The U.S. Finally Unlocked a Big Weapon for Ukraine. What Will Happen Next?

[@danielkushner5963]

I don't think William's students are getting their essays graded this week

[@haloforgeguy453]

LGP

[@General12th]

Skill issue.

[@Praktical_]

​@@General12th Accurate.

[@andersgrassman6583]

😂 Though with a teacher like that, I'm sure they are probably getting enough feedback anyway.

[@abdullahrizwan592]

Wait, what does he teach and at which level?

[@Rascofresco11]

You know, if you really think about it.. nothing is ever on fire. Fire is always on things.

[@cr4zyd4n666]

Bro 🤯

[@StarterOffical-Jousha-lf6ig]

Just like the fire on my balls

[@oldgreybeard2507]

Solids do not burn. It is vapour which ignites

[@SomeFactsYouMightNotKnow]

Fire quote 🔥🔥

[@krisfrederick5001]

You've obviously never been camping

[@awjaaa]

Your take on it has beat out ALL of my normal UA-watcher channels. You work hard for us, and it's appreciated.

[@Gametheory101]

Thank you so much! That’s incredibly generous.

[@sirsmeal3192]

​@@Gametheory101ATACMS is unlocked on for the *Kursk Oblast.*

[@artos9406]

@@sirsmeal3192 nah, it's not specified yet

[@Space1outer]

​@@Gametheory101Why do you portray Elensky as a tactical mastermind he has no military experiance he just does what his generals tell him.Posting a thumnail of him in a green t-shirt isn't convincing me ukraine is winning.I am tired of my tax dollars fuelling a endless war.

[@Compulsive_LARPer]

@@Space1outer You don't pay taxes in America, Sergei. Don't be silly.

[@justskip4595]

I think that the way we Finns handled the questions about weapons was correct. We gave what we gave to Ukraine and then it was theirs, not ours and who would we be to tell them what they can and can not do with their weapons. We claim no responsibility for those.

[@brandonwalker5011]

That only works if you aren't a major power.

[@modernNeanderthal800]

The fins don't have a big heavy hand in every country's relationships and GDP

[@Jonra1]

@@brandonwalker5011 It works no matter what, if you have some backbone. US and NATO could've prevented this war from happening by being more firm or at least left Putin some doubts from the start, but both were tiptoeing around. As far as I remember Biden even made a statement before the war saying, that they'd not intervene or get involved, that was basically same as telling Putin that he has a free rein to do whatever he wants. Then after it happened people have been "Oh no we will not give modern tanks/planes/missiles. Oh nvm we will give them, but you can't use them for x y z.". It's laughable. It says enough that the countries pretty much at the line of fire had the backbone to give support without a lot of restrictions, despite knowing that it could make them a target while at the same time weakening their own defense. At the same time countries far away were tiptoeing about.

[@askdmknef]

Yea, but those long range rockets need intel from western partners. You need satellites to plan the whole operation, it’s not that easy, unfortunately.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Exactly. In precisely the same way the Novichok Putin's thugs brought to Salisbury in England, and dumped it after using some of it on their intended on their intended target. The Kremlin completely denied having anything to do with it, despite their target being a former KGB spy. Their MO was all over it. The two guys who planted it were even spotted on CCTV cameras in Salisbury......and MI6 had copies of their passports about 2 or 3 days later.... The Kremlin will swear black is white, and up is down if it fits their narrative......

[@davidray6962]

I think "ATACMS unlocked" is a bit too optimistic - permission has been given, but the missiles themselves are in short supply. Having the ability to use a (consumable) tool is less useful if you only have a couple dozen.

[@patwilson2546]

While I agree with much of what you said, the threat is not something to overlook. While Ukraine may not have many missiles, Russia cannot now park its planes and helicopters in easy ATACMs range, because they will get hit. I am going to guess that the planes are already well beyond ATACMs range, but helicopters are not, nor are significant supply depots. The threat of a strike forces Russia to push everything back further, which further complicates logistics and operations. It's not "game changing" in the sense that Ukraine will suddenly start winning everywhere, but it helps. Every little thing that helps Ukraine brings Russia further to the end of its capacity to win this war. We are in late 2024. Russia's Soviet era stockpiles are dwindling. Russia's ability to attract new recruits is dwindling. Russia's economy is in bad shape with 9% inflation and a 21% interest rate. Putin is not going to quit, but eventually Russia will have to.

[@comrazvictor]

Recently the US has sold 203 ATACMS missiles to the UAE. No restrictions were mentioned. The US is not really our partner. "Ally" word is a joke in this context. Greetings from Ukraine.

