Putin's hold on Crimea 'nearly untenable' despite Ukraine's lack of Navy | Ben Hodges
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- “After nine years with every advantage, Russia still controls less than about 17% of Ukraine. They've lost 20% of their navy.”
Russia carrying out a wave of attacks on several cities across Ukraine overnight is “retaliation” for the striking of a warship in the occupied Crimean port, says former commander of U.S. Army forces in Europe, Gen. Ben Hodges.
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Ben is Fabulous 🦄🥰❤💙💛❤🥰🦄
This is just so one sided
@@liambyrne591 Ben is Fabulous 🦄🥰❤💙💛❤🥰🦄
When did you become a russiaphobe and supporter of natsi Stephan Bandera ideology in Ukraine? Was you grandpa a natsi during WWll?
@@rb847 You the only shitbot here fool
Funny how Denmark is never mentioned, we were the first along with the Dutch to give F16's to Ukraine
and by population are the largest donator to Ukraine. Quote August 2023: Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, said her country would provide 19 jets - “hopefully” six around new year, eight more next year and the remaining five in 2025. “Please take this donation as a token of Denmark’s unwavering support for your country’s fight for freedom,” Frederiksen said.
The media seems to be obsessed by what the US is or is not doing. Thank you Denmark. Sad Ukraine continues to lose territory even though it comes at a cost of may Russian troops. It is not a good PR for the Western partners!
🇩🇰🇨🇦 Thx for the jets!
I think other countries need to do the same if not help where they can especially love to Denmark From USA
Denmark is amazing.
Дякую Данія. Thank you Denmark 🇩🇰
This guy has been saying this for a year. He isn’t living in the real world.
He says what his followers want to hear.
It is not supposed do be based on facts, its like a religion
Russia is losing, and will lose.
He is the only one, living in the real world.
Baghdad Bob II
He is living in a fantasy world
Ben is one of the guys that said we were winning in Afghanistan where my close relative died serving in a contractor capacity from the nat guard
Totally agree D. Proven failures that I thought we needed to do at the time!
MIC tools hahaha
Ben Hodges is a nearly perfect contra indicator. Everthing he says is always wrong. So take the exact opposite of what he's saying and you'll get a whole lot closer to reality.
Evidence plz.@@marvin902x
Wow Never woulda guessed. /S
Only 1killed? The ship was in dry dock. This guy is a MIC fundraiser.
A ship was in port on unloading but attack was in lunch break or people had time to evacuate.
Hodges was referring to Ukrainian casualties from the night Russia’s retaliatory terror bombing, not Russian naval casualties.
Gotta hand it to Hodges. He'll be trumpeting Ukrainian "victory" as Russian tanks roll through Kiev.
It’s been 2 years of constant fighting, the Russians have all the advantages and they are stalemate in the east. Even if Russia wins they’ve already lost.
That talking point doesn't make sense any more. The only way Russia loses is if it is kicked out of Ukraine. Otherwise Putin will be able to spin it as a victory. The more he is pushed back the nastier he will fight. I'm afraid this is heading towards a North Korea type stalemate/severe weakening of the Ukrainian state@@ryandahlgren8628
@@ryandahlgren8628You obviously didn't take the time to listen to/read Putin's speech of February 24, 2022 where he listed Russia's goals...
Their goals are being met with the destruction of the Ukrainian military and de-nazification...
BTW, he has said several times that "Russia is NOT interested in land!"
You must be an American, the people with the biggest mouths and least knowledge!!
@@ryandahlgren8628 It is you who are lost.
Stalemate? @@ryandahlgren8628
This guy is delusional. Have you ever been there? Do you actually know any Russians? Have you ever opened a history book? Where do you get these guys?
France gave also some of their SCALP missiles = Storm Shadows
how many?
@@icu17siberia France had 400 SCALP is stock. UK sent 250 missiles to UKR. We don't know for France. I read 150 french SCALP but not sure.
SCALP-EG and Storm Shadow are fantastic weapon systems, France/UK should restart the production line. Well unless a new generation of ALCMs are being made now
Whoa! I’ve never heard someone say, “I was wrong. I over-estimated” on these shows.
