Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine, UK’s Russian Ambassador appears to admit - BBC Newsnight

In an interview with Newsnight, the Russian Ambassador to the UK appeared to admit Russian troops may have committed war crimes in Ukraine but he denied targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure.
The World Health Organization has warned that the lives of millions will be under threat in Ukraine this winter, with temperatures predicted to plummet as low as -20C in some areas.
Russian forces have been accused of damaging half of the country's energy infrastructure already - 10 million people are currently without power.
In a sometimes tense exchange, Andrei Kelin conceded that 'momentum' was with Ukrainian forces, and said Russia would not use nuclear weapons.
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[@bluecheesehasmoldinit]

The guy made a fool of himself. I love how direct she was. No BS.

[@normalhuman666]

oh no, not the sticky tape 😩

[@hmmmmm2634]

How about a 2 state solution for Ukraine and Russia. Russians have lived in present day Ukraine for centuries…it makes absolute sense and will save a lot of unnecessary bloodshed

[@raulcalvo4230]

I still prefer the journalist from previous interviews. She allowed him to lie without interrupting him. At the end for example she let him repeat that Russian language is forbidden in Ukraine. That’s not true. There was a law that the official language is Ukrainian and state workers should approve a Ukrainian language test. And that any publication in a foreign language has to be published in Ukrainian language. Recently they stopped teaching Russian language at schools. That’s not prohibiting Russian language or culture.

[@commiemeth]

@@hmmmmm2634 1. that's not true; most of the Russians that live in the east only have been there since the Holodomor, and it was Stalin that began the process of settling Russian citizens in the east of Ukraine. Ukraine and the Ukrainian mindset formed truly in the 16th century, a similar time to pure Russian identity but centered on Muscovy not Kiev. Yes now culturally both existed for centuries, but we are talking about the modern states, Ukraine tried to achieve independence from the Russian Empire during ww1 and during the civil war, they launched a successful campaign for that but were later beat by the Red Army of Trotsky and FORCED INTO THE SOVIET UNION. Ukraine has always been sovereign in their hearts and since the 1990s have been free. So two state solution is unrealistic and never works as intended. Plus the people of Ukraine are no longer interested in any deals with the Russians after they stabbed them in the back by taking Crimea.

[@veteransniper6955]

@@hmmmmm2634 it was like that, last time just before Feb 24s. There was next to frozen conflict with r controlling part of donbass region. That led to bloodshed same way that occupation of Czechoslovakia made axis powers think they are on right track. I know you are russobot, but anyway

[@tannergill8367]

He finally admitted that it was a war!

[@NJS2011]

😂yup

[@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL]

The horrors of the USSR’s ‘Road of Bones’. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5SbqoefnZmlnJI .

[@richard975]

putin is going to give him a good whipping for that

[@liveuser8527]

It wasn't initially...this proves you have never been in an actual fight... There is a dynamic and change to conflict

[@officeeurodeka6751]

Now he can go to jail. 🤣🤣

[@AbdulmuminA]

I am a Nigerian who has lived a significant chunk of his life through war. And I cannot help the wave of anger consuming me right now. The god damn ambassador obviously does not understand what it means to live in a warzone, to witness unspeakable horrors with ones own eyes, but he sits there in his well ironed suit, in a well furnished office and speaks rather flippantly of the suffering of people in this Russian orchestrated catastrophe. Allah knows that if I were the journalist, the interview would end with me being in a cell and the idiot in a morgue. One would never understand the horror of war until you live through it.

[@Anonymous-qj3sf]

Russia saves Africa about the USA, half-wit

[@justinemot2282]

Thank for your strong position, for being genuine. I hope your soul will heal from that trauma and never, ever have to experience something like that again

[@Tazmanian_Ninja]

Yes! His response to those questions was disgusting! He even laughed! 🤯

[@annamariav8378]

Greetings from Spain❤I hope all the best for you and your country I was born in an eastern country, lived through soviet comunism, this...thing, speaking here, is a genuine example of russian selfish/superior/imperialist thinking. They were always like this. Sadly he is not alone in Russia. I was watching with bleeding heart the protests in Iran. Where are the russians, at least those who fled Russia? Someone saw them protesting the war? Abroad? Like the Iranians?

[@richardrose9943]

This interview was done in the UK something tells me you would not end up in prison infact mane a medal 🏅

[@unfingbelievable1]

Thanks for that “Do you really believe that?” I think a large number of us on the planet have been asking that question for almost a year now.

[@ketiw8765]

Just last one year?

[@furerorban9324]

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[@mariaassunta7237]

I just keep yelling bull%$#% at the screen.

[@jazzybee2627]

Terrible BBC propaganda tool lady

[@juniorroselynroselyn3277]

USA is number one in war crimes

[@bennyandersen9272]

Poor little Puppet man. He always looks like he's heading for a massive heart attack any second. I'm amazed that he's still around.

[@lukassmartway2760]

He should stay away from windows

[@tonysherwood9619]

Like the coked up jewish actor?

[@liveuser8527]

He didn't take your Western MRNA vaccine...watch "died suddenly" on net fli x

[@zigge1989]

Well, If he use any words the kremlin don’t like, he wil probably have a heart attack. Og just fall out a window 😅😛

[@milaalaniva775]

@@lukassmartway2760 and cups of tea.

[@Arnisho]

"We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know that we know they are lying. We know that they know that we know they are lying. And still they continue to lie." - Zelensky

[@ribertfranhanreagen9821]

well it's politic there is big difference betweenn knowing and admiting,

[@bigcoolviking]

Zilensky is a compulsive liar, every single day he lies through his teeth in a most psychopathic way, perhaps he believes his own nonsense. He said- '' 76 Russian missiles were fired today, Monday, and we shot down 61 of them'' so he is saying only 15 missiles got through to target. Yet if you do a little research, you will find a minimum of 47 targets were hit. This nonsense reporting happens every day without fail.

[@JurisKankalis]

@@ribertfranhanreagen9821 No, in fact - in fact there is only one difference. It's between having a country where people don't chose constant mental raping, lying and manipulation by their government - and a country in which people willingly subject themselves to tsar-like manipulative madmen - for centuries. Go figure.

[@Edimonde]

This is an alexander solhenitsyn quote, when did Zelensky say this?

[@wladimirnowak8797]

bravo,mister Ambassador- you ve brocken her satanic nature

[@jojofc88]

That tone of voice when she said “it looked like it was the goal” at 3:50! She was trying hard not to lose her temper at the absolute bollocks this guy had been talking up to this point!

[@thenet3d]

She tried to manipulate him and he was smart enough not to fall into her traps. The part about the sexual violence he should have said unless you are going to confront me we evidence I cannot comment on something that did not happen. This far there has been no independently verified accounts. Only ukranian claims. Basically a claim that the russian soldiers are basically sex craved bisexuals paedophiles. Joe Biden made hunter biden perform oral sex on jill biden and then went on to repeatedly rape a made and her 3 kindergarten aged children 2 boys and a girl under 4 years old. If you believe Victoria's claim based on no evidence but a claim from Kiev then you my claim about the Bidens should be as credible and don't ask me how I know this or what evidence I have to support my claim as most of you did not need evidence or question Victoria's claim.

