Putin’s military will be ‘wiped out’ if he follows through on nuclear threat | Dr Stephen Hall
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- Опубліковано 28 лют 2024
- Vladimir Putin made further nuclear threats against the West in a major speech ahead of the Russian presidential elections.
Dr. Stephen Hall, Henry Jackson Society Associate Fellow and professor in Russian and post-Soviet politics details the likelihood of this threat as we enter the third year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Such intellectual prowess....His concern is with Putin´s military hopefully getting wiped out ignoring that the reality will be the end of civilization.
I feel sure he is a far greater intellectual than you are. More informed, better read, and more considered in his opinions. Pip Pip.
@@grangetowncardiff6935 feel? you feel?
Lets spell things out: Russia has several dozen bombers capable of launching nuclear weapons. Russia has about 10 nuclear armed submarines that are, to my understanding, nuclear powered and able to hold something like 80 warheads to launch. They have something like 400 ICBM's with a capacity of something like 1185 Warheads. So lets just call that 2000 warheads being deployed on western countries. That is every agricultural, manufacturing, and trade focused centre in the west wiped out.
And then there are the US weapons, guaranteeing the opposite side sees the same level of destruction. Only once the missiles start a flying we are talking UK, France, Pakistan, China, India, Israel all getting in on the show, and that presumes that North Korea doesn't get in on the mix for fear of direct retaliation, and Iran can't - though for how long that remains a "can't" and how quickly Iran becomes a "We may or may not have nuclear weapons" in the way Israel is, is unknown.
So: Reality check over.
If the US just wipes out Russian forces in parts of Ukraine, especially if responsible for a nuclear attack - that might be the end of it: But, if Russia figures that the US may outright invade, fearing a pre-emptive attack against Russian Nuclear capability they would be in a state of "Do we launch, or see and hope?". And that is one paranoid actor saying "Fire them all" away from absolute devastation of the world.
The reality is, you do not know how well read someone is you are speaking with on the internet. You can guess, but rarely do you know. You do not know what a person studies in their time, or are interested in. And you don't know what they do for a living - so maybe you should leave it alone rather than making side jab personal attacks against people that sound more like insults than they are of reasonable opposing opinion or view.
There is very real reason to be concerned with an overzealous US engaging directly resulting in all out nuclear war. And the risk of devastation is incredibly high.
@@grangetowncardiff6935 He raised a valid point. What do you know of op's intellect? That's right: nothing.
@@LWT1331 You are 1 trillion % correct. The USA military has a maximum staying power of no more than 20 years, eg. Vietnam, Afghanistan and the Houthi Yemen war lasted about 1 month, with Houthis the victors. And future war with Russia or China will be a guerilla war, and could last 1000-2000 years. Got it?
It’s moronic to expect Ukraine not to strike targets in Russia, when that is where Russians are shooting from (via aircraft over Russia using glide bombs etc). Ukraine has to push those assets back to a distance in order to liberate their country.
The USA has stated that they would respond if russia used a tactical nuke. They would use CONVENTIONAL weapons to destroy every single russian base in temporarily occupied Crimea, DPR and LPR. (Mind you, the Yanks have been a little flaky lately…..but if it’s a set military policy, I’m not sure how the military works? Once they SAY this is protocol, don’t they have to follow through, or are they gonna Obama red line on this one too?)
How can the biggest military in the world be sooo flaky? Did the internet make cowards out of everyone?
These limits were set and agreed upon when the West transfered those long-range weapons to Ukraine, but since you're probably from the West, I'm not surprised by your disregard for honoring agreements.
@@Alex-lg6nzah ah 😂 talk to Putin about respect of promises, lies and honor .😂
@@manuelrapino5917 everything you say is a poorly misinterpretation of the past. Go to your daddy Putin and let him sing you a good night sleep song 😂
Delusional...✋Stop!💣💨
How is it possible that *"Times Radio"* can propagandize and lie *"INCESSANTLY"* about this proxy-war, that The U.S. and NATO/ Ukraine, have lost, MISERABLY..?? The Spring Offensive, Summer, Counter-Offensive, Avdiivka...etc..
BILLIONS, weapons, (HIMARS) Abrams/ Leopard Tanks..& applied Economic Sanctions.. FAILED! MORE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA. more failures for The U.S. & The WEST!
The only winning move is not to play
That will not save you this time Steven
Capitulation, you say?
Hardly sounds like a win.
@@Jonathan_StrangeTo the last Ukrainian, they are cheap.
Takes two to not play. If only one person moves their pieces on the chessboard, they're going to win the game for certain.
1983 classic movie..
I was taught to try to avoid trouble, don't complain, and keep your opinion to yourself. If that fails, NEVER, NEVER EVER QUIT!