True, but I will add that Lt. Gen. [ret.] Hodges always made his predictions with a huge caveat, which stated that everything he predicted was based on 'the West' actually providing Ukraine with everything it needs to fight in a NATO-doctrinal manner, and provide it in a timely manner & in sufficient quantities. Unfortunately, in reality,
(a) most of the equipment/weapons/munitions from 'the West' that Ukraine requested & actually received in 2022/2023 arrived well after they could have made a maximum impact,
(b) usually when the requested war materials from 'the West' finally arrived, they were provided in inadequate/unsustainable quantities, and
(c) the U.S.A. & Germany have yet to provide F-16s, the longest-range, most destructive version of ATACMS, and the very long-range & highly-destructive Taurus cruise missiles.
So, despite his polite 'confession', in reality Lt. Gen. [ret.] Hodges did not over-estimate what the Ukrainians could have accomplished. Instead & unfortunately, his caveat turned out to be extremely relevant, and - if anything - Hodges over-estimated the will-power, bravery & motivation of many 'Western' leaders (*) to ensure that Ukraine would WIN the war as quickly as possible.
(*) especially the U.S.A. and Germany.
Ukraine beating Russia on the battlefield was an absolute joke from day 1 no matter what. @@derekbaker3279
For sure, you won't hear this from someone in Russia.
General Hodges is the only military man I will listen to about this war. The rest just want to hear their own voice a spue crazy thoughts.
Well, to be honest he hasn't been *right* about anything to do with this war, so "I was wrong" really is the only thing he has to work with.
This guy HAS to be trolling us, right? Or is he living in an alternate universe?
Why do you say that? Please don't play 20 questions.
@@durango4624 Why do you say that?
@@durango4624 Who's a bot? What are you talking about?
@@rael5469 Are you blind or def? In Ukraine's last "super counteroffensive" the only recovery was a small village bro
@@HugoDiasR How can you disagree with the fact that with ALL of Russia's supposed might that they haven't been able to run rough shod over Ukraine in three weeks like Putin said on day one of the invasion. How can you disagree with that? The Russians have sacrificed insane amounts of men to achieve very little. In any other country the president would have been deposed and jailed for such an atrocity.
Holy macaroni! The trolls from Kremlin went bananas on this one!
Of course they did. They're losing and they don't want anyone to know it.
They follow Ben
Whereas the clever NeoCons are making Ukraine a banana republic without bananas
@@NZobservatory *winning
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The US kicked out of Afghanistan by sheep farmers. This bloke is a joke.
Ben Hodges, from a country that spent 20 years in Afghanistan, with dominance in every aspect, and yet after those 20 years America achieved, what ? NOTHING
just like sovjet union/russia in afghanistan. 10 years and no result.
This is like watching Baghdad Bob. It is divorced from empirical reality.
thank you for adding a comment and promoting the interview with Hodges . The YT algorithm only registers the number that posts not the content of the comments, thanks again for supporting this interview . Hodges is right and has proved it already.
Slava Ukraini (Russians appear to be bewildered by the modern world TBH) ...some kind of throwback to a previous time.
We in the West have been laughing hard at Soviet failure FOR 50 YEARS!
@@Bob-nd2mr Is your script malfunctioning?
Gaslighting at it's finest. The Times has lost all credibility.
US propaganda.
When people talk about "Putin's hold on Crimea" they fail to take into account the overwhelming choice of the population to return their home territory to Russia. It was Russia before Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine, when Ukraine was a part of the USSR. When the USSR folded, Crimea became independent before Ukraine did. The people of Crimea didn't want to be governed by the rogue US-installed puppet government; and they voted that way. Crimea is Russian, not Ukrainian, no matter how distasteful that truth is to the rogue Ukrainian admin, and the rogue US that put them there.
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GB...brown prime minister in London, brown muslim first minister in scotland...you have been invaded and will die out...roflmao
الحرية لي فلسطين
@@سعدحسنعبداللهرهود Russians hate Muslims
A delusional Colonel😂
RUSSIA didn't occupy, Ukraine is Russia and will be Russia completely. Investment in Ukraine from west is losted Investment. ALSO want be any more good relationships between west and Russia and many other countries.
My god keep the lies and denial up to the bitter end.
ruSSia is losing pretty badly why don't you pack up your music studio and move there instead of contaminating the UK with your presence comrade .
Who else came here to laugh at the fantasy and lies this video title promises to present?
Guilty as charged. 😅
Me.
Russian is losing, big time. Finland Sweden both been brought into NATO,
@@lordkorner Sweden was always a de facto member, bot.
@@lordkorner lol, that's cute.
Mr. Hodges most likely goes straight under the Russians skin :D
How is lies and delusion going to get under anyones skin
Meh. We not even laughing anymore on this clown's broken record.
