Putin smells of desperation as he runs out of crucial time to achieve war aims

[@keadinmode2070]

I find myself physically recoiling at the notion of rewarding Russia with any territory whatsoever, even if it is in exchange for security guarantees. It's easy for me to say, as someone with no real stake in this conflict, but I feel strongly that Putin cannot be allowed any kind of gains from this venture of his...

[@vegas1a]

Understatement......

[@sidgarrett7247]

Any agreement or treaty signed with Russia may as well be written on toilet paper! They are useless.

[@GeoffV-k1h]

There is little or no possibility of Ukraine winning back all the territory lost in the Donbas and definitely not Crimea. They lack superiority in terms of weapons or manpower. Only a direct intervention by NATO could achieve this. It won't happen.

[@maisiedogonline]

Same here, but I'm no strategist. 😢

[@barrylane1055]

Putin's Russia is a cancer on the world. Any western leader who does not fully support Ukraine in its battle is a cowardly fool!!!

[@danielduesentriebjunior]

Ukraine should get EU and NATO membership, Hungary should be kicked out.

[@mortenvanlinden567]

@@sebastianforbes1 Argumentation fallacy. Your statement does not deny the original statement.

[@soldierofunclesam5.56]

Agreed 👍

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

Cant

[@Anthonythumb]

@@sebastianforbes1good 👍🏼 there’s many more suitable ministers to take his place

[@zygoptera666]

Fair deal...Everybody happy...

[@lloydsmith5679]

A negotiated end to the war? Russia will abide by whatever is agreed to? Like the previous agreements? Please pull your head out of your posterior.

[@sidgarrett7247]

It may as well be written on tissue paper. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦!

[@joe18750]

Why would anyone negotiate with Putin? What agreement has he ever kept?

[@killeresk]

Exactly.

[@mortenvanlinden567]

@@sebastianforbes1 No, because this StinkruB just understands the language of guns. Bad luck for him, the west is stronger and he knows it. And what shall we negotiate about? How much land he can occupy? Com'on Finally: a question for you. Do you know why the RuZZians do not export microelectronics? Because they cannot get it through the main entrance of the factory

[@Str8Maddeness]

The Untied States of cowards and traitors will negotiate with anyone. Trump negotiated with TERRORISTS!! Then blamed his mess on Biden.

[@rickywright1264]

Name an agreement Putin ever kept when it suited him? He'd be the boy that cried wolf.​@@sebastianforbes1

[@mateverest8823]

Neither did nato

[@muratoz2931]

One man's will and ambition being emposed on a nation of 44 million innocent people. The world has learned nothing from past mistakes. Just a sad sad state of affairs.

[@rumit9946]

It’s beyond sad that humanity hasn’t learned anything in all these years. Such a beautiful world we live on and we cannot live peacefully with one another 😢

[@Joe_Terra_Citizen]

Putin must be brought to justice

[@jimfast5921]

So is people responsible for Libya, Syria, Iraq, Yugoslavia

[@seufer12]

Putin is Justice 🤣

[@tweye1836]

No reparations? Giving Putin territory? No war crimes trial? NO, NO and NO. EU and NATO membership - of course! Slava Ukraini!

[@Gary_OC]

@@tweye1836 He was explaining Putlers guaranteed response to those demands.

[@FatFrankie42]

🌻🇺🇦Героям слава!!🇺🇦🌻

[@nigelmorley5414]

Sorry but ruZZia MUST, MUST, MUST pay reparations. How can any country be allowed to get away with this level of destruction ?

[@viliusr.8792]

And also aproval of gay marriege!

[@DarrenLine-k4j]

He just needs too get out of Ukraine.

[@VGERUNIT]

Trumps rhetoric of this conflict between Russia and Ukraine being a European problem, is like the ostrich who puts it's head in the sand. This conflict IS A WORLD problem that all civilised countries and nations must address now!!

[@SorbusAucubaria]

Even if they think its european problem, it very likely will become American problem - at least if they wish to be influential in Europe.

[@martinIrish3776]

Are the ‘civilised countries’ the ones who are supplying and supporting the ongoing genocide of children trapped in the Gaza extermination camp?

