Forget about war fatigue: It will be a long war
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- Ukraine's chief of defense says some dramatic things in an interview with The Economist: The war is at a stalemate, and Russia is in a better position to win a long war of attrition. In this video I reflect on the context of general Zaluzhny's comments, and what he is really trying to say.
0:00 Intro
0:26 The book
1:35 Zaluzhnu's interview
1:53 The summer offensive is over
3:49 Russia's new offensive
4:26 Disappointing results
5:35 Accepting the long term
7:22 Zaluzhny's goal with the interview
8:51 Is Russia winning the long war?
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I find it hard to accept that any NATO adviser could possibly think that Ukraine could make good progress in the south with a few tanks and IFVs, while lacking air superiority. The one factor utterly central to the entire NATO doctrine. Add to that the fact they wouldn’t give long range weapons. Madness.
Even a handful of long range weapons have had a big impact. Imagine how well things could have gone if Ukraine had been equipped with a decent supply as well as F16s or similar. The speed at which that particular project is moving is criminal.
It’s very hard to argue against the idea that ‘the west’ is giving Ukraine just enough to keep going. Playing some stupid game while Ukraine suffers the consequences.
The Biden administration was pretty obvious from the start: Let Russia take Ukraine and bolster defense perimeter of NATO countries. They never thought, or wanted Ukraine to hold out this long.
It’s infuriating. NATO should have offered Ukraine everything it asked for short of nuclear weapons at the very beginning. Why were those weapons created in the first place? To defend against Russian aggression!
Exactly
Swedish statesman Axel Oxenstierna:
"Do you not know, my son, with how very little wisdom the world is governed?" (in a letter to his son Johan written in 1648; in the original Latin it reads: An nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur?
I am convinced that NATO is giving Ukraine just enough to stop the Russians, and nothing more. There seems to be no overall plan -- many commenters were already talking about eventually sending western jets in 2021, why did _training_ only start in 2023 then? No, these things are decided on a day-to-day basis.
I do not understand the motivation behind this approach.
Something that gives me confidence in military leaders is the willingness to speak truthfully and candidly about the reality on the ground. Only then can problem solving begin. Contrast with Shoigu and "everything is going according to plan." I believe Ukraine is on track to becoming a valued NATO member.
what?? that incompetent leader just finally got around to understanding wwii , they are corrupt as hell stealing left and right and the leader is in total denial.... the propaganda on all sides is just depressingly effective. channels like this are also to blame just spoon feeding these affirmations folks wanted that didn't line up w/ reality.
YES!!!! They are absolutely NOT corrupt and shall become members. Oops, I forgot.... They no longer even exist!
"They no longer even exist!" So you've been reading Medinsky's new Russian history textbook ! @@scubamaz1
@@scubamaz1cry more Ivan, your three day special military operation has taken over 600 days now and the end is nowhere in sight
@@scubamaz1 Hi Z loser.
Thank you for emphasizing that Putin is not planning on stopping. He's staked his political life on expanding Russian influence, so he's going to do everything in his power to come out of this with a win, and we have to be even more determined to not let that happen.
The name of the political game in that part of the world (the vast majority of the world) is called "multipolarism"
You could say he's staked his life on winning, probably including the lives of his cabinet too.
So when are you going to the fronts?😂 Digital warriors 😂🤡
@@johnyblazer8597 This is the question, as Ukraine is losing (as is completely expected).
@@johnyblazer8597 Unless you have military experience ( and not during peacetime) or speak Ukrainian, its actually pretty hard to get in ( to the international legion in this case). If Ukraine needed foreign fighters, they would be asking for them, but they're not, they're asking for weapons. They learned pretty early on in the war that a bunch of weekend warriors on the battlefield is a hindrance more than a help. Actually one of the best things people outside of Ukraine can do is spread the word and lobby for support. Financial donations help too. Take in a refugee. Lots of things you can do that are more helpful than trying ( and probably failing) to join the legion, unless of course you have some asset like you're a medical professional or something.
He makes excellent videos, no bells or whistles. Just a guy stating clear facts, in a well-spoken simple way. Thank you for doing them
Facts? Which ones?
@@Princip666 An offensive push will use up more artillery ammunition, thats a fact
@@lennyztrobos8678 It's like saying any military action will use up more ammunition. What a clever example, bravo.
