@@tatin82 indeed and it said that a lot of people right now are like why why are they doing this why are they wanting to be part of NATO? I'm like serious bro? It makes complete sense and yeah it's going to piss the Russians off I might even try to sway their hand in such to get as close as possible to launching a nuclear weapon of some sort but we're damned if we do we damned if we don't at this point do we want to have another conflict in the future do we want to risk dealing would someone like Putin who's completely near unnegotiable who's a narcissist who is somebody who doesn't care how many lives he throws away all the name of serving his position his values his views his goals... Sad as it is one day this was going to happen many people wished it didn't but it has happened and we are forced to deal with Russia on a year in pre-in front as we have been preparing for for a very long time and now that possibility is so close to being brought to fruition... And despite our closing in around Russia as he might have a point the fact is weed and strike first he did and with false pretenses he did... And at the end of the day it was his forces that were pushed in Ukraine it was his forces that have caused many atrocities there it was his forces that he sent there to die knowing full well but these young men were going to go there and possibly not have the support they needed what not and left them to die regardless and expect them to do their duty as soldiers completely under misinformation and the unknown so not only is he causing atrocities towards the Ukrainian people but also to his own military in his own people... The man's a monster the people are too brainwashed to realize that then I don't know what to say I hope somebody in that country actually has a brain that hope somehow organizes despite everything that is impossible in Russia to do
@@gregorypace2641 The very tactics that put Hitler into power are also how Trump has taken over the GOP & it's voters who he's emotionally manipulated into a cult of enablers. He love bombs them, planted a wedge between Republicans & Democrats as an "us vs them" mentality, conspiracy theories, gaslighting, lying, propaganda, & denying reality. Also, Trump, Putin & Hitler have the same Malignant Narcissistic Personality Disorder. M.N. has varying degrees of severity & gets worse with age!
@iron threads3 in this case the other EU nato members won’t vote to allow those nations to join nato kinda like Ukraine, he left that part out in his “analysis”
@@TheRealWattLife Putin: don't join NATO otherwise it's going to be consequences possibly military look at your friend Ukraine... All alonnnee ...😼he😼he😼he😼he Finland /Norway: we got to join NATO and we got to join NATO fast.. And in layman's terms for yourself.. why would they want to risk going alone against Russia in case Russia decides to invade anyway somehow because for one like Ukraine they try to join NATO during this but the fact is that if they would have joined before in the past despite maybe more threats anyway article 5 of the treaty would have forced us into a conflict with Russia us meaning the alliance NATO which Russia would know that it would bring us into this conflict regardless of what we might have felt but they didn't they try to seek membership during this conflict, whereas Finland and Norway are not in a conflict with Russia but seeing how aggressive Russia was when it came to Ukraine being or starting to become pronato or close to it to the point to joining they took action.. and do you think they would want to be alone in such a conflict of course not they would rather have the backing of the entire alliance military assisting them in the conflict instead of just being supplied for whatever they can get much like what you crane is dealing with when it comes to what they're only getting and only focusing on what manpower they only have available despite the cities towns and whatnot being wiped out literally nobody wants to deal with that sort of nightmare by themselves and resting it all on your shoulders as a leader of countries like those
It's something so simple to understand too. Putin's invasion of Ukraine gave countries a reason to join NATO, and had Russia not invaded Ukraine, some of the countries looking to join now may have never joined.
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Russia is aggressively intimidating Sweden and Finland, hardly the action of a friendly neighbour. Which could make their choice to join NATO less of a tough call.
I dont see how its a tough call Putin did the same threats to Ukraine they tried to appease him and he still invaded. That sounds like an easy choice for them to make
Just be like Nike and "Just do it". However, it's Politicians and they will waffle for months. He doesn't have the troops of military hardware to do anything. He is mentally unstable, so who knows what he would do. At some point he will have to be killed or Russia is doomed for as long as he is alive. Even if he is replaced, he will still have a LOT of power. So he needs to be eliminated. Just call the CLINTON'S they have a LOT of experience seeing people die. :)
@@bb_arcadia5752 Yup. It's the biggest problem, since Putin and his cronies do nothing but lie to get what they want and only hear what they want to hear. Which in the end also works against them, since no one will believe their true intentions and the whole thing will grow beyond their control much like it already has.
Might I suggest time ghost history channel. They primarily a history channel specifically between the world wars, then actual ww2 week by week and the war against humanity series. They recently started doing a series called into context. Which is almost exclusively about Ukraine what’s happening now and how it came about over the last 120 years.
America shouldn't go around the world and impose its own ideals on everyone. Not everyone wants a democracy. A republic isn't a terrible form of government. You pick your state that best aligns with your ideals. I want free healthcare and education, therefore a blue state is for me.
You forgot to mention that in 1939 we, Poland, were attacked by the Nazis from the West AND (two weeks later) by the Soviets from the East, who were also claiming, of course, that they were moving in to "save us" from the Nazis with whom they arranged the whole thing just weeks prior.
Exactly, and this is why both Germany and Russia were evil dictatorships. Even though Russia defeated Hitler they were just as bad. Communists don't realize this and see Russia as liberators but they were not since they enslaved the whole east of Europe. They real liberators were the USA and it's allies since they wanted to stop Germany without taking terretority like Stalin did. This is also why the Cold War started, since Russia didn't want to give back these eastern occupied countries of Europe.
Yes, they entered your country claiming that they wanted to save you, so they organized mass "savings" in Katyn Forest. End when the whole thing was discovered, the nazis were to blame, of course. It's just russians being russians, i guess... My country and my people also suffered greatly by their hand.
Look at NATO has a neighborhood watch. If you live in a neighborhood where there are repeated break-ins, you and your neighbors should probably get together and form a neighborhood watch.
Pretty much. Joining NATO is a way for Finns and Swedes to tell the bunker dwarf to "stay the eff off our lawn, this ain't yours". In light of all the horrific war crimes by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, partnering up with Scandinavian and Baltic neighbors, as well as the rest of the NATO members makes perfect sense. We have absolutely zero desire for military conflict, but if this bloody psycho can't keep his disgusting paws off things that aren't his and decide to attack, we'll bite back without any hesitation.
As a Swedish veteran who was trained to fight the Russians when I first joined the army in the 1980s I can confirm this. I have been against Sweden joining NATO my whole adult life. The current situation in Ukraine changed my mind. If there is a referendum on this, I shall vote JOIN. The irony in that someone like Vladimir Putin finally convinced me, boggles the mind. 🇸🇪🇪🇺
Highly comprehensible as long as Sweden is not a nuclear power. Doesn't mean it should not, like the other european countries, take its own destiny and military defence into its own hands; never too wise to count mostly on someone else for one's security.
I still think Sweden and Finland would be better served by an arrangement with NATO that is less than membership. But the invasion of Ukraine has weakened that argument and made membership more likely. Exactly the outcome Putin said he didn't want. The risk now is a standoff in the Baltic between Russia and the NATO states with a buildup of defensive weaponry in Kaliningrad.
Good point!!! Gary Williams... I simply can not believe there is NO ONE TO STOP THIS IDIOT..EVERYONES SCARED IF HIM..HE SHOULD BE THE ONE SCARED .ITS JUST INSANE THAT 1 PERSON COULD HAVE THIS CONTROL AND THERE IS NO ONE TO STOP HIM..
What did he expect! He thought he’d bully/frighten countries AWAY from NATO, but instead he ‘frightened’ them INTO NATO! It’s really going pear shaped for Vlad!
@Vet On The Verge agreed, in the long run he’s in a lose/lose situation. He might might win, but be a pariah from most of the rest of the world or lose and be ‘retired’ by his own!
data did show this was the best time to attack but you'd actually need to be plugged in to confirm simple gossip & theory .... Know they enemy, he set himself up. If he was taking notes, Biden ran on "building back" NATO ... But Putin forgot Biden was doing the biggest share of international travel on behalf of US relations while Obama was in office for 8 yrs. One can say I'd like a better NATO but Biden has the cred to get it done.
Russia lost to Japan, Mujahadins in Afghanistan, militia in Finland, millions and millions in both wws, but somehow they thought that invading ukraine would be a walk in the park. Putin should go to a rest home already, too old and nostalgic, guess he want to see Russia fail once again.
@Edegbevughe Ejenavi wait dont tell me you don't know about the USSR war in Afghanistan in the 80s. They lost that war and that war is blamed for the collapse of the USSR.
History is been forgotten. By that I mean people aren't even getting educated about it all in the first place. New generations are being born and this knowledge is being phased out. On purpose or by accident I am not sure. There are people with reasons to want this on purpose but I digress. Its a negligence and is clearly a bad thing.
