Russian invasion: 'Kremlin coup against Putin is now possible' | SpectatorTV

[@susancoy3096]

Very refreshing to see a host not continually interrupting her guests and giving them time to finish what they are saying. Kudos

[@valentinesouthest2806]

Absolutely 🌞✨

[@jamesgoacher1606]

I was also impressed with the white haired gentelman in the light bue shirt who seemed to be of practical use to the discussion. The other fella was talking just now and has also a pragmatic view and alalysis of the situation. This is proving to be a valuably news item.

[@christopherellis2663]

Twenty questions in five minutes is the usual platform

[@jamesgoacher1606]

@@christopherellis2663 Similar - but for different reason to the length of a 'Singles' Track for a DJ to play on the Radio in the 50's and 60's. This interview however was enrapturing and attention absorbing and I am grateful I happened upon it. Some of the records from the 60's as well.

[@valentinesouthest2806]

@@jamesgoacher1606 Agree 💛🙏🏼💙

[@amandamorton-king2112]

Extremely good interviewer; gave the interviewees every opportunity to express their own opinions and asked intelligent questions which made clear she fully understood the situation.

[@sarfaraz.hosseini]

Kate Andrews is a brilliant and thought provoking conservative economist in her own right, as well as excelling at interviewing.

[@amandamorton-king2112]

@@sarfaraz.hosseini Yes but how many economists can keep their mouths shut and just encourage others to explain their own opinions? That's what makes her exceptional.

[@t5kcannon1]

Agree. Kate Andrews is a first rate interviewer.

[@hittitecharioteer]

Kate Andrews is consistently impressive. Excellent interview.

[@tractorhead971]

So much better than the hectoring interrupting insulting propagandising activists at the BBC.

[@myrarobertson7157]

This young lady is an extremely good interviewer and an asset on your programme.

[@THEJR-of5tf]

I agree 100%. She could teach the BBC "interviewers" a lesson in how to do it.

[@Warriorking.1963]

What a shame interviewers on MSM can't take a lesson from this lady. Instead of "being an expert", she simply asked the questions and then sat back and allowed her two guests to speak. Excellent job.

[@talltroll7092]

It's because she is a newspaper journalist. She does appear on TV for one of either the BBC or Sky News "What the papers say" segments once a week (I can't remember which), but you can tell she isn't a TV newsie

[@coolroy4300]

Leftism doesn't do journalism

[@beeryweery]

not her normal MO, tbh

[@BalefulBunyip]

Very good questions and very well paced interview. Outstanding interviewer.

[@carltonrandom]

I like their pleasant little jingle before and after their discussion of a possible nuclear holocaust. What a toe-tapper.

[@10jpmorgan]

Yeah, I was surprised by that cutesy intro, too . . . . !

[@EileenOR]

LOL! Thanks for a good laugh! Boy, do I and everyone else need it!

[@markwillies4330]

"Always look on the bright side of life" I think could be the inspiration.

[@JuanMartinez-ki7op]

LMAO, THANKS...

[@richardj9016]

It’s like a bar fight in a cowboy film.

[@THEJR-of5tf]

Thank you for an excellent video, It was good to hear the participants get their points across without the presenter constantly interrupting. I have given this a thumbs up and I have subscribed.

[@tolered70]

The best program on KZbin regarding this horrible war, much better than Oxford Union (University) and a million miles more objective and knowledgeable than Princeton University!

[@stardust5397]

Notwithstanding how good Kate is as an interviewer on this subject , I love how she looks so completely saddened & miserable by the subject - so much more sincere than the fake smile news

[@ClearOutSamskaras]

March 7th/2022 Her facial expression of pouting sad face is one of the more stupid things I've seen.

[@chriswayneevans]

@@ClearOutSamskaras Lol, yeah I noticed her sad and oh so concerned expression. Good interviewer though.

[@richardj9016]

@@ClearOutSamskaras She is responding to the situation being discussed. Maybe you would too if you realised what is being discussed.

[@user-pe9qg3hg3k]

Kate is a fantastic orator, I could listen to her interviewing people for hours and hours.

[@ken4975]

Top interviewer

[@hittitecharioteer]

High quality guests too. Spectator is offering some terrific output these days.

[@IsaiahSellassie]

Yes, she is marvelous. :)

[@grybauskaitespakalikukluba970]

I hope she is not woke BBC type

[@IsaiahSellassie]

@@grybauskaitespakalikukluba970 My impression is, she is very intelligent and not so ideologically fundamentalist as to ignore the evidence of reality. She asks refreshingly perceptive questions. I am a fan. :)

[@ronakpurohit3511]

This is the best time to oust Putin, make him the scapegoat entirely that way the Kremlin can save face when retreating. Blame Putin for everything, pretend they were against the invasion in the first place and negotiate peace with much smaller demands from Ukraine. If i was in the Russian government this would be an option but who would go against him?

