Putin’s losses at “industrial scale” and “unsustainable”, says Hamish de Bretton-Gordon | Frontline

[@pjk1714]

Hamish provides a straight forward no drama interview. So reliable with all the chaos these days. Thanks for bringing him back Time's.

[@oneworldawakening]

I hate the way that Ukraine has sunk from the top of media coverage here in the US.

[@asullivan4047]

Its yesterday's news.

[@suedavis3525]

Just shows that Putin doesn't give a stuff about his people.

[@mr.mayhem7402]

Just like our government couldn't care less about us.

[@chillaxin813]

@@ghostdog4330the reporting has been pretty consistent over many different channels and analysts little lamb.

[@erichbreckoff3405]

​@@mr.mayhem7402 if you are not writing out of a trench about to join a meatwave attack i think your government cares more about you then putin about russians

[@birchstudio2900]

It’s not putin. They were all of them like that. Also don’t care about other peoples - Ukraine, caucassus, baltics are just a minor example

[@theartguy6776]

​@@mr.mayhem7402that is obviously untrue. This would never ever happen with America. Strictly a Russian thing.

[@terrycurzon1318]

Mighty Russia, the second most powerful military on the planet and they can barely conquer 18% of its neighbour, 40% of its economy dedicated to victory and still only manage 18% of Ukraine, and they had most of that before 2022…. Gotta laugh eh

[@ninjasixrr]

There not trying to take over the whole country!stay away from western media🤦‍♂️

[@des_smith7658]

Or is it slaughter

[@viper_fan]

The rest of ruSSias economy is needed to produce huge tables for Putin.

[@shaun1463]

lol stop with the propaganda bud. the hooties dealt with the best air force and navy

[@dpelpal]

I think Putin simply GLORIOUS so he mistake cannot to make. This must be the propaganda.👿

[@jacafren5842]

Let us just step up support for Ukraine

[@boota1979]

@@dpelpal Changed nationality again I see, by the way it's Leeds and why are you speaking as though English was not your first language?

[@brianm7278]

​@@dpelpalI think it would be hard to find someone from Leeds who can't spell Leeds.

[@martinpankhurst2683]

​@@dpelpal I doubt you are from "Leads" as there is no such place !

[@jdoe4548]

pony up bro. might as well sell your house

[@Tr_Fast]

@dpelpal is my favorite propaganda account ive seen this same exact guy on covert cabal or what ever you call that channel, claiming he was a ukrainian siding with russia, WITH THE SAME EXACT GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES xD

[@js4266]

‘If only one man dies of hunger, that is a tragedy. If millions die, that’s only statistics’ Line attributed to Stalin. I find this quote quite telling in this situation.

[@dpelpal]

Well! I quite admire this man Stalin, _man of steel._ Many of us in Leeds admire Mr. Stalin and Mr. Putin. Do you know Mr. Putin is so strong he just stare at jar of pickles and it opens. Just like that. So maybe we in Britain, we get ALL ABOARD with Mr. Putin. And also other great men, like Mr. Kim of North Korea. Slough off the yoke of American demons who do DEVILS WORK. American even eat a cake called DEVIL'S FOOD. So can one argue with me? NO!

[@zaidal-hindawi1784]

Yes, it applies directly to the Israel 🇮🇱 war in Gaza where 38,000 dead Palestinians is merely a statistic

[@diannshoemaker6419]

@@zaidal-hindawi1784 Well actually Hamas already admitted to lying about this number. And the fact that they count Hamas soldier's deaths, as civilians. Guess there are a lot of 6ft, 5 yr olds running around Gaza with AK47's, that just "accidently" go off in their direction.

[@zaidal-hindawi1784]

@@diannshoemaker6419 yes, The medical journal, the Lancet, estimates the total Palestinians killed as high as 186,000 but, as I said, to people like you, it’s just a statistic so , it doesn’t matter whether it’s 3,000, 38,000 or 186,000 because to you, it’s just numbers not people

[@geraldbutler5484]

@@diannshoemaker6419maybe it’s only 20,000. Is that ok?

[@davidsolsbery9487]

To put these numbers in context, if the US, with 3x population of Russia, suffered comparative casualties, it would be well over 1.5 million dead and wounded. The entire Vietnam war saw 55,000 US casualties, and it was primarily public pressure around the casualty numbers that forced that war to an end. Over a million casualties in the US, without a full-blown revolution, is absolutely unfathomable

[@SirJethroBodine]

The Russian casualty figures supplied by Ukraine and its western propagandists (like the Times) are pure fantasy. Independent sources estimate the total number of Russian deaths at less than 100,000. See Media Zona (a dissident Russian opposition group)

[@livingtribunal4110]

That is, if you believe that the Russian losses - _as reported by Western media sources, Ukrainian MoD, UK MoD, Pentagon_ - are remotely reliable, let alone accurate. If you know anything about how this conflict has gone, the initial numbers of both sides´ military capacity and the data and statistics giving even the vaguest idea of casualties, you´ll see UKR has suffered almost 8:1 in both KIA and WIA when compared with Russia.

[@peterzelinsky7510]

If they weren’t losing so many then they wouldn’t be replenishing nearly as much. The Russian have lost between 2-4x the Ukrainians according to a range of reputable sources

[@marcperrett662]

those losses in vietnam were over 14 years too,,,10 times the losses in a couple of years ,,apalling

[@marcperrett662]

@@livingtribunal4110 why would,nt we beleive the losses ?? where are you getting these numbers from ?? proof and evidence?