This guy 😂...what a clown
120 missile strikes in a night w one casualty (not even sure if it was military) and that's a war crime?
Yes.
Hahaha.. Nice comedy show... Hahaha us ignorant.
He's lying about everything. Ukraine has already lost.
That 'warship' was a landing ship, the Novocherkask which was damaged in a March 2022 attack at Berdyansk and has been sitting for months in port for repairs. Hodges is
spouting blatant misinformation.
Ukrainians can apply for a visa if they want to see Crimea again or any of the break away regions.
We in the West have been laughing hard at Soviet failure FOR 50 YEARS!
🤡@@stevenmoore3480
every single one of his predictions turns out to be false
A good test of whether someone is courageous or cowardly is to ask whether they’re willing to admit mistakes. A courageous man owns his mistakes. A coward hides them.
General Hodges has more integrity than half our political leaders. I wish he’d run for office; we need more people like him.
PROPAGANDA - Those were malfunctioning Ukrainian air defence missiles hitting civilian buildings and a one stray missile entered polish airspace. Listen to another former US Gen, you’ll understand what I am saying.
Ben Hodges got Honorary Clown of the Year by Alex Christoforou of the Duran!
this one seems to have slept through the whole summer.
Wow, this guy was a top commander! Totally believable so Russia should be surrendering any day now! Lol
He has some kind of agenda, but one thing is for sure: his analysis about what should be done in Russia's backyard is unrealistic.
Fantasy stuff. Crimea is now Russia and that’s never going to change.
And this man/"general" was a commander of all US forces in Europe.... Mammaaa I am SCARED!
what war is this guy watching.? this is a ground war who care about a landing craft
Ben hodges is a joke.
Russia will never overtake Ukraine 🇺🇦😉🙄😀
They will lose because Ukraine wants to be an independent nation! ❤❤❤
If you measure success by having your population halved, your industry destroyed and having to beg not only for arms, but for money to pay your teachers, nurses, pensioners etc
@@marioformosa4259 Yes it is such a shame Putin has to do that, he did bring it upon himself though.
Next president should be D. Trump, no more support for ukraine
I hate what's happening in Palestine. Undermines Ukraine so much.
Не этот ли бедняга уверял, что украинцы захватят Крым в 23 году, неудивительно, что талибы победили США, если в американской армии такие командующие
This guy has been saying the same thing for two years now. Why do they even give him any air time? He is very obviously clueless.
Isnt this the Azov sea by August dude?
Incredibly pure levels of copium being offered up. Not been cut with talc that's for sure.
We in the West have been laughing hard at Soviet failure FOR 50 YEARS!
@@stevenmoore3480 SPAM
No word about the current ground operation? No maps showing who is advancing.
Times Radio a Nato Propaganda channel.
We should put this drop kick in charge see what happens lol he’s delusional
Glory to the whole of Ukraine 💙💛
Keep dreaming. It´s over.
Glory?? 🤣🤣🤡🤡 The reality on the ground says the opposite.
@@unclefester831Yes it does. Russia has lost 350.000 men. How many ships are still floating ?
You mean part of ......😂😂😂😂
Glory hole of Ukraine !
I know the Amerikan people are _'dumbed down'_ but the Big Brass Military too? These wars have exposed their ineptitude.
Bros huffed 3 gallons of Copuim.
Does he believe in the tooth fairy as well?
20% of the Black Sea Fleet is not 20% of the Russian Navy.
haha ok We in the West have been laughing hard at Soviet failure FOR 50 YEARS!
@@stevenmoore3480 I know, I lived in West Germany 50 years ago waiting for the Russians to invade.
“The Russian navy possesses the vast majority of the former Soviet naval forces, and currently comprises the Northern Fleet, the Pacific Fleet, the Black Sea Fleet, the Baltic Fleet, the Caspian Flotilla, the permanent task force in the Mediterranean, Naval Aviation, and the Coastal Troops (consisting of the Naval Infantry and the Coastal Missile and Artillery Troops).”
I hope Ben Hodges will be leading the charge to take back Crimea. Chaaaaarge!! Ben Hodges
You’re going to jail.
He will be deleted immediately upon entering the real battlefield in Ukraine, and not some desert fighting Goat Herders
So $5M of Storm Shadows not only take out a $300M warship, but get them to pointlessly fire off $1.5 billion of cruise missiles.
pretty much.
Pointlessly???
@@Newton_1988 this massive attack achieved literally ZERO in strategic military goals. all civilian infrastructure to bring nothing more than suffering
Cope harder
I tought russia ran out of missiles 😧
Russia isnt anywhere near losing Crimea. This guy hasn't hot a clue.
