Russia abandons battalion tactical groups | Ukraine: The Latest | Podcast

Day 279. Today, Kyiv braces for more Russian strikes on infrastructure, we analyse the latest remarks on the invasion from Pope Francis, and discuss the extraordinary story of the Zambian student who was killed on the front lines in Ukraine, fighting for Russia.
We also speak to Orysia Lutsevych, Head @CHUkraineForum at Chatham House in London, about NATO and the war, Russia’s proxy use of NGOs and contemporary Ukrainian politics.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @DJKnowles22 on Twitter.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on Twitter.
With thanks to Orysia Lutsevych, @Orysiaua on Twitter.
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[@lenardegreen]

The poetic justice of Ukraine beating up Russia . . . sweet!

[@truthfinder7064]

Where and when did Ukraine beat up Russia?

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

Kherson Kharkiv Kiev Severodonetsk Azovstal The dnieper river crossing The moskva Snake island Social media Public opinion

[@mrouncervideos2905]

Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ♥️! Thay will win!

[@davidelliott5843]

Zambia gained independence in 1964. That’s two whole generations ago. Why are they still incapable of running a reasonable government?

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

Not as easy done as said. So much we take for granted. Functional government is a herd fight for people. It requires unity. Tribalism is the African curse. No ammount of money or war can change it. They have to. Same thing that causes the arab world to not thrive. The sunni shia split is their Tribalism. They always betray one another....

[@Cotictimmy]

The reports of the Zambian student's ideological fervour for Russia causing him to volunteer to fight in Ukraine would be more convincing if he hadn't been in a Russian prison for 2 years.

[@myshepspud1]

Wouldn't be surprised though. Am South African and the general mood of black people is hypocritally anti UK that gave basically our entire railway system that made us a modern nation schools etc etc because of Colonialism but let the Chinese rape their land resources jobs. All the corrupt dictatorships because they line our hypocritical elite government while talk of communist ideology. I can recognize Russian Propaganda so well backwards because the ruling ANC government are masters at twisting facts manipulating people etc for many years taught by the Russians. It always amazes me they have no moral qualms on the matter of Ukraine just bring up Iraq and "2 sides to the story". Those are the educated ones the rest don't care because it's European. Very different tune when expecting aid.

[@markb8468]

Interesting. I haven't done any research on this man.

[@robbiemitchell1601]

I do not think that being in a Russian prison for two years is necessarily a blot on one's character. There is at least the possiblility that it is the reverse. I believe that it is true to say that many people that live in a cushioned society, as one finds in Europe and the British Isles don't have a realistic perspectiove on autocratic regimes. Being sent to prison in Russia is not equivalent to being sent to prison in the UK.

[@RobBCactive]

Who listens to the Moskal fascists? They simply have no credibility.

[@jamesmain_email6969]

@@robbiemitchell1601 I think the point raised about prison may hand been based on Russian orisons used to reprogrammed people to support the Russian ideals. Not that he was a criminal . I may be wrong. Just a thought. A Possible nothing more

[@nnochacalistus2340]

Good podcast, keep it up. Love from Witten, NRW, Germany

[@camckenzie]

Slava Ukrainii!! 🇺🇦 Heroam Slava!!

[@maggiemay3520]

🤮

[@alistairgibbons7342]

Orysia Lutsevych explained the Ukraine better to me at least than anyone else so far... keep it up Telegraph

[@thomus4548]

Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!

[@Strelnikov10]

Glory to the heroes that launder our stolen tax dollars for the global elite and our technocratic overlords!

[@superiorbeing95]

🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@united24ongoogleforukraine12]

Hey, there is the world platform by Zelenskyy the United24. On KZbin Google etc... 🇺🇦

[@robbiemitchell1601]

As a South African, what I find ironic about the Zambian student, is that he cited anti colonial sentiments about going to fight for a colonial power in a colonial war. Western journalists and commentators need to make much more of this strained reasoning. See this war for what it is, a colonial war of aggression and conquest. Allied to the Zambian student's sentiments, is the conflation of the Russian Federation with the Soviet Union. One hears many South African commentators, who support Russia, citing as justification, "Russia's" support for the liberation movements. The idea that Ukraine was part of the USSR, seems to be totally lost. The Zambian student could hardly have had any military training. He was clearly just sent to the frontlines as cannon fodder. One's sympathy goes to him and his family. He was clearly just a worthless pawn in the hands of the Kremlin. African people should take note.

[@RobBCactive]

Prigozhin denied the existence of Wagner Group earlier in the year. What he said just sounded like self serving Raschist 💩💩 The USSR caused many wars in the 3rd world, using people for their own purposes

[@Comm0ut]

My sympathy is for Ukrainian victims of Russia, not its hired barbarians who when at home prefer panga parties to building a safe, free democracy. If a volunteer comes back in a bag he won't threaten innocent fellow Africans. If one comes back with combat experience he'll be another tool of local oppression and banditry. The Soviet Union did immense damage to Africa by not genuinely supporting "liberation" but rather the despot du jour. Soviet weapons will be killing Africans for another century. It's horrible...

