Ex-Google CEO says he is shocked Russia excels at countering Ukrainian drones

Former Google CEO and Chairman Eric Schmidt sits down with CNN's Fareed Zakaria to discuss the state of warfare in Ukraine and how Ukrainians are using drones to create a new strategy. #CNN #News

[@placeofvalue]

When an Ex-Google CEO is shocked at Russia's engineering skill, it shows how we need to start learning instead of thinking the world is just the US.

[@armchairwarrior963]

Na its bull the co founder of google family comes from USSR.

[@KCKnowsBest]

What is there to be shocked about? The USSR developed & launched the first satellite & other military marvels. They had & still have really great scientist & engineers in Russia. Also, Ukraine has been announcing this counteroffensive for damn near 2 months now. Why tell your enemy what you about to do months ahead of time? Giving them time to prepare. Makes no sense

[@jgs_gamestudio9096]

Or it makes you think just how involved these people are...

[@vonmajor]

@@KCKnowsBestthe Russians have known and been preparing for over a year. The “announcements “ are in part designed to add a level of uncertainty on Russias part of the when and where. Ukraine also did not have the luxury of an indefinite timeline.

[@richardacevedo280]

The US has pioneered the use of unmanned air vehicles for more than 20 years, circa 25.

[@tomekkjaworski1945]

An american talking about no more invasions in the world is the most sarcastic comedy i saw in a long time

[@gusmanovr]

😂yeah

[@bpeper1365]

Well if you invade from the sea it’s not a land war ;)

[@kingkonvikzion11]

we dont invade co

[@kingkonvikzion11]

we dont invade countries to annex them like russia

[@TheChenchen]

You still stealing oil from Syria until today ​@@kingkonvikzion11

[@treize2780]

Hmm, let's see, Russians can build nuclear power plants and send rockets into space...Why would anyone be surprised that they can jam radio frequencies? lol

[@hishamtinaoui8201]

Because these fake experts in the western are just used as propaganda machine

[@johnweerasinghe4139]

Precisely...basic common sense

[@bobbuilder767]

imagine thinking Russia doesn't have the skills. You could be a former google CEO and yet be ignorant

[@dvgsun]

well, as Elon Musk said, you can have a Ph,D but still be an idiot. We have a clear example here

[@midgetydeath]

They _don't._ What the guy is saying is the inversion of the truth. It's the other way around. He's just incredibly ignorant.

[@Veldtian1]

@@midgetydeath Yep, they produce the best space launch rocket engines around but toy planes are waaaaaaaaaay more complex, dip*hite.

[@ajtexas1100]

@@midgetydeath yeah sure westoid

[@shaunbarry4325]

Why do you think the reason why the west are afraid of Russia? Russia is just playing a little game and smiling in the process.If they don’t stop this it will bankrupt the west

[@maxdc988]

Many are shocked that the ex-Google CEO was shocked. 😂

[@clownbackpainrick6581]

He would be extremly shocked when his kid would be coerced to die on the battlefield. Like the hundred thousands on both sides.

[@vlhc4642]

I'm more shocked how much Americans take ability to buy Chinese drones and drone parts for granted. The moment Taiwan kicked off the cheapest drone NATO will have access to will be the Black Hornet aka the $100,000 FPV.

[@tshifhiwaramatswana6862]

​@@vlhc4642😂let them continue this path of self destruction, the rest of the world not coerced to be in nato or the eu or the west is delightfully backing brics and china's rise to hyperpower status, that's a step ahead of superpower by the way..,😂

[@lloydgwasira8087]

😂😂😂

[@kengsenchong4010]

XGCEO is a Johnny comes lately dude. We knew (and he knew)this all along from independent news sources...now he's & the host is just helping to massage the reality to their compliant auto-mode audience.

[@somethingirreversib]

The british intelligence experts said Russia is out of ammo 😂

[@barasasun361]

😂

[@marioformosa4259]

Money talks even pocket money

[@bluesclues132]

WMD Brigade.

[@LarsTaunus]

The british intelligence must be the biggest loser of this war. The amount of lies they produced should discount and discredit anything they say for the next 100 years.

[@Saurabh____]

MI6 chief said Putin is already dead ☠️

[@charlesreeves3426]

The fact that dude starts to smile when he talks about killing tells you all you need to know.

[@maxIimI101]

There is money in his eyes

[@YinWhoo-zx2sz]

Russian military is formidable these clowns expected an easy victory.

[@user-jf6ob4pv9n]

You are right. This is as if they are blood thursty.

[@iftekharshuvo1039]

Is he a jew.

[@TheDutchGuyOnYT]

“You do your killing” - very casual said

[@ajkulac9895]

... as people do ...

[@aduse-pokukonkonkoi1307]

I can't believe CNN reported this. Interesting times ahead 🤔

[@ikaustralia]

They had not to remain on the forgotten side of history. The narrative has been changing for a few months now.

[@kuteesabisaso6848]

Remember, "the Russians are running out of weapons...", now at 2:05 he says they have stockpiles!

[@ikaustralia]

@@kuteesabisaso6848 Russians 'ran out of rockets' last year 🤠

[@hokuspokus8766]

They prepare people for Ukraine losing.

[@garysmith6056]

I like what am reading on this thread. I hear Russia ran out of stockpiles

[@mindlos3960]

Fareed your guest got it wrong. The bulk of the Russian fortifications were built in the last year not since 2014.

[@tomk2720]

Yes, 2014-2020 involved Ukraine-CIA killing pro Russian Ukrainians

[@nomayor1]

He was referring to the trenches which the US-backed Kiev regime had been building in Donbas, since 2014, in preparation for launching the attack against the people of Donbas. You see, nobody (in the West) seems to question where did all those hundreds and hundreds of trenches suddenly come from.

[@orangvii3633]

@@nomayor1 Ww1 trenches were made in about a week (this includes reinforcing the sides, flooring it, etc.). And that was over a century ago.

[@nomayor1]

@@orangvii3633 The Ukrainians were building trenches since 2014. As the German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated publicly and openly on TV three months ago, "The Minsk Agreement was only meant to give Ukraine time "to become stronger"". What she meant is "to prepare for the attack against Donbas and Crimea". And these trenches, were only part of that preparation.

