Georgia is under control now of peo Russian politicians. Russia ob iously led that development. I see Armenia at the forefront of wanting to get away from Russia
@fainitesbarley2245 The real problem isn't even that, the real problem is who's in charge. The guy who owns the party that's in charge is pro Putin. He wants to move Georgia to the Kremlin. He wants Georgia to become part of Russia. It is entirely possible with the weaponry that Georgia has and the expertise that it's soldiers have, for them to move in and take over both regions. Remember the only reason Russia ran over Georgia the last time, was because all of George's soldiers were in one of the forever wars led by the United States, and the United States just stood back and let Russia run roughshot on Georgia. Never trust a Republican
@@fainitesbarley2245Also... Sadly Georgia is neutered not only by military capabilities... The political leadership is parroting Russian leadership stragety and tactics. Basically, current Georgian government is Pro-Russia.
General Seagal bursts into Putin's office and says. Seagal. Vladimir Vladimirovich. It's the Ukrainians. They want to talk peace. Putin. Finally. I knew I'd break them. Are they on the phone? Seagal. No sir. They're at the front door and they look p!ssed.
The Ukrainians have finally shown the whole world that Putin's best skill is making a poker face. He has had years of professional training in this. We have all been fooled by him for decades.
That face Putin made when he summoned the security council following the start of the Kursk invasion - was the exact moment Ukraine called his bluff and nuclear blackmail - that poker face was litterally melting. Impressive to watch.
Government leaders and others have been fooled by him. Not meaning to brag but the first time I saw him I knew he was a wrong'un. I remember thinking "meet the new boss. Same as the old boss".
Pull back his propaganda curtain and Putin's no more than a pygmy , falsely given credit for being brilliant and shrewd . He's like the Wizard of Oz , "the great and powerful Oz" who turns out to be a fake. Putin has been exposed with his disastrous invasion of Ukraine as nothing more than a corrupt , megalomaniac , caught with his pants down.
He probably already is. Or, rather China is (I agree with the point TCK-9 made below that Xi himself might be on his way out) But since China seem quite a bit smarter then Russia under Putin they will probably have a more patient approach - keep investing in the area (as they already are doing through Belt and Road), gain a measure of economic control over local authorities and slowly gain and build more and more influence. Once they have enough of it, local people in the area might actually rather want to become part of China - which China can support diplomatically. In simple terms, they probably rather buy the area then fight over it.
Xi is on the way out the door, he won't be making any moves. At this point he is nothing more than a figurehead. Recent weaknesses have been exposed and the powers behind the curtain are putting others into operational control of the country who will start to shift China back to a more world friendly stance and less whatever the last few years of chaos have been. All of the power moves against Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines have backed the country into a corner that they aren't enjoying. It won't be a quick 180 as they have to maintain face, but the warmongering and territory grabbing will start to settle down.
@@martinsportfoto2423 ''...- keep investing in the area (as they already are doing through Belt and Road), gain a measure of economic control over local authorities and slowly gain and build more and more influence'' Indeed, that's how the British Empire 'acquired' all it's colonies at first
Our Intelligence Community have failed us miserably. Russia was advertised as a global military power. Instead Urkraine has exposed Russia as a regional belligerent. Bless Ukraine for all they have endured, clearly they are incredible warriors.
Also, when you think about it, the restrictions we have unreasonably put on Ukraine defending itself actually make us MORE of a party directly involved in the conflict than if we just handed Storm Shadow etc. to Ukraine and then said "they're Ukrainian now", like we did with the tanks etc. - when we are programming their missiles, "helping" choose targets and have a say in which targets may be hit and which can't, this is a much more direct involvement than if we just hand them long range weapons and say "do as you please". What the Ukrainians have shown in terms of bravery and endurance is truly impressive - they really deserve our admiration and respect for what they have done with the limited means the West has given them.
they have not failed... if they would have told then what we do know now, then the public opinion would turn pacifistic why do we need weapons blablabla , well while that is a good thing, there are other countries beside russia that want to cause harm. so its best to stay as strong as possible hope for the best prepare for the worst. intelligence is a game of chess not checkers.
I think our military forces have always been in a position to out-fight Russian troops thanks to better training and equipment. The threat from Russia is still real but the military balance is tilted in NATOs favour thanks to the damage of Russian capability. NATO does need to prepare itself for future conflict, rebuild and modernise its capabilities but Ukraine shows us that we needn't be fearful of Russia.
@@AAWTYes, Ukraine have been fighting with one hand behind their back and doing an amazing job. In hindsight, the moment the tanks first rolled into Ukraine, decisive action should have been taken by the West.
They have taken over Russia's breadbasket at harvest time. Few are talking about this. Inflation on food will go through roof in Russia. It is a genius move.
@IslamicOrigins The incursion is at most 20km deep into Russia. Russia is the largest nation on earth , what makes you think 20km will have impact on nationwide harvest?
@@alqaas1948 Do you understand the concept of area? Width by length? They have conquered about 1000 square kilometres, or 250,000 acres of Russia's best agricultural land. And that may increase. That's a lot of wheat. 15 quintals of wheat is 1500 kg of wheat per acre. This is 375,000,000 kgs of wheat. That's the minimum impact but it may be worse. Any reduction in supply will aggravate an already dicey food situation in Russia.
