Saw the aftermath of the Russian attempts to advance to Vuhledar. An entire armored column was destroyed in detail. There are reports that the latest arrived mobiks are refusing to advance into certain death to begin the offensive so there are already significant delays. And on top of that, Prigozin and Putin have had a fall out. Wagner can no longer recruit from prisons because prisoners have learned that joining Wagner is a death sentence.
Prigozin released a fake video of him welcoming home prisoners that had served their time in Ukraine and are now being released to their freedom..... completely fake, not one of them was wounded or appear to have even seen a battle..... their hair was long as if they had been recruited earlier that morning.....
So the prospects of freezing to death starving to death marching to certain death or being executed by sledge hammer doesnt have much appeal hmmmm I wonder why ? 🤔
Stand with R noting that.. US/nutto/UKR shelled Donetsk and Lugansk for 8 years wrecking coal mines, electrical substations, water pumping stations and residential housing killing 15,000 civilians. Were you posting you displeasure before Oct. 2022? I bet not. Proof? 3 Brit Mercenaries Aiden Aslin, Andrew Hillb and Sean Pinner confessed to sniping R civvies during that time. One was prisoner swapped, others have been executed by firing squad.
The decisions to send tanks to Ukraine needed to be made weeks or months ago. The same is happening now with planes. Just give Ukraine everything they need to defeat Russia and do it now. Russia keeps escalating so that is the appropriate and proportionate response.
@@timthetiny7538 and in the meantime they should be given the MIG's that Poland has been touting since March last year.... In the end, this dribble of equipment has saved Ukraine from defeat but it's not been enough for them to take full control. The kremlin shills whine that the west is responsible for all the deaths because they've supplied weapons for Ukraine to defend itself prolonging the conflict. So I say let's stop the senseless bloodshed as quickly as possible by giving Ukraine what they need NOW.
I agree, the easiest and quickest win will be to send longer range missiles to attack Russian bases, depots and infrastructure including the to Crimea.
We don't have any planes to give. I believe the RAF only has about 30 working Eurofighters at any one time. We are broke and no longer have any manufacturing base.
it's not really a culture and society that has this capacity. It prides itself on macho posturing (which is deeply non reflective), and tyrannical rule and entrenched corruption in leadership are all incompatible with the sober and objective self analysis necessary to adapt
First, despite their miserable failures they think they made no mistake, and second, if anyone mentions 'mistake' they will brand it as Western propaganda. No wonder that they are so deep in the mud. Unfortunately, though, they are exporting their corrupt and mafia 'culture' elsewhere (see Cyprus, Malta, Greece, etc.).
Over time they will and my concern is without regime change, we'll be facing an imperialist ruzzia of the future that may be far more effective. I take solace in the fact that as Prof. Clarke states it will take years for them to overcome structural shortcomings, and with sanction still to take full effect it might be staved off. But unless they change their ambitions, war is inevitable.
I am increasingly concerned with NATO inactivity in Ukraine! HALF HEARTED weapons and ammunition supplies are NOT ENOUGH when civilians are dying EVERY DAY! (for nearly a full year!) I fully believe NATO has been shackled by political timidity, and if nothing happens within the next 14 days, the UK should offer an ULTIMATUM to NATO! ....Act, directly, in Ukraine, to defend the Ukrainian territory, or the UK will resign it's membership and go it alone! Quite simply, it's "NOT BRITISH" to stand by and watch an ally and "friend" fall to such overwhelming odds! We should be shoulder to shoulder with Ukrainian troops and volunteers, facing down these INVADERS! ....like we did in 1939! We are NOT prepared! ...but that was also the case in 1939! I believe Poland will move with us, as will the Baltic states! That SHOULD be all we need. Face Putin down and give them EVERYTHING WE HAVE! THAT is the British way! At the moment, I am ASHAMED of our government and it's lacklustre responses! I'm no "Boris fanboy" but in this respect, he is totally correct.
That's not quite correct the support by NATO to Ukraine has been noteworthy. Secondly none of us would want to start a WW3 which would happen if NATO ground forces fought directly against Russia. Given the amount of munitions and other aid sent to Ukraine NATO is enabling Ukraine to defend itself. Admittedly some NATO countries have been slow in coming forward. Incidentally the UK contribution in terms of training Ukrainian soldiers and sending a vast amount of munitions (second only to the US) is something to be proud of. So I think you are being a little disingenuous in your comments. If ever came to a direct engagement with Russia I guess we could count on you to be among the first to sign up and fight.
Don't worry you will get the war you looking for as in the next couple of years or less ! The usa will be fighting in the South China Sea, Israel will be at war with Iran and Europe, nato, usa, will be fighting the Russians in Europe its all lined up ! This is the big one !
A lot of people think that NATO announces all its supplies to Ukraine on national and international media, but that would be a mugs game because Russians can read as well. Most of the weapons are seen in Ukraine well before NATO announces they are being supplied. I think the carefully orchestrated and scripted asking for more weapons by Ukraine is just a cover, and Russian will have a big shock when they try to counterattack next time.