[@jojofc88]

@@thenet3d hhmmmm…….okay. Learn to write English properly and comprehensibly. Then we can debate.

[@thenet3d]

@@jojofc88 is that your contribution to this debate 🤣😂😂😂. You fully understand my points. Let's be honest, victoria was given a set of silly questions to try and get a gotcha. The russian official was not stupid enough to fall for it. When you wake up and realise that you are being conditioned by the western ukrainian propaganda brainwashing program that's when you will see this piece of garbage interview for what it is👍

[@wladimirnowak8797]

bravo,mister Ambassador- you ve brocken her satanic nature

[@ianpaulins7856]

This man wouldn't know a straight answer even if it came up and shook hands with him. He deflects more than a force field.

[@anthonymitchell8893]

at least hes willing to be interviewed a lot of top russians are it dosent work the other way russia today was banned first day of this conflict only getting one side of the story is not healthy

[@Jemimia]

@@anthonymitchell8893 How are Russians access to Western television channels in Russia, Anthony? Surely they can't be banned, otherwise you'd be a massive hypocrite.

[@maryf.1956]

If he doesn’t watch what he says There will be a 5 story window waiting for him. That’s the clear message.

[@solution777]

How she didn't just leap up and stab him thru the heart with her pen just astounds me 😁

[@yvonnecampbell3283]

Violence is never the answer…but I think you can make an exception in his case🤣

[@cskvision]

I've seen other journalists interview this Kremlin puppet. And they all looked like they were ready to strangle him.

[@thelobbyofhobbies3244]

@@yvonnecampbell3283 based

[@dmitrygaltsin2314]

I love his "Absolutely". The eyes speak louder than words. "You see, nothing really depends on me. I'm just an official with a position I don't want to lose. Leave me alone. I will say I believe all the boss says. It is really mean to ask me such questions. My hut is at the outskirts and I know nothing".

[@Alpha___00]

Eichmann also “followed orders”

[@alanwilkinson9487]

Salt mine if he misbehaves

[@allanmcinnes4765]

He sure bristled when asked if he was comfortable with his son being called to the Front Line. No worries son ...Daddy will see that never happens.

[@Empiezaelllanto]

@@Alpha___00Thought of him as well as I was watching that!

[@missinsomnia4941]

@@Alpha___00 I don't think it's a valid comparison. This guy is an ambassador. He's just a mouthpiece. It's not like he personally commands so much as a single platoon in Ukraine.

[@marchellerendon8885]

The ambassador’s statements are so laughable. It’s so funny when he’s talking nonsense. You should give him his own comedy show.

[@Rimrock300]

It is, but to keep his position and staying alive is #1 to him.

[@Serendip98]

Stupid Russian troll, go back to Piter where you belong.

[@leifer1667]

@marchellerendon8885, I understand you using laughable, funny and comedy but it is so extremely wicked that it´s beyond comprehension of how these peoples minds work. Just denying that they first entered on a special operation and then now to openly really call it a war. Then comes all the other obvious 100+ lies to mind. As I said, beyond a normal persons comprehension.

[@luigimarzo8414]

Because putin s war have not sense

[@sergioaguire7963]

Funny, no brain

[@David-nu6kw]

Basically what this guy is saying, is that if you throw a chicken wing at him in the cafeteria, he will invade your country and never leave.

[@peterstratton4075]

Please don't talk such feckin nonsense 🙄

[@tlee2119]

Notice all the propaganda to get us hyped up about wanting to start a war against Russia? How are people so sure we know all the facts when any news with an alternative opinion is banned? What happened to Russia Today news? I lived through times when British media edited out voices of Irish republican politicians, to only hear one side, so our government could keep putting our lives in danger and making everybody hate England for reasons only a few rich people will gain from, while making no attempt at a peace plan. Most people have no memory of politics than the last Tory propaganda headline they read. I always knew most people are dumbed down from how so many people care about what over hyped and talentless celebs are doing. I knew the international bankers who run the USA and Britain had been trying to start a war against Russia for decades, with the hypocritical media information, because Putin and Russia Today news are only ones who remind our own people of how the USA and Britain sell arms to backward nations like Saudi Arabia, where women and other religions don't have full human rights. While we fund extremists to overthrow leaders like Assad in Syria, one of the few middle east nations with many religions that live together in peace, with ancient Christian communities who still speak Aramaic, the language from the time of Jesus. Our media kept saying how Russia was evil because some of their states said there shouldn't be promotion of homosexuality to children. When the law against promotion of homosexuality to anybody in Britain was more severe. Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 in Britain stated that a local authority "shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality" or "promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship". Which was only repealed in 2003. Also the Guardian newspaper has a lot of anti Putin, Russian journalists. You only have to see how easily led most people are from all the dumb British people who said they wanted to leave the EU as wanted less people here from Pakistan, as the media and politicians like Farage didn't bother to explain to them that the EU means Europe, and made them think it was about immigration from elsewhere, or about asylum. It's only since the Ukraine crisis that it has hit me like a bolt at how dumbed down Britain is. People chanting Ukraine and flying Ukraine flags, while not questioning why any media with another point of view is banned, or why there's a promotion of punishing other Russian people who aren't connected to the government. I'm finding it really disturbing. That would be called racism in any other situation. All most people remember about politics is the last tabloid propaganda headline they read. Who even knows we're more in danger from our own government's actions from making us a USA lapdog? Who remembers when the secret service whistle blower David Shayler told how Tories were using British money to fund Al Qaeda in Libya against Gaddafi? When British people were shot in Tunisia and blown up in Manchester by extremists who trained in Libya after Gaddafi was killed, what media reminded our people that our government helped cause that? Who remembers Afghanistan wasn't run by extremists before the USA armed and trained the religious extremists in Afghanistan against Russia in the 80s? Then the USA didn't care what was going on in Afghanistan for years before 9/11, such as stories about ancient Buddhist statues being blown up and females banned from education.

[@theeweeder5172]

He learned his trade from our books ...

[@AlexN-jn6gg]

@@theeweeder5172 They tried not to follow these books for too long

[@charshill2978]

This interviewer is completely blind to the crimes against civilians commited by Ukrainians, and Ukrainian Nazis. It's pathetic

[@michaelkimber6203]

OMG. What a stench comes out of this man's gob. Well done Victoria for pressing on with the grilling. News of the special military failure has, apparently, not reached him. 🙄. Slava Ukraini 💪🇺🇦💪🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@stuartthomas5769]

The first interview where he has been seriously challenged and not moved onto next question when he does not answer . Well done Victoria

[@TheDeCaesare]

This Russian guy is a despicable being. Unfortunately there are so many like him on this planet. He is just an ass liker. He licks Putin's white all-shaved ass. So disgusting!

[@GorillaTVe]

Really? Now I understand why the BBC has such low standard of journalism. The women was embarrassing. That's not how you intelligently ask questions that's abnoxious chants that even you ca n throw.