[@narendra62]

It's an old marriage of convenience between African despots and the Soviet Union. Blame everything on Colonialism. It works as Africa likes to blame everyone but itself.

[@DogeickBateman]

Abolishing Apartheid in SA was a goddamn mistake

[@RedRocket4000]

@@narendra62 A problem latin America also has. Population keeps falling for the blame outsiders for everything while they steel the country blind.

[@CeilingDeskFan]

I love it every time I hear Boris on the intro!

[@carolwilliams8511]

Yes. Wish he was still pm.

[@linmal2242]

@@carolwilliams8511 I do too. Did the UK press destroy him and for what; did he not comply with their wishes?

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

He partied while forcing citizens to remain separated and isolated. Rules for thee but not for me... Like all of them.

[@supertuscans9512]

He was ruined and destroyed by Princess Nut-Nut.

[@israelsilva9750]

Great show! I'm listening from Amsterdam!

[@hmmcinerney]

The real prospect of Ukraine joining NATO is I believe a game changer and well deserved. As a European I’d feel safer with Ukrainians on our side. 🇺🇦

[@youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850]

Now it's the West that could use a 'buffer-state' to absorb an attack. Iron Dome - Iron Curtain - on the way with Ukraine inside the dome.

[@RobBCactive]

Russia should have demanded it! They could sleep safer in Moscow

[@hmmcinerney]

@@RobBCactive Yes because Putin would be hogtied by NATO, both Russians and Ukrainians WOULD be safer from his megalomania

[@youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850]

@@RobBCactive Not anymore.

[@samsungtap4183]

By the time this is over there may not be a Ukraine !

[@rrr9308]

I enjoyed it. Keep up the good work. Thumbs up.

[@georgemacdonell2341]

I love how Ukrainian women don't mince words, it's refreshing.

[@kazupemaruta6990]

Amazing, isn't it. I too do not usually mince words. Men, possibly Western, tend to back away without turning.

[@kazupemaruta6990]

Like from me.

[@Conn30Mtenor]

More Orysia Lutsevych!!

[@brandonmcheyenehoward1077]

The longer range missiles are essential to control the invaders supply lines to the front

[@Strelnikov10]

What an astute observations, Eisenhower.

[@A2Z1Two3]

If the long range missiles were given earlier, many Ukrainian lives could have been saved , as well as saving infrastructure . A ‘ stitch in time…..’

[@Strelnikov10]

@@A2Z1Two3 If the US hadn't pushed to expand NATO to the east and hadn't orchestrated a coup to overthrow Ukraine's duly elected president in 2014, many Ukrainian lives could have been saved, as well as saving infrastructure. Dumba$$

[@12flame21]

@@Strelnikov10 if russia would respect the borders of other countries, a lot of chechens, georgians, afghans, syrians, ukrainians, russians... would life instead rotting in a grave or elsewhere. russia is NOT ussr!

[@RyanBrown-nx8dw]

All that money and u can't match the russian shovel🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cenccenc946]

To understand the Pope, look at how Argentina has supported Russia and Putin in this war, both explicitly and implicitly. There is an extreme left in Argentina, with strong communist ties to the USSR to this day. As recently as the late 90s, they were flying "communist" in Argentina and Chile to russia to be trained by the KGB, even after the USSR had imploded. Those ties are alive and well in latin america.

[@samsungtap4183]

Why in hell wouldn't they be, what has the collective west done for central and sth America. Many countries have the same GDP they had a hundred years ago !

[@FirstNations57]

@@samsungtap4183why the hell should the “collective West help South and Central America”? Let them work hard for the free money they so much want from the West”.

[@RichardTaylor1630]

@@samsungtap4183 What obligation does the "collective West" have to babysit or subsidize central and southern America? After helping those nations gain their independence from Spain and Portugal, why should not those nations develop by themselves? To the extent that they might follow policies of economic freedom, they wouldn't need help. So long as the West was doing normal business with Venezuela, it was the richest country in Latin America. Once the Commies took over (Chaves/Maduro), everything went to hell. The place has been on the verge of mass starvation at times. Is that somehow the fault of the "collective West," or of Marxism and the Russian "advisors" who helped Chaves/Maduro maintain power.

[@frankcienciala3328]

Also remember that the Pope Francis is a self declared communist and Russophile

[@supertuscans9512]

Why has it got anything to do with the collective West? If the various governments and their populations are incompetent, then they’re incompetent. End of story.

[@frankcienciala3328]

A must listen to for anyone interested in the broader picture of the Ukranian - Russian issue. Most interesting. Frank C, Adelaide, Australia

[@RyanBrown-nx8dw]

I can't believe people watch this🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@salassian3162]

I simply love the Telegraph's wide ranging coverage of Ukraine. Not just the comings and goings of the war but culture and so on. It's always so interesting, your Ukraine: the Latest podcasts. Bravi!

