Could Russian soldiers cope with Western long-range artillery? | Sir Lawrence Freedman

"If there's a serious Ukrainian push, they may struggle to cope with it."
Emeritus professor of war Sir Lawrence Freedman says that Russians "have scrambled around to keep their numbers up" and Western weapons could "start to turn the course of the war."
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[@sashx05]

This interview was shocking . Cant believe you have no facts or realistic questions to ask or throw back at Sir Lawrence Freedman ! he was wrong on all points and you did nothing to protect your followers ! 95000 This is an important matter ! The most important one you will ever have" and your not serious about it at all,, Sorry for being harsh but come on!!!

[@MikeOxlong-]

@@sashx05 You seem to be missing many of the pieces to this puzzle that’ve already been put into place... Unsure why, unless it’s that you were expecting a longer conversation or that you haven’t followed much of what’s already happened, been discussed, or assumed due to the course this war/invasion has already taken? Considering this was a summary of a larger conversation, what else were you expecting? Download their app like they directed people to, if you’d like to listen to these interviews/podcasts in real-time or in full...

[@martinsanders5418]

@@sashx05 His job is not an investigative journalist, it's only to provide a comfy platform for the narrative shills, and to try and keep the 'followers' deceived and ignorant.

[@treemanzoneskullyajan711]

Where is Putin's daughter educated

[@randomcommenteronyoutube1055]

Send weapons. Fast.

[@joecater894]

not so much it depletes nato though... ; we need to make them fast..

[@sid35gb]

The reality is it will be many months to train the troops to use the new equipment and establish a solid logistical network to support the Ukrainian army. It will happen and things will change rapidly once training, logistics and equipment hit critical mass. Russia cannot compete with the west in this Matter.

[@terjeoseberg990]

@@joecater894, Who’s NATO fighting right now? Who’s a threat to any NATO members right now?

[@TRE45ON.is.Bat5hit.Crazy.U.S.G]

We need to make a commitment to "level the playing field" so that Russia knows that Ukraine has the capability to do exactly the same back. 💪🇺🇸♥️🇺🇦☮️💙

[@ThomasTomiczek]

Nah, you need to go back to school and learn ethics.

[@pjhgerlach]

@@ThomasTomiczek You need to learn to write relevant comments.

[@Messa1980]

Hahahahahahaha do you even understand the BS you just wrote???

[@jetv1471]

I agree 🇺🇸🇺🇸💪🇺🇸❤️❤️. Fed up with A lifetime of Pootin . I was in NATO when the walk came Down. Literally sick of that pig faced monster and his threats . I think except for the Cuban crisis the original Cold War was better than this war the 🇺🇸 has been in with Pootin .

[@Messa1980]

@@jetv1471 well what are you waiting for to face Putin??? Go for it then 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@greyvoice7949]

Ukraine should not cede any territory to Russia... Russia has lied and acted badly at every turn and even if we do see some peace agreement it would be short lived.

[@JimmyKartounii]

Russia don't need ceding anything from zelenskyy,that was on the table also,zelenskyy rejected,it's what i wanted him to do,,when russia is done,zelenskyy may as well get a passport for exile,if he does'nt get the coffin before,you see he came with army gears,saying he's a soldier,so he has to die too,demilitarization mean's exactly that.Russia is taking everything.

[@davidallison5529]

Ukraine can run an insurgency in Russian-captured territory. To keep all that turf, Russia would need several hundred thousands of soldiers, forever. The Russian speaking Ukrainians in seized territories will expect some benefit from Russian control. Right now they have demolished cities, towns, missing bridges, no services. How will they have employment in that environment? Will Russia foot the $100 billion bill to rebuild? That is a minimum, only for Donbas. That sounds like a giant headache for Russia. What foreign territory have they ever rebuilt after a war? They don't have the resources or the mentality for that. They are great at demolishing, not so good at reconstruction I suggest.

[@jds6206]

@@JimmyKartounii Ukraine will prevail. Zelenskyy will come out of this on top. Putin is destined to abject failure.... The Russian people are victims....

[@LA-kc7ev]

My patience is done with every commentator who revisits the subject of Ukraine giving away territory, or indeed any kind of 'negotiated' settlement that does not happen through the Ukrainians themselves. I find it an outrage, a flagrant disregard for justice and a dangerous precedent for a Russia that is bent on an imperialist foreign policy, whose designs only begin with Ukraine.

[@lowbornfabrication]

@@JimmyKartounii ...what?

[@DavidGetling]

This is why, many of us, aren't that concerned about recent Russian gains, and prefer to see Ukrainian soldiers' lives being saved by being pulled back. The Ukrainians will very soon have Western long-range artillery, and we can then expect to see a goodly number of Orcs and their equipment destroyed.

[@frankrenda2519]

we can see what western artillery is doing nothing. its getting destroyed the west hasnt got enough in its pathetic arsenal to do anything

[@DavidGetling]

@Otis McDonald I think it's well under a month, possibly even days.

[@gigacanno750]

@@DavidGetling some of it’s already there

[@alainlefebvre9860]

@Otis McDonald some has already been sed in Ukraine, to great effect on first known use. A Russian base was hit 45 kms behind the lines.

[@gyaanfreak]

@@DavidGetling soon there will be no Ukrainians to use those long range weapon.

[@segjoshua3012]

Ukrainians need more weapons and training. Their will to fight is unmatched. Everyday, people are pouring into Ukraine to take up arms against the Russians but they need to be better trained, which NATO should accelerate. Some of the Ukrainian soldiers need to be relieved and fresh soldiers come in for effective counter attack. It’s not just long range weapons needed but APCs, tanks and lots of attack drones for effective counter attacks. Kherson still has civilians living there, so will be close encounter. See where appeasement got us!!

[@Chicago48]

The RU wants the sanctions lifted. That's the message now. At first it was territorial, but now it's economic, and they want the sanctions lifted.

[@MyshaM.]

"Peace for our time". However, that "our time" may now be up. (Likewise, in 1938 it lasted less than a year, but people are short of memory.)

[@fradiavolo9293]

Yet you're not yet in Ukraine? I wonder why?🤦🏿‍♂️

[@roberthicks9191]

Need to draft and mobilize all males should have been done in 2014

[@The_ZeroLine]

@@fradiavolo9293 What a straw man argument. Every single person who supports Ukraine should be fighting there. Use your brain. Ukraine turns away thousands of foreign volunteers. If you have don’t have high level military experience and are still young, they don’t want you, unless you’re a medic (and that’s not for combat). Having lots of people who don’t speak Ukrainian or Russians and have no experience, would help nobody. Use your brain please.

[@kmd5551]

Russian artillery barrels are wearing out ... a much over looked fact , that soon they will be only hitting 50% or less accurately , New barrels are a long time in making for a replacement .

[@Crystal-jr7lp]

They just carpet bomb.

[@mididoctors]

Large amount of rocket artillery top

[@hugoboss917]

@@Crystal-jr7lp they do, even though carpet bombing is very expensive

[@lmcsquaredgreendale3223]

Thank you for that information. I am so frustrated at the west for giving Ukraine 10 of some type of military hardware when they need 10x that amount due to the size of their country and the fact that they are fighting on numerous fronts. I realize that the Ukrainians are still using a lot old Russian artillery pieces and that they are running out of ammunition because the west has created all new weapons systems so they are losing artillery to attacks and to a shortage of missiles. I am a historian but modern weaponry is not something that I have researched. I learn about what a weapon is capable of, more often than not, through the comments section. I always pause the video to read what information people are contributing and I always come away better informed about a weapons capability than the reporter.

[@MrSonofsonof]

@@mididoctors Which is even less accurate than howitzers.

[@MikiCab1]

The way they are supplying Ukraine is insane. What they need is a central clearing house to identify what Ukraine needs and who has what and get those supplies to Ukraine ASAP. This piecemeal approach where weapons trickle in after they are needed is losing the war for Ukraine

[@yesyousuck6087]

They don’t want Ukraine to win, they just want a weakened Russia

[@sarahbrown5073]

Many of these weapons are showing up in other conflict zones. Lots of black market sales.

[@bekeneel]

I'm sure they do know but don't underestimate all the logistics & obstacles. I don't think they communicate about everything they're sending and what and when etc, for obvious reasons.

[@dixiedean1955]

@@sarahbrown5073 where did you hear that?

[@Balnazzardi]

The problem with advanced weapon systems (like long range artillery/rocket systems) is that western powers/NATO members dont have much extra they can quickly spare without sacrificing/taking too much out of their own defense. Yes they could always order more from weapon manufacturers but getting new systems to replace anything that gets send to Ukraine takes time, many months or even years. Thats the sad reality of things. The most what west can do to aid Ukraine is keep supplying them with ammunition and anti-tank weapons, to some extent also anti-air and anti-ship missiles

[@kacpersokoowski5208]

I am sure they cannot. Especially when it comes (in quantity more than 10 pieces)! 🙂 Send Ukraine heavy weapons, not only artillery, quickly. Ukrainians have incredible determination to fight, but don't let Russia decimate them. One always fights better when he is alive!