[@paulawinston9870]

This man lives in the Twilight Zone where everything is upside down and ass backward and the interviewer is excellent she's really giving it to him hard

[@discostu2246]

Obama Biden started this in 2014 with a coup

[@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL]

Along Russia’s ‘Road of Bones,’ Relics of Suffering and Despair kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5SbqoefnZmlnJI

[@arseniyonline1234555]

His soul will tortured by Satan for eternity.

[@PNH-sf4jz]

@@discostu2246 So you think that nine words is the full statement. You should stay in your disco mate. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 VICTORY for UKRAINE 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@PNH-sf4jz]

@S-D I would say that you also have it ass backward and upside down. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 VICTORY for UKRAINE 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@planningahea8505]

04:40 "Dnipro - this is a river, which is dividing land in two parts" - the only true statement by the russian ambassador

[@richard975]

using dnipro as a fallback defence line is logical, unlike the war lol

[@bazlur-rahman]

They fled from the city of Kherson to the other side, where basically are villages and lakes etc. The nearest city from Kherson city is 20km away from Olesky(town) with a 24k population.

[@baqaqipekhebi7148]

And obviously the only part of the plan he was privy too!

[@phildavies100]

Haha….I still had to check-that out 😂😂😂

[@TheSerinite]

If he says Dnipro is ocean then all Russians will believe it. They believe liers and they lie at the same time

[@oksanaponomarenko1442]

Such a brilliant interview! Victoria did an amazing job by smashing him with questions. At some point of lie he turned red, then purple. That is a masterpiece at how confident and strong this woman is! Bravo!🎉

[@GorillaTVe]

Journali by the brain dead for the brain dead.

[@Layo81]

She is a very strong and intelligent journalist. He looks scared of saying the truth. It's like interviewing a North Korean representative.

[@goldenaye3]

So was liz truss, absolute rubbish interview one side as usual

[@Layo81]

@@goldenaye3 Vranje

[@BruceLee-pr1md]

Deluded western propaganda fed clown 🤡 🤣

[@BruceLee-pr1md]

Back to the pub !

[@Layo81]

@@BruceLee-pr1md and your truth is?

[@lukecotter169]

I could literally see his shivering bottom lip when she asked the question about the energy infrastructure

[@KONAMAN100]

I thought shivering bottom, I must of missed that ... Oh lip.

[@racheeerach]

“What’s good got the goose…”? Lol. You need to spend more time studying your English colloquial expressions and grammar.

[@samtheguru]

The one he did about 6 months ago referred to computer games as evidence. Today he referred to searching on the internet. However, the evidence has been verified by the UN at this stage.

[@johnshanahan9322]

Victoria missed a very important point the Russian ambassador made, when asked about Russian war crimes he said such things happen in a war, So he admitted this special military operation is a war

[@simonebaruzzi156]

it's not the first time .

[@AlexN-jn6gg]

Russians never denied it's a war. It is called an operation, maybe for legal reasons, same as Poroshenko called his war against Donbass people Anti-terrorist Operation in 2014, because he needed financial help from the West, and per UN country at war can not receive the money. As far as terminology goes, everyone in Russia call it a war, may be state media follows the rhetoric rules, but as far as bloggers -and Russians, and Americans call it a war.

[@devilliers123]

Colloquialism

[@MsTwister57]

My thoughts exactly as I listened to him

[@phil2806]

It's pretty simple Ukraine is in a civil war and Russia is conducting a special military operation to help the one side the east lol

[@andrewmclean836]

How can you tell when he's lying?When he moves bis lips.

[@willmonson6490]

"A hamster on a wheel!" He described himself perfectly.

[@wladimirnowak8797]

NATO use ukrainians like a canon meat against Russia . jankies- go home and hand off from my country USSR.USA , British genocidic criminals of war - ziono nazi bangsters who fuck into my country just like the used to be for centuries over the ward - just with your agreemant. SSSR rising and executeing Nurenberg centenses against nai ideology.

[@Manofthehour2050]

Listening to the Russian ambassador makes my brain soar

[@BY-pn2ry]

about to vomit... U will neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever have Ukraine

[@BruceLee-pr1md]

Back to the pub !

[@Mussi93]

Exactly! It's like we're playing this game where everybody knows that Russia is lying, including them, yet they still continue to lie to your face with the biggest possible invented stories, with a big grin on their face.

[@nothazzz]

Within 2 minutes he said Ukraine isn't putting up a serious counter-attack and also Ukraine made a mistake in starting the fight. Russia is acting like the high-school bully telling you to stop hitting yourself while beating you with your own hand.

[@racheeerach]

More like the high school bully who started a fight and is getting his ass kicked by the skinny kid with glasses. Lol.

[@peterzalai4553]

Never mind I've never seen a Russian telling any kinda truth. They actually have a right word for the truth (истина) but they never use it. They use "pravda" ( правда ) - can mean anything but truth. Look at their other ambassador in the UN: "The US is developing virus spreading mosquitoes (for the winter time!) to be used on the Ukrainian battlefield", or the newest one: "Russia is not targeting the electricity network but the Ukrainians themselves are blowing them up!" - and that's happened openly at front of the world ridiculing these international institutions like "diplomacy" and "UN", and converting them to a "circus" full of Russian comedians. Anyone who sits to talk to them or sign any kinda documents with them will be just a "useful idiot". (Like Mr Chamberlain in 1938.)

[@yagsipcc287]

Ukriane started it with the help of US/NATO via the bombing and shelling of the people in the East for not agreeing with the coup in 2014 and for 8 years all of this was reported on by the entire Western world and media. But then this year they call changed their script weird...

[@matty_mcmattface]

@@yagsipcc287 You can see in this interview that the BBC and MSM only look back as far as Feb 2022. I do sympathise with the ordinary people of Ukraine as their country is being used as a pawn - but it would help if they stood up against the nazi elements and puppet leadership

[@peterzalai4553]

@@yagsipcc287 Let's rephrase it please: Russia in 2014 set on fire weaponising all of Donbass and Luhansk after annecting Crimea in response to the 2014 events when Putler's puppet was ousted considered as a traitor of its homeland by many of the protesting Ukrainians. Without Russia's "little green men" included (Mr Girkin and his "Novorossiya" movement) seeping into Ukrainian territory (like in Crimea) the situation would've been different. So what was the first: the egg or the chicken? And as we see Russians hate (and cry of it) if someone is hitting back. They do love the status of impunity.

[@andreybagliy2176]

He's in too deep and has to eat every lie he says

[@iriloboda]

That’s a brilliant interviewer ! I was speaking russian since childhood but I switched to Ukrainian since this year. There’s no one I hate more than russians. And just to add… half of my family is russian

[@myshepspud1]

I feel for you, the lies is amazing.

[@anirbanghosh7987]

it is a very bad interview. This interviewer has no knowledge.

[@charshill2978]

Your hatred will consume you. It's sad.

[@devozh4337]

the Probleme is.. you are a Fasicst.. your half Family is Russian and you say you hate no one more than Russians 🫵🏽🤡 😂😂😂

[@fantommorbius5175]

So you hate yourself, and half of your family. 🤣 There are a lot of idiots, do not worry,no one will notice you.

[@arch.blender1178]

I feel sorry for this man, it must be so hard to lie like this with a straight face.

