Putin's strategic aims face collapse as Ukraine hits Russia and EU accession looms | Scott Lucas

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[@axlslak]

I think Moldovans, Romanians, Poles, Estonians, Lithuanians and Latvians would be the first ones to welcome Ukraine in NATO and EU. And I also think we KNOW, that's the only way. As a Romanian, and only in my name, I can only say one thing. Thank you Ukraine for protecting the Eastern front for everyone. If it wasn't for Ukraine, it would have to be us. So thank you Ukraine for fighting for us. I am sincerely sorry we couldn't do more to help you in our common fight :(

[@sateentuoksu]

and Finnish people, too.

[@HowlinWilf13]

Bravo! Well said. Sadly, Ukraine will have to wait for membership of NATO, until after they have agreed a final peace with Russia. Individual NATO countries can, of course, make their own alliances with Ukraine. Poland, for example, may find that they have a role to play in the final settlement of this war.

[@muuuuuud]

Couldn't be prouder to be part of this coalition of the free people's of the world. ^___^

[@marthamartha3222]

❤❤

[@KIZMET3001]

Ukraine will NEVER be in the EU or NATO. Period. Have you been napping for 2 plus years?

[@user-yb6eo1xp2f]

No surrender. Ukraine shall win

[@worththewatch1517]

Brain dead

[@henk6522]

Nope. Bad bot

[@JohnSmith-fl6qd]

​@@henk6522so how's the weather in Russia?

[@user-yb6eo1xp2f]

@@henk6522 beware of the windows

[@SudeysAbdullahi]

Continue dreaming

[@jberkeley1195]

🛩️💥🔥💪👍 NO SURRENDER! SLAVA UKRAINI 🔱💪🇺🇦🇨🇵🇺🇸🇬🇧✌️

[@thomasherbig]

Also: 🇱🇹🇫🇮🇦🇩🇦🇽🇧🇪🇨🇦🇩🇰🇨🇿🇪🇪🇩🇪🇬🇷🇮🇸🇮🇩🇮🇹🇱🇺🇰🇷🇪🇸🇸🇪🇹🇷 et al

[@hugh8329]

No surrender? So who ends up in the prisoner exchanges?

[@HDR422]

Russian properganda = fake it till you make it This should give us insight

[@KIZMET3001]

Name one Russian propaganda lie? Winners of the war don't need to lie!

[@susanyantha4074]

Take care of Ukraine these poor people been fighting so long

[@deecee1522]

SLAVA UKRAINI❤‍🔥

[@rzltoestacio7941]

Ukraine must not give up any of their land especially Creimea in exchange to NATO membership and security gurantees regardless who wins the November election in United States or other countries persuasions in NATO. May the Almighty grant Ukraine Soldiers and Leaderships strength and victorious in their endeavors for Freedom, Liberty and Democratic way of life. No surrender.

[@RawandCookedVegan]

This exactly. Allowing Russia to remain in power in Crimea essentially destroys Ukraine's future. The Black See needs to be free to navigate without Russian interference for Ukraine to be successful economically. See General Hodges on this topic.

[@lukepetzwinkler2965]

A great guest! Very insightful, thank you

[@user-yb6eo1xp2f]

Scott, also Cyprus is member of EU, despite have been occupied by Turkey

[@frankguz55]

But Turkey is NATO too... So there is no risk of art.5 triggering

[@chillxxx241]

Cyprus is split in 2. One part is part of the EU and the other is occupied by Türkiye which is a member of NATO.

[@petergroves3153]

Ignorant nonsense: the state of Cyorus that is now a member of EU has never been occupied by Turkey (as opposed to part of the island).

[@chillxxx241]

@@petergroves3153 www.reuters.com/article/world/uk/factbox-five-facts-about-cyprus-conflict-with-turkey-idUSL07105331/

[@marioformosa4259]

Yes and now 25% of the population are Muslim and African immigrants. Lovely!

[@memirandawong]

Scott Lucas is the reason I no longer worry about how my hair looks. All kidding aside Scott Lucas is one of my favorites!

