The 100+ days without supplies may have extended the war by years. The soldiers are stressed, exhausted, harassed and losing ground. Giving them ammo won't suddenly restore them
We are where we are. I'm a huge supporter of Ukraine and have studied geopolitics. I can't help think that Ukraine should have been better prepared for this war. Both America and the UK were warning Ukraine about the invasion yet they ignored it. They even disbelieved. How much land would they have prevented Russia gaining if they had mobilised earlier? It's much easier to defend land than retake it.
@captainbadger1013 I'm surprised USA and UK weren't more prepared, given their contractual obligation to prevent Russia invading Ukraine. Preventing this war would have been, by far, the less expensive option. In both blood and money. The country is one with a huge demographic issue. The generation in the 90s was never born. They're like Russia, but more so: damaged by the instability, corruption, lack of infrastructure following the fall of the Union. It's a bit rich, honestly, to say their lack of military preparation is their fault. They've given up their greatest protection in exchange for guarantees from two very powerful allies, lack a young generation, and are trying to participate in the westernisation they were promised
@@frankshailes3205 Simply not true as Biden was warming publicly in December that an invasion was imminent. Go back and check the media. Who knows how much earlier they knew and didn't disclose to the public.
@@captainbadger1013 And yet they nailed the Russian invasion against all odds and drove them into a retreat not seen since 1941. At the beginning they had more volunteers than they could mobilise that that argument doesn't hold water either. The fact is the reason why Ukraine has failed to take full advantage of the initial chaos the Russians found themselves in and have been struggling ever since is because Putin's calculus about the West and their cowardly and venal politicians was right on the money even if their assessment of Ukraine's capacity to defend itself was not.
If NATO really is so important, and I think it is, why aren’t the outraged sharing their outrage that so many NATO members do not feel it important enough to spend the money on it for decade after decade?
NATO's function is as a deterrent. It's been challenged exactly once since it formed after WW2 (USA September 11, 2001). Members believed, incorrectly, that it remained a sufficient deterrent. They spent on the military, but not the full 2% because in peace time its politically preferable to spend on hospitals, roads, infrastructure. Improving the day to day lives and its of civilians. There were several events that signalled a weakened NATO in a few short years and these were interpreted, again incorrectly, as sufficient for Russia to succeed easily in Ukraine. These events include UK pulling out of the EU. By withdrawing from trade, travel, work they signalled a shift toward more nationalistic priorities and away from European priorities. Also, UK scuttling its currency shortly after, and the loss of the Queen who is the most connected diplomat in modern history. USA also signalled nationalistic priorities and withdrawing from European interests, with Trumps administration withdrawing from several important trade and military agreements, and open rhetoric against NATO itself. USA also extorted Ukraine's government to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, and Trump became the first US leader to withdraw the request for Israel to supply Iron Dome priorities to Kiev: up until Trump the USA had a standing request, and Israel always stalled. The plausible deterrent being that should Russia make a move, Israel would agree. Germany also had governmental upheaval. From a stable, strong, long-standing leader to an inexperienced and unstable many-party coalition. France, always a proponent of moving away from Europe depending on USA, increasingly saw political rift with USA. Not helped by USA taking the multi-billion dollar contract to supply submarines to Australia, which France had already signed years previously and invested in. When USA, UK, Germany, and France have situations that undermine dedication to NATO, political upheaval, financial issues that lower the appetite for funding war, Russia looked well placed in their actions
I would blame the West for the failure of the counter offensive, we were to slow in giving them what they needed. If we were not going to give them enough to win or put up a clear solid line and most importantly access to the Black Sea, we might has well let Putin have it.
They face the largest minefield the world has even seen, and we sent them less than 15% of the promised anti-mine equipment for their counter offensive. So few meant every attempt to breach the field was solidly covered by Russian artillery. They really were depending on simultaneous beaches to thin Russia's defence
@MetaView7 incorrect. For example, 15% of promised anti-mine equipment was delivered for the counter offensive - and for some reason Ukraine failed to breach the minefields. And USA funding has been halted since October. That's tens of billions they haven't received
@@SerendipityChild Not to mention these minefields are/were so dense there was 1 mine for every 3 meters! Western tanks may be great, but they can't fly over the battlefield.
Oddly, there is significant majority lawmakers in Washington DC supporting Ukraine aid. The dysfunctional politics (Trump and craven fear of him) have delayed what most support.
That there is majority support for Ukraine in Congress is not "odd." What's odd is the game that Speaker Johnson has been playing, AND the refusal of the Democrat leadership to cooperate in stemming the border crisis. Instead, they only seem to want to facilitate the illegal immigration.
yeah, it's as if people having brains in American govrernment have seen their Afgani allies run like there no tommorrow getting billions in modern US weaponry handed over to Taliban and don't want that scenario to repeat itself..
Reports from countries involved in the war are fairly predictable. The nearest thing we have to objectivity regarding the war comes from non-aligned countries. That secondary sanctions are threatened against those countries for continuing to trade with Russia indicates their lack of enthusiasm for getting involved in any way. Shouldn't the Telegraph create a podcast dedicated to the events in Gaza ?
How can they when their puppet masters are on the side of Israel. Even readers of the telegraph wouldn't buy into the narrative that Israel aren't committing genocide.
WOW. Jeez theyve moved a long way from the shovels theyve been using havent they. And those washing machine chips have been put to good use in hypersonic missiles. Looks like old ladies cant lean out of windows and throw tins of tomatoes at these to knock them out of the sky.
It isn't complicated. If a plane is unsafe to fly, it is the duty of the Russian civil aviation authority to ground the plane. Period! If they do not ground unsafe planes, that is their responsibility--nobody else's. I grew angry listening to that mambie-pambie journalist. Let her cover garden clubs, if she doesn't have the stomach for war (or politics either, for that matter).
