Fmr. Lt. Gen. Twitty: ‘If Ukraine loses this war, you might as well say the U.S. lost the war’

In a news conference with journalists and the Russian people, Putin seemed emboldened by congressional infighting in Washington and as certain as ever about Russian victory in Ukraine. Keir Simmons and Lt. Gen. Stephen Twitty join Andrea Mitchell to discuss key takeaways from Putin’s address. “They face a Russian force now of 600,000 soldiers that are highly equipped, that they're gonna have to go against. And so, in my view, if they do not get the funding they will not be able to succeed in this fight,” says Gen. Twitty. “If Ukraine loses this war, you might as well say the U.S. lost the war, NATO has lost this war, because remember, we backed Ukraine from the beginning in this war, NATO backed Ukraine from the beginning of this war, and if we abandon the Ukrainians, then we have lost just as much as the Ukranians have lost,” he adds.
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Fmr. Lt. Gen. Twitty: ‘If Ukraine loses this war, you might as well say the U.S. lost the war’
#Ukraine #Russia #Putin

[@osk2689]

And some people still say that this isn't a proxy war ...

[@grahamblack1716]

All wars are by proxy

[@rettro6578]

I know right, people are such naive dupes.

[@neowuwei7851]

Yes, the real war is now being waged against Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran, tho Congress has NOT declared war on ANY of those nations. The US is 'defending' their ships that were put off the coast of Yemen in some misguided mission as the world maritime police force.

[@YourlocalAustralian]

if you think the USA or Nato is too blame for the Ukraine war then you are so naive you are completely destined for failure so immense that people can't help but laugh when they see you sleeping on the curb.@@rettro6578

[@henderyjem6881]

I invite you to Kyiv to check if it matters if it's a proxy war or not a proxy war. Check if proxy rockets or normal rockets makes a difference during a rocket attack. Proxy kamikaze drones or normal kamikaze drones during a drone attack. Keyboard warrior, it's easy to say things, but you can come to Kyiv or Kharkiv and see if your words make a difference in the real world.

[@nemo1877]

Putin told us many times "Stay away from the Russian borders!" and nobody took him seriously. Now we are looking for stupid solutions...

[@picketf]

He also said: We are just camping and training near the border and proceeded to invade next. Also upon hearing there is an international warrant on his name made threats of rockets launching from a ship in the ocean aiming at international HQ in the Hage. 😂😂😂 What a clown🤡

[@nemo1877]

@@picketf A clown who could bring us the apocalypse ... You take it too easy, man.

[@odzergaming]

@@picketfwhy is no one hating Zelensky for persecution of Russians living in Ukrainian for absolutely no reason

[@picketf]

@@odzergaming Because this is a Russian doctrine, well dokumented. You encourage families with monetary benefits to move to a certain place then when enough patriots settled there you raise your hand and say.... but wait what about all the Russians in that area? It's how the war in the balkans started. Serbs wanting to expand in Bosnian and Croat theritory, so they send people there first to infiltrate the region and win political influence to finally exterminate muslim Bosnians from the area. This exact scenario is again a well described and employed tactic throughout Russian history

[@picketf]

@@odzergaming because that is russian tactics to grant citizens monetary incentive to move someplace so they can raise their hand after they acquire a certain jumber of patriots. It's exactly how the Serbs initiated genocide in the balkans.

[@srg6532]

After reading the title to this news story, when was the last time the US actually won a war?

[@tonyh8510]

The American Civil war

[@williammontalvo5242]

The US decisively won the first Gulf War in 1990 and the Kosovo War in 1998. Really the only wars the US has lost are ones in which they’ve attempted to occupy a population that was resistant to occupation. And even then, the US would succeed at completely shattering those governments and militaries but then fail at installing a new regime. I suspect it’s easier for an autocracy to brutalize an occupied population into submission.

[@vitorlopes2064]

Tax payers always pay for stupied wars

[@lefouineurdespoubelles4012]

@@tonyh8510 lol

[@ninzki143]

You're so gullible... Russia didn't win this war nor did the UrkNazi regime, the real winners are the military industrial companies from both sides

[@FotoBaraza]

How do you lose to an army that fights with shovels?

[@Aaronreacher]

And ran out of ammunition since 2022 😂

[@davidsmith5094]

Those shovels must be ray-guns !!

[@requiemforadream9221]

thats a propaganda, russia is currently using missiles mostly made by american companies

[@carlobunagan6681]

​@@requiemforadream9221what hahahahaha, you know why nato and us have big interest on russia? Because of this nukes they can produce

[@Soviet_DogFR]

​@@requiemforadream9221But didnt ukraine said russia now fighting with shovel and in the blink of collapse?

[@javiercorreapr9977]

Back in Istambul “keep fighting, we’ll support you as long as it takes”… Now “Hurry up, we’ll support you as long as we can”… Tomorrow “Good luck, we’ll keep in touch, bye”…

[@johnanderson1973]

Looks like Ukriane F’d up big time -they trusted US! How does the US GOVERNMENT SAY FU? Trust US!

[@henderyjem6881]

The West will never let Russia win thus

[@chrisoleary9876]

Bingo! Just like Vietnam. 😮😅

[@lolstalgic9602]

@@henderyjem6881 Tell that to the Taliban

[@28gire-jp1tw]

​@@henderyjem6881 Russia has already won. Ukraine lost land and NATO looking stupid for their strategic failure.

[@edrowlands1719]

Since the end of WW2 this country has lost every war and left those countries devastated, why the difference now?

[@prabhakararaoaravapalli9050]

it seems they go to war to win internal elections and some times just to make more money for their companies .... not bothered if other countries are devastated ?!

[@WellActualllyyy]

not true at all lol the US has won the majority of its wars since WWII i. e. korean, gulf, kosovo, Libyan, war on terror

[@ME1970freedom]

And robbed those countries from oil and gas and still Are doing that

[@eightyoutube11]

eh i think anerica helps alot of people out too

[@Domesticated_Ape]

Saying the US is involved in lots of wars is like saying the police are involved in lots of violence. Yeah obviously, but I’d rather the US than the Russians.

[@Berley_1234]

if wars can be started with lies, then peace can be started with the TRUTH.....