[@zedeyejoe]

The problem is that Russian BTG are just too small. They cannot survive in a heavy combat environment, which is what the Russian invasion of Ukraine is. Take casualties and they become 'combat ineffective'. They have no troops spare to maintain rear area security, so artillery get attacked with no one to protect them. Supply convoys get ambushed and destroyed. BTGs were a way for Russia to fight wars on the cheap, against weak enemies. What Russia needs is some divisions. A 1970's Russian tank division had 8,000 men (as opposed to 800 in a BTG), with 325 tanks (more than the entire British army has these days) and 90 infantry combat vehicles. That can dish out and take punishment. But Russia will never get its act together before this war is over.

[@truthfinder7064]

And by not getting their act together they already own more than 30%of Ukraine in only 9 months. Imagine they get their act together😁

[@mivapusa]

9 months to take 30% of a neighbouring, weaker nation? Not exactly an achievement I'd want to sing from the rooftops. Germany took all of France in less.

[@zedeyejoe]

@@mivapusa Now down to 15% of Ukraine.

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

How much territory has russia lost since September? Kherson forever.....🤣😅🖕

[@supertuscans9512]

The whole of the South of Ukraine fell due to Russian sympathetic agents working in both local civil government structures, the Ukrainian defence organisations and military intelligence. They have been dealt with in a rather effective manner.

[@carolinejohnson985]

I really felt for those who haven't had the knowledge of having multiple streams of income at this century

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[@garelaxa1079]

I'm from spain, have been an investor in the crypto market for over 2 years

[@clenxa9779]

Congratulations for the interview

[@1k20a]

holy cow some great info in this show today, that whole china thing is very sad as more ukraine die,

[@RyanBrown-nx8dw]

They just can't match those tusdian shovels

[@roseblue3368]

Incredible zelensky and ukraine!!!!! And Orysia is brilliant no one i have heard yet has explained ukraine and its relation with russia better amazing

[@ChuckAmadi]

That relationship is done and dusted for a decade or so. Ukraine will rise from the ashes and their brain storming traits, innovation, and will become a vanguard for European success, including the West Transatlantic Community. The future is bright the future is Slava Ukrain 🇺🇦

[@RichardTaylor1630]

@@ChuckAmadi Maybe I missed something, but I didn't hear Oyrsia say that the "relationship" between Ukraine and Russia was a friendly one. Unless the Russian people rise up and throw out Putin and all of his kleptoracist/nationalist thugs, and replace them with some normal (if not brilliant) leadership that has the sense to apologize profoundly for the nightmare that the Russian state has imposed on Ukraine, Russia will continue to be viewed as a pariah by the civilized world, and most of all by Ukrainians.

[@ashcarrier6606]

I think a big flaw in the BTG concept is that the things are brittle. It doesn't take a lot of equipment loss to render them ineffective. I saw one Stugna-P team take down like 4 T-72s in less than five minutes. That's one platoon.

[@sirxavior1583]

The fundamental issue is Russia lacks well trained professional infantry. 50% of the Russian army are conscripts with a smaller number of professional soldiers. A BTG was an attempt to group the few number of professional soldiers they have with armor available into some kind of consolidated unit. The Russian army will always be a Tank heavy formation with very few infantry or a large number of poorly trained conscripts to protect the tanks.

[@ashcarrier6606]

@SirXavior They don't provide a wage that makes putting 20 years in as an enlisted man enticing. I drove through a Russian military area near St. Petersburg, 23 years ago. It was a straight up ghetto.

[@richierich1470]

Ukraine is with us Freedom NATO Must give everything they ask for they are Freedom we are Freedom Democracy.

[@jlf5072]

Thanks for another interesting broadcast. That hour went really quickly.

[@rollandchapin5308]

Any unit will fail with out competent Leadership, most telling as they have no NCO's

[@stephensipe5405]

Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) is always problematic. For RussIans, using confirmed equipment “destroyed”, subtracting 1/3RD only as abandoned equipment, then multiplying by crew numbers, I get 56,000 Russian KIAs. This does not count attacks on pure Infantry Units and Depots. It is not in conceivable the total Russian KIAs are closer to 88,000. Remember, Russians do not count Wagner Group and Chechnyans as part of their KIA totals. WIA totals could exceed 200,000.

[@Comm0ut]

Agreed. Fortunately the West has BDA assessment capabilities dwarfing the (excellent) commercial satellite providers. Russian systems can be tracked from their base to destination and software can supplement or replace the Mark 1 Eyeball of human imagery specialists. Abandoned equipment implies many crew egressed on foot. Those interested can poke about Telegram channels as mass media are so heavily censored. Russian troops are often cold and too lethargic to dodge dropped grenades. They fail to prepare overhead cover, a basic soldier task since the WWI era to avoid being seen then struck. They often leave their buddies for the dogs. WIA care for survivors won't come close to Western standards while malnourished exhausted troops are vulnerable to disease. Russian field sanitation is terrible with trash and spoil highlighting their trenches from a distance.

[@RedRocket4000]

@@Comm0ut Considering the Russian strength in WWII of digging in this Russian army a pale shadow of those forces and all it's leadership fault.

[@stephensipe5405]

@@RedRocket4000 The is what happens with a culture of kleptocracy. It breeds the ultimate ME generation.

[@patriotPatriot-mf1cb]

350.000 killed 200.000 wounded 50.000 missing Russians Ukrainians lost 3500

[@woodytobiasjr8265]

Dream on.

