Putin has been defeated | Lord Richards

“In many ways Russia has been defeated.”
Ukraine should play the "long game just like East and West Germany" as Putin’s plan to take over the whole Ukraine has failed, says former chief of the defence staff Lord Richards
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[@dannyweisbaum1932]

I beg to differ; Ukraine is an existential issue for Putin, not for Russia. The Ukrainians have also shown that with the proper kit, Ukraine could have re-taken all of its territory; Lord Richards take on this is a disappointment.

[@espaniolito7]

Agree 100% if Putin gets away with 4 more oblasts the West will have LOST and Putin won. Were are here the values, international laws, sovereignty, any international agreements and memorandums, what a BIG loss for the West and democracy if Putin gets away with any piece of violently stolen land.

[@tonygreen6185]

like you have met and know putin ....another MSM bozo.

[@AmbietsRato]

​@tonygreen6185 People who use the term 'msn' are poorly educated and have themselves effectively become the mainstream. With their silly alt right podcasters thinking that anyone with a microphone in a studio is a journalist.

[@jamesgreen1116]

Ukraine will NEVER get that territory back no matter what they are given.

[@karlwalther4182]

He repeats Putin's propagandist notions about "existential issue" for Russia. If the loss of all those imperial territories wasn't considered existential by Russians back in 1991, then, this whole question is totally meaningless now. Russians had accepted the loss of all those territories back then and now must adhere to the new geopolitical reality or face the consequences. All these "lords Richards", willingly or not, play into Putin's hand. The main problem is that the West don't want to defeat Russia. The western wiseacres want to prevent Russian disentagration. It is why they didn't give enough weapons to Ukraine.

[@DerekWilliamsMusic]

Always give a bully what they want, so they will stop bullying? Who in their right mind believes that? Giving a bully what they want only convinces the bully that bullying works and they bully some more.

[@MylotheMask]

Simple logic right there

[@VintageClips-rf7kt]

I agree. The US needs to learn that lesson and needs to stop meddling in the affairs of others, especially where their vital security interests are concerned. I often wonder how the US would respond to Russia orchestrating a coup in Mexico and installing a government that was vehemently hostile to the US, arming that government to the teeth, building bio-weapons labs there, etc. Would the US respect the sovereign democratic rights of Mexico in those circumstances? History (Cuba) suggests not.

[@Siberianish]

I don't think it's quite that simple. If we learned important lessons about geopolitics from the schoolyard, I don't think we'd see quite as much fumbling from our respective leaders.

[@jim2376]

​@@VintageClips-rf7ktThe lesson is that Russia needs to stop invading other countries. Putin offers only tyranny. The Ukrianians know that, hence they defend themselves.

[@3s0t3r1c]

@@VintageClips-rf7kt found the ruzzian bot.

[@lorenzcassidy3960]

The concept of a country whose territory spans 11 (eleven) time zones and yet wants to conquer MORE territory claiming it's "existential" for its survival is preposterous. And that's putting it mildly.

[@0rcd0c]

Here's the thing you got wrong: RU didn't care about UA territory. How do I know? Because I've read the 2022 peace proposal drafts and in none of them RU demanded any land. In contrarry, they even offered Krim back to UA in exchange to resume leasing agreements. Don't believe pro*****da and do your own research.

[@larsrons7937]

I agree. And Ukraine can't be properly rebuilt and become prosperous without getting Crimea back. They'll have a hard time exporting their agricultural products without their occupied ports, and russia controlling Crimea will control the shipping from Ukraine's remaining ports. In that situation noone will be inclined to invest in Ukraine. Ukraine will become a failed state, exactly what russia wants. It is in our interest that Ukraine, being the bolwark between us and russia, gets all their territories back, incl. Crimea, so they can revive and prosper.

[@0rcd0c]

@@larsrons7937 Conspiracy built on ignorance

[@mja4wp]

the Russian 'security' psyche is predicated primarily on geography (for better or worse and mine is an observation not a position or an advocacy). With a presently dwindling population, and a land mass (western border) that is impossible to defend or secure, the Russians have always, going back to Catherine The Great (circa 1780's) posited that security from potential European aggressors can only be feasible if the Empire pushes out to the West and utilize the natural formations of geography to make the Empire easier (less men, less cost) to defend. This entailed utilizing the Baltic to the Black Sea as N and S buffers and the Carpathian Mountains. This reduces the 3000 mile immensely flat, border from Ukraine on Sea of Azoz near Rostov to Baltic Sea in Estonia to a more easily defendable gap in Poland and a sliver or land in Bulgaria/ Romania where the Carpathians level down. Russian demography is in a hard collapse, and Putin had a 'now or never' option, as in 5-10 years he would have less and less manpower available. It was a tremendous gamble, an unnecessary one (my opinion) and it's highly unlikely to pay off. It will result in his death by the hands of other Russians (my opinion) and probably by the summer of 2025. That said, The Russian psyche (fear of being invaded from the West) is not without precedent, but is antiquated in this, the 21st Century, especially when Russia had a great deal going with Western Commerce. My Ukrainian friend, a very successful small business owner in the States, told me 3 months after the invasion, when asked why he thought Putin invaded: "envy".

[@larsrons7937]

@@mja4wp Very good analysis. I find your final part particularly important: _"...when asked why he thought Putin invaded: _*_"Envy"."_* - Yes. That's why *the EU* was always the problem for Putin. Not NATO.

