Is Ukraine ready to end the war? | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

[@Pecos33109]

Answer to Ian's question: No. Polish PM made a very accurate comparison.

[@alexlazar4738]

You see in Kursk incursion now just how much damage even a small force can make over thousands of kilometers of open Great European Plain. Take a wild guess if Russia will ever let NATO station their troops on their borders (in Kursk oblast for example??) . you either back off or the nukes be flying. It's simple as that. This SMO is just an attempt to avoid that outcome. Also, a more apt comparison for Chamberlain would be Putin appeasing NATO by letting the Ukraine join the hostile alliance and the world war 3 erupting as a consequence.

[@mikeStinson-gg2wl]

@@Pecos33109 If he made.a good point maybe he should send the polish army there but no he is appeasing putin

[@MarceloCarmello-y8s]

Thank you Ian for sharing.

[@NothernNate]

Putin was warned to leave Ukraine alone. . #Ukraine Heroes! 💙

[@bruceaulabaugh]

Ian ignores the fact that Russian leaders don't want to negotiate any outcome that ensures Ukrainian long term independence. Even if in some negotiation, Putin says he accepts Ukrainian independence, would anyone other than a fool believe him after his early 2022 denials that Russia would not invade Ukraine (and then did just that).

[@tjk3430]

@@bruceaulabaugh there's little preventing Putin from trying again in a couple years.

[@jmhorange]

If what you say is true, that's even more reason to negotiate. Russia's not going to give up. There's no chance in Russia collapsing. China and other countries surrounding Russia would be pulled into the war way before that to prevent a refugee crisis. So the only alternative is to keep fighting the war indefinitely if there's no negotiations. And indefinitely doesn't exist in our world, at some point there would be negotiations. Speaking of China, they negotiated a deal between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority to form a unity government of technocrats to govern Gaza. Hamas and the PA fought a war. Before that, last year China restored diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran, two bitter rivals. At this rate, China may play a role in the end of the Ukraine war with another diplomatic win. The real winner in the Ukraine war is not the US, Europe or Russia, it's China. China's showing the maturity to handle situations with diplomacy and dialogue. The US, Europe, and Russia are showing they only know warfare to solve disputes. For the majority of the world, they want peace and trade so China's looking like a strong candidate for being a superpower in the 21st century.

[@bruceaulabaugh]

@@jmhorange To clarify: Russia hasn't shown yet that it accepts Ukrainian independence but it could do so by willingly (via internal or external pressures) withdraw from Ukrainian territory. Even with the risk that Russia restart the war later after withdrawal, it would allow initial attempts at good faith negotiations. I'm not suggesting that a Russian collapse is necessary.

[@Peace2051]

Static front lines don't agree with modern Warfighting principles. Mobility with audacity may re-frame the "narrative."

[@melodymaker135]

‘Pocket Chamberlains’ - OUCH

[@oldsteamguy]

Thank you Dr. B. for explaining the Chamberlain comment. It was a pretty bold remark on his part.... and a bit funny once you get it.

[@alexlazar4738]

A more apt comparison for Chamberlain would be Putin appeasing NATO by letting the Ukraine join the hostile alliance and the world war 3 erupting as a consequence. It so absurd to see the argument used in the opposite direction. It was Nato expanding for decades towards Russia until Putin said NO as Chamberlain should have said NO for Sudetenland.

[@sommmeguy]

What would peace be exactly? A truce? A ceasefire? A negotiated treaty? And how long would it last until Putin tried again?

[@ArmHope]

Ian Bremmer is the way of thought that created America’s largest enemy by shipping its industrial base to China.. And he thinks he’s not chamberlin 😂

[@karmadave]

You are asking if it's time for Ukraine to surrender to Russia? I would say NO!

[@markyaremko8031]

Ian keeps doubling down on his thesis which everybody has dismissed as whacko.

[@MrKoxe111]

Ian Bremmer´s view on the Ukraine-Russia War is either naive or he just doesn't understand War at all not to begin talking about military affairs, the intro is just incredible bad especially since Ukraine recent successes in the Kursk region, he clearly has no grasp at all on military affairs. He says 44 % wants to negotiate, but he conveniently doesn't clarify under which circumstances: "Some 83% said they would oppose Ukraine’s hypothetical withdrawal from war-stricken regions such as Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia to begin talks, and 84% would not support ceding those regions permanently to Russia in negotiations."

[@jmhorange]

War war war, that's all the US, Russia and Europe talk about. Meanwhile China has pursued diplomacy last to get Hamas and the PA, two Palestinian factions that fought a war against each other, to agree to a unity technocrat government after the war in Gaza. Before that, China got Saudi Arabia and Iran, two bitter rivals, to restore diplomatic ties. Out of the 5 UN permanent security council members, only one of them is interested in diplomacy, peace and trade, capitalism. Surprisingly it's China. The other 4, the US, UK, France and Russia are involved in war in one way shape or form.