You and the US govt, EU, NATO obviously didn't have the same DAD !!!!
@@PatrickHenryggSon And you forgot Russia.
@@PatrickHenryggSonthanks for your opinion, Patrick from Ohio Oblast
You were badly taught. What you learned was how to be a puppet.
Better to stand up for what you believe to be right. If you never voice an opinion then you never get what you want either. If not you, then who will stand up?
Elections! What elections?
Autocrat vs Autocrat
The Elections that have been suspended in Ukraine.
ruzzia has "laws" also🤪
Indeed. Waste of time talking about them as if they were real.
There is no election when you don't have an alternative.
So stoked for the Russian elections. I wonder what the outcome will be.
Its a tight race between Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Putin
@@artembiyun423idk, there’s the dark horse candidate, Vladimir Putin, who is really making a late run!
We've got "safe and effective" Sunak.. and next up is Sir Jimmy Starmer. How cool is that?
The suspense 😬
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The Russians should be told just how many of their people are dying in the war.
Not as many as you seem to think, and a lot less than Ukrainian Nazis and polish mercenaries.
It amazes me when ignorant people talk about nuclear weapons. The weapon dropped on Hiroshima was about 13 Kilotons. Thats the equivalent of 13,000 TONS OF TNT. A typical weapon today is around 20 MEGATONS. Thats The equivalent of 20 MILLION TONS OF TNT. ( TETRA- NITRO-TOLULENE ) It is absolutely INSANE to consider the use of these weapons.
Why is this insane and an uncontrolled border isn't?
@@lorenamares1427 Are you o.k. in your mind?
Pudding needs a dirt nap
A typical nuke is not 20 megatons. Complete nonsense. Way to go Russian propagandist coward. First there's no such thing as a "typical" nuke and most are programmable up to one or two megatons depending on type. A few are larger but they're even less likely to work or make it to detonation
Russia does have one major advantage when it comes to a nuclear war... their country is already a sh!thole 😂
What are you talking about.
The Tridents on US subs are 475 kilotons.
Why is Dr. Hall struggling to refer to Putin's behaviour as fascism? Isn't it blatantly clear?
It's a political swear word
I don't recall the West speaking about its Nuclear weapons.. maybe I missed that one😮
I dont recall any nuclear power threathing NATO with war. Just like Marcon a NATO member threathned russia just yesterday.
Wow the IQ level of you sheeple is like mobile idiocracy xd
He tells them that. Those who want to believe him.
Russia is the only party talking of going nuclear.
@@jfverboom7973
Theere is a big problem ,and it shows in your commennt.
People do not listen to what Putin is saying ,but they are listening to propagandists telling them what Putin is saying.
And the propagandists are not telling people the truth.
Putin did not threten to use nukes at all.
What he said was ,if NATO soldiers are send in to Ukraine there is a big danger that the war will eskelate to nuclear war.
He is right about this.
If it breakes out a direct war between Russia and NATO it will almost certainly escelate to nuclear.
If such war brakes out ,NATO will most likely start loosing.
When they start loosing they will use nukes. They have done this before.
That is it.
West will first.
What's the point of wiping out his military when he wipes out cities, ports, data centers etc.
She’s reading her talking points. Who believes this?
Unfortunately a lot of mindless pre-programmed sheep still do.
Why is Putin still alive??
Because he has not fallen out of a window yet!
Because there can't be a coup if the entire military is comprised of nothing but honorless thieves and alcohol fueled meat drones with a collective IQ that could not melt an ice cube if it was converted to temperature.
Good question
Because there is an infinetly good God.
@@ericwillis777 That good God compensates for people like Putin, right?
Russian elections? How does an autocrat have an election?
You talking about GI joelenski ?
@@macduff14 No he's talking about Vladimir Putin.
They do not, exactly like in Ukraine.
USA election is better??
Ukraine has no election at all lol who is worse then?
War is terrible 😢
Oh! What a sweetie pie you are. Thanks for your insight. Pip Pip.
How at you gping to stop yheir subs from launching?
Peter, the boy who cried Wolf. Vladdy, the bot who cried Newk.
Do you really want to push Russia and find out for sure?
@@seanhiggins2740 Yep.
@@seanhiggins2740 we pushed it every time he made these threats before, so, what's new?
Bringing NATO troops into Ukraine would be direct warfare against Russian soldiers. So believe me, this time will be very different.@@pgabrieli
@@pgabrielifor over 20 years he make these threats every time he don’t get his way. A true sociopath
Putin is not well its obvious.
Funny you should say that I've just watched a video of him flying the new Tu supersonic bomber and he looked at least a decade younger than his 71 years and was up a vertical ladder in no time. Imagine Biden doing that ? No I can't either! What makes you think Putin is ill genuine question ? He's apparently been at death's door for the last two years at least lol
Your brain is not well, that much is obvious too.
