As always, very informative. Thanks, guys. So much information to mull over after listening to this podcast. I'm American, but I get my world news from Ukraine The Latest. ❤
It is clear from trumps comments that he has absolutely no clue about Ukraine. In fact I would posit that most listening to this POD have a better understanding of the condition of Ukraine right now than trump does.
All trump knows about Ukr. is he made a "perfect phone call," Hunters lap top is hidden there & if he wants a Trump Tower Moscow he needs to suck up to Putin
Great discussion as always. As a 76 year old American civil/sanitary/hydraulic/environmenal engineer, I was particularly interested in the discussion of the world wide water situation. I, and other members of my profession, have been working on this problem for many decades now and the technology and other resources are available. Water conservation, agricultural efficiency, water reuse, progressive water rate structures, flood and storm runoff control, industrial water efficiency, etc. There is still a lot to be done of course. Switching to a more plant rather than meat based diet is necessary. Beyond this, the problem is political/economic. As with defense spending, we have put our linited resources towards the most important problems. Again, great discussion and keep up the good work.
Excellent video. At roughly 49:00 your guest talks about nations knowing where they stand inn following the rule of law and arbitrary rules. I need to stress this point, the US and UK walked away from the rule of law when they invaded Iraq in the early 2000's. Whenever a discussion correlates to this invasion I always bring it up and I always will. Because, both the US and UK have a responsibility to behave better in the future if they want other nations to behave more responsibly as well. Otherwise situations like what we currently see in Ukraine, will be repeated over and over again.
Fair point. Of course, the Iraq intervention wasn't the same as Putin's imperialism, partly because it was ultimately provoked by Saddam's invasion of Kuwait. Nonetheless, it was a mistake, not least because it undermined international conventions that countries should not invade other countries.
"shoot down russian missles from our own soil It's not a escalation" and what if these batteries shoot down a russian fighter plane? or if the russians retaliate? frankly the illiteracy and massive stupidity of britbonger radio hosts is appauling
oooh scarey! The West fought China directly in the Korean War and the world didn't come to an end. If Putin has done anything with his genocidal war on Ukraine, he has shown that Russia is totally hollowed out, an empty shell. Putin set out to demilitarise Ukraine and he has achieved the demilitarisation of Russia. And if he reaches for nukes, it is still suicidal (and China won't stand for it).
Between 1933 and 1938 the UK's Defence budget grew from 2.2% to 6.9% of GDP. Neville Chamberlain was Prime Minister between 1937 - 1940 2024 UK Defence spending is 2.3% of GDP this I believe is a symptom of weak leadership. "Weaker than Chamberlain" (a much maligned PM)
Listening from NZ... Actively donating every week or so 'till I can't Notably the public support, although just "words" does manifest in monetary support to Ukraine from our government... However it is a tiny amount so far
@@lauraa.e.5008 "give"...🤣🤣🤣 It's not candy shop, read - we don't want more to pay for weapons for Ukraine, young Ukrainian men should come back and fight and they drive as Uber drivers in europe - it's pathetic... if they don't care then we don't have any sympathy anymore...🤣🤷
It's his own masters who won't allowed him nukes. If zelenskybwanted power he would have to go against his masters which he can never do now coz he owns them more than his country ever could paid for many generations.
Trump knows full well that the war started with the annexation of Crimea in 2014, when Zelenski had zero influence on the situation ( nor did Parashenko before him). It is very concerning to hear that kind of rhetoric from a potential leader of the “Free World”.
You’d think he’d know that. But I’ll be honest, I don’t think he knows much of anything. Like at all. He doesn’t even know how tariffs work. I doubt he could point to Crimea on a map😂
The way conservatives in the US and Australia talk about how "we cant support ukraine we need to defend the pacific" is the same exact shell game of "we shouldn't support foreign nations and spend money on our own people, on healthcare and jobs back home" -- just like how Brexit never brought money into the NHS like Farage said it would. this is all garbage because THE MONEY NEVER GETS SPENT AT HOME, its an excuse to equivacate and justify doing nothing. the money will never be spent on Taiwan if ukraine falls, the money is never spent at home unless its buying more 20,000 dollar cupholders for the air force, and will instead go into corporate donor pockets.
Nonsense. This isn't a question of 'send aid to Ukraine, cos it'll just get wasted otherwise'. Its about sending aid to Ukraine now, so we don't have to send aid, and a whole lot more, to the Baltics or Poland later. A Russian defeat in Ukraine means peace in Europe. And not just Europe.
@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 There’s a name for that, fear mongering. Russia offered to spare even Ukraine but Ukraine refused peace, opting for war instead of independence
With Korea formerly sending troops to Ukraine through Russia, I vote the next NATO training excercise is performed in Ukraine. I hear Russia will be providing the opposition force for training purposes.
@@M4DHUSKY Your thought process makes little sense. But I hope Russia does give NATO a reason to be involved directly and everywhere. Until then if outside countries are directly supplying troops to Russia and not just material. Then Ukraine and its allies have a right to send troops to the front line as well.
@@jeremygibbs7342 Which would mean WW3 and escalation to the point of usage of nuclear weapons. More so, if Korean troops won't be deployed on Ukranian soil (if ever, for now this whole affair is a psiops at best), why would USA involve themselves in the conflict?
Remark from DK: It is the way of life lived in the democratic countrys which is under attack. Ukraine is the most important frontline, but not the only one. For example, there is another front line in the Middle East. 2 sides of same war. Thx for laying out the obvious for ostrich’s. 🙏 There will be no West if the ones we have elected to power do not live up to their responsibility. “We are in danger in the West”
I think what Liam Fox is saying is it's not a free country, the EU is not free. They are democracies and democracies are great, but they aren't cheap. The alternative is living in a Russian, Iranian, Afghanistan or North Korean regime.
The argument that Ukraine could not have kept nukes safe after the split of the Soviet Union is void. Russia could not either. The US paid over 4 billion in the late 90s/early 2000s to go in and build secure storage facilities as they had insanely little security or applicable storage. Even after this Russian nuclear material has been found several times for sale on the black market.