I've all kyiv platforms and follow what's happening around there, we need and requesting to bring these podcast journalists who are reporting at the fronts, if Russia is bombing relentlessly and targeting shells and Missiles to the civilians populations and civilian infrastructures, why on earth can the west gave ATACMS, Howitzer and HIMARS to hit crimea and military facilities, the west should urgently supplies sufficient Air Defenses, patriots and other air defensive equipment to Ukraine to protect the civilian people who are desperately suffering Russian aggressions,
I find it hard to believe they could keep up this rate with the tanks. Surely they are taking the best cobdition tanks from storage. At aome point it is either going to take a lot longer to repair them or just be impossible.
Yes...they have problems with having to worry about AA missiles being fired at them....something the Telegraph is conveniently omitting from this story.
Melissa should take a step back and look at the big picture. Russia has stollen most of the planes. Then they started to fiddle with the planes using counterfit parts. Why does Melissa think that it is "interesting ethical question", if the planes start to crash? Michal from Slovakia
Perhaps Ukraine is a more unified country now, because regions that disagree with an homogenous nationalist Russophobic Ukraine are no longer part of the country.
@@wishusknight3009 very funny. Prior to 2014 Ukrainians were fine being second Belarus, acting as a gate between Russia and Europe which was mutually beneficial for both. After violent massacres that Ukrainian army and ultra-nationalists committed - Eastern Ukrainians became both hands for joining up with Russia again (too bad Russia was hesitant for that option for too long).
I think airline engine manufacturers can remotely monitor "their" engine via a worldwide network. This to see any issues developing befor they happen. So if that is true for those engines used by Russian airlines then it should be easy to prevent such shady deals going on. Like selling a defect engine to Turkiye and buying an overhauled one back. Listening in from Germany.
If a plane crashed in Russia and people died, then maybe the blame should rather be on the airline for flying when they have not been able to keep all the maintenance etc. up to date.
@@кейонник4252 Sorry, the Ukrainians could not show up. Supposedly they where in Moscow strolling in the area of Gazprom Neft and Leningradsky Avenue and taking in the lovely sights.
I don't think they will ever receive planes for Air Support. They've been waiting months and months, Ukranians are apparently receiving training in how to fly them BUT I don't think for one minute the offer or promise have any substance.
After two years of fighting, Russia has lost nearly half-a-million lives, and has added less than one-fourth of one percent (44,000 sq km) to the size of the Russian Federation (17,000,000 sq km). This cost of nearly ten lives lost per 1000 square meters temporarily gained speaks to what is no doubt the most shameful military endeavor in recorded history. 🌻 🌻 🌻 - j q t -
Er, that is total nonsense. For starters Crimea is nearly 30,000 sq km (bigger than Israel) and the Russian Donbass territory is over 100, 000 sq km. (bigger than Portugal) Ukraine might have lost 500,000 casualties, Russia certainly hasn't with the overwhelming advantages in artillery shells, rockets and air power that they have had since day one, plus tactics that have been casualty averse. Bandera-Ukraine has zero future.
What? Very clear that UA is dealing with a dire situation w arms, ammo, supplies and taking it hard on Advaiika and Bakhmut area... plenty of sites covering offence updates in detail, incl hits on Dnipro,Kherson and on...
most Russia's missiles that are hypersonic are difficult to be countered, almost impossible, it s a fact years now, now yuo woke up? PLus they killed 3 civilians ,,, how about Ukraine killing 30 in a market with shells on puspose,?
I don't understand why Zaluzhnyi is popular when he wants to mobilize half a million and mobilization is not a popular move? It seems contradictory to me.
As per Ukrainian law, in times or war, all of the mobilization decisions fall upon the president’s shoulders. Instead of doing his job, he’s scared of this responsibility and loosing face, he’s handed this job to Zaluzhnyi. And he should not even be in charge of this. So Zelenskyy is handballing off responsibility to others. That’s one of the reasons at least. Another- Zelenskyy hasn’t got much authority with the army due to the fact that when it was his time to serve in the army when he was young, he “disappeared” until he was no longer required to serve and therefore “ran away” from army service. This is now, many years later, biting him in the arse. In Ukraine the Ukrainian army has the people’s full trust. And because the army trusts Zaluzhnyi, Zelenskyy comes after…
Re. Russian passenger aircraft crashes. Its the fault of the airline that accept the aircraft as air-worthy. The Russian airlines should ground the aircraft. (From Bangalore)
45:47 "justifying the Molotov Ribbentrop pact" FALSE! Saying that Ukraine took foreign territories, is another way of saying that Molotov Ribbentrop pact was unjust. Timothy Snyder just got it wrong..
59:10 stuff under the radar? Pun taken. The only reason planes are having problems is likely b/c they dont get grounded when by western and bestpractice standards, the plane would be forbidden to fly. Hard to imagine a court that is not corrupt even hearing a case like that, much less being the ethical dilemma the visiting speaker suggests. This IMHO is sanctions as they are supposed to work.... Provide a context where an ethical society would suffer and maybe change their minds but a corrupt society keeps flying against prudence and destroys themselves. The ethical problem is continuing to fly a plane that should be grounded, NOT the presence of samctions. pilots have agency. IMHO.
True the Experts are right...that wasn't a Zircom missile...it was one of those naughty stubborn shovels fitted with GPS guided equipment...Russia is losing and Ukraine is winning 😂😂
Passed in the senate with strong bipartisan support, much higher than many bills are passed by. The Republican majority in the House of Representatives is very thin, with many pragmatists likely to favor the bill. Johnson is a potential block.
The solution is that Russian airlines should stop flying stolen planes that haven’t been properly maintained. If they malfunction and crash, it’s nobody’s fault but theirs.
Viktor Orbán's suggestion of Ukraine relying on security garuntees rather than a formal alliance, such as NATO is laughable, it's almost as if he's never heard of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum... Which is ironic (and very unlikely) as it was signed in his country! But the security guarantee Ukraine got through that treaty was not respected by Russia and not enforced by America.
If Russia wins I will take it upon myself to act politically and with determined measures, organizing a resistance against Russia and the ideals it stands for and promotes. This will necessarily include acting against its supporters in the west. There is no choice.