The Russian people think he is well. That is all that matters
Neither is Biden. And your point is?
@@cmontes7961the point is that Putin is a danger to world peace. Not Biden! Why are you Pointing at Biden when we are trying to make you aware of an idiot who is threatening the whole world?
Always good to see and watch you interview interesting guests Kate, keep up your excellent work. Many thanks Nicholas
Russia's threat of using nuclear weapons has succeeded in scaring the world. This war could have been prevented if not scared.
I won't bet everyone's life on this guy's advice 🤣
I don't know. But I might bet ruzzia's existence on it.
The comment section is riddled with russian trolls. They don't even bother creating proper user names anymore, it's just all "Dave-w97tff76w3" and the likes.
I noticed this usually happen w/ usernames that don't use the Latin alphabet in their native language, such as Arabic and Hebrew speakers.
And most „posts“ are made of 3-4 words and some insults. Very few even try to make valid arguments or respect historical facts.
@@slimjimnyc270 hmm.. could be. It also could be youtube just auto-generating some random string for those who haven't manually registered a user name. I think the account needs to be active for a specific time before being able to do that (not sure, though).
Yea they are usually called Dave for some reason, Dead giveaway especially when it's DaveUK
opposite. UA-cam ban anyone who support putin. Even in comments
If Kosov could declare independence from Serbia, what is wrong in case of Russia? People's will. Or suddenly it doesn't count if you don't agree with it?
It's okay if you don't know how the russians operate, but let me explain. After invading Crimea for example the russians replaced all Ukrainians living there with russians. They took the Ukrainians from their homes, and relocated them inland, far away from Crimea. Then they relocated russians, mostly voluntarily, to Crimea. With the result being that the citizens in Crimea are now pro-russian, since they're actual russians. Having a poll or a referendum in Crimea results in "we want to be with russia" of course.
This is common knowledge about how the russians operate, google it if you like.
What are you talking about?
Tako je Bojane !
Russia will dissolve in due time, don't you worry about the Russian people's will.
If it would be even remotely fair elections- he would lose to any anti war candidate, that’s why he did not let anybody even remotely anti war on the ballot.
I would like to think Russia would cease to exist if he carried out his nuclear threat.
So would the rest of the world.
It most certainly wont survive any nuclear exchange either.
He appears to be drawing a line and saying to the West, "if you do X we will start nuking". So now it's up to the West which has in the past said they do not want to risk a full-scale war with Russia. But actions speak louder than words.
MAD
the black hand
Aren't we supposed to understand that these dictators have a lot of very selfish ambitions ? If so, doesn't Putin understand that nuclear war would likely destroy his power, wealth, and personal comforts ?
It's a bluff.
But according to the botski’s, he’s crazy brah!!! Fear him 😱
@@TheAArmstrong If you don't give me what I want, I am not afraid to end it all you hear me! I am totally cereal! And I am holding you responsible if I do!
You guys really think Putin is bluffing? Either way Russia will be destroyed if it fights NATO. So Putin is not bluffing, for only nukes can destroy the west! Keep on watching Marvels fanatic people. 😂
It's like the Jewish owners of Ukraine. They don't want elections
soldiers in Ukraine should be on the table so long as Putin has soldiers in our Congress
That's a beautiful cat.😺💖 It seems everyone I follow on youtube has either a cat or dog or some kind of livestock that they love. I think that speaks well of a person.
Cats like to sneak in to steal the scene. Dogs will bark to steal the scene if they can't sneak in.
Thank you Kate
excellent guest .
Slava Ukraini
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Dude spends his life studying Russia - yet gets everything wrong
he got his doctorate in kindergarten
Do tell Tovarich
Morons can study as much as they want but they're still morons regardless.
Which means he's not mistaken, he's lying.
Putler needs to learn to represent his own people, not his own ego. But unfortunately, in dictatorship structures, power is built around the ego of the dictator.
Well said. He is only concerned with himself not his people. Typical autocratic monster. 🕊️☮️
nonsense the people wantet ghoul ag´$ v?v
weär jovst inFit tv sync. . ?
mmmm, is that something smart or what?
he does represent his own people, he has a 6 month ban on gas exports to reduce inflation and even stated in his speech a war economy wasnt the way to go, and that it wouldnt be forever. you want to talk about Dictatorship, please look up how many USA military bases their is in the world and then come back to me with the number.