I am hoping this is the reality for the GLSDB munition for the HIMARS and M270. The "announcememt" that those have arrived should come in the form of dozens of high value assets within 150 kilometers of the front going up in smoke , simultaneously in a coordinated "time on target".
It’s not the Ukrainian military or politicians that lack decisiveness… it’s the majority of the western allies political masters that have continually dragged their feet and avoided making decisions. Ultimately, if Ukraine falls it will because of western political incompetence…. And it will have consequences for the future of democracies for many generations.
@@Robert-xy4xi Are you a Russian troll? The nuclear bluff has been played before. Putin's a psychopathic murderous idiot but he's not a suicidal psychopathic murderous idiot. Heard of Ohio class nuclear submarines? Think there might be a couple just off Russia's Arctic coast right now? Just maybe?
@@Robert-xy4xi Objection. Non-responsive. Sustained. Let's try again: are you a Russian troll? Yes or no? Did Stefan Bandera set off a nuclear bomb? No? Then your bloviation about him is irrelevant.
" it’s the majority of the western allies political masters that have continually dragged their feet and avoided making decisions." Having a military subordinate to their elected leaders is a feature, not a bug.
war is covered by media as if it is a sport, the action, the latest score, half time debates. no horror aloud only game stats. What does seam to be real is that whatever the daily count the playout time is being measured not in weeks or months, but years when you look at the timeline for promised arms; years of catastrophic misery. It would be a mercy for all to take a chance and go all in and finish it. weakness always fails with a bully. if you want peace , as i do; you have to win and decisively.
I mostly agree with you. However, here in the US, broadcast media can't really show the full horrors of war due to government regulations. Just seeing bombed out apartment buildings is telling enough for me.
as long as this goes on it has the potential of massive escalation at any time... the only way to prevent this is to go in resolutely and leave no room for guesswork
With Russia and Putin....this will never happen. This will escalate. The whole Russia needs to be stripped of privileges like rights to build their own nuclear weapons...for example. They are more dangerous than Germany ever was. This will not end well. Putin planned this since year 2000........the only way forward for not escalating this war....would be assassination of Putin and the whole Kremlin....wipe them out and peace will be restored...and put in power any Russian political prisoners to rule Russia instead of them.
A real game changer as they say will be the new GLSDB range 150km. Many weapons the Russians use have a 100km range. Enforcing the borders of Ukraine 🇺🇦. Newer air defenses make an attack fruitless even with 71 missiles. 61 downed and 5 drones downed. After 14 days without any missiles. Power is a concern in the colder weather. 4 facilities were hit today.
@@marc76 " which will sharply increase the amount of weaponry needed. " It's the opposite,unless you're on the receiving end. The enhanced range pushes Russia's supply tail 150 km from where it's needed.
Coordination of action starts with the troops on the ground. As long as these troops have not been trained, do not possess the correct equipment most notable communications, ttop brass can draw up as many plans as they would like , but execution will be an other 40 mile pile up or other botched job.
My advice 👇 1- On the northern front, be ready for any attack. 2- On the eastern front, flexible lines of defense should be used to lure them in depth and stretch the lines. 3- On the southern front, the Crimean bridge must be destroyed, the forces isolated, the bases destroyed, and a sweeping attack that does not stop!
I don't think Russian logistics is up to rapid exploitation and they know it. Even Russians can read maps and they aren't going to go rushing headlong into an extended salient.
Layered coordination of variable weaponry supplied to a determined & intelligent nation for a fight for survival versus a regime run on corrosive corruption for 20 years plus. Like a rusty can Russia could implode with a good kicking from Ukraine. Slava Ukraini.
"Why would russia suddenly be able to gather a superior force capable of victory after their performance so far." 200k-300k more men sort of makes a difference. China pushed the US back in Korea in the same way.
@@wisenber but the CCP managed to supply them. Yes 300,000 on the battlefield will make a difference, but if they're mostly poorly trained and ill-equipped it won't be decisive.
@@ilaser4064 " but the CCP managed to supply them. " No, they really didn't. Tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers froze to death there, and they were sparsely equipped. " but if they're mostly poorly trained and ill-equipped it won't be decisive." It certainly did not stop the Chinese.
@@entropy5431 "A full mobilisation could gather 9 million soldiers." 9 million without enough people left to support the rest of the economy to feed and equip them.
Ruzzia is like an owner of a firm stealing cash from it self from the drawer .......... Just amazing empty heads ruling and lying to each other all the time how good they are and amazing buddies...... just feeling pity for this self destruction way of life and lack of self respect and common sense ..... just to say.
Good to see that Cathy has turned a page and has now foccussed on credible journalism. You've got to love the creativity of The Times headlines. It's The Sun for impressionable posh people...