Ukraine is no exception when it comes to people with strong opinions expressing the belief that they speak for everyone in the country. I, for one, would like to know the various opinions Ukrainian citizens hold. However, without elections in Ukraine we won't know.
I agree with almost all the comments made by the different EU leaders about Trump but ....what they say just makes Trump push harder on his comments not less. If he wins, which appears to be highly likely, Trump can be expected to do what his says. This time he is not going to have people around him to moderate his actions and Trump will remember what EU leaders say about him now.
Any possibility of a civil airplane crash can be prevented by operating aircraft within instructions. I am pretty sure regular maintenance is part of it. So when it inevitably happens don't blame yourself.
Violence is not the solution. All conflicts end in a dialogue. The best time to talk is before the action starts. The next best time to talk is now. The absolute worst time to talk is when one cannot fight back anymore.
It was NBC television interview president Zelenzky about Trump speech if he cameback to the office that he will End this war through negotiations, Zelensky said it's very nice question, i will invite President Donald Trump to come to Kiev and end this war and i will give him 24 minutes, he stressed that Russia and Putin has no promise and compromise to withdrawal his troops on ALL Ukrainian territory.
no one either listens or believes anything vaguely pro Russian , the game is up with bots and propaganda . There is so much on the internet no one bothers with russian stuff and i just post to increase the number of comments and support the algorithm. That works. And a tick on the thumbs up. Does not matter how many times this russian blizzard of comments and propaganda puts out .... never cut through the background noise on the internet and MSM is a joke. Slava Ukraini
@@liberty_and_justice67 I tried to reply to your comment but the telegraph dont appear to like anti conflict voices. So I'll leave youto guess what I replied.😉
It's not on western or EU countries to ensure the safety of Russian airlines. That is the Russian governments job, not foreign governments. Another guest who is questionably a Russian asset planting seeds like "it's the west or EU fault if one of Russias plane falls from the sky". Like, that has nothing to do with anyone but Russia.
Question, in that Tucker interview, Putin referred 2 or 3 times to Russia's old border with Poland/Lithuania Commonwealth along the Deniper, could that be the endgame? If so we are a long way for this to be over...
it could be the endgame. The river will act as a natural defensive berrier for both sides and thus this is not long way over since Russia already has most of what it wants and ready to nengotiate peace.
Russia excels at it... Anything underhanded they take pride in... as if 'winning at any cost' is still winning... disgraceful or 'no' ethics ... lies and fraud Masters...
It's smart of Zelensky to not criticize Trump to much. He knows Trump is an egomaniac who might become president again. As soon as Putin said he preferred Biden , Trump started screaming he'd be way tougher on Russia. Trump can easily be won over by flattery.
At this time, I'd like to see alot more ally direct involvement! Strengthen that border!! Close the skies!! Update all supply lines and rotate men to get even 3 days' break! UA has done a MIGHTY job - My God they have suffered like no other Country w 9 M ppl fleeing... AND the promised arms have ALWAYS been grossly delayed!! Hope UA forces are receiving MORE ALLY Assistance w troops, missions and back up! DISTRACT PUTIN to forge progress... go to the next LEVEL to Offence....
@@des_smith7658 With support?.? Sitting back helpless for TWO YRS witnessing delayed supplies while the enemy continues random assaulting has to be addressed... Far too long a border... Putin's arrogance is begging to be disciplined.... Master of Lies and Murder has not 'thought this thru'.... the more he offends UA, the tighter the support against him....
good useful important vital information. your work is very important to getting the word out. Bless Ukraine and Bless the AFU My heart is breaking for the peaceful people of Ukraine. May Ukraine have all defense systems to protect itself possible saint javelin #CrimeaIsUkraine saint Himars #WhatWeAreFightingfor
The resistance to the Ukraine funding in the US is due to the EU. Because the EU refuses to fund their own defense we Democrats in the US do not have a good argument that we should fund the defense of the EU - ergo Ukraine. The US taxpayer is tired of the EU citizens free loading on the back of the US for its defense. The EU needs to defend Ukraine and the US taxpayer will take care of the rest of the world. Seems fair…
This is absolutely the opinion of the majority of Americans, no matter their political leaning. It's astonishing how many Europeans just fail to understand.
Russians are attacking Ukrainian weapons depots and army barracks while Zelenskyy is attacking residential buildings with anti-aircraft missiles with long expired shelf life. Zelenskyy already hit Poland, Romania (a jet and a chopper were downed, 8 servicemen killed), Moldova, Belarus, numerous residential buildings and at least 4 children’s playgrounds inside Ukraine with these missiles. Western missiles which are sent there are also with either expired shelf life or very close to expiration date . It’s mindboggling how many buildings were hit and civilians killed (including two hapless Polish farmers) with this ongoing criminal lunacy of Zelenskyy regime. The chance of downing Russian missile is negligible in comparison with a risk of an accident with numerous civilian casualties. To give weapons to this war criminal Zelenskyy is like giving matches and gasoline to a serial compulsive arsonist.
Sanctions are the absolute worst, especially used against the people they are commonly used now. It would be fair for sanctions being used against the US, for example, where a bellicose approach to international politics actually reflects public sentiment at least to some degree. But using them against populations of countries where there is no political choice, like North Korea, Iran, now Russia, is awful. And those who impose them aren't ignorant about that, they are just between a rock and a hard place between their conscience dictating that something be done, and their conscience being squeamish about doing what's necessary, to those who are legitimate targets - i.e. hitting military forces who are actual perpetrators, physically, hard, and bloody - i.e. sanctions are cowardice.