@@Princip666 No problem. Maybe you can spot the next one
@@lennyztrobos8678 "I have published a book" 😅
So good to have you back, Anders.
Saw your interview in Deadline which was very eye-opening for me :)
You see the broader perspectives clearly, and is very good at explaining things in a way we civilians understand and thereby broadening at least my understanding of various topics. Thanks for that, and yes please keep it coming.
Yeah why should we listen some gaylord anyway? 😂 Guy looks like he never gave a punch.. liberal warmongering of sheep and they still love it
Have you seen him in Krigens Døgn?
This guy is the biggest liar on youtube--so out of touch he still thinks Ukraine has 34 million people.....didn't get the massage that 14 million fled 2 years ago.
@@ninatouchdown2500 No, not recently at least. He was on "Deadline" (dr.dk) a few days ago discussing his new book.
theres about 4 mins of info in a 11 min video
people need to limit their news from interpretations by "experts" to source material
Welcome back, Anders! So glad to hear your insights. Also, book: cries in English.
This could have been a very different war, if we, 'the west' had not waited for more than a year with delivery of modern systems. Plus we are yet to deliver these in relevant quantities. Giving Russia all the time to dig in and prepare massive mine fields changed the war and there is no way around that. I can not help but get the impression, that we only provide as many weapons and systems to make sure that Ukraine does not lose, but also that any kind of victory is years away - using Ukraine as a means to bleed Russia out militarily and economically. It makes me sad and mad at the same time.
And also before the invasion the west for years refused to supply weapons to Ukraine, meanwhile continuing doing business with russia funding their war chest. This politics of appeasement is what made this war possible in the first place. Now they are drop-feeding weapons and ammunition and expecting rapid breakthroughs against russia that has piles upon piles of soviet military stocks. And then they endlessly complain about slow advance, and how Ukraine is corrupt and useless, and how Israel that is bombing civilians in Gaza and can't defend it's borders against some terrorists with AKs - is more important to sent a paycheck, but Ukraine that is fighting the largest war since ww2 - oh they don't deserve support and need to be criticized and constantly laughed at.
As a ukrainian i got very bitter of the west lately. And don't take me wrong - i am not defending russia and i am grateful for the support that we get, but there is nothing that breaks me more than this whole toxicity from the west that is aimed at Ukraine. Makes me loose faith in humanity.
"We" could certainly have done better... so when Mr Zelenskyy gives us a mudfall of critique, we deserve it.
Reality is just that's the weakness of democracy. Our politicians need solid ground underneath their decisions.
That's exactly what RU and China mocks about our way of rule... "Ha! Peasants have a say?!"...
Doesn't make it better when some of our peasants aren't educated enough to make good choices. In that case fool's on us.
@@BenjaminVestergaard I agree. Only dictators can make serious decisions swiftly.
But wrong decisions usually.
Despite dictatorship’s best efforts the people’s voice will be heard, democracy allows the people’s voice to be heard without them resorting to violence.
Thanks for sharing your expert view on the Zaluzhny interview. Highly value your opinion on the events in Ukraine.
It’s always a pleasure to listen to you! As I wrote in the comments in one of the previous videos, the people responsible for this failure are not the Ukrainians but US!!! WE, NATO MEMBERS, ARE RESPONSIBLE OF THE STAGNATION of the fronts and the high number of Ukrainian victims, soldiers and civilians!!! I am ashamed of our procrastination (F16, Taurus, long range ATACAMS, ...), of our delays (GLSDB, ...), of our pusillanimity (Romania, Odessa, ...), of the lack of commitment ( Republicans, now in the USA) when we have a common enemy embodying absolute evil. All this favors the misdeeds of the Russians but also of the Iranians and the North Koreans: they fear no retaliation!!!
True that! My fellow human beings are aliens to me. The biggest thing since WW2 happens demanding generational action, moral judgement, adherence to the rule of law, sustenance of the global order that has kept the peace since 1945 for most of Europe and everyone is saying 'Doh, let's vote for the Donald again' or 'Spend the money on keeping out Mexicans' before helping Ukraine save your fat Mid Western asses. Ukraine has to win, in the same way that the Allies had to defeat the Nazis. Christ people, google 'existential threat' FFS.
NATO/US is responsible for the conflict starting in the first place.
Very well said, I completely share your sentiment and frustration!