[@AlexP-jz9sg]

Some facts to consider: Russia has allocated only 10% of its military force to this operation and is outnumbered by the Ukrainian force. Ukraine has the second largest military in Europe after Russia. Russia also hasn’t sought to destroy Ukraine and its industries but rather to seek specific objectives with a stated goal of minimal collateral damage and winning hearts and minds (they’re not cluster bombing like Ukrainians did in Donbass or using white phosphorous like US did in Iraq). This war is nothing like Iraq or Afghanistan where American units were firing on an enemy that had no ability to effectively engage, the modern US military hasn’t been tested in a conventional war against a modern military.

[@laars0001]

@@AlexP-jz9sg Ukraine does not belong to Russia and, where are all the nazis that Putin cannot find?

[@lmcsquaredgreendale3223]

@@sazzbot8874 Thank you for pointing that out. I have come across this same reasoning before but your answer is short and direct. Here's a question for you, If the Russians are withholding 90% of their weapons than why are they equipping the draftees of the Donbas and Luhansk breakaway regions with a rifle called a Mosin, which, according to Reuters was developed in the late 19th century and went out of production decades ago. I read an article from Reuters which stated that according to three people who saw conscripts from the separatist region are indeed armed only with that weapon. They also showed images shared on social media that showed Donbas fighters with Mosin rifles but Reuters has not been able to verify this independently. Either the Russians want to rid themselves of these people or they are running out of small arms to distribute. I saw a video that made the same claim but since the information on some of these videos is not always accurate I checked for a more reliable news source.

[@jansix4287]

@@AlexP-jz9sg I’m sorry, but I trust my own eyes over Russian assertions that they aim to minimize collateral damage, because that’s obviously not what’s happening.

[@AlexP-jz9sg]

@@sazzbot8874 According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, casualties were higher at the beginning of the operation but have minimized considerably within the past month. Not my words but you decide.

[@docinparadise]

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to live in a world where NATO was completely unnecessary and everyone was content with the territory they have? War is such a waste. Even if you don’t care about human death and suffering, the financial costs of war are ridiculously wasteful.

[@khiem1939]

True, but alas we have Russia, Communist China, North Korea, Iran, Turkey and a few other areas ruled by Dictators or Commissars!

[@lumyre1706]

Nato is useless and unnecessary

[@alans9806]

It's stating the bleedin' obvious but it must be restated again and again, otherwise we'll go mad. There's also the effect on climate change which is probably low on Putin's priorities.

[@AlexP-jz9sg]

It's too bad NATO destroyed Libya and turned it into another Al Qaeda warlordship like the US did in Afghanistan in the 80s. NATO is a US imperial military force that is manifesting what it claims to be preventing, nothing more. This war was preventable at so many points, unfortunately slavs have to die because of the push for war on Russia's border.

[@redcooper7863]

No sir, the agenda is to rule the world.

[@skymaster4121]

Well, that’s the reason they fled from Snake Island. The awereness that now with the arrival of the Himars on the other side of the waters, and harpoon missles pointing at any incoming ships - which the Ukrainians have sunk many of - that island would be practically impossible to defend. The last couple of weeks of heavily Ukrainian bombardement has really shown this reality, and the russians realized it too. Furthermore their military is really strained, and they dont have the material or soldiers that should be poured into keep the island, so they made a calculated choice to leave. Of course, all that mixed with a good russian lie that it was “goodwill” to NATO to leave the island. Yes, like the “goodwill” of Russia to leave the Kiev area after trying and failing for one month to conquer it.

[@zvexevz]

If the US sent 50 HIMARS systems to Ukraine then it might really be a game changer for the war as a whole. But seeing that they have only promised to send eight, with only four operating currently, they will only be able to have isolated, local impacts. Destroying command posts or supply depots or air defense systems is a good achievement. Snake island is a good PR victory, and will allow the small number of Ukrainian air assets some greater freedom of action in the region. But unless the West gets really serious about helping Ukraine win, these systems are not going to kick the Russians out. They sure didn't stop Russia from capturing Lysychansk and the rest of Luhansk oblast.

[@andrewwmacfadyen6958]

Longer range artillery for rapid precise counter battery fire would turn the tables on the Russians.

[@othyvitswamba1111]

This would be true if we hope Russia don't have other weaponry systems. The table would turn for just a while and then we would witness even more escalation as I suspect Russia has some weapons they could now justify using. I think it is better to find a diplomatic solutions to save innocents lives.

[@gmailvfone]

And how! 👍👏✌️

[@Involution88]

Ukraine has domestically produced laser guided artillery munitions, as does Russia. Ukraine does not have as much as Russia. Scud missiles have similar range and accuracy as HIMARs ATACMs, 300 km max range. Russian Zircon missiles have a maximum range at least twice that. Ukraine needs support to level the playing field, western artillery is more of the same, not different. Insistence on the superiority of western artillery when near parity is evident invites the same mistake Putin made.

[@MrNamdang2011]

Long range missiles will certainly give Ukraine the advantage since Russia can't not shoot back. So far, Ukraine only received 4 systems.. Just hopeful, US and EU will not play the political game that will abandon UKraine for Russia to exchange for cheap oils and gases.

[@Ghhyuttgg]

I'm hoping the Americans are saying 'only 4 systems' to keep Putin from pushing the Big red Button, whilst at the same time training and sending in very many more. My guess is you'll never see more than 4 HIMARS in one place

[@khiem1939]

@@Ghhyuttgg More will come, longer range rockets will come, but the Yanks should understand to NOT advertise what they give so much!

[@sarahbrown5073]

I'm glad everyone agrees the US should supply these long range missiles. I hope everyone remembers their opinion on this matter when Russia strikes US cities.

[@neodym5809]

4 by USA, and UK and Germany want to deliver an additional 3, each.

[@MikeOxlong-]

@@sarahbrown5073 I hope you and many others will (sooner rather than later) come to the understanding/conclusion that the current situation will not end well for the whole world without a drastic course correction occurring in Moscow. It’s unfortunate, but much like the majority have been asleep at the wheel regarding the mess that’s been created in their own countries over the years (whether that be due to laziness, distraction, brainwashing, indoctrination, or propaganda), much the same has been happening geopolitically regarding Putin’s regime and the pure unadulterated evil they possess and wish to unleash upon the world... When the USSR fell, what came with it besides the joy of many and the thoughts of all towards world peace, was the complete relaxation of preparedness in the west towards (or from) any perceived threat of any peer or near peer adversary, along with the well wishes of prosperity all around. And while that did happen, Putin (a complete nobody even within his own country at the time) felt betrayed by his own, and even more so towards those that helped his country disintegrate in the manner that it did (to him). You can research the series of events that ended with him eventually becoming the seat of power, regardless - what occurred in addition to them ending with him illegitimately becoming the defacto thief-in-law, was this deep seated hate and desire to return Russia to the all-encompassing empire it once was of centuries past, regardless of what happens to the countries, people, laws, or any other forms of international agreements, accords, conventions, or whatever else have you of today and how the world operates in the 21st century. And he’s not so secretly worked towards meeting this end ever since, using some of the best resources in the world psychologically to do so (see: Russian military/intelligence deception doctrine)... There’s far more to this story that I’m hoping more people will take the time to learn while they have the ability (and opportunity) to do so, as the world is in quite a rough spot at the moment and could use a whole lot more people looking at finding solutions of some sort... And just for you FYI - Russia isn’t communist anymore, but they are most definitely fascist...

[@nerdyali4154]

The reasons for the Ruble's buoyancy are well known. Russia has artificially supported it with foreign currency reserves and by blocking the sale of foreign owned assets. Their options are narrowing and these policies are damaging the economy.

[@keithdrower9120]

Hahaha. Bs.

[@larrysherk]

This is propaganda nonsense. Russia has the most diversified economy around, and it's Ruble is fixed firmly to oil. Why do people listen to Biden's nonsense blaming Putin for the results of our disastrous policy.

[@user-g5xnx7gjqb]

Western currencies are not interesting in Russia. Imports will be balanced by other countries. Western countries act like a well-organized gang, instantly steal other people's money, sorry, "freeze". Now business with the West is compromised all over the world. Congratulations!

[@livingtribunal4110]

Been on the Copium again, Alistair?

[@BurntheKremlin966]

Only the time will say...

[@laars0001]

I wonder if the average citizen in Russia knows how many lifetime salaries it costs them per missile that Putin shoots at Ukraine?

[@lifessogood2995]

That's why Putin missle dump Ukraine.

[@raykeane9345]

Like the USA having no baby formula or tampons but can send billions in weapons to destroy Ukraine....

[@cris471]

Does the average US citizen know how many of his tax dollars are used to finance the US military

[@NYJGreatness]

@@cris471 : Our military budget is huge and we already know that. Now do you want to compare both economies?