[@MIchaelSybi]

@@nomayor1 I always laugh at russky disinformation ideas. Ukraine digging trenches to fight people in its own country in Donnbas? The government could get them to prison at any moment, but it's not russia, it's free Ukraine with no repressions. That's why Ukraine can have Maidan, and russia can't. That's why Ukrainians can criticize their president pulbicaly, but russians can't. Don't tell me Donbas people were militarized coal miners with tanks from voentorg. It was russian commander Girkin, and he admitted, who invaded into Ukraine and started ripping it apart. The truth is so much simpler: Donbass is on the russian border, and has lots of natural resources. But please, go on with fighting pigeons and nazis, I like those retarded fairytales

[@James-sz5bi]

"You can't send artillery and flatten cities" Have you ever heard of Iraq, Eric?

[@MickeyPickney-dc6tj]

Eric don't talk about US Army... He work for the US Army as an "Expert".

[@aucourant9998]

The Russians haven't dug in since 2014 as this guy claims. They only invaded last year. It was the Ukrainians who spent the past eight years digging massive fortifications. This is why the Russians have taken so long breaking the Ukrainian defences. The Russian have indeed spent the past eight months building very deep defence lines in the South of Ukraine stretching all the way back to Crimea. And the Ukrainians have failed to even get out of no-man's land and reach the first Russian defensive lines. The counter-offensive was doomed to failure from the start. Despite the media lies, there was never a hope in hell of this counter-offensive succeeding. In fact, Ukraine was never expected to win this war, the neo-Con idea was to force Russia to invade and then use that as an excuse to apply sanctions. It was the sanctions that were meant to destroy Russia, collapse its economy, and break up Russia ready to be exploited and pillaged by Western big business.

[@AllRequired]

I bet Zelenskyy doesn't know the first damn thing about martial arts, either.

[@AlChemist-235]

Zhe Uskrainians have been prepaired very intensivly for a war against Russia since 2014. Since 2022 the are prepared for the opposite.

[@originalg335]

nope but okay defense analyst aucourant.... okay.

[@davidsmith5094]

acaurant,,,your analysis is perfectly right...there was never any intent to have peace with Russia bt the west... Russia was forced into this war with Ukraine by the west...

[@j7j7j7j7x]

Spot on !

[@softwaretechnologyengineering]

I'll eat my hat if this guy isn't somehow invested in drones

[@demarcusfaulkner7411]

If he's not invested in it then a close family member of his is like his spouse or one of his kids.

[@semidemiurge]

Schmidt already is a Billionaire and unlike some other billionaires, he does not live just to make money.

[@suezsiren117]

Drones resistant to electronic warfare and/or long-range guided munitions.

[@jeffdeprey6279]

I am sure he is, but that does not really mean anything. Anyone that really believes something is the future would invest in it, I would hope anyway, or that would make them dumb.

[@cptkirkpyro5656]

well considering he is worth 5x the global market for drones. i would be surprised if he isnt invested in almost everything....

[@jimh527]

'Hard to get someone to understand something when their paycheck depends upon them not understanding it.'

[@sasast6075]

Now that line Is the best I have seen on cnn comments in long long time , explains everything

[@ShehatemeIdc-ix2om]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 BUOYAHHHH

[@shlug]

Well said ))

[@bramposthumus9300]

That would be you, then?

[@James-Campbell]

Yep Jimmy Dore has a few of those golden nugget quotes!

[@JPhillips173]

It’s 7 months in the future… since this computer nerd gave us his opinion. Bakhmut, Marina, and now Avdivka have fallen. So much for his projections.

[@blackwater7183]

As a drone enthusiast I never thought I would see those kinds of quads used in warfare. 😢

[@draker769]

You should have seen the Chinese drone teaming up in the sky to form dragon or tower shape. Imagine what that could entail

[@blackwater7183]

@@draker769 I saw that. It was a spectacle! That reminds of a short video about a swarm of kamikazee drones several years ago. I found it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5fEap-MrK17p8k This is a huge possibility now if engineers really tried, specially with how much A.I has developed.

[@hyppopotamm]

The drone is the ideal weapon for gang warfare. Soon, bomb-laden drones will be flying into the bedrooms of business rivals. In five years, this will be the norm.

[@user-wy7lj2bo7p]

New version of Lancet drone can operate in groups. Ukraine is doomed.

[@eclecticmn4838]

I saw a video. from Patrick Lancaster if you jump to 1:47:30 it shows how the warhead is zip tied to the quad drone. I read that if a tank is hit just under the turret, with some luck, it can damage the tank even with a small drone. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3TWaaxpqLeGick I never saw such footage before.

[@janark4078]

The descendant of Nazis is as surprised as his ancestors were at how the war is unfolding.

[@tm5123]

Apparently everyone is a nazi these days, you must be a some far left activist.

[@Zenoithegreek]

WTF is a Google ex CEO doing as a defense expert?

[@ThisNoName]

Expert in facilitating defense spending, that counts

[@joem0088]

When the establisiment defense expert are so useless, running out of 155mm ammo in the middle of a real war, almost anybody else will do better than them. Imagine a Le Mans 24Hr team running out of fuel supply 4 hours into the race ... what a clustfuk !!

[@renaissancem9836]

Exactly my question

[@defenderofnation6955]

trying to kill many millons of people by click of mouse.

[@contort69]

Sign of the times old timer, today's wars are fought with electronic devices and software..not just with bayonets and granades

[@bridgetown45]

Shocked at how good the Russians were at electronic warfare and jamming signals? This was common knowledge ,to NATO troops in Germany during the Cold War, when the Soviets were around.

[@chrisasterion5050]

its all B.S...every word that came out of this (the ex C.E.O of Google) guy's mouth, Ukraine has been preparing for a confrontation with Russia since 2015, the Americans have been investing in this preparation in co-operation with Ukraine from 2015, Bahmut was so hard to conquer by the Wagner Group, bcz the Ukrainians had built in war bunkers, under almost every major warehouse/factory from 2015, the WHITE HOUSE has had a hand in all ths since then, the Russians have also know the WEST was pushing Ukraine into a confrontation with them from 2007, none of this is a surprise...& as for he being surprised, it's bullshit, he knows how innovative the Russians are, they always have been....