[@user-fl9lt2nv6h]

Russian are used to believe in their lie

[@Jemimia]

Don't feel sorry for him. He has a comfortable lifestyle in the West and gets payed for not having to live in Russia. He's living the dream!

[@Abon502]

I love that she didn’t just let him run with his bs she fought back against the lies . This is how he should be treated on every news outlet

[@polster2]

The best part is the guy tried to bully her but she stood up to him and repeated the same thing about let her finish the questions and don't interrupt. That's how you handle a bully you need to stand up and don't let them create the false narrative of the interview.

[@TheChosen2030]

Such hostility from a fool

[@lucasrem]

Why interview it ??? Clowns !!!

[@springalexander1372]

She was asking stupid questions

[@namakdoon1155]

His BS made more sense than yours !!!

[@Scapestoat]

06:46 "Oh, come on. The fight has started in 2014, much earlier." Yeah, the year that Russia also invaded the Ukraine. XD

[@floringrigorian7530]

I was thinking the same

[@Puleczech]

I think he means the year in which (and after which) Russia vehemently denied any involvement whatsoever. LOL

[@mikhailbabushkinum]

Only western journalists have this unbelievable talent of lying to your face and then blaming you for not believing them , funny to watch 😂

[@mikesense1021]

@BBC News I don't understand why your reporter didn't ask "How can Kievs pedestrian bridge be a CCC target?"

[@margaretaschirova5394]

Is anybody able to listen to this “man” without getting upset? So calm and disgusting

[@nickpetropouleas8032]

No.

[@oregonsbragia]

It made my skin crawl. Pure evil.

[@ghostboo3156]

No. I stopped watching it 4 minutes and 31 seconds in because it was too disturbing to watch anymore, I was actually getting angry. I decided instead to read all the comments since I knew they would calm me down.

[@sisqosylva]

This guy is a coward and afraid of putin. He's not a man

[@tatianalyulkin410]

Yes, because he's telling the truth.True, he's a joke but it doesn't mean he's lying. They're toppling and defacing the statues of Pushkin!

[@angeline12345]

Well done calling him out on his ridiculous lies

[@kyrylohonchar2211]

- Do you really believe that? - Absolutely, I know that... He is a crazy man

[@tannergill8367]

I love how much he stutters and falls back on his words

[@ohno521]

He doesn't have a legit argument! So he's dancing around the questions 🤔 he believes the 💩 he is talking , send his son to the front those civilians didn't have training or experience and didn't want to go should send him too 🤔 , soar ukraine , shocking the devastated have to listen to this guff ,

[@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL]

The horrors of the USSR’s ‘Road of Bones’. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5SbqoefnZmlnJI .....

[@Intentspunk19]

🤡 country.

[@peterlangbridge4628]

He's also speaking a language that isn't his own. But yes, he's obviously parroting the official line.

[@sappert1952]

@@peterlangbridge4628 fair enough.

[@rodolfofilipediascoutogonc4477]

I just hope that people like this man at the end of all of this will make acountable for all the lies and all the hate..

[@TheBurnknight]

only way for russia to heal is if there is a revulution and a democratic socialist goverment gets elected. communism has been tried, it didnt work. i has never worked and always leads to rampant corruption. all countries has some from of curruption, even scandinavian countries who are among the least corrupt goverments. its just communism has NEVER worked EVER! your selling your soul to a goverment that sees u as a tax machine and reserves for a war incase their schemes doesnt work. lets just hope putin gets put into a shredder feet first for this crimes against humanity. stalin 2.0

[@amg863]

Accountable for being an ambassador? Can you possibly imagine believing there's a different narrative out there than the one you've been fed by corrupted politicians? Obviously not. That's the "I support the current thing" crowd for you

[@rodolfofilipediascoutogonc4477]

@@amg863 reported as a bot, spredding hate

[@amg863]

@@rodolfofilipediascoutogonc4477 I hope you get over it, sweetie ❤️

[@rodolfofilipediascoutogonc4477]

@@amg863 and meanwhile you are seat on your pc, telling lies and defending a war.. people are dying..

[@semipalatinsk1]

Great interview, but Victoria could also have responded that when the Russian backed civil war in Eastern Ukraine broke out in 2014, Ukraine simply defended their territory against separatists like Russia did in Chechnya and Dagestan, like the UK did in N Ireland, and like the USA did during their civil war in the 1860s. Any country would have done the same. And, out of the approx. 16,000 people killed in Donbass 2014-2022, the majority were soldiers on both sides, Ukrainians and separarists, and while there are always civilian casulties in any war, there were no "mass killings" of civilians in Donbass. On the contrary, a total death count of 16,000 including soldiers would have to be seen as rather confined for an 8 year civil war.

[@mountainguyed67]

Very good, except for saying Northern Ireland is UK territory. It’s stolen Irish territory, just like Crimea is stolen Ukrainian territory.

[@wladimirnowak8797]

NATO use ukrainians like a canon meat against Russia . jankies- go home and hand off from my country USSR.USA , British genocidic criminals of war - ziono nazi bangsters who fuck into my country just like the used to be for centuries over the ward - just with your agreemant. SSSR rising and executeing Nurenberg centenses against nai ideology.

[@juliastepanenko8696]

Thank you to Victoria for the on-point questions and for trying to not let him deflect. He clearly did not answer a single question. The Hague is waiting for him.

[@wladimirnowak8797]

NATO use ukrainians like a canon meat against Russia . jankies- go home and hand off from my country USSR.USA , British genocidic criminals of war - ziono nazi bangsters who fuck into my country just like the used to be for centuries over the ward - just with your agreemant. SSSR rising and executeing Nurenberg centenses against nai ideology.

[@Roseforres]

It's amazing how the lies are told with a straight face

[@johnhughes2124]

as a professional Bs er you've got to give him credit

[@camhong5632]

@Roseforres: This UK ambassador is like Putin personality. It is a reflection of the regime, how leaders behave is exactly like the people's behave and thinking. Another word like father, like son. A regime is very deceptive.

[@flyboymb]

That's what diplomats do.

[@tlee2119]

It's funny how people think they know the truth, when any news with another opinion has been banned from British TV. What happened to Russia Today news? Will it stop people being brainwashed and flying the Ukraine flag? It isn't Russia we need to be scared of, it's the British government being USA lapdogs. When British people were shot in Tunisia and blown up in Manchester by extremists who trained in Libya after Gaddafi was killed, why didn't British media remind us of when the secret service whistle blower Da vid Shayler told how Britain was going along with the USA funding Al Qaeda in Libya against Gaddafi? Look at all the British people who died going along with the USA in Afghanistan, for the USA to just give up, and nobody cares about all the females who won't have an education, as now Britain has left the EU, the international bankers who run the USA and Britain are using Russia as an excuse to start WWIII. Afghanistan wasn't even run by extremists until the USA were arming and training the extremists in Afghanistan against Russia in the 80s.

[@flyboymb]

@@tlee2119 Britain armed extremists who later killed a lot of British in 1776. We learned from the best, or are we only looking at history past 1970?

[@primalamusica3]

The name of the interviewer is Victoria Derbyshire. Absolutely excellent journalism! Thank you, BBC!