@@AspieTrips Why does this come across as a typical Russian troll "Whataboutism"? You might as well talk about the weather? How does anything you said refute the fact that Putler is a dictator? Just because the USA has the strongest military power in the world doesn't mean Putler is now NOT a dictator. He kills or imprisons his political dissidents, changed the Russian constitution so he can remain in power, he supports other terrorist dictatorships around the world like North Korea and Iran, and openly wants to reinstate USSR with its gulag networks of tortures, deaths and corruption, and allowed the abduction of Ukrainian children. Threatening the world with nukes if we don't allow him to go on a genocidal land grabbing spree is probably the worst any dictator can do. And all the other dictators are watching to see if he can get away with it. So just because the USSR collapsed and now Russia wants to regain its territories, does this mean that the British can also rewind the clock and demand their former British Empire colonies? Russia is already the biggest country in the world, but it wants more to fill the pockets of its oligarchs?
Loved the cat, but even more that smart and in-depth discussion. Cheers from Canada.
No need to apologize for the cat Kate. She is a welcome addition; if she could talk, she would contribute as much as the guests.
Putin possesses a relatively large (probably the world's largest) nuclear arsenal? One does not possess 5000> nuclear war heads unless one is serious about defence. The US also possesses 5000> nuclear war heads and is thereby also serious about its defence. Trying to predict the outcome of a war between these two nuclear powers is absurd.
One only does these things if one is a fearful limp biscuit, jumping at every shadow in the cupboard, cowering in shame and humiliation. How embarrassing to have this man as a leader! Almost as embarrassing as the orange frump. How did we get here? I hope there are no extra terrestrial beings watching this pathetic drama playing out on earth. Now we know how Mars became a lifeless rock.
Humans!
Not absurd. Whether Western global hegemony can be maintained without the use of nuclear weapons is something that requires an answer.
On the contrary, the outcome is absolutely clear.
The outcome will be obvious, trying to convince people that the West will come out on top in a nuclear war with Russia is even more absurd.
point taken; the absurdism being the business of trying to predict which side might fare best following a nuclear war.. @@jirik2435
If 30+ country attack single country so offcourse for any country if they have nukes also large numbers then it will be the last resort … so why they forget about that …
Well, 30+ countries haven't attacked that country and aren't interested in doing so, whereas that single country, a dictatorship, had plans of conquest and genocide and attacked a democracy, simply because they had the gall to try controlling their own fate.
Please speak proper English. Your post makes no sense.
They didn't. It's what they want.
Don't apologize Kate, she's a beautiful cat, and she brought some lightness to a serious subject. A fan of your podcasts, Kathy from Washington State, USA 😊
Thanks Kathy!
Actually, Basically and Obviously are the 3 worst words in a presentation
I could say the same thing about the American war of aggression on Iraq. We must never be hypocritical, its good to be fair .
The crimes of yesterday do not justify the crimes of today.
@@kirishima638 how does that work ?
At least we left Iraq. Putin's nazis will never leave Ukraine.
They're one sided.. endless wars
how many years have it been sind us have start a war? thrump did not start one .. biden have not start one...anyway i think it is ok to leard from the past... so no it does not make it ok for russia to attake ukraine .. no matter what us might have done i the past
The USA official policy statements have all talked abut inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia . How do you change that Narrative?
Why change it?
@@jirik2435No reason, Do you think we will still have a $35 trillion dollar National debt after the Nuclear exchange?
You don’t change it. That’s the thing that keeps Putin on at least a little bit of a leash.
@@chandlerwhite8302 You are funny, How much leash have you got hold of? Putin has 6500 nukes the other end of that leash is the end of civilization. and he can escalate one tiny step at a time or all at once. City here a city there or your whole country,
USA officials said they have a tendency to overreact to any threat and can destroy any aggressor, this was a warning not to play with fire when comes to the US, basically everyone knows that what happened in Japan at the end of the Second World War.
😂😂😂😂 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Western alliance Groupies em masse.
Rational folk need not waste time here!
em? hehehehe. Typical supporter of Putin...the intelligence and spelling abilities of a dead goldfish.
Cringe analysis as usual😂
So u have to persuade Russians that NATO is defensive alliance that doesnt expand 😂😂😂
Do you know a NATO member which has expanded? I do. Turkey 1974, annexation of northern Cyprus from Greece. Is that what you meant?
@@stephenhill545 yeah that
@@stephenhill545but now you're talking about MEMBERS. Not NATO itself.
The only way I see NATO expanding is as a direct result of fear of aggression from countries like Russia.
No other nation makes threats and brags about their weapons than Russia. Russia's nukes is its only ace. Their conventional military would be easily defeated.
Not every pensioner in Russia loves Putin. There are many old people who understand exactly what he is. They are simply AFRAID to speak out.
