Military expert explains North Korean strategy in Ukraine | Members Q&A

[@Jrichards30]

Great as ever Philip, to have your personal verdict rather than a historian’s theoretical view is a breath of fresh air

[@juliechristianson8009]

Excellent concise answers. Thank you greatly.

[@Lyle-In-NO]

What good are international agreements, especially those concerning a state's security, if none of the guarantors abide by them?

[@JoannDavi]

2014: Obama/Biden 2022: Biden/Harris

[@J0HN_3_16]

@@Lyle-In-NO you are absolutely right. What good is a treat if no one honors it? Ukraine trusted the USA and UK to defend them in exchange for getting rid of their massive nuclear weapons stockpile. Who thinks Russia would have invaded if Ukraine still had 3000 nuclear ICBMs?

[@Lyle-In-NO]

@@J0HN_3_16 I recently read the '94 Budapest Memorandum & found my own answer. It does NOT provide guarantees or promises of safety/protection. Only mere assurances of support. I bet Ukraine regrets agreeing to it now.

[@johnbeechy]

never make a deal with any person/group that is dishonorable. donald trump has never kept any of his agreements. he breaks every single one of them, eventually.

[@surak1841]

That's what Putin thought when NATO reneged on the 1992 treaty.

[@ruthwolfer4154]

Thank you !!

[@lexvangelder2525]

For Ukraine this war is and always was an existential struggle, so it would not have been regarded as a crime for Ukraine to have used a nuclear weapon at the start of the russian invasion, when Kyiv was at risk. This knowledge would have been enough to deter russia.

[@samwilliams9352]

This would have been enough to destroy the entire planet , what don't you understand?

[@jantzfitzgerald6115]

Hooey.

[@philipellis4530]

It was Ukraine that started this conflict, watch the 17 Parts of 'Roses Have Thorns' these are un-cut documentaries taken during and after the 2014 EuroMaidan, Putin wasn't involved till 2022 .... 8 years later.

[@brianhammer5107]

just idiotic - how does your brain operate at all?

[@leopard36cat]

Philip Ingram A great man,

[@pavsrda7803]

If they pay him more than £1, they pay too much.

[@GrantHendrick]

Great commentary. Thank you.

[@Agenda_1938_ENGL]

According my mediocre algebra the total expenses of EU member states to support Ukrainians per capita equals five diners PER YEAR - and that is without aperitif or champagne. If Philip Ingram would do such every sunday and a few leaders would find a spine to tell their electorate, that if we make that one diner per months for one year, then we can move on to the real issues to be solved on the planet, then with the dignity and ingenuity of Ukrainians driving us, - who would not chose that?

[@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek]

Excellent and Outstanding Analysis!!!

[@marketads1]

Ukraine will win the same way America won her war for independence. Protecting heart and home soil.

[@J1mbo197]

And also benefited greatly from the the French providing significant and ultimately decisive outside support … Not sure the Ukrainians have yet received ‘decisive support‘ from the west …

[@stereotoned]

​@@J1mbo197agreed, hoping that changes

[@полина-ц5ч3э]

враг Америки был за океаном а мордор под боком у Украины чуешь разницу

[@jantzfitzgerald6115]

Thanks for the Disneyland feelings report. In the real world Russia keeps winning.

[@MoralScienceEducation]

@@jantzfitzgerald6115In the real world, people want peace and lead normal lives. Indeed, let us hope that the movie industry finds its moral compass in regard of the types of movies they produce🙏

[@mbengineeringltd4896]

Talking about artillery shells.. what about gun barrels? I think large artillery needs a new barrel every 100-200 rounds. Not sure how easy it is to refurbish a used barrel...

[@_Unlukey]

I'm no military expert but I'm pretty sure it's more like that number X10.

[@m.walther6434]

Honestly, I have no military expertise at all, but I can't imagine how to integrate parts of the NK army into the Russian army.

[@hymns4ever197]

They don't need to be fully integrated. They could operate as their own unit. All they need are a few liaison officers that are bilingual. Of course if lines of communication between those officers and the troops got disrupted it could lead to a bloody mess.

