Russia's 'methodical' change of tactics | Tymofiy Mylovanov

"I'm not sure Putin would go for" a negotiation "because the position of the Kremlin has always been that Ukraine doesn't exist."
Former Ukrainian economy minister Tymofiy Mylovanov says trust is eroded on both sides and a mediation would likely be unsuccessful.
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[@rosstessien6677]

Times Radio, Your host's repeated asking about "Would ukraine accept a loss of land in exchange for peace " is terribly inappropriate. Think about it. Would you choose for your country, a cease fire aka peace, where your people are slaves who do what they're told, or, fight on for actual freedom and sovereignty. If Ukrainians were willing to be slaves, they wouldn't be fighting. A settled peace is slavery. Russia already agreed to sovereignty when soviet union broke apart. This fight is over existence, freedom, not peace. Russia already broke the peace. Now the only question is, To be or not to be. Your questions about whether ukraine is willing to give up land to stop the fighting should be, "Is Russia willing to withdraw from the sovereign country they attacked yet? "

[@geoffsimpkins7650]

Agree.

[@offred6013]

Its Ego v Pragmatism.

[@JamesC785]

The host has to ask the question so that the audience can hear Ukraine's answer. Only Ukraine can decide &/or speak for Ukraine.

[@j.dunlop8295]

It's absolutely like feeding a wolf or tiger an arm or leg, and thinking he'll stop there! Putin's been doing this for over twenty years! 🛩️🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦🚜 S. Uk. !

[@skylark8828]

There's no indication that the Ukrainian people want to surrender to Russia, who would? Nobody can trust Russia now. Their brutality is disgusting.

[@lesjones7617]

Must not reward russian for this hideous War!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dawnburns880]

must never reward bullies cos will only encourage them to continue. more than that if all egotistical power-mad people would take that as a sign

[@stream2watch]

This. It is time to hack some of their nuclear plants and give them some Ural meltdowns to think of.

[@marioceva7163]

Slava Russia.!!!

[@Tina-zq9nn]

I hope they get what they need to save lives and push Russia out

[@johnbowers7864]

I think if there is any settlement involving Ukraine giving up territory, it should include Ukraine joining NATO also. How else could they be guaranteed that Putin doesn't come back in 5 years? We owe the Ukrainians NATO membership when this stops.

[@simchalebovitch6944]

Pure genius!

[@dougcoombes8497]

It's a great idea, but one that Putin is unlikely to agree to.

[@badmonkey2222]

@@dougcoombes8497 that why we will not negotiate, and as far as we see it Russian government is illegitimate, we will not negotiate with war criminals. 🇺🇦💪🇺🇦

[@doctordetroit4339]

The reason the war is being fought now is because NATO was not suppose to interfere with Ukraine. You saw what happened.

[@panchopuskas1]

Or some sort of guarantee of Ukrainian security that would involve seriously rearming the Ukr army and, importantly, navy.....

[@dougcoombes8497]

If the only way to aid in the defense of Ukraine as so many nations have been doing, is to defeat the Russian invasion of Ukraine then that is what we should do. Putin has made this an all or nothing paradigm, no one else. Certainly not the Ukrainians. We should be sending the aid Ukraine needs now to defeat Russian forces in the field, not just slow them down.

[@terjeoseberg990]

I believe that Ukraine has many new recruits in training. Most likely with the most modern equipment from the west. They should not be deployed without sufficient training. Currently Ukraine is doing a great job holding the Russians back while making each bit of progress extremely costly. Hopefully they can continue while minimizing Ukrainian losses while the new recruits complete their training. Once the new recruits are prepared the tide should change.

[@dougcoombes8497]

@@terjeoseberg990 I hope so, even though Ukrainian forces are doing an amazing job they are taking heavy losses as well. Up to 100 soldiers lost a day.

[@terjeoseberg990]

@@dougcoombes8497, I hope that Russia is losing significantly more troops than Ukraine, but I haven’t been hearing anything about those numbers lately.

[@dougcoombes8497]

@@terjeoseberg990 Russia is taking high losses they are replacing to a degree with men they are forcing to join them from the Donbass. Plus reservists in Russia they are paying large amounts of money to. Ukraine really needs a lot of heavy weapons to end this war. Russia is now using their thermobaric rockets which are causing a lot of Ukrainian losses

[@terjeoseberg990]

@@dougcoombes8497, How can they force people from the Donbass to join the Russian military? If any country invaded my country then tried to force me to join their military, they would obviously have to give me a weapon. Then, they had better not go to sleep, because they won’t be waking back up.

