Putin blames West for starting the War | Ukraine: The Latest | Podcast

Day 363.
Today, we analyse Vladimir Putin’s speech to the nation, look at the most recent intelligence reports on the situation on the ground and discuss Russia’s most recent defeats, including a bloody engagement near Vuhledar.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent).
Nataliya Vasilyeva (Russia Correspondent).
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[@sambufalini4198]

Your hour has become a part of my daily routine.

[@r.b.m.437]

Very interesting to listen to this, doesn’t matter that I‘m ukrainian and living in the capital now.

[@hkusno99]

Wow can’t believe I have been listening to your podcast on KZbin for a year now. I wish the war will end with Ukraine restored all their sovereign territory 🙏

[@mikeriley3556]

that's never going to happen, zelensky knows it and that's why he loves continuing this awful war using Ukrainian people as his sheep to the slaughter

[@TommyTCGT]

Too late.. warmongering West's war is over. go cry!

[@timbimjim514]

Dream on

[@sabbasdsouza]

Putin blames homeowners for break-ins.

[@stefansekulic7903]

This is all the same propaganda used in the Soviet Union, where the "evil" west was always portrayed as decadent and falling apart. In the end we know who actually fell apart.

[@sabbasdsouza]

@@stefansekulic7903 don't these people care if they are the bad guys?

[@TommyTCGT]

@@sabbasdsouza I read not enough workers in R for all the new pipelines, agric etc projects. Brit baloney gotcha?

[@sabbasdsouza]

@@TommyTCGT a million workers fled russia and a quarter million killed and injured in Vlad the Jealous's war of jealousy on another country.

[@jeffreyespinassiao1398]

Watching from Lethbridge Alberta Canada 🇨🇦

[@scottyd3138]

Western Canada for the win bro! 🇺🇦 🇨🇦

[@bradsharkey2903]

Amazing to see how Russia lives in this parallel universe. The 'west' certainly isn't perfect, but it is definitely the best system we have for a civilised, just & fair society. Russian propoganda does seem eerily similar to the mid-late 30s with Hitler. Inciting hatred against other groups of people. Nobody is attacking Russia. Nobody was going to attack Russia. The civilised world has been trying to welcome Russia into the modern era of global trade and the benefits that flow to living standards etc. We all know why Putin invaded. He is partly attempting to remedy past wrongs in the collapse of the Soviet Union and partly wanting to create some mystical legacy for himself in Russian folklore. It is so sad the whole lot of it. All built on lies from the Kremlin & Putin.

[@SL-sd3sg]

He lives in some sort of weird bubble 💙💛🇬🇧

[@whitepanties2751]

Also, sometimes he just lies

[@tubthump]

@@whitepanties2751 a politician who sometimes lies? What a shocker.

[@timbimjim514]

Says the guy living in a weird bubble.

[@gilberthill9816]

Mutual inspections of each others nuclear facilities was always a non starter, for obvious reasons. Both sides have similar suspicions with good reason, however, the World by now realises that Russia as a state is a comprehensive liar and therefore a system which depends on even a minimum of trust between nations cannot rely on good faith in Russia which does not exist.

[@tubthump]

A system of inspecting nuclear weapons facilities which does not include Israel is a non-starter

[@fishmud3264]

Israel has never been inspected and has never signed a treaty, I wonder why they don't get the same outrage?

[@SynthFreq]

Right , like that time they publicly admitted they never had any intention of honouring the Minsk Accords. Oh wait, that was us.

[@samsungtap4183]

Oh sure, like the US have broken every treaty they have ever signed. Ask indigenous Americans, ask Geronimo, ask the Iranians about their nuclear treaty. Ask anyone about the NFT or Nuclear Forces Treaty for intermediate range nuclear missiles that had served Europe and Russia so well. Ask Germany about Nordstream 2. For gods sake Germany is their allie...America is the "EMPIRE OF LIES".

[@timfallon8226]

​@@tubthump They are special, rules do not apply to them.

