Yep, this was an important video on the strategic nature of what is going on. Point of Order, this video did not also point out that Flat Ground gap has been exploited the other way too....the Mongols came through there.
Actually it's not 1:24 he says a "civil war" started but that's not the case at all. Russia invaded with unmarked soldiers that's how they also took Crimea pay attention do you research smh don't be amazed at cool transitions
@@Slenderirl Point taken, Paco A. Our ancestor's had certain rules that was expected from civilized nations...and by the breaking of those rules they would have demonstrable proof of uncivilized conduct.Heck, even Santa Anna when he pulled up to the Alamo with his army gave the Women and Children time to leave...which they civilly did...before Santa Anna attacked the Alamo. The region's history does put some complexity in trying to understand what is going on over there...after the American Revolution our admiral John Paul Jones took a commission from Catherine the Great and was stationed in Sevastopol, Crimea (e.i., a Russian naval base on Russian territory.) True, that was then and this is now...but to the Russians land is very very close by.
@@serwinzzalot9989 can you please give me a source to this? I tried to search it and only found that Ukraine isn;t exporting any oil - just importing so I am honestly confused
Perhaps unintentionally, this video is packed with Russian narratives and clichés (like ''civil war" on Donbas when there is numerous evidence that it was Russian invasion under fake flags of so called ''republics''). It also looks like author justifies the invasion explaining that Russia was rightfully concerned about NATO expanding. Though there were no real conflicts between Russia and NATO until Putin began populistic anti-NATO political course in 2008. In my opinion (I lived in both Ukraine and Russia for many years) it was done for inner purposes to increase his own popularity and to solidify his image as a "defender" of the country's peaceful life after collective trauma of two Chechen wars. Anti-NATO narrative became predominant on Russian media since then, creating a convenient external "enemy" whom there is no need to fight and thus no possibility to lose to. It helped Putin to remain president for more than 20 years already, and get rich beyond measure. Now he made a mistake raising the stakes and invading an independent and not-so-close-culturally country, and I believe it's his last mistake as a president of Russia. Putin is not a good strategist, or politician, he doesn't care about his country and his people. Russia will be better off without him as a president, and that's what CNN should be talking about.
As an educated Russian interested much in history, politics and culture, I must say that is a complete BS. Think of Finland for instance. Finland is not a NATO member. In recent years NATO has been coming closer and closer to Finnish borders. Finland is very vulnerable to an alien invasion because of their geography. Why do not Finns attack and invade anyone? Why do they live in peace and prosperity, being good friends with all their neighbors? And why we Russians cannot just live like Finns? Putin is just a corrupt insane villain. No geographic map on Earth can justify his crime. It is like an attempt to justify Hitler with some demagogic stunts on the map of Central Europe. That's a delusion, do not be its victim!
Where were you educated, I think that may also contribute to the lack of understanding why Russia can't be like Finland. For starters Putin is not a US puppet, he is doing what is best for Russia. He is protecting Russian interests, unlike the guys you clap hands for who go thousands of miles to attack other countries or their leaders for trying to create states that benefit the citizens rather than the west. I hope by now you see he is no villain in this story.
@@auspiciousnkomo3071 Even if Putin is doing the right thing for Russian interests, that doesn't make him a good guy. Hundreds of thousands of people have already died in the war that he started, and still he shows no remorse.
@@davidknipe4113 The gentelman in the video seems to be spreading (unintentionally?) ruSSian/Putin's version of his logic. Or actually: not Putins REAL logic and reasioning but the one tha is/was being presented to the outside World as a quasi-justification.
As a Pole interested much in history, politics and culture - I must FULLY AGRE with what you have written, sir. 👍 It seems many "usefull... [we-both-know-who 😉]" far away keep repeating Putin's BS version of "reasons" for his invasion of Ukraine.
If you actually went to Russia and talked to random people on the streets, you'd quickly realize no one really cares about Kiev being the mother of whatever. Kiev was the heart of the Kievan Rus' about 1000 years ago. Nowadays, it's just a foreign capital city. I'm telling you this as somebody who has lived in Russia for 37 years. Experts use this argument again and again, but truth is it doesn't hold water.
Sorry bro, I disagree. Most Russians aren't apathetic to their history. If you talk to an ill-educated person or a teenager in any country in the world, you will find they care little about big picture thinking, and more about their day-to-day. However, if you talk to the movers and shakers, business leaders and people in the middle class, in any culture, they will usually have a deep appreciation for their culture and heritage. This is true the world over. Tim quite rightly points out that Ukraine and Kiev do hold a place in the Russian psyche...it's not propaganda or support for Russia to say this - merely a fact.
@@7oshiki19 Most reputable experts on Russia - Russian or non-Russian - are in unanimity about the pernicious influence of their leaders' authoritarianism and dictatorship on Russians' lives and soul, be it during Czarism, Sovietism, or Putinism. Some culteres, due to their brutal history, consider the rule of strongmen to be preferable to true democracy. Only die-hard nationalists and people with an authoritarian mentality will blindly defend their country, believing that they are true patriots.
I think I get why Russia wants Ukraine. I understand at least some of it. But none of that matters to me because Ukraine doesn’t want to be a part of it.
This is life and war! we get to see it in our generation which is crazy but Russia has the mentality that someone will come for them, when it's like bro it's 2022 lol just chill and live! Old niggas way of thinking is the root of these issues!
If we forget the lessons of history ,we re sure to repeat them. Russia has a history of being attacked from Ukraine region dating back over 400 years. In WW2 alone the Russian people lost more people in the war than all others combined, (27 Million) including the victims of the gas chambers.
@@martynasrackauskas3158 name countries Russia attacked in recent history, and I will name tenfold US has invaded Hint - Afghanistan was Soviets including Ukraine, which was invited to support the Democratic elected Goverment against US / Paki proxies Georgia did attacked and killed UN Peace keepers resulting ir counter response,, this is confirmed by both OSCE & Georgian Goverment Syria - Russia again was invited by the Democratic Elected Goverment to repel US Proxi's, lets not ignore US occupation and theft of Syrian assets Donbass - local Elected Officials who dont recognise Illegal Coup installed Goverment in 2014 requested Russian Protection from Ukraine Bombing, even confirmed by BBC Reporting, purpose of UN Security Council Minsk1 - 2 to stop Ukraine Bombing Civilians Lets not even start with Germany, France, Britain, Italy etc MSM tries to hide facts but Evidence always breaks threw, its only easily fooled sheep who beleive the narrative - have they found the WMD'S in Iraq yet
@@cosmincasuta486 As innocent as any country which wants to live its life without the never ending invasions and destruction from the side of its larger neighboor.
He is talking about war in two dimensions. Nuclear weapons changed all these 18th century logics. Russia has enough nuclear weapons to stop any invasion. Russia can cover a defense in depth
I am from Slovakia. I've grown up under our Main Carpathian Mountains that we proudly own. My grandparents always says that we have advantage of not being directly affected by the war for generations and now it only proved me more safe then ever.
My ex-girlfriend is from Verkhovyna, in the Carpathians. She's there at the moment with her mother. I'm also glad that she happened to be from that part of the country.
Republic of Moldova is simply the eastern half of Romania's Moldova region (which is much larger), invaded by USSR in 1940, thus drawing Romania in WW2 on the Axis side. But the official language in Republic of Moldova is still Romanian! 82% of its population is Romanian and speaks Romanian as it's mother tongue. They study "ROMANIAN language and literature" and "History of ROMANIANS" as compulsory subjects in Moldovan schools. In fact, Principality of Moldova became in 1859 a founding member of Romania when it decided to unify with Wallachia, under a MOLDOVAN prince! About 50% of the population of Republic of Moldova have applied for and received Romanian citizenship, arguing that their forefathers have lost it unjustly during Soviet occupation. Not only does Republic of Moldova and Romania have the same flag, but they had the same anthem as well until 1994!
and yet, we have been affected by 1st WW, 2nd, the cold war and if we were not in NATO, we definitelly would be affected by this war. With all due respect, your grand parents were wrong.
Who told you that ? CNN ? Just so you know...russian troops have an order NOT to kill civilians and NOT to destroy civil infrastructure..their target nazy hunta in power NOT the ukranien people or their territory !
@@meridianudachi5171 Ukrainian cellphones, my dude. I usually don't watch CNN. Yeah, the first wave of young lads didn't shoot at civilians, because they didn't even know they are in a war. They prepared for a military drill in Belarus. But, cluster bombs falling on Kharkiv are reality you cannot deny.
@@meridianudachi5171 tell that to civilians posting videos of thermo & cluster bombs. Tell that to the mother of the 6yo who died to a bomb, or any of the mothers of children killed in the missiles sent into apartment complexes.
wait.......so if Russian civilization began around Kiev, aka the Kievan Rus.... that doesn't mean Russia has a claim to Ukraine....it means Ukraine has a claim to RUSSIA! Its the other way around! Zelensky, by historical virtue as leader of Ukraine, therefore should be the leader of not just Ukraine but all of Russia!
Yes, but they are legitimising the invasion. That's abnormal. By the way, Russian Orthodox is the same as Greek Orthodox or Romanian Orthodox or Serbian Orthodox. It's not a different religion
Well now... Maybe if the former Soviet Union hadn't treated those former east block countries so badly, they might not have desired to align themselves with the west and the protection that NATO offers. And seeing what Putin is up to now, it's no wonder Ukraine wishes to be part of the club.
@make a wish I was a kid during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 62. It is largely due to JFK's deft and unflappable handling of that crisis that we are here having this exchange at all.
@@georgecher2513 Lol. When did Putin ever work as a taxi driver? Wasn't he deputy mayor of St. Petersburg around that time? I heard he stole a lot of money that was intended to help ordinary Russians during that period.
@@JohnH-mo5mbAnd what did the Americans do when the USSR tried to put nuclear missiles on Cuba? Ukraine joins NATO. they set up rockets and how many minutes do they need to reach Moscow? Would they allow Canada to enter into an alliance with Russia and have them place missiles 1 minute from Washington? No one in the world is allowed to defend themselves, only the Americans are allowed to attack anyone. And it has been spreading towards Russia for 30 years. Why? to give them candy?
Nobody told you about Azov. People have swastikas. They have Nazi ideology. and why is nato expanding towards russia? It seems to me that Napoleon (France) joined forces with Hitler (Germany) and Nazi collaborators (Bandera (Azov Ukraine)) supported by America and Britain (Cold War). to achieve the goal that they failed in the previous wars. if they cared about stopping that war, they would not have sent weapons to Ukraine. they would replace Zelensky or kill him. but that is obviously not their goal
@@JDXY7 You meant Boris Godunov? 🤣 It's similar logic as to claim that in 1939 Poland "provoked Hitler on purpose". [BTW: Let's not forget that in Sept. 1939 Hitler had Stalin as an ally when invading Poland.]
The given military explanation makes no sense. He says that Russia wants to dominate the flat area (Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania & Poland). but Ukraine is quite far South of this so the explanation makes no sense.
Thats because the map was inaccurate, that flat ground is called the northern European plain and it extends into Ukraine as well, Ukraine is extremely flat and also Russia wants to get any buffer space that they can so literally any extra European land in their eyes is good to have. For some reason news agencies just cant be accurate in their information and get simple things wrong
Well, the Great European plains goes much further than this highlighted green area. It's that huge funnel that goes from the Netherlands straight to the Ural mountains, with no mountain range anywhere. A huge battleground for military campaigns, whether it's cavalry or tanks used. That is the largest European chessboard, and Russia's interest is to dominate as much of the playing field as possible. Their ideal borders for defense were those of the Soviet Union, with Poland and East Gernany under their control. Ukraine and even most of Romania are part of that plain as well. And outside of Russia, every country's security interest is to DENY them that power because Russia always abused it, in history. Even the Belarusian dictator tried to get some distance from Putin, some years ago. Everyone thinks Russian culture is great and all but they should stay in their own borders.
Ukraine is included in that flat area. Flat land is hard to defend. The Carpathian mountains funnel the plain into Poland and the Baltics. Between the Carpathians and Russia is a flat plain controlled by Ukraine; a wide front that's hard to defend. Russia wants to push their influence to the Carpathians into more defencable land; the only flat land that Russia needs to worry about then is Poland and the Baltacs, which historical invasions of Russia have been launched from. If Ukraine joins NATO then Russia will have few natural borders against them.
yeah in his psychology, definitely not in his heart. A caring, loving parent/spouse would let you go even if they despise your choices. They don’t turn around and crush you to death, unless they are deranged.
Yes u can let go one of your child even if he/she despise u, but one day your child is enlisting himself to the group of gangster who happened to be your notorious enemies. You can see that the rest of your family is endangered. Now please answer what will u do if u r d Father? Would u still let go? Or would u protect the other members of the family?Or would u impose a discipline?
@@mindandsoulchannel5364 You don't fking kill him that's for sure.And maybe if Russia handles it;s relanshionship with Ukraina better this wouldn't have happened.They tried to make Ukraina a second Belarus with Russian croonies at it's helm , anexing Crimea didn't help either.Are you seriously trying to justify this fking war? There is no excuse! None. Maybe you believe Putin when saying that he wants to denazify Ukraina with a Jewish president while bombing the Holocaust monument but as you can see the rest of the word sees through the lame excuses
But so many do that and often the stray spouse and their family friends and allies provoke matters by blind propaganda and gaslighting. By betrayal and blind siding. But in this case it's not just about letting a country move on it's about Russia's survival and autonomy.