[@joepaluka9031]

Yes! Exactly! NATO has lost this war.

[@cuckoo46]

General Twitty appears to have a short memory, it is not going to be the first time the US is going to lose a war.

[@stephenlamb9008]

That's why he's called general twitty because he is an absolute twit.

[@ME1970freedom]

Hé is a corrupt 🐀

[@johnchristie162]

Even with if congress passed additional funding to Ukraine where are the potential people who can be trained to fight in the war. Aged men, women and teenagers are being force to fight. Young adults who fled Ukraine at the start of the war are being forced back to fight. Is America complicit in extending this war till the very last Ukrainian capable of fighting is dead and the war is still lost and their lives were lost just because America and NATO were embarrassed to loose to Russia. It’s just disgusting to think that Western countries have sunk to those levels of depravity.

[@enriquevazquez9746]

True

[@projectedone]

Aagh at last someone who knows

[@guishenStreetB]

Whenever you say the USA wants to extend the war at the cost of Ukrainian lives & maybe all parties should negotiate so unless Ukrainians die, Nato defenders will respond by saying “oh so you don’t want Ukraine to defend itself? How dare you ruzzian ork!”

[@rettro6578]

💯💯💯

[@neowuwei7851]

Isn't it obvious that the US is willing to fight to the LAST Ukrainian soldier, no matter how old they are? Their army should play it smart and surrender or realize that there will be few men left to rebuild their country when they run out of ammo and have to surrender anyway. NO peace talks when Russia holds a Royal flush.

[@donlon2579]

US foreign policy today is like that one friend who always get into a fight when drunk and drags you to mess and plays victim card when caught by the cops while blaming you for not holding him back😅

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

That makes zero sense. In this scenario, the US is more like the friend trying to protect his friend who got attacked by a big dude in a bar fight, asked for help from those around, didn’t get much and ultimately said, wait, why do we care more about what the bully is doing to the little guy than the bystanders?

[@batslav]

Trying to help after pushing him into the fight yeah you are right.

[@arreydharma5784]

Except US is the one telling 'his friend' to poke the big guy hoping that the big guy might lose.

[@jimmykelly2809]

You got some terrible friends

[@ANGELCRYPT0]

How abount the scenario where russia went crying the china for some help. Lets uncover all the stories here should be entertaining.

[@Nauda999]

I would say so, the same as what happened in Afghanistan and Vietnam, and what is happening in Syria.

[@user-mh7ng4vn9l]

Because Russia didn’t loose in Afghanistan, did they? 😏

[@carlos8040ca]

@@user-mh7ng4vn9lThe British and NATO lost in Afghanistan too 😅

[@user-mh7ng4vn9l]

@@carlos8040ca the russian troll profile I was answering to has been deleted 🤷‍♂️😂

[@user-mh7ng4vn9l]

@@carlos8040ca No, the US choose to leave seeing that russia was about to attack ukraine again, and China was more active. Russia had to leave because they were going bankrupt and right enuf the Soviet Union collapsed

[@carlos8040ca]

@@user-mh7ng4vn9l The USA is going bankrupt too, the highest debt in the world and who is paying our debt, the Chinese, Japanese, Saudis, that alllow us to keep on printing money causing high inflation. The USA lost the war in Afghanistan, because it wasn’t profitable and un winnable.

[@Scar626]

I've lost count how many times it was touted that "this is not a war between the US and Russia, Putin wants to frame it that way, but it is not. Russia is loosing against a small country on it's own." . . . Cut to "If Ukraine loses this war, you might as well say the U.S. lost the war". Could we fast track this whole thing to where you backtrack on all the lies you've told this whole time and we can get to a point where we agree on what is true? Please.

[@JamesSmith-ix5jd]

1) The US wanted to regime-change Russia to get a better shot at China. 2) It didn't play out. 3) Ukraine is destroyed.

[@kagolobyadalton5773]

If you facilitate some one and the win you fly high and if they lose??😅: simple logic

[@SVN_mt]

Russia never loses, learn history! And how many military conflicts has the United States won in the last 70 years?

[@larryfoster8820]

Lol people are short minded

[@topcat1358]

Yeah, Scar - Truth is the yanks LOSE most of the wars they fight. Even one side lost their Civil War, I believe?

[@HLeoncio61]

one crucial factor they don't mention is that Ukraine has already lost most of its most competent and inspired soldiers in action already - irreplaceable losses! so even if they did get more weapons it would take a long time to fully train new men and women to go fight and die at the front. Might as well start thinking about negotiations instead of sacrificing more human lives

[@jjw1987]

Nice try ruzzian shill. More weapons, more trained soldiers and more money is coming to Ukraine until your master is forced to retreat. The west dwarfs Russia economically and militarily and they will never let the dictator win.

[@guishenStreetB]

Whenever you say the USA wants to extend the war at the cost of Ukrainian lives & maybe all parties should negotiate so unless Ukrainians die, Nato defenders will respond by saying “oh so you don’t want Ukraine to defend itself? How dare you ruzzian ork!”

[@daryllportas8453]

There's no "if" about it, they've already lost the war.

[@user-mh7ng4vn9l]

How? By killing 350.000 russian soldiers, destroying 5000 tanks, or sinking 20% of the black sea fleet? You know the difference between your wishful thinking and reality, right? You are older than 3 years old, correct? So stop BS and start talking like a grown up instead…Ukraine is still there, and Russia can’t do ANYTHING about it… So they haven’t “already” lost anything, russia has 17% of Ukraine, at a terrible cost. Hitler conquered too alot of Russia, but was ultimately pushed back.

[@Shawn-od6yw]

I dont care about ukraine, why dont you fix our cities in America

[@jerrycoronado6887]

What is so terribly sad is that so many soldiers and civilians have lost their lives on both sides (though Ukraine has born the brunt) just because a cabal of US and NATO/EU know-it-alls thought they could defeat the Great Bear. Germany thought the same in WWII and how did it go for them? Ukraine never could defeat Russia despite assurances from the West that they could. At the onset of this war I knew the great Achilles heel for Ukraine was depending on the largesse of a very fickle West and underestimating Russia’s manufacturing might. Current events have proven my thoughts well founded.