Defeat of Russia does not have to equal the annihilation of Russian military forces, not even the full destruction of those within Ukraine. Wounding Russia so that is greatly weakened, has no more appetite to wage war, and has little option but to lick its wounds would seem be the most efficient strategy, especially given the outsized task before Ukraine. I suspect that's why Syrsky has been appointed to the fore. And this should be noted by those decrying UA aid in the West but perhaps this is being a bit too optimistic. These critics seem so typified by smooth brained, Twitter inclined, mobbish opinions expounded by declinist figures of the US Republican party such as JD Vance, I doubt they can move beyond the lightweight journalism of T Carlson and honestly ponder the costs of an Ukrainian loss 10 years down the road. They do not seem as serious in 2024 as they did in 2016, the Maga-ites, the political issues have shifted greatly, so it is shocking that they seem to wield such influence on American politics. After all, they are in the minority and have only a prospective candidate for the nation's top office. And their over importance is quite possibly due to the fact that we have a dearth of good leadership on the war in the West. Biden can't seem to do much but speak improperly and look lost much of the time which he does at an excruciatingly plodding pace, it's as if someone left his settings on perpetual slow motion. Perhaps we enlist Johnson again in some form? Despite his faults, he could certainly make the case.
How is Russia so "greatly weakened"? What was forecast to have been a 25% devastation of the Russian economy turned out to be a 2% dip, which within 6 months returned back into economic growth, Russia found other, more reliable customers for its energy exports, other countries started dropping the use of the US Dollar for international trade, BRICS (of which Russia is a prominent member) doubled in size, from 5 to 10 nations, with a further 74 nations seeking membership. None of the sanctions from the US or its European lapdogs have weakened the Russians at all, though those aforementioned European lapdogs are being hurt, not only by Russian countersanctions, but by their own sanctions on Russia, as they can no longer export to Russia, which was a significant export market to them.
@@kasumimori1798 gdp statistics on Russia are somewhat illusory, there's not reliable financial data out of Russia as of late, and even imf numbers don't take into account debt spending. But, yes, Russia has been wounded, though not far enough. It has lost out on foreign investment, it has lost foreign contracts, it has lost prestige, it has lost military credibility, it has lost productive capacity and manpower. And all of these losses have been in great measure. Furthermore, whatever growth has been happening in Russia has largely been devoted to wartime efforts, this will not translate into a very dynamic economy in the coming years.
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Daily Telegraph should give Ukraine all their money and send their staff to enlist.
Ukraine has strategically withdrawn westward from Avdeyevka in order to be closer to the European Union.Another Ukrainian success!!!URAAAAAAAAA!!!!
The blood on your hands will not wash off.
Yeah. Putin has a lot to answer for.
The 100+ days without supplies may have extended the war by years. The soldiers are stressed, exhausted, harassed and losing ground. Giving them ammo won't suddenly restore them
We are where we are. I'm a huge supporter of Ukraine and have studied geopolitics. I can't help think that Ukraine should have been better prepared for this war. Both America and the UK were warning Ukraine about the invasion yet they ignored it. They even disbelieved. How much land would they have prevented Russia gaining if they had mobilised earlier? It's much easier to defend land than retake it.
@captainbadger1013 I'm surprised USA and UK weren't more prepared, given their contractual obligation to prevent Russia invading Ukraine. Preventing this war would have been, by far, the less expensive option. In both blood and money.
The country is one with a huge demographic issue. The generation in the 90s was never born. They're like Russia, but more so: damaged by the instability, corruption, lack of infrastructure following the fall of the Union. It's a bit rich, honestly, to say their lack of military preparation is their fault. They've given up their greatest protection in exchange for guarantees from two very powerful allies, lack a young generation, and are trying to participate in the westernisation they were promised
@@captainbadger1013 America disbelieved about the invasion right up to the last minute.
@@frankshailes3205 Simply not true as Biden was warming publicly in December that an invasion was imminent. Go back and check the media. Who knows how much earlier they knew and didn't disclose to the public.
@@captainbadger1013 And yet they nailed the Russian invasion against all odds and drove them into a retreat not seen since 1941. At the beginning they had more volunteers than they could mobilise that that argument doesn't hold water either. The fact is the reason why Ukraine has failed to take full advantage of the initial chaos the Russians found themselves in and have been struggling ever since is because Putin's calculus about the West and their cowardly and venal politicians was right on the money even if their assessment of Ukraine's capacity to defend itself was not.
Hypersonic Tsircon "From Russia with Love" ❤️🇷🇺❤️"Say Hello to My little Friend"
And 2 of your little friends, the "unstoppable" zircons just got shot down by the Patriot.
Its time the west stopped messing about.
There is no fatigue, there are only amoral people using conflict to elevate themselves.
Bullshit.
"Portal combaaaaaaat!" 😂😂 well done whoever came up with this one. 👏
If NATO really is so important, and I think it is, why aren’t the outraged sharing their outrage that so many NATO members do not feel it important enough to spend the money on it for decade after decade?
NATO's function is as a deterrent. It's been challenged exactly once since it formed after WW2 (USA September 11, 2001).
Members believed, incorrectly, that it remained a sufficient deterrent. They spent on the military, but not the full 2% because in peace time its politically preferable to spend on hospitals, roads, infrastructure. Improving the day to day lives and its of civilians.
There were several events that signalled a weakened NATO in a few short years and these were interpreted, again incorrectly, as sufficient for Russia to succeed easily in Ukraine.
These events include UK pulling out of the EU. By withdrawing from trade, travel, work they signalled a shift toward more nationalistic priorities and away from European priorities.
Also, UK scuttling its currency shortly after, and the loss of the Queen who is the most connected diplomat in modern history.
USA also signalled nationalistic priorities and withdrawing from European interests, with Trumps administration withdrawing from several important trade and military agreements, and open rhetoric against NATO itself. USA also extorted Ukraine's government to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, and Trump became the first US leader to withdraw the request for Israel to supply Iron Dome priorities to Kiev: up until Trump the USA had a standing request, and Israel always stalled. The plausible deterrent being that should Russia make a move, Israel would agree.
Germany also had governmental upheaval. From a stable, strong, long-standing leader to an inexperienced and unstable many-party coalition.
France, always a proponent of moving away from Europe depending on USA, increasingly saw political rift with USA. Not helped by USA taking the multi-billion dollar contract to supply submarines to Australia, which France had already signed years previously and invested in.