[@ruperttristanblythe7512]

Klitschko v Putin in a straight fight to decide it

[@markpezenosky5592]

Judo vs boxer

[@brigitte2217]

Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇩🇪

[@maggiemay3520]

🤮

[@Crucian1]

The Pope putting his foot in it? Surely not!!!

[@markb8468]

Yea maybe the Pope and the UN can send a very softly worded letter to Pootler together! That would certainly make a huge difference 🙄

[@Tom_Quixote]

Please switch to metric for distances, weights, etc.

[@johnd2058]

Oh, they're Brits. Just be happy they're not giving us their weight in 'stone.'

[@mitchpeter5718]

@@johnd2058 😂😂

[@tinaxtony]

Absolutely not. Imperial measures in the UK

[@RobBCactive]

It's the Torygraph .. they're pandering to retired right wingers

[@RobBCactive]

@@johnd2058 yanks should compare pints and see who's the short-changed mugs

[@williamwells1862]

Talk about Norway detroying Russia in 30 minutes with their Nukes.

[@keithgbaker]

The BTG system was destroyed very quickly. It creamed off the best of a brigade into a battalion to generate a force, which when destroyed left the Brigade without the leadership and support functions to operate.

[@Comm0ut]

Bingo. The Russian system was built to fail and it's too late to fix. It takes years to build effective officer and NCO corps, and Russia has zero interest in an effective independent-thinking armed force. In contrast US and NATO troops not only function independently but rather enjoy it.

[@keithgbaker]

@@Comm0ut well it was evolved in the small wars on the late 1990s and worked until 2018. But after that the concept was seen to have faults in the South and a more rigid Division structure was adopted in the Southern theatres, which explains the relative success in the south. But even with division formations the lack of officers combined also shortage of technical functions kills force generation capability.

[@alanrogers3162]

Great commentary !!! I recommend that this format be enhanced by Video to put a face on this phenomenal program.

[@philthai99]

Very interesting.

[@thetruthshallsetyoufree1700]

We need to ship diesel generators asap

[@markhurley3461]

Today in the "David McWilliams Podcast" there is a fascinating interview with Investigative Journalist Christo Grozev of Bellingcat on how he identified Russia's remote killers, the civilian men and women, computer programmers, software engineers and data specialists living normal lives in Russia, who actually push the buttons and program the missiles raining down on Ukraine. To get to the interview, skip through to about half way.

[@pynn1000]

Thanks for that - found an under 40 minute version. Grozev starts at 7:30 in this version - possible there may be different "cuts".

[@RobBCactive]

That was reported about a month ago in the Guardian 😁 Hilarious if Telegraph has taken so long to catch up

[@markhurley3461]

@@RobBCactive It may very well have been reported prior to this. I only heard the interview on the McWilliams podcast today. I have no affiliation with any of the parties involved. I would have thought we are all in this community together.

[@johnd2058]

Please give us a little more on order-of-battle stuff like the BTG's end.

[@zedeyejoe]

Russia BTG is basically a battalion (tank or infantry) with a variety of attached units. Tank battalion would get a company of infantry (and vice versa), a battalion of artillery (they are very artillery heavy), an air-defence platoon, engineer squad... But one problem noted is the battalion HQ has to control all these extra units, they don't get any more resources to help them.

[@johnd2058]

@@zedeyejoeThanks, but I knew that already, being what used to be called a "SCUD spud" back when I was a schoolboy reading every paper on Desert Shield & Storm. Now, I was in the service back when SECDEF Rumsfeld advocated moving to BCTs, and out by the time he proved to be right. My guess is the Ruskies saw this and decided to do one better. Of course, they went too far, especially with Putin seeing what having a few could do and ignoring any warnings that it'd be impractical to do a whole army like that. Sensibly, I don't expect any broad-scope news outlet to get so far into such stories that I'd be fully satisfied. However, I'd just appreciate a little more here to tide me over until, say, Battle Order gets to digest it properly.

[@HighPower762]

@@johnd2058 The difference is pretty simple and it's a function of numbers. A BTG is 3 times as small as an American BCT. The problem with the BTG in practice is that it lacks the infantry support to protect itself. It also tries to be all things at once, well doing none of them very well.

[@johnd2058]

@@HighPower762 I know (though thanks for the reminder on the infantry deficiency), it's just a matter of describing the transition... though I imagine it's all _ad hoc_ for now.

[@grahamelliott9506]

@9:13 let freedom ring... at a cost effective price point!!

[@vanpacheco3630]

From California, US

[@Afterthoughtbtw]

Re: Pope's comments - if I want moral advice, the very last person I'd go to is a religious leader.

[@RedRocket4000]

Only some religious leaders who are bad. Late but the Pope has done major things against abuse as much as he can as he does not have direct control of the many parts of the Catholic Church. Pope decides stuff and hopefully the boards that actually control under a Bishop or similar will follow his wishes but they are not legally required to. In significant part this from centuries ago when the Church had Armies and controlled central Italy. Countries did not want the Catholic church as a whole to control anything in their countries so insisted on local control of each chunk in their country.