[@ptonpc]

@@comrazvictor If the USA had been serious about supporting Ukraine, you would have a lot more F16s. Abrams. ATACMS, Patriot, 155mm shells etc. It increasingly appears to me as if America doesn't want you to win. It just wanted you to not lose too quickly. Hopefully Europe and other nations will step up to mitigate the damage that will come.

[@Dralchemy]

@@comrazvictor Then I can't wait for Trump to turn off theflow of money and you leave people out to dry.

[@jeffersonclippership2588]

​@@ptonpc Yep, when the Russians threatened our money and capital, money was no object. Now that they're a more advanced capitalism oligarchy, we suddenly can't be bothered.

[@CyrilleParis]

England and France have immediately lift the restrictions on their StormShadow/Scalp missiles.

[@huw3945]

Well that was a given, they both already tried but the US makes some of the components for them so vetoed it It was less “maybe someone like the UK will step up too” and more “Biden has also dropped his veto stopping France and the UK do this earlier”

[@trevinormandy14520]

Thank you for mentioning the French missiles, because the author did not in the voice over

[@marcpaulus6291]

Practically 90% of Nato would have given Ukraine permission at least a year ago, it was the US holding Europe back, and then they whine about Europe didnt do enough.... Oh, you want to give UAF permission to strike russia with your cruise missile? too bad that theres a chip in there produced by us, so no you are not allowed because sleepy joe is a coward.

[@war-painter]

@@trevinormandy14520 - I was expecting him to say SCALP when he said TAURUS, which seems far fetched knowing what a coward the German Schultz has been. Apparently he intends to retire into a cushy job with Gazprom, so he’s not offending russia. When they invade, he will welcome them with open arms, like Trump.

[@drhxa]

​@@1dbvvdb1 interesting, your profile photo says Not Z. Hmm...

[@FoxtrotYouniform]

You know how you read about those eras in roman or english or chinese or whatever history where they have a series of bad kings/emperors in a row and everything was harder than it had to be because of that? I feel like we are living through the middle of that in the US right now.

[@sickjoeyb1503]

Can’t understand why Biden policy was to support Ukraine just enough. Either do it or don’t. No halfway

[@altrag]

Because geopolitics isn't that simple. Biden's role and goal is not "support Ukraine", it's "support American interests". Ukraine remaining free is _one_ of America's interests, but it's not the only one and Biden has to balance them all, including internal interests (ie: people complaining about the cost). Trump will be facing that as well come January, but Trump always puts his personal interests above all else, which can cause analysts to screw up badly if they choose to "be fair" and try to predict his moves as if he were a normal president. What exactly that will mean for the situation in Ukraine remains to be seen. Trump will almost certainly blindly undo anything Biden did, just out of spite (same as he did to Obama's policies) but whether he'll replace Biden's policies or what he'd replace them with is anyone's guess at the moment. We just don't know how much of a personal stake he has in the game. Perhaps "Russia! Russia! Russia!" still has hold over him, or perhaps he limited his ties after the "hoax" got him impeached. Nobody knows outside of Trump and maybe a few in his inner circle and without that knowledge we can't really begin to guess what his true intentions are.

[@photoo848]

Imagine if on the 24th of February he had sent in the troops to support Ukraine. I would really like to know the what if scenario where bully Russia was countered by the equivalent of a big brother showing up.

[@altrag]

@@photoo848 > I would really like to know the what if scenario where bully Russia was countered by the equivalent of a big brother showing up. WW3 would have been the most likely scenario if we only use the information we had at the time (ie: the assumption that Russia's military was still #2 in the world). Even with the benefit of hindsight, it may have come to that. Russia may have just decided they weren't playing that game and hit the big red button pointed straight at Kyiv, with the explicit threat that the next would be heading to Washington should America retaliate in kind. It's a risk NATO countries, including the US, _still_ has to consider with every single move they make because despite all of the supposed "red lines" we've crossed without that particular response, Putin's still got it tucked in his pocket. As noted above, geopolitics isn't that simple. Could we have done more sooner? Probably. Have we ever had a good idea of when "more" turns into "too much"? Not really, and we still don't. Every escalation is a gamble with the future of not just Ukraine but much of the world as a whole. No matter how much we think the odds are on our favor, there's always _some_ chance we'll be wrong next time.

[@cinatiropel]

They withheld support for Ukraine out of fear that escalating would lose them the election. Spoiler alert: they lost anyway. Weakest administration in a long, long time.