When USA, UK, Germany, and France have situations that undermine dedication to NATO, political upheaval, financial issues that lower the appetite for funding war, Russia looked well placed in their actions
@@SerendipityChild Very good summery, thankyou.
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@@JohnCSmith-lp1qr Russia is merde
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It's crazy how people still repeat the "full scale invasion" nonsense.
If one of these flights crashes, it is the fault of the russians allowing it to fly.
How are things at the Selidov training ground?🙃
I thought the Russians were out of missiles in march 2022 ?
They plundered washing machines
No money for Ukraine
I would blame the West for the failure of the counter offensive, we were to slow in giving them what they needed. If we were not going to give them enough to win or put up a clear solid line and most importantly access to the Black Sea, we might has well let Putin have it.
They face the largest minefield the world has even seen, and we sent them less than 15% of the promised anti-mine equipment for their counter offensive. So few meant every attempt to breach the field was solidly covered by Russian artillery. They really were depending on simultaneous beaches to thin Russia's defence
they were given enough. The problem was, that half of what's given ended up somewhere else.
@MetaView7 incorrect. For example, 15% of promised anti-mine equipment was delivered for the counter offensive - and for some reason Ukraine failed to breach the minefields.
And USA funding has been halted since October. That's tens of billions they haven't received
@@SerendipityChild try the black market in Africa.
@@SerendipityChild Not to mention these minefields are/were so dense there was 1 mine for every 3 meters! Western tanks may be great, but they can't fly over the battlefield.
Thanks, lads.
Bloody good chap eh govna?
Oddly, there is significant majority lawmakers in Washington DC supporting Ukraine aid. The dysfunctional politics (Trump and craven fear of him) have delayed what most support.
That there is majority support for Ukraine in Congress is not "odd." What's odd is the game that Speaker Johnson has been playing, AND the refusal of the Democrat leadership to cooperate in stemming the border crisis. Instead, they only seem to want to facilitate the illegal immigration.
yeah, it's as if people having brains in American govrernment have seen their Afgani allies run like there no tommorrow getting billions in modern US weaponry handed over to Taliban and don't want that scenario to repeat itself..
stop barking imb3_cil3 - send your own money - not ours
@@trumpyla And so says Russian bot😂
House will not pass it before the border gets its money..
Reports from countries involved in the war are fairly predictable. The nearest thing we have to objectivity regarding the war comes from non-aligned countries. That secondary sanctions are threatened against those countries for continuing to trade with Russia indicates their lack of enthusiasm for getting involved in any way.
Shouldn't the Telegraph create a podcast dedicated to the events in Gaza ?
How can they when their puppet masters are on the side of Israel. Even readers of the telegraph wouldn't buy into the narrative that Israel aren't committing genocide.
WOW. Jeez theyve moved a long way from the shovels theyve been using havent they. And those washing machine chips have been put to good use in hypersonic missiles. Looks like old ladies cant lean out of windows and throw tins of tomatoes at these to knock them out of the sky.
It isn't complicated. If a plane is unsafe to fly, it is the duty of the Russian civil aviation authority to ground the plane. Period! If they do not ground unsafe planes, that is their responsibility--nobody else's.
I grew angry listening to that mambie-pambie journalist. Let her cover garden clubs, if she doesn't have the stomach for war (or politics either, for that matter).
I've all kyiv platforms and follow what's happening around there, we need and requesting to bring these podcast journalists who are reporting at the fronts, if Russia is bombing relentlessly and targeting shells and Missiles to the civilians populations and civilian infrastructures, why on earth can the west gave ATACMS, Howitzer and HIMARS to hit crimea and military facilities, the west should urgently supplies sufficient Air Defenses, patriots and other air defensive equipment to Ukraine to protect the civilian people who are desperately suffering Russian aggressions,
I find it hard to believe they could keep up this rate with the tanks. Surely they are taking the best cobdition tanks from storage. At aome point it is either going to take a lot longer to repair them or just be impossible.
No.
1. Russia never lost 3000 tanks
2. Russia can make 800 tanks a year.
@@errolkim1334 LOL?
The USSR model to counter USA's superior military budget included a lot of anti aircraft weaponry and huge amounts of tanks
@stephaniewaters1777 Yes, but they already can't defend their airspace. They are very good at having their tanks blown up, though.
@@errolkim1334 Then where exactly are these hundreds of new ones. The great majority of those showing up on the front are old Soviet kit.
Its funny she didnt mention BOEING from the US😂😂...google their problems😂😂😂😂
Yes...they have problems with having to worry about AA missiles being fired at them....something the Telegraph is conveniently omitting from this story.
Russian airlines choosing to fly unsafe aircraft can not be blamed on Western sanctions.
Avdijevka has fallen!!! Believers 😂
Chris Miller can come preach to our choir any time he wants. Well done, having him as a guest.
Trump makes me sick. He's a shameful embarrassment for my country. Michael in Champaign, Illinois, USA.
Definitely welfare recipient,(Dem).
Melissa should take a step back and look at the big picture. Russia has stollen most of the planes. Then they started to fiddle with the planes using counterfit parts. Why does Melissa think that it is "interesting ethical question", if the planes start to crash?
Michal from Slovakia
Aid package is a slush fund
Yep. To US industry.
Perhaps Ukraine is a more unified country now, because regions that disagree with an homogenous nationalist Russophobic Ukraine are no longer part of the country.
Even pre 2014 they never wanted to join russia. The russian backed insurgencies exaggerated this nonsense a heck of a lot.
@@wishusknight3009 very funny. Prior to 2014 Ukrainians were fine being second Belarus, acting as a gate between Russia and Europe which was mutually beneficial for both. After violent massacres that Ukrainian army and ultra-nationalists committed - Eastern Ukrainians became both hands for joining up with Russia again (too bad Russia was hesitant for that option for too long).
@@dimas3829 More making things up by Ivan.
Where are those links that were mentioned?
Putin's genocidal myth
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♿️ 3rd BDE Azov is busy dirt napping in Avdeevka
Just because the Senate passed, says nothing about the House
Let's hope enough Republicans in the House have the balls to do the right thing like they did in the Senate.