[@alarmclockrings]

Always amazed how these experts claim to know what was expected.

[@sword7872]

Yes yet they will only do it after the event, never before it happens

[@TomTabaczynski]

"Experts". More like hacks.

[@jackspring7709]

It amazes me even more that these experts don't even know what they're talking about when they, if anything, are more obliged than anyone else to research, then report, the truth - not become activists.

[@jillfeatherman5523]

@@jackspring7709 They know. Everyone knows. They just go along because they think it was in the best interest of the EU to have Ukraine looking West and not East.

[@sansan2591]

Stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@thepianoman1010]

As The Beach Boys said ... Wouldn't it be Nice!

[@fraserbailey6347]

Or, as Brian Clough's father used to say: 'If ifs and buts were raisins and nuts, every day would be Christmas'.

[@less3117]

Kate is an excellent interviewer, as always.

[@davidjma7226]

There is a slow moving 40km line of Russian a/v's and tanks. Should be an easy target for an air strike or missile launch?

[@TheDarim]

I think it should become the largest firework display of the world

[@SenorJuan2023]

That's why anti tank weapons are being sent/used!

[@vivians9392]

I agree. They are in single formation on one road. I watched film of WWII fighter planes take out long rows of convoy, so what is the problem?

[@Puppydoug]

Yep, even a few well placed armed drones could score a few direct hits there.

[@harmless6813]

There is no hurry. As long as they are just sitting there, all they do is straining the Russian supply lines.

[@raymondsawyer8626]

Let's not forget the previous President of Ukraine who seems to be rallying and taking a lead role in the defence of his country

[@antonzibarev5671]

😂

[@kenbrass8928]

The one thing nobody has talked about when this war is over reparations I would expect all the funds that are frozen that belong to Russia immediately be diverted to reparations for Ukraine's infrastructure and people and then before we allow future import of Russian oil and goods those reparations be paid maybe it may even slow the damage done knowing they're going to have to pay for all that damage

[@keithmoss7460]

I really would hope so Ken yes! The same principle should apply to all criminals and their acts... big or small. I also feel once the war is over that Russia should be forced to have UN and Nato occupation for at least 50 years and two generations like Germany did after the 2nd world war. And that their entire nuclear and conventional arsenal is handed over to have it completely decommissioned. And all their chemical and biological weapons incinerated. Their military basically disbanded.

[@marraz1308]

Oh no, not more "experts" they ain't got such a good track record recently, have they!!

[@dag3014]

experts aren't fortune tellers, but they have the expertise and the knowledge to make more accurate predictions than some random twat on facebook.

[@harmless6813]

How so?

[@AMYV3]

This is what I want to know the most. He must be taken out NOW

[@stevenfox7378]

Great interview technique Kate 👍Nice to hear their points of view and very well balanced as stated below.

[@paulmitchell5349]

their.....

[@ScammedByJamesLClark]

Very good interviewer. Very attentive and a good listener

[@thomassanzi1239]

"DON'T YOU BELIEVE WE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS SHOULD BE INVOINVOLVED IN THIS CONFLICK TO PREVENT ANOTHER HOLOCAUST"

[@jonny777bike]

Only if the threat of a nuclear war were to be obliterated. As long as Putin can dangle a nuclear war all the other countries will have to cower in fear. Also don’t include China out of the it. Putin is clearly deranged.

[@stephaniesadie832]

@@jonny777bike Hes not deranged, but he clearly is deluded and has miscalculated all aspects of this badly.

[@eddiel7635]

In reference to Chechnya, the guy missed the point that the Chechens were basically given what they were fighting for. They have an autonomous, muslin state. Unfortunately for them it’s also run by a brutal dictator but it is Chechen and their culture is guaranteed. Plus Chechnya is 2 million people, Ukraine is 45 million.

[@knicks252525]

Are they autonomous?

[@SenorJuan2023]

I've mentioned before that if the Russians couldn't beat Chechnya, how can they beat Ukraine using NATO weapons. Putin will be out of office by the end of this year.

[@JacobBax]

@@knicks252525 Only on paper

[@eddiel7635]

@@knicks252525 yes, Putin leaves Kadyrov to do what he wants, as long as he supports Putin and keeps a lid on the nationalist movement. Chechnya sits outside the rest of the Russian state, competes with the FSB etc. Broadly speaking they share the oil income.

[@hazmanriess8949]

What if 45 million Ukraine copycat Chechen style of fighting. Moskow bear will badly injured

[@jackspring7709]

It's a pity that those most obliged to understand the situation in Ukraine have chosen not to do so: anyone can research into what actually happened there, even going back to 2014 which really isn't that long ago. It saddens me more than anything that hardly anyone in msm has done this.

[@nadw]

Yes, the Russian people really are in the dark about what is going on, believing the State's propaganda. Agree very sad, it won't be until the scale of their soldier's deaths becomes apparent and the economy collapses that they will look beyond what they see on Russian state TV channels.