@@mig7290 Nobody has declared war on Russia since WW2...nobody wants Russia. That's paranoia speaking, meaning the entire collective nation needs therapy because that's crazy. The only battles Russia has fought in 80 years are people that want to break away or people they choose to invade.
In other words Russia broke up with Ukraine but now Russia wants a second chance however Ukraine says no because she has moved on while Russia knows he made a mistake.
That’s the cool thing, you don’t have to care, it’s just interesting and maybe (probably not) important to know about it 🤷. It doesn’t have to change your mind, it’s just an informative about a potential reason as to why Putin decided to pull this shit… Frankly I had no idea that Russian culture originated in Ukraine so I personally learned something from this video 🤷😊…
@@inervin spelling Syria wrong is also pathetic. Also copy pasting which people have known and has been written on every comment about the war is a bot move. So calling you a bot about it, is valid. your point?
Just expanding on the idea. For Russia to really have a safe port, it should occupy Istanbul, and completely to be land safe from the West it should overtake Poland. You can not build your psychological safety on other people’s ruin.
@@leoperidot482 they are justifiably freaked out. There's a Russian looking out of his kitchen window forced to bear witness to the horror that is Sarah Palin
@@csuporj Dominate is a stupid word. I guess when you see it that way, the police 'dominates' the citizens. But that only matters if the government sucks. And some concentration of force is inevitable anyways.
@@csuporj Yes, finally Germany will not be reluctant anymore, they must built a strong army with France and Poland to gradually kicking American influence out of European Continent. If Russia wants, they should be allowed to join. I believe for a safer Europe, they must include Russia, not isolate them, by isolating Russia, you are kinda threatening them
This is not an accurate description of Putin’s essay. He said Russia and Ukraine have cultural and historical ties, but that Ukraine is politically independent. But don’t take my word for it… go read Putin’s writings and speeches for yourself.
The Dardanelles has got to be the riskiest assumption of a viable route out. The Russians living in Ukraine have not asked to be 'saved'. Hearts and minds.
The West should have imposed today's economic sanctions back in 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea. That would have been a lesson for Putin not to invade further.
How do you invade something where you have your own military bases for a century? Think before you write.. but this is CNN so what can we expect from their ignorant audience lol. Sorry, you need to learn how to use google search.. and analytical training would help too.
@@SheryAwan123 what about the million Uyghurs in camps, and what about the Yemen war, and the Syria war. When I see evil in the world, I am able to not see black and white. Believe it or not, there are _good Israelis_ . And also good reasons not to sanction Russia more harshly back then. Hindsight is always 20/80 in favor of bad decisions.
The argument to the Russian "history" of Ukraine being Russian was well argued by the Ukraninans, who pointed out that Moscow was forest while Ukraine was developed long ago.
Well, more accurate would be to say that `Ukraine` never existed before ~1917, while Kiev is one of first RUSsian cities. Really, Ukraine is a very weird name for a country that claims independence. It literally means "periphery".
Ukrainian nationalism was created 100 years ago. If you went to pre ww1 german ukraine you would see Ukrainian villagers seeing themselves as just another russian people with weird accents and their loyalty to the tsar. This is a undeniable fact. Before 1914 there was no ukrainian nationalist feeling, only sad ukrainian 17 year old boys without any jobs wrote and said ukrainians were "different". Ukrainian nationalism is as insane as if people from here in vladivostok said "fck it, I'm not russian anymore glory to Vladivostok!" It's that stupid. Ukrainian nationalism only worked because germans patronized it.
@@gbeziuk One of the first Rus not "russian" cities... Russia originated from muscovy not from the Kiev. Kievan Rus and Muscovy were separate entities.
This is incredibly insightful. Topographic maps reveal so much more than regular maps. In Pennsylvania, you'd think the two largest cities are somehow culturally, economically, etc. very similar. But a topographical map shows Appalachia separating them into being parts of two very different regions of the country. In Philly, I've met more people from Derry, Ireland or Budapest Hungary than I have Pittsburgh.
It's horseshit. There's nuclear weapons now, NATO is defensive pact, there's zero need to have these "buffer nations" like in Napoleon's time. They just want new land (and resources), for the sake of it
It's not insightful, it's propaganda. Russian culture did not begin in Kiev. That area was called Kieven-Rus, and it was invaded by the Vikings who would be called Russians. There wasn't even a Ukraine for 1100 years later until the USSR created the territory. Jeesh. Don't learn your history from news media during wartime.
@@jimcrozier3785 If that were the case, the US would be plundering Chile by now considering it sits a top far greater mineral deposits. The largest Lithium reserves in the world for one. Portugal has the largest untapped reserves in Europe, not Ukraine yet i don't see the US effecting a coup and installing a sympathetic government in Portugal any time soon.
Its a very shallow explanation actually. He starts by pointing to todays Belarus then moves on to southern Ukraine which is a different war and security theatre.
Who do Russia think is going to invade them . Ukraine is a free country. Russia loves Ukraine so much that it is trying to raise the country to the ground. So SLAVA UKRAINI.
Ukrainians aren't Russian orthodox, they're Ukrainian orthodox. Same religion sure, but then so is Greek orthodox and we don't say Greeks are Russian orthodox. Plus a lot of Ukrainians are Catholic also.
@@stephenkoludrovic-q5p Bullshit! It's a Kremlin myth rooted in the Imperial mindset! There are millions of Ukrainian catholics who identify as Ukrainians -- not Polish.
Start with there is no Ukrainian starting beyond former Austria Hungarian empire. So called Ukrainian, in 2010, spoke Russian close to 70%, according to Gallup. Native Ukrainian Church is rather uniat orthodox, or Greek Catholic. There is no such thing as Ukrainian Orthodox church by definition. It was invented a few years ago.
@@rudenjasergei4478 >"Start with there is no Ukrainian starting beyond former Austria Hungarian empire"< Really? So, there's no Cossack Hetmanate, no Ruthenia, no Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia? This is the Imperial RuZZian narrative, and it has no ground in reality. >"There is no such thing as Ukrainian Orthodox church by definition."< The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople might disagree with this statement.
The main reasons for this invasion are: control of the significant oil, gas, iron, coal, titanium, etc. natural resources discovered in Ukraine. Russia consistently blocks any attempts to supply Europe with inexpensive energy (such as the Syrian war to block the construction of a pipeline from Saudi Arabia). Control of the Black sea and of the food production of Ukraine are malor factors as well.
The presenter is deluding himself and others into thinking that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is about security. Not so! It is about dictator Putin's pathological narcissism and desire for power. Saying that Russia is worried about invasion from the flat lands, similar to what Napoleon and Hitler did, is quite frankly ridiculous. Russia has over 6,000 nuclear weapons. I am pretty sure invasion is not an option.
Of course you would simplify his reasons because you want people behind the war effort. Imagine if China and Russia had an alliance and they installed military bases along our border. Aimed missiles at our cities and trained Mexicans and/or Canadians in military maneuvers. We have been provoking Russia for the better part of a decade and they called our bluff.
And you know whats in putins mind? Look, we can debate on the why and all that. The fact is putin brought russia back from hell. He is a great leader. The difference between rus and usa is that when you want to point a finger at someone in rus you point it at putin and he gladly will take responsibility for it. Usa? Who do we blame for all the atrocities its committed. For example, lying to us about atom bombs in iraq? Invading it and stealing over 3000 artifacts from their museums? Leaving the people to get slaughtered by the taliban who by the way was created by powerful people in the usa? Isis too by the way. Who do we blame? Who in america will take responibility for killing pedestrians in the city?
To make a fool of them. This is one big lie. The Grand Duchy of Moscow is not the heir to the culture of Kievan Rus. Through hundreds of years of actual Tatar occupation, the Muscovites adopted the mentality of wild lords. The real Tatars have long since softened, while the Muscovites think only of conquests and plunder.
This is becoming such a stale argument. Nuclear weapons made these considerations moot. To parrot this line of thinking is to tacitly agree that autocratic Russia is somehow under threat from pacifist European liberal nations.
The author’s analysis and theories regarding the “Flatland” area is based on pre-WWII rationale. The bitter winters in that area led to the failed attempts by both Napoleonic and two Germanic invasions into Russia. Today’s warfare tactics would undoubtedly be different.
@@DaDunge - Not changed much? Depends upon which century or period of time one would examine. Killing the perceived enemy is the only thing unchanged; however. the manner and methods have radically changed Fredrik, unless the observer has been living in a cave and is oblivious.
@@DaDunge - You may be only examining the motivations for going to war; how the aggressor justifies its aggression or the opponent defends against the aggression. The war in Nam which “failed” in your words was because (imho) the US didn’t go all out aggressively and chose to limit its military force’s involvement. But that’s not involved today Sir. Believe what you will, that’s fine with me. I was referring to the manner in which wars have been fought then and Now.
@@DaDunge Actually, the opposite is true. Putins rationale about war apparently hasn't changed much. So, in this perspective you are correct. However, Putins invasion obviously falls flat and he is on the verge of losing it. Even if he wins the fight for Ukraine, he definitely loses at a geopolitical scale. And losing hard. It is the first time someone tested, if the "old rational of war" is really dead. And Putin has proven now: Yes, it is! The economic damages you receive when conducting a classic invasion scale war into an intact country is so extreme, that there is no way you end up being a "victor" in a geopolitical scale. Economic stability trumps military power in the long run. However, what Putin also proved is that one must have a defense capability to protect this economic stability, if a crazy authocrat makes a stupid decision.
That makes sense, but Russia needs to understand that in 2022 Ukraine is its own country. If they want to join Nato, they can. Sorry if that interferes with their boarder insecurities.
Apparently Russia expressed their willingness to join NATO during back in the second Obama term talks but only to be declined, so I guess they have legitimate concern if NATO expands into their border while they can not join it. Your neighbor with a rival mentality gets to join the big boy club but you are declined, so you get the idea that they are pissed and worried at the same time.
@@marmac83 Could be, I saw Putin mentioned this with Megyn Kelly and referred to 2012-13 timeframe. I guess it would be really interesting if they asked to join NATO for a second time.
I think this only showed partially why Russia is invading Ukraine and sure history plays a very important role. The why in this video is a part of the Russian narrative "the countries near Russia is becoming NATO countries" so the question should be "why do they ask to join NATO?". A huge misconception is that NATO is like the old WP, NATO ( America ) occupy a country and force them into NATO, that is the old Soviet WP ( Warsaw Pact ) way and that is not how NATO works. NATO membership is applied for and it has a lots of stipulations before a country can apply and one of them is that NATO do not take in new members that are in some form of conflict. Also, sure there are a lot of old history regarding Russia and Ukraine however one country have developed and the other has not, Ukraine will not be forced into a marriage as in some Middle Eastern cultures. Russia is not as of today as attached to Ukraine over the "brotherhood" it is about control, strategy and money. You see Ukraine has been and is the European "breadbasket" as well as it is rich in gas and oil, everything the Putin and his oligarchs are after. On the strategic point of course Crimea is one of the most important ports. Even the religion has gone South, the Russian orthodox church has banished the Ukrainian orthodox church and as we talk about history I must say that it makes me a bit sick too my stomach that the so called author is so one sided towards Russia and forget such a important piece in history as the Holodomore because that is a huge reminder for all Ukrainian people.
Вы абсолютно правы уважаемый! Жаль всех, да гибнут люди, но их могло погибнуть коллосально больше если бы Украина со своими националистами начала войну против Донбасса в статусе члена НАТО, ведь России пришлось бы втянутся в конфликт. Вероятно с применением ядерного оружия..может Россия спасла мир сейчас?
Thank you, I cannot believe CNN let this propagandist deliver Russian blood-and-soil narratives on their network. They need to hear from all of us. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 💙 💛
@@carolyntalbot947 Thanks Carolyne. Yes even if this was not for the average person a "propaganda" or excuse for Russia and their behavior I'd say it was. The so called "brotherhood" between these countries has not been just that, sure the villages close to Russia always had a closer tie with cross marriages etc but in general Ukraine started to develop in a totally different direction in beginning of the 90's. Sadly Russian influenced or even placed presidents and government officials in Ukraine has slowed it down and in 2008 it started to get a grip again and in 2014 it got traction for Ukraine and the proof of that is the annexation of Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. Anyway thank you for the recognition of my post. Slava Ukraini!
Wait. This don't make sense. There are no mountain ranges in the northern part of central and eastern Europe; hence the French, Germans, Swedes could invade Russia. So Russia has Belarus as a buffer zone. Check. But in the central part, we have the Carpathian Mountain range, which is why Hungarians, Romanians, Balkan armies didn't invade Russia, except under the wing of the Germans during WWII. Still Ukraine being in NATO would be a cause for concern for someone fearful of regime change.
Not to mention the fact that any major war would be won in the air which nato has a massive advantage over the rest of the world. Putin has just lost his mind.
You can say all those bordering countries are peaceful and never invaded Russia except under the nazi flag. If it happened once, it can happen again. World is finding out how easy it is to elect radical and lunatic leaders. Look at America. They just had president who tried to rig an election and then tried to overthrow its government by using Putin's playbook. Trump could be a threat to America and to NATO if he wins. That's what Putin desperately wants. EU and NATO needs to brace for that possibility.