[@ararune3734]

@@altrag Yeah "Trump puts personal interests first" which is why the Biden family got rich dealing with China. Give me a break, you American leftists are bad trolls and nobody takes you seriously. It only works on your domestic audience, outside of America we actually like Trump and he's been much better for the world.

[@Stansyyy]

Crazy we're talking about "unlocking ATACMS" like Ukraine just hit level 40 and unlocked some new equipment in a war game... Strange days ahead for sure.

[@Tassadar4Ever]

Thanks for posting a new video on this!

[@burt2800]

Are you sure it's limited to Kursk? This is the only place I saw this mentioned.

[@Gametheory101]

The original report from the NYTimes did not indicate this. Axios more recently reported the restriction. All of that is up in the air, of course.

[@Th3HandOfMight]

I’ll bet on the N.k tanks, there’s no way we’re letting those just go to town on Ukraine while out of harms way.

[@stijn4541]

@@Gametheory101 Just like the missles

[@markkristopher2552]

For now, the revised policy will focus only on the Kursk region, though Ukraine has asked for permission to fire anywhere the missiles can reach. The U.S. may grant such authority if Russia continues to escalate.

[@markkristopher2552]

It's only Kursk.... region.... almost all other sources are lying right now... Defence News has it right and only a few others...

[@winstoncrane7803]

As soon as I seen it on the news I was waiting for this video.

[@rcchin7897]

ATACMS still sounds like something that you‘d buy in the pharmacy department. Thanks for the video!

[@kingpest13]

Heck yeah, thanks for posting this Mr. Spaniel. Have a great day and I hope you get a million views.

[@rabnif]

Always appreciate the unbiased in depth reporting and documenting William ☘

[@GreySectoid]

He has a huge blind spot in the middle east, where a certain country is allowed to do everything russia does currently in europe.

[@rabnif]

@@GreySectoid As much as I would like to have William cover more conflicts, my guess is they only have so much capacity to research and present these two primary conflicts. Primary: in what's currently focused on by Western media and thus would bring in more viewership.

[@K77-i8k]

He has a huge american bias and is pro Ukraine and Israel.

[@UGNAvalon]

Also, William’s specialty is “international relations”, not “humanitarian watch”. Isra committing yet another wr crme doesn’t really change the international landscape in a way that he can meaningfully comment on. :/

[@chrism2516]

@@GreySectoid I'd get where you're coming from if William Spaniel always criticized Russian war crimes and ignored/downplayed the humanitarian problems in the Middle East. But William doesn't really cover war crimes in general -- it's about politics and war strategies. I mean, he _might_ from time-to-time but it's really not a central focus (I think there was a video about an ICC warrant one time). I mean, go through the Russia-Ukraine War playlist. Most videos aren't about war crimes for either war. It's not much of a double standard if he doesn't discuss war crimes in general.

[@Holammer]

Ukraine gets something new & shiny and WW3 starts trending on Twitter. Like clockwork.

[@EnnoMaffen]

It's almost as if Twitter/X has twisted their algorithms so much that it's completely infested by propaganda bots ... Weird. I thought Elon was the good guy?

[@Nyarurin]

those who are least effected are also the ones who are the most scared also they are supposedly gigachads strong men that need no whamen btw

[@Shape890]

WW3 is ongoing. The West just afraid to enter the fight. Asians invading Europe, and all they do is express deepes concern. clowns

[@XIIchiron78]

Bots are out in force. Russia knows that if people hear others talking about how risky this is frequently enough, they will eventually accept it as a given rather than go against the perceived consensus. A page out of a very old playbook... with new tools for accomplishing it. This same false majority dynamic also helped tip the election, of course, but it's hard to quantify how much when Harris ran such a useless campaign on top of that.

[@dunnowy123]

@@Nyarurin LOL I know right

[@dgart7434]

Unless Ukraine can hit production facilities (ammo factories, rocket plants, armored vehicle facilities, etc) I don't think this will have a major change in the course of the war.

[@N0tB1nLad3n]

I’ve been paying attention to this war since 2022.. it infuriates me that Ukraine can come so close to a big victory just to have one hand behind their back because the west is scared or indecisive. It’s hard to be indecisive when your people are dying and our leaders are taking it for granted

[@PharaohsNews]

The Kursk incursion was, at one point before it was partially cut into, the size of Honolulu. It was never a big victory. Often times incursions late into wars are dead cat jumps.

[@whatfreedom7]

I feel like they want to drag out. The banks can sell more loans and they can sell more weapons and equipment the longer it drags on.

[@jaylooppworld381]

That's why you don't start a war if you can't sustain it by your own means

[@N0tB1nLad3n]

@ Russians crossed the border in February 2022 on their own volition. Ukraine did not start this war

[@petermundorff6100]

There are many useful ways of using ATACM's. Air bases are just one of the places they can be upgraded.