[@ALFarrell-kv6ok]

Misinformation much?!

[@ultravioletsus]

​@@ALFarrell-kv6okwhat misinformation? Ukraine has lost about 35% of its land and they'll never get it back. What's even worse is that military aid to Ukraine is about to halt and after that Russians will overrun Ukraine just like they did to Germans in WWII.

[@ayushkumar-bg1xf]

its retardness to think anyone can defeat big countries like india , china russia usa on its own borders . anyone with common sense knows that , zelensky was foolish guy

[@projectedone]

Glad to see there are informed people commenting. Yes you are right 👍

[@ALFarrell-kv6ok]

Where did you learn that? TASS? Russia Today? Pravda?No, it was started by imperialistic Russia. And Russia is losing!

[@David-gy6fv]

According to Russia this is homeground. Loosing is not an option. crossing the border is not far

[@timtrewyn453]

Definitely becoming a new graveyard.

[@malanalan1]

Alaska is also home ground to Russia.

[@nedialkosimonov3893]

According to history , this is russian homeground

[@victorv4899]

@@nedialkosimonov3893All territories claimed by Russia in this war, have been occupied 1 to 3 centuries ago. So, historically it is NOT their lands.

[@tayikolla6205]

​@@victorv4899 At least they possessed them longer than the Ukrainians

[@jesuisrobert808]

Do you really think Putin is ready to negotiate? Haha

[@ligmajohnson9400]

They've been ready to negotiate from the beginning

[@abrakkehakka1357]

It’s useless to negotiate with Putin. He has violates so many agreements. So whatever he says or signs, it’s worthless.

[@Blanka1100]

As if Putin respected any deals....

[@titanproductions3628]

​@@Blanka1100as if the U.S and it's puppies respected any deals.

[@titanproductions3628]

​​@@Blanka1100The U.S was the only country that voted against ceasefire in UN assembly. As if the U.S followed any International law.

[@jimmycologne6032]

The General is 100% correct. USA, NATO, EU have suffered a humiliating defeat in Ukraine.

[@irinaram1749]

The Moscow looks so beautiful behind the reporter.

[@lolstalgic9602]

But they told me it was in ashes!

[@erikvynckier4819]

Julian Assange would be a good pawn to exchange. We would all welcome Julian being able to work and speak from Moscow, about the things that the USA, NATO etc. want to keep underneath the cupboard.

[@olegkhokhlov-ct3ey]

Good idea

[@Peter-jo6yu]

​@@olegkhokhlov-ct3ey In your dreams Boris

[@vinycrimbo8692]

Peter-jo6yu why is that? What did Assange do to be locked up for ten years without charges being brought against him?

[@olegkhokhlov-ct3ey]

@Peter-jo6yu It's just the idea not dreams, Peter the Great

[@neilbennett9281]

Assange needs to be freed not exchanged. It’s a travesty that he is incarcerated. You are either ill equipped or poorly informed.

[@joebandi2695]

Lets hope for all countries involved in one way or another that a compromise is made to end this war, weather its a Ukrainien soldier or a Russian soldier, they both have family and an opportunity to have a fulfilling life, wars achieve nothing but misery for the innocent bistanders who suffer most.

[@aoeu256]

Ukraine was never winning even 10 months ago. Look up at India media. The American oligarchs wanted to prolong the war to weaken Russia and get huge profits through the MIC (and similar for the Russian owners). If the US wanted to win the war they would have had Po;land join the war early on.

[@pritammarak2557]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that it's useless to have peace talks with Ukrainian leaderships, if there has to be a negotiation then it will have to be between Russia and the West.

[@2fatbunnys739]

As long as nato wants war, there will be war... Warmongering is their business.....

[@AleksandraGraham-jz7wv]

How would money help without weapons??? You don't have the weapons...

[@robertwagner2079]

We can replace money spent on war, we cannot replace the lives lost. Ukraine is suffering the second of those while fighting our enemy, couldn't we assist them with the aid they require to win.

[@rack9458]

Are you willing to fund it for 20 years?

[@jmhorange]

Considering we don't have true universal health care, there hasn't been student loan relief, and there's little attempt to tax billionaires and multinational corporations for what they need to pay, it seems there is indeed money we can't replace. The Biden Administration needs to lay out a strategy that wins the war by the end of 2024. This is ridiculous, a never ending war with no end game is a war you are most likely to lose.

[@robertwagner2079]

@@rack9458 well we can wait until Putin takes Ukraine and then try to free an occupied country.

[@t.a.landry6410]

@@rack9458 YES, if necessary, considering the alternative... but you and I both know that it won't take that many years!

[@JoeyANaziDictator]

Wake county place the money lost on wars lol. You're a big time spender like all the other leftist.. if Joey had his way 200 billion dollars for one Ashkenazi warmonger zielinski another hundred billion dollars for Ashkenazi warmonger netanyahu. Are you a Christophobe or completely ignorant of History maybe a combination of both . The last time there was an Ashkenazi leader in the region targeting civilians being financed by international bankers pushing atheistic humanism and equity it led to the death of approximately 100 million Christian Russians and ukrainians. His name of course was Karl Marx The Christian Russian people have every right to say never again, never again. It's a shame the Christian Ukrainian people forgot history. I don't know why they would allow an antichrist to lead their people.. throws Christian priests in prison and kicked the Christian Orthodox Church out of Ukraine.

[@delroyjohn6126]

Sustainable funding for a war is impossible without Sustainable manpower. And historically all wars comes to a end on negotiations.

[@Bob10009]

Nonsense.

[@delroyjohn6126]

@@Bob10009 so what's your point of view ?. if you have any.