[@axelvanhooren6325]

Great to hear about production of artillery shells .. hope they also reach Ukraine. It has never be the intention to prevent Russia from selling its oil. The objective is that Russia doesn't make profit with its oil sales ... therefore the price cap. If Europe buys refined oil from India, it means that India gets the profit, not Russia (assuming they bought it at the price cap price).

[@jantzfitzgerald6115]

India did 65 billion in trade with Russia in 2023. China did 240 billion. Both those numbers will rise in 2024. Russia wins. It's called math.

[@roland20002000]

I've just made similar the same comment. The man is supposed to be a military expert but doesn't seem to understand the point of the price cap.

[@jantzfitzgerald6115]

@axelvanhooren6325 In over two and a half years, America has doubled their output from 14,000 shells to 38,000 European shell production is even less. Stop believing in BS fairytales. The reality is that Russia produces 350,000 shells a month. That number is still increasing faster than NATO and the U.S. combined. On top of that N. Korea still has millions of shells and has two factories running around the clock, producing new shells to Russian specs. The war will be long over before this imbalance can be corrected. Math is going to end this needless war. Period.

[@vincenthickey8622]

Yes the nuclear silo were physically there inside Ukraine but launch codes and launch controls were in Moscow. Ukraine never was nuclear armed state. Also it impractical to used nuclear weapons next door neighbors, their only practical use is more than a continent away. So the same reason has used nuclear weapons yet, still holds true. You don't make you own troops fight in a fallout zone. So Ukraine never feared nulear conflict with Russia. Why have the expense in keeping useless system? This was thinking of the time. I know newer nukes have better blast and quick radiation drop today. But the state of mind, the perception at time of Minsk agreement was different.

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

Ukraine had the knowhow to take control of nukes within its territory. So launch codes etc weren't the issue. The issue was that the US was worried about nuclear proliferation. To the point that it not only pressured Ukraine into giving up the nukes on its territory, but paid the Russians to dispose of them. The US gave Russia a whopping $4 billion to Moscow to safeguard soviet nukes. Would have been better to pay Ukraine to keep them.

[@J0HN_3_16]

The United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom signed the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances on December 5, 1994 guaranteeing to defend Ukraine against all invaders as an incentive for Ukraine to dispose of their stockpile of 3000 nuclear ICBMs.

[@Temeraire101]

Russian an NK troops communicating with each other "?????????????????" 😂😂

[@deanmoxom1330]

They share a border

[@hicup8267]

But no common language.

[@betsyrocks]

Good point about India at the end.

[@surak1841]

This guy has never worked with north Korean Troops, he has no idea of tactics they use or even if they just being trained, pure guesswork.

[@joesephsmith7991]

If it is true that Russia is slowly making gains in Ukraine as is being reported. Today the people of Europe have a very good reason to be worried and concerned. And here is the reason why. When a country targets and kills innocent civilians with rockets missiles and artillery. Like Russia is still doing in Ukraine. And those 53 Ukrainian civilians killed while attending a memorial service. In the Kharkiv region and village of Hroza on October 5th 2023 comes to mind. Should Ukraine lose the war and Russia decides that it wants more territory than just Ukraine. And last year Russia publicly stated that they want to start a new world order. Then other European countries should expect the same kind of treatment from Russia with their own civilian population. No doubt other European Nato countries are aware of this fact too. And they will do everything they can to give aid and to support the people of Ukraine. Obviously for Europes own safety and future too not just Ukraine.

[@РафаэльСаркисянц-ъ2т]

России не нужна европа, России нужны её земли, украины как страны никогда не существовало, её создали при Советском Союзе, вы это можите узнать в интернете.

[@J7463kl3]

Ураїна( Русь, Київська Русь) згідно і рос.і українським джерелам почала своє існування с 5 - го століття. 600 років пізніше почалася Московія )). У 1991 році Україна стала незалежною і росія це признала. Так чого, 30 років пізніше ви полізли в суверенну державу?? Нема чого робити, своїх проблем немає, чи заздрість взяла, що Україна стала краще жити?

[@joesoy9185]

Putin would not dare to attack a NATO member state.