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Amerimutts always underestimates the enemy every time, like mac arthur in the korean war who thought the chinese couldnt fight

[@whitbyrowland4761]

But not very good at taking Kyiv haha

[@dfloper]

Why are you shocked. Russia has brilliant engineers and scientist, they were the first that had a human in orbit.

[@-iloveyou]

@@whitbyrowland4761sure about that?

[@danielechessa2862]

Thought Russia was running out of artillery over a year ago...

[@bowlregard9894]

So even CNN is gradually starting to see the reality of the war.

[@fimmyk]

No really, they've known all along, just that now they have to do damage control because its getting embarrassing. So they're gearing up for negotiating with Russia and save face

[@LightFlax]

The picture is clear. Ukraine is winning and pushing the orcs out. A bit slower than expected yes, but it´s gonna accelerate. ruzzia aimed to invade the whole country and are now dying in their defensive trenches. LOL

[@Sshohlov]

Don’t hold your breath they will continue report only of Ukrainian success on battlefield

[@fimmyk]

@@Sshohlov Maybe, but i believe that NATO will have to negotiate at some point, clearly they bit more than they can chew, but they're going to do it in a way that'll make them look good, but everyone with common sense knows at this point Ukraine is just sending troops to the slaughter house.

[@ivanronin8209]

Exactly . Go Russia , Go ! Destroy the Woke Feminists Gay NATO Pedophiles and George Soros too Please ! Save Humanity form The Sick degenerates and Creepy Joe Biden ! Please ! 🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸

[@almanbanks5804]

Ha this same people says Russian has run out of arms long time now they are the same people says Russian is using 60000 shells a day

[@romanhrobot9347]

People simply want to hear what they believe and dismiss the reality. We have the same propaganda that Russians have, we just prefer our flavour.

[@ssglbc1875]

They use significantly less now around 20,000 a day. Which is still a lot but one of the reasons they use less now is because they have more men. At the early months of the war Ukraine outnumbered Russia vastly where they mobilized 700,000 men from January up to around last summer where Russia only invaded with 180,000 and help from some separatists forces which numbered about a few ten thousand. They had to use massive firepower superiority to advance since they didn’t have the manpower

[@franksakado5341]

They're using shovels remember? These people will never stop amusing us. So much for accessories from washing machines 🙄

[@almanbanks5804]

@@franksakado5341 exactly Russian is the only country that using shovel to fight a war against NATO and the warmonger US

[@YHShinVH]

​@@franksakado5341​ Some big corporation needs to invest in shovel warfare, since it seems to be so effective against conventional weaponry. Maybe AI powered shovels with advanced heat seeking capabilities. Shovel warfare seems to be very under utilized in the modern era, and should be researched more heavily.

[@kremitthetaco8725]

"2 generals yesterday told me I'm wrong." I love interviews with experts who know what they're talking about.

[@abueloofficialmusic7758]

Time for a peace treaty

[@generaldrazemihajlovic1756]

Those hypersonic shovels are killing it 😁

[@Sup_Mate]

How did people so quickly forget that that we’ve been competing with the Russians in aerospace engineering for decades and that their tech is top tier.

[@zrglow4450]

US competed with USSR, not Russia. And majority of USSR government were Ukrainians. Dont forget that too

[@yerxa420ca]

then why do they need American made ships to take them to the space station. Russia maintains nothing lol it's all old and rusty , the Money is squandered. California has a better economy then Russia which is like 20% of the worlds land mass lol Russia is a mafia

[@darthxeno3434]

Maybe because all they’re brand new equipment doesn’t work…… tanks, helicopters that they can’t even bring near the battlefield or it gets blown up, jets ha same case.. they’re only viable means of destruction is artillery.

[@dino615]

​@@zrglow4450yet Ukraine has done nothing in terms of technology since they left the Soviet Union, and Russia hasn't had a failed launch into space in years.

[@thinkerly1]

Used to be. The Russians do not have a re-usable rocket where the first stage can land itself.

[@awake3362]

That is what happens when the masses are fed 24/7 with a narrative contrary to reality.

[@blackups__6554]

They underestimate Russian’s washing mashing.

[@riodejaneiro4793]

Once upon a time, the people at Google sincerely believed in "Don't be evil"....

[@JaxBespoked]

They never really did. Good people don't have to tell you they are good.

[@bill-nn1vp]

exactly!!!! not to much under the surface is it...

[@ThePurplePassage]

Helping an innocent country repel an unwarranted and brutal invasion is not evil...

[@eveblot4195]

@@ThePurplePassage helping a country decimate it's population wile selling it out from under them is.

[@westa8427]

​​@@ThePurplePassagethe amount of equipment aid per time is not sufficient. Ukraine mentioned it multiple times, it's not enough to win but enough to keep war going. And guess who gets the money. Realisation makes you rethink whole current situation.

[@barrowmusics]

Clearly Russia has the advantage and clearly you could see Eric just does not want to say Russia tech is super.

[@se7ensnakes]

Every Russian soldier is precious because they are fighting pure evil. If you want to see what evil is look at the destroyed cities in Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, and Iraq, look at the countless deaths all in the name of stealing resources. Bless Russian soldiers and may the angels guard them

[@MykhayloS]

@@se7ensnakes or you can look at destroyed cities of Marioupol, Marinka, Bakhmut, at mass graves discovered on deoccupied territories in Kyiv, Kherson, Kharkiv region

[@smh-]

@@se7ensnakesll russian soldiers are gonna rot in hell you included

[@miroslavdusin4325]

@@se7ensnakes Have a look at Eastern Europe. After 40 years of Russian "peaceful" rule it got 200 years behind the rest of civilized countries.

[@sarahbrown5073]

@@MykhayloS Meriupol has been rebuilt. Life there has essentially returned to normal.

[@mikesorensen5228]

This guy sounds like a drone who's only target is dollar signs.

[@rrsekhar02]

So many smart people ,no one had ideas how to avoid war than win a war. Nobody wins wars, neither side

[@y.harveynorman1392]

This guy is a prime example of what the military-industrial-technology complex is. And I bet he is a billionaire as well.