[@FredDan188]

Great work as usual!

[@marlenfras5490]

Good reporting. Thank you. Strong Ukraine. Strong NATO. Strong Poland.

[@3d1m4nd3r]

Unfortunately Strong Ukraine = weak NATO, weak Poland, strong Russia

[@Shape890]

Only 1 is fighting NATO is scared Poland is, well, they know they're next if Ukraine falls. But it doesn't stop them from historical disputes, blocking goods logistics and using Ukraine's tragedy for their "world image"

[@mixerdave900]

Your videos are great. We appreciate you.

[@beerman204]

Why make public key military decisions? Give the enemy time to adjust? Why not let Ukraine just go for it without warning the enemy and stay silent? But then I'm not a strategist like we have in place.

[@EnnoMaffen]

Making this public is a deliberate decision by the Biden administration of course. They want to warn the Russians beforehand so they don't "escalate" too much. Some say they are cautious, I'd say they are cowards.

[@willardpatterson706]

You are completely correct. This has been happening the whole dam war. Nothing is ever a surprise for the Russians.

[@thatguy.4736]

Because it's also a political decision too.

[@beerman204]

@thatguy.4736 I'm not saying that is not right. But what is the necessity of making it public?

[@CoolBreezyo]

Both: some secret if strategic value, some public, if political value. And also, they maintain back channel comms among all parties so some info is known between parties but not the public.

[@justicesportsman6020]

Crazy! I just watched your last video. Then go to the home page and see this. Nice!

[@UncleJoeLITE]

Thanks from Canberra sir. Happy Tuesday all. 🇦🇺

[@Jethr001]

Good news, but seriously, how many missiles does Ukraine have? Will it really make that much of a difference?

[@hayleyxyz]

Still plenty of Storm Shadow missiles (and France's version). I think the US stopped sending ATACMS when Ukraine entered Kursk, but I assume they will send a new glut before Jan 20th

[@boossersgarage3239]

[@Goobywoobygoo]

It will escalate things with Nato and Russia, but do nothing for Ukraine, they lost the war a long time ago.

[@Harry._.Thompson]

Maybe pushes back the distance of where ammo dumps, airfields are. This causes a bigger strain on logistics. But unless they have a lot, probably won’t make a drastic difference.

[@Harry._.Thompson]

@ Russian bot

[@ronmorrell9809]

The increased risk to NK troops doesn't change Little Fat Boy's calculations. Bringing battle hardened troops home to Pyongyang poses too much risk of a military coup. These armed peasants were sent with one-way tickets.

[@JamesPechur]

Once you've eaten non-dog food, you ain't going back!

[@4ager505]

Yes! Thank you sir, for the real world view of this.👍👍👍

[@unplugged1337]

From the creators of "Russia wars with shovels, you just have to wait"

[@dojelnotmyrealname4018]

Yeah, those soldiers are never going back anyway. Even if they survive, they've been exposed to the outside world. It would be a MASSIVE societal risk.

[@endaohalloran6649]

That viral clip of an NK solider scrolling on Titok watching girls dance is all the fuel they need to know Kim needs to go lmaooo

[@4ager505]

1:57 "It appears the United States has limited ATACMS within the confines of Russia' Kursk oblast"... It has now been confirmed by multiple well recognized media sources, as well as the US and Russia, that ATACMS were used in an attack on the Russian arsenal/depot in Karachev, Bryansk oblast. Apparently, the permission grants use of ATACMS against any Russian asset which might pose an external threat within the Kursk region, in addition to assets within the region. Very close to carte blanche usage of ATACMS.

[@CuriousCumuloNimbusCloud]

About damn time ! Another great vid !!

[@billyharris3214]

How is this guy not over 1 million subscribers. His videos are incredible.

[@28ebdh3udnav]

Let's talk about Ukrainian ballistic missiles. There's rumors that Ukraine is testing a ballistic missile under combat conditions. It's rumored that it's range is comparable to atacms or possibly the Iskander

[@truthplease4868]

There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY BUDEN DIDNT TELL TRUMP this last Thursday…. NO WAY

[@albertoserrano67]

Thats why drumpf had a sad face in the photo op while Biden smiling

[@samuelbucher5189]

I live near Volgograd, so I find this rather concerning.

[@General_Rubenski]

You’ll probably be fine. I doubt Ukraine is going to strike something that’s not military related. Just don’t get conscripted.