[@fizzknit9446]

Second to last would be Krill, (the Kill) the Russian Orthodox bishop of Moscow

[@RichardTaylor1630]

As bad as the Commie Pope Francis is, Patriarch Kuril is ten times worse. Imagine -- a KGB apparatchik running a major denomination. Under him, it has become a demonination. "Kill Ukrainians, get free pass into heaven." Sure. That said, there are many great religious leaders outside the Catholic churches, and some within. Under Francis, sadly, they are not running things.

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

The KGB pope....

[@iman7j887]

Saliva Ukraine

[@constantgardener19]

As always, a fine podcast - but now interrupted literally every five minutes with advertisements.

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

Use brave as your search engine. No ads, protection and its free.

[@davidelliott5843]

“2911 tanks have been destroyed” does that mean tanks lost to Russia or are the ones Russia “donated” to Ukraine on top of that nearly 3000 wrecks?

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

Different list. Over 500 functional tanks were donated to Ukraine by russia.

[@tarp-grommet]

The war is going to end one day. The longer it lasts the worse the outcome for Russia geopolitically, economically, and internally. Why has Russia not understood this? It really is bizarre.

[@listrahtes]

If russia really conquers Ukraine they will do to them what Stalin did to them. Press any last dollar out of them. Basically enslave them and user their work , lands and industry to support Russia. Don't underestimate Russia's brutality and ability to make that work.

[@innerdinosaur2898]

Slava Ukraini ! Heroyam Slava ! 🇺🇦🦖✊

[@Comm0ut]

Russia is proficient at granular abandonment of many things from armor to its own troops. It couldn't be bothered to casevac!

[@crizz610]

More Howitzers are what will make the difference (ukrainians are saying so themselves, Himars help but are slow to reload after 6-12 shots (and by the looks of the antonovskiy bridge they dont do THAT much damage, just precise)... In this kind of war they need more guns and shells to break up defences with no navy in the black sea. Unless someone loans them a small fleet with at least a cruiser that Turkey won't blockade.

[@Comm0ut]

The damage was sufficient but not dramatic. The cure for low volume of PGM fires is more PGM, of course including tube arty but also missiles, rockets, and UAS and other delivery systems. In contrast Russian arty doctrine reflects poor accuracy and is terribly inefficient.

[@zedeyejoe]

I am told that a HIMARS takes 3 minutes to reload. Missiles are packed into a container and the HIMARS has its own lifting arm to pick the container up and slot it into place. US already given Ukraine 800,000 155mm artillery shells and Eastern European countries are donating (Russian standard) 152mm and 122mm shells. Lots going on behind the scenes which is not being talked about.

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

Russia donated over 30 tons of ammo to Ukraine since October... The old guns keep firing. But accuracy is not stellar. The M777's are already wearing out. 800,000 rounds is nothing. Less than 2 days on average. I certainly hope lots more guns and ammo are headed to Ukraine. Lots of things are not bragged about or mentioned. They just show up on the battle field.

[@RyanBrown-nx8dw]

Hold on. I thought the Russians were incompetent and just had shovels... why do u dumb ukranians need howitzer?

[@RyanBrown-nx8dw]

@@zedeyejoe is that wat cnn told u? 🤣

[@capemorning2451]

Can I get a timestamp please

[@sirxavior1583]

The BTG concept is great for an insurgency conflict as it provides a lot of firepower against low armed combatants. Against a well armed combatant it just fails.

[@eugenebrown306]

All this for one old man's dreams

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

This is a common misconception. The KGB came up with a plan when the soviet empire was imploding. They took over everything while pretending to allow free market principles to attract investments. They stole everything and attempted to rebuild the military. But they were all KGB. So they stole everything. The russian pope is even KGB. The soviet mafia still rules russia. Putler is only one of thousands. Russia never changes. They expand with brutal imperialism until they implode. Then they regroup and try again.

[@niklaswikholm514]

Cutting TerrorRussian suplies -> Putins END

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

Gog n Magog. But no mention of Putler

[@HighPower762]

@4 Horses It's time to set down the crack pipe and step back, Dude😝!

[@ulfsoderberg2581]

Welcome to Geniuses speculates.

[@jasonpowell6374]

They talk about Russian casualties first. If I were to guess at the feelings and mental attitude of people who do this on air, for the Telegraph, I would say that they are engaging in the following thought process: "Are many Russians dying? I hope there are lots of Russians dying. Then Ukraine will win. Can there be more Russians dying, please? I want Ukraine to win." This isn't news, it's the most pitiful mind-over-matter praying for an end to the war. These broadcasts are pure wind. The war could end quite swiftly, if people got realistic. Journalists have given up on the truth, and honest thinking.

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

Yep, Russia could go home.

[@supertuscans9512]

I have to disagree, I have an insatiable appetite for watching the endless videos on Telegram of Russians frying in their tanks.

[@jasonpowell6374]

@@supertuscans9512 I think that the British public share your enthusiasm for 'watching' tanks burning. Watch, and think 'good' thoughts. That is all they do. That is what the Telegraph's journalism is. It's not honest, and it's definately not News.

