US "Confident" Ukraine Has Not Used ATACMS Missiles To Strike Russia, Zelensky Sees No Escalation

Ukraine's Western allies should lift restrictions on delivered weapons, allowing Kyiv more freedom to hit targets in Russia, the Lithuanian foreign minister said. In an interview on May 20, Gabrielius Landsbergis backed French President Emmanuel Macron's proposal that military trainers be sent to Ukraine. Landsbergis said that the Western military trainers present in Ukraine before Russia's 2022 invasion should return to speed up the training of new forces. Meanwhile, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky also urged the West to shun fears of escalation and allow Ukrainian strikes inside Russia.
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00:00 - INTRODUCTION
01:49 - ZELENSKY DISMISSES WEST'S ESCALATION FEARS, SEEKS "CONSENSUS" ON RUSSIA STRIKES
03:18 - “CONFIDENT UKRAINE IS NOT USING ATACMS MISSILES INSIDE RUSSIA”
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[@PerceivedREALITY999]

The proxy war in Ukraine is the first time NATO has tried to pick on someone their own size and NATO is getting humiliated.

[@jtf2dan]

meanwhile putin begged for weapons and ammo in china last week and only got Jerusalem artichokes and beef cartilage and cow stomachs! TOTAL humiliation for putin. Xi didnt even meet him at the airport but sent some no name government official (female) to meet him....too funny!

[@JustMe-zu2ml]

Put the glass pipe down, lad

[@jjjr.1186]

NATO isn't fighting anyone lol. Do u guys dream this crap.

[@corvanna4438]

If NATO enters the war, Russia will collapse quickly. Russia is struggling against 40 year old equipment

[@bourbonlover7158]

Some people think NATO is weak but nobody dares to take a run at them.

[@InventorKnight]

No one I know wants war. Why are the leaders alone doing this? They should ask the people. We are sick of war. We want peace.

[@andrewmorgan5950]

Fuck this war it's between ukraine and russia as a American so tired of the US and little.brother Nato policing the world . Starting wars and causing death in my 40 years alive non stop . Only Trump didn't start a war everyone since Bush 1 has

[@corvanna4438]

Then tell Russia to leave Ukraine. Russia is 100% the cause of the war

[@craigjones1497]

Putin seems to want war. He started it by invading just like Europes last little dictator.

[@wkwojti]

Unfortunately, the Russians want war. For Putin, the only thing that matters is the conquest of new lands. Most Russians applauded when Putin occupied Crimea in 2014 and when he invaded Ukraine in 2022.

[@jtf2dan]

Putin: "The sanctions arent working and never have" Also Putin: "The sanction are illegitimate and causing problems" Also Putin: "BELOUSOV!!!...WHERE is all MY MONEY!!!"

[@beatrizward9878]

USA 🇺🇸 will forever be known as thieves and NO One will Trust them 😮😢😅

[@escobeer3605]

NATO not even started and Russia in the ropes allready...

[@jeromebahala6360]

only in your dreams

[@escobeer3605]

@@jeromebahala6360 500000 casualties, black sea fleet on bottom of black sea, 20000+ vehicles lost etc etc Now try to imagine NATO stepping in...

[@fiddler9804]

​@@escobeer3605 Sources for these numbers: "I made it up"

[@escobeer3605]

@@fiddler9804 Can easily be verified, no NATO country joined(yet)... I must admit Lithuania is the most serious candidate to start and when one does.... Article 5 provides that if a NATO Ally is the victim of an armed attack, each and every other member of the Alliance will consider this act of violence as an armed attack against all members and will take the actions it deems necessary to assist the Ally attacked. Russia is no match for NATO, Putin better be happy NATO did not step up yet

[@fiddler9804]

@@escobeer3605 Not on paper, but in reality... Mercenaries, Intelligence Officers, Military Advisors are all NATO's effort to help Ukraine. Those officers suddenly passing away because of a "disease" or "accident" are most likely casualties inside Ukraine

[@Infiniti_Rico]

Ukraine : No navy. No air force. Mostly old donated equipment. No long range weapons until recently. And restrictions on the weapons. And they still managed to take back half of the land that Russia captured in 2022. At a huge disadvantage against Russia's numerically superior military. Just imagine if they had what they need.