[@jeg5gom]

The "Big Book of Tanks"... I love Brit humor. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇲🤝🇺🇦✌️🇬🇧

[@PeterSedesse]

The part that stood out to me was his complete lack of reality to the economic situation. Last spring Russia cancelled all domestic projects.. no road construction, no new schools or hospitals. they just paused everything... yet a huge part of his speech talked about new plans for the future..he talked about building tech universities, industrial parks, primary schools... also he talked about their low unemployment rate, which is misleading because they just sent millions of workers home without pay.. so they are technically employed, but without income.

[@stefansekulic7903]

Yeh but the brainwashed masses watch Putin and that fool Solovyev and think everything is great in Russia and people are starving in Europe and the US.

[@yenlinhtran69]

If he doesn’t want to hear bad news, who is going to tell him that the unemployment rate is not correct?

[@gcoffey223]

They got new jobs, msking ammo 24/7

[@robf]

The problem with signing treaties with countries like Russia is western countries generally abide by them transparently whilst Russia does exactly what they want anyway. The entire speech was delusional, criticism of supplying Ukraine weapons systems with extended ranges and the Russian response is to suspend participation in treaties that place limits on weapons.

[@SynthFreq]

Right , like that time they publicly admitted they never had any intention of honouring the Minsk Accords. Oh wait, that was us.

[@arjan2777]

@@SynthFreq Russia showed that they had no intention of honouring the Minsk accords by regularly breaking them to expand their puppet republics. The west never had to break the Minsk agreements. We just had to prepare for the Russians breaking them again and again.

[@robf]

@@SynthFreq who is us?

[@TommyTCGT]

Any treaties broken here, dim Bobbie.. United States ILLEGALLY invaded 27 countries since the end of the Cold war 1990, murdering 2M civvies. Here's a list of the conflicts and guess what they weren't sanctioned for anything. Libya 1990 Panama 1990 Haiti 1991 Iraq 1991 Kuwait 1991 Somalia 1992 Iraq 1992 Bosnia 1995 Iraq 1998 Sudan 1998 Afghanistan 1998 Yugoslavia 1999 Afghanistan 2001 Iraq 2002 Yemen 2004 Haiti 2004 Iran 2005 Somalia 2006 Honduras 2009 Libya 2011 Syria 2011 & 2015 Brazil 2016 Bolivia 2019 Venezuela 2019 Guyana 2020 Iraq 2020 Somalia 2020 Afghanistan 2020

[@robertsteele474]

@@robf NATO, Ukraine, Germany...

[@sherrillwhately7586]

Fascinating about Navalny. That sounds hopeful. More hopeful than anything I’ve heard out of Russia 🇷🇺 for quite a while.

[@Piddeaux]

Question though? How much was sincere and how much political maneuvering? I'm cautious about looking at Navalny as the Russian "Messiah."

[@sherrillwhately7586]

@@Piddeaux As long as he sticks with it. It’s the only road to Russian integration back into the world and right now he’s the only leader I know of with a viable platform. Is that just more hopium?

[@philipmain5701]

Sadly there is a good chance that Navalny will die in prison - Nemtsov was murdered within sight of the Kremlin walls.

[@sherrillwhately7586]

@@philipmain5701 😢

[@marinaclarasanchezsuarez2905]

Thanks for the quality of your updates⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@TommyTCGT]

Baloney is quality? How so?

[@shanecollins8427]

Superb analysis. I am so grateful for the extensive discussion with such a wide and knowledgeable factual reportage. Keep up the good work

[@americanpatriotparty-natio5347]

Where was BBC & other News outlets when Western Ukraine was bombing Eastern Ukraine citizens for 8 years since the CIA COUP in 2014? The pictures then of the Donbas area and other areas of Eastern Ukraine between 2014 & 2022 are little different from these from Western Ukraine bombing their own Russian Speaking citizens. Western Ukraine has lost their right to govern Eastern Ukraine. Seek Peace. Grant Independent Country Status to Eastern Ukraine States protected by Russia until they are fully established countries.

