Putin facing 'international embarrassment' as Russian soldiers captured | Robin Niblett
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- "There's a particular raw nerve about conscripts being captured."
Ukraine incursion and now the capturing of Russian conscripts may lead to negotiations, but the events are internationally "humiliating" for Putin, says Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House Robin Niblett.
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I am a Russian woman living Samara, I am original from Kursk. What is not being shown on media is that many people who live in Kursk welcome Ukrainian troops!
@Boota6272 Yes mini are saying Ukrainian are giving humanitarian aid. And put an only give us 10,000 rouble, $78😮
We all want peace ❤️
@@chrism5433 I think the people of Kursk have better lives with Ukraine❤
That is great. They will be far happier outside of russia and help her change from outside.
@@chrism5433 Except you know who !
They stopped being British and American tanks when we gave them to Ukraine.
It's like saying iraq's t72s in desert storm were russian army tanks
@mikej365 Not even remotely the same. See capitalism allows B.M.W. to flog their cars worldwide. These surplus nato vehicles are being DONATED. As military vehicles, they lose the designated origin and adopt the receiving countries' designation. Otherwise, it would have been Russian tanks we obliterated in Iraqs desert storm. Smell my finger.🖕
From my understanding the prisoner's don't want to go back to Russia & are treated better in Ukrainian prisons than they were as Russian soldiers ...
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
No surprise there.
@@drdjnorgare you crying?
@@drdjnorg Poor Gonzalo he defected to Ukraine. Then he was taken by russian agents and never seen again😢
@@99bevo Gonzalo actually defected from Russia to Ukraine. He was caught by FSB and he was "dissappeared" by russia. He supported Ukraine, and russia made him pay the price😪
Negotiations is a waste of time.Russia should go home and give all territory back.
Россия никому ничего не должна
Negotiation is not a waste of time, in fact, it is now ongoing, Ukraine tanks and drones are doing serious negotiations
Issue is no matter how many times the west has overstepped his red line on nuclear weapons threat there always a chance hey. Things have to be done a certain way because there more at stake than just Ukraine. You lot who carry on like you are just as pathetic as Z wanks man because you can't see the whole thing
@@fusonegro1462 This isn't even a joke. Those of dictator only respect strength. It's the only way to negotiate with them on even terms.
Let’s not forget reparations for the damage that has been done. Russia must pay. The oligarchs, Putin first among them loves the power money gives them. They all must pay.
And The Hague. There are many many trials for the many war crimes that are still being committed...to their own people too.
Pulling Putin’s Pants Down
Pravda!!!
Ukraine drone = $1000
Manpad missile = $100,000
Bradley fighting vehicle= $ 1m
F-16 Fighter jet = $ 10 m
Putin's face when he received the Kursk invasion report from Gerasimov ........ PRICELESS !
Was there really an invasion of Krusk?
What's in your wallet ?
@@maestro6458 No, but there was an invasion of *Kursk. 😄
Yeah, still going too
@@maestro6458 Reportedly 1,000 square km of Kursk occupied by Ukraine. Hundreds of orcs captured.
Putty will fall out a window
Putin always stations a couple of body guards between himself and any windows.
And what’s interesting in russian news next morning will be stated that he has thrown himself out so the case is closed.
haha your funny. Guards will help him jump @@Bonjour-World
Be careful what u wish for. 😮
Putler you don't get the red Ryder BB gun... You will only fall out a window your eye out
She is wrong, they are Ukraine tanks given to Ukraine, as India uses Russian planes, they are theirs not Russian, for god sake can’t you let that sink in.
Excellent point!
India purchased those planes, while Ukraine has been conditionally gifted planes - there is a difference. Some of the more sophisticated OEM bundles, the West is dictating how they can be used, implying Ukraine does not 'own' them entirely. So to be fair to reality, if Ukraine has not renamed them, the journo is entitled to describe them either by their name (which is freighted in country of origin/OEM), or at least as jointly owned.