[@steveahalverson1532]

If you look closely, He cares waaay too much about his hair. He's been watching that one scene from "Something About Mary " for inspiration. 🙂

[@lilUrso11]

thank you for sharing your insight Professor

[@docbogus6128]

Professor Scott Lucas. We always appreciate your time. Thank you.

[@mattsapero1896]

I always appreciate this gentleman’s realistic analysis.

[@jrpark05]

Realistic? Ha, it is full of Trump Derangement Syndrome. What you mean is "I appreciate that this gentleman confirms my prejudices and beliefs," evidence be damned.

[@sumwun9908]

Putin our obedient dog 🇨🇳 💪

[@dpelpal]

China in charge 🤗

[@henk6522]

The nazistic corrupt coup regime is pakking his backs to flee the capital kneb

[@des_smith7658]

Zelensky is the western doll

[@Stevekpb]

pretty much. Russia is pretty damn pathetic.

[@wesker911]

​@des_smith7658 nice try but there's a difference between asking for emergency help and letting another country take over your economics. Ukraine is a victim, russia is an idiot. Thems the facts.

[@808bAler]

Getting into NATO may not happen at this time but accession to the EU would be a great way to legitimize Ukraine as a sovereign state and possibly hasten the process of entry. As an American, for everyone's sake, I really hope Traitor Trump doesn't get back into office.

[@tobiasrietveld3819]

Not just getting into the EU either. At best they'll get into one of the lower-tier special relationships, without the eurozone and schengen. Basically without most of the benefits while still having to make their important agricultural sector somehow play nice with the clashing economic interests of countries like Poland and France. That will be a tough sell for Zelensky.

[@KIZMET3001]

EU is an economic group. Ukraine will never have an economy to join the EU

[@michaelmazowiecki9195]

KIZMET 3001:You clearly have little or no idea what the EU is and what its key values are.

[@WasiuAlatise]

SO GLAD BRITAIN IS OUT OF THE EU THEY TOOK IN 5,7 MILLION FROM EASTERN EUROPE 750,000 BIRTHS THOUSANDS IN PRISONS OR COMMITING CRIME 4 BILLION IN BENEFITS YEARLY

[@meshzzizk]

ukraine has to wait until hungary’s presidency of the EU ends next january (2025). and at that point ukraine will likely have to undergo a fairly intensive series of additional reforms vis-a-vis economic viability, democratic governance (elections are currently suspended), corruption (the chaos of war does not lend itself to rooting out a deep set culture of graft), etc. i’m not trying to be mr doom and gloom; but a factual read on the situation points to another few years’ wait before ukraine can even be eligible to accede to the eu. the political climates in france and germany atm don’t favor this happening either.

[@kevinm.7209]

For justice to prevail, Crimea must return to Ukraine 🇺🇦.

[@mrjerzheel]

The people of Crimea dont want anything to do with Ukraine

[@immortaljellyfish1051]

Because they are a transplanted population from Russia. They will leave when the ruzzians are pushed out

[@RobJohn80]

​@@mrjerzheelThey can pack their bags and go to Russia.

[@andreasferenczi7613]

@@RobJohn80 They did. They just took their land with them.

[@coodudeman]

@@mrjerzheel why don’t you let the people who lived there BECOME rusha started taking people away and sending their own there?

[@kohlpiersen9484]

There is a similar problem here as that which pertained to the American war in Vietnam. The president of the United States was very nervous about attacking North Vietnamese supply lines and bases across the border in Cambodia. That remained a strategic problem right up to the end of the war.

[@davidjollymore4578]

EXCELLENT COMMENTARY. THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU.

[@paulmurray8922]

The professor's description of what victory for Ukraine would look like, sounds remarkably close to what Stephen Kotkin has been saying for two years. Don't cede territory but embrace Ukraine into the EU and NATO, while it bides its time, an arrangement akin to that of the Korean peninsula.

[@axlslak]

I read your comment. I want to tell you just that there are other people wishing for the same thing. With love for Ukraine from Romania.

[@VanCanN]

Excellent informative discussion. Thank you!!

[@marcm.]

