Ukraine, one year later: Lessons from life during wartime • FRANCE 24 English

[@salsanchez2114]

Francois Picard is a superb moderator. Merci, France 24!

[@EmisoraRadioPatio]

One of the best today.

[@kazmckaz2927]

Kaz Warsaw PL > excellent conversation! on FR24 shows how much progress Ukraine has made towards Europe, congratulations! I also see it from the Polish perspective, where the Ukrainian language is ubiquitous

[@benw.6194]

From USA, it's so much important insights hearing from the Ukrainian professionals. USA and NATO will support Ukraine all the way.

[@Meeko2689]

Yes the US will keep supporting Ukraine until the last Ukrainian stands

[@CatalystD9]

Great guests ...💙💛💙🇺🇦🙏✊

[@judykinsman3258]

Excellent conversation. Thank you France24!

[@thesixth2330]

Why do Russian people always put a 'TSAR' in charge of their existence?

[@roderickmacdonald6553]

Best Russia Ukraine debate in the last year.I’ve seen thousands of hours of debate in the last year, and this one demonstrated the complexity, and long standing history of the issue. As well as the social challenges over time that build, and erode nations. Nice work!

[@waynegore5291]

Debate: pro team and against team. Propoganda: pro teams ONLY OR against teams ONLY.

[@richardkey1678]

I think you are confused, this program is "Paris Direct", and not "The Debate." So if you are suggesting that there is false advertising going on, you might want to rethink that idea.

[@IThinkICare]

@@richardkey1678 Take another look 0:20 but even people who are on the same side, can have different perspectives. May not be a strict debate, but not propaganda.

[@SeeLasSee]

For a while I thought that France and Britain might fight a war over those fishing rights.

[@thesixth2330]

A nice conversation but there was nothing being debated. These folks all shared the same opinion.

[@NightOwlinNewOrleans]

Ironic, how normal people all agree…🤔

[@thesixth2330]

@@NightOwlinNewOrleans Maybe don't call the show 'The Debate" then? So smart! LOL

[@thesixth2330]

Forget trying to change things, that's hard and maybe dangerous, better to leave...

[@ludmilapeka]

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[@TheSunnnyM]

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[@Teadekun]

I think he did so because of intense desire of domination - "reigning ". Yet somehow,I have a feeling it's been a sort of vengeance ,an act urged by regret and misery. It's more irrational, more beastly, the hate -out of this world . And I believe it surpasses all financial & political ambitions.

[@bubblebobble9654]

The western world never accepted him as the tsar of Russia, because we thought we won the cold war. And a Russian tsar was not the way that story was supposed to end. He would never be viewed as legitimate. The steady drift of former soviet bloc countries toward Nato was an insult and an injury. Maybe this drove him crazy and now he feels he needs to rewrite the story in a way that maintains his own morale so the madness doesn't overwhelm his faculties. It's a delicate balance for him psychologically to have his cake and eat it too. Because now the fate of Russia and the fate of Putin are one and the same, at least in his delusional mind.

[@teardrop-in-a-fishbowl]

The Russian economy wasn't competitive before the war and he, Putin, needed "something" to distruct its people. When he was talking about how good Russias economy is doing in his latest State of the Union he's lying to his teeth. Since February 2022 Russia doesn't put out "real numbers" about its economy and manufactures every number. A tank in sells of oil and gas by 36%, where the revenues lay by 2$ per barrel oil, and a reliance on these revenues as THE main income shows Russias weakness. Russia doesn't export any shit besides raw materials to the world. The Rubel is much, much weaker than shown, no one makes business with Russia in roubles, no one. Several hundred thousand steelworkers are released from work, 3 million IT worker fled the country. Russias economy is tanking and tanking fast. The selling of oil to India and China doesn't give Russia any leverage to counter its massive losses when loosing business with Europe, its biggest market, and,like I said, the revenues are so marginal that it can't survive on it. The access to Western tech will break the rest of Russias producing sector bit by bit when producing lanes break down and spare parts aren't available. The figures the IMF and world bank puts out are bs, they work with numbers Russia is giving them! Analysts who really look into Russia's economy, who actually know it, estimate that Russia is on a economic brink, even tho it tries to counter this. We have to wait, til the effects of this war and tanking economics are effecting Russian peoples life in a manner that they wake up and recognize Putin is a dangerous fool to them. Unfortunately, only Russians themselves can change Russia and my hopes, knowing Russia and its people to a certain extent, lay in a total breakdown inflicting a real democratization process, finally after decades of selfdeceiving and holding on to false narratives.

[@lordGalthran]

maybe ijust remind to rebuild and/or to maintain not just only need money but also need quality persons and 'quality next generations(ikinda want to make it boldfonts🙂)"

[@IThinkICare]

33:40 was she talking thinking about the 1917 war and Bolshevik uprising ? !

[@dblaze4745]

Europa center of civilization WWI, WWII, What next?

