What part are you confused about? The part where Ukraine is losing and Nato countries will never go head to head with Russia? Anything Ukraine gets, the Russians destry it. Corruption is alive in Ukraine and prospering.
Bornholm is very close to Russia where I live just a little Baltic Sea between Denmark and Kaliningrad Russia a big militarist territory of Russia, they are notorious bullies who constantly violate our sovereignty with military aircraft’s and Bornholm was occupied by USSR after WW2 for a long period, the Russian German natural gas pipelines Northstream 1 and 2 only approved marginally in our parliament after the German clowns lobbied hard against their own interests and getting addicted to Russian gas. We are seriously tired of Russian behavior and is happy to use our enormous resources to help Ukraine win and no new pipelines will ever be built no matter what compromised Germans are lobbying for, Russia is a pariah state
We were also some of the first and staunchest supporters of the Baltics after the Soviet fall. Freedom is important to us for all people, especially the underdogs.
Good grief. Back in the 1980's Margaret Thatcher said that Britain does not need to make weapons, we can buy them all from the USA. We, who worked in defence industries, all screamed "No, we need independence in defence and traceability of parts". Needless to say all those old big name British defence companies I worked for have not existed for a long time. Now, 30 years later people start to find out this is important.
Totally agree She made a bunch of mistakes. That is why we have a social housing problem We have no engineering base anymore. No manufacturing. We have lots of very rich people who have things made in China or wherever
@@michaelrowsell1160 But Blair's Labour was ideologically highly influenced by Thatcher. The fact that she left office in 1990 doesn't free her of her responsibility for starting a neoliberal revolution. She was immensely influential for decades after she left office
@@michaelrowsell1160 That is true, That is round about the time I started to think that it makes no difference what party is in power the same shit happens anyway. Still Maggie is famous for pushing the idea that the UK does not to manufacture anything anymore, we were all supposed to live off international financial services.
Not just EU, most components in missiles that hit us are from US, Taxas Instruments, AMD, Intel, NVidia, and most of all, American chipmaker Analogue Devices. They're the main weapon provider to putin.
Zelensky togheter With the west back stabbed You guys. This war did not need to happen. For ukrain to join NATO is so stupid. Zelensky just had to agree to fair Terms and Russia would never invade
@@bendikkirkbakk1833 Everything you just wrote is wrong. The west begged Putin not to start this war, he did and he publicly stated that it was his decision. Ukraine is a sovereign nation and it's none of russia's business what Ukraine does. I notice you have no problem with Sweden and Finland joining NATO, this shows the hypocrisy. Putin stabbed russia in the back and he is destroying russia itself, but hey, maybe you'll be free of you delusions when Putin sends you to the trenches! Ukraine will win, it's future is bright and russia's is a very grim one indeed.
@@bendikkirkbakk1833Fascinating theory there champ. Tell me, why on earth didn’t putler promptly invade Finland on that basis? Yeah, you’re definitely not the sharpest tool in the shed, are ya mate-ski..
_Maybe from the Year 2025 and going forward, NATO should be "capped" at thirty-two members, and in order to join NATO, one of the existing nations in NATO should be removed first. Thus, a country like Hungary that supports Russia so much could always find itself in jeopardy of being booted, as we welcome Ukraine. Serbia might choose to be booted next! Or maybe if Donald Trump becomes President again, even the U.S.A. gets kicked to the curb!_ 🌍🌍🌎🌎🌏🌏 - j q t -
Thank you Jonathan for your voice for Ukraine. Best and nicest people support Ukraine - Denmark is the best example of this. Cheers from the Czech Republic.
Never thought I would see the day Gentle Denmark would support the Neo Nazi gangsters in Kiev looting our money .what happened to Scandinavia under threat from no one. Ah they became Washington satellites 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Greetings, what a nice surprise, this is the first time I see a fellow countryman here! ❤️ 🇨🇿 🇺🇦 I'd add the Baltics to what you mentioned. They support Ukraine and they're incredible, I used to live there 🇱🇻 🇪🇪 🇱🇹
@@martavdz4972 Ahoj. Musím se tam někdy zajet podívat. Sleduji Ukraine Matters a Georgie je kříženec - Lotyš žijící v Dánsku 🙂Ať se daří a Sláva Ukrajině
This channel has been the go to for a long time now. I don't know how you manage to keep it up, the tremendous rate by which you have interviews and upload them, but hats off to you! And as always, with such wonderful and insightful guests, like mr. Puck Nielsen. Well done to you both!
Anders is on point most of the time, few points he reaches a little on and some not-so-up-to-date info, but on the whole a well balanced and informed guy. Thanks as always to Jonathan and Silicon Curtain. Greetings from Estonia 🇪🇪 Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
🇺🇦❓You support cancel human rights and freedom choice?Cost of human rights of people in Ukraine low then in Kosovo,If in both situations genocide?rights have matters? If people don't want kill and be killed what doing. Human it's lives more then nations? United Civilized world with Ukraine when? When Ukraine or Ukrainian all be accepted in NATO and EU before kremlin kidnaping or kill them all.human rights and life in Ukraine cost nothing? Estonia support Ukraine make for Ukrainian southern Korea or Switzerland? How many people must die also? You Ready for force mobilization?Слава правам людини, вільному виьору, здоровому глузду та критичному мисленню. Досить в Україні підвищувати рівень українофобії. Люди живі, хочуть жити, як і ви.
There is always a trade-off between up-to-date information and reliable information. If Anders isn't using the most up-to-date information then it is probably because he doesn't trust it. He's also focused on the big picture, not the ebbs and flows of fighting on the front line. The latest information isn't usually of any strategic importance.
'reaching' is the difference between being a journalist and a analyst through, i dont see that as a weakness of him, but a sign of him doing the job he is hired to do, analyse, and as he himself says, sometimes conclusions are wrong, buf if the arguements are there and the right questions are asked, that is something that every analyst will face; being wrong
I worked as an Advisor to the Estonian General Staff in 1995 and later as Public Relations and Denmark was a big contributer to us with the Partnership For Peace efforts and helped us to qualify for NATO
@@kadovax6567 I’m wide awake skippy and all anyone has to do is watch any of the mapping channels to know you and all of the rest of the people that don’t know what is happening can see for themselves.
What curve 😂😂😂 Which curve are you talking about??? The one where Ukraine is running away from Russian and losing ground tocRussia? Just lost Vugledar. Is that a win? What curve, tell me?
When I hear analysts complaining that Ukraine took too much risk in Kursk and that it is a strategic mistake, I wonder what these analysts are smoking. Because to me it seems that the invasion of Kursk is a textbook example of a low risk, high reward strategy. It must be good stuff, because it sure detaches one from reality. Why is it low-risk? Well, the Ukrainians have not created huge salients where they can easily be surrounded and destroyed. They can always make a fighting withdrawal. They could do that on day one, they can do that today. So, where's the risk? The fear for nukes is highly irrational, because Putin is a coward and a nihilist. That is why he will not use nukes. Because he has no cause to die for and because he fears death over all else. All his behaviour points to this. The rewards are plentiful. - it makes Putin and the Russian army look weak. The Russian army has _still_ not been able to push the Ukrainians back significantly. - it forces them to bomb their own towns and villages. Every bomb that falls in Kursk, does not fall on Ukraine. - there are now thousands of refugees from Kursk oblast dispersing over the country telling people that the Russian army did nothing to defend their homes, that Putin promised them a measly $100 compensation that hasn't even been paid and that their relatives report that life under Ukrainian occupation is better than under Russian government. - if the Russian army is serious on pushing the Ukrainians out, they will have to divert very significant forces from the front in Ukraine to the front in Russia. Until now they tried to do it with a bit from here and a bit from there and some conscripts and it doesn't work. If they want to take back Kursk they will have to send significantly more troops and material and those are getting scarcer. - even if they manage to push the Ukrainians out, they will still have to take defence of the border serioiusly. The border is no longer protected by red line defence. They will have to station _way_ more serious combat units all along the border, or the Ukrainians will simply reinvade wherever the Russians look weak. These troops can not be in Ukraine, where they are needed. - the Ukraininans have made thousands of prisoners that can be exchanged. There have been quite a few big exchanges lately. - it is a new black hole where Russian soldiers and material go in and never come out. - sending more and more soldiers to sit in the trenches before Pokrovsk and eat glide bombs plays straight into the Russian book. This might have been different if the Biden administration had grown some cojones and enabled Ukraine to destroy the Russian aircraft and airfields, but they didnt't, so it is not different. These Russian aircraft need to be destroyed, glide bombs are by far their most effective weapon at the moment. - it hits the Russians where they are weak, not where they are strong. That is right out of Sun Tzu. But these analysts of course know better. According to them it is a better idea to drive right into minefields and prepared defences without air support. These guys sound like classmates of Gerasimov. So, I think the Kursk invasion is a huge success. It was already a big success at day one and it is a much bigger success now. No matter what happens next.