[@samuelbucher5189]

@General_Rubenski I've actually heard about a case where a civilian woman was killed by a drone while going to work. Don't take this as me defending my government, they are the ones who started this shit, but let's not pretend that Ukraine's government is a saint.

[@martindice5424]

The Russians have already moved their glide bomb aircraft further away from the UDA’s projected strike range even with ATACMS - possibly not Storm Shadow or SCALP. Justin Bronk thinks so anyway. So basically- yup. They’ve done that. Always good stuff sir.

[@Iamabot4708]

That's what everybody doesn't understand the majority of Russian strike aircraft have ranges upwards of 1,000 miles Ukraine being able to strike into Russia changes absolutely nothing. The Russians haven't just been stationed in these weapons right by the front line that's pointless considering the range they have.

[@tobiaslundgren1232]

You are awesome! Thank you for all the hard work

[@TOEFL63]

Thanks a lot for doing this!

[@laptopfireman]

Go get `Em !!

[@oliverfriedrich8656]

Biden's and Scholz's hesitancy is a disgrace

[@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug]

The fault of democracy.

[@moonasha]

people giving the republicans crap, but really I think biden and the democrats were the worst they could have been. They were way too hesitant, and failed to give a good reason to the american people as to why they should care. It was just failure after failure. The conflict never should have even happened but biden just sat there doing nothing while russia built up an army.

[@thomasdial8664]

​@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug The US was democratic in 1939 - 1941 yet responded quite differently.

[@ararune3734]

Ah yes, such big democracies. American democrats install a candidate that nobody voted for, and Germany wants to ban the 2nd largest party because they're making huge gains and people actually support their ideas. So democracy, much wow.

[@General_Rubenski]

@@thomasdial8664Literally the same, we sent tons of weapons and supplies to the allied powers in Europe at the time BEFORE we got involved

[@tractorpoodle]

It’s very simple: the U.S. is no longer a trustworthy or good faith actor with respect to Europe, or anyone else, for that matter. Europe needs to defend itself.

[@fig1115]

"U.S. is no longer a trustworthy or good faith actor" when the hell has it ever been ? it has only ever acted in it own interests and has no problem throwing allies under the bus, with Israel being the exception. but yes Europe need to stop looking to the yanks to have its back. trump want to make America isolationist ? good ,let the united states of Europe help him with that , let the euro become the worlds currency .it will collapse perhaps his base will then finally learn of the folly of electing the remedial incidental fascist.

[@kaleb7636]

Good. Europe should've stepped up decades ago; this would have never happened

[@user-sp1zh1rc6p]

It is all part of the plan to start a war in Europe to weaken both Russia and Europe so that European companies will move to US.

[@dunnowy123]

Up until 1945, European countries were almost constantly at war with one another. It's perfectly understandable why after two of the most horrific conflicts in history that they'd want to chart a new course. The whole point of European integration was to make rearmament unnecessary. Maybe it was naïve, but that Americans seemingly "hate" the protection they have to do for Europe is so weird to me. The last time the US took kinetic action in Europe was bombing Serbia as the leader of a coalition. That's it. That the vast majority of EUROPE - one of the world's most important economic and political poles - basically accepts to be accepted as a "Western" country, you essentially have to accept the US as the leader of the club is a tremendous geopolitical accomplishment that's being eroded for no particularly good reason. Europe could also mean the closure of US bases? Europe buying less US weaponry? Maybe even feeling more confident in publicly disagreeing with the US on a whole host of issues? I feel like the implications of this are not being thought about. It's also not going to play out the way you think; I fully expect a lot of European countries to turn away from the US and begin to re-embrace Russia, if only for assurances that they won't be targeted. We're already seeing it with countries like Hungary, Slovakia, and who knows, maybe even Germany if the AFD continues to gain influence.

[@STHFGDBY]

I agree, with the Americans voting in an evil dictator, the US can no longer be trusted. We must stand against Russia in Europe and we have to assume that the US are going to abandon Ukraine under Trump.

[@dennisclapp7527]

Thanks William

[@Sammy1234568910]

I thought the UK was willing to allow wider use of Stormshadow, but as it has American supplied components it was the US preventing it?

[@Freedomfighter76239]

Thank you for making such excellent content 💪

[@StarterOffical-Jousha-lf6ig]

Last time I was this early, me and Gruk was hanging out watching youtube on a cave

[@Goomba99-r9t]

I would love to watch a lines on maps episode about the background of the conflict in Syria that has recently flared up again. Thank you for the great presentation and informative takes.