About the only good thing in recent memory that I see CNN has done. Normally they tend to be quite biased so I stopped watching them. But they are correct this time 100%
@@shtroizn biased? You mean because they tell the truth? With a name like that how could you have been fooled to think that the right accepts you? They hate yet you're doing their work
Over 75% of his Battlion Tactical Groups are engaged in Ukraine, and the rest are held in reserve to plug holes in those units and guard the whole rest of the country. He has two options: harsh language and nukes. The former drives them towards NATO faster. The latter sees Russia become a glass parking lot that glows an interesting shade of blue at night.
@Vet On The Verge I hope so, as I'll get drafted in the front lines together with my unit. We're starting to get more field rehearsals - I hope Ukraine stands strong!!
More like Hitler and his humble ethno-nationalist beginnings of demanding ethnic German territories like Sudetenland. Likewise Putin is demanding Donbas and Crimea and Transnistria and parts of Georgia
This is THE best thing I've seen on CNN since their coverage of the Gulf War. A very concise and compelling summary of the recent history of the Evil Empire.
yes indeed ,nd then threaten Finland and Sweden when theyre thinking of joining.. which will probly only tip them more towrds joining. so like you said, Good job putin...Natos best recruiter
We have not heard any apology of Russia making peace with Nazi Germany, and now Russia speaks of "denazification" of Ukraine? Denazificate yourself, Putler
Other Russian “logic”: - Bombing cities to rubble is not a war, and illegal to even say, but economic sanctions are an act of war - Conscripts are not being sent to Ukraine, despite their dead bodies ending up there - Russia was forced to defend itself from Russian genocide orUkrainian troops who were coming to invade them and/or went as a noble mission to remove Nazis and help the people, while standing up to NATO and West, and all reasons are going exactly to plan despite Russia withdrawing from much of the country, including the Capital - All of many bombs and undisciplined soldiers never hurt a child or civilian, but if there evidence of it…it is both fake photos, but if real a dummy, and/or that the Ukrainians tied up/shot or exploded themselves, despite our many bombs and bullets going by - America is not a “real” democracy, like in Russia where Putin was just elected President the 37th time - Russia has committed no crimes, but if it did International law has no consequences against Russia/we intend to sue over companies leaving and other sanctions - A good way to keep border countries out of NATO is to brutally invade and destroy border countries not part of NATO (Stolen from a longer list by someone else)
Do you really expect logical minding on Russians?! 20 millions of them do not have toilette. 40% do not have access to the internet. The most of them have never seen anything besides of the village they live. The Cremlin cleptocracy stole any opportunity to change and improve their lives. Poverty and brainwashing brought them to become the creatures that It is hard to call human beings anymore.
Every single supporter is guilty. No hiding behind Putin, I would judge every single guy who trespassed into Ukraine, every single shooter, killer, home destroyer etc.
@@WyrmsouI true. What people don't understand, that it is their responsibility to be informed on what is going on and make sure their political decisions are best to their ability. Obviously Russian fatalism is exact opposite. They put up with whatever comes and the fact that someone restricts them to access foreign news or speak up doesn't upset them in the slightest. Shame on them.
@@WyrmsouI just like all Germans who supported the Nazi regime is to blame for the atrocities of the Holocaust, so to are the Russians responsible for this madness. After all, Putin, like all dictators, can be removed by the people though it will be costly. But then again, freedom is always costly and Ukraine is willing to pay that price. But majority of Russians seem to be content with turning their face away from the atrocities of their nation and complain about not having McDonalds and instagram.
Well I live in Finland, and near Russian border. Yes, Russias attack shows Russia can attack peaceful countries. So Finland likely will benefit by Nato defending Russias random attack against Finland if Russia so chooses.
You know the drill : They start doing exercises close to your border, then create hysteria towards given country Russia of choice their planning to invade, then with the backing of groomed Russians invade that country. Reasons for invasion: "we had no choice" or "there is a realistic threat to Russia". Then the cycle goes on......
I think any neighbour of Russia not in NATO has something to think about for their security. Are you concerned Putin may attack Finland in the period between application and acceptance?
The thing that threatens Putin isn't NATO, it's having a liberal democracy on his border where families live on both sides of that border. Russians were already beginning to see the difference. Ukraine also sits on huge natural gas deposits and is the second largest producer of wheat next to Russia. He doesn't want competition cutting into his Gangsta territory.
He wasn't worried about NATO. Nor did he actually want to "liberate" Donesk and Lugansk.He simply wanted to gain some glory as the man who made Russia bigger since the dissolution of the USSR. Personal ambition of an arrogant individual
seriously, a reality check was needed met this guy in a videogame lobby who was like "bro NATO was responsible for the war, Ukraine wanted to join a while back and Russia felt threatened, invasion was justified"... like my guy do you get WHY all these countries joined NATO??????? i swear the shortsightedness of some people is simply stunning
I agree I'm getting really disappointed by the judgment of some people. The last country to attack ruzzia was nazi germany. Since then, NOBODY attacked ruzzia. But ruzzia has attacked how many countries since the end of WW2? A lot. wtf. Some people could be literally sucking Putin's dick, then pull it out and shout "WESTERN PROPAGANDA"
I reply to people who use this argument like this. Let's say someone has an irrational fear of cats. Does that justify them to invade their neighbors home, kill everyone inside and burn down the house just because their neighbor is thinking about getting a cat?
Putin launched a very very Special Military Operation code name '' Have Finland and Sweden join NATO ''. Your own people will soon be coming for you, R.I.P. Puti ! Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
Putin invaded Ukraine not because of the threat of it joining NATO, but because of oil reserves in Donbass region and in the sea of Asov. When Putin invaded and occupied a piece of land of Georgia, it was to established an oil pipeline to Germany. This Putin war is all about economic war. If Ukraine can utilize these oil reserve areas, it would compete with Russia's monopoly of oil sales to Europe. The reason Putin occupied Crimea and supported the separatists in Donbas area
The fighting in the eastern part of Ukraine is all over shale in the ground -- billions of dollars in natural gas. Crimea is sitting on a treasure trove of dead dinosaurs. He is not annexing isolated useless deserted pieces of land. He is going after extremely valuable natural resources, if Ukraine can harness the natural gas in the Donbas, Germany switches to getting the natural gas from a EU friendly country, Putin's economy goes in the toilet.
I agree, but it's also about Ukrainian history that of ancient state of Rus'. They even stole its name "Rossia" it is a Greek word for Rus'. They need Kyiv to justify their false claim on Rus' heritage.
@Joe ferdie Dess......additionally, there has been large deposits of gas and oil in the Black Sea, off the coast of Crimea and the city of Odessa. Some estimates have put those deposits as the fourth or fifth largest reserves in the world. Russia lacks the technology to successfully drill and tap into these reserves. But Ukraine - with the help of Western investments - could become a very wealthy and prosperous country with the ability to supply Europe for many years to come.
Why all neighbouring countries wanted to join NATO while they wanted to distance themselves from Russia? There's something deep...about this...🤭says a lot about what Russia, Putin is. NATO did'nt ask or invite any country to join it. It's their very own choice🤍💙💛❤
Guys, you forgot to mention that USSR invaded Poland in 1939 in concert with Nazis, starting WWII. This has been premeditated and even the border was agreed on during secret negotiations before the war (Ribbentrop-Molotov pact - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov-Ribbentrop_Pact_negotiations ). Russians' myth that they are the ones who saved the rest of the world from Nazis is very jarring to our Polish ears. One gang member killing the other gang member because of betrayal does not a good deed make.
I just read about that evil pact. I was surprised, I had the impression Russia was minding its own business before the Nazis attacked, but it was already carving up other nations. Ironically, it's Hitler's betrayal of Russia that saved us, the stupidity of opening a second front.
@@michellesheaff3779 It is a little known fact because Allies needed Russia to win the war and they did not want to go to great lengths to remind everybody what Russians did. Want some more real history? Russians were fine killing over 20 thousand of Polish officers by shooting them individually in the head in a single organised operation to make sure we could not recover after the war, to decapitate our country. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre Or maybe Holodomor? When Russians starved entire Ukraine and killed millions of people. Ukraine had crops, more than enough to survive, but soviets decided to just transport all crop outside. They would shoot people for taking any amount of grain. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor Yeah... Russians minding their own business...
You can't attack a nation with better marketing, technology and overall just minding their damn business and think the other countries aren't reading between the lines. "We're next!".
Russia has always been expanding NATO. NATO has not once forced or coerced another nation to join, it requires the countries to vote on joining with a genuine yes before their request to join is considered. Every country that has joined did so because of Russian aggression.
@@gumibearsyum8752 Get your Rubles from Putin while they have value for your idiotic comment... maybe you can buy a slice of bread for it. My comment was 100% pure fact, yours was 100% Russian propaganda BS.
His fear is how well NATO countries are/will be doing and seeing this Russians will demand it too. This will shatter his reign as a czar without a crown but with all the perks.