Absolute evil is a stretch. That is hyperbole that will delay peace and get a lot more Ukrainians killed. Everyone can see America's lack of commitment to humanitarian international law in Gaza now. Any moral leadership America had is evaporating, the only response is to escalate wars and unify all adversaries.
The global majority is assuredly moving towards a multipolar world, so it's safe to assume the American military will want to throw its weight around as much as possible. China announced $100 billion in development aid, to contrast with the billions spent on weapons. Weapons that slosh around regions that eventually make their way to terrorists in the Sahel or Gaza for example.
Only Russia does not collect money from the world, but produces everything itself, unlike Ukraine. After the events in Israel, everyone forgot about Ukraine, and the United States used them as a condom. Ukraine - game over!
Congrats on the book; thank you for the excellent video! Cheers from Washington State, 🇺🇸
Welcome back. Your thoughts are always very clear and insightful. Thankyou and congratulations on the book. Unfortunately Ill have to wait for a translation. Keep updating us please on Ukraine and Russia.
Congratulations Anders on publishing your first book. I hope it gets published in English soon! I'm struggling to understand why so many conversations about the Ukraine war are about positional and logistical warfare. In my view, this war will be largely determined by economic factors. Russia has been running a massive budget deficit for a year now. Sooner or later their sovereign wealth fund is going to run dry, at which point the Russian Federation will no longer be able to subsidise itself. Ukraine also faces similar dangers because the US and EU are not exactly the most dependable friends right now. These factors are badly overlooked IMO.
That's been on my mind too
its a mix of both isnt it? behind the fighting is the logistics, behind which again is the economy. In that in the long run you cannot fight without getting rearmed - but you cant rearm and run arms industries in the long run without an economy to sustain it, but at the same time in the short run you can just magically turn $ into ammo etc, you DO NEED a military industrial complex for that ... hence why talking about logistics and not just $ is important as particularly the European nations have all but done away with the depth in arms and everyone mostly has left their MICs to wither believing in just-in-time deliveries for small scale interventions and completely forgotten the value of being able to ramp up for long term full scale conventional war demand
I think that it may well be harder than it seems to stop supporting Ukraine. At least for the US. If they stop supporting Ukraine then Russia will gain outright control of all of their gains in Ukraine and make no concessions whatsoever and the blame will fall squarely on the US administration that allowed that to happen - to effectively be defated in their geopolitical goals by a feeble Russia. I don't see how that would be politically survivable - This is not Afghanistan - this war can be won leaving a stable government and society in Ukraine.
US & especially the EU have got to make it count otherwise it won't get easier it will get harder, Russia is weaker now than at any stage prior to the previous collapse, therefore Ukraine must be supported long term and that message should be confirmed in the public domain in written cast iron guarantees. Russia wants to push its agenda, we must not let them, otherwise more will follow, further hardware and more munitions must follow whilst Ukraine still has the fight, they want to win to!?!
@@N.i.c.k.H Biden should ask the people if they want to be remembered as quit.. and los..
ers.
In 10 minutes what a great macro take on the whole thing that I hadn’t considered before and could understand. You have been missed!
Let us know when it’s available in English (book or digital). I’d love a copy.
Will do!
our hopes were pretty high due to the Kharkiv and Kherson victories last fall. Zaluzhny, as a good leader, takes responsibility for how 2023 went. Zaluzhny did the interview for a reason, which would have been vetted by the political leadership, and I think you hit th nail on the head.
DIdn't the support just stopped after Kharkiv and Kherson? I recall no weapons were given at that time, with "tanks will be in the spring"
Zelensky is terrible leader. In order to understand why, all you have to do is to compare him to Milošević.
I will not hesitate one bit to buy that book (in English(. Congratulations! What an amazing achievement.
Congrats on the release of your book! I would love to read it if it got released in translation. Your content has been excellent for better understanding this conflict and conflict in general.
Would love an English version
Yeah me to my danish sucks i can sort of read it if its simple enough but i guess the book would be to much for me.
I would buy a future English version of your book! Thanks for your insightful videos!
This book needs to be released in English! I want it!!
I’ll let the publisher know you said that. Maybe that can forward the process. 😄
An excellent summary Anders, I hope certain politicians in the USA take note of what you explained and get more aid to Ukraine tomorrow. I struggle to see how they can be so ignorant of these facts.