[@xtrajently]

In my opinion, it’s quite baseless to allege that the Zambian students drug conviction, was a result of shady practices of russian police. It’s definitely something they do very often, however there is also a massive problem of drug dealing by African(and other) emigrants in Russia. Without knowing the specifics of the case, I wouldn’t take upon myself to claim in any direction.

[@johntynan8161]

Well why are we skirting around the fact the student was a drug dealer?

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

Not pertinent

[@HighPower762]

@@VajrahahaShunyata Exactly!And it sounds like they were trumped up charges anyway.

[@billlets5460]

The word struggle seems to be a theme for reporters, America struggles to do this and that--no, America struggles with time not timing.

[@youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850]

Thanks for not showing gratuitous pictures.

[@Cubamara]

takes many months to train soldiers on weapon platforms.

[@mike758]

Listing empires that stole from people they conquer while leaving out England is peak english tone deafness

[@supertuscans9512]

The British however were smart enough to realise that the age of empires was over with the advent of Semtex, and remorphed it’s influence via the Commonwealth which in effect is Colonialism without Colonialism. It’s been a rather brilliant strategy.

[@douglasbrislinger664]

I have heard much about assistance to Ukraine to fight a very very deadly war, that neither side will want to give in. Mr Putin is very stubborn and this is bad. I hope that peace talks will be on going to a definite end of peace like we have never known it before.

[@ChuckAmadi]

Ukraine will negotiate peace, when their Territories are liberated. Putin Regime want to freeze this conflict and keep their gains. One possibility is that the Crimean Automanious Government that resides in Kiev can continue as before and let the local Tatars run their affairs and hold a referendum if they want to continue a relationship with Russia. Dombass Region, will be void of Separatists when it's liberated. If and when the Crimean Peninsula and Dombass Regions are Ukrainian, we will see how the Russian Orcs take this big L. Sevastopol Naval Base will be the catalyst and I can't see how Putin's Regime explain the possibility of losing access and Ukrainian Crimea.

[@RichardTaylor1630]

Putin is indeed the "end of peace" so long as he remains alive. He has gone from being a selective murderer (polonium etc.) to the ranks of mass murder, trying to compete with Hitler.

[@maggiemay3520]

Mr Putin stubborn 🤦the west is extremely childish

[@douglasbrislinger664]

@@maggiemay3520 yes I agree that the West is very immature and unresponsible these days. Arnold Schwarzenegger said it best, oh that's just another girly man. He did say that in a show that I watched one day years ago. I believe he was governor of California and it was recorded but he got away with it because he was so muscular and popular.

[@supertuscans9512]

Why on earth would anyone want peace talks when the Russian military is being degraded by the hour? Not only is it beneficial but the videos of it happening are highly entertaining.

[@johnheigis83]

"We...", who love life, responsible liberty, accountability, no borders or boundaries, happiness, living the art of kindness; and, serving our "duty", to set loose, every deadly beast within us, to keep it thus...!...?????? ... (I.e., WW-2, Slavery, Ignorance, Fear...).! "We...", has no borders or boundaries...!...???? ...Semper Fidelis...!!!!....

[@Balmorax]

Guys, where's the video? All I got is a flag...

[@juliec5309]

It's a podcast

[@mivapusa]

Works perfect for me, I got video and everything ;)

[@HighPower762]

@@mivapusa There really isn't a video. Just a background and an audio track. Although actual video of the interview participants would be interesting.

[@KirbyDog]

Uh, the sound of one of the speakers's mobile devices repeatedly vibrating is...unprofessional.

[@supertuscans9512]

It’s receiving live feed from listeners during the live broadcast.

[@howardfernandes2657]

I guess anyone naive enough to visit Russia can't complain when they end up in prison for 9 years. Don't nuclear physicists do ANY research before choosing where to study?

[@ChuckAmadi]

Some folk love a challenge... Absolutely nuts in my opinion, whatever research he did, wasn't sufficient enough and its cost him his life.

[@howardfernandes2657]

@@ChuckAmadi I'm only looking at a screenshot of his life but I am struggling to see anything positive.

[@hunterpayne6167]

FYI the bridges in the former Soviet Union support 50 tons and Abraham weights 60 tons. That was very intentional in the USSR and continued to this day only because 50 ton bridges became the standard in the former Soviet republics. Leopard or K1 would bet better choices for Ukraine as they are 50 ton MBTs.

[@Comm0ut]

NATO bridging equipment can sort that and if both tanks are sent then used appropriately the combined firepower would have greater effect. Where tank weight is an issue they can be used defensively until opportunity offers itself. US forces crossed Euphrates and other rivers with little fuss. It's a solved problem if the right systems are sent.

[@BaronVonHobgoblin]

Do the "military analysts" on this podcast pay any attention to trends within military affairs? Its unfathomable the analyst (around 8:00) fails to notice any of the media created by Western Military Think Tanks regarding "Near Pear Conflict"? Since before the Ukraine Invasion there was a shift in the western militaries away from smaller COIN-focused formations (BCTs) back towards the traditional Division. In short, I wish to observe that the Western Military is way ahead of this podcast's speculative "military analyst". Not to say that the individual battles in Ukraine will not be studied in great detail, they will be, however I must point out that "Big Army" principles, such as those related to task-organizing a Field Army, remain constant through time - despite what many modern civilian "military analysts" often claim. The fact the podcast itself can't seem to connect its own claim of "Russia losing" to Russia's designs of its military formations would be amusing were it not such an egregious, purposeful, oversite in the podcast's own education regarding universal military matters, let alone the military situation in Ukraine!