[@RichardForster-gu1ww]

Where are the USA assurances of security that they promised Ukraine when they gave up their nukes and disarmed?

[@frankshailes3205]

Russia and the UK also promised at the same time.

[@DuruttiVisca]

The west always lies🇬🇧

[@AndyM_323YYY]

If Russia invaded Alaska the MAGA party wouldn't bother defending it.

[@frankt.1391]

@@FraserChapman in other words and empty promise or a scam

[@markuskullerkup857]

USA gave assurance that the US will never attack Ukraine, that hasn't been broken..

[@underdog578]

Lord Richards repeatedly stated that, from the Russian perspective, a defeat in Ukraine poses an existential threat to their country. In contrast, Mikhail Khodorkovsky argued shortly after the invasion that such a defeat would pose an existential threat to the Putin regime, not to Russia itself. He suggested that a Russian loss could ultimately benefit the country by exposing the failures of the current leadership and paving the way for a transformation focused on the prosperity of the people, rather than the perpetuation of an authoritarian regime.

[@markhulbert4537]

Agreed - and that must be the way forward.

[@edward6438]

You mean the break-up of the Russian Federation, the destruction of the cultures and traditions there and the exploitation of the mineral wealth within for the benefit of Western multinational companies/countries.

[@ЕвгенийКоролев-ш9р]

Do you seriously think that the largest nuclear power will allow its defeat? If so, I feel sorry for you.

[@LorkinZhuzhik]

Дуже багато дивитесь телебачення, не треба так. Я бачу в вас зомбi😅

[@thatandymacs]

Nope. Russia should not be allowed to believe in it's manifest destiny. It is a country like any other, and it should be expected to be able to defend itself from within its own borders. Russia won't accept this until sanctions (and a strong NATO) have depressed the Russian economy for decades, if not a century or two.

[@Man_v_Cars]

Now apply that to the US and Britain when they invade countries again.

[@edward6438]

@@chetpomeroy1399 Keep dreaming. The developing world is sick of the American-Western hegemony system which only benefits Western multinational companies/Western countries.

[@fishmud3264]

You mean like Israel ?

[@ЕвгенийКоролев-ш9р]

Dream losers, it's not harmful to dream, especially since you are not capable of more.

[@ЕвгенийКоролев-ш9р]

@@chetpomeroy1399 Dream losers, it's not harmful to dream, especially since you are not capable of more.

[@unfixablegop]

I can't accept conquering territory as "existential".

[@larsrons7937]

I agree. And so much less for a country that's already the largest in the world, in width spanning half the globe.

[@ThomasBrunkard]

This feels a lot like shilling for Russia. We were here with Crimea years ago and we ended up here again. Appeasement because Russia feels strongly about this means we'll be here again in the future. Then what?

[@majorrgeek]

you should not offer any shilling for Putin for destroying the ruble

[@ThomasBrunkard]

@@majorrgeek A poor investment indeed

[@markhulbert4537]

Agreed. No appeasement for Putin - it would destroy any hope of lasting peace.

[@jasft9746]

Tell it to the families of Ukrainian soldiers who lost their lives today.

[@jaemate21]

What about the families of russian soldiers who have died?

[@TheBigM10]

@@jaemate21 We'll celebrate that later.

[@divumque]

@jaemate21 They were invaders, they allowed pooty to be their leader for over 20 years.

[@divumque]

@jaemate21 The ruzzians soldiers in Ukraine have been invaders and even now they come to fight for money. Ruzzians allowed pooty to be their leader for over 20 years and now they want our compassion. (KZbin, I only speak the truth and only words allowed by the algorithm were used. Do you have a problem here?)

[@williamrutter3619]

@@jaemate21 There are a lot more Ukrainian soldiers.

[@shanedarcy361]

There are two critical factors that must be non-negotiable - Crimea cannot go to Russia( otherwiseUkraine trade will be held hostage), and the nuclear plant in Zaporiza. Both vital.

[@markhulbert4537]

Absolutely essential point - Crimea cannot go to Russia.

[@davetekannon]

Why aren't we in west simply stating what we all believe in and that is we believe in a rules-based international community where it is not allowed for a stronger, neighboring country to occupy, annex territory, invade, or take over a smaller sovereign country? We should say we understand Russia's position, but this is ours. Ukraine is a sovereign nation and therefore we cannot now or ever allow it to be chopped up in pieces and taken a prize by anyone. This is where we stand and we mean no disrespect to others who differ from our point of view.

[@goonerboz6023]

usa done a coup there in 2014 the war started in 2014 not 2022

[@GodwinGodfather]

If you knew atrocity you in the west committed in middle east and funding genocide in Gaza you in the west would not be talking

[@APW-ry2ok]

The UN voted on it years ago,peace through strength is required for Putin..

[@claudiopereira9900]

You the West believe in all that only when it suits the geo political interests of master USA. Your hypocrisy and double standards are finally glaringly obvious for the whole world to see.

[@davetekannon]

@@APW-ry2ok GGGGGGGGGGGreat to hear from you. We live 2,000 kilometers from Kiev and over 4,000 Russians live in our city. I have never met anyone from Russia who was not a nice person; I've worked with Russians and never had a problem. This is why when we hear that up to half a million souls have been lost in this conflict, you wonder what is the breaking point for the Russian high command.

[@andythorne6236]

Remember, putin WILL NOT STOP!

[@hymns4ever197]

He'll keep spinning those wheels in order to gain an inch per year. 😀

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

He will have no choice, once his vehicles and artillery are exhausted.