[@solareclipse9379]

Lol, delusional man. They didn't take back anything. They committed a war crime, by breaking truce during peace talks, when Russia already been in Kyiv by 24 hours.

[@khanaliqasim1757]

Try that now and you will fail because Russia is extremely good at adapting, Ukraine is facing a new formidable fighting force, arguably the most professional in the world in warfare

[@Infiniti_Rico]

@khanaliqasim1757 Lmao. Russia lost half of the land they captured in 2022 to a military that was ranked 30th in 2022. They are now trying to take Kharkiv after getting ass stomped and retreating from Kharkiv in 2022. A town just 18 miles from the Russian border.

[@khanaliqasim1757]

@@Infiniti_Rico Russia have their own plans on what they want to achieve,they are capable of more if they want to

[@Infiniti_Rico]

@khanaliqasim1757 You know what the plans of Russia are? Do you work in the Kremlin? Lmao. Clown.

[@johnmetson7950]

The biggest sin in today’s world when they took down the Berlin Wall

[@chrissmith7669]

The people were tired of the Soviet Union and its ruinous economic policies from Russia

[@wkwojti]

I grew up in a country occupied by the Soviets. To put it briefly: at all costs we cannot allow any nation to be occupied by these bastards. Even if the price was nuclear war. Human freedom is the most important

[@Gerrard_Pike2008]

Lithuania are talking big cooz they are in nato . They wouldn't last 2 hours against russia without nato help

[@paulpanter1092]

3 days or 3 years, Ivan?

[@corvanna4438]

But they are in NATO. They joined NATO because they know Russia is not to be trusted

[@marinaschulz298]

Das,glaubst Du wohl sicher nicht,mit einen faschistischen Land,was es immer noch ist und auf Almosen der EU Staaten angewiesen ist, dafür brauchen wir nicht Mal 2 Stunden und ihr habt aufgehört zu existieren.Das sagt Dir ein Deutscher,der auf der richtigen Seite kämpft,ich hasse euch Faschisten 🐻🇷🇺🤝💪🪖🍀🔥

[@jamesfe5]

If not joined the full war , Russia would not last 2 hours fact

[@Kktkkbshsjsbxjskhsb1888]

It took 3 years for top 3 military country😂 and always shivering about western weapons and giving statements about nuclear threats 😂😂😂 Don’t e ashamed of yourself 😂😂😂

[@cloudstrike4067]

They (Russia) said S-400 was the best air def system and right now they couldnt def ATACM & simple DRONES.. what a great system indeed.. salute.. 😂

[@vladimirprotein1275]

Patriot system was designed to be a game changer but it cost $1B, until it was sent to the frontlines and got humiliated by a $500 drone

[@Kktkkbshsjsbxjskhsb1888]

They don’t have enough Russian soldiers also😂 with their low level weapons and technology 😂 that’s why they’re afraid of F-16s and Taurus and more 😂😂 Then they are warned of nuclear threats😂 Crazy fellow’s 😂😂😂

[@omegaz3393]

@vladimirprotein1275 Actually, the Patriot system is a System made up of 6 to 10 seperate vehicles. What the ruZZians hit was a flatbed truck with a launch system. Value $20 million. Well worth it actually. Destroyed around 15(30 plus million each) ruZZian aircraft including a 400 million$ A-50 and an additional special electronic warfare aircraft. But you be you. Delusional👈😉

[@vladimirprotein1275]

@Kktkkbshsjsbxjskhsb1888 russia dont have a proper weapon they only use shovels and washing machine, but still ukraine is retreating in kharkiv

[@indiamylove4833]

Then why west cant send their fighter jet?😮😮😮😮

[@beatrizward9878]

Since when does Elensky command the USA 🇺🇸 and all of Europe 🇪🇺 🤔 Awe..yes NEVER. LOL 😂😂

[@indiamylove4833]

Russia has already claimed downing of hundreads of ATCM missile😮😮😮😮😮who are lying

[@whodaFru4551]

Russia is known for its honesty 😂

[@bobtuda]

Russia is spreading disinformation. They are getting their butts beat.

[@gunnarMyTube]

The ATACMS cost 1 million dollar a piece.