[@Interglacial_optimist]

I doubt many people on the planet pay any attention to what's going on inside eastern ukraine. Most could not find it on a map if they had a map.

[@philipmain5701]

@@martinIrish3776 What is Egypt doing to diminish the agony?

[@dearlrogers3498]

It will be a world problem when Ukraine switches sides . Historically when the USA gets involved in a civil war it backfires . It's what happened to Russia in Afghanistan!

[@maniravsadhur8409]

A negotiated settlement between Russia and Ukraine would be absolutely catastrophic for Europe. It would put Moldova under extreme threat of being invaded within a couple of years, as well as Georgia and Kazakhstan. Why wouldn't Russia do it, since the West allosed them to conquer part of Ukraine? What would the West do? Criticise them to death? People somehow have forgotten 45 years of violent tyranny of Russia over half of Europe. This is insane.

[@raymondvincent204]

I think it’s time for the Russian population to be reminded of the consequences of war

[@Realist369]

Oh look a westerner threatening to harm grandmothers and babies

[@thinkerly1]

They are slaves. Compare the U.S. during the Vietnam Wars. Millions demonstrated, every week.

[@jimfast5921]

Russian lost 27000000 people in ww2 they know what’s like

[@johnwalsh4857]

@@jimfast5921 the Russians of 2024 is much more softer than their WW2 counterparts and in WW2 the Russians had their backs to the wall.

[@EdwardEmmick]

​@jimfast5921 Some of the better ww11 movies were Russian productions. They virtually lost a generation of young men and women during that horrible war.

[@humphreybradley3060]

The Russian troll farm is working overtime!

[@dpelpal]

Desperaration

[@HardLineElektron]

Slaves don’t get overtime. It’s ruzzian normality.

[@davefave4351]

It's all they've got!

[@koiguidenishikigoi4972]

Most seem like British....that makes me wonder.

[@fredrikh9299]

I noticed as well. A good sign Putin is desperate 👍

[@joecity9]

Caught between Putin's mal-odour from the north and that of those modern Republicans to the south we 🇨🇦 can't even open our windows. There is a lot of stink in the air these days.

[@leahtaylor4503]

Absolutely 💯💯💯

[@RyanBrown-nx8dw]

It's just u.. get out of my country

[@livingtribunal4110]

That's the stink of you after you've finished doing your own Mum.

[@ardyjay]

...and our tRump wannabe's roll in the stinking, divisive detritus

[@RichRobinson]

Not trying to be antagonistic here but the Canadian government has some pretty stench-ridden woke politics, so none of us are safe these days! I consider myself a liberal but there’s a new left in town that makes me wonder where I really stand in today’s political sphere. I’m British and we’re going down the drain faster than many other nations. What a time to be alive! 😂

[@Melrose51653]

Russians don't keep the agreements they make. No negotiating .

[@andreasmartin7942]

There will be no negotiation anyway. Putin demands capitulation, not negotiation.

[@seufer12]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Who told you that? Russia always keeped their agreements - beside Ukraine, USA and EU 🤣 So why should the Russians trust your agreements? 🤣

[@leahtaylor4503]

Putin needs to go period 🤬😤😡😤🤬💯💯💯💯💯

[@leisamaggard113]

I KNOW THATS RIGHT!POOOTIN!💩💩💩

[@la7dfa]

Even if a peace deal is agreed, we should keep the sanctions. If we allow Russia to rebuild their military while their views are the same as before, it will be just a matter of time before more wars.

[@jaezon4040]

At least someone is using their brain

[@puresowns215]

While I am all for leaving the sanctions in place, I think the threat of Russia attacking anyone else anytime soon is rather low. They are scraping the barrel trying to get enough manpower for their meat wave suicide charges in Ukraine. Even replenishing their troop counts to prewar levels is going to be a challenge, and their economy is going to be hurting bad from losing so many working age men to the war. Ukraine has done an admirable job bleeding Russia of manpower, to the point of having noticeable impacts on Russian demographics going forward.

[@benjones4365]

I agree, I do hope that the west will say to Russia, you can make any peace deal you want with Ukraine, but the sanctions on Russia remain until Russia goes back to the 1991 borders. No negotiations. When you leave Ukraine, we will trade with you again.