6:00 unfortunately this parallel does not work in this situation, the east German Republic did not have a Soviet Union de geminizing the whole area, I'm being careful with my words, but essentially moving any and all non-russians or Russian loving, out of the geographic area, and leaving an increasingly sovietized population. It is ethnic cleansing that we're talking about, those areas that Russia takes over will be treated like Crimea has been treated, where whatever Ukrainians stayed after being given sledgehammer hints to leave, they were drowned out by a massive influx of Russians given cheap new housing and other incentives to move to the area. This is already happening in the other occupied regions of Ukraine, there will be no reunification because there will be nobody left who identifies as Ukrainian in that geography. This is exactly what the Tzars and the Soviet Union did to the Rostov, Kuban, Voronezh, Belgorod regions during the last couple of centuries. As such anything that's been given away in any peace treaty will be forever gone, do not expect those lands ever to come back, because the people who live on it will be displaced

[@StefanMochnacki]

Standard Russian operating procedure. Both my parents were deported to Siberia from Eastern Poland in WWII, and their land taken over by the USSR.

[@irongron]

Professor Lucas is a great guest, you must have him back regularly! On taking out the launchers and aircraft that drop the glide bombs, this is 100& on point, I follow fighter pilot channels like ex F-14 Tomcat RIO (i.e the back seater or Radar Intercept Officer) "Ward Carroll" or even ex F-15E Strike Eagle WSO (i.e. the "wizzo" or Weapons Systems Officer) Mike Benitez's chan "The Merge" and they both say the same thing using this metaphor - "it's better to go after the archer rather than the arrows" - meaning, it is wasteful and pointless to keep shooting down the missiles or glide bombs (the arrows), go for the source (the archer) launcher batteries or jets + airfields. This is exactly what the good professor was saying too!

[@Johnny-qu9op]

Big fan James keep up the great interviews 😊

[@keith8609]

Slava Ukraini 💙💛

[@brianholmes3547]

Scott is a good interviewee always. James has proven to be an excellent interviewer.

[@kylejefferson1547]

I would rather vote for a old man who’s gonna tell the truth than a slightly younger old man who lies 🤦🏾‍♂️👎🏾

[@FactCheckerGuy]

What about a very old man with no working faculties who has been telling whoppers for 50 years, lies about his education, lies about his accomplishments, lies about his corruption, lies about his family member's deaths, lies about his history of sechsual assaults. The best argument for him is that he no longer knows what is true and what is a lie so he can't really lie anymore. How do you feel about him?

[@RichardTaylor1630]

Biden has been lying all his life. "I graduated at the top of my law school class." (actually bottom half) I had nothing to do with my son Hunter's business dealings." (The emails on Hunter's laptop tell a completely different story.) Viktor Shulkin (Ukraine's chief prosecutor who was investigating Burisma) is corrupt and must be removed." (Actually the Biden family was taking millions of dollars from Burisma to get Joe to force Ukraine to take the heat off Burisma; Shulkin was blameless). "Trump paused Nazis in Charlottesville." (Even Snopes has termed that a lie; Trump denounced the Nazis, and only said that there were good people on both sides of the issue over the proposed removal of the statue of Robert E. Lee.)

[@petebondurant58]

@kylejefferson1547 Biden said that no U.S. military personnel died on his watch, apparently forgetting the three who were killed in an air strike last January, as well as the thirteen killed during the withdrawal from Afghanistan. He said that the border patrol union endorsed his candidacy, when they didn’t. He’s as much of a liar as his opponent. Wake up.

[@KIZMET3001]

How many Biden lies do you want? I got 20 lined up....

[@KIZMET3001]

Your trump derangement syndrome is comical

[@stringologymchugh4245]

Regime change in Russia is the only hope. Also if trump is re-elected we could see him helping putin.

[@FactCheckerGuy]

There is not the remotest possibility of Trump helping Russia. You are listening to too much propaganda. Trump was the first POTUS to send lethal aid to Ukraine. The first. Trump was the first POTUS to deter Putin from invading any of his neighbors.

[@petehowett2854]

That was,and still is the main plan

[@meshzzizk]

every expert on russia i’ve heard speak to this says that in all likelihood putin would be replaced by someone further to the right with a less moderate temperament

[@pashakdescilly7517]

Trump is already having discussions with Putin about terms for effectively a Ukrainian surrender.

[@joshuamorgan2831]

You’ve been lied to about Trump believe results not propaganda.