[@coreymiller1599]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@lahy1060]

With Putin's speech that he gave today, the US and NATO along with their allies and partners need to increase weapons production now before it's too late.

[@tubthump]

It's already too late

[@stefansekulic7903]

They should've armed Ukraine in 2014, not wait till Putin takes half the country. Did they really think Putin would stop after Crimea? Europe is way to indecisive in a war that's happening in their backyard.

[@tubthump]

@@stefansekulic7903 USA/NATO arming and training began in Ukraine in 2014 following the US backed coup which deposed the democratically elected president. Retaking Crimea was a given because of the crucial role of the port at Sevastopol which has been home to Russias Black Sea fleet since the 18th century. Implementation of the Minsk II Accords would have brought an end to hostilities but Angela Merkel revealed that the peace talks were a ruse to buy time for Ukraine to prepare for the war with Russia that USA had been planning all along. Clearly USA underestimated Russias preparedness, strength and resilience.

[@atkkeqnfr]

People don't realize how bad the state of our war making industrial base is. We need to fix that immediately. Acknowledging the problem isn't the same as fixing it.

[@moisesespiritosanto2195]

Hi, I'm from São Paulo!

[@ParksIII]

Russian genius at skillful withdrawal of its forces should be exploited in 2023 too!!!

[@duncanbirnie4158]

Politics,this is not just about ending this war?it’s about the the security of Europe and the future of the world 😡

[@michaelkelcy3522]

Why does the introductory audio clip from Johnson have him forcefully denouncing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and from Sunak have him seeming to whine about energy prices? Surely Sunak must have said something more to the occasion. I'm not a Brit, but this has seemed odd to me for quite a while. By the way, love the series - one of the best on the war.

[@andy_s_8982]

Bojo is the second coming of Churchill and Sunak has always been whiney

[@vinylsolution2522]

We American's like Boris, his Speech this week at the Ukraine War review in the House was by far the most Cogent and to the Point. He seems to be the only UK politician who has taken public speaking classes. Speak Up ! Don't drone on....

[@tubthump]

@@vinylsolution2522 Johnson wants us to send so many military aircraft to Ukraine that Britain would be left defenceless. Brilliant!

[@davidgleinbach7316]

What happened to video portion Telegraph is so poor they could have slide show sync to comments.

[@idleishde6124]

@tubthump I hate Boris but he has a point in this 1 case. Who did we build our army to defend ourselves FROM? As much as I don't trust the French I'm not really worried about them today. Send Ukraine 100% of our tanks and 75% of our aircraft. If Russia falls our only threat is eliminated. No one is going to be swimming across the channel to attack us, and we have our fleet for that.

[@tvwatcher1883]

-Belarus is NOT imperialistic, it just because of the pressure applied by the moscovite hordes from the east

[@assertivekarma1909]

Putin's morbid speech was unhinged, but he has talking points that often have just enough truth to them that they can be utilized by disgruntled nationalists & conspiracy theorists. The "West" needs to resist Kremlin-Russian aggression against democracies, esp in our neighborhoods, BUT we also need to have further internal criticisms ourselves that address the failures in our own societies which facilitate a Putin anti-western style narrative. We need more cohesion, less arrogant "progressive" social policy overreach, less bureaucratic corruption, more governmental accountability, less media manipulation...

[@assertivekarma1909]

More focus on our own issues, prudence & restraint in foreign engagements that don't hinge on core principles & aren't demanded by the locals, more cooperation among allies... less strengthening of bad actors, adversaries, and purposefully useless opportunists...

[@bobsamuels8570]

Until we acknowledge and deal with Human Nature all the rest is just trying to rule ourselves under the influence.

[@tubthump]

Britain does what USA wants. End of.

[@stefansekulic7903]

@@tubthump Belarus does what Russia wants, North Korea does what China wants......

[@peterwebb8732]

@@assertivekarma1909 … Principles like “Don’t invade another country and kill tens of thousands of people without adequate reason.”?