Only I see such „explanations” as justifiy of war? I have seen several other geopolitical lectures stating that Russia has to expand in order not to collapse. Germans in 1939 also had to expand to the east and as a result they shrinked to its present territory. Did they loose as a nation? Did they disappear ? No. They live on the smaller territory then before the war and they live very good. That is ridiculous claiming country bigger than Australian continent has to expand. What a joke
Don't agree with the last sentence if you mean by military force. NATO will not invade Russia, because of nukes. However a more democratic and stable Ukraine does pose a risk for Putin since Russians may notice how comparably bad it is in Russia.
Welll....it is more about the oil and the minerals than anything, but lets look at this differently. We're in the modern world...NATO came about as a response when the (then) Soviets occupied Poland, Ukraine, East Germany and Yugoslavia. That's it, that's all. It took 40 years for that to removed. So you might say "Russia is worried" but in reality, Russia has never had anything to worry about. I'm not saying USA is good and everyone's holding hands, but the idea that there's going to be an army marching across the flatlands is ludicrous in the age of nuclear deterrent. Especially since he should be more worried about China. AND in the global economy, he could easily pay Ukraine for access to the black sea, or offer Ukraine a financial incentive to join Russia's ANTI-NATO. But Russia doesn't dance, it takes. So this analysis is fine and dandy but its not really why its happening.
Agree entirely; is England’s “heart” back in Jutland and Denmark? Non-sensical. I respectfully suggest that this analysis muddies the waters about what is happening now and this style is what Putin uses to shore up his indefensible attitudes.
While this is no doubt a factor, I'd argue a bigger one is energy! Russia gained an enormous economic benefit by selling oil and gas to Europe and that did something else -- it provided Russia with leverage over Europe. In the early 2000's, Ukraine undertook a program of exploration to understand better what kind of energy reserves they had. So they brought in some western oil companies to assist in this, just as Russia has done, and they discovered the Ukraine had substantial energy resources, some in central Ukraine, more in the east, but the bulk of their energy reserves are in the Black Sea surrounding Crimea. Now the problem Russia has with Ukraine developing their energy reserves is that it would be a competitor to Russia and the west would prefer to give money to Ukraine than Russia so Ukraine had to be eliminated as an energy competitor. If Ukraine were able to develop their energy Europe would prefer to buy for Ukraine which would put a significant dent into Russia's economic outlook AND it would inhibit their ability to exercise leverage over Europe. The Baltic States joined NATO more than 20 years ago so Russia's claim that NATO expanding into Ukraine would be moving NATO closer to Russia is a moot point. In addition, if Ukraine were to be taken by Russia then Russia would be moving closer to NATO -- right? And the consequence of Russia's invasion of Ukraine was the addition of two more nations into NATO -- all thanks to the genius of Vladimir "Little Man" Putin! Russia is by far the largest nation on Earth and it spans 11 time zone, almost half the planet, there is zero chance that a nation that large would have total control of both sides of its extensive borders and ridiculous to argue they should be allowed to control both sides of their borders.
It's the independence fight of the Ukraine. All east-european countries had to fight this fight; once russian tanks were shooting in Praque and Warsaw! But this time its so very brutal, because it's the last country before core land of Russia. Putin's Russia is deeply in fear!
@@ДмитрийКэшев-н8ш There is a strong nationalism and patriotism in Ukraine. They don't want you Russians anymore. It's part of their self-becoming. But the Russian separatists were produced and supported by Russia first, they were the ones who used civilians as shields. The old and deep frist between East and West, once runned through Germany, today sadly through (east) Ukraine.
You know, when I look around at the mess we humans create, I come round more and more to Aldous Huxley’s affirmation that just “maybe this planet is another’s hell.”
It is difficult for countries that never had border issues to understand this. Older countries and cultures value their history. I wish Richard Holbrook was with us. He knew diplomacy.
@Louis van der Merwe if you decide to invade a sovereign nation and bomb their civilians because of your old conceptions of the world, then yes, you do deserve to be condemned.
Not sure you can call it civil war in Donbass because russia fully organised this separatist movement and then sent regular army to fight against Ukrainian army
You are missing a key point about the flat topography North of the Carpathians: It is flat in both directions. It wasn't just Napoleon and Hitler who used it for invading, but also Josef Stalin.
Wiele na świecie jest zamachów, ale nie powidłyby się gby ludzie teg onie chcieli... widocznie nie chcieli więcej być "niewolnikami" Rosji tak jak na Białorusi. Przyjdzie czas i obalą Łukaszenkę, może nie będzie to tak spktakularne jak w Rumuni, ale każdy tyran kiedyś umrze.
Russia was preparing to not to allow Ukraine's partnership with EU. They saturated East and South of Ukraine with it's agents ready to start what can pass for Civil War. But at was completely engineered by Russia's effort.
@@geothon look at voting maps in elections up to 2014 in Ukraine and tell me how engineered it is. Russia offered billions of dollars to sway Ukraine towards union with Russia. Half of the country wanted a union with Russia. Consequently P0roshenko infamously promised them, not Russia’s agents, but actual Ukrainians from the East that their children will be in b0mb shelters. Look it up, it’s here on YT. On top of that, Russia never said anything about Ukraine and EU, it was all about Nato. Please, if you are not local, at least have the courtesy to educate yourself on at least the past 400 years of history in this region instead of basing your knowledge on news articles. Then the misalignment between the east and the west will actually make sense to you. The most insanely ignorant thing is to also conclude that the west of the country is somehow aligned with europe - ask the Poles, they remember all the massacres for the past 300 years done by western ukrainians. The Poles are supporting them only because they want Lvov for themselves, and US is using them as the second battering ram against Russia, along with the baltics, but those are irrelevant and toothless
Poland has been getting to know Russian politicians for above 80 years and knows them very well that's why "History teaches that a democracy without values easily turns into open or disguised totalitarianism" Pope John Paul II
It is so fun to look at people pretending they understand what they are talking about when they don't, and there is nobody to question their assumptions)). Flat ground: that flat ground is opening in Belarus as the western Ukraine is a mountain region already. Crimea: they've got access to the Mediterranean sea already and they were dominated the north of the Black sea. Crimea makes it just a bit easier. Culture: that is true, Russia and Ukraine have a lot in common but that would be a reason to not invade the sister country. The truth is that Russia is still an empire and that is the way empire works, the empire has to expand.
Russia's oil and natural gas exports to the rest of Europe are by far its largest source of revenue. Vast untapped oil and gas reservoirs exist beneath Ukraine. If developed, a western friendly Ukraine would easily replace Russia as Europe's chief supplier of fossil fuels. Shell planned on developing some of these fields, but got scared away when Russia invaded Crimea. I'm sure all the reasons given in this video are important considerations, but realistically, Putin's money is coming from oil sales to Europe, and Ukraine was threatening that cash flow.
what rot, Russia have basically sacrificed their future energy contracts because of their own priciples, and also to fight Nazis. See the evidence here ua-cam.com/video/KfaAyiP8Wuc/v-deo.html, this is real.
Notice how all these global atrocities come down to two factors: oil(aka greed) and / or religion/ethnic pride? Two of the 7 original sins(greed and pride). Humans will ultimately destroy themselves because they cannot learn to share or respect each other's origin. This is also the reason they are destroying nature. Such a pathetic species 🙄 As hard as it tries, it just can't help itself. 🙄 The dictators or leaders' greed is propagated by using religion or ethnic pride to stir up the common people to fight( defend) for their origin . This is classic 101 psychology used on people in mass. The Crusades weren't about religion; it was about the greedy European kings losing control of the trade routes from the east to the Muslim controlled counties. The Muslims guaranteed the European Christians the right to visit and practice in the holy lands of Jerusalem. But, the Kings never shared that information with the masses. Instead, they told them, "The Muslims were taking your holy lands away from you." Thus, the holy war Crusades were fought. Thousands died in the name of greed propagated by religious pride. Humans are also ironic.
@@pawaniyer Let's not forget the right of self determination of people, that comes before everything else. Ukranians clearly don't want to be part of Russia so they shouldn't be and conquering them is colonialism.
All of these are factors. There are multiple geopolitical aims for Russia and Putin's personal ambitions. As well as security concerns from NATO (which are a combination of paranoia but also not wanting to NATO to interfere with their own expansion).
He forgot to show the U.S. biolabs that Obama helped put in place being destroyed. Wait never mind, these people don’t want the sheep to know the truth.
I do understand this. I am 84 now but I remember as a child my Russian grandmother pulling out a small jar where she had placed a teaspoon of Russian soil so that she could remember where she came from. She had married a polish man, outside of her religion and nationality and her family disowned her for it
Rus was born long before Kiev, thousands of kilometres away in Old Ladoga. If you look it up, you’ll actually find that Old Ladoga coat of arms is a falling falcon - attacking its prey (note: falcon is the fastest bird of prey). Modern Ukraine coat of arms is a variation of that falcon, though most Ukrainians think it’s a trident because the people that had power in Ukraine since 1918 have very little to do with Rus, and are actually descendants of gangs terrorising this region (Poles and Russians) since at least 16 century; that’s why they hate Russians and Russian language so much. But back to Old Ladoga: this is where Rus had started and where the Ryurik dynasty begins. Then they went into Novgorod, and only then into Kiev, where the Christening began and when the first marriage with a princess from the Byzantine Empire happened. So, if you want real Rus, you have to track the Ryurik bloodline which will take you all the way to the second Byzantine marriage with Sofia, turning the Russia into the official successor to the Byzantine Empire - this is why they call Moscow the Third Rome. Then unfortunately the Ryurik dynasty comes to the end after Ivan The Fearsome and after a couple of dark decades the Romanov dynasty is vowed into Tsardom, after which Peter The Great builds Saint Petersburg and becomes Emperor. Then Catherine The Great battles gangs around Kiev, founds and builds Odessa (hint and Odysseus I suppose, since you find quite a few Ancient Greek colonies around, and because Ancient Greece is the predecessor to the Roman Empire). Fast forward to Saint Nicholai II murder and take over by bolsheviks. The nationalisnic gang takes over Kiev and is recognised by the soviets and more provinces with strictly Russian people are joined (by Lenin’s decree, ignoring the referendums) to what later becomes the Ukraine Soviet Republic. Somewhere around chis time you have pogroms, in part sponsored by the British and others, then you get bandera scum killing whole villages and collaborating with the n*zis (note: “sl*va ukr*ini” was the secret greeting between bandera’s scum bandits, verified through archives), then the soviets try find atd neutralise bandera gangs and somewhere around 1952 they stop. The nationalists go into hiding, some emigrate to Canada and other countries where some of the top politicians are direct descendants, including Nuland - look it up. Then Nuland orchestrates and sponsors the coup it 2014 and the civil war in the East begins, with Poroshenko infamously saying that children in the East will live in bomb shelters (it’s on UA-cam, look it up). Which finally brings us to 2022 and today.
Kherson, Nikolayev, Sevastopol were founded roughly around the same time by Prince Potemkin, the creator of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the architect of the ottoman empire’s defeat
1:06 I saw a video claim that an additional large reason for invading Crimea is the large fossil fuel resources on the peninsula. Ukraine becoming another petrostate would have been threatening for Russia's economy. but mostly yeah, they'd just like to invade the area again because they simply claim it as theirs
The oil and economic factors are significant but also are the ideological reasons. Russia doesn't want a western democracy on it's boarder because those ideas will spread and threaten his dictatorship. NATO will never invade Russia and oust Putin but freedom of speech, choice and liberal society are things all people want, the Russian people are no different and that''s what scares Putin the most.
Why is no one discussing the oil reserves in the northern Black Sea. It's clear Russia wants access to that given their invasion strategy in the south, and that Ukraine has been a headache for Russia regarding oil pipelines. Oil is as much Russia's lifeblood as it is Saudi Arabia's, and it can't afford Ukrainian competition. We're romanticising this war too much. It's about economics as much as it is anything.
@@protonneutron9046 It 100% is a playing factor. Crimea is drying up because when RUS annexed it Ukraine shut of its water supply via a massive river so its becoming a baron wasteland. There are also new natural gas reserves in Ukraine that are 100% untapped because Western companies were supposed to come in but when Crimea happened they pulled out and since Ukraine dsnt have the infrastructure to make them. This is ontop of the of the Black seas port and the oil reserves. If Rus takes over Ukraine they will have new black sea ports, water in crimea and 4-5 natural gas wells.
This is not related to NATO, Putin thought that NATO would not respond to the invasion, especially because of its dependence on GAZ. The invasion is related to Imperialist ambitions, that's all
Ur correct about Putin's imperialist ambitions. Those ambitions aren't what they are in a historical sense. Putin wants to build his version of it n being a history buff he's doing it differently. He wants his to be bigger n stronger than past versions. He has no intention of taking control of Ukraine nor cares if they join NATO. Once Russia's new border is the Black Sea coast n Ukraine is land locked, Putin will accomplish his ambitions
Modern troops are not inhibited by mountainous terrain You have ballistic missiles and cruise missiles and tactical r nuclear weapons Huge troop transports to drop paratroopers
Terrain is still a common military/strategical concept, and Flat terrain is bad for defense, while mountains and hills are great. Ask the Afghans. All foreign borders around the exposed Russian heartland are in flat terrain. Putin imagined that the EU tank squads can strike this weak flank any moment, and Russian positions are in fact basically indefensible if there is ever a war against Europe. If Russia can entrench itself in Poland and Romania, it is that much safer. Even just holding Ukraine has a defense advantage over the current borders. (Not taking into account that the areas mentioned are inhabited by unhappy natives though. He imagined they'd like him.)