[@jacobschnberg5382]

The cost of this war is much much too small for Russia !!!

[@RawandCookedVegan]

Great discussion. Thanks.

[@jeffrey268]

Well said.

[@user-pd5qz2vt2c]

Would the US currently meet the EU criteria for membership?

[@matthewrampley1894]

I think many states already in the EU would struggle to meet them. 😊

[@Grundewalt]

@@matthewrampley1894 I would put that question in particular to those that systematically opose ukrain aid or membership on various reasons, while themselves are under censure or sanctions for infringing EU values or rules. I'd put them into exam of membership to see how they fare.

[@muuuuuud]

The more time progresses and technology advances, the less we have the luxury of sharing the world with authoritarian regimes.

[@stuartedge5906]

An excellent assessment of Donald Trump!

[@hamishfenton8633]

Once Ukraine has air superiority they will, be able to stop Russian air war

[@KIZMET3001]

Zero chance of that. Russian pilots are fully trained professional soldiers. Ukraine has zero trained pilots.

[@lesterfalcon1350]

1:00 Intro Ends

[@generalunderpants100]

At least if it was consistently one minute previews I could just skip the first minute, but they are different at times & I don't like missing parts. So I often just skip these videos entirely,which is a shame because they're interesting

[@JohannesMondt]

But: Trump explicitly says he plans to bring all the Agencies, such as the CIA, the IRS, the FBI under his direct control, dammned any Constitution or Rule of Law, while the Supreme Court of the United States just provides the "legal" foundation for it through their verdict essentially granting him absolute immunity, enough immunity at least to achieve his purpose.

[@RichardTaylor1630]

The Constitution has no provision for 'independent" agencies "such as the CIA" etc. Article II describes a unitary Executive Branch under the control of the elected President. We have Biden as President only because FBI and CIA officials, in violation of their oath of office, conspired with FB - Google - Twitter - ABC - CBS - NBC - NYT - WaPo - CNN to suppress the truth about the Hunter Biden laptop in the weeks leading up to the 2020 election. It's intolerable in a free republic for the spymasters to be plotting against the people's elected president, but that was what happened between 2016 and 2021. These plots were advanced with the connivance of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - but you are worried about TRUMP controlling 'all the Agencies"???

[@DavidAllison-qs8wn]

Bannon has said that their goal is 'to dismantle the American administrative state' They want to tear things down, not to build anything. They will shred the Constitution, the system of laws, the balance of powers. They want a dictatorship and they want total control. That's how they would 'make America great again'. I guess they didn't read anything from European history in the 1920's-30's. It didn't end well.

[@Forrest666]

Defeated

[@KIZMET3001]

TDS soy boy alert!

[@alanwatterson2850]

Trump = end of US civilisation.

[@olorin4317]

Trump admitted in the debate that he discussed Putin’s “dream” of conquering Ukraine… but everyone just focused on the old man who had a sore throat and a stutter.

[@RedState420Esq]

I too caught that debate admission about discussing his dream, but you’re the first person I’ve notice mention it - and I’ve consumed a lot of post-debate analysis.

[@jjsmith3348]

Agreed; coherence is so overrated.

[@theartguy6776]

​@@jjsmith3348agreed, if the candidates are Russian stooges or not is far more important....cough, Trump, comrade, cough cough.

[@colinsmith3212]

@@RedState420Esq I'm not a Trumper. However he said "He told me it was his dream" That doesn't necessarily involve a discussion. Ya'all are making it sound like he helped him plan the invasion,lol.

[@JohnSmith-fl6qd]

So Biden just had a sore throat? That's why the DNC and everyone on the left is pushing to replace him as soon as possible😅

[@markc6714]

26:30 bit late to ask what the occupants of Crimea want when Russia has push out the Ukrainians and filled it with Russians

[@BubbleGendut]

Allan Litchman’s Keys support that Biden remains as Trump’s opponent. Debates are irrelevant as key. Incumbency is a Key

[@susanyantha4074]

SLAVA Ukraine 💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇨🇦

[@nicholasmaude6906]

In regards to the Russians illegal occupation of parts of Crimea everyone needs to be reminded about the 1994 Budapest memorandum which guaranteed Ukraine's 1991 borders and Russia was a signatory to that agreement.

