Crossfire: Russia and the Shadow of World War
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- In the new episode of Talking Substance, host Alina Hrytsenko discusses current developments in the Russo-Ukrainian war with our guest, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Glen Grant, an ex-British Army officer, who worked as an advisor to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, as a member of its Reform Office, and in General Staff reform committees and working groups. He is currently a defense analyst at the Baltic Security Foundation.
The discussants analyze the latest actions of the Ukrainian and Russian leadership, identifying problematic issues and reflecting on the potential direction of the war. What's going to happen next? Is Europe moving towards a full-scale war with Russia? Will Moscow use nuclear weapons? This and more in our latest episode.
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00:00 Intro
1:01 How the war is going
9:46 Developing weapons production
14:29 Should Europe prepare for a full-scale war?
23:14 Should Ukraine formally declare war on Russia
28:03 The threat of a nuclear strike/ Levers of pressure on Russia
31:16 The role of India and China during the war
37:46 France, Germany, and UK at this stage of the war
42:32 Can Ukraine produce more weaponry and how?
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Mr. Grant makes a point about lacking urgency. But Zelenskyy might argue that society living life "normally" shows "we won't be bullied, our way of life continues" which also has merit. It's a hell of a dilemma. But the mobilization issues need to be resolved ASAP.
Україна - це дівчина, яка погуляла на Заході і після багатьох образ, принижень та обіцянок на ній одружитися, виснажена, голодна, по вуха у боргах і вагітна вoнa повертається додому, до рідної Матінки...
Добре якщо повернеться сама, дитину на ноги поставить, а от якщо ще й цей весь непотріб за собою притягне, то біда ще й Mатінці.
@@kirrausanov Хорошая метафора, Иван, но Украина веками подвергалась насилию со стороны Востока. Она делает все возможное, чтобы уйти от тебя. То, что ты поднял ей юбку, не означает, что она принадлежит тебе.
@@nurseSean
Досить істерики pуськомовнa cecтpичкo/братику, мені здається що у майданних цинічних пассіонарних тролів клепки на випасі зовсім немає.
Думаю, що надзвукова банка з огірками впала тобі на голову.
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Ти yce зрозумієш, коли майданнa влада буде валятися на вулиці і вже не буде чим фінансувати цей злодійсько-корупційний проект; коли усі члени ЗЕндеркомандo швидко переодягнуться з камуфляжних вишиванок у костюми "Армані" і із закордонними паспортами, грошима та коханками "свалять" до Maйaмі, Ізраїлю(?), Лондонy чи на Віргінські острови.
Mи - яки проголосували за Зеленськогo наївні "аборигени" - залишимося біля розбитого корита серед покинутих "жовто-блакитних" декорацій.
@@nurseSean
Досить істерики pуськомовнa cecтpичкo/братику, мені здається що у майданних цинічних пассіонарних тролів клепки на випасі зовсім немає.
Думаю, що надзвукова банка з огірками впала тобі на голову.
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Ти yce зрозумієш, коли майданнa влада буде валятися на вулиці і вже не буде чим фінансувати цей злодійсько-корупційний проект; коли усі члени ЗЕндеркомандo швидко переодягнуться з камуфляжних вишиванок у костюми "Армані" і із закордонними паспортами, грошима та коханками "свалять" до Maйaмі, Ізраїлю(?), Лондонy чи на Віргінські острови.
@@nurseSean
Досить істерики pуськомовнa cecтpичкo/братику, мені здається що у майданних цинічних пассіонарних тролів клепки на випасі зовсім немає.
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"насилию со стороны Востока. ????"
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"То, что ты поднял ей юбку, не означает, что она принадлежит тебе."
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Брати i сестри українці, не хочу вас засмучувати, але відносини України з країнами Заходу і США, це звичайний секс за гроші, а ви ще думаєте, що це любов...
Нам навiт вазелiн дають в кредит.
Ну що ж, так зазвичай і буває з повіями/xвойдaми-початківцями.
🔱 ☠ 💰 ☠ 🔱
«ЕС и НАТО хотят иметь нас своим членом.» - Віталій Кличко (з інтерв'ю 2015-го року)
Ви помиляєтеся, пане Кличко. Україна в Євросоюзі, як яйця в статевому акті: беруть участь, але не входять. А так, поруч бовтаються.
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"Над ким смієтеся? Над собою смієтеся!"
It's hard to hear that Ukrainian society isn't on a total war footing. Don't wait too long to get it together!!
If you believe what Grant says. I don't.
@@Tom_Mroz I live in the UK, but, yes, that is a good point.
Україна - це дівчина, яка погуляла на Заході і після багатьох образ, принижень та обіцянок на ній одружитися, виснажена, голодна, по вуха у боргах і вагітна вoнa повертається додому, до рідної Матінки...
