Putin’s circle’s ‘incompetence’ will prevent all out war | Christopher Steele

“Russia’s intent has never been matched by it’s capabilities. And that’s basically what’s saved us.”
Putin’s close circle’s “incompetence” is the “saving grace” that could prevent his war with Ukraine spilling over, says former MI6 officer Christopher Steele.
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[@scottyoung1489]

Manchuria is getting ripe for China’s picking.

[@mitchyoung93]

Uh, China picked up Manchuria like 500 years ago...or rather the Manchu's took over China and sort of melding with it. The Qing dynasty was Manchu

[@HaakonOdinsson]

You mean the Far East Province

[@boink800]

Russia begs China for more supplies and financial aid. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

[@slavkovalsky1671]

He meant Outer Manchuria (the bit of the Russian Far East south of the Amur River. The Heilong River. Better get used to the correct name, I guess )))

[@boink800]

Which "superpower" is already begging? Ha, ha, ha, ha

[@kunsthooligan_vegan]

The thing with the death of Ivan Sechin is interesting. But first of all: We all have to support with full strength Ukraine. She has to win 🇺🇦✌️

[@thomasorchard]

What does "winning" look like for Ukraine? They're not taking back Crimea or any of the recently annexed territories from Russia. Ukraine doesn't have the manpower or weaponry.

[@briancarno8837]

good luck with that one

[@psotos]

Agreed! And Ukraine WILL WIN!

[@peacefuldecadence328]

Lol

[@Celtic23]

Why ? Genuinely interested into your reasoning. Is it because the man on your TV told you to ? What about the other conflicts in the world that western nations don’t even report let alone support ? What about the monstrous actions of other so called leaders on their own people that also is not reported ? What’s the point of being a NATO member if you can pick and choose who you support (they don’t need to be a member) ? Is the opposite true ? Do you think only western countries should be able to invade other countries (not neighbouring countries but those thousand of miles away) ? Should only western countries invade other counties air space and bomb citizens of that country in their homes? I’d love to hear your reasoning.

[@T_157-40]

Excellent!

[@grey5974]

The weaker and more fractured the Russian "leadership" gets the happier China will be. From what I've read over the years I suspect that Chins would love to occupy Russia from the Urals to the pacific. I remember reading that there there are also as many Chinese workers already in Siberia. It could all be explained as a security measure to protect the sovereign territory and Chinese workers. Where it all leads, I don't know. Some parts good, others bad.

[@stanadams5541]

The Sleeping Tiger.......

[@TheRealSteveEllis]

Very naive if Steele doesn’t think CCP has malign intent

[@franciscook5819]

The quote was "not as malign intent" i.e. less malign than Russia.

[@TheRealSteveEllis]

@@franciscook5819 yep and the CCP has far darker aspirations for us than russia. Wake up

[@KellyJK07]

I'd also bet that the Ccp military is highly corrupt and incompetent

[@18_rabbit]

no, he didn't say that AT ALL. U need to listen, bcuz some details in life matter, lol!

[@briancarno8837]

@@18_rabbit the detail that matters is the US is itching for a war with China...you would think Ukraine would teach the US a lesson

[@paulscousedownie]

I’ve listen to Christopher Steele on a number of occasions who’s a very professional insightful intelligent officer.

[@cyborg1320]

OK.

[@travisbascom]

@@cyborg1320 Steele is partly responsible for the war starting in Ukraine. His proven made up Russian Trump Collusion Dossier made it impossible for Trump to deescalate Russian-US/NATO tensions. But at least Obama's FBI paid him 50k for conjuring up the story. I guess getting paid 50k is worth moving the world closer to WW3

[@Sharky1101]

I wish the west would just come up with a plan and a corresponding budget to defeat Russia in this war. At the moment I feel like Ukraine is drifting between a stalemate and a defeat, mostly because there is no clear plan to beat Russia.

[@stephenhill545]

Alas, Biden and Scholz want a stalemate.

[@user-zc4yd9ss7h]

Outright victory over Russia was always implausible without direct NATO intervention.