Who do you think things are going well for in the us right now? I wonder if you still get all your information from right wing capitalist channels like cnn
I do not think Putin invaded because he was scared of NATO. That was just an excuse. What he wants is more power and wealth and he always was a criminal and thief. Even if he gets his way, he will not stop, and he will continue to destroy and steal his way. He does not care if the world burns.
HOW COULD JUST ONE MAN HAVE SO MUCH POWER.????IT’S BECAUSE THE REST OF THE WORLD GAVE IT TO HIM BY NOT STANDING UP TO HIM BEFORE NOW.!!UNITY WILL BE THE SAVIOUR IN THE END.!!!
@@l.n.3372 No. That's not it. We have 2 names. An official long name, The Czech Republic, and an official short name, Czechia. We accept both equally. I suppose it just depends on the context. 🙂
US and NATO should give Ukraine jets, tanks and air defense systems. They are fighting our war and they are the only ones of the free world dying. We love you Ukraine. Victory to Ukraine. 💛💙☮❤
When the West finally get to understand that these type of dictators only understand violence or the threat of violence, we will have a more peaceful world. Its hard for the West to show violence, but it must be done, it's crazy and scary, I know, but what's the alternative? If Obama or Trunp woulve dealt with Putin on Crimea or Turkey respectively, and shown who is the boss likely, we wouldn't be on this situation. No guarantees, but Putin would've thought twice about making a move in Ukraine
This was a miscalculation by Putin. Because of this war, NATO is stronger and more committed than ever probably in its entire history. Backfired a little bit.
PLEASE call your representatives to demand they FULLY support Ukraine's fight for democracy & freedom from tyranny. Pressure is the only thing that will make some of these leaders realize that we citizens dont want to be beholden to undemocratic Russia for anything.
Throw some nasty his coffee too. And tell to me, "hellou, Mr putputin, go f yourself. Thanks." If you ran out, ask from me to more, if this is real going to he. Ofc old psycho will need final rest sooner than later.
It is fully indisputable that Russia is an aggressively expansionist power. That being the case, containment of an aggressively expansionist power is the only sane response to that posture. The other choice is appeasement. Putin has PROVED the need of a strong containment mechanism - EVERY nation that borders Russia would be wise to make itself a fortress - or resign itself to eventually being absorbed...
@@animeop5029 Your comment is hilarious. Resistance is futile......lol But remember, they brought Picard back from the Borg. Hopefully, at some point, the entire world will be NATO affiliated, and the Borg will be boxed in with no countries available for the Ukrainian treatment. They will only have their isolated country full of little unsmiling obedient little Borgs with nothing to do but live lower class lives, while making their political leaders and oligarchs richer.
We must not bow to Putin’s threat to use Nuks. We must call his bluff and then see how strong he is. He needs to go, anyway, even if it means using nuks. He must not be allowed to bully his way through Ukraine and then Europe.
The idea is to keep it from getting to nukes, while not allowing Ukraine to be reabsorbed by Russia. That's a longer, patient game. The Ukrainian's apparently taking out the Moskva means that it will be nearly impossible for the Russians to support the coastwise advance against Odessa. Any movement of ships to supply by sea is three times as dangerous as before. And all the remaining Russian naval units are Corvette and Frigate size at best. That class of ship has less capability to defend themselves against cruise missiles than Slava did.
I agree its time to call Putin's bluff, if his Nuclear arms are in the same state as the rest of the armed force's its highly likely Putin is Bluffing. We cannot bow to Putin's Nuclear threats, if we do he will forever hold Nuclear weapons over our heads. I would hope the wests democratic country's Nuclear arms are in a far better state of readiness than Russia's, i don't want to live my life scared that Putin can pull the trigger at any time he gets upset with someone. So i would rather have our nukes aimed at Putin's Nuclear nuclear weapons and take them out now, than live under the threat of a crazy thief and Bully. Kevin from down under. Honour the threat.😥🌏
Russia: if Finland and Sweden join, it’d be a shame because we’d have to put nukes in the Baltic to balance things. Lithuania: Oh, you mean the same nukes that have been in Kaliningrad since forever? Russia: umm… no? NATO: What balance? Joining NATO does not mean you install nukes in your country! Russia: umm… yes it does? The world: 🤦♂️
@@Hugo-and-Persia the russian bear roars alot but it got weak paws and a toothless bite. But if he sends some nukes at us I would rather live in a nuclear wasteland than a russian wasteland. Regards from Sweden
Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Baltic States joined the NATO in 2004, not 1999. I was a conscript soldier in Slovakia in 2004 when the country joined.
Yeah I gotta say, its pretty incredible to see a major political topic in which the majority of both Republicans and democrats can agree on. Last I checked most people from both sides were in support of ukraine. This video does a pretty good job of outlining how most people think of Russia imo.
That's pretty much sums it up right there. Who could blame ukraine for wanting to join NATO. Calling it there fault for wanting to join NATO. Who could blame them. People knocking zelenskii for talking to NATO. Even thou it probably wasn't the smartest thing to do. He was just trying to protect Ukraine. But this attack was inevitable no matter what they did.
Love this. Quick and to the point, and proving just how stupid Russia's ongoing attempts to shut down democracy and uprisings against Soviet enslavement, are. Surely, given all that has happened with the ongoing attacks on Ukraine, and Ukraine's unfaltering defense and protection of the idea of Democratic leadership, and their unfaltering defense against Russian attacks, they should be considered the very epitome of what NATO represents? Shouldn't Ukraine be seriously considered as a NATO applicant given all they've done that NATO is supposed to represent?
As a result of Russia's actions, Finland and Sweden are concerned about their security and so what does Russia do to reassure them that Russia is not a threat to them? Russia threatens them! 🤔
@@Man_Cave we can see in Ukraine that Putin does not listen talk, he probably only listens force. If Nato is threatening to attack Russia, that is the thing he listens more I think. I do not trust Russias talk that Finland does not need to be worried.
Putin was afraid that Ukraine join to Nato, now he will surrounded by Nato, with Finland and Sweden want to join to Nato too😂. Finland and Sweden can protect themselves with own army themselves, but Ukraine will need to join to Nato, especially world now knows how braves Ukrainian can fight.
Thinking at the time was also that not granting Ukraine to NATO prevents Russian invasion. Hah, hah wromg they were. Ukraine belongs to NATO, Europevhas had enough of Russian bullying its neighbours..
@@veronicastewart1112 I think it's because NATO doesn't let in countries that are in state of conflict. As long as there were Russian troops on Ukrainian soil (Crimea, Donbass), Ukraine could never join NATO. To join NATO, Ukraine will have to chase out the Russians from its entire territory.
Its kinda dumb. Russia is acting like Nato is after them, or Putin one day plans to attack Nato. Either scenerio is crazy because nukes. Same reason Nato doesn’t bother with Russia and same reason Nato can’t defend Ukraine.
He's going to get more not less NATO on his borders. Apart from the increase in troops and weapons in existing NATO countries, both Sweden and Finland are closer than ever to joining, possibly only weeks away.
See this is something i also struggle with. Why aren't he trying to do the "right" thing by opening trade and building relationship with everybody? I'm really perplexed.
@@falten2 whats ur definition of a tinfoilhat explanation? look up "Treaty On Conventional Armed Forces In Europe". russia didnt get any closer to becoming integrated with the west, instead it seemed like the west was moving against them by 2008. so thats where it stopped working
In breaking news, Moscow has announced that it will no longer be using Dumb & Dumber to train their military. So congratulations to the new contractors, the Keystone Kops.
Finland will mostly certainly join. Sweden will likely follow. Moldova maybe. Bosnia unlikely because of Serbia. Switzerland and Austria will keep themselves neutral.
My father served on the Arctic convoys ferrying American and British made weapons to Murmansk and Archangel across the North Atlantic in sub-zero temperatures and mountainous seas, to help the Russians fight Nazi aggression. Without Allied help during world war 2 the Russians would all be speaking German and saluting Heil Hitler, something Putin conveniently chooses to forget.
Really? Do you know what the Nazis would've done to the Ukrainians? im sure ur father is proud of u calling his service a mistake, saving millions of lives and helping to end the most wicked war ever waged.
The downside of that help to Russians , was that it took almost 50 years to kick them out of central Europe after they forgot to pull out by them selves.
@@giantsashavor7809 I guess you misinterpreted his comment. To me it doesn't look as if he said it shouldn't have been done but rather that putin, in claiming russia to have defeated Germany in 1940-45 sort of single-handedly, just chooses to "omit" the sh*tload of material brought to his motherland by the allies to make the victory possible in the first place. Well, maybe he'll notice once the modern version of the arctic convois did their job in the Ukraine.