In an election year ahead of their own... should have passed border funding first... this was engineered to fail.
@@RandomDudeOneJohnson already told the Senate it's DoA. Won't even get a vote in it's current form.
All the support Russia
Missing Dom.
I think airline engine manufacturers can remotely monitor "their" engine via a worldwide network. This to see any issues developing befor they happen. So if that is true for those engines used by Russian airlines then it should be easy to prevent such shady deals going on. Like selling a defect engine to Turkiye and buying an overhauled one back.
Listening in from Germany.
If a plane crashed in Russia and people died, then maybe the blame should rather be on the airline for flying when they have not been able to keep all the maintenance etc. up to date.
Exactly, just what I was gonna post 👍
Waiting for the bot hordes😂
The volume of comments under the RUclips video of Mitt Romney's speech today was to a large degree made up of bots.
So we waited for the ukrainians
@@кейонник4252 Cold, bot😂. Trenches are nice and warm. May even have eggs😂😂😂
@@кейонник4252 Sorry, the Ukrainians could not show up. Supposedly they where in Moscow strolling in the area of Gazprom Neft and Leningradsky Avenue and taking in the lovely sights.
77th brigade, present sir.
Great update thanks 🇺🇦❤️🇺🇦
Does krajina rely on herself?
NIE DLA UKRAINCOW W POLSCE
Sickening propaganda.
No mention of the ex generala guard now getting blown up on the deployment to the front... i doubt this is going to end well.
It sure isn't dummy😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Putin, NATO's salesman of the year!🤣😎
😂 Nobody has done more for NATO than Putin, who has been tireless in strengthening it😂
When are they getting the F16s?
I don't think they will ever receive planes for Air Support. They've been waiting months and months, Ukranians are apparently receiving training in how to fly them BUT I don't think for one minute the offer or promise have any substance.
Is there any evidence to support that view?@@judgeroybean6930
Two more weeks
The F16s will not change anything.
why have they continued asking for them if they're not a game changer? Exactly what do they need then iyo?@@dm8579
After two years of fighting, Russia has lost nearly half-a-million lives, and has added less than one-fourth of one percent (44,000 sq km) to the size of the Russian Federation (17,000,000 sq km). This cost of nearly ten lives lost per 1000 square meters temporarily gained speaks to what is no doubt the most shameful military endeavor in recorded history. 🌻 🌻 🌻 - j q t -
Er, that is total nonsense. For starters Crimea is nearly 30,000 sq km (bigger than Israel) and the Russian Donbass territory is over 100, 000 sq km. (bigger than Portugal) Ukraine might have lost 500,000 casualties, Russia certainly hasn't with the overwhelming advantages in artillery shells, rockets and air power that they have had since day one, plus tactics that have been casualty averse. Bandera-Ukraine has zero future.
@@richardmarsden5610 Lol, no, your comment was a load of nonsense.
Zircon encrusted tweezers comes to mind...
Putin needs to lose!
He will never lose. Ukraine will lose.
@@dreadhead170 HAHAHA cope harder.
why, though?
Strange, zero mention of the present war on the ground.
What? Very clear that UA is dealing with a dire situation w arms, ammo, supplies and taking it hard on Advaiika and Bakhmut area... plenty of sites covering offence updates in detail, incl hits on Dnipro,Kherson and on...
Russia is slowly gaining ground is why
most Russia's missiles that are hypersonic are difficult to be countered, almost impossible, it s a fact years now, now yuo woke up? PLus they killed 3 civilians ,,, how about Ukraine killing 30 in a market with shells on puspose,?
I don't understand why Zaluzhnyi is popular when he wants to mobilize half a million and mobilization is not a popular move? It seems contradictory to me.
As per Ukrainian law, in times or war, all of the mobilization decisions fall upon the president’s shoulders. Instead of doing his job, he’s scared of this responsibility and loosing face, he’s handed this job to Zaluzhnyi. And he should not even be in charge of this. So Zelenskyy is handballing off responsibility to others.
That’s one of the reasons at least. Another- Zelenskyy hasn’t got much authority with the army due to the fact that when it was his time to serve in the army when he was young, he “disappeared” until he was no longer required to serve and therefore “ran away” from army service. This is now, many years later, biting him in the arse.
In Ukraine the Ukrainian army has the people’s full trust. And because the army trusts Zaluzhnyi, Zelenskyy comes after…
Excellent broadcast, as always. Cheers from Finland!
Congratulations on your great new president! Stubb is an informed and wholesome leader.
Propaganda channel 😮
ok Einstein
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NIE DLA UKRAINCOW W POLSCE
WOŁYŃ 43! NIE WYBACZYMY!
The David Irving - Deborah Lipstadt trial didn’t “prove” anything.
Re. Russian passenger aircraft crashes. Its the fault of the airline that accept the aircraft as air-worthy. The Russian airlines should ground the aircraft.
(From Bangalore)
45:47 "justifying the Molotov Ribbentrop pact" FALSE! Saying that Ukraine took foreign territories, is another way of saying that Molotov Ribbentrop pact was unjust. Timothy Snyder just got it wrong..
59:10 stuff under the radar? Pun taken. The only reason planes are having problems is likely b/c they dont get grounded when by western and bestpractice standards, the plane would be forbidden to fly. Hard to imagine a court that is not corrupt even hearing a case like that, much less being the ethical dilemma the visiting speaker suggests. This IMHO is sanctions as they are supposed to work.... Provide a context where an ethical society would suffer and maybe change their minds but a corrupt society keeps flying against prudence and destroys themselves. The ethical problem is continuing to fly a plane that should be grounded, NOT the presence of samctions. pilots have agency. IMHO.
True the Experts are right...that wasn't a Zircom missile...it was one of those naughty stubborn shovels fitted with GPS guided equipment...Russia is losing and Ukraine is winning 😂😂
Passed in the senate with strong bipartisan support, much higher than many bills are passed by. The Republican majority in the House of Representatives is very thin, with many pragmatists likely to favor the bill. Johnson is a potential block.