Native ! Why we have nuclear weapons? It is not our war, we don’t want to die with you
It is your war, USA signed agreement to ensure Ukraine's security and in turn Ukraine gave up their nukes. Give those nukes back and you might have a point. Not that you can escape nuclear war, are you in it or not.
It is funny, every town was of strategic importance while it was held by Ukrainian army, but once Russian army took it, it became insignificant.
Putin is a peace lover. It's obvious because he says so.
I think it has something to do with the fact that when Russia takes a city, there isn't much left of it
@@ooloongjohnson4015 similar to US in Syria.
Ignoring that it was about control of railroad. That shouldn't depend much, if any, on demolished buildings.
Meanwhile, Ukraine was taking strategically important villages with prewar population less than 2000 people.
Where is Germany's bridge too far and France's beyond the pale? Would they take the threat to global stability seriously after Putin installs a regional governor in Kiev? Or not until that's history and he invades the Baltics or after that's history and he invades Poland?
Even the US knows that those were never his plans. Russia is defending itself against NATO aggression. And this is coming from a NATO country citizen. Unfortunately Western democracy is dead already and NATO has its own plans.
Be aware that you're being fed propaganda as much as Russians are. The difference is they have known that for a long time.
I´m really surprised - its long ago that I heared so much crab and there is a lot around these days !
Have you listened to kremlin state media lately? Real comedy drama. Thanks for your comment though. Kate and Times Radio deserve more views and we have just helped them with that 😊
@@carolwilliams8511The propaganda is just as bad on this side. The difference is, if you actually understand the Ukraine situation, Russia didn't start it the fight. What does that make us?
Russia get out of Ukraine and stop supporting china and replace putin with someone more sensible.!
You are living in a tale, not in this world
Yes a puppet like Zelensky
Are there ‘ leading analysts ‘ the same ones that said Russia had lost the war after the first 3 months? Asking for a friend .
Not sure if predictive timelines are a particularly strong argument for you, comrade. Kyiv in three days!
Hey, you need some eggs?
@@billy2807 I’m not quite sure what your argument is , did I say something that wasn’t true , or was is something you just didn’t like , comrade .
@stoicsceptic8420 nope. Loved it. Good to know that that's the depth of your analysis. I'm even more confident now.
@@stoicsceptic8420 also, tell your...friend...to make sure they're getting paid in yuan. Some of the trolls are getting paid in yuan, which you can exchange for dollars. Don't let them give you rubles, because...yeesh.
@@billy2807 low grade nonsense
Actually no one can categorically say that Russia will be defeated in the case of a nuclear war.
This assumption is wrong and misleading because it is not based on facts.
The bottom line is that there should not be a nuclear war. Because there will be no clear winner.
Therefore, diplomacy and peaceful negotiations are the best way to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
However, pride, unnecessary ego and reckless rhetoric could lead the world into catastrophic consequences.
There will no doubt be destruction for both sides. The only difference is it that it will be over so quick that NATO will rebuild. Russia will not.
Remember the death hand located, in mother Russia.
Everyone would be dead globally you plank with years of nuclear winter after there would be zero winners would there so yes Russia will lose categorically along with everyone else
Russia could give up a size of all europe and still be massive
Although I realize that many people may disagree, I believe that the error that NATO has made with Russia in regard
to Ukraine, has been in not being anywhere near aggressive enough. I believe that deterrence is very important. I think that
great efforts should be made to either stop bad things from happening or to stop them from getting worse.
I think that a major motivator for Putin's actions in regard to Ukraine starting with the 2014 invasion and annexation
of Crimea, has been his belief that the West is indecisive and scared and that he could get away with doing pretty
much anything that he wanted to.
I believe that the primary reason for the inadequate reaction of NATO has been fear of a nuclear conflict. Basically,
I believe that through nonsensical bluffs and the West's own independent fear, Putin and his cronies have succeeded
in cowing the NATO alliance into allowing Russia to seize Crimea in 2014 and begin a new invasion in 2022 that could
result in Ukraine's eventual defeat.
I believe that the chances of Russia's using nuclear weapons in Ukraine is miniscule at best. If Putin/Russia used nuclear weapons,
I am sure they realize that they could easily be "signing their own death warrant" which I very much doubt they have much interest in
doing. I strongly believe that corrupt government officials and oligarchs who spend billions of dollars of stolen money on colossal yachts
and mansions have very little interest in committing suicide in attempts to keep stolen lands in Ukraine. People who are very interested in
worldly goods of great luxury, are expressing a strong desire to go on living.
When Russia seized Crimea in 2014, I believe that the U.S. and the rest of NATO should have told Putin in "no uncertain terms", that if
Russian forces did not immediately leave Crimea, they would send their military into Crimea and destroy the Russian forces
that were present there. If Russia had not complied with that demand, then NATO should have made that threat a reality. These actions
almost surely would have prevented the 2022 Ukraine war from happening and could have saved hundreds of thousands of Ukranian
lives.