[@dgurevich1]

@@nadw majority of them are 50+. Anyone wealthy, smart or willing enough to have access to the internet are well aware of what's happening. That's why there are so many protests, even in face of imprisonment.

[@nadw]

@@dgurevich1 yes, fully agree. Unfortunately I don’t think that more intelligent, aware part of society is large or influential enough to sway Putin or his cabinet, it’s really the oligarchs who have any influence

[@peters6591]

Very helpful interview. Change is coming.

[@Forester-qs5mf]

The commentators are far too pessimistic. Russia does not have anywhere near the troop numbers required to take and hold Ukraine. They simply cant do it in the face of the vastly superior Ukrainian resistance.

[@homahak]

Do I detect a whiff of wishful thinking from these “experts”?

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

I suspect you may also detect a whiff of wishful thinking from 90% of the population of the civilised (sic) world, so a whiff by all means but perhaps not hold your breath.

[@errolkim1334]

Listen to the questions!! She makes it sound like Russia's being bashed

[@evolassunglasses4673]

@@Johnny-sj9sj this war has been going on for 8 bloody years, Russia has been slow to act. America would of acted after 8 hours if this had been Canada. We all saw how America flatterned most of the Middle East. Nato has been surrounding Russia for decades and using Ukraine to destabilise it.

[@NorfolkSceptic]

No mention of the 2014 coup, helped along by Victoria Nuland? No mention of the Minsk Agreement and why it didn't get implemented? No mention of the February 2008 memo from the US embassy in Russia explaining how Ukraine's NATO membership would compel Russia to make a choice they don't want to make?

[@CBfrmcardiff]

@@NorfolkSceptic no mention of any of these as they are irrelevant to the discussion. It's like listening to the radio discuss the war in Poland in 1939, and saying, "No mention of Versailles? No mention of the persecution of Germans? No mention of etc etc" As to the outcome of the war: the Russians may well succeed, but that is the default assumption. What had happened in the past 10 days is that the Ukrainians have fought so well that it's not a sure thing - and bravo for the Ukainians.

[@bettythoburn2027]

Brilliant I thoroughly enjoyed this programme.

[@OssaGhalyoun]

Oh nooo, Putin downfall is very possible, in fact if Australian along with Western governments offer rewards to those Russian officials to defect, they will abandon Pustalinin in droves.

[@hosookit6237]

Pray for World Peace.

[@k-matsu]

15:30 Hang on now . . . Chechnya is a country of 1.4 million (only 1 million of whom were Chechen), with a total area of 17,000 km2. Is he SERIOUSLY suggesting that the Russian army is capable of carrying out the same sort of repression on a country of 44 million, with THIRTY TIMES the total land area? Great discussion, overall. But I think this guy seriously overestimates the capacity of human beings to INFLICT cruelty. As hundreds of war criminals can tell you -- eventually torture destroys the torturer too. The idea that the Russian army could be that brutal to people who most of them view as "practically the same as Russians" . . . Im sorry but I just dont see it happening.

[@enzothebaker22]

I think you are absolutely correct. I don't think the Russians have the manpower or the collective resolve against their cultural brothers. Further, the West will not allow Ukraine with 44 million to be a whipping boy for ever. I suspect a long term siege of Kiev will bring direct intervention. I just don't think the West will allow Kiev to be razed to the ground. Good, bad or otherwise, Kiev is not Aleppo or Grozny.

[@tommyg1290]

Not only that dynamic but the monitoring and live video hosting/streaming would be far more prevalent than Crimea. A far more open, modern and dangerous occupation.

[@frankknight7968]

Chilcot inquiry didn't nail Blair do why should we believe Freeman?

[@digitaldragonborn]

Oh dear jaws will drop eyes will pop.

[@RS-ox1vd]

The western media has been able to give a powerful publicity of Ukrainian and western view point. It will take sometime to know Russian plans and objectives. It is interesting to view the news channels of non-western countries on the reasons for the invasion and what may be the likely outcome.

[@sarfaraz.hosseini]

We all know Putin's claims. That it was to stop a Nazi, Jewish, drug addict, run government of nation that doesn't exist, in a country that shouldn't have been created, from genocide only his state run news knows about, and who would destroy Russia by imminently joining NATO's rogue border states which threaten Russia namely Norway, Latvia, and Estonia. Utterly unhinged and not worth parsing.

[@venusdemilo1627]

Everybody is trying to analyze why Putin is invading Ukraine. There is no justification because the invasion is senseless. It's as simple as that.

[@iiiooo3803]

@@sarfaraz.hosseini you are saying it like its a joke but the war is raging there for 8 years 14.000 people did die and neo nazis are real! You dont have to agree with putin but at least show some respect to victims that are not mentioned in western msm!