As with trump , putin gets a pass because people are incredulous that such psychopathy exists. However, history has proven their incredulity is unfounded. No one can seriously doubt the many instances of humans horrific treatment of other humans. All that changes is the time and place. But still we mentally rewind the clock and begin again as though the humans if today are somehow different or more civilised. I went to the k.. fields in Cambodia and the Hanoi Hilton and am under no illusions of what people are capable of in the pursuit of power. If a psychopath needs to rationalise their actions they simply tell themselves that they are the saviour and therefore all actions that help them to power justifies the means. It extends across all ideologies. That is what humans are.
I cannot fathom the American strategy. They have a once in a lifetime opportunity to hurt (possibly brake up) Russia without a single loss to an American soldier. Yet they prevaricate and pussyfoot around, drip feeding Ukraine with barely enough equipment to sustain the war effort. Yes, it’s bloody expensive, yes it’s fraught with dangers … but my God … think of what those extra arms might achieve. The defeat of Russia and Putin would send a message which would reverberate for decades. It would reassert American military dominance and influence. Europe would be free from the threat of invasion. The Russian people would be free to pursue their lives without interference. China, Iran and Korea would think twice about military adventures! And the thing is … it can be done. The Ukrainians have the ability to win a major victory, they just don’t have the material to get it done.
“Putin wants to retake territory that was lost by Russia” - remember that even half of Germany was this territory. «Russian borders do not end anywhere” - putin’s words. And he is just a face of KGB that has been in power for almost 100 years
“ we have to understand the circumstances in situation in which the troops are operating” At all times. This gentleman understands the abilities and powers and constraints of spectral operations forces, and perhaps shouldn’t be a former minister, but rather current minister.
As an American I am reluctant to comment on British politics or royalty. However the pod discusses US politics because how can they not? The Tory party was in power for the prior 14 years, coming to power in part because of the Labour government's actions on the Afghan/Iraq war. For a Tory politician to blame anything on the over a decade old policies of the previous government that the Tories were not able to effectively address in the intervening 14 years (and the current Labour government has left unaddressed .. in this past 100 days) is an endorsement of the Lib Dems not a argument for Conservative government.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed on Friday that Moscow will not allow the presence of nuclear weapons in Ukraine "no matter what."Responding to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's remarks that Ukraine's alternative to NATO membership could be obtaining nuclear weapons to protect his country, Putin dismissed the statement as "just another provocation." "To create a nuclear weapon in the modern world is not that difficult," the Russian president said. "I don't know if Ukraine is capable of it, it is not such an easy task for modern Ukraine," Putin added."Any step in this direction will face feedback," the Russian president stated.
@@craighughes2191I wish that were true but the Russians have taken 20% of the country & there doesn’t seem to be anything the west can do to stop it. I would love to be a fly on the wall to know what Biden, Austin, et al are thinking. I wish they had a plan to restore the land to Ukraine but it is becoming clear, they have no ideas. Looks to me we have a new world order.
Typical cry baby Putin, hypocrisy personified, Ukraine is successfully fight Russia with one hand tied behind its back, if Russia can fire Iranian and NK missiles into Ukraine then 100% can Ukraine fire NATO long range weapons targeting Russia's millitary, 100%.
@@craighughes2191 mate, the rest of the world cant do nothing about that, if they could have, they would have long before today. Also, problem is, the rest of the world is a rather small number
The massive Russian wave of strikes on Ukrainian military airfields throughout the country were likely a response to the attempt of the Ukrainian military to attack the Crimean peninsula the day before. The attack on the Russian peninsula was launched by several aircraft of the Air Force of Ukraine that took off from different airfields. When four Su-24M tactiсal bombers took off from the Starokonstantinov airfield in the Khmelnitsk region, Ukrainian MiG-29 and Su-27 were spotted taking off from the airfields in Uman, Dolgintsevo, Mirgorod and Kanatovo located in the central Ukrainian regions. They launched ADM-160 MALD decoy missiles in an attempt to cover up the operations of the tactical bombers. In total, Russian air defense reportedly intercepted and destroyed at least eight missiles that targeted the eastern coast of the Crimean peninsula. No damage was reported as a result of the attack. The Kiev regime is threatened with strategic defeats on the battlefields and the Ukrainian army is losing hope to take back control of at least some of the lost territories. As always, in an attempt to gain some political and media victories, Kiev attempts strikes on Crimea. The cherished dream of the Kiev regime is to destroy the Crimean Bridge which is an important symbol of the modern Russia and Russian Crimea. Despite the fact that the bridge is not used by the Russian military and most of the military supplies to the frontlines are provided through the new Russian regions, where Russians are rapidly restoring all the necessary infrastructure, including roads and railways, the doomed Kiev regime continues wasting expensive NATO missiles in provocations aimed to save the name of Zelensky in the MSM.
There was a time when Western Ukraine forces were entrenched in Mariopol on the Azov Sea coast. Those days are gone. Since then Russia has liberated it and cities of Lysychansk, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut, Avdiyevka, and Ugledar, They are nearly to the Dneiper. By the time Ukraine sits down to negotiate a peace with Russia, its army and economy will be in ruins and Russia will exact very stringent terms to ensure there is never again a threat from the West on its southern border.
“I especially respect that the reason for what is happening in Ukraine today is the logical legacy of the lack of collective approach, which first declares its democratic values for all, the logical legacy of the lack of collective approaching the global security system, at the expense of the weakness of the approach and how I especially marvel at the newly acquired States in 2008, Russia began to expand as a belt of its security space in 2014, in 2008, and then in 2014 Rotsi under the movements of that very collective Sunset, Russia started a war against Ukraine, which became the great war of the 21st century in the center in the center of Europe as a fact.” Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK at Chattam House
The Ramstein meeting that has been seating for over 2 years has failed to dislodge a poorly led,poorly trained,poorly fed,poorly equipped Russian army from the Dombas. What will a defence meeting achieve? These meetings are merely a cup of tea meetings with sausages served on top of a pancake
Ukraine gave up its nukes in exchange for a treaty and guarantee from Russia that they would respect Ukrainian borders. Then Russia decided they liked Crimea and invaded it. After a while Ukraine signed a truce that gave Russia Crimea (not officially, but) and that treaty lasted a couple years before Russia started arming Donbas. After that little war festered, they used the Donbas thing to invade the rest of Ukraine. So, to be fair, Ukraine would be well within its rights to use the existing expertise within their country to build a few nukes. After all, we are three wars down from the agreement that Russia clearly has no regard for. Borders for nukes is history. That means borders for nukes is history. Let me rephrase that: borders for nukes is history.