"хорошая" картинка для ЕС и американцев - украинская ракета прилетает в военный корабль груженый снарядами, а русские ракеты - на города со спящими жителями. Оба аргумента - за то чтоб дать Украине максимум вооружения
Пока мы говорим, Украина получает передовые системы вооружения, и F-16 уже в пути. Конечно, мы знаем, что Россия никогда не отступит, поскольку у них есть кирпичи вместо мозгов, они не признают, что проигрывают, и их лидер предпочел бы, чтобы все умерли первыми. Поэтому Украина будет рада, чтобы это произошло, Вал.
в последнее время Biden является путешествием GoP и пускает на Конгресс к запуску, уничтожая $300billion из России, sanctioned money to Ukraine - Great idea, Russia funding Ukraine war brilliant
@@thebestlayahead7331The Russians are not losing.
And an F16 is not an advanced weapons system. It's a 40 year old plane.
@@bubba842 Believe what you want. The advanced systems are separate from the aircraft. And those F-16's will make a difference against the inept Russian air force and across the ground battle space also.
@@bubba842 what does that tell us about ruzzia using tanks and equipment from the early 1940s?
No chance of Ukraine gaining the Russian territory of Crimea. Pity this guy doesn't live in the real world.
Who is paying for this video?
Listen to Hodges - the individual who has zero success in predicting anything. How anybody still gives him a platform to express his moronic opinion is one of those mysteries that will never be solved.
So Russia takes land roughly the size of the U.K. from Ukraine (17%) with the whole of nato (so Ukraine plus 30 countries) the including financial and military support but they are failures militarily !? Can some explain it to me. I’ve seen mental gymnastics on both sides but this one’s a bit much
Nobody can and the so called NATO counteroffensive was a big defeat and it is gona end like Kursk 1943 ! Sad but true.....
Well you're supposed to believe Putin wants to control the whole of Ukraine before marching onwards through Europe. If we credit Russia with these mythical objectives we can declare them to have failed and thereby we win. Its a distortion of reality.
Nice comedy show here... Hahaha..
The guy is just delusional.
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Who will run out of manpower first? Who can produce own weapons and who is dependent on hand-outs? Any thoughts?
Excellent question.
Don't use logic in the western media.
Whose regime is dependent on the massive lies and misinformation it feeds its own people?
I wonder how long that facade can be kept up.
Any thoughts?
Who is the aggressor, and who can end this all right now by withdrawing?
Ukraine neonazis @@mrbtwist
What does this guy smoke????
Proxy wars are insanely profitable for the insiders.
"How to take back Crimea?" LOL. Go into a parallel fantasy universe and try there.
Interesting how whenever a democrat is in office, wars flare up, its like they sence weakness, hence Iran flexing their muscles.
@Perplexer :: 😆😄😆😅😎
That was very funny ; but seriously, do people like this Hodges guy or the producers of this video really think such a thing is possible ? Ukraine is trying to survive. There's no time or strategy or ability to even think about retaking Crimea.
@@cliffgaither We in the West have been laughing hard at Soviet failure FOR 50 YEARS!
Ben "BIG LIAR" Hodges
Crimea democratically voted to declare its Independence and then held an referendum to see if the Crimea would join the FIS - they voted yes to both by a huge majority...
I should know as I was there in 2011 training the Crimea Spetznaz Group 'Tiger' and the Crimea Presidential & Nuclear Protection Unit...
Russia didn't annex the Crimea... They accepted their application...
I the Crimea - it is Russian and not Ukrainian that is spoken...
Wasn't Ben Hodges that predicted that by summer 23 the Russians would have been kicked out of Crimea? Now it's by summertime 24...sure thing!
Full quote might help - the West left Ukraine without what they requested for a year. If they had had it, they would have quite likely taken Crimea. Zaluzhny said they had expected to take Crimea, but the dug in Russians with heavily mined defences and the Ukrainians without air support meant the Nato tactics did not work as expected.
@@philipd8868 In war there are always circunstances and excuses, but at the end of the day history books will write off the Ukranians counter offensive as a failure
@@trqster We in the West have been laughing hard at Soviet failure FOR 50 YEARS!
@@stevenmoore3480 It's coming I can feel it (Joe Biden says before he also bites the dust)
Ben Hodges is trying to portray a victory for Ukraine that doesn't exist.