[@isaacapenteng9639]

Have you realised that every country that has ever been sanctioned still exists? They will just find new ways to live without the Western financial system. The more sanctioned countries by the west the less those sanctions will be effective.

[@benjones4365]

​@@isaacapenteng9639 "Have you realised that every country that has ever been sanctioned still exists?" Nooo, I thought they just disappeared off the face of the earth. Sanctioning countries may not the best thing in the world, but it is a way of showing such countries that they cannot just invade other countries with no consequences and does have the effect of limiting their aggression.

[@leahtaylor4503]

NATO membership period 🤬😤😡😤🤬💯💯💯💯💯

[@richardjames3022]

Ukraine today, Alaska tomorrow as it was a Russian territory. If we do not support Ukraine now

[@leonardbakers]

🤡

[@Realist369]

I heard Putin is coming for your house and wife next , you’d better run 😂

[@Zomby_Woof]

The US is not defenseless, so we would not be an appropriate target for Putin.

[@GivePeaceAChance12]

When Ukraine gave up their nukes, the US Russia and several other countries were gned an agreement to protect the then Ukraine borders!!!!! What gives one the idea that outside n would keep his agreement?!?!?

[@LoricSwift]

Exactly.

[@stephenpounds8360]

When Soviet Union gave back Ukraine and took all nuclear weapons ,they promised along with America and others guaranteed nonaggression against them ,what ever happened to that ,and what makes you think Russia would stay by their word on anything the offer Ukraine for a settlement,( send Ukraine the arms they where promised and more quit the drip drip drip let them finish the Russian army now so they can’t bother anyone anymore slava Ukraine

[@goonerboz6023]

They didn't belong to Ukraine they belonged to the Soviets which was run by Russia

[@SKIPOLE1]

Actually, through the Budapest Memorandum, it was Yeltsin and the Russian Federation that guaranteed the security of Ukraine 🇺🇦 and its sovereignty. Russian word is not worth the paper it was written on. Sad 😔. #StandWithUkraine #StopRussianAggression

[@glintongordon6811]

There was a unconstitutional coup that destroyed all agreements made with the government before

[@noproducers]

Is that when the USA promised not to expend NATO?

[@Zomby_Woof]

​@@noproducersNo, because we never made such a promise, nor would we. For what should now be obvious reasons. NATO has never been in a conflict with Russia. Wanting a free hand to make war on his neighbors is Putin's only legit reason to object to NATO. Now, he has two more NATO members as neighbors due to his stupidity.

[@stevieawalt2437]

Is this guy on the same planet as the rest of us? I think he is waaay off. NATO needs to stand united now and back Ukraine. Otherwise in a year or so we'll be talking about Poland instead of Ukraine under siege.

[@mitchrichards1532]

I agree with NATO supporting Ukraine, but even if they don't, Russia is broken now and won't be back for a generation.

[@keithheaven176]

Not sure about him going for Poland first, more like Baltic states. But yes, he won't stop until he has achieved his perceived legacy.

[@Zomby_Woof]

​@@keithheaven176or been destroyed

[@seufer12]

@@keithheaven176 Why should he? Hmm? Because of your idiotic imaginations? Your lies becomes reality for yourself. You starting to believe your own propaganda 🤣

[@SuperMagnum2011]

Thank you T R. 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@rdbchase]

"Putin smells of desperation as he runs out of crucial time to achieve war times [sic]" -- "aims"!

[@clives344]

Switzerland should gift their Patriots as Russia isn’t going to invade tomorrow

[@luigiaqua2263]

But Swiss banks want money and gold from Russia, this doesn't correlate. Without foreign money Switzerland is a poor alpine region, with cheese and tourism as basic revenue.

[@clives344]

@@luigiaqua2263 Swiss Banking is regulated now they don’t accept money from anyone

[@relaxwithme786]

Pootin is on his last leg his own people need to sort him out

[@calvinaitkin-sf9up]

Frustration rather than desperation,,but you are right he is not happy with lack of progress hence renewed mass bombings in Ukraine.

[@bobfarley4102]

Y'all keep saying Putin is done but he's still throwing enemies out of windows.

[@PropaneWP]

You mean "friends"

[@fintux]

​@@PropaneWPexactly. If things were going that great for putler, he wouldn't have to resort to defenestration.