[@Atitanasteelers]

20 billion

[@zrglow4450]

Yeah, people dying it's like bad. But look how many money we did. Its incredible. Btw, im philanthrop.

[@SeanD808]

There is no profit in small drones for 400 bucks... The west would prefer stalemate with large profits...

[@oscillatorstorm]

@@SeanD808 The west wants peace and justice.

[@alexwestconsulting]

first time i've heard the term "military-industrial-technology complex". Bang on.

[@jamessmithers4456]

In the wise words of Mike Tyson, “everyone has got a plan until they get punched in the face

[@annabelle164]

🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 💙💙💙💙💙 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mr.t993]

Yet, it goes both ways. Russia thought conquering Ukraine would be easy. What was their plan? One week to victory?😆Not so easy, is it? Its easy to start a way, not so easy to win it. Russia is in deep shit, they created a conflict they are never going to win.

[@raylopez99]

Both sides have a plan, and that's WWI tactics.

[@h0plite996]

Or a piece of an ear chewed off.

[@kenbristow6771]

You mean the gringo-and-anglosaxon pestilence? 😂

[@Damadoo]

Great interview Fareed. Following since HBS 96 after a cocktail you gave. Gogogo! Thank you.

[@clueseeker2226]

Surrounded by sea and compliant neighbors, the US has never needed to think too seriously about defense and has focused on developing weapons suitable for launching attacks against others. In contrast in its history, Russia has been invaded many times and so has had a great need to develop defensive weapons. Therefore, it should not be surprising that Russia excels at shooting down drones. Russia currently leads the world in air defense capability. Will the US try to duplicate Russian air defense capability? It could probably do so, but why would it bother when it is not at risk of invasion? Also, for the cabal in Washinton it is sufficiently gratifying to wage wars and proxy wars against others. No need to defend America, and also no need to win wars, because each time a war is lost, they obtain fresh gratification by starting another.

[@Tattlebot]

America has severe problems of both force readiness and design deficiencies. They have the best subs, but the only non-nuclear payload is the subsonic Tomahawk. Their air force consists of fighters which are too short legged, and the missiles are too small and slow. The M1 Abrams is a complete write off after the first day in war. The result is that Russia can prevail regionally against NATO. CIA has been finding the right in Ukraine since it's inception in the 50s. I accept Russia's claim that Ukraine is a hostile state which must be defeated.

[@Maximusyril]

Серьёзный и обоснованный комментарий!

[@caesarsalad1170]

@@Tattlebot KZbin armchair general 🤣

[@sarahbrown5073]

@@caesarsalad1170 He's not wrong, though.

[@stuartbrown2111]

@@Tattlebot i think SS major general Rienhard ghellen / CIA, WOULD aGREE :)

[@pippohispano]

What is fantastic about this interview is that this CEO has "discovered" what the Yemenis and the Iranians (and the Saudis, to their expense) discovered years ago: that small, disposable drones are a cheap way to win a war.

[@lennykump8396]

You can't compare third world conflicts somewhere in the orient to a second world conflict in Ukraine. They are on a whole nother level.

[@furrealz6697]

@@lennykump8396 the drone use in this war is beyond what I've seen anywhere else.

[@kwinzman]

Did we watch the same video? 3:55

[@thelebanesearmy413]

Drones dont win a war. They can inflict serious damages, stop or slow down an advancing enemy. But you cant invade with drones as their damages are limited and they’re mostly used to target armored vehicles and small bases.

[@oxygenasturia5706]

​@@thelebanesearmy413 They can, you just need numbers, as he said it's either a soldier fighting or the drone. 10000 drones per month is nothing, if you supply them with 100000 kamikaze drones you will see results.

[@reptilexcq2]

In the beginning, they said Russia is not so sophisticated. Now, they're saying Russia is sophisticated lol.

[@ronswanson2088]

You must love straw man arguments.

[@TDashem]

They are lying about most things.

[@leonestello8519]

Their linguistics were unrefined but their manufacturing is

[@dickjones8119]

Ukraine is getting destroyed but fake news won't say it.

[@jacqueslee2592]

Because Russia first tried to deplete the excess stockpile of weapons and artillery and wait till Ukraine depleted their finite amount or lowered their amount so as to not be able to proceed. Economics will determine this war above all. US and West are already stressing their economies and low and middle class struggling in high numbers. When these two classes collapse, there will be more internal social problems and now citizens are questioning why taxpayer is going to Zelensky and his clique.

[@striker44]

Man, how did he get to be a CEO or was he just lucky to be in the right place at the right time?

[@harrypolychronopoulos478]

Your guest forgot to mention that the Ukrainian army was digging in since 2014 and was trained by the West.

[@julianandygumbs4363]

Wow, someone who looked at the Russians and spoke nothing but the truth.

[@bebestfamily9181]

So US need to provide Air Power to Ukraine don't have?

[@ramonpilgrim6623]

@@bebestfamily9181 it wont matter because of Russias dense air defense shield

[@bebestfamily9181]

@@ramonpilgrim6623 every country has air defense power, for that the west must look for effective and cheap weapons, every war is evaluated to find the opponent's weaknesses. don't just give up

[@ramonpilgrim6623]

@@bebestfamily9181 True. But no country has air defense capabilities as advanced and as vast as Russias, including America. Even the vaunted Patriot, the US best air defense system isnt anywhere near as advanced as the Russian S350, let alone the S400,450,500 or 550. Then you have to add the medium range AD such as the BukM1, M2s and M3s then the Pantsir S1,S2 then the Tor M1 and M2s for short to medium range. All of these systems with the exception of the S450, 500 and 550 are operational in Ukraine. Then you have to add on top of that the advance electronic warfare systems that Russia is employing that are jamming all sorts of communication, targeting and guidance signals. Then theres the C4ISR which tracks everything that flys from every airfield or that is launched from every system. All of these assets are net centric which means that they are all connected to each other in an advanced network and communicate with each other to share information on/about the battlefield in real time. This is why I said in the grand scheme of things I doesn't matter what the West sends them, none of them were prepared to fight this kind of advanced combined arms warfare. Not even NATO. Shoot the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO's European contingent General Cavoli said that NATO has never even imagined the scope and scale of the combat going on in Ukraine. That's NATO's top general. So if they haven't imagined it you can sure bet they have nowhere near a plan for it.