[@larrysherk]

Fortunately, the average Russian knows that's irrelevant. Russia's military budget is barely one-tenth of our (US) military budget.

[@cowbunny001]

As a USAF vet, i am unable to believe that, when Russia showed up with broken down vehicles, no spare parts, tanks and such stuck in the mud,.inexpienced troops who did not realize they were going to war, absent commanders.... and Zelenski begging for air support.... the USA and Nato did not realize that initial time period was the exact opportunity to pond Putin to death. The disorganization on Feb 24th and the first two weeks Putin was caught with his pants down. Time to smash his aggresssion was at the very beginning. And now, during this 'pause' would be just as ripe

[@VirrealWorld]

What we should have done was also invade Ukraine. Play Putin's card against him and invaded Kyiv, Kharkiv and the free Donbas and just sat there. Putin and his junk army would have left with their tail between their legs, and Putin would be dead ny now after the world had a great big laugh at Russia's arrogant incompetence.

[@LeMerch]

The West are slowly boiling Russia like a frog in cold water thats slowly moving to boiling him alive without him realising it.

[@stevenwilgus5422]

The Russian army is encountering a familiar pique. When battles were fought with older technology encountering the newest developments, the former faced a decided disadvantage. Russia will lose this "Special Operation."

[@sticky59]

When ? When will Russia lose ? Another city has fallen ..... a strategic city, and Ukraine has'evacuated' across the river and is being chased down in the sister city right this minute ! I'm guessing they will 'evacuate' again, and Russia will have that city also. So, from what I see, what is Ukraine going to change tomorrow, next week or next month that will let them re take the 20% they have already retreated from ?? Huh ? And the answer is 'nothing' ! Ukraine has nothing ..... it is down to 50% reg's and the rest are conscripts. They are just about done. Shortly Russia will have a close look at Odesa ..... the last bit of Ukraine coastline ...... when that's gone the land corridor is complete and Ukraine will be landlocked. Ukraine will be the size of a postage stamp after Poland annexes a decent chunk over on the western border. Have a think about all of this .... I haven't made any of it up. Enjoy.

[@jimspencer3072]

They've already won

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

@@jimspencer3072 nope its a long war, as with german invasion of ussr and taking large amounts of territory in tactical victories, you see it didnt lead to strategic victory. uss got american lend lease and stalin himself said if it wasnt for american lend lease, the ussr would have lost to germany. now in a long war is ukraine is getting american lend lease. the russian economy is sanctioned and crumbling. and just as the afghans with american military aid with a lessor army defeated the soviet union in 10 years, ukraine will win also and russia will go bankrupt after the war.

[@stevenwilgus5422]

@@jimspencer3072 The advantage for Ukraine has just begun.

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

@@jimspencer3072 its more of an economic war and the sanctions are permanent, with secondary sanctions on countries buying russian energy in 18 months to break the russian economy when eu stops buying russian gas.

[@lesjones7617]

The Ukrainian have put up a meteoric defence, but due to EU dragging their feet are desperately missing well trained and professional Fighters! { Germany }

[@khiem1939]

The Ukrainians have MORE experienced fighting than most likely any nation today, the Russians though have more DEAD fighters, over 34,000 to date!

[@neodym5809]

over 200 tanks delivered to Ukraine from the EU. 0 from USA, 0 from UK. What are you talking about?

[@matfudge1143]

@@neodym5809 weren't those tanks all from Poland? Who also wanted to give them Jets also but was told no. (others saying don't want to escalate this war) what a f'n joke. Just give Ukraine what it needs to make all invading forces fertilizer and scrap metal.

[@Stoners199]

@@matfudge1143 poland and some other former warsaw pact members sent soviet based tanks to ukraine under the condition that they get replaced by western tanks provided by germany and some other western countries (could be the US too, dont know)

[@trevorcrook5753]

By hiding behind civilians

[@montanasoftware5954]

TO ALL WESTERN VIEWERS: Greetings from America. Ukraine is a cause worth fighting for. Let's all contact our government representatives to urge them to increase military aid to Ukraine. You can call your representatives, send them an email, send them a good old-fashioned letter, respond to one of their Tweets ... something. Take the time to help Ukraine now ... you'll be proud of yourself when you do.

[@mukhumor]

'Greetings from America' well I'll tell you bud from the heart of Europe : We don't need a war with Russia. Palestine never received this level of attention.

[@WhiteReconcista]

Ukraine lost. put up with it

[@khiem1939]

@@mukhumor "F: Palestine and Palestinians, who in actuality are nothing more than Jordanians, who Jordan doesn't want! The so-called Palestinians are considered the PARIAH of the Arab World, NOBODY wants them!

[@khiem1939]

@@WhiteReconcista Lost? What have they LOST? This "match" isn't over yet!

[@lmc3130]

@@mukhumor "Palestine never received this level of attention". I agree 100% and there are so many other examples as well BUT I also think the attention is a major turning point in the usual response and for this reason, I will not criticize people by bringing up past failures. If the attention and the resulting pressure continues, maybe the bullies of the world will think twice about invading another country or brutalizing their own citizens. As my mother used to say to me, "there will be consequences, young lady" and we need to develop more effective international institutions that can levy the consequences as soon as possible. I am so frustrated that we have no tools at our disposal other than threats of retaliation by armed conflict.

[@gooner72]

What does concern me a lot is that a large percentage of the Ukrainian forces that we're in the Donbas region before the war started, and have stayed there to fight, were mostly decent quality, vastly experienced troops that have spent a lot of time fighting the Russians. These are the ones that have been on the frontlines during the non stop, massive artillery barrages that the Russians have fallen back on to have any success. These experienced troops have taken an enormous amount of KIA's, wounded and MIA's which means the quality of the Ukrainian troops would've gone down considerably.... which isn't good.

[@stonem0013]

true, but russian experienced troops have also taken very high casualties. Their 'elite' flagship, spetznaz and paratrooper units have been utterly smashed.

[@stonem0013]

Also bear in mind that many Ukrainian troops are receiving specialised training in nato countries as we speak

[@gooner72]

@@stonem0013 what Russian troops have got combat experience? They maybe better funded and better trained but the Russian military hasn't fought anywhere since Chechnya in the 90's and Afghanistan a decade earlier.

[@stonem0013]

@@gooner72 Syria

[@gooner72]

@@stonem0013 well, that's a bit of a tricky one to talk about really. Obviously, as the Russian Air Force were deployed to Syria, there were service personnel in Country but as the Air Force did most of the work in Syria, not many ground troops were actually fighting. In fact, only a handful saw any combat at all. You also have advisors and those who help train the Syrians but these don't alter the situation much. It's true that the Russian SF operated there but not in enough numbers, which is a problem for many Countries.... including Western Countries as well.... so, Russian Air Force personnel doing all sorts of tasks made up probably 90-95ish % of the 4,000 in Syria. I can't 100% verify how many were and are actually there but you can see how few there were who saw proper combat missions.

[@Kurtlane]

It's a question of quality and quantity. The quality of Western equipment and weapons is superior to Russian ones. However, the quantity of what has been supplied to Ukraine so far is very inadequate. Yes, French CAESAR artillery guns are very powerful. But there are only 12 of them. Same thing with German artillery guns. Same everywhere. There are still plenty of Ukrainians volunteering to join the army, but turned away because there are no weapons for them. Everything is in short supply, including body armor, night vision, medical supplies, you name it. But in particular the heavy weapons needed for reversing Russian advances. Except for Boris Johnson, Western heads of governments have a strange attachment to Putin. They know that what he is doing is wrong and evil, and yet they "understand" him. Until his troops start invading their countries. I guess 3 generations ago heads of states similarly "understood" the old Adolf. It's a freaking shame.

[@xavierg8985]

Even all the artillery of the OTAN cant match theirs in number+ how can you supply 1000+. Russians have 3-500 piece or artillery with same/Superior range than Caesar. They have 50-100 motorized howitzers that outrange the German ones by 10-20km. And the end of that is, Russia product more howitzers and ammo per month than NATO in a year. The caesar's canon= 18 months of fabrication. The cost is 25+ 15xmm Russians ones or 15x-203 mm that Will require 3-6 months... Nato has many strenghs but not artillery. Not even in term of quality. The only non proven speculation is accuracy claimed with 100k$ each round. The qualities of Russians are quantity AND quality in term of endurance and quick to repair/improve, power too... With the insane splash damages... Ukrainians are saying that 777 are trash... For example.