@@IslamicOrigins According to deep state ua the main pro Ukraine mapper, , Ukraine has 500km2 under control with further 400km2 under contest. With that being said, Russia already holds 98% of Luhansk which is equally productive in terms of agriculture as Kursk. Russia grew its agricultural capacity even further by incorporation of the territories in the east . Also how is food situation dicey in Russia when they can feed their population many times over and even export grain to the rest of the world?
that is the irony of it. Russia is ranked 11th in world economies. And it holds the record for the amount of wealth by a small number of individuals in the world. Putin is at the top of that list. If Putin had just developed his country more, he would have been far wealthier, his people would be thriving, and he would have gained the respect of the world leaders.
@@steveducell2158 He already has the respect of the Chinese , n Koreans, Iranians and majority of Middle East and third world nations. He just doesn't have the respect from the west and its allies.
@@Kaesemesser0815 Siberia and eastern Russia are home to same population as Canada. Definitely not the world least populated region . This title goes to Namibia, Australia , Mongolia etc. As long as the population remains Russian and are not displaced by Chinese then it'll remain part of Russia.
@@nenasiekI believe part of the gamble is that Russia will pull troops from the frontlines in Ukraine, and send them to Kursk. Or said in another way: send the soldiers from a type of war that favours russian numbers, to a war that favours Ukrainian brilliance.
"Utility" might me more fitting. Xi is figuring out that Putin's regime has limited utility, especially when set against a global cost of supporting Putin
@@mrjerzheel This comment REALLY went over your head now didn't it? To spell it out for you: Russia did a fake referendum in the regions it stole from Ukraine with the dodgy excuses that they were going to 'denazify' the country... where it is nothing but a blatant invasion of a sovereign nation. So now people, rightfully poke fun this way.
Ukraine is a very deceitful partner. Blindsided the US in a surprise invasion of Russia that could have easily directly dragged in the US. Untrustworthy Ukraine should get no more support.
This is one of the most well-informed and balanced explanations I have heard about the Russo-Ukrainian war. No alarmism or jingoistic hype. I agree that Ukraine has been demonstrating exceptional performance for many, many months and now are showing how they can apply their capabilities in mobile warfare. Military history is being made in front of our eyes.
@VinceLammas and how are the Ukrainians doing in Donbas. I keep hearing town after town are falling. The Russians are effectively at the gates of pokrovsk despite the Kursk incursion.
Just wild suppositions then eh? Nothing happens in this war without the other side knowing. In case you don't know the Russians have satellites! They knew about this so called incursion. It's a trap and 4,000 troops are going to die or spend 20 years in a Siberian gulag. Ukraine is spent. Russian people are very patriotic and are having thousands of new recruits joining up. They have a population of 140 million people to draw on. This invasion will just make them more determined. The way these 2 are talking is like children are playing war with toy soldiers. I'd like to see these two lying in a muddy field pinned down by mortar fire defecating in their pants for a week or two. War is not a game. Everything they are saying is just wild suppositions. You have no idea what is really going on. This is pure war propaganda.
He would have certainly preferred Russia bankrupting itself with fighting confined to Uraine. Doesn't change the fact, that he still hopes for Russia to bankrupt itself. It'll make it easier to turn the country into China's b*tch.
The reality is embarrassing or not China supports Russia the enemy of Europe and the greatest threat to our security, whilst Europe is buying record amounts from China and funding them, we should re-shore and relocate our supply chains from China as a matter of urgency it should have started in 2022!?!
UKR would have won the war decisively over a year ago, if only they had the weapons they have been begging from day1. Look at the weapons the US sent to Israel. If only UKR could receive a fraction of those.
Sadly, I'm forced to agree with Mr. Ingram on this. Even if Ukraine had multitudes of weapons at the beginning, the effect wouldn't be as great as we think, and the losses would have been higher. Training a large formation of troops to be highly effective and coordinated takes a lot of time. The Ukrainians would not have been able to exploit them to their maximum effect. Most Ukrainians actions up to now were taking place at the company level. Now however, the training and experience built up by Ukrainian officers and troops could allow them to perform much larger, bolder actions with greater success than before, such as the invasion of Kursk.
I find it interesting that no analyst seems to be talking about the fact there's a huge no fly zone over Russia's western border and that no fly zone extends almost all the way to Moscow. If that no fly zone extends any further it will ground commercial air traffic to Moscow.
Never forget, there is NO firendship between countries, only interests. When we talk about "friendship", then we talk about a large number of common interests.
When western countries pushed Ukraine to launch an offensive last summer it was not successful and that wasn't surprising given that Russian forces knew well ahead where and when the offensive was going to occur. But when Ukraine decided itself to launch two major offensives in the second half of 2022 and now in the summer of 2024 the offensives were successful and gained a lot of territory. Maybe western countries should accept that Ukraine knows what it is doing and just let Ukraine decide how to conduct its war without putting pressure on Ukraine to do this or that or to not do this or that. And that should include taking away restrictions on the use of western supplied weapons in Russia.
There's some good discussion by @laowhy86 regarding the rumor-mongering of a coup. It's not at all likely, but it's very possible that Xi is desperately attempting to manage the years-long crisis he's been pretending doesn't exist. The rumors may be attempts at getting him to stop LARP'ing Chairman Mao.
None of putin's foreign allies trust him. Nor do they care what he thinks about their own affairs. He went begging to all of them showing his incredibly weak position. They make the most of this to help themselves while telling him what he wants to hear. 😂😂😂
Kursk operation can’t be tackled. It could have been prevented but Putin and his military team are seriously incompetent. Now, all Russian defensive options will have huge costs and will seriously weaken the army hold of Ukrainian land. Putin is facing a dilemma neither he nor his team is capable to solve.