[@jstogdill]

Russia was already staring over a demographic cliff. The Russian future is going to be bleak.

[@lomaxrobert]

When was it ever not bleak?

[@228ss]

@@lomaxrobertunder the rule of Tsar Boney M

[@jstogdill]

@@lomaxrobert now it’s bleaker?

[@Blodhelm]

@@lomaxrobert If we're lucky, it just fades away.

[@matthewskillo8577]

The Russian future has already been sold; and it is China who's already paid in full. China has been eyeballing that vast Russian Steppe to their north for decades. When you have one of the planet's highest populations in an area the size of China, you're going to eventually need more land - not to mention all of the resources in Russia (Oil, Coal, Natural Gas, Rare Earth Metals, etc.) And China has also been looking to increase its 'Sphere of Influence' in Northeastern Asia since the last of the Khanates, once held by the Great Golden Horde of Genghis Khan, and subsequently, Kublai Khan, began losing its grip and control of what was essentially the entire Asian continent! Why do you think Xi Jinping always has that devious smile on his face! I had that same smile when I used to beat my brothers at the 'Risk' board game lol.

[@birchstudio2900]

Kim is very sick. Hopefully he ll join his ancestors quickly and his daughter will turn out to be a big K pop lover

[@oldernu1250]

China isn't going to be able to feed Korea. 45 years of one child policy means 8 seniors for every child to support.

[@war-painter]

And don’t count on the dotard winning his election. Kamala is rocking it! We will not go back. 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦

[@ekondigg6751]

Before his daughter might come to power, don't forget his sister. Doesn't look like she's a K pop lover...

[@birchstudio2900]

@@ekondigg6751 it was a joke. I have zero expectations from these type of countries tbh. I grew up in Soviet Union and we were so lucky it ended. That’s the only reason we are fighting russia- not to go back there. That world - when someone else owns you and your thoughts and can break your life in a second - I wish it to no one.

[@toodleloo2253]

@@birchstudio2900 Congrats on surviving all that!.. I saw the "scars" left from the USSR, just on Croatia & Slovakia. It's really humbling. Even the Architecture that dated back to that era was very depressing!--

[@eastwest1362]

The little Tinpot Tzar really doesn’t care.

[@viper_fan]

The little Tinpot Tzar has a huge table. He hides his insecurity under it.

[@captiveexile2670]

Yea, he set out to establish hi "nest on high" but's becoming known as the "New Not-See", the one who DESTROYED LANDS, CITIES-- and EVERYONE IN THEM (the Bible tells me so, folks--- HABAKKUK 2:9-17***. Amen

[@geraldhagen2989]

Classic Bloodymir Adolf Kaputin.

[@markmorris1105]

Yes putin has to live in Fear 😨 for the rest of his sad😢life 😂😂

[@louhori7128]

I guess the war mongers here not satisfied with the 13 million killed by the usa since WW II. they want more, the 800 military bases outside of the usa is not enough, they want more! well every day about thousand people killed murdered in the usa, that is much more what the Russians loosing in a war! War pigs, go, it is feeding time!

[@Billy-p6t]

What I don't understand, is that with Putin screaming about the US putting Nukes in whatever countries & saying that is a provocation, virtually nothing is said about Putin having put Nukes in Belarus. What gives???

[@war-painter]

Widdle putin the projectionist. He only blames others for the things he himself is doing. Its handy, actually, that’s how we keep track of his activities- he tells us himself by blaming it on someone else!

[@jaimzx3625]

Based on your logic.. no problem putin putting nuclear weapons in Mexico or Canada

[@willmears1111]

Answer: A US President and leadership with the backbone of a jellyfish.

[@richardconway6425]

@@willmears1111 and of course, the alternative, wants to wash his hands entirely of Ukraine, and has even talked about taking the US out of nato. Which is worse? An abundance of caution, or total reckless abandonment?

[@JimCOsd55]

@@willmears1111The U.S. doesn’t need to put any nukes in Europe when they have 14 Ohio class subs with 20 Trident missiles carrying 8 warheads each! While the UK and France have 6 of their own nuclear subs carrying another 600 warheads!?? A nuclear missile site would be a prime target for hypersonic missiles … nuclear subs hiding anywhere in the depths of the ocean are all but unstoppable!!!

[@charlestyser8176]

Giving Ukraine everything it needs to win this war and Ukrainian integration into the EU and NATO is the west’s best self defense.

[@Alejandrica]

Thats will cost all west people to give half salaries every month to ukraine, around 10 trillion dollars and thats not all nato cant outnumber russians in war industry even if somehow do it ,putin sing a deal with n.k china india ,iran and so on to make for russian mlitary everything they need wich will make sure never and ever can outnumber the russuan war industry or better say brics war industry, so whatever nato do will be disaster from low level to total .

[@ghostdog4330]

against what?

[@Stirlingsays]

No thanks.

[@Robertsmith-un5cu]

So Russia is an existential threat to Europe, yet is also too exhausted and running out of men and equipment to defeat Ukraine? They both can’t be simultaneously true.

[@joelhatescops]

No matter what Russia will fall again.

[@viper_fan]

Putin should bring his tables to the front. They are huge.

[@connectwithyourdeck]

Everyone keeps saying Russia can’t keep going like this - but they are keeping on going ‘like this’ - so what now?????