[@tropikietis]

I see that in spite of hard evidence to the contrary, you’re still buying that old Russian military superiority propaganda, @ramonpilgrim6623

[@SwedudeEPIC]

2:04 Nooooo this cannot be true, MSM said that russia had run out of artillery shells months ago!!!

[@ivanronin8209]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lgflanang]

When big business is mixed with politics and a generous serving of wars, the result is pure poison.

[@AlChemist-235]

Formerly named (by Mussolini) as facism.

[@rubyking3948]

Every single country who has invaded of mess with Russia had paid a stiff price. Poland, Finland, France, Germany...the list is broad and the future for Ukraine is really deaming as days go by.

[@subhankarbaral9236]

You know when CNN of all people is saying that Ukraine is losing because of their incapability to use drones, you know it's even worse.

[@Msoja8]

At least they finally came to their senses and stopping the lies that they feed to the unsuspecting public. There's absolutely no way under the sun that Ukraine can ever defeat Russia. Plain and simple.

[@theamici]

They're not losing, and he didn't say they were

[@ivanstefko2724]

@@theamici They are winning then :D :D :D

[@TheAmbex]

He said neither side has the advantage needed for a clear winner to emerge...

[@dmitriyfolomeev5020]

Ukraine has no new drones. After the Russians began to beat the Bayraktars, the Turkish plant that produced them became bankrupt. The same is happening with German Rheinmetal. Who made Leopard tanks.

[@emmettturner9452]

Finally! A dose of reality. People need to know.

[@roiq5263]

What? That the "second most powerful army in the world" is unable to invade Ukraine and keeps losing territory every day? Ok, Ivan.

[@emmettturner9452]

@@roiq5263 I’m on Ukraine’s side here, bro. I just don’t think we should delude ourselves into thinking Ukraine has this in the bag or has essentially already won.

[@carlosjimenez8227]

@@roiq5263ell, I think is now the most powerful army in the world since they are fighting 30 countries in Ukraine alone! Right now Russia has the capability to produce more weapons and artillery shells than the whole west combined and have the most modern air defense systems in the world! If Zelensky is alive is because of the good will of Putin!

[@tonytony978]

Carlos dont forget modern conflict expiriance. Russia now knows very well what works. US never fighted advannced weapons. As ex-ceo said.. bomb place and walk in like in park

[@chrisdelaplante5515]

@@roiq5263 The problem is that you are brainwashed, you think Russia only have shovels, this is with this mentality that you gonna lose the fight. Never underestimate an opponent.

[@jrt4585]

Russia did try to negotiate.

[@stevenvater8720]

What a surprise!! Some truth!!

[@garysmith6056]

But according to more tiptop ex experts. Russia ran out of missiles last year, and i quote the British MOD "Russia is fighting using shovels". What happened? I thought Russia was so backward their tanks run on vodka? These are confusing times

[@petermeylakhs9236]

))

[@sarahbrown5073]

Russia is now using the shovels to catapult their washing machines.

[@StandingHereI]

they are multifuel

[@user-dg2dm8xg4u]

India chose RU arms for decades. Now you know why.

[@menya00045]

"Russia only has rusty old guns and shovels.. no food, no clothes for soldiers and no knowledge of war.. they have no chance"... said the West during the mobilization last fall.....😂

[@167mm167]

Russia need to use chips from washing machines to make dooms ..lol

[@kevindarroch7332]

Largest armed conflict since WW2? Really? Where do you get your info news from?

[@ushafatony536]

The man tried to say Ukraine is losing badly in a polite manner.

[@mwanykange]

It is the reality that Ukraine is losing and committing suicide.

[@lubytube]

Wrong. You missed the part where he said Russia isn't gaining any land.

[@mantizshrimp]

​@@lubytubewho says they still want land? I didn't google, but I think they have the regions they say they wanted when the war started

[@lubytube]

@@mantizshrimp Did you miss the part where Russia has been losing towns, cities and land lately? Russia isn't donating those freely.

[@mantizshrimp]

@@lubytube it's always back and forth.. Plus, as I said - I think they're holding what they said they wanted

[@claudermiller]

I thought Russia was a gas station masquerading as a country. The US's underestimation of Russia will go down in history as one it's greatest blunders.

[@holmofrur]

Agree many many years. The front is really 1800 kilometres. Thats at the moment. If another front opens up,e.g. Belarus then ouch

[@jackdonovan554]

"Swarms of drones are the future of war." Now consider how easy it is to pilot drones remotely, so that anyone can operate them. Not just one at a time - but hundreds...being operated by ONE user. Now imagine hundreds of users, operating thousands of drones in organized swarms. Pandora's box is filled with all the possibilities of how horrible it can get before people realize that they should have thought about how horrible it can get.

[@fanaticcoder3320]

EW says HI

[@wolfgangwichmann490]

yes and this is a old story , this is already created in every science fiction story or film in TV , these systems are not new they are smaller and more active through the modern electronic systems , and controllable through secret groups in this world .

[@williamwaters4506]

I remember about 10 - 20 years ago some military 'expert' predicted that the days of soldiers fighting on the ground was over, we were entering a new era where wars would be fought with electronic equipment such as drones, heat seeking missiles, satellites etc. Here we are all these years later and it is the foot soldier who slowly pushes his was across the land just like WWII.

[@phir9255]

Except these days these soldiers are browsing social media on their phones while not fighting. We live in a weird time.

[@ustanik9921]

Well we are entering. Its probably never going to be a 100% robot army, but I wouldnt be suprised if they replace at least 60% of soliders in this century.

[@riojasvictor]

Drones, missiles and satellites can't hold ground. Boots on the ground do. Soldiers will never be replaced, at least not in the foreseeable future.

