Ukraine did not get everything it asked for. maybe if you're checking those boxes if it received 1unit per category 😂 they received 1 third of of what they said they'd need to a successful counter-offensive, and half of that was late to the party. They delayed the start of movements as long as they could. They have done an absolutely fabulous job of making the most of the drip feed they did get though
yes no aircraft yet, 30 abrhams... yes one third to one quarter, and poor training, and not the ability to breach the trenches. they got ...some... but hardly enough and very very very late. Now run out of artillery munitions... really they are not serious. its as simple as that
Mr Bell has forgotten that due to the West's dallying the Russians had time to create kilometres of minefields, trenches, dragons teeth, which the Ukrainians had to deal with without air cover. NATO would not have gone in to clear minefields without air cover. The West has expected the Ukrainians to do this.
He seems to be arguing the case for ‘Russia is too strong so we shouldn’t bother to help Ukraine’ - if Russia is as strong as he thinks it is, this is EXACTLY WHY we should do whatever is takes to help Ukraine. This man should be ashamed of himself
Sir, you are not a very logical person. Ukraine has lost the war. The first $200 billion of western "assistance" has given the people of Ukraine 400,000 casualties, loss of 20% of its land, and 8 million people displaced. Zelensky now says give us $110,000 billion more. But he and Zaluszhny can't provide a war plan that shows anything but the same continuing.. Why in the world would you want the people of Ukraine to suffer more of the same?
That is not what he is saying. As part of the discussion, he is putting forward a point of view that he has heard other Western politicians and strategists put forward. He's NOT saying he agrees with that point of view.
The West should not be worrying about whether Ukraine can win this war, but should be worrying about the implications if russia wins it. They are extremely unpleasant and a major threat to the world.
The west especially the Biden Administration should say what they should have said long ago that they want Ukraine to win because it’s in the best interest of the EU and china wanting the same thing but not admitting it
The USA is losing this war. Should it succeed in weakening Russia and creating even more turmoil in the Middle East, the next step would be for them to provoke conflict with China.
Putin didn't want Ukraine to move closer to the rest of Europe, or NATO, then proved how necessary it is for Russia's neighbours to become NATO members by invading Ukraine....utter idiot ! Wars in other countries doesn't work, shown in wars of the last 6 decades - friendship forged by treaties and trade always work better than treats.
so in this guy's view, ukraine got nearly everything it asked for? It asked for 500 tanks and got a little over 100 in time for the offensive. It asked for a million rounds of artiller ammo from EU by june. It might get 750k by christmas. It asked for f16 and Grippen fighters by feb, it might have some of the f16's by january. this is the most disingenuous take i've heard in a while. "nearly everything" is not a third of the asked amount 6 months late.
For some reason Times Radio seems to be changing the narrative. The guest said most military analysts say Crimea can’t be taken. Not the ones I’ve been listening to for months, some of them formerly on this channel. Maybe I’m just being paranoid, but was this shift planned?
No your not paranoid, media is worried that trying to tell people Crimea is on the agenda when they couldn't take 100 m of territory in their offensive, might seem problematic
The west didn't provide everything they asked for and definitely not everything that they needed. We in the west would never try and break through highly protected, entrenched enemy lines without considerable airforce collaboration in the first stages. The first thing that Zelensky asked for was fighter jets like the F16.
Agreed, Nigel. The key to victory is air power. After the West realized that Putler's nuclear threats were hogwash, NATO should have admitted Ukraine and put substantial air power into Ukraine. This is what happens when you let politicians run a war instead of well-trained military combat veterans. Politicians are theorists who study the situation to death, and then do nothing. War vets are doers who act based on successes and experience. The most valid comments over the past two years have come from senior military vets who know what must be done to crush the monster, Putler. Politicians are too busy worrying about their popularity at home, to act in a crisis.
They have given them massive quantities time and time again. Ukraine simply doesnt have the manpower anymore...to train, to operate this stuff properly. I mean the avg age of a ukr solider is 43-44. they have 50+ year olds out there. bottom of the barrel
the longer they fight, the less survival their will be in Ukraine, if they accepted the Minsk agreement, the would still have all but Crimea right now, and Crimea was always Russian and over 90% of the people there want no part of Kyiv regime..
At the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia accepted Crimea as sovereign Ukranian territory. By Mr Bell's argument, Latvia, Belarus, Estonia and parts of China are fair game- dangerous territory
This was a very questionable interview, I have to say. Lots of his arguments are based on what russian propaganda claims. "The F16s will be destroyed", "russia has a claim on Crimea", etc. The fact is that only a fraction of equipment promised were actually delivered. And it was delivered so late it gave russians the ability to alter tactics. Regarding the claim: If every faction could lay claim to every piece of land occupied at some point in history by their past ancestors, the entire earth would be at war ten times over. It is beyond ridiculous.
Ukraine was not a "county" of the Soviet Union, it was a republic with its own representative at the UN. I know that in the west, East European studies have been completely russo-centric and this man seems to have gotten his understanding of the region from this discource that gives an outsized importance to "understanding russia".
Lots of regions/states of sovereign states and international organisations have representatives to the UN. But Ukraine wasn't a sovereign state equal to the USA or UK. It was legally a territory of the USSR. It doesn't justify Russia invasion on Ukraine, and it doesn't mean Ukraine should not be an independent sovereign state today.
Sean Bell never misses an opportunity to talk Ukraine down under the guise of being “objective/realistic”, and then always making sure to swiftly deny he’s pro-Russian/anti-Ukrainian. I’d love to see him go head to head with the Ukrainian ambassador and a Ukrainian soldier just back from the front lines. He’d never agree to it because he knows he could never defend his positions in front of Ukrainians.
Definitely it will be censored if it doesn't fit the FAKE Narrative.. - Like Russia is running out of missales and Putin is sick LOL the Fake Times Radio 😂😂😂
How dare he claim that 'Ukraine got everything it asked for.' Every single consequential military aid package was slow walked or stonewalled, and when Ukraine was finally able to carry out the counter-offensive Russia had dug in too extensively.
Not sending long range rockets is a pretty huge thing to leave out of “everything they asked for” AND telling them not to use their stuff on Russian territory on top of it. Just one more opinion, but thank God because we were running out of those.
Yeah, "everything they asked for" is inaccurate to the point of manipulative. I think I'm getting a clear picture of what this guy actually wants the outcome to be.
Having the most corrupt country in Europe if not the world is a benefit to the EU and NATO you lot get more delusional day by day. Keep funding the houses for Elensky and u will be fine 😂🤣
We didn’t provade everything Ukraine asked for. We provided them with 10-20% of what they asked for, because (some) military experts, like the man in this video, said that would be enough. Ukrainians said it wasn’t enough. The Ukrainians were right. The military experts were wrong, and now they are trying to salvage their credibility by trying to blame Ukraine.
@@bryandimery6509 their assessment was that Russia could be beaten with minimal effort. Old surplus and good will. Other military experts like Ben Hodges said that to beat Russia we needed to start taking Russia seriously. Which is what we need to do.