[@joesephsmith7991]

Ukraine was recognized as an independent state on December of 1991 and a new Ukrainian Democratic Constitution was adopted on June 8th 1996. As everyone knows the Russia and Ukraine war started in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea. Then Ukraine was illegally invaded by a larger much more powerful and aggressive foreign power being Russia. I understand that Russia does not want Ukraine to be a member of Nato. Interestingly the country of Finland has a fairly large border with Russia. But Russia did not threaten or invade Finland who has been a member of Nato for one year.

[@joesephsmith7991]

The Russia invasion of Ukraine on February 24th 2022.

[@unicyclechinese3125]

So.....the Norks are building HIMARS targets.....very smart

[@luminyam6145]

That was great, thank you.

[@operator9858]

and just what part would you define as 'great' mr robot?

[@smarte.r.1450]

Question - if Russia are definitely using North Korean troops then why can’t we use this as a precedent to use Western troops?..

[@markmcsharr8777]

Totally understood this at the start of the war probably to late now unless an other country steps in

[@patclark2186]

I found it facilitating how the diplomats relieved Ukraine of it's nuclear deterrent forces...an no we hear that more diplomacy is needed to keep India from buying Russian oil.

[@brianhammer5107]

Russia would have taken them by force, nor did Ukraine have the codes to activate them without making them permanently inert - please, before you post, research the topic thoroughly.

[@patclark2186]

@@brianhammer5107 I don't deny that Russia might have taken some by force.. But all? Not if Ukraine had tried to stop Russia. As for no codes.. True enough. Without the codes the Neutron reflectors( Beryllium) would not have functioned. Ukraine would have to just use the Plutonium cores and just use them as fission (not fusion) weapons. The yield would have diminished from about 300 kilotons to a mere 20 kilotons.

[@brianhammer5107]

@@patclark2186 Russia's military then was basically all there was in Ukraine - they would have rolled right over the country - the only reason Ukraine is in this fight now is because of massive NATO munitions

[@iamzuup5381]

The russian military is probably waiting for these media military experts to tell them what they should be doing next

[@MarineManiac]

Do you think Kim has made the decision to go to war ? And if so do you think that’s why he sent them to Ukraine to get modern combat experience to gain an edge over South Korean soldiers ? And lastly do you think it’s a sign of weakness or strength that Putin invited DPRK soldiers to Ukraine considering the west is not willing to send soldiers to help Ukraine even though Ukraine is falling in troop numbers ?

[@widerje]

Question: If Ukrainians are taking out Russians at a 5 to 1 clip according to Zelensky, why do they need so many forced recruits?

[@morcheba2184]

Question: if Ukraine isn't taking out Russians 5 to 1 why does Russia need North Korean soldiers? Ukraine trading land for their soldiers while Russia trades soldiers for land

[@Alejandrica]

​@@morcheba2184 even if need n.k , only 3000 , ukraine nees 500 000, do you understand . And russia advance without n.k very fast now. N.k are just for learining in real combat.

[@robertbslee4209]

Non are forced, all reports in SK suggest all the volunteers are being offered life changing amount of money (for a NKorean). Rumours are Putin is paying $2000 USD a month, even if the soldier only gets $500 a month, it is eye watering amount of money for a country that have a per capita gdp of $1500 per annum. Furthermore to even be able to volunteer they have to be some of the best in the divison with immediate family in North Korea.

[@s0ycapitan]

​@@morcheba2184The answer is quite simple. The Russians don't need NK troops. Let's say there really are 10,000 of them in Russia and they are going to Ukraine (I don't believe there are) it wouldn't make much difference anyway. In my opinion the casualty ratio is probably 10 Ukrainian for each Russian. Putin said 5:1 but given the overwhelming firepower advantage I think that is a conservative estimate.

[@Espiritu-o7x]

@Alejandrica LOL, yup the Orcs are advancing so fast that they will rescue Kursk in the next 30 years. 🇺🇦

[@leemccabemccabe5627]

North Korea Olympics Imagine 🎶 🎵

[@bikenavbm1229]

Ukraine an offensive in 2025? F16 umbrella? enough combat engineering? inaccurate spin I would suggest but I will wish its true.

[@roland20002000]

Does Philip Ingram not understand why there is a cap on Russian oil, rather than an outright sanction?

[@willys2747]

Why blame India for being the middleman, when we are the end customer?