[@davidjones-wt2qq]

Ah yes,the man who can see into the future

[@13thbiosphere]

Eventually exhaustion will set in

[@karsten11553]

Which is exactly why he must be stopped.

[@grahamepinnell367]

With respect, speak for yourself Lord Richards. The reason we "in the West" do not feel the "existential threat" is that 70 years of peace and prosperity have dulled our imaginations. Russia constantly declares its ambitions, but we choose not to believe him because we cannot imagine the consequences. Also we cannot imagine a Europe that includes Ukraine and Belarus that would revitalise moribund Old Europe.

[@vegas1a]

How much did Hungary revitalize old Europe. Just another deep well with a terrible smell and a pootin dictator in charge.

[@janorgaWB]

Central Europe and Baltics states that experienced Soviet occupation did not forget what Russians are capable of, and support Ukraine the most now.

[@edward6438]

@@janorgaWB You sure have forgotten what the German Nazis did and the only people who truly defeated the enemy of mankind in WW2. Laugh, Laugh, the British defeated the Nazis, No. The American beat the Nazis? Without the Soviets, you would all be speaking German now.

[@Anor999]

​@@edward6438lies lies

[@0rcd0c]

​@@janorgaWB Here are some Ukrainian testimonies on what UA is doing to it's own people /watch?v=qg_HJzNkuzI&t=383s

[@BlondieHappyGuy]

I'm sorry, but that guy comes off as another bloviating maker of assumptions. People like that are part of the problem, IMHO.

[@Calmarsden]

Thank you , he appears as the reincarnation of Neville Chamberlain

[@AnaMartins-j9c]

They had 4 oblasts already??? Are you ok sir? They had a portion of 2. The all south of the country was Ukraine and now is "Russia", apart from Odessa. And Ukranians have been fighting with almost old stuff and even still, after almost 3 years, the Russian didnt even conquered Donbass! Of course that it would made a HUGE difference if the Wesr really had supported Ukraine with much more.

[@emmaizu4406]

You're wrong Mr., it's 4 oblast. Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts

[@dragonade85]

@@emmaizu4406 Not wholly. Just because the Kremlin announced their seizure doesn't mean they control their whole territories.

[@AnaMartins-j9c]

@@emmaizu4406 can you read?

[@roylidstone3678]

Ukraine didn’t go to war!!! They were invaded !!!

[@jorexthox4330]

Zelensky dictator FORCES MEN TO FIGHT FOR HIM OR PRISON … he hides in Germany 😊

[@ivangohome]

and putin cannot fight. shoigu''s army is not US taking on Iraq in 6 month. he will be tried for slavic-cide.

[@fishmud3264]

After the American installed government attacked ethnic Russian speaking Ukrainians

[@mariakopp4948]

Durch NATO EU AMI ENGLAND UND FRANKREICH UNO

[@tomme942]

Dictators never last.

[@jamesgreen1116]

Exactly, thats why there has been so many British prime ministers in the past few years.

[@koiguidenishikigoi4972]

​@@jamesgreen1116 spot on 😂

[@Chetifs1095]

Absolutely NOT TRUE. ever heard of Mao Tse Tung and Stalin, Tito and Enver Hoxha? Died in their beds of old age.

[@ievabaranovska9325]

Some of them lasted very long and took millions of innocent lives sadly

[@andrereloaded1425]

Eh? He's been in power since nineteen canteen. Are you 10 years old?

[@Hochspitz]

🇦🇺💙💛✌ 🇺🇦 UGH! what codswallop, Lord "poobah" Richards. Slava Ukraini!

[@des_smith7658]

Yeah, salami Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@markhulbert4537]

@@des_smith7658 Your spelling is appalling.

[@des_smith7658]

@@markhulbert4537thanks, I meant salvage

[@pe.u.k3697]

Cope harder 😂

[@kingston24-x2h]

NATO needs to be strong.

[@veikkonurmiranta624]

Is and will remain strong...Europe is moving,ans serious,.Trumo cannot abandon Ukraine,bec Europe will aid Ukraine anyhow,for a very serious threat. Abandoning Ukraine,and Nato-allies,would create an enormous banana-state,overnight..China ,India,Iran,.would laugh of happiness.

[@DianaOng-z9i]

Oh lord, what universe are you living in.

[@SamDurkSheff]

😂

[@dirtyharry6297]

Russ🥴a is a giant on clay legs! Economy heading to hyperinflation Military capabilities almost finished, manpower too Just remember - he is pokerface

[@Patendyck76]

When you wake up give yourself a wash with the truth.

[@bv6540]

I live in Moscow, that's the truth ​@@Patendyck76

[@johnf3885]

@@Patendyck76 You wouldn't know the truth if it bit you on the backside.

[@dirtyharry6297]

@@johnf3885 They prefer to live in vacuum of lies and deny obvious

[@fogbullit1000]

Everything you said is completely backwards, that's a rare gift you have.

[@Friendo111]

This guy adds nothing new. No NATO, no security guarantees just more aid. That's not good enough!

[@williamalexander9485]

Just wait till we’re all flat broke, would that be good enough🤡

[@rmdomainer9042]

@@williamalexander9485 This was costs next to nothing for the west,vatnik.