[@Bob10009]

@@delroyjohn6126 the Falklands didn’t end with negotiations, it ended with surrender, as did WW2 in Japan, as did most wars my country has fought in. Ukraine has sustainable manpower if it is given the right support. If the US had given 500 Abrams, 500 Bradleys and 100 F-16 a year ago, and trained 100,000 Ukrainians, the war would be over by now. The Ukrainian offensives in Kharkiv and Kherson could have been continued right to the coast before the Russians had time to dig in. The US could have done that EASILY without affecting its own military power whatsoever. It would have been far cheaper to dispose of mothballed weapons than to keep them. Britain alone has trained almost 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers. But dragging the war out is selling a lot of American weapons……

[@delroyjohn6126]

@@Bob10009 if the US did more or give more , heard this many times!. Wars are a waste of human life it should be avoided at all cost, not play politics as see in Ukraine. The US move ships too the black sea but didn't move any troops over to Ukraine . Because they didn't want to risk nuclear confrontation with Russian. Can you not see the west is not ready to commit to Ukraine 100%.

[@sim999]

Nonsense, lefties crap

[@NinjaKuma]

Putin talks live for 4hrs. Imagine biden talking for 4 minutes without mumbling 😂

[@davidbradley3735]

Imagine fleeing to Russia, because thats where all the ungrateful un-American ways GD Banana Republicans need to be?

[@ericp1139]

Or inviting RT to ask him questions.

[@davidhoover3347]

Oh no - not a mumble.

[@Bunny_Feng_Min]

If you were Russian you would probably be arrested just due to this comment. Be proud of where you're From

[@everTriumph]

Or Trump being silent for 4 minutes with a microphone in the vicinity.

[@roberttaylor3594]

of course Putin looks confident here. It's probably the main thing he has to do during the press conference.

[@anderseckstrand7033]

@roberttaylor3594…..Looks confident because Putin IS confident. Ukraine is losing this war of attrition. Once again our media has been lying to us about the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers KIA. Just like we were being lied to about our success in Vietnam.

[@olegkhokhlov-ct3ey]

Not to look confident. He is always confident. The main idea, in case you don't get it so far, to answer questions

[@beaconing7689]

well they doing well so far that's why...

[@bg1616]

​@@beaconing7689Why is losing hundreds of thousand of men simply to end up with less territory "doing well". Putin is confident because he lives in a bubble where he hears nothing and sees nothing. All he has to do is give orders. There has been many occasions where he has apparently the wrong facts to hand.

[@krevetka9744]

If looking confident and answering questions is the only thing a president must do then why Biden is president still?

[@Jeremymich1985]

The war was never about Ukraine. Its was about what the U.S. can gain from the benefits. They focus more on what’s bring money to the table.

[@mikedominick6690]

Wrong it was a money laundering operation and a way to prevent Zelinski from telling on Joe Bribehim.

[@istvanglock7445]

So are you saying this was all arranged between Putin and the US? What's in it for Putin?

[@lilbfrom094princeton8]

@istvanglock7445 Putin now controls the Red Sea along with BRICS nations and all of the energy going to Europe. Israel is next if they don’t cease fire followed by the invasion of those chips… Taiwan. This is about recourses and BRICS nations no longer want to be bullied sanctioned and have interference in their sovereignty. The US is no longer the world’s dominant power and soon won’t even have the worlds reserve currency.

[@lilbfrom094princeton8]

@istvanglock7445 Keep in mind that Ukraine was never part of NATO… The challenges will become increasingly harder for the US moving forward. Pay attention to the Fed throughout 2024 going into 2025. That’s going to decide how painful this all time depression will be.

[@lilbfrom094princeton8]

@istvanglock7445 Fun fact… Ukraine has a ton of lithium wealth… I wonder why the US wants green and all electric energy.

[@mr.m4853]

What an insane thing to say

[@leedereksmith7910]

The US is better off not getting involved in foreign international conflicts. Only costing the raise of American inflation to support international affairs. 💯

[@philphil4042]

Stupid comment of someone who knows nothing about geopolitics.

[@wnose]

Yes let's leave the international order to Putin and Xi. Just do what they want. Get Big savings on the military too.

[@istvanglock7445]

How does supporting international affairs raise inflation in America? Inflation has been kept well down in the US by the importation of goods made much cheaper overseas than would be the case in the US. And if we're doing business all around the world, we need to keep all those trade routes open and unhindered - and that means taking an interest in what goes on outside the US.

[@leedereksmith7910]

@istvanglock7445 the production of retail cost of American military weapons and supplies ship to international. International affairs can't get superior quality technological weapons in the world. That top secret! The supplies, chain demand, and logistics are in cheaper trading other goods and commodities with other country. Congress is the one that supports these bills, that only add to raise of inflation. You know how many country the united state aids and support in money and general supplies. If your an American clearly you don't know squat about economics worka on how it's effective the raises in prices in America. 💯

[@leedereksmith7910]

@istvanglock7445 overall it's adds on to the national debt which does effect the economic inflation of prices. Every international conflict raises the inflations, because of highly supporting international affairs in

[@ClubofInfo-Circulation]

the US lost every major war it just fought, so talking of the US losing as if it is remarkable is an oddity

[@Jmpr12]

Ukraine could get billions from U.S. for decades and still lose due to Russian manpower superiority and ability to ramp up manufacturing production.

[@wnose]

Yes there's a limit to Russian prisons

[@tatianaes3354]

Russia is in the minority in terms of man power in the conflict the whole time. But Russia has way more missiles and artillery. It is not feasible to win against that no matter what the West will do.

[@theodurnayne3874]

Most of the USSRs weapon factories were in its puppet states... Who are churning up production all right. Can't wait to see what Poland is gonna start taking off the assembly lines in the coming years m

[@advancetotabletop5328]

Do you bots still live in your echo chambers?

[@Jmpr12]

@@advancetotabletop5328this bot is getting his Christmas wish in that Congress isn’t sending all my tax dollars and whatever else is printed beyond that to Ukraine.

[@jimmykelly2809]

What did you think was going to happen? This was inevitable they put up a good fight but you can’t run a war off a gofundme account

[@victorv4899]

@jimmykelly2809 Ukraine didn’t start the war; Russia did. Ukraine was unprepared as it was misled by the Russian assurances that “we (Russians & Ukrainians) are the same people, are brothers!

[@LyricalSteeler]

@@victorv4899 NATO built and trained their army for years,2014 to 2022. And they prepared and built fortifications and bunkers at strategical defensive locations. Gave them American, Swedish, French, German, etc military hardware, armaments of every type. They built an strong military force that was very, very prepared. So you can't call them unprepared.. Ukraine had the 2nd largest and most well trained and most recently trained army iun Europe at the time of the invasion.