[@Kurtlane]

Russian weapons are great on paper. In reality, plenty of tanks and APCs were broken and couldn't make in into Ukraine at the start of the war. The famous Armata, the only one that worked, couldn't make it to parade on its own. A lot of Russian-made body armor was found to contain cardboard where metal was required. Tires for military vehicles, made in China, regularly give out. This is the result of the enormous corruption in Russian society, including Russian military. Moreover, most of the high quality parts in Russian weapons and equipment is foreign-made. For example, Orlan-10 UAV contains Japanese optics. Actually, all except the body of this thing is Japanese. Now with the sanctions they are unlikely to get them. You should watch less Russian sources. They lie like they breathe. As for M777, they were sent without the GPS, i.e. incomplete. No wonder they are lousy. Why were they sent like that? For the same reason I described in the first post.

[@Kurtlane]

Hey KZbin. It says below "3 replies", I know there are 3 replies, but I can only read one. My own. What in the world are you doing?

[@xavierg8985]

@@Kurtlane in Canada we are saying lie like an Ukrainian. You know, i talked to people in the arme force that 2 canadians m777 has basicaly exploded. The State of NATO weapons are awfull too because the conception are absolutely not made for high intensity. No army in the planet could do better right now than Ukraine against Russia. For the sources, i'm trying to read french, us/uk and Russian/Chinese. I live in Canada and China near russian border (Dalian) 5m/7m I can tell to you severals examples where the West lie the same than Russia and maybe more. The #1 on this one is Ukraine with insane amount.

[@Kurtlane]

@@xavierg8985 , I've been to Canada, to Toronto. I didn't like it. All sorts of little national groups, fighting each other like monkeys. With the mayor and city government saying, "Don't we all love our wonderful city where there's so much harmony between everybody." I guess this is where "lies like a Ukrainian" comes from. China today (under Xi) is a carbon copy of Russia under Putin. They've been copying each other for so long, there's barely any difference. Except, of course, Russia is way weaker. Both are just disgusting genocidal maniacs, emulating old Adolf and his National Socialism. From my experience, there used to be China-made products everywhere (there are less now, but still plenty). And they were all cheaper and poorer quality than the competition. I know that the Chinese government recently is trying to switch to higher-priced higher-quality products, but it is not succeeding. As for Russian-made products, did you see them anywhere? I didn't. Which means that they could not compete on world market even when the international relations were better. Russia is making money only through selling raw resources, such as oil, gas, coal, etc. Now, if a country cannot make civilian goods of high quality, it stands to reason that it cannot make military goods of high quality. I am very aware that there is a lot of corruption in the West, particularly since in high circles it became fashionable to copy Chinese and Russian leadership, and especially wherever government and private spheres intersect. Still, I think it's not even close to the enormous corruption in China and Russia. Putin and company thought they'd essentially take Ukraine in 4 days. If the Russian military is so good, how come they still haven't taken it? In February Ukraine had only some outdated Soviet equipment, and even now it's not much better.

[@miked8227]

Hit supply lines deeper in Russia or at least as deep as possible with the artillery they have.

[@akula444]

If the Ukranians dare to meaningfully hit something of value inside Russia they threaten a full Russian mobilisation which will mean a Russian fighting force up to 10 times what is currently in south and east

[@williwass6837]

Dumb advice from someone who doesnt understand the Situation!

[@marcd.2755]

@@akula444 you really believe that Russia has that much more firepower? They expensed all their elite troops near Kyiv and are already showing signs of exhaustion despite making incremental gains in the East.

[@akula444]

@@marcd.2755 its not about fire-power but manpower. Russia is currently using contract soldiers, DPR LPR militias, Chechen militias and PMCs like Wagner (both of the latter being better equipped than the two former), about 300k. Ukraine is in full mobilisation about 800k+. If Russia mobilises they will have concripts, approx. 3 million soldiers to send across the border.

[@jtf2dan]

@@akula444 russia has used about 20% of its forces...and the reality is they need to keep the VAST majority of their army in their own country, protecting all of their borders to prevent an easy invasion from anyone else anywhere in their territory. So they have already tapped out all the troops they can send. Hence why they are offering extensions to contracts to old men retiring and paying chechens and syrians to come fight. they dont have anymore soldiers to spare. Even with conscription and mobilization they would be lucky to get a million troops and ukraine still has 44 MILION people fighting for their homeland. russia has lost this war already......and if they cant handle ukraine, how are they going to handle NATO?

[@barryc1968]

Russian troops must now be exhausted, what was meant to be an easy victory turned out to be extremely hard. Russia has got itself into a long term struggle with a determined foe. History has taught us that nothing is gained from such engagements. Russia's willingness is already showing cracks. The first world war Russian tactics show they are slow to learn and a lot less capable than was imagined.

[@PozorUkraine]

Russia will get Brexit done ☑️, oh sorry will take every weapon Ukraine has now. It will take time but objective will be achieved.

[@ForelliBoy]

This is Russia we're talking about. That's exactly the kind of engagements they tend to win, (apart from Afghanistan anyway) casualties be damned.

[@stonem0013]

@@ForelliBoy only on defence. russia is consistently hopeless when not directly invaded itself and benefiting from winter

[@landscapevision6553]

@@ForelliBoy Just like Russia lost the Russian/Japan 1904 war...know your history?

[@duncansmith7562]

The only people who ever mentioned "easy victory" were from the deluded West. Russia never mentioned any time parameters, just 5 objectives, which they are close to attaining. Only 15% of Russia's million man army are in Ukraine. Imagine how bad things would get if Russia actually declared war!

[@dichebach]

The professor is apt to point out that the single most important thing is for NATO to remain united and to continue to provide weapons and ammo. The whole point of NATO is to prevent Russia from aggressively expanding, which Putin is doing based on his gamble that--based on the technicality that Ukraine is not a NATO member--NATO will remain passive, fragmented and unsupportive of Ukraine.

[@zvexevz]

The fact that Ukraine is not a member of NATO is far from a "technicality." It is pretty much the reason Putin invaded, as the Russians desperately want Ukraine to remain outside of NATO. They've been saying that to the Americans and EU for over 30 years, since even before the fall of the Soviet Union. It's also the reason Putin felt he could invade Ukraine, with a good chance of success (though we see now how he wildly underestimated Ukrainian resistance), while going after countries like Estonia or Latvia remained off the table given that Russia would then be up against the full force of the NATO alliance. Though Western countries have been willing to send weapons to Ukraine, they have not sent any troops, as they would be forced to if Ukraine were a NATO member. And though those weapons have greatly aided Ukraine, and helped save the capital Kyiv, they haven't stopped Russia from capturing 20% of the country, and they are not being sent in large enough quantities to really turn the tide of the war. Ammunition shortages are becoming a big concern for Ukraine, and the amounts sent by the West are just not enough for the industrial scale of war currently being waged.

[@bg1616]

@@zvexevz In reality, it's got nothing to do with Russia, what Ukraine does. Russia is Russia. Ukraine is Ukraine. Each have their own sovereignty. Russia is pre-supposing some sort of ownership, extended border or parenthood over Ukraine, that is the problem. Bottom line is, Russia had a puppet installed in Kyiv, and now it doesn't. That is what caused this and that is why Russia needs to be defeated.

[@twoking10]

Generally, agree with you. We won the cold war. Ukraine is not NATO. That only means we are not treaty obligated to help. That doesn't mean we CAN'T help if we choose to do so. Are we just supposed to let that gain evaporate? We need to look at helping Ukraine with weapons as an investment. Ukraine wanted to look West, not East. Stop Russia, kick them out of Ukraine, we won't have to worry about Russia aggression again for a very long time. My frustration right now with the American people is their short attention spans. When this started in late February, we were all with Ukraine, defeat Russia. Now barely 4 months into this it has become back page news in many respects. It's like if Ukraine doesn't win in 1 month, we lose interest. That's the microwave age for you.

[@dichebach]

@@zvexevz Mostly true. Which is why Ukraine MUST WIN.

[@kanweiwu7339]

Decoupling of the economies of EU and Russia is necessary and vital for NATO and Ukraine to win the war against Putin’s Russia.

[@Deno2100]

Actually its just vital for the new world order. Russia started decoupling in 2014 when the US overthrew Ukraine's government. Or did you think that the Russian economy is doing good by pure chance? Nope. Russia is already selling and buying from Chine. The US and EU are going to get left out in the cold because at the end of the day nobody actually needs Niki Minaj albums and Mc Donald's. They need Russian minerals and energy and they need Chinas manufacturing.

[@Dweller415]

The same goes for decoupling EU, U.S., Australian, New Zealand, Canada, South Korea, Japan, Canada and Taiwan from the Chinese economy. We’re literally paying for their military buildup and providing blueprints to high tech, directly to the CPC.

[@MikeOxlong-]

@@Dweller415 100%. No matter how much the west gives or provides them (in goodwill, direct assistance, and even economic building) dictatorships and authoritarian regimes have (and always will) abuse and take advantage of such kindness. Russia (Stalin) thanking the west (especially the US) for the MASSIVE support in WW2 (which without they’d have lost entirely), doing so with the creation of the Cold War, and China giving thanks for the MASSIVE investments that brought the country out from the brink of total collapse (and almost a billion lives perishing) by stealing as much intellectual property as they could, and doing everything they can to undermine those that were directly responsible for their rise... This is one area of insanity that will hopefully be forever remedied as a result of this war. The west can no longer repeat these same mistakes again, If Putin wants a multipolar world, then so be it. The west can remain together, bringing all of their contributions to humanities advancement in health, science, technology, manufacturing, and economics back to and within their realms and control - and let the deplorable regimes figure themselves out...