[@mcdee367]

she is terrorist funded by west neo nazi

[@anthonymitchell8893]

is she really. ? oh my giddy on

[@cortomaltes2413]

"excellent journalism" ...but she is a ignorant !!! ....the ukrainian neo nazi as forbidden the russian language ..and she "don't know" ....lol

[@gigabau]

And she hosts bbc’s “Ukrainecast” podcast. A must listen.

[@perosevo3817]

Excellent answer from Russian Ambassador to that Western propaganda media

[@masoukamil]

He says at 11:00 "this is the war" so it's not a special military operation anymore? Because Russians went to jail for saying it's a war

[@mcplutt]

Suddenly an invasion became a war.

[@encrenoir6097]

This man will live in a vacuum forever.

[@davidlappleby]

This man would not be out of place at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, except for the sinister nature of his denials.

[@billscott9888]

🤣Awesome

[@lilme520]

😂🤣🤣🤣😢

[@anguschoi9122]

Stay strong Ukraine

[@rdsc.455]

So that more and more men die, whole of the infrastructure destroy ?

[@hmmmmm2634]

Can Ukraine not agree a 2 state solution with Russia? Russians have lived in Ukraine for centuries.

[@hmmmmm2634]

@@WielkiZielonyMelon Russians have lived in present day Ukraine for centuries. Borders were only drawn after the fall of USSR. There is no reason why a 2 state solution is not an answer. Unless you want this to drag out like it has for the poor Palestinians.

[@ryngrd1]

@@hmmmmm2634 there are already two states. Russians in Donbas MUST move to Russia. Simple solution to this Russian madness 🔥🌎

[@hmmmmm2634]

@@WielkiZielonyMelon At the end of the day this conflict will rage for decades. Ukraine needs to understand that the west is only standing with it because the west have a vested interest ( oil, gas and arms sales). The west has zero interest in the humanitarian tragedy of any war . Ukraine needs to look hard at its own survival and that means living peacefully with its neighbour Russia. If this means a peaceful 2 state solution then that is hands down the best option. When have the west and NATO event done anything for anyone benefit but their own

[@Foxvalleyproduction]

how do you tell a Russian is lying? their eyes are open.😂

[@teslainthehood2521]

This guy is crazy how did Ukraine decide to fight Russia when Russia attacked them. It’s called defending yourself.

[@wideangleman]

A man with his soul entirely burned from his body.

[@floringrigorian7530]

Genial!!

[@johnnewman1975]

He never had a soul to start with

[@Stephen-ou4sy]

IF any person loves being Russian I'm sure there is plenty of room in Russia for them.

[@phil2806]

Like every remoner that won't fuck off to the EU

[@mykhaylomasnyk2563]

Great point

[@phil2806]

@@thetruth9210 we haven't left the EU lol that's the problem

[@donovanarndt4606]

In case you are ignorant regarding the history...That was russian territory where they live which is why they were asking to be part of Russia again.

[@palufke]

"It's not a lie, if you believe it!"-George Costanza

[@yvonnecampbell3283]

“Do not interrupt me” he says with an arrogance sneer. She says “Do not interrupt me when I am speaking” in a controlled but non nonsense way. He continues with his patronising, dodging any questions that make his country look like what they really are…murders, rapists, thieves, liars….the list is endless…

[@BruceLee-pr1md]

'In a controlled but nonsense way' you're also being 'controlled' too, this deluded biased journalist did a horrendous job at trying to make the gentleman look bad. Pathetic attempt

[@Sera-ng1zk]

Can someone explain why the Russian ambassador to the Uk has not been dismissed and leaves the United Kingdom and returns to Russia.?

[@osip7315]

that would only happen if the uk declares war on russia.

[@RobBCactive]

My theory is that the Moscow embassy wants to keep its infiltration operations going and Russians are recruitable. Breaking diplo relations would have consequences

[@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL]

The horrors of the USSR’s ‘Road of Bones’. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5SbqoefnZmlnJI .....

[@engelgirl7360]

The UK cannot go to war wth Russia

[@mrt49t67]

@@engelgirl7360 it doesn’t have to either Ukraine and the mighty Russian army are do a stupendous job I mean one could almost call it a blue on blue war seeing as the Russian military are helping out Ukrainian soldiers so much 🤣🤷🏼‍♂️🤔🧐👍🏻

[@sask4453]

What a mess this war has brought to our world, especially to the people of Ukraine 😢

[@juniorroselynroselyn3277]

This was a war the CIA and USA provoked and after that Russia was asking for a peace but president Biden told zelensky to not negotiate so BIDEN is responsible for all the destruction and deaths

[@juniorroselynroselyn3277]

Biden sucks

[@anthonymitchell8893]

sad k do you know who instigated all this its been years in the planning ?sorry for your name getting wrong have sausage fingers s is next door to d peace out

[@yagsipcc287]

Funny how the media in the West reported on all of this stuff for years... But some how all forgot about it. How international agreements were broke to stop the shelling and bombing of the people in the East, of the extremists all over Ukraine especially in its military, how it was and is a hotbed for arms dealers, how they train and support actual Neo Nazi rats how their national heroes are WW2 Nazis commanders whos birthdays are national holidays 😂 I love reading the comments of idiots here though 😂

[@rossib6974]

What a mess made by England as usual ! There was no need for 2014 Ukraine coup in support of Nazi Extermination of Ethnic Russians of Ukraine ! Why England is only aggressive towards Russians and docile towards Iran as other party to war in Ukraine.!?

[@alexmak97]

What is the name of this lady? I would love to watch more interviews with her

[@wladimirnowak8797]

NATO use ukrainians like a canon meat against Russia . jankies- go home and hand off from my country USSR.USA , British genocidic criminals of war - ziono nazi bangsters who fuck into my country just like the used to be for centuries over the ward - just with your agreemant. SSSR rising and executeing Nurenberg centenses against nai ideology.

[@droebont]

I love how she is relentless and watchful of the ambassador's deflections and logical fallacies in his answers. Slava Ukraini!

[@duncansmith7562]

I love how he is relentless and watchful of the interviewer's deflections and logical fallacies in her uninformed comments. Slava Rossiyi

[@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL]

The horrors of the USSR’s ‘Road of Bones’. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5SbqoefnZmlnJI .......

[@Hans.Dewitt]

@@duncansmith7562 he is so well informed on delusion that he does not even know what is real anymore

[@paulc3749]

he is admitting defeat in Russian nonsense code words

[@duncansmith7562]

@@Hans.Dewitt if "he" refers to the Russian ambassador, he is countering Western bias and propaganda soundly. Any one thing he says you know to be untrue? It was great when he reminded dopey Derbyshire that the "Rules based system" of the West includes destroying civilian infrastructure in Iraq.

[@hellohellohello6847]

He’s like a nervous post graduate trying to blag his way though his first Job interview 😂

[@PNH-sf4jz]

Like a ten year old at his first dance.

[@imapotato4343]

And he looks like a hamster

[@satishkalme6339]

Victoria should interview about UK’s war crimes in Iraq, Syria recently and war crimes during colonialism

[@7pinky791]

Britain is not exactly helping the situation by providing second-hand weapons to fuel the conflict.