@@qwertzundefinedapfel3830 i dont think thats what he meant, but what you said is right. in my opinion i think its evident USSR couldve eventually pushed germany out, but without allied help, it wouldve taken longer, and they would have had to stop at their own border; lacking the logistics or resources to actually advance on germany. it wouldnt have been possible for germany to take over the ussr no matter what, because they wouldve just kept stretching their forces and supplies out, having no town or city to restock in because of the scorched earth policy. this issue was already crippling them badly, let alone if they kept doing it. lend lease revealed the ussr's full potential and it launcedh a counter offensive against germany that steamrolled all the way to berlin. i think thats a fair assessment. without it, it probably wouldve been an extra 5-10 million lives. still better than 150-200 million+
You know shit gets serious when Switzerland, Sweden and Finland stop being neutral
Is Switzerland asking to join NATO now.
@@beltigussin81 They embargoed Russia after they threatened with nukes
@@beltigussin81 No, but they are doing something they've never done before: sanctioning another country.
@@tatin82 indeed and it said that a lot of people right now are like why why are they doing this why are they wanting to be part of NATO?
I'm like serious bro? It makes complete sense and yeah it's going to piss the Russians off I might even try to sway their hand in such to get as close as possible to launching a nuclear weapon of some sort but we're damned if we do we damned if we don't at this point do we want to have another conflict in the future do we want to risk dealing would someone like Putin who's completely near unnegotiable who's a narcissist who is somebody who doesn't care how many lives he throws away all the name of serving his position his values his views his goals... Sad as it is one day this was going to happen many people wished it didn't but it has happened and we are forced to deal with Russia on a year in pre-in front as we have been preparing for for a very long time and now that possibility is so close to being brought to fruition... And despite our closing in around Russia as he might have a point the fact is weed and strike first he did and with false pretenses he did... And at the end of the day it was his forces that were pushed in Ukraine it was his forces that have caused many atrocities there it was his forces that he sent there to die knowing full well but these young men were going to go there and possibly not have the support they needed what not and left them to die regardless and expect them to do their duty as soldiers completely under misinformation and the unknown so not only is he causing atrocities towards the Ukrainian people but also to his own military in his own people... The man's a monster the people are too brainwashed to realize that then I don't know what to say I hope somebody in that country actually has a brain that hope somehow organizes despite everything that is impossible in Russia to do
@@pyrolopez854 you sound like a Kremlin troll.
It’s absolutely insane that one person can cause this much destruction.
Reminds me of exactly what Hitler tried to do, and same methods as well
Is no way on God's green Earth that Ukraine did anything to deserve this!
History shows this over and over again. If not one person, it is a combination of several, all virtueless and ambitious.
@@gregorypace2641 The very tactics that put Hitler into power are also how Trump has taken over the GOP & it's voters who he's emotionally manipulated into a cult of enablers. He love bombs them, planted a wedge between Republicans & Democrats as an "us vs them" mentality, conspiracy theories, gaslighting, lying, propaganda, & denying reality. Also, Trump, Putin & Hitler have the same Malignant Narcissistic Personality Disorder. M.N. has varying degrees of severity & gets worse with age!
welcome to the 19th centaury
"Ironically, Putin will be responsible for the expansion of NATO."
Most ironic.
and supplying tanks to Ukraine non stop.... such an hypocrite...
Ok
@@Smert_Vorogam12 He likes to see a strong Ukraine, so he can send his slaves into the meatgrinder.
That is called media controlling and changing the narratives
@iron threads3 in this case the other EU nato members won’t vote to allow those nations to join nato kinda like Ukraine, he left that part out in his “analysis”
Putin is the best sales man for NATO.
Ebere: What do you mean that Putin's the best sales man ever 😠
@@richardrichardhaleysguitar8810 Work it out, it's really not that hard. I understood him clearly.
@@richardrichardhaleysguitar8810 FOR NATO.
Does someone need to learn how to read?
He made a wonderful sales rep for NATO, they should give him a rise.
Yes he is
Putin has just made the perfect argument for NATO membership.
How?
@@TheRealWattLife so are you saying you didn't watch the video? It's pretty obvious.
@@TheRealWattLife Putin: don't join NATO otherwise it's going to be consequences possibly military look at your friend Ukraine... All alonnnee ...😼he😼he😼he😼he
Finland /Norway: we got to join NATO and we got to join NATO fast..
And in layman's terms for yourself.. why would they want to risk going alone against Russia in case Russia decides to invade anyway somehow because for one like Ukraine they try to join NATO during this but the fact is that if they would have joined before in the past despite maybe more threats anyway article 5 of the treaty would have forced us into a conflict with Russia us meaning the alliance NATO which Russia would know that it would bring us into this conflict regardless of what we might have felt but they didn't they try to seek membership during this conflict, whereas Finland and Norway are not in a conflict with Russia but seeing how aggressive Russia was when it came to Ukraine being or starting to become pronato or close to it to the point to joining they took action.. and do you think they would want to be alone in such a conflict of course not they would rather have the backing of the entire alliance military assisting them in the conflict instead of just being supplied for whatever they can get much like what you crane is dealing with when it comes to what they're only getting and only focusing on what manpower they only have available despite the cities towns and whatnot being wiped out literally nobody wants to deal with that sort of nightmare by themselves and resting it all on your shoulders as a leader of countries like those
@@aaronoverby4830 He works for Vladimir Putain. Ignore the Bot.
@@TheRealWattLife ..By attacking a free nation of course .
Along with that, he's shown the world how incompetent the Russia military is. That bolsters NATO, too, and that makes for a double-whammy.
You comment is absolutely ridiculous
@@TheRealWattLife but his is true that russias army is absolut dogshit
@@TheRealWattLife Russia stooge!
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@@theseagulls7035 yes you people definitely are I agree
It's something so simple to understand too. Putin's invasion of Ukraine gave countries a reason to join NATO, and had Russia not invaded Ukraine, some of the countries looking to join now may have never joined.
Putin also launched Nato's "special recruiting operation."
NATO will be failed sooner or later. Plz mark it mr ignorant!
Ah ha ha…. Sad but true !
hahaha
Yes Indeed
Right on point😂 Putin is the best sale person for NATO.
Telling countries "Don't you DARE join NATO, or there will be consequences!" may not have been a very good tactic...
It only works if you don't overplay your hand. Putin just showed he would attack regardless, so that threat no longer works on people.
especially when the one he said dont too, said ok I wont, then he attacked anyway lol.
LOL
"I swear to god, if you tell your mom I took you cookies, I'll *kill* you!"
_"😢... mmmmMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!!! Russia said he's going to kill meeeeee! 😭"_
Turns out threatening your neighbors would actually encourage them to join NATO. Logic checks out.
Russia is aggressively intimidating Sweden and Finland, hardly the action of a friendly neighbour. Which could make their choice to join NATO less of a tough call.
Too bad it’s not up to them membership Is voted on unanimously & the yellow belly Europeans won’t vote to let them in just like Ukraine
I dont see how its a tough call Putin did the same threats to Ukraine they tried to appease him and he still invaded. That sounds like an easy choice for them to make
Just be like Nike and "Just do it". However, it's Politicians and they will waffle for months. He doesn't have the troops of military hardware to do anything. He is mentally unstable, so who knows what he would do. At some point he will have to be killed or Russia is doomed for as long as he is alive. Even if he is replaced, he will still have a LOT of power. So he needs to be eliminated. Just call the CLINTON'S they have a LOT of experience seeing people die. :)
@@TheWraith7 Russia is the actual reason that NATO exists
@@bb_arcadia5752 Yup. It's the biggest problem, since Putin and his cronies do nothing but lie to get what they want and only hear what they want to hear. Which in the end also works against them, since no one will believe their true intentions and the whole thing will grow beyond their control much like it already has.
Love seeing history explained and tied to current events! We need more of this in the news!!
Might I suggest time ghost history channel. They primarily a history channel specifically between the world wars, then actual ww2 week by week and the war against humanity series. They recently started doing a series called into context. Which is almost exclusively about Ukraine what’s happening now and how it came about over the last 120 years.
If Russia was a country that sort peaceful cohabitation with its neighbors, there wouldn't be any need for NATO.
Yes. And we had almost forgotten why NATO is still necessary!
True👍🏽
What about Ukraine's recent hate crimes against HOMOSEXUALS 🤔
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America shouldn't go around the world and impose its own ideals on everyone. Not everyone wants a democracy. A republic isn't a terrible form of government. You pick your state that best aligns with your ideals. I want free healthcare and education, therefore a blue state is for me.
Very true. I couldn't have said it better
You forgot to mention that in 1939 we, Poland, were attacked by the Nazis from the West AND (two weeks later) by the Soviets from the East, who were also claiming, of course, that they were moving in to "save us" from the Nazis with whom they arranged the whole thing just weeks prior.
Exactly, and this is why both Germany and Russia were evil dictatorships. Even though Russia defeated Hitler they were just as bad. Communists don't realize this and see Russia as liberators but they were not since they enslaved the whole east of Europe.
They real liberators were the USA and it's allies since they wanted to stop Germany without taking terretority like Stalin did.
This is also why the Cold War started, since Russia didn't want to give back these eastern occupied countries of Europe.