@@bryandimery6509 The experts know better, but lie...too busy making money off of war //Ben Hodges was not wrong. He said *If* Ukraine got what is needed, then they will definitely get Crimea etc
Ukraine DID get everything it asked for. It didn't ask for F-16s at the time. Ukraine said that they would get to Tokmak quickly, cut the land bridge and then take Crimea within a few weeks, and all the idiots in the West -- 'analysts', 'experts', Ukraine supporters -- believed them.
This guy has been asleep for the last couple of years. “Loads and loads of material “ simply never happened, the media has been fixated on throwing out what appears to be large numbers (price tags) to make impressive headlines. Bottom line is that wars are expensive, that said, Ukraine has been doing very well on a shoestring and would undoubtedly bring things to a successful conclusion if properly supplied.
The air defense missiles alone have cost billions so you can have more ground weapons or secure Kyiv airspace….the missiles are being used in vast amounts.
That was never was the plan. The plan was to use the people of Ukraine to play the same game as usual. Coup, civil war, war, and wait for the outcome. If it works : good money ! If it backfires (like it did now) slowly walk away... Next..
It's not winnable without air superiority. the West is asking Ukraine to do aomething it would never do without the proper air defenses and over-the-horizon fighters.
Except the combined defence budgets and military resources of the NATO countries are greater than those of Russia. Let alone adding in Ukrainian resources. So, superficially, Russia is Goliath, but NATO have the technology, the resources and the finances.
He forgets to mention, that in exchange for Crimea, Khrushev took 2 regions from Ukraine and gave them under russian's controll. Rostov and Kuban regions were Ukrainians 'fore that. Just google Ukraine map 1918 and you'll see what it's all about.
Also, these are historic perspectives. Today it is clear that russia has guranteed Ukraine's integrity to increase its own nuclear arsenal and air force only to abuse it against Ukraine later. I am sure kremlin would very much like to have Crimea. But for Ukraine it is vital that russia is not there. Otherwise Ukraine is locked out of Black Sea and Azov Sea. How would UA export grain?
@@gerrytrimble8430 Careful what you wish for NATO outnumbered Russia 5 to 1 before the war, now Finland have joined including their 900k with reserves Nato now outnumbers Russia over 6 to 1!
No. The West have helped stem the Russian attack. Now we're in a position of stasis while forces are built up and servicemen are trained. Time is on the side of the Ukrainians/The West. The clock is ticking for Putin.
James, I need an asprin after this interview. His departure point for all his following arguments and stance is that Ukraine received everything they asked for. We all know this is BS and that they received small portions, at drip speed too late. Sean Bell is a prime example of Western weekness.
I wonder what General Patton would have to say about this bloke Bell?😆Listening to this interview, I'm ashamed to be from the same country as this appeaser.
I'm sorry but this guy doesn't talk about the timing of the west's material support for the Ukrainian spring offensive. It was mostly late in coming if at all, period. The Europeans talk a good game about supporting Ukraine but, with the exception of Poland and the Baltic States, their hearts aren't really into it. Best example is the 155 mm round. The Ukrainians need them by the millions but the European production just isn't there and is slowww to develop. Thank god for the South Koreans they may make the difference down the road.
The Western powers fight with air power, not artillery. Supplying NATO 155mm rounds is difficult and it is disappointing that so far we have under-delivered on this key resource. What HAS been happening is that Ukrainians have been cutting over to NATO kit, artillery AND aircraft. The key point about using NATO resources is that the NATO supply train sits behind them - spare parts, munitions, service kits. This takes time to train up Ukrainian servicemen. Month by month the capabilities of the Ukrainian armed forces are improving, and the kit is BETTER able to integrate with NATO. They're getting closer to having a modern, NATO armed forces.
@@johnathanh2660you'll have run out of men by then 🤦 just admit it, you cocked up and could never have won. But then again maybe depopulation was the agenda all along.
Thank you for a very interesting interview. My question to the people, in power, in the West is "Can you not appreciate what Ukraine has achived against the, supposedly second largest army in the world, without any Nuclear Bombs, no navy and no airpower". Yet the powers that be are asking Zelensky to prove what they are doing with all the help from the West. Further, the war in Israel does not carry as much risk as if Putin conquers Ukraine. The West and other countries will be at risk soon.
The west is going to watch Ukraine fight Russia with their hands tied behind their backs, hoping for a miracle. That is a shortsighted approach, if not asinine. If Russia prevails, Putin will steamroll over Europe, just like his twin brother did in 1929. We will have to put boots on the ground, whether we want to or not. The cost will be far greater…the “good” news for our politicians is…none of this is going to affect them or their close family members, since they know they can manipulate the system as they always do. As far as the United States, the Republican Party will be Putin’s best investment and a solid ally. They will share the spoils of victory.
Interesting question. Sean Bell did give a plain objective reaction. That is not the same as whether "we appreciate what Ukraine is doing". In order to stand with Ukraine, the west has first and foremost "believe" in freedom. Peace has become so "normal" that we can hardly believe that our "freedom" is actually under threat. As a result, many individual coutries (politics) search for excuses to downplay the threat. I may be wrong, but I have the feeling that the nordic Hanseatic countries UK, NO, SE, DK, NL, FI and the Baltic do have an awareness of this threat. I can only hope that Cameron is able to push, consolidate and forge this group into a solid sub alliance. 60 F16's are being prepared by this group. Even though the Brits and Swedes do not have F16's, they pick the parts they can, simply to push the train. I understand your pessimism. But there are good things happening.
Disappointing- your guest Mr Bell didn’t reveal himself to be a deep thinker. He simply repeated data points and his OPINION, with simplistic shallow analysis to busy his talking space. I respect your program and the work you put in. ❤
Britain, you are true friend and loyal alliance from day one! Thank you very much for continuous support to Ukraine! And big hug to Times Radio for keeping this issue of brutal illegal war against my country on agenda
The interviewed man is very defeatist! Ukraine has NOT received all it asked for, and much less of what it needs! If we do not want ruSSia to destroy our current world order, we need to REALLY support Ukraine. Slava Ukraini!
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” ― Abraham Lincoln
I believe that US poll it's 70% that support giving military aid to Ukraine, that's what I believe Jake Broe stated on his podcast. Also Ukraine never got what they wanted from NATO. If they did in a timely fashion, our perspective of Ukraine's chances would be way different.
Britain can't train it's own pilots, look it up. And the F16s are near scrap, just a mechanism for new orders for F35s, which of course won't go to Ukraine. See a theme developing?
@@tomboH82 Scrap? "America has many good fighter jets, and that includes the F-16 which has been constantly upgraded. Here's how it still stacks up well against many foreign jets.........Due to delays and cost overruns in the F-35 stealth fighter program, the U.S. Air Force intends to continue flying its 1,200 F-16s well into the 2040s by extending the airframe’s service life from eight to twelve thousand hours."
I dont disagree, but Ukraine isn't getting those ones you mention. But even if it does, they will operate alone, without the wider support network that a US F16 pilot would have. If they do arrive and fail, the experts will be on to say, we'll we gave them F16s but we'd never use them that way etc etc
Sorry Sean I can't agree and neither do many of your general friends. What you miss is that Russia is fracturing and I don't think they can keep this up as long as the Ukrainians can if we keep backing them
Right. Talking this way shows just misunderstanding or ignorance of the reality in Ukraine. Giving up means unconditional surrender and Putin rolling over Ukraine like nothing. If Ukraine only considers negotiations, the west will let Ukraine fall in military support in a second while Putin knows he can demand everything. Demilitarization would jsut be a starting point.