[@kanweiwu7339]

@Anonymous Bosch Yes, Russian troll. NATO and their allies should realize that they cannot sanction Russia totally. Besides, they will be hurt in the process. However, they can bleed Russia to death by cutting off its sources in technology and by strongly supporting Ukrainian military and integrating its economy to western countries. Russia can supply its gas and oil to China and other non alliance countries. The rest of the world can take this opportunity to vastly implement green energy infrastructure that will benefit us human kind in the long run.

[@jpavlvs]

The US should have stockpiles of the M-198 155mm Howitzer in reserve. Maybe as many as 500 or more. They use the same ammo as the M-777 although heavier and slower to get into action and scoot off. Still maybe we should send two or three hundred of these to Ukraine along with ammo.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

@Anonymous Bosch Who cares? You think they have the means to do anything?

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

@Anonymous Bosch Their allies are going to do what? Last time terrorists wanted to attack one of those dumb cartoon things to offend them, Texans shot them. Start fires? Americans are already doing that. America didn't flee the Taliban, because the Taliban are not at war with America. They were at war with Kabul, and Kabul thought it was better to embezzle American taxpayer money than fight back. America left as part of the peace deal.

[@talltroll7092]

The M777 is in current production though, and is far lighter (and therefore more mobile) and has the fancy new sights that let them use the GPS guided ammunition. I also thought that they would supply the M198, but the fact that they are sending the M777 demonstrates that they are serious about their commitment

[@maincoon6602]

Down with Putin. Victory for the Ukrainian freedom fighters.

[@josephlong8549]

"Get there firstest with the mostest." Gen. N.B. Forrest. That's logistics summed up in 6 words. NATO has already badly blown the "firstest" part. If NATO wakes up and pulls its finger out, NATO may be able to make up for its inexcusable delay by complying with the "mostest" part by continuously providing Ukraine with overwhelming quanitities of advanced weapons systems.

[@MarcF.Nielssen]

Scholz and Macron are behind-the-scenes appeasers.

[@qingyuhu]

Brilliant Ukrainian strategy! Hold the Russians and force them to concentrate their forces to take narrower objective but that concentrates their forces/equipment which makes it easier to inflict max damage for little gain while expending least amount of limited Ukrainian ammo. The Russians are seeing some success so they will pour more resources into a smaller areas for the next target and when more western long range weapons reach the front it's just not gonna be pretty.

[@egorterminator1083]

Right! Ukrainians use their citizens like shields! Bravo! And how many warcrimes USA did with vietnam, iraq, syria, japan?

[@gordonipock9385]

What are you smoking?

[@shuathe2nd]

@@gordonipock9385 8 months later and russia have advanced how far? Seems like the assessment by Q H is pretty good. 160,000+ casualties for the invaders.

[@Withnail1969]

What western long range weapons?

[@shuathe2nd]

@@Withnail1969 HIMARS rockets have a 50km+ range, JDAM with extended range has 50km+ range and Excalibur rounds for M777 have 50km + range. I would like to see ATCMS rockets with a 350km range, but in the mean time Ukraine are working on their own long range rockets like Hrim2 with up to 500Km range.

[@janicejohnston6508]

Attention Russian troops in Ukraine: 1. Put your hands up. 2. Surrender to a Ukrainian.

[@JimmyKartounii]

It's who decide to fire first with bombs of fire,that runs you down for a mile,upon impact,40-50 of them,in every region.

[@shuathe2nd]

Himars is a game changer, and this analysis was spot on.

[@bobbuilder1382]

The shelf behind you sir, is very top-heavy, therefore it may be unstable. I would place most of these heavy books at the bottom shelves and place lighter items, like back pain medicine, on the top shelves. Hope I helped.

[@Mata-Miramar]

Old men sending young me to die in needless wars

[@ohdearearthlings1879]

The Baltic Sea, Suez Canal and Straits of Gibraltar could create great difficulties for Russian merchant shipping.

[@joecater894]

only in an all out war ... wwiii. International law still applies and the west follows it. if the ship is legit... then it is allowed to sail..

[@alainlefebvre9860]

If NATO has to get involved, Russian military anything, anywhere will be targeted. After all is said and done, they'll be stuck behind their border, permanently. I don't think NATO wants boots on the ground inside russia.but anything that crosses the border would be taken out.

[@Messa1980]

The same applies to Western ships, you wanna test them? Better not!!

[@Spartan-jg4bf]

​@@Messa1980 The West controls all of the choke points mentioned

[@Messa1980]

@@Spartan-jg4bf I don't think so!!!!

[@gracie4533]

Keep hitting Russian food and weaponry supplies might weigh them down a bit especially Belarus starts to jam into a fight as well now.

[@justmr9553]

Belarus is just an extension of Russia.

[@The_ZeroLine]

Belarus will face an overthrow if they join the war. The important role Belarus will play is continuing to let Russia and Russian soldiers use their border as a staging area to attack from.

[@lastgleeming]

Wait until Russia has to cope with 1500 mile range tomahawks, JASSM-ER's and of course the AGM-86M ALCM.

[@jacqdanieles]

What is the likelihood that they will get them? Even the M777s they've been given are only a handful.

[@1202burton]

@@jacqdanieles USA has sent 90, Australia 6, Canada 4 pretty big handful...

[@jacqdanieles]

@@1202burton true. But that is still far short of changing the imbalance that favors Russian firepower

[@ThomasTomiczek]

@@1202burton Nope. Ukraine started with what - 2000 artillery? Yes, around 100 is a large hand, but this is a serious military engagement. 100 artillery pieces are NOTHING.

[@larrysherk]

The way the United States might survive this horrendous disaster is to close down our entire regime-change policy, vacate NATO, and apologize to the world.

[@DaveWhoa]

"Emeritus professor of war", now that's a cool title

[@MarcF.Nielssen]

"Territory given away in the Minsk agreement". Wow! One would hope that Times Radio "journalists" start to learn about the essential background information - before they turn on the microphone!

[@U.H8]

GIVEN‼️‼️‼️STOLEN ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@Kurtlane]

You see how the media manipulates things. This is no surprise to me. I've seen it doing it since at least 1990. It'e been doing it all over the world, from the Middle East to the United States.

[@sonneh86]

@@U.H8 it was supposed to get autonomy, not be given away, according to the Minsk agreement

[@dpdystro2227]

Selling hope on grains is quite a bold statement

[@mm00000]

Am I going mad? The video repeats itself.

[@1Learn2Swim3]

Nothing these old warmongers love more than to watch young men fight their wars for them

[@NYJGreatness]

True. One old man started this mess 😬

[@ionnanskilliorus6877]

Orcs are going to lose, it's inevitable.

[@baroneleve1196]

Your mama is an orc.

[@geopolitix7770]

I wish. If NATO doesn't keep it together like Lawrence said (he's a very smart man), there's definitely a chance it will end in a massive land grab for Russia. They may end up crippled but Putin doesn't care

[@ConradAinger]

Amusing to listen to this in December 2023...

[@katynewt]

2 reasons why NATO should really increase its presence in the Baltic States: 1st, because Putin is likely to try something soon after the Kaliningrad issue. And 2nd, because doing so might just make Putin nervous enough to divert some of his troops away from the Ukraine front.

[@ThomasTomiczek]

Yes, and you idiot think you want #2 because any step torwards WW3 is a good step, right?

[@kartikeyatiwari2502]

Bloxking russian rail to kalilingrad is a clear declaration of war so ofcourse russia reserves the rights to nuke Lithuania

[@donsullivan6199]

1) a hundred more troops will do nothing 2) Russia is only using 10% of it's army in Ukraine.

[@sonnyirish3678]

Please do not make me laugh.They would over run Lithuania with a a few battalions.

[@austin756]

If this himars is there for a long time in the battlefield, it's hard to see orc's still around. They used to hide way behind the front lines so far, to avoid any fight. That might change now. The latest himars strike video was awesome. If they can do more like that, then it would be good. Only problem is they might get destroyed by orc's strikes.

[@bbbbbbears6999]

Three months ago Biden thinks Russian economy is going to collapse, we all know how that prediction went.

[@austin756]

That's somewhat true. Rus's economy has somehow weathered the storm

[@austin756]

If these 4 can survive without getting obliterated, then even that is fine.