@@Enyavar1 As long as both sides have tactical nukes there will not be any massed tank attacks Satellites give advance warning . But yes Ukraine is the Achilles heel for Russia and the Ukrainians are just Russian pawns Sooner they accept it the better They cannot joint NATO . The same way Canada cannot join Russia
Exactly. If russian leaders are actually looking at Europe and asia from th perspective of medieval kings, then their whole country.... their whole way of being.... is destined to remain a living Lord of the Rings model in a 21st century world.
Modern troops are inhibited, because most supplies are still transported by land, and not by air. Additionally, most wars are still conventionally fought. Cruise missiles cannot take out every bunker, every missile facility, and every vehicle, and all personnel too...
Tak Putin stoi nad grobem i ciągnie porządnych rosjan za sobą....lubę Rosjan to wspaniały naród (jestem z Polski), ale żal mi ich. Mają prezydenta który na starość zwariował i ciągnie Rosję w te samo bagno jakie mieli w 1990 roku
Thank you so much for this concise and easily understood summary of history, geography and cultural identities: Best three minutes I’ve spent in months
Could’ve just said Putin wants to dominate them because in his mind he still owns them and he heard they might want to join the EU so he said “fuck that…start murdering women and children and say it’s only military targets. No one will know”…I’m paraphrasing but I hope his own people rip him limb from taint and make Russia an at least somewhat democratic society
So Russia still pines for Ukraine in his heart and wants her back even though she says “No”. He can’t get over her, & so if Russia can’t have her, than no one can. This sounds like one of those murder-suicide plots involving a scorned lover.
What I don’t understand is if this is all reaction to NATO expansion, where was the outcry when the Baltic states, ALSO ON THE RUSSIAN BORDER, actually JOINED NATO?
The Russians didn't like it then but we're powerless to do anything about it. Russian military modernization began in earnest about 10 years ago but much of that was simply implementing previously scheduled upgrades approved before the collapse of the Soviet union. The Russian state has been so poor up until recently that they couldn't even update their military equipment. The west and NATO took advantage of that weakness and expanded.
Suppose for a moment, I'm Russian well connected in the government. My people have had to endure tremendous hardship due to invaders Napolean, Kaiser, and Hitler. I would want to control the world around me over the tremendous fear of it ever happening again. That's the mindset of Putin, and the ends justify the means with Ukraine. Now there are 3 sides to the governance of any country. Local, regional, and global. This makes for the need to think strategically. I know this, and so do well connected and established experts. Putin's problem is the ungodly word FEAR, for it's deeply rooted in him, causing him huge anxiety and stress. Yes, that's his problem, FEAR, and how deeply rooted in it he is. When one has that much fear inside, their behavior becomes erratic and paranoid, for they constantly try to find ways to protect themself. In the process, they cause everyone else around them to be frightened too. Psychologists, we know this, and sad to say, Putin is too selfish, proud, and arrogant to raise his hand and ask for HELP. Oh yes, and by the way, this also applies to Trump and his followers.
The problem is if you are a Russian you know that your own government has been the source of most of your hardships from the Czars to present. Not some other country.
Except the people who had hardship with Napoleon, Kaiser and Hitler are not relevant for this reasoning behind this invasion. He's sending kids into a war they think isn't even a war.
Shouldn't the Ukrainians be saying that Russia is Ukrainian? Kyiv is the mothership of Moscow? For that matter, Kyiv was originally settled by Nordic people. Shouldn't Scandinavians claim Ukraine and Russia? Russian thinking depends on stopping history at the most optimal point for them.
No, Invading russia would mean all out nuclear warfare, they won't do it, most likely after they take ukraine they will take Moldova, which considering it's minute army and lack of defenses, will probably, at most, be a matter of days.
If Poland had not joined NATO I'd consider it a strong possibility, though I think Belarus, the baltics, Finland & Ukraine are the main buffers Russia cares about. Had the Baltics not joined NATO early I think it's quite likely they would be invaded for wanting to join.
an excellent summary! …and also, there are untapped oil/gas reserves: - in the Donbas region. - under the Black Sea west of Crimea. - western Ukraine, NW of Moldova.
no, this is just about maintaining power of a criminal regime in Moscow....all these endevours actually cost Russia only money...they dont make any sense from an economic point of view...
@@markusschmidt7513 that's what I thought at first too. But imagine if Russia setup a military base on the border of Canada and the USA. Would you be comfortable with that? That's exactly what Ukraine becoming a member of NATO would be to Russia. And dummy Kamala Harris talked openly about Ukraine becoming a member of NATO right before this war started. So to say Putin did this totally unprovoked is a flat out lie being told by the western media and politicians. That doesn't mean I support what Putin is doing, what he's doing is a travesty and war crime. But "unprovoked" which continues to be spewed by Biden and company nonstop, is a flat out 100 percent lie.
@@markusschmidt7513A great short documentary which explains the historical and geopolitical implications of this conflict is "Ukraine on Fire" right here on UA-cam.
@@markusschmidt7513 Sure they do. What happened to gas prices when Russia invaded Ukraine? They went up. Higher prices, better returns. It's more complicated than that, but it's an illustration of what's involved.
Not obviously really. Historically probably yes, and Peter Zeihan harps on this, but I'm not aware that Putin has ever said anything like that. In WW2 big forests didn't protect France from Germany and open fields didn't give Russia to Germany. Germany took mountainous Greece by tank and Crete by air. Natural barriers are hardly barriers to modern armies. I think Putin is more interested in the natural resources and manpower of surrounding territories, and ports, and the warm feeling that comes with lording it over a lot of places and stuff.
I am not convinced russia is scared of a ground invasion from that direction. Actually Russia has convinced me they have a nuclear buffer zone. Good history lesson but not a good explanation for putins plan.
@Mohamed Damji Dude stfu, You're defending rape and fire, tyrants and murderers. You know how allah judges those who do, there will be no paradise for you. Repent now, turn down putins money. This may be your final chance. Even if all your bullshit was true, No man has the right to impose his will through force. If you believe different you are a small man indeed.
Russia didn‘t cross to Moscow from Kiev and wasn‘t dounded in Kiew. The rusasian state was initially Moscow state and than moscow state just stole the name. YOu are wrong. To understand that, you have to understand russian and ukrainian languages and origin of both. If you didn‘t make proper research, do not post this. It is a shame to make such a big mistake!! It shows me than the truth about CNN! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
They talk about Russian hearts and common heritage and all....so then build a strong, mutually beneficial relationship with them. But no, Putin can only think in terms of power and domination.
"I asked the commander why are we doing this? He answered for me to shut up. we were told that we will go and come back. they (russian commanders) deceived me. I didn't know I would kill" - 19 year old Russian soldier
Many things in this clip are misinterpreted. If this were true, as described in this clip, the Russian army would have been received with flowers, as Putin imagined. But nothing like that happened. The explanation in this clip has more in common with Putin's lunatic interpretation than with the collective opinion of the Russian people.
I think he's just trying to explain putins logic, not defend it. I think it's wise to try and understand someone's mind, even if you don't agree with it
I kind of liked the blending of practical visual aids with digital overlays. That was a nice change of pace. Well presented.
Yeah but the real reason is the supply lines of russian oil. Its been about oil. And will always be about oil. Dinosaurs still rule the earth
Yep, this was an important video on the strategic nature of what is going on. Point of Order, this video did not also point out that Flat Ground gap has been exploited the other way too....the Mongols came through there.
Actually it's not 1:24 he says a "civil war" started but that's not the case at all. Russia invaded with unmarked soldiers that's how they also took Crimea pay attention do you research smh don't be amazed at cool transitions
@@Slenderirl Point taken, Paco A. Our ancestor's had certain rules that was expected from civilized nations...and by the breaking of those rules they would have demonstrable proof of uncivilized conduct.Heck, even Santa Anna when he pulled up to the Alamo with his army gave the Women and Children time to leave...which they civilly did...before Santa Anna attacked the Alamo.
The region's history does put some complexity in trying to understand what is going on over there...after the American Revolution our admiral John Paul Jones took a commission from Catherine the Great and was stationed in Sevastopol, Crimea (e.i., a Russian naval base on Russian territory.) True, that was then and this is now...but to the Russians land is very very close by.
@@serwinzzalot9989 can you please give me a source to this? I tried to search it and only found that Ukraine isn;t exporting any oil - just importing so I am honestly confused
Perhaps unintentionally, this video is packed with Russian narratives and clichés (like ''civil war" on Donbas when there is numerous evidence that it was Russian invasion under fake flags of so called ''republics''). It also looks like author justifies the invasion explaining that Russia was rightfully concerned about NATO expanding. Though there were no real conflicts between Russia and NATO until Putin began populistic anti-NATO political course in 2008. In my opinion (I lived in both Ukraine and Russia for many years) it was done for inner purposes to increase his own popularity and to solidify his image as a "defender" of the country's peaceful life after collective trauma of two Chechen wars. Anti-NATO narrative became predominant on Russian media since then, creating a convenient external "enemy" whom there is no need to fight and thus no possibility to lose to. It helped Putin to remain president for more than 20 years already, and get rich beyond measure. Now he made a mistake raising the stakes and invading an independent and not-so-close-culturally country, and I believe it's his last mistake as a president of Russia. Putin is not a good strategist, or politician, he doesn't care about his country and his people. Russia will be better off without him as a president, and that's what CNN should be talking about.
Not unintentionally, I guarantee
As an educated Russian interested much in history, politics and culture, I must say that is a complete BS. Think of Finland for instance. Finland is not a NATO member. In recent years NATO has been coming closer and closer to Finnish borders. Finland is very vulnerable to an alien invasion because of their geography. Why do not Finns attack and invade anyone? Why do they live in peace and prosperity, being good friends with all their neighbors? And why we Russians cannot just live like Finns?
Putin is just a corrupt insane villain. No geographic map on Earth can justify his crime. It is like an attempt to justify Hitler with some demagogic stunts on the map of Central Europe. That's a delusion, do not be its victim!
I don't think he's justifying it, but it's sometimes useful to understand your enemy.
Where were you educated, I think that may also contribute to the lack of understanding why Russia can't be like Finland. For starters Putin is not a US puppet, he is doing what is best for Russia. He is protecting Russian interests, unlike the guys you clap hands for who go thousands of miles to attack other countries or their leaders for trying to create states that benefit the citizens rather than the west. I hope by now you see he is no villain in this story.
@@auspiciousnkomo3071 Even if Putin is doing the right thing for Russian interests, that doesn't make him a good guy. Hundreds of thousands of people have already died in the war that he started, and still he shows no remorse.
@@davidknipe4113 The gentelman in the video seems to be spreading (unintentionally?) ruSSian/Putin's version of his logic.
Or actually: not Putins REAL logic and reasioning but the one tha is/was being presented to the outside World as a quasi-justification.
As a Pole interested much in history, politics and culture - I must FULLY AGRE with what you have written, sir. 👍
It seems many "usefull... [we-both-know-who 😉]" far away keep repeating Putin's BS version of "reasons" for his invasion of Ukraine.
If you actually went to Russia and talked to random people on the streets, you'd quickly realize no one really cares about Kiev being the mother of whatever. Kiev was the heart of the Kievan Rus' about 1000 years ago. Nowadays, it's just a foreign capital city. I'm telling you this as somebody who has lived in Russia for 37 years. Experts use this argument again and again, but truth is it doesn't hold water.
Indeed, couldn't say better
Experts with veiled sympathies for Russia.
@@deanronson6331 Or just confirming actual history. The truth doesnt have to agree to your worldview!
Sorry bro, I disagree. Most Russians aren't apathetic to their history. If you talk to an ill-educated person or a teenager in any country in the world, you will find they care little about big picture thinking, and more about their day-to-day. However, if you talk to the movers and shakers, business leaders and people in the middle class, in any culture, they will usually have a deep appreciation for their culture and heritage. This is true the world over. Tim quite rightly points out that Ukraine and Kiev do hold a place in the Russian psyche...it's not propaganda or support for Russia to say this - merely a fact.
@@7oshiki19 Most reputable experts on Russia - Russian or non-Russian - are in unanimity about the pernicious influence of their leaders' authoritarianism and dictatorship on Russians' lives and soul, be it during Czarism, Sovietism, or Putinism. Some culteres, due to their brutal history, consider the rule of strongmen to be preferable to true democracy. Only die-hard nationalists and people with an authoritarian mentality will blindly defend their country, believing that they are true patriots.
I think I get why Russia wants Ukraine. I understand at least some of it. But none of that matters to me because Ukraine doesn’t want to be a part of it.
looks like ukraine doesn't have a choice in the matter
@@mattayele1906 Truth.
The West doesn't want to see them unite just like they divided Africa
This is life and war! we get to see it in our generation which is crazy but Russia has the mentality that someone will come for them, when it's like bro it's 2022 lol just chill and live! Old niggas way of thinking is the root of these issues!
@@Ecko92 we are still a threat to them
Atrocities of the past are no justification for atrocities of the present.
If we forget the lessons of history ,we re sure to repeat them. Russia has a history of being attacked from Ukraine region dating back over 400 years. In WW2 alone the Russian people lost more people in the war than all others combined, (27 Million) including the victims of the gas chambers.