[@barrylane4164]

One of the most impressive Ukrainian representatives I have heard!!!

[@valthomsen2724]

Russian regard locals as Russian and don't want them harmed: Ukraine don't really worry too much if civilians become collateral damage. Makes it harder for Russians, easier for Ukrainians

[@karlsantos]

And the proof that russians have such considerations is? Maybe the way they are using artillery to level entire towns and villages?

[@IBACb]

LOL,.. Russia doesn't even care about its own soldiers!.. wise up, you're talking to a western audience not the usual muskovite livestock.

[@rtqii]

Ukraine needs more long range artillery and MLRS systems. They need guided ammunition.

[@badmonkey2222]

US are now sending MLRS planes flew out today.

[@doctordetroit4339]

Ukraine needs to get to the negotiating table. Now.

[@yudistiraliem135]

actually I think Ukraine need thermobaric bombs and there goes any hope of Russia to hold any area since the bombs will destroy units under most man made protection and even under armored vehicles protections. Since Russia has escalated and used theirs recently that's why they managed to uproot the Ukrainian defenses. MLRS meaning hitting Russia on their equipment side and they still have some amount of them, Ukrainians are outgunned 20:1 heavy equipment wise while thermobaric will hit them on human side, the side they are already very thin in and will make new recruits VERY reluctant to join. Also shows that they can't hold any positions except cities with living Ukranians civilians, if they leveled the city like Mariupol then nothing would stop Ukrainian to use the bombs when they retake it. So it force them to try soft take like in Kyiv and Kharkiv

[@alhambrabiker1476]

@@doctordetroit4339 Ukraine was at the negotiating table during Budapest Memorandum and Minsk agreement. Putin doesn’t understand negotiations

[@alhambrabiker1476]

@primary contact Ukraine did not break agreement. Maybe according to Putin’s propaganda Ukraine broke agreement. Putin broke the agreement by invading Ukraine.

[@rogerpennel1798]

The Russians have moved to a broad front strategy recently and they are launching bite and hold offensives. They launch small localized offensives along a wide front hoping to draw a numerically inferior Ukrainian force into counter-attacking and then use their numerical superiority in artillery to attrit the Ukrainians. However, bite and hold offensives require good communications, good training, good tactics, and experience to be successful. Since these are small unit actions leadership needs to be delegated forward to unit commanders which is the opposite of the way the Russian military works. It can be an effective strategy to dilute the strength of your enemy by forcing them to defend a wide front but it also has its weaknesses. Because the Russians can't coordinate their actions if they are going in opposite directions and it allows the Ukrainians to defeat the Russian offensives in detail since widely separated attacks can't provide mutual support. A wide front strategy also makes it hard for the Russians to achieve a numerical superiority on any front and logistically it's a nightmare if you don't have a sufficient number of transport vehicles and adequate supplies. With a tiered readiness force structure like the Russian use, many units are understrength and are backfilled with conscripts. However, the problem is an understrength unit ends up with too many non-combat logistical and administrative personnel. Each unit needs so many support vehicles and if the unit is only at 60% strength are those vehicles being used efficiently? Are they overused or underused? From a command perspective, how do you judge the strength of a unit which on paper is supposed to be X number of men strong but was deployed before it was at full strength or has experienced serious attrition? The answer is to aggressively break up understrength units and create new units from the survivors but that requires low-level command flexibility. The situation in the south is similar to the race to the sea in WWI. Since it is artillery centric and relatively static it requires more artillery and also increases the consumption of ammunition if the artillery isn't well directed. The Ukrainians need the ability to ability to strike bridges, railyards, roads, airports, and harbors 100km behind the front to interdict the Russian supply columns if they hope to survive. If NATO won't give Ukraine aircraft and cruise missiles NATO is condemning the Ukrainians to death in hopes of not escalating tensions with Putin.

[@andyloftube]

Appreciate the good analysis, thanks!