U.S. led Nato can't have it both ways, it can't have 'instructors' and mercenaries operating inside of Ukraine and then name-call at the Russian military for operational training adversaries of Nato against U.S. led Nato there. Tough luck comrades!
21:15 Zelensky threatening flouting nuclear anti proliferation policy is an “Interesting move”? Your bias is showing and hypocrisy. And Israel’s nukes?
I think your defense minister is right about Europe and perhaps the US not having a well defined foreign policy BUT I am one of those Americans that is tired of always being leaned on for the free world’s defense. Thanks to (1) Trump bringing up NATO funding deficiencies while he was president and (2) the Ukrainian war, the European community has finally stepped up. But just as the defense minister said, the European nations have not stepped up enough. They are the first line of defense and should be ready. I personally take great offense when anybody criticizes the US for not doing more.
This Aussie believes every "free world" nation needs their own nukes now. This is more true for small countries who can't or don't want to be involved in conflict. Possibly small countries with very similar cultuers and economic models e.g. Scandanavia, maybe the Baltics could share the capability, but I think even a bloc like the EU overall is not similar enough or politically united enough to have a common defense policy - just look at all the different perspectives and attitudes toward the Russian invasions of Ukraine e.g. Hungary and Turkey's perspectives compared to Poland's or France's. I'm no one. Just some nerd with a casual interest in security affairs - but even I recognisd this pretty much as soon as the Ukraine war started and the US was unwilling to provide. It's pretty obvious. No politically palatable, but it is the new reality. The US is increasingly less interested in being the free world security provider and the only way nations can defend themselves is have the same weapons as potential aggressors. Notice the UK and France are much more indepdent with regards the Ukraine war e.g. the UK gave the first heavy weapons - only 10 or 15 but they broke the "red line" because Russia would get nuked if Russia nuked the UK. Same with StormShadow. Both the UK and France have nukes - not many but enough that hurting them will be very painful for Russia or China or Iran or whoever. The US got to be the world's reserve currency amongst other concessions post WWII and part of the cost of that - or arguably anothger benefit was that they would be the gaunrantor of free world client state's security - in exchange for non-proliferation i.e. very few countries can threaten the US and the reserve currency - i.e. a huge advantage in trade and finance. The US needs to decide if they want to enjoy the advantages they have now - and bear those costs, or if they prefer a more chaotic more world with inreased multilateralism and greater proliferation.
On the night of October 18th, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched another wave of strikes on Ukrainian rear facilities throughout the country. According to the Ukrainian military, the country came under one of the most massive attack of Russian drones. According to the official report by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian air defense allegedly intercepted 80 Russian UAVs out of 135 drones. The Ukrainian military command claimed that two UAVs flew back to the territory of Belarus. At the time of publication of the report, a dozen Russian drones were reportedly flying over the central regions of Ukraine. The official reports of Ukrainian military officials rarely correspond to reality. The scale of the revealed damage caused by Russian night attack is much larger than reported by the Ukrainian side. Ukrainian military monitoring sources and local media confirmed explosions throughout the country, including in the western regions. Russian forces launched both Geran-2 kamikaze UAVs and Kh-59 guided missiles. Explosions thundered in the Kiev, Odessa, Sumy, Zhitomir, Rivne, Volyn, Poltava, Cherkassy, Khmelnitsk, Vinnitsa, Kherson, Kharkiv, Kirovograd regions as well as in the area under Ukrainian control in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Numerous Russian strikes were confirmed. The main target of the night attack were Ukrainian military airfields across the country, where military hangars, warehouses and workshops were destroyed, together with Ukrainian aircraft and military equipment from NATO countries.
In the Russian Kursk region, the Ukrainian grouping surrounded near Lyubimovka is trying to escape through the fields under heavy Russian fire. No Ukrainian reinforcements thrown in the area helped to unblock the cauldron. Russian forces broke through the Ukrainian defenses in the area of Chasov Yar. As a result of a series of successful attacks, soldiers of the Russian army took control of the territory of the Blok-9 mine, located on the southern outskirts of the city. Active assault operations with support of groups on armored vehicles also continue on the city streets. Russians advanced in the Oktyabrsky district. Ukrainian military observers complain that the situation in Chasov Yar is getting worse every day. The Ukrainian garrison is exhausted by prolonged fighting and there is not enough ammunition. In addition, their command in Kiev weakened their defense by removing some of the units of the 80th separate airborne assault brigade from this area and sent them to the Kursk region. Ukrainian positions are also deteriorating in other directions. On October 18th, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed control of Maksimilyanovka. The assault on Kurakhovo may begin in the coming days. The Russians are also expanding their zone of control around the large Ukrainian stronghold of Selidovo and approaching Kupyansk on the northern front. Taking into account the balance of power on all frontlines, the regime in Kiev is doomed to defeat. Thus, Zelensky is crying out loud trying to change the rules of the game. In effect he is trying to drag NATO into war.
Changing the rules of the game??? This is not a game. This is totally on Putin, and everything must be done to stop him from breaking down the international rule based order.
I’ve seen video of a Tesla with lithium batteries burning underwater, it said that it burnt for hours & the fire brigade couldn’t put it out. Sounds scary if the air transport authorities think lithium is not a problem or do aircraft have better suppressants than firemen?
Lads, lets remember: ukraine had the means to defend its territory, but now those means now lie in kursk. Ukraine should surrender now because it cant win the war. It never could
Done ok in the Black Sea so far. Russia is drowning in sanctions ,with a worthless currency an interest rate of 19% and a future of North Korea… 2025 Watch and see Russia go down comrade, BS only works as a plaster.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called Ukraine's intention to join NATO "unacceptable," stating that it must be abandoned.Lavrov criticized the Ukrainian authorities for violating the rights of the Russian-speaking population in the war-torn country. "Laws have been passed banning education in Russian, media based in Russia and working in Ukraine, and Ukrainian media working in Russian. Russian culture has been banned," Lavrov noted.