[@MrKoxe111]

@@jmhorange funny troll, that China who increasingly gets aggressive with its neighbors especially Taiwan? Why do you think they all look to US and partners in the Area and broker defence treaties against China. The China which gets increasingly authoritarian has camps for parts of their population and demands loyalty to their one party? I hope we all know from history how that ends... The US under Biden actually managed to broker new long-lasting treaties between Israel and SA and is now doing everything it can to stop the Israel/Gaza War

[@andreia606]

Polish PM is right on point

[@dfsdh432v9]

yeah he wants Ukraine to keep fighting so they dont have to.

[@GinoPassos3005]

Ukraine in NATO is as existential for Russia as Ukraine outside NATO is existential for Ukraine: that doesn't add up.

[@vaultsjan]

Id rather trust Prigozhin on this one not your take. Looking at the mil force russians keep near NATO border, I think russians too agree with me on this one.

[@robinmcbride4057]

Ian, you speak of democracy at risk in the USA and of Ukraine fighting a 'just' war to be free of oppressive autocratic Russia, yet you suggest the US ought to now abandon its principles and values it espoused and promoted since its own independence in 1783; liberty and freedom from repressive mono-anarchists like Putin. Consider it lend-lease if you must but recall Mankind's declaration of 1320 "fighting, but for freedom alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself". If you turn your back on Ukraine you ignore the principles upon which your nation the USA was founded.

[@BowmanLyly-p5b]

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[@jaspervanbuuren]

I like Bremmer talking and interviewing but the show element (music, sensationalist voice, etc) is turning this channel into entertainment. Please tone it down. It's the content that counts.

[@EzekielSabrina-x9g]

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[@phillipdavidhaskett7513]

I'm getting a bit sick of your opinions, Ian. I'm beginning to suspect you're shilling for the Russian. No negotiations. No territorial concessions. No surrender. NO Russian troops in pre-2014 borders.

[@lembergnative7731]

my friend. I know you mean well. But I am, in fact, Ukrainian - and yes, at this point we need the war to end. And the reason we need it to end is because our Western allies betrayed us. Slow trickle of weapons, and preventing deep strikes into russia. If that weren't the case, sure - we could try to win the land back. But if the West doesn't step up, ukraine is fighting with both hands tied behind her back. It's nice for us to sit in the west and egg on an endless war. But Ukraine's best people are dying, and 20% has been bombed out of existence. My nieces in Ukraine will be forever traumatized. At some point, it MUST stop.

[@fahadkelantan]

2:10 "Time is on Russia's side" that's still your opinion Ian, not a fact. You are intentionally using logical fallacies when you know better.

[@nebula8662]

NO

[@danielalexandrudan8396]

You are a pocket!

[@MilonKhan-yy4sf]

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[@FrancisSmith-m3h]

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[@seraphinazonsi3902]

This person is one of the people that sacrifice Ukrainian people for their own interests is making money from this war

[@jstasiak2262]

The recent “Kursk offensive” which began after this video was made has rendered this video obsolete and irrelevant. The casualties reported in this video are inaccurate because they are inverted. Ukraine has suffered 500,000 to 600,000 dead with an equal number of severely injured. The Russians have suffered far less casualties: 40,000-70,000. Ukraine cannot sustain such a rate of loss. Ukraine has lost. Period. Full stop. Get used to it. It is immoral and unforgivable to sacrifice more Ukrainian lives for a lost cause.

[@joshuapaul2022]

Zelenskyy Kursk misadventure already failed spectacularly, but due to his obsession with media hype he is simply incapable even to cut snowballing losses and as always he is just reinforcing the failure. The Economist: "Russia’s double-punch back against Ukraine’s shock raid. It is bombing Ukrainians in Kursk and advancing in Pokrovsk." What could possibly go wrong?

[@AKAyourdad2458]

You mean Putin is having a great adventure? And that Russian body counts doesn't matter, right?

[@davereynolds3403]

Yaroslav was born in ukraine. does it make him an expert on military strategy or international relations 🤔 Hitler wanted to take over Europe. He became supreme ruler of Germany aged 41, expanded military capability for 8years then invaded Poland. Putin became supreme ruler of Russia when he was 43 and didn’t build up military power for 25 years … then hardly invaded Ukraine (100 000 troops, Hitler had 1.5 million when he invaded Poland…) - is this because Putin is stupid ? wait until your 69 years old and then try take over Europe with poor equipment 🤷🏽‍♂️ or … maybe Russia doesn’t want Ukraine ? maybe they just want Ukrainian neutrality ? (i mean, why does no one in the West listen to Putin?) why doesn’t Yarislov talk about the Yanakovich coup or NATO or the Minsk Agreements ? maybe Yaroslav is fixated with the WSJ view - the American perspective…

[@tjk3430]

Putin thought he could invade and demilitarize Ukraine on the cheap. An army host from today isn't going to be as big one from WWII. Different time / situation. I don't know how Putin can justify 100k dead to his people.

[@vaultsjan]

I want your neutrality.