"but Putin and his military team are seriously incompetent." It's mostly, i think, about Putin deliberately placing certain (incompetent) people in in places of command. He cannot afford to have good people there because they might pose a threat to him. There is this "game" he plays by placing puppets that he can control directly and certainly do not oppose him but just keep the situation going.
@@robertatkins9419lowering the debate to ad hominem argument is an example of a weak Russian defense! No wonder the Ukrainians are walking around in Russia relatively unchallenged. Russia is bellicose to the point of self-sabotage.
Is Russia's "meatwave" strategy, with all its destruction and cruel treatment of human life, applicable on its own territory in Russia? If not, Russia has no answer to the incursion / invasion
Thank you James. Your research, other preparation, knowledge of the subjects covered and the people you are interviewing, as well as your presentation within the actual interview are first class.
Russia and China’s breakdown in negotiations with an oil pipeline certainly showed the limitations of their “unlimited friendship”. Nobody’s taking a close look at what China will do to Russia next.
Actually Putin blew it earlier when he entered into a defense agreement with China's vassal state NK. Putin is not blind to China displacing Russian influence in central asia. Giving NK an option was Putin way of warning China. China's strange joint training with Belarus was Xi's way of showing Putin he too can play this game. Putin and Xi are friends with long knives. They are made for each other.
Says who the west? You lived through Afghanistan Iraq Syria Libya 911 and covid and all the rest of the lies war mongering and skull duggery and you trust our leaders and the media????? I’m not saying Putin and Xi aren’t bad but can you believe these liars?
Great interview, with insights way beyond tactical bickering of how many settlements or km2 have been seized. With Mr Ingram, military intelligence is no oxymoron !
The problem is that Russia started this war with its best, they're gone. The herd is thinned out and the best and brightest ain't no more. He's got a pair of deuces acting like it's four of a kind.🤣
I would accept that the odd national leader might have confidence in putler, although how they get to that is beyond me, but that nobody has trust in him. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 from 🇦🇺
Xi will tolerate Putin for very cheap oil, but will find him an incompetent & embarrassing dictator. Eventually Xi will probably turn his back on little Putin if China’s trade with the West drops too far…
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I keep hearing that the UK was the first to send tanks to Ukraine this is incorrect. Several countries, including the Czech Republic and Poland, sent tanks to Ukraine before the UK did.
Only point I would refute is that this is Ukraine's only shot at a surprise - this is already their 2nd time w/ a big surprise to Russia Otherwise, a very reasonable and competent speaker who stuck to relevant discussion and pertinent information 🤘
23:00 WHY does this guest and everyone else suppose that Putin will eventually negotiate in 12 or 24 months? I don't think he ever will. The best case scenario is that Ukraine fights Russia out but it becomes a frozen conflict like the Koreas. The most likely scenario is a line of control something like the current front lines (though western F-16's may help move Russia back a considerable amount) but again a frozen conflict whereby Russia no longer attacks, and is too dug in for Ukrainian attacks to achieve anything so they too die off. Once this status is reached, it will continue until Putin dies. Western sanctions will continue, and Putin's successors will want to end those, PROBABLY. And I'd advise Ukraine to demand a 250km DMZ inside Russia AND Belarus with no 4-lane roads, no bridges that can handle over 10 ton trucks, no airports and no trains. Further Ukraine must get reparations for all damage (currently about 1-2 trillion, about a year of GDP for Russia) plus some nominal amount for dead civilians and soldiers, plus the costs of defending itself, which will include costs of aid from the West (which should be framed as lend-lease; to be paid back by Russian reparations and not otherwise due by Ukraine).
When Putin started expropriating western owned and built industries in Russia, China immediately ceased its belts and roads developments in Russia. Since over 60% of China's belts and roads money was in fact being spent if Russia, this is a serious hit to Russia. It's old news, but the MSM in many nations, particularly the UK and Canada, like to avoid talking about Russia's poor financial situation.
13:29 he is pretty useless isn't he? He said Ukraine could pull out after proving they can take lots of russian lands if Putin wanna do a territory swap, and now he say they can only do surprise attack ones! :P Obviously, Ukrane should not leave the russian territory at least not unless russia has paid as dearly for it as if it was Ukraine! It's much better for Ukraine to fight inside russia, as there are no russian defensive lines and minefields, that allow Ukraine to utilize its advantage in a battle of maneuver. Ukraine should commit to this and maybe even do more incursions further north on the boarder, they are sparsely populated and defended so they could take lots of land with a few light units, while spreading confusion.
Fascinating show. Philip Ingram explains everything so well. Don’t know if any posts are replied to but I’ve been seeing other channels talking about China possibly taking over the east of Russia, reclaiming land and getting access to the sea on the east. Is this likely, especially seeing how weak Russian home defence is? And if so, could you do a show on this please?
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If Georgia launched an invasion of Russia to reclaim South Ossetia and Abkhazia and liberated Chechnya, that would be perfect.
Georgia is under control now of peo Russian politicians. Russia ob iously led that development. I see Armenia at the forefront of wanting to get away from Russia
They don’t have the army and equipment. Ukraine has a significant export income.