[@SergyMilitaryRankings]

​@@riojasvictornot until robots are made

[@Astra2]

Well his second statement was right, but none of those technologies are a complete replacement of ground soldiers. You've also got to remember that the Ukrainian and Russian army is decades behind developed countries. If this was was fought between China and the US, it would look very different, though there'd probably still be foot soldiers.

[@paulhart2021]

He sure has a really easy time talking about other people dying. I wonder where his money is invested?

[@docbrown7513]

Launch from a elevated platform to get more distance. Seems pretty simple. They may figure it out and it will make everything obsolete

[@azserds]

One thing is certain. Normal people will pay the price 😔

[@kevinjenner9502]

Weapons postmarked Raytheon by way of Saudi special delivery in Yemen.

[@kenmahoney5255]

We have normal people on this planet?

[@LOLONO666]

this is because you don't help them enough

[@kirkpatrick7475]

They already are paying the price, they are called Ukrainians !!!

[@alexsilent5603]

True.

[@MetaView7]

at least he is honest enough to say ''i was wrong'' . UNLIKE other members of the team. if he, as the former chairman of the innovation board, admitted that he was surprised to be wrong. that shows you how out of touch these people are.

[@TimVoktwo]

Not only that, they believe in bad intelligence. Go figure who are gathering the intel. The whole of NATO doesn't know the capability of the Russian military industrial complex. The FSB caught every spy gathering intelligence in the Russian industrial complex, which reminds me of that American journalist that was charged of spying.

[@pogo1140]

He is also someone who failed history. The Russians are said to be firing 45,000-90000, and the 5-7,000 shells per month and while this is a massive number, it is only 3-4 rounds per day. For comparison, if the Ukrainians were firing their 155mm guns at the same rate that US forces were firing their 155mm guns at the charging Chinese army in Korea, the Ukrainians today would be firing 170,000 155mm shells every month or 18 times more than the Russian army is firing, or a total of almost half a million 122mm to 155mm shells every month

[@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311]

@@pogo1140 Your numbers are wrong. Perhaps you're looking at just one calibre. The Russians have many. Also, they're using a lot of mortars and much of their artillery fires rockets rather than shells.

[@TheAmbex]

​@@pogo1140that math doesn't add up. Even at you super low ball 6,000 shells per month that's still 200 a day. Which Russia is actually using several thousand per day. Either way, you seem to be confused.

[@pogo1140]

@@TheAmbex You are forgetting to divide by the number of barrels/guns. And yes, I'm specifically using the 155mm in order to get a direct comparison

[@Justin-yc1ig]

"Their shovels are better than we thought"

[@lianyang8277]

The term military-industrial complex has a new meaning

[@solosoulet]

I'm stunned that this incoherant man was a CEO at Google.

[@ikatsman]

Why? He was chosen by Brin&Page, what's stunning you? You would prefer a speaker who runs company to the ground?

[@erikj123]

why? because he is telling the truth no one likes to hear???

[@haameisanaei6481]

@@ikatsman, Running a company to the ground would be infinitely more preferable than having a dim wit give advice to the government ! Mr. Spock would put it that way !

[@markglass9385]

​@@erikj123 he has no idea of history, see whose been digging in for 14 years and you'll see he's an idiot.

[@mikusoxlongius]

We have an incoherent Potato for President, so....

[@SuperJohn12354]

Imagine how shocked people are going to be when they find out that Russia is winning the war

[@TheMadMadman]

I have my popcorn ready!

[@FJMay-jx6hr]

They are still afraid to tell the truth.

[@fbookelmaniac]

Nobody can beat the Russians. They are a proud people and willing to defend their country against any cost. Ask Hitler and Napoleon. Biden is sending cluster bombs is not a sign of strength but a sign of desperation. When Putin used these bombs in Syria America cried " Putin is a war criminal" And Biden loves his dog. Wake up people you are played by the elite scum.

[@sarahbrown5073]

I'm shocked this comment hasn't been deleted yet. Must mean the inevitable reality check is close.

[@trotsky1780]

⁠@@rob-fb5xslmao it’s hilarious because you have no idea how many people that is and you don’t even realize how absurd that claim is. Keep guzzling the propaganda!

[@sphinxios]

next step is to let the cheap drone to read landscape to get to its strikepoint, only thing i wonder if it has the computing capacity, but we sure are to going to get there

[@paulposternatsky7673]

What has happened to the counter offensive?

[@DarkVader-jj4dt]

What is really shocking is that this war happened at all. We live in a time where politicians are the most useless they've ever been. Maybe they should be put on the front lines, they then might learn how to negotiate.

[@g-man4297]

Damn right if all these so called leaders and generals and super rich elites had to fight wars would be history, but money and privilege is power so ordinary people must do as their told even if it means dying in their hundreds of thousands for one mans desire.

[@whitehorse1092]

sure.. There wеre no wars in Afganistan, Iraq, Syria, Yugoslavia...

[@j.goggels9115]

The Art of the Deal. Once Russia has been dimilitarized entirely and Ukraine liberated, then negotiations might start.

[@kenbristow6771]

Yes, put biden, sunak, ursula von der shitten, borrel, etc on the front line. See if they last an hour. But please don't forget to dispatch to the front the managers, ceos, investors in the gringo military industrial complex as well. They are ultimately behind all of this carnage.

[@Truffle_Young_Jr]

The Ukainians have been killing ethnic Russians in the Donbass region for 8 years. It is amazing that you don't know this.

[@Mohamedkallon569]

The beauty of russia is that not a single country can fight them alone....it takes a whole bunch of nations to fight them even at that there are still winning....

[@ivanronin8209]

Russia is not Our Enemy ! Our Enemies are Creepy Joe Biden and the Woke ANTIFA Degenerates and The George Soros The Podophile ! Vladimir Putin is Right about this !

[@stephenlamb9008]

That's why NATO was created as a gang.

[@radicalazuw9964]

If the US gave up all the weapons (except for nukes obv) it had in it's stockpile, there would be no russia tomorrow

[@veedub447]

In 1905, Japan fought Russia alone and won .

[@Eric0225]

@@veedub447 Because Russian tsar had no idea how to rule a country, fast forward 45 years later and Russia pushed all they way into Berlin.