[@caracallacz]

That journalist went to the point. When the ambassador was asked for his son. He replied, off course He is not going to the front, We are rich and my son lives here in the UK, Why somebody who learns in sterling pounds should go to the front line?

[@anthonymitchell8893]

works both ways do you think a british politicians son is going to the front line of a brutal war ?????well do you

[@caracallacz]

@@anthonymitchell8893 You are partially right, although there are British MPs, who are war veterans. My real point is that is awful to see how this was the only question that actually moved him. These Russian politicians have a WWI narrative in the XXI century, expecting that everybody will buy them that story internationally, and sending poor Russians to die in the front for the "pride" of the "motherland". It is quite old speech, isn't it?

[@chairforce0ne]

@@anthonymitchell8893 is their some forgien politicians son hiding in St petersburg?

[@marting2541]

@@anthonymitchell8893 When asked if the sacrifice in the First World War was shared equally between the highest in society and the lowliest, it is often the example of HH Asquith, the Prime Minister, who springs to mind. Asquith's son, Raymond, was killed during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. It is less well known that another (former) Prime Minister lost his son in the Great War. Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, despite sitting in the House of Lords rather than the commons, succeeded Gladstone as Prime Minister. He remained in office for just fifteen months from 1894 to 1895.

[@Jemimia]

@@anthonymitchell8893 Let's save that discussion for when the UK launches its next genocidal war of conquest, shall we? Until then, we can focus on the current one that actually is happening. You know, Russia's war against Ukraine.

[@the92project]

The highlights for me : he called this war WAR many times. He invalidated all his answers when he admitted he said Russian troops would stay in Belarus because he didn’t know any better 😅

[@adam145]

Admitting to war crimes was even better. -do russians commit war crimes? -well ukrainians tied someone to a post so both sides are doing things

[@planet-karma]

Yes, isn't that still a criminal offence in Russia?

[@jamesswindley9599]

He’lol be choking on Novichok in the morning 😂😂 RIP

[@andrewwinslow9315]

he will fall from his hospital window soon

[@peezieforestem5078]

Good thing most Russians don't know English! No, actually, it's not... not being able to comparing the discourse, many Russians won't ever learn that it's not OK to casually discuss the prospects of nuking cities on TV.

[@marielouisecurtis-bron6413]

A WAR FOR LANGUAGES ....HAHAHAHA!!!!! I'M SWISS AND WE HAVE 4 OF THEM AND ...WE STILL ARE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE NOT ENGAGING WARS TO EACH OTHER ! GOD BLESS PEACEFUL PEOPLE !!!

[@sweetooth65]

This lady deserves a 🏅 ❤️

[@wladimirnowak8797]

NATO use ukrainians like a canon meat against Russia . jankies- go home and hand off from my country USSR.USA , British genocidic criminals of war - ziono nazi bangsters who fuck into my country just like the used to be for centuries over the ward - just with your agreemant. SSSR rising and executeing Nurenberg centenses against nai ideology.

[@wladimirnowak8797]

bravo,mister Ambassador- you ve brocken her satanic nature

[@user-1281]

At 13:47, the Russian ambassador stated that "This is war", and at 15:00, mentioned "this war" against Ukraine - in contrast to the previous assertions of the Russian government that the conflict was a "special military operation". Also, at 18:05, the Russian ambassador stated "any war is ended in - at the table of negotiations". Note the use of the word "war" clearly contradicts the Russian government's view that the conflict with Ukraine is a "special military operation". The ambassador continues to make statements contradictory to the views of the Russian government later in the video, thus making him a poor representative of said government.

[@NS_Miata]

To be honest, is English is not that good. Think he is just choosing easy words.

[@tuitaylor9021]

He should be jailed for calling this special military operation a war

[@BernasLL]

Not a poor representative, just a ever so slightly less deceitful one. "Special military operation" is rhetoric for mindless couch potato russians, in the halls of power without a doubt they address it as "war".

[@forvancesite189]

It's exaggerated that people cannot express their opinion in Russia. Actually they freely express their opinions and that could be seen on KZbin as well. The legal issue is if there is deliberate spreading of false information to the public not expressing an opinion.

[@eliasziad7864]

That is a stupid assessment. It isnt technically a war since there is no declared war, so it is informally a war. And Putin has also mentioned "war" in one of his statements about the conflict in Ukraine.

[@greeneyeswideopen774]

What an ambassador! Every word is a lie. He is a perfect reflection of the slime living in the Kremlin. Great interviewer.

[@Rod732]

And his English is just shit for a diplomat living in the UK! Where's his son living by the way?

[@ems4884]

Yes, she is very good. Extremely good, in my view. As with all ambassadors, he is just a vessel for the voice of his government. It worries me more when ambassadors are loose cannons. Then, you don't really know what their governments are thinking. I AM surprised that he took the interview at all at the BBC. The Kremlin doesnt need to speak to Western citizens at all if they don't want to. So, i am wondering if this interview represents a signal of some kind. Is the Kremlin beginning to consider coming to the table for peace talks? Or are they still trying to erect smoke and mirrors while engaging in imperialistic aggressions? One alternative ... His intended audience could be the million or so Russians who have left the Russian Federation.

[@ricardo_cn]

🤣🤣🤣

[@alicesmith6750]

He's a mirror reflection of the Kremlin and many of the Russian citizens. Propagandist peddle those lies, have closed off outside news sources, and criminalized speaking out on such matters. Sounds like Putin and N. Korean leader are one and the same.

[@sohaila6086]

Cry about white liberal. We know your fake tears and virtue signalling. Slava Russia. Free Palestine and glory to the victims of Western wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[@brianserious]

I like that she says he is deflecting when talking about nationalism yet the same BBC had a full documentary about Ukraine nationalism which was quickly deleted when the war started and they were told which side to support

[@JerseyArkansas]

Do not interrupt me sir. Excellent reply!

[@cougsjohnson1]

This lady missed a golden opportunity to ask him the million dollar question: "If Russian was prohibited in Ukraine before the War, then why was The President Zellensky addressing the entire Nation while speaking Russian" ?? WTF DUDE?

[@stephaniewalker3288]

The best interview on this horrendous situation!

[@daniyartoktarov5693]

Not a single question has been answered directly and honestly. What a dodgy man! The only thing he is thinking about is not losing his current position under President's wing

[@martinfrancoeur8977]

Everytime he breathes, he lies.

[@suomipoika90]

Explains like a criminal after being arrested and blaming someone else

[@wladimirnowak8797]

NATO use ukrainians like a canon meat against Russia . jankies- go home and hand off from my country USSR.USA , British genocidic criminals of war - ziono nazi bangsters who fuck into my country just like the used to be for centuries over the ward - just with your agreemant. SSSR rising and executeing Nurenberg centenses against nai ideology.

[@hellohellohello6847]

He’s clearly embarrassed about the hole situation.