@fainitesbarley2245 The real problem isn't even that, the real problem is who's in charge. The guy who owns the party that's in charge is pro Putin. He wants to move Georgia to the Kremlin. He wants Georgia to become part of Russia. It is entirely possible with the weaponry that Georgia has and the expertise that it's soldiers have, for them to move in and take over both regions. Remember the only reason Russia ran over Georgia the last time, was because all of George's soldiers were in one of the forever wars led by the United States, and the United States just stood back and let Russia run roughshot on Georgia. Never trust a Republican
@@fainitesbarley2245Also... Sadly Georgia is neutered not only by military capabilities... The political leadership is parroting Russian leadership stragety and tactics. Basically, current Georgian government is Pro-Russia.
Only thing is. Russia controls the Government of Ga, Ossetia,Abkhazia, and Chechnya. Not Ukraine government. They fail to do so
General Seagal bursts into Putin's office and says.
Seagal. Vladimir Vladimirovich. It's the Ukrainians. They want to talk peace.
Putin. Finally. I knew I'd break them. Are they on the phone?
Seagal. No sir. They're at the front door and they look p!ssed.
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Get Arma 3 game and practice your scenario with mods until it becomes a reality
@@dude-iz2el like Putin 3 day war
Clever 🇺🇦
The Ukrainians have finally shown the whole world that Putin's best skill is making a poker face. He has had years of professional training in this.
We have all been fooled by him for decades.
Don't forget the one stiff arm swagger waddle, such a legendary dwarf! 😂😂😂😂
That face Putin made when he summoned the security council following the start of the Kursk invasion - was the exact moment Ukraine called his bluff and nuclear blackmail - that poker face was litterally melting.
Impressive to watch.
Government leaders and others have been fooled by him. Not meaning to brag but the first time I saw him I knew he was a wrong'un. I remember thinking "meet the new boss. Same as the old boss".
Literally the Kremlin Goblin with a cartoonish, cocky mouse swagger. I love Bolshoi theatrics .
Pull back his propaganda curtain and Putin's no more than a pygmy , falsely given credit for being brilliant and shrewd .
He's like the Wizard of Oz , "the great and powerful Oz" who turns out to be a fake.
Putin has been exposed with his disastrous invasion of Ukraine as nothing more than a corrupt , megalomaniac ,
caught with his pants down.
Giving Putin a taste of his own medicine.
That would require a defenestration.
@@kapilchhabria1727 thanks for teaching me a new word.
You understand NOTHING
It’s great congratulations to the Ukrainians as they are awesome. Their restaurant reviews of Kursk are hilarious
@@miker4430 Yeah, nearly as hilarious as your comment.
I am surprised Xi hasn't started eyeing Outer Manchuria.
The Outer Mandchuria will be Chinese before the end of the decade, no doubt about it
He has. On Chinese maps, the Russian names were removed and replaced with the old Chinese names. This happened a year or so ago.
He probably already is. Or, rather China is (I agree with the point TCK-9 made below that Xi himself might be on his way out)
But since China seem quite a bit smarter then Russia under Putin they will probably have a more patient approach - keep investing in the area (as they already are doing through Belt and Road), gain a measure of economic control over local authorities and slowly gain and build more and more influence. Once they have enough of it, local people in the area might actually rather want to become part of China - which China can support diplomatically.
In simple terms, they probably rather buy the area then fight over it.
Xi is on the way out the door, he won't be making any moves. At this point he is nothing more than a figurehead. Recent weaknesses have been exposed and the powers behind the curtain are putting others into operational control of the country who will start to shift China back to a more world friendly stance and less whatever the last few years of chaos have been. All of the power moves against Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines have backed the country into a corner that they aren't enjoying. It won't be a quick 180 as they have to maintain face, but the warmongering and territory grabbing will start to settle down.
@@martinsportfoto2423 ''...- keep investing in the area (as they already are doing through Belt and Road), gain a measure of economic control over local authorities and slowly gain and build more and more influence''
Indeed, that's how the British Empire 'acquired' all it's colonies at first
Our Intelligence Community have failed us miserably. Russia was advertised as a global military power. Instead Urkraine has exposed Russia as a regional belligerent. Bless Ukraine for all they have endured, clearly they are incredible warriors.
Also, when you think about it, the restrictions we have unreasonably put on Ukraine defending itself actually make us MORE of a party directly involved in the conflict than if we just handed Storm Shadow etc. to Ukraine and then said "they're Ukrainian now", like we did with the tanks etc. - when we are programming their missiles, "helping" choose targets and have a say in which targets may be hit and which can't, this is a much more direct involvement than if we just hand them long range weapons and say "do as you please".
What the Ukrainians have shown in terms of bravery and endurance is truly impressive - they really deserve our admiration and respect for what they have done with the limited means the West has given them.
they have not failed... if they would have told then what we do know now, then the public opinion would turn pacifistic why do we need weapons blablabla , well while that is a good thing, there are other countries beside russia that want to cause harm. so its best to stay as strong as possible hope for the best prepare for the worst.
intelligence is a game of chess not checkers.
Russia is no longer the best army in Russia.
I think our military forces have always been in a position to out-fight Russian troops thanks to better training and equipment. The threat from Russia is still real but the military balance is tilted in NATOs favour thanks to the damage of Russian capability. NATO does need to prepare itself for future conflict, rebuild and modernise its capabilities but Ukraine shows us that we needn't be fearful of Russia.