[@defuse56]

Great to hear my man Dom analysing nukes and critiquing the tactics!

[@krazyswede11]

He's an idiot 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sirdudleynightshade8747]

Would be good if Dom could keep in touch with some of his army mates and update us with estimates of when the Challenger IIs, Leopards etc are expected to become active/effective militarily. Just an idea to keep me happy.😀

[@Ukbrummie]

Love hearing Natalia. It's interesting hearing a russian prospective on these events

[@Mambojambo157]

Wow this is a pro Ukraine audience here.

[@f_ck_putinswar1014]

Yep, freedom of speech is great isn’t it? It’s a shame it doesn’t exist in places like Russia and China. Both would probably have much higher standards of public administration than the corrupt, mafia like governments they have now. 💩🇷🇺

[@Harry-wb7uv]

Yup and the indoctrination runs deep.

[@bluedragontoybash2463]

yeah.. go find your "safe place echo chamber" someplace else

[@anthonystevens749]

​@@Harry-wb7uvYou are absolutely right: we all started our journey of enlightenment, reason and empathy many centuries ago, whereas Russia is still mired in the aftermath of serfdom.

[@Mambojambo157]

@@bluedragontoybash2463 I’d call this a safe place echo chamber. I’m actually in the middle lol. Pot calling the kettle black

[@murphy423]

From what limited knowledge I have, thermobaric munitions can suck all the oxygen away from air in a radius from the blast site which can kill people in cover even if that cover protected those people from the blast wave from the thermobaric munition.

[@sammylittlemoose7708]

Certainly the United States and western countries are prolonging the Russian war against Ukraine. Without the United States and company's help Ukraine would have been unable to prevent the takeover of their country. The only problem I have with what the west has done is that what is being done is too little, to late. The prolongation of the war is being caused due to the failure to provide the materials Ukraine needs.

[@Al-Dahyani]

O Lord, comfortable days, full of lasting goodness for us 🤍🤍🦋.

[@whitey3631]

'War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. "Now Lets All Play Nuclear Chicken"

[@jjgreenspan]

There are too many interrupting ads in videos by The Telegraph, it makes watching/listening to the otherwise outstanding reporting arduous..

[@peterwebb8732]

…. and no doubt there will be plenty of gullible people who’ll believe him.

[@happydays4302]

Absolutely agree with your comments with regards to your comments about China and those countries sitting on the fence, and often supporting Putins properganda. Good to hear someone voice them as it is a point I haven't heard others talking about.

[@gcoffey223]

China sitting on the fence?

[@happydays4302]

@@gcoffey223 in my mind it's not on the fence its supporting Russia, but is commonly portrayed as sitting on the fence, which is why it was good to hear someone else call it supporting Russia.

[@gcoffey223]

@@happydays4302 Russia and China are strong allies. Their alliance controls a lotbofvresources, mabufacturing, shipping, and global business desls involving new trade alliances. They are foing budiness, we are making war.

[@happydays4302]

@@gcoffey223 we are obviously from different countries.... your Russian I presume if your country is making war.

[@barbaraaimson2100]

Next time it'll be the dogs fault

[@lizicadumitru9683]

Sounds like Putin's been spending too much time on the crazy side of the Internet....yikes

[@Conn30Mtenor]

Considering that China's European trade amounts to 40% of their exports are they really committed to supporting Russia militarily?

[@davidgleinbach7316]

Additionally enemy subs will dock in Groton CT. or New London crews to be reasonably compensated . They have coast guard emergency channel. Detainment temporary until stability established. Surrender to this" DEAL"or be holed & sunk.

[@murphy423]

I heard the TOS-1 rocket launcher that got destroyed in Vuledhar was designed for arctic conditions, which suggests that Russia is pulling forces from their arctic units to replace their initial losses, curious if anyone heard this fact as well.

[@scottyd3138]

We heard they are here in Canada. Maybe it's time for us to denazify Russia 🤔🤔

[@murphy423]

@@scottyd3138 As in Russian TOS-1 units are encroaching into regions in the arctic that are territorial claims of Canada?