[@mayibuyeiafrica]

This interview is basically romantising war using drones

[@ajtexas1100]

i had the same feeling

[@johnneyland3334]

Great video !

[@traceurjay]

Ex-Google CEO is surprised that the Russian army isn't only fighting with shovels.....

[@user-lb9wj6qy2p]

I bet its Iranian techs

[@masterlightjames950]

@@user-lb9wj6qy2p oh, really? You dogs now accept that Iran has advanced tech?

[@denniswagner2391]

We spend more on our military than the next 7 countries combined. Yet we don't have a drone response to these cheap Iranian ones that they used to bomb the Saudi oil fields years ago. Anybody could see that drones were the coming thing. Where are all of our tax dollars going?

[@DarlyaFaroeste]

​@@denniswagner2391being used to build private Islands for sexual predators

[@okechukwuirokanjo8323]

​@@denniswagner2391😂😂your eyes are now clear to what your crooked government have been telling you that that the US 🇺🇸 have the largest and most powerful military in the world 😂😂

[@newboyxyz2152]

Yeah a Google CEO knowing So much about war what a time to be alive

[@zrglow4450]

You vill own nathing, eat bugs and bi happi.

[@MrKIMBO345]

Google has history of connection with the Pentagon.

[@stevenandrean2661]

Yes. Welcome to the greatest digital war on Alphabet Land.

[@stevenandrean2661]

​@@MrKIMBO345Not only Google. But also whole alphabet land with Pentagon.

[@ohgoditsmaddog]

Google knows everything about you.

[@filmawayvlad]

That’s insightful…

[@michaelmcnaughton1535]

It's not like Russia is full of world-class computer geeks.

[@taylormonroe8614]

“I think the goal that we should have for Ukraine is to establish the principle that there will never be another land war where you can invade successfully. Respecting the sovereignty of the land is important.” And what of Iraq? Afghanistan?

[@ogbonnasam9997]

It’s called hypocrisy

[@alexistinsleypope9327]

@@hsheynin That's not true.

[@sarahbrown5073]

Syria? Why does the US still illegally occupy northern Syria?

[@markglass9385]

What about Iraq and Afganistan? I'm sure this evil mf'er made lots of money from dead Iraqies and Afghans.

[@romeomilu]

They were only referring to the wars of other countries...not the USA/NATO! ;)

[@mindyourbusiness4440]

It's shocking nobody is even talking about negotiation or peace, just how to "win" the war

[@markglass9385]

The Russians tries. The US ignored them. This is what happens when the US wants war.

[@dnguyen787]

It sounds like which side can endure longer...

[@carlosjimenez8227]

Bro needs to remember that you’re fighting not against Iraq o Afghanistan but against a great military power… this is Russia my friend!

[@are_sh3509]

Finally CNN has opened its eyes to how this conflict is progressing and Ukraine fighting a war they can not win, and the only solution is a peace agreement. 🙏

[@stephenlamb9008]

Can only stop when the USA says stop zelensky can't give the word to stop., He accepted and asked for weapons and cash he is committed to go all the way and so is Russia.

[@yurijmikhassiak7342]

Pease agreement is Ukrainian capitulation. What are you talking about, Russian bot? Ukraine proposed a peace deal: Russia should get out of Ukraine. Very good offer.

[@alexbukovsky4621]

@@yurijmikhassiak7342 is a capitulation to a highly corrupt government, the people want peace and stability. Zelensky and his gang want to steal. They don't care how long to wage war, their children will never be there

[@TomasGraf-rr6co]

@@yurijmikhassiak7342 Sorry NATO bot, that ain't gonna happen.

[@hernandocortez6351]

So when will the CEO of General Motors weigh in on this matter? So many military experts these days.

[@gavinmc5285]

what about the McDonalds CEO? must know something about beef

[@moos5221]

I mean....losing 10k attack drones is weird wording...I never heard anyone say "Ukraine lost 10k tank rounds within Russian tanks" or "Ukrainian soldiers lost 100k bullets that got stuck in russian bodys". Those are attack drones, they are not meant to return.

[@makarpronin2008]

Well, true

[@ronaldadelacy6829]

Did this guy think Russia is still in the middle ages? Because he's shocked!

[@SplendidFactor]

"No plan survives contact with the enemy." - Helmuth von Moltke

[@eanerickson8915]

No one survives without plans.

[@williamcavanagh8982]

The cliche goes like this " No plan survives 1st contact". It is a standard reply every one who has ever served in a combat unit learns...

[@eanerickson8915]

@@williamcavanagh8982 That explains the success of US foreign policy in the last 70 years.

[@williamcavanagh8982]

@@eanerickson8915 I'm a little unsure what your comment is supposed to mean but I take it that it is a dig against the USA which seems to be popular today. One must not be a genius to understand the USA is not perfect but neither are most countries. Helmuth von Moltke's country for ex was an aggressor and eventually a big loser in WW2. The USA must be given some credit however for keeping the shipping lanes open in this world among other things. They are still the worlds biggest economy and the worlds greatest power who always promote new ideas concerning technology and gives people the freedom to pursue those endeavours. But, if one considers the population of India and China, they should be the biggest economies given their populations...but they are not and have not been able to attain this kind of success for many reasons that maybe even you can figure out why......?

[@eanerickson8915]

@@williamcavanagh8982 The world owes America nothing.

[@high-cplays]

I think a lot of people don't understand russia has prepared for years to counter american air support. Meaning they literally specialize in anti aircraft and self propelled artillery. They have more SPA and SPAA than all their tanks combined.

[@ronswanson2088]

They’ve prepared for years and in most cases are still technologically inferior. They just have more of things. Not better quality.

[@moldenm5239]

most of the stuff is from cold war era so it was defensive focused vs. the current offensive focused strategies.

[@DaleHartley]

LOL that is funny bud.. It just means that they are 50 years behind US tech. the same as their tanks ( which are all gone)...AND incase you did not catch it...that is what drones are taking out even now.

[@masterlightjames950]

@@ronswanson2088 yet, your so-called modern equipment have all been blown to pieces. Keep coping.