[@Skyhulk95]

What you’re not saying is the truth… Russia has already moved most of their valuable air assets out of the 300km range except some close support strike aircraft, and helicopters. Russia has a vast network of makeshift ammo dumps, command post, and rail stations through out Kursk their sheer number outnumbers the number of missiles Ukraine has.

[@mspicer3262]

all of what you're saying is complicating russian logistics and operations... flying farther means more wear on air-frames and fatiguing pilots... scattering resources in small places makes logistics inefficient, slow, and complicated. none of which russia can afford...

[@Iamabot4708]

I 100% agree with what you're saying and it's not like these missiles can be used to the full range Russia already controls hundreds of miles of Landon to Ukraine these missiles are only going to be able to reach a couple hundreds of miles into Russia maybe. I doubt that this is going to affect Russian logistics as much as everybody is painting it out to be

[@GeorgeLerma]

As Jake Broe has already mentioned, they are not "long range" missiles. They are short range. Long range are ICBMs.

[@brianhillier7052]

YESSSSS!!!!!! WILLL LOVE YOU and YOU GOT ON THIS QUICK! THANKYOU!

[@sofaking1627]

You've had Steak-ums Now get ready for... ATACMS! Explosive flavor!

[@Shape890]

US gave RU plenty time to prepare and a heads-up!

[@justinr9753]

Yeah that had bothered me the whole time, they know what they are doing

[@MommaLuigi]

I have nothing to say, I just want youtube to update me when you upload your videos. Your awesome videos don't get suggested to me enough! Themes William.

[@Gametheory101]

There’s a notification bell so you get pinged immediately upon upload!

[@Kret-o]

Nothing will change, as my dad says “Medvdev will just shittalk on Telegram”

[@kuil]

Things change slowly but stay the same. It really wasn’t long ago napoleon was the greatest thereat to Europe. Or the British literally ruling the majority of the world.

[@Samtreee]

There's always someone with enough hubris to try and conquer the world, and many who blindly follow them. Yes, Medvedev does talk a lot of shit, more than most.

[@whatfreedom7]

I like that it pronounces ATACMS as Attack’ems.

[@transplant-f3p]

Governments do things to "trigger" events elsewhere. President Roosevelt probably knew an embargo on oil to Japan would give the U.S. and excuse to become involved. But he did not espect it to start as quickly as it did and where it would happen.

[@JamesPechur]

Bot

[@bluesteel8376]

Yes, Roosevelt knew exactly what he was doing. He wanted in the war, but the American people didn't, so he created a situation that would bring the people into agreement.

[@jayrey5390]

Thank you for the video! Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦✊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

[@larsp5109]

Finally! This should have happened a long time ago as Ukraine has to fight with one hand tied behind its back. Putler escalated first with entering NK soldiers into the Ukrainian war.

[@rimvrivs]

You could also look it from different side, since Russia have also been using one hand, but instead of long range, it nuclear.

[@TheDaveRout]

Even earlier than that with Iranian drones and Korean artillery shells

[@bluesteel8376]

@@rimvrivs Russia is not going to use Nukes in a war of aggression. That would cut them off from many neutral countries that currently trade with Russia.

[@rimvrivs]

@@bluesteel8376 neutral country? Pretty sure they are fighting their own battle, but no western is reporting on it. In short, they probably won't care.

[@KayderimGameplays]

@@rimvrivs Russia is literally bombing civilians, what are you even talking about?? If they use nukes, they will be 100% isolated, not even China will want anything to do with them after, Putin can totally press the red button if they want to, which is not the case for Ukraine

[@Mr101beers]

The Russian position hasn't changed in that USA rockets fired into Russia by Ukraine are considered the same as the USA firing Rockets at Russia.

[@jakeaurod]

I also think this may be intended to mess with Trump, by making it difficult for him to make certain decisions. On the plus side, it might strengthen the Ukrainian position if and when DJT tries to bring peace.

[@war-painter]

You are blind if you think Donald can bring peace to putin who is blackmailing him. All ceasefires and peace treaties signed by putin were broken within minutes, some had missiles launching from russia seconds after peace negotiations. Say one thing. Do another. Russian motto. Y’all are slow to learn the ways of putin, da?

[@PharaohsNews]

Mike Walz has a plan where the U.S. dumps weapons & frees Ukraine’s hands but the U.S. removes itself from the conflict. It’s perfectly compatible with what Biden is doing RN.

[@SnabbKassa]

We don't want peace. We want victory. Status quo ante. Europe should be going all-in. We don't need America's permission.

[@liberatesweden2404]

Thanks as always

[@winzyl9546]

Next, Britain and France will unlock theirs and Ukraine will have to make use of those US ATACMS in the next two months before the new admin pulls out.