@@AAWTYes, Ukraine have been fighting with one hand behind their back and doing an amazing job. In hindsight, the moment the tanks first rolled into Ukraine, decisive action should have been taken by the West.
Listening to Philip Ingram teaches more in 30 minutes than you can learn from other sources in 3 weeks. Thank you for this interview.
Agreed.
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Teaches how to think back to front and upside down, yes,
You took that chimpanzee class too? Same here
Ukraine has shown Putin to be, in fact, a paper tiger with an army which excels at dying.
"Army"? They're prison dregs.
Hilarious
By making the exact same mistake Russia made in 2022.
Russia is about to collapse! 🤡
@@joelau2383 Russia's mistake was evident within days. It's been over a week and Ukraine are doing a great job. How is this "the exact same mistake"?
They have taken over Russia's breadbasket at harvest time. Few are talking about this. Inflation on food will go through roof in Russia. It is a genius move.
Russia simply stole Ukrainian grain shipments.
Russian food suppliers have warned of an impending 40% price increase.
@IslamicOrigins The incursion is at most 20km deep into Russia. Russia is the largest nation on earth , what makes you think 20km will have impact on nationwide harvest?
@@alqaas1948 Do you understand the concept of area? Width by length? They have conquered about 1000 square kilometres, or 250,000 acres of Russia's best agricultural land. And that may increase. That's a lot of wheat. 15 quintals of wheat is 1500 kg of wheat per acre. This is 375,000,000 kgs of wheat. That's the minimum impact but it may be worse. Any reduction in supply will aggravate an already dicey food situation in Russia.
@@IslamicOrigins According to deep state ua the main pro Ukraine mapper, , Ukraine has 500km2 under control with further 400km2 under contest. With that being said, Russia already holds 98% of Luhansk which is equally productive in terms of agriculture as Kursk. Russia grew its agricultural capacity even further by incorporation of the territories in the east . Also how is food situation dicey in Russia when they can feed their population many times over and even export grain to the rest of the world?
This special military operation into the Kursk region has been filled with surprises!
This can't be American journalism?? I actually believe and like this guy.
Greed, is it. Russia has the largest land mass in the world and a lot of mineral resources, yet it wants more land and power.
that is the irony of it. Russia is ranked 11th in world economies. And it holds the record for the amount of wealth by a small number of individuals in the world. Putin is at the top of that list. If Putin had just developed his country more, he would have been far wealthier, his people would be thriving, and he would have gained the respect of the world leaders.
@@steveducell2158 He already has the respect of the Chinese , n Koreans, Iranians and majority of Middle East and third world nations. He just doesn't have the respect from the west and its allies.
Lot of land but few people...and even fewer competent people
@@Kaesemesser0815 Siberia and eastern Russia are home to same population as Canada. Definitely not the world least populated region . This title goes to Namibia, Australia , Mongolia etc. As long as the population remains Russian and are not displaced by Chinese then it'll remain part of Russia.
What else would you expect from a kleptocracy?
Always a pleasure listening to Ingram, knows his onions and go a superb delivery.
I am over the moon that Ukraine has given Russia a bloody nose in Kursk. However my concern is Russia still advances in the Donbas area.
Im guessing ukraine is willing to lose some land if they can gain more within russia.
Ukraine s planning anoda suprice 4 dm
Are Ukranian troops still there?
@@nenasiekI believe part of the gamble is that Russia will pull troops from the frontlines in Ukraine, and send them to Kursk. Or said in another way: send the soldiers from a type of war that favours russian numbers, to a war that favours Ukrainian brilliance.
Ukraine has played into Russias hands. The inevitable result is a short term morale boost followed by accelerated collapse
There is not such thing as "Trust" in authoritarian systems.
LOL. So you can trust the American governments? LOL again
Both, chy-nuh and ruzzia are low-trust societies on every level from everyday life to the leadership.
"Utility" might me more fitting.
Xi is figuring out that Putin's regime has limited utility, especially when set against a global cost of supporting Putin
@@mjlmn86 Better than the alternative, FACT
@@DB-wg1tz LOL. Europe is suffering. And US remains the biggest threat for the peace of the world.
When can we expect the snap referendum in the Kursk region, with 99.9% of the population deciding they want to be part of Ukraine?….
They might actually get working heat and plumbing
Who says they want to be part of Ukraine maybe a minority do
@@mrjerzheel well after Putin told them to handle it who would you choose?🤣
@@mrjerzheel This comment REALLY went over your head now didn't it? To spell it out for you: Russia did a fake referendum in the regions it stole from Ukraine with the dodgy excuses that they were going to 'denazify' the country... where it is nothing but a blatant invasion of a sovereign nation. So now people, rightfully poke fun this way.
Problem they don't speak Ukrainian and they would not be allowed to speak Russian it's forbidden since years in Ukraine 😂
God Bless 🙏🙏🙏 Ukraine with Victory and Justice ⚖️⚖️⚖️
Ukraine is a very deceitful partner. Blindsided the US in a surprise invasion of Russia that could have easily directly dragged in the US. Untrustworthy Ukraine should get no more support.
This is one of the most well-informed and balanced explanations I have heard about the Russo-Ukrainian war. No alarmism or jingoistic hype.
I agree that Ukraine has been demonstrating exceptional performance for many, many months and now are showing how they can apply their capabilities in mobile warfare. Military history is being made in front of our eyes.