[@williamalexander9485]

@ It’s up to $200 billion and counting bro and literally less and less to show for it. Zelenskyy is now talking about half and half. What a waste

[@ArchDudeify]

Yeah it's a bit like oh we need to tell Ukraine what's going to happen Ruzzia is on its way down and no fuhks given by Ukrainians He say "ruzzia not going away" but maybe it is going to go away

[@majorrgeek]

@@williamalexander9485 actually the money funded to Ukraine will be reimbursed from the $300billion of Russian sanctioned money held by EU so irony is Ukraine war is funded by Putin's cash

[@graemesydney38]

Lord Richard of cloud cuckoo land if you ask me. Nothing he said made much sense, just a random selection of ideas.

[@majorrgeek]

well if you think Putin is somehow winning anything for Russia then maybe its you overdue for a brain scan

[@JohnSmith-fl6qd]

He's a bleeding idiot

[@larsrons7937]

I wonder if he's related to Lord Chamberlain? This was a genuine "peace in our time" talk he gave. The man is blind.

[@1maico1]

@@larsrons7937 Neville Chamberlain didn't have a peerage

[@TheVideoRaf]

"Peace for our time" Put a mustache on Lord Richards and you can see a remarkable resemblance to Neville Chamberlain.

[@hymns4ever197]

Unfortunately, that dubious honor will likely go to Trump if he succeeds in a peace deal.

[@michaelhealy9191]

Look at the Russian mortgage market it’s about to collapse

[@DuruttiVisca]

It isn’t 🇬🇧

[@johnmaletic898]

Unlike that of the US of course.

[@NilsEchterling]

From this video, it seems Ukraine defending itself wasn’t in its vital self-interest and Russia has already effectively lost the war, but Ukraine still shouldn’t have fought back because it can't 'win.' Makes perfect sense.

[@kellycrete]

This interview is utter nonsense

[@ChrisPatterson-d5g]

what planet are you from?

[@timglasser2766]

Never trust an analysis of Russia by an English Lord

[@bazzer621]

Sorry but who do we trust, a Russian? 😂

[@1maico1]

General Richards was Commander-in-Chief of the British Army and then was appointed Chief of the General Staff, the top job. He became a life peer on retirement. What are your relevant qualifications?

[@simonpriest4345]

Fact. that posh British accent means he has the greatest intellect and wisdom. Having said that he makes truthful comments that (1) Ukr is existential for RU (2) and so RU was never going to win (3) Ukr should have negotiated at the high water mark in 2022

[@acitizen.5276]

@@1maico1 not living in the past for 1, ground wars have evolved expedentially since he was actually not just a commentator !

[@majorrgeek]

@timglasser2766 - fact check - it is Putin making Russia bankrupt not the English Lord so if you still prefer him then you are overdue for a brain scan

[@danielwatson8778]

"you were all being led to believe" by thousands of times radio click bait videos with ridiculous titles .....

[@richardsanders.4624]

As a small shareholder in Times Radio's parent company. I'd like to thank you for wasting Russian resources and making me a little bit richer your clicks and copium comments. The more you YAP the more money I get.

[@siweiss9214]

Ukraines survival is an existential issue appeasers on UK media who invaded who he is talking nonsense

[@buiskeiz]

i beg you stop putting these clickbait headlines and just focus on the facts

[@soitis9028]

Times Radio and facts 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@johnnyconnelly7278]

Its bloody annoying as well as platforming quislings and cowards like this guy.

[@buiskeiz]

@@soitis9028 i'm not having a dig at the times, mate. dunno why you've put a bunch of emojis, when the times regularly gets people likle Mark Galeotti, who has true russian expertise. my issue is that the times' seo team, like any other publication, has to drive clicks. it means every other headline is RUSSIA IS NEARING THE END; RUSSIA ON THE BRINK... even if the expert in the video gives a measured answer. but herein lies the problem with ad-driven media reporting

[@tomsawyer7429]

Every other week on this channel there is something about Putin on the ropes. But nothing actually changes…

[@harryw29]

Look at the economy. Interest rates at 21%, shortage of staple foods- potatoes, eggs, butter, various business sectors in crisis - property, railways (head of railways said so), car manufacturers, Gazprom, Gazprom Bank, etc

[@revivlerech9020]

Over calculating and cleverness. Same thinking that drove Chamberlain to cater to the Germanys' "existential issues" in Czechoslovakia, Austria, Poland, etc. Sadly, some British Lords never seem to learn.

[@MrTangolizard]

This guy is a appeaser u can’t just let Russia keep someone else’s country

[@GloriaHoulihan]

Finland and Sweden have now joined NATO . The Russian economy is looking bleak. Ukraine have crossed the Russian border. Crimea is extremely important. I feel that there should be a new arrangement there. Ukraine join NATO and not be under constant threat of Russia invasion and being left to fight alone.

[@Infopirates]

Is the Finnish economy ok? 😂😂😂 Say bye to NOKIAN, ATRIA, VALIO, FORTUM, NESTE, FINNAIR huge businesses in Russia😅😅😅😅

[@happymethehappyone8300]

Had Ukraine known the true value (Or lack of) the security guarantees,, The ONLY way they would've given up their nukes would be with a guaranteed full NATO membership.

[@markhulbert4537]

And that needs to be their position now - and ours.

[@SeanMaigh]

War is what happens when two contending entities think they know the outcome - and at least one of them is wrong

[@kevinbailey3384]

Lord Richards may be an expert, yet I find his stance a little strange. The main issue hampering Ukraine was not Russian strength, it has been the failure of the West to deliver what was needed to support Ukraine. It is NOT an existential threat to Russia, it is as another poster has commented, an existential threat to Putin. Russia is the last imperial Power following WW2, and it needs to be taken to task, and the current events in Georgia, should indicate to the world that Russia cannot go on Empire building. Crimea must be returned to Ukraine, whether now or in the future. Ukraine must be allowed into NATO and Russia cannot be allowed to use nuclear threats to scare the weak minded lefties

[@MGJS71]

USA, Brazil, China Post WW2 Empires; expansionist Germany Post 1992.