This hasn't gone unnoticed in the UK.
@@leaturk11 I second that.
Yes, they entered your country claiming that they wanted to save you, so they organized mass "savings" in Katyn Forest. End when the whole thing was discovered, the nazis were to blame, of course.
It's just russians being russians, i guess... My country and my people also suffered greatly by their hand.
That's why Poland 🇵🇱 has stepped up more than any other country to help Ukraine 🇺🇦
Putin's stupidity can't be going unnoticed in Russia. They need to 'retire' him ASAP.
That's hard to do when the Russian public is given news that Putin and his cronies control.
Sadly, he's more popular. Older people believe the propaganda.
@S.m Golam Srowar Thank you. Slava Ukraine 😃
@Nibir Halder Thank you Brother. Slava Ukraine 😃
It’s the same as republicans and Orange Cheeto. No matter what he does, he’s praised. A cult.
When the Orange One proclaims you a "genius", you have truly screwed up!
Greetings from Ukraine and thanks for support to all civilization world!
#armforukraine 🇺🇦
Stay strong Ukraine, and may you attain Victory, Freedom, and Peace. Thank you for defending democracy against an oppressor.
God has touched the black sea the battle is not yours alone Ukraine stay strong stay safe peace be with you
Look at NATO has a neighborhood watch. If you live in a neighborhood where there are repeated break-ins, you and your neighbors should probably get together and form a neighborhood watch.
Scary to think that if the republicans took the US Presidency there wouldn't be much of a neighborhood watch right now.
lol
Pretty much. Joining NATO is a way for Finns and Swedes to tell the bunker dwarf to "stay the eff off our lawn, this ain't yours". In light of all the horrific war crimes by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, partnering up with Scandinavian and Baltic neighbors, as well as the rest of the NATO members makes perfect sense. We have absolutely zero desire for military conflict, but if this bloody psycho can't keep his disgusting paws off things that aren't his and decide to attack, we'll bite back without any hesitation.
As a Swedish veteran who was trained to fight the Russians when I first joined the army in the 1980s I can confirm this. I have been against Sweden joining NATO my whole adult life. The current situation in Ukraine changed my mind. If there is a referendum on this, I shall vote JOIN. The irony in that someone like Vladimir Putin finally convinced me, boggles the mind. 🇸🇪🇪🇺
Highly comprehensible as long as Sweden is not a nuclear power. Doesn't mean it should not, like the other european countries, take its own destiny and military defence into its own hands; never too wise to count mostly on someone else for one's security.
putin's fncking nuts
It only makes sense for Sweden to join NATO. Divided we fall, united we Stand. Welcome brother!
Welcome aboard, my Swedish friend!
I still think Sweden and Finland would be better served by an arrangement with NATO that is less than membership. But the invasion of Ukraine has weakened that argument and made membership more likely. Exactly the outcome Putin said he didn't want. The risk now is a standoff in the Baltic between Russia and the NATO states with a buildup of defensive weaponry in Kaliningrad.
BEST video that I have seen durring this entire war! Puts things into perspective. Welcome to the beginning of the END of POOtin!
Didn't putin say everything is going to plan? If so, wouldn't the expansion of NATO be part of that plan?! 😂
Cheering on the demise of entire populations of people via nuclear war.. I can guess who you voted for.
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Thx Putin! All according to plan indeed 🇺🇸🇨🇦
if Russia joins NATO it will be a joke
Good point!!! Gary Williams... I simply can not believe there is NO ONE TO STOP THIS IDIOT..EVERYONES SCARED IF HIM..HE SHOULD BE THE ONE SCARED .ITS JUST INSANE THAT 1 PERSON COULD HAVE THIS CONTROL AND THERE IS NO ONE TO STOP HIM..
What did he expect! He thought he’d bully/frighten countries AWAY from NATO, but instead he ‘frightened’ them INTO NATO! It’s really going pear shaped for Vlad!
@Vet On The Verge agreed, in the long run he’s in a lose/lose situation. He might might win, but be a pariah from most of the rest of the world or lose and be ‘retired’ by his own!
@@maxmartin7080 Even if he "Wins" this battle, he has still lost...
Then when Finland and Sweden say they might join, poo tin draws the nuclear weapon card.
@@jkphotography7607 Like all his other threats including demanding payment in Roubles …..empty!
data did show this was the best time to attack but you'd actually need to be plugged in to confirm simple gossip & theory .... Know they enemy, he set himself up. If he was taking notes, Biden ran on "building back" NATO ... But Putin forgot Biden was doing the biggest share of international travel on behalf of US relations while Obama was in office for 8 yrs. One can say I'd like a better NATO but Biden has the cred to get it done.
Russia lost to Japan, Mujahadins in Afghanistan, militia in Finland, millions and millions in both wws, but somehow they thought that invading ukraine would be a walk in the park. Putin should go to a rest home already, too old and nostalgic, guess he want to see Russia fail once again.
I hope Russia will be broken up like the previous USSR if they lose this war with Ukraine
They were losing ww2 as well until the Allies invaded mainland Europe.
@Edegbevughe Ejenavi wait dont tell me you don't know about the USSR war in Afghanistan in the 80s. They lost that war and that war is blamed for the collapse of the USSR.
Send him to a Siberian home with a sunny view for his retirement.
History is been forgotten. By that I mean people aren't even getting educated about it all in the first place. New generations are being born and this knowledge is being phased out.
On purpose or by accident I am not sure. There are people with reasons to want this on purpose but I digress. Its a negligence and is clearly a bad thing.
Well said!!! Slava Ukraini!!!💙💛🇨🇦🫂🇺🇦
Phenomenal piece, CNN. Keep bringing in historically-founded speakers like this guy
Use Fox News for your cat's kitty litter.
@@Quijanos1
Why insult cats?
you nato pupet 😂😂
About the only good thing in recent memory that I see CNN has done. Normally they tend to be quite biased so I stopped watching them. But they are correct this time 100%
@@namelessdata4608 I agree
Pretty good and succinct history lesson. Always good when CNN has people who know the history, rather than simply those with an opinion and a theory.
Yup - very refreshing from a network that is so biased it is hard to take seriously - but this was good!
Even better than those networks filled with Kremlin sympathizers
@@shtroizn biased? You mean because they tell the truth? With a name like that how could you have been fooled to think that the right accepts you? They hate yet you're doing their work
@@theembeard765 No idea what you just wrote - it's practically unreadable. Whatever meds you are taking - you must have forgotten to take them.
A broken clock is right two times a day. Good job by CNN for ONCE. Same goes for FOX. Biased journalists SMH
Thank you so much Mr. Putin you have United the world even stronger together Good job
Not Hungary, Serbia and France. They love Putin and hate Nato, EU and the west.
Well said :)
The rest of the world support RUSSIA not USA. All Africa and Asia are with RUSSIA.
Putin good 👍 slava 🇷🇺
Just like China is making the india , Japan , Australia , Vietnam , Philippines , Indonesia alliance
countries whose not members needs to join , witnessing lack of help without NATO makes them thinks,they needs Allies
Putin is NATO's greatest recruiter.
He mostly think about his wealth, yachts and palaces rather than NATO.
The American people want Trump back in the White House
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The great irony is Putin wouldn’t be remembered as “Putin the great” but instead as “Putin the west unifier”😂
How is Putin Natos greatest recruiter?
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So proud of 🇸🇪 and 🇫🇮. I just pray Putin will decide against retaliating against them. NATO would kick their asses right back to The Motherland!
Over 75% of his Battlion Tactical Groups are engaged in Ukraine, and the rest are held in reserve to plug holes in those units and guard the whole rest of the country. He has two options: harsh language and nukes. The former drives them towards NATO faster. The latter sees Russia become a glass parking lot that glows an interesting shade of blue at night.
Russia would kick your ass
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He'd need an army to do that. And he won't have much of an army left after this.
@Vet On The Verge I hope so, as I'll get drafted in the front lines together with my unit. We're starting to get more field rehearsals - I hope Ukraine stands strong!!
Virtually everything that can be said about Stalin can be said about Putin.
True. Except that Stalin lived to see the end. Not so sure about Putin.
Except Putin has never forced millions of his countrymen to starve.
Yet.
Putin is nowhere close to Stalin's death count. Stalin even managed to kill more Jews than Hitler.
More like Hitler and his humble ethno-nationalist beginnings of demanding ethnic German territories like Sudetenland. Likewise Putin is demanding Donbas and Crimea and Transnistria and parts of Georgia
@Ctg Stalin was the second greatest mass murderer of all time just behind Mao. So if that's your judge of greatness then I guess you're right.
This is THE best thing I've seen on CNN since their coverage of the Gulf War. A very concise and compelling summary of the recent history of the Evil Empire.
He actually does a speech like this every week in his time slot.!!!Saves having guests on & it saves so much time.!!Working from home helps too.!!!