Great pod. Western governments really need pull their fingers out and strengthen their defence policies around finances & political will to keep their people safe. And spending budget on defence in-country instead of making Americans fat on the back of European money & the Ukrainian/Russian war. Let us hope the country members of NATO stand up to the bullies and move beyond the current debate stance. Water, resources, so much to consider. Keep your chin up Dom 😊
While his army is ground down on the battlefields, Zelensky continues traveling around NATO in an attempt to ignite the fading fire of support from their Western patrons. Faced with imminent strategic defeats, Kiev is sweating away, writing peace plans that are cut off from reality then threatening Europe with nuclear catastrophe. Meanwhile, Moscow and its coldblooded army steadily continue their job, approaching new victories. On the night of October 18, the Ukrainian rear came under another wave of Russian strikes aimed to undermine the capabilities of the Air Force of Ukraine. A series of precision strikes hit Ukrainian airfields in the Sumy, Zhitomir, Rivne, Volyn, Poltava and Khmelnitsk regions. Ukrainian aircraft, warehouses with drones, hangars with military equipment, military workshops and navigation systems from NATO were destroyed. More Russian strikes destroyed Ukrainian military, energy and industrial infrastructure facilities throughout the country. Another series of explosions thundered in the capital Kiev for the second night in a row. In their turn, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted drone and missile strikes in the Russian western rear regions and in Crimea but failed to achieve any results. Kiev lost another night strike battle and is losing control of more and more territories on the ground.
@@outlawbillionairez9780 Yes, exactly. Elon should donate all his wealth to the impoverished people of Russia. Why Mars, when people in Russia don't have fresh water!
I dont know why there is all this emphasize on F16's when the time to train and equip them takes years Drones have proved to be more effective and cost much cheaper.Ukraine could win this war easily if it had more drone pilots and the drones for them to fly.
As always, very informative. Thanks, guys. So much information to mull over after listening to this podcast. I'm American, but I get my world news from Ukraine The Latest. ❤
@@kpn5440 lol there is a reason why we have a “special” relationship with the brits. They Lie. Steal and Cheat.
It is clear from trumps comments that he has absolutely no clue about Ukraine. In fact I would posit that most listening to this POD have a better understanding of the condition of Ukraine right now than trump does.
Sadly that seems to be reflected by many US voters too
All trump knows about Ukr. is he made a "perfect phone call," Hunters lap top is hidden there & if he wants a Trump Tower Moscow he needs to suck up to Putin
Yes only kamala can fix this war with her war experienced. She is the best leader in this war torn age.
Trump is a Russian agent. Pure and simple.
@thearmorknight1690 Yes, I am Ukrainian and in Harris Kamalla we are trust. I do not believe to Mr. Trump
I listen from the US East Coast and I always find this show very insightful.
Indeed... Insightful into how the degenerates and their vassals are off their rockers.
I’m also a fan of fantasy.
Zelenskyy said what we were all thinking ❤❤
Great discussion as always. As a 76 year old American civil/sanitary/hydraulic/environmenal engineer, I was particularly interested in the discussion of the world wide water situation. I, and other members of my profession, have been working on this problem for many decades now and the technology and other resources are available. Water conservation, agricultural efficiency, water reuse, progressive water rate structures, flood and storm runoff control, industrial water efficiency, etc. There is still a lot to be done of course. Switching to a more plant rather than meat based diet is necessary. Beyond this, the problem is political/economic. As with defense spending, we have put our linited resources towards the most important problems. Again, great discussion and keep up the good work.
It's just propaganda
Screw it, give them both.
They won't get either lol.
International law does not exist unless it is enforced which it never is.
What sanctions are left for Iran and North Korea?
@@sebastianforbes1They're specially designed for criminal states, like your mates in the Kremlin😂
@sebastianforbes1 Sure. Nothing says success more than having to buy military kit from North Korea and Temu🤣
@@kmg474 What's it like? Don't the north koreans have ballistic missiles far superior to the french/british storm gutter missile?
@Interglacial_optimist They don't even have enough ballistic rice to eat🤣🤣🤣 Seriously dude. Just stop.
Excellent video. At roughly 49:00 your guest talks about nations knowing where they stand inn following the rule of law and arbitrary rules.
I need to stress this point, the US and UK walked away from the rule of law when they invaded Iraq in the early 2000's. Whenever a discussion correlates to this invasion I always bring it up and I always will. Because, both the US and UK have a responsibility to behave better in the future if they want other nations to behave more responsibly as well. Otherwise situations like what we currently see in Ukraine, will be repeated over and over again.
Dam right. Yugoslavia. They still hold 30% of Syria and North Iraq.
@@amitkerai4880Serbia was committing a genocide.
Yugos D Iraq leader was committing atrocities in the region for years.
Fair point.
Of course, the Iraq intervention wasn't the same as Putin's imperialism, partly because it was ultimately provoked by Saddam's invasion of Kuwait. Nonetheless, it was a mistake, not least because it undermined international conventions that countries should not invade other countries.
@@hinahinananoha7783and Israel?
"shoot down russian missles from our own soil It's not a escalation"
and what if these batteries shoot down a russian fighter plane?
or if the russians retaliate?
frankly the illiteracy and massive stupidity of britbonger radio hosts is appauling
oooh scarey! The West fought China directly in the Korean War and the world didn't come to an end. If Putin has done anything with his genocidal war on Ukraine, he has shown that Russia is totally hollowed out, an empty shell. Putin set out to demilitarise Ukraine and he has achieved the demilitarisation of Russia. And if he reaches for nukes, it is still suicidal (and China won't stand for it).
Between 1933 and 1938 the UK's Defence budget grew from 2.2% to 6.9% of GDP.
Neville Chamberlain was Prime Minister between 1937 - 1940
2024 UK Defence spending is 2.3% of GDP this I believe is a symptom of weak leadership. "Weaker than Chamberlain" (a much maligned PM)
Listening from New Zealand. Expat South African. Committed to supporting Ukraine
Listening from NZ... Actively donating every week or so 'till I can't
Notably the public support, although just "words" does manifest in monetary support to Ukraine from our government... However it is a tiny amount so far
😂😂😂
Give Zelenski what he needs to take out Putin, once and for all!!