@VinceLammas and how are the Ukrainians doing in Donbas. I keep hearing town after town are falling. The Russians are effectively at the gates of pokrovsk despite the Kursk incursion.
Just wild suppositions then eh? Nothing happens in this war without the other side knowing. In case you don't know the Russians have satellites! They knew about this so called incursion. It's a trap and 4,000 troops are going to die or spend 20 years in a Siberian gulag. Ukraine is spent. Russian people are very patriotic and are having thousands of new recruits joining up. They have a population of 140 million people to draw on. This invasion will just make them more determined. The way these 2 are talking is like children are playing war with toy soldiers. I'd like to see these two lying in a muddy field pinned down by mortar fire defecating in their pants for a week or two. War is not a game. Everything they are saying is just wild suppositions. You have no idea what is really going on. This is pure war propaganda.
This Russian circus is very embarrassing for Xi, for sure
He would have certainly preferred Russia bankrupting itself with fighting confined to Uraine.
Doesn't change the fact, that he still hopes for Russia to bankrupt itself. It'll make it easier to turn the country into China's b*tch.
As a native Russian speaker I monitor Russian propaganda. They say if not for China’s help, Russia would’ve lost this war ages ago
The reality is embarrassing or not China supports Russia the enemy of Europe and the greatest threat to our security, whilst Europe is buying record amounts from China and funding them, we should re-shore and relocate our supply chains from China as a matter of urgency it should have started in 2022!?!
Not embarrassing for Xi at all, for sure.
UKR would have won the war decisively over a year ago, if only they had the weapons they have been begging from day1. Look at the weapons the US sent to Israel. If only UKR could receive a fraction of those.
Damn right!
Sadly, I'm forced to agree with Mr. Ingram on this. Even if Ukraine had multitudes of weapons at the beginning, the effect wouldn't be as great as we think, and the losses would have been higher. Training a large formation of troops to be highly effective and coordinated takes a lot of time. The Ukrainians would not have been able to exploit them to their maximum effect. Most Ukrainians actions up to now were taking place at the company level. Now however, the training and experience built up by Ukrainian officers and troops could allow them to perform much larger, bolder actions with greater success than before, such as the invasion of Kursk.
At first I was a bit sceptical but the more I think about it the more I think it is genius Russia are in far worse position than most people thought.
Indeed
Friendship is relative among those autocrats. They must have an advantage because the motto is always "take" and never give!
Xi wonders if he could walk into Vladiwostok or Chabarowsk.
China already bought up Vladivostok. Xi likely didn’t have to pay much.
A silent Chinese invasion started years ago.
China playing the long game as they do with Tibet.
Probably needs to lose a few kilos first. Cut out the honey perhaps.
@@TheMarlinspike Concur - far too much rumbly in the tumbly.
Absolutely fascinating how Ukraine and NATO will gradually dismantle Putin
Have you been drinking?
Yes but it's too gradual, especially considering it doesn't need to be..NATO
there's no evidence to date that that will happen at all - keep it grounded in the facts
@brianhammer5107 There something in the water. Collective hallucination.
@@BBSr-q2w Too gradual? Ukraine is being absolutely smashed. Defeat looms.
I find it interesting that no analyst seems to be talking about the fact there's a huge no fly zone over Russia's western border and that no fly zone extends almost all the way to Moscow. If that no fly zone extends any further it will ground commercial air traffic to Moscow.
Good thinking, never thought of that, That's as good ah reason as any
European airlines are suffering from this no-fly zone, while Chinese airlines are getting richer
@@maestro6458you see talking about different things. The no fly zone he'd talking about its a recent development
@@maestro6458 European airlines were not flying over Russia before this incursion anyway, silly comment.
@@maestro6458 Nope, bunch of nonsense.
There should be no restrictions. They are defending their territory.
The madman has nukes, ICBMs.
It’s a new world.
Never forget, there is NO firendship between countries, only interests.
When we talk about "friendship", then we talk about a large number of common interests.
Indeed, at the end of the day it's just business.
@@lightbird27having a common enemy can also cause two Nations to become temporary allies.......the enemy of me enemy is my friend.......
Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk being liberated and returned to mother Ukraine.
Mother or vampire... 😉
@@1952bane russ bot
Durrrrr 🤡@@1952bane
I never thought I'd be delighted at the thought of German Tigers, I mean Leopards, rolling into Moscow.
@@peterrauth118i am with you
When western countries pushed Ukraine to launch an offensive last summer it was not successful and that wasn't surprising given that Russian forces knew well ahead where and when the offensive was going to occur.
But when Ukraine decided itself to launch two major offensives in the second half of 2022 and now in the summer of 2024 the offensives were successful and gained a lot of territory.
Maybe western countries should accept that Ukraine knows what it is doing and just let Ukraine decide how to conduct its war without putting pressure on Ukraine to do this or that or to not do this or that.
And that should include taking away restrictions on the use of western supplied weapons in Russia.
I follow this story closely and this was the single best military and political explanation of the Ukrainian invasion. I learned a lot!!!
The resourcefulness of the Ukrainians is next level stuff.
Putins days are numbered.
@tr7b410 Resourceful Ukraine is running away in the Donbas.
@@alqaas1948 Those that fight & run away may live to fight in Russia someday.lol
Pooh Bear has been MIA for weeks.
He is all done!
He is in his bunker, throwing ketchup at the wall.Hmmm, who does that sound like.