[@Brian-----]

Steele is right that in the future, after Russia loses the Ukraine war and because China is not going to change regardless of the war, Russia eventually will have to choose between being a European country partly in Asia, and liberalize, or being an Asian continental country partly in Europe, and be China's vassal. The Russian people would choose the former, but they would be divided in that choice, because many of Russia's people proudly reject Europe's values. But Russia's rulers would choose the latter, and would be united in that choice, and they tend to get their way over the people's will. There is no kleptocracy in the former, only in the latter.

[@dalecrocker3213]

And if Russia should win.....?

[@lecorbusier6791]

@@michaelasamoah2390 winning what exactly?

[@throughput6674]

you must be seriously gullible and obtuse.

[@mitchyoung93]

@@lecorbusier6791 Land, slowly but surely.

[@throughput6674]

Brian Please do tell us all. That food you brought at the store. Was it grown with Russian made ammonium nitrate? Was it transported on a ship or truck using fuel made from Ural oil? Did the electricity you use get generated in a nuclear power station using Russian refined uranium? Do you have any clue the answers of these question? I doubt it.

[@jonathanstein5049]

Expect the circle to get smaller and smaller with a lucky few to live to become senior citizens.

[@edmurth]

Pretty much all of them are already senior citizens.

[@jonathanstein5049]

@@edmurth Yep...throw in his blabbing TV toadies who probably have already transferred their assets.

[@larsrons7937]

They're getting ever fewer as pootin is getting ever more paranoid.

[@KenCrandall-ot7uv]

Putin's impotence ! 😂😂😂

[@Pikkabuu]

So how is Putin's government competent? Remember that they prepared for a war with NATO yet cannot even beat Ukraine.

[@aexetan2769]

Will it prevent or lead to all out war?

[@martijnstam6186]

@@aexetan2769 With what can Russia wage a war with? Poopin throwing his diapers?

[@renekuipers4563]

Winning the war .more production..Russia haven.t industrie Small gdp like Spaine.

[@DavidVargas-hg7cs]

And yet so-called western leaders are constantly warning of a Russian invasion of Europe 😂😂😂 @@martijnstam6186

[@danbuckles2745]

We are living in era of the end of the Russian and Chinese states as their populations are dropping and will never be able to raise enough people to expand their economies. The US has always until now kept the door open to the world and it has kept our economy expanding.

[@eubiw3666]

People will always vote with their feet and migrate to where they think there is a future for them. The US should take advantage and depopulate the axis of evil autocracies.

[@hypernova5773]

Is that why you are 35 trillion in debt?

[@johnburniston6525]

You mean expanding war.

[@goenzoy712]

You are not very good with numbers .There are way more people in China then USA. Way more 11000000000 more to be exact

[@foilhat1138]

@@goenzoy712 China is going through severe demographic collapse. The Chinese population will be half what it is now by mid century.

[@user-jn1tr8mo3g]

So pooter's ring is getting tighter and tighter?

[@mr.mayhem7402]

I would suggest being highly sceptical of anything the provider of the discredited Steele dossier says in the discredited Times podcasts.

[@donnievance1942]

@@mr.mayhem7402 Discredited only in the mind of MAGA/Putin puppets.

[@18_rabbit]

@@mr.mayhem7402 and I would be just the opposite, relatively trusting of the provider of that dossier. Fascinating how so many ppl remain unable to recognize friend from foe! i.e you

[@stu281]

@@18_rabbitit’s easy Robert Muller debunked it. Muller is a war hero Steele isn’t.

[@briancarno8837]

@@18_rabbit well threaten Russia and you will have a foe..the trick is not to threaten Russia

[@danburnes722]

Great job Kate!

[@gherkamum]

Russians have had enough of war started by Putin........

[@williamgill_esq.6487]

Apparently not.

[@thorr18BEM]

They will remain helpless and cynical, allowing their dictator to continue his war for years.

[@arau8310]

What evidence can you provide that indicates that the russian people are tired of special military operation?

[@synicyst9925]

We will know when they have when they stop it.

[@toby9999]

Great guest. So many excellent points.

[@hypernova5773]

It is hard for Putin to be competent like Biden. Bar raised too high.