Good job Putin..THANK YOU!!! YOU SET A GREAT EXAMPLE WHY NATO IS NESSASARY...
yes indeed ,nd then threaten Finland and Sweden when theyre thinking of joining.. which will probly only tip them more towrds joining. so like you said, Good job putin...Natos best recruiter
*Always* looks at what one does, not what one says.
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@Dawid B Oh, look, it's a Christ-Stain. Time for my favorite prayer:
Dear GOD, please save me from those...
Who wish to save me from myself.
@S.m Golam Srowar Thanks. Slava Ukraine 😃
tell that to the public electorate
There is literally no other way when it comes to putin.
Fun fact: Russia never apologized even once what they did to their neighbors. Can you imagine if Germany had the same attitude?
We have not heard any apology of Russia making peace with Nazi Germany, and now Russia speaks of "denazification" of Ukraine? Denazificate yourself, Putler
Germany only apologised, well after it lost...
Fun fact, your facts are not based on factual information.
Sad much russian bot?
A sad and shameful period in their history. I'm sure there are many German people feeling that shame even today.
GLORY TO UKRAINE!!! GLORY TO THE HEROES!!! 💙💛 ЖЫВЕ БЕЛАРУСЬ!!!🧡🤍
Other Russian “logic”:
- Bombing cities to rubble is not a war, and illegal to even say, but economic sanctions are an act of war
- Conscripts are not being sent to Ukraine, despite their dead bodies ending up there
- Russia was forced to defend itself from Russian genocide orUkrainian troops who were coming to invade them and/or went as a noble mission to remove Nazis and help the people, while standing up to NATO and West, and all reasons are going exactly to plan despite Russia withdrawing from much of the country, including the Capital
- All of many bombs and undisciplined soldiers never hurt a child or civilian, but if there evidence of it…it is both fake photos, but if real a dummy, and/or that the Ukrainians tied up/shot or exploded themselves, despite our many bombs and bullets going by
- America is not a “real” democracy, like in Russia where Putin was just elected President the 37th time
- Russia has committed no crimes, but if it did International law has no consequences against Russia/we intend to sue over companies leaving and other sanctions
- A good way to keep border countries out of NATO is to brutally invade and destroy border countries not part of NATO
(Stolen from a longer list by someone else)
Do you really expect logical minding on Russians?! 20 millions of them do not have toilette. 40% do not have access to the internet. The most of them have never seen anything besides of the village they live. The Cremlin cleptocracy stole any opportunity to change and improve their lives. Poverty and brainwashing brought them to become the creatures that It is hard to call human beings anymore.
Awesome man
Yes, Yes, Yes,Yes, Yes, Yes and yes
Is this what the Russian people are being told? Unbelievable lies.
U are in sane. Putin is a full time murderer and totally bombing cities. Be careful of your lies. Putin could kill his own people next.
Every single supporter is guilty. No hiding behind Putin, I would judge every single guy who trespassed into Ukraine, every single shooter, killer, home destroyer etc.
amen.
@@WyrmsouI true. What people don't understand, that it is their responsibility to be informed on what is going on and make sure their political decisions are best to their ability. Obviously Russian fatalism is exact opposite. They put up with whatever comes and the fact that someone restricts them to access foreign news or speak up doesn't upset them in the slightest. Shame on them.
@@WyrmsouI just like all Germans who supported the Nazi regime is to blame for the atrocities of the Holocaust, so to are the Russians responsible for this madness. After all, Putin, like all dictators, can be removed by the people though it will be costly. But then again, freedom is always costly and Ukraine is willing to pay that price. But majority of Russians seem to be content with turning their face away from the atrocities of their nation and complain about not having McDonalds and instagram.
I'd draw the line above the conscripts. But anyone over 22 career military has probably committed war crimes and killed or ordered killed civilians.
Indeed, and India's Modi needs to take a step back as well.
Well I live in Finland, and near Russian border. Yes, Russias attack shows Russia can attack peaceful countries. So Finland likely will benefit by Nato defending Russias random attack against Finland if Russia so chooses.
You know the drill : They start doing exercises close to your border, then create hysteria towards given country Russia of choice their planning to invade, then with the backing of groomed Russians invade that country. Reasons for invasion: "we had no choice" or "there is a realistic threat to Russia". Then the cycle goes on......
Finland is like Ukraine but without the sunflower seeds. Lets join together 🇸🇪❤️🇫🇮
I think any neighbour of Russia not in NATO has something to think about for their security. Are you concerned Putin may attack Finland in the period between application and acceptance?
This is the. whole point of NATO to stop the Stalins of the world.
@@biddyboy1570
They are in no position to attack anyone at this point. And I seriously doubt NATO would sit that out.
The thing that threatens Putin isn't NATO, it's having a liberal democracy on his border where families live on both sides of that border. Russians were already beginning to see the difference. Ukraine also sits on huge natural gas deposits and is the second largest producer of wheat next to Russia. He doesn't want competition cutting into his Gangsta territory.
Thank u Mr. Putin for helping Finland and Sweden to join NATO. It would have been very difficult without ur help.
I could've lived well without both. Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦🌻
He wasn't worried about NATO. Nor did he actually want to "liberate" Donesk and Lugansk.He simply wanted to gain some glory as the man who made Russia bigger since the dissolution of the USSR. Personal ambition of an arrogant individual
He doesn't seem to have any emotion or guilt for all the lives that were taken.
Well, why would he? He’s always been a killer.
HE IS A SOCIOPATH WITHOUT COMPASSION WITH COMPLEXES.
Brilliant no-nonsense summing up leading to current situation. Geoff in Nottingham UK
seriously, a reality check was needed
met this guy in a videogame lobby who was like "bro NATO was responsible for the war, Ukraine wanted to join a while back and Russia felt threatened, invasion was justified"... like my guy do you get WHY all these countries joined NATO??????? i swear the shortsightedness of some people is simply stunning
Not to mention their 2-digit IQs
I agree I'm getting really disappointed by the judgment of some people. The last country to attack ruzzia was nazi germany. Since then, NOBODY attacked ruzzia. But ruzzia has attacked how many countries since the end of WW2? A lot. wtf. Some people could be literally sucking Putin's dick, then pull it out and shout "WESTERN PROPAGANDA"
Ya, I have also wondered why no country asked to join Russian voluntarily.
@@veronicastewart1112 hilariious :)
I reply to people who use this argument like this. Let's say someone has an irrational fear of cats. Does that justify them to invade their neighbors home, kill everyone inside and burn down the house just because their neighbor is thinking about getting a cat?
The Warsaw Pac Nations all joined NATO because they were afraid Russia would one day invade.
Putin launched a very very Special Military Operation code name '' Have Finland and Sweden join NATO ''. Your own people will soon be coming for you, R.I.P. Puti ! Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
Don't underestimate stupidity of brainwashed russians.
Scary part is if pushed to corner he may use Nuclear weapons. Than all of this is for nothing!!!! AND ALL OF US WILL BE GONE!!
Putin invaded Ukraine not because of the threat of it joining NATO, but because of oil reserves in Donbass region and in the sea of Asov. When Putin invaded and occupied a piece of land of Georgia, it was to established an oil pipeline to Germany. This Putin war is all about economic war. If Ukraine can utilize these oil reserve areas, it would compete with Russia's monopoly of oil sales to Europe. The reason Putin occupied Crimea and supported the separatists in Donbas area
The fighting in the eastern part of Ukraine is all over shale in the ground -- billions of dollars in natural gas. Crimea is sitting on a treasure trove of dead dinosaurs. He is not annexing isolated useless deserted pieces of land. He is going after extremely valuable natural resources, if Ukraine can harness the natural gas in the Donbas, Germany switches to getting the natural gas from a EU friendly country, Putin's economy goes in the toilet.
Now he is force his biggest customers to cut the tie, very smart move🙄
It’s all about lining his pocket and keep his power. All the dictators are.
I agree, but it's also about Ukrainian history that of ancient state of Rus'. They even stole its name "Rossia" it is a Greek word for Rus'. They need Kyiv to justify their false claim on Rus' heritage.
@Joe ferdie Dess......additionally, there has been large deposits of gas and oil in the Black Sea, off the coast of Crimea and the city of Odessa.
Some estimates have put those deposits as the fourth or fifth largest reserves in the world. Russia lacks the technology
to successfully drill and tap into these reserves. But Ukraine - with the help of Western investments - could become a
very wealthy and prosperous country with the ability to supply Europe for many years to come.
RIP to all the innocent children, women and men
@The TacoCat; Run down your own 'rabbit holes' fool!
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Yeah well Ukraine is a very evil country, the fact they they are murdering their own people shows that.
Because that's what CNN needs to be talking about the victims in this war the innocent people slaughtered by animals
You did it this time, Vlad. You proved to the world that given enough time every one of your neighboring countries is a target.
Great job, #JohnAvlon. This is such a good, succinct explanation of the big picture! Thank you!