The Russian army was at its strongest in February 2022. It's weaker now and has no chance to get stronger. The Ukrainian army, on the other hand, is getting stronger by the day. From what we can see so far from the new offensive, the Russians didn't learn much from their mistakes, they still employ human wave offensive tactic and keep losing tens of tanks and IFVs daily with no ground gained. Their most experienced units were destroyed, and untrained recruits seem to be incapable of performing proper offensive operations. Putin was supposed to deliver an annual speech to the Parliament in 2022, and he didn't as there was no good news to discuss in Q4 of last year. Now this speech is planned for 21 Feb. It seems like his only hope for good news this year is the ongoing offensive, given that later this year Ukraine will start receiving the tanks, armored vehicles, new missiles, etc. and will go on the offensive. So it seems the current Russian offensive is their last hope for any success this year. It will surely fail (they might take a few kms of ground but will severely deplete their forces), and by summer Ukraine will start its counteroffensive, and I don't see how Russia could stop them. We might see most of occupied lands liberated before the end of 2023.
With respect to Russians - who I so respect - corruption seems insurmountable! When I look at corruption and the cult of personality in my own country (USA) I am thankful that we have not yet had a Putin!
Russia has developed corruption into a fine art. It's truly extensive. Russian Governor's run their regions like mobsters. Our system 🇺🇲 is also rife with abuses of power, conflicts of interest and paybacks to the rich, tax preferences or beneficial regulations. These pay to play schemes are endemic to corruption, making it hard to understand how our politicians are any better than Russia's. The law allows banks to take on very risky investments and if they suffer a loss, the US Taxpayer will get the bill. Of course, I will point out that at least we DON'T assassinate or jail opposition voices! A Russian Federal Security Service Agent recently said corruption is hard to prosecute. That sounds right for both countries. 🙄
Soon it will be a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Now I understand just how big the Russian army is. It must be very costly for Russia to maintain this big army. Knowing that the sanctions have cut Russia's income to less than half then I wonder for how much longer can Russia afford to keep fighting? It is estimated that the war is costing Russia about $900 MILLION A DAY. How soon will this war be over? When will Russia run out of money?
When the first tranche of sanctions were introduced the consensus was it would take at least 12-18 months for their full effects to take hold. There have been several tranches since and the initial ones aren't yet 12 months old. Things over the next 12 months are going to get very interesting for ruzzia, and that's ignoring the money (and lives) they're bleeding in Ukraine. They've also had a brain drain, with the higher educated fleeing from conscription, albeit had they been forced to the front the outcome would likely be the same.
@@ilaser4064 Headline: RUSSIAN Oil Disaster as Production Slashed by 500,000 Barrels Per Day as Sanctions Hit Oil Volumes Link: ruclips.net/video/5snT_JceQ_g/видео.html Putin can neither sell his oil or get it shipped.
" RUSSIAN Oil Disaster as Production Slashed by 500,000 Barrels Per Day as Sanctions Hit Oil Volumes " LInk: ruclips.net/video/5snT_JceQ_g/видео.html Cutback = $30 MILLION A DAY = $900 MILLION A MONTH The money is running out because no one is buying up the extra oil and also because the Russians can not ship it.
Their equipment IS bad, they just have a whole lot of it. Their advancements??... you mean the km per day that they take at the moment at a cost of 1000 lives/km? 6 months that have been at it at Bakhmut.... and are now about to take the ruins that are left. Their tactic is to throw a lot of bodies at it in the hopes that eventually something will happen.
What was that Wellington line? ...... They came at us in the same old way and we sent them back in the same old way. Battles are won with the right mixture of intelligence and force. The Russian high command has just force. Who would want to be a common Russian soldier right now?
We might eventually see Abraham and Leopard tanks rolling into Red Square just as happened to Saddam in Baghdad. The Russians had years to study warfare, learn how NATO operate, apply new and creative strategies yet we are not seeing any of that. They appear just limited in terms of imagination, intelligence, creativity,, prioritizing the welfare and safety of their troops, disabling key aspects of their opponents infrastructure, doing the unexpected, using camouflage, watching and anticipating the enemy, stopping all drone attacks and surveillance, blocking are means of entry and resupply from the west into Ukraine. we see none of this happening so at this stage they have no chance of winning.
No one is going to Russia. It’s not necessary. Someone once said’...every nation that has fought in Russia has a horror of going back there..’ we will just leave Russia to become another version of North Korea.
Oh, maybe they'll threaten WWIII for like the 198th time🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 When Trevor Noah is cracking jokes about your nuclear threats, they've kinda shot the plot.😁
Presumably unlikely, but it may happen. But I will guarantee if it happens there was zero anyone could have done outside putlers inner sanctum to stop it anyway.
It should be Russia asking for help not Ukraine. Ukraine army is well trained by the West, well equipped with modern weapons, no corruption etc. Very good propaganda but do it in moderation.
Corruption ... at least they do have something in common with Ukraine . Corruption is also something that exist at the European level . Something Ukraine cannot fix before long is their demographic problem : mass exodus and birth rate very low . The Ukrainian issue will disappear with the Ukrainians ...
The real question is how well train and equipped are the Ukraine armed forces? It is not few weeks of shooting and first aid that makes a good soldier. It’s the practice at squad, cie, btn and division level that counts.
It is this information which highlights the propaganda which the media should not be promoting.The missile attacks is good reason for the military of the USA, NATO and others to apply the plan for Fighter Jets be based in Poland. Training of the experienced Pilots is done using Simulators. Protecting its air space to intercept missiles and be used to destroy Russia miltary resources in and outside
I agree that to err is human. What about having your ethicalvfoundation based upon corrupt ideals, such as post-modernist / rabid feministicism? Kind of hard to shake that off, I suppose.