[@afritimm]

Lord Richards repeatedly asserts that holding Ukraine is an "existential' matter for Russia. But I am not so sure. Russia voluntarily agreed the independence of Ukraine in 1991-94. No one held a gun to their head. I suppose it might now be an existential matter for Putin's himself, but I question whether most Russians cared until Putin became an imperial revanchist in 2008 with Georgia, then Ukraine 2014. We frequently also hear that it is obviously impossible for Ukraine to "win" against a much larger power like Russia. Depends how you define "win." If it means to conquer Russia, then obviously not. If it means to wear down an invader until they go home, then it is just as possible as the North Vietnamese defeating the US and Afghanistan defeating the USSR.

[@patrapper7367]

Click bait titles again

[@Paxixify]

Nornalized relations with Russia is what got us in this mess

[@danbonner7614]

dimocrats in the White House got us into this mess. Putin could smell the weakness in O'skidmark and the vegetable

[@SteenLarsen]

Sadly there are many mini Chamberlains around these days!

[@TalibanAtrocities]

Dudes already deleted the atrocities out his mind

[@steppenwolf1872]

Ok I hate putler but this headlines are simply ridiculous.We can say that when it will disappear.

[@majorrgeek]

Russia won't disappear but Putin will because he's lost it

[@eddieburrelli]

𝗖𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗼 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺.

[@MGJS71]

Germania delenda est.

[@markhulbert4537]

@@MGJS71 What are you talking about? Who do you think might want or try to do that?

[@MGJS71]

@markhulbert4537 have you ever visited Britain?

[@Comm.DavidPorter]

@@markhulbert4537 Putler's paid toadies on ruzzian state TV constantly fantasizing.

[@PhilipSansoni]

Yes, it should be "Russia". It is the subject not the object. Back of the class, Cato.

[@Pierrus60]

We live in a shameful world, the man who was convicted on 34 counts will not get his sentence, but the same man was supposed to settle the war in 24 hours, Who are we kidding here ?

[@johnwalsh4857]

Putin stated in 2022 to the Finnish leader at the time probably in a gaffe that he has now abandoned Kyiv as the goal so now its to take over the whole of the Donbass before negotiations can begin, and yep that is his goal now.

[@majorrgeek]

how long can he keep Donbas since he's going broke

[@DJBurtf4g]

The RF is done.No need to negotiate.

[@Withnail1969]

Oh they won't be negotiating.

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

@@Withnail1969true, they have nothing to negotiate with.

[@des_smith7658]

Stop it

[@robertpatrick3350]

This guy seems to have nothing but Kremlin talking points and cherrypicked stats

[@jamesdriver8148]

I agree. RF is done in UA, Syria, etc.

[@mrw9277]

Existential issue is just a rhetorical nonsense

[@koiguidenishikigoi4972]

Times radio is like a prayer house for me. There is always so much hope and positivity here no matter what the reality is. I hope and I win with Times radio every time.

[@andrereloaded1425]

Ohh, take a seat because what I'm about to say will shock you. Trump, Putin, Trump, Putin.. Times Radio is Operation Mockinbird UK style. Thank you and sorry.

[@jasonwright6823]

Reality verses fiction.

[@emmaizu4406]

You have said it all 😂

[@jamesdriver8148]

In due course hopefully UA will get these oblast back? What in 40-50 years from now? After more suffering from the people of UA as their families are torn apart?

[@dragonade85]

Ukrainians living there will be deported or 'disappear' to be replaced by Russian settlers to ensure that they can never leave Russia.

[@CBTinstructor]

Brigadier Richards, as I knew him, when I was part of the Security Team at Northwood HQ's, and latterly as General Richards, when I transferred to Main Building in Whitehall. A true Gentleman who was a Gunner, like myself. Great to see you looking so well Sir.

[@reb101a]

Ukraine must have Crimea back!!!

[@alka7145]

Ukraine had security 'guarantees' from the West before 2022, before 2014. How did that work out for them? Nato membership is the least they should accept.

[@alka7145]

And the chat about 'the long game' like W. Germany / E. Germany also ignores the fact that West Germany was part of and fully protected by Nato. The Ukrainians would be crazy to accept the word of Americans or Brits saying 'Don't worry, we'll look after you but we can't put you in Nato'. Richards comes across as a wishful thinking idiot, patting himself on the back here.

[@leonardgibney2997]

Putin negotiate? That would be a first.

[@StudSnob]

Let me guess, the Ukraine war started in 2022 for you?

[@majorrgeek]

@@StudSnob let me guess, you are Russian

[@davidwright5094]

He does it all the time -- with fingers permanently crossed behind his back.

[@petermitchelmore2592]

There is no point negotiating with Putin, as the record of the former KGB major has demonstrated for his entire lifetime. Besides, East Germany is where Putin's KGB career unraveled. Overall, the USSR defeated itself.

[@nomasnofuss8393]

apart from the subject matter discussed here...the guest wears a collar, tie and jacket and the interviewer wears a dusty old hoody....who wears a hoody to work??? ....ffs

[@center__mass]

Yes , no respect.