You probably meant *russia has a history of attacking*
These numbers include people who are not russians. The second world War hurt Ukraine and Belarus more than Russia.
@@martynasrackauskas3158
Are you blind.
Read it again
@@martynasrackauskas3158 name countries Russia attacked in recent history, and I will name tenfold US has invaded
Hint - Afghanistan was Soviets including Ukraine, which was invited to support the Democratic elected Goverment against US / Paki proxies
Georgia did attacked and killed UN Peace keepers resulting ir counter response,, this is confirmed by both OSCE & Georgian Goverment
Syria - Russia again was invited by the Democratic Elected Goverment to repel US Proxi's, lets not ignore US occupation and theft of Syrian assets
Donbass - local Elected Officials who dont recognise Illegal Coup installed Goverment in 2014 requested Russian Protection from Ukraine Bombing, even confirmed by BBC Reporting, purpose of UN Security Council Minsk1 - 2 to stop Ukraine Bombing Civilians
Lets not even start with Germany, France, Britain, Italy etc
MSM tries to hide facts but Evidence always breaks threw, its only easily fooled sheep who beleive the narrative - have they found the WMD'S in Iraq yet
However, what Russia has done to Ukraine in recent years is nothing more than a wild bear chasing after an innocent child.
INNOCENT!!!!! AARE YOU SO 1d10t!!!!!????? Ucrainean nazi criminals killing innocent ucrainean childrent ARE INNOCENTS????? GFYS 1d10t!
Not only in recent years. Check what was going over there in 1930's.
Ehhh, if you consider ucraineans as innocent childs you are desilusional!
@@cosmincasuta486 As innocent as any country which wants to live its life without the never ending invasions and destruction from the side of its larger neighboor.
@@miroslavdusin4325 Where did you saw in my comment the word "innocent"??? It is no empire in the World "innocent"!!!!!
He is talking about war in two dimensions. Nuclear weapons changed all these 18th century logics. Russia has enough nuclear weapons to stop any invasion. Russia can cover a defense in depth
I am from Slovakia.
I've grown up under our Main Carpathian Mountains that we proudly own.
My grandparents always says that we have advantage of not being directly affected by the war for generations and now it only proved me more safe then ever.
My ex-girlfriend is from Verkhovyna, in the Carpathians. She's there at the moment with her mother. I'm also glad that she happened to be from that part of the country.
They must have been in the part the Nazis and Stalinists didn't fight over in 1944, cuz there were some battles for them then.
@@JK-br1mu well even if, compared to poland for example were warsaw was destroyed in 85%. (85% total not just buildings, infrastructure and so on...)
Republic of Moldova is simply the eastern half of Romania's Moldova region (which is much larger), invaded by USSR in 1940, thus drawing Romania in WW2 on the Axis side. But the official language in Republic of Moldova is still Romanian! 82% of its population is Romanian and speaks Romanian as it's mother tongue. They study "ROMANIAN language and literature" and "History of ROMANIANS" as compulsory subjects in Moldovan schools. In fact, Principality of Moldova became in 1859 a founding member of Romania when it decided to unify with Wallachia, under a MOLDOVAN prince! About 50% of the population of Republic of Moldova have applied for and received Romanian citizenship, arguing that their forefathers have lost it unjustly during Soviet occupation. Not only does Republic of Moldova and Romania have the same flag, but they had the same anthem as well until 1994!
and yet, we have been affected by 1st WW, 2nd, the cold war and if we were not in NATO, we definitelly would be affected by this war. With all due respect, your grand parents were wrong.
So ironic looking at how the dude is unleashing all his firepower on that population that happens so dear to him!
Better callua-cam.com/video/a1j9owBuwdQ/v-deo.html
Hmm , like a pshycotic ex 🤣
Who told you that ? CNN ? Just so you know...russian troops have an order NOT to kill civilians and NOT to destroy civil infrastructure..their target nazy hunta in power NOT the ukranien people or their territory !
@@meridianudachi5171 Ukrainian cellphones, my dude. I usually don't watch CNN. Yeah, the first wave of young lads didn't shoot at civilians, because they didn't even know they are in a war. They prepared for a military drill in Belarus. But, cluster bombs falling on Kharkiv are reality you cannot deny.
@@meridianudachi5171 tell that to civilians posting videos of thermo & cluster bombs. Tell that to the mother of the 6yo who died to a bomb, or any of the mothers of children killed in the missiles sent into apartment complexes.
wait.......so if Russian civilization began around Kiev, aka the Kievan Rus.... that doesn't mean Russia has a claim to Ukraine....it means Ukraine has a claim to RUSSIA!
Its the other way around! Zelensky, by historical virtue as leader of Ukraine, therefore should be the leader of not just Ukraine but all of Russia!
your logic doesnt add up, truly doesnt add up. should you try similar reasoning between uk-usa-australia? and see where it goes.
I agree
Yeah it's weird like the child growing up and later claiming he birthed the parent,ridiculous!!
They Russians , then they change the capital after invasions. After long time ukrainians settled there. 😂 educate yourself.
Exactly
Wish everything CNN put out was this concise, polished & visually interesting. Excellent video.
Real journalism ay, one time you won’t see stelzer anywhere within cooie
The video is a bunch of Putler crap!
Yes, but they are legitimising the invasion. That's abnormal. By the way, Russian Orthodox is the same as Greek Orthodox or Romanian Orthodox or Serbian Orthodox. It's not a different religion
A great short documentary which explains the historical and geopolitical implications of this conflict is "Ukraine on Fire" right here on UA-cam.
I thought it was horrible. No mention of the bolsheviks and neo-bolsheviks in Ukraine.
Well now... Maybe if the former Soviet Union hadn't treated those former east block countries so badly, they might not have desired to align themselves with the west and the protection that NATO offers. And seeing what Putin is up to now, it's no wonder Ukraine wishes to be part of the club.
Putin is a dictator but after this he will work uber driver as 1990 when he work taxi driver 😎
The people decided to align with the West - a clear signal.
@make a wish I was a kid during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 62. It is largely due to JFK's deft and unflappable handling of that crisis that we are here having this exchange at all.
@@georgecher2513 Lol. When did Putin ever work as a taxi driver? Wasn't he deputy mayor of St. Petersburg around that time? I heard he stole a lot of money that was intended to help ordinary Russians during that period.
@@brucemacmillan7128
He was work a driver when the Soviet Union fell down.
“I don’t want NATO close to me. Let’s get close to them.”
That’s exactly why you have a war. Congratulations.
@@JohnH-mo5mb they no that its more of making fun of Russia
@@JohnH-mo5mbAnd what did the Americans do when the USSR tried to put nuclear missiles on Cuba? Ukraine joins NATO. they set up rockets and how many minutes do they need to reach Moscow? Would they allow Canada to enter into an alliance with Russia and have them place missiles 1 minute from Washington? No one in the world is allowed to defend themselves, only the Americans are allowed to attack anyone. And it has been spreading towards Russia for 30 years. Why? to give them candy?
No need! NATO already is at your gates!
You’re missing the context
Regardless of topography NATO is not a threat to Russia and Putin knows that, but he has to create a threat to rally the people behind him
Has anybody told putin that it's 2022 and not 1942 anymore?
He doesn't listen to traitors with calendars
I tried. But he didn’t pick up the phone.
Nobody told you about Azov. People have swastikas. They have Nazi ideology. and why is nato expanding towards russia? It seems to me that Napoleon (France) joined forces with Hitler (Germany) and Nazi collaborators (Bandera (Azov Ukraine)) supported by America and Britain (Cold War). to achieve the goal that they failed in the previous wars. if they cared about stopping that war, they would not have sent weapons to Ukraine. they would replace Zelensky or kill him. but that is obviously not their goal
Has anybody told you that Boris from UK provoked him on purpose?
@@JDXY7 You meant Boris Godunov? 🤣
It's similar logic as to claim that in 1939 Poland "provoked Hitler on purpose".
[BTW: Let's not forget that in Sept. 1939 Hitler had Stalin as an ally when invading Poland.]
The given military explanation makes no sense. He says that Russia wants to dominate the flat area (Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania & Poland). but Ukraine is quite far South of this so the explanation makes no sense.
Thats because the map was inaccurate, that flat ground is called the northern European plain and it extends into Ukraine as well, Ukraine is extremely flat and also Russia wants to get any buffer space that they can so literally any extra European land in their eyes is good to have. For some reason news agencies just cant be accurate in their information and get simple things wrong
Well, the Great European plains goes much further than this highlighted green area. It's that huge funnel that goes from the Netherlands straight to the Ural mountains, with no mountain range anywhere. A huge battleground for military campaigns, whether it's cavalry or tanks used.
That is the largest European chessboard, and Russia's interest is to dominate as much of the playing field as possible. Their ideal borders for defense were those of the Soviet Union, with Poland and East Gernany under their control.
Ukraine and even most of Romania are part of that plain as well.
And outside of Russia, every country's security interest is to DENY them that power because Russia always abused it, in history. Even the Belarusian dictator tried to get some distance from Putin, some years ago. Everyone thinks Russian culture is great and all but they should stay in their own borders.
Ukraine is included in that flat area. Flat land is hard to defend. The Carpathian mountains funnel the plain into Poland and the Baltics. Between the Carpathians and Russia is a flat plain controlled by Ukraine; a wide front that's hard to defend. Russia wants to push their influence to the Carpathians into more defencable land; the only flat land that Russia needs to worry about then is Poland and the Baltacs, which historical invasions of Russia have been launched from. If Ukraine joins NATO then Russia will have few natural borders against them.
The main reason is Ukraine can't join NATO and have US military base right next to Russia's nose. Its like Russia having Military base in Mexico.
@@abiyamberber8773 Yet Norway and Finland, both on Russia's borders are members, along with Estonia and Latvia. And Turkey is just across the pond.
This is just an apologist’s justification for Russian aggression.
yeah in his psychology, definitely not in his heart. A caring, loving parent/spouse would let you go even if they despise your choices. They don’t turn around and crush you to death, unless they are deranged.
Yes u can let go one of your child even if he/she despise u, but one day your child is enlisting himself to the group of gangster who happened to be your notorious enemies. You can see that the rest of your family is endangered.
Now please answer what will u do if u r d Father? Would u still let go? Or would u protect the other members of the family?Or would u impose a discipline?
@@mindandsoulchannel5364 You don't fking kill him that's for sure.And maybe if Russia handles it;s relanshionship with Ukraina better this wouldn't have happened.They tried to make Ukraina a second Belarus with Russian croonies at it's helm , anexing Crimea didn't help either.Are you seriously trying to justify this fking war? There is no excuse! None. Maybe you believe Putin when saying that he wants to denazify Ukraina with a Jewish president while bombing the Holocaust monument but as you can see the rest of the word sees through the lame excuses
But so many do that and often the stray spouse and their family friends and allies provoke matters by blind propaganda and gaslighting. By betrayal and blind siding. But in this case it's not just about letting a country move on it's about Russia's survival and autonomy.
@@mig7290 Nobody has declared war on Russia since WW2...nobody wants Russia. That's paranoia speaking, meaning the entire collective nation needs therapy because that's crazy. The only battles Russia has fought in 80 years are people that want to break away or people they choose to invade.
You did not live there.Better do not say.I grew up in Ukraine.You can't do your judgement.
In other words Russia broke up with Ukraine but now Russia wants a second chance however Ukraine says no because she has moved on while Russia knows he made a mistake.
I don't care, actually. No-one has the right to force his will on a free country. No matter how strategically beneficial that would be to him.
That’s the cool thing, you don’t have to care, it’s just interesting and maybe (probably not) important to know about it 🤷. It doesn’t have to change your mind, it’s just an informative about a potential reason as to why Putin decided to pull this shit… Frankly I had no idea that Russian culture originated in Ukraine so I personally learned something from this video 🤷😊…
You mean NATO and Amrican interventions all over the world? Vietnam, Yougoslavia, Iraq, Sirya, Afghanistan?
@@inervin yes same goes for them bot.
@@wowulam7411 by the way calling everybody who disagrees with you bot is pathetic.
@@inervin spelling Syria wrong is also pathetic. Also copy pasting which people have known and has been written on every comment about the war is a bot move. So calling you a bot about it, is valid. your point?
Just expanding on the idea. For Russia to really have a safe port, it should occupy Istanbul, and completely to be land safe from the West it should overtake Poland.
You can not build your psychological safety on other people’s ruin.
Look how close Alaska is to Russia's border. Will Russia want Alaska back someday?
Securing strong trade in those ports is a win win and much more long lasting.
That’s their long term goal
@@leoperidot482 they are justifiably freaked out. There's a Russian looking out of his kitchen window forced to bear witness to the horror that is Sarah Palin
@@michaeleager4635 I bet the Russians are thankful Palin is not a Russian politician. With friends like her, who needs enemies.
One of the big things this will result in is the remilitarization of Germany.
Part of the great reset: The Usa will not be the only superpower. A handful of countries will dominate.
@@csuporj Dominate is a stupid word. I guess when you see it that way, the police 'dominates' the citizens. But that only matters if the government sucks. And some concentration of force is inevitable anyways.
@@csuporj Yes, finally Germany will not be reluctant anymore, they must built a strong army with France and Poland to gradually kicking American influence out of European Continent. If Russia wants, they should be allowed to join. I believe for a safer Europe, they must include Russia, not isolate them, by isolating Russia, you are kinda threatening them
And it will be crushed again
Well, we do not want remilitarization of Germany, do we? Didn’t they repeatedly turn Europe into pile of dust?