[@evolassunglasses4673]

@@sarfaraz.hosseini This war has been going on for 8 bloody years, Russia has been slow to act. If this was happening on the Canadian border the Americans would of acted after 8 hours. Nato has been surrounding Russia for decades and using Ukraine to destabilise Russia. The West has e been backing the ruthless NeoNazi group AZOV BATTALION. Nato is the military wing of the Global American Empire and its open borders Globalisation project. It is American driven Globalisation particularly mass immigration that is destroying European Civilisation not Christian Russia.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

@@venusdemilo1627 This war has been going on for 8 bloody years, Russia has been slow to act. If this was happening in Canada, America would of acted after 8 hours. Nato has been surrounding Russia for decades and using Ukraine to destabilise it. The West has even been backing the ruthless NeoNazi group AZOV BATTALION. Just Google: AZOV BATTALION

[@helveticaification]

People used to talk about "carrot and stick" in pacification strategies. Putin appears to have eaten all the carrots himself.

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

But if recent photography is anything to go by, he’s storing them in his cheeks 🐱

[@SenorJuan2023]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpjNZKGQjNmCnKM

[@MM2009]

Time to plan operation Valkyrie again, bit better this time.

[@mindbomb9341]

Great talk. "Non-Zero" chance! :)

[@investertiger3777]

Putin is the dragon queen from game of thrones and we had seen what happened to her.

[@ChristopherDowning]

This interview should be the gold standard for broadcasters. It's a huge shame that the BBC fails to meet the Reithian principles to educate, inform, and entertain by focusing news output on entertainment. In contrast, The Spectator should be justly proud of informing and educating its readership in this way. Good job!

[@geoffjoffy]

That lady's eyes are so kind.

[@shahadah1451]

Here in America our news is announcing on TV that the Russian oligarchs will never depose Putin because they are beholden to him for their prosperity.

[@hittitecharioteer]

If Putin threatens their wealth, then their position can shift. Complex politics pertains to Ukraine.

[@adrianos198]

Things change and quick when lots of money is involved

[@rocknral]

When the zoo keeper runs out of scraps, the lions start eyeing off the zoo keeper.

[@SenorJuan2023]

But now they are losing it BECAUSE of Putin. Thus, they have no use for him anymore.

[@harmless6813]

Makes no sense. When he is dead, he no longer has any power over them.

[@cdcaterham]

I am going to throw a BYOB party..... "Build Your Own Bunker". Sad times

[@bogthing1]

Well, I hope the plotters are exposed and brought to justice. Who would suggest such a thing?

[@errolkim1334]

Das Clinton's

[@fraserbailey6347]

According to the Duran, who seem to be the only people who are correct at least some of the time, the Russians have actually taken quite a lot of territory, and encircled the main body of Ukraine's army in a 'cauldron' in the east.

[@alarmclockrings]

As they also say...Funny how no experts in the media know anything about how Syria was done.

[@iiiooo3803]

Yeah they are better than all this "experts"!

[@evolassunglasses4673]

The Duran is a must sub.

[@sword7872]

Alexander Mercouris chanel is the best. He does a daily update.

[@marciasloan534]

Excuse my ignorance. What is the DURAN?

[@KEichenberger]

@10:49 The Russian troops in Ukraine, most of them come from ~4,500km to the East, they do not see the people they're invading as the same.

[@errolkim1334]

Matey Boy gets asked about his own claim and he's like "oh I don't know" FFS 😂😂

[@JC-zw9vs]

Quite right. Badly presented under a clickbait title too.

[@davidjma7226]

Zelensky has purpose and that it what inspires his people. One of the key leadership characteristics of any successful leader.

[@24hourjukebox55]

😃😄😆😅🤣

[@scamdemicusmaximus5109]

The purpose of the actor, Zelensky, was to acquire a massive mansion in Florida. And he was successful.

[@fastyaveit]

An assumption, fake news and wishful thinking perhaps? I am getting tired of all the propaganda on the internet, I am building a bunker and Going Underground (great song from The Jam btw) 💪💪😂😂🤣

[@MrHvanzetten]

In every village or city the Russian's occupied they must station solders and materials. In the end they are thinned to much and are an easy target for Ukrainian solders and civilian.

[@harmless6813]

The Ukrainians have already taken back cities and other territory multiple times. The Russians also have driven around some cities to speed up the invasion, only to now find Ukrainian troops behind their backs. This invasion was totally botched. All they are doing now is some desperate attempt at damage control.

[@julianshepherd2038]

If Putin is ousted, does the Tory Party give the money back?

[@rhcpmorley]

Maybe, as will Alex Salmond, 'Stop the war' , Jeremy Corbyn and his cabal, Chelsea, Everton, various private schools, much of Mayfair, the Evening Standard etc etc

[@tomb407]

@@rhcpmorley but who has been in power and allowed it all to happen? The Conservative Party.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

@@tomb407 our government is not in power to serve us. Globalisation destroyed the nation state democracy decades ago. All Liberal Democracies in the West are completely captured by international finance and are heading in the same direction on all the big issues particularly with mass replacement migration. Democracy now is just rule in the interests of international oligarchs.