[@alka7145]

He's on the radio. It's primarily an audio show. And what's your problem with hoodies lol?

[@billtwok6864]

If Russia keeps Crimea Ukraine will fall within 10 years and NATO will fall within 15. We had the opportunity to stop WW1 and WW2. We appeased both times. The only way to stop an aggressor is to stop them. History is crustal clear. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana

[@bobohare4825]

How/why would NATO "fall"?

[@cafe1234arsenal]

So, your logic is the only way to stop WW3 is to start it? How is your life working out? Are you OK?

[@davidwright5094]

@@bobohare4825 NATO consists of the credibility of its articles. NATO falls when that cracks.

[@bobohare4825]

@@davidwright5094 What has that got to do with Russians in Crimea?

[@davidwright5094]

@@bobohare4825 Quite a lot, given that Russians in Crimea (at least Russian government control of Crimea) is an instance of formal written human agreements being violated.

[@Useyourthirdresource]

Time is not on Putin’s side.

[@MGJS71]

Time isn't on anyone's side! We all die in the end.

[@trevorroberts9584]

Que loads of Russian bots........

[@PFCAhammed]

Cue

[@williamalexander9485]

Oh no Ukraine is winning they’re just doing it in reverse😉

[@trevorroberts9584]

@@PFCAhammed Indeed, my apologies.

[@trevorroberts9584]

@@williamalexander9485 :) Russia is losing big time.

[@williamalexander9485]

@ So why is Zelensky begging for more help yet again. Russia has been advancing for 8 straight months, but here you are

[@JilSpangenberg-ys7fz]

With that logic... we should just give western half of Texas to Mexico. Or perhaps just Arizona and Southern California.

[@RolandStenutz]

Why doesn't GB return northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland? That is a much smaller ask than to ask the Ukrainians to give up Crimea?

[@MGJS71]

N Ireland was never part of Irish Republic.

[@markhulbert4537]

Irrelevant - try to stick to the subject under discussion.

[@dragonade85]

Not really relevant is it? But to take on that argument, if Britain invaded the Irish Republic for the reasons cited (existential threat, need to de-Nazify, etc), would you be suggesting that Ireland should not resist and should surrender territory for peace?

[@kevinsmarts9953]

@@MGJS71 You killed the old kings so we can't go making it a part of the Irish kingdom again, so the Republic is as close as it gets. Still Eire, still ours.

[@MGJS71]

@kevinsmarts9953 you're muddled. Scotland gave Edward Bruce as King of Ireland, but the Irish fought to remain under England instead. Read some history.

[@ThePaterfamilious]

It takes a lot of time to turn big ships around and defeat the sins of those who grow wealthy in corrupt ways (Powerful) but it's history repeating itself in humanity of uncorrected cycles of abuse in life... We all know it's worth the time to resolve for the very sake of bringing back good life... WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN OUR LESSONS OF LIFE??? We are so much better than this!!! Do we allow the one Powerful life to continue while masses die??? Or, take the one Corrupt Life for the sake of us all??? Bring them to Justice... ;-) Just a ole' mans opinion, NO OFFENSES INTENDED!!!

[@anthonymorris2276]

Putin is like Shelley’s Ozymandias: "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.

[@frankrenda2519]

keep coping thats all you have left

[@alanwatterson2850]

@@frankrenda2519 Go troll elsewhere

[@des_smith7658]

That colossal wreck that is Ukraine

[@Comm.DavidPorter]

@@des_smith7658 No leader of Ukraine ever said, "[I am the] King of Kings. Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" But Vladolf Putler is certain in the mold of that vainglorious tyrant of yore. Also, the "colossal wreck" of Shelley's poem is the monument to Ramses II itself, not the nation that he ruled. Thus your attempt at deflection falls very flat.

[@des_smith7658]

@@Comm.DavidPorter I'll have to look that up, thanks

[@stevendunn7928]

I can't listen to any more this. I hit the pause button to say this before I click away. If Ukraine doesn't win, it is because our support is too weak. There is no existential threat for Russia. Rationalizing present failure today just means we'll have to fight Russia for ourselves later.

[@mikesecor6074]

Absolute UK BS

[@markhulbert4537]

Why do you say "UK BS"? Are you racist?

[@philippabaker1078]

Why must Ukraine accept its going to be a smaller country? That would be appeasing bullying Russia.

[@michaelmaguire9330]

I guess it’s called reality. When you are defeated you have no cards to play. The areas Russia wants are those where the Russians-speaking Ukrainians live. They have been shelled by the Ukrainian government since 2014, and therefore it’s understandable that they would want to be part of Russia.

[@MarceloMomo]

Delusional

[@vimfuego8827]

And in a parallel universe, we have Times Radio reporting an alternative ending.

[@Thejeevandahal]

What a joke Mr. English Joker.

[@scottrupertb]

What a hoot! Is this man living under a rock?

[@czr7j9]

'Putin has been defeated' and Elvis lives

[@majorrgeek]

let me guess you are Russian

[@alka7145]

He has suffered strategic defeat after strategic defeat.

[@markhulbert4537]

"For the avoidnce of doubt" in your muddled mind: Putin has been defeated. Elvis is no longer alive.