This is not an accurate description of Putin’s essay. He said Russia and Ukraine have cultural and historical ties, but that Ukraine is politically independent. But don’t take my word for it… go read Putin’s writings and speeches for yourself.
The Dardanelles has got to be the riskiest assumption of a viable route out. The Russians living in Ukraine have not asked to be 'saved'. Hearts and minds.
The West should have imposed today's economic sanctions back in 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea. That would have been a lesson for Putin not to invade further.
What about isreal bombing Gaza and killing 300 kids no sanctions on Isreal?
Yes, they should have
How do you invade something where you have your own military bases for a century? Think before you write.. but this is CNN so what can we expect from their ignorant audience lol. Sorry, you need to learn how to use google search.. and analytical training would help too.
@@SheryAwan123 why the antisemitic whataboutism?
@@SheryAwan123 what about the million Uyghurs in camps, and what about the Yemen war, and the Syria war. When I see evil in the world, I am able to not see black and white. Believe it or not, there are _good Israelis_ .
And also good reasons not to sanction Russia more harshly back then. Hindsight is always 20/80 in favor of bad decisions.
The argument to the Russian "history" of Ukraine being Russian was well argued by the Ukraninans, who pointed out that Moscow was forest while Ukraine was developed long ago.
At this point we might as well say they all belong to 🇩🇰 since they are offshoots of the vikings
Well, more accurate would be to say that `Ukraine` never existed before ~1917, while Kiev is one of first RUSsian cities.
Really, Ukraine is a very weird name for a country that claims independence. It literally means "periphery".
Ukrainian nationalism was created 100 years ago. If you went to pre ww1 german ukraine you would see Ukrainian villagers seeing themselves as just another russian people with weird accents and their loyalty to the tsar. This is a undeniable fact. Before 1914 there was no ukrainian nationalist feeling, only sad ukrainian 17 year old boys without any jobs wrote and said ukrainians were "different".
Ukrainian nationalism is as insane as if people from here in vladivostok said "fck it, I'm not russian anymore glory to Vladivostok!" It's that stupid. Ukrainian nationalism only worked because germans patronized it.
@@gbeziuk One of the first Rus not "russian" cities... Russia originated from muscovy not from the Kiev.
Kievan Rus and Muscovy were separate entities.
@@romanianturk2101As a Pole I wonder then who tf did we thought against in the 1648...
Tim, oh, Tim, oh Tim the Tim the Marshall! you've managed to roll out the map, yet you've NOT managed to look at it more seriously.
This is incredibly insightful. Topographic maps reveal so much more than regular maps. In Pennsylvania, you'd think the two largest cities are somehow culturally, economically, etc. very similar. But a topographical map shows Appalachia separating them into being parts of two very different regions of the country. In Philly, I've met more people from Derry, Ireland or Budapest Hungary than I have Pittsburgh.
It's horseshit. There's nuclear weapons now, NATO is defensive pact, there's zero need to have these "buffer nations" like in Napoleon's time. They just want new land (and resources), for the sake of it
A great short documentary here on YT which explains the historical and geopolitical implications of this conflict is "Ukraine on Fire".
It's not insightful, it's propaganda. Russian culture did not begin in Kiev. That area was called Kieven-Rus, and it was invaded by the Vikings who would be called Russians. There wasn't even a Ukraine for 1100 years later until the USSR created the territory. Jeesh. Don't learn your history from news media during wartime.
In the nuclear age that topography is irrelevant, Russia will not be invaded by Europe. It is far more likely Russia will invade Europe.
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia in the east, Pittsburg in the west, Alabama in the middle.
Stay STRONG UKRAINE WE ARE WATCHING
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We are mask wearing, fake news watching, sheeple! Let's go! Whoever fake news tells us to, let's go, we say it! Baaaaah!
Don't nobody care about them...we watching. Fake news , fake media , lies lies lies.....
@@dreday3463 for real bro tell them
WATCHING modern warfare...
no more one sided war against technologically inferior opponents...
like a football game...
What stupid argument, landwar is easy done with mobilitt, plus air domination is most important
Tim Marshall explained it very well in just a few minutes. Fantastic!
The vast mineral, gas and oil deposits just might play a role in Putin's plans also. Just a bit of a sarcastic thought.
@@ernestpaul2484 The vast mineral, gas and oil deposits just might play a role in Blackrocks and J P Morgans plans also.
@@jimcrozier3785
If that were the case, the US would be plundering Chile by now considering it sits a top far greater mineral deposits.
The largest Lithium reserves in the world for one.
Portugal has the largest untapped reserves in Europe, not Ukraine yet i don't see the US effecting a coup and installing a sympathetic government in Portugal any time soon.
Its a very shallow explanation actually. He starts by pointing to todays Belarus then moves on to southern Ukraine which is a different war and security theatre.
I wish this was a little bit longer.
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There is a film by Oliver Stone that is a good continuation to this intro about Ukraine. Is called "Ukraine on Fire" released in 2016
Your wife has the same wish 😂
I agree. Very enlightening and fascinating.
This is exactly what Putin is thinking every time he's looking at himself. THAT's why we have this mess; a little man wanting to be bigger.
Yeah and the Soviet Union no longer exists time to move on and except the way things are now Ukraine is a sovereignty it’s its own nation
Wrong. When you know people there,,, the western lies fall apart quickly.
Who do Russia think is going to invade them . Ukraine is a free country. Russia loves Ukraine so much that it is trying to raise the country to the ground. So SLAVA UKRAINI.
Talking about the Carpathian Mountains, but could not even properly highlight them on the map. Included the Balkan range
Hahaha😂 Indeed. What a clown!
Church of Ukraine is orthodox. What is it that makes it „Russian“ orthodox?
The Washington-Moscow secret deals make it "Russian" orthodox indeed😂
Ukrainians aren't Russian orthodox, they're Ukrainian orthodox. Same religion sure, but then so is Greek orthodox and we don't say Greeks are Russian orthodox. Plus a lot of Ukrainians are Catholic also.
Those people are not Ukrainians, they are Poles, ceded over to Ukraine by Stalin.
@@stephenkoludrovic-q5p which people?
@@stephenkoludrovic-q5p Bullshit! It's a Kremlin myth rooted in the Imperial mindset! There are millions of Ukrainian catholics who identify as Ukrainians -- not Polish.
Start with there is no Ukrainian starting beyond former Austria Hungarian empire. So called Ukrainian, in 2010, spoke Russian close to 70%, according to Gallup.
Native Ukrainian Church is rather uniat orthodox, or Greek Catholic.
There is no such thing as Ukrainian Orthodox church by definition. It was invented a few years ago.
@@rudenjasergei4478
>"Start with there is no Ukrainian starting beyond former Austria Hungarian empire"<
Really? So, there's no Cossack Hetmanate, no Ruthenia, no Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia? This is the Imperial RuZZian narrative, and it has no ground in reality.
>"There is no such thing as Ukrainian Orthodox church by definition."<
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople might disagree with this statement.
What kind of a psychopath would want to bomb the hell out of the city where his civilization originated from?
Israel
The main reasons for this invasion are: control of the significant oil, gas, iron, coal, titanium, etc. natural resources discovered in Ukraine. Russia consistently blocks any attempts to supply Europe with inexpensive energy (such as the Syrian war to block the construction of a pipeline from Saudi Arabia). Control of the Black sea and of the food production of Ukraine are malor factors as well.
That explanation is like the USA taking over England and France because that's where a large part of the the population and culture is from.
Or England taking over France because the Norman nobility first came from france.
@@DaDunge plus they are christians as well and one could say the French goverment are nazis because Marine Le Pen exists!11!11!!11
How of Europeans Jews to conquer Palestine?
Or like the East African coast just taking everything, because it's where all of humanity started 😂
@@TheAmbientUniverse Last thing invented by Sub Saharan Africans was the bone harpoon 30,000 years ago. Gimme a break.
The presenter is deluding himself and others into thinking that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is about security. Not so! It is about dictator Putin's pathological narcissism and desire for power. Saying that Russia is worried about invasion from the flat lands, similar to what Napoleon and Hitler did, is quite frankly ridiculous. Russia has over 6,000 nuclear weapons. I am pretty sure invasion is not an option.
I think it's both.
Of course you would simplify his reasons because you want people behind the war effort. Imagine if China and Russia had an alliance and they installed military bases along our border. Aimed missiles at our cities and trained Mexicans and/or Canadians in military maneuvers. We have been provoking Russia for the better part of a decade and they called our bluff.
This all started after oil and gas was discovered.
Agreed. I wouldn't be surprised if CNN found another socialist to discuss prior concerns about the Byzantine Empire.
And you know whats in putins mind?
Look, we can debate on the why and all that. The fact is putin brought russia back from hell. He is a great leader. The difference between rus and usa is that when you want to point a finger at someone in rus you point it at putin and he gladly will take responsibility for it. Usa? Who do we blame for all the atrocities its committed. For example, lying to us about atom bombs in iraq? Invading it and stealing over 3000 artifacts from their museums? Leaving the people to get slaughtered by the taliban who by the way was created by powerful people in the usa? Isis too by the way. Who do we blame? Who in america will take responibility for killing pedestrians in the city?
This video is for people who dont know anything about this situation
To make a fool of them.
This is one big lie.
The Grand Duchy of Moscow is not the heir to the culture of Kievan Rus. Through hundreds of years of actual Tatar occupation, the Muscovites adopted the mentality of wild lords. The real Tatars have long since softened, while the Muscovites think only of conquests and plunder.
And a bad one at that.
This is becoming such a stale argument. Nuclear weapons made these considerations moot. To parrot this line of thinking is to tacitly agree that autocratic Russia is somehow under threat from pacifist European liberal nations.
The author’s analysis and theories regarding the “Flatland” area is based on pre-WWII rationale. The bitter winters in that area led to the failed attempts by both Napoleonic and two Germanic invasions into Russia. Today’s warfare tactics would undoubtedly be different.
The war in Ukraine has shown us war has not changed that much.
@@DaDunge - Not changed much? Depends upon which century or period of time one would examine. Killing the perceived enemy is the only thing unchanged; however. the manner and methods have radically changed Fredrik, unless the observer has been living in a cave and is oblivious.
@@russjohnson5443 Killing the enemy had never been what war is about. That's what made the US fail in Vietnam.
@@DaDunge - You may be only examining the motivations for going to war; how the aggressor justifies its aggression or the opponent defends against the aggression.
The war in Nam which “failed” in your words was because (imho) the US didn’t go all out aggressively and chose to limit its military force’s involvement. But that’s not involved today Sir. Believe what you will, that’s fine with me. I was referring to the manner in which wars have been fought then and Now.
@@DaDunge Actually, the opposite is true.
Putins rationale about war apparently hasn't changed much. So, in this perspective you are correct.
However, Putins invasion obviously falls flat and he is on the verge of losing it. Even if he wins the fight for Ukraine, he definitely loses at a geopolitical scale. And losing hard.
It is the first time someone tested, if the "old rational of war" is really dead. And Putin has proven now: Yes, it is! The economic damages you receive when conducting a classic invasion scale war into an intact country is so extreme, that there is no way you end up being a "victor" in a geopolitical scale.
Economic stability trumps military power in the long run. However, what Putin also proved is that one must have a defense capability to protect this economic stability, if a crazy authocrat makes a stupid decision.
That makes sense, but Russia needs to understand that in 2022 Ukraine is its own country. If they want to join Nato, they can. Sorry if that interferes with their boarder insecurities.
Apparently Russia expressed their willingness to join NATO during back in the second Obama term talks but only to be declined, so I guess they have legitimate concern if NATO expands into their border while they can not join it.
Your neighbor with a rival mentality gets to join the big boy club but you are declined, so you get the idea that they are pissed and worried at the same time.
@@shkhamd It was the second Clinton term.
@@marmac83 Could be, I saw Putin mentioned this with Megyn Kelly and referred to 2012-13 timeframe.
I guess it would be really interesting if they asked to join NATO for a second time.
Whats funny is that the USA had an issue when russia had military bases in cuba even though they should do what they want aswell.
@@shkhamd The worried part is absolutely true. And if we weren't pissed before, we sure are now.
Thanks for this, just hope they can sort out their differences peacefully.
If someone walks up to you and shoots you, do you want to sort out your differences?
A lot of American culture came from Britain so we partner with them. A lot of Russian culture came from Ukraine so they invade them.
I think this only showed partially why Russia is invading Ukraine and sure history plays a very important role. The why in this video is a part of the Russian narrative "the countries near Russia is becoming NATO countries" so the question should be "why do they ask to join NATO?".
A huge misconception is that NATO is like the old WP, NATO ( America ) occupy a country and force them into NATO, that is the old Soviet WP ( Warsaw Pact ) way and that is not how NATO works. NATO membership is applied for and it has a lots of stipulations before a country can apply and one of them is that NATO do not take in new members that are in some form of conflict.
Also, sure there are a lot of old history regarding Russia and Ukraine however one country have developed and the other has not, Ukraine will not be forced into a marriage as in some Middle Eastern cultures. Russia is not as of today as attached to Ukraine over the "brotherhood" it is about control, strategy and money.
You see Ukraine has been and is the European "breadbasket" as well as it is rich in gas and oil, everything the Putin and his oligarchs are after. On the strategic point of course Crimea is one of the most important ports.