[@thaotaylor6669]

So they are continue to aid the war, and what happen when Russia wins, how is Ukraine are they going to pay it back? and what is the unit state getting out of it, along with the Europe?

[@yugo6262]

Lift that restrictions...👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@abellekafaasia1904]

Mr. Bottin is making no sense at all.

[@mytorment]

Crux stop the creepy imagery flickering, not asking im telling

[@arulelisa]

How come he became a leader , talking non sense , if some one hit your property its yours not the ones who you do business ,

[@CasmierNsude-rb9ig]

Lithuania!!! Okay o!

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity. In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas. If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy. Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements. Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time Russia's national security was compromised once nato began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining nato was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns. 20th September, 2021. Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO. NATO is not a defensive alliance. Nato illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter). We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc. Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster? Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest. Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland. Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens-theirs will hide in the basements”. Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it. Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country. Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. 13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list. There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence). The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present. Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave. Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) RIP. The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims). The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter. I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion. I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written. Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified.

[@corvanna4438]

The Russian regime was thrown out of Ukraine and they do not regret it. Ukraine has never wanted to be Russian slaves.

[@jamesfe5]

You have no clue . And only make up lies with a view only from one side. Please stop commenting with b.s

[@steveb890]

More opinions ... baseless post !

[@craigjones1497]

Not once in your alternate history ramble did you mention the Budapest agreement. That is what is at issue here.

[@wolfswinkel8906]

​@@craigjones1497the Budapest memorandum was nullified when Ukraine violated their oath of military neutrality contained in their Declaration of Independence. Proof: Belarus and Kazakhstan are still under Russia's protection, because they've never expressed any interest in joining NATO.

[@b21raider27]

Russia got rattled, started nuclear drills for the millionth times. 😂 So scared of the US and allies. Please stop it, look at our nukes! Reminiscent of North Korea.

[@rxonmymind8362]

I thought Anthony Blinken gave the ok?

[@bobtuda]

Perhaps Antony Blinken is acting as the POTUS instead of Obama. Sorta like when VP Mike "Judas Iscariot" Pence gave orders to the Pentagon on January 6, 2021? He never called President Trump, but he was giving orders to CJCS Mark "Benedict Arnold" Milley.

[@anythingeverything385]

It's too late😮

[@whodaFru4551]

Too late to defeat ukraine. Now its just a special military disaster

[@mattyboy456]

The audacity of the LithuNatsees keeps reaching new heights..

[@occocaubai...8606]

THE EARTH IS TOO CROWDED WITH PEOPLE...

[@miroslavblagojevic2402]

That's true.

[@Synchrophazer61]

Now indian, you pray,, 'limit' but the enemy has'nt😂

[@d.evilchina-ccp]

Nations need not to follow 'one china' policy which is not even int'l law.. for china itself is not respecting int'l ruling 'UNCLOS' on west Philippines sea. let us all stands against the bully.

[@mikejones6065]

Yes China the bully. Everyone needs to stand against China and Russia.

[@d_lollol524]

Perhaps Ukraine can develop indigenous long range weapons . Unguided rockets and bombs are cheap to make.

[@khanaliqasim1757]

Too late

[@jeffbreezee]

Those are all Russia's fair weather friends! They all can be bought off easily.

[@whodaFru4551]

Putler and his nuclear threats 😴😴

[@ninetagiortzi5715]

Lithuania the second turget 😂😂

[@jtf2dan]

minesweeper and Karakurt Tsiklon corvette were in Sevastopol, crimea...not russia...confirmed ships sunk with MGM 140 ATACMS missiles!

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

Russia has a winning military strategy, Ukraine and NATO have a PR strategy. The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.

[@jtf2dan]

if by winning you mean total economic collapse of russia...then yes....

[@corvanna4438]

Tell which country threatens to use nukes?

[@jamesfe5]

Russia breakup is imminent. Nostradamus 4:512

[@steveb890]

"winning military strategy" ? You menn struggling hard on their own border for over two years aginst the poorest country in Europe, and now forced to use ex convicts and Indian telemarketers for fronline soldiers ? 🤣🤣

[@fifaa155]

Viva Russia 🇷🇺 😂

[@user-yi2sb7gn5b]

The doomsday for Zelensky seems near at hand.