@@lauraa.e.5008 "give"...🤣🤣🤣 It's not candy shop, read - we don't want more to pay for weapons for Ukraine, young Ukrainian men should come back and fight and they drive as Uber drivers in europe - it's pathetic... if they don't care then we don't have any sympathy anymore...🤣🤷
as if that wouldn't put in power Kadyirov who is leagues more of a warmonger than Putin ever could be.
@@dimas3829kady is a joke and already declared blood fued against dagestan
@@dimas3829 They're all monsters.
It's his own masters who won't allowed him nukes. If zelenskybwanted power he would have to go against his masters which he can never do now coz he owns them more than his country ever could paid for many generations.
Trump knows full well that the war started with the annexation of Crimea in 2014, when Zelenski had zero influence on the situation ( nor did Parashenko before him).
It is very concerning to hear that kind of rhetoric from a potential leader of the “Free World”.
You’d think he’d know that. But I’ll be honest, I don’t think he knows much of anything. Like at all. He doesn’t even know how tariffs work. I doubt he could point to Crimea on a map😂
Trump is just orban in orange skin
Trump is a narcissistic sociopath. He acts only for himself. He is sick. So sad about the USA. I am embarrassed to be an American.
Trump the only solition to this war
@@JSrg8ixNo. He is worse. Much, much worse
Thanks.
And thanks for the interview, I'm no fan of Liam Fox, but he had a lot of interesting things to say.
Russia urges 'immediate' withdrawal of American troops from South Korea
Lol or they're gonna do what exactly?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Jazzisa311 Whoosh. The comment went over your head
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 🇩🇰 🇺🇦
No
Slaves yes
no glory for the wicked.
The way conservatives in the US and Australia talk about how "we cant support ukraine we need to defend the pacific" is the same exact shell game of "we shouldn't support foreign nations and spend money on our own people, on healthcare and jobs back home" -- just like how Brexit never brought money into the NHS like Farage said it would. this is all garbage because THE MONEY NEVER GETS SPENT AT HOME, its an excuse to equivacate and justify doing nothing. the money will never be spent on Taiwan if ukraine falls, the money is never spent at home unless its buying more 20,000 dollar cupholders for the air force, and will instead go into corporate donor pockets.
@@sebastianforbes1 Farage himself is not a credible source on whether Farage is a liar
I agree, but Ukraine is going to lose anyway
even if they aren't spend in home - they are saved and not wasted on Ukraine losing.
Nonsense. This isn't a question of 'send aid to Ukraine, cos it'll just get wasted otherwise'. Its about sending aid to Ukraine now, so we don't have to send aid, and a whole lot more, to the Baltics or Poland later. A Russian defeat in Ukraine means peace in Europe. And not just Europe.
@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 There’s a name for that, fear mongering. Russia offered to spare even Ukraine but Ukraine refused peace, opting for war instead of independence
A fascinating display of willful ignorance,these actors should bow their heads in shame for this performance in misinformation.
Where is the proof N. Koreans are fighting for Rusdia, prove it.
Russian Bot
With Korea formerly sending troops to Ukraine through Russia, I vote the next NATO training excercise is performed in Ukraine. I hear Russia will be providing the opposition force for training purposes.
Lead the way
There is not evidence of NK sending troop to Ukraine to fight.
And Ukraine sending himars rockets to Russia,so u suggest Russia have right to hit the West ?
@@M4DHUSKY Your thought process makes little sense. But I hope Russia does give NATO a reason to be involved directly and everywhere.
Until then if outside countries are directly supplying troops to Russia and not just material. Then Ukraine and its allies have a right to send troops to the front line as well.
@@jeremygibbs7342 Which would mean WW3 and escalation to the point of usage of nuclear weapons. More so, if Korean troops won't be deployed on Ukranian soil (if ever, for now this whole affair is a psiops at best), why would USA involve themselves in the conflict?
Remark from DK:
It is the way of life lived in the democratic countrys which is under attack. Ukraine is the most important frontline, but not the only one. For example, there is another front line in the Middle East. 2 sides of same war.
Thx for laying out the obvious for ostrich’s.
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There will be no West if the ones we have elected to power do not live up to their responsibility.
“We are in danger in the West”
I think what Liam Fox is saying is it's not a free country, the EU is not free. They are democracies and democracies are great, but they aren't cheap. The alternative is living in a Russian, Iranian, Afghanistan or North Korean regime.
Trump is viktor orban in orange skin
❤Ukraine ❤
fux ukraoina
Bring them to the justice.
The argument that Ukraine could not have kept nukes safe after the split of the Soviet Union is void. Russia could not either. The US paid over 4 billion in the late 90s/early 2000s to go in and build secure storage facilities as they had insanely little security or applicable storage. Even after this Russian nuclear material has been found several times for sale on the black market.
Did not know that. Thanks.
22:39 please stop giving airtime to Trump!
They kinda have to plan for that frightening future…just in case.
Critical analysis of Trump's stupid words is hardly just "giving airtime"
We can't stick our head in the sand.
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As with trump , putin gets a pass because people are incredulous that such psychopathy exists. However, history has proven their incredulity is unfounded. No one can seriously doubt the many instances of humans horrific treatment of other humans. All that changes is the time and place.
But still we mentally rewind the clock and begin again as though the humans if today are somehow different or more civilised. I went to the k.. fields in Cambodia and the Hanoi Hilton and am under no illusions of what people are capable of in the pursuit of power.
If a psychopath needs to rationalise their actions they simply tell themselves that they are the saviour and therefore all actions that help them to power justifies the means.
It extends across all ideologies. That is what humans are.
I cannot fathom the American strategy. They have a once in a lifetime opportunity to hurt (possibly brake up) Russia without a single loss to an American soldier. Yet they prevaricate and pussyfoot around, drip feeding Ukraine with barely enough equipment to sustain the war effort.
Yes, it’s bloody expensive, yes it’s fraught with dangers … but my God … think of what those extra arms might achieve. The defeat of Russia and Putin would send a message which would reverberate for decades. It would reassert American military dominance and influence. Europe would be free from the threat of invasion. The Russian people would be free to pursue their lives without interference. China, Iran and Korea would think twice about military adventures!