[@davidhimmelsbach557]

That's not a 'broad front strategy' at all. Putin, at this point, is just fighting to stay fighting. The Ukrainians are not, on the whole, counter-attacking. It's as the guest presented. The Russians are using canon fodder to expose Ukrainian strong points. In this, the fodder has replicated the role of penal battalions -- straight out of Stalin's Great Patriotic War. Where and when the Ukrainians are counter-attacking -- they are doing so largely out of range of Russian artillery. But, of course. Notably, up east of Kharkiv, the UA stopped moving east as soon as it reached the Russian artillery defense range. Wow, just like magic. The real problem with crippled units is that they are crippled in élan even more than TO&E. The entire 1st Guards Tank Army is so afflicted. That's why practically nothing has become of its Izyum bridgehead -- which surely figured large in Putin's Plan Z. Reforming units -- on the fly -- is impossible. The RA has to pull crippled battalion tactical groups entirely out of the war. But Putin can't wait for them to be re-blooded. Regardless, the imminent arrival of the American MLRS is the death of Putin's latest battle tactics. It eats artillery brigades for breakfast. When first employed in 1991, a single volley was known to have shredded a brigade. ('Steel Rain') Witnessing neighbors just fled -- officers, first. Destroying enemy artillery, rocket or tube, is job one for the MLRS system. The US Army did not use it for much else. Keep in mind, the MLRS system out ranges ALL Russian artillery. Putin is going to find it hard to counter.

[@terjeoseberg990]

@@davidhimmelsbach557, I believe they’ll use the MLRS systems to take out Russian supply lines, and that is the best use of them. They can take out bridges, railroads, convoys, and trains delivering supplies to the front lines. Without sufficient fuel, ammo, and food, the Russians will be defenseless.

[@davidhimmelsbach557]

@@terjeoseberg990 Nope. To do so would be against doctrine. Utter destruction of Russian artillery is job one. Period. Artillery is THE backbone of military defenses... not tanks, APCs, -- not even infantry with machine guns. After enemy artillery is crippled, your boys have virtually no problem gutting the defense works. M-777 will be tasked with tearing up enemy logistics, and additional, pin-point, counter battery fires. (Low target density situations) All of this is established doctrine. (See Iraq, 1991, 2003.)

[@terjeoseberg990]

@@davidhimmelsbach557, “To do so would be against doctrine.” Nonsense. Now you made it obvious that you have no clue. Destroying supply lines deep within enemy territory is exactly what the MLRS systems are intended for. Taking out bridges and railroad tracks are the most effective way to take out enemy supply lines.

[@ledafrancescamichela5519]

Macron would give Putin even his own pants!

[@hybridarmyofthegdl2193]

I hope the Muscovites know that dire times are on their way. Much worse than what is coming for other countries. No one can avoid Karma or Divine justice if you prefer...

[@cspace1234nz]

But Russia thinks they are in the right, so who's to say when it comes to karma ?

[@Splodnik]

@@cspace1234nz people who oppose Russian-Fascism, that's who.

[@cspace1234nz]

@@Splodnik .....yeah nah, I oppose Russian fascism but I don't get to decide their karma, do you ?

[@christianevanherck6023]

Karma is a force created by actions. In this situation, Russia gets the Karma because it is the aggressor.

[@rtqii]

@@cspace1234nz My father is Dr. Richard T Quick MD, the criminally insane psychiatrist. He is also a die-hard Trump/Putin supporter. He is online because of this. I decided his karma, why can't I help decide Putin's?

[@hybridarmyofthegdl2193]

- Почему Путин не хочет уходить? - Потому что знает, что далеко ему не уйти....... Just fighting will ve the way for Ukraine 🇺🇦 to recover their territory, this is why western countries has to keep supporting Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@johnmoser1162]

Why should we give away our hard earned tax dollars wasted on idiots, who are waiting for the MAGIC WEAPON that does not exist and they will never receive.

[@johnmoser1162]

@Liesl Pompe They could free their country in a "couple of weeks" if they would abandon their cave men like tactics. But instead they are hoping to get the magic "western club". So billions will be spent on weapons delivery when a couple of millions would be sufficient. The billions should be spent to rebuild the country but not the rearm the Ukrainian army.

[@alhambrabiker1476]

@Liesl Pompe that’s why you as a voter in your country has a power to control these politicians and how fast they make their decisions

[@alhambrabiker1476]

@Liesl Pompe okay

[@hybridforcesofthegdl3313]

I am not a Ukrainian, but they are my heroes . A huge salute👍

[@dawnburns880]

mine too and so is Poland. slava Ukraine

[@Puritlai]

No jocker president zelensky always acts as jocker and most foolish man in this world.

[@rtqii]

@@Puritlai He has organized the defense that has destroyed 42% of the prewar Russian combat power.

[@ronwyneking2763]

@@Puritlai President Zelensky for the people with the people, honesty and trust is what needed, he has it. He never stole wheat and sent it to Syria, that was Ukrainian wheat. Slava Ukraine

[@badmonkey2222]

@@Puritlai your a fool

[@ClaudioSerraBrun]

Solidarity with Ukraine! #Ukraine heroically resists the Russian aggressor. Russian soldier: If you enter the Ukraine, you will die. Better do something useful while you are still alive, and not the crime of invading a sovereign country: Go back to Moscow and overthrow the depraved genocidal criminal. Glory to Ukraine! Slava Ukraine! Geroiam Slava! Glory to the heroes!