[@eddiel7635]

Bore off

[@234cheech]

ITL BE ALL ABOUT THE DRONES

[@branscombeR]

Delivered from some imagined height of lofty superior knowledge. Poor spelling, old-fashioned capitalisation, rambling argument, non-native sentence construction, quasi-military terms not explained, contempt for the expertise of others ... bears all the hallmarks of propaganda.... R (Australia)

[@BaronVonHobgoblin]

@@branscombeR 😂😂😂

[@BaronVonHobgoblin]

@@234cheech no, drones are not the alpha and omega of modern warfare. They are simply a new tool added to the existing mix.

[@RaLLenheimer]

pls ... dont say "aehmm" so often , besides that ... i love your podcast !

[@nightstorm9128]

Russia has lost between 10 to 12 thousand troops so far"..Ukraine has lost over 100 thousand..

[@ED-es2qv]

One reason the US should be trying to avoid sending our planes or tanks, is that any which get destroyed will hurt international sales. Right now, Russian hardware looks weak in comparison. It can only hurt that impression when the inevitable losses occur. Another reason is to avoid our enemies getting copies of our best stuff. Don’t also forget that most bridges and roads in Ukraine are not able to hold the heaviest tank in the world. It isn’t simply just send mechanics.

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

We have thousands of mothballed Bradleys they can have. Cobras too. Fully functioning and ready to go. They sit in the desert in storage

[@supertuscans9512]

Well the fact is that Ukraine has been the most effective showroom that the west’s armaments manufacturers could have hoped for. Both the Chinese and Indian militaries will be very nervous about how much ( now clearly defunct) military equipment they possess, even if it’s home produced variants.

[@listrahtes]

The Zambian was just one of many prisoners being misled about his role in the war.They don't know that they are used as cheap cannonfodder. Funny to put out that colonial statement when Wagner is the prime example of colonial agression. But I wouldn't prejudice on his prison sentence. There are definitely drug dealers from Africa and he could have been very well been arrested as a drug dealer.

[@Roedygr]

please put yyyy-mm-dd at the start of the podcast.

[@leonardgmiller8924]

To many adds please cut some out

[@linmal2242]

Best Sitreps - Denys Davydov - www.youtube.com/@DenysDavydov

[@billgoodman7403]

The USA army calls these "battalion tactical groups" combined arms units. In ww2 these groups were called COMBAT TEAMS, they were highly effective for the USA, in ww2 in the battle of "THE BULGE", a single combat team and the 82 airborne were able to stop an entire german panzer(tank) army(about 500,000 german troops)!!!! THE PROBLEM: RUSSIAN ARMAMENTS ARE SO INFERIOR TO NATO ARMS, A SOVIET EQUIPED ARMY HAS LITTLE CHANCE OF DEFEATING A USA NATO FORCE. Stalin use an unlimied source of manpower to defeat the germans, putjn does not have an ulimited source of manpower!!! THE DRAFT TURNS THE POPULATION AGINST ANY WAR, THE USA CAN FIGHT 10 TO 20 YEAR WARS WITHOUT OPPOSITION FROM CONGRESS OR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC BECAUSE THE USA HAS A PROFESSIONAL ARMY AND DOES NOT DRAFT ANYONE!!! THE MORE PUTIN DRAFTS RUSSIANS THE GREATER THE OPPOSITION WILL BE AGINST HIM: PUTIN IS IN A NO WIN SITUATION HE SHOULD NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT GIVE BACK ALL TERITORY AND KEEP THE CRIMERIA.

[@brombo00]

No mention of the battle for Bakhmut. I wonder why?

[@DogeickBateman]

This was from several days ago, the podcasts are YT releases of their main posts on their site

[@RedRocket4000]

Small incremental gains in a effort that has taken most of the war and failed to take it not exactly big news.

[@zedeyejoe]

Well its a different subject. But again Ukrainians are doing well at Bakhmut. Russians are trying to advance (and have been doing so for weeks) and getting slaughtered. Strangely its Russian Wagner group doing most of the attacking, not regular Russian forces.

[@maggiemay3520]

@@zedeyejoe dream on

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

The Bahkmut offense is on month 5. Why talk about it? Oh.... I see... Russia took some non essential land. Talk alot. Over 500 to 600 dead russians a day in Bahkmut. That is 16,000 for dimwitted russians .. Keep winning like that👍

[@united24ongoogleforukraine12]

At the United24 media and fundraising platform we can help inside 🇺🇦 now. Google etc...

[@icemanvamp7433]

Why is Kiev worried about missile strikes? Didn't Russia run out of missiles?