British built.ur WELCOME
@@Klemheist-vf1hx Well, Denmark Belgium Poland Netherlands and Norway have said they are donating them to Ukraine, to me that says they are Ukraines planes to what they want, subject to any ridiculous restrictions over missiles use that cowardly governments politicians have imposed.
@@51madmitch Hey , I agree with you. Politicians are being cowardly with their restrictions. But this point about India paying for weapons they now fully own is not the same as Ukraine being conditionally gifted theirs.
He's hiding in his bunker
Bunker Grandpa will say: Wenck will come! Wenck will come!
Just like his idol Adolf 💀💀💀
in his bunker at the Kremlin.
Leave no Dictator Alive on The Russian Continent
“International embarrassment”??? International humiliation!!!
I am Russian and it is a shameful for Russia. Big Russian army turn out to be nothing more than laughable jokey
I am Russian our military is joke lol. Many with education in russia know this
You believe propaganda ?
@PrettyGoodLookin no not the ruZZians propaganda 😂😂
Embarrassment and humiliation don't win wars.
Ukraine has an opportunity to influence the political beliefs of Russian POWs.
Yes it has-when they are getting better conditions in Ukraine then they had in Russia!
@@miriammohr6649 Then again, what is the average Russian citizen but a prisoner?
@@derekd1510 Then again...what happened to returning Red Army troops in 1945 , at hands of NKVD ?
POW s
And then be sent to siberian prison for "discrediting the SMO." Most of them rather stay in ukranian prisons instead, knowing full well what conditions they'll be subjugated on the former.
Pootin was a spy and not a soldier….down with pootin!
He had a desk job. Nothing more, nothing less.
@@boink800 Also a little bit of wet affairs exposure in E.Deutchland.
Spies *are* soldiers.
@@boink800 for a desk job dude, he did climb the corporate ladder pretty effectively.
@@potato2941 Do we mean that KGB corporate ladder? And just what was that desk job in Dresden? Do we really know?
Embarrassing Russia. Putin’s very Weak.
He has just been voted in for the next 6 years eek
@@LindaMacDonald-tb8ng You say "voted in" as if Russia was a real democracy.
@@LindaMacDonald-tb8ng lol "voted"
@@LindaMacDonald-tb8ng good one Vatnik
Putin hated losing the cold war. In an interview afterwards he acknowledged saying that yes they lost the cold war. But I could see in his face that he was going to keep hating and plotting. Now look where this emotion has gotten him.
Well, the Soviet Union had a lot of support from western companies since very early on. Read books by Antony Sutton. The cold war was a created conflict. The world is ruled behind the scenes. I doubt that there is a single country that is free.
The war in Ukraine is about gaining world dominance not about freedom for ukrainans. Sadly...
Putin is HUMILIATED...
And?
HE IS THE BIGGEST JOKE THIS YEAR
@@grahamwatson451 and that makes his big ego shrink!
NO he isn't
Zelensky isn't losing popularity. That is your opinion! As I know being in Ukraine, if Zelensky wanted to stand another term he would win. Where are you getting that from? Funny how they never quote any source. russia will pay for everything!
Funny how Zelensky didn't allow any elections.
@@RevTox there wouldn't be elections if your country was under marital law! Weak argument! Census details most Ukrainians don't want elections until russia is defeated!
@@RevToxThats normal during war.
Do you have nrs tho? If theres no change i mean.
There could be a small change that u arent aware of
@@RevTox Funny how you have never read the Ukrainian Constitution.
Humiliation for Putin.
I really don't envy anyone who takes on the job of president in Ukraine, he's got to deal with a full scale invasion with all the economics and logistics that go along with that plus he's still got to do the job of running the country and keeping their economy going strong all the while getting reports of missiles hitting civilians and dealing with that too. Our government couldn't handle a post pandemic economy in peace time just imagine how hard it must be for zilensky.
Unfortunately, I could only give you 1 thumbs up.