Добре якщо повернеться сама, дитину на ноги поставить, а от якщо ще й цей весь непотріб за собою притягне, то біда ще й Mатінці.
@@Tom_Mroz
Усе, що ми, українці, повинні знати про наших західних "союзників":
“Being an enemy of America is dangerous, being a friend of America is fatal.” - Henry Kissinger (?)
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>>>I guess it was the 12th or 13th time to Kiev, and I was supposed to announce that there was another billion-dollar loan guarantee. I got a commitment from Poroshenko and from Yatsenyuk that they would take action against a state prosecutor, and they didn’t.
“So as they were walking out to the press conference, I said, nah, we aren’t going to give you the billion dollars. They said you have no authority, you are not the President. I said call him. I’m telling you, you are not getting the billion dollars.
“You are not getting the billion; I am leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you are not getting the money.
“Well, son of a bitch, he got fired.>If you put aside the immense human suffering and look at Ukraine’s war through the cold lens of international power politics, a clear picture emerges: the West is having a good war against Russia.
All NATO has to do is send Kyiv munitions, equipment and money, which, as any general knows, is the c h e a p e s t way to wage war.
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The lives are being given by the Ukrainians. They’re defending their nation but also, inadvertently, helping decide the Cold War.
For 70 years, NATO deterred a Moscow attack westwards. The Russians eventually invaded, last February, what they assumed would be a conquerable target on their south-western border.
The war that NATO long prepared for is finally being fought.
@@Tom_Mroz
Усе, що ми, українці, повинні знати про наших західних "союзників":
“Being an enemy of America is dangerous, being a friend of America is fatal.” - Henry Kissinger (?)
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>>>I guess it was the 12th or 13th time to Kiev, and I was supposed to announce that there was another billion-dollar loan guarantee. I got a commitment from Poroshenko and from Yatsenyuk that they would take action against a state prosecutor, and they didn’t.
“So as they were walking out to the press conference, I said, nah, we aren’t going to give you the billion dollars. They said you have no authority, you are not the President. I said call him. I’m telling you, you are not getting the billion dollars.
“You are not getting the billion; I am leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you are not getting the money.
“Well, son of a bitch, he got fired.>If you put aside the immense human suffering and look at Ukraine’s war through the cold lens of international power politics, a clear picture emerges: the West is having a good war against Russia.
All NATO has to do is send Kyiv munitions, equipment and money, which, as any general knows, is the c h e a p e s t way to wage war.
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The lives are being given by the Ukrainians. They’re defending their nation but also, inadvertently, helping decide the Cold War.
For 70 years, NATO deterred a Moscow attack westwards. The Russians eventually invaded, last February, what they assumed would be a conquerable target on their south-western border.
The war that NATO long prepared for is finally being fought.
December 8th 1941 FDR didn't ask for a declaration of war from congress. But rather a declaration that 'a state of war has existed'. This guy is SO right.
Yes he's correct about the declaration of war.
The long-range ATTMS provided by the USA will be a game changer.
If a comparison can be made, the British had a string of losses in WWII until the battle of El-Alamein.
Ukraine 🇺🇦 is still in the fight.
Well said! Slava Ukraini and her supporters!
I thought Mr Grant makes some excellent points. I have a friend in the EU ( a serious player ) who visits Ukraine regularly.... he makes the point that there still is serious corruption as the Soviet model was part of Ukraine culture. Too many self interested politicians/ bureaucrats I suspect....I for one hope beyond hope that Ukraine prevails.
Too true! Even the Russians were fed up of dealing with corrupt Ukrainians and definitely this is something Ukrainians have to overcome or they will go down
President Zelensky is dealing with it. You can’t just rip through a society in a day.
Three blind mice... Ukraine summer offensive last year ...where did it go😂 stop lying to yourselves
@@karlgalvez7331 the madness of Russians however is that winning the war will be their own undoing because they have made most Ukrainians hate them for invading them.
I love it how Ukraine's corruption is blamed on them being a part of the Soviet Union.
Every mistake Ukraine makes is someone else's fault.
Every failure is someone else's fault.
Listen to this man, Ukraine. He is brilliant and absolutely right.
The big problem is that he's outside of reality. He's in the 'if' dimension.
The entire pro-Ukraine western world is nothing but if, but, maybe and the never ending blame game.
The expertise and experience of retired Luitenant General Glen Grant was on fine display in the highly compelling advice being given. Everything he said was based on objective analysis and makes perfect sense.
I didn’t expect to be blown away by another conversation with an expert. But this is just brilliant! Alina - great interview, fantastic dynamic. And Lieutenant Colonel Grant - my greatest respect for your knowledge and bravery to call things by their names. I’ll share this interview with my friends here in Poland. Once again, thank you!