[@spm36]

@@tomb407 it started under labour lovey Blair

[@A2Z1Two3]

Will the Biden’s give their Ukrainian millions back ?

[@JakeCole1453]

MI6 voice boxes. Ignore them.

[@isokabooks3758]

The Lard in Number 10 is in the same boat.

[@christophersmith5691]

Putin's long tables seem designed to keep him a long pistol shot away from visitors. Maybe he feared Macron would shoot him

[@TheDarim]

Macron hasn't got enough balls for this, I'm afraid.

[@jimbodimbo981]

Macron just surrendered on behalf of France..just in case

[@xfactor6099]

More like a dic### shot of Western visitors because he knows that all Western male visitors are woke lgbtqzxnm.... Russian men only do women.

[@derekbrown7892]

We hope so

[@williammillard687]

For the Russian people as well as the Ukrainians and also the rest of the world, hopefully any coup will be ‘swift’ ... let’s all pray..

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Russia is the last stand for European Civilisation against the Global American Empire and its open borders Globalisation project. American driven Globalisation particularly mass replacement migration is destroying European Civilisation not Christian Russia.

[@williammillard687]

@@evolassunglasses4673 Putin has attacked and is now murdering the Ukrainians.....for me it’s about people, not globalisation....the UK left the EU for good reason...

[@evolassunglasses4673]

@@williammillard687 Russia has been under attack for 8 bloody years. The West backed the coup against the elected government and collapsed Ukraine into this madness. We are part of European Civilisation in or out the EU. You may not think this is about Globalisation but it is. As long as the Global American Empire has domination over us we can never address the real issues like mass replacement migration. America wants complete control of the future of European Civilisation and good relations between Germany and Russia was a major threat to them long-term.

[@welshcelt9406]

Be careful what you wish for. Putins fighting the Globalists.

[@williammillard687]

@@welshcelt9406 ...narratives...

[@deborahwillard3495]

Imagine this man talking about taking out Queen Elizabeth 2nd? Same shy smile and Nanny knows you stole the cookies!

[@SI-cd7xs]

But Ukraine has nothing to do with the west’s proxy war against Russia right lol

[@e8zd9d3aee3]

Those are experts! Thank you but no thank you

[@awalk5177]

Very interesting, but we do not know what Russia's plan is. They do not follow western military strategy. Clearly these guys know little about Russian military strategy. Only one week in and they have controlled the skies, secured the gateway to Crimea in Kherson and have kettled the main part of the Ukrainian army in the break away regions , have Kiev blocked ( I don't think it is stalled, but blocked) while they are now surrounding the Black sea ports of Mariupol and Odessa. I don't think we understand their plan but it does seem to be working.

[@pt6423]

Putin is calculating. Nothing he does is accidental or by chance. As a chess player he knows how to use his pawns, the young 100,000 teenage conscripts first, he still has his older trained troops at his disposal. Use your pawns first then move on to the rook, knight and bishop. Look at the way Putin sits at the head of a long table. Used to intimidate, reduce risk of personal attack just like a chess board. Putin's life ambition is to restore the old Soviet block before it was broken up. Putin is old school. He is ex KGB and knows how to intimidate, torture, and assassinate. He is not going to stop until he achieves his objective. We need an internal coup. Someone needs to terminate him.

[@awalk5177]

@@pt6423 I don't agree with the idea about Putin's life ambition, (that is coming from our media) nor do I agree that he will progress beyond Ukraine, unless Russia is attacked from inside NATO, then we would be in WW3. There will be no internal coup. Decisions in Russia are not made by one man, he is only the current "Chairman of the board". If something happens to Putin , another face will just take over as the new chairman, it would not affect military strategy. There is a good channel here from a guy in Seattle who knows about Russian military strategy. Maybe you should watch some of his videos. see SmoothieX12

[@rattylol]

Oh but it is going to plan. You just don't comprehend that plan.

[@jsz9388]

This map of the ISW is terrible. Where is Voronezh?? Where are the units of the 20th CAA? Where are your experts who cannot see this? Or do the details in your expertise no longer matter?

[@telsutton]

Hawk. I remember when Andrews was invited onto the BBC almost daily to tell us 'Socialism doesn't work', and keep perpetuating those PLP lies.

[@derekbrown7892]

I hope so

[@frederickmfarias3109]

Never say never!

[@jamesboekbinder3967]

Good interviewer!

[@juliataylor2623]

i hope to ged they are right, but the last Russian coup against Gorbachov collapsed after 4 days, but this has to be a military coup with public support, only the military can initiate it but if it gets enough public support it stands a chance.