[@scottyd3138]

@Murphy no we heard they are pulling stuff from artic forces. Russia tried pushing into the arctic circle a decade ago and Canada and US said nope

[@robertsteele474]

Why would Russia use rockets designed for arctic conditions in the middle of winter?🤔😳😬🤣🤣🤣

[@scottyd3138]

@Robert Steele it's spring like conditions but either way they are running out of everything

[@sointu123]

What worries me (and surprises me) is that there seem to be so many people listening to Putin's speech and actually agreeing with everything he says: not only people that live in Russia but also people that live in other countries, even in western countries. Some of the comments on social media is Russian influencers (and bots?) for sure but there seems to be a not unsignificant number of people that are really drawn in and convinced by this message that do have access to other information than Russian propaganda.

[@aleksandrsizjumovs5130]

Russian propaganda? It depends on what kind of news is brainwashed. Propaganda everywhere - BBC, CNN, ORT, RTR, KZbin, Twitter, etc. Propaganda and brainwashing everywhere.

[@DavidTremblay]

"The big book of tanks"

[@veronicasavage1182]

🇺🇦🙏🙏🙏🇺🇦

[@Zerox_Prime]

Comrade Flip Wilson would say, "The Devil made me do it."

[@asmith9091]

Canada supports Russia. Z.O.V.

[@maxwellnewton7501]

Speak for yourself. Russia has been undermining Ukrainian indepependance since it's inception and it's attempts to erase it's people, their culture and identity are tantamount to genocide.

[@APW554]

As Dom stated Russia done well retreating , Well let’s hope that’s all they are good at and let’s see them excel at this. Also let’s free Navalny as he is the man to run Russia with those ideas bring it on !!!

[@vinylsolution2522]

Any Updates on the Swedish Archer Artillery and Swedish Norway CV-90 IFV shipments to Ukraine ?? Radio Silence in the Media.

[@JH-lo9ut]

They are most likely training Ukrainian soldiers and support crew's on these systems as we speak. In an undisclosed location of course, to minimize risk of sabotage and espionage. When the shipment of Archers was announced, I seem to recall estimates that they could be put into battle somewhere around april. I have no direct sources on that though, but it was in Swedish news around the time they announced it. The look like they could be a very powerful weapon paired with drone surveillance. But they are also dependent on support veichles and some form of armoured escort. So long as they can move around, shoot and scoot, they are deadly, but if their location gets found out by the enemy, they will become a priority target for air strikes. So, my guess is that we won't see much of them at all. Sweden also pledged 50 or so CV90's. My guess is that this is a joint training excercise, outside the prying eyes of the media.

[@grisall]

Russia kind of had a point about UK and France, They should be included too - nuclear weapons inspections and limits

[@eliezerbenabraham6117]

Hello from CHILE..!

[@markgreco8815]

He is 100% spot on

[@sherrillwhately7586]

Your podcast could benefit from chapters.

[@robertsteele474]

It could benefit from actual video as well.

[@janechambers9980]

Same ol' same ol'. . .

[@innerdinosaur2757]

Crazy Russians Slava Ukraini !! 🇺🇦🦖✊

[@varjen018]

Maybe the speech was prerecorded before it was known that Biden was coming to Kiev?

[@carynunez5664]

🤔🤔

[@1metuka]

Classic blame the victim)

[@karlheinz5095]

Tell truth isn't blame. Remember 2014.

[@tomster1414]

He’s quite right , sometimes we have to admit it . Nothing wrong with putins speech , I wish our western leaders would be as articulate and honest

[@DominicFlynn]

What should we do to India and Malaysia for buying record amounts of Russian oil?

[@xcrockery8080]

We should consider those two countries as corrupt backwaters unworthy of international respect.

[@garycable7659]

Boycott and turn what little screws we have tighter. They had rather buy cheap oil than sa ve lives. Their time will come

[@DominicFlynn]

@@garycable7659 we need to start boycotting Poland first. Make an example of them. They buy more gas from Russia than any other country.