So they follow our instructions to get into the disaster, and then we suggest backing out they decide to ignore us? Hmm.. Think you might be confusing Ukrainians with their president though.
@@timburr4453 Where are those that retreated and surrendered? Would be nice have some evidence since Russia seems not to tell us about all the POW. And Russia still sacrifices thousands of soldiers in battles against what troops?
@@utrian4148 Russia has had 1 deployment. Their casualties are low relative to Ukraine which is on their 9th or 10th with zelensky needing to build a whole new army where are they? Russia and Ukr have done POW exchanges. The rest are KIA and millions have fled the country and are now elsewhere in unit. Ukraine has many many Russians. they have no interest in being pressed into combat to fight Russia
And what about the G7 security guarantee pledge given to Ukraine this year? "Outlining how the G7 will support Ukraine over the long term, the joint statement said the countries will ensure 'a sustainable force capable of defending Ukraine now and deterring Russian aggression in the future' by providing modern military equipment across land, air and sea, training for Ukrainian forces, and intelligence sharing." - CNBC, July 12, 2023 " 'We will work with Ukraine on an enhanced package of security commitments and arrangements in case of future aggression to enable Ukraine to defend its territory and sovereignty,' the G7 said." - Reuters, July 12, 2023
Ukraine is successful beyond imagination with that little they have A piece of land has value The people living on those pieces of land are invaluable Who does not know how Russians consider Ukrainians to be deposable
We didn't give them everything thing they wanted not even close and certainly nothing given in time to do any good. Too few mine clearing equipment American tanks didn't start arriving until the fall and only 30 No long range ground launch missiles Slow to react to their rate of consumption of 155 rounds Slow on training and delivery of F-16 jets 2 years into this fight and we're still not on a war footing to be able to supply arms. We can't even provide a guarantee that our support won't be interrupted or won't end. We're wearing out their enthusiasm and dragging this on because we didn't want to upset Putler!
The West has been providing weapons in a half-hearted, and indeed baffling way of foot-dragging, combined with a training which would probably have worked in the counteroffensive had Ukraine received all the components of the West's battle dogma. Despite this, Ukraine has done a wonderful job in exacting a high price from Ruzzia. I look forward to the arrival of F15s which although technologically unable to provide all the answers, at least gives them SOMETHING. As to the future, Ruzzia is not deterred. It will, if unchallenged, continue to nibble away, asymmetrically or otherwise, at positions all around the world, and it will continue to supported in this by China and Iran and North Korea. It is time for the West to understand that supporting Ukraine now is the best and the cheapest way of trying to salvage its security in an increasingly dangerous environment. It is time to stand up to these dictators who have been rather cunning in converting their tin pots into things that are a bit deadlier. The West could do with a few leaders who will speak plainly to the people about the danger. Western citizens need to turn away from the overriding concern with their pocketbooks and start making a few sacrifices to defend their countries. In any case, it begins to look as of some economies are going to experience harsher conditions real soon, especially if you let the Houthis and their sympathisers and armourers get away with causing disruption. If not, any hero of "anti-imperialism" with a rubber dinghy and an RPG will feel free to express themselves in coastal waters. So it's time to factor these things in to your re-election platforms, oh Great and Good. I'm afraid the Air Vice-Marshall is little better than an apologist for the reluctant.
The biggest mistake the West made was before the war started. Instead of saying NATO wouldn't get involved in the war NATO should have remained vague. It would have left Putin wondering whether to risk fighting NATO if they came to the aid of Ukraine.. It might have just stopped the war starting.
As John Bolton said America is a day late and a dollar short. That goes for everyone. If Ukraine got what they asked for , in a timely fashion it might be over by now?
Are we taking Bolton as the guru now? John Bolton and the other necons have been pushing this for 2 decades (Ukraine in NATO etc). They've been arming/training UKRAINE for years. Not a day late, decades early, and not $ short, but many many braincells short.
Zaluzhny listed all that he needed for a successful counteroffensive, and got it all. Ukraine and NATO's big mistake was to think the Russian withdrawals from Kiev, Kherson and Kharkov were due to Ukrainian successes. They weren't.
Most people seem to think in wrongful terms of what is winning versus losing. I posit that Ukraine not losing means it is in fact winning. Ukraine has many advantages as the defenders. Ukraine also has superior logistics and supply lines, and many superior weapons and equipment. They are also more motivated. Ukraine will not be conquered by Russia. Unfortunately, it may take a few hundred thousand more Russian soldiers deaths before Russia figures this out.
Long range precision munitions is the key , Ben Hodges has always advocated the idea of making Crimea untenable for the Russians , the Black sea fleet has moved , and their front line attack helicopters are being pushed further back which informs us the tactics are working , they just need lots of Himars / Atacms and other longer ranged systems
Ukraine is sitting on 13 trillion dollars of natural resources, so help them now and you know Ukraine will help you later. Yes to be honest nobody gave them a chance in the beginning now with the help of the West even with 30-year-old equipment they haven't done too bad; imagine the F-16 nobody can predict what's going to happen tomorrow hopefully, the underdog gets justice l just hope the best for Ukraine. Thank You. Slava Ukraine and the Free World !!!!
1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances To solidify security commitments to Ukraine, the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom signed the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances on December 5, 1994. A political agreement in accordance with the principles of the Helsinki Accords, the memorandum included security assurances against the threat or use of force against Ukraine’s territory or political independence. The countries promised to respect the sovereignty and existing borders of Ukraine. Parallel memorandums were signed for Belarus and Kazakhstan as well. In response, Ukraine officially acceded to the NPT as a non-nuclear weapon state on December 5, 1994. That move met the final condition for ratification of START, and on the same day, the five START states-parties exchanged instruments of ratification, bringing the treaty into force.
I'm sure Ukraine can and will win the war. They have people in place. Ukrainian soldiers are still motivated. Ukrainian people keep on motivating the men when they are on days off. When they return to their positions they are really motivated.
And again Sean Bell, entirely misses the point... the people of Crimea the 1991 referendum voted to be part of Ukraine - as did "every" region of Ukraine. Pushing the Kremlin's lies or even implying as much Sean Bell, is really poor!
37% turnout, which is disappointing. You know at the beginning of the war, I watched a film of a Crimean who spoke of in the past being pro-Russian, but then when they took Crimea, and had their democracy taken... he realised he was wrong@@stephencalcutt8396!
There's also a lot of history with Germany controlling much of Europe and Japan controlling China. That doesn't mean Europe should secede land to Germany because there is a history. What is being discussed is legality.
Memorandum on Security Assurances [Budapest, 5 December 1994 ] 1. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and The United States of America reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine, in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act, to respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine. I believe this memorandum was first violated by the USA in February 2014 when a leaked phone call revealed Victoria Nuland deciding who would be in and out of the post-coup Ukrainian government. This phone call took place days BEFORE the coup. Nuland even named Arseniy Yatsenyuk as her preferred choice for Prime Minister, which happened. So much for respecting Ukrainian sovereignty.
Ukraine could do with more air defence to save lives and infrastructure, but Ukraine needs offensive weapons like F-16s, more tanks and AFVs to win. Ukraine can win this. They must. Air Vice-Marshall Bell was a very high ranking RAF officer, but no strategist.