[@harmless6813]

I've come to the conclusion that the public really doesn't play an active role. Putin will not hesitate to have his own people shot. I mean, he had many people murdered on his behalf over the last few decades. But it will strengthen opposition inside the Kremlin, which weakens Putin and _might_ eventually get him removed. In fact, I don't see him staying in power for much longer, no matter how this war ends. He did so much damage to some very influential people, that he will not have the backing that he needs, to keep his position.

[@TheMattp666]

Russia's corrupt maintenance of the vehicle's is why the Russians are failing in the North tyres are falling apart ,also very wet muddy areas than the South

[@DerekTJ]

Kate is ♨️

[@vanished8664]

These Experts should do some Real Research into ZELENSKY ? And AZOV BRIGADE ?

[@jimbodimbo981]

I did the research and it was as important as a wet fart in a jacuzzi

[@vanished8664]

@@jimbodimbo981 Hence the Dimbo. I feel sorry for you Jimbo.

[@jimbodimbo981]

@@vanished8664 clever man, never heard that before. The Duran are a pair of stooges, who keep on getting their predictions wrong. It’s actually funny to watch them.

[@SenorJuan2023]

If Putin made this huge of a miscalculation, it really makes you wonder how he's getting such horrendous information and/or why his reasoning skills are this bad.

[@SenorJuan2023]

@潘poon He screwed up by not getting his people ready to fight BEFORE the invasion and pressuring Biden to stop spreading fear.

[@dv2045]

@@SenorJuan2023 Zelensky fucked up? then how is that his military (plus farmer and gypsies hehe) is holding the 4th largest army? Zelensky didnt believe they were going to be invaded soon but they DID prepare for it: ) they destroyed all rail links with Russia and Belarus, blew up bridges, set choke points and posted manpads to prevent special forces to land and seize targets.

[@SenorJuan2023]

@@dv2045 Remember, the Russians had trouble beating the Chechnyans.

[@iconoclast2679]

@@SenorJuan2023 And UK, US and their useless idiots retreated from Afghanistan with their tails in between their legs after twenty years.

[@georgiojansen7758]

bad side effect of sputnik maybe, if so prepare

[@Slechy_Lesh]

Question of the title of the video is answered three quarters of the way through

[@kynastonpr8775]

Yes great intellligent interview.

[@lubomirolsak7593]

Of which I am very disappointed, these gentlemen are ignorant of the situation.

[@nataliafaustino4607]

I just wonder how Russian people feel about their president?

[@artemisjuno]

They absolutely adore him except for the rich middle classes who can't use their credit cards.

[@wokeaf1337]

It is splitted between citizens who follow only state TV media and those who use the internet.

[@SenorJuan2023]

Wait a few more weeks of sanctions and they will be protesting him by the millions.

[@jimbodimbo981]

@@artemisjuno adore in the way they do in North Korea. The young see through him.

[@Puppydoug]

Who knows? Most are too scared to say anything negative.

[@errolkim1334]

20 mins and 35 seconds you will never get back

[@evolassunglasses4673]

They need Tucker back.

[@CarlyWaarly]

Wish some would get to the point!

[@alicat1328]

this is a disaster - Russia has not even begun to fight full force and Europe is not as prepared as it should be.

[@SenorJuan2023]

This is the same military that couldn't beat Chechnya. LMFAO

[@westoftherockies]

russia isn't that powerful, and they're not the only ones with nukes, far from it, putin's days are numbered.

[@jimbodimbo981]

They only have nukes, their army is useless without its artillery. The West would defeat them readily.

[@isaanman5399]

Search YT for Why Is Ukraine West’s Fault Featuring John Mearsheimer. He told back in 2015 what would happen if the west did what they did & it is happening.

[@jillybe1873]

And it is deliberate

[@isaanman5399]

@@anaseijas3923 I will tell you what it proves. It proves the contributors in the Video don’t know WTF they are talking about or they are just pumping out miss information.

[@RobBCactive]

@@isaanman5399 click bait titles don't prove anything, you appear not to understand what "fault" means. Russians have to blame Putin for their debacle, then their tolerance for tyrants.

[@isaanman5399]

@@RobBCactive So all you did was look at the title & then comment. Try watching it before you comment more.

[@4TheRecord]

Russia invaded and attacked Ukraine in 2014 and have been attacking Ukraine ever since, using the rebels as the canon fodder. Putin assumed that he could take the east easily, but the Ukrainians resisted that and started building up from there. It's not the West's fault that the people in Ukraine want Democracy and want to join the EU. It's a choice for them to make, not for anyone else to make, especially a bully like Russia that openly carries out war crimes.