Russia 500,000 barrels of oil per day fewer sales ... January 2023 Russia sales 4 Tonnes of Gold ........... in ... January 2023 Russia sales 2 Billion of foreign currency in..........January 2023
Russias professional army with their best tanks were destroyed north of kyiv. now you have untrained conscripts and 70 year old tanks. meanwhile Ukraine has better equipment
Ukraine is losing badly when you see the desperation in the request of new weapons. It is impossible to win a war if you can't produce your own weapons. The west can't supply the vast amount of weapons they need either
So many experts in these comments with intimate knowledge of Russian tactics, strategy and supply lines. You should go and help Ukrainians out. Also, Times obviously have direct line to Putin's war cabinet, they are well aware of minute issues Russian army is facing. If only Ukraine knew all this.
We do help Ukrainians out. And everyone concerned including Ukraine knows the issues ruzzian army is facing. But Times tell that to general public that may not follow these events so dont know much. I understand you were trying to look clever, try again next time it may go better.
@@godfreyofbouillon966 mate, you have no idea what's happening. Getting your info from western media which is only pushing pro Ukraine propaganda. For a year now everyone is talking how poor Russian army is, yet they are still there even though Ukraine had more soldiers and all the help from the west.
Is it widely known that Western intelligence is way better than the 3rd world Russian. Even Soviet unions best minds and soldiers were from Ukraine. Russia is a weak pathetic nation.
When I hear someone say: "The Russians..." I am instantly transported back to Europe circa 1944. I gain a deep understanding & appreciation for how the average person felt in that era when someone said: "The Germans..."
The average person in that era felt the same when someone said "The Russians" too. At least the average person that happened to live closer to ruzzians.
@@minimaxmiaandme.4971 Lol you reveal your own ignorance. You really think thats my real name 😂 true fool And I'm Canadian actually 🤦🏻♂️ I understand you have mental illness and are probably not very intelligent.
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Saw the aftermath of the Russian attempts to advance to Vuhledar. An entire armored column was destroyed in detail. There are reports that the latest arrived mobiks are refusing to advance into certain death to begin the offensive so there are already significant delays. And on top of that, Prigozin and Putin have had a fall out. Wagner can no longer recruit from prisons because prisoners have learned that joining Wagner is a death sentence.
Here's hoping!
Prigozin released a fake video of him welcoming home prisoners that had served their time in Ukraine and are now being released to their freedom..... completely fake, not one of them was wounded or appear to have even seen a battle..... their hair was long as if they had been recruited earlier that morning.....
So the prospects of freezing to death starving to death marching to certain death or being executed by sledge hammer doesnt have much appeal hmmmm I wonder why ? 🤔
OSINT indeed points at that being a WW1 type massacre. It is beyond believe this type of nonsense is occurring in this century
@@tonupharry and by axing, medieval style. Horrendous, sickening
Stand with Ukraine Love Liberty Sovereignty
Stand with R noting that.. US/nutto/UKR shelled Donetsk and Lugansk for 8 years wrecking coal mines, electrical substations, water pumping stations and residential housing killing 15,000 civilians. Were you posting you displeasure before Oct. 2022? I bet not. Proof? 3 Brit Mercenaries Aiden Aslin, Andrew Hillb and Sean Pinner confessed to sniping R civvies during that time. One was prisoner swapped, others have been executed by firing squad.
The decisions to send tanks to Ukraine needed to be made weeks or months ago.
The same is happening now with planes.
Just give Ukraine everything they need to defeat Russia and do it now.
Russia keeps escalating so that is the appropriate and proportionate response.
@@timthetiny7538 Ukrainian Pilots have been training on the F-16 for quite awhile, it just hasn't been advertised!
@@timthetiny7538 and in the meantime they should be given the MIG's that Poland has been touting since March last year....
In the end, this dribble of equipment has saved Ukraine from defeat but it's not been enough for them to take full control. The kremlin shills whine that the west is responsible for all the deaths because they've supplied weapons for Ukraine to defend itself prolonging the conflict. So I say let's stop the senseless bloodshed as quickly as possible by giving Ukraine what they need NOW.
I agree, the easiest and quickest win will be to send longer range missiles to attack Russian bases, depots and infrastructure including the to Crimea.
We don't have any planes to give. I believe the RAF only has about 30 working Eurofighters at any one time. We are broke and no longer have any manufacturing base.
@@khiemone it will be advertised by Russia when there first class air defences shoot them out of the sky :)
Actually, I question whether the Russians will indeed learn from their mistakes.
it's not really a culture and society that has this capacity. It prides itself on macho posturing (which is deeply non reflective), and tyrannical rule and entrenched corruption in leadership are all incompatible with the sober and objective self analysis necessary to adapt
First, despite their miserable failures they think they made no mistake, and second, if anyone mentions 'mistake' they will brand it as Western propaganda. No wonder that they are so deep in the mud. Unfortunately, though, they are exporting their corrupt and mafia 'culture' elsewhere (see Cyprus, Malta, Greece, etc.).