An expert in copium
I still remember the population of GB gathering all sorts of household aluminium for building their planes, so the vast population was all in together against the Nazi treat and bombings . GB was also alone against this overwhelming power but never , ever lost its courage, spirit to resist even if GB was not prepared at all at that moment, they carried on, because they believed in success. I guess it is the same with UA now, they can get all the help from a technical , logistical even military hardware which is upscaling rapidly from the west and I do not think Russia is ready for a full scale war, they treat with nuclear and keep on destroying but at the same time the country is cannabalised by this war as P. simply overplayed his hand and did not at all expect the massive support from the west for UA, this was his major mistake from the beginning to think he could simply overtake another country and the west would not interfere at all and let go, no not this time. We should have stopped Hitler also 10 y before instead of after, that is the lesson we have learned, dealing with tyrants.
You don't remember that because that never happened. I know as i was there.
@@jimmeryellis almost nobody who went through this period is still alive. Are you 95 years old?
very great interview
I love how Ukrainians think they can just freeze the conflict.
There is so much confusion in this comment section 😅. It's embarrassing. Some people are still talking about so-called game changer weapons like the long range missiles. Ukraine needs trained men and a lot of equipment like artillery, tanks etc.
You can not fight and win a war on borrowed equipment alone.
Thats not what they do 🙄🙄🙄
@@abcdefg216what do you think they're doing?
Glen Grant has a lot of great points which opens up the audience to the actual situation. The government of Ukraine should be taking notes on the advice he is giving
The government of Ukraine should stop stealing first, which never gonna happen.
Yes some of what he's saying is great but also much of it amounts to, "You just need to do it!". The Ukrainian leadership is having a difficult job. Not only do they need to win but they also need to make sure that they have the population to rebuild their economy once the war is over. Ukraine is facing a crisis in demographics, something this expert is not accounting for one bit.
Great talk!
Excellent in-depth discussion with great insights and observations about the facts.
Not iterating the usual media talking points but looking ahead what is required.
This was a very good interview with extremely robust answers and opinions from Mr Grant. The message from him was absolutely clear; Ukraine needs to be totally dedicated to defeating Russia. Production capacity, supply chains, transportation, food production, energy production, training, and integrating foreign expertise, as well as integrating all this into civil society must be the absolute focus for the Ukraine government. In WW2 it took 13,000 hours to build a Spitfire airframe compared to 4,000 for a Messerschmitt Me109 but how effective were they? These are the things you need skilled engineers from industry for and to understand.
Thank you again for this absolut excellent talk. I'am not sure if Selensky is understanding what Mr. Grant means. Mr. Grant is absolute right, Ukraine should have started defending itself much earlier. Instead, highways were built. When I went to Cernihiv in the fall of 2019, I had not seen a single bunker with prepared embrasures. The roads and bridges had no prepared explosives, there were no underground ammunition caverns, the production facilities for weapons were not transported to the Carpathian Mountains. It seams to me, 2019 also the society wasn't ready to accept to spend more money for defence. The result is total depency of US and Europe - and Europe is on a similar unprepared level as Ukraine was.
Ukraine once prduced the Satana nuclear missile. Why is that not possible today? Why Selensky do not ask own and foreign experts and scientists to improove war economy and civil defence? It is never too late.
And I stand behind Ukraine one ifs and buts. As part of civil society, we are helping Ukrainians as much as we can. We are not tired, but just as motivated as we were two years ago ❤️🇺🇦🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦❤️.
Not so. Think again.
Harsh words at points, but tough love.
Can't say I agree with everything this guy says, but it's good to hear other opinions as well.
Very well said on many points. Thank you! The part about governments on both sides of the Atlantic not taking this seriously enough is absolutely on target.
A very interesting interview. I really love your content.
The preparation part is rather powerful. That process is important in and of itself. We lock our houses in prep for bad guys. It is not inciting bad guys. Every country engaged in this need to be on a mindful war footing. Using intelligence of people is key.
9:50 This man just laid the smackdown on exactly what I've been screaming for years in the comments. As he said all of Ukraine should be in war mode making weapons and scaling to meet those needs. Instead of expecting handouts because aid is temporary and will run out.
Ukrainian leaders have a golden opportunity to work with western professionals to get systems in place to manufacture the needs of Ukraine, but what do we see? Slowly talking about producing this and that while expecting handouts.
Is this beautiful young lady Ukrainian? If so her mind set speaks volumes on how Ukraine is thinking.
PRODUCTION is key, production wins conflicts, expecting others will end up in defeat.
Everyone in Ukraine needs to really let this sink in. No one, No aid or No help is going to win this conflict; only you and your country and the decisions made will be the deciding factor.
Ukraine needs to stop being ran from the top down and start running from the people up.
As much as people tout "Ukrainian will"; where is the will of the people to demand results from leaders and accountability?
It's no where because the leaders feed the people what they want and the people remain quiet.
Ukrainian leaders have mastered the ability to divert accountability onto the west.