"It makes Putin and the Russian army look weak." Making your opponent "look weak" is just about the most wishy-washy appearance over substance justification of a military operation that you can make. Hamas made the Israeli army look weak on October 7. Did not stop them turning Gaza into a wasteland. There are now thousands of refugees ... report that life under Ukrainian occupation is better than under Russian government." Facts very much not in evidence. More wish fulfilment than anything else. And I doubt that the Ukrainians would hesitate to play that propaganda card if it could actually be sustained. Seems to me that very civilians remain in occupied Kursk and those that do are unlikely to be singing the praises of their occupiers, especially given the propaganda own goal the Ukrainians made in allowing so many of their troops to prance around practicing World War II German cosplay. That's the gist of what little reporting I have seem come out of occupied Kursk suggests anyway. "They will have to station way more serious combat units all along the border, or the Ukrainians will simply reinvade wherever the Russians look weak." That's a two-way street. If the Russians station more units on the border, Ukraine has to respond in kind or its they who'll leave themselves open to invasion. "Sending more and more soldiers to sit in the trenches before Pokrovsk and eat glide bombs plays straight into the Russian book." And sending them into tiny rural villages that don't have any fortifications is better ? I guarantee that a soldier sitting in a reinforced-concrete bunker in Pokrovsk has a better chance of surviving against Russian firepower than one sitting in the basement of a wooden dacha in a single-street rural village in Kursk.
The risk wasn't a tactical risk on the ground, but a strategic one. Russia could have used it as a justification for mobilisation and, if he had spun it right, he might have succeeded in at least partial mobilisation without angering his people too much (he could argue legitimately that Russia itself is threatened, which is what he's been claiming from the start but without any credibility, now it is real). It could also have caused Ukraine's Western allies to reduce their support. In fact, neither of those risks transpired. Maybe that was good judgement by Ukraine or maybe they got lucky. I'm not going to second guess them. They made a bold decision and it paid off. Good for them!
It was a good calculated risk. The people of Russia are still not politicized. They have been discouraged to be that way for years. Also, now the Russian Propaganda is kind of backfiring. If you tell the populace there is nothing going on and everything is under control, and suddenly you get invaded by the supposed enemy, that's a hard sell. The result is that they flee and ask Putin to fix the problem. But they won't be part of it.
Thanks for your well thought out reply. We in the west suppose that the Russian military is a peer to ours. It's not. I'll point out ONE fact that explains why they will grind themselves into oblivion: they jave no NCO corps. No sergeants! THAT ALONE is enough to convince me of their folly.
One main reason for Denmark's fervent support for Ukraine might be the fact that Denmark, unlike USA, endured several years of cruel occupation by a foreign power.
Poland as well - but so did Austria, Hungary back in the day - and they seem equivocal in their support at best for Ukraine in case of Austria and almost actively pro-Russian in case of Hungary.
Denmark was "only" occupied during WW2 - that is very little compared to most of Eastern Europe which was occupied by the Soviets during the entire cold war until 1989.
And one fact most don't know: When Denmark was freed during WW2 by western allies, the Russians took care of freeing the Isle of Bornholm. But not quite 'freeing': they remained on the island for a year.......! Nobody really knew what to do. Finally they left.
Brilliant interview, one of the best channels for real (geo)political and stratetic deep talk beyond the daily frontline updates. Jonathan and Anders, please keep up your great work, a priceless contribution to our debates in the West. There is a lot to learn, a lot to comprehend , especially for our decision makers. Everyone should listen to that. Slava Ukraini! Long live the West!
Tamara... Yu speak French ?! Cf "chapeau !" instead of "hats off !" Si vous comprenez le français : De René Char un grand poète français et chef d' une unité de résistants dans le sud de la France durant la 2de GM : "L'orage oublie qui le traverse". Et puis, surtout : " Le réel quelques fois désaltère l'espérance. C'est pourquoi l'espérance survit.... Contre toute attente" (ma traduction en anglais ci- dessus...voir Paaniki... )
Anders, I appreciate your videos. I'm a lawyer, not a military guy, but I'm smart enough to know good analysis and the issues that are really important here. In that vein, your videos are informative. Thanks much. -American guy in Vietnam
It's sad, because Jake is extremely intelligent as well as experienced. But he has no back gear, so once he makes a wrong call, he will stick to it until removed.
@@Sonmi-451 You are right he has no back, there is no spine there. He’s a lesser man not fit for the dangerous world of today. And this escalation managment/appeasment a la Obama has only emboldened US adversaries, not deterred them. One could even say the US has no deterrence at the moment. Just look at the most recent strike on Israel by Iran. Biden says Israel cannot strike at Irans nuclear program , because that (too) will be an escalation. It’s pathetic and laughable.
@@pietpiekstra-sl1vr Presumably any Jake Sulivan replacement woud have equivalent access to inteligence; perhaps a fresh look will reveal other workable strategies.
Just remember how close Denmark came to being within the Soviet sphere post WW2 if the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) hadn't done the thunder run to get to Wismar before the advancing Red Army forces on 2 May 1945.
There is a vitally important thing which a lot of European commentators are not understanding about Donald Trump's position on Ukraine. And a lot of American commentators for that matter are "sanewashing" him and won't say it outright. Donald Trump absolutely is motivated by personal revenge and blames Zelenskyy's refusal of his extortion attempt (and the fact that it became public) for his electoral loss in 2020. It is important to him that Ukraine should be destroyed, in order to humiliate Zelenskyy.
@@MrJamespeyton Trump is a vengeful man. His first impeachment, for sidestepping Congress and trying to blackmail Zelensky with $400 million in military aid (which had been approved by Congress), he partially blames on Zelensky for not folding and wants revenge. Trump will always choose Putin over his allies, called him a genius for invading Ukraine in the first place. That you can support such a traitor boggles the mind.
If Russia surffered a catastrophic defeat in Ukraine, they might have to withdraw from Crimea and elect a new president. Russia would still be an independent, sovereign country. If Ukraine suffered a catastrophic defeat, the Ukraine we know would not exist any more. Russia would find ways to punish Ukrainian people for the Russian losses.
Situation of ukr is tragic. Not pessimistic... At all.! But, No use to be too optimistic... Also ! So many events could occur... And change the "kriegspiel table" . Let's stand with hope. Uh... "expectency".! "Storm forgets who passes through" René Char great poet and chief of a resistance unite on french riviera near Avignon during 2d WW. "Reality sometimes quenches expectancy. That's why expectancy survives... Against all odds".
All lies we clearly have children talking about politics did Ukraine obtain Crimea by right or was it given by Moscow in 1954 Ukraine has been Russian before England was even a country 😂
Great. Thank you to both of you. It's Swiss ammunition for the Ghepard (AA system), not for the Leopard (MBT). Speaking of Swiss ammunition, the country is sitting on reserves of 81, 120 and 155 mm shells that could be useful to Ukraine. Don't let Switzerland off the hook!