About as likely as a tiger losing it's stripes!
Over time they will and my concern is without regime change, we'll be facing an imperialist ruzzia of the future that may be far more effective. I take solace in the fact that as Prof. Clarke states it will take years for them to overcome structural shortcomings, and with sanction still to take full effect it might be staved off. But unless they change their ambitions, war is inevitable.
Defending their country from the expansionist and imperialist NATO is making mistakes?!
I am increasingly concerned with NATO inactivity in Ukraine! HALF HEARTED weapons and ammunition supplies are NOT ENOUGH when civilians are dying EVERY DAY! (for nearly a full year!)
I fully believe NATO has been shackled by political timidity, and if nothing happens within the next 14 days, the UK should offer an ULTIMATUM to NATO! ....Act, directly, in Ukraine, to defend the Ukrainian territory, or the UK will resign it's membership and go it alone!
Quite simply, it's "NOT BRITISH" to stand by and watch an ally and "friend" fall to such overwhelming odds! We should be shoulder to shoulder with Ukrainian troops and volunteers, facing down these INVADERS! ....like we did in 1939! We are NOT prepared! ...but that was also the case in 1939! I believe Poland will move with us, as will the Baltic states! That SHOULD be all we need. Face Putin down and give them EVERYTHING WE HAVE! THAT is the British way!
At the moment, I am ASHAMED of our government and it's lacklustre responses! I'm no "Boris fanboy" but in this respect, he is totally correct.
Waaah
That's not quite correct the support by NATO to Ukraine has been noteworthy. Secondly none of us would want to start a WW3 which would happen if NATO ground forces fought directly against Russia. Given the amount of munitions and other aid sent to Ukraine NATO is enabling Ukraine to defend itself. Admittedly some NATO countries have been slow in coming forward. Incidentally the UK contribution in terms of training Ukrainian soldiers and sending a vast amount of munitions (second only to the US) is something to be proud of. So I think you are being a little disingenuous in your comments. If ever came to a direct engagement with Russia I guess we could count on you to be among the first to sign up and fight.
Wake up NATO you are well aware of what is needed for a war so please be prepared and don't leave it until it's to late.
@john richards If NATO won't do it, then the British WILL! (hence my OP!)
Don't worry you will get the war you looking for as in the next couple of years or less ! The usa will be fighting in the South China Sea, Israel will be at war with Iran and Europe, nato, usa, will be fighting the Russians in Europe its all lined up ! This is the big one !
Excellent conversation by all!!!
A lesson to be learned out of all this is widescale corruption weakens army's .
armies rather than army's
Mr Clarke! Bravo!
A lot of people think that NATO announces all its supplies to Ukraine on national and international media, but that would be a mugs game because Russians can read as well. Most of the weapons are seen in Ukraine well before NATO announces they are being supplied. I think the carefully orchestrated and scripted asking for more weapons by Ukraine is just a cover, and Russian will have a big shock when they try to counterattack next time.
I am hoping this is the reality for the GLSDB munition for the HIMARS and M270. The "announcememt" that those have arrived should come in the form of dozens of high value assets within 150 kilometers of the front going up in smoke , simultaneously in a coordinated "time on target".
Hope so.
Hope you are right🙏
@@troymash8109 great to hear👍
@@troymash8109 Loose lips sink ships.
It’s not the Ukrainian military or politicians that lack decisiveness… it’s the majority of the western allies political masters that have continually dragged their feet and avoided making decisions.
Ultimately, if Ukraine falls it will because of western political incompetence…. And it will have consequences for the future of democracies for many generations.
It's called managing the prospect of not having a nuclear response!
@@Robert-xy4xi Are you a Russian troll? The nuclear bluff has been played before. Putin's a psychopathic murderous idiot but he's not a suicidal psychopathic murderous idiot. Heard of Ohio class nuclear submarines? Think there might be a couple just off Russia's Arctic coast right now? Just maybe?
@@josephlong8549 So was Stefan Bandera 👍The national hero of Western Ukraine!
@@Robert-xy4xi Objection. Non-responsive. Sustained. Let's try again: are you a Russian troll? Yes or no?
Did Stefan Bandera set off a nuclear bomb? No? Then your bloviation about him is irrelevant.
" it’s the majority of the western allies political masters that have continually dragged their feet and avoided making decisions."
Having a military subordinate to their elected leaders is a feature, not a bug.
war is covered by media as if it is a sport, the action, the latest score, half time debates. no horror aloud only game stats. What does seam to be real is that whatever the daily count the playout time is being measured not in weeks or months, but years when you look at the timeline for promised arms; years of catastrophic misery. It would be a mercy for all to take a chance and go all in and finish it. weakness always fails with a bully. if you want peace , as i do; you have to win and decisively.