And the thing is … it can be done. The Ukrainians have the ability to win a major victory, they just don’t have the material to get it done.
The importance and value of the interview with Sir Liam Fox's interview cannot be overstated.
A Bfritish empirist ranting from a position of inferiority , much aggravated by his recent electoral loss
Agree 100% full NATO membership NO nuks
“Putin wants to retake territory that was lost by Russia” - remember that even half of Germany was this territory. «Russian borders do not end anywhere” - putin’s words. And he is just a face of KGB that has been in power for almost 100 years
KGB was not in power for almost 100 years. Saying stuff like that is to imply that FBI were in power in US for more than a century lol.
First no bot to comment slava David
I don’t think I’ve heard a better Tory boot licking Russia/putin since Yes Prime Minister.
Trump is a bit smarter then the average listener of this podcast. After all, these journalists are Intel assets. UA lost this war long ago.
So smart he recently learned about WW2 and Napoleon! Trully a giand of the mind.
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He bankrupted many businesses ,not very smart at all…
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Trump is a lying con artist. Not smart.
“ we have to understand the circumstances in situation in which the troops are operating” At all times. This gentleman understands the abilities and powers and constraints of spectral operations forces, and perhaps shouldn’t be a former minister, but rather current minister.
Ukraine can use the F16 anywhere they want to as soon as they get a trained pilot that can fly one.
Don’t fret.
@@anthonyhulse1248 I loved those jets for many decades... They belong in museums.
@@Interglacial_optimist well they can still do a lot of damage... and F16 are not just F16 they have been upgraded many times over the years
@@masteryourkitchen-areyouga7237 Almost as easy to maintain as an m one abrams tank.
As an American I am reluctant to comment on British politics or royalty. However the pod discusses US politics because how can they not? The Tory party was in power for the prior 14 years, coming to power in part because of the Labour government's actions on the Afghan/Iraq war. For a Tory politician to blame anything on the over a decade old policies of the previous government that the Tories were not able to effectively address in the intervening 14 years (and the current Labour government has left unaddressed .. in this past 100 days) is an endorsement of the Lib Dems not a argument for Conservative government.
1.00.10 "Bullies, whether in the school playground or the Kremlin, only understand strength, not rethoric."
Excellent report.
1 year of flight school? Not possible. They will lose #200 aircrafts. 2 years at minimum
“I wonder why nato air defense isn’t bringing them down…” 😂😂😂
They need the level of support that the US has given Israel, Kuwait or the Balkan Muslims in the 90s
Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed on Friday that Moscow will not allow the presence of nuclear weapons in Ukraine "no matter what."Responding to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's remarks that Ukraine's alternative to NATO membership could be obtaining nuclear weapons to protect his country, Putin dismissed the statement as "just another provocation." "To create a nuclear weapon in the modern world is not that difficult," the Russian president said. "I don't know if Ukraine is capable of it, it is not such an easy task for modern Ukraine," Putin added."Any step in this direction will face feedback," the Russian president stated.
The rest of the world has had a guts full of pootin. And will not allow him to try and steal Ukrainen.
@@craighughes2191I wish that were true but the Russians have taken 20% of the country & there doesn’t seem to be anything the west can do to stop it. I would love to be a fly on the wall to know what Biden, Austin, et al are thinking. I wish they had a plan to restore the land to Ukraine but it is becoming clear, they have no ideas. Looks to me we have a new world order.
Typical cry baby Putin, hypocrisy personified, Ukraine is successfully fight Russia with one hand tied behind its back, if Russia can fire Iranian and NK missiles into Ukraine then 100% can Ukraine fire NATO long range weapons targeting Russia's millitary, 100%.
@@craighughes2191 mate, the rest of the world cant do nothing about that, if they could have, they would have long before today. Also, problem is, the rest of the world is a rather small number
The Ukranian military is unstable.
Nobody besides Napoleon retreats as fast.
Impressive 😂
The massive Russian wave of strikes on Ukrainian military airfields throughout the country were likely a response to the attempt of the Ukrainian military to attack the Crimean peninsula the day before.
The attack on the Russian peninsula was launched by several aircraft of the Air Force of Ukraine that took off from different airfields. When four Su-24M tactiсal bombers took off from the Starokonstantinov airfield in the Khmelnitsk region, Ukrainian MiG-29 and Su-27 were spotted taking off from the airfields in Uman, Dolgintsevo, Mirgorod and Kanatovo located in the central Ukrainian regions. They launched ADM-160 MALD decoy missiles in an attempt to cover up the operations of the tactical bombers. In total, Russian air defense reportedly intercepted and destroyed at least eight missiles that targeted the eastern coast of the Crimean peninsula. No damage was reported as a result of the attack.
The Kiev regime is threatened with strategic defeats on the battlefields and the Ukrainian army is losing hope to take back control of at least some of the lost territories. As always, in an attempt to gain some political and media victories, Kiev attempts strikes on Crimea. The cherished dream of the Kiev regime is to destroy the Crimean Bridge which is an important symbol of the modern Russia and Russian Crimea. Despite the fact that the bridge is not used by the Russian military and most of the military supplies to the frontlines are provided through the new Russian regions, where Russians are rapidly restoring all the necessary infrastructure, including roads and railways, the doomed Kiev regime continues wasting expensive NATO missiles in provocations aimed to save the name of Zelensky in the MSM.
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This dude talks just like the t Rump - just makes things up to support his argument of the day..
There was a time when Western Ukraine forces were entrenched in Mariopol on the Azov Sea coast. Those days are gone. Since then Russia has liberated it and cities of Lysychansk, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut, Avdiyevka, and Ugledar, They are nearly to the Dneiper. By the time Ukraine sits down to negotiate a peace with Russia, its army and economy will be in ruins and Russia will exact very stringent terms to ensure there is never again a threat from the West on its southern border.
Viktor oban is not a friend.
He is a putin puppet, a traitor and a conspirator
he works in the best interests of his people like every politician should.
@@dimas3829he is a putin puppet a traitor and a collaborator
He's one of the only friends humanity has.
@@dimas3829 he works on putin best interests like a puppet
It was a sad day when we lost Liam Fox as defence minister.
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LOL. Unshakable.
Unconditional surrender is the answer.