[@serglet8236]

Sure, you should agree the US were quite foolish to reject the Russian plan for global peace and cooperation. After such rejection interviews like above are senseless...

[@user-cs1gc5wk2r]

Even a blind man can see that its lost......

[@tomcassidy2525]

we get all our $ from russia .... eric

[@Dingleberry777]

Joe gets his from Ukraine and China.

[@tomcassidy2525]

@@Dingleberry777 does joe have 91 feliones ?

[@kp63]

@@tomcassidy2525 Does trump?

[@b.t.2795]

The feds are investigating Truth Social for Russian money laundering. 😬

[@tomcassidy2525]

@@kp63 yes

[@ashokagarwal78]

One main thing or point everybody forgets that Ukraine population already depleted. Best experienced soldiers out of action. Official figures 25000 amputees undergoing treatment in USA and other regions. Millions of refugees of Ukraine have left Ukraine. Millions of internally displaced citizens of Ukraine. Definitely shortage of manpower. What use new weapons if nobody is there to operate them

[@user-tl4xs6ub7g]

We have enough population to continue

[@ashokagarwal78]

@@user-tl4xs6ub7g till last soldier standing.

[@theodurnayne3874]

Artillery is a low manpower-high casualty producing weapon system. No one is talking about sending m4s or g36s, they're talking about sending 155mm shells

[@ashokagarwal78]

@@theodurnayne3874 in order to retake lost territory Ukraine has to storm Russia defence lines. Artillery alone cannot achieve that.

[@derrickjoe1872]

​@@user-tl4xs6ub7gnot enough to continue war, and soon it won't even be enough to exist in 50 years.

[@ereckelweckel321]

Ukraine is not a NATO member, im uncertain as to why Its America's issue to provide them with anything, especially monetary.

[@andersstook3273]

That would be correct and a joy to hear.

[@nenojovanovic9360]

The West lost another war on Russia. Napoleon and Hitler didn't teach you anything?

[@JohnTheBaptist2022]

But you guys were reporting that Ukraine was winning for 2 years 🤣

[@godfreydebouillon8807]

They think because in Iraq the US ran big-arrow offensives, simply bypassed most defensive positions, and strike directly at the capital and control centers, and could get away with doing that there, that this is how all wars work.

[@krevetka9744]

Still winning apparently. It's not like they... LIED, right? Mainstream media never lies :D

[@baldeagledelta3482]

After Vietnam and Afghanistan are we even surprised?? And when did the USA go into a war without a coalition, Allies or proxies against one enemy??

[@hernan874]

Why is the us fighting so hard to save Ukraine? It might be wise to let all the people know why the us can't lose this war.

[@silviutudorescu8114]

Because the US wants to be on the ground in Ukraine and taje advantage of their ressources just like they did everywhere they went

[@user-mh7ng4vn9l]

The US is so powerful that if they wished, Ukraine would have won by now. Their defense budget is one trillion and they gave 50 billion, only 5% of it. Danmark, proportionally, donated so much more. The US can really make a difference.

[@user-1mrndslvd8h]

Looks like they want Russia to win. The White House blocked the lend-lease for Ukraine.

[@krevetka9744]

Money don't win wars

[@user-mh7ng4vn9l]

@@krevetka9744 you’re right. Money don’t win wars, but the weapons you can buy with it do.

[@krevetka9744]

@@user-mh7ng4vn9l Weapons don't win wars either. People do. And Russia has three times more than Ukriane.

[@user-mh7ng4vn9l]

@@krevetka9744 …then you can maybe answer why they failed after 10 years of proxy war and two years of total war to even conquer half of the Donbas? I mean, I’m not saying the whole of Ukraine, but just HALF of the Donbas? And how then, was it possible for Ukraine to kick Russia out of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Snake Island, the west black sea even if they have NO navy? Any suggestions? 😂

[@bouncingBrain]

That Twitty guy forgot to mention the human cost. Millions of Ukrainians have left their country. Close to 400K were killed or wounded. Many of those left behind would be forced to fight and die in a war that they cannot win.

[@dodofacebruh5469]

My uncle was forced to fight

[@ThePettho]

Of cause Ukraine can win, they haven’t really been supported by the west but still they keep beating the invaders. Russia is fight for the glory of its empire and to enslave Eastern Europe. Ukraine is fighting to survive.

[@antisoviet6786]

Believe it or not but ukrainians are still able to win this war. They just need help. Most of americans have not got the slightest understanding that there's a huge difference between USSR and Russia.

[@daryllportas8453]

@@antisoviet6786 Ukraine just need 5 million highly trained soldiers and unlimited weapons, like the Russians have.

[@antisoviet6786]

@@daryllportas8453 1)Both claims are unfounded. 2) Russias resources are not endless. It seems to me that collective west does not want Ukraine to win and russia to lose. Today's politicians are just pu**ies.

[@MKhan-sd7hu]

What I don't understand is why 50+ countries failing to defeat 1 Russian Federation..!! Now USA needs to learn how to loose gracefully...!!! I guess....