[@PNH-sf4jz]

Absolutely Agreed and Supported. The lying, self justifying, POS, Andrei Kelin is sounding far less self-assured and composed than in previous interviews. I believe that he is feeling very lonely in his comfortable pad in London. The interviewer did a fabulous job in presenting him with issues that Russia has imposed on Ukrainians, to which he had no logical or realistic answers. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 VICTORY for UKRAINE 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@siikaneliete]

Embarrasedor

[@johnnysilverhand6045]

This guy again…. What a piece of work.

[@micakris]

so let me get this straight...poverty, no acces to gas, water and electricity and a huge amount of bodies is called stability in russia ....😳😳😳

[@OctatonicFlat13]

Fantastic interview technique. Just wish this level of scrutiny was afforded to our own politicians.

[@vexwebster5197]

It seems you've somewhat recognise how propagandised western media is.

[@user-mq7vf9me3y]

It is.

[@mickparkinson207]

Really? She’s an idiot. A literal fool. Totally lacking any intellect all emotions and anecdotes.. a prime example of why the west is the empire of lies. The Yin is the majority the bringer of chaos to masculine order the bringer of darkness to masculine light the bringer of degeneracy to masculine divinity.. The Destroyer doing the only thing the feminine can do purely negative.

[@TakeTheRedPill_Now]

It NOT an interview, its an interrogation. Same as was done in the kangaroo courts of the third reich. The aim of the interrogation is NOT to find the truth but to humiliate the subject and create a one-sided narrative. Nice going, BBC.

[@tonygard1424]

She was out of her depth. A BBC propagandist through and through, she’s just too stupid and partial to realise it.

[@--Charlie--G]

How did this man leave the studio without taking a proper kick in. Credit to the journalist for staying strong on hard questions. Fuck diplomat immunity, someone give him a good hiding please 🤗🤗

[@tristan3298]

Then Britain would have an atrocious record for how it handles foreign dignitaries. Thank God people like you aren't in charge of handling ambassadors.

[@jimbrown4086]

Wake up western media all lies watch Scott Ritter and the duran we must not support Nazis we fought against this during world war

[@garywachi5951]

excellent work journalist on steroids

[@karloftinker2832]

That's exactly what they should do. Then the Russians should execute the British ambassador in Moscow. See how that works, shit for brains.

[@slickysan]

@@tristan3298 That is not an ambassador, that is a lying goblin pos.

[@vr_bob]

Great interview. It went so poorly for Kelin, I wouldn't be surprised if he "trips" down some stairs as a result

[@mcplutt]

His dreams will fly out of the window.

[@jetfuelspray511]

Thanks to the journalist. Very powerfull interview with such a sob

[@Hybridx55]

He actually appears to genuinely believe some of his answers. 😂

[@tonysherwood9619]

Can you believe the answers of biden?

[@jvjd]

Prove all of them wrong , then ??

[@veteransniper6955]

I don't think so. It's more like doublespeak or I don't know. The thing is easy shift from "we are not doing that" to "we will continue to do that" etc. That flexibility rules out any beliefs except their supremacism

[@elvisonwax]

No, I don’t think so. He’s ready to defect before they call him back for a ‘rest cure’.

[@tonysherwood9619]

@@jvjd try to prove them right then compare!

[@lyncrawford2109]

This interview tell us that 😂the Russian people are blindsided! The whole interview is brilliant, well done to the talented, clever lady.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@J7463kl3]

This embassador knows that he is lying, he is not blindsided. He got instructions from Moscow to lie.

[@ashash7513]

🤦‍♂️ ....

[@scottdellrobinson]

@@J7463kl3 Western leaders are the GIANTS of Lies DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. You should probably reevaluate your comment.

[@TravelStudyNerd1708]

Aha the west is pure and full of moral. Both Russian and you west are same thing.

[@yagsipcc287]

Then you are dumber than anything else.

[@robertallbright]

Well done Victoria 👍

[@mikyp4111]

Propaganda....ha..ha

[@moenbase1]

He said the War-word! I thought it was a military operation....

[@ivanrevkov843]

Oh my gosh, the guy speaks broken English for the post he is holding. Why my country even cannot appoint someone with a decent level of English. The thugs who are running my country should be put on trial. Justice will be done. Glory to Ukraine. Please know that there People who strongly against this awful war

[@powerofwords4211]

How times change, it is interesting to see this 'diplomat' squirming to answer simple questions. His aggressive attitude has changed since previous interviews. I hope this reflects the feelings of the whole terrorist state of russia's governmental officials hiding in the comfort of the kremlin. I am currently in Ukraine and have been visiting this beautiful country for the past few years. I speak limited russian, but have never had a problem using it. Slava Ukraini

[@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL]

The horrors of the USSR’s ‘Road of Bones’. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5SbqoefnZmlnJI ....

[@narrativequestion]

you are as dumb as the interviewer is

[@coin9007]

You ain't innocent either it's just that western media are on your side but don't we forgot about Donbas for 8yrs so sit your ass down

[@omarb8655]

Really, who violated 1991 agreement of Ukraine staying out of NATO? also who killed 45,000+ Ukrainians because they speak Russia? wasn't it Adolf Zelensky, this was before February 2022 and Russia tried for years to solve it without a war.

[@briancarno8837]

remember Liz Truss was a "diplomat"? how long did she last at that..?

[@Volound]

Question (Norwegian News Agency): I am sorry Jamie but if you say that the Army has a lot of back-up generators, why are you depriving 70% of the country of not only electricity, but also water supply, if he has so much back-up electricity that he can use because you say you are only targeting military targets? Jamie Shea : Yes, I'm afraid electricity also drives command and control systems. If President Milosevic really wants all of his population to have water and electricity all he has to do is accept NATO's five conditions and we will stop this campaign. But as long as he doesn't do so we will continue to attack those targets which provide the electricity for his armed forces. If that has civilian consequences, it's for him to deal with but that water, that electricity is turned back on for the people of Serbia. Unfortunately it has been turned off for good or at least for a long, long time for all of those 1.6 million Kosovar Albanians who have been driven from their homes and who have suffered, not inconvenience, but suffered in many cases permanent damage to their lives. Now that may not be a distinction that everybody likes but for me that distinction is fundamental.

[@eliasziad7864]

Exactly, the hypocrisy and double standards of the West is astounding...

[@garylambert8515]

Count how many time he called it a war and not a special military operation

[@managersvospers8286]

First class interview, well done to all concerned. Very much appreciated.

[@richttickle]

No lmao . She was asking loaded questions and getting angry at a man who has nothing to do with the war and was simply trying to explain the other side we don't hear about. Also constant interrupting is horrible to listen to.

[@johnj1280]

Are you really funny?

[@davidsoulsby1102]

@@richttickle Lol he has nothing to do with the war...are you stupid? A real question by the way are you really so stupid?

[@endryl08]

@@davidsoulsby1102 No he doesnt, he is just a spokesperson, has 0 influence over the war.

[@debeichmann236]

Why is this fool speaking is he knows nothing?

[@kybarg]

What a misarable man trying to play cool when Russia is loosing😂

[@ruthjilani4760]

They are not loosing. BBC is missleading

[@user-vj4ih9pp9z]

They are humiliated. Imagine buying your own gear for war? They looked like they were ready for skiing. 😂😂

[@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL]

The horrors of the USSR’s ‘Road of Bones’. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5SbqoefnZmlnJI ...