Because securing political points is more important than actually doing anything to a politician, unfortunately.
We don't have the money or the weapons. We have to borrow the money to send to Ukraine. We're bankrupt. We don't have the weapons because our procurement process is geared towards making huge profits for the manufacturers not for producing good weapons in adequate numbers.
@@neilreynolds3858 I thought the same thing for quite some time, however things that I considered extravagant wastes of money such as the Excalibur rounds for the M777 suddenly became extremely cost effective when you consider that in a conflict like this the defenders are trying to destroy as little of their own infrastructure as possible, so a round costing $100K suddenly seems like a bargain if it prevents millions of dollars of collateral damage.
Also your understanding of the aid packages is incorrect. We have sent stockpiles of older munitions and equipment that we no longer use and have spent money storing and would have spent more cash disposing of - Ukraine got M113s from us and we no longer use those but the "value" of them was counted in the numbers reported as if we had just given them a pallet of money. The other thing is that we built all of this defense hardware to kill Russians (mainly) and that is what it is being used for - but American lives are not being expended in doing so. Also the "stop and go" production process that is used in military procurement increases the cost of production exponentially.
I'm not a fan of the human race constantly expending so much of our resources in trying to control one another, and philosophically regard war as a defective way to resolve issues, but if someone shows up with ill intent unfortunately there isn't time to sit down and talk them out of their mindset and I'm happy to have a way to resist attack.
Tillykke med bogen og tak for dine seriøse opdateringer om krigen i Ukraine.
The way I groaned when you said the book was only in Danish! I totally understand of course, but I can’t wait for it to be translated to English
Congratulations for your book. Quite an achievement !
STORT tillykke med bogen. 📖
Glæder mig til at læse den 👍
Det gør jeg i den grad også.
100% correct Zhalushni made a political interview not a military description.
There are military aspects too, especially in the technology and resources he says will be needed to break out of the current positional warfare. We're doing OK in one of the 5 areas (thank you Denmark, the Netherlands, and Belgium for committing F-16s), but the others are.somewhat lacking.
@@TROPtastic yes, but this military requests are more theoretical nature. I do not see any Western Initiative to increase the aid to Ukraine beside the already promised F16. There are strong tendencies in the USA to stop any support. Nevertheless Russia has the same issues and it is questionable how long Russia can spend almost 40 % of its budget to its military complex. So the conclusion, that a long war favour Putin is questionable.
@@maritaschweizer1117The tendicies in America to stop the aid are a few loud mouths making a lot of noise and grabbing headlines (drama sells) but the support for Ukraine in the US is still very strong.
@@alexiskiri9693 the Americans supported Ukraine only as long as it profited their economy, most of the funds went into the US military complex, while the Ukrainians got 30 year old junk that was sitting in storage, now the US economy is booming and Biden has to go and fight for the election, Ukraine is forgotten for the moment, the UK has been great, but the brexit imposed by Putin is holding them back financially, the Germans were predictable, they rather sacrificed their economy than delivering decisive weapons like the Taurus that could have changed the course of war and become a new export bestseller for the German military complex, the French are winners, they are about to take over Russia as the 2nd biggest weapons exporter in the world, but France alone with Northern and Eastern Europe can not save Ukraine, Putin's calculation worked out, the 2nd round goes to Russia, after the loss of the 1st round, what can we do? hope that the German industry gets rid of Scholz, but the chances are slim
@@maritaschweizer1117 He has to say that a long war favours putin to make a wape-up call for the west. It he doesn't say it, it's more likely to be true.
Russia is all-in in this war, that's the major difference, and will not stop until it wins or until it's defeated, there will not be any kind of Peace deal while Russia is still in the Ukrainian territory. Ukraine needs the West to be ready to support it for many more years.
Was western intelligence completely wrong? I remember just 3-4 weeks ago the UK in their daily update said that russias offensive capabilities are exhausted.
And the fact that only 1.5 years into the war we start to realize that we should have been setting up war industries...
I feel like the west is failing Ukraine and it deeply worries me
I doubt it was a statement that all of Russias offensive capabilities were gone. Perhaps it was a more limited component like their ability to push on towards Kremina that was petering out and you mis-remembered?