Sounds like victim blaming, Uke should receive as many handouts as they need, russ could just go home any day and stay there.
The same people needed to make weapons on a grand scale are the same people needed on the front lines. Duh. 🙄
United States (together with russia) took all the weapons we had away, ruined rocket shafts and all the other things to make us, Ukrainians, unable to fight
Ukraine had better get its act together. - and Glen Grant also makes a good point about transitioning leaders as with Zaluzhnyi , as it is very stressful and there needs to be a rotation after a period of time. Same goes with President... The fact that Ukraine has canceled elections due to the war is very troubling. It is first anti-democratic. The argument that Ukraine can't have an election when they are at war is total BS. The USA had an election in the middle of their civil war and never - by constitutional mandate - has it not had elections during all of their wars. I understand some European nations also waive elections in case of war - but we are talking about countries who are new to democracy for the most part relative to the USA - which is the oldest existing democracy in the world. It's not perfect, but it has worked for 248 years. My guess is that Zelenskyy would likely be replaced if faced with a serious opponent like the mayor of Kyiv - just as Churchill was replaced. People understand that keeping people in power for too long is very bad for democracy. Dahh (look to your enemy). If this war goes on for many more years - are there never to be new elections? That by definition is a dictatorship, even if benign. In any case, if what Glen Grant is saying is even partially true about Ukraine not being on a total war footing... then that indicates something is very wrong... very wrong. If that Ukraine halfhearted war footing news becomes a narrative among the nations who are currently supporting Ukraine, I can guarantee both material and moral support will fall dramatically for Ukraine. However, what really blows my mind is that Ukraine has not declared war on Russia!!! If another country is invading your territory, and killing and raping your citizens - is not a reason to declare war - than what is? That is just unbelievable. I did not know that fact until now... Jeez. Unbelievable.
Interesting interview. Mr Grant puts his finger on something that I haven't heard anyone say before: the Ukrainians, on all levels, are not fully committed to this war. Yes, some are very committed but most of them are not. I can sympathise with the young men fleeing to Poland, Hungary or Romania instead of sacrificing their lives on the battlefield, but that's not how you win a war.
Motivated, trained, organized people with no weapons still lose. His criticisms are valid but the supplies have to match or outmatch Russia's for victory.
Absolutely. There won't be another Ukrainian army as it stood on Feb 2022. It's impossible.
Budanov said that that army and all the volunteers who signed up post invasion are gone. Destroyed. And now Ukraine is a 100% forced conscription army. He said these soldiers do not want to fight and are 'useless' on the battlefield. That's the word he used. Useless.
So there won't be enough weapons. There won't be enough men. Our nuclear sanctions attack failed. And Russia is not geopolitically isolated.
Ukraine is now an economic charity case. And the western backers are slowly coming to grips with reality.
Very intelligent interview and conversation and finding an expert willing to hard talk on ways Ukraine maybe able to improve out comes. Production of weaponry would be a great start but would Ukraine be able to recruit workers when they already having problems with military recruitment numbers.
Thank u for this interview 🇺🇦🌻
Although painful, sometimes you need an outsider’s perspective to pull the situation into focus.
I didn’t view his comments to be demeaning. On the contrary, he gave props where props were due, maybe there’s something to his comments to consider and valuable
Thank you for this content 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦
Very good interview; I enjoyed hearing a new perspective
Ukraine has embarrassed Russian military for more than two years.
If Russians can't take care of tires or military equipment. What makes you think they took care of nuclear missiles?
A nice journalist and really smart Lieutenant
My my, the Scots do love an argument. Any argument.
He is Welsh
Hmmmm , hold on a second, is he saying that Ukraine ground loss ISN'T Ukraine losing ? In my book if you give ground to the enemy, then THAT is losing. IMO
@@whoisme678 what he means is that loss of territory is not an indication of who is winning in the long term. Think of WW1. For example, Germany gained French territory when they invaded France and held it for most of the war, lasting 4 years, but in the end they lost the war catastrophically, because the US and Canada entered the war and France and the UK were able to build up their industrial capacity and blockade Germany thereby strangling its economy.
Likewise in the First World War, Russia recovered from initial defeats to capture large amounts of territory back from Germany and Austro Hungary but the human losses for the Russian army were so great their soldiers later abandoned the battlefield and went home leading to Russia having to sue for peace.
The essential point is that conquering territory doesn’t just consume resources but requires more resources to administer and make habitable as well as to occupy.
Therefore it may be a short term gain but the real test is what will happen in the long term. Will Russia be able to govern the territory it conquers. It’s attempting to undermine Ukraines integrity as a state and it also needs to control Odessa and the route to the Black Sea.
This is why he points out the success Ukraine has had against Russia Black Sea fleet. If Russia blocks Ukraines access to the Black Sea which is the main route for Ukraine to trade with the rest of the world, Ukraine for all intents and purposes will become a vassal state of Russia
great interview , thank you
This guy is a serious man who is telling the truth. If Ukraine loses and I hope they do not, they will lose due to what this man is laying out.