Why all neighbouring countries wanted to join NATO while they wanted to distance themselves from Russia? There's something deep...about this...🤭says a lot about what Russia, Putin is. NATO did'nt ask or invite any country to join it. It's their very own choice🤍💙💛❤
Afraid to be poisoned🥰😭
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Poisons go ass of putins. I GOT MOLE READY.
Guys, you forgot to mention that USSR invaded Poland in 1939 in concert with Nazis, starting WWII. This has been premeditated and even the border was agreed on during secret negotiations before the war (Ribbentrop-Molotov pact - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov-Ribbentrop_Pact_negotiations ).
Russians' myth that they are the ones who saved the rest of the world from Nazis is very jarring to our Polish ears.
One gang member killing the other gang member because of betrayal does not a good deed make.
I see you are very well versed in history (no).
I just read about that evil pact. I was surprised, I had the impression Russia was minding its own business before the Nazis attacked, but it was already carving up other nations. Ironically, it's Hitler's betrayal of Russia that saved us, the stupidity of opening a second front.
@@michellesheaff3779 It is a little known fact because Allies needed Russia to win the war and they did not want to go to great lengths to remind everybody what Russians did.
Want some more real history? Russians were fine killing over 20 thousand of Polish officers by shooting them individually in the head in a single organised operation to make sure we could not recover after the war, to decapitate our country. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre
Or maybe Holodomor? When Russians starved entire Ukraine and killed millions of people. Ukraine had crops, more than enough to survive, but soviets decided to just transport all crop outside. They would shoot people for taking any amount of grain. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
Yeah... Russians minding their own business...
Condolences to all the mothers, fathers and families who lost their loved ones in Ukraine
Condolences to all the people suffering at the US southern border. 🙏
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@@eggsbenedict2251 Millions of em coming across... Kids being rapped etc... Nobody in the whitehouse cares
@@eggsbenedict2251 what?
Remember when Trump said Putin was a genius? How did that man was once an US President?
You can't attack a nation with better marketing, technology and overall just minding their damn business and think the other countries aren't reading between the lines. "We're next!".
Russia has always been expanding NATO. NATO has not once forced or coerced another nation to join, it requires the countries to vote on joining with a genuine yes before their request to join is considered. Every country that has joined did so because of Russian aggression.
That is such bullshit.
@@gumibearsyum8752 Cry about it.
@@gumibearsyum8752 Get your Rubles from Putin while they have value for your idiotic comment... maybe you can buy a slice of bread for it.
My comment was 100% pure fact, yours was 100% Russian propaganda BS.
@@gumibearsyum8752 didn’t the west back a coup in Ukraine 2014?
Blaming the victim, well said . They used the same excuse for invading Finland, that the 4 million people there posed a danger
Thank You Very Much
For This Enlightening Analysis/Remarks As Such.
They should hold a ceremony and make May 9th the day that Finland and Sweden join NATO to coincide with Putin's "victory" day parade.
That would be hilarious!
and invite Putin as the guest of honor, seeing as he made it happen 😂
An excellent idea! U got my vote.
@@Cj-xt6tv Sent him a joke invitation. 🤣
That would be a great day for Findland and Sweden to join NATO ! Wouldn't that downgrade their parade ? LMAO !
We should have a few countries helping ukraine on ground to dismantle russia
His fear is how well NATO countries are/will be doing and seeing this Russians will demand it too. This will shatter his reign as a czar without a crown but with all the perks.
Who do you think things are going well for in the us right now? I wonder if you still get all your information from right wing capitalist channels like cnn
I do not think Putin invaded because he was scared of NATO. That was just an excuse. What he wants is more power and wealth and he always was a criminal and thief. Even if he gets his way, he will not stop, and he will continue to destroy and steal his way. He does not care if the world burns.
HOW COULD JUST ONE MAN HAVE SO MUCH POWER.????IT’S BECAUSE THE REST OF THE WORLD GAVE IT TO HIM BY NOT STANDING UP TO HIM BEFORE NOW.!!UNITY WILL BE THE SAVIOUR IN THE END.!!!
unbelievably well said !! Thank you
How he just explained how Russian expansionism is what has rallied NATO to Stand together was perfect
Czechoslovakia did not join NATO in 1999 because Czechoslovakia ceased to exist in 1993. Hi from the Czech Republic.
oh Czechs, they ate the Slavic brotherhood
Oops! haha
Hello from the Czech Republic. Is it true that your country wants to be called Czechia now instead?
@@l.n.3372 No. That's not it. We have 2 names. An official long name, The Czech Republic, and an official short name, Czechia. We accept both equally. I suppose it just depends on the context. 🙂
Yes you are correct 😊
US and NATO should give Ukraine jets, tanks and air defense systems. They are fighting our war and they are the only ones of the free world dying. We love you Ukraine. Victory to Ukraine. 💛💙☮❤
When the West finally get to understand that these type of dictators only understand violence or the threat of violence, we will have a more peaceful world. Its hard for the West to show violence, but it must be done, it's crazy and scary, I know, but what's the alternative? If Obama or Trunp woulve dealt with Putin on Crimea or Turkey respectively, and shown who is the boss likely, we wouldn't be on this situation. No guarantees, but Putin would've thought twice about making a move in Ukraine
Right on ? Their victory is also our victory ! Give them all they need ? GLORY TO UKRAINE !
This was a miscalculation by Putin. Because of this war, NATO is stronger and more committed than ever probably in its entire history. Backfired a little bit.
PLEASE call your representatives to demand they FULLY support Ukraine's fight for democracy & freedom from tyranny.
Pressure is the only thing that will make some of these leaders realize that we citizens dont want to be beholden to undemocratic Russia for anything.
I haven't stopped doing that
Hell no, no real America supports American involvement in Ukraine. Ukraine is a very evil and corrupt country.
Rip for innocent people's of Ukrainian but world must learn from past experience
You mean learning from the 1938 Munich experience?
What is it with these Russian dictators..
To much Vodka, it rots the brain.
Isolated surrounded by yes sayers, living in fantasyland, believing his own propaganda, desperate to stay in power.
@@Blackwolfufk Yeltsin was the drunk and he never tried to expand. I think Putin is almost a teatotaller like Hitler.
You are not mentioning anything NATO may have made mistakes about.
Autocrats like Putin need to understand, that which is acquired by force is seldom retained over the long term.
He was planning mass murder to eliminate Ukrainian nationalism, that is why the "denazification" nonsense. He has mobile crematoriums in his army.
Let's hope so!! 🍀
Throw some nasty his coffee too. And tell to me, "hellou, Mr putputin, go f yourself. Thanks." If you ran out, ask from me to more, if this is real going to he. Ofc old psycho will need final rest sooner than later.
Put bluntly, he’s totally *ucked up 😂🤣😂
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Stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦
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Spot on
It is fully indisputable that Russia is an aggressively expansionist power. That being the case, containment of an aggressively expansionist power is the only sane response to that posture. The other choice is appeasement. Putin has PROVED the need of a strong containment mechanism - EVERY nation that borders Russia would be wise to make itself a fortress - or resign itself to eventually being absorbed...
Russian are like the Borg from Star Trek.
@@animeop5029 Yes, while Russians are like the Borg from Star Trek, they do not have their intellect or compassion . . . lol
Ukraine knew why it hoped to be in nato years ago. Naive two countries insisted it should wait (Merkel and Sarkozy 2008).big mistake!!
@@animeop5029 Your comment is hilarious. Resistance is futile......lol But remember, they brought Picard back from the Borg. Hopefully, at some point, the entire world will be NATO affiliated, and the Borg will be boxed in with no countries available for the Ukrainian treatment. They will only have their isolated country full of little unsmiling obedient little Borgs with nothing to do but live lower class lives, while making their political leaders and oligarchs richer.
Like a refugee said, "Russia is the Hitler now,,.!
We must not bow to Putin’s threat to use Nuks. We must call his bluff and then see how strong he is. He needs to go, anyway, even if it means using nuks. He must not be allowed to bully his way through Ukraine and then Europe.
I agree and have been saying the same thing since this started, go Ukraine. 😊🌏
The idea is to keep it from getting to nukes, while not allowing Ukraine to be reabsorbed by Russia. That's a longer, patient game. The Ukrainian's apparently taking out the Moskva means that it will be nearly impossible for the Russians to support the coastwise advance against Odessa. Any movement of ships to supply by sea is three times as dangerous as before. And all the remaining Russian naval units are Corvette and Frigate size at best. That class of ship has less capability to defend themselves against cruise missiles than Slava did.
I agree its time to call Putin's bluff, if his Nuclear arms are in the same state as the rest of the armed force's its highly likely Putin is Bluffing. We cannot bow to Putin's Nuclear threats, if we do he will forever hold Nuclear weapons over our heads. I would hope the wests democratic country's Nuclear arms are in a far better state of readiness than Russia's, i don't want to live my life scared that Putin can pull the trigger at any time he gets upset with someone. So i would rather have our nukes aimed at Putin's Nuclear nuclear weapons and take them out now, than live under the threat of a crazy thief and Bully.