[@vincebuscema2205]

Great insight from professor Scott Lucas

[@sk-fb6xl]

Thanks!

[@cumbrianrambler7715]

Non US nato needs to get its act together because orange man baby will back off. Germany needs to up its game considerably.

[@jacobschnberg5382]

The cost of the war is MUCH TOO SMALL for Russia ! A lot of the cost from this war will come much later and have no impact on the polics

[@pierrerobert6458]

Donald Trumps debate performance: lie after lie after lie after lie............ Ukraine's perspective of continued US support hasn't vanished at all...

[@franceyneireland1633]

The debate for me is that Trump came across as the Con man he is, evading questions by the moderators and outright lies.

[@RudolphoAqui]

Supporting Ukraine’s success is Western Europe’s best security

[@LordOfTheThreeWorlds]

Excellent guys. One of the best Times Radio pieces I've seen to date. Superb analysis and commentary. Slava Ukraini Viva Europa God Bless America

[@dpelpal]

Considering all the ground Rushins' have lost over the past week, I think it's clear to one and all that they are losing in slow motion. What happens in Rusha' after that is anybody's guess.

[@paulpaisley5291]

They are telling you lies. Its the opposite.

[@dpelpal]

@@paulpaisley5291 Didn't you say yesterday that the _MOSKVA_ still sails as well? 🤭

[@paulpaisley5291]

@dpelpal you win wars on the battlefield. Not at sea. Your stuck in Nelson time. At least they knew what a woman was though.

[@dpelpal]

@@paulpaisley5291 Ukraine won a war at sea...theyve practically destroyed the entire Rushin' navy. _With nothing more than children's toy boats!_ 🤭

[@chrishooge3442]

Losing slowly is how this had to happen. If Russia forces collapsed it would raise the spectre of nuclear weapons. Putin's disregard for the West and Ukraine lured him into what's turned out to be a trap. As long as Putin can hold out hope that Trump will win and abandon both Ukraine and NATO...he'll hang in there. If that happens he'll continue to pursue his bipolar global order.

[@veganbutcherhackepeter]

The 29th month of the 3-day special military operation. Half a million Russian casualties so far and 3-5 million young qualified members of the workforce fled the country. Sweden and Finland joined NATO. Having to go begging hat in hand to North Korea for support... Going really well for Putin.

[@tompabay8721]

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦♥️🤟🤟🤟

[@realitycheck1883]

The AFU is already in the process of collapsing. The terms of any peace will be Istanbul Plus as set out by Putin in his recent speech. A frozen conflict which does not deal with the underlying issues is a non starter.

[@harveybrown37]

Absolute Twaddle

[@realitycheck1883]

@@harveybrown37 Yes Lucas is notorious for his twaddle

[@DavidAllison-qs8wn]

​@@realitycheck1883 Maybe he meant Russia? They love to project. 😂

[@Deathadder90]

That must be why the Russian got kicked out of dozens of square kilometres near liptsy and Serebryansk, as well as stopped dead and now pushed back in Vovchansk. That'l must also be why the Ukrainians are currently raising 4 more brigades, having build up enough equipment to raise one from infantry to mechanised.

[@realitycheck1883]

@@Deathadder90 Keep coping

[@antoniobarbosa2031]

Please… not guided bombs, it is glide bombs. And not “the Ukraine”. But otherwise thank you for the thoughts

[@jerrycornelius5986]

Russia pushes forward a kilometre at a time with huge losses. The calculus is that Russia can sustain this indefinitely. But the Soviet stockpiles and the sovereign wealth fund will be used up in a few years while Ukraine and the west will out perform Russia in military industrial production.

[@albertf.2639]

Russia pushes forward a kilometer at a time with huge losses. The calculus is that Russia cannot sustain this indefinitely. But the Soviet stockpiles and the sovereign wealth fund will fail used up in a few mouths maybe sooner @there lost is unsustainable for Russia, economy & defense force as fallen?@

[@rewild6134]

Ukraine Strikes Back *Star Wars theme starts*

[@user-uu1sh7nh1h]

Don't give up on Biden, in America the debates don't count all the much. Its the team around Biden that we have to remember will be working with him and Biden does know how to run a country. Trump can't be allowed to win. Back Biden, vote for him.