[@davidgleinbach7316]

Perhaps for peace & stability temporary lease on a SMALLish NAVEL PORT (NOT MILITARY) AKA PSEUDO CUBA Sevastopol for Russian Acess repairs & commerce.

[@tubthump]

Sevastopol has been home to Russias Black Sea fleet since the 18th century. It is a warm and deep water port which ensures Russia can project military power across the worlds oceans all year round. Taking this from Russia would be as straightforward as Cuba taking back Guantanamo Bay

[@xx7101]

@@tubthump "Russia project military power" the military is as dysfunctional and diseased as the rest of the kleptocracy

[@Kuwandi]

Which Russia are we dealing with the Stalin Russia or the tzar Russia , or Lenin Russia …or communist Russia …lol

[@wacojones8062]

On the artillery ammunition side the US has been planning since the invasion started to ramp up artillery ammunition production. It is in progress. The mine fields outside Vuhledar were laid with artillery deployed anti-tank mines. The US has also been shipping ICM rounds to Ukraine to use up before they reach expiration dates. ICM Improved Conventual Munitions small HE fragmentation or Dual-Purpose anti-tank plus anti-personnel fragmentation effects projectiles packed by the hundreds into rocket and artillery warheads to cover large areas when needed. Also, very good at smashing fueling points for combat vehicles.

[@atkkeqnfr]

They have placed orders that cannot be filled.

[@davewilson6022]

Putin is in denial

[@user-yc1km7hy6q]

Not poutine we the world knows .who is he.?

[@j.b.vanbommel2785]

Well, Russia invaded Ukraine and not the other way round. So trying to turn around things is such a stupid way to do

[@AcuteTomato]

Must be difficult to know how the speech went down in Russia when one is based in Istanbul.

[@sarahjane9957]

The west???

[@SL-sd3sg]

Yes, bizarre isn’t it.

[@krytonsbeast]

Who was bombing Donbas for 8 yrs? Who was doing that?

[@Cuzthatwouldbeweird]

Whinny the pooh Whinny the pooh silly silly silly little 🐻

[@PintoMTV]

He's correct

[@junejones8884]

Puttin just mad cause he could not start a war in Afghanistan lol usa said no

[@dimtool4183]

It's good to act cautious, so countries send more weapons that Ukraine definitely needs, but reality is that Russia literally has 0 chance for any victory in this war whatsoever. And they are far worse equipped and are doing than what was portrayed here.

[@atkkeqnfr]

That's not true at all. America is running out of ammo and we don't have an industrial base to mass produce ammo and weapons for industrial scale warfare. Plus we have to fight China too.

[@grisall]

1800 more tanks and up to 5 million new conscripts doesn't translate into 0% chance for Russian victory

[@SynthFreq]

dim by name..

[@Harry-wb7uv]

Not the sharpest tool in the shed...

[@scottsmith9438]

It's not putins war. It is natos war, remember that.

[@nemisis4u]

hi biden ups his game in poland great speach pity obama didnt make this in 2014 ,what did he get the noble prize for???

[@jaimepatena7372]

Obama was style over substance...Old man Biden is the real deal.

[@atkkeqnfr]

For not starting a war with Russia that could end life on our planet.

[@robertsteele474]

@@jaimepatena7372 "Old man Biden is the real deal." Real senile.

[@jaimepatena7372]

@@robertsteele474 Thanks for your diagnosis. Doctor.

[@jaimepatena7372]

@@robertsteele474 I will take a good man with some senility...over a bad smart man.

[@GravesoftheInnocent]

He is absolutely right

[@niksandy7125]

Bottom line, there is a conflict on a scale not seen since WW2 going on in Europe as we speak, isolated to one country yes but still. Unfortunately the only way out seems to be a military solution but it can’t be allowed to go on for ever. I believe the primary goal should be that we help Ukraine to take back the rest of Kherson and the south as that will put them in a better position at the eventual sit down at the negotiating table, right now they don’t have much. My biggest fear is that Putin will be rewarded for his brutality in some way, it’s just not right🇺🇦

[@michaellamb2249]

All of Ukraine is Ukraine.