[@ArenAurelius]

Nonsense story. Reminds me of Spy Balloons and WMD.

[@dantarradellas7351]

Fantastic. Thank you.

[@philipellis4530]

What, his haircut.

[@leemccabemccabe5627]

Escalating War Worldwide

[@Antropoids]

a fresh harvest of words - wordzzz - zzzzzz

[@MoralScienceEducation]

What is the status of adoption of the global Magnitsky accountability act, the world over, at this stage? Could additional countries be convinced to sign up?🙏

[@ComaDave]

Agreements, accords, declarations, guarantees, protocols...... Nothing but ink on a page.

[@Donaldperson7]

Those accords just didn’t do anything for security for Ukraine! The USA should have went in there and stopped Putin in the beginning!

[@michaelkonteh2952]

Ukraine didn't own nukes, USSR did, in the event Russia the guarantor of this nukes took it away from Ukraine.

[@ulrichturke8964]

BS :)

[@JohnCSmith-lp1qr]

So what's the issue with NK Troops fighting for Russia ?

[@ccc_the_painful_truth]

LOL. I thought you said "military expert" not "copium dealer" 🤣

[@Strydr8105]

Why would Kimy Jongy give putiny his best troops..... HE WOULD NOT! putiny is getting the troops kimy jongy worst troops to die in battle. So, Ukraine will waste their bullets on them and not Russians!!!!

[@brianhammer5107]

to gain military experience, that's why

[@Strydr8105]

@@brianhammer5107 you don't gain any experience when your in the meat grinder!

[@airrodgers1242]

Military experts or propagandists…when your credibility is lost you not an expert anymore.

[@stevemitchell1908]

hmmm!!!

[@_Unlukey]

Likely an speech error but the UK is producing nowhere near 30k artillery shells each month.

[@jantzfitzgerald6115]

It wouldn't matter. 68,000 U.S. NATO combined isn't going to stop 350,000 Russian rounds alone, not including millions of N. Korean rounds. Ukraine is Kaput. Period.

[@_Unlukey]

@@jantzfitzgerald6115 The last 976 days show that Russia's economy would be Kaput long before Ukraine.

[@jantzfitzgerald6115]

@_Unlukey 240 billion in trade with China and 65 billion in trade with India say otherwise. Brics says the other side is going to lose their unipolar world advantages. Turns out bullying, endless sanctions on over 40% of the world, and a world order that turns a blind eye to the West's transgressions is not a system that can last against the rage of BILLIONS.

[@Mic-uc2sm]

NK special forces are what we in the west call grunts

[@leet3207]

More nonsense

[@Сергей-щ7ж8ы]

In total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost more than 29,100 troops, 180 tanks, 101 infantry fighting vehicles, 106 armored personnel carriers, 1,063 armored combat vehicles, 780 vehicles, 255 artillery pieces, 40 multiple rocket launchers, including 11 HIMARS and six MLRS manufactured by the United States, ten anti-aircraft launchers missile systems, seven transport-loading vehicles, 58 electronic warfare stations, 12 counter-battery radars, four air defense radars, 25 units of engineering and other equipment, of which 13 engineering barrier vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearance unit, as well as five armored repair and evacuation vehicles and a command and staff vehicle.

[@matrixgaming3906]

Proof?

[@Digmen1]

Is that you Lavarov?

[@JoannDavi]

I suppose the "enemy" lost B-2s and F-22s in Kursk, too.... (Good grief)

[@slanginandbangingtactical1829]

I think Europe is asleep at the wheel, like WW1 no one was ready. WW2 no one was ready especially Britain. 2020 invasion no one was ready. You guys talk good game until you need us. AMERICA

[@votebrian66]

Only two countries have any experience of modern peer to peer combat and that is Russia and Ukraine. Every other army has none , comparatively, so I guess any army's special forces would relish they opportunity to gain real experience

[@justint7460]

He doesn't really know anything, does he?