[@petervanwyngaard4788]

​@fintux" Exfenestration" ...as in exfoliation or exfiltration.. Whatever .😂.fell out of window !😮😮

[@fintux]

@@petervanwyngaard4788 the term actually is defenestration, there's a Wikipedia article about it, too.

[@petervanwyngaard4788]

@@fintux Aaaaah! Tx

[@clncarpets]

I like this guy , honest smart analysis.

[@Calidore1]

Good analysis. Sober. Very good.

[@harveyhill6102]

Never mind because you are going faster than what you think so get ready

[@2ManyPhils]

Yes, Switzerland: there's a country in dire need of Patriot batteries.

[@greble11]

I heard the situation at the border with Liechtenstein is pretty tense.

[@petervanwyngaard4788]

😂😂😂😂​@@greble11

[@dannypembroke2372]

@@greble11 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤣😂

[@johntait491]

Well worth listening to. Thank you Tim Willasey and Times Radio. Very informative comment. 👍

[@RTC1655]

Putin went to Ulan Bator for the gas pipeline to China, not troops or weapons.

[@geoffgill5334]

Thinking he went to thumb his nose at the west. He doesn't have the resources or expertise to build a pipeline

[@bodimoran1040]

Give the Donbas you give China continued stranglehold on EU access to critically important elements for emerging technologies, e.g., lithium.

[@bodimoran1040]

$3-11 trillion resource alone for Moscow war economy and oligarchs

[@tonyhills2112]

Excellent analysis, thanks!

[@petpot1962]

Well that the most underwhelming negative view of support for Ukraine with more of that mindset Ukraine may just as well fold and capitulate into Putin’s demands and be done with it 😡😡😡

[@benjones4365]

Sadly True.

[@seidabdella6868]

Are you hallucinating ?

[@APW-ry2ok]

Give Russia nothing but a bill for all the damage they have done in Ukraine and demand the return of the kidnapped children. Where are the leaders with a moral compass and spines ???? NATO should widen the buffer zone all round Ukraine to an equal depth of the north.

[@stigsimo]

yes run vladimir,run vladimir. we find you

[@grisall]

Trade 20% of your country for two membership cards? What a deal ! !

[@MrDookieDan]

This chap is the first person I've heard to on The Times podcast who's analysis is based in reality.

[@midimusicforever]

Putin is indeed very desperate!

[@antoinedoinel153]

Uh oh, wouldn’t want to be Putin right now…

[@severn77]

Excellent analysis

[@johnmaclean5429]

Why does he feel that way about Kamala? You just can't say she won't get another 61 billion without saying why.

[@thinkerly1]

Ivan, study ingrish

[@LoricSwift]

Yeah it was an odd statement - with nothing to back it up. If you are going to make a claim please back it up with you evidence, or at least your reasoning.

[@chromatec4311]

Agreed - he seems overly supporting of Boris and Trump.

[@Calidore1]

He probably thinks that 61bn wont be a political option at the start of her time and then the war will be slowing down.

[@ieyasumcbob]

We saw how Ukraine's previous security deals, after giving up their nukes, left them.

[@phil19654]

All the time in the world

[@davidcpugh8743]

$300 billion Russian assets is one huge bargaining chit along with a chunk of Russian land. Especially if Putin no longer in charge?

[@keewng]

I spoken to a Russian Oligarch about life with trillions of Rubbles who quite happily admitted amongst Russian Oligarchs their children, wives and mistresses could live like Tsars and as regards Putin, Oligarch would ensure Putin sacrificed his life first before triggering Nuclear weapons against UK

[@lornabambeni3777]

I hope and pray you are 💯 correct 🙏

[@malcolmbirkett1347]

Comrade I don't believe you 😊

[@chromatec4311]

I don't think Putin will see things that way!

[@chrisperry3430]

Unrestricted missile use would be an effective defence,

[@Interglacial_optimist]

Actually responding slowly to the kursk invasion only makes the ukrainians have to maintain that distribution supply chain through winter.. Same thing moscow did to napoleon... Maybe you can read about it in one of those books behind you.