[@mshaol-gl5fl]

Franco, il y a des gens riches qui opprimaient les pauvres, alors parle-en. Tu as vu par moi-même

[@noynadisley3921]

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[@TommyTCGT]

Lessons learnt.. this from the noble French, who used Minsk2 to re-arm U? Who in Minh, Indochina in 1921, from 2 Bleriot biplanes, on orders from Paris, machine gunned and bombed to DEATH,10,000 UNARMED Vietnamese peasants, peacefully heading to the French Colonial HQ, to plead for lower French-imposed rice taxes so they wouldn't starve to death! Revenge came at Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam, when a few of the Minh survivors went on to lead the Viet Cong to victory over the French.

[@007nait]

Good debate but the big difference between this war and Afghan war is that this kind of debate was never took place in European media. NATO/Europe had freedom to attack and occupy Afghanistan for 20 years where NATO/Europeans slaughtered innocents women and children, committed war crimes and atrocities and turned this country into Stone Age.

[@angelmario7085]

It's USSR do not NATO...

[@rbb.828]

You’re making this same false equivalency all over western media KZbin. I won’t take time to respond again I’ll just say, I hope you get paid well.

[@thomasthomasphilp4393]

The mighty West (Former european colonies) is declining. That is the law of Karma. You can only reap what you sow!

[@PikaPika-Tassie]

Russia and Macron united to make world peaceful ❤

[@SYN022]

Brutality? Suffering? What about people of donbas?

[@jetaddicted]

They got invaded by Russia in 2014, did you forget?

[@himalayanartsculture7909]

lessons from Life -..about Death

[@karwashblark7499]

Never thought id see twerking on France24

[@eleonorajimeno4496]

Purom!

[@Meeko2689]

Seems a little interesting that the name of the show is called the “debate “ but this is just a one sided panel with a pro Ukraine view and side, seems a little dishonest and disrespectful to the views who want to get unbiased news

[@IThinkICare]

The pro Russian stuff is on the Russian tv.

[@kazbekmairbek8853]

Putin is dancing to his own tune. You hate it , don't you? If he was dancing to your tune you would like it, don't you?

[@100percentsurf]

What's your point?

[@thesixth2330]

I will say this since France24 won't. Ukraine has plenty of issues with Free Speech and Rule of Law, many of which they have refused to address for decades. Zelensky has been cited as shutting down legitimate political opponents and not just those which are dangerous to the Ukranian State vis-a-vis Russia. And why didn't Ukraine defend Crimea? They allowed it to be taken by men not in uniform, why?

[@laughingbuddha1926]

EU and zelensky need to remember one thing this time they cannot break RUSSIA and Russia will not defeat...trust me no side will win this conflict ..neither NATO or US...this conflict will end in a peaceful solution

[@richardkey1678]

"trust me" NO, and why would anyone trust you? Do you have a magic crystal ball? You had a dream? Did you also predict that Russia would win this war in a week?

[@Robert-t1m3p]

Lessons well, NATO and west needs to stop playing like "A big boss" Game, that's the main problem for current situation

[@fajarliong]

Yes, you do have a lot of freedom. But does one of you have freedom to discuss nord stream sabotage in this channel, and bring in Seymour Hearsh together in the discussion?

[@igorsmerdov6804]

Fanny, all these Ukranian artists and public figures have Russian family names, Morozova, Katayev, Kurkov - Ukranians, give me a bloody brake...

[@thebluemax6801]

Ukraine nationalist drahmonov was an ethic Ukrainian.. And leader founder of ukrainian movement. Czezhs have those names

[@upendrak95]

There are only 2 options available to stop this war, one is whole world push for long lasting peace or Putin put all strength and finish his fight as seems zelensky not interested peace for Ukrainian. World need peace desperately, there are countries in the world suffering from greater issues than this business war. So paris waste of time with bunch of anti Putin meaningless debate.

[@MohdHilal]

So one year on and France is still wondering “why did Putin do that?!” The public knows very well it’s because NATO is about to place nuclear missiles 500 KM away from Moscow, but France24 think the public is stupid, so they bring an artists/pianist/poet who doesn’t believe she is now a writer to tell you “it’s because Putin is a bad bad boy”

[@IThinkICare]

Ukraine signed an agreement not to have nuclear weapons. I think that would include if it's a NATO base in Ukraine. Doesn't matter any more as Putin broke that agreement.

[@MohdHilal]

@@IThinkICare so why expanding NATO into the Russian borders?

[@ludmilapeka]

I am from Gostomel. Exactly one year ago the war started here. We did not have NATO troops. And in Bucha, Irpen, which are nearby, as well. We were not a threat to Russia or the world. So why are our people dying, why are our cities destroyed and looted? "Such a good-good Putin!"

[@graceneilitz7661]

If NATO wanted to place nukes close to Moscow it would have placed them in the Baltic states. But, no country east of Germany has ever had nuclear weapons. Plus- the invention of intercontinental missiles means that it doesn’t really matter where the nukes are anymore.

[@caffeinenarcoleptic]

@@graceneilitz7661 My point about SOVEREIGNTY of countries, and your HISTORICAL point, each throw cold water on Mohammad Hilal's failed attempt at logical reasoning. @Mohammad_Hilal