@grahamwatson451 cheers Graham. 🤘🇺🇦
The new Super Power
Ukraine 🇺🇦
Pudin you are cooked
She didn't listen to him and decided to interrupt him with an irrelevant question about British tanks halfway through the four points he had announced he was going to make. He went on with them afterwards though.
Wow, wow many time has she asked the tank question?
She is Putin's puppet (as she as demonstrated numerous times).
This presenter is obsessed with the British weapons subject. Just look at some of the other recent videos she has been featured in. It's becoming downright embarrassing for Times Radio.
If France is not giving permission for the use of its long range wpns then what happened to Macron's strong man bluster?
❤Ukrainian ❤
The host needs to stop interrupting her guests
He took a leap to the scaffold when Ukraine invaded, he is now on the steps.
Where are you from? Never heard that saying before
Or Steppes……..?
@@HarupertBeagleton-dz5gw Made it up.
@@carltontweedle5724 And very well made up it was ,too !!!!
Brilliant metaphor !
We all saw the picture !
No tanks Putin is a laughing stock throughout the world. 😆😄😁🤣...
I am Russian. I remember when he scream "Kyiv in three days". Many bot will try to say he did not say it. But we in my russia saw and heard it
@@dpelpalThe rest of the world remembers US General Milley screaming it 😂
@@Robert-xy4xi 👈Kremlin bot. They will do anything to make others believe he did not scream it😆
@@Robert-xy4xi ??? I mainly remember Putin saying it on numerous occasions... starting in 2014. But I think he was mentioning 10 days, rather than only 3 days! However, 3 days of supply is what the column supposed to go to Kyiv took along... and 2 days was the maximum the air-dropped commandos could possibly hold Hostomel airport before the ruSSian ground troops got there to relieve them.
Another dumb pathetic fantasist.
Captured? More like willingly surrendered.
They want a free holiday in a Ukrainian POW Camp.
“Please don’t trade us back”
there are no British tanks in UKRAINE only UKRAINE TANKS WHY DOSE THAT NOT SINK IN TO YOU think about that before every show
Exactly, it's like driving a Mercedes and saying ohh it's not my car it belongs to Germany lol.
They mean British built tanks.UR WELCOME
@@marioncharleston They all know what is meant. But "British tanks" could also mean that there exists a declaration made by Britain that Russia is an enemy of Britain, which Britain is not, and so her referring to "British tanks", in this context, could be considered as scaremongering and in fact it is indeed scaremongering in my opinion. She seems to have an agenda. But as the interviewee it is an option to make the point that would counter what seems like scaremongering by saying that there is a case for seeing equipment given to Ukraine as belonging to Ukraine to do with what Ukraine sees fit; just as Putin puts tech procured from the West into his missiles.
The tanks were made in Britain, and supplied by Britain to Ukraine. WHY DOES THAT NOT SINK IN TO YOU?
Putin looks like a cabbage patch kid doll, same size too
The dolls tend to be a bit taller.
Looks like a Garbage Pail Kid.
Miles? Miles? Didn't the UK go metric in the '70s? We ain't living in the dark ages The Times.
That Russian military strategy of putting all of its military in Occupied Ukraine kind of backfired on Russia, didn't it? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
😂😂😂
You are watching propaganda channell !
@@PrettyGoodLookin Is that what the Internet Research Agency claims? Please tell us more about Russia losing Kursk Oblast! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
@@boink800 Do you seriously think that 3% of the territory of the Kursk region on the border is comparable to the 20% of the territory of Ukraine that is controlled by Russia? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
@maestro6458 ukraine took 3% faster than Russia. A week compared to 2 years. And Ukraine still advancing faster with less losses.
Putin's running round the Krumblin' shouting 'Infamy infamy they've all got it infamy' 😄
As Clint Eastwood said....
"You're a legend in your own mind!"😮
Thank you.
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As a British born Indian I support Ukraine 🇺🇦 and I’m a shamed of India support of Russia 🇷🇺 Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦!