[@elenadunn15]

Andrey Vadzhra: The plans to destroy Russia embodied all the feeblemindedness of modern Anglo-Saxon elites. "Having set a course for a large-scale military conflict with Russia, Kyiv was initially incapable of waging it, much less winning it. It’s simple: a country that cannot independently provide itself with weapons and ammunition cannot wage war. And even more so, win it. The military-industrial complex that Ukraine inherited from the Soviet Union was and is critically dependent on the military-industrial complex of Russia. Because they are a single production unit. In order to produce final military products, Ukraine needs to receive components from Russia. For some time, this was the case. But when Ukraine, in the name of the West, severed economic ties with Russia, the production of a significant part of Ukrainian military products ceased. Throughout all three decades of independence, Ukrainian mechanical engineering was rapidly dying along with the military-industrial complex. Kyiv could not close the production chains. It had neither the money, nor the technology, nor the specialists, nor the competence to do so. Ukraine has strived and continues to strive towards the West with maniacal persistence, but the West is not interested in preserving and developing its military production. The West has its own military-industrial companies that need global markets, where Ukraine is superfluous. No one needs competitors. Therefore, Ukraine has not been able to preserve even what was successfully produced during the times of the Ukrainian SSR. First of all, we are talking about tanks. Ukraine could not make independently and qualitatively, from scratch, the hull of any armored vehicle. Just as it could not independently produce tank barrels. The most that it could once do was take Soviet tank hulls from warehouses or tank dumps and give them a second life. This was its technical maximum, which has now degraded to primitive repairs. Ukraine has never produced artillery guns. It has never produced shells either. Its only Soviet cartridge factory remained in the DPR. It did not produce combat helicopters. It did not produce combat aircraft and missiles either. As well as air defense systems. Ukraine also rapidly lost its shipbuilding competence, lowering its production limit to the level of primitive boats. If not for the West's arsenal, the Ukrainian army would have physically ended by the fall of 2022... And now the question: how can a country like Ukraine, completely deprived of the technological and material-technical base for military production, get involved in a war with Russia, whose military-industrial complex is in many ways superior to the military-industrial complex of the West as a whole? Only in one case. If this country is completely deprived of its state sovereignty and independence. Only a country turned into a puppet can be forced to commit suicide in the name of someone else's interests. That is why Ukraine was deprived of the remnants of sovereignty in 2014, and in 2022 was forced to commit suicide in the name of American interests in a war with Russia to the last Ukrainian. What did Washington count on when using Ukraine to attack Russia? First of all, on the huge stockpiles of old Soviet weapons and ammunition. And not only in Ukrainian warehouses, but also all over the world. The Americans did not count on a long conflict. Their strategists were sure that under the blow of Western sanctions, trade would be paralyzed, the Russian economy would collapse, famine would occur, social unrest would begin, a political crisis would occur, and the war with Ukraine would simply finish off Russia. And very quickly. Hence the Anglo-Saxon confidence that the Ukrainian army, armed with old Soviet junk, would be quite sufficient for the military defeat of Russia. These plans to destroy Russia embodied all the feeblemindedness of modern Anglo-Saxon elites. Which part of the Anglo-Saxon body generates the American and British "strategy"? Sometimes it seems that it is not the head. The Russian economy did not collapse under the blows of Western sanctions. Riots did not break out inside Russia. No one overthrew the Russian president. Russia did not fall into complete isolation. And therefore, the Ukrainian blitzkrieg did not happen. The military conflict unexpectedly dragged on for the Americans. At the same time, the main Soviet arsenals accumulated by Ukraine were destroyed by Russia during 2022. That is why in 2023 Washington and its vassals were forced to provide the Ukrainian army with Western weapons and ammunition: from machine guns and cartridges to artillery pieces, shells, strike missiles, air defense systems and armored vehicles. But by the summer of 2024, an acute supply crisis for the Ukrainian army arose and began to rapidly develop. American and European arsenals were depleted, and Western military production is unable to compensate for the weapons and ammunition expended by the Ukrainian army. And so, in the second half of this year, the Anglo-Saxon idiots suddenly realized that they had driven themselves into a strategic dead end from which they have no way out. In two and a half years, the Russian army has essentially destroyed not only the huge stockpiles of Soviet weapons accumulated all over the world, but also emptied the military depots of NATO member countries. Just think about this fact! But that's not all! It is already obvious that the quality and volume of military production in Russia significantly exceeds the entire military-industrial potential of the West! And this gap in Russia's favor is only growing!"