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

As a Romanian who lives here, I will say this, we have lived under the BARBARIAN yoke more than once, from the Ottoman theocracy to the Austro-Hungarian, Holy Roman & Tzars Empires with their Imperialist agendas, to Hitler and Stalin's Empires of evil, we would rather die in battle, fighting to the bitter end, tooth and nail, we would rather go out in blaze go glory with nuclear hellfire then have to ever live like that ever again! I just buried my grandfather, mother's side, this last August, 96 years, a WWII veteran, artillery & AA officer in the Romanian Army, he would often say, "We fought to defend our homeland/fatherland from barbarians, on all sides" but in the end, we were betrayed and sold out, we should have all died in nuclear hellfire that rather to live in these times, but saying that just makes me hate myself, Before that on 2006, on 1 September, my birthday of all days, I buried my grandmother, mother's side, her father was a stormtrooper of the German Empire in WW I, one of the very few to survive and retire, he never talked about the war, but my grandmother, the youngest of his 4 kids, would often say he was a quiet, calm and nice person, he did not really believe in Gods or the divine but believed in the better things in life, he died in his rocking chair when the news of Polish Invasion by the Germans and Russians started, just died there, there is no grave for him, the communist destroyed several cemeteries, the mear mentioning of the words "trench warfare" or even hearing someone blow the trench whistle, makes my very bones stiff and blood run cold, In 1996 I buried my grandfather on my father's side, he was an MG operator, who fought in the Eastern Front, before that he was a tanner and herder, he lost everything under communist rule, from his trade to his health, Any nation has the civic right to defend itself from any and all forms of invasions, If we allow another fascist regime to rise in Europe, we might as well nuke ourselves and save ourselves the pain of war, but suicide is the coward's way out, that is unless your riding a F14 or F18 into the Alien Mothership, that is heroic sacrifice, The Ages of Empires, have come and gone, ROME is gone, Byzantium, France, England, Sweeden, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Austro-Hungary, the Ottomans, the Third Reich and the Russians/USSR, they are all gone, the ages of mad kings and crazed emperors, is gone, we should learn to do better than them, instead, it just keeps getting worse and worse, Instead the cancer of their teachings permeates and rots the minds and souls, generations have been tainted, Do I believe Ukraine will come out on top, yes, but to quote the German Cavalry Commander Adalbert von Bredow "it will cost what it will" during "Von Bredow's Death Ride" from the Franco-Prussian War, it will be bloody, Reconstruction will take years, but what cannot be done is allow Russia more foothold, allow the barbarians more lands, they will stack you in the back, We stand with our old brothers in arms Poland and Bulgaria along with the Baltics, Sweden, Finland with Ukraine in this war, I hope America, Canada, England, Hungary, Austria, Germany and the rest get their act straight because we all know we cannot allow another empire of evil to rise, NEVER AGAIN! SOL INVICTUS, SLAVA UKRAINA!

[@mito7]

Слава России. Вечная Россия!!! Божья страна!!!! Непобедима

[@efghggdxlmfn33]

Deep systemic problems at the front will no longer allow Ukraine to conduct serious negotiations on freezing the conflict, although the West is trying to launch this scenario. Today, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are experiencing a shortage of professional fighters who died near Bakhmut and Soledar. And the failed counter-offensive only worsened Ukraine’s position on the world stage

[@mymonster156]

Get Biden to talk without reading a script! That would be a treat!!!

[@tauhidershadKUFNAFLORAN]

wouldn't be US's first losing a war.

[@hcilliers]

What about us journalist Gonzalo Lira that died in a Ukrainian prison a few days ago, after he warned people in the west that he will be killed by Zelenskyy. Why were there no efforts made to get him out?

[@delroyjohn6126]

Question, why would someone choose to go to war and cannot control the financial side of it. Once the ones who has finance you say they cannot continue to support its over. A very bad situation.

[@bloodlove93]

question how many strong drinks did you have before attempting to write that?

[@delroyjohn6126]

@@bloodlove93 why strong drinks are your suggestion?. It have been discussed and debated in many well established platforms about dwindling financial support.

[@jeffreysuharto747]

Bcos they are lead by a clown😂

[@projectedone]

Russia surprised them . Don’t think they expected Russia to out manufacture the collective west when it comes to arms and ammo. Also the level of attrition being dealt out, west cannot maintain the requirements of new equipment and ammo. Man power in Ukraine is also now at critical levels.

[@delroyjohn6126]

@@projectedone I agree with you

[@blhtml]

So True, if Ukraine lose America lose and Russia win!

[@ligmajohnson9400]

No. America is not at war with Russia😂

[@maryd6745]

It'll be a hollow victory - because Putin is so old - probably dying (🤞) - won't get the full thrill he's seeking.

[@pyrophobia133]

​@@ligmajohnson9400we are by proxy

[@blhtml]

@@maryd6745Ja Putin did it so he get into the History books

[@blhtml]

@@ligmajohnson9400Ukraine have lost if it's not from the Support from USA

[@n.manasseh8615]

Why isn’t Europe stepping up and sending more money to the Ukraine??? Europe expects the US to fund the Ukraine War and the War in the Middle East while they sit back and do nothing?

[@ashadowawhisper]

We’re not fighting Russia, so we aren’t losing the war… Ukraine is

[@sabin97]

you are fighting russia. and not just usakistanis, but ALL whites. you keep giving zelenski and his orcs incredible amounts of weapons, money,training, espionage, sabotage, blockades, sanctions, seizures(legalized theft), logistics support and everything else they could possibly want. and still he cannot capture moscow.

[@user-gy7xs6qx9b]

That's like cus demato saying I didn't lose the match. Mike Tyson did😅 u puwassy

[@danielbyrnes5446]

Ukraine is just the first step. The war does not end if Ukraine loses.

[@aulii11]

Absolutely correct. Unfortunately there are too many US citizens who have no concept of history and who are unwilling to consider anything beyond the weekend as the future.

[@axe863]

Russia attacked a non-NATO country specficially because it was non-NATO. If Russia takes Ukraine which is highly unlikely, why would it risk war with NATO. This is idiotic thinking.

[@aulii11]

@@axe863 There are other countries that are non-NATO. Should Russia feel free to invade them as well?

[@Blanka1100]

With Trump in the office? I am not so sure. @@axe863

[@AlexanderTch]

what's the next step then?

[@dannmarceau9743]

I liked the Republican party better before they decided to back Putin.

[@ligmajohnson9400]

Nobody cares. Russia is not our enemy, Democrats are

[@maryd6745]

Real and serious Republicans always take the side Putin is NOT on.

[@titanproductions3628]

​@@maryd6745Demon,'rats bots hating the truth while simultaneously drinking gallons off copium. UckRain iS wiNnIng. 😂

[@wlhjr77]

No way am I voting republican in the next election

[@johnjehovah8631]

Platitudes are fun to watch when you start losing a war that was never yours but in true American fashion arrogance and entitlement made you think so. It only cost how much of Ukrainian blood?

[@coolworx]

Avdiivka is indicative of where this is going.

[@theboiballincollig]

Do the U.S not keep prisioners in Gitmo without trail indefinitly?????? The HYPOCRISY IS FRIGHTENING

[@terrencekane8203]

"We don't need American banks. We get all our money from Russia." --- Eric Trump, 2016.