Brilliant!!
Change the narrative, by changing the mindset.
wowa - stop the press!!!! Germany actually don't have Tarus !! That is totally outside of the BOX! Very interesting interview.
He's 100% correct. Straight honest conversations are good🙏
Not at atall. just another idiot.
I hear this complaint about Zelenskyy that he uses his friends instead of better people. I hope that isn’t true but every politician and leader has those tney trust around them and that inly makes sense.
Having said that I do think Ukraine should begin mandatory conscription from a younger age. This would just be an annual thing where the young soldiers get training as a reserve army.
It would mean they were already trained when they came of age for service. I also see no reasin why women should also not be conscripted as they do in Israel. It could only benefit women in the long run.
"Close the metro and build missiles workshop down there" he says. Well, that's not the solution to the problem. That's not the way to win the war.
While his own country doesn't have much military industry to show for and needs to catch up. Which will take a long time.
He is correct that Ukraine should have went to a 100% war footing right off the bat.
What an absolutely good question to begin the conversation with. I remember reading it took America 2 years to gear up for WW2 and two years of costly defeats and lives. 😮
Good interview
Funny, 42:05 he guesses about the „no“ to Taurus: “maybe they haven’t got any” - I can say for sure: they have
But one speculative argument has not been mentioned yet: Scholz is personally blackmailed by Putin. (Wirecard, CumEx”)
Good discussion!
I love this guy. He is so right.!
Very smart man, better listen to him. And start doing what he said. Especially the metro idea sounds very interesting, worth considering IMHO. Why my previous comment disappear ???
The uk built loads of new stuff during the blitz most of which never got used but some where genius tanks swimming across the channel for one
It's disappointing to see someone claiming to be an international relations expert lack basic knowledge. It reflects poorly and gives the impression that Ukrainian experts are not knowledgeable, which is far from the truth.
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What basis knowledge do you lack?
He is right and he is criticising Ukraine for the right reasons: to save Ukraine. By putting him down you will bring down Ukraine and maybe that is your purpose.
There is a lot of incompetence in any society, and during war it can be fatal for a country, and all he is trying to do is promote competence
@@christophervaughan2637 I’m not referring to him. Also, I’m Ukrainian.
@@A.1.3.X.A you are more than welcome to share your basic knowledge in the next episode. Please provide your contacts 🤗
The entire E.U. Needs to convert to a wartime economy! If they really want Ukraine to win.
True but are they going to destroy their economies for Ukraine? Answer that question and then you know if Ukraine is going to win or not.
This was an eye opener for the west, Glen Grant was fantastic .
This women is being educated in real time!
She definitely needs to do some research before interviewing an expert!
sounds a little harsh and maybe not the way i'd rather put it, but i do like the interviewee and his stance and certitude on what he's saying and saying back, even though a lot of it seems to be based on what the interviewer is saying and headed towards... 😂
& you get educated in grammar!
@@ptuparttimeutuber2236 😂... the eternal struggle on UA-cam/social channels. 🙃
Alina showed impressive patience during this interview.
She needed it with the this wally on the other end of the table?
This man has a.good point
Unfortunately,Russia being an authoritarian regime can expend it's troops without consequences(unto a point)but Ukraine's threashold for losses being a democracy is comparitively lower-the government has to listen to the will of the people-which of course is the way it should be.Engrossing interview.
Damn, i like this dude! i have been saying the same thing since 2022, every single word, but everyone thinks that I'm a fool who doesn't understand the world. Now, I'll just make them watch this video)
Alina, please, stop blaming society for being tired - cause and effect, this is not a cause it's an effect
This is a snapshot of my life growing up talking with my British father. He makes his point condescendingly with a heavy dose of arrogance and lack of patience for any view other than his own. LOL Good conversation!
You have license to speak that way when you’re right!
@@lostarrow861 Dad? lol
Seriously though, he makes quite a lot of good points and speaks a lot of hard truths. However, no one can be right about everything, much less most things. He over simplifies some quite complex processes and trivializes the immense challenges at hand. He bluntly disregards the intricacies of civilian politics from a military perspective. It’s always easy to critique or minimize the complexity of other people’s job when you don’t do it. He’s been a consultant but never ran a country.
@@FIRTHDESIGN Objectivity can make one very angry ! ButI think such a kind of communication, attitude and behaviour Mr. Grant demonstrates, is excellent for this interview setting and the situation the Ukraine is in. Of course sole objectivity is often not helpful and it finds its limitations when you are building up a family and raising children.
@@jogeb5215 Absolutely. My dad was a excellent engineer, but not always the best father to relate to while growing up in America.
Diplomacy is appeasement and offering something on you own, nothing called Diplomacy! But other points I do agree.