Oh bother
There's some good discussion by @laowhy86 regarding the rumor-mongering of a coup. It's not at all likely, but it's very possible that Xi is desperately attempting to manage the years-long crisis he's been pretending doesn't exist. The rumors may be attempts at getting him to stop LARP'ing Chairman Mao.
None of putin's foreign allies trust him. Nor do they care what he thinks about their own affairs. He went begging to all of them showing his incredibly weak position. They make the most of this to help themselves while telling him what he wants to hear. 😂😂😂
It is not about friendship. It is all about strategic national interests.
Why are the Russians building Ukrainian defensive trenches/lines 100 miles or so inside their own territory?
Poor Russia, they hate losing. Ha ha ha ha 😂 🤣 😆 😄 😀
Bcos da ar na Ukraine citizens
It's a withdraw plan I think.
A special excavation operation?
Philip Ingram is fantastic - great guest to have on ! Thank you.
My God, so much BS and for you it is fantastic . Are you capable to think ? Are you have brain at all ? My God....
I served in Germany during the Cold War, and we knew then that the Russian Army was very poor. Why are people surprised now?
Russian propaganda has been directed at the west since the collapse of the USSR, and the west is chock full of useful idiots.
Kursk operation can’t be tackled. It could have been prevented but Putin and his military team are seriously incompetent. Now, all Russian defensive options will have huge costs and will seriously weaken the army hold of Ukrainian land. Putin is facing a dilemma neither he nor his team is capable to solve.
NO, it's this arrogant comment of yours that's 'seriously incompetent'.
"but Putin and his military team are seriously incompetent."
It's mostly, i think, about Putin deliberately placing certain (incompetent) people in in places of command.
He cannot afford to have good people there because they might pose a threat to him.
There is this "game" he plays by placing puppets that he can control directly and certainly do not oppose him but just keep the situation going.
@robertatkins9419 can you say how this comment is incompetent? Or are you just...hoping?
Sounds like you're hoping.
@@robertatkins9419lowering the debate to ad hominem argument is an example of a weak Russian defense! No wonder the Ukrainians are walking around in Russia relatively unchallenged. Russia is bellicose to the point of self-sabotage.
@@billy2807 Where do I use the word 'incompetent'? And if I don't use it, then what am I am 'hoping' for?
Putin has shown countries how NOT to conduct an invasion.
Zelensky is taking the ring to Mordor!
Incredibly solid interview from both parties.
Xi thinking of telling Putin "your land belong to me now".
What about the Kremlin?
Is Russia's "meatwave" strategy, with all its destruction and cruel treatment of human life, applicable on its own territory in Russia? If not, Russia has no answer to the incursion / invasion
someone in the fsb is due to go though the square window.
Xi should just go real estate shopping in the far east while the Japanese take the Kuril Islands back.
Mongolia 🇲🇳 should claim back its sovereignty!
Drones have redefined entire sectors of modern warfare..
Great to listen toi Philip Ingram! Thanks
Ukrainians are an incredible people.
Putins probably playing “All by Myself “🎧🎧
He's weeping and clinging to his Kim Jong Un photo.
Thank you James. Your research, other preparation, knowledge of the subjects covered and the people you are interviewing, as well as your presentation within the actual interview are first class.
Russia and China’s breakdown in negotiations with an oil pipeline certainly showed the limitations of their “unlimited friendship”. Nobody’s taking a close look at what China will do to Russia next.
Actually Putin blew it earlier when he entered into a defense agreement with China's vassal state NK. Putin is not blind to China displacing Russian influence in central asia. Giving NK an option was Putin way of warning China. China's strange joint training with Belarus was Xi's way of showing Putin he too can play this game. Putin and Xi are friends with long knives. They are made for each other.
Hansen is an excellent presenter and interviewer. Kudos. Homework is everything.
Agree with this man
Neither Putin nor Xi deserves any trust!
Absolutely they are both vile disgusting dictators
💯% agree
Yap, only Netanyahu!!!!
@@karbit290😂
Says who the west? You lived through Afghanistan Iraq Syria Libya 911 and covid and all the rest of the lies war mongering and skull duggery and you trust our leaders and the media????? I’m not saying Putin and Xi aren’t bad but can you believe these liars?
Great interview, with insights way beyond tactical bickering of how many settlements or km2 have been seized. With Mr Ingram, military intelligence is no oxymoron !
So do we all agree Kursk is know called People's Republic of Kursk
Wrong it's NOVA UKRAINA / NEW UKRAINE.
Moscow needs to be in complete darkness in time for winter 🥶
Xi might take Eastern Russia back before Taiwan. Vladivostok used to be Chinese territory.
Since when can tyrants trust eachother? New to me. Friendship? What's in for ME????
The Ukrainian army 🇺🇦The most inspirational army in the world 🇺🇦💪
I always love Philip's analysis. Great guest.
This man talk with intelligence..
all the nitty gritty, thx Times and Mr Ingram.
Ever notice how the Russian trolls never have a word to say about Xi Xinping?
The Ukrainian warriors have consistently proven themselves to be smart and cautious while also being bold and brilliant. Bravo. Keep it up.
Hey putin, maybe time to put up the white flag. 🏳🏳
Philip Ingram is brilliant. This is the first time I have watched this podcast and I am amazed. Well worth the time spent.
Russian bots in 3... 2...
ALL FAKE NEWS HAHA, THE POWER OF ZANGIEF IS LIMITLESS!!!