Kevin from down under. Honour the threat.😥🌏
Putin: NATO expansion bad.
Also Putin: invades a non-NATO neighbour.
You need to get the facts
Really not only one. Georgia says hi.
@@TheRealWattLife that's right, he invaded MORE than one non-NATO neighbour.
@@anthonyhulse1248 good for them, Nato needs a wake up call for their constant corruption.
Excellent Reality Check story. Loved every minute of it. News needs to be more like this. Educational & with purpose.
Russia: if Finland and Sweden join, it’d be a shame because we’d have to put nukes in the Baltic to balance things.
Lithuania: Oh, you mean the same nukes that have been in Kaliningrad since forever?
Russia: umm… no?
NATO: What balance? Joining NATO does not mean you install nukes in your country!
Russia: umm… yes it does?
The world: 🤦♂️
Hello from Sweden, Neither Sweden nor Finland have ever been neutral, alliance-free yea, but not neutral!!!
Will he really use nuclear weapons though if they join Nato?
@@Hugo-and-Persia the russian bear roars alot but it got weak paws and a toothless bite. But if he sends some nukes at us I would rather live in a nuclear wasteland than a russian wasteland. Regards from Sweden
@@user-bd7zi5uc1x wow. I understand the sentiment. At first I was scared when he threatened nukes. Now I'm like "F him". I'm from the UK by the way.
@@user-bd7zi5uc1x Putin will be on his knees begging for mercy when he hears that Sweden can load their missiles with surströmming.
Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Baltic States joined the NATO in 2004, not 1999.
I was a conscript soldier in Slovakia in 2004 when the country joined.
And the Czech Republic in 1999
I cant say I like much of CNN reporting but did enjoy tis one.
Yeah I gotta say, its pretty incredible to see a major political topic in which the majority of both Republicans and democrats can agree on. Last I checked most people from both sides were in support of ukraine. This video does a pretty good job of outlining how most people think of Russia imo.
Putin is flying his good buddy Steven Seagal over for extensive training for his troops we all know what a badass Seagal is LOL
The Ukrainians will need to be careful around microwave ovens...
That's pretty much sums it up right there. Who could blame ukraine for wanting to join NATO. Calling it there fault for wanting to join NATO. Who could blame them. People knocking zelenskii for talking to NATO. Even thou it probably wasn't the smartest thing to do. He was just trying to protect Ukraine. But this attack was inevitable no matter what they did.
So true.
It’s a special Protection operation. By NATO
Love this. Quick and to the point, and proving just how stupid Russia's ongoing attempts to shut down democracy and uprisings against Soviet enslavement, are. Surely, given all that has happened with the ongoing attacks on Ukraine, and Ukraine's unfaltering defense and protection of the idea of Democratic leadership, and their unfaltering defense against Russian attacks, they should be considered the very epitome of what NATO represents? Shouldn't Ukraine be seriously considered as a NATO applicant given all they've done that NATO is supposed to represent?
As a result of Russia's actions, Finland and Sweden are concerned about their security and so what does Russia do to reassure them that Russia is not a threat to them? Russia threatens them! 🤔
Soviet logi... errr i mean Russian logic
They should have joined already. Putin has always been a bully.
Putin forgot the simple rule. "Necessity is the mother of invention." He created the necessity to expand.
yes, attacking peaceful Ukraine show what others needs to prepare for the same.
@@tryingtocorrect Only way to stop a bully is to punch him in the nose.
@@Man_Cave we can see in Ukraine that Putin does not listen talk, he probably only listens force. If Nato is threatening to attack Russia, that is the thing he listens more I think.
I do not trust Russias talk that Finland does not need to be worried.
@@tryingtocorrect Historically speaking, the Soviets only respect power. I agree with you!
Putin was afraid that Ukraine join to Nato, now he will surrounded by Nato, with Finland and Sweden want to join to Nato too😂. Finland and Sweden can protect themselves with own army themselves, but Ukraine will need to join to Nato, especially world now knows how braves Ukrainian can fight.
Don’t trust or watch western media . Putin wins for sure. Soon IRC is going to form. IRC means india Russia China.love Russia from India.
They weren't accepted before. because FRANCE AND GERMANY voted no. Perhaps they have changed their minds.
Thinking at the time was also that not granting Ukraine to NATO prevents Russian invasion. Hah, hah wromg they were. Ukraine belongs to NATO, Europevhas had enough of Russian bullying its neighbours..
@@veronicastewart1112 I think it's because NATO doesn't let in countries that are in state of conflict. As long as there were Russian troops on Ukrainian soil (Crimea, Donbass), Ukraine could never join NATO. To join NATO, Ukraine will have to chase out the Russians from its entire territory.
Its kinda dumb. Russia is acting like Nato is after them, or Putin one day plans to attack Nato. Either scenerio is crazy because nukes. Same reason Nato doesn’t bother with Russia and same reason Nato can’t defend Ukraine.
He's going to get more not less NATO on his borders. Apart from the increase in troops and weapons in existing NATO countries, both Sweden and Finland are closer than ever to joining, possibly only weeks away.
Putin should have tried being a good neighbour and partner. A carrot works better than a stick.
See this is something i also struggle with.
Why aren't he trying to do the "right" thing by opening trade and building relationship with everybody?
I'm really perplexed.
@@falten2 if you dont think he tried that already, youre mistaken... however just because that failed doesnt mean he had to resort to war.
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And why didn't it work?
Disclaimer.
Please no tinfoilhat explanations.
@@falten2 whats ur definition of a tinfoilhat explanation? look up "Treaty On Conventional Armed Forces In Europe". russia didnt get any closer to becoming integrated with the west, instead it seemed like the west was moving against them by 2008. so thats where it stopped working
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But why move away from them?
What did they do, if any, to deserve the exclusion?
Remember Trump says Putin is a genius for doing this!!!
no new wars while Trump in power. Hillary was for reset with Russia. Let's go Brandon.
Hmm maybe he knows something we don't then???
It is TRUE Trump thinks Putin is a genius--this can tell you what Trump's IQ is.
@@lingwong1767 As if we didn't already know.
I actually liked some of the policies that the narcissistic arrogant Trump but he was totally wrong when it came to Nato and the Ukraine.
“I’ll hurt you if you try to get a restraining order on me” 🇷🇺
An excellent summary on the current Putin invasion of Ukraine.. Cheers from Michael. Australia.
In breaking news, Moscow has announced that it will no longer be using Dumb & Dumber to train their military.
So congratulations to the new contractors, the Keystone Kops.
Putin made history
The first person CANCELLED
Who deserved to be such
He was complaining that "cancel culture" was to blame for his image. I laughed out loud. Like bruh, if anyone deserves to be cancelled it's you lol
Finland will mostly certainly join. Sweden will likely follow.
Moldova maybe.
Bosnia unlikely because of Serbia.
Switzerland and Austria will keep themselves neutral.
France will leave. 50% france love Putin.
@pm The expansion of NATO has bipartisan support in the US. Ukraine is a different story.
Well said!
My father served on the Arctic convoys ferrying American and British made weapons to Murmansk and Archangel across the North Atlantic in sub-zero temperatures and mountainous seas, to help the Russians fight Nazi aggression. Without Allied help during world war 2 the Russians would all be speaking German and saluting Heil Hitler, something Putin conveniently chooses to forget.
Really? Do you know what the Nazis would've done to the Ukrainians? im sure ur father is proud of u calling his service a mistake, saving millions of lives and helping to end the most wicked war ever waged.
The downside of that help to Russians , was that it took almost 50 years to kick them out of central Europe after they forgot to pull out by them selves.
@@giantsashavor7809 I guess you misinterpreted his comment. To me it doesn't look as if he said it shouldn't have been done but rather that putin, in claiming russia to have defeated Germany in 1940-45 sort of single-handedly, just chooses to "omit" the sh*tload of material brought to his motherland by the allies to make the victory possible in the first place.
Well, maybe he'll notice once the modern version of the arctic convois did their job in the Ukraine.
@@qwertzundefinedapfel3830 i dont think thats what he meant, but what you said is right. in my opinion i think its evident USSR couldve eventually pushed germany out, but without allied help, it wouldve taken longer, and they would have had to stop at their own border; lacking the logistics or resources to actually advance on germany. it wouldnt have been possible for germany to take over the ussr no matter what, because they wouldve just kept stretching their forces and supplies out, having no town or city to restock in because of the scorched earth policy. this issue was already crippling them badly, let alone if they kept doing it. lend lease revealed the ussr's full potential and it launcedh a counter offensive against germany that steamrolled all the way to berlin. i think thats a fair assessment. without it, it probably wouldve been an extra 5-10 million lives. still better than 150-200 million+