[@paulpanter1092]

Russia has no Glory. In Russia, there are more Nazis than anymore else in the world

[@allanbaldoque2578]

Are you propet? 😅😅

[@JonasLaudato]

Takot b ang us sa Russia?

[@vladimirprotein1275]

Yep, US can't match the hypersonic missiles of Russia.

[@boagotlhabiwe3805]

Bravo Russia!!

[@craigjones1497]

Nato needs to be directly involved. This war of Putins has gone on long enough.

[@user-ky3im3ms3h]

NATO has no teeth to bite big Dog. NATO is fit to bark.

[@biniz5919]

Who touched NATO? Unless you are blood thirsty like your leaders

[@steveb890]

@@user-ky3im3ms3h Putin already admitted he could never fight NATO ... try again !

[@buddyroe]

Lavrov already said Russia is ready to sort things out with the west on the battlefield.

[@whodaFru4551]

@@buddyroe Lavrov 😂

[@rogercoffey3615]

Lthuania is absolitely correct. If not for my limp wristed, chicken hearted president, who is afraid of Putin, American weapons would be allowed to be used as Zelensky wishes.

[@bgrod3205]

There is reason why of that fear.....a nuclear exchange would end all that include you.....keep that in mind. If don't believe that.....look bacc to history of Japan.

[@rogercoffey3615]

Russia would not use nukes. They would destroy themselves. Russia nuke threats are all bullshit. Empty threats. Words are cheap.

[@katangolosimon3827]

As he wishes?hmmm what about if Russia reply bck as he wish?😂😂you kids ar playing

[@rogercoffey3615]

So let me get this straight. Some little mean guy cry's wolf a few dozen times and you want to hide your head in the sand. Go see your doctor and see if he can implant a back bone in you..

[@uchechukwuokpala944]

World war 3

[@chrisbremner8992]

It seems that the long range ATACMs are easier to shoot down.

[@omegaz3393]

@chrisbremner8992 The S-400 is great at intercepting the ATACMS. Once🤣😂 The ruZZian Navy has a better way. They intercepted "2" ATACMS with a missile launching ship. Of course it was 2 and done. Now the ship is bottom fishing.

[@gunnarMyTube]

Given how the U.S is directly remote controlling these ATACMS from space surveillance it means the U.S is directly instrumental in war with Russia. Next step could be tit for tat; that Russia begins parroting the U.S actions and strike targets on U.S soil. Let's hope things come to sense.

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

Ukraine used ATACMS, but the missiles haven't been very effective. Another wonder weapon that has been put to shame.

[@JustMe-zu2ml]

🤣🤣. Has Belbek air base been cleaned up yet?

[@jtf2dan]

Spongebob and Squidward ar getting fresh meat for the Crusty Crab's crabbie pattie burgers in Sevastopol directly because of ATACMS sinking bot the minesweeper and the Karakurt Tsiklon missile corvette....the only shame is russia losing its entire black sea fleet soon! LOL

[@steveb890]

Kushchyovskaya Air Base just been flattened ! 🤣🤣

[@JustMe-zu2ml]

Has the Kovrovets been recovered yet? 🤣🤣

[@jamesfe5]

Says who. Can you back up your baseless claim. I think your making this up

[@yaten_sharma.007]

Then NATO should fight directly to Russia 😅😅😅😅 instead of Ukraine

[@Sikyu-ye4ns]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jtf2dan]

Spongebob and Squidward ar getting fresh meat for the Crusty Crab's crabbie pattie burgers in Sevastopol directly because of ATACMS sinking bot the minesweeper and the Karakurt Tsiklon missile corvette....the only shame is russia losing its entire black sea fleet soon! LOL

[@JonasLaudato]

Tao lng si Putin nd robot

[@mitchellculberson9336]

SLAVA UKRAINI!!!!!!!

[@Charliedavis14744]

Bro please surrender to Russia already like end this "Hollywood" war............

[@whodaFru4551]

Dude russia is just destroying itself with the special military disaster. why stop? 😂

[@ramamoorthykaruppiah7512]

yes it is crux news, fake not true