Put Glen Grant as a supervisor to Zelensky instead of Yermak. I am sure, things in Ukraine would going better. Thanks for this brilliant talk ❤️🇺🇦🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦❤️
Sounds like Ukraine still has a Soviet mindset in administration and that they may benefit from advice from a friendly nation. Some very valid criticisms here.
Thanks, Crossfire, Kyiv Post. Little Old Babushkas need money and they can work, they can't lift heavy items, but they can manipulate things once moved. Machinery can move heavy items, for them.
The Ukraine War is invaluable to how Western countries should prepare for war (drones, AI, EW) and what is now becoming obsolete (think MBTs). The US should revise its weapons procurement from old, very expensive tech, to adaptable, mass produceable, low cost tech.
Zelenski is verry tired of this war ! If you see photo's of him a few days before the war and now 2 years later .... This man is aged by 10 a 15 years in 2 years of time ! ! His heart and compassion for his country is dragging him down .... But the luck of the Ukrain people is Zelenski ! He is the only 24h to 24h president of the world !!!
This man is absolutely right about industrial will to gear up for war, and knowbody is, just like industry switching over to make supplies to fight the pandemic
Some big talk by this guy but in reality why doesn't Europe sendna contingent of willing volunteers.?why can't we help with boots in the ground with volunteers? We could do so much more when we know that we are holding back waves of slavelike Russian troops, mostly who have no idea why they are there. It seems a bottomless pit of bodies willing to be sacrificed and that nust be demoralising. Plus Ukrainian soldiers are being aerial bombed.
The West does the bare minimum but keeps saying how much it matters. It sickens me who blase they are without making sacrifices themselves.
Exactly. This dork is yet another "loungechair expert", and it's disappointing many people in the comments have been brainwashed by him. 😮💨
Perhaps you should volunteer
Yes you have a point, and European leaders are lacking competence too but you have to remember they are trying to deal with an extraordinarily corrupt society. Ukrainians need to face the reality that they have to tackle corruption. They have traded many of the weapons given them rather than use them to fight Russia and not surprisingly Europe and America’s governments got fed up of this and made a lot of empty promises because they didn’t believe Ukraines empty promises
Ukraine is not part of NATO. They are mere cannon fodder to a dying American empire. Ukraine should have remained neutral and not allowed the U.S. intelligence to pull off a coup in 2014.
It never had to come to this. Russia and Ukraine are Slavic brothers.
Ask the guest about direct NATO involvement in Ukraine or by a few countries like France and Poland. Doesn't defeating Russia require a wider front?
Interesting
It’s one off my favorite pastimes to, to tell everyone what they need to do, without me having any responsibility or needing to specify, how exactly to accomplish those tasks.
What an accusation baldly saying there might be NO TAURUS in Germany at all.
Excellent interview, Master Yoda schooled young Jedi about military terminology and potential of Ukrainian people to create military weapons locally instead of depending on the West. Ukraine is at war yet there is no conscription of 18 year old males is beyond me and try to leave the country.
The "Best Captain is always the one standing ashore criticising the captain of the ship in peril " I wonder if the critical old fart realizes that.!?!?..I am 71 years young and I am well capable of identifying know-all-critical-old-farts..... Greetings from Cape Town.😜😎
When they use the word "we" in this interview, whom do they mean? Ukraine, Britain, Europe, NATO? I didn't get it. Sometimes it sounds like they talk about Britain, sometimes it sound like they talk from an internal Ukrainian perspective.
us is we ... incuding u
Netanyahu's message to Mr Zelenskyj:
All Jews are equal, but some Jews are more equal than others.
"Steiner... Yes! YES! STEINER WILL LEAD THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE! IT WILL ALL BE FINE! FINE! (trembling hands removes glasses)" - a line from Mr Zelens'kyj's favourite movie.
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"The war has ended, not necessarily to the advantage of Japan"
- Emperor of Japan addressing the nation after (un)conditional capitulation in 1945
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Mr Zelens'kyj's swan song.
I am standing alone on the stage in front of the drawn curtain.
The empty prompter's booth... and box-office.
Deafening silence.
No limelight. No fans. No applause. No flowers.
Disappointed audience have left a long time ago.
A cleaner is about to finish his work.
The piano lid has slammed shut.
Unbearable pain has brought me back to my senses.
The show is over.
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"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become king. But the palace becomes a circus!" - Turkish proverb
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"Put him on stage and remove a ladder" - Chinese proverb referring to bad performers.
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"There was once a comedian who killed people with stolen jokes and was hanged by his wits' end." - H.Warner
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"How pathetic the jester is, on the king's throne,
How stupid the people who allowed it."
- Robert Burns 1759-1796
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Пане Зеленський, сподіваюся, ви ще пам'ятаєте старе прислів'я рідною мовою:
"Не по Сеньке шапка."