[@judichristophersen7238]

Invade Russia back ! Can’t Ukrainian ???? If thier in war Russia should be fair game to them!

[@stevebenn7082]

Germany get your finger out & send the artillery ASAP stop draging your feet & walk the walk weve heard enough of your talk !! 🧐😤😡

[@mikeyKnows_]

They talk way too much

[@alhambrabiker1476]

@@mikeyKnows_ talk is cheap. Human life costs more than talk

[@bequemwaltz1990]

It remains to be seen whether Macron Pétain and Scholtz are trying to recreate an Ukrainian version of Vichy France or the Anschluss... They are a perfect match for the Nobel Prize.

[@feedyourmind6713]

So, just keep killing Ukrainians, then?

[@peter486]

No talks with russia. its pointless, In Jun most of the contracts for the russians runs out. how many troops will come back to ukraine lol

[@feedyourmind6713]

Nah, that's not what you make it out to be. They don't have some service agreement where they only serve 90 days. By current law, and it's even a bit iffy, they can separate from the current "Special Operation". They're still in the service, and Vlad will pass new rules. Even should some attempt to leave, their numbers will be so small as to not effect the wars progress. And to think 15 people agreed with you, on this.

[@peter486]

@@feedyourmind6713 if i was a russian there is Zero change i would go back to Ukraine, you cant not indefinably be drafted to a war thats not how contracts work, and changing the russian constitution to keep them there is Far fetched. those 90 days are gone... and thye have the option to stay or renew. what do you think they will do :) why do you think they are passing a new law that you can be 60 to sign for active duty, because they are out of troops.

[@feedyourmind6713]

@@peter486 Russian has roughly 65 million men, ages 18-40. Ukraines' total make population is around 20 million. The laws regarding military service, specifically this operation, are not part of Russias' Constitution. So, you're thinking they'll be a mass exodus of Russian troops come end of May.. put up a post it note to call me back come June 1st, we'll talk.

[@hybridarmyofthegdl2193]

SLAVA UKRAINE🙏❤🙏❤🙏 Stаy strong Ukrаine 👏💪🇺🇦🇵🇹🏳❤🏳 Бабушка - настоящая украинка! Низкий поклон. А оккупантам, хлеб с солью не обещаем, а пирожки с мышьяком - всегда пожалуйста!

[@jordiegundersen1465]

Good constructive interview and insight..

[@doonewatts7155]

Ah no other reports are saying that France and Germany also said there must be an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of russian troops. V important failure of all info by others it changes the whole picture of these phone calls. Slava Ukraini

[@doonewatts7155]

@Devil Dog They have

[@NYJGreatness]

The Ukrainians should just ignore France and Germany. They're as good as useless at this point.

[@doonewatts7155]

@@yaroslawmlynarsky2896 I agree about France but not Germany they have more than left the horrors they perpetuated in the 20th century behind

[@aidan11162]

@@doonewatts7155 by putting on blindfolds all while enabling/supporting all manner of horrors the world over

[@AindriuMacGiollaEoin]

Still calling out for long range artillery but still haven't shipped it over.

[@nategreensacker6252]

I wonder why the West is overpromising, but consistently underdelivering. It's infuriating how not enough countries take this seriously.

[@ilirllukaci5345]

He says marathon, but doesn't the summer dry season make faster more open maneuvers likely. And isn't this intrinsically to the detriment of the Russian tactic of bite and hold? I think this will be decided purely by how many heavy weapons the US can get into Ukraine and how quickly.

[@NickJaime]

It's more than the US who's sending heavy weapons such as Germany. Who not only are they sending which is a change of their foreign policy but the Uk and a few other countries who are sent.

[@ilirllukaci5345]

@@NickJaime Scholz promised artillery. Scholz didn't send artillery. Scholz's word is worth about as much as Putin's.

[@hotsauce1646]

It's not only the US who is suplying the Ukrain it's all the Nations of Europe and full Nato support . I have the feeling that most in America think that we are not doing anything . We are the frontline . In between Russia and America there is a big wall one is fortress Europe and then you have the Atlantic too on the other side you have lots of Asian countries that will not let Russia pass and than you have Australia a huge power after that the pasific ocean . You guys are safe so stop looking down on us

[@ilirllukaci5345]

@@hotsauce1646 Scholz should put tfu, or shut tfu.