Even the religion has gone South, the Russian orthodox church has banished the Ukrainian orthodox church and as we talk about history I must say that it makes me a bit sick too my stomach that the so called author is so one sided towards Russia and forget such a important piece in history as the Holodomore because that is a huge reminder for all Ukrainian people.
Вы абсолютно правы уважаемый! Жаль всех, да гибнут люди, но их могло погибнуть коллосально больше если бы Украина со своими националистами начала войну против Донбасса в статусе члена НАТО, ведь России пришлось бы втянутся в конфликт. Вероятно с применением ядерного оружия..может Россия спасла мир сейчас?
Thank you, I cannot believe CNN let this propagandist deliver Russian blood-and-soil narratives on their network. They need to hear from all of us.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 💙 💛
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Thanks Carolyne.
Yes even if this was not for the average person a "propaganda" or excuse for Russia and their behavior I'd say it was.
The so called "brotherhood" between these countries has not been just that, sure the villages close to Russia always had a closer tie with cross marriages etc but in general Ukraine started to develop in a totally different direction in beginning of the 90's.
Sadly Russian influenced or even placed presidents and government officials in Ukraine has slowed it down and in 2008 it started to get a grip again and in 2014 it got traction for Ukraine and the proof of that is the annexation of Crimea and Eastern Ukraine.
Anyway thank you for the recognition of my post.
Slava Ukraini!
Wait. This don't make sense. There are no mountain ranges in the northern part of central and eastern Europe; hence the French, Germans, Swedes could invade Russia. So Russia has Belarus as a buffer zone. Check. But in the central part, we have the Carpathian Mountain range, which is why Hungarians, Romanians, Balkan armies didn't invade Russia, except under the wing of the Germans during WWII. Still Ukraine being in NATO would be a cause for concern for someone fearful of regime change.
Not to mention the fact that any major war would be won in the air which nato has a massive advantage over the rest of the world. Putin has just lost his mind.
You can say all those bordering countries are peaceful and never invaded Russia except under the nazi flag. If it happened once, it can happen again. World is finding out how easy it is to elect radical and lunatic leaders. Look at America. They just had president who tried to rig an election and then tried to overthrow its government by using Putin's playbook. Trump could be a threat to America and to NATO if he wins. That's what Putin desperately wants. EU and NATO needs to brace for that possibility.
Only I see such „explanations” as justifiy of war?
I have seen several other geopolitical lectures stating that Russia has to expand in order not to collapse.
Germans in 1939 also had to expand to the east and as a result they shrinked to its present territory.
Did they loose as a nation? Did they disappear ? No. They live on the smaller territory then before the war and they live very good.
That is ridiculous claiming country bigger than Australian continent has to expand. What a joke
Don't agree with the last sentence if you mean by military force. NATO will not invade Russia, because of nukes. However a more democratic and stable Ukraine does pose a risk for Putin since Russians may notice how comparably bad it is in Russia.
Welll....it is more about the oil and the minerals than anything, but lets look at this differently. We're in the modern world...NATO came about as a response when the (then) Soviets occupied Poland, Ukraine, East Germany and Yugoslavia. That's it, that's all. It took 40 years for that to removed. So you might say "Russia is worried" but in reality, Russia has never had anything to worry about. I'm not saying USA is good and everyone's holding hands, but the idea that there's going to be an army marching across the flatlands is ludicrous in the age of nuclear deterrent. Especially since he should be more worried about China. AND in the global economy, he could easily pay Ukraine for access to the black sea, or offer Ukraine a financial incentive to join Russia's ANTI-NATO. But Russia doesn't dance, it takes. So this analysis is fine and dandy but its not really why its happening.
Well said for most of us to understand better, and I must agree with your updated profile.
Agree entirely; is England’s “heart” back in Jutland and Denmark? Non-sensical. I respectfully suggest that this analysis muddies the waters about what is happening now and this style is what Putin uses to shore up his indefensible attitudes.
@@violjohn Yes its used to say "Hey Putin is the one threatened here" and its pure gaslight horseshit
Well said!
While this is no doubt a factor, I'd argue a bigger one is energy! Russia gained an enormous economic benefit by selling oil and gas to Europe and that did something else -- it provided Russia with leverage over Europe. In the early 2000's, Ukraine undertook a program of exploration to understand better what kind of energy reserves they had. So they brought in some western oil companies to assist in this, just as Russia has done, and they discovered the Ukraine had substantial energy resources, some in central Ukraine, more in the east, but the bulk of their energy reserves are in the Black Sea surrounding Crimea.
Now the problem Russia has with Ukraine developing their energy reserves is that it would be a competitor to Russia and the west would prefer to give money to Ukraine than Russia so Ukraine had to be eliminated as an energy competitor. If Ukraine were able to develop their energy Europe would prefer to buy for Ukraine which would put a significant dent into Russia's economic outlook AND it would inhibit their ability to exercise leverage over Europe. The Baltic States joined NATO more than 20 years ago so Russia's claim that NATO expanding into Ukraine would be moving NATO closer to Russia is a moot point. In addition, if Ukraine were to be taken by Russia then Russia would be moving closer to NATO -- right? And the consequence of Russia's invasion of Ukraine was the addition of two more nations into NATO -- all thanks to the genius of Vladimir "Little Man" Putin!
Russia is by far the largest nation on Earth and it spans 11 time zone, almost half the planet, there is zero chance that a nation that large would have total control of both sides of its extensive borders and ridiculous to argue they should be allowed to control both sides of their borders.
Exactly.
It's the independence fight of the Ukraine. All east-european countries had to fight this fight; once russian tanks were shooting in Praque and Warsaw! But this time its so very brutal, because it's the last country before core land of Russia. Putin's Russia is deeply in fear!
Look at what the Ukrainian Nazis are doing ua-cam.com/video/BRvz5uP5E7s/v-deo.html
@@ДмитрийКэшев-н8ш There is a strong nationalism and patriotism in Ukraine. They don't want you Russians anymore. It's part of their self-becoming. But the Russian separatists were produced and supported by Russia first, they were the ones who used civilians as shields. The old and deep frist between East and West, once runned through Germany, today sadly through (east) Ukraine.
@@ДмитрийКэшев-н8ш Dude you kill over 1m your citizen don't even fucking try running here Russian propaganda !!!
Shouldn’t that be Russia is really part of Ukraine? Makes more sense.
You know, when I look around at the mess we humans create, I come round more and more to Aldous Huxley’s affirmation that just “maybe this planet is another’s hell.”
It easily becomes a excuse when you have the world's largest nuclear weapons arsenal.
It is difficult for countries that never had border issues to understand this. Older countries and cultures value their history. I wish Richard Holbrook was with us. He knew diplomacy.
The world has moved on. Russia or putin has not
@@p0pimp2004 And what NATO did, you think they moved on from Cold War.
@@benjaminjohnson7512 what?
@Louis van der Merwe if you decide to invade a sovereign nation and bomb their civilians because of your old conceptions of the world, then yes, you do deserve to be condemned.
India support RUSSIA,
Not sure you can call it civil war in Donbass because russia fully organised this separatist movement and then sent regular army to fight against Ukrainian army
Because maybe Washington had a secret deal with Moscow, that it later reneged under pressure from public opinion?
Awe they're commiting war crimes with their hearts
Who, NATO???? Yes they did, the do, they will!!!!
You are missing a key point about the flat topography North of the Carpathians: It is flat in both directions. It wasn't just Napoleon and Hitler who used it for invading, but also Josef Stalin.
Russia did NOT ferment the civil war, the coup in Kiev in 2014 did
Wiele na świecie jest zamachów, ale nie powidłyby się gby ludzie teg onie chcieli... widocznie nie chcieli więcej być "niewolnikami" Rosji tak jak na Białorusi. Przyjdzie czas i obalą Łukaszenkę, może nie będzie to tak spktakularne jak w Rumuni, ale każdy tyran kiedyś umrze.
Russia was preparing to not to allow Ukraine's partnership with EU. They saturated East and South of Ukraine with it's agents ready to start what can pass for Civil War. But at was completely engineered by Russia's effort.
@@geothon look at voting maps in elections up to 2014 in Ukraine and tell me how engineered it is. Russia offered billions of dollars to sway Ukraine towards union with Russia. Half of the country wanted a union with Russia. Consequently P0roshenko infamously promised them, not Russia’s agents, but actual Ukrainians from the East that their children will be in b0mb shelters. Look it up, it’s here on YT. On top of that, Russia never said anything about Ukraine and EU, it was all about Nato. Please, if you are not local, at least have the courtesy to educate yourself on at least the past 400 years of history in this region instead of basing your knowledge on news articles. Then the misalignment between the east and the west will actually make sense to you. The most insanely ignorant thing is to also conclude that the west of the country is somehow aligned with europe - ask the Poles, they remember all the massacres for the past 300 years done by western ukrainians. The Poles are supporting them only because they want Lvov for themselves, and US is using them as the second battering ram against Russia, along with the baltics, but those are irrelevant and toothless
Poland has been getting to know Russian politicians for above 80 years and knows them very well that's why
"History teaches that a democracy without values easily turns into open or disguised totalitarianism" Pope John Paul II
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It is so fun to look at people pretending they understand what they are talking about when they don't, and there is nobody to question their assumptions)).
Flat ground: that flat ground is opening in Belarus as the western Ukraine is a mountain region already.
Crimea: they've got access to the Mediterranean sea already and they were dominated the north of the Black sea. Crimea makes it just a bit easier.
Culture: that is true, Russia and Ukraine have a lot in common but that would be a reason to not invade the sister country.
The truth is that Russia is still an empire and that is the way empire works, the empire has to expand.
All of this assumes that we WANT to invade a country that has only 39% indoor plumbing. Hard pass on that.
Russia's oil and natural gas exports to the rest of Europe are by far its largest source of revenue. Vast untapped oil and gas reservoirs exist beneath Ukraine. If developed, a western friendly Ukraine would easily replace Russia as Europe's chief supplier of fossil fuels. Shell planned on developing some of these fields, but got scared away when Russia invaded Crimea.
I'm sure all the reasons given in this video are important considerations, but realistically, Putin's money is coming from oil sales to Europe, and Ukraine was threatening that cash flow.
what rot, Russia have basically sacrificed their future energy contracts because of their own priciples, and also to fight Nazis. See the evidence here ua-cam.com/video/KfaAyiP8Wuc/v-deo.html, this is real.
Notice how all these global atrocities come down to two factors: oil(aka greed) and / or religion/ethnic pride? Two of the 7 original sins(greed and pride). Humans will ultimately destroy themselves because they cannot learn to share or respect each other's origin. This is also the reason they are destroying nature. Such a pathetic species 🙄 As hard as it tries, it just can't help itself. 🙄
The dictators or leaders' greed is propagated by using religion or ethnic pride to stir up the common people to fight( defend) for their origin .
This is classic 101 psychology used on people in mass. The Crusades weren't about religion; it was about the greedy European kings losing control of the trade routes from the east to the Muslim controlled counties. The Muslims guaranteed the European Christians the right to visit and practice in the holy lands of Jerusalem. But, the Kings never shared that information with the masses. Instead, they told them, "The Muslims were taking your holy lands away from you." Thus, the holy war Crusades were fought. Thousands died in the name of greed propagated by religious pride. Humans are also ironic.
@@pawaniyer Let's not forget the right of self determination of people, that comes before everything else.
Ukranians clearly don't want to be part of Russia so they shouldn't be and conquering them is colonialism.
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All of these are factors. There are multiple geopolitical aims for Russia and Putin's personal ambitions. As well as security concerns from NATO (which are a combination of paranoia but also not wanting to NATO to interfere with their own expansion).
Interesting history lesson.
He forgot to show the U.S. biolabs that Obama helped put in place being destroyed. Wait never mind, these people don’t want the sheep to know the truth.
I do understand this. I am 84 now but I remember as a child my Russian grandmother pulling out a small jar where she had placed a teaspoon of Russian soil so that she could remember where she came from. She had married a polish man, outside of her religion and nationality and her family disowned her for it
😐 your mind is sharp for an 84 year old
@@thetacokawaii5708 age, it's only a number, child!
wish you good health!
How old are you now how are you doing?