The World's greatest beggar needs to beg for peace. The youth of Western Europe will not be conscripted to fight for Blackrock in the Ukraine.
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@Dom Sec Gen "commanding" is very obviously a typo for "commending".
Increased security protocols causing logistics and passenger delays may be the intent of the parcel attacks.
“I especially respect that the reason for what is happening in Ukraine today is the logical legacy of the lack of collective approach, which first declares its democratic values for all, the logical legacy of the lack of collective approaching the global security system, at the expense of the weakness of the approach and how I especially marvel at the newly acquired States in 2008, Russia began to expand as a belt of its security space in 2014, in 2008, and then in 2014 Rotsi under the movements of that very collective Sunset, Russia started a war against Ukraine, which became the great war of the 21st century in the center in the center of Europe as a fact.” Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK at Chattam House
Terrible smacking give this poor man some water
NO EXCUSES DEFENSE SECRETARY. NO WAR CRIMES!
The Ramstein meeting that has been seating for over 2 years has failed to dislodge a poorly led,poorly trained,poorly fed,poorly equipped Russian army from the Dombas. What will a defence meeting achieve? These meetings are merely a cup of tea meetings with sausages served on top of a pancake
Yet u can't beat this poorly led, poorly trained army😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Ukraine gave up its nukes in exchange for a treaty and guarantee from Russia that they would respect Ukrainian borders. Then Russia decided they liked Crimea and invaded it. After a while Ukraine signed a truce that gave Russia Crimea (not officially, but) and that treaty lasted a couple years before Russia started arming Donbas. After that little war festered, they used the Donbas thing to invade the rest of Ukraine. So, to be fair, Ukraine would be well within its rights to use the existing expertise within their country to build a few nukes. After all, we are three wars down from the agreement that Russia clearly has no regard for. Borders for nukes is history. That means borders for nukes is history. Let me rephrase that: borders for nukes is history.
Brilliant interview
Free David McBride.
North Korean soldiers, this is your chance to be free! Flee!
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U.S. led Nato can't have it both ways, it can't have 'instructors' and mercenaries operating inside of Ukraine and then name-call at the Russian military for operational training adversaries of Nato against U.S. led Nato there. Tough luck comrades!
Give Taurus a chance
Germany wants to continue existing.
@@Mman. This is the reason why they are considering to send the cruise missiles, my shallowtimpool friend.
The return of Francis and shifting the focus to China
21:15 Zelensky threatening flouting nuclear anti proliferation policy is an “Interesting move”? Your bias is showing and hypocrisy. And Israel’s nukes?
I think your defense minister is right about Europe and perhaps the US not having a well defined foreign policy BUT I am one of those Americans that is tired of always being leaned on for the free world’s defense. Thanks to (1) Trump bringing up NATO funding deficiencies while he was president and (2) the Ukrainian war, the European community has finally stepped up. But just as the defense minister said, the European nations have not stepped up enough. They are the first line of defense and should be ready. I personally take great offense when anybody criticizes the US for not doing more.
This Aussie believes every "free world" nation needs their own nukes now.
This is more true for small countries who can't or don't want to be involved in conflict. Possibly small countries with very similar cultuers and economic models e.g. Scandanavia, maybe the Baltics could share the capability, but I think even a bloc like the EU overall is not similar enough or politically united enough to have a common defense policy - just look at all the different perspectives and attitudes toward the Russian invasions of Ukraine e.g. Hungary and Turkey's perspectives compared to Poland's or France's.
I'm no one. Just some nerd with a casual interest in security affairs - but even I recognisd this pretty much as soon as the Ukraine war started and the US was unwilling to provide. It's pretty obvious. No politically palatable, but it is the new reality.
The US is increasingly less interested in being the free world security provider and the only way nations can defend themselves is have the same weapons as potential aggressors.
Notice the UK and France are much more indepdent with regards the Ukraine war e.g. the UK gave the first heavy weapons - only 10 or 15 but they broke the "red line" because Russia would get nuked if Russia nuked the UK. Same with StormShadow. Both the UK and France have nukes - not many but enough that hurting them will be very painful for Russia or China or Iran or whoever.
The US got to be the world's reserve currency amongst other concessions post WWII and part of the cost of that - or arguably anothger benefit was that they would be the gaunrantor of free world client state's security - in exchange for non-proliferation i.e. very few countries can threaten the US and the reserve currency - i.e. a huge advantage in trade and finance.
The US needs to decide if they want to enjoy the advantages they have now - and bear those costs, or if they prefer a more chaotic more world with inreased multilateralism and greater proliferation.
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Sir Liam sees current conditions with authoritarian nations as do I. Though we are at odds on other matters and interpretations.
His Majesty: Nero Zelensky, piromaniaco
Defending his country. Cope harder
@@JSrg8ix "defending" it by ensuring it;s annihilation, eh?
@@dimas3829 i lived in ukraine for two years. My husband is from Kharkiv. Spare me your misinformation and delusions
On the night of October 18th, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched another wave of strikes on Ukrainian rear facilities throughout the country. According to the Ukrainian military, the country came under one of the most massive attack of Russian drones.
According to the official report by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian air defense allegedly intercepted 80 Russian UAVs out of 135 drones. The Ukrainian military command claimed that two UAVs flew back to the territory of Belarus. At the time of publication of the report, a dozen Russian drones were reportedly flying over the central regions of Ukraine.
The official reports of Ukrainian military officials rarely correspond to reality. The scale of the revealed damage caused by Russian night attack is much larger than reported by the Ukrainian side.
Ukrainian military monitoring sources and local media confirmed explosions throughout the country, including in the western regions. Russian forces launched both Geran-2 kamikaze UAVs and Kh-59 guided missiles.
Explosions thundered in the Kiev, Odessa, Sumy, Zhitomir, Rivne, Volyn, Poltava, Cherkassy, Khmelnitsk, Vinnitsa, Kherson, Kharkiv, Kirovograd regions as well as in the area under Ukrainian control in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Numerous Russian strikes were confirmed.
The main target of the night attack were Ukrainian military airfields across the country, where military hangars, warehouses and workshops were destroyed, together with Ukrainian aircraft and military equipment from NATO countries.
What the hell? Going after MILITARY targets?!