[@davidhimmelsbach557]

American MLRS will terminate Putin's latest battle tactics. They will remove Russian artillery from the battle space, PDQ.

[@shannonsanders5399]

🇺🇦🙏🏻🇺🇦🙏🏻🇺🇦🙏🏻🇺🇦🙏🏻🇺🇦🙏🏻🇺🇦🙏🏻

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

I appreciate the broadcast but nothing NEW is being said here.

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

@@cherylderue336 How do you know? It's not even over yet. Are you some kremlinoid Putinboo?

[@johnappleby405]

Is there any evidence that the Russians are interested in negotiations especially now that they are making progress?

[@doomoo5365]

I think the ukrainians are interested in Revenge now for all the civilian infrastructure and innocent lives lost

[@Tina-zq9nn]

No. Putin has his mind set on gaining land whether it’s partial or total Ukraine. He will not negotiate. Ukraine has to push them out that’s only option.

[@rtqii]

@@basiltozer9078 When they are retreating, Putin's supporters call it progress. Everything is going according to plan.

[@knutkatastrophe2722]

After the Donbass

[@JamesC785]

Capitulation is all that they demand & call that negotiation.

[@cobbler40]

The Russians would have us believe Ukraine has destroyed all it’s towns ?

[@hkchan1339]

They only need the Russians to believe the lies to stay in power

[@knutkatastrophe2722]

Ukras are hiding there

[@JamesC785]

Mad idea - isn't it ?

[@farshadghahremani1800]

By real help of us and UK this war will be over in two weeks

[@73chengosaro4]

NOW this Man is factual

[@wespeakforthetrees]

A quick google of oil production cost per barrel shows your numbers are way off. Check it out.

[@cobbler40]

Reduce any town/city to rubble. The population flee and you gain an uninhabited pile of rubble. Which you will have to rebuild.

[@offred6013]

Natural gas and oil lies beneath the soil. Also reducing Ukraine to a landlovked country is another goal.

[@akon360]

Construction is good for the economy. Russia can reward all those loyal to Putin with high paying construction jobs. And it’ll be lucrative too since the ruble is at an all time high.

[@richardivonen3564]

Putin doesn't care about the people that he is pretending to protect. The prize that Putin is going for is the agricultural and mineral wealth of Ukraine.

[@robitmcclain6107]

Putin is dying of cancer. Russian conscription centers are being burned. Poorly trained young Russian soldiers are dying in droves. The best and brightest of Russia's future have left the country. The free world should invite the Southern Federal District and the Northern Caucasian Federal District to secede from Russia and form several independent countries. Start discussing the invitation widely and loudly and the dominoes will begin to fall.

[@Llewellyn2844]

You've been divorced from reality for a long time, haven't you?

[@robitmcclain6107]

@@Llewellyn2844 Is that Welsh humor? I'm not divorced from reality, we were never married.

[@slkinia]

@@robitmcclain6107 It shows.

[@robitmcclain6107]

@@slkinia It is the result of being a daft and dewy eyed dope. 🐸

[@alhambrabiker1476]

Putin is dying. He has not much time left. Russian bots can’t hide it.

[@rossvoss5408]

Not very well trained Russian troops are taking high casualties. Their war of attrition is a two edged sword so it remains to be seen who can prevail

[@mikatu]

@primary contact Population yes, men to send to war, not even half as many as Ukraine. They are now calling old men because they have no one left. And they still need to secure all their borders....

[@erniemajor]

''As a 'prize' for bringing the 'conflict' to an end....''? Are you kidding? Is this getting to be the official thinking?

[@tomasinacovell4293]

Make Putler Beg For Negotiations!

[@BeGunNer]

Sláva Ukraine

[@martstam2016]

Black Sea is heavily mined, not possible to sail without minesweepers.

[@alexlaverick6111]

Give Ukraine everything it needs without delay

[@tedbaxter5234]

Amazing audio - it’s 2022, not 1922.

[@teashea1]

Audio is too bad to listen to.

[@tomsaywer8403]

Ukraine R.I.P.

[@rogerpeterson9631]

NATO needs too put boots on the ground

[@mmazourov]

Putin’s position is nothing to do with “Ukraine does not exist”, it has to do with the fact that Zelenskiy has as much power to negotiate as Her Majesty’s corgis. Although in reality Her Majesty’s pets likely have more negotiating power - they are certainly better informed than Liz Truss.