[@izuk_btw4009]

@@masterlightjames950Fr this guy doesn’t know how to use his brain

[@endykapini1115]

“Without collateral damage” is a big MF lie sir. 😳🙄

[@larisaulkina4111]

This war is cannibalistic, and this is so sad. That Fedorov person who produces drones in Ukraine has a Russian last name. You know it if it ends at "-ov" or "-ev". That means that he is an ethnic Russian living in Ukraine and having to defend it from Russia. On the other hand, there are many Russian citizens with Ukrainian last names who support the war.

[@stephenlamb9008]

Roundabouts and swings. Some British decided to join Germany in the world war.

[@minerran]

The Ex-Google CEO is shocked because he's not an engineer. I"m not at all surprised. Russia has good engineers and technologists. Interfering with drones, especially those being flown remotely (FPV) is not at all difficult. No more difficult than jamming someone's wifi or cell phone. They've been jamming GPS too, again not unexpected in war. I've been saying for years that in a real war, all these modern autonomous weapons that rely on GPS will be very vulnerable. Well, Ukraine has smart engineers too and it won't be long until they find a way to thwart Russian interference. Such is war. Update. Someone below corrected me that the CEO is in fact a software developer with degree. I stand corrected but am stunned that he is surprised.

[@HrvojeBan]

Just goes to prove that CEOs are often times bullshit artists and know little to nothing about the core business of their respective companies.

[@nzer19]

Um. Eric Schmidt is absolutely an engineer. He holds an engineering degree and was one of the original authors of Lex.

[@jacqdanieles]

He has a degree in electrical engineering

[@jacqdanieles]

​@@HrvojeBan😂 says the guy who knows nothing about Eric Schmidt's education or background

[@YSColin]

If he's not shocked, then CNN won't get a good enough title.

[@MarS-ct8cn]

Why are you shocked how good Russians are at electronics? They have the best education in the world.

[@ikatsman]

Really? "how good Russians are at electronics?" Have you ever seen Russian electronics? Ali-express purchased Russian copters? And education??? Where?

[@MarS-ct8cn]

@@ikatsman Lots of Russians that have degrees in engineering, electronics, math, physics and IT, computer engineering from Russian colleges and universities have moved to the US and Canada and have easily gotten themselves high paying jobs and continue to do so. Most college math and physics teachers in the US are also from Russia(and Ukraine of course). It's just a fact. If it doesn't tell you how good their education is, then what will?

[@josip1881]

🙄@@ikatsman

[@gusmanovr]

@@ikatsmanbro, half of Google is Russians. At every cool IT company there is a Russian. Also Russians win programmer championship etc many years. It’s a pity that the same talented guys now busy with such horrible war things

[@gavinmc5285]

if they get admitted to MIT, Berkeley or Stanford of course they do

[@techserve4453]

I would like to learn how to jam frequencies. It’s fascinating to me.

[@MuhammadRidwan-pe7ny]

i miss those news that portrays Russia as basically Kenya with snow and oil.

[@Markusableitinger1]

Russia was always amongst tech leaders in the world, in particular in military. So, what's so surprising?!

[@Progection]

Чувак, ето шутка такая ? Или назови руззкий автомобиль/процессор/другое устройство которий конкурирует з импортними ...

[@user-ft8ys4oi6k]

It’s surprising to those who believe the western media that says how Russian army is ill-equipped and frightened, and fighting mostly with old WW2 weapons And then the next day they say that Ukrainian counteroffensive is not going as planned Why?

[@Markusableitinger1]

@@Progection Seems you do not understand your own country's tech capabilities in matters that count. Russian tech engineers work all over the world. Russian computer experts are well respected all over the world. Hm, seems your are from the blue collar spectrum. Who cares about cars?

[@shlug]

​@@Markusableitinger1you're talking to a Ukrainian zombie. Don't waste your time.

[@shlug]

​@@ProgectionВолк, Медведь, Тигр, эти автомобили должны быть хорошо знакомы твоим побратимам на фронте. Слыхал про Эльбрус? Ты наверное только про свои обоссаные шаровары слыхал, да про горилку. Селюкан.

[@didequen3339]

he is so right, this give me a big picture about this war. Yes, it will be bloody and years to resolve ...

[@dcliffe8539]

did he google this?

[@jpaulotv247]

The Ukrainian defeat is becoming so obvious that even mainstream media is starting to interview people who say Russia is very good actually 😂

[@raylopez99]

RU is not very good at anything Ivan. They are OK in some sports and some of their women in the north part of the country are attractive, but it's an old, dying society.

[@jpaulotv247]

@@raylopez99 Just shows you've never been to Russia and has all the stereotypes in your head fed by the media😂

[@raylopez99]

@@jpaulotv247 What you saying? I've been to Russia at least four times that I remember, for business mainly.

[@jpaulotv247]

@@raylopez99 Yeah right and I'm Santa Claus😂👍

[@alexbendersky315]

when the expert is talking about the sovereignty of the land, does he mean Yugoslavia, or Livia, or Haiti, or a dozen of other countries where USA spread 'democracy' over?

[@regkinsman5429]

The factories will be levelled.

[@joaomaxado65]

Also important (as the drone) is a good network of unjammed communication. The drone itself will be not accurate if it relay on some AI that will limit the range of operations.

[@calebh7902]

They're finally admitting what we who have been paying attention since 2014 already knew.

[@gavinmc5285]

that google is not just a search engine?

[@NoWarFools]

I love how everybody underestimates russia. Quite the competitive advantage in itself.

[@joannefitzpatrick992]

I don't think that is necessarily true, Russia thought they would take Ukraine and just a few days, and the rest of the world kind of thought that too. I think it is more of the moral view point that they want Russia to fail because they are invading another country sovereign land. Everyone is aware how difficult this is, I think Ukraine has more of a reason to fight and to motivate themselves. I think it's still up in the air which side is going to win

[@robertmiskey5502]

The vast majority have over estimated Russia.

[@DonaldBiden420]

russia's army is a soap bubble, you must be blind not to see it after 500+ days of full scale war

[@Lockieez]

Ah yes the 2nd largest military in the world who can't beat the 15th largest. More like overestimated...

[@politicaltroll8920]

Russia’s capabilities were overestimated until the invasion happened and they effed it up so bad.