One factor, no-one has mentioned anywhere, is just how bad the change of weather will be, very soon in Russia. Those conscripts will be surrendering left right and centre. Ukraine has won this with a perfectly timed invasion
If one looks at the long term situation, Ukraine has already won. Especially in Kamala gets in office....Russia is done for.
The conscripts may be surrendering LR and C but the better trained soldiers aren’t--- and they have quite a lot of them.
@@grahamwatson451LOL And they've done so well so far hahahahaha
@@grahamwatson451 Russia does not have quite a lot of trained soldiers because A - most of them have already been killed and B - they don't waste a lot of time, money and effort into training soldiers that just end up in a meat wave.
@@grahamwatson451 Wagner?
They might take the Prigozhin route.
Chechnyans? They may decide to go home and claim independence from RF.
Just saying .
Imho
Don't worry Putin it's just a special military operation 😂. Poor Putin he looks like the unhappy Mona Lisa.
Не волнуйтесь за Путина. Он разведёт всех
with the emphasis on 'moaning'.
Thanks for your honest and true reporting. May God bless you and all Russians who were forced to leave or die.
The goodguys pulled a huge upset on the badguys.
Yes!
It's like Operation Overlord.
And in your upside world the bad guys are the good ones and the good ones bad.
@@robertatkins9419 Bad guys are losing so cope and seethe the invaders got invaded and you're salty comments just makes the orcs look worse.Good job
@@user-ge5vf5md7r You're right, bad guys are losing - left, right and centre - so I don't need to do any coping. You on the other hand are still insisting on making an absolute fool of yourself, which will become plain for all to see in the not too distant future, in spite of your childish insults. Good job.
To Russia, " this is not the beginning of the end but the end of the beginning " who said that ?
Will you stop interrupting him, please?
I don’t think Putin cares about “international embarrassment”
That’s all this is, what is the long term plan for Ukraine? They can’t hold the ground.
Is it true that the US or France can stop UK from giving permission to others to use weapons built and/or purchased by them to countries it donates them to simply because of intellectual property? This seems absurd to me because if the concern is that the technology will be used by the enemy if it is shot down or as it is used then isn't this always the case with any weapon. Secondly what is the point of a weapon if it cannot be used and lastly how does that affect weapon purchase and sovereignty?
Saying "British tanks" could also mean that there exists a declaration made by Britain that Britain is an enemy of Russia, which Britain is not, and so her referring to "British tanks", in this context, could be considered as scaremongering and in fact it is indeed scaremongering in my opinion. She seems to have an agenda. But as the interviewee it is an option to make the point that would counter what seems like scaremongering by saying that there is a case for seeing equipment given to Ukraine as belonging to Ukraine to do with what Ukraine sees fit; just as Putin puts tech procured from The West into his missiles. We are not sanctioning Ukraine.
Now, Putin the beggar, went to Azerbaijan with his hat on his hands imploring for handouts to keep him afloat, saving him from sinking as his Black Sea fleet did
У России нет долгов а вот США и НАТО страны имеют громадные долги по ценным бумагам. Это вы нищие а не Россия
@@user-pz6ls4uk8k Russia is not the beggar. The beggar is Putin who dragged his country into an insane adventure and is wasting and dilapidating (and stealing too) the wealth of the country. Russia will get out of this stupidity poorer than before. The beggar is asking for military support of any kind (even from poor North Korea) because Russia is reaching its production limits.
Keep on playing with your war games on your console.
@@grahamwatson451 and how about you? Are you already hiding under the bed afraid of nuclear attacks?
@@user-pz6ls4uk8kRussia owe hundreds of billions in war reparations.
It has come to light that in addition to the Chechen Kadyrov tik tok soldiers, there were also a number of Russian child soldiers. Both groups surrendered without a fight.
Lol, where in Russia is 'Leningrad'? Get with the times man!
Captured is a strong word, they more surrendered at the first sign of the big bad Ukraine.
OK...Great.....but if putin is embarrassed what will happen?
Robin Niblett and I should exchange business cards! His "Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House" for my "Ok Guy in Canada"
Compromise on 'Distinguished Guy in Canada' ?