The Russians seized a fifth of a huge country in about a week. The narrative of Russian incompetence was a lie from the start. Almost everything in the media about this war has been lies from why it started to how it's fought to the nature of the current Ukrainian regime to who blew up Nordstream to who was attacking Energodar power station, to the silence about Ukraine attacking Donetsk city centre with butterfly mines and artillery to who blew up the Novakharkovka dam. The more dangerous narratives are about Russians intending to continue on to Warsaw and Berlin.
Yeah the do lie all the time... Duh... Same loozers told you something about save and effective.... Wakie wakie
When one talks about offensive capabilities then there is still the idea looming of a Soviet Union that planned to reach in one week the Rhine and in two weeks the Atlantic. ( So eliminating Germany and France). What we see here is as hirrible and costly it us in lifes a ghost of the capabilities of the Sowjet Union (or at least what everyone believed thdy could do.) It took Germany in WW2 about 50 days to overrun France. We are past day 600 and Russia goes nowhere. We have no huge armies pushing for Kiev or aiming to strike deep into Ukraine. Russia will always be able to cause casulties, but as they are now incapabke to reach any kf the objectives they had before the war.
@@TorianTammas It looks like that but that's not the whole picture. Ukraine is getting weaker, Russia is getting stronger day by day. Remember the 1914-1918 war, in France/Belgium there are many similarities. In 1914 things were very fluid, there were rapid advances (like the first month in 2022). Then in the West at least there were years of stasis. Then in 1918 the weaker side tried a desperate and costly assault that put the stronger side under pressure (the Ukrainian counter offensive). After that failed, the weaker German side had used their best reserves. We're now at the June 1918 stage where the British and French started pushing back the German army. It's starting to become obvious to everyone the Ukrainians are weakening, even the Western media is starting to admit this. In 2024, the Russians will have the option to take the four oblasts they have already annexed or if they are prepared to pay a heavier price, advance further into Ukraine.
Tillykke med bogen, og tak for du deler din viden med os
Congratulations on your book. I’d go through the trouble of reading it in Danish, if only I knew how to pronounce what I read.
I assume you plan on a translation in English?
Nobody can pronounce Danish, not even other Scandinavians! But it's not so hard to read if you know English and German ;) @@Calligraphybooster
SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK!!!
@@gramail2009 .. According to experts on the subject, then written Danish is the second easies language for an native English speaker to learn. The reason of cause is the Danish Viking invasion of the part of England they settled and called the Danelaw, so that the Danish grammar and around 1,000 everyday Danish words is still recognizable, like æg = egg, sværd = svord, kniv = knife and so forth. Ironically, the "pillaging" Danish Vikings also introduced the word 'law' and the concept of a jury to the native English.
@@CalligraphyboosterAnders answered that in another comment. He promised to let his viewers know when the translation is out
Clearly, the Ukrainian leadership has a clear understanding of the situation. Your work here helps to provide more of the context not available elsewhere. Thank you, Anders.
Zaluzhnyi's interview was an amazing insight into the clear & logical thinking of a world-class General. That he has shared this thinking with the public, is equally amazing.
Thanks Anders and good luck with your new book. The war in Ukraine has already been a success in updating Nato's military strategies and highlighted the weaknesses in political support for long term involvement in military action by Nato members.
Why are we Europeans so slow to speed up arms production and understand Russia is going for the long haul
Takes some time to wake up the German industrial beast. But it's happening.
My - guess - is that kind of immense production increase normally is connected to world war levels, like total war times.
That said, I can't guess a better way to invest 1€+ in a European country's security right now than using it to help Ukraine.
Why hesitancy? It could be a proximity issue. That, the further away a country is from bordering the war, the less the conviction/insight is that its own security actually is at stake.
Maybe the accumulation of wars, attacks, civil wars etc the past years might actually have that silver lining - we have to be able to ramp up (production) at a lower global unrest.
Because Russia transformed its whole economy to war time economy.
@@foobar6846 Germany is de-industrialized without energy.
Because Europeans lived in a dream for the past 20 years. They forgot that they have enemies in the world and lived as if all war is forever eliminated.
As a Ukrainian I am wondering how much energy we have left to live with the war as civilians. This winter will be tough again. Last night infrastructure was attacked next to Lviv. Surely at least our allies can sent us more air defence systems. 1 Patriot system would cover entire west Ukraine. That quite an ethically obvious solution for protecting civilian lives. Thank you for such a good analysis.