[@b.t.2795]

Have the feds finished investigating Truth Social for Russian money laundering? 🤔

[@people744]

your point

[@frankbandera6591]

Tends to be how investments work "We’re also providing -- not as a gift. When I say providing it sounds like we’re providing a gift -- we’re also -- American venture capitalists and other foreign investment is flowing into the Russia’s economy to allow it to diversify beyond your abundant natural resources -- metals, oil and gas -- and help Russia -- Russian start-ups get their ideas to market." ~Joe Biden, 3/10/11

[@alanbuzby613]

Psst ! Joe and Hunter have off shore banks in Ukraine.

[@ginjjiigok364]

lol trump smashing while biden supports endless wars. shame

[@carydavidhoffson6014]

The world is a big mess then ever before

[@user-sw4wk3op9f]

lol not even close

[@andrekeefer2034]

Losing a war is NOT the end of the world.

[@kevinmartinez-ci1zi]

That general should go to fight in Ukraine since he wants so much to fight the very cynical and perverse

[@dmvlimousine6636]

It's not if it loses the war It's when it loses the war

[@VancouverInvestor]

You mean Russia? Ukraine is discussing surrender. Aid has dried up after the failed Summer offensive.

[@willshandroski3462]

"3 days to take Kyiv" If you couldn't defeat Ukraine at your strongest, then you definitely can't defeat Ukraine at your weakest

[@chrisjames3087]

The US has seen the almost total destruction of the once mighty Red Army for a tiny fraction of our defense budget, and, without the loss of a single American. I'd call that a bargain.

[@TheBruce571]

That tiny fraction of our over inflated budget could house every homeless person in America.

[@reason6835]

You know Russia is winning this war, right? Their army is far from “total destruction.”

[@debeichmann236]

@@TheBruce571 there is still plenty of $$$ leftover.

[@courtneyadkins1580]

We are not giving them cash. We are giving them old weapons that we replace with new. We invest those billions into our own country. It creates jobs. @@TheBruce571

[@ligmajohnson9400]

That's stupid. There is no Red Army LOL. The Soviet Union fell in the 90s😂😂😂

[@damirbubnic5056]

Everybody forget "As long as it rake". Ukranians begins to wake up.

[@politicsbtch]

Europe and NATO will care what happens in Ukraine when Putin is in their backyard. Democracy should be funded, here and abroad. 🇺🇲🇺🇦

[@alanbuzby613]

Putin already took care of NATO

[@michaelbriganti]

Europe does Business with Putin for oil. so,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@GeneTurner-gg4yo]

You can forget about this bunch of GOP reps they are not there to govern; it is painfully obvious. It pains me to see the need for the US and NATO to deal with global conflicts meet this uncooperative bunch of out of touch, autocratic politicians.

[@TheBruce571]

Funny how the military doesn't seem to do that.

[@seanschisler4287]

Did Ukraine become the 51 state that we Americans didn't know about?? How about zelenskyy go and ask other NATO countries for help.

[@whatmyohmy]

Where is it written? That it's okay to go hurt someone because you can! It is against morals! And it's against laws!

[@IcarosImmortal]

Putin and his regime has absolutely no morals , and yes there are bad leaders in this world or evil, but he surpases them all, in deception inhumanity and cruelty. Th only leader that welcomed Hamas after th e 7 Oct. massacre which by the wat was his birthdate.. no need to say more.

[@paulwilson8061]

Are u talking about ukr and Donbas from 2014?

[@Spikey45633]

If its our war, send US troops in. If not, close and protect our border first.

[@BranislavB-hx9zy]

Trump 24 means if Trump keeps what he promises a split in the West and weakened the West and the US out of NATO, no wonder that the two most popular Americans in Russia and the pro-Putin country Serbia are precisely Trump and Elon Musk. If this happens then the French president Macron will be right, he who claims that the US will betray Europe and that Europe must create its own joint military and become a military superpower, the consequence will be that American political influence in Europe in the future is over. The EU countries' pension funds are full of US shares that finance business in the US, Americans should not forget that.

[@JORMUNREKKR]

This is hillarious as there are so many mistakes these reporters made in just 3 minutes (couldn't watch more). Like he made it look like the confidence Putin had during the conference only came from the fact that the western support for Ukraine was getting lower, when in fact he didn't care much about it, but was mostly speaking about the Russian military capabilities that were growing fast. Then he says Zelensky wants Russia to withdraw its troops back to the 2014 "internationally recognized borders", when in fact most countries didn't recognize the 2014 borders (Russia with Crimea) and Zelenksy keeps saying he wants the 1991 borders.

[@georl1]

Having a friend like the United States, who needs enemies.

[@KateLopez-wr1cy]

Democracy must prevail!...

[@zacthegamer6145]

Tell Zelensky to hold elections then!

[@zacthegamer6145]

If UK can have a new PM during WW2, why not Ukraine if it is election time and his term is over? Why restrict media or curb citizens rights!

[@africaunite99]

😂😂😂😂, democracy in Ukraine .

[@krevetka9744]

This whole thing started because Ukraine lost its grasp on democracy and installed a new government without elections in 2014.

[@guruxara7994]

Ukraine isn't a democracy.

[@stefanandersson211]

What about poor people in us ? Use the money in us . Stop the war

[@robertdebrus3732]

Republicans lost it.

[@DD-wx4jc]

Republicans walked us into this war? Republicans control Europe? No, Biden is a fool living in the past. He joined a war we were always destined to lose.

[@user-1mrndslvd8h]

Google "Proposed plan for victory in Ukraine". Looks like they want to help.

[@philosophyversuslogic]

Ukraine has almost lost the war. Even if they keep fighting, the number of sacrafices is catastrophic. Peace must be accepted immediately.

[@remigijuspocevicius7965]

russ now lose you putin will be in gaga you not be happy

[@philosophyversuslogic]

@@remigijuspocevicius7965 Really? Appearences can be deceptive

[@ME1970freedom]

Negotiation? You mean: surrender

[@tebohomabotho8653]

Meaning NATO lost in essence

[@bulldog1066jpd]

If Ukraine loses against Russia it's because the US sold them out. It's as simple as that. What goads me the most it didn't cost the US any troops just a little bit of money. 😮 The thing that worries me most is the stability for Europe and NATO as a whole in the future.