I am 86 and doing well, and thank you for asking😊
Rus was born long before Kiev, thousands of kilometres away in Old Ladoga. If you look it up, you’ll actually find that Old Ladoga coat of arms is a falling falcon - attacking its prey (note: falcon is the fastest bird of prey). Modern Ukraine coat of arms is a variation of that falcon, though most Ukrainians think it’s a trident because the people that had power in Ukraine since 1918 have very little to do with Rus, and are actually descendants of gangs terrorising this region (Poles and Russians) since at least 16 century; that’s why they hate Russians and Russian language so much. But back to Old Ladoga: this is where Rus had started and where the Ryurik dynasty begins. Then they went into Novgorod, and only then into Kiev, where the Christening began and when the first marriage with a princess from the Byzantine Empire happened. So, if you want real Rus, you have to track the Ryurik bloodline which will take you all the way to the second Byzantine marriage with Sofia, turning the Russia into the official successor to the Byzantine Empire - this is why they call Moscow the Third Rome. Then unfortunately the Ryurik dynasty comes to the end after Ivan The Fearsome and after a couple of dark decades the Romanov dynasty is vowed into Tsardom, after which Peter The Great builds Saint Petersburg and becomes Emperor. Then Catherine The Great battles gangs around Kiev, founds and builds Odessa (hint and Odysseus I suppose, since you find quite a few Ancient Greek colonies around, and because Ancient Greece is the predecessor to the Roman Empire). Fast forward to Saint Nicholai II murder and take over by bolsheviks. The nationalisnic gang takes over Kiev and is recognised by the soviets and more provinces with strictly Russian people are joined (by Lenin’s decree, ignoring the referendums) to what later becomes the Ukraine Soviet Republic. Somewhere around chis time you have pogroms, in part sponsored by the British and others, then you get bandera scum killing whole villages and collaborating with the n*zis (note: “sl*va ukr*ini” was the secret greeting between bandera’s scum bandits, verified through archives), then the soviets try find atd neutralise bandera gangs and somewhere around 1952 they stop. The nationalists go into hiding, some emigrate to Canada and other countries where some of the top politicians are direct descendants, including Nuland - look it up. Then Nuland orchestrates and sponsors the coup it 2014 and the civil war in the East begins, with Poroshenko infamously saying that children in the East will live in bomb shelters (it’s on UA-cam, look it up). Which finally brings us to 2022 and today.
Kherson, Nikolayev, Sevastopol were founded roughly around the same time by Prince Potemkin, the creator of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the architect of the ottoman empire’s defeat
1:06 I saw a video claim that an additional large reason for invading Crimea is the large fossil fuel resources on the peninsula. Ukraine becoming another petrostate would have been threatening for Russia's economy.
but mostly yeah, they'd just like to invade the area again because they simply claim it as theirs
The oil and economic factors are significant but also are the ideological reasons. Russia doesn't want a western democracy on it's boarder because those ideas will spread and threaten his dictatorship. NATO will never invade Russia and oust Putin but freedom of speech, choice and liberal society are things all people want, the Russian people are no different and that''s what scares Putin the most.
@@SueMyChin This is one of the better takes on the additional reasons for Putin's aggression beyond just the economics.
Why is no one discussing the oil reserves in the northern Black Sea. It's clear Russia wants access to that given their invasion strategy in the south, and that Ukraine has been a headache for Russia regarding oil pipelines. Oil is as much Russia's lifeblood as it is Saudi Arabia's, and it can't afford Ukrainian competition. We're romanticising this war too much. It's about economics as much as it is anything.
because everyone knows and knows that isn't a driving factor here.
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@@protonneutron9046 It 100% is a playing factor. Crimea is drying up because when RUS annexed it Ukraine shut of its water supply via a massive river so its becoming a baron wasteland. There are also new natural gas reserves in Ukraine that are 100% untapped because Western companies were supposed to come in but when Crimea happened they pulled out and since Ukraine dsnt have the infrastructure to make them.
This is ontop of the of the Black seas port and the oil reserves. If Rus takes over Ukraine they will have new black sea ports, water in crimea and 4-5 natural gas wells.
@@maxpowers4436 not a big enough reason as Russia cannot exploit the oil reserves it has. Thanks for playing though
is not just oil also super rich minerals and very fertilely soil producing most bread pear head in world
This is not related to NATO, Putin thought that NATO would not respond to the invasion, especially because of its dependence on GAZ. The invasion is related to Imperialist ambitions, that's all
Ur correct about Putin's imperialist ambitions. Those ambitions aren't what they are in a historical sense. Putin wants to build his version of it n being a history buff he's doing it differently. He wants his to be bigger n stronger than past versions.
He has no intention of taking control of Ukraine nor cares if they join NATO. Once Russia's new border is the Black Sea coast n Ukraine is land locked, Putin will accomplish his ambitions
From the sounds of Ukraine has more claim to Russia, than Russia has to it.
Modern troops are not inhibited by mountainous terrain
You have ballistic missiles and cruise missiles and tactical r nuclear weapons
Huge troop transports to drop paratroopers
Terrain is still a common military/strategical concept, and Flat terrain is bad for defense, while mountains and hills are great. Ask the Afghans.
All foreign borders around the exposed Russian heartland are in flat terrain. Putin imagined that the EU tank squads can strike this weak flank any moment, and Russian positions are in fact basically indefensible if there is ever a war against Europe.
If Russia can entrench itself in Poland and Romania, it is that much safer. Even just holding Ukraine has a defense advantage over the current borders. (Not taking into account that the areas mentioned are inhabited by unhappy natives though. He imagined they'd like him.)
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As long as both sides have tactical nukes there will not be any massed tank attacks
Satellites give advance warning .
But yes Ukraine is the Achilles heel for Russia and the Ukrainians are just Russian pawns
Sooner they accept it the better
They cannot joint NATO .
The same way Canada cannot join Russia
Exactly. If russian leaders are actually looking at Europe and asia from th perspective of medieval kings, then their whole country.... their whole way of being.... is destined to remain a living Lord of the Rings model in a 21st century world.
Modern troops are inhibited, because most supplies are still transported by land, and not by air. Additionally, most wars are still conventionally fought. Cruise missiles cannot take out every bunker, every missile facility, and every vehicle, and all personnel too...
It’s not Russian thinking, my friend, it’s Putin’s thinking. I am telling you, since I am from there.
You are from Putin?
But we Russians need Eastern ukraine. But not beyond that. It is useless land for Russia
That why he’s the president and not you 🤣🤦🏽♂️ he has to deal with this issues and make the best decisions to favor Russian interests
@😂❤williamthell5930
Tak Putin stoi nad grobem i ciągnie porządnych rosjan za sobą....lubę Rosjan to wspaniały naród (jestem z Polski), ale żal mi ich. Mają prezydenta który na starość zwariował i ciągnie Rosję w te samo bagno jakie mieli w 1990 roku
Thank you so much for this concise and easily understood summary of history, geography and cultural identities: Best three minutes I’ve spent in months
Could’ve just said Putin wants to dominate them because in his mind he still owns them and he heard they might want to join the EU so he said “fuck that…start murdering women and children and say it’s only military targets. No one will know”…I’m paraphrasing but I hope his own people rip him limb from taint and make Russia an at least somewhat democratic society
Fair enough
That is a very insightful presentation; thank you!
It doesn’t play a role in Russian but Putins thinking. What about the thinking of the Ukrainians?
Absolutely agree! This pseudo expert doesn't even realize that Ukrainians may have same rights as russians!
So Russia still pines for Ukraine in his heart and wants her back even though she says “No”.
He can’t get over her, & so if Russia can’t have her, than no one can.
This sounds like one of those murder-suicide plots involving a scorned lover.
What I don’t understand is if this is all reaction to NATO expansion, where was the outcry when the Baltic states, ALSO ON THE RUSSIAN BORDER, actually JOINED NATO?
There was.
The Russians didn't like it then but we're powerless to do anything about it. Russian military modernization began in earnest about 10 years ago but much of that was simply implementing previously scheduled upgrades approved before the collapse of the Soviet union. The Russian state has been so poor up until recently that they couldn't even update their military equipment. The west and NATO took advantage of that weakness and expanded.
Excellent visuals detract from the fact that the information is so thin, it borders on wrong.
Yet, a avarage Westerner will go "Aha, I understand it all now*
Suppose for a moment, I'm Russian well connected in the government. My people have had to endure tremendous hardship due to invaders Napolean, Kaiser, and Hitler. I would want to control the world around me over the tremendous fear of it ever happening again. That's the mindset of Putin, and the ends justify the means with Ukraine. Now there are 3 sides to the governance of any country. Local, regional, and global. This makes for the need to think strategically. I know this, and so do well connected and established experts. Putin's problem is the ungodly word FEAR, for it's deeply rooted in him, causing him huge anxiety and stress. Yes, that's his problem, FEAR, and how deeply rooted in it he is. When one has that much fear inside, their behavior becomes erratic and paranoid, for they constantly try to find ways to protect themself. In the process, they cause everyone else around them to be frightened too. Psychologists, we know this, and sad to say, Putin is too selfish, proud, and arrogant to raise his hand and ask for HELP. Oh yes, and by the way, this also applies to Trump and his followers.
Go to sleep its your bed time. The real enemy here is NATO and US. Ukraine is primarily Russian.
Its about oil. Nothing more nothing less
The problem is if you are a Russian you know that your own government has been the source of most of your hardships from the Czars to present. Not some other country.
Glad you put that last sentence on there; I was about to.
Except the people who had hardship with Napoleon, Kaiser and Hitler are not relevant for this reasoning behind this invasion. He's sending kids into a war they think isn't even a war.
Very informative, thank you.
Even looking at a map will be a new thing for most Americans,a topographical map though..
Shouldn't the Ukrainians be saying that Russia is Ukrainian? Kyiv is the mothership of Moscow? For that matter, Kyiv was originally settled by Nordic people. Shouldn't Scandinavians claim Ukraine and Russia? Russian thinking depends on stopping history at the most optimal point for them.
This is horrible,My heart goes out to the civilians!!!!..😭💔🇺🇦🙏
huhu don’t cry
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@@alexhero4748 my heart goes out to the civilans of ukraine putin invanding ukraine is bs and heartless putin is a monster.
So according to your analysis Tim, Poland can expect to be the next country invaded?
jep..
russia wants nato to get away..
No, Invading russia would mean all out nuclear warfare, they won't do it, most likely after they take ukraine they will take Moldova, which considering it's minute army and lack of defenses, will probably, at most, be a matter of days.
If Poland had not joined NATO I'd consider it a strong possibility, though I think Belarus, the baltics, Finland & Ukraine are the main buffers Russia cares about. Had the Baltics not joined NATO early I think it's quite likely they would be invaded for wanting to join.
an excellent summary! …and also, there are untapped oil/gas reserves:
- in the Donbas region.
- under the Black Sea west of Crimea.
- western Ukraine, NW of Moldova.
no, this is just about maintaining power of a criminal regime in Moscow....all these endevours actually cost Russia only money...they dont make any sense from an economic point of view...
@@markusschmidt7513 that's what I thought at first too. But imagine if Russia setup a military base on the border of Canada and the USA. Would you be comfortable with that? That's exactly what Ukraine becoming a member of NATO would be to Russia. And dummy Kamala Harris talked openly about Ukraine becoming a member of NATO right before this war started.
So to say Putin did this totally unprovoked is a flat out lie being told by the western media and politicians.
That doesn't mean I support what Putin is doing, what he's doing is a travesty and war crime. But "unprovoked" which continues to be spewed by Biden and company nonstop, is a flat out 100 percent lie.
@@markusschmidt7513A great short documentary which explains the historical and geopolitical implications of this conflict is "Ukraine on Fire" right here on UA-cam.
@@markusschmidt7513 Sure they do. What happened to gas prices when Russia invaded Ukraine? They went up. Higher prices, better returns. It's more complicated than that, but it's an illustration of what's involved.
Not obviously really. Historically probably yes, and Peter Zeihan harps on this, but I'm not aware that Putin has ever said anything like that. In WW2 big forests didn't protect France from Germany and open fields didn't give Russia to Germany. Germany took mountainous Greece by tank and Crete by air. Natural barriers are hardly barriers to modern armies. I think Putin is more interested in the natural resources and manpower of surrounding territories, and ports, and the warm feeling that comes with lording it over a lot of places and stuff.
What specific reason stands behind to get buffer zone on the flat land when nuclear weapon delivery is on the air?
Carpathian Mountains have inverted „C shape” on the map. Sudeten Mountains on the West are not part of them
I am not convinced russia is scared of a ground invasion from that direction. Actually Russia has convinced me they have a nuclear buffer zone.
Good history lesson but not a good explanation for putins plan.
@Mohamed Damji Dude stfu, You're defending rape and fire, tyrants and murderers. You know how allah judges those who do, there will be no paradise for you. Repent now, turn down putins money. This may be your final chance.
Even if all your bullshit was true, No man has the right to impose his will through force. If you believe different you are a small man indeed.
Russia didn‘t cross to Moscow from Kiev and wasn‘t dounded in Kiew. The rusasian state was initially Moscow state and than moscow state just stole the name. YOu are wrong. To understand that, you have to understand russian and ukrainian languages and origin of both. If you didn‘t make proper research, do not post this. It is a shame to make such a big mistake!! It shows me than the truth about CNN! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
“True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice.” - Jane Addams
I have so many of his books…he is a great analyst and journalist tbh
They talk about Russian hearts and common heritage and all....so then build a strong, mutually beneficial relationship with them. But no, Putin can only think in terms of power and domination.
@Ululu Kululu Russia never lose to Europe , But Europe lose always to Russia.
Russia didn’t really care about nato, it’s all over the newly found resources in western Ukrain, you still preaching false information I see
"I asked the commander why are we doing this? He answered for me to shut up. we were told that we will go and come back. they (russian commanders) deceived me. I didn't know I would kill" - 19 year old Russian soldier
Excellent use of maps to explain the region.
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Many things in this clip are misinterpreted. If this were true, as described in this clip, the Russian army would have been received with flowers, as Putin imagined. But nothing like that happened. The explanation in this clip has more in common with Putin's lunatic interpretation than with the collective opinion of the Russian people.
I think he's just trying to explain putins logic, not defend it. I think it's wise to try and understand someone's mind, even if you don't agree with it
just because Putin thinks Ukraine is part of Russia, it does not mean that Ukrainians think they are.
Cnn this is the most accurate reporting you have done in the last 15 years