[@J7463kl3]

So,.. how about Kiev for 3 days, with all this " superior " russian military machine?

[@elenadunn15]

@@J7463kl3 Not "for", but "in". Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told lawmakers during closed-door briefings on Feb. 2 and 3 that a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine could result in the fall of Kyiv within 72-hours. You have to be exceptionally gifted to still attribute "Kiev in 3 days" to Putin when it is common knowledge that this was said by a US general. On the other hand, Russian army reached Kiev in half that time...

[@Nick-ov8sm]

😂😂😂🤡

[@kenmurray4005]

Pile of BS. Stop eating the lead paint.

[@elenadunn15]

@@kenmurray4005 If it's PB, why don't you contradict it in a more eloquent way, point by point?

[@slumberkitteh]

Sooo in lamenz terms NK is gonna be used as cannon fodder 😹

[@BellumEtPacem]

Other than as bullet sponges, are the North Korean soldiers going to make any form of significant impact in this war? Tldr, should Ukraine be worried?

[@MariePaulePerpete-bt4ey]

Pas seulement l Ukraine mais aussi l Europe.Pour l instant les NK reste sur le territoire Russe mais s il entre en Ukraine nous risquons la 3 ème mondiale

[@namur-iq6ih]

Ukraine facing one of Russia's 'most powerful' offensives since start of all-out war, Syrskyi says: After a meeting with a delegation of the Czech Armed Forces, Syrskyi described the situation on the battlefield as difficult. "Active hostilities that continue in certain areas require constant renewal of the resources of Ukrainian units," he said. Russia continues to press forward on its offensives across the eastern front, primarily on the Toretsk, Kurakhove, and Pokrovsk axes in Donetsk Oblast, where outnumbered and outgunned Ukrainian soldiers are forced to withdraw little by little. In recent weeks, the Ukrainian military warned that Russia is escalating its operations in southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Bloomberg reported that Russian forces captured the town of Selydove this week, with Pokrovsk and Kurakhove-key logistical hubs for Ukraine’s defense in Donetsk Oblast likely to be targeted next. “If these towns fall into Russia’s hands, it would be another milestone in Russia's goal to capture the entire industrial east of Ukraine,” journalists noted. Since the beginning of the first military phase of the Ukrainian crisis in 2014, Kyiv has been actively supported by the U.S. and its allies. The West’s strategy in the structural confrontation with Russia is aimed at inflicting a defeat of Russia without getting directly involved in the conflict. The scenario of hybrid confrontation is not new for Washington. In the Middle East it uses hybrid tools against Iran; to oppose China it utilizes Taiwan and its other partners in the region, the Philippines, South Korea, Japan. In confronting Russia, the U.S. and its allies in Western Europe have also found a convenient instrument - Ukraine, a large state in close proximity to Russia with a large army. Western countries supply this instrument with arms and intelligence and send military advisers and trainers. The Ukrainian instrument will be used for several adventures and then, when its resources are exhausted, it will be abandoned as it will become useless. Such a scenario calls into question the state of Ukraine’s own future. However, this issue does not seem to be on the Kyiv government’s radar. Dependent on Western support, it has effectively abandoned its real national interests. For this reason, the authorities in Kyiv are unwilling or unable to take steps towards a real settlement. They believe that as long as the front holds, the crisis can continue - and they see the advantage of privileged relations with the U.S. The downside is that the U.S. sees Ukraine as an expendable resource for its own interests. Either the authorities in Kyiv do not understand that the interests of the U.S. and those of Ukraine are different and will eventually diverge, or they are trapped because they’ve staked all their political capital on a war scenario. When a country becomes a tool, its authorities do not take responsibility for the consequences of their actions. It does not matter whether they win or lose: if they win, they will be convinced of their political foresight and superiority; if they lose, they will simply leave the country. The inevitable defeat of Ukraine will be a major blow to the reputation of the U.S., and Washington will do its best to avoid it. Sun Tzu, the author of the ancient Chinese treatise ‘The Art of War’, proposed the maxim that there are three types of war: the best option is to defeat the opponent’s plans, the second is to defeat his alliances, and the third is to defeat him on the battlefield. At the present stage, the military conflict is being fought in all three dimensions. For the U.S., the situation on the battlefield in the Ukrainian theatre is not going well. In the midst of an election cycle, officials have no real success to speak of. The U.S. strategy is to push Russia to make some indiscreet move that will upset their plans and destroy their alliances. Washington will constantly be looking for ways to inflame tensions and push Russia up the escalation ladder. In this context, the calm, firm line that Russia is now taking in international affairs is a demonstration of confidence and strength. This is how they will achieve their goals.