"1 Patriot system would cover entire west Ukraine" - Sure buddy, sure it would.
@healthytrout I support Ukraine - but a PAC-3 patriot system covers 20km radius and has 16 missiles that cost $3.5million each (enough for 1 day of protection of 1 city).
You seem to be completely unaware of military equipment limitations...
@@OnlyTrueRealJesus damn... not a magic weapon after all
Congrats for the new book with the regret of an Italian completely unable to understand danish language.
About the analysis of Zalushni’s interview I can just definitely agree as my reading between the lines was exactly the same.
You always hit the nail right in the head, bravo 👏
In the immortal words of Yogi Berra,
"IT'S NOT OVER 'TIL IT'S OVER."
Grattis till din första bokpublicering!!
5:36 - I don't think that is exact way I would summarise it. I guess on one hand it is right - both Ukraine and the west hoped (that is they not misread the situation, but hoped) that ruzzians will be demoralised and weak and once pushed it will go similar to Kharkiv offensive (i.e. breach the line, attack the flank, collapse large flank and ruzzians end-up running all the way to Azov sea), or at least as Kherson offensive (keep pressure on, hit logistics and ruzzians will retreat as a "good will gesture"). Now it turned out not to be the case, despite tremendous loses ruzzians kept the line, even managed to counter-attack, the line was way heavier mined and way heavier defended than thought and Ukraine blunted it's initial offensive basically into minefields, leaving many destroyed western vehicles, especially midfield breaching vehicles.
Where I don't quite agree is two areas - that Ukraine didn't know it will happen and secondly that west "equipped it for manoeuvre warfare":
- I think Ukraine knew very well that they don't have sufficient advantage to achieve breakthrough with acceptable losses, so Ukraine delayed the offensive for quite a while and even first month of offensive were more like probing attacks and reconnaissance-in-force, more like a raids with few vehicles rather than committing larger force to take position permanently. So why they did commit to larger offensive in the end - my take on it is - wester pressure. West said - look you have tanks etc, "show ruzzians the leopard and bradley and they will run". So it was west which was misreading the situation and wrongly pressuring Ukraine in action.
- The second part - was Ukraine actually equipped to do manoeuvre warfare... and here my answer is unequivocally NO! they got like 30 modern tanks, they got another 50 Leopard 1s, which are like older version of T72/T80. So Total west provided only 80 tanks, only 30 of which were relatively modern, which is absolutelly a joke an not enough. Ukraine needed the number probably 10 times higher. Bradley numbers looked slightly better ~120 maybe by the start of offensive and they gave some edge, especially at night, but Bradleys can't clear minefield, especially not when they are protected. Abrams didn't arrive until after the offensive ended and it is only 30 anyway. So West absolutelly not provided sufficient aid, they only provided what I would call "token aid". The meaningful and significant number would have been if US had provided 400 Abrams and 800 Bradleys i.e. meaningful numbers. And probably 50 M1150s. Given the task ahead that is what US would have taken itself for the task, so why they expecting Ukraine to do it with 30 Abrams that are delivered 5 months after offensive started?! And that is not all - no country in the world had done manoeuvre warfare on such scale without total air superiority since WW2. So for Ukraine to have any chance, they needed F16, they needed all Air launch missiles there are, they needed significant number of ATACMS (I would say few 100s for both block 1 and 1A), huge push on GMLRs and only then breaching and manoeuvre could begin.
Honestly this offensive was non-starter - just pushing directly into minefield and kill zones, I am surprised Ukraine did as well as it did! If there was alternative reality where it would have succeeded, in that reality ruzzians should have surrendered and abandoned their positions en-masse and that is what west hoped for, I guess Ukraine hoped for that as well, but Ukraine knew there is slim chance for that, the west misread the situation and thought it is much high chance of it happening.
I have as well seen statement that "western equipment failed to deliver the results or that Ukraine was incompetent in using it"...which again is false. 30 tanks is a token force, yes they will get all destroyed if sent into killzone in minefield. Ukraine simply didn't have meaningful number of western equipment to make a dent and no western planers could even appreciate the depth and density of ruzzian minefields, there is simply no comparable sized minefields anywhere, or that were ever breached. I am not saying they are impossible to breach, but not with 30 tanks and 3 mineplows.
Congrats on your first book! Many thanks for sharing your views.