Micro Johnson unfortunatly is a xtian nationalist. And seems to be on the kremlin payroll.
The solution is that Russian airlines should stop flying stolen planes that haven’t been properly maintained. If they malfunction and crash, it’s nobody’s fault but theirs.
Viktor Orbán's suggestion of Ukraine relying on security garuntees rather than a formal alliance, such as NATO is laughable, it's almost as if he's never heard of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum... Which is ironic (and very unlikely) as it was signed in his country!
But the security guarantee Ukraine got through that treaty was not respected by Russia and not enforced by America.
If Russia wins I will take it upon myself to act politically and with determined measures, organizing a resistance against Russia and the ideals it stands for and promotes.
This will necessarily include acting against its supporters in the west.
There is no choice.
Who are Russia's supporters in the west?
Russia will win, it's only a matter of when. When depends on how long the West will support Ukraine.
@@sarahbrown5073 Better known as MAGA!
@@sarahbrown5073 most level headed, educated people with morals.
Ukraine is no exception when it comes to people with strong opinions expressing the belief that they speak for everyone in the country. I, for one, would like to know the various opinions Ukrainian citizens hold. However, without elections in Ukraine we won't know.
A rational voice. 👍
What's a "Full scale invasion"?
I agree with almost all the comments made by the different EU leaders about Trump but ....what they say just makes Trump push harder on his comments not less. If he wins, which appears to be highly likely, Trump can be expected to do what his says. This time he is not going to have people around him to moderate his actions and Trump will remember what EU leaders say about him now.
He wont win. It isn't possible when he has lost support of the moderates.
@@wishusknight3009 We live in a strange world where helping your own countrymen is considered "extreme"
I didn't know a gas station masquerading as a country making missiles and they never seem to run out 😂😂😂😢
Any possibility of a civil airplane crash can be prevented by operating aircraft within instructions. I am pretty sure regular maintenance is part of it. So when it inevitably happens don't blame yourself.
Youd' better study last Boeing crashes, at this point, even company itself doesn't know how to properly operate their puzzles of planes.
Violence is not the solution. All conflicts end in a dialogue.
The best time to talk is before the action starts. The next best time to talk is now.
The absolute worst time to talk is when one cannot fight back anymore.
Hear,Hear.
It was NBC television interview president Zelenzky about Trump speech if he cameback to the office that he will End this war through negotiations, Zelensky said it's very nice question, i will invite President Donald Trump to come to Kiev and end this war and i will give him 24 minutes, he stressed that Russia and Putin has no promise and compromise to withdrawal his troops on ALL Ukrainian territory.
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What a shame Boris tore up the istanbul peace plan.
Rubbish😂
no one either listens or believes anything vaguely pro Russian , the game is up with bots and propaganda . There is so much on the internet no one bothers with russian stuff and i just post to increase the number of comments and support the algorithm. That works. And a tick on the thumbs up. Does not matter how many times this russian blizzard of comments and propaganda puts out .... never cut through the background noise on the internet and MSM is a joke. Slava Ukraini
@@liberty_and_justice67 I tried to reply to your comment but the telegraph dont appear to like anti conflict voices. So I'll leave youto guess what I replied.😉
There was no "peace plan" other than a demand that Ukraine surrender. Not acceptable to the Ukrainians. Boris, whether yes or no, made no difference.
What a shame Ruzzia attacks its neighbours.
It's not on western or EU countries to ensure the safety of Russian airlines. That is the Russian governments job, not foreign governments. Another guest who is questionably a Russian asset planting seeds like "it's the west or EU fault if one of Russias plane falls from the sky". Like, that has nothing to do with anyone but Russia.
We are furious with those in NATO who don't fund & leave to America to bale them out when they have enough weapons to stop Putin
Question, in that Tucker interview, Putin referred 2 or 3 times to Russia's old border with Poland/Lithuania Commonwealth along the Deniper, could that be the endgame? If so we are a long way for this to be over...
it could be the endgame. The river will act as a natural defensive berrier for both sides and thus this is not long way over since Russia already has most of what it wants and ready to nengotiate peace.
@@dimas3829 Russia wants all of Ukraine, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and who knows what else.
Russians are colonists. There is no endgame.
Seems reasinable i meam nato is a club one needs to pay club your fees... free loaders are never a good idea.
Fake news 😆😆😆
Great insights.
i think Putin is crazy or something !
I used to follow the Telegraph, now it is like a funny propaganda outlet based on racism 😂
il serait judicieux de prendre des avions qui ont fait leurs preuves , type F16 ou rafale et l'avion suédois .
Gotta hand it to the russian bots, they've really been good at swamping RUclips comments lately.
Russia excels at it... Anything underhanded they take pride in... as if 'winning at any cost' is still winning... disgraceful or 'no' ethics ... lies and fraud Masters...
@@camillep9346 speak for yourself, NAFO bot.
How are we being paid....I thought the Russian economy was in tatters?
This guy talking oh my goodness he just goes on and on. Where is Dom at?
Virtually nothing this channel has said about the conflict has been accurate in the past.
That doesnt make it easy to trust it s actual news.
War of farts who’s smells worse
yours
It's smart of Zelensky to not criticize Trump to much. He knows Trump is an egomaniac who might become president again. As soon as Putin said he preferred Biden , Trump started screaming he'd be way tougher on Russia. Trump can easily be won over by flattery.
At this time, I'd like to see alot more ally direct involvement! Strengthen that border!! Close the skies!! Update all supply lines and rotate men to get even 3 days' break! UA has done a MIGHTY job - My God they have suffered like no other Country w 9 M ppl fleeing... AND the promised arms have ALWAYS been grossly delayed!! Hope UA forces are receiving MORE ALLY Assistance w troops, missions and back up! DISTRACT PUTIN to forge progress... go to the next LEVEL to Offence....