[@Keralaforum]

Imagination ! Franxce has already told Russia that France will not use nukes first! They don't want to be the first target of a tactical nuclear warhead.

[@Mark_Bridges]

@@Keralaforum Who mentioned nukes? Only you.

[@Keralaforum]

@@Mark_Bridges NOt me first! NATO and its former Secretary has been boasting of a Nuclear victory even . A statement from scoundrel Stoltenberg from June 2024 follows: "NATO’s Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, has issued one of the most overt nuclear responses so far to Russia’s use of nuclear threats since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In an interview with a British newspaper, The Telegraph, Mr Stoltenberg, said NATO is discussing putting more nuclear weapons on standby “I won’t go into operational details about how many nuclear warheads should be operational and which should be stored, but we need to consult on these issues. That’s exactly what we’re doing.” Stoltenberg believes 50 nukes can win against 10 ( Fool doesn't have the brain to decipher Northern Norway and the whole Finland would be the first target from Russia obliterating the tiny population of these Scandianavian countries)

[@General12th]

Hi Dr. Spaniel! Has the world _ever_ been uninteresting? I don't think so.

[@wadegarrett9751]

Sure, Putin could wait it out for 2 months, but why would he choose to negotiate from a weak position? If ATACMS do change the trajectory of a conventional war and Russia responds with tactical nuclear weapons, the U.S. would not respond with strategic nuclear weapons.

[@Th3HandOfMight]

I’m pretty sure if anybody slips their finger on that launch button, that sorry country is going to be dogpiled. That a worldwide threat.

[@terminative]

If Russia responds with tactical nukes it's probably more important to look at how China responds as opposed to the US or Nato. I just can't see the the US touching strategic nukes yet, although tit for tat with tacs (tactical nukes) isn't entirely outside the realm of possibility.

[@asithalk]

Russian going accept defeat you idiot..😂😂 such a western fool!🤣🤣🤣

[@emperorjonz9590]

@@Th3HandOfMight Let's be honest no one is going to be the 1st one to rush a country that is crazy enough to use a nuke. Best would be diplomatic talks and heavier sanction to the next level and neutral countries will probably also just cut ties with rogue state but I doubt any country would be like yeah we going on a conventional war with someone using nukes. I mean building up army for a conventional war would easily mean nuke for you as well. But then again no one really knows how people and governments around the world would react.

[@wadegarrett9751]

@@Th3HandOfMight If that country is already dogpiled…how long after the seal is broken on ATACMs goes unchallenged before other NATO countries do the same? And no, there is a wide gulf between tactical “battlefield” nukes and ICBMs. It would be in line with Russia’s strategy of escalate to escalate. I don’t know how probable it is, but it is certainly not zero.

[@YorkGod1]

Love these videos! Yes the future is going to be very interesting!!!!

[@ruZsiaNa-C]

Deeper and deeper

[@lauriestern8475]

Excellent video

[@PapaOscarNovember]

This is almost a non-news. This relaxation of targeting restriction is too little too late, just like many other policy decisions of this administration, something you'd expect from a slow aged man. I'm no fan of Trump, but at the same time, can't wait for the current administration to end.

[@chaosek9600]

So just a thought, but if Trump will end the war by ending support for Ukraine, wouldn't it be best for Ukraine to just ignore all restrictions after they get their 'final' batch? (Now watching the rest of the video).

[@AntonArmsberg]

I'll save you ten minutes watching: Too little, too late.

[@3d1m4nd3r]

This should never have happened. Such an approval will trigger a nuclear war.

[@Joshatwa]

​@@3d1m4nd3rThese people just think the US can endlessly give weapons with no consequences. Too little what? Weapons to cause more death over some stupid land. Too late for what? Zelensky to start WW3 by shooting long range missiles over Moscow that could be equipped with nuclear warheads? Scaring Putin into Nuking a Ukrainian city and causing a domino effect of a NATO and US nuclear exchange with Russia.

[@PharaohsNews]

@@3d1m4nd3rThat’s what Biden said himself. If you say that now, people will call you a “Russian bot”’

[@3d1m4nd3r]

@@PharaohsNews The only help Ukraine needs is to help change the government that will stop sending citizens to certain death. On the other hand USA need help with Biden He is about to cause a nuclear war.

[@KayderimGameplays]

@@3d1m4nd3r And how do you get to that conclusion..? Putin said a million things would trigger nuclear war, yet he's still taking it like a bitch

[@geraldstokes5661]

About time !!!!!!

[@JohnnyChronic18]

Why restrict to only kursk? JFC

[@janitorizamped]

Have you not watched any of the videos on this channel?