[@SerenityMae11]

No negotiating with ruSSkies! All of Ukraine will be free of the ruSSkies. Whatever it takes to get there!

[@niksandy7125]

@@michaellamb2249 All of Ukraine is indeed Ukraine and I want them to get it back but people have to prepare for the possibility is all I’m saying.

[@APW554]

Hopefully Ukraine will punch south with aim to make Crimea a priority once it falls its bingo for Ukraine . Easy to blow up the Kerch bridge again and isolate Crimea. They need everything now ,jets ,long range weapons everything to get the job done.

[@theresa1305]

All he needs to look into a mirror?

[@jimmybutler1379]

Any question in that statement ? not for those that pay attention !...

[@timbimjim514]

Putin called it absolutely correctly.

[@dougg1075]

He was right about America and it’s fall from grace

[@Balmorax]

Guys, there's no video. I can only hear Putin parroting the same. Ukraine will win.

[@American-In-Mykolaiv]

Could this be because this is an audio podcast?

[@Harry-wb7uv]

Not funny, never was. Ukraine has already lost and will lose even more.

[@Leo-gt1bx]

PODCAST....

[@Balmorax]

@@Harry-wb7uv ok boomer

[@Balmorax]

@@Leo-gt1bx WHAT?

[@draganjagodic4056]

When I see exclusively LGBGTG brigade fight against putler, only than we can talk about their "pride". "Decadent" ancient Greeks had at least such combat units, so let the nowadays LGBGTG follow their example. And suffer combat casualties for their "pride", like ancient Greeks did.

[@francisyockey8225]

This Francis guy is either arguing from bad faith or incompetent, I, m guessing the former

[@mdrakibmadbar]

🌹 Quran and English video 💐

[@stefansekulic7903]

The quran says don't be friends with Christians or Jews. No thanks, Khomeini.

[@haypapa]

nice comedyshow

[@philipellis4530]

First time I've come across this channel, obviously one sided, I prefer to listen to Col. Doug MacGegor or watch the channel 'Redacted" rather than listen to people like the youngster Francis who has limited knowledge.

[@krazyswede11]

What are the consequences of China supplying arms to Russia, Francis? Russia's economy is doing just fine according to the IMF while the EU is going into recession... such poor analysis by mentally challenged Telegraph journaliars

[@yenlinhtran69]

Russia’s economy outcast by the IMF was said to be too rosy. It shanked 2.2 percent in 2022 and on track to move up .03% for 2023. It’s GDP is smaller than three US states, and life expectancy is lower than China. Average household salary is less than $8000. Putin and his cronies kept all the money from their gas and oil sales. I am just keeping those numbers in my head whenever I heard Russians talking about how good everything is.

[@TommyTCGT]

noting that ..In early 2022 Ukraine had finished the preparations for an overwhelming attack on the renegade People Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk (DPR and LNR). Half of the Ukrainian army, some 120,000 men recruited and trained during the last 7 years, were stationed near the ceasefire line and ready to go. On the opposing side only some 40,000 men were under arms. They would have little chance to withstand an onslaught. Russia could not let a Ukrainian attack happen cont on Moon ofAlabama 2023--38 Feb 13 US/nutto -UKR shelled Donetsk and Lugansk for 8 years wrecking coal mines, electrical substations, water pumping stations and residential housing killing 21,000 civilians.

[@robf]

So Russia decided to cross the border and destroy the Donbas in order to save everyone. Gotcha.

[@devilishdeed]

Ukraine is losing.

[@xcrockery8080]

Ukraine has won. NATO has won. Russia has lost.

[@Driver-ur9mf]

Ukraine could be at peace right now, but thanks Joe Biden

[@NoName-ix2uo]

Come on Russia defeat the evil empire of America.

[@bayareathrasher666]

Dream on, they are drunk peasants..as always...no Borscht in hell!