You have to shore up the defences before you can go on the offence. Why? Because you'd simply be pushed back if you can't keep what you hold. From the air power perspective, it's about building a Ukrainian air force based on NATO/Western kit over the next five years. A long-term endeavour, not a short-term fix.
3:46 Wrong. You provided scraps of what was requested, in miniscule qunatities and way behind schedule, half a spoon per month, knowing full well it would not be effective that way. And SITLL you have not provided the long-range capability that was requested and was confirmed to be necessary by every of your military analysts. To claim now that you provided everything is a blatant lie.
Were we lied to when we were told that Ukrainian pilots were being trained for F16's? Were we lied to when we were told they would get F16's? There is an expression that applies - dollar short and a day late!
This guy is very negative . Russia will not keep Crimea once the Kerch bridge is at sea level and its had a quantity of missiles dropped on it which hopefully will happen next year if the free world really helps. Once the bridge is gone it will turn the tide for sure..
I just despise those naive and dumb politicians that do not understand what is going on in Ukraine and that this is the chance Europe and the world have to reduce an aggressive terror state to a state without many teeth left! Failing now will send the bill to "fix" the problem through the roof!!
@@Rtg5637 You should try and keep up. Ukraine has recaptured 54% of all the territory Russia has captured since the 2022 invasion. You might want to worry a little more about what freedoms you're losing at home in Russia.
The US and West has spiraled into a state of perpetual "strategic ambiguity" without any capability or spine. By now Ukraine should have f-35s, Apache gunships, massive quantities of the most advanced long-range standoff laser guided munitions. The latest, most cutting edge long range anti-radiation missiles. Ukraine should have been given overwhelming firepower superiority both on the ground and in the air.... It is really sad to see.
Ukraine did not get everything it asked for. maybe if you're checking those boxes if it received 1unit per category 😂 they received 1 third of of what they said they'd need to a successful counter-offensive, and half of that was late to the party. They delayed the start of movements as long as they could.
They have done an absolutely fabulous job of making the most of the drip feed they did get though
Well said.
yes no aircraft yet, 30 abrhams... yes one third to one quarter, and poor training, and not the ability to breach the trenches. they got ...some... but hardly enough and very very very late. Now run out of artillery munitions... really they are not serious. its as simple as that
Ukraine asked for tech that doesn't exist, the filthy beggars. Nothings enough for them and nothing would give them victory
Hear hear
Mr Bell has forgotten that due to the West's dallying the Russians had time to create kilometres of minefields, trenches, dragons teeth, which the Ukrainians had to deal with without air cover. NATO would not have gone in to clear minefields without air cover. The West has expected the Ukrainians to do this.
He seems to be arguing the case for ‘Russia is too strong so we shouldn’t bother to help Ukraine’ - if Russia is as strong as he thinks it is, this is EXACTLY WHY we should do whatever is takes to help Ukraine.
This man should be ashamed of himself
He is a lot smarter than you !
100%, and the other grift reply just shows how this ridiculous propaganda works…
so explain how you think this should end?
Sir, you are not a very logical person. Ukraine has lost the war. The first $200 billion of western "assistance" has given the people of Ukraine 400,000 casualties, loss of 20% of its land, and 8 million people displaced. Zelensky now says give us $110,000 billion more. But he and Zaluszhny can't provide a war plan that shows anything but the same continuing.. Why in the world would you want the people of Ukraine to suffer more of the same?
That is not what he is saying. As part of the discussion, he is putting forward a point of view that he has heard other Western politicians and strategists put forward. He's NOT saying he agrees with that point of view.
The West should not be worrying about whether Ukraine can win this war, but should be worrying about the implications if russia wins it. They are extremely unpleasant and a major threat to the world.
Good joke
The west especially the Biden Administration should say what they should have said long ago that they want Ukraine to win because it’s in the best interest of the EU and china wanting the same thing but not admitting it
The USA is losing this war. Should it succeed in weakening Russia and creating even more turmoil in the Middle East, the next step would be for them to provoke conflict with China.
you are the sad joke troll.@@russellspeed1693
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I feel Air Vice-Marshall Sean Bell has a rather shortsighted view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Putin didn't want Ukraine to move closer to the rest of Europe, or NATO, then proved how necessary it is for Russia's neighbours to become NATO members by invading Ukraine....utter idiot ! Wars in other countries doesn't work, shown in wars of the last 6 decades - friendship forged by treaties and trade always work better than treats.
I can imagine he makes a very good living of this conflict os its in his interest to do everything he can to keep it going.
It's part of his job spec!
Communism is long sited the West only to the next election.
What makes you think Air Vice-Marshall Sean Bell has a rather shortsighted view of the Russian invasion?
so in this guy's view, ukraine got nearly everything it asked for?
It asked for 500 tanks and got a little over 100 in time for the offensive.
It asked for a million rounds of artiller ammo from EU by june. It might get 750k by christmas.
It asked for f16 and Grippen fighters by feb, it might have some of the f16's by january.
this is the most disingenuous take i've heard in a while. "nearly everything" is not a third of the asked amount 6 months late.
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For some reason Times Radio seems to be changing the narrative. The guest said most military analysts say Crimea can’t be taken. Not the ones I’ve been listening to for months, some of them formerly on this channel. Maybe I’m just being paranoid, but was this shift planned?
@@nightspore4850 Times Radio is BS, that´s why 🙂
No your not paranoid, media is worried that trying to tell people Crimea is on the agenda when they couldn't take 100 m of territory in their offensive, might seem problematic
@@nightspore4850 you are spot on
Spin spin spin this was the guy who said tanks can't burn like that
The west didn't provide everything they asked for and definitely not everything that they needed. We in the west would never try and break through highly protected, entrenched enemy lines without considerable airforce collaboration in the first stages. The first thing that Zelensky asked for was fighter jets like the F16.
Yes that's on record
And if he had got them the pills would be ready to use them in real tactics by 2030
At the time, he didn't ask for them.
Agreed, Nigel. The key to victory is air power. After the West realized that Putler's nuclear threats were hogwash, NATO should have admitted Ukraine and put substantial air power into Ukraine. This is what happens when you let politicians run a war instead of well-trained military combat veterans.
Politicians are theorists who study the situation to death, and then do nothing. War vets are doers who act based on successes and experience. The most valid comments over the past two years have come from senior military vets who know what must be done to crush the monster, Putler. Politicians are too busy worrying about their popularity at home, to act in a crisis.
The west has NOT given Ukraine “Everything they need.”
Ukraine will not “give up” or suffer “war fatigue.” There very survival is at stake.
They have given them massive quantities time and time again. Ukraine simply doesnt have the manpower anymore...to train, to operate this stuff properly. I mean the avg age of a ukr solider is 43-44. they have 50+ year olds out there. bottom of the barrel
the longer they fight, the less survival their will be in Ukraine, if they accepted the Minsk agreement, the would still have all but Crimea right now, and Crimea was always Russian and over 90% of the people there want no part of Kyiv regime..
At the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia accepted Crimea as sovereign Ukranian territory. By Mr Bell's argument, Latvia, Belarus, Estonia and parts of China are fair game- dangerous territory
The Baltics are all in the NATO Defensive Alliance, since 2004.