[@philipmain5701]

The logistic supply line from Kyiv to Kursk is far shorter than from Moscow to the same area never mind Paris in the early 1800s and never mind the German supply lines during WWII. Thankfully the SU during WWII received US lend lease.

[@Interglacial_optimist]

@@philipmain5701 Having to maintain the supply line.Is the problem in february during an arctic clipper

[@rendcorenderinglimited2072]

Putin is running out steam dealing with Mongolia North Korea !!

[@VusiH]

"Don't interrupt your enemy while they're making a big mistake!" - why is this not said to be a possibility why Russia is not throwing troops into Kursk!? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤔

[@xornxenophon3652]

Probably because Russia suffers from the incursion at Kursk and does not gain much benefit somewhere else? Even conquering Pokrovsk would not change that much.

[@mylessalmon2569]

Putin is focused on Ukraine. He pretends that Kurst is not a problem.

[@Realist369]

@@xornxenophon3652😂😂😂pokrovsk is vital to the existing line

[@VusiH]

@@xornxenophon3652 Every commentator i've listened to says Pokrovks is a VITAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN THE DONBAS!

[@Pewter941]

I'll believe it when I see it

[@barriewilliams4526]

Why, you going over there😂

[@abbottone]

Moscow; winters coming.

[@jefo2405]

I seriously thought at first glance it said "Putin smells of desperation as he runs out of cruicial time to achieve war crimes" Hello Freud old friend!

[@alexmurphy4172]

You have no idea what you are talking about, small Russia has lost 600,000 men, check the demographic profile. There is no future for Russia

[@olehlomaha79]

Putin propaganda what you doing here? 500-600000 it’s rassians lost . Ukraine in defence position always normal difference it’s 1 to 3-4. So if Ukraine lost 600000 then rassians 2 million lost? Are you ok ???

[@andywilson6695]

I find the comments at the end of the interview quite ridiculous. The EU, Norway and the UK have provided about 51.58bn in military aid according to the kiel institute, that is exactly the same amount as the USA. When Humanitarian aid is included in these figures, Europe leads the field by a mile with over 110bn allocated so far, compared to 75bn for the USA. European countries don't spend anywhere near as much of their GDP on military compared with the USA (which also has a higher GDP to start with), meaning that the European effort is much greater when compared to our abilities.

[@VorbildRoß]

Glory to Ukraine! If I was a Russian mother I would be having sleepless nights. I doubt that the standard of living is brilliant in a lot of the country and I would be wondering what my family would gain out of this war? Food prices are increasing since the start of it and some medications have disappeared.

[@skibo3522]

Zelenskyy still has to much Ruzzian Legacy Minded Officials in both the Military and Government. He just dodged a huge bullet by rethinking his head of the Drone Division. Between this and brief, 'Photo Ops' like Kursk, Long Range Access will NOT overcome such deficiencies. Thanks for the Post.

[@thomasmoll4884]

Question: how many times has Donnie full throated spoken out against Putins SMO (war) against Ukraine? He has never spoken out. This (pun intended) really says a lot about Donnie.

[@mylessalmon2569]

Kurst has nothing to do with the eastern front.

[@thinkerly1]

You mis-spelled Kursk. K on the end. Wrong. Draws troops away from the eastern front. Already 30 thousand.

[@mylessalmon2569]

@@thinkerly1 The peoples republic of Kursk. The operation does not draw troops from the east. Are you complaining that a large force is being used in a Russian area?

[@mylessalmon2569]

@@thinkerly1 In Kurst, Ukraine controls 1300km2, 100 settlements, and the main railroad. Putin doesn't care about Kursk; his eyes are on Ukraine, especially the millions of dollars of resources.

[@rexcandy]

If Putin offered land in Moscow to build a Trump tower Trump would give up Ukraine in a heartbeat

[@MarkGriswold000]

Not so sure, as Putler did not further invade under Trump. Trump DID provide 3500 Javelins, and Obama just drew lines

[@IvanLeonard-b7y]

Wrong. Go watch Trump's appearance on Lex Friedman's podcast yesterday.

[@rtqii]

@@IvanLeonard-b7y You believe what Trump says? Why would you do that?

[@rtqii]

@@IvanLeonard-b7y Were the electric sharks, the ones sent by the Deep State, circling Trump as his interview?