[@LoociferZ]

Don't understate the fact that Donetsk provides 95% of Ukraine's coal. This is something that could hamper your entire country's growth because they can't create anything and they can't use the coal to heat iron and other producing factories. To be honest, there are two keys here. a> Crimea is Russia's military Black Sea port for many things including their military pens for submarines and berthing for the resupply and repair of their Atlantic fleet. Their need to go there is they want to create a land bridge to connect it to Mother Russia. Unfortunately, this land bridge takes incredibly necessary land that Ukraine needs to do their own business with other water countries in Europe or across to North America. Losing this land would give Ukraine very little access to the Black Sea which is impossible. b> They talk a good game about "protecting Russians" from "those terrible Ukrainians" but the fact is that every piece that Russia wants has very little need concerning Russians other than giving them trillions of tons of clean coal or increasing their control over the Black Sea. At the end of it all, everything he's asking is impossible for Ukraine's long-term health so the pieces he puts upon a negotiating table are just stupidity. Giving any or all of what they need would handicap Ukraine for the rest of its existence...especially Donetsk...that's just a plain non-starter. It's like me coming to your house and stealing every single thing you need to heat your house, ways to cook, ways to create.

[@richardfisher4202]

Fly, Ukraine, Fly, And spread your lovely wings We're born to live - not bound by foreign kings! Dreams in our hearts will hold us as we fly For our dreams are our wings, and never die! O Ukraine, my Ukraine, We will fight to keep our country free We’ll fill invaders pockets with our sunflower seeds! Fly, Ukraine, Fly, Where will our journey end? Where is freedom's flower that will become our friend? Tossed by the wind, we're fighting for our lives... And we're free, always free, Ukraine's survives! Can you improve the Ukrainian lyrics translation? Лети, Україно, Лети, І розправте свої чудові крила Ми народжені, щоб жити - не зв'язані іноземними королями! Мрії в наших серцях будуть тримати нас, коли ми летимо Бо наші мрії - це наші крила, і вони ніколи не вмирають! О Україно моя Україно, Ми будемо боротися за те, щоб наша країна була вільною Ми наповнимо кишені загарбників нашим соняшником! Лети, Україно, Лети, Де закінчиться наша подорож? Де квітка свободи, яка стане нашим другом? Розкидані вітром, ми боремося за життя... А ми вільні, завжди вільні, Україна виживає! Richard Marley [e-mail] Contact me for the music!

[@daviddenison2097]

The kremlin need’s to review the direction it’s heading. A new direction is important for it’s survival. Otherwise ruble may be Russian future. A new leader?

[@victorsvoice7978]

Putin has gotta go.

[@amandarooney932]

Exceptional. It is very rare to have two intelligent and knowledgeable analysts on the same vlog. The Russians stayed barely 9 years in Afghanistan, which is similar in size to Ukraine but with vast mountain ranges. However, former KGB agents, whom Putin can call upon, know Ukraine inside out. Don't underestimate Putin. We messed up in Afghanistan, please can we not do the same in Ukraine? We, the public in the West, need to pressure our politicians to accept Ukrainian neutrality if we are to avoid global instability for decades to come. By all means grant Ukraine 'Special Economic Status' in relation to the EU, but reject Ukrainian NATO and EU membership, a policy aim that has gotten us into this mess in the first place. Be goats not sheep

[@carlrowland3757]

So you want to take away the rights of a democratic country to choose their own future just so you can sleep easy at night? Are you Russian?? How incredibly naive can you be.

[@whirltech8031]

Agreed. I understand Ukraines' desires, but the geopolitical fallout is too great. The US would be severely distressed if Mexico were a member of a Russian defensive alliance. Why would Russia gladly tolerate their entire western border being party to a US lead defensive alliance? The threat of invasion, real or imagined, is real to them - it has occured just within living memory.

[@ireneuszpyc6684]

you are what they call a Putin-appeaser

[@amandarooney932]

@@whirltech8031 Note also that the Cuban Missile Crisis, in which my entire family came close to being wiped out, was caused by the idiotic decision of Democrat President John Kennedy to put nuclear tipped missiles in Turkey. Russia [the Soviet Union] responded by copying Kennedy's move but in Cuba. Be goats not sheep

[@amandarooney932]

@@janeshepherdson5116 I'm afraid all historical evidence points to this continuing ad infinitum. Both parties have made staggering mistakes. Ukraine needed to ask for neutral status and EU access, and Russia needed to avoid an invasion at almost all costs. Now both of them are caught in over stretch, and neither can achieve their aims. If we are incredibly lucky, eventually, Putin will ask for some kind of compromise. If the West has any sense, which clearly it currently does not, it will make a tough compromise but which caters for Russian concerns rather than steadfastly ignores them. I'm not hopeful on that count because our leaders are dunces, but I am also certain that neither Russia nor Ukraine can win, which is both very fortunate and absolutely terrible. Be goats not sheep

[@bjarnyg]

love the intro music, SO anti-war😅

[@edgar-valentine]

...don't change the music, it makes me smile

[@hiseverest9074]

Western back coup. We've heard that before.

[@neptunesotherdaughter7119]

HE'S GOING TO BE THE ONLY ONE STANDING IN RUSSIA BY HIS DAMN SELF SCREAMING LIKE THE FOOL HE IS. IT'LL B FART BOY N THE CRICKETS.....ALL FOR HIM TO TALK TO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

[@wayofthewonderer]

is this the SAME interview from last week??