@@boink800this is no logical argument. NATO can fall apart soon and Putin invest a lot of propaganda money to accelerate this process.
@@maritaschweizer1117 NATO will fall apart? Is that today's botski fantasy? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
@@boink800 have you forgotten what Trump said about NATO? AMNESIA ha ha ha....
@@maritaschweizer1117 Trump is Russia's preferred candidate. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
This was a very questionable interview, I have to say.
Lots of his arguments are based on what russian propaganda claims. "The F16s will be destroyed", "russia has a claim on Crimea", etc.
The fact is that only a fraction of equipment promised were actually delivered. And it was delivered so late it gave russians the ability to alter tactics.
Regarding the claim: If every faction could lay claim to every piece of land occupied at some point in history by their past ancestors, the entire earth would be at war ten times over. It is beyond ridiculous.
Everything you said is correct
Ukraine was not a "county" of the Soviet Union, it was a republic with its own representative at the UN. I know that in the west, East European studies have been completely russo-centric and this man seems to have gotten his understanding of the region from this discource that gives an outsized importance to "understanding russia".
I think the county referred to is Crimea, not Ukraine.
Lots of regions/states of sovereign states and international organisations have representatives to the UN. But Ukraine wasn't a sovereign state equal to the USA or UK. It was legally a territory of the USSR. It doesn't justify Russia invasion on Ukraine, and it doesn't mean Ukraine should not be an independent sovereign state today.
This guy really doesn't have the wider perspective. I could make several counter arguments to his points but YT would probably just censor it.
YT deletes real comments but allows krembots , probably because they swap accounts.
Sean Bell never misses an opportunity to talk Ukraine down under the guise of being “objective/realistic”, and then always making sure to swiftly deny he’s pro-Russian/anti-Ukrainian.
I’d love to see him go head to head with the Ukrainian ambassador and a Ukrainian soldier just back from the front lines. He’d never agree to it because he knows he could never defend his positions in front of Ukrainians.
Putin's check cleared.
Definitely it will be censored if it doesn't fit the FAKE Narrative.. - Like Russia is running out of missales and Putin is sick LOL the Fake Times Radio 😂😂😂
How dare he claim that 'Ukraine got everything it asked for.' Every single consequential military aid package was slow walked or stonewalled, and when Ukraine was finally able to carry out the counter-offensive Russia had dug in too extensively.
Most important, tooooo late and f16 with ATACMS didn't arrive for counter offensive!
But J.K.W-rr3jv Russia had invested heavily in its military before it started the war.
What, are you supporting Ukraine ????? its a lost cause.
@@philipellis4530 If it's a lost cause why hasn't russia even come close to winning?
Not sending long range rockets is a pretty huge thing to leave out of “everything they asked for” AND telling them not to use their stuff on Russian territory on top of it.
Just one more opinion, but thank God because we were running out of those.
The guest is a shameless liar.
Yeah, "everything they asked for" is inaccurate to the point of manipulative. I think I'm getting a clear picture of what this guy actually wants the outcome to be.
Exactly, typical
Yes, it's been clear from the outset the strategy was bonkers. Wasn't it? Whos more foolish?
They aren't entitled to anything.
You know that right?
Interesting Mr Airforce does not recognise the drones as a threat to classic warmaking, really needs to wake up to what is going on.
He already defeated teh Russians in his dreams, he is just tidying it up in real life and showing teh Ukies how to do it for real!
Having Ukraine in the EU and Nato is an investment both economy and security.
👉🤡👈
😂🤣😂🤣
Having the most corrupt country in Europe if not the world is a benefit to the EU and NATO you lot get more delusional day by day. Keep funding the houses for Elensky and u will be fine 😂🤣
Do you ever step out of the mainstream, and find out the truth.
@neilburns5934 Does Putin and viktor cares about the truth ?
We didn’t provade everything Ukraine asked for. We provided them with 10-20% of what they asked for, because (some) military experts, like the man in this video, said that would be enough. Ukrainians said it wasn’t enough.
The Ukrainians were right. The military experts were wrong, and now they are trying to salvage their credibility by trying to blame Ukraine.
very true russia was finished and then they gave "some" equipment but not enough or the right type.
When your experts are always wrong, dont you think it foolish to believe their assessment that russia can be beaten?
@@bryandimery6509 their assessment was that Russia could be beaten with minimal effort. Old surplus and good will.
Other military experts like Ben Hodges said that to beat Russia we needed to start taking Russia seriously. Which is what we need to do.
@@Alitacyan Ben Hodges is a joke who has yet to get a prediction right.
@@bryandimery6509 The experts know better, but lie...too busy making money off of war //Ben Hodges was not wrong. He said *If* Ukraine got what is needed, then they will definitely get Crimea etc
Ukranians got nowhere NEAR enough , neither what they wanted or needed, very very half hearted. Ukraine wants its country back, and not another war.
So go back to 2014 and take it back from Cookie Nuland, McCain, and Lindsey Graham and the rest of the coup cabal
Ukraine DID get everything it asked for. It didn't ask for F-16s at the time. Ukraine said that they would get to Tokmak quickly, cut the land bridge and then take Crimea within a few weeks, and all the idiots in the West -- 'analysts', 'experts', Ukraine supporters -- believed them.
I think they'd like an entire generation of fallen young men back too
This guy has been asleep for the last couple of years. “Loads and loads of material “ simply never happened, the media has been fixated on throwing out what appears to be large numbers (price tags) to make impressive headlines.
Bottom line is that wars are expensive, that said, Ukraine has been doing very well on a shoestring and would undoubtedly bring things to a successful conclusion if properly supplied.
I fear for the western counties if they need help one day to defend their own country, when they only drip fed ukrane back in the day.
Ukraine has been given a quarter of a trillion. The West has depleted its stocks to help them.
The air defense missiles alone have cost billions so you can have more ground weapons or secure Kyiv airspace….the missiles are being used in vast amounts.
He’s clearly not credible. Just another mouth-breather.
4 minutes of waffle, and I gave up.
You say you are not an apologist for Putin, you sound like an apologist for Putin Sean Bell
When they say they are 'not ' something....it means they 'are.' It's the deception, even though it is pathetic.
The West moved to slowly 16 months ago.. It was this that cost Ukraine.
They didn't move slowly asking Ukraine to walk away from negotiations... Only immediately after.
That was never was the plan. The plan was to use the people of Ukraine to play the same game as usual. Coup, civil war, war, and wait for the outcome. If it works : good money ! If it backfires (like it did now) slowly walk away... Next..
@@tomboH82even to this day the artillery shell production is not up to Cold War amounts
They should totally do direct contact from the beginning.
LOL
So disappointed to listen to him talking like that !!
Hope this ‘bag of excuses’ is not anywhere close to makibg decisions for supporting Ukraine
It's not winnable without air superiority. the West is asking Ukraine to do aomething it would never do without the proper air defenses and over-the-horizon fighters.
the russians were allowed too long to prepare - too slow supplying weapons to ukraine - 3 miles of mines!
Yes the cowards dug in but they can't live in a trench forever
“Summary: Russia is Goliath. Be afraid of Goliath.” Let us not forget what happened to Goliath.