[@Zomby_Woof]

Mind you, Felonious Gump will never set foot in the WH again, not even for an Easter Egg hunt.

[@oorzuis1419]

I do not find myself in agreement with some statements, made by Mr. Tim Willasey Wilsey. I like to add that populist's opinions are best measured by their actions, not by some spin they put out in the ether. It would be dangerous to doubt again on Trump's stand towards Ukraine vs Russia. whatever Johnson says!

[@xornxenophon3652]

We will probably get over that?

[@irenagrant-koch7159]

"Retaliation" is not something the aggressor does, it is what the victim does.

[@CatalystD9]

Pooties tails not up and wagging now .. 🔥🔥🔥🙏💙💛

[@benjaminfalzon4622]

Putin is like a drunken sailor on a ship out at sea, he wreaks the joint, then falls overboard and drowns himself.

[@memirandawong]

Kings College! I've been there. Wish I could say I attended.....

[@plentyofnothing]

Does Times Radio get a royalty for using the word "Times"? Headline's 2nd "Times" should be "Aims" - perhaps I should get out more!

[@Lucy-fq8rj]

He’s gone to Mongolia to convince them to allow the oil pipe to be built between China and Russia. Mongolia said it couldn’t go through their lands recently. That’s a lot of money lost for Russia now they’ve lost most of the European market.

[@hugh8329]

So says Scarface.

[@byrnedes]

Interesting and quite downbeat assessment with a misleading headline.

[@leedwyer161]

Sure, look what happened when the world let Putin keep Crimea

[@FatFrankie42]

*_comment offering for the algorithm gods_*

[@kim-ys2fs]

kursk won advantages for ukraine that pokrovsk never would have (besides there are 2 armies defensive and attacking -kursk=attacking brigades/battalions) Throwing attacking trained men into pokrovsk wouldnt have changed the world's headlines from 'oh dear, another urban area taken/still holding'

[@timmommens901]

🇺🇦🇺🇦✌🇺🇦✌🇺🇦🇺🇦 NAFO 69th Brigade Check the new NAFO Drone Bus

[@hypnophonz]

"Crucial time to achieve war times" makes no sense. Should it read, "Crucial time to achieve war crimes?"

[@danielduesentriebjunior]

Putins visit in Mongolia would be an opportunity getting rid of him.

[@vegas1a]

Many are saying that this was a putler double and that he wouldn't have jumped into the crowds as he did...... Time will tell, but I seriously doubt that he would have made that gamble, the man is in all respects, a Coward.

[@danielduesentriebjunior]

@@vegas1a Why not getting rid of a Putler double?

[@petervanwyngaard4788]

The Gobi is a big place to get lost in , with only a bottle of water and novichok.

[@user-iu5vc5ki8p]

An article in Responsible Statecraft written just before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine criticised American foreign policy. The author was Jack Matlock, a former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, someone who knows his stuff. He writes ″Today we face an avoidable crisis between the United States and Russia that was predictable, willfully precipitated ...‶ According to Matlock ″Vladimir Putin has never threatened to re-absorb the Baltic countries or to claim any of their territories‶ and that ″there would have been no basis for the present crisis if there had been no expansion of the alliance following the end of the Cold War, or if the expansion had occurred in harmony with building a security structure in Europe that included Russia. NATO expansion was the most profound strategic blunder made since the end of the Cold War.‶ In 1997, regarding NATO expansion, Matlock said ″No one is threatening to re-divide Europe‶ then adds ″While there was no reason to enlarge NATO after the Soviet Union recognized and respected the independence of the East European countries, there was even less reason to fear the Russian Federation as a threat‶. Who to believe. Does Matlock express an honest view which has the interests of his country at heart. Or is he mistaken.

[@Zomby_Woof]

What he is saying is simply untrue. Why he is saying it is irrelevant.

[@user-iu5vc5ki8p]

@@Zomby_Woof Do you really think that Jack Matlock a former ambassador to Russia is making it all up. Why don't you do a more careful study of the origins of the war in Ukraine rather than make a preposterous remark.

[@AlexBunda-sn5yn]

The ministers got their cash and may retire now

[@jonymanay]

Time is on Zelenskys side. I dont think that guy even bothered to have elections.

