Former President of Estonia talks NATO Response to Russian Aggression | The Cipher Brief

[@Kavala76]

7:02 "...I don't believe Russia would do something like that". And he's willing to chance global nuclear destruction when A) he has no clue what Russia is thinking B) he never considers the possibility of misuderstanding c) he ignores the possibility of an accident. This man is dangerously prideful and optimistic.

[@johnwilliams9244]

Thank you for this interesting interview with the informative insights of former President Ilves.

[@janlampert5688]

ex Czechoslovakian here of similar age as this guy, experienced third of my life under occupation of USSR i can say 💯 that Russia will never bomb Children Hospital or kill children.

[@thecipherbrief]

Silly statement.

[@GalAxy-u9s]

​@@thecipherbriefyou started with silly statements in your video by asking "why do you think western leaders believe that Russia could use nukes". Go to your corner to reflect a bit on your silliness

[@clodomyrmorais4175]

This old man is next to die and has nothing to lose that why he wants war.

[@thecipherbrief]

What about everyone else who shares his view?

[@joshuapaul2022]

He's just a warmongering lunatic. The war is irretrievably lost by Ukraine. Russia rejected any freeze of the conflict. I think they aim at finishing off Zelenskyy regime by January. "Since 2022 the number of Russian tanks has “doubled” - from 1,700 to 3,500. Artillery systems have tripled, and armored personnel carriers gone up from 4,500 to 8,900. “The enemy has a significant advantage in force and resources,” top Ukrainian general Syrsky, the Guardian.

[@carolbennett1427]

KaBang.

[@bestinclass0012]

you sound nutz. I know President Ilves. You do not. And your figures are way off, pro Kremlin. Do better.

[@thecipherbrief]

Also from the same Guardian article, titled "‘I know we will win - and how’: Ukraine’s top general on turning the tables against Russia" Source Link- www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/24/i-know-we-will-win-and-how-ukraines-top-general-on-turning-the-tables-against-russia In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, his first with a foreign newspaper as overall military chief, Syrskyi admitted things were “very difficult”. “The Russian aggressor attacks our positions in many directions,” he said. Could Russia’s advance be halted? “Yes, of course. First of all, it depends on our brave soldiers, our officers,” he said. Quite frequently “resilient and heroic” Ukrainian units defeated bigger enemy groups, he said. By way of example, he cited Russia’s latest attempt to seize Kharkiv and the neighbouring province of Sumy. “It failed,” Syrskyi said. Fighting continued but he said Putin’s attempt to create a “so-called security corridor” next to Russia’s border and Belgorod region had been thwarted. What about rumours Moscow was planning another assault in the southern Zaporizhia region? If it happens “we can give them a good response”, he replied. Overall, Syrskyi sought to put recent setbacks in context. He described Russia’s creeping victories as “tactical” ones - local gains rather than an “operational” breakthrough, such as the capture of a major city. “In principle, the enemy has not made any significant progress,” he said. The frontline, he added, was 3,700km long. Active hostilities were taking place across “977km” of it, or “twice the length of the border between Germany and France”. Russia had “superior aviation” and “very strong” air defences. Because of this Ukraine was increasingly turning to unmanned aerial systems, Syrskyi said. It used drones “very effectively” and was trying out “robotic ground systems” - land robots that could deliver ammunition or rescue a wounded soldier. There was a new unmanned systems command, the first of its kind. “We fight not by quantity but quality,” he said, adding that drones played “as big a role as artillery”. Ukraine’s armed forces were successfully using long-range kamikaze drones to strike deep inside Russia, he said. So far they had targeted “about 200 critical infrastructure sites”. All were connected with “military logistics”, and included factories, fuel dumps and munition depots. Speedboat-like sea drones, meanwhile, had sunk about a third of Russia’s Black Sea naval fleet. “It really became a trap for them and for some [vessels] a grave,” Sryskyi said. The Kremlin, he added, has been forced to “completely pull out” from the Crimean port of Sevastopol, after a series of Ukrainian attacks. Drone and missile strikes have wiped out radar and rocket installations. A key Ukrainian objective is to destroy the Kerch road and rail crossing connecting the occupied peninsula with Russia. Syrskyi declined to say when this might happen. Two earlier attempts featured a truck bomb and a drone strike. He said Kyiv had a plan to get back Crimea, more than a decade after Vladimir Putin illegally annexed it. Was this really feasible? “It’s realistic. Of course, it’s a big military secret,” the general said. He continued: “We will do everything we can to reach the internationally recognised borders of 1991 [when Ukraine voted for independence from the USSR]. We have to win … to liberate our citizens who are in the occupied territories, who are suffering.”

[@GalAxy-u9s]

​@@thecipherbriefso, Ukraine is winning, right? No need for all of us to die for any Chihuahua country then