I mostly agree with you. However, here in the US, broadcast media can't really show the full horrors of war due to government regulations. Just seeing bombed out apartment buildings is telling enough for me.
as long as this goes on it has the potential of massive escalation at any time... the only way to prevent this is to go in resolutely and leave no room for guesswork
With Russia and Putin....this will never happen. This will escalate. The whole Russia needs to be stripped of privileges like rights to build their own nuclear weapons...for example. They are more dangerous than Germany ever was. This will not end well. Putin planned this since year 2000........the only way forward for not escalating this war....would be assassination of Putin and the whole Kremlin....wipe them out and peace will be restored...and put in power any Russian political prisoners to rule Russia instead of them.
A real game changer as they say will be the new GLSDB range 150km. Many weapons the Russians use have a 100km range. Enforcing the borders of Ukraine 🇺🇦. Newer air defenses make an attack fruitless even with 71 missiles. 61 downed and 5 drones downed. After 14 days without any missiles. Power is a concern in the colder weather. 4 facilities were hit today.
And difficult detectable by Russian airdefense, these GLSDB's-Anti-jam and Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module_
@Marc Goozen sounds like a good dilemma to have. You have more range to choose the most strategically important site.
@@marc76 " which will sharply increase the amount of weaponry needed. "
It's the opposite,unless you're on the receiving end.
The enhanced range pushes Russia's supply tail 150 km from where it's needed.
You believe 61 missiles were downed? How were so many power stations hit then?
@@Withnail1969 how many did putler claim in the talking point list when you clocked in this morning? 🤡
I have visions of Putin beating one of his many broken-down tanks with a branch, angrily exclaiming " If you don't start?"
At least Cleese was trying to be funny(and succeeding admirably). Poo tin is just a waste of space.
Coordination of action starts with the troops on the ground. As long as these troops have not been trained, do not possess the correct equipment most notable communications, ttop brass can draw up as many plans as they would like , but execution will be an other 40 mile pile up or other botched job.
Its the "So what you're saying" lady.
Really good interview
My advice 👇
1- On the northern front, be ready for any attack.
2- On the eastern front, flexible lines of defense should be used to lure them in depth and stretch the lines.
3- On the southern front, the Crimean bridge must be destroyed, the forces isolated, the bases destroyed, and a sweeping attack that does not stop!
I don't think Russian logistics is up to rapid exploitation and they know it. Even Russians can read maps and they aren't going to go rushing headlong into an extended salient.
Youre a bit of an expert. Go run the show for Ukraine. Your fantastic military expertise is wasted sitting on a couch.
Layered coordination of variable weaponry supplied to a determined & intelligent nation for a fight for survival versus a regime run on corrosive corruption for 20 years plus. Like a rusty can Russia could implode with a good kicking from Ukraine. Slava Ukraini.
Slava Ukraine from Hungary. Never bow to sick dictators. Glory to the heroes of Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
THE TANKS FROM POLLAN WILL HELP SO MUCH !
LONG RANGE HIMARS / HOWITZERS
WOULD BE HELPFUL .
FROM AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺
GOD SAVE THE KING 🤴 🙏
Russians seem to forget: "You will reap what you plant!"
Well to be honest to them, in the planting - reaping process ruzzians are only the fertilizer.
Russia gonna get smashed. 🇺🇦❤️🇺🇦
So what you're saying is...
3:48 for Michael Clarke
So what your saying is that
Kazakhstan is glory over bad Putin. Moldovan brothers fury for peace. Win win 🥇
What if this is the offensive? Why would russia suddenly be able to gather a superior force capable of victory after their performance so far.
"Why would russia suddenly be able to gather a superior force capable of victory after their performance so far."
200k-300k more men sort of makes a difference. China pushed the US back in Korea in the same way.
@@wisenber but the CCP managed to supply them. Yes 300,000 on the battlefield will make a difference, but if they're mostly poorly trained and ill-equipped it won't be decisive.
A full mobilisation could gather 9 million soldiers. Not saying it will ever happen but that the possible number.
@@ilaser4064 " but the CCP managed to supply them. "
No, they really didn't. Tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers froze to death there, and they were sparsely equipped.
" but if they're mostly poorly trained and ill-equipped it won't be decisive."
It certainly did not stop the Chinese.
@@entropy5431 "A full mobilisation could gather 9 million soldiers."
9 million without enough people left to support the rest of the economy to feed and equip them.
Ruzzia is like an owner of a firm stealing cash from it self from the drawer .......... Just amazing empty heads ruling and lying to each other all the time how good they are and amazing buddies...... just feeling pity for this self destruction way of life and lack of self respect and common sense ..... just to say.
Thousands of russians going home in trash bags
Good to see that Cathy has turned a page and has now foccussed on credible journalism. You've got to love the creativity of The Times headlines. It's The Sun for impressionable posh people...
Vlad the Putnik is now losing equipment at a higher rate.