[@Gary_OC]

This man is very insightful.

[@des_smith7658]

Er okay

[@briancase6180]

He strikes me as a Russian asset. "Well, we can't make Putin do anything reasonable, so we just give in." What? WHAT? The current situation is EXACTLY why we created NATO in the first place. Have we gone insane? This guy has.

[@Realist369]

The guy is a fool

[@Interglacial_optimist]

Patriot missiles can shoot down F16 jets.But not iskander missiles. Fyi

[@TheVortex101-l1w]

No NATO for Ukraine,it's as simple as that,,,what did they fail to understand?

[@Zomby_Woof]

Ukraine will be a NATO member, just like Finland and Sweden. Russia has no say in the matter.

[@petehowett2854]

​@@Zomby_WoofOh,THEN YOU HAVE NOT BEEN LISTENING. That HUGE BOOM BOOM NOISE,coming out of UKRAINE,is RUSSIA SPEAKING.When they're done,THERE WILL BE NO NATO FOR UKRAINE.

[@andrewmurray4308]

You need to cut back on your drug intake, Ukraine will need to be under the NATO umbrella to prevent further attacks by Russia in the future .Russia is a terrorist state that cannot live at peace with its surrounding Neighbours. Ukraine is a peaceful country who attacked no one.

[@atrey82]

foolish headline......propagating just opposite of what actuallly is happening.

[@hawklord100]

it is not that difficult to make these Patriot missiles, they are only made to the orders, and apart from Ukraine and israel, these are rarely used except the odd few for training by those who have the missile defence systems.

[@MichaelMarsh-dc4ww]

Kyiv was marrying their queens to the royal houses of France from 950 through 1100.

[@MarkGriswold000]

-and your point?

[@mortenjohansen4120]

Norwegian king Harald Hardrada also married a Kiev - babe in the 10th century

[@zigzag5805]

WE ALL KNOW HOW IT GO'S. WHEN YOU MAKE A PACT WITH THE DEVIL

[@taralown7023]

I've literally only ever heard 1 Kings college "analyst' who has a clue. It's not this guy. Can we get better analysts who actually know what they are talking about

[@volkris]

It sounds like he misinterpreted Trump's rhetoric while Boris Johnson heard it the way it's more correctly understood. He sees a gulf between what he understood Trump said versus what Johnson said and what history shows, but really the source of that gulf is the misunderstanding. Trump's audience would not have understood him to have said that he was going to betray Ukraine. This guy just doesn't understand the audience that Trump was addressing and how they would have understood his language.

[@MistyRiley308]

Without strong and fast support from the west, the war remains attritional then the time is on Russian side. Although Russia will be severely weakened, but it will outlast Ukraine. When Ukraine runs out man power, western aid won’t make much difference. Putin knows that and bet on it. Plus American election result may help Putin. Even if not, post Biden WH is predictable, Putin has already gained experience to handle them in the past 2 yrs. So, as matter of fact, Zelenskyy should be under more pressure to finish the war sooner than later.

[@visiblethought]

I would not assume Trump will reverse his isolationism when push comes to shove. Certainly Putin must be praying for Trump’s election-might be critical to his survival. Assuming he plays Trump to his advantage-I would prepare for a period of policy chaos. Even if Trump does a full embrace of NATO consensus at the 11th hour.

[@bertnijhof5413]

The wining German support of the war might have to do more with the refusal of Ukraine to hand over the Ukrainian divers, that did blow up the Nord Stream pipeline.

[@malcolmbirkett1347]

Everything is negotiable 😊

[@ja1756]

A dreadful evil monster

[@bobflatman278]

Russia has move some of their missiles units under the command of artillery units.

[@docbogus6128]

To that stale idea that Trump says one thing and does another, regarding Ukraine, I say BS. And I say remember Helsinki.

[@CalRapz]

Can’t rely on the weather because of climate change 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@craigramsay9588]

Away with the faires

[@tomf4087]

No. Wrong. It's a world problem, not just a European problem.

[@Realist369]

But the world supports RF outside gayto

[@jamesrichardson1326]

The EU needs to pony up their share. I'm all for USA carrying some of the burden, but by not chipping in, you're playing into MAGA bologna.