[@daniel.lopresti]

I was thinking the same thing ... then I re-heard a very specific grammatical mistake which I couldn't miss either time ;)

[@daniel.lopresti]

Though it seems to be somewhat updated - maybe they just added parts on to it.

[@davidbarry6900]

It's a clipped segment from the Spectator weekly video. Yes, you may have seen this before.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Possible? Likely.

[@niknikmoore]

Don't forget to LIKE the video

[@traderzoe8267]

TERRIBLE INTERVIEW. War is JUST NOT MILITARY BATTLES BUT ALSO ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY. And there was NO question how the economic impact from massive sanction will determine the outcome. Unlike Chechnya, when there was no sanction, there is massive sanction on Russia. With weak economy, Russia cannot sustain high level of military engagement for long. It is estimated that is already spending $15-20B a day. It's budget is ~$500B; that less than month of cost of the war. ALSO, missed another question. ALL THE "SO CALLED" EXPERTS WERE WRONG CALLING FOR QUICK VICTORY FOR RUSSIA WHICH NEVER HAPPENED. It seems that the fall of Kiev is given, BUT HOW CAN ANYONE BE SO SURE?

[@tobin1704]

to ALL Russian soldiers - "Surrender, hand over your weapons, we will pay you and consider you a defected non-combatant when it is over"

[@neueman]

Coups are unlikely in Russia, which seems to have very high tolerance of loss of human life in wars. She retook Chechnya at an estimated loss of 100,000 casualties and flattened Grozny in the process. Those same Chechens are now fighting for Russia as special brigades in Eastern Ukraine. Tactical losses and acts of individual heroism cannot counter the weight of material and men the Russians are prepared to throw at this campaign. For all the social media noise in the west, the reality is very low civilian casualties from so called "indiscriminate", "frustrated" bombardment. Compare 350 civilan deaths in 11 days of campaigning with 7269 civilian deaths during 21 days of 'precise' bombardment of Iraq in 2003. Secondly, who says Putin is going in to occupy? Fond hope notwithstanding, the reality seems to be closer to regime change combined with vivisection and absorption of Eastern Ukraine. Fond hope and expectation does not analysis make. From the Russian perspective, the war has hitherto been pretty low cost and has helped clear out obsolescent stock of equipment and ammo, fully written down. Finally, occupying 25% of a nation larger than Germany or France in size within 10 days of campaigning is pretty good going. Do note that Russian calculation seems to be a campaign lasting till mid-May, given the NOTAM issued at the beginning of hostilities. A sidelight: Those sanctions are not good enough to bite, given economic support from China and unconsidered second order effect of sanctions raising oil prices 68% since Dec 2021, thereby further reinforcing Russian forex reserves, which are now largely parked in Renminbi and alternative holdings. Let us at least use a bit of data and realism in place of rhetoric, fond hope and feverish imagination.

[@Imp5011]

You’re clearly fond of obfuscation.

[@alexiskiri9693]

Before you bkame the oil price raises on this, check out the last year profits of all the oil companies. The rich get richer and the rest of us rot.

[@neueman]

@@Imp5011 really? Wow. Data is now obfuscation? Or do you merely prefer rhetorical stridency? Nobody likes ordinary citizens getting hammered, but in analysis, we have to focus on facts on the ground, not our rhetorical position. My conclusion, based on verifiable facts as stated, is that a coup in Russia is a remote possibility and unlikely. You are free to take those same facts and reach whichever conclusion you like.

[@adrianos198]

@@cherylderue336 with a 40mile covoy stuck if the Ukraine had a10s😬

[@RobBCactive]

Laughable .. don't you read Russian history?? Another cycle of over reach and collapse. Putin's desperate and it shows, he's scared. Brezhnez was relatively far more powerful, was aiding a friendly government .. in 2 weeks the Russian debacle has lost more men than decades of the Afghan misadventure. The Russians have an economy the size of Spain and simply cannot afford their armed forces.

[@oscarreyes1318]

Russian people and military must remove this overstaying crazy leader, responsible leader or council can lead the country

[@tarmoutabiayre7758]

Ukraine is not Syria... Slavi Ukraine

[@allsearpw3829]

Lets hope that Russia puts Mr. PUTIN on gardening leave and some seeds to grow his own food to see how others live .

[@multiexp8748]

are you all okay?

[@johnnyboyvan]

NOT!!!

[@MindYourBiznazz]

Like that attempt in Venezuela in 2020? Oh. 🚪🚶🏾‍♀️ (searches for a bunker)

[@merlingeikie]

The intro is jarring. Good to see The Spectator is in the game of truth.

[@anonymoussource701]

cobblers

[@dave2amsterdam]

The play school intro is out of place in a serious discussion like this.