[@Mic-uc2sm]

Putin a short footnotr in history of how not to do it. Slava Ukraine

[@AndrewMitchell-oc6mz]

Remind me the last time senior leaders in the UK made a true, correct and just call on anything of significance? Most recently, they've turned their back on a genocide in a former colony / dependency - allowing the slaughter of 50,000 civilians as part reprisal, part land-grab, abruptly pulled out of Afghanistan - leaving thousands in the lurch, left the EU - the greatest act of economic suicide in modern times, continue to hold onto Northern Ireland - a part of the world nobody wants or would want to do business with, and all the while, cavalier-like, bound about the globe pretending to be a great nation. What clowns!

[@goonerboz6023]

if ukraine is neutral and the russians keep the areas they have they won because they didnt want all of ukraine at all and they dont want nato there either so they accomplished there mission

[@ChristyBermingham]

Let's forget the 700k killed ?

[@goonerboz6023]

@@ChristyBermingham thats ukrianians

[@ChristyBermingham]

@goonerboz6023 oh its russians cup cake !.

[@motowolfnorway.k.e.b.8005]

Many Russian trolls here. 🧌🧌🧌🧌🧌

[@VintageClips-rf7kt]

BTW, if there’s a ceasefire agreement, it will be on the victor’s terms - they’re your rules, respect them.

[@majorrgeek]

Zelensky has proven he's no idiot to fall for a ceasefire unless it benefits him and not Russia

[@alka7145]

'The victor'. The victor over a few muddy fields and levelled towns. Abiding by rules is only worth it if all sides respect them, and anyone would be an utter fool to expect Russia to keep to its word.

[@robertnorman7309]

It's for Ukraine to decide. It is they who are making the sacrifices. The people are more important than the land. We have to provide they have to decide...

[@Dan-mm1yl]

Where do times radio constantly find pundits who are 100 percent wrong all the time It is unbelievable

[@kirktierney]

Spot on. The Times Radio channel can always be counted on to find idiots and put them forward without challenge. I wonder what Putin pays for this service.

[@Dan-mm1yl]

@kirktierney Just check back on their last year of reports Will be easy to see how inaccurate they are even for someone who is mentally challenged

[@1maico1]

@@kirktierney General Richards was the head of the British Army. I expect he knows rather more than arm chair generals like you...

[@kirktierney]

@@1maico1 He is an idiot.

[@tubedujacques]

a lot of wishfull thinking here and on other podcasts. there is this podcast which says something about the real reasons of invading Ukriane, namely the resources in the bottom of the Donbas. Russia and China concocted this since 2012. Language issues or NATO on the border of Russia were just diversions on the real reason of this prolonged war since 2014 which already started in 1991 or early 2000's

[@Travis_22]

3 days....😂😂😂😂😂

[@petervanwyngaard4788]

SMO 3 days rations , Z- boys.."

[@jamesgreen1116]

Who said 3 days? How did the 20 year humiliation go in Afghanistan?

[@Travis_22]

@@jamesgreen1116 Keep crying ahahahaha 😂😂 3 DAYYYYSSZZZZ

[@jamesgreen1116]

@@Travis_22 I'm not the one crying, it's the cowards in nato who are losing in Ukraine right now.

[@Travis_22]

@jamesgreen1116 Russ-bot copium Stronk! ahahaha😂🤣😂

[@midimusicforever]

Not yet, but he is close to fall.

[@charlesbergen8532]

This guy has no clue about Ukraine, Russian politics or Russian economics so why he is being interviewed ?

[@1maico1]

Because General Julian Richards was formerly the Chief of the Defence Staff and commander of UK forces

[@mortenjohansen4120]

Anyone thinks a future russian president will kneel in front of a monument i Kiev and beg for foregiveness (as Wiily Brandt did in Warzaw)

[@TatisRingwormCreme]

The copium is strong here I see. the delusion however is next level.

[@luckyluckydog123]

delusion of what, exactly, as this guest is clearly defeatist? WFT?

[@majorrgeek]

@TatisRingwormCreme - you need a new shrink, your current one is obviously not helping you

[@TatisRingwormCreme]

@@majorrgeek OH I SEE! Going for the ad hominems, well look, Russia is taking town after town, theres massive surrenders on many parts of the line , Velyka Novasilka is going to fall, theres about 3 parts of the line where envelopments are taking place, Kursk has been a failure, i can go on.

[@TatisRingwormCreme]

@@luckyluckydog123 in what way

[@TatisRingwormCreme]

@@majorrgeek well if you have to resort to ad hominems then you have problems, get off the computer touch grass also Times RADIO - Please don't delete my comments i have made with examples and current battle map scenrios including links. Cheers x

[@truthalwaysprevails662]

Classic politician, barking like a chihuahua 😂

[@VLADDDD-TTHE-SANCTIONS-IMPALER]

Lord of Lies Lol The lord feels emotionally victorious but Mr Lord knows Russia has acquired 20% of Ukraine which is over 150,000 SQ KMS and wiped out 500k Ukrainian men. That’s not a defeat

[@tomfurmby88]

only cost Russia 80% of their tanks and 750k lost men. That is called bullying.

[@markhulbert4537]

Russia has lost even more than Ukraine, and failed in its territorial aims. The Russian economy is in crisis and, with no men left, that crisis is going to grow exponentially. Putin is a fool and the Russian population need to get rid of him now before he destroys their country entirely. It'll take Russia 100 years to pay for all the damage they've caused.

[@ashokagarwal78]

The moment Biden leaves white house all this noise will go quiet.

[@jimmydaddo9357]

Why keep lying? Ukraine with our help is still losing.

[@majorrgeek]

how can Ukraine be losing if Russia is not winning?