[@blueberry-ri7eb]

The UN could step in with a neutral nation and establish a naval corridor for the shipments.

[@PsilocybinCocktail]

That's a good idea but it would probably take months to organise.

[@PeterSedesse]

Won't happen for 2 reasons. 1. Turkey will not allow warships into the Black Sea (for either side) 2. Like a no-fly zone, NATO countries would be unwilling to put ships into the black sea because of the high chance it escalates. What we need is just a pearl harbor moment, we need Russia to attack something in NATO so we can just blow them apart in a day and end this. Almost the entire Russian military is focused on capturing one town that isn't even in the top 30 largest Ukrainian cities... they would get destroy by NATO almost instantaneously.

[@aidan11162]

The UN can’t agree on when to have a meeting. Good luck getting them to do anything

[@silafaupaulmeredith7251]

See Scott Ritter who has been accurate on this war from the start.

[@ronparks8875]

Man you're talking to much sense, nobody I can see here would listen to reason!

[@brianjordan2192]

Seems like a good time to upgrade Ukraine's railroads. Or at least add a track so European trains could operate to get the grain. Much better idea than risking escalation or widening the war.

[@SorbusAucubaria]

No time for that because the grains need to be exported _now_ before next harvest, not after a year of building.

[@brianjordan2192]

@@SorbusAucubaria Why would adding one track to existing tracks take a year? How long will it take when Russia sinks a nato warship and Putin starts lobbing nukes? The grain gets to the ports somehow in less than a year, so the problem isn't what it is made out to be. Doing nothing while holding out for a pipe dream solves nothing.

[@davidhimmelsbach557]

It's EASY to down-size 1520mm track (Ukraine) to 1435mm track. (Poland) In the 19th Century, the US unified all of the southern 'roads' over a 72-hour week end. Most of the work was performed by un-trained/ semi-trained crews hired on for just this one task. Converting rail cars down is also a snap -- you just change out the trucks/ bogies. Every railroad has stores of bogies as a matter of routine. Poland and Lviv already have dual tracks -- one 1520mm and the other (brand new) 1435mm. Having said that, I rather suspect that UNGA pressure will force Putin to allow humanitarian grain shipments out of Odessa -- so that he can ship out of Novorossiyk, too. Putin's blockade is not hurting Kyiv anywhere nearly as much as it's hurting the 3rd World.

[@brianjordan2192]

@@davidhimmelsbach557 The next problem will be the Russians trying to sell the grain they've already stolen. With the recession looming, Putin's war was poorly timed. But yes, adding one track wouldn't be difficult, and doing something is always better than doing nothing.

[@dorrisday1518]

How on earth can the interviewer wish him a Good Morning? Wake up folks use some intellect

[@baldersn4474]

So why are the West not giving these weapons to the Eukranians ?

[@wespeakforthetrees]

Oops disregard my previous comment. Wrong video, My bad.

[@janvanrenesse2118]

It was so easy to avoid this war. What were the Russian-speaking people in Donbass asking? No independence, just more autonomy, the right to allow Russian alongside Ukrainian as the language of government in the Donbass. Was that so much to ask? Ukraine said no. And now Ukraine is losing the Donbass and all of the southern region, with many deaths. While Zelensky had promised peace.

[@simchalebovitch6944]

Putin wanted to absorb Ukraine into his sphere of control. Unless he could install a puppet government into Ukraine as he has done in Belarus without war, he was going to going to invade Ukraine. The only thing that would have made him think twice, was if the West had given Ukraine real support before he invaded. After all, the West has sat back and allowed him to get away with all the previous countries he's invaded. Why should he think any different of this one?

[@janvanrenesse2118]

@@simchalebovitch6944 Zelensky was elected with a program of Peace, which the Russian-speaking people in Donbass also voted for. But I think the US did not want peace but a war with Russia to weaken the country. Hence, as early as 2014, the CIA provided training and weapons to far-right paramilitaries to create unrest. The Ukrainians are thus being used by the US in their geopolitical power game, as well as Europe which is shooting itself in the foot with the economic boycott. Billions of dollars worth of weapons are being imported into the country by the US and the EU so that the conflict can continue.

[@simchalebovitch6944]

@@janvanrenesse2118 I don't know where you got that one from. The West got Ukraine to give up her nuclear weapons, offering guarantees of security -which they mostly have not kept - in exchange. Part of the security was to equip and train the Ukrainian army. If it was truly a case of geopolitics, then Ukraine would have been admitted to NATO some time ago.