This would make matters worse
@@des_smith7658 With support?.? Sitting back helpless for TWO YRS witnessing delayed supplies while the enemy continues random assaulting has to be addressed... Far too long a border... Putin's arrogance is begging to be disciplined.... Master of Lies and Murder has not 'thought this thru'.... the more he offends UA, the tighter the support against him....
Is that anything to do with Thatcher's Zircon Satellite?
No
@@uku4171 so why are they copying each other? Explain that
Ukraine lost war
has no chance to win
Ukraine is losing. Stop the war.
Make them, pootin.
Cold, bot?😂
Still afford fuel for ya Lada can ya?
Squawk Squawk
@@Spellrbound 😂. Yes, but not eggs or heat😂
Absolutely not the first time 😂...Guys get your facts straight
good useful important vital information.
your work is very important to getting the word out.
Bless Ukraine and Bless the AFU
My heart is breaking for the peaceful people of Ukraine.
May Ukraine have all defense systems to protect itself possible
saint javelin
#CrimeaIsUkraine
saint Himars
#WhatWeAreFightingfor
The resistance to the Ukraine funding in the US is due to the EU. Because the EU refuses to fund their own defense we Democrats in the US do not have a good argument that we should fund the defense of the EU - ergo Ukraine. The US taxpayer is tired of the EU citizens free loading on the back of the US for its defense. The EU needs to defend Ukraine and the US taxpayer will take care of the rest of the world. Seems fair…
In what alternate reality is this happening Ivan?
This is absolutely the opinion of the majority of Americans, no matter their political leaning. It's astonishing how many Europeans just fail to understand.
@@sarahbrown5073 Confederites and trumpists are not american.
Of course it's fair, the big fat American dude pays for everything!
Get Brian Harvey on!! He talks less Bollox!!
Russians are attacking Ukrainian weapons depots and army barracks while Zelenskyy is attacking residential buildings with anti-aircraft missiles with long expired shelf life. Zelenskyy already hit Poland, Romania (a jet and a chopper were downed, 8 servicemen killed), Moldova, Belarus, numerous residential buildings and at least 4 children’s playgrounds inside Ukraine with these missiles. Western missiles which are sent there are also with either expired shelf life or very close to expiration date . It’s mindboggling how many buildings were hit and civilians killed (including two hapless Polish farmers) with this ongoing criminal lunacy of Zelenskyy regime. The chance of downing Russian missile is negligible in comparison with a risk of an accident with numerous civilian casualties. To give weapons to this war criminal Zelenskyy is like giving matches and gasoline to a serial compulsive arsonist.
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Oooooooh FML that is some good Kool aidski u be drinking
Sanctions are the absolute worst, especially used against the people they are commonly used now. It would be fair for sanctions being used against the US, for example, where a bellicose approach to international politics actually reflects public sentiment at least to some degree. But using them against populations of countries where there is no political choice, like North Korea, Iran, now Russia, is awful.
And those who impose them aren't ignorant about that, they are just between a rock and a hard place between their conscience dictating that something be done, and their conscience being squeamish about doing what's necessary, to those who are legitimate targets - i.e. hitting military forces who are actual perpetrators, physically, hard, and bloody - i.e. sanctions are cowardice.
God Bless Moscow thr mother land 🙏
Mothers don't attack their neighbours.
@Thegreattake Momma bears view EVERYTHING as the enemy.
Better run to the food lines, bot😂. Mother Russia is cold and hungry as pensions can not sustain her😂
@@liberty_and_justice67hahaha Russia is the fifth biggest economy in the world! It just surpassed Germany last year!
Recently the economy size of Belgium@@brandonwright7080
from Florida...Slava Russia...Zru
Florida? Right😂
This guy is anti-Ukraine
Defeat of Russia does not have to equal the annihilation of Russian military forces, not even the full destruction of those within Ukraine. Wounding Russia so that is greatly weakened, has no more appetite to wage war, and has little option but to lick its wounds would seem be the most efficient strategy, especially given the outsized task before Ukraine. I suspect that's why Syrsky has been appointed to the fore. And this should be noted by those decrying UA aid in the West but perhaps this is being a bit too optimistic. These critics seem so typified by smooth brained, Twitter inclined, mobbish opinions expounded by declinist figures of the US Republican party such as JD Vance, I doubt they can move beyond the lightweight journalism of T Carlson and honestly ponder the costs of an Ukrainian loss 10 years down the road. They do not seem as serious in 2024 as they did in 2016, the Maga-ites, the political issues have shifted greatly, so it is shocking that they seem to wield such influence on American politics. After all, they are in the minority and have only a prospective candidate for the nation's top office. And their over importance is quite possibly due to the fact that we have a dearth of good leadership on the war in the West. Biden can't seem to do much but speak improperly and look lost much of the time which he does at an excruciatingly plodding pace, it's as if someone left his settings on perpetual slow motion. Perhaps we enlist Johnson again in some form? Despite his faults, he could certainly make the case.
How is Russia so "greatly weakened"? What was forecast to have been a 25% devastation of the Russian economy turned out to be a 2% dip, which within 6 months returned back into economic growth, Russia found other, more reliable customers for its energy exports, other countries started dropping the use of the US Dollar for international trade, BRICS (of which Russia is a prominent member) doubled in size, from 5 to 10 nations, with a further 74 nations seeking membership. None of the sanctions from the US or its European lapdogs have weakened the Russians at all, though those aforementioned European lapdogs are being hurt, not only by Russian countersanctions, but by their own sanctions on Russia, as they can no longer export to Russia, which was a significant export market to them.
@@kasumimori1798 gdp statistics on Russia are somewhat illusory, there's not reliable financial data out of Russia as of late, and even imf numbers don't take into account debt spending. But, yes, Russia has been wounded, though not far enough. It has lost out on foreign investment, it has lost foreign contracts, it has lost prestige, it has lost military credibility, it has lost productive capacity and manpower. And all of these losses have been in great measure. Furthermore, whatever growth has been happening in Russia has largely been devoted to wartime efforts, this will not translate into a very dynamic economy in the coming years.