He was taken down by an accurate, short range projectile... Something Ukraine is a bit short on.
Except the combined defence budgets and military resources of the NATO countries are greater than those of Russia.
Let alone adding in Ukrainian resources.
So, superficially, Russia is Goliath, but NATO have the technology, the resources and the finances.
He forgets to mention, that in exchange for Crimea, Khrushev took 2 regions from Ukraine and gave them under russian's controll. Rostov and Kuban regions were Ukrainians 'fore that. Just google Ukraine map 1918 and you'll see what it's all about.
So was Belgorad.
So should ukraine shut up shop and let Russua move on Poland and the Baltic states all NATO members. Will there still be hand wringing by the west
50% of Ruzzia will be ukraine the other 50% china .
Also, these are historic perspectives. Today it is clear that russia has guranteed Ukraine's integrity to increase its own nuclear arsenal and air force only to abuse it against Ukraine later. I am sure kremlin would very much like to have Crimea. But for Ukraine it is vital that russia is not there. Otherwise Ukraine is locked out of Black Sea and Azov Sea. How would UA export grain?
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Careful what you wish for NATO outnumbered Russia 5 to 1 before the war, now Finland have joined including their 900k with reserves Nato now outnumbers Russia over 6 to 1!
Putin must be delighted to hear Mr. Bell pitching his only path to victory
Yes, I hope cheque made it all worth while for him.
I hope this soft spine isn't still in charge of Britain's defence.
It sounds like he'll bow down to any nation who wants a fight.
Soft spine.....jelly back more like.
We made it unwinnable. Disgusting.
Russia are in an unwinnable position, they can't win and will not win. ❤🇺🇦❤
No. The West have helped stem the Russian attack. Now we're in a position of stasis while forces are built up and servicemen are trained. Time is on the side of the Ukrainians/The West. The clock is ticking for Putin.
Ever considered that depopulation of UA was the agenda all along
@@nickrider5220 Smoke less 😂😂
James, I need an asprin after this interview. His departure point for all his following arguments and stance is that Ukraine received everything they asked for. We all know this is BS and that they received small portions, at drip speed too late. Sean Bell is a prime example of Western weekness.
exactly west needs to wake up.
Why should the UK degrade our limited military capability for nothing?
I wonder what General Patton would have to say about this bloke Bell?😆Listening to this interview, I'm ashamed to be from the same country as this appeaser.
I'm sorry but this guy doesn't talk about the timing of the west's material support for the Ukrainian spring offensive. It was mostly late in coming if at all, period. The Europeans talk a good game about supporting Ukraine but, with the exception of Poland and the Baltic States, their hearts aren't really into it. Best example is the 155 mm round. The Ukrainians need them by the millions but the European production just isn't there and is slowww to develop. Thank god for the South Koreans they may make the difference down the road.
The Western powers fight with air power, not artillery.
Supplying NATO 155mm rounds is difficult and it is disappointing that so far we have under-delivered on this key resource. What HAS been happening is that Ukrainians have been cutting over to NATO kit, artillery AND aircraft.
The key point about using NATO resources is that the NATO supply train sits behind them - spare parts, munitions, service kits. This takes time to train up Ukrainian servicemen.
Month by month the capabilities of the Ukrainian armed forces are improving, and the kit is BETTER able to integrate with NATO.
They're getting closer to having a modern, NATO armed forces.
@@johnathanh2660you'll have run out of men by then 🤦 just admit it, you cocked up and could never have won. But then again maybe depopulation was the agenda all along.
Thank you for a very interesting interview. My question to the people, in power, in the West is "Can you not appreciate what Ukraine has achived against the, supposedly second largest army in the world, without any Nuclear Bombs, no navy and no airpower". Yet the powers that be are asking Zelensky to prove what they are doing with all the help from the West. Further, the war in Israel does not carry as much risk as if Putin conquers Ukraine. The West and other countries will be at risk soon.
The west is going to watch Ukraine fight Russia with their hands tied behind their backs, hoping for a miracle. That is a shortsighted approach, if not asinine. If Russia prevails, Putin will steamroll over Europe, just like his twin brother did in 1929. We will have to put boots on the ground, whether we want to or not. The cost will be far greater…the “good” news for our politicians is…none of this is going to affect them or their close family members, since they know they can manipulate the system as they always do. As far as the United States, the Republican Party will be Putin’s best investment and a solid ally. They will share the spoils of victory.
Interesting question. Sean Bell did give a plain objective reaction. That is not the same as whether "we appreciate what Ukraine is doing". In order to stand with Ukraine, the west has first and foremost "believe" in freedom. Peace has become so "normal" that we can hardly believe that our "freedom" is actually under threat. As a result, many individual coutries (politics) search for excuses to downplay the threat. I may be wrong, but I have the feeling that the nordic Hanseatic countries UK, NO, SE, DK, NL, FI and the Baltic do have an awareness of this threat. I can only hope that Cameron is able to push, consolidate and forge this group into a solid sub alliance. 60 F16's are being prepared by this group. Even though the Brits and Swedes do not have F16's, they pick the parts they can, simply to push the train. I understand your pessimism. But there are good things happening.
Well said !
Bojo the bandit junk politic ..
@@stephensampson9208 can we all get some of what you'r on ?
David beat Goliath with a simple sling... look it up Sean Bell. 😉
Never give in to the maffia, never bow down to bullies !!
Sad. I thought Bell was made of sterner stuff.
Disappointing- your guest Mr Bell didn’t reveal himself to be a deep thinker. He simply repeated data points and his OPINION, with simplistic shallow analysis to busy his talking space. I respect your program and the work you put in. ❤
Truth hurts
And, now he seems to be an expert on Crimean History. I would be better off asking my neighbours for their opinion!
It's a worse message on the BBC just now.
Britain, you are true friend and loyal alliance from day one! Thank you very much for continuous support to Ukraine!
And big hug to Times Radio for keeping this issue of brutal illegal war against my country on agenda
This will not help you much. Prepare for the worst. Ukraine will never win.
Sean seems to have got out of the wrong side of bed this morning
The interviewed man is very defeatist! Ukraine has NOT received all it asked for, and much less of what it needs! If we do not want ruSSia to destroy our current world order, we need to REALLY support Ukraine. Slava Ukraini!
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”
― Abraham Lincoln
Irrelevant.
@@billbellell9462 It may not be relevant. It may well be very relevant. It all depends on one's "frame of reference
I believe that US poll it's 70% that support giving military aid to Ukraine, that's what I believe Jake Broe stated on his podcast. Also Ukraine never got what they wanted from NATO. If they did in a timely fashion, our perspective of Ukraine's chances would be way different.
Not even close to reality….most Americans can’t buy groceries or cover a $600 emergency expense.
Well that's it, Sean Bell says Russia is too strong to be defeated, so we might as well give up on Ukraine.
sometimes you just gotta know when to fold 'em.
Exactly, and it's not now. I'm not talking about Ukraine, not Russia, haha.@@timburr4453
I thought that we were training the Ukrainian pilots to operate the F.16 fighter planes??😮😮😮
Oh yes they are, both in the EU and the US, and they should start receiving some of the planes from EU countries in spring 2024.
Britain can't train it's own pilots, look it up. And the F16s are near scrap, just a mechanism for new orders for F35s, which of course won't go to Ukraine. See a theme developing?