[@Temeraire101]

So you think the Special Operation is now going well?

[@sallywilton2236]

Calm line? Russia is about to reach 700,000 losses and its economy is wrecked.

[@ulrichturke8964]

Yes, yes - Washington is not "supporting" these small democracies Ukraine, Taiwan & Israel which are threatened by their aggressive neighbours Russia, China and Iran, but Washinton is "utilizing" them. That's because Washington wants conflicts and as a good will gesture, these poor and unfortunate dictatorships do Washington the favour to attack. What a nice fisherman's story this is, confusing victims and offenders.

[@Eduardo-pc6gq]

Pretty sure it is in Kyivs radar. There hand is forced by a lot of different things. They are fully aware of all possible outcomes. And to suggest they aren’t is pretty ridiculous.

[@Alejandrica]

​@@Temeraire101 yes from defeating ukraine to collaps of west hegemony and multipolar world wins

[@FinetTwo]

Even taking into account all the capabilities, forces and resources of the Russian Federation, this war is not a win for the Russian Federation. I could make a really long analysis, just let me give an example of the Vietnam-America war. the most powerful and best American army in the world, fought a group of Vietnamese peasants and lost the war. It may be similar with this war. The worst thing that happened is that they do something that will not work, that is, they die unnecessarily. But that's how man is :(. N057

[@brianhammer5107]

The Americans NEVER lost a battle. You are mistaken. They withdrew because the politics at home were not in support of the war. South Viet-Nam was beaten, not the Americans. Foolish, ignorant post, 'finet' ...

[@tord008]

How long would ruZZia last without assistance from china & india if they honor the sanctions?

[@miteshghadi3146]

Russia will last till they use all of their Nuclear weapons.

[@Nick-ov8sm]

There feeding the war with trading gas and oil 😡

[@erichvonmolder9310]

From my understanding, these "special NK troops" are more like translators and not necessarily fighters and hopefully, these translators can cogently translate what the Russians want, I bet you there will be problems. How will these NK troops deal with a bunch of drunken Russian troops who are only trying to survive?

[@brianhammer5107]

no - the majority are combat troops - your understanding is flawed

[@erichvonmolder9310]

@@brianhammer5107 , I disagree.

[@brianhammer5107]

@@erichvonmolder9310 better watch more news reports

[@erichvonmolder9310]

@@brianhammer5107 , We all should regarding this subject.

[@bakimc4722]

You are an expert on fools 😀

[@paddyneville1535]

Unwillingness in natos part they are a discrase.

[@brianhammer5107]

so is your grammar

[@BrilliantBrushesAB]

Wont take long

[@petersomthing9508]

WHY ARE THE WEST EYES CLOSED TO INDIA ,India got a very sharp knife for the west back.

[@karljensen893]

Sorry .. what a program .. by a doom player in the 1990ties to a fully fledged exspurt on whatever they call the games today .. 😂

[@airfight10]

if russia transfered from own alliert n.krorea 12.000 soldiers ,so why not western country send to ukraine ? where is the answer for from western alliert to russia ? sleeping ?feared ?

[@Norbert2470]

The West doesn‘t want to escalate. The West leaves escalation-dominance to Russia.

[@allencameron3419]

Because Americans and Europeans don’t want to die for Ukraine

[@robbiekop7]

You said it bruh 😩

[@MoralScienceEducation]

I wish India would do the right thing. It could lead a global oil embargo by refusing to take oil from Russia, how difficult would it be for the UK and or other Commonwealth leaders to convince India to do so? Sir Bill Browder did suggest this sometime back.