[@krysarak]

Apples and oranges

[@stanadams5541]

Given the size and military powers Russia has compared to a small country like the Ukraine it is amazing that they have held out for so long even with the West's help so it is entirely possible that incompetence by Russian commanders is partly to blame ?

[@fredleong3986]

Have you forgotten the even much greater assymetry between North VIetnam and the USA ?

[@foilhat1138]

@@fredleong3986 Russia loses more men every four months than the US did in a decade in Vietnam.

[@stephenhill545]

Russia looks big on a map but its economy is smaller than Italy's. Imagine Italy taking on the west by itself.

[@stanadams5541]

@stephenhill545 yes,good point !

[@frankus54]

Great interview Kate

[@haroldplante8287]

Thanks!

[@Gessle3]

The way he delivered the facts was so smooth! 🎉

[@cyborg1320]

Like the facts in the Steele Dossier. Slick. Lies.

[@josephnulley6808]

Good Interview ..... the times they are a changing

[@johnglover3682]

When I officially introduced by KZbin Channel, not too long ago, I realized that I could examine who were watching my videos. I could go to my analytics, and see who my viewers were. Two demographics included cities and geography. I could determine the number of viewers from different cities and I could see by nations the viewers under geography. At some point to my surprise, I saw that I had one more viewers from moscow, russia than from my own hometown. This lasted for a month or so. Currently, I don't' have any viewers from Moscow or from Russia, or that is noted by KZbin. Would Times Radio be willing to provide us with city and geography information of its viewers? Thank you.

[@TheTruth-vi1nf]

I would really prefer not to have people know where I am from . I assume you are looking to target people who do not share your views??

[@TheTruth-vi1nf]

Just let me know if this channel decides to share information on its viewers. That's the last day I will ever be in it

[@YUDNSAY]

Nicely phrased warning.

[@elperrroverde]

To be sure I'm sure the secret police have you under surveillance

[@laesperanza5408]

Thanks for your coverage and insight. Mr. Steele your sound environment reverberates quite a bit. Cheap modifications include acoustic quilts or a different microphone. The space echoes.

[@rubenjimenez3873]

❤❤❤Great information.

[@geoffreychadwick8230]

I wonder if Orban could accidentally fall out of a high up window??

[@brand8590]

Katie my dear, please move the camera a foot back. It's too close and often makes you look over exposed and is somewhat distracting. All the best!

[@raystrickland8665]

Russia’s leadership lives in Stalinist times, not 21st Century times.

[@MegaFarah78]

ha ha ha who trusted so call the West democracy nobody

[@expatexpat6531]

Old men trying to wear a suit two sizes too big.

[@pbfoley]

You don't have to replay everything. Just let the video run.

[@jamesrussell1979]

Very interesting and very informative 👍 👌 👏

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

@@xbmcxbmc5680 Interesting, where do you get your information from?

[@DrChe2025]

What serious event happened in your childhood than?🤣 It is a relief to know you are just an AI bot.

[@stu281]

If this guy told me it was raining outside. And it was wet. I would have to go outside to check both.

[@DrChe2025]

@@stu281 🤣🤣You are so right! I am a German. It looks like Germans are about to wake up and once again sorting out "guys like him above".🤫What are Uk and Australian people doing to clean up democracy again? Or are they lost?

[@stu281]

@@DrChe2025 it’s not good there are are a lot of bad decisions being made.

[@haroldplante8287]

Much respect, Mr. Steele. You warned us nearly a decade ago, what do you think of us now?

[@cityboy9301]

It's a never ending cycle of abuse..dark days

[@DarrenJamiesonJamieson]

Thats Britain mate!

[@jimgraham6722]

Agree, pudin had a great strategic success in decoupling the UK from the EU, significantly weakening western unity. The main difference between China and ruzz is that China has largely normative ambitions expressed as a determined mission to be a successful merchantile nation and lift the standard of living of its population as much as possible. Under pufin ruzz far from normative, careless of the welfare of its population, determined to return to Stalinism and the serf culture. Regression of this nature rarely works out well.

[@GeneralGayJay]

I pray to god that the Russian people become free one day. They deserve to live in peace and prosperity.

[@etoiledageo]

kind of a silly idea, since his incompetence is what got us here in the first place..