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Thank you, Sir, for your excellent and intelligent commentary.
Be funny if the Ukranians removed and hid the toilets. If any.
Haha, what toilets?
what if the residents want to become Ukraine .. if they have been friendly with Zelensky's men there could be repercussions
I am Russian. You are correct, and I am not to believing that this is not covered more in the media. Although New York Times-Russian Edition reported on this.
There was no fighting in Kursk. U know why? Because many in Kursk support Ukraine. Many do not want to be russian, they want to be Ukrainian, especially since most of the civilize world supports Ukrainian. They want to be on the GOOD side
They are Ukrainian tanks manufactured in the UK. FFS
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL of course putin is humiliated and embarrassed by getting beat by a comedian who had only been a President for 1 year when putin decided to SHOW the world how powerful russia is. Then he found out what his oligarch buddies had done to the military
the comedian destroyed Ukraine and made 1/3 of the population refugees, гukrainians sitting and hiding so as not to be taken to war
I am real Russian, from Samara. I remember when he scream "Kyiv in 3 days". It was played here, over and over. Now the "bot" try to say he did not to saying it. Rubbishes! I remember him screaming it
@@dpelpal If you are a real Russian, your a braver man then I, to speak out. (stand up, and a be counted like the murdered, and exceptional person, Alexei Navalny) No dictators ever admit to their mistakes, just ask... trump.
@@The-Droll-and-LazyJoker Among many other guises it, she, him has also been a US Marine!
Your childish comment is misplaced, he is a trained lawyer, who after being in a TV show, many have given their lives !!!! To save their freedom, unlike you.
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3 DAYS
Putin: _KYIV IN THREE DAYS!_
"Won his next term" 😅 "Votes decide nothing, who counts the votes decides everything" Stalin
Do not call him president
They don't say "we are loyal to you Vladimir Putin", they say "Valdimir Vladimirovich". That sets a different tone.
Enemy at the gate!!
Jaguar Landrover don't tell it's customers where they can drive their Range Rover. FFS.
Wrong! Depends upon your lease.
@@richardcox3713 With JLR reliability it wouldn't make it to the Ukraine, and that is with personal experiance.
I'm willing to bet that most of those POWs would rather stay where they are for now....
A Niblett of common sense.
Ok, putin is humiliated, a loss of face so what? What does that translate to. It doesn't change anything does it? Just makes him more resolute to get back and wrap it up.
I’ve learned to speak Russian, here goes: “baaaa,baaaa,baaasa 🐑🐑🐑”
Saying tgat russia gas made "Impressive advances" is a HUGE exaggeration.
Stop going on about British tanks!
Who still calls St Petersburg "Leningrad?"
The reason that Russia was able to take avdivka and beyond was because of the 6 months that the US were holding the supplies back because of political bickering,during which Ukraine got dangerously low on ammo,now that the issue is sorted and the supplies are getting through once again, the damage was already done.
This lady trying to sound intelligent by interrupting the intelligent guy. Had to end this early. She’s awful.
Why does this man insist on calling St.Petersburg Leningrad ? Does he pine for the days of the USSR ?
Slip of the tongue at 0:25 and 2:13 : 'Leningrad' instead of Saint Petersburg (due to the fact that Putin's Russia tends to become a USSR 2.0, even though Putin doesn't like Lenin?)
Didn't Trump try to convince us that Putin is one of the best strategic minds to ever exist? Could Trump be wrong? And would it matter?
100 IQ seems genius from the perspective of 80 IQ.
I remember him trying to convince us of a lot of his lies.
He was boosting him up....lol....Trump knew/knows cptn pudding is a fool....an eegit...😅
I was waiting for someone to bring Trump into this conversation. Well done for being a complete idiot.
@@FirstnameLastname-cx6go Trump told a staggering 30,573 documented lies and misleading statements during his four years as president. That's an average of almost 21 per day. It really boggles the mind.