[@aidan11162]

Funny that Russia is always ready and willing to step in every time this happens. Just an odd coincidence. Like crimea, Georgia, Moldova. Dang it’s like it keeps happening

[@aeye9772]

@@aidan11162 funny how West is always supporting anti Russian actions.

[@charleentheron4767]

The West must please help defeat Russia

[@PeterSedesse]

I would imagine France's encrypted phone has a white flag sticking out of it. We are trying to prevent WW3 and the two countries talking to Russia are the one who started WW2 and the one who surrendered immediately. Germany is telling Russia to do what we did, and France is telling Ukraine to do what we did.

[@mikatu]

Germany didn't start WW II, Japan was at war way before that. But yes, France is a joke. They just want to surrender.

[@RoySingh0611]

I like the Grind and Solidify strategy of Russian Forces. If you talk about Long Range Missiles the Russian already have them and they can easily strike the western part if they want to. We’re not even talking about Air Superiority of Russia…

[@PsilocybinCocktail]

It's Putin's favourite fan-boy! The Ruffians are running low on missiles, Roy, and they have never had air superiority - their pilots are scared to overfly Ukrainian territory. But carry on singhing, little bird!

[@markgilrosales6366]

@@PsilocybinCocktail Keep dreaming. Missiles are flying. Ukrainian air force is nowhere to be found. Minus the NATO intelligence, Ukraine would have been a goner.

[@OtherSideOfMorning]

Being able to write so much drivel with so few words is a rare talent indeed

[@RoySingh0611]

@@OtherSideOfMorning Oh I learned it from the Western MSM… 😂

[@PsilocybinCocktail]

@@markgilrosales6366 Yeah wev

[@beyourselfbrave4115]

I can hear some voices over this recording....perhaps Russian speaking youtubers trying to sabotage it....obviously its not surprising at all ! 💀☠️❌️❌️

[@bob___]

On the Russian blockade of Ukrainian food exports, it's not realistic to expect a coalition of the willing to take on the Russian navy. However, Ukraine could be provided with the means to sink the Russian navy from shore, and then it would be a matter of clearing the water mines. Ships could be built on a river to do that. In World War II, some of the Liberty ships had their hulls constructed near Pittsburgh (which is far inland), after which they were floated down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans, where they were finished, loaded with food and supplies, and sent on a one-way trip to the UK. Many things are possible if the political will is there.

[@davidhimmelsbach557]

Boris Johnson gave Zelenskyy Harpoon missiles more than a month ago -- on paper. No news since. Denmark has given more harpoons, just the other day. Harpoon missiles are delivered from land, sea and air. To drive the Black Sea fleet back into port, the priority must be to modify Sukoi and Mig jets to carry same. Putin's surface fleet has no counter to the Harpoon. The primary ship designed to frustrate the Harpoon lies at the bottom of the Black Sea. I figure that the UNGA will get Turkey to stop Putin's grain exports, and all else, unless Ukraine's grain can transit, too. The straits will still be blocked against military and ordinary cargoes of Ukraine. Putin, with some arm-twisting, will be able to live with such a deal. Mega-starvation will not win him allies in the UNGA.

[@robitmcclain6107]

Early Great Loop tour eh?

[@DragnisThe1st]

They have been. They have enough Harpoon missiles in the Odessa region to sink the entire black sea fleet.

[@davidhimmelsbach557]

@@DragnisThe1st I've never heard the good news: are they now operational ? If they are, one would think that Sevastopol would be out of business.

[@mikatu]

The idea is not to go to war. If russian navy even dares to attack them, then they have a reason to declare war and russia would lose in just a few days. So yes, they should send ships.

[@blueberry-ri7eb]

Long range precision guided weapons to Ukraine ASAP . Let's go. They can take out the hypersonic and thermobaric missile launchers.

[@richardivonen3564]

What is your solution to the problem of long range missiles launched from Russian aircraft from within Russian airspace?

[@blueberry-ri7eb]

@@richardivonen3564 I am not a military expert but it would seem that with all the satellite information in real time they should be able to locate where the Russian cruise and long range are coming in and work on taking out their launch sites even if that means ships and subs. Putin is destroying whole cities. Even if he had no land plan he could annihilate the entire country with his missiles. Once his long range is exhausted it is more of an even fight which I think Ukraine will win. Putin is firing at every city from Odesa to Sumy even Leviv to say ",I can reach you anywhere and you are not safe". A strict land war I believe even if 5 to 1 Ukraine can win. Even if Putin withdrew all troops he could still destroy Ukraine with long range and he needs to know that even his powerful hypersonic are vulnerable.