[@timmills8521]

I don't think any commentators suggest Russia will fold any day soon, Putin and his henchman's very existence depend now on, at worst a stalemate with some kind of treaty in marginal favour to Russia or Ukrainian collapse, that's just not going to happen and most commentators predict another 2 years of War before something gives.

[@jackneuman5108]

@@connectwithyourdeck We wait. What else ? Must be terrible for powers to be in Russia that their destiny is being decided by US elections.

[@noahway13]

They are digging their own grave. They will be the next North Korea. It does not happen overnight.

[@russellspeed1693]

.. because it is not true

[@virginianative847]

Yeah cause these videos aren’t true most of its false go watch KZbinrs who are unbiased and go over every detail. Sadly Russia is gaining massive wins and Ukraine front is falling apart slowly

[@13muller9]

Which country has been kicked out of the Olympic games and thus, has the most motive to take revenge ?!!! It is the country that thought it can take Ukraine in 3 days !!!

[@robbiekop7]

Who blew up Nordstream 2 🔥 by your logic it's a foregone conclusion

[@boink800]

@@robbiekop7 Which country lost its natural gas business to Germany?

[@elisabethnygaard8525]

@@robbiekop7 Probably Russia it self. They had already shut the gas stream down, and Germany had planned to use it for Norwegian gas.

[@philipmain5701]

@@robbiekop7 The blowing up of Nordstream did prevent Gazprom from facing litigation concerning refusal to honour its contracts with Western Europe - a possible motive.

[@GerardoDelValle.]

They can take UKraine in a week.

[@f.w.ordemorton8057]

Another factor is that Russian females outnumber Russian males by seven to six. Thus there are fewer Russian males of military age than Russia's total population would suggest. When you remember that the populations of the two largest cities, Moscow and St Petersburg, are effectively exempt from service, Russia's pool of military manpower is smaller still. I also wonder how long Russia's ethnic minorities (22% of the population) will put up with doing more than their fair share of the fighting.

[@willietorben560]

"When you remember that the populations of the two largest cities, Moscow and St Petersburg, are effectively exempt from service" They stopped being exempt looong ago. (They still do contribute far less than rural regions, but mostly because there are many olligarch spawn who can bribe their weay out easily - but mainly because that's where the bulk of "indispensables" (hackers, engineers etc) live.

[@sunnydayempire6964]

Now that I think about it, maybe this will balance out against the excess males in China's population due to the one child policy of the 90's-2000's.

[@richardjones7984]

I'm sure that idea is about 60 years out of date. If it isn't then I want to go to Russia and get myself a woman. Over here we don't even know what a woman is.

[@cechzc2e]

​@@richardjones7984 perfect comment. We are just being programmed by propaganda and hate, so our culture is becoming so toxic, more to one another. Social collapse has nearly been achieved.....

[@nancyhope2205]

Useful. Thank you.

[@robbiekop7]

Hamish likes his Whisky judging by the colour of his nose 👃

[@chrisspencer6502]

Is this one me of the same generals that said we were winning in Afganistán for 20 years

[@Paolo1964]

France should send the french foreign legion to help Ukraine

[@mr.mayhem7402]

What for?

[@a.brekkan4965]

@@mr.mayhem7402 To prove that French men are not gay, of course!

[@copaloadofthis]

@@mr.mayhem7402… Well it’s not to play tiddlywinks…

[@derwolfpack3599]

@@mr.mayhem7402 TO HELP UKRAINE!!! READ MUCH?

[@tonymadden9021]

@@a.brekkan4965🤣🤣🤣 of course, the Foreign Legion is made up of foreigners not frogs……hence the name

[@CrazyTechLab]

600,000 people dead their leader's pointless war. IT's one thing to cause casualties in another country, but it's entirely another to do it to your own people.

[@CrazyTechLab]

@@shaun1463 Nah confirmed bud sadly. Ukraine lost but nowhere near as many. Facts sadly.

[@edgarkuijer5755]

​@@shaun1463 if it aint real, Ukraine didn't lose that number of people isn't it?

[@ParagonFury]

The thing is that Russians don't consider people outside the immediate vicinity of Moscow (and a couple other major cities like St. Petersburg) to be "Russian". To them Russia is just Moscow and all the other territories and people are just vassals and serfs meant to serve the leaders in Moscow. So it's very easy to sacrifice them.

[@shaun1463]

@@edgarkuijer5755 ukraine had 1.5 mil at the start, handful have been given rest, most havent. ukraine is current short of men, where did they go? remeber Zuluznee asked for 500k troops for replenishment ?

[@geofflepper3207]

​@@ParagonFury People in those areas of Russia that are not ethnically Russian will remember the barbaric way that Putin treated them and if Russia does start to collapse they will quickly decide that they no longer want to be part of Russia.

[@Stingkevlar]

Do not worry from what I have seen America will come to it's senses and elect K.Harris

[@robertwilkinson8421]

Great report. Bavo Ukraine, Keep up the Good Work!

[@Zohnorg]

Ruzzia is suprisingly capable of sustaining incredible losses. Always has. That's their only real strenght.

[@jdoe4548]

are you telling this sitting in the Ukrainian trenches?

[@Andrew-q2w4f]

It will be chinas major strength too

[@pjhgerlach]

And their population still hadn't recovered from WW2 and the 1990's.