[@franceyneireland1633]

Aren't there dozens of former Trump officials who have declined to support Trump in this election. John Bolton has declared him “unfit to be president.” Former officials who are stridently warning against his return to power and offering dire predictions for the country and the rule of law if his campaign succeeds. These are people who worked closely with him, that in it self should be warning to all Americans.

[@johnbui6530]

Republican base is only 30% of the entire population (much smaller than the Democrats) & it needs the Independent vote and a strong republican turn out to win. The Republican party is fragmented and Independents are unlikely to vote for Trump. It's unlikely that Trump will win in 2024.

[@larryscott3133]

Well said!

[@omarorozco8697]

Wow so much for Democracy and Law and order the President can order to stop but the C.I.A does what it wants You gotta love those great defenders of Democracy

[@Nenad-qz7zo]

Ukraine has just been refused Nato membership on the grounds of having rampant corruption. Corruption issues will prevent it also from EU membership. To avoid being drafted costs between 5 and 15 k $, to escape into the safety of a western country costs between 5 and 20k. It would be better to form a different union of say Britain, France and Ukraine and make Ukraine exempt from anti corruption laws.

[@JB-jx5qd]

The UK has always said China is Australia's problem yet the minute the US looks like electing Trump. "Australia needs to look at ramping up aid for Ukraine if Trump pulls funding" righto...

[@franceyneireland1633]

I believe Trump although he is unable to pull the US out of NATO without a vote by congress, he can prevent aid going to Ukraine. Also if Russia were to attack a NATO country, Article 5 of NATO each member can decide what and how much aid they provide. If Trump is elected other NATO countries should consider approaching US arms manufacturing companies to create arms manufacturing in their countries. If Trump is no longer selling arms to NATO countries they may be willing to start a branch in other NATO countries. There is also the danger he will tear up or ignore the defense pact/treaties with other non NATO countries such as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Trumps actions and words appear as if he prefers to be allies with Russian North Korea and China otherwise he prefers to be an isolationist. Can the US get by with trade only with Russia, North Korean and China? Has Trump thought that thru this or does he plan in the future to invade US former allies along with Russia and China? When he was president after a meeting with Putin, when he demanded the interpreter to destroy notes and another meeting, Trumps starts talking about buying Greenland in 2018-2019. Then in April 2021 Putin filed a submission to extend a claim to the Arctic, all the way into Canadian and Greenland (Denmark) continental shelf and economic zone, as part of Russia's continental shelf.

[@stevenpeaketrainsandstuff3682]

Australia has never shirked on its responsibilities when it comes to doing the right thing. It will be 5 going into a fight without our number 1 ally.

[@coodudeman]

i am so sad that this year i will not be voting FOR anyone... just against!

[@bruceradz]

On the bright side, you have the ability to actually vote 😯🤗

[@coodudeman]

@@bruceradz yeah… just wish I was inspired to actually vote FOR someone… :,(

[@ahaveland]

Use it wisely and make it count.

[@coodudeman]

@@ahaveland i will, brother… don’t worry… although I’m severely outnumbered in Georgia… it’s a pretty red state… I constantly hear about how amazing trumpybear is… frustrates me to no end… I have tried to help people here understand that the man will never leave office if he gets back in… and after that supreme court ruling that the president is above the law… I’m scared

[@Forrest666]

​@bruceradz praise b to God.

[@peterwhimster]

Ukraine as an EU Member with Russia in the Donbas and East would require a hard boarder. Is that possible? And the gas, oil and other opportunities are in the East including arable land. Splitting off the east of Ukraine to appease Putin is not a solution.

[@Infopirates]

Please, talk anything you want, but don't even start about peace😅😅😅

[@user-sk4nx9if9h]

💪🇺🇦💛🇨🇦 Ukraine victory 🇺🇸💙 strong NATO alliance 🇪🇺

[@mikkokarjalainen6480]

There will be no free pass. It is untolerable to just forget Budapest memorandum. It will eternal shame to US, UK, France and China, if they let Russia do whatever they want. Russia declared war already. No one wants to say it out loud, but that is what they did.