@@tomboH82 Scrap? "America has many good fighter jets, and that includes the F-16 which has been constantly upgraded. Here's how it still stacks up well against many foreign jets.........Due to delays and cost overruns in the F-35 stealth fighter program, the U.S. Air Force intends to continue flying its 1,200 F-16s well into the 2040s by extending the airframe’s service life from eight to twelve thousand hours."
I dont disagree, but Ukraine isn't getting those ones you mention. But even if it does, they will operate alone, without the wider support network that a US F16 pilot would have. If they do arrive and fail, the experts will be on to say, we'll we gave them F16s but we'd never use them that way etc etc
Why are you interviewing a pilot on such a delicate grand strategy?
Sorry Sean I can't agree and neither do many of your general friends. What you miss is that Russia is fracturing and I don't think they can keep this up as long as the Ukrainians can if we keep backing them
Ukrainians are fighting on both sides!
Lol. Are you high
But Russia isn't fracturing, no matter how much you want that to be true.
What do you mean by 'fracturing'. Please elaborate.
Is Mr Bell on the Tzar’s payroll? 🇺🇦
It certainly sounds like it.
Sean Bell has taken a weird view of Ukraine it was never a county of the USSR it had its own representation at the UN even as part of the USSR.
'Enough is enough?' There is no way Ukrainians are going to say that and simply give up, from what I gather.
Right. Talking this way shows just misunderstanding or ignorance of the reality in Ukraine.
Giving up means unconditional surrender and Putin rolling over Ukraine like nothing.
If Ukraine only considers negotiations, the west will let Ukraine fall in military support in a second while Putin knows he can demand everything. Demilitarization would jsut be a starting point.
So they follow our instructions to get into the disaster, and then we suggest backing out they decide to ignore us? Hmm.. Think you might be confusing Ukrainians with their president though.
I dont know millions have fled and those who remain have been either retreating or surrendering quite often
@@timburr4453 Where are those that retreated and surrendered? Would be nice have some evidence since Russia seems not to tell us about all the POW. And Russia still sacrifices thousands of soldiers in battles against what troops?
@@utrian4148 Russia has had 1 deployment. Their casualties are low relative to Ukraine which is on their 9th or 10th with zelensky needing to build a whole new army
where are they? Russia and Ukr have done POW exchanges. The rest are KIA and millions have fled the country and are now elsewhere in unit. Ukraine has many many Russians. they have no interest in being pressed into combat to fight Russia
What about the Ukrane security assurance given 5th Dec 1994?
And what about the G7 security guarantee pledge given to Ukraine this year?
"Outlining how the G7 will support Ukraine over the long term, the joint statement said the countries will ensure 'a sustainable force capable of defending Ukraine now and deterring Russian aggression in the future' by providing modern military equipment across land, air and sea, training for Ukrainian forces, and intelligence sharing." - CNBC, July 12, 2023
" 'We will work with Ukraine on an enhanced package of security commitments and arrangements in case of future aggression to enable Ukraine to defend its territory and sovereignty,' the G7 said." - Reuters, July 12, 2023
Ukraine is successful beyond imagination with that little they have
A piece of land has value
The people living on those pieces of land are invaluable
Who does not know how Russians consider Ukrainians to be deposable
UKRAINE MUST HAVE AIR POWER ✊️
I read 70% of US DID support
Yep. The only thing holding up a vote is the chimpanzee they elected as Speaker.
We didn't give them everything thing they wanted not even close and certainly nothing given in time to do any good.
Too few mine clearing equipment
American tanks didn't start arriving until the fall and only 30
No long range ground launch missiles
Slow to react to their rate of consumption of 155 rounds
Slow on training and delivery of F-16 jets
2 years into this fight and we're still not on a war footing to be able to supply arms.
We can't even provide a guarantee that our support won't be interrupted or won't end.
We're wearing out their enthusiasm and dragging this on because we didn't want to upset Putler!
Following this "not a Putin apologist" our next guest will be Dmitry Medvedev.
The West has been providing weapons in a half-hearted, and indeed baffling way of foot-dragging, combined with a training which would probably have worked in the counteroffensive had Ukraine received all the components of the West's battle dogma. Despite this, Ukraine has done a wonderful job in exacting a high price from Ruzzia. I look forward to the arrival of F15s which although technologically unable to provide all the answers, at least gives them SOMETHING. As to the future, Ruzzia is not deterred. It will, if unchallenged, continue to nibble away, asymmetrically or otherwise, at positions all around the world, and it will continue to supported in this by China and Iran and North Korea. It is time for the West to understand that supporting Ukraine now is the best and the cheapest way of trying to salvage its security in an increasingly dangerous environment. It is time to stand up to these dictators who have been rather cunning in converting their tin pots into things that are a bit deadlier. The West could do with a few leaders who will speak plainly to the people about the danger. Western citizens need to turn away from the overriding concern with their pocketbooks and start making a few sacrifices to defend their countries. In any case, it begins to look as of some economies are going to experience harsher conditions real soon, especially if you let the Houthis and their sympathisers and armourers get away with causing disruption. If not, any hero of "anti-imperialism" with a rubber dinghy and an RPG will feel free to express themselves in coastal waters. So it's time to factor these things in to your re-election platforms, oh Great and Good. I'm afraid the Air Vice-Marshall is little better than an apologist for the reluctant.
The biggest mistake the West made was before the war started. Instead of saying NATO wouldn't get involved in the war NATO should have remained vague. It would have left Putin wondering whether to risk fighting NATO if they came to the aid of Ukraine.. It might have just stopped the war starting.
As John Bolton said America is a day late and a dollar short. That goes for everyone.
If Ukraine got what they asked for , in a timely fashion it might be over by now?
Are we taking Bolton as the guru now? John Bolton and the other necons have been pushing this for 2 decades (Ukraine in NATO etc). They've been arming/training UKRAINE for years. Not a day late, decades early, and not $ short, but many many braincells short.
Zaluzhny listed all that he needed for a successful counteroffensive, and got it all.
Ukraine and NATO's big mistake was to think the Russian withdrawals from Kiev, Kherson and Kharkov were due to Ukrainian successes. They weren't.
Sean Bell must have been fired from Sky News for making faulty analysis and predictions
And yet, Sean still presents on Sky News. Wrong again, botski. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
The king of getting things wrong is Scott Ritter
@@ChristyBermingham He's one of George Galloways mates isn't he< I mean really...
@@CecilJRhodes enough said thanks for.the reply
@@boink800 No more than a minute there and Times Radio gives him 30 minutes Tovarisch
Most people seem to think in wrongful terms of what is winning versus losing. I posit that Ukraine not losing means it is in fact winning. Ukraine has many advantages as the defenders. Ukraine also has superior logistics and supply lines, and many superior weapons and equipment. They are also more motivated. Ukraine will not be conquered by Russia. Unfortunately, it may take a few hundred thousand more Russian soldiers deaths before Russia figures this out.
Long range precision munitions is the key , Ben Hodges has always advocated the idea of making Crimea untenable for the Russians , the Black sea fleet has moved , and their front line attack helicopters are being pushed further back which informs us the tactics are working , they just need lots of Himars / Atacms and other longer ranged systems
Finland had unfinished business with Russia. Also Sean had forgotten how bursting Kakhovka dam affected the counter offensive by delaying it.