[@boink800]

@@Zohnorg Russia fell apart in 1917 due to very high losses

[@Nickname-ef9tv]

Russia has suffered losses, but not sustained them. Russia could be as populous as the USA and richer than Italy if it had not waged numerous disastrous wars over the last 200 years.

[@tonysicily2687]

Great non biased clear facts, thank you

[@PeterSedesse]

Russia is spending 40% of all gov't spending on the war, and this wasn't a country with great infrastructure, schools and hospitals to begin with. They are basically paying for war and pensions, and nothing else.

[@russellspeed1693]

Nope

[@abcdeabcde4877]

How's infrastructure in the ukraine?

[@PeterSedesse]

@@abcdeabcde4877 look at Japan and Germany now. Both top 5 economies. When this war is over, 75% of the worlds GDP is going to swoop in and rebuild it better than it was before, another marshall plan. But that said, I'm an American, Russia is being destroyed and we didn't lose a single soldier. Just like the USSR, the USA is going to destroy Russia.

[@bjorn1583]

hows the infrastructure, schools and hospitals in the US going

[@Blodhelm]

@@bjorn1583 A lot better than Russia's, ours actually worked to begin with and virtually everyone here has indoor plumbing, comrade. Thanks for asking.

[@johnswimcat]

I've always got time to listen to Hamish

[@cgaud1n69]

Guys, please keep these assessments to yourself. Napoleon once said, "Don't interrupt your enemy while he's making a mistake.

[@Marvin-dg8vj]

If these losses are as high as is rumoured why is Russia still advancing? As we go through the summer they are speeding up .How is this possible?

[@drefhill]

​@@Marvin-dg8vjBecause they sacrifice many people to gain a few meters. Your comment doesn't make any sense. You can get huges losses and win territories.

[@drefhill]

​@@Marvin-dg8vjThe russians losses are not rumors, it's prooven and verified by open sources.

[@philliptemple9841]

If the terrorists were just losing thousands of troops for some pointless fields then we'd be happy. However they are firing missiles into schools, hospitals, shopping centres, maternity clinics, etc. It's a mass genocide that needs to be stopped. Every ruzzian in Ukraine needs to be liquidated and now. Phillip.

[@milesnixon9554]

@@Marvin-dg8vj I can choose to buy a bag of chips for £30,000, yes I've got a bag of chips, great, but is it worth it?

[@FABWaldorf]

Fergus Dublin Ireland An excellently positioned and vastly knowledgeable guest to comment on the current position! Please let's hear more from The Colonel moving forward.

[@RichardsFrancis]

Russia has lost 570K-600K KIA/WIA, mostly men, from poor eastern communities, and also 1.2+ million, educated men fleeing conscription/early death. Russia's hemorrhaging men. Russia falsely entices migrants as labour, but who, in return for VISA get a short life on the Ukraine battlefield. Such losses, deceit are unsustainable!

[@bjorn1583]

change the russia to ukraine and you would be telling the truth

[@Blodhelm]

@@bjorn1583 Said the Russian, who always lies and thus just admitted the assessment is correct.

[@bjorn1583]

@@Blodhelm who's the russian? you?

[@horsebee1]

When it comes to nuclear weapons I think that Russia is full of hot air for two reasons in that A deployment would get a major response from NATO, not something that Russia either wants or is capable of defending against and B given the state of their military overall in terms of long term systemic corruption one has to ask if they would even work as expected. There is no reason to believe that that department in isolation is free of corruption.

[@pablom-f8762]

I have a feeling the best maintained ones are pointing South at China. Finland was a wild card for the Russian military and as soon as the got in NATO they transferred most of those border units to the frontlines. They know 'aggressive NATO' is just useful rethoric.

[@LunarJim69]

The biggest mistake the west will make is saying that Russia is bluffing and would never use nuclear weapons. There are red lines which if the west crosses, Russia will absolutely use tactical battlefield nuclear weapons. Guaranteed.

[@Birch37]

The same intelligence said that Russia had 190,000 troops in the initial invasion and had difficulty recruiting 300,000 in September 2022. If 600,000 are dead, where did the other 100,000+ come from? Assuming 300,000 are fighting now there are 400,000 newly recruited troops.

[@Blodhelm]

You missed the part where Russia recruits around 300k every 4 months or so. The question of where they are is important, because few ever go home and there aren't 2 million Russian troops in Ukraine. You do the math.

[@saphironkindris]

190,000 were part of the initial invasion, but the size of the total russian army is over a million with a few million more reservists, on top of the hundreds of thousands of mobilized, and DPR/LPR/Foreign supporters. Not all of these will be frontline infantry however, but it's likely that Russia still has hundreds of thousands of combat capable personnel if not millions. However, they will run out of an ability to adequately equip their soldiers long before that point (and have quite arguably already hit that point)

[@tedbaxter5234]

Great Guest - thank you!

[@billy2807]

I don't understand the restriction - if russia launches an attack on Ukraine from a place, that place should be the new acceptable range for Ukraine to attack. That way, russia can still determine western strategy (which western leaders seem to prefer) but Ukraine can still defend itself from the attacks russia launches over the border.

[@alexanderlazarev3570]

Accept it as it is, never mind.

[@coderider3022]

US dont want Russia giving super weapons to North Korea or Iran. Things like anti ship weapons , could wipe out Us carrier fleets or make it unsustainable to have the based in Bahrain. Imagine any rogue state having access to hypersonic missiles. I have to agree with that risk and sorry Ukraine but not worth the threat to US military deployed around world.