THANK YOU. I follow the war in Ukraine and the implications for Russia the west and others quite closely. This is the most informed, insightful comprehensive discussion I've heard in this area. It's particularly unique where the interviewer is also so well-versed in the area. A must listen!
@@kabzaify In many ways, Denmark and the other Nordic countries were at the forefront of the international Anti-Apartheid movement. The Danish Anti-Apartheid Movement fought for 3 decades against Apartheid. It helped get the sanctions off the ground, set up support NGO's and scholarships, helped build the labour movement in SA, played a leading role in international criticism and lobbied the Norwegian government into providing massive financial support. The ANC was labelled a terrorist organisation by CIA and it's very much thanks to Nordic diplomatic efforts that that got flipped. I can go on but if you want to know more, you could try some search terms like Danish contribution to the anti-apartheid struggle. Of course, the movement in the UK and the US was also pivotal but we tend to know more about it because of language familiarity. Many South Africans emphasise the role of the USSR because its military contributions but I don't think it comes close financially or strategically.
Sadly the US is dictating UK foreign policy ....and not for the better. The sooner the EU and UK develop its own 100% indigenous capabilities the better including the employment benefits staying in Europe UK and not funding US jobs - for goods that it turns out we arent allowed to use.
NOPE. The United Kingdom of Scotland England Wales and Northern Ireland makes its own sovereign decisions based upon the will of it's people government and KING! We ALSO honour our international obligations to UKRAINE under the BUDAPEST MEMORANDUM!
@@Mopsisgone As a matter of foreign policy, the UK has expressed its willingness to let Ukraine use Storm Shadow at long ranges, so why isn't Ukraine using them at long range...because the US said no.
@@skymaster4121but of both really..because UK isn't able to produce 100% of the components used in it's missiles, the US, as a supplier of some components gets to dictate how the British weapons are used, and has dictated usage that is adverse to UK foreign policy. Thank god Spitfires and Hurricanes during WW2 didn't have US components or we'd have been screwed.
I understand why the original seized capital from the Russian "Foreign Wealth Fund" is being left in place. It will help us with humanitarian aid when this conflict ends. until then, every cent of interest needs to go to Ukraine. Any interest not sent to Ukraine needs to be held in escrow with the principal to help the PEOPLE of that region, LATER.
Considering he picked Vance as a running mate, has praised Putin and others, I'm voting for Harris, I'd rather have the prosecutor than the criminal in charge of America's response. Thank you for this one. Again, any chance of having Garry Kasparov, back? :)
I’m sure Coward is not the right word, President Biden is being cautious, Biden puts our country first before anything and he won’t be the President much longer, that will be Harris, so President Biden is leaving that call to Harris.🇺🇦🇺🇸🙏🏻
@@JeffCollyer-p9c I agree with you on Ukraine needing weapons to strike inside Russia and Biden saying No, just found out China is making Drones for Russia allows them to strike anywhere inside Ukraine. So why in the hell are we still restricting Ukraine from using long range weapons, I didn’t agree with you on coward until I heard about China. Gloves off for Ukraine in my book. President Biden is being a coward
The Russian War Economy is like a 'kamikaze-jihad' economy, single use devices with no lasting benefits. With single use products produced in factories with aging soviet machinery, not only does the product add little value, the quality and quantity of those products are only as good as the quality of the machinery and the brave souls who risk their lives to produce the war product.
@@SiliconCurtainThis. He's attempting to run out the clock on the US election it seems. Batten down the hatches, I'm sure there's some vile plot in the works.
Its crazy how Denmark can spend about 1.8 - 2% of their GDP on Ukraine aid and is fine, while in the US, they spend only 0.3% of their GDP and half the country is whining about it.....
Exactly. US spent aprox 820 billion dollars on defence in 2023 ( 876 Billion in 2022) and budgetting 842 billion for 2024. So far since Feb 2022 and until now (2.5yr period) US has sent aprox 106 Billion dollars in direct aid to Ukraine and 69 Billion has been spent within US itself paying for American factories and workers to produce the various weapons that are either shipped to Ukraine or that replenish the U.S. weapons stocks the Pentagon has drawn on during the war. Remember a lot of the funds are on a lend lease program to be paid back with interest.
No its not crazy. Im danish and our economy is going very Well. The normal person i The US struggles in Daily life. Be thankfull and dont point fingers.
Kursk was the turningpoint in WW2. The offensive of Germany against Russia. Russia stopped the offensive. Uptil now Russia has not stopped this offensive by Ukraine. This means that Russia is losing
@@gokhanizgi5779 Do you follow the HUGE ammo and rockets explosions in Russia. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONNES !!! The whole horizon up to the clouds in smoke and secondary explosions going on for DAYS. It WILL be felt soon on the front and this winter WILL be COLD for Russians. WHY do they need to conscript ANOTHER 133.000 thousand men ?? Where are the men from the last conscriptions ???? This brings the total to CLOSE TO A MILLION, but the army DID NOT GREW ??? Maybe the last are already fertilizing the Ukr fields ??? Ru has done what it could, now it IS starting to accelerate downhill....
Of course, Anders has a much better understanding of the "Danish soul" than me as a foreigner but as a German I guess maybe he is just to polite to mention it... Similar to the Baltic states but unlike the big European countries, Denmark has a much more powerful neighbour and has suffered from them in the past. So they may just have more empathy for Ukraine and the need for foreign support.
15:50 there's another aspect. The overbuilding of the military industrial complex of the Russians, if the West is at the same time willing to meet up with demand around the world, the only attractiveness that Russia will have on the international weapon sales scene, is that they're not the west. If the West plays their cards right, they will have sufficient production not only in the West but in countries that are not considered the West but are definitely west leaning. Therefore making sure Russia does not capitalize after the war on all these wartime war economy investments
Russian forces have allegedly suffered 650K casualties, That also means that 650K families have first hand knowledge of what is happening. Wheres is the outrage, where is the outcry of those people??
Post Nam, the USA completely reworked its military. Except for the helicopter, everything we had to fight with was stuff left over from Korea. Most of it worked poorly. Fortunately at the company level, we adapted, endured, and repurposed. And we’re really well trained. My platoon stole anything not nailed down, operated two bars, and looked a lot like McHales Navy or Seargeant Bilko. But did not get in the way of doing the job.
regarding the reaction of Russians to the Kursk invasion: it’s like if Americans said, “ No big deal; it’s only New mexico.” Our if Brits said, “ Whatever; it’s only Yorkshire.”
@@MrJamespeyton As long as the Russians can pretend its not a major humiliation they will. So, the best choice of action is to continue and see how much they can lose before they admit they cant anymore.
41:11 I would caution the belief that Putin's analysis of Harris is like what we would perceive. He has already demonstrated what he actually thinks about women leaders, and specifically about Harris. He made an incredible speech in which he insulted her and disparaged her in the most Russian way possible. It wasn't just about the laugh, or the smile, it was the context in which he used it, and did so about a woman. These were literally dog whistles that were being used in that speech, which included racist ones but as well as misogynist and a purely Russian interpretation of somebody who smiles to a stranger. Putin does not have an accurate read of Harris, and it is obvious by the way he disparaged her and insulted her on state TV
Wondering where Donald Trump is getting all the bad names calling on Vice-President Kamala Harris if not Trump? Trump is getting a lot of material from Poutine and the Kremlin's propaganda. They are so much alike.
Certainly sounds worse than saying Denmark lost 43 soldiers. Turning numbers you can also say US lost 69 times more men than Denmark in Afganistan. Now that sounds bad.
What interests does Denmark have in Afghanistan? And what is your point? Definitely nothing to be proud of. What did those lost lives ultimately accomplish? Being a puppet state to American foreign policy is nothing to be proud of.