[@warsux]

Thank goodness France and UK people showed what they won't accept

[@serviustullus7204]

Moldova must join.

[@Stikibits]

Such irrational guff!

[@blondeblue32]

Excuse me. The United States has offered Poland, and other countries the F35, in exchange 1 for 1, if they donate their F16's to Ukraine after their pilots have been trained. Of course, they will be integrated into the Nato Standard, and there will be maintenance and repair that will have to be born by the European countries. This integration will be a force multiplier of defense for those countries. The United States, in the background has given considerable aid to Ukraine.

[@des_smith7658]

It all comes from America basically

[@blondeblue32]

@@des_smith7658, The European countries have donated a lot of equipment too. However, If you insist on putting a dollar tag on all the arms sent to Ukraine, then lets do so.

[@des_smith7658]

@@blondeblue32 well it's a US proxy war after all

[@Deathadder90]

​@@blondeblue32I mean, I don't think it is a secret that the US is getting out of this the best. Dozens of billions of dollars income from defence contracts of EU countries. Russia further losing its appeal as an arms provider, as seen by the decision of India to stop a 2000 BMP procurement procedure in favour of US IFV's.

[@blondeblue32]

@@Deathadder90, So the American taxpayer gets the bill for all of those arms deliveries. Do not think that the costs, materials, and tansporpation costs come out of nowhere and there is a defense boom where everyone benefits. We all pay, and some benefit. Further, if this war shows Russia to be almost defunct and into the 50's as a result of this war, then we will take the Russian contracts. That is our small, very small benefit.

[@madosil]

Isn't there any contemplatef changes on the UE rules taking in account Hungry behaviour?

[@Alienshade]

If feels like z one person can change the future in a good way. People will talk about this in the future. And say what if you can go back in time and change this (so that all the terrible things didn't happen).

[@Markusctfldl]

This is so delusional lol

[@charlesjenner1951]

If it is true that the Russians are not able to advance much, this spring, despite the lack of ammunition in Ukraine, Russia is once again moving towards a frozen conflict which after a generation will be an accepted fact. For the simple reason that Ukraine will not be able to recover all the occupied territory anytime soon without a military technological breakthrough, or without more direct assistance from NATO.

[@andriesgrabowsky2717]

No, Germany was not a founding member of the pre-curser of the EU.

[@Qbanna]

The most watched team in the NBA, now possibly the most watched team ever.

[@user-ri4mc6bb6q]

And if we were 'supporting Ukraine we would stop keeping there hands tied. Ps I'm a third generation immigrant who's family came from Odessa

[@kushkant4847]

This guy is completely wrong about Biden. Very idiotic stance

[@Mr-Science-Stevens]

Preliminary success.

[@vonries]

Thanks

[@user-sk4nx9if9h]

I'm still voting for Joe🤷🤔😂 my American support goes to Ukraine 🇺🇦💙🇺🇸 The Orange dude can move to Russia with his Grandpa Putin 👍🤣🇺🇦🇺🇸

[@hrvojesvetec3058]

We WILL handle the situation IF Trump win and IF he stop the support..Europe,we dont have a choice,we just have to do what must be done..its THE RIGHT THING TO DO and its in our intrest to stand with Ukrainian people and support them till Russia "wake up" and realize the fact,this is lunacy!

[@captainhadd0ck]

Слава Україні! 💙💛

[@user-od1pe2ip2n]

The political system in 🇬🇧 UK is rotten 😂😂😂😂😂

[@raymondporter2094]

The political system in most countries might strike a liberal progressive as rotten, but it is STILL better in the UK than in most countries even at this sorry point. (1) The population has the right TODAY to vote for a new Government, and if there is a new Government it will take its position without violence. Does that happen everywhere (even in the USA - like after their last Presidential election)? (2) If the UK's position & system is so bad, it would be a surprise to find people who have travelled to safe countries in the EU (France with its "liberte, egalite, fraternite"), Netherlands, Belgium and even Sweden risking death to get to the UK. Surely they'd feel safer in a stable EU with its Human Rights protections & courts and the Commission looking after the interests of its citizens?