I'm appealing to the UAF: How much for 5 acres in Kursk. Prefer riverfront property.
Any time someone tries to make excuses for crimes against humanity and says "Well IT'S WAR- what do you expect!?!?", all I have to do is point to Ukraine. You are providing an example of moral leadership to the world, one that is necessary not just for your enemy, but for your allies as well, sadly.
I'd be careful with that. The one-sided moral superiority depends mainly on nobody believing Russian media. The Ukrainian government is not exactly telling the truth on many things, and Ukraine in general suffers from corruption at a scale that is unimaginable to Western sensibilities. They are no angels. Saying any different will just lead to more condemnation further down the road.
Ukraine is absolutely NOT providing an example of moral leadership, but of moral debasement. That you have the completely wrong end of the stick is what's 'sad'.
Why did she cut him off??
She could be Marjorie Traitor Greene's British cousin.
I'm not sure that putin wouldn't willingly trade kursk for donbass
Kursk? Kursk and 97% of the Kursk region under Russian control
Мы заберём всё. Ничего менять нам не надо
@@user-pz6ls4uk8k Tell that to the POWs that surrendered without firing a shot.
Russian advances in the Donbas are minimal. At that rate it will take a thousand years to occupy Ukraine. And an untold number of troops. Russia will run out of money and reserves in a year or two. Can't this guy do math?
There is a reason why Russia is begging North Korea for troops. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Russia doesn't want all of Ukraine - just Donbass. And advances there are substantial, hence the Kursk diversion.
@@dalecrocker3213 But Russia won't get the Donbass. We need that reality check. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
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@@boink800 I really think Ukraine are admitting they can't keep it, which is why they are doing this silly thing in Kursk.
The question is why does he keep getting away with it
Cant understand why Putin cant just get peace in Ukraine
Hubris:- The invincible enemy of all tyrants!!! 🦘🦘🦘
This war would have never happened if America / NATO wasn't surrounding Russia.
NATO will go wherever it damn well pleases.
There is no Leningrad, pal. The city has reverted 30 years ago to St.Petersburg. Did you not get the memo ?
Should interview ex army guys not those idiots that have no clue
And you are😊
What happens now? Arrest and convict problematic officers and give medals and promotions to everybody else?
Is it icy in Moscow?
Excellent piece
The guest speaker seems relentlessly negative on the Ukranian outlook. It's a bit odd considering the Ukranians have turned a grueling war of stalemate and attrition into real mobile warfare into Russian territory. That's no small feat for a country that Putin said he would control in a few days.
“Moscow, Leningrad?” I thought this guy was a Chatham House Distinguished Fellow? Doesn’t he remember the reversion to St Petersburg?
He was embarrassing when he attacked another country unprovoked. You're a billionaire. You have more than enough. Just stop
Leningrad?? Pretty sure it’s St. Petersburg again
why do they keep letting this woman interview - she is terrible
DEI HIRE, WHAT ELSE?
@@CarlMartin-hw3ev Marjorie Traitor Greene's British cousin
Being humiliated is a lot better than being dead just ask the half a million Russian mums who have lost thier sons
It's very easy for people who aren't living in this nightmare to say how it should/can be resolved. I want putin gone as much as the next person but let's not forget who's holding the strings
Putin needs to watch his back from now on!
One assumes Zelensky isnt embarrased about all the prisoners hes lost...
and China takes another few steps closer !
Would China move to annex Siberia when Putin falls?
@@hypsyzygy506 Realistically, I think that would only happen if the Russian Federation breaks apart. It's in China's best interest to have a strong ally, not a weak one.
Where do the Times get these completely negative spoke people from! Just Imagine if we had those type of people at start of the Second World War. Zelenskyy had is hands tied behind his back from the start. Dripping feeding weapons from the west. The Ukraine people have been inspirational like its leader! Let have some positive individuals on talking about positive aspect of the campaign!
There is a possible 5th reason, that Ukraine wishes to set up a buffer zone to help protect itself against Russian weapons that might have be used in the Kursk region.