The problems with global supply chains for (parts of) military equipment remind me so much of the pandemic and PPE. We are so used to global imports and exports working just fine that we never prepared for scaling up PPE production quickly and efficiently at home. It's a side-effect of profit-maximization in capitalist global systems. These interdependencies were SUPPOSED to prevent large scale conflicts (Germany in particular thought so about their investments in Putin's Russia) but we've seen now that we need redundancies in all things.
Yes. I still remember those nurses crying because they had to reuse masks. And this situation lasted like 2 or 3 months before we finally started to produce/purchased enough.
Only to us. To his own people he can sell that he got some secret cards up his sleeve which we don't know about. So he truly IS a strategic mastermind, just wait and see..
"Since we don't have our own defense industry . . . ." which brings up the obvious question, "Why not?" The problem I see with building up the Ukrainian defense industry is that defense plants in Ukraine are targets whereas, unless Russia wants full war with NATO, those in Denmark would not be. And Denmark, in order to do its part as a NATO member, needs a capacity to produce weapons.
To say nothing if despatching their own people if wounded, or ill-trained. I don’t think Russia will fix anything, in healthy terms. There’s no fair reward for effort, is there.
I just measured something: on the day full scale invasion started, so, in february 2022, more than 2 and a half years ago, Vuhledar was 14 (FOURTEEN) kilometers away. So, Russia has made FOURTEEN kilometers, in more than a 2 and half years, with massive losses both in weaponry and people.
The USSR utterly collapsed almost literally overnight after 72 years of economic misery, oppression, and mass state sponsored political murders. The USSR's collapse, totally unanticipated by Western intelligence services, happened in the living memory of many Russians. So, they know that it can happen again. A precipitous deconstruction of Putin's regime by the Russian people could transpire unexpectedly once more. Dissatisfaction is building. The precursors are increasingly apparent, the tiny cracks are starting to show. Putin is starting to look more and more like the little Dutch boy with his fingers in the dike. He has fired or reassigned many of his general officers, and appointed a military ingeneu, a "bean counter" apparatchik as defense minister. Inflation is starting to soar along with interest rates and massive unsecured commercial debt. Economic and political implosion could strike at any time, but it can't happen soon enough for the brave but increasingly beleaguered Ukrainians. 🐻🇺🇲🇺🇦🙏
Nice to see you both again 🏴🇺🇦
One of my favourite guests ever. He speaks with clarity that cuts through all the noise and confusion.
What part are you confused about? The part where Ukraine is losing and Nato countries will never go head to head with Russia? Anything Ukraine gets, the Russians destry it. Corruption is alive in Ukraine and prospering.
Absolutely, clarity of concepts! 💙🇺🇦🩵⚖️
In other words, you like what he is saying because he says what you want to hear.
His channel is great if you haven’t seen it
@@paulvalery9778 Great because more propaganda, right?
Denmark’s huge support is a big and very pleasant surprise! 👍🏼
Bornholm is very close to Russia where I live just a little Baltic Sea between Denmark and Kaliningrad Russia a big militarist territory of Russia, they are notorious bullies who constantly violate our sovereignty with military aircraft’s and Bornholm was occupied by USSR after WW2 for a long period, the Russian German natural gas pipelines Northstream 1 and 2 only approved marginally in our parliament after the German clowns lobbied hard against their own interests and getting addicted to Russian gas. We are seriously tired of Russian behavior and is happy to use our enormous resources to help Ukraine win and no new pipelines will ever be built no matter what compromised Germans are lobbying for, Russia is a pariah state
We were also some of the first and staunchest supporters of the Baltics after the Soviet fall. Freedom is important to us for all people, especially the underdogs.
Cyprus, Namibia, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan,, Syria: The Viking Warriors has made a differnce for quite a while.Just ask the Brits from Helmand...
Scandinavian countries are strong democracies, and dont fall for Putin propaganda. Even the Sweden Democrats supports weapons for Ukraine.
@@thethirdtime9168You mean undertakers.
Thanks goodness for voices of sanity, and clarity on what is actually going on. Keep the good fight going gents.
Good grief. Back in the 1980's Margaret Thatcher said that Britain does not need to make weapons, we can buy them all from the USA. We, who worked in defence industries, all screamed "No, we need independence in defence and traceability of parts". Needless to say all those old big name British defence companies I worked for have not existed for a long time. Now, 30 years later people start to find out this is important.
Totally agree
She made a bunch of mistakes.
That is why we have a social housing problem
We have no engineering base anymore.
No manufacturing.
We have lots of very rich people who have things made in China or wherever
You can not point all the blame on Thatcher .Remember the cancellation of TSR2 and then having to buy US shit . This was Labour .
@@michaelrowsell1160 But Blair's Labour was ideologically highly influenced by Thatcher. The fact that she left office in 1990 doesn't free her of her responsibility for starting a neoliberal revolution. She was immensely influential for decades after she left office
@@michaelrowsell1160 That is true, That is round about the time I started to think that it makes no difference what party is in power the same shit happens anyway. Still Maggie is famous for pushing the idea that the UK does not to manufacture anything anymore, we were all supposed to live off international financial services.
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Thanks Denmark for calling out the usual suspects in the EU who try to profit on this war by selling to both sides. Slava Ukraini from Vienne/Autriche
Not just EU, most components in missiles that hit us are from US, Taxas Instruments, AMD, Intel, NVidia, and most of all, American chipmaker Analogue Devices. They're the main weapon provider to putin.
God bless all nations who supports the people of Ukraine! Thank you sincerely, people of Denmark, from Kyiv!
Zelensky togheter With the west back stabbed You guys. This war did not need to happen. For ukrain to join NATO is so stupid. Zelensky just had to agree to fair Terms and Russia would never invade
They are destroying you. Wake up
@@bendikkirkbakk1833 Everything you just wrote is wrong. The west begged Putin not to start this war, he did and he publicly stated that it was his decision. Ukraine is a sovereign nation and it's none of russia's business what Ukraine does. I notice you have no problem with Sweden and Finland joining NATO, this shows the hypocrisy. Putin stabbed russia in the back and he is destroying russia itself, but hey, maybe you'll be free of you delusions when Putin sends you to the trenches! Ukraine will win, it's future is bright and russia's is a very grim one indeed.
@@bendikkirkbakk1833Fascinating theory there champ. Tell me, why on earth didn’t putler promptly invade Finland on that basis?
Yeah, you’re definitely not the sharpest tool in the shed, are ya mate-ski..
@@its_Today_ Finland is an island (5 million people). NATO can't supply Finland. No threat.
All the Nordic countries are very strong supporters of Ukraine. We're only some 25 million people - but we are rich, so it makes a difference.
The Nordic countries recognize the threat posed by Russia more clearly than Western Europe.
_Maybe from the Year 2025 and going forward, NATO should be "capped" at thirty-two members, and in order to join NATO, one of the existing nations in NATO should be removed first. Thus, a country like Hungary that supports Russia so much could always find itself in jeopardy of being booted, as we welcome Ukraine. Serbia might choose to be booted next! Or maybe if Donald Trump becomes President again, even the U.S.A. gets kicked to the curb!_ 🌍🌍🌎🌎🌏🌏 - j q t -
Imagine that - rich and uncorrupted - and a huge thorn in Putins eyes. Both of them! Whats not to like.
lol "we are rich"
@@theiranianputin2770 Is it wrong?
Anders is my fav commentator! Steady, optimistic, informed, knowledgeable, charming! Thanks Jonathon!
And uttelry deluded..
@@humushumus2219How so? I think he has been pretty accurate and correct in his analysis so far
@@Maltesfilm I suggest you go watch a few of his videos, then at the real world..
@@humushumus2219 No, give me a concrete example of what you are talking about. Burden of proof is on you bud.
Rubbish@@Maltesfilm
As a dane i think we in Denmark have very strong feelings about rightfulness, and what happens in Ukraine is not fair.