[@ravecrab]

You do understand the restriction. NATO doesn't want to risk any escalation that brings itself into direct conflict with Russia, precisely because of the nuclear threat. NATO-supplied weapons striking Russian soil could risk that happening. You can sit here in a YT comment section writing about what "should be acceptable", but you're not the one whose decisions could result in nuclear war.

[@billy2807]

@ravecrab that thing in the Kremlin caused this, not NATO, little bot. Dobby the Dacha Elf's decisions may result in nuclear war. Let's be clear about that. If a lunatic threatens the world with nukes, and the world gives in to that lunatic - do you think that results in LESS nuclear threats? That's pretty naive thinking for such an (obviously) tough guy. But it's all a bluff anyway, so it doesn't matter. The restrictions will get easier and easier, more and more of russia will get hit, and it will be the tsar's fault.

[@billy2807]

@alexanderlazarev3570 I don't think I will. And looking at russia's economy, I don't think I'll have to. People in the rf should probably start learning mandarin, though. Accept that. Because daddy Xi is coming for the rent, and he doesn't accept rubles...

[@natmerc498]

Thank you for the interesting reporting!!!

[@ScruffyTubbles]

Ukraine - we feel for you.

[@tommontgomery9278]

James, GREAT interviews! Always learn so much from them!🇨🇦

[@stephengloor8451]

The grimmest part is the Russian trolls infesting this thread need to think about how close they are to being soldiers sent forward with no hope of return. As the attrition continues there will be a general mobilisation, not just in remote areas far from Moscow. Don't think for a second your supporting words will mean anything when the letter arrives.

[@lomaxrobert]

Fortunately, life is and has always been cheap in Russia. They never had a good leader, and other than helping defeat the Nazis, have added nothing positive to the world except for a few decent novels (which were of course about suffering).

[@attilamarics3374]

@@lomaxrobert Werent zelensky the one that refused to pull troops out from already lost positions and kept sacrificing them?

[@Blodhelm]

@@attilamarics3374 Speak American, Ivan.

[@leo-db5do]

@@Blodhelm I think they just did or are you blind, Homer?

[@leo-db5do]

If you want to know the future of the US... Look at SF and LA... Not tired observing the homeless taking a dump before your eyes? Feeling safe? No rapes? American future looks bleak 😂

[@gadgetgus]

Team Times 👊🏼 Great interview. Thanks for updating us, and keep up the good work 💪🏼

[@ben_jam]

It's hard to know exactly what the feeling is inside Russia, we are constantly speculating

[@tonyh8510]

They are ZHEEP BAA BAA

[@captiveexile2670]

Yea, good Russians are now estricted to WHISPERING TO FAMILY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS for the WALLS have EARS!

[@kotozna]

There are many channels dedicated to reporting from inside Russia

[@petehowett2854]

With statements coming from the West like,RUSSIA HAS TO BE BROKEN DOWN TO SMALLER ENTITIES, the young RUSSIANS ARE SAYING,COME AND GET SOME.Feel like TAKING THEM UP,ON IT?

[@bixbysnyder-00]

Most Russians don't say anything out of a sense of self-preservation . Most Russians know their government lies since Soviet times. Most Russians are simply resigned and seem to have little appetite for resistance, in a country you can go to jail for years for calling a war a war.

[@khusirana7465]

God bless Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@terryknight7492]

My opinion: Asometric warfare by Russia making a show of what they can and will do if France sends troops to Ukraine. This goes hand in hand with European wide 'unexplained' arson in defense related industries. This is right out of the KGB play book.

[@willietorben560]

"if France sends troops to Ukraine." - why would they? So that Article 5 is triggered, which NATO is EXTEMELY happy to have avoided so far? And if you still think that 60-ton MBT are well suited for Ukraine, you haven't been listening. Ukraine simply stopped asking for additional Leo2, Challenger 2 and Abrams a long time ago. Sute, their crew protection is supreme - but this is a moot point if your tank breaks down en route to the frontline, cannot be recovered with the available gear, and forces the Ukrainians to waste 3-4 FPV drones to destroy it. And what is worse: Ukraine expects a tank to have a native capacity for indirect fire, and a MASSIVE high-explosive/shrapnel round which will shred any and all uncovered infantry in a 15-m radius. No NATO heavy MBT has this capacity, but even a crummy T-55 can do it with easy. NATO tanks can fight other tanks, and essentially nothing else. Problem tho: drones. Tank-on-tank battles on open ground almost never happen in this war. European wide 'unexplained' arson in defense related industries." - I am not sure if this isn't autosuggestion. IIRC the most widely reported case of "unexplained arson" in defense related industries" was the fire in Germany which was later claimed to be due to faulty cables, with no evidence of arson. And I sontaneously I am not aware of other high-profile cases.

[@Newellgk]

Great interview!

[@markmorris1105]

Russia are a sad country 😢 😢😢😢😢😢😢full of state actors 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡in power

[@a.brekkan4965]

Just cam back from SPB. It very nice actually.

[@tobysirus4996]

@@a.brekkan4965 Serving champagne at the front ? Let us know !

[@zedbou5040]

That's the Communist paly book. I live in Vietnam, they can't deal with the truth here either.