[@PlanetFrosty]

China has more hardware, but not much more in terms of military competence or real trained personnel. Navy built by ship builders used to building commercial craft designed for no more than 20 year life span in problematic and no Chinese engine suppliers. Same for aircraft with engine weakness and structural problems. Rocket Force has been gutted by Xi Jinping and stability is questionable at best. There is future direction issues as the PRC GDP debt ratio is somewhere between 400%-600% which signals collapse.

[@icu17siberia]

good point about aircraft. Even Xi is flying around in an American Boeing jet...that says a lot

[@danbuckles2745]

Xi is in an isolated bubble. Same problem.

[@IMFrank-wv2eq]

Honorable man that Steele fellow!!! Ha ha ha.

[@timosullivan5722]

In summary Russia is going down the swanny

[@stu281]

It’s always going down according to TR

[@haroldplante8287]

I think it's more Stalinist, possibly Tsarist, seeing the orthodox/KGB division tools utilized in the past. The moskovich branch is being used as cudgels against Ukraine.

[@user-rm7ye8ct6p]

NO GAS,,,,NO OIL IS A FACT,,,, JACK. CAN NOT HIDE THAT.🤨

[@DarrenJamiesonJamieson]

Mate! I've just been there. There is no war.

[@nni9310]

I would have thought that incompetence would lead to spreading the war. That's what happened in WWI.

[@waeljallad671]

Dominique Cummings haze smoke screen pompeo vinedmann

[@larsrons7937]

Putting in Kriminalin ranting, "I hope that someone gets my _message in a bubble..."_

[@larry0771]

Millions of Russia's intellect have left russia!

[@pippip8744]

Half have returned

[@dessmith7658]

You're winding your neck in, got it

[@erickgomez7775]

Russia has proved in can put the muscle. But who is willing to put the steel?

[@jamescherriman1633]

Times radio is great, if it was a newspaper it would be brilliant, much thicker than andrex 😂

[@dvx216]

Time for Europe to wake up and quit wait on the US. to tell them what to do.

[@a.u.b1]

The Ukrainian commander responsible for the northeastern Kharkiv frontline has been replaced after Russia launched a surprise offensive, a military spokesperson said on Monday. Nazar Voloshyn told RBC-Ukraine media that the decision to appoint Brigadier General Mykhailo Drapatyi to the position was taken on May 11. He gave no reason for the decision. It comes amid reports that Ukrainian defences were “built in the wrong place” to halt Russia’s Kharkiv offensive.

[@boink800]

And are the Russians advancing? No? It's yet another Russian military disaster. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

[@gregash7683]

Whether Russia becomes a vessel state of China or not, is not as important as Russia's abandonment of Siberia, east of the Ural Mountains. This area was not conquered by Catherine the Great but simply occupied without opposition from primitive native peoples. Until Czar Alexander III and Nicolas II constructed the TransSiberian Railroad in the late 19th century, access and control of Siberia was next to impossible. While the Soviet Union built a few, isolated science-cities along with prisoner gulags, Siberia remains an empty wilderness ready for unchallenged Chinese expansion and exploitation. With Russia now preoccupied with Ukraine and NATO, a land rush and squatter's rights could take hold, long before territorial claims by the PRC. Native minorities are absorbed like the Tibetans and the world ignores the change.

[@charlesbeaudry3263]

Russia is like The Game of Thrones, in Russia you either win or you die.

[@soundfx68]

For me it's like Vladimir Harkonnen VS the Atreides.

[@kkiwi54]

I don't understand why people say "ground troops", can they not just say "troops" and let us assume that they're not in the sea, or in the air 🤔 😂

Assumption is the Mother of all cockups...

[@expatexpat6531]

You can have air troops - parachutists before they hit the ground.

[@jamesclayton3388]

Several million refugees ?... Slightly more I'd say, more like everyone in Ukraine would need to leave.

[@markeast4647]

You trust Christopher Steele ? Really? 😂

[@mr.mayhem7402]

My thoughts, exactly. His discredited dossier makes him reliable?

[@donnievance1942]

@@mr.mayhem7402 MAGA/Putin say it was discredited. Everybody else knows that it exposed Trump's ongoing liaison with the Kremlin.