Massive respect to the Danish people - especially for their intelligence and long term view in how they actually give it 🙌🏽
I agree.
For Danes, it is not about domestic politics or foreign policy.
It's about right and wrong, good and bad.
It's quite simple.....
Has the Danish government yet condemed Israel?
Rightfulness my axx
@@mortenjordanpedersen8164have you condemned 7th October?
@@mortenjordanpedersen8164 did you on the 7 oct last year ?
Thank you Jonathan for your voice for Ukraine. Best and nicest people support Ukraine - Denmark is the best example of this. Cheers from the Czech Republic.
Never thought I would see the day Gentle Denmark would support the Neo Nazi gangsters in Kiev looting our money .what happened to Scandinavia under threat from no one. Ah they became Washington satellites 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@paulstewart4195nice to meet a victim of russian propaganda.
Greetings, what a nice surprise, this is the first time I see a fellow countryman here! ❤️ 🇨🇿 🇺🇦 I'd add the Baltics to what you mentioned. They support Ukraine and they're incredible, I used to live there 🇱🇻 🇪🇪 🇱🇹
@@martavdz4972 Ahoj. Musím se tam někdy zajet podívat. Sleduji Ukraine Matters a Georgie je kříženec - Lotyš žijící v Dánsku 🙂Ať se daří a Sláva Ukrajině
This channel has been the go to for a long time now. I don't know how you manage to keep it up, the tremendous rate by which you have interviews and upload them, but hats off to you! And as always, with such wonderful and insightful guests, like mr. Puck Nielsen. Well done to you both!
100 percent right! Absolutely one of the best channels.
If you don't know it, I recommend Perun as well
@@dzonbrodi514 Definitely
@@Pincer88 and InsideRussia
I do Washington funding. This is propoganda not jounalism😂
Denmark 🇩🇰 Thank You 🙏
This chap is a great guest 👍🏽
This chap spews delusion. Russia will never lose.
good to hear APN for more than 10 minutes (his videos are great, but too short!)
A great guest. Very educated points of view.
Je gelooft die onzin toch niet, dat zijn ze al 2 jaar aan het roepen.
Anders is on point most of the time, few points he reaches a little on and some not-so-up-to-date info, but on the whole a well balanced and informed guy. Thanks as always to Jonathan and Silicon Curtain. Greetings from Estonia 🇪🇪 Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
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It depends when He was Interviewed. I have never noticed APN to be ever less Than super Well informell.
🇺🇦❓You support cancel human rights and freedom choice?Cost of human rights of people in Ukraine low then in Kosovo,If in both situations genocide?rights have matters? If people don't want kill and be killed what doing. Human it's lives more then nations? United Civilized world with Ukraine when? When Ukraine or Ukrainian all be accepted in NATO and EU before kremlin kidnaping or kill them all.human rights and life in Ukraine cost nothing? Estonia support Ukraine make for Ukrainian southern Korea or Switzerland? How many people must die also? You Ready for force mobilization?Слава правам людини, вільному виьору, здоровому глузду та критичному мисленню. Досить в Україні підвищувати рівень українофобії. Люди живі, хочуть жити, як і ви.
There is always a trade-off between up-to-date information and reliable information. If Anders isn't using the most up-to-date information then it is probably because he doesn't trust it.
He's also focused on the big picture, not the ebbs and flows of fighting on the front line. The latest information isn't usually of any strategic importance.
'reaching' is the difference between being a journalist and a analyst through, i dont see that as a weakness of him, but a sign of him doing the job he is hired to do, analyse, and as he himself says, sometimes conclusions are wrong, buf if the arguements are there and the right questions are asked, that is something that every analyst will face; being wrong
I worked as an Advisor to the Estonian General Staff in 1995 and later as Public Relations and Denmark was a big contributer to us with the Partnership For Peace efforts and helped us to qualify for NATO
Thank God for Denmark and their contributions!
Thank the Danes.
Thank you for your coverage, insights and wonderful guests.
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Anders is a great guest, calm, insightful and considered in his observations.
Two of my fave channels rolled in one! Ciao dall'Italia! 🇮🇹🇺🇦
These two always have great conversations and this dropped just before a 14 hour road trip I’m taking which is so convenient!
"Ukraine is ahead of the curve"... let's keep them there and increase their lead!
yes .. its up to "us" .!
Lead ? You will be very disappointed when you learn that they are getting their 🫏 handed to them now.
@@davemccrillis1470 keep dreaming
@@kadovax6567 I’m wide awake skippy and all anyone has to do is watch any of the mapping channels to know you and all of the rest of the people that don’t know what is happening can see for themselves.
What curve 😂😂😂
Which curve are you talking about???
The one where Ukraine is running away from Russian and losing ground tocRussia? Just lost Vugledar. Is that a win? What curve, tell me?
When I hear analysts complaining that Ukraine took too much risk in Kursk and that it is a strategic mistake, I wonder what these analysts are smoking. Because to me it seems that the invasion of Kursk is a textbook example of a low risk, high reward strategy. It must be good stuff, because it sure detaches one from reality.
Why is it low-risk? Well, the Ukrainians have not created huge salients where they can easily be surrounded and destroyed. They can always make a fighting withdrawal. They could do that on day one, they can do that today. So, where's the risk? The fear for nukes is highly irrational, because Putin is a coward and a nihilist. That is why he will not use nukes. Because he has no cause to die for and because he fears death over all else. All his behaviour points to this.
The rewards are plentiful.
- it makes Putin and the Russian army look weak. The Russian army has _still_ not been able to push the Ukrainians back significantly.
- it forces them to bomb their own towns and villages. Every bomb that falls in Kursk, does not fall on Ukraine.
- there are now thousands of refugees from Kursk oblast dispersing over the country telling people that the Russian army did nothing to defend their homes, that Putin promised them a measly $100 compensation that hasn't even been paid and that their relatives report that life under Ukrainian occupation is better than under Russian government.
- if the Russian army is serious on pushing the Ukrainians out, they will have to divert very significant forces from the front in Ukraine to the front in Russia. Until now they tried to do it with a bit from here and a bit from there and some conscripts and it doesn't work. If they want to take back Kursk they will have to send significantly more troops and material and those are getting scarcer.
- even if they manage to push the Ukrainians out, they will still have to take defence of the border serioiusly. The border is no longer protected by red line defence. They will have to station _way_ more serious combat units all along the border, or the Ukrainians will simply reinvade wherever the Russians look weak. These troops can not be in Ukraine, where they are needed.
- the Ukraininans have made thousands of prisoners that can be exchanged. There have been quite a few big exchanges lately.
- it is a new black hole where Russian soldiers and material go in and never come out.
- sending more and more soldiers to sit in the trenches before Pokrovsk and eat glide bombs plays straight into the Russian book. This might have been different if the Biden administration had grown some cojones and enabled Ukraine to destroy the Russian aircraft and airfields, but they didnt't, so it is not different. These Russian aircraft need to be destroyed, glide bombs are by far their most effective weapon at the moment.
- it hits the Russians where they are weak, not where they are strong. That is right out of Sun Tzu. But these analysts of course know better. According to them it is a better idea to drive right into minefields and prepared defences without air support. These guys sound like classmates of Gerasimov.
So, I think the Kursk invasion is a huge success. It was already a big success at day one and it is a much bigger success now. No matter what happens next.
Who are these analysts of whom you speak?
"It makes Putin and the Russian army look weak."
Making your opponent "look weak" is just about the most wishy-washy appearance over substance justification of a military operation that you can make. Hamas made the Israeli army look weak on October 7. Did not stop them turning Gaza into a wasteland.
There are now thousands of refugees ... report that life under Ukrainian occupation is better than under Russian government."
