UncleJoeLITE
    @UncleJoeLITE 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very well explained, thanks.

  • @green-user8348
    @green-user8348 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Oh, I think the retaliation would have before he got on television.

  • @kreur
    @kreur หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Non-proliferation part is obvious, but when it comes to selling use of nuclear weapons to domestic audience cant Putin simply say something like it is to save lives of Russian soldiers that would otherwise die trying to "denazify" Ukraine using conventional means? He can point out that it worked for USA in WW2 and blame west for escalation as usual.

    • @pierman4858
      @pierman4858 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Non proliferation wasn't the issue back then it is today. It was assumed the Russians would get the bomb no matter what.

    • @nic.h
      @nic.h 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Russia's own policy on the use of nuclear weapons would not consider that a valid situation for there use

    • @pRahvi0
      @pRahvi0 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@nic.h Putin has already been a president many times longer than Russian laws would've allowed when he started. Turns out he can just change the laws when he feels like it.
      That said, even he can't do that without some preparation, which is where he could potentially be overthrown if the change is too unpopular.

    • @nic.h
      @nic.h 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@pRahvi0 yes fair point dictators don't tend to care about rules

  • @loudtim265
    @loudtim265 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I watched a video yesterday where Russia was making nuclear threats, from 2016.

    • @petersinclair3997
      @petersinclair3997 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Threats go back to the USSR.

  • @1337Superfly
    @1337Superfly 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Anders, you are really getting good at this. Your points are
    straight up whip lash delivered. Very potent, very powerful. I hope some Russians are reading along..

  • @kennethpedersen335
    @kennethpedersen335 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As usual, a great video

  • @suliemanalfuhaid1447
    @suliemanalfuhaid1447 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You should make a video about the new Kharkiv offensive

    • @tomk3732
      @tomk3732 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh yes, take popcorn and watch the comedian.

    • @markojuric4954
      @markojuric4954 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      He doesn't need to make a video, I already know how he would say in the video that the Russian offensive on Kharkov failed and Russians have huge losses . . . :)

    • @megawutt
      @megawutt 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Would you watch this? This guy is a moron!

  • @user-tc1by7un3k
    @user-tc1by7un3k หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you 👍🇺🇦❤

  • @EliasValadez-pu1iq
    @EliasValadez-pu1iq 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Russia be like: Yep, totally gonna use them. Maybe. You don’t know. Probably.

  • @OSINTdulli
    @OSINTdulli หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One of your best vids🧑‍🦽💕🇺🇦🇩🇪

  • @dunwitch
    @dunwitch 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Excellent analysis

  • @1Fmarcel
    @1Fmarcel หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    It's all very logic, unfortunately Putin isn't.

    • @sogerc1
      @sogerc1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      But what is the thing that Putin can't destroy with an Iskander but if he destroyed it with a nuke would restore Russia's superpower status?
      I can't think of anything.

    • @pierman4858
      @pierman4858 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      When it comes to his own survival as dictator of Russia he is logical. Of course from the perspective of the people of Russia not.

  • @marcusmoonstein242
    @marcusmoonstein242 หลายเดือนก่อน +107

    A clear sign of desperation on Russia's part. It just means that Ukraine is winning.

    • @dpelpal
      @dpelpal หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Does this mean they're not going to take "Kyiv in THREE DAYS!"? 🤭

    • @JamboniUk
      @JamboniUk หลายเดือนก่อน

      Explain that about America nuking Japan?
      Huh? shush up skimpy.

    • @JZsBFF
      @JZsBFF หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because at some point in time Ukraine will be drained of manpower and will lose this war of attrition, NATO will have to decide to put boots on the ground,
      That's why Russia calls Wolf so now and then, they know that victory will slip away from them when NATO shows up.

    • @scottfay3553
      @scottfay3553 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are you insane? Ukraine has 600,000 kia. Losing ground everyday . Ukraine hasn't took any territory since september 2022. American and Ukraine Generals and Nato leaders admit this. Stop falling for propaganda

    • @ChrisM541
      @ChrisM541 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

  • @mikelanglow-bi2sv
    @mikelanglow-bi2sv 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Solid logical reasoning. 😊 now just to memorize your analysis to share with my associates. ❤❤❤

  • @itwasntme9687
    @itwasntme9687 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with, it's always helpful! 💙💛

  • @ewok40k
    @ewok40k หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    Only time nuclear weapons were used, were against country losing the war already, having no allies, and with no way to retaliate.
    All the opposite is true of Ukraine.

    • @obelic71
      @obelic71 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its seems to be a stalemate like in WW1 and nobody is winning at the moment.

    • @blacklion8208
      @blacklion8208 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ...And we know the effects now...
      So, it's useless crying about it unless you are going to use them hint hint russia

    • @danm9006
      @danm9006 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes, Japan was losing the war when the nuclear weapons were used. But, the situation in 1945 was different than 2024, for many reasons.
      It's not fair to make comparisons.