[@wafflesaurus_supreme]

No. Iran agreed to transfer the technology and parts to Russia so they can build their own drones and missiles. Russia is also using S-300 missiles designed for anti-aircraft roles to use in attacks on civilian ground targets. They have lots and lots of those.

[@tomitabratu4422]

✌️💙💛🇺🇲🇬🇧

[@janmorgan7435]

Ukraine needs weapons or we all suffer!! Such senseless act of war,so give them what they need

[@jeffree9015]

Ukraine have been releasing their estimated Russian losses every single day. This isn't news.

[@connsaunders9600]

Shhh - Don't mention the Art looted by the Europeans during the Colonial Wars.

[@supertuscans9512]

Did the third world have any art?

[@davidchou1675]

Pope Francis illustrates perfectly what White Privilege is: It's a mindset that whites are better, that whites "don't do things like that," etc., etc. Liberal or conservative doesn't matter; being white means a certain view of the world -- namely, that whites just must be "right" (after all, it rhymes!)....

[@davidchou1675]

Another great example of White Privilege from this very episode is the bit about The Hermitage holding stolen artwork in secret -- whereas the openly displayed stolen art from all around the world in Western museums are shrugged off as "well we paid for it" even though buying stolen goods is widely recognized as no justification for continued possession. That's what people mean when they say "Whiteness must be destroyed."

[@jays3526]

This is ridiculous

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

Waaa aaaa aaaa😭😭😭😭😪

[@markpezenosky5592]

I think the Catholic Church should just call for peace, not single out groups, this part of the world is the orthodox Christian world not the catholic world other the Ukrainian Catholic Church, I think the pope should call for peace ☮️ stay neutral, not calling out ethic groups , so pope should stay in his lane, call ☎️ for peace ☮️

[@supertuscans9512]

The Russian Orthodox Church has been a Trojan Horse for Russia inside Ukraine. They’ve been raided, busted and will likely become an outlawed organisation in Ukraine. In short the ROC in Ukraine is a busted flush.

[@tazouk101]

😘

[@garethdavies9848]

Very easy NATO shows its balls and

[@sebastianbache8862]

I still have this gut feeling that this no limits partnership between Russia and China has to do with probably a threat to give more powerful weapons to Ukraine Russia would share its miniaturized war heads technology the with the Chinese military. China is driving to achieve this breakthrough but so has been unsuccessful.

[@johnheigis83]

N W Montana, USA

[@jasonpowell6374]

What also grates on me is, I was in Iraq with a British battlegroup. I know how fragile we were, there. At the time, the US commented that 'the British have a single battlegroup on operations in Basra, and nothing else'. That was true, for a city of 2 million people, and tens of thousands of hostile men against us. So, when the MOD makes calm and insightful comments about Russia, I feel shame for Britain. We are commenting in a bold and confident way, and engaging in wishful thinking here, partly because we know that it is very clear, that if British forces are called on to actually Do anything, we are going to be absolutely crushed by events. It's as if, the only power we have, is to put out extremely prejudiced 'war winning journalism', because we have no other means of getting our way, of beating the Russians in Ukraine.

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

Poppycock...

[@thomasprice7893]

Thanks for the pilpul, Jason from England Oblast please keep us updated on the hottest demoralisation and active measures bullshit.

[@jasonpowell6374]

@@thomasprice7893 .. It's like, during Covid 19 lockdowns, the media and the politicians were drawing parallels with the Blitz, and our heroic decision to 'fight the panedemic'. These are the words of people who have forgotten their freedom, their national interest, and who have certainly forgotten what it means to be a military nation. Britain used to be a military nation, with martial values. Now, today, our values are upside down; everyone knows that. But, our martial spirit has become this: commentating from a safe distance, wishful thinking, cowardice, and enjoyment of hearing about casualties and deaths in which we have no stake, and on which all we have spent, is our inflated British tax payer pound - quantitatively eased from thin air pounds, of course. I'm embarrassed by this, and really annoyed by the lack of impartiality. Not to mention, the danger of us all getting blown up soon, for no very good reason, except because we coudn't stop meddling in other people's business.

[@marisabenson1222]

The pope is insignificant.

[@shoeby9273]

Dakh Daughters is my jam.

[@actionyakson]

For honest non partisan reporting on war in Ukraine watch the Duran with Alex and Alexander. And the new atlas channels

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

No

[@gemellodipriapo]

Russia invades Ukraine in 2022 and this guy talks about the role of the Pope in WWII ... different popes, different times ... use another forum to criticize the Catholic church ... as for current pope's remarks ... nothing he noted was incorrect ... but we all have an opinion and perhaps this journo would like to sympathize with Lavrov. Each to his own ...

[@chrisbryden8102]

First min proved how Ukrainian biased the content was. Didn’t make it past that.

[@ericcooper8173]

Um, um, um, um?

[@time1066]

And nato weapons

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

Yay!

[@matveyshekhtman9781]

invest in ukraine - "the black hole" !

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

We will. They shine in bright defiance to the blackheartedness of moscovite imperialism

[@supertuscans9512]

Certainly seems to be a black hole for the RF. For the the Russians it’s not so much a question of ‘anti-matter’ but more a case of ‘what’s the matter’😂