Facts very much not in evidence. More wish fulfilment than anything else. And I doubt that the Ukrainians would hesitate to play that propaganda card if it could actually be sustained. Seems to me that very civilians remain in occupied Kursk and those that do are unlikely to be singing the praises of their occupiers, especially given the propaganda own goal the Ukrainians made in allowing so many of their troops to prance around practicing World War II German cosplay. That's the gist of what little reporting I have seem come out of occupied Kursk suggests anyway.
"They will have to station way more serious combat units all along the border, or the Ukrainians will simply reinvade wherever the Russians look weak."
That's a two-way street. If the Russians station more units on the border, Ukraine has to respond in kind or its they who'll leave themselves open to invasion.
"Sending more and more soldiers to sit in the trenches before Pokrovsk and eat glide bombs plays straight into the Russian book."
And sending them into tiny rural villages that don't have any fortifications is better ? I guarantee that a soldier sitting in a reinforced-concrete bunker in Pokrovsk has a better chance of surviving against Russian firepower than one sitting in the basement of a wooden dacha in a single-street rural village in Kursk.
The risk wasn't a tactical risk on the ground, but a strategic one. Russia could have used it as a justification for mobilisation and, if he had spun it right, he might have succeeded in at least partial mobilisation without angering his people too much (he could argue legitimately that Russia itself is threatened, which is what he's been claiming from the start but without any credibility, now it is real). It could also have caused Ukraine's Western allies to reduce their support.
In fact, neither of those risks transpired. Maybe that was good judgement by Ukraine or maybe they got lucky. I'm not going to second guess them. They made a bold decision and it paid off. Good for them!
It was a good calculated risk. The people of Russia are still not politicized. They have been discouraged to be that way for years. Also, now the Russian Propaganda is kind of backfiring. If you tell the populace there is nothing going on and everything is under control, and suddenly you get invaded by the supposed enemy, that's a hard sell.
The result is that they flee and ask Putin to fix the problem. But they won't be part of it.
Thanks for your well thought out reply.
We in the west suppose that the Russian military is a peer to ours. It's not.
I'll point out ONE fact that explains why they will grind themselves into oblivion: they jave no NCO corps. No sergeants! THAT ALONE is enough to convince me of their folly.
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Thank you for your important reflections in this time of crisis 🙏
One main reason for Denmark's fervent support for Ukraine might be the fact that Denmark, unlike USA, endured several years of cruel occupation by a foreign power.
The Canadians burned down the White House.
Poland as well - but so did Austria, Hungary back in the day - and they seem equivocal in their support at best for Ukraine in case of Austria and almost actively pro-Russian in case of Hungary.
Denmark was "only" occupied during WW2 - that is very little compared to most of Eastern Europe which was occupied by the Soviets during the entire cold war until 1989.
And one fact most don't know: When Denmark was freed during WW2 by western allies, the Russians took care of freeing the Isle of Bornholm. But not quite 'freeing': they remained on the island for a year.......! Nobody really knew what to do. Finally they left.
@@SteenLarsen One can only fit so much in a long run-on sentence in a comment. op.cit.
Thank you and thank you Denmark!
🇩🇰 Thank you Denmark , much respect ✊
Thanks Jonathan for your continued unswerving support for Ukraine , and all your guests. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦❤️🇬🇧
Anders one of the most interesting analysts about the war in Ukraine
Brilliant interview, one of the best channels for real (geo)political and stratetic deep talk beyond the daily frontline updates. Jonathan and Anders, please keep up your great work, a priceless contribution to our debates in the West. There is a lot to learn, a lot to comprehend , especially for our decision makers. Everyone should listen to that. Slava Ukraini! Long live the West!
Chapeau to both of you Jonathan and and Anders! The proof of your successful work is the continuous affluence of bots and trolls …💙💛👏✌️✌️😘💕
Tamara...
Yu speak French ?! Cf "chapeau !" instead of "hats off !"
Si vous comprenez le français :
De René Char un grand poète français et chef d' une unité de résistants dans le sud de la France durant la 2de GM :
"L'orage oublie qui le traverse".
Et puis, surtout :
" Le réel quelques fois désaltère l'espérance.
C'est pourquoi l'espérance survit.... Contre toute attente"
(ma traduction en anglais ci- dessus...voir Paaniki... )
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Slava Ukraine!
Anders, I appreciate your videos. I'm a lawyer, not a military guy, but I'm smart enough to know good analysis and the issues that are really important here. In that vein, your videos are informative. Thanks much. -American guy in Vietnam
Kamala MUST ditch Jake Sullivan; otherwise escation management will not go away.
Escalation will likely happen once the US election is over and any uproar won't benefit Trump.
It's sad, because Jake is extremely intelligent as well as experienced. But he has no back gear, so once he makes a wrong call, he will stick to it until removed.
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You are right he has no back, there is no spine there. He’s a lesser man not fit for the dangerous world of today. And this escalation managment/appeasment a la Obama has only emboldened US adversaries, not deterred them. One could even say the US has no deterrence at the moment.
Just look at the most recent strike on Israel by Iran. Biden says Israel cannot strike at Irans nuclear program , because that (too) will be an escalation. It’s pathetic and laughable.
@@Sonmi-451 agreed but keep in mind that these people have the (secret) inteligence we dont have.
we will know afterward.
@@pietpiekstra-sl1vr Presumably any Jake Sulivan replacement woud have equivalent access to inteligence; perhaps a fresh look will reveal other workable strategies.
Trump: Ukraine is gone, it no longer exists.
Ukraine: Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated.
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
Exactly! 👍
Yes..
Did trump actually say that? If he did, he's right.
@@gmw3083Based on . . What? Trump’s a suckup to Putin.
@@ericskelton8368 Based on, Ukaren is finito. Trump is just another character
Danish Version : Tak Anders Puck Nielsen
English version : Thank you Anders Puck Nielsen
Just remember how close Denmark came to being within the Soviet sphere post WW2 if the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) hadn't done the thunder run to get to Wismar before the advancing Red Army forces on 2 May 1945.
This is an important fact.
Yeps, we were freed by western allies, but the Russians took care of Bornholm and stayed for another year. Somehow we don't like them.
Really? I've never heard of that before,might have to do some more reading on World War 2.
There is a vitally important thing which a lot of European commentators are not understanding about Donald Trump's position on Ukraine. And a lot of American commentators for that matter are "sanewashing" him and won't say it outright. Donald Trump absolutely is motivated by personal revenge and blames Zelenskyy's refusal of his extortion attempt (and the fact that it became public) for his electoral loss in 2020. It is important to him that Ukraine should be destroyed, in order to humiliate Zelenskyy.
How can he blame Zelensky, since it was "a perfect phone call?" 😂
But indeed, his petty psychology more than anything else is what drives Trump.
He's a petty man with small ideas and understanding
I absolutely DO NOT agree with this.
@@MrJamespeyton Trump is a vengeful man. His first impeachment, for sidestepping Congress and trying to blackmail Zelensky with $400 million in military aid (which had been approved by Congress), he partially blames on Zelensky for not folding and wants revenge. Trump will always choose Putin over his allies, called him a genius for invading Ukraine in the first place. That you can support such a traitor boggles the mind.
@@MrJamespeytonokay? A person on the internet who doesn't agree with facts. You are not special.
Andre’s puck is always worth listening.
Putin, the gambler, kicking the can down the road.
If Russia surffered a catastrophic defeat in Ukraine, they might have to withdraw from Crimea and elect a new president. Russia would still be an independent, sovereign country.
If Ukraine suffered a catastrophic defeat, the Ukraine we know would not exist any more. Russia would find ways to punish Ukrainian people for the Russian losses.
True.
And we would see massacres not seen since WW2.
Yep you're right. The beacon of democracy called Ukraine will cease to exist.
Situation of ukr is tragic.
Not pessimistic... At all.!
But, No use to be too optimistic... Also ! So many events could occur... And change the "kriegspiel table" .
Let's stand with hope. Uh... "expectency".!
"Storm forgets who passes through" René Char great poet and chief of a resistance unite on french riviera near Avignon during 2d WW.