[@mburugithinji9488]

@@austin756 have you seen the number of drones Russia has ..they can't survive and Russia has captured alot of hardware from retreating ukranians in lusichansk

[@Redri747]

@@mburugithinji9488 Russian Drones is an absolute joke . Have seen them

[@Centurion101B3C]

Hm, All things being equal, but it so appears that Rossia and its Ruscraniacs have changed their tactical methodology within the available doctrine and have switched to the Artillery prime role of crushing before letting the grunts occupy the rubble. Now I am not privy to any Rossian and/or Ruscraniac logistics or even info about that, but at the clip they are going, an estimated average of about 2500 to 3000 rounds of artillery shells must have passed through the individual artillery piece. Getting the ammunition there appears not to be the main issue and as such, the method has had some limited success in the Severo Donetsk salient. Now artillery is rather sensitive and subject to tube-wear which, when exceeded, will have strange but hardly desirable effects in range and accuracy or operational safety to name another significant item that may warrant some concern. Now the accuracy can be dealt with by volume for a while, but eventually (as from about 4000 rounds onwards) the grenades will start to leave the muzzle sideways and things will become really hairy for its own operators if this matter is not taken to hand in an efficient fashion. i.e. The artillery must be returned to a rear-area facility to have its tube refurbished and recalibrated. This matter can be a lengthy exercise and I am not even taking immediate logistics of the to-and-fro into account. The question is whether or not the Rossian and Ruscraniacs have actually performed any effort in rotating their artillery assets into a feasible schedule to keep their maintenance up to operational standards.

[@neodym5809]

Interesting posts. But I dare to say that, considering the performance of the Russian military so far, especially on maintenance, one can assume they did not.

[@jaypeters5224]

@@neodym5809 where are you getting these takes? 😂

[@petiotonchev8693]

Did somebody knows what steel,metal is used for russmade new artilery

[@johnjeanb]

Today, Russia sent missiles to Kyiev and I feel utterly unjust that no missiles are sent to Moscow. I know Russia could destroy the entire planet (and so can we) but on the other hand, the harm done to Russia is "only" their 35000 dead soldiers and destroyed materiel and Russia is the aggressor. Ukraine - the invaded - on the other hand has been destroyed, suffered much many more deaths, many civilians are feeling the brutality of this colonial war. How can we make the people in Russia better understand what is war? Each people see this through their lenses, Africa does not care except which country will deliver grain to this region.

[@khiem1939]

When missiles are landing in Moscow and Leningrad the Russian populace with THEN understand that Putin's War is NOT affecting JUST the Ukraine!

[@thatotherguy7596]

@@trustmeimcoolFascist

[@johnjeanb]

@@trustmeimcool Russian troll.

[@garethwilliams8735]

@@trustmeimcool 35000 dead hahahaha yeah right

[@Timurlane100]

@@trustmeimcool - Keep peddling those same old lies, Putinista. No one believes you. Your cowardly half-man in Moscow can't even tell the truth by admitting that he started a war and not a "special military operation."

[@jds6206]

If ALL Russian army forces were detailed to "occupying" Ukraine.....the number would still be insufficient. Russia will lose, albeit, slowly, but Russia will lose.

[@arnehofoss9109]

They are winning. What sources of information do you have? The Sun?

[@dilippatel3762]

Why is this war one sided? Why is it that the Ukranians not bombing strategic Russian targets (army camps, oil depots, electricity installations etc) in Russia?

[@akula444]

Russia calls this a 'Special Operation', if the Ukranians hit targets inside Russia, they can call it a proper war and go into full mobilisation which means a Russian fighting force ten times what is inside Ukraine atm

[@cincaflorinlucian7693]

Because ucrainians don't have the fighter planes and bombers, and if they will do they can be the subject of nuclear attack from the orcs.

[@robertstevenson5145]

Back when the Soviet Union broke up after its lossing of the cold war Ukraine had rhe second largest army and nuclear missile force on the planet.But all that was later given to russia.This war is one sided because had the west not fallen for Putins bluff of a nuclear response the war would of been over.We are technically at war with russia given our direct level of support both financial and military.Russia has every right to attack the west but won't do so because it will 100% lose.The west wont get further involved because its fears a nuclear armed russia.This however can be solved in two ways. 1st form a world coalition like was done with Kuwait and give russia a chance to withdraw.If they refuse the coalition will provide full air and sea support to expel the russians from all of Ukraine. 2nd There needs to be a world declared law backed by the united nations that states no nuclear armed power can engage in the type of operations like russia conventionally then threaten to use its nuclear capability as a form of blackmail to avoid attack.

[@jansix4287]

There are explosions and fires inside Russia since this war started.

[@macuma5533]

@@alasdairmmorrison74 The backlash would be minuscule, most Russians are perfectly ok with this.

[@mitchyoung93]

"the NATO" -- I like the addition of the definite article.

[@briancase6180]

Unfortunately, the strategy must be to draw Russia to exhaust its munitions and resolve in the short term, yes, at the cost of Ukrainian cities and military. Then, the flood of western weapons begins and Russia pays dearly and their military is degraded for years if not a decade. The people in the outer regions have enough of their sacrifice and they rebel and Russia finally and for ever falls apart. Moscow is prevented from siphoning off the wealth of the outer regions and it becomes impoverished. A could dozen sleeping, new nations form once again. These people see prosperity for the first time in centuries. The supply of rare-earths opens up lowering the cost of batteries, which will help in reducing fossil-fuel use. NATO stays relevant for another generation and then slowly disintegrates. At that point, I can't say what will happen....

[@donsullivan6199]

Yes hold out Ukraine. America is sending 12 mobile rocket launchers to do battle with the 1,000 mobile racket launchers that Russia has.

[@garygraham8373]

yep, aggressive people like putin, aggressive countries like russia. fortunately, enlightened people and countries don't like either

[@STHFGDBY]

Did Mr Freedman just repeat himself or was there a glitch in the video. Everything he said at the start of the interview, he repeated it again at 1:55 !!!!! So this can't have been a live interview, or could it ?

[@justmr9553]

Editing glitch

[@Dizle81]

they always do that

[@MrBlaxjax]

Times radio always preface their interviews with clips from the interview...if that makes sense. It was probably a live broadcast interview though I don't know for sure. In any event it doesn't matter one way or another if the interview was broadcast live or not.

[@Sp0tthed0gt]

Did we not once pressure an ally to give up land in return for a piece of paper promising "peace in our time"? How valuable was that piece of paper? Is there any assurance that should Ukraine give up land that we will even receive a piece of paper?

[@badmonkey2222]

Doesn't matter. It's not up to us to tell the Ukrainians what to do, like a guy said they're the ones doing the fightingv and it's their country and plus, it's past the point of negotiating with Putin after the barbarity, and the war crimes there's no way the Ukrainians are going to negotiate anything with him.

[@jfryer485]

The interviewee is correct in his assessment about Ukraine being in charge but he does not address negotiation by Russia. How do make an agreement with a known criminal who has control by fear over the Russians and illegal ways to dispose or control strong political opponents allowing plenty of weak candidates that few if any will vote for.

[@alexm8047]

I suppose the same way we negotiate with all the criminal leaders, the West is no different, or have you forgotten the War in Afghanistan, American intervention in Yemen, Iraq War, American intervention in the War in North-West Pakistan, Second U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War, Operation Ocean Shield, International intervention in Libya, American-led intervention in Syria, American intervention in Libya, I can keep going but would take me all day.

[@swirvinbirds1971]

@@alexm8047 yea. Let's not address the actual issues there like genocide and terrorism and just blame the US right? Meanwhile Russia invaded Ukraine, invaded Georgia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Syria....

[@alexm8047]

@@swirvinbirds1971 No one is saying Russia's is Innocent, In fact I would say they are as bad as the Nazis At least in terms of numbers of dead. That being said, the USA and it Allies have cause devastation throughout the world, Maybe we should make our own leaders accountable before we start pointing the finger at Russia.

[@micumatrix]

I find it unnerving that they put a small part of interview in front of main interview. I always get the feeling that the interview starts to repeat and I get distracted up to the point I stop to listen. You already have the title to highlighted something.

[@lafayetteporter6044]

Very knowledgeable person.

[@reynatosantillan599]

The one with best long distance weapons win in war of attrition

[@Deno2100]

Uh no.

[@johnnycashmiller288]

The u.s can ,t defend its own borders,but they are destroying Ukraine with weapons in proximity war.

[@jaypeters5224]

And Russia has those........

[@rogerjohnson2562]

When Ukraine finally gets the long range weapons Russia will be stopped, and perhaps even pushed back a little. But there is a LOT more NATO could do; give air-cover for Ukraine, or even air-support, provide 'advisors' with the advanced weapons systems to facilitate immediate use as well as training, allow Poland's military to guard Ukraine's border with Belarus, force open Poothing's grain embargo and enforce international waterways. Of course these steps mean calling Putler's nuke bluff; but it is time to do so because China is watching.

[@bbbbbbears6999]

Give air-cover? You might as well start a nuclear war cause that's what's going to happen. Good thing Biden is smart enough to be adamant NATO military will not be involved.