The Russian army was at its strongest in February 2022. It's weaker now and has no chance to get stronger. The Ukrainian army, on the other hand, is getting stronger by the day. From what we can see so far from the new offensive, the Russians didn't learn much from their mistakes, they still employ human wave offensive tactic and keep losing tens of tanks and IFVs daily with no ground gained. Their most experienced units were destroyed, and untrained recruits seem to be incapable of performing proper offensive operations. Putin was supposed to deliver an annual speech to the Parliament in 2022, and he didn't as there was no good news to discuss in Q4 of last year. Now this speech is planned for 21 Feb. It seems like his only hope for good news this year is the ongoing offensive, given that later this year Ukraine will start receiving the tanks, armored vehicles, new missiles, etc. and will go on the offensive. So it seems the current Russian offensive is their last hope for any success this year. It will surely fail (they might take a few kms of ground but will severely deplete their forces), and by summer Ukraine will start its counteroffensive, and I don't see how Russia could stop them. We might see most of occupied lands liberated before the end of 2023.
Is it Spring time in the Ukraine Yet? Everyone talking about a Spring offensive but that is a couple of months away at least.
With respect to Russians - who I so respect - corruption seems insurmountable! When I look at corruption and the cult of personality in my own country (USA) I am thankful that we have not yet had a Putin!
You came close. ;)
You just barely managed to get rid of American Putin.
Russian corruption is off the charts. America is nowhere near that level. Also, they don't deserve respect.
Russia has developed corruption into a fine art. It's truly extensive.
Russian Governor's run their regions like mobsters.
Our system 🇺🇲 is also rife with abuses of power, conflicts of interest and paybacks to the rich, tax preferences or beneficial regulations. These pay to play schemes are endemic to corruption, making it hard to understand how our politicians are any better than Russia's.
The law allows banks to take on very risky investments and if they suffer a loss, the US Taxpayer will get the bill.
Of course, I will point out that at least we DON'T assassinate or jail opposition voices!
A Russian Federal Security Service Agent recently said corruption is hard to prosecute. That sounds right for both countries. 🙄
USA constitution wouldn't allow a Putin.
Soon it will be a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Now I understand just how big the Russian army is. It must be very costly for Russia to maintain this big army. Knowing that the sanctions have cut Russia's income to less than half then I wonder for how much longer can Russia afford to keep fighting? It is estimated that the war is costing Russia about $900 MILLION A DAY. How soon will this war be over? When will Russia run out of money?
I think Russia will run out of equipment before it runs out of money.
When the first tranche of sanctions were introduced the consensus was it would take at least 12-18 months for their full effects to take hold. There have been several tranches since and the initial ones aren't yet 12 months old. Things over the next 12 months are going to get very interesting for ruzzia, and that's ignoring the money (and lives) they're bleeding in Ukraine. They've also had a brain drain, with the higher educated fleeing from conscription, albeit had they been forced to the front the outcome would likely be the same.
@@ilaser4064 Headline: RUSSIAN Oil Disaster as Production Slashed by 500,000 Barrels Per Day as Sanctions Hit Oil Volumes
Link: ruclips.net/video/5snT_JceQ_g/видео.html
Putin can neither sell his oil or get it shipped.
" RUSSIAN Oil Disaster as Production Slashed by 500,000 Barrels Per Day as Sanctions Hit Oil Volumes "
LInk: ruclips.net/video/5snT_JceQ_g/видео.html
Cutback = $30 MILLION A DAY = $900 MILLION A MONTH
The money is running out because no one is buying up the extra oil and also because the Russians can not ship it.
actually russian economy is only down 4 percent because of work arounds they are getting for their petro exports
Let’s not underestimate them. That’s a cardinal sin according to Sun Tzu
Lady, I can feel your breathe on the back of my neck during the whole interview. Let him speak please!
Amazing how much putin looks like the WW2 drawing called killroy
This is what you get when you surround yourself with corrupt yes men.
Nor can Putin get taller.....
If Russia's equipment is so bad how are they advancing and how are their missiles getting through.
Their equipment IS bad, they just have a whole lot of it.
Their advancements??... you mean the km per day that they take at the moment at a cost of 1000 lives/km?
6 months that have been at it at Bakhmut.... and are now about to take the ruins that are left.
Their tactic is to throw a lot of bodies at it in the hopes that eventually something will happen.
Sheer numbers like always
Lots of zapping going on by both sides in Zaporizhzhia.
Michael Clarke: More coordinated
Ruzzia: let’s group everybody and attack together in this open mined field
What was that Wellington line? ...... They came at us in the same old way and we sent them back in the same old way. Battles are won with the right mixture of intelligence and force. The Russian high command has just force. Who would want to be a common Russian soldier right now?
We might eventually see Abraham and Leopard tanks rolling into Red Square just as happened to Saddam in Baghdad. The Russians had years to study warfare, learn how NATO operate, apply new and creative strategies yet we are not seeing any of that. They appear just limited in terms of imagination, intelligence, creativity,, prioritizing the welfare and safety of their troops, disabling key aspects of their opponents infrastructure, doing the unexpected, using camouflage, watching and anticipating the enemy, stopping all drone attacks and surveillance, blocking are means of entry and resupply from the west into Ukraine. we see none of this happening so at this stage they have no chance of winning.
No one is going to Russia. It’s not necessary. Someone once said’...every nation that has fought in Russia has a horror of going back there..’ we will just leave Russia to become another version of North Korea.