I feel sorry for this general, he is losing his professional reputation, demonstrating a complete lack of understanding of the situation in Ukraine.
I am surprised how such a person could be a general in the US army. Zero understanding of the situation in Ukraine. Or acting like a complete fool.
It's true that gen. Hodges doesn't have a great reputation - at least not for the Kremlin and its flunkies.
Unfortunately, his interviews seem to have the effect of sending them into a very agitated and depressed psychological state.
@@ultimaratio7373 sure, he has great effect on sheep that think everybody is a Russian. Keep listening to this clueless guy. Crimea will be retaken by summer 2023. I would be embarrassed rest of my life having such prediction.
Ok, so it turned out Hodges was wrong about some of his predictions, and right about others, i.e. that Russia would fail to capture Kyiv or that the war become more attritional.
The problem with predictions in wartime is that your opponent will always have other ideas.
Anyway, if you're interested in predictions, I would highly recommend the ones made by your former Premier Medvedev, not the most accurate perhaps but very amusing.
@@ultimaratio7373 I am telling you i am dealing with group of sheep that think every anti warmonger failed general is Russian and think all his lame stories and predictions accurate. He has no clue about the war in Ukraine.
Straight bullsht.
So after 9 years with every advantage of Western help with tech, intelligence, training, mercenaries to the point where West/NATO/US/EU struggles to provide more (Have printed money, but doesn't have production) Ukraine still failed to regain territories.
I find it interesting that Putin and Russia feel that they can attack and destroy another country and then cry foul when they get attacked in return.
And what about the USA?
@@arktus70the difference with the usa is we don’t cry and lean on other countries for resources 😊
You mean like.. Israel?
@@Amareya-l5fyou don’t lean on other countries for resources?!!! Jez you’re insane. You don’t have nor produce ANY nuclear fuel for your power plants. Just wait when you cross another line and Putin would embargo all nuclear trades with you.
Just like the UK and US when they lied and attacked Iraq then.
Britain and France, at the height of their empires in 1854, declared war on Russia and invaded Crimea. They didn't declare war on Kiev, because Ukraine didn't exist as a country back then. They declared war on Moscow, and the Crimean War was one of the very few wars that ended without Britain or France being able to add more land to their empires, so it can hardly be called a successful campaign as British and French historians have always tried to do since those days.
So many American commentators have little real understanding of cultural ties among European and other nations whose histories go back far longer than their own. Vietnam was a classic example of this with a shattering effect on American society. Even Korea, when America accepted conscription for its youth, was an eye-opener once a war-weary China became involved.
To take Crimea off Russia will necessitate America and Britain going to nuclear war with Moscow. It is doubtful if the peoples of mainland Europe, who know what total war really means, will be so keen on the idea. Large-scale demonstrations against the West's Ukraine involvement have already taken place, but news reports have been censored by the western media.
Apart from Britain and France declaring war I don't think you got a single historical fact right.
Kyiv was run by a Governor-General as part of the Russian Empire whose capital was in St Petersburg. Russia did not exist as a country at this time, just like Ukraine it was split into several guberniyas each run separately as part of the larger Empire ruled by the Tsar.
As for the threat of nuclear war to liberate Crimea you have to ask yourself a simple question. If Russia fires its missiles will they all work in the first place, avoid interception and hit their targets? The American and British ones will without question. Maybe Putin gets lucky and hits a couple of cities, kills a few hundred million, but the cost is no one alive in Russia, not a single farmer.
The level of these trolls has really dropped, you needed that long inaccurate text just to try to scare us that 'nuclear war' is needed? Poppycock.
Just a reminder these talking heads claimed that Russia was gone a year ago.
Hope "Times Radio" can continue to produce comedy gems like this in 2024. I'm sure they will.
With millitary leaders like this,we are toasted.😂😂😂
Ben Hodges is a layghable analyst, typically wrong in many of his predictions over the years going back to Afghanistan. Funny how people are still actually listening to him....
Propaganda not more
Times you are a CIA mouse , do as you are told or get squashed.
The so called expert has no idea of what he is talking about. Where is the independent video evidence? Just because he says so? Absolute BS.
God bless Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
As a part of Russia.
This guy is a clown , I don’t know why people still listen to him . Not even one correct prediction
true
Well, peeps want to hear this kind of propaganda on this comedy channel here. It is as bad as Russian Television but RT was banned in the West....get my drift ?
@@buschtaxi75driver55 because the western world are losing against China ,Russia and The Global South
Crimeans don't want to be part of Ukraine, so that would be very difficult.