[@jimmydaddo9357]

@majorrgeek Ukraine does not have the man power to keep fighting effectively. This is a war of attrition and Ukraine does not have the numbers to keep going much longer.

[@truthseekerodinson5094]

@@jimmydaddo9357 You do realize that Ukraine's conscription age is 25, not 18, right? They've got a lot of fight left in them. The greater issue is optimization (don't train troops on equipment that you don't have) along with the opportunity cost (a citizen in a trench doesn't pay tax $$ which helps pay for the war). Meanwhile Russia's running out of runway on the economic front at 10X the speed. 30% mortgage rates in Russia, currency crisis,1,000 malls facing bankruptcy, military industry running at financial losses, Gazprom losing $7B/year, pipes exploding again just like last winter. Then there's the issue that Russia has to import NK troops, conducts assaults via motorcycles and Chinese golf-carts, and has virtually depleted the enormous Soviet Union inheritance of military equipment. While its true that Ukraine doesn't have the manpower to take back the Donbas or Crimea, it's as likely as not that Russian troops abandon positions after they're not paid.

[@sangfroidsteve3976]

Putin never said he wants to take the whole of Ukraine. What is this guy on about?

[@tomfurmby88]

true Putin only said he will march on to Berlin and take Alaska back too if he can.

[@sangfroidsteve3976]

@@tomfurmby88 He was trolling but you need more than two brain cells to realise that.

[@markhulbert4537]

@@tomfurmby88 yes - hence it is important for the US that they stop regarding Russian aggression as someone else's problem.

[@davidwright5094]

And one should really trust the word of someone who appears almost unable to open his mouth without contradicting his own previous assertions?

[@zoom777]

Another clown 🤣🤣🤣

[@majorrgeek]

not as funny as Putin rearranging deck chairs on his sinking Russia

[@zoom777]

@majorrgeek And you are another one

[@karlmelhop3692]

How about this… Ukraine 🇺🇦 gets all, all its land back & Russia pays reparations!

[@Theone-bc7tr]

No to the ukrainazis getting anything back

[@DuruttiVisca]

😂😂😂😂

[@AndrewAshling]

And it gets to keep Kursk. All of it.

[@DuruttiVisca]

@ Andy,don’t be a silly billy 😂🇬🇧

[@Infopirates]

😂😂😂😂

[@timmommens901]

Despite a good assessment. 1. Another Budapest Memorandum ? 2. Russia will not go away... russian empire, USSR some collapse resulting in breakaway regions. 3. If Ukraini decide themself to keep fighting. Allies should continue support full.

[@Spekplant]

How do you lose when you are gaining territory?

[@tomfurmby88]

this is the definition of a pyrrhic victory. Russia are gaining territory and for every inch they gain butter prices in Russia are going up by a Ruble each time. Is the entire collapse of Russia worth the few Km Russia is gaining?

[@ThomasDanielsen1000]

So Russia is throwing everything they have at Ukraine and losing around 1500 people and dozens of pieces of equipment every day, yet they are only advancing a few meters a day? If that is winning to you what does losing look like?

[@magezimathonsi1568]

Great, iam also surprised. May be they're just consoling themselves.

[@markhulbert4537]

You run out of men and money - as Putin is currently. Putin defeat is not far away - weeks, perhaps a few months, not years.

[@kevinsmarts9953]

The economy is in free fall, there's 100k dead and 500k or more injured Russians. The gains have come to a stand still and Ukraine controls a part of Kursk. Also, China are sick of it all and pulled their support and Syria has gone full civil war due to how weak Russian protection has become. That's how.

[@Bjoernandersen]

9:24 "you don't go to war..." Oh dear Lord: Ukraine was ATTACKED!

[@petergeddesrensen6567]

Good

[@gbrinch]

So expanding NATO in contravention of the promises made after the fall of communism is what exactly?

[@bobohare4825]

A lie? A fantasy? A myth? Propaganda? A fairytale? Nonsense? Disinformation? Something out of a troll fever dream?

[@harryw29]

There were no promises. Before or after. Show one document that states it was agreed. Russia cannot dictate to other countries how they choose to defend themselves. Former soviet countries chose to join NATO for their protection. NATO did not invade them and force them like Russia has done for 100s years

[@Comm.DavidPorter]

@@harryw29 Perfect response. Thanks for saving me the trouble.

[@gbrinch]

​@@harryw29 There are plenty of accounts of those promises. But once we started in earnest in the Balkans it was clear what was going to happen and it is happening. Western expansionism, which destroys culture, health, economy and security from within. Strange we did not let Yugoslavia into the EU.

[@gbrinch]

@@Comm.DavidPorter kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHnQkGqKbLaBopo

[@abdulaibah5519]

U can olny defeat russia in your imagination😆

[@luckyluckydog123]

why? russia has lost lots of wars

[@Comm.DavidPorter]

Someone said that to the Entente Cordiale in 1852, to Japan in 1904, to Germany in 1913, to the Afghanis in 1988, and to the Syrian rebels last month.

[@bat_bro1lewis491]

Ukraine wont get those oblasts back. Russia advanced 750 sq km2 in November, a similar amount in October. And keeps on advancing,

[@Comm.DavidPorter]

The net advancement has stopped in the past week. Ruzzia is being pushed back in some places by a mile or two; in others, it advances by a mile or two. In Syria, ruzzia is getting shellacked all the way from Aleppo to Damascus, thanks to training provided by Ukrainian and Turkish forces to the 'rebels.'