@@AAB463the US just sent another half a billion worth of stuff the Russians needed to attend to.
Yeah and he is 100% correct
U people arnt very smart
In the Russian Kursk region, the Ukrainian grouping surrounded near Lyubimovka is trying to escape through the fields under heavy Russian fire. No Ukrainian reinforcements thrown in the area helped to unblock the cauldron.
Russian forces broke through the Ukrainian defenses in the area of Chasov Yar. As a result of a series of successful attacks, soldiers of the Russian army took control of the territory of the Blok-9 mine, located on the southern outskirts of the city. Active assault operations with support of groups on armored vehicles also continue on the city streets. Russians advanced in the Oktyabrsky district.
Ukrainian military observers complain that the situation in Chasov Yar is getting worse every day. The Ukrainian garrison is exhausted by prolonged fighting and there is not enough ammunition. In addition, their command in Kiev weakened their defense by removing some of the units of the 80th separate airborne assault brigade from this area and sent them to the Kursk region.
Ukrainian positions are also deteriorating in other directions. On October 18th, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed control of Maksimilyanovka. The assault on Kurakhovo may begin in the coming days. The Russians are also expanding their zone of control around the large Ukrainian stronghold of Selidovo and approaching Kupyansk on the northern front.
Taking into account the balance of power on all frontlines, the regime in Kiev is doomed to defeat. Thus, Zelensky is crying out loud trying to change the rules of the game. In effect he is trying to drag NATO into war.
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Changing the rules of the game??? This is not a game. This is totally on Putin, and everything must be done to stop him from breaking down the international rule based order.
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ok "John Smith" who created their account 2 years ago
Ukraine doesn't have trained pilots to use the f16s. It's going to take years
Future aircraft going to take 'AI' drones...
Pilots take to long and can't handle G-forces...
@@MartinLundström-l4v we're an even longer way off providing pilotless jets to Ukraine mate
Vlad the Kinzhal'er.
Good listen
what an absolute lunatic. Desperate last grasp from the zelensky show
Trump describes president Biden the same way Francis and sometimes Dom do.
How do they hope to keep these F-16's from crashing?
Forty billion euros of support over the next year.. A ukraine update from the future.
I’ve seen video of a Tesla with lithium batteries burning underwater, it said that it burnt for hours & the fire brigade couldn’t put it out. Sounds scary if the air transport authorities think lithium is not a problem or do aircraft have better suppressants than firemen?
Lads, lets remember: ukraine had the means to defend its territory, but now those means now lie in kursk. Ukraine should surrender now because it cant win the war. It never could
Done ok in the Black Sea so far. Russia is drowning in sanctions ,with a worthless currency an interest rate of 19% and a future of North Korea… 2025 Watch and see Russia go down comrade, BS only works as a plaster.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called Ukraine's intention to join NATO "unacceptable," stating that it must be abandoned.Lavrov criticized the Ukrainian authorities for violating the rights of the Russian-speaking population in the war-torn country. "Laws have been passed banning education in Russian, media based in Russia and working in Ukraine, and Ukrainian media working in Russian. Russian culture has been banned," Lavrov noted.
Not 'commanding' but 'commending' he mis-spoke or Dom did, or a typo in the script.
He is utterly honest!
Zalensky Zombie scene 😂
Blackmail next level
TH-cam, test words -- well funded sabotage campaign inside Russia in retaliation for Russian sabotage campaign in Europe.
Great pod. Western governments really need pull their fingers out and strengthen their defence policies around finances & political will to keep their people safe. And spending budget on defence in-country instead of making Americans fat on the back of European money & the Ukrainian/Russian war. Let us hope the country members of NATO stand up to the bullies and move beyond the current debate stance. Water, resources, so much to consider. Keep your chin up Dom 😊
The Military Industrial Complex loves the easily propagandized like yourself.
With this new l never will fly again. The elite lost my money forever.
up your Zelenski
While his army is ground down on the battlefields, Zelensky continues traveling around NATO in an attempt to ignite the fading fire of support from their Western patrons. Faced with imminent strategic defeats, Kiev is sweating away, writing peace plans that are cut off from reality then threatening Europe with nuclear catastrophe. Meanwhile, Moscow and its coldblooded army steadily continue their job, approaching new victories.
On the night of October 18, the Ukrainian rear came under another wave of Russian strikes aimed to undermine the capabilities of the Air Force of Ukraine. A series of precision strikes hit Ukrainian airfields in the Sumy, Zhitomir, Rivne, Volyn, Poltava and Khmelnitsk regions. Ukrainian aircraft, warehouses with drones, hangars with military equipment, military workshops and navigation systems from NATO were destroyed. More Russian strikes destroyed Ukrainian military, energy and industrial infrastructure facilities throughout the country. Another series of explosions thundered in the capital Kiev for the second night in a row.
In their turn, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted drone and missile strikes in the Russian western rear regions and in Crimea but failed to achieve any results.
Kiev lost another night strike battle and is losing control of more and more territories on the ground.
Better idea ....
Negotiate surrender terms.
Today.
I agree. Putin should surrender all his wealth to the impoverished people of Russia.
@@herkpoirot6100 Elon first.
@@herkpoirot6100 the US, 1990.. 66 billionaires. Today... Over 800 !!
3/4 of Americans can't pay a $400 bill .
@@outlawbillionairez9780 Yes, exactly. Elon should donate all his wealth to the impoverished people of Russia. Why Mars, when people in Russia don't have fresh water!
@@herkpoirot6100I did say Russia will end this war in their terms .E Ukraine in Russians hands and the rest of Ukr out of Nato
I dont know why there is all this emphasize on F16's when the time to train and equip them takes years Drones have proved to be more effective and cost much cheaper.Ukraine could win this war easily if it had more drone pilots and the drones for them to fly.
Ukraine can win?
Sinwar... an armchair warrior, abandoned by his comrades to meet his maker alone.
His psychopomp: a deus ex machina, invented by his enemy.
So ? Dead is dead . Brits say ' the king is dead . Long live the king '. BTW Charles ain't looking much better than him .
@@juliegregory8187 Old Sausage-fingers is fine.
Free the sausages.
How many Ukrainians to screw in a lightbulb? None, they all glow in the dark.