Незабаром Україна стане однією великою Малинівкою.
Втішає те, що Європа та Америка йдуть тим самим шляхом.
До таких політичних проходимців і невдах, як Рютте, Джонсон, місіс Траст i... дo Вас пане Президенте, приєднаються Шольц, Бербок, Трюдо, Сунак і дідусь Джо. Почнуться взаємні звинувачення. Hа зміну обіймам i усмішкам прийдуть удари в спину.
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“Ukraine shouldn’t sign anything with them at all - and let’s just fight.” - Boris Johnson, Kyiv on Apr. 9, 2022
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"Росія хотіла припинити війну в обмін на нейтральний статус України, який зобов'язав би Київ ніколи не вступати в НАТО.
Водночас «коли ми повернулися зі Стамбула, приїхав Борис Джонсон до Києва і сказав, що ми взагалі нічого не підписуватимемо з ними - і давайте будемо просто воювати." - Давид Арахамія, в інтерв’ю Наталії Мосійчук (25 листопада 2023)
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"Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has strongly rejected the claims that he interfered with peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in the spring of 2022." - Kyiv Post, January 11, 2024
Zelensky reminds me The Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail priceless scene.
"Your arm's off!"
"No it isn't!"
“Look you stupid bastard you’ve got no arms left!”
"It's a flesh wound. I've had worse.
"Well what's that then?"
"I’m invincible!”
“You’re a looney.”
“Alright, we’ll call it a draw!”
Раджу запастися попкорном і побажати всім перемоги.
Russia is so heavily sactioned, they even sanctioned sewing needles.
I am so impressed from this gentleman why don't Ukraine use this kind talent and why not Ukraine government not on full scale war mode. What are they waiting for it's make us very worried in united state please deliver our massage to Ukraine government use good talented people like this gentleman God bless you all
Uhu, he been working as an advisor for Ukrainian ministry of defence?
Україна - це дівчина, яка погуляла на Заході і після багатьох образ, принижень та обіцянок на ній одружитися, виснажена, голодна, по вуха у боргах і вагітна вoнa повертається додому, до рідної Матінки...
Добре якщо повернеться сама, дитину на ноги поставить, а от якщо ще й цей весь непотріб за собою притягне, то біда ще й Mатінці.
Ridiculous to say Ukraine can't produce their own weapons. Isn't there 9 billion USD in orders to the Ukrainian weapon manufacturing right now and 1,6 Billion of the 60 will go to ordering weapons from Ukraine.
What if South Korea went for North Korea at this time? Just asking.
China will never involve itself in a process aimed at assisting Ukraine against Russia.
To be war ready conscription MUST be mandatory from the age of 18 years. They undergo basic training for 3 months, then specialise and are posted where required. Two year mandatory service and then up to three months a year as reserves. It worked for the South African Defence Force fighting the Black Russian, East German and Cuban armies supported Communists. Ukraine does not have the manpower. They did not approach the Russian invasion as war. Ukraine is at war. Martial law must apply. Democracy must be temporarily suspended. Martial law will include the death penalty for treason, desertion and war crimes. WAKE UP UKRAINE! THIS IS WAR! NO PARTIES IN KIEV UNTIL THE WAR IS WON!
Interesting indeed. Can’t disagree with Lt Col Glen Grant’s point of view. Alina has steered the conversation very well. Hope Ukraine succeeds in repelling Russian aggression.
Україна - це дівчина, яка погуляла на Заході і після багатьох образ, принижень та обіцянок на ній одружитися, виснажена, голодна, по вуха у боргах і вагітна вoнa повертається додому, до рідної Матінки...
Добре якщо повернеться сама, дитину на ноги поставить, а от якщо ще й цей весь непотріб за собою притягне, то біда ще й Mатінці.
15:10 “ you have to be prepared. If you don’t prepare it’s going to happen. “
Sad but true
God Save the King & Героєм Слава
MDBA make StormShadow AND Taurus..same damned company.
Both are living in alis in wonderland.
I dont agree with him. I think they will win for sure, but I think he lacks pieces in the big picture. I love for example Jack Broe, Vlad Vexler, Joe Blogs, Dennis etc... I think they might have got a broader picture and more correct than him. (I do think Zelensky, of what I know, is taking excellent desicions! U will BOUTH win and have an EXCELLENT future, Zelensky is not sacrificeing one for the other, I think U will move ahead of many countries in the future because of this. Its many ways to see easy solutions when you dont see the whole picture, its harder than that.)
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The failure of the negotiations will mean the beginning of a third world war." This is how Vladimir Zelensky described his desire to resolve the conflict in Ukraine through diplomacy. But exactly two years year ago, his rhetoric changed dramatically: instead of agreeing to a neutral and nuclear-free status for the country, Zelensky’s office decided to seek “victory on the battlefield.” What were the reasons for such drastic changes and are negotiations on Ukraine possible in the future?