In 2022 when U.S. intelligence predicted that Russia was about to invade Ukraine, the U.S. and the rest of NATO should have warned
Putin/Russia, that if they go ahead with their invasion, then the combined NATO forces would enter Ukraine and destroy the Russian
military that was present. Again, I think that that this action could have very possibly stopped the Russian invasion before it happened.
I still believe that the U.S. and the rest of NATO should take direct and aggressive action now in the war in Ukraine. I believe that the combined
NATO forces should send into Ukraine a very large military force and destroy the Russian military that is present there. Russia is no longer
a super-power and has not been one since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia has demonstrated in Ukraine for all to see, that it does
not have a great military. The Russians are well aware that they cannot possibly successfully stand up to the U.S. alone or to the combined
forces of NATO. The only real danger that Russia has is a large nuclear arsenal that I would strongly suggest that they dare not use. Confronting
Russia on a Ukrainian battlefield would in fact not create "World War III". - This is a myth. The 32 countries that make up NATO versus Russian forces that
are present in Ukraine, is not a World War. It is the total destruction of those Russian forces that have invaded Ukraine. NATO needs to "grow a backbone".
China, North Korea and Iran are not sending armies to Ukraine to fight "shoulder to shoulder" with Russia. - This is not going to happen. This threat of
World War III is little more than nonsense that Russian would dearly love for the West to believe.
Russia should be forced to give back to Ukraine, every inch of land that they have illegally seized including Crimea. After all Ukrainian lands have been
returned, Russia should be compelled to pay backbreaking reparations to rebuild all of Ukraine that they have destroyed.
A stern message needs to be sent to all aggressor nations that all they will receive for their actions is military defeat, isolation and economic collapse.
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A hundred or so years ago the British did just that in Crimea.
Not a good idea to forget winning formulas.
Absolutely.
@@michaelmaguire9330 The US and NATO are not party to this war. So, no reason to fight Russia. If the war is lost it is Ukraine's loss. The stated objective was to degrade Russia's military and that objective has largely been met.
Amen
@@michaelmaguire9330 if what you say is true how come it's taking such a long time for the Russian army to prevail over the much weaker and less well equiped Ukrainians ?
Putin must be taken seriously. He is a man of his word. Every attempt by US, NATO and the west to destroy Russia has failed. Russia has every right to defend itself.
who has attacked russia, exactly? I must have missed the news. also, we might have taken him seriously the first time, not the 10th
Putin bluffs time and time again so why would anyone take him seriously?
Yes I remember his word about not invading Ukraine.
@@Benlu64 that is “special promise” (ie, opposite of what he says!)
Fantasy radio at it again
Why so mad?
Because these are the arseholes who will cause nuclear war@@k.k356
They need a new script writer 😂
Please don't refer to Russia "spending on defense." It's spending on THEIR MILITARY, which is obviously not engaged in 'defense.'
defense budget is the standard name for military spending. We don't have offensive budgets (though I can name a few). US also has a defense budget which is mostly spent abroad. Vietnam and Iraq were similarly tactical in nature, not so much about defense. Self defense is pre-emptive offence, disabling an enemy... on the whole it is a very selective and deliberately confusing term (defense budget sounds nicer than warfund, infantry sounds better than cannonfodder, collateral damage is better than ridiculous carnage). Russia does it - Putin logic, to defend the honour of greater Russia, which has been humiliated by external forces. That isn't just some poorly chosen word, but a whole narrative.
Such language in this context is fine. It's not like they're beating around the bush, like calling it a military operation, instead of war. Technically war consists out of military operations, though. As for the definition:
_A defense budget, also known as a military budget or military expenditure, is the amount of financial resources dedicated by a state to raising and maintaining an armed forces or other methods essential for defense purposes. It covers the cost of military operations such as training and planning, maintenance of equipment, and most of the military healthcare system. The portion of the national budget that is allocated to defense covers salaries, training, and health care; maintains and purchases arms, equipment, and facilities; _*_funds military operations;_*_ and funds the development of new technologies._
America has over 750 overseas military bases and keeps invading countries and starting wars. Russia doesn't.
@blairmcian When was the last time the US defended itself? Or the UK for that matter?
America has military bases surrounding Russia. That is why it needs to defend itself. Until the Ukraine conflict the Russian militaray expenditure was about 15 times less that the US, and even now it's around 11 times less.
Russia defends itself in Ukraina the same way as US defended itself in Iraq :D
Ha i enjoy your interviews Kate, insightful and even handed compared to many these days thank you
Ok, this showed up in my feed, so I thought I’d give it a listen. The chap in the first 5 minutes is so out of touch with the realities on the ground. The show deals with mainstream narratives and talking points rather than the foolishness, the cluelessness and the continuous escalations by the West.