Anders, thank you for, as usual, helping to clarify the current war situation; ambiguity serves only the aggressor.
We've missed your sage and sobering analysis Anders. Thank you for this.
Congratulations on your book Sir! I expect it will soon be published in English!
I might buy the book & use it as an excuse to learn Danish. My late mother was Danish, and her father served in the King's Guard. At school, she boasted that his job was to wind the palace clocks. Later, he had a shoe repair shop in Copenhagen, where customers would tell him off for disparaging occupying soldiers ...
Perfect explanation of the situation as it stands
Tillykke med udgivelsen!
I've been reading The Economist for decades. The articles in it are extremely well written. There is generally a lag (sometimes a significant one) between an event happening and it being reported in The Economist which indicates that their journalists are at least doing some proper research and collating facts before going to press.
However, on those very rare occasions when they have written a piece that deals with the small part of the world where I live I have found their analysis and conclusions to be wildly inaccurate.
This leads me to ask: if they can be wrong about this what else are they getting wrong?
Thus I will always seek independent verification from other reputable news sources.
A very old saying: "Everything you read in the newspapers is entirely true EXCEPT those events you have first-hand knowledge of."
I completely agree about your comments about news reporting on events you have first hand knowledge of and the need to look at for verification.
Thank you for your view on the topic. Congratz on your book release 🎉
The general is an admirable man. I am impressed by him. As I a by Ukraine. I am disappointed Western politicians.
One of the best-nuanced, if not the best, reporting on the war that is available on YT.
Thank you for helping us get a bigger perspective. Excellent analysis.
Congratulations on your book! That's a huge achievement. And thank you for your analysis of the general's comments.
When that book comes out in English, I'm buying it!!
Hej Anders, What you may have lacked in timeliness, you more than compensated for it clear and sharp insight. Always worth the wait. Tak.
Alas, I cannot read Danish. However, I will lobby some of our publishers, the book sounds interesting.
I totally agree with your judgement of the situation in Ukraine! Good luck with your book 👍
I very much appreciate your videos in English, thank you so much.
I I look at the Danish comments and can only decipher every third word.
Big congratulations on your new book! Wishing the best for you!
Thanks.
You’re right on the alternative to a Ukrainian win (back to the borders of 1991) NOT being peace. I hadn’t fully thought of ot that way, and it puts the wests choices into sharp contrast. Ukraine must win! Slava Ukraini!
1 + 1 = 2 At least in this universe. What's the population of Ukraine vs. Ukraine? Can Ukraine produce any munitions vs. RUSSIA? Does the Ukraine have any more reinforcements? Are you aware of the FACT that Russia has nuclear weapons? Best of luck I have no bone in the game. I don't care what happens.
@@scubamaz1don't you think the average European or American is too thick to grasp that? I think so..they can't even accept they lost in Iraq and Afghanistan ..I am Hindu Indian I too don't have a dog in the fight ...stupid folks elect cunning leaders..I have seen the same happening everywhere, from my own country included
Oh congratulations on publishing your book , hopefully we get it in English 😊
Nice, great that you made a book. Will be looking for English version!
Congratulations on the book being published. It would be good to have it published in English too. I would certainly want to read it. I'm viewing this video after 5 months. The general has gone to become an ambassador of the UK and Adivka is now occupied by the Russians. It does seem that the collective west is still hesitant to let Ukraine win. Macron has pushed back, saying more can be done to help stack the odds back in Ukraine's favour. I believe Macron is right. Strategic ambiguity is best in leaving the Russians guessing what will happen next. Soon, the force multipliers will ramp up for Ukraine and a long war will gradually favour the Ukraine as it secures its front line in depth.
Brilliant presentation with clear statements and clearheaded analysis. Thank you Anders for your input and hope to see them more often. I don't read danish but I would very much like to read your book in English one day. Slava Ukraini 🟦🟨🔱
Will definitely get that book in English when it comes out 🎉
oh man please publish the book in English! Love your content, 24/7 365 days a week mainstream media can't get 1% of the information you have in this video.
Congratulations on your book!!!!
Well done mate on publishing your first book. If and when you get it printed in English I will be getting a copy.
Excellent summary, thanks do much for your concise and easy to understand explanations. Looking forward to the English version of your book!
Congratulations on your book Anders!
Tillykke med bogen. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Well that book is now on my christmas wishlist! Keep up the amazing work Anders!