Oh, maybe they'll threaten WWIII for like the 198th time🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 When Trevor Noah is cracking jokes about your nuclear threats, they've kinda shot the plot.😁
Presumably unlikely, but it may happen. But I will guarantee if it happens there was zero anyone could have done outside putlers inner sanctum to stop it anyway.
If Trevor Noah cracked a good joke that would be news.
If you ask a question, try listening to the answer.
Hard to listen too
So (by asking) she's saying that Putin is a great guy?
It should be Russia asking for help not Ukraine. Ukraine army is well trained by the West, well equipped with modern weapons, no corruption etc.
Very good propaganda but do it in moderation.
Corruption ... at least they do have something in common with Ukraine . Corruption is also something that exist at the European level . Something Ukraine cannot fix before long is their demographic problem : mass exodus and birth rate very low . The Ukrainian issue will disappear with the Ukrainians ...
The real question is how well train and equipped are the Ukraine armed forces? It is not few weeks of shooting and first aid that makes a good soldier. It’s the practice at squad, cie, btn and division level that counts.
They have been training with the Allied countries since 2015, after the annexation - they have been preparing for years.
@@minimaxmiaandme.4971 Doesn’t mean they are better trained. We just don’t really know.
@@althepal6818 Yes it does and yes we do.
It is this information which highlights the propaganda which the media should not be promoting.The missile attacks is good reason for the military of the USA, NATO and others to apply the plan for Fighter Jets be based in Poland. Training of the experienced Pilots is done using Simulators. Protecting its air space to intercept missiles and be used to destroy Russia miltary resources in and outside
Or drunkenness. Or mutiny. Or partisans.
Hang on a minute, "cant fix corruption poor training and bad equipment." Are you sure you are not referring to the UK govt?
The total.
Good content but the audio is low and not up to your usual standards.
Russia to run out of money by late Summer 2023
Russia escalated a month ago can’t u see the difference? Iran and n Korea missiles have increased sad
Putin get some weather balloons cheap from china 🤣 just a few holes to patch. 🤔
Sure and Ukraine have no corruption.
The duran RUclips channel
So what you're saying is..... LOL
This is so cringe
Russia only knows Corruption!!!🤣🤣
So what you're saying is that miss-iles are miss-gendered?
She needs more lobsters
Wonderful Cathy
Interesting how that chick still has a job in journalism.
Is it?
@@julianshepherd2038 so your saying >?
A mistake shouldn't end her career. I actually liked her honesty in the interview by admitting her logic was flawed.
I agree that to err is human. What about having your ethicalvfoundation based upon corrupt ideals, such as post-modernist / rabid feministicism? Kind of hard to shake that off, I suppose.
Russia 500,000 barrels of oil per day fewer sales ... January 2023
Russia sales 4 Tonnes of Gold ........... in ... January 2023
Russia sales 2 Billion of foreign currency in..........January 2023
Russias professional army with their best tanks were destroyed north of kyiv. now you have untrained conscripts and 70 year old tanks. meanwhile Ukraine has better equipment
this guy dont even know how many tanks ukraine have destroyed its 3200 Russian tanks
Wow unbelievably delusional
Ukraine is losing badly when you see the desperation in the request of new weapons. It is impossible to win a war if you can't produce your own weapons. The west can't supply the vast amount of weapons they need either
Hahaha "losing badly"
Wow all those gains the Russians made in the last 6 months...
Go back to your cave troll...
So many experts in these comments with intimate knowledge of Russian tactics, strategy and supply lines. You should go and help Ukrainians out.
Also, Times obviously have direct line to Putin's war cabinet, they are well aware of minute issues Russian army is facing. If only Ukraine knew all this.
We do help Ukrainians out. And everyone concerned including Ukraine knows the issues ruzzian army is facing. But Times tell that to general public that may not follow these events so dont know much. I understand you were trying to look clever, try again next time it may go better.
@@godfreyofbouillon966 mate, you have no idea what's happening. Getting your info from western media which is only pushing pro Ukraine propaganda. For a year now everyone is talking how poor Russian army is, yet they are still there even though Ukraine had more soldiers and all the help from the west.
Is it widely known that Western intelligence is way better than the 3rd world Russian. Even Soviet unions best minds and soldiers were from Ukraine. Russia is a weak pathetic nation.
America o Ukrainian Slava Zucchini propaganda
This channel has the best fairy stories.
What on earth is she wearing…?
When I hear someone say: "The Russians..." I am instantly transported back to Europe circa 1944.
I gain a deep understanding & appreciation for how the average person felt in that era when someone said: "The Germans..."
The average person in that era felt the same when someone said "The Russians" too. At least the average person that happened to live closer to ruzzians.
wishful thinking , so many lies and bias that's incredible
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You Russian trolls haven't figured out that Westerners don't have 2 first names....we have 1 first name and 1 last name.
@@minimaxmiaandme.4971 Lol you reveal your own ignorance.
You really think thats my real name 😂 true fool
And I'm Canadian actually 🤦🏻♂️
I understand you have mental illness and are probably not very intelligent.
@@minimaxmiaandme.4971 oh and...
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putin did what nato never could
Garbage Propaganda.
Clark the 🧁nos Nothing but lots of assumptions
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