Zangief lol
@@JuicyLeek ehhehee
The bots are losing their minds because they know they will be pulled from their keyboards and off to the front soon🤣
@@dz7786lol
The problem is that Russia started this war with its best, they're gone. The herd is thinned out and the best and brightest ain't no more.
He's got a pair of deuces acting like it's four of a kind.🤣
The idea that Russia and China are 'friends' is hilarious.
brilliant interview mate, slava ukraini!
Great piece, very clever chaps
Great assessment and update. Thank you Times Radio.
❤ Ukrainians ❤
BRILLIANT REPORT/PROGRAM.
Brilliant news and good to hear
So De-Nile is a river in Russia ?
😂
My dear naive English friends, one of your lords said in 18th century: The countries have no friends, but interests only🙂
I would accept that the odd national leader might have confidence in putler, although how they get to that is beyond me, but that nobody has trust in him. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 from 🇦🇺
what a mother russian embarrassment.
Great interview, very instructive and thought through! High quality information! Thanks.
Budanov is amazing 👍
Chinese have only realised that Putin is the Comedian in this war 🤣
Xi will tolerate Putin for very cheap oil, but will find him an incompetent & embarrassing dictator. Eventually Xi will probably turn his back on little Putin if China’s trade with the West drops too far…
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Ukraine is great. I’m glad they’ve done all these things and changed the attitudes towards them
I keep hearing that the UK was the first to send tanks to Ukraine this is incorrect. Several countries, including the Czech Republic and Poland, sent tanks to Ukraine before the UK did.
Ukraine forever ❤️❤️🇺🇦
The same thing happened in 1960 .The pact between China and Russia was broken just before the Cuban missile crisis .
Now Russia is the second most capable army in Russia.
Third, don't forget Wagner.
Proberly around 10th best army in the world ....
Russia will soon be insolvent; China can’t currently afford to be left with unpaid bills from their subject
Russia pays per barrel.
I guess that the Argentines were the first to invade a nuclear nation (UK) in the Falklands.
No.
Only point I would refute is that this is Ukraine's only shot at a surprise - this is already their 2nd time w/ a big surprise to Russia
Otherwise, a very reasonable and competent speaker who stuck to relevant discussion and pertinent information 🤘
23:00 WHY does this guest and everyone else suppose that Putin will eventually negotiate in 12 or 24 months? I don't think he ever will. The best case scenario is that Ukraine fights Russia out but it becomes a frozen conflict like the Koreas. The most likely scenario is a line of control something like the current front lines (though western F-16's may help move Russia back a considerable amount) but again a frozen conflict whereby Russia no longer attacks, and is too dug in for Ukrainian attacks to achieve anything so they too die off. Once this status is reached, it will continue until Putin dies. Western sanctions will continue, and Putin's successors will want to end those, PROBABLY. And I'd advise Ukraine to demand a 250km DMZ inside Russia AND Belarus with no 4-lane roads, no bridges that can handle over 10 ton trucks, no airports and no trains. Further Ukraine must get reparations for all damage (currently about 1-2 trillion, about a year of GDP for Russia) plus some nominal amount for dead civilians and soldiers, plus the costs of defending itself, which will include costs of aid from the West (which should be framed as lend-lease; to be paid back by Russian reparations and not otherwise due by Ukraine).
Great interview James and Philip as always. Thank you!
"The Russians are very good at learning lessons, and learning them very quickly."
Bro, wut?
I think he meant to say Ukraine ....
@@josephnulley6808I listened to it again.
Nope, he meant Russians. 😬
When Putin started expropriating western owned and built industries in Russia, China immediately ceased its belts and roads developments in Russia. Since over 60% of China's belts and roads money was in fact being spent if Russia, this is a serious hit to Russia. It's old news, but the MSM in many nations, particularly the UK and Canada, like to avoid talking about Russia's poor financial situation.
13:29 he is pretty useless isn't he?
He said Ukraine could pull out after proving they can take lots of russian lands if Putin wanna do a territory swap, and now he say they can only do surprise attack ones! :P
Obviously, Ukrane should not leave the russian territory at least not unless russia has paid as dearly for it as if it was Ukraine!
It's much better for Ukraine to fight inside russia, as there are no russian defensive lines and minefields, that allow Ukraine to utilize its advantage in a battle of maneuver.
Ukraine should commit to this and maybe even do more incursions further north on the boarder, they are sparsely populated and defended so they could take lots of land with a few light units, while spreading confusion.
Fascinating show. Philip Ingram explains everything so well.
Don’t know if any posts are replied to but I’ve been seeing other channels talking about China possibly taking over the east of Russia, reclaiming land and getting access to the sea on the east. Is this likely, especially seeing how weak Russian home defence is? And if so, could you do a show on this please?
16:19 "It's the only invasion by a non-nuclear nation against a nuclear nation, ever."
Not true, Falklands War. This guy doesn't know his own history.
Falkland Islands are ah British protectorate, Not British soil
I think he's referring to invasion of home territory (which many countries with NW would consider a triggering event).
The Falklands are an overseas self governed territory, not mainland Britain. I guess that makes a difference.
@@Morf3000yep Putler even said he would use if invaded. Another bluff called🤣
MY NUCLEAR PEENY IS STRONK 😂😂😂😂
Ukraine didn't catch the ruskies on the back foot; Ukraine caught the ruskies, running away, while pulling up their trousers.