[@anjafark]

@@zedbou5040 Vietnam has good relationship with the EU even it has a different System. That alone is a proove that the ideologic tale from Russia is wrong. The problem is imperialism and aggression - only. Different political systems can definitely peacefuly co-exist and cooperate in trade and diplomatic matters.

[@louisebean9428]

Joining the Russian Military, is like joining the latest suicide cult! 😂

[@colincooper8727]

Russians are used to having heavy casualties. They are taught that their purpose is to serve the state and the Tsar.

[@boink800]

It didn't work that well in 1917

[@jdoe4548]

Ukrainians are used to having heavy casualties. They are taught that their purpose is to serve the state (they have no choice since the border is closed and they can't leave the country) and the dictator warlord Zelensky

[@jdoe4548]

Ukrainiаns are usеd to hаving heаvy cаsualties. They are tаught that their purpose is to servе the statе (they have no choice since the bоrder is clоsed and they can't leavе the cоuntry) and the dictаtor warІоrd Zelеnsky

[@pjhgerlach]

So why are these Russian soldiers complaining?

[@felixcat9318]

In WW2 a Soviet General boasted that they'd ordered Infantrymen to march into a known minefield because they didn't want to lose the few (10) tanks they had. Their tanks were considered to be more valuable than the lives of their soldiers. To order their own people to walk on Anti-Tank Mines is utterly inhuman!

[@craigpaterson4463]

Hamish is great value… please have him on as often as possible…✌️

[@gezalesko3813]

Unsustanaible losses which has been sustained for well over two years...

[@heros0264]

let's not forget that their population is almost 140 million

[@gezalesko3813]

@@heros0264 well.. it seems to me that only the war mnongering retired british generals tend to forget numbers... Russia can sustain at least 10X as much losses as ukraine... they have 6-10X as much heavy gear and ammo so they must be suffering much less casualities even being as incompetent as war mongering british generals desire them to be...

[@xander9564]

In the Civil War, the Confederate States lasted four years.

[@Zenon00007]

❤Ukrainian ❤

[@keithjackson8076]

Great analysis by Col. de Bretton Gordon. I had the pleasure of serving under his father during the Cold War era in the then West Germany.

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Uncle Vladimir should resign/be forcefully removed from the Kremlin.

[@rebeccaaldrich3396]

They are using soldiers from other countries too. China and Cuba and some from Africa.

[@toodleloo2253]

And some from India, too, although the Indian Govt. has been after them for promised Pay, Bonuses, & death Pay-Outs for individual Indian families!!-

[@rebeccaaldrich3396]

@@toodleloo2253 interesting. I didn't know that about India. I guess that will be relevant in the future.

[@rebeccaaldrich3396]

@@toodleloo2253 what do you mean by "the government has been after them for promised pay etc?

[@toodleloo2253]

@@rebeccaaldrich3396 There was a prominent Indian official at the recent SCO Summit who reportedly was very angry & upset about the missing Pay-outs for all their deceased citizens & their aggrieved families!!-😡The Indian delegation looked very aggrieved & frustrated in photos, too!!- They cannot get the Money promised to families of mercenaries or others who were casualties!!.. Chinese mercs also advise online that they did NOT get contracted Bonuses & that it's NOT worth it, anyway!!- Very bad conditions, etc. (Yes, I read/heard all of these translations- very traumatic for them.)-

[@bjorn1583]

@@toodleloo2253 ukraine has been burying most of its dead in hidden mass graves so they dont have to give payouts to the families and its been recorded and put online by the ukrainians that are doing the burying so dont even try and deny it

[@gberreta4058]

2.5yrs later I find it hard to believe Russia is incapable of sustaining these losses.

[@stuartzane3562]

Reverse the number and then you got it right

[@abcdeabcde4877]

Meanwhile back in the real world the ukraine is getting smaller and smaller, every single day.

[@tomarmstrong1281]

When all of the numbers are added up, the disruption in France swings the needle around toward Russian influence.

[@richardconway6425]

"Swings the needle ...." Very understated. I would say the needle is wound around the end stop I think the French want to be absolutely certain before they very publicly accuse Russia of involvement.

[@cremersalex]

A 1000 casualties per day and the Russian people just go about their business.

[@brownmold]

Christ, so much exaggeration and cope.

[@larssandvik1347]

I love reading good news like this

[@tesserakt54]

Irradiated territory is no use to them. Would the launch crews follow the release order? After all, it's just another sort of ammunition.

[@richardconway6425]

Putin doesn't care about "irradiated territory", he wants to *control* the territory, not settle it. And yes, the launch crews will do whatever they are told, whether that's shooting down anything that flies (like civilian airliners) or launching nukes against civilian targets, like towns or cities. They just don't care.

[@Blodhelm]

And the prevailing winds would bring fallout right into Russia, but the real thing stopping them is that they don't have any nukes that work and they don't want to reveal it to countries with actual weapons of mass destruction.

[@thezakie123]

I enjoy listening to Hamish. He speaks well

[@diannshoemaker6419]

Crimea is now surrounded on all sides, when the Russian fleet was driven out of th he Black Sea.. Simply threatening to take out the bridges may force Russian troops in Crimea to surrender, before the Eastern provinces.

[@alexanderlazarev3570]

Боже мой какой бред ! Good Lord what a BS.