Ben Hodges was a "top" general of the US Forces. If he is the best, I don't want to know the rest.
As others (in the US military) have said: You're a chosen for the "top" flood of generals on political "merits" (talking heads), not on military understanding or honest assessments. Crimea will obviously stay Russian, despite any minor damage Russia might incur in the course correcting post-Soviet maps.
Oh look, bot being slaty about Hodges...
This mosquito is still flying around?🤣🤣🤣
Hahahaha
Hodges need some sleep. Hodges looks depressed that is why he is spewing nonsense 😅😅😅😅😅😅
As much as I hate to say it: Ben Hodges does not consider the 'full' reality to make predictions. If that is the level of (former) most senior NATO decision-makers, I am very concerned.
Most of these people are paper specs people, have zero clue about the real world.
A lot of NATO stuff is getting one shot right now.
Russia has taken over 35% of Ukraine and still have people thinking Ukraine is going to win
It doesn't dépend on him. He is just trying to lift the spirits. The deal of backing Ukraine was to get them in Nato or leave them alone. The "help" to Ukraine has been interpreted as bait by Russia . Now what?
Ben is right 300% of the time on average. trust the process.
Dreamer!
Ukraine Will
Cease To Exist,
And You Present
These Fantasies!!_!
cope
Hey Ben what about, Israels War Crimes?
Nice whataboutism you have there. Personally, I think that the indiscriminate destruction is abhorrent, but that doesn't change a damned thing about Ukraine. What about the gulags? What about the US Civil War? What about the battle of Thermopylae?
Ukraine back? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 ONLY IF YOU TAKE LSD!!
Russia help Ukraine to celebrate New Year and early Christmas this year🎉🎉by providing best fireworks displays this decade 🎉🎉🎉🎉
russia are winning Ukronazi are desperate
General Hodges has been wrong about almost everything. He lives in Europe and does not fail to bash America at any opportunity to maintain favor with the European press. It is puzzling why anyone on the west side of the Atlantic would praise him or give any credence to his opinions.
why would anybody give any credence to your opinions?..
I've noticed a trend in the Putin trolls. They take on elaborately English pseudonyms. It's like reading a Bronte novel.
I have no idea what characteristics a Putin troll possesses, but I am familiar with Americans who live outside of our nation who bash our country to maintain their status within their foreign culture. General Hodges is such a person. I would encourage you to step back and take an objective look at the general's record; he sounds good, but he has been wrong about so much. If you had to rely upon his counsel, you would have fired him long ago. Slava Ukraine!@@AstroGremlinAmerican
Your comment works both ways. I truly wish you good health and a prosperous new year! Slava Ukraine. @@flipflopski2951
Here in germany it is like most germans want to see taurus in ukrainian hands. We just do not know why our politicians on both side of the lake are blocking. What information do they have we do not know?
They probably know Ukraine can’t win, so why antagonize Russia further?
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*snorts* you serious?
I think the main mistake made by military planners was to prepare Ukraine to achieve NATO style breakthrough without the full NATO kit.
NATO has always known Russia will win an artillery war, that's why we focused on achieving air dominance first, moving into SEAD operations and degrading their ISR/strike capacities. THEN you can start clearing trenches and minefields without attack helicopters making your armor formations go brrrrrrrrr.
The F-16 deliveries will go a long way towards that, not exactly for air dominance but Wild Weasel maneuvers that will at best degrade Russian SAM networks and at worst make the Russians terrified to turn their radars on for fear of a HARM missile going down the chute.
People talk a lot about nato tactics but its effectiveness works only against 3th world countries nato is a bubble
"was to prepare Ukraine to achieve NATO style breakthrough without the full NATO kit. "
SO well said ! VERY well said.
NAZO the 1+ trillion budget paper tiger.
Even TaIibs outplayed them
@@zvonkobogdan9634 Funny how the Taliban got their cheeks clapped when the US overthrew them, kept clapping those cheeks for 10 years, clapped ISIS' cheeks, then only lost after we lost interest in the desert.
The Taliban didn't outplay anyone, the administration of Afghanistan squandered every gift we gave and lost because they were corrupt and unpopular at home.
You bots gotta try harder.
@@yeti5857 Oh really, St. Javelin and Mr. Stinger stopped the Russians cold. Ukraine doesn't even have advanced fighter aircraft or bombers or long range cruise missiles or M1 tanks or Apache attack helicopters or aircraft carriers and they are whooping up on the Russians every day. You've GREATLY over estimated the Russians.