"Reality sometimes quenches expectancy.
That's why expectancy survives... Against all odds".
All lies we clearly have children talking about politics did Ukraine obtain Crimea by right or was it given by Moscow in 1954 Ukraine has been Russian before England was even a country 😂
Great. Thank you to both of you. It's Swiss ammunition for the Ghepard (AA system), not for the Leopard (MBT). Speaking of Swiss ammunition, the country is sitting on reserves of 81, 120 and 155 mm shells that could be useful to Ukraine. Don't let Switzerland off the hook!
Anders Puck Nielsen is such an exzellent analyst
This was another brilliant conversation. I appreciate both of you a great deal for your wisdom, insights, and candor.
Anders is a great guest. Thanks!
Godt gået Anders. Du er respekteret, tænker jeg fordi du giver et sobert indtryk world wide.
God vind fremover ...
Great interview. Important discussion
THANK YOU. I follow the war in Ukraine and the implications for Russia the west and others quite closely. This is the most informed, insightful comprehensive discussion I've heard in this area. It's particularly unique where the interviewer is also so well-versed in the area. A must listen!
Nice to sit w 2 great minds kicking around perspectives, I am wiser than I was this morning!😊
What a superb way to aid Ukraine. A wonderful interview. Thank you Denmark 🙏 🇩🇰 🇺🇦
great guest!
Anders is one of the most insightful and informative commentators regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Denmark made a huge contribution to the struggle against Apartheid here in South Africa.
How? Explain
@@kabzaify In many ways, Denmark and the other Nordic countries were at the forefront of the international Anti-Apartheid movement. The Danish Anti-Apartheid Movement fought for 3 decades against Apartheid. It helped get the sanctions off the ground, set up support NGO's and scholarships, helped build the labour movement in SA, played a leading role in international criticism and lobbied the Norwegian government into providing massive financial support. The ANC was labelled a terrorist organisation by CIA and it's very much thanks to Nordic diplomatic efforts that that got flipped.
I can go on but if you want to know more, you could try some search terms like Danish contribution to the anti-apartheid struggle.
Of course, the movement in the UK and the US was also pivotal but we tend to know more about it because of language familiarity. Many South Africans emphasise the role of the USSR because its military contributions but I don't think it comes close financially or strategically.
What a delightful conversation of two chaps with clear view through the clutter in mostly sensation-focused media.
Great guest
Sadly the US is dictating UK foreign policy ....and not for the better.
The sooner the EU and UK develop its own 100% indigenous capabilities the better including the employment benefits staying in Europe UK and not funding US jobs - for goods that it turns out we arent allowed to use.
NOPE. The United Kingdom of Scotland England Wales and Northern Ireland makes its own sovereign decisions based upon the will of it's people government and KING! We ALSO honour our international obligations to UKRAINE under the BUDAPEST MEMORANDUM!
@@MopsisgoneHey mate I think he meant weapons production, and not decision making.
@@Mopsisgone As a matter of foreign policy, the UK has expressed its willingness to let Ukraine use Storm Shadow at long ranges, so why isn't Ukraine using them at long range...because the US said no.
@@TiddlesTheBearBaiter Did you SEE those AMMO DUMPS go UP?? 🤫
@@skymaster4121but of both really..because UK isn't able to produce 100% of the components used in it's missiles, the US, as a supplier of some components gets to dictate how the British weapons are used, and has dictated usage that is adverse to UK foreign policy.
Thank god Spitfires and Hurricanes during WW2 didn't have US components or we'd have been screwed.
I understand why the original seized capital from the Russian "Foreign Wealth Fund" is being left in place. It will help us with humanitarian aid when this conflict ends.
until then, every cent of interest needs to go to Ukraine. Any interest not sent to Ukraine needs to be held in escrow with the principal to help the PEOPLE of that region, LATER.
If Russians win they gonna ask all missed interest to restart trade😂
Considering he picked Vance as a running mate, has praised Putin and others, I'm voting for Harris, I'd rather have the prosecutor than the criminal in charge of America's response. Thank you for this one. Again, any chance of having Garry Kasparov, back? :)
You mean that disgruntled Jew Kasparov ?
@@Harrison-u7h you seem a bit anti Semitic.
@@harold22774 it's not a secret that Kasparov is a 'disgruntled Jew'. One of many .
@@Harrison-u7h so what he's Jewish.big deal ! You should address your anti Semitic problems
We cross our fingers for you in Europe. Even our conservitives here don't like Trump
Great discussion, thank you very much 💙💛
Thank you both for this fascinating discussion
Absolutely right. Things have escalated precisely because the West (Biden) has been so timid. In my eyes, it’s time to call him out as a coward.
I’m sure Coward is not the right word, President Biden is being cautious, Biden puts our country first before anything and he won’t be the President much longer, that will be Harris, so President Biden is leaving that call to Harris.🇺🇦🇺🇸🙏🏻
Yes. As Americans, we have the choice between the party of cowardice and the party of treason.
The US is doing a great job, protecting ruSSian airfields, launch sites, command posts etc.
@@gerryhouska2859That's a cynical and disingenuous take, and it's obviously not Biden's intent.
@@JeffCollyer-p9c I agree with you on Ukraine needing weapons to strike inside Russia and Biden saying No, just found out China is making Drones for Russia allows them to strike anywhere inside Ukraine. So why in the hell are we still restricting Ukraine from using long range weapons, I didn’t agree with you on coward until I heard about China. Gloves off for Ukraine in my book. President Biden is being a coward
We need to bring back manufacturing and not give it to other countries.
The Russian War Economy is like a 'kamikaze-jihad' economy, single use devices with no lasting benefits. With single use products produced in factories with aging soviet machinery, not only does the product add little value, the quality and quantity of those products are only as good as the quality of the machinery and the brave souls who risk their lives to produce the war product.
Yeah, I don't think that's 'bravery'. That'd be 'money' and 'ignorance', at best.
Dejligt at høre at vi ligger godt til med hjælp til Ukraine.
He can announce mobilization but what ammunition is he going to give them? What tanks? What BMPs? Stockpiles are running low.
He’ll basically use them as cannon meat and substitutes for equipment. Russia is doomed - I am puzzled why so many analysts can’t see this.
@@SiliconCurtainThis. He's attempting to run out the clock on the US election it seems. Batten down the hatches, I'm sure there's some vile plot in the works.
@@SiliconCurtainUkraine is drowning and will depopulate this winter.
@@chrisrishermn I first heard that one two years ago.
Its crazy how Denmark can spend about 1.8 - 2% of their GDP on Ukraine aid and is fine, while in the US, they spend only 0.3% of their GDP and half the country is whining about it.....
That half thinks vaccinations are a conspiracy. They're descendents of immigrants who think immigrants will ruin the country.
Exactly. US spent aprox 820 billion dollars on defence in 2023 ( 876 Billion in 2022) and budgetting 842 billion for 2024. So far since Feb 2022 and until now (2.5yr period) US has sent aprox 106 Billion dollars in direct aid to Ukraine and 69 Billion has been spent within US itself paying for American factories and workers to produce the various weapons that are either shipped to Ukraine or that replenish the U.S. weapons stocks the Pentagon has drawn on during the war. Remember a lot of the funds are on a lend lease program to be paid back with interest.
@@krh007 Still: though a certain candidate claimed otherwise, actually the European countries have contributed much more.
It's only the MAGA Trumpists who are whining. They make it sound like crates of cash are being dropped over Ukraine every day by C-17s.
No its not crazy. Im danish and our economy is going very Well. The normal person i The US struggles in Daily life. Be thankfull and dont point fingers.
Kursk was the turningpoint in WW2. The offensive of Germany against Russia. Russia stopped the offensive. Uptil now Russia has not stopped this offensive by Ukraine. This means that Russia is losing
Do you follow the advance russia makes in the east of Ukraine?