On March 29, 2022, the last round of Russian-Ukrainian talks to resolve the conflict formally took place in Istanbul(Turkey). As a result, Russia announced a reduction in military activity in the Kiev and Chernihov regions. And Ukraine submitted its proposals for a peaceful settlement. The proposals, among other things, stated: that Ukraine in the next 15 years refuses to try to return Crimea and Donbas by military means. Ukraine also promised not to enter into military alliances, to confirm its non-nuclear status, and not to deploy foreign bases and contingents, to conduct exercises without the consent of the guarantor countries, including Russia.
On March 20, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN he was “ready for talks” with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, but warned that if the talks failed, “it would mean a third world war.” He called for negotiations "without delay", although he refused to carry out denazification. A week later, on
March 28, 2022, Zelensky assured that Ukraine was ready to discuss its neutral status as part of a peace agreement with Russia. “Guarantees of security and neutrality, the non-nuclear status of our state. We are ready to go for it,” Zelensky quoted Reuters as saying.
On June 17, 2022: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron traveled to Ukraine to persuade its leader Vladimir Zelensky to accept negotiations with Russia “before it is too late.” The Italian newspaper La Stampa wrote about this. Journalists from the German newspaper Die Welt also suggested that "behind closed doors" visitors convinced Zelensky to come to the negotiating table.
Everyone remembers the turning point after the talks in Istanbul(Turkey). Zelensky argued that Ukraine does not need NATO. He doubted that the alliance could even protect its own countries. He agreed to a non-bloc status and some other conditions. But then Boris Johnson arrived and the Ukrainian authorities refused all agreements.
On June 18, 2022: Johnson, during a visit to Kiev, offered the opportunity to train up to 10 thousand Ukrainian soldiers every four months and announced plans to expand the training of Ukrainian troops. The UK will continue to actively support Ukraine, despite the world's fatigue with the Ukrainian conflict, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on his return from Kiev.
On June 25, 2022: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson predicted increasing pressure from Western countries on Ukraine with the aim of concluding a “bad peace” with Russia. According to him, the pressure may increase due to the economic consequences of the sanctions for Europe.
On June 26, 2022: Attempts to resolve the conflict [through negotiations] in Ukraine at this stage will only contribute to maintaining instability in the world, the head of the British government, Boris Johnson, told the French president, Emmanuel Macron, during a G7 meeting in Germany.
From June 26 to 28, 2022: "We all have to show that we are cooler than Putin... We have to show our pectoral muscles." Boris Johnson made these statements at the G7 summit in Germany that lasted three days.
On November 24, 2024: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke openly with CNN (Portuguese affiliate) about the fact that his efforts encouraged Ukrainian leaders to participate in military resistance.
Zelensky was simply forbidden to conduct further negotiations with Russia. Moreover, it was not the conditional "collective West" that did this, but individual players: the United States and Britain. The initiator of the idea was the British authorities, but Johnson could not make such a decision on his own. He had long discussions about this with the White House.
I think Johson convinced Washington with this argument: “We will make Moscow pay more".
This Colonel is so sure of himself she should ask him this question why the Russian is winning at this stage. Remember viewers no explanations here are true and has a perfect explanation no matter how clever this colonel is.
At this point in time the result of the conflict being the Russian will come up on top unless an unforeseen circumstance occurs e.g. a Nuclear tactical weapon is employed by the west.
Okay, this guy is entitled to his opinion but some things are just more complicated.
With all due respect; I’m rather embarrassed by the words here. Has he consulted with the Ukrainian government, recently? The Ukrainian government is fully on a war footing. Moreover it is using incredibly intelligent tactics, with severely limited resources. Intelligence. This is the key word here. The negativity here is quite dangerous and frankly, completely unfounded. It’s awkward to disagree with a person of such calibre; but I feel he needs to consult directly with the Ukrainian government, today. 💛 💙 🇬🇧 💪
Budanov is not the person who take care about Ukrainians. Żaluznyj has had abilities to feel compassion to victims of meat grinder and he has refused to sending for death guys without any military trening.
I have heard about propebbly arrest for Zalużnyj .Only rumors from Kiev.
You have a chose, you can pretend to live a normal life were every now and then some of your loved ones die in missal strikes, or the battlefield, or you can realise whether you like it or not YOU ARE AT WAR.
Russian federation is about 32 countries plus Iran, the north korea, Belarus, country-stans, fighting against Ukraine.
Britain is in an economic crisis. WTF you talking about!
President Zelenskyy is a true and honourable President 🇺🇦 He has done a phenomenal job!!! It’s so easy to sit back and criticize someone when there is so much more that goes on behind the scenes that the public will never know about.
He’s done a phenomenal job at feathering his nest and planning his exit strategy……
Well said!
amazingly the lady is more level headed and less war mongor than this old man, i guess it comes naturally with british people