Mr. Bell, You speak of David and Goliath. Remember what happened to Goliath…
He said it . Putin apologist in the extreme
Ukraine is sitting on 13 trillion dollars of natural resources, so help them now and you know Ukraine will help you later. Yes to be honest nobody gave them a chance in the beginning now with the help of the West even with 30-year-old equipment they haven't done too bad; imagine the F-16 nobody can predict what's going to happen tomorrow hopefully, the underdog gets justice l just hope the best for Ukraine. Thank You. Slava Ukraine and the Free World !!!!
Yes Mr Bell we are all too used to sitting in the sun to fight for anything anymore
1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances
To solidify security commitments to Ukraine, the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom signed the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances on December 5, 1994. A political agreement in accordance with the principles of the Helsinki Accords, the memorandum included security assurances against the threat or use of force against Ukraine’s territory or political independence. The countries promised to respect the sovereignty and existing borders of Ukraine. Parallel memorandums were signed for Belarus and Kazakhstan as well. In response, Ukraine officially acceded to the NPT as a non-nuclear weapon state on December 5, 1994. That move met the final condition for ratification of START, and on the same day, the five START states-parties exchanged instruments of ratification, bringing the treaty into force.
I'm sure Ukraine can and will win the war. They have people in place. Ukrainian soldiers are still motivated. Ukrainian people keep on motivating the men when they are on days off. When they return to their positions they are really motivated.
This is a typical airman’s view. Didn’t even believe that the Ukrainians could fly and operate an F-16. He said that West would have to fly them!
COME ON EVERYONE 😂😂😂 !!!!
THINK SMARTER NOT HARDER
I'll be in Kyiv in January for 18 days. This should be an interesting experience to say the least.
Sean is great at telling porky-pies. Perhaps better than Chip.
As far as I know, in USSR Ukraine was an republic, not province.
What about taking into account the moral imperative to ENSURE Ukraine wins this special military operation?
There are no morals in Geopolitics, which is the game being played here.
Excellent program and guest.
RS. Canada
Ukraine pilots have what it takes to learn and operate western military airflights. No doubt.
Mr state the obvious s d even then get it do wrong . How does this just get on TV as so called expert
And again Sean Bell, entirely misses the point... the people of Crimea the 1991 referendum voted to be part of Ukraine - as did "every" region of Ukraine.
Pushing the Kremlin's lies or even implying as much Sean Bell, is really poor!
54% with 35% turnout in 1991, as I understand it.
37% turnout, which is disappointing.
You know at the beginning of the war, I watched a film of a Crimean who spoke of in the past being pro-Russian, but then when they took Crimea, and had their democracy taken... he realised he was wrong@@stephencalcutt8396!
These experts told me Russia was going to run out of missiles in a fortnight .
Air Vice-Marshall Sean Bell, has been learning new tunes there last year. I believe our experts are completely out of touch with reality.
Thank you for the excellent discussion. The sound system has both reverberation and unequal volumes, simple and economic solutions available for both.
There's also a lot of history with Germany controlling much of Europe and Japan controlling China. That doesn't mean Europe should secede land to Germany because there is a history. What is being discussed is legality.
Memorandum on Security Assurances [Budapest, 5 December 1994 ]
1. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and The United States of America reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine, in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act, to respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine.
I believe this memorandum was first violated by the USA in February 2014 when a leaked phone call revealed Victoria Nuland deciding who would be in and out of the post-coup Ukrainian government. This phone call took place days BEFORE the coup. Nuland even named Arseniy Yatsenyuk as her preferred choice for Prime Minister, which happened.
So much for respecting Ukrainian sovereignty.
Who does not know what Russia got back in exchange for Crimea ?
Ignorance is no excuse
We could give them 5000 tank's on lend-lease which is to say the elephant in the boardroom. 😮...of course Congress would have to act.
The tone of this video was far too negative.
I hope NATO experts are a lot better than him. Self defeatist.
Russia sends up a drone and sees the muzzle flash and knows exactly where the artillery is firing from .
35 Abrams pathetic
I thought it was 31, including a training tank. I could be wrong, but VERY weak signal of western support. Brutal.
I thought it was 31, including a training tank. I could be wrong, but VERY weak signal of western support. Brutal.
They did NOT provide everything that they asked for or needed.
Ukraine could do with more air defence to save lives and infrastructure, but Ukraine needs offensive weapons like F-16s, more tanks and AFVs to win. Ukraine can win this. They must. Air Vice-Marshall Bell was a very high ranking RAF officer, but no strategist.
You have to shore up the defences before you can go on the offence. Why? Because you'd simply be pushed back if you can't keep what you hold.
From the air power perspective, it's about building a Ukrainian air force based on NATO/Western kit over the next five years. A long-term endeavour, not a short-term fix.
3:46 Wrong. You provided scraps of what was requested, in miniscule qunatities and way behind schedule, half a spoon per month, knowing full well it would not be effective that way. And SITLL you have not provided the long-range capability that was requested and was confirmed to be necessary by every of your military analysts. To claim now that you provided everything is a blatant lie.
Slava Ukraini ♥️ 🇺🇦
Absolutely not. Slow and Steady failed.
Were we lied to when we were told that Ukrainian pilots were being trained for F16's? Were we lied to when we were told they would get F16's? There is an expression that applies - dollar short and a day late!
This guy is very negative . Russia will not keep Crimea once the Kerch bridge is at sea level and its had a quantity of missiles dropped on it which hopefully will happen next year if the free world really helps. Once the bridge is gone it will turn the tide for sure..
Nonsense.
Hi, I have a question for Sean.
Would you be prepared to go into a modern war in a fighter jet?
Why did the UK force Zoolinsky to say no to peace in April of 2022?
I just despise those naive and dumb politicians that do not understand what is going on in Ukraine and that this is the chance Europe and the world have to reduce an aggressive terror state to a state without many teeth left! Failing now will send the bill to "fix" the problem through the roof!!
This man has been constantly negative about Ukraines ability to move Russia back to its borders.
Ukraine will take back Crimea if given western help .
They won't with the faulty military strategies they have been employing and incompetent top generals Zaluzhny and Sirsky.
Agreed. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
@@robertginsburg8113No net territorial gains. No Slava.
😂😂😂😂
@@Rtg5637 You should try and keep up. Ukraine has recaptured 54% of all the territory Russia has captured since the 2022 invasion.
You might want to worry a little more about what freedoms you're losing at home in Russia.
Thanks for posting.
The US and West has spiraled into a state of perpetual "strategic ambiguity" without any capability or spine.
By now Ukraine should have f-35s, Apache gunships, massive quantities of the most advanced long-range standoff laser guided munitions.
The latest, most cutting edge long range anti-radiation missiles.
Ukraine should have been given overwhelming firepower superiority both on the ground and in the air.... It is really sad to see.
agree, got "some".... its a joke
Unfortunately for Ukraine Zelenski took Boris at his word when nobody in the UK would buy a second hand car from the guy.
11:17 Sean Bell reminds me of one of my old school professors.
Was your old professor a clueless Russian propagandist?
@@nightspore4850 Clueless? Oh gosh. Cue the armchair 'experts'?!