@@gokhanizgi5779 Do you follow the HUGE ammo and rockets explosions in Russia. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONNES !!! The whole horizon up to the clouds in smoke and secondary explosions going on for DAYS.
It WILL be felt soon on the front and this winter WILL be COLD for Russians.
WHY do they need to conscript ANOTHER 133.000 thousand men ?? Where are the men from the last conscriptions ????
This brings the total to CLOSE TO A MILLION, but the army DID NOT GREW ??? Maybe the last are already fertilizing the Ukr fields ???
Ru has done what it could, now it IS starting to accelerate downhill....
No it means you haven't got a clue and live in lala land.
@gokhanizgi5779 the few kilometers in one year 😂
Of course, Anders has a much better understanding of the "Danish soul" than me as a foreigner but as a German I guess maybe he is just to polite to mention it...
Similar to the Baltic states but unlike the big European countries, Denmark has a much more powerful neighbour and has suffered from them in the past. So they may just have more empathy for Ukraine and the need for foreign support.
An interesting observation.
Yes. They have, or are about to peak.
Love them both, so grateful that you bring them on, I learn from them both every time. Thank you for your work
Slava Denmark!
Thank you both.
15:50 there's another aspect. The overbuilding of the military industrial complex of the Russians, if the West is at the same time willing to meet up with demand around the world, the only attractiveness that Russia will have on the international weapon sales scene, is that they're not the west. If the West plays their cards right, they will have sufficient production not only in the West but in countries that are not considered the West but are definitely west leaning. Therefore making sure Russia does not capitalize after the war on all these wartime war economy investments
Anders Puck Nielsen: One of the few pillars of reliable reporting on the Ukraine war.
Russian forces have allegedly suffered 650K casualties, That also means that 650K families have first hand knowledge of what is happening. Wheres is the outrage, where is the outcry of those people??
Simple. They haven't suffered so many casualties. Meanwhile Ukraine is drafting 18 and 45 year olds. Where's the outcry for NATO's war?
The families are too scared
For perspective that is 10 times more casualties than America suffered in Vietnam, and in a nation with approximately 1/3 the population!
Suppressed.
@@davidkottman3440also, the Vietnam war went on lot longer.
Anders is always so interesting and enlightening 👍🏽
Post Nam, the USA completely reworked its military. Except for the helicopter, everything we had to fight with was stuff left over from Korea. Most of it worked poorly.
Fortunately at the company level, we adapted, endured, and repurposed. And we’re really well trained.
My platoon stole anything not nailed down, operated two bars, and looked a lot like McHales Navy or Seargeant Bilko. But did not get in the way of doing the job.
Wow some old WW2 TV shows. Love them they were and are fun to watch.
regarding the reaction of Russians to the Kursk invasion: it’s like if Americans said, “ No big deal; it’s only New mexico.” Our if Brits said, “ Whatever; it’s only Yorkshire.”
Losing control of any Russian territory is a major humiliation for Russia and Putin. It absolutely exposes Russians vulnerability.
@@MrJamespeyton As long as the Russians can pretend its not a major humiliation they will.
So, the best choice of action is to continue and see how much they can lose before they admit they cant anymore.
41:11 I would caution the belief that Putin's analysis of Harris is like what we would perceive. He has already demonstrated what he actually thinks about women leaders, and specifically about Harris. He made an incredible speech in which he insulted her and disparaged her in the most Russian way possible. It wasn't just about the laugh, or the smile, it was the context in which he used it, and did so about a woman. These were literally dog whistles that were being used in that speech, which included racist ones but as well as misogynist and a purely Russian interpretation of somebody who smiles to a stranger. Putin does not have an accurate read of Harris, and it is obvious by the way he disparaged her and insulted her on state TV
Wondering where Donald Trump is getting all the bad names calling on Vice-President Kamala Harris if not Trump? Trump is getting a lot of material from Poutine and the Kremlin's propaganda. They are so much alike.
She's an empty vessel. If you can't see that, you're deluded. Quit projecting. It makes you sound silly.
@@tomasescalante2987 Who is projecting?
Typical: 'strong-men' are scared of women, so therefore.....
@@tomasescalante2987She could surprise you. She seems a lot tougher and smarter than we previously thought.
Denmark lost more men in Afghanistan than US compared to number of citizens!
what a waste of their men for a silly operation
@@rosstisbury1626. Vassals gonna vassal.
@@rosstisbury1626 i totally agree, but US activated Nato article 5, as the only country in history.
Certainly sounds worse than saying Denmark lost 43 soldiers.
Turning numbers you can also say US lost 69 times more men than Denmark in Afganistan.
Now that sounds bad.
What interests does Denmark have in Afghanistan? And what is your point? Definitely nothing to be proud of. What did those lost lives ultimately accomplish? Being a puppet state to American foreign policy is nothing to be proud of.
Thanks!
The problems with global supply chains for (parts of) military equipment remind me so much of the pandemic and PPE. We are so used to global imports and exports working just fine that we never prepared for scaling up PPE production quickly and efficiently at home. It's a side-effect of profit-maximization in capitalist global systems. These interdependencies were SUPPOSED to prevent large scale conflicts (Germany in particular thought so about their investments in Putin's Russia) but we've seen now that we need redundancies in all things.
Yes. I still remember those nurses crying because they had to reuse masks. And this situation lasted like 2 or 3 months before we finally started to produce/purchased enough.
"Putin doesn't want to look weak". He would rather look like a strategic idiot instead????
Only to us.
To his own people he can sell that he got some secret cards up his sleeve which we don't know about. So he truly IS a strategic mastermind, just wait and see..
Putin will keep on to the end. He will bring the world to nukelar war then admit that he F up....he is a copie of Adolf H...tler
"Since we don't have our own defense industry . . . ." which brings up the obvious question, "Why not?" The problem I see with building up the Ukrainian defense industry is that defense plants in Ukraine are targets whereas, unless Russia wants full war with NATO, those in Denmark would not be. And Denmark, in order to do its part as a NATO member, needs a capacity to produce weapons.
To say nothing if despatching their own people if wounded, or ill-trained. I don’t think Russia will fix anything, in healthy terms. There’s no fair reward for effort, is there.
Broad, insightful and carefully considered commentary. Thank you.
Once Russia started sending Chinese golf carts into battle, I knew they were on borrowed time.
Jonathan, audio much improved on this latest video. Nice work and great to see another excellent guest.
A good and realistic conversation. Thank you both❤💙💛♥
Thanks to you both!
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Thank you for this interesting discussion Jonathan and Anders 👍💙🌻
I'm baffled how Russians live like this I would've left ages ago
Thanks Johnathan-appreciate your work. Cheers from Australia.
I just measured something: on the day full scale invasion started, so, in february 2022, more than 2 and a half years ago, Vuhledar was 14 (FOURTEEN) kilometers away.
So, Russia has made FOURTEEN kilometers, in more than a 2 and half years, with massive losses both in weaponry and people.
The USSR utterly collapsed almost literally overnight after 72 years of economic misery, oppression, and mass state sponsored political murders. The USSR's collapse, totally unanticipated by Western intelligence services, happened in the living memory of many Russians. So, they know that it can happen again. A precipitous deconstruction of Putin's regime by the Russian people could transpire unexpectedly once more. Dissatisfaction is building. The precursors are increasingly apparent, the tiny cracks are starting to show. Putin is starting to look more and more like the little Dutch boy with his fingers in the dike. He has fired or reassigned many of his general officers, and appointed a military ingeneu, a "bean counter" apparatchik as defense minister. Inflation is starting to soar along with interest rates and massive unsecured commercial debt. Economic and political implosion could strike at any time, but it can't happen soon enough for the brave but increasingly beleaguered Ukrainians. 🐻🇺🇲🇺🇦🙏
Very good video. With very good thoughts and arguments. Thx.
awesome interview, thanks!