[@Andy-sj7ej]

One is surprised Times Radio interviewed this charlatan.

[@stu281]

He’s a grifter of the highest calibre.

[@mmmikeyyy]

Yeah... Isn't he the author of the infamous fake dossier against Trump? I wonder how Times Radio can interview someone who was so widely discredited, and still expect to be taken seriously.

[@visualnetwork3773]

This man actually said that Ukraine released their prisoner population in Russia. I think he misspoke but he wasn't corrected. He managed to say almost nothing of value.

[@mariekamara3897]

We hope you are right because we don't want 3rd World War please.

[@boink800]

Are Russian botskis threatening yet more nuclear attacks? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

[@paulmcgrath3248]

Seems to me he cant escape that calender

[@73chengosaro4]

THIS CHANNEL MAKES MY DAY -- only old men with one thing in common ANTI RUSSIA DIATRIBE

[@JonSnnall]

Christopher "Nice but Dim" Steele - They wheeled you out to lie about Trump, so its fitting they wheel you out to lie about Russia Ukraine! What is a prcedessing period by the way?

[@ruthwolfer4154]

[@ollymark11651]

The infamous "Steele Dossier." Times Radio plumbing the depths again. This man has zero credibility

[@livingtribunal4110]

Meanwhile, in other news.....Kharkov gettin _rekt!!!_

Vyrodok...

[@cyborg1320]

FYI Vyrodok means "de-generate" in English. Google refuses to translate it.

@@cyborg1320 No such word in English. However, if you look in the mirror you will see one....Also, Google translates it as usual. I am guessing that because you are one, you can't use Google....

[@livingtribunal4110]

Just reporting the facts, ma'am.

[@druodil3428]

Where did he get the information from that soldiers are returning to Russia? Prisoners are being released back to Russia? What is he talking about?

[@user-tg8js3me2p]

C'est vrai que Pupu est unconpétant🦧

[@hypernova5773]

I heard Ruzzians are running out shovels too.

[@seanlander9321]

Not running out, worn out, from digging graves for its soldiers.

[@larsrons7937]

The russians are running out of body bags again.

[@foilhat1138]

@@seanlander9321 That's not true, most Russian's are just left where they fell to be food for foxes.

[@hamishfenton8633]

Provide air support Ukraine will do the rest easy as

[@ekhartgeorgi4412]

3:03 "throughout the predecessing period" -- there is no such word

[@chupacabraazul6669]

"Incompetence"? What world is this British robot living in?

[@MerryRedRose-ez6ih]

Money politic.

[@johnpeter6759]

🤫

[@desbidgood9382]

How about telling us that ukrain are winning when in reality all we here is how much ground they are losing to putin

[@mikenahnychuk4413]

Drinking kremlin kool -aid again

[@jez6208]

Kate.

[@eumesmo_oficial]

Look who's talking about “incompetence”. What about the competent decadence of the USA? What about those deluded by Greta in Europe? Stop being hypocrites and deluded.

[@jamescherriman1633]

Meanwhile in the real world, frontline Ukrainian soldiers are exhausted, mentally broken and totally demoralised

Yeah, many imbeciles are saying the same thing...

[@Haveaniceday123kick]

Clown

[@cyborg1320]

It's outrageous this proven fraudster gets any air time

[@evillemike2009]

900% !?!

[@tonyshortland8812]

Nine times more!!!

[@peterflohr7827]

Astonishing

[@cyborg1320]

He's borrowed Professor Neil Ferguson's calculator

[@talesofcanterbury42]

Great content. Thank you Times Radio and Kate.

[@geezzzwdf]

what about macron s proxy war with russia in Africa

[@vandenriesen1294]

You reveal your inner self by the Truth you hide and not by the Truth you reveal.

[@brianholding4357]

🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@jensonee]

editing.

[@pauligrisan4865]

IMPERATOR HOMUNCULUS ORCUS 🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@TheEuropeanPrepper]

Russia has liberated village's in North East ukraine.. the occupation there has ended...

[@cyborg1320]

85,000 views. 500 comments. That says it all. A Heavily censored comment section.

[@user333-us4qz]

The British Peter Zeihan 🙄🤮 👊.