[@jdoe4548]

@@alexanderlazarev3570 это боты

[@mrjerzheel]

The bridges dont matter, there is now a land bridge and rail connection. The idea Russia will surrender Crimea is fantasy

[@-BuddyGuy]

Surrounded isn't the word. I think it's unlikely for Putin to surrender Crimea and I think in the long run that is something Ukraine could exploit. If they can throttle the logistics but Putin stays committed he'd have to sustain massive losses to defend it.

[@diannshoemaker6419]

@ alexanderlazarev3570. It's quite obvious Zelenski hasn't forgotten Crimea. Maybe you'd prefer a nice blockage of ports there, along with poofed bridges ?? Russian soldiers and their families have been fleeing for weeks. Along with collaborators. Maybe they know more than you do.

[@rmiller6211]

Do you want to know when a Russian is lying.....his lips are moving !

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

"Incredibly synchronized operations".... does that mean they used a secure channel on a mobile phone?

[@grandrapids57]

they set their watches to the same time

[@richardconway6425]

@@grandrapids57 yes !! They synchronised watches !! 😂 mission impossible style ...

[@Blodhelm]

Very sophisticated, for 50 years ago. So probably Russians, thinking they are awesome spies.

[@martinthatsall1518]

WHAT A SHAME ! I am really surprised that a well educated man like Hamish interjects sixty-four meaningless "You know" phrases in his delivery. Otherwise a very well received update on the position and possibilities in Ukraine. Many thanks times Hamish and Radio !

[@karllewis735]

In the US we're doing everything we can to deny Trump the White House. I think we'll get it done. (You can count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they've exhausted every other possibility. -- Churchill)

[@vinrusso821]

This guy is in a fantasy world. So Ukraine could take back Crimea now huh? And he wants Ukraine to go back on the offense? Why? As for the F-16's. All NATO pilots I have heard say it is ridiculous to think such small numbers of planes with untrained pilots would make an impact. Stay on defense and make it a meat grinder. Russia cant sustain it forever.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Great interviewer and great guest! Thank you!

[@MichaelToerien]

Thank you. (Retired Mechanised Commander)

[@jonescrusher1]

600k losses, quite hard to grasp that, tells a story of what's actually been going on.

[@KeefsCattys]

Whilst I wholeheartedly support Ukraine , I cant help but be devastated at the thought of so many young Russian men and women, fighting a pointless war against their will and losing their lives . What an awful situation .

[@peterbeninger7068]

They are sustainable for Putin.

[@mr.mayhem7402]

Exactly, and that's all that counts. Russia won't give up Ukraine and this proxy war will just go on forever. Eastern Europe's Afghanistan.

[@ppdd7975]

Suffering? How is it 'suffering' when their losses are entirely elective?

[@CliffPerkins-f6z]

Unsustainable suggest a breaking point is approaching - bring it on.

[@KiRiTO72987]

Just depends on how long it takes for them to run out, the fact that they've been sending T-62s to the front line probably means their getting close but Russia is massive and has deep stocks from Soviet times so we'll see just how long it takes to fully run dry

[@Youalleatmuffins]

A reckoning will come

[@bjorn1583]

yeah ukraine is down to old men and women so not long now

[@Blodhelm]

@@bjorn1583 Those old men and women are killing your "chads" by the thousands. If Russia has been castrated so much by them, pray you never face real opponents.

[@carpeddiem6042]

Ukraine losses are sustainable I guess What a bull s... Projecting much? 😂

[@jdoe4548]

tell me which country is shoving its men in the buses and sends to the frontline, and I'll tell you whose losses are unsustainable

[@boink800]

@@jdoe4548 That's Russia.

[@jdoe4548]

@@boink800 That's ukraine.

[@kimhorton6109]

@@boink800at least Ukraine sends it’s soldiers to training. Russia doesn’t provide clothes, bedding, dependable rations.

[@afritimm]

@@jdoe4548 Preposterous. Ukraine is fighting for their own land, homes, and families against a foreign invader. Just like Russia did in WW2.

[@boota1979]

@@kimhorton6109 101 propaganda!

[@lockbert99]

The amazing thing is that the high Russian losses are coming with almost no Ukrainian casualties.

[@bjorn1583]

you have to be next level deluded to believe that

[@lockbert99]

@@bjorn1583 No, I just have to listen to this KZbin channel.

[@allenmitchell09]

Trump ain’t getting in

[@AndreF-bd5hq]

I’m trying to imagine what a future Putin > Harris meeting would look like..?

[@zacklewis342]

All of the Trump hype is silly. People haven't forgotten why he lost a landslide incumbent presidency, and all of the treasonous acts since. Only his minority cult will vote for him. The polls said he would win last time, too. Savvy people don't take polls.

[@warpaulgundol7560]

To the American people NO vote for Trump unless he fully support Ukraine with zero restrictions put on the Ukrainian to defend itself.

[@derwolfpack3599]

@@AndreF-bd5hq Putin much < Harris.

[@tremula1]

Trump is probably only getting in jail 2025 😂

[@varus-fp1pz]

. . . and how many Ukrainians have been lost???

[@backstabingpike]

😂😂😂😂70,000 loses to gain nothing

[@dpelpal]

Well! Here in Leads we love Presidente PUTIN. Maybe we in Gran Britania, we British, could join North Koreas and Russia and maybe be a big family. And Zelensky he does the _DRUG._ I have heard this. Maybe having u? Could be a possible. So we should not to helping UCRAINIAN and then we will have wealths like a water, flowing in such as a tide

[@bjorn1583]

yeah ukraine is loosing that bad

[@Blodhelm]

Now, now. They've taken a few blocks in a meaningless abandoned hamlet in the middle of nowhere or as the Russians report it, "Great Russian victory! NATO stunned! Glorious leader was right all along and playing 5D chess!"