[@kybarg]

@@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL so thats how russia treats own people. Image how it treats othes. Intersting fact, russia has humiliating nickname for each neighbouring and its own national groups and minorities.

[@vladimirbugarin]

More or less this is how it will look when humanity will succeed in contacting and communicating for the first time with some of parallel universes...

[@nigg2811]

Here's the background to this interview. In 2014 about 65% of Ukrainians voted in favour of independence from Russia. About 10% wanted to stay with Russia. The Russian-sympathetic Government was thus forced out of power. Most of those who wanted to stay with Russia were first-language Russian speakers and they lived on the side of the country that is next to Russia. Most Ukrainians wanted to remain friendly with Russia but also wanted to join the EU. The question of joining Russia's own Customs Union was out-voted. All of this de-stabilised the region. For Ukraine was yet one more country that used to be part of the Soviet Union 'family', which had turned its back on Russia and wanted instead to be part of the West (that is, the 'enemy' of Russia during the cold war). Russia was sympathetic to those Russian-speakers in the east who refused to be forced away from Russia by that Independence vote. Elements of these Ukrainians started to fight with a view to separating their regions from Ukraine. Russia sent in under-cover troops to support them, resulting in the Crimea and other eastern regions becoming separated-off from Ukraine and under Russian control. For Russians, they have just been looking after their friends. Biased referendums were held to 'prove' that the great majority of people of these regions wanted to be Russian and they welcomed the Russian takeover. For Ukraine and the West, Russia was occupying regions of a neighbouring sovereign State, against the wishes of the majority of its people and against international law. There was a treaty to halt the fighting, but it and other cease-fires quickly failed. Then in 2021 the Russian Government, under Putin's control, decided to do away with the Ukrainian Government once and for all and install a Russian-sympathetic Government in its place. For years, the Russian people had been told that the Ukrainian Government was 'fascist' and was persecuting those Russians who wanted to remain close to Russia. So the cover-story for the invasion was that this was an operation to 'free the Ukrainians from fascism and genocide'. Putin's only real critics lay in the outside world and he refused to listen to their advice to respect Ukraine as an independent sovereign state. Anyone in Russia who challenged him was arrested and denounced as 'unpatriotic', and laws were passed to silence dissent. The West had done little to interfere with his retaking of the eastern regions, so he assumed they would do nothing again. But for safety, he threatened nuclear war if they moved in to defend Ukraine. The West did what it could and supplied the Ukrainians with advanced weaponry which, combined with the Ukrainians' determination not to become Russian again, resulted in Russian forces withdrawing, having failed to seize the capital, Kiev. The Ambassador presents the Russian story-line that Russia has just been defending the rights of 'their own' people in Ukraine, who were being egregiously oppressed, and it is the 'interference' of the West that has caused the fighting to be both deadly and prolonged. Also, Russia has repeatedly sought peace talks and an agreed settlement but Ukraine is the 'implacable aggressor' and refuses to come to terms. Yes, civilians have been harmed 'but only by accident' and Ukrainian forces also have harmed civilians in the eastern regions. For Putin, the West remains the 'enemy' of Russia and ultimately wants to 'see Russia destroyed'. The expansion of NATO is 'proof' that Russia must be proactive and 'save itself from the Western threat'.

[@footballbrainiac4696]

I just love the fact he tries to personally distance himself from the situation the more and more during every interview 😂😂

[@J7463kl3]

Because the more russian troops losing this war, the more he realizes he will be responsible for the war crimes made by russia.

[@inkaprs6768]

What is the evidence that Russians are losing the war?

[@Rod732]

Since the war started he did not know they were to invade and so on, he is a joke

[@patriceaqa288]

@@Rod732 I think everyone in a position of responsibility in Russia is getting nervous now

[@dm32904]

@@J7463kl3 ukraine has lost this war, zeleinsky will retreat to his miami mansion

[@The_Savage_Wombat]

This interviewer has amazing skills. I wish the US had people who can think and analyze in the news media instead of picking people who fit a certain profile.

[@JohnLawless]

Fox news, must take an ad break now, see what the producer says the next bit of click bait should be.

[@musicmaker2398]

I agree she is interviewing herself

[@pandorasbox4238]

We do, they're just on 'fake news' channels.

[@Celdorsc2]

She’s been so far the best interviewer. Simply didn’t let him do the bs like others did, specially from CNN. But I am not surprised. She leads Ukrainecast and knows stories from the first source as she interview many people, victims etc.

[@victoriam9319]

I agree. The interviewer is very good. I wonder what her name is.

[@robertzimov2826]

This guy makes me sick 🤮 The interviewer is a true professional.

[@jamiesansom5450]

OMG! I can not believe that someone can be that delusional and detached from reality! He couldn’t even answer most of the questions!

[@annecelestin8534]

That’s because he is lying, that’s the kind of people Ukraine 🇺🇦 is fighting against

[@tonysherwood9619]

Have you conveniently forgotten biden & johnson?

[@jvjd]

He answered everything ,you chose to deny his answers based a reality in your head

[@tonysherwood9619]

@@jvjd you've been drinking the cool-aid!

[@annecelestin8534]

@@tonysherwood9619 what are you trying to say? What Biden or Johnson got to do with Russia invaded Ukraine?

[@KeithRingo]

"We have certain stability in this situation".. yeah you've been stable in being pushed back 6,000kms across your front lines

[@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL]

The horrors of the USSR’s ‘Road of Bones’. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5SbqoefnZmlnJI ......

[@warbler1984]

As in they've lost 6000 square kilometres?

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@warbler1984 No, 6,000 kilometres back across an entire front

[@jvjd]

Yeah they are still in Ukraine depite west saying they ran out of ammunition 4 months ago

[@jvjd]

@@warbler1984Lost? so you admit it was Russia territory . Which is like 2 % of the 20% of former Ukraine territory they occupy . Media like to give you numbers to make it appear big . 🤣

[@mikeflanagan825]

what a puff,he will keep this tone during his own trial.

[@TheOnly1JLDN]

How can you have a UK's russian ambassador?

[@fungibu7184]

Hats off to Victoria Derbyshire for a thorough questioning.

[@grahamcook9289]

She's a MILF!

[@annamckinnon4369]

You have got to be kidding she did not listen to a word he said ? She spoke to was all this ignorant had ? Keep watching this fake news and I’ll end up as ignorant as her ? 😂

[@ishkel]

I can't imagine BBC will interview in same manner British od Ukrainian politicians.

[@annamckinnon4369]

Hahahahaha. Hahahahaha. I spoke to some of them ? I spoke to the poor albanian refugees u should hear what their story’s are ??? Hahahahaha she had f all nada total ignorant sooooo embarrassing 😳

[@peorakef]

@@ishkel that's on your imagination then.

[@sweetlord3672]

Mr ambassador, thank you for agreeing to lie on air to us today.

[@jvjd]

Yeah yeah Russia lies except when say they are retreating 🤣🤣

[@rw2659]

This individual proves one important point - the only possible peace agreement is possible on the russia's corpse. And luckily it is only a matter of time