Mark Galeotti on the war against Ukraine

Historian and political scientist, Mark Galeotti on military decision-making in Russia
As the second year of the war is drawing to a close, historian and political scientist, Mark Galeotti, reflects on the ways in which the invasion has changed Russian politics, and its military leadership. Galeotti discusses the different strategies that Putin has deployed - from mercenaries to information war - with The Guardian reporter, Pjotr Sauer.
Mark Galeotti is the author of Putin’s wars. A book in which he puts the war against Ukraine in historical context, from the First Chechen War, to the two advances into Georgia, and the annexation of Crimea.

[@mushroomspecial]

Can anybody translate the deserted soldier interview to English?

[@hhumh6911]

Bless Mark’s clear mind. I enjoyed listening to these insights very much, though they’re far from delightful.

[@stephensuddick1896]

Stunned

[@arjensmit6684]

Balie, kunnen jullie dat eerste kwartier niet van de video's afknippen ?

[@matt.willoughby]

Crazy music😮

[@MadmanInUkraine]

Hoop commentaar Arjen...

[@vanveakrin276]

Every Big Thing is happening around to he Frontiers of Central Asia ..in Finland in Ukraine , in East Myanmar ...in Pakistan. To stroke the Central Belly..

[@vanveakrin276]

War in Ukraine is related to new Conflicts in East Myanmar..the SHAN STATE , which is now in open battle with the Nypadaw Burmese Central Military Command ... burning and igniting the frontier of Central Asia ...

[@vanveakrin276]

Chinese socks for the Russian Army...??.. mass. cheap supplies from China..

[@johnwalsh4857]

the Russian army until Putin and Shoigu was undergoing reforms apeing the west, copying the west , however when applied to a real conventional war in Ukraine with in 2022 was rated by military analysts as a weak military power Russians attacked with surprise suddenly bungled their operation really badly. so bad that all the reforms are now gone, and the Russian army has devolved into a Soviet style army from WW2, relying on manpower and tank numerical superiority to try to overwhelm the Ukrainians who fought back hard ferociously and marvelously going beyond the expectations of many military analysts. Fought the Russians head on and pushed them back recovering huge swathes of captured territory. Even though its a bloody stalemate , this would be inconceivable when the war started that Ukraine could actually fight Russia to a standstill., a power called Russia which has 10X the economy, 10X the population 10X military vs. Ukraine. Its that stupid in the Russian military that this occured and the Russians are now down to, begging to North Korea for weapons and fielding T-55s in the battlefield(soemthing they havent done in large numbers since Czechoslovakia 1968).

[@arwinsculler7198]

1:28:25 "We dealt with our imperial past" ye sure, with this he destroyed everything he said before, cant take this guy serious.

[@runs_through_the_forest]

so you got to listen an hour and a half, 90 minutes without any serious points you could use to dismiss his work? seems like your comment is pointless..