[@oscarmora4602]

Informative

[@backstabingpike]

😂😂😂😂600,000 for following a Putin

[@pk4459]

Everything about the Russian situation is unsustainable. Yet it continues to sustain.

[@jackcat3745]

Everybody knows Russians are richer than England. Half UK families get 3 pounds left per week, that is enough to buy a pack of eggs in London.

[@francisyockey8225]

This guy is about as credible as Jay from the inbetweeners

[@a.u.b1]

Same old song from Hamish. We have heard that since the very beginning. Strangely, the russians are advancing West😂. We are waiting to see those F16s!

[@Trollawk]

Running out of men like they're running out of missiles. All that fighting little ol Ukraine... Oh and the most powerful military alliance in human history. But that's just a detail.

[@Holeyguagaamoley]

It’s telling that all this depends on trump not being elected. America’s world standing has taken a beating because of bizarre GOP

[@Blodhelm]

It wasn't the only thing, he wasn't great for anything else here but tax cuts for the already rich and ignoring Covid as long as possible, telling people to get bleach and UV light "inside the body" to deal with it. This isn't even mentioning his treason.

[@4U2C-xq9wt]

Maybe Putin should have a GoFundMe campaign.

[@XavierAway]

How are we to trust the British military intelligence figures? Those numbers seem too high to be plausible considering the level of activity along the front lines

[@cadicamo8720]

Sure, man. 😂

[@lomaxrobert]

OK bot. Life is and has always been cheap in Russia. They never had a good leader and have added nothing positive to the world except for a few decent novels (which were of course about suffering).

[@attilamarics3374]

@@lomaxrobert But if they lost that many, we would see the evidence of it. And you wont be able to give us even 1 piece of evidence.

[@bjorn1583]

they are actually ukrainian losses

[@bjorn1583]

@@lomaxrobert how's the 4 days to Mariupol going?

[@akaalkripal5724]

Ukraine has managed the war with close to zero losses. Zelensky has equipped his men with invisibility cloaks, hence.

[@backstabingpike]

😂😂😂😂 really think about this Putin moved all the air defenses to protect his Palace versus his army or his people or his infrastructure😂😂😂😂

[@boota1979]

@backstabingpike Give over!!

[@seanp9277]

LOL!! He's been saying this for two years!

[@user-ps3qk3xl2d]

He says that every week.

[@alalder1533]

I think he underestimates the losses that the population of Russia is capable of sustaining.

[@msimms-lp5qw]

Unlike the Ukrainians, I wonder if the Russian troops really believe in what they're fighting for

[@war-painter]

Putin is barely squeaking by until what he hopes is a Trump victory, however, Biden dropping out has completely changed the calculus. Trump has literally said “It’s fixed-you will never have to vote again” which has made Americans VERY uneasy. I’m assuming Russia is playing a heavy hand in American politics this fall. Hopefully the CIA and Homeland Security are advised, but after the last assassination attempt, I’m not so sure.

[@JP76511]

These British military experts keep talking about massive Russian casualties & the conscripts are poorly trained. How about Ukrainians, new report got Ukrainian military saying they’re running out of troops & newly formed convict or conscripts are also poorly trained or not at all. This is just another self gratifying report to make folks feel good.

[@jdoe4548]

that's Rushun propaganda bro!!! Ukraine is winning (on teh Internet)

[@mr.mayhem7402]

TR has been posting these claims ever since the conflict started. No doubt that they'll be doing it very long in the future.

[@vampyre_with_a_suntan]

You're coming at this from a rational standpoint.. problem is: rationality doesnt rule the day on this particular channel.. It's been the same 4-5 talking points since the conflict started, by pretty much the same cadre of people - and little, if any, of it has actually materialized - it's basically just as much propaganda as what you'd find on russian channels.

[@JP76511]

@@jdoe4548 OK, you keep believing it.

[@coderider3022]

Prob 1m dead between them. Russia slight more dead as an attacking force.

[@Gérard-g5q]

They winning battles but losing the war

[@charlesjw2]

Speculation regarding the French Railway attacks serves nobody especially when the French have already said it is probably far left activity

[@mr.mayhem7402]

Considering that the Left have done it before.

[@boink800]

@@charlesjw2 Which country was banned from the Olympics? Ha ha ha 😂 🤣 😆 😄 😀 😜

[@shaun1463]

@@boink800 lol very poor motive bro.

[@boink800]

@@shaun1463 Nobody invites Russia for anything. Ha ha 😂 🤣 😆 😄 😅

[@zacklewis342]

And who do you think is financing and coordinating "far left activity"? Russia.

[@TheLastSongbird124]

The Daily Lies channel ! u should be ashamed.

[@Thompsdan]

To be fair, they did start it.

[@war-painter]

“They”?

[@derwolfpack3599]

@@war-painter Putin. Twice in 8 years.

[@Thompsdan]

@@war-painter Sorry: he.

[@timothypeterson1903]

Does anybody know where Zelensky is? Rumors are everywhere that he is ill, wounded or deceased. Last I knew he was visiting close to the front several days ago and then nothing

[@s.s.reynolds1328]

Zelensky is a target, so his location is always going to be doubtful.