[@elbibwen3019]

UK is *kingdom* actually and obviously, UK political system is just smoke screen for servant masses 😁

[@TomekSw]

Starts at 1:00

[@BubbleGendut]

F16s are just a platform the question is what munitions are being providing & the permissions of use.

[@Jaysonschannel5326]

Did he hairspray that or did he just wake up?

[@dennisshaw7153]

I would vote for Biden’s copse before I would vote for Diaper Don.

[@willsta21]

No they both simply do not meet EU standards both extremely poor, one at war; thank god we’re not still in it otherwise we’d be propping up both with Germany and France. Moldova has a Russian Invasion inside it’s borders, is the EU nuts!!!!

[@user-cg2tg4zf5h]

Convicted Felon is not real.

[@user-nc1lb6vl9y]

Lucas' idea that Crimea would be settled by a vote makes little sense. Either Russia, likely, or Ukraine will control Crimea for the vote to take place. If that is the Russians, which is most likely, I doubt the vote will be fair. Plus the Russians have removed people in Crimea who were there at the start of the war and brought in many Russians. Crimea will be decided by the nation that controls Crimea.

[@joebish6629]

Crimea is Russian. The people of Crimea are Russian. The people of Crimea are the same as they were when the democratically elected Yanukovytch was overthrown by the US-backed coup in 2014. Crimea was only Ukrainian because of an administration technicality back in the 1950s. You're deluded if you think otherwise.

[@davidmcguire3731]

@@joebish6629 Crimea was given to Ukraine by President Nikita Khruschev

[@scottlucas4880]

I take the point. I was just pointing out that this has been Ukraine's proposal since March/April 2022.

[@joebish6629]

@@davidmcguire3731 Yes, and as they were all part of the Soviet Union, it didn't matter at the time. Crimea should have returned to Russia when the Soviet Union broke up.

[@user-nc1lb6vl9y]

@@joebish6629 There was no coup in 2014. Check Wikipedia's article on Viktor Yanukovych the section on Removal from Presidency. Yanukovych was unanimously voted out of office, 328-0, in the Ukrainian Rada when he did not show up for work and could not be found. Crimea belongs to Ukraine. The Russian people there can become Ukrainian or move to Russia.

[@electronicscrapper4956]

If the US truly wanted Ukraine to win this war they would have provided the means to fight a war as the US would..... Politics as it sits currently... I support Ukraine but until the flood gates open... It will remain.

[@crimeajewel]

Putin , some old guy telling almost 40 million Ukrainians what their life will be. 😅😅😅😅 Joke.

[@Mythdoubt]

People are always welcome to give their money to Ukraine. This guy is mad that we can’t be forced to give our money.

[@elilevine2410]

🙏🏽♥️🇺🇦

[@RickMentore]

Instead of joining NATO former Russian satellite states, Finland and Sweden should form their own military alliance. It would blunt Russian argument about being up against the NATO. Also, such an alliance would be military stronger than Russia! Poland is currently stronger than Russia!

[@petergroves3153]

My cat is currently stronger than Russia!

[@petehowett2854]

After joining NATO,just like the Vikings,THE POLES HAVE GROWN A PAIR.Throwing punches,from behind a wall.Way to go,Rambo.

[@ZAN-THE-GOAT]

A special military operation.

[@garyrayburn5474]

Convicted sex offender is an absolute lie. You lost me there

[@SL-sd3sg]

The US choice is democracy or autocracy, ignore the characters imo.

[@johnoliver4739]

Stop the fear mongering disinformation... Trump didnt do anything that wasnt permitted under the constitution and he isnt president now, if he does win, he won't be president once his 4 years are up..

[@Rtg5637]

Autocracy and prosecution of political opponent is now in US with the 46th administration

[@johnoliver4739]

@Rtg5637 ahhh got you, yeah that i agree with.. to much evidence, selective prosecution to show otherwise

[@rogermartinez78]

@@Rtg5637what is it like living in Russia, please let us know how you are avoiding Putin SMO.

[@Rtg5637]

@@rogermartinez78 It feels like in the US. Gag order on political opponents, made up indictments and so on

[@rogermagnusson115]

Hanson…thats a swedish surname

[@garygilliland5272]

Insane TDS