Where is the discussion about ending this, the talk of negotiations for peace, the calling out of Western leaders who continue to double down with losing hands?
When will people realise that this is existential for Russia, this is NATO expansion on its doorstep? Russia has to win or this will be the END.
And for what exactly? Ukraine being neutral, not being governed from Washington and being a threat to Russia’s wellbeing, which were Washington’s intentions for 3 decades or more.
People need to wake up and perhaps tune into more independent thinkers.
Just popped up on your feed ey Ivan 😂
Its not even remotely 'existential' for Russia.
Uhhh. Most of the world views the WAR diffently than you. And you aren't changing any minds. Russia needs to walk back home and give it up. All of it. And.... pay reparations to Ukrainians families for their losses and Ukraine for rebuilding infrastructure.
@@TheAArmstrongThe usual idiot’s response. 👏
Peace is simple - Putin out of Donbass simple everything els witll go down further Alice wonderland. You are INSANE!
well if you are going to just make up the news why bother
It’s not wise to underestimate Putin. They can easily replenish their weapons. Russia isn’t the gas station we were told they were.
I'm not but I don't like being threatned either.
@@TheOriginalSplash is it s threat or a warning?
Just a bit of information from someone growing up under the Ceausescu regime: most of us didn't need to be deprogrammed, because we never really have been programmed. Sure, we marched, and shot guns, and sung, and waved the flag enthusiastically - but we knew better, though we didn't talk much about that. Our parents listening to Radio Free Europe and the Voice of America, and letting us in, while also teaching us the necessary precautions, did that.
The problem is that populations of many Western countries are severly programmed by watching only Western news. And all alternative sources of information either banned of suppresed.
Now the situation is opposite. People in the West don't have wide access to the true information.
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Before Romania was accepted as an EU Member State,
in England, I was very actively involved in a local charity specifically for
"Caring for Romania"
@@FunnyBunny-pd5xx Very grateful for all your help, we needed every bit of it!
@@JuliaPrazsmary
You are most welcome.
The charity helped young children/people, who were not orphans, but whose respective parents
could no longer afford to keep their child/children at home.
The parents often regularly visited their respective child/children at weekends.
Keith Massey, was the organizer, after each trip, delivering HUGE amounts of aid,
he used to give me twelve bottle of wonderful full boded red Romanian wine.
And as murderous as Stalin too. A brutal land
The problem with non stop propaganda is that it loses its impact.
Propagandists take note, if you come in as neutral and then try to pull a little in one direction you will have more success.
Russia doesn't have the mental capacity to manage any kind of imperial form of military. Most of their citizens have tasted the freedom of democracy and barely anyone would love to follow a madman into the abyss. Most of them do because they have to, otherwise the legs of an oppressive regime are quite short.
Like I don't really care where Ukraine is! Or Americans don't really care where Europe is.
It's not necessary to apologize for the cat... =)
Times Radio... one of the best channels I go to for news and commentary about Ukraine, and Putin!
Really? Not at all biased. Lol
Jackanory Jackanory!
One of the best channels for blatant propaganda lies.
They must grow experts on bushes over there in the uk 😂😅😂
All British propaganda, one of America's lap dog and muppet
We need people like the Guest in Govt not the simpleminded people we have now.
Smart and talented people rarely go into politics. The system attracts the power hungry and corrupt, not the intelligent and well-reasoned.
There is a strong ECHO in your studio making hard to hear you.
Not empty much longer. They warned Ukraine for 20 years but they ignored Putin and laughed as well. Look at them now.
Can the West maintain its global hegemony without using nuclear weapons?
We may end up finding out.
Short answer - Yes.
@@JohnWerner-te5zy Yes, but what is the correct answer?
How do ordinary people benefit from global hegemony? They don't have anything to gain only misery.
I believe Putin means business, even if it's risky business for the entire world. What's there not to believe?
There's two reasons that Russia would not want to start a nuclear war
Those are Moscow and St.Petersburg
You have to remember that while Russia is huge and covers 11 time zones, 75% of the population lives in the 25% of the territory west of the Ural mountains
If you look at a population density map of Russia everything is flat, except for huge spikes in Moscow and St. Petersburg
Two nukes could theoretically wipe out of almost half of Russia's population because of how they are so tightly compacted into these two cities
There is the threat that Finland joining NATO presents to the Kola Peninsula
The bulk of Russia's nuclear arsenal is located on the Kola Peninsula and there is only one road and rail line through it because of how narrow it is and that road and rail line are within artillery range of the Finnish border
It would be child's play for NATO to sweep across the Finnish border and capture the majority of Russia's nuclear weapons
Which pretty much means that if Russia goes nuclear they would either have to go all in or expect to lose the bulk of their arsenal before they can use them
Russia is not the threat that we all thought that they were during the Cold War
And that isn't taking into account the effect of aging nukes, corruption and poor maintenance
I am in the camp that believes that half of Russia's nukes probably don't even work
It is expensive to maintain a nuclear arsenal
You can't just put them into a silo and expect that they will still work 40 years later
Ok, since these people are so tough, prove him wrong! Putin dont bluff when it comes to defending Russia. Germany, France and Poland invaded Russia in the past, Russia remembers.