[@Herodotus__]

I like to see our Presidents in 3 hours + answering questions. Oh, without teleprompters also!

[@user-vh6bg2fn4n]

😢My mother is in Ukraine, I am now afraid that nothing will happen 😥

[@michaelk430]

half of the money that goes to Ukraine. Are spent paying for people's salaries. While americas homeless have to sleep on the road.

[@francynelane9253]

And we can blame Trump and Mike Johnson for it ! VOTE DEMOCRAT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM IN 24 . VOTE FOR YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN. 💙💙💙

[@monkeydavefraud]

We the hive mind we. Blame a man who wasn't in office? Holy vaccinated woman.. Too dumb to live. I'm glad you got vaccinated honey

[@PorkChopSammie]

Winning a war has nothing to do with how many battles you win. You can win every battle and lose the war. Wars are won and lost on TV and in bank accounts.

[@trescatrevor]

I disagree, WW1 was not won, the Allies pulled back too soon, and then messed up the peace. As a result, the whole thing had to have a re-run in WW2. This time the battle was really won in 1945. So it does matter. The only way to win the Ukrane battle is for the Russian economy to collapse from within and there to be a revolt at home, as happend in 1917. Russia is too big and it needs to be broken up into smaller nation states who would be reluctant to start a fight on their own and for them see that the better way is to build up a trading relationship with the outer world. Bank accounts help the winning side to win battles and to prevail.

[@norberthaimberger9537]

How should it Look like ... Wenningstedt against Russia ?? Conquer all Sibiria ??

[@norberthaimberger9537]

Winning

[@Zima49]

This correspondent has "lost" his interview to Putin. When he took it, he was extremely rude and interrupted permanently. Putin had to put him in place several times. Also, how is Assad and Lera?

[@hudsonthereal]

They talk about weapons to be sent but not a peace to be achieved. That says everything.

[@calebjarrell2603]

Losing a war and sustaining your own country or win a war and deplete your capital on another country that won’t help you…

[@terrencekane8203]

There are 315,000 Russian casualties, accordcing to US intel. Ukraine has only half that total. They can win. We must help them.

[@ord4r857]

Nobody is stopping you from going there.

[@alanbuzby613]

Wrong Intel .

[@TowardTreatise]

The 60 year olds drafted would sure appreciate you volunteering.

[@Myers70]

NO MORE MONEY TO UKRAINE

[@klaus1292]

Putin has 800k troops,they cannot win 😂

[@ibmgrunt]

Release Gershkovick IMMEDIATELY!!! NO NEGOTIATIONS!!!

[@Yt699Dutch]

This isn't about fracking america. We have blood on our hands. We said a couple of years ago against one of the poorest and most corrupt country's of europe: "here, you can have our support and money and stuff, and we stand behind you and you can win"!!! Now 2 yearls later, that picture is not quite the same anymore...

[@TaytesHuugeCaulk]

Trump is Putin's Kaw k hammock.

[@Dingleberry777]

Biden is Zelensky's .

[@TaytesHuugeCaulk]

​@Dingleberry777 Nice. At least Zelenski is a manly man of honor and not a bloated ball of dictator.

[@Dingleberry777]

@@TaytesHuugeCaulk It's still g _ _.

[@b.t.2795]

Trump is Putin's favorite first lady. 😜

[@kp63]

@@TaytesHuugeCaulk Zelenksi is an actor who collects American taxdollars to buy yachts for his oligarch friends

[@dannyb4753]

Spoiler alert, Ukraine already lost.

[@josephphoenix1376]

SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦

[@alexguerra122]

IT LOOKS MORE “ A COMEDY “ THAN NEWS.

[@giselapfeifer4666]

This is not the matter of 'winning' for Russia. As President Putin said - it is about a conflict that has to be solved and in his opinion it can be done by de-nazifying and de-militarizing Ukraine. So the aim is a neutral Ukraine in which both Ukrainians and Russians can live in peace with oneanother..

[@jjw1987]

Stop smoking crack, it’s not good for you.

[@markmierzejewski9534]

Russian troll bots are doing a better job at convincing the poorly educated to abandon Ukraine than they have actually fighting combat in Ukraine.

[@Dingleberry777]

Will you go to Ukraine and fight the good fight young boy .. or do you have an excuse or 2 ?

[@JohnBrown-pq9tj]

Thank God Google tolerates and even celebrates their existence.

[@Toekneepowers]

Yeah I also still believe in Russia collusion. 🤪🤯🔫

[@b.t.2795]

​​@@Toekneepowers Eric says daddy gets his funding from Russia grandma. And have the feds finished investigating Truth Social for Russian money laundering grandma? 🤔

[@Toekneepowers]

11/10/1775

[@gideonchoong2534]

The US And Nato need to realise this war is a bad mistake and should never happen. It's not about face saving, it's about getting out of the problem.Stop the war and have peace that this war will never occur again!

[@aleksiklove2755]

We are with you Ukraine

[@alexhiguera5460]

Ineptly made decisions by the US not to arm the Ukrainians with modern tanks and fighter jets much earlier in the war has cost the initiative for Ukraine. This is a disaster of our own making. We would have been better to do nothing at all.

[@istvanglock7445]

But we've already destroyed half the Russian army for 6% of the defense budget. Worth it on that alone, I'd say. It's not a disaster yet, though it could be if Congress doesn't smarten up.

[@alexhiguera5460]

This gives them huge incentives to retool and rebuild their factories for modern war time production which will only boost their economy and defensives for Russia.

[@krevetka9744]

@@istvanglock7445 Entire generation of young Ukrainian men. Pff, best money ever spent.

[@ayushkumar-bg1xf]

usa knew propaganda value of those tanks and fighters, destruction of such tanks will make usa tax payer go bonkers on high cost (to pay kickback to politician western equipment are ten times over priced)

[@antonioribeiro2818]

team jokes had never faced a strong opponent and now they are in despair and seeing ghosts