    • @antebratincevic6764
      @antebratincevic6764 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@danm9006 Yes, now situation is worse due to total capacity of the nuclear weapons

    • @lucotonico
      @lucotonico หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@danm9006 lol the comparisons is not fair just because the US was the one Using it lol😂?

  • @wh8787
    @wh8787 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    I think one of the key points is that the Chinese government would be absolutely furious. Being a pariah in the west is one thing, being isolated from China is quite another.

    • @Tonik-13
      @Tonik-13 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What does China have to do with it?

    • @wh8787
      @wh8787 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@Tonik-13 loads. The Russian economy is increasingly dependent on China. President Xi, while being pretty supportive of the Russian government has been fairly explicit that any use of nuclear weapons would be unacceptable. The Chinese government doesn't want to see any kind of nuclear war, limited or otherwise for a variety of reasons. China is also pretty obviously the senior partner in any kind of alliance or partnership between Russia and China, having a vastly larger economy, military, population, etc. the only thing Russia really has over China now is access to natural resources and a far larger nuclear arsenal. That said China is expanding and modernising its own nuclear arsenal. The Chinese government certainly doesn't want to see a world where every country with the economic and scientific capacity pursues a nuclear weapons program. They already have to contend with dubious situations of Pakistan and India sabre rattling on their frontier and the DPRK with a nuclear arsenal threatening their neighbours every so often (though this was presumably pursued with Beijing's knowledge and blessing).

    • @Tonik-13
      @Tonik-13 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@wh8787 Buddy, you have written so much but not a single fresh thought, try to say something that is not common knowledge for a change.
      But still you made a mistake, Russia and China are indeed interconnected, but you overestimate China's influence on Russia. China has no power over Russia, that is the essence of the relationship between these two countries, unlike the west they preach sovereignty, and non-interference in the internal affairs of the country. Of course Russia will take into account China's opinion, but Russia will ensure its own security as it sees fit and will act at its own discretion, in its own interests and China can't and won't do anything about it. Even if it doesn't like something.

    • @pnwdrifter5680
      @pnwdrifter5680 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@Tonik-13 China doesn't rule Russia, this much is true. However, in a nuclear scenario, China, and many other states would no longer do trade with Russia, the Russian economy and perhaps russia itself would collapse. This would be unacceptable to the oligarchs, would see to it that Putin would be strung up. Russia can pretend it doesn't need China, but it does need China, now more than ever, and in that way, China has considerable influence of Russia.

    • @Tonik-13
      @Tonik-13 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@pnwdrifter5680 What kind of trade are you talking about? In the nuclear scenario, there will be no trade at all, there will be no one to trade. The West very often talks about the possible use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine. It seems that the West dreams about this and wants to provoke Russia to take this step. But I will tell you one secret - there are no targets for nuclear weapons in Ukraine. The Russian weapons of the apocalypse are aimed at the real enemies of Russia. And if it comes to its application, Russia will be least concerned about trade and China's opinion...

  • @TheDarkSnaffle
    @TheDarkSnaffle 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great video!

  • @46FreddieMercury91
    @46FreddieMercury91 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The problem with nuclear weapons is that once they're used they no longer become a deterrent

  • @jonathankeepers3960
    @jonathankeepers3960 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I want to know how well maintained the Russian nuclear weapons are?

    • @no_more_spamplease5121
      @no_more_spamplease5121 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is irrelevant. Badly maintained nukes can also cause a lot of damage.

    • @CyberBeep_kenshi
      @CyberBeep_kenshi หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@no_more_spamplease5121If the don't explode during launch, or crash, than you get a fizzle eventmor nothing. basically a radiologic spill.
      and no, they haven't maintained them at all. mabye a handful. many silos have even been closed permanently because the fuel, which is poisonous, has been leaking......

    • @u2beuser714
      @u2beuser714 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Perun made a video on that and the conclusion is that the probability of their nukes working is very high by the fact that they have literal heaps of fissile material , i advice people to go and watch his channel

    • @yasminesteinbauer8565
      @yasminesteinbauer8565 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is difficult for the public to judge due to a lack of transparency. However, we do know that Russia has fewer financial resources at its disposal than the USA.

    • @olgap.
      @olgap. หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Back than in my childhood there was a joke: Policeman asks the guy who tried to steal a nuclear bomb why he did it. "I wanted to sell it to by potatoes". "Why didn't you steal potatoes in the first place?". "Potatoes are better guarded" was the answer.

  • @lindamann4212
    @lindamann4212 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    They must be losing (again).

  • @ronb8066
    @ronb8066 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Excellent and down to earth analysis, probably the best on Russian nukes I have heard so far.

  • @philb2628
    @philb2628 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very interesting, clear analysis.

  • @Ukie88
    @Ukie88 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Let’s hope it never happens. call the bluff now . F16s now. Blackmail.

    • @zacklewis342
      @zacklewis342 หลายเดือนก่อน

      F-16s already happened dummy. The process is well underway.