[@davidboskett5581]

The problem is the world needs Russian oil and gas.If there was a total worldwide embargo on purchasing Russian oil the price would go well over US $100 a barrel and increase world wide inflation ..As one other person commented the EU tried to limit the price Russia receives to $60 a barrel but this strategy is not working as Russian oil is now being shipped in old tankers (non western) that are not insured. If the US would release their restrictions on the weapons that they supply Ukraine and the war could be brought to a swift end, then a total embargo might work but I doubt countries like India would buy in to it.

[@Peter-or7wl]

Nk special forces….another tiktok silly walk paradetroops😂😂😂😂

[@ragingmonk6080]

This guy knows nothing, full stop. Ukraine never had nuclear weapons. Moscow had nuclear weapons spread out across all the USSR states. The Kremlin had the launch codes not Kyiv. The weapons were manned by Russian officers not Ukrainian. America and the UK simply helped get Moscow's nukes back to Russia. America didn't break any pledge to Ukraine. We agreed that we would not attack Ukraine and we haven't. We did NOT agree to defend Ukraine, go read it. Ukraine was blackmailing Russia and would not turn over Moscow's missiles because Ukraine is corrupt and just as bad as Russia. Just remember that England is a tiny island that cannot even defend itself. "Military Expert" from there is laughable at best.

[@jonathancowan2251]

The nukes were on Ukrainian soil, and so de facto UA ownership. The Ukrainians are/were resourceful enough to be able repurpose the nukes, so that they would be fully under their own total control.

[@Jimmy-ye3wg]

Very simply the US orchestrated and financed the return of Russian built, Russian serviced, and Russian coded tactical nuclear weapons to their point of manufacture in the Russian Federation before they ended up in the middle east, or fell into the hands of terrorists such was the corruption in Ukraine during the 90s.

[@ragingmonk6080]

@@jonathancowan2251 "The nukes were on Ukrainian soil, and so de facto UA ownership. " It does not work this way. American nukes are in Germany, manned by US military and not German property. You act like it is TV you have stolen? "The Ukrainians are/were resourceful enough to be able repurpose the nukes" Exactly! I was a US Army Military Police stationed in Germany when this happened. NATO and Russia were afraid that Ukraine would take the missiles by force and sell them on the black market because Ukraine is corrupt, very corrupt. Stop talking to an expert like you know what you are talking about. I worked as a contractor for DHS and NGA as well. What food store do you work at?

[@J7463kl3]

Russian corruption is outrageous, more then in Ukraine . And btw Ukraine is absolutely capable to reproduct nukes in case of existential threat for a few months ( listen to Ukrainian President).​@ragingmonk6080

[@jonathancowan2251]

@@ragingmonk6080 '"The Ukrainians are/were resourceful enough to be able repurpose the nukes" Exactly!' - so you agree that UA would likely have been able to repurpose the nukes. But you are saying you believe that UA was corrupt, and could have sold them on?

[@Thewhippedhippie]

Defense sector gains. Harris - Ukraine Criminal sector gains. Harris - the App. Open borders. Now we need more policies and $$$ Trump didn’t cave to the Washington Sector that supports both for wealth.👁️

[@MarkFarrington-hb2ne]

For military expert read "military facist"

[@patrickkasongo7284]

Ukraine is winning

[@nilsmolzen6654]

Only Trump can bring about a de escalation of this dangerous situation with world wide consequences.

[@MoralScienceEducation]

Too late. Unfortunately the UK and the world should not standby and wait for more people to die until the US elections. No President is or will be a Messiah, while we may collectively act with consciousness, today. Mr Zelensky deserves support from the people he knows well before a new President comes in, and who might change his deck of cards, a process which will take time. President Zelensky should lead this peace effort, this is his war, which his country fought for and on behalf of those “far from his bed.” Godspeed to the UK and those who are willing and able to give them the decisive upperhand in the military battle.

[@usherloo1928]

Glory to putin god bless Russia 🇷🇺❤

[@Won4theTeam]

Noticed all your comments - how much do you get per troll?

[@baekdumountaintiger5701]

Apparently, it only took 3000 North Korean special forces to defeat Ukraine and NATO. And about 8000 North Koreans are near at Kursk territory.

[@brianhammer5107]

lay off the mandrakes

[@Mic-uc2sm]

NK special forces are what we in the west call grunts