[@judichristophersen7238]

To bad we can trust Puttin

[@SeemoreDunkan]

BREAK THE CONVOY.

[@cspace1234nz]

It would be good to get a bit more transparency from Ukraine on it's losses. For some time now it has become apparent that they are not doing well as it was spun out to be for those forst couple of months, that they are struggling and that Russia are making slow and steady progress in spit of whatever losses they experience. It would not surprise me at all if Ukraine is losing 100 per day or more, especially when they claim Russia has lost 30k or more in total.

[@SBCBears]

At this time, official Ukraine losses are about 500 casualties, MIA and POWs per day.

[@cspace1234nz]

@@SBCBears .....where do those figures come from and do they include wounded ?

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

No... It doesn't matter. The ability to fight on is what matters

[@rtqii]

@@cspace1234nz Putin wears extremely tight lingerie under his suit and has nuclear weapons. I am concerned about him.

[@milesb2111]

They are taking sverdonetsk but losing kherson at the same time.... So are they really gaining ground?

[@alfrednewman8995]

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[@peace-now]

There needs to be a Peace Settlement based on trust. It will involve compromise for sure. We all need peace.

[@emigrator08]

What you are proposing is the very definition of insanity. How many times did Ruzzia fire on humanitarian corridors? Every time. They use these talks to their strategic advantage and innocent lives are lost as a result. Putin can not be negotiated with and he's illustrated this numerous times.

[@Dustpuuppy]

You can never trust the Russians though.

[@rogerpennel1798]

No appeasement comrade! Peace will only come when Putin is dead.

[@JamesC785]

Trust ? russia broke the Budapest Memorandum & invaded Ukraine having promised not to.

[@SuperRede4u]

Trust the Russians????? Ask Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania about "trusting" the Russians.

[@grimempathy7543]

Ukraine clearly isn't using the m777 guns in the right places. Those guns should of been brought down to stop the advancement in the Donbass period. There is no excuse for the Russians to be moving in large chunks. Perhaps Ukraine will read this and move the m777's to the right part of the front.

[@boink800]

Send more M777's and unlimited ammo -- that is how our Ukrainian heroes will win. Slava Ukraini!

[@grimempathy7543]

@@boink800 well first thing that has to be done. Is the fact they can use the m777's the right way. If they can't mobilize the ones they have already to key areas at the dropoff a hat. Then we have no reason to send more. The ones that were sent was basically a test to see how they would be used. And there not being used right. They are not needed up in kharkiv they need to be down in the Donbass yet there not. So we can't send more if they are not being used right.

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

90 M777's and 200,000 rounds? The russians are firing 400,000 rounds a day.....

[@grimempathy7543]

@Devil Dog I prefer them to be competent. But there no point talking to someone like you that only has a one track mind. That's what's wrong with the younger generation. They lack an open mind and can't see the big picture at all. Good luck on giving people bad advice your whole life. Your clearly not the brightest bulb on the tree.

[@boink800]

@@VajrahahaShunyata 200k rounds is nothing in a war dominated by artillery. We need to be thinking in the millions.

[@peterchaloner2877]

As inevitable as a 32-county Ireland: Russian Crimea and Donbas.

[@rtqii]

What about Kyiv, Odessa... Poland, Moldova??

[@keithadams812]

The Somalia of Europe

[@rogerpennel1798]

Enjoy watching the last generation of Russian youth butchered for your messiah Putin's pipe dream of rebuilding the Soviet Block.

[@dailylaughdose7030]

Glory for Russia

[@JamesC785]

Overthrowing putin's regime would bring glory to russia.

[@steven4315]

"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people"

[@bazduggan4042]

Remember, Nato Chose to get involved with a non Nato, non EU country coutry!! So Russia has a right to defend itself against a multinational force at sea.

[@Tina-zq9nn]

Nope

[@rtqii]

Russians also have a right to mourn when their Black Sea Fleet never returns to shore.

[@MT-eb2dx]

Russia has the right to nothing. Right means that the other side accepts what that right is. We don't grant any more rights to slaughterers, rapists and murderers.

[@bazduggan4042]

@@MT-eb2dx like the Azov Nazis battalion? Yea, I agree 😆

[@keithadams812]

You're moron's can't protect the Russian navy from a country who doesn't have a navy do you really want to play with the Americans

[@alamalam554]

Hope Russia will win . Good luck to Mr. Putin.

[@richardivonen3564]

Sending Putin to a retirement home in Kamchatka would be a big win for Russia.