We need the book in English!
Excellent commentary! Thanks for the perspective!
Looking forward to the english book!
Congratulations on publishing your book! I could probably scan the pages into a translation app quicker than I could learn to read Danish. Have you considered creating an Audio book in English? Viewers often comment on how much they like not only your content, but also your presentation style and voice. I realize creating an audio version would take time, effort and money, but I would be willing to contribute to a Crowd Funding option to help offset some/all of the costs. Regardless, I'm going to buy your Danish version anyway to support you and your work. Tillykke!
Deepl would translate the book amazingly well.
Congratulations on the completion of your book Anders - a mighty task indeed !
Thanks for your interpretation of Zaluzhny's interview, I'm glad to have you back :)))
Excellent Analysis & Observations - I will buy the book but when its in English !! Thank you
It will be great to read the English version of your book. Thanks for the video!
The strategic confusion in the West is palpably frustrating. Supplying Ukraine with enough stuff to win the war would likely lead to Russia being a resource vassal of China. Which would eliminate one of its more pressing strategic weaknesses. Aside from the nuclear threat it is the only reason I can imagine why any policymaker with a semblance of reason would sustain this situation
A weakened Russia also weakens China, not the other way around.
Looking forward to an English translation of your book.
Congratulations on your book!👍📕
looking forward to the English version of the book!!!
I would definitely want to read an English version !
Very enlightening video!! 👌Thanks for clearing things up. I'm very interested in your book, the English version, once available.
Thanx, we all worry about this.
Wow, congratulations on your book Anders! Unfortunately I'm a dead broke Brazilian guy, so imagine dead broke in a third world country... But I wish you a lot of success with your book, you certainly deserve it!
The problem is the West only triickling just enough weapons for Ukraine to not lose, but also to not win. But we in the west constantly underestimate Ukraine and get proven wrong over and over when they pull off something unexpected. While the southern summer offensive failed to gain traction in the first two weeks and they had to switch to another strategy, they have been successful elsewhere, an amazing feat given the lack of air cover. Russia is hoping for a long war, the west needs to get serious and stop worrying about escalation, or Russia will be invading NATO land next. Better to defeat Russia in Ukraine now, than face a wider conflict later.
Agreed. Escalation will eventually happen. We’re already seeing it, in fact, as russia arranges aggression in the Middle East. It will get worse the longer this drags out. And it’ll be worse still if russia is allowed to win.
You need to stand in the corner with all the other naughty people pointing out inconvenient truths. Why can't you just support Free Palestine, LGBTIQA+, don't you know there's a climate emergency and the world is boiling!?
@@vaughanbean1156 Not sure what you're implying... those groups you mentioned do what support Ukraine, but the House Republicans & right wing nutters are the ones who want nothing to do with supporting Ukraine.
They want Ukraine to not lose but not to win as well.
@@vaughanbean1156When will you people learn that us on the left want Ukraine to win as well?
Tak Anders! Så er julegaveønsket hjemme! Og hvis jeg ikke får den, ønsker jeg mig den i fødselsdagsgave - hvis jeg kan vente så længe.
Congratulations for the book 👏👏
As always a truly perceptive perspective. Thank you!
Dejligt ar få et nyt upload. Den sidder som sædvanlig i lige i skabet, og bogen er øverst i juleønskelisten, jeg glæder mig til at læse den.
Thank you Anders. So helpful as always. Congratulations on your book - that's a lot of work!
Hi Anders. Congratulations on your first book. I wish you well, with it.
Congratulations on your book!!
thank you for your instructive videos! i wish you success with your book publication! most likely, i would order a copy of an english translation right away.
Du er en af de få militær analytiker hvilkes analyse stoler jeg på. Mange af de andre efteraber kun hvad Zaluzhny siger, uden at gå i dybden med det. Dine videoer er savnede 😊
With sufficient air support Crimea could have been taken months ago.thank you for your analysis.
Excellence commentary again.
Congratulations on the book.
Congratulations for finishing your book, Anders!
Anders, as always from you, a great perspective on the war and the forward going strategy.
I would buy your book if it was in English especially in Kindle form.
I don't read Danish but I'm buying a copy because I really enjoy your videos.
Excellent analysys - thsnks for your wisdom. Congrats on publication of your first book - if it is as insightful as your videos, it will be a best seller. Eanon