Wiped out with what? We'll all be fkn dead...
How do you prevent future dictatorships from forming in the government to begin with😡🙌✌️
DEMOCRACY is when two idiots outvote one genius.
Winston Churchill said the best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.
yes, exactly!
So will London
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 And you think Russia would just sit there and wait to be wiped out right??? Take a look into your children's eyes and ask yourself what WW3 would look like for them
Good interview. Sound quality could be better.
"Global Warming" is about to take on a whole new meaning
The Russian public is complying and supporting Putin. Let's stop this hope that Russia will change... and make actions to change it.
The growth of personl freedoms and human rights have led to the ascent of the western world. The asymetry of freedom versus tyranny around the globe is the root of all conflict we see around us today. We can choose ignorance, or knowledge and freedom. The price of choosing tyranny is the loss of everything we love. Some things are worth dying for ...
Good interview. Brilliant cat interlude.
Great analysis.
Its not optimism, its delusions.
🥱 again it's really getting so weary hearing all this dreary talk unthinkable a few years ago 🙄
Right on.
The guy makes me think of how almost 2 years ago academics like him declared how Ukraïne would beat "Putin" and "liberate" the Krim.
The war isn't over
All these commentaries are just opinions. hearsay and stoep talk. How wrong they are turn out to be.
Russia already lost
@@francisverhelst9375????
@@protorhinocerator142it’s coming
To assume that Putin will not use nuclear weapons is foolish. He doesn't want to use nukes but he will definitely use them if certain thresholds are crossed. If Russia attacks Ukraine with a nuclear bomb and the USA responds by attacking Russian forces, then Russia will have no other choice but to respond with more nukes against the USA and all of NATO. This gentleman has a child like limited understanding of reality or warfare.
Question: Why are there Russian UA-camrs ? Do Russians have access to UA-cam ? How about if some Western UA-camrs start a propaganda campaign to counter what Russian kids are being taught in schools ? You know - something like the truth.
True
I hate to break it to champ, but the people in the West are blatently lied to and given propaganda, as I am sure the Russians are too.
82% of russian are AGAINST the SMO.
I think you will find that they are posting from another country- in exile.
They have you tube.
Americans say this don't you think Putin can destroy America as well ?
So are we !!
"Is your threat glass half empty or half full?"
Putin: "Is potato..."
Wiped out! Understatement?
This warmongering by the Americans is ridiculous and puts us all in danger...❤
Two nuclear capable countries threatening each other with nuclear weapons is insanity. And that guy is delusional, he thinks that only russia is going to be wiped out.
Only one country is threatening, and its name starts with the letter R.
how else can the West maintain its global hegemony?
Radio is soo cool!
Nuclear weapons do have a shelf life and require regular maintenance. I wonder how much of the money for this maintenance is floating around the Caribbean, so I do suspect that a lot of Russian missiles will fail. However I am sure that nobody wants to put this theory to the test. If just one works it will be one too many.
Ни у кого в мире нет даже отдалённо столь же мощного и столь же свежего ядерного оружия, как у России. Среди военных специалистов существует консенсус на этот счёт. Поэтому даже весь мир вместе взятый не сможет победить Россию военным способом. ☝️
@@VitaliyII😂😂😂😂 fool the other one 🤪🤪🤪
@@VitaliyII : Definately a Russian Botty Boy !!!
@@fab5fred31 Не понял, о чём Вы. 🤷♂️🙂
Олигархи и чрезвычайно богатые россияне забрали большую часть российских денег. Большая часть российского оборудования не нуждалась в техническом обслуживании. Это было доказано годами, еще до проведения специальной военной операции. Не будьте глупцами. Даже Путин заявил, что Россия не сможет выиграть войну против НАТО. Именно поэтому он постоянно угрожает ядерными атаками.@@VitaliyII
These people are not realistic about Russia.
Why is Russia allowed to bomb stuff in Ukraine but Ukraine cant attack targets in Russia?😊
Action speaks better than words.
Not heard of freeing Julian Assange by the British regime or the destruction of Gaza