[@garygraham8373]

china wins either way, it either buys russian fuel and grain cheap or it just takes as much fuel and grain as it wants

[@khiem1939]

@@garygraham8373 Though NOT by conquest, China (read PLA), now controls most industries and businesses in Eastern Russia!

[@rsmith6366]

If NATO directly acts in the war (which means shooting anything in Ukraine) then they've officially entered the war, and are direct targets of Russia. NATO can't give air cover, because that means shooting down Russian planes. That's an act of war.

[@Deno2100]

"When Ukraine finally gets the long range weapons Russia will be stopped, and perhaps even pushed back a little." Never going to happen. Not sure what planet you live one. A missile launched from Russia takes less than 5 minutes to hit any target in Ukraine. Russia has so many missiles they are using them tactically, not even strategically. They are producing them at the same rate they are being used as of this date. Ukraine cant even handle 200k Russians. If they push they are going to be met with hundreds of thousands more Russians because Russia will do a full mobilization before Ukraine goes to NATO. West overplayed its hand, again.

[@Digmen1]

Are Nato countries production lines going or increasing or re-starting? How long does it take to make a Caesar of PH 2000, or a M777?

[@khiem1939]

I'm sure they are already in production!

[@SkyCloudSilence]

Approximately 2 years.... IF supply chains are working.

[@nicoc6387]

A French general said on French TV channel LCI last night that each canon takes over a year to engineer. He also said that France has given all the Caesar canons it can afford to Ukraine: i.e. 25% of its stock (his figures), as the country needs the other 75% for its own defence. As another speaker pointed out, what is the point of France holding back 75% of them, as 1) France, unlike Ukraine, has the nuclear deterrent for national defence anyway and 2) by using them in Ukraine they would also be defending Europe, including France, in the long term?

[@markbrisec3972]

NATO countries should seriously ramp up its ammunition production. From the super expensive SM-6, JASSM and LRASM to a bit cheaper Tomahawk Block V to SDB to JDAM's and finally to good old artillery shells... Stockpiles are seriously low...

[@faqueyu9058]

NATO AND THE WEST MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT UKRAINE IN TERMS OF MILITARY WEAPONS SO THEY CAN HAVE A FAIR FIGHT ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

[@ThomasTomiczek]

Or they can start negotiations before the last ukrainian dies, which is what you seem to want.

[@aaranjackson8654]

Would maduro know where putin hides the gold?

[@123bakerboy1951]

Good analysis.

[@paulsypersma7165]

Do you think the letter z or 26 or 13 times 2 ,was a bad apollo,james dean,dan marino choice?

[@jacobschnberg5382]

People do not realize just how few weapons Ukraine has recieved ! In this war Russia use more than 200 tons of ammunition every day. --- Why do Germany prevent Spain from giving 36 old Leopard 2 tanks ???? DOES GERMANY WANT UKRAINE TO LOOSE ??? This limited help is not enough and it force Ukraine to take more action inside Russia ! --- There is a lot inside Russia that burns well Ukraine does not want a war against the Russian people ; But Ukraine need to hurt Russian war Economy

[@Me-ds3nm]

Germany has a secret deal with Russia just as in world war 2. post war order. Germany gets the Ukrainian west. Can anyone see it?

[@HingerlAlois]

Germany hasn’t blocked Spain from delivering Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Spain hasn’t even requested an authorization from Germany so far, thus there’s nothing for Germany to block. There’s only one article which says German officials reminded Spanish officials that sending tanks would be against the informal NATO agreement not to send western tanks to Ukraine. Which means there are two possibilities 1. there’s a NATO agreement not to deliver western tanks, then it’s obviously a decision of a bunch of countries and not only a German decision 2. there’s no such informal agreement, then Spain can just go ahead and ask Germany for an authorization

[@LeilaA8342]

I think Germany wants to leave the clutches of the west, after all in reality they were still a colony of the west post world war with all the military bases around the country. I think low key- they want to establish themselves as a free Germany and this Russia crisis can give the opportunity for them to do this. Hence why the lack of commitment to ukraine. That's my take on it.

[@talltroll7092]

What would be the point of supplying Ukraine with Leo 2s? They have no experienced crews, no experienced repair/maint crews, no spare parts, no ammo stocks. Just giving Ukraine a pile of Western equipment is of very little practical use. The man portable missiles that can be trained in a couple of days, fine, small arms, also fine, but even something as relatively simple as the various artillery systems they are receiving require weeks of training, and heavy equipment like tanks and planes will require months, plus the logistical buildup of parts, tools, and ammo to be actually useful. Polands T-72s and BMP-1s were far more useful, because Ukraine already operates T-72s and BMP-1s, and would only need training and extra spares for any extra equipment that the Pole had fitted (new sights etc)

[@jacobschnberg5382]

@@talltroll7092 Ukraine has a lot of experienced crews and they are educating more of them all the time ! The training started 8 years ago ! Germany has fielded this training problem but the people send to get the training learned all in 1 week and then it was hard to find much more to do ! The truth is that the modern systems are easier that the old mechanical aiming. The truth is that IR aiming is the same on the riffle in the tank or aircraft. It takes a little time to know the limits of off road driving ect but they are not alone they foot the problems as they go . Ukraine is heavily outgunned and they need more tanks that can shoot - even when they are old and without reaktive armor they can be used

[@roberttaylor3594]

I suspect the only thing keeping Russia in this fight is their artillery; if Russian artillery has to go toe to toe with western long range artillery in a counter battery fight, I bet their will to fight disappears quickly.

[@zallyzally2698]

The shock wave of Russia attacking Ukraine is very loud but the worst the shock wave of Russia engagement of NATO which many of you people making mouth here will be unable to type A or B.....you think war will go as military generals predicted 🙄

[@fusgersnabble224]

Stop they have some decent momentum - Stop there are not enough long range weapons by far.

[@cris471]

You’ve just heard the spokesperson of the military industrial complex

[@josephlong8549]

The US has provided only 4 HIMARS, when we have an inventory of 400. FOUR! That's it! The US should supply 100 HIMARS or more and mountains of ammo. Soldiers win battles; logistics wins wars. The US and NATO have been woefully slow in providing the necessary weapons systems. This will be a long war. So logistics will be critical. Read this NATO: "Amateurs talk about strategy and tactics. Professionals talk about logistics and sustainability in warfare.” USMC Gen. Robert Barrow.

[@yespeace2000]

well, to be honest, we don't really know how many pieces of equipment are REALLY being sent...

[@Potatoshaneko]

You can't just send in 100 HIMARS when only a handful of Ukrainians know how to use them. If the US send 100 HIMARS to Ukraine, around 6 or 8 will be active on the battlefield and the remaining 90 odd will be in storage and therefore an easy target for Russian cruise missiles. Having them trickle into Ukraine as they are being trained on them is better in this case, although it isn't ideal.

[@mitchyoung93]

How about stop sending our weapons paid for by US taxpayers for the use of our own soldiers to this fake 'democracy'.

[@josephlong8549]

@@mitchyoung93 First, you aren't "Mitch". Your real name is Oleg, Boris, Ivan, other. Second, you aren't American; you're Russian. Third, you work for war criminal Adolf Putler as a propagandist. Fourth, your post is complete BS.

[@josephlong8549]

@@Potatoshaneko It takes 3 weeks of training to operate a HIMARS. Crews could have been trained months ago. And no, they won't be easy targets for cruise missiles b/c Ukraine can shoot down cruise missiles, orc equipment is unreliable, and their supplies are running low, particularly high tech components.

[@stevewoolfrey7903]

What would happen if a few stray made-in-Russia missiles were to happen upon the Moscow region?

[@garygraham8373]

moscow needs to be mercilessly bombed until not one twig is left standing

[@sarahbrown5073]

London

[@annehersey9895]

As for the relevancy of NATO, people need to realize that NATO is like an Insurance Policy-you have it but you hope you won't ever need it! That's why Macron's comment a few years ago was ill-advised. I bet today with Putin huffing and puffing at Lithuania for carrying out EU sanctions that they are VERY happy they are members-even if ultimately they don't need it. Better to have it than to scramble when a country does pull a stunt like Russia is doing. And you better believe, the strength of NATO is definitely keeping Putin from going after other countries. Finland finally realized how important it was to be in NATO when Putin invaded another non NATO country!

[@markwebber526]

What about Russia's S-500 anti ballistic weapon that just entered the war? Sounds undefeatable. Got me worried. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

[@briancarno8837]

whenever these ex general type "experts" are on I ask the same question...who is paying their salary?

[@nigelreed6819]

Salary? Probably has a pension

[@adriansheldon7778]

And who is paying yours ??and do you get it in roubles.

[@nigelreed6819]

@@adriansheldon7778 no pension for me yet alas. Still working

[@adriansheldon7778]

@@nigelreed6819 and me also .