[@Lumi_xoxo2]

So the Russian government is basically a Boяis Johиsoи type of government, chosen for loyalty rather than competence

[@Pikkabuu]

Always been.

[@georgearden7075]

I am surprise you are surprised, please be intelligent and look at the letter you typed, Ivan you are not very intelligent.

[@YUDNSAY]

Not even close to that kind of incompetence....

[@user-ki6im7so6p]

Почему тогда санкции провалились?

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

Or a Blair government. He employed his mates.

[@mitchyoung93]

In a functioning society this guy, the retailer of false stories about a president of the US, would never be seen on a public forum again. The UK's standards have obviously fallen a long way since the Profumo affair.

[@WhizzRichardThompson]

Must try harder Ivan. 😂

[@DarrenJamiesonJamieson]

​@@WhizzRichardThompsonCan you explain how I got a better nights sleep in a cheap backstreet hostel in Turkey than I get in Great Britain?

[@mr.mayhem7402]

It's been nakedly self-evident for many decades that once was a great newspaper is now a clownish laughing stock.

[@DarrenJamiesonJamieson]

@@mr.mayhem7402 Yeah, but do you remember when everybody stopped me buying Russia for us with American money (flight restrictions), so that you would cost me £300 to share amoung yourselves instead?

[@yurilytviak9066]

@@DarrenJamiesonJamiesonmy guess is you enjoy the rear entrance….

[@geezzzwdf]

try not to tell a terrorist state such as russia what to do to win

[@peteratkin3788]

Sounds like the Tories, guess that's why they get on so well with each other, like swim with like..

[@zolamatshikiza6457]

😂

[@trevorroberts9584]

Putin is a master strategist...... :)

[@hardtackbeans9790]

One might even say a genius leader. 🤣

[@trevorroberts9584]

@@hardtackbeans9790 Snigger!

[@SemperFi98663]

Of course Christopher Steele, I used to have Times Radio in high regard . I see the this could be the another phony dossier

[@johnbiggs9561]

What utter nonsense!

[@robertlove2168]

Steele's opinions can be bought it seems. Why trust him?

[@gordonlinton3555]

'Christopher Steele' 😂😂. The man who brought us the Trump dossier... That guy 😂 Get some credible commentators on ffs

[@hypsyzygy506]

So the Russian government is basically a Boяis Johиsoи type of government, chosen for loyalty rather than competence.

[@groaningmole4338]

Most authoritarian regimes seem to follow that pattern.

[@boink800]

It's not about winning the war for Russia, it's about making money.

[@soundfx68]

@@boink800 Well that's clearly not happening. It's about the potential success of a democratic country that used to be Soviet, doing much better than Russia, joining the EU and NATO. In Putins' eyes, that a big no.

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

Are you chopping up this interview into overlapping fragments? I’ve heard some of this before, it’s an annoying trick to play.

[@loxelywatson6660]

Lol, Russia don't want to be the vassal of the Anglo-Saxon.

[@jimmyflawless]

Nobody is suggesting it will be.

[@foilhat1138]

They wanted to be a vassal of China?

[@cyborg1320]

If only it was the anglo-saxon. It's not. We Anglos are the victims of this Regime too. We ve been made minorities in our own lands to all intents and purposes, a situation forced on us by our rulers. No. We don't want war and increasing numbers of us despise this lot ruling us as much as the Russians do.

[@rmdomainer9042]

So funny how your Kremlin bunker boy invented anglo-saxon-phobia just a couple of months ago, and here you all are echoing his words. What you do not realise is that neither the Brits nor the Americans nor the Aussies nor the Canadians care very much about you. You literally believe everybody wants your land, yet you yourself have been unable to use it to its full potential since the dawn of time.

[@loxelywatson6660]

@@rmdomainer9042 You people want to do to russia as you did to Africa, want to get your hand on all that natural resources for free. The world knows that's why the west hates Russia because they protect what's theirs.

[@colinskelding8959]

Sounds like Trump.😂

[@teresas8173]

The similarities between Trump and Putin are obvious and ghastly

[@lester9448]

It the Bulli of NATO that will start war not Putin 😂