[@elviejodelmar2795]

There are two critical questions to answer for the midterm: 1. Can NATO sustain its support for Ukraine as the conflict turns into a stalement and drags on? 2. What will happen if the US unravels and decends into internal conflict?

[@HR_8035_YEA]

The US unravels? Keep dreaming. Russia will not survive the next few years. The sanctions will slowly strangle them like an Anaconda.

[@SBCBears]

Equally critical: Can Saruman maintain his forces?

[@hymns4ever197]

3. does Ukraine have the strength and endurance to keep fighting.

[@angelopugliese6034]

The Muhadeen were supported for 10 years, and that support increased every year.

[@neilabernath5862]

In Us we argue with each other about almost every thing except Ukraine. There is almost 100% support for Ukraine.

[@ryngrd1]

Stop human genocide in Ukraine! The nations of the world must stand UNITED! 🔥🌎

[@craiggibbs1892]

Think we are about to find out.

[@dougcoombes8497]

If Ukraine is equipped with enough heavy weapons it will certainly tip the balance of the war. Ukraine soldiers are superior in skill and motivation to Russian soldiers, all they lack right now is the heavy weapons to counter Russian heavy weapons. Once Ukraine reaches close to parity with Russia with those it will begin to make large advances probably starting in the south at Kherson and through to Crimea. Then the Russian position in the Donbass becomes much less secure. This entire war comes down to how committed Ukraine's international backers are in enabling Ukraine to defeat Russia on its own territory to reclaim it.

[@Dizle81]

Keep on dreaming

[@bbbbbbears6999]

You seem to forget Russia has thousands of nukes. Maybe most people in the west are NOT eager to play nuclear brinksmanship for the sake of Ukraine? Ukraine is not valuable enough for people to risk nuclear Armageddon.

[@dougcoombes8497]

@@Dizle81 Not a dream, reality. Unlike the fascist nightmare Putin's Russia keep dreaming up. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWSUh3mthJJpq5I Putin already lost this war. When the Russian people finally clue into how their nation has been ruined and thousands of their children slaughtered all in the name of Putin's fascism they are going to tear him apart.

[@chriswindleydigitalsalesexpert]

Ukraine is building to 1.5 Million fighters and Russia is struggling to maintain numbers. Russia will collapse over July and August.

[@goat2921]

It's about time we even the playing field.

[@Digmen1]

I hope NATO admits Finland and Sweden this week coming up!

[@sonnyirish3678]

Yeah we could use their LGBTQI regiments.

[@shardug]

I've respected and read several of his writings. Agree, russian forces are fighting"blind", incoherent tactics and out of date strategy. The russian problem, they have no answer to Ukrainian counter attack and offensive tactics. russian forces should be worried as Crimea and the Crimean bridge are going to be targeted, to keep logistical support form entering Ukrainian south and cut off any retreat by the russians to regroup. NATO may not accept Ukraine right know- but will have no choice but to support and ultimately except Ukraine's entry into NATO. Right now Ukraine is doing the fighting, so the neighboring countries don't have to fight russia on their boarders.

[@gordonipock9385]

It's time to send that pip-squeek British army into the field to face the Russians. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha=ha!

[@michaelprozonic]

Ukrainian Top Gun pilots are now being trained to fly US jet fighters

[@jordizee]

Why?

[@geopolitix7770]

Reference?

[@jaypeters5224]

Lol yeah sure. Their best pilots are already dead or wounded or captured.

[@rogerkearns8094]

One way of finding out.

[@aberry2521]

Probably not, they've got enough trouble with short-range missiles, so longer-range heavier missiles will be a nightmare for Czar Vlad Putrid the Great.

[@gladec3896]

His Peter is not Great.. Why the troll is so angry and has little man syndrome

[@hootowl6354]

Seems to me that the best thing Ukraine can do for itself is to continually attack train tracks Russia is using for supply, especially bridges, using long-range missiles. Ammo depots and command centers would be important too. I wouldn't mind seeing those missiles land across the border too, if not too far into Russia.

[@vividsunn2473]

Just a suggestion for Putin: A division of T-34 tanks, manned by WW2 veterans, who will then have the opportunity to participate in a second Great Patriotic Special Military Operation. This seems to be the direction the Russian army is headed anyway.

[@danstone8783]

And dig up Zhukov to lead them. After the war Putin can have Zhukov tried for treason and executed posthumously.

[@jaypeters5224]

Where do you people get these takes? 😂

[@timleader8817]

It is reasonable indeed Sir respect

[@jefferyhurley151]

That's Chandler from friends doing the interview. I wondered what happened to him. 🤔

[@chevyyyyyyy]

Freedman shows his profound pessimism on Ukraine since he repeatedly said that it, Ukraine, “has one chance” to win. What is that one chance and against how many chances? He leaves it unexplained.

[@johnfrancisco1851]

Slava Ukrain

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

Everyone's a hero till somebody shoots back.

[@hongshi8251]

There’s not enough ammo in the world to think that artillery can win the war.

[@JoelLessing]

The US should return Ukraine the same equivalent of their nuclear weapons that were removed after the fall of the USSR.

[@TheNefastor]

So they can do what ? Start a nuclear war ? Nukes are white elephant, all they are good for is wasting money. That's why Ukraine gave them up, as should everyone.

[@antoniorsoftware]

Those nuclear weapons were controlled from Russia, they would be useless for Ukraine.

[@bilgyno1]

The fastest way to end this war: let the international community protect the Black Sea and close the sky over Ukraine. Tell Russia that if it shoots at Western forces, they will be attacked all over Ukraine. Tell Belarus that it will be attacked if it enters Ukraine and doesn't send out Russian forces.

[@Dizle81]

WWIII starts then the nukes starts falling and in a few years almost every one dies because radation fallout ,reset of the world ,and we have to start all over again

[@donsullivan6199]

Russia could reply serender the Baltic countries stop helping Ukraine or in 200 seconds Paris, Berlin, London, and Rome will be a pile of glass.

[@bilgyno1]

@@donsullivan6199 that is unlikely. As long as the intervention is on Ukraine territory, Russia does not use nukes. And it cannot afford opening another front by attacking a NATO country. It's a all bluff and bluster.

[@zallyzally2698]

Did you think Russia is afraid of engaging Europe or USA in war ???? If so they could not have carry this operation

[@donsullivan6199]

@@bilgyno1 that is the same thinking that led to WWI .

[@numptybumpty7463]

Simply not enough heavy artillery being sent to Ukraine to effective

[@mariagibbons8437]

Neither the Ukrainian and Russian forces have shown real progress, the latter because of its incompetency, the former because the incompetency and indecisiveness of some NATO countries. The outcome could be quite different by now, if they have responded earlier. Even now, the ‘losing’ to Putin cannot be considered as ONLY Ukraine losing but the unity and credibility of NATO as well.

[@jaypeters5224]

@Anonymous Bosch right? These people are delusional. And Russia did it out-manned 3:1 at the beginning, while attacking and enemy that had 8 yrs to build up solid defenses, with positions manned by battalions of fanatical far right, NATO trained troops that use human shields as a standard battle tactic.. "Hurrrr Durrr why is Russia going so slow?" They're too used to watching hours of night vision camera shots of Apache helicopters shredding goat herders with AK's

[@patrickfordyce2958]

No Russia could not stand against longer range missiles period you seen that sun leave very fast and that sun could have been destroyed if Ukraine had the right weapons period

[@sonnyirish3678]

So speaks someone living in the west.

[@BC_Joshie]

Russian artillery accurate up to 100meter radius of target (allegedly, what we've seen its up to 2 miles off target) Western artillery accurate up to 1meter radius of target. Good luck Russia, you will need a miracle lol.

[@NYJGreatness]

Ukraine just received some pretty accurate ones too 😂

[@kartikeyatiwari2502]

Keep on dreaming son, if it helps u sleep at night. The truth is, ukraine is being destroyed

[@gabjen7548]

@@kartikeyatiwari2502 the thing is what he’s saying is if putin wants to step foot on nato soil, see what happens, although he will probably be a big coward and send nukes instead of fighting a proper war, in which he would get annihilated. It’s a fact. Russia has embarrassed itself already, simply shown themselves to be pretty weak with less advanced weaponry. I think the west will be really confident now.

[@BC_Joshie]

Yep exactly, a lot of people think Russia would win a Nuclear war too... thanks to all the nuclear propaganda from Russia. The fact is it only takes 2000 nukes to blow Russia of the face of the earth, NATO has 6000 nukes. Russia does not have enough to destroy NATO. So again, good luck Russia. lol.

[@kartikeyatiwari2502]

@@gabjen7548 yea? So is putin a coward or USA? When it comes to fighting poor farmers in Afghanistan USA joins hands with NATO and bombs them but when it comes to fighting russia, it is using ukraine... when it comes to China it will use Japan lol US military us a joke, all they are capable of is killing poor afghani farmers

[@George-bz1fi]

I had to look at the date on this video it sounded like something from February. Hey, Sir Lawrence, wake up.