[@BirdEgg123]

The west is afraid to upset putin too much since 2014

[@BirdEgg123]

The west has been too afraid to upset putin too much since 2014

[@TheDoomSlayerButPettingaCat]

Thx william

[@user1-c8yrrr]

😂 we are over it already. Stop funding this clown show.

[@DanielFoland]

6:18 I do love a good editing joke, especially on a teaching point...

[@romanbellic810]

Do not drop. Do not push. Do not tow. The remaining restrictions are written on the packaging.

[@ChingachMookTheGreatPauk]

Could you elaborate plz? What are the restrictions

[@herrhasenberg1789]

@@ChingachMookTheGreatPauk Its the "manual" for safe use... also written on it (look up 1:25 in the video)

[@ChingachMookTheGreatPauk]

@@herrhasenberg1789 thanks

[@boxfoxscoot1614]

*said with the fury of an angry goose* "CARC!"

[@Corvinwhite]

Thank you for the informative videos I am legally blind in your videos are very helpful

[@jim2376]

Putin: "The moment you take office, I demand that you stop the delivery of ATACMS and all other aid to Ukraine." Manservant Trump: "Yes, sir."

[@victorturcanu9250]

Brainrot comment

[@3rdpig]

Trump Derangement Syndrome is real.

[@kaleb7636]

Trump is not a servant. He just wants world peace and so do many Americans

[@justinr9753]

Whatever makes you feel better about you being the cause of this war

[@person2852]

I still don't know where you guys get this from

[@SirThanksalot_1]

9:13 I thought you said "German tourist missiles" :D

[@war-painter]

TAURUS. Try to keep up.

[@SirThanksalot_1]

@@war-painter so it seems I have to explain that I knew that

[@jeffersonclippership2588]

So one of two things is true: -Either Biden's fear of escalation was always a lie -Or escalation is fine as long as someone else deals with the consequences 10/10 statesmanship Joe

[@middleagedbaldguy6774]

The whole goal over the last year has been to burn through all our cold war stock piles so the defense contractors can glut themselves on the restock.

[@jeffersonclippership2588]

@middleagedbaldguy6774 Why do you hate capitalism?

[@Servoxyl]

@@jeffersonclippership2588He hates capitalism when it’s at the expense of human life I would suspect.

[@4ager505]

Or both true?

[@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug]

Another point. the Democrats didn't want to be seen as aggressive to the American voter before the election. I think this is the inverse of the escalation of the Vietnam conflict, where LBJ escalated to take away a talking point from Barry Goldwater.

[@sidiouedraogo6132]

well well here we go

[@Terror_Unit]

Conservatives will cry about it.

[@AyjayAlleyway]

We’re also upset about the .9 trillion dollars that are unaccounted for at the pentagon. Silly us.

[@thatguy.4736]

​@@AyjayAlleyway Yall legit don't actually care. Stop crying.

[@Terror_Unit]

@@AyjayAlleyway Yup, bet you realllly care bud. Glory to Ukraine.

[@middleagedbaldguy6774]

I bet viewing everything through the lens of political beliefs is a miserable way to exist.

[@jeffersonclippership2588]

​@@Terror_Unit How can you be so heartless? He's crying himself to sleep over a rounding error, be nice.

[@johnhoar3036]

Well, it's 2320 CET and I just saw a part of a Trump speech on Nepolitanos stream with Scott Ritter. If it was genuine then the way I read it was, "be a good boy Zelenskyy, don't do anything stupid between now and Jan 20th".

[@awesomehpt8938]

Too little too late. There’s nothing stopping Trump from reversing this policy in January.

[@Pat315]

He won't stop anything.

[@kylenader7276]

Ya its literally just meant to piss off Trump cuz Biden knows his political career is over in 2 months so why not go out with a bang

[@puddles5501]

If he cuts off aid ukr has no reason to pay any mind to his tantrums.

[@enricogattone432]

That's why the US is about to send about 1B dollars of stuff every week for the next two months

[@hayleyxyz]

He won't do it without getting anything in return. He sees everything in the terms of "deals" - what he gets out of it. I hope so, anyway. The UK and France will hopefully keep allowing them regardless of the US.

[@seanburke997]

Commenting because i love your videos and my yt feed is screwed up again.

[@hayleyxyz]

Too little too late

[@janitorizamped]

Ok Ivan

[@Iamabot4708]

​@@janitorizampedad homien whenever you're wrong makes you look horrible. She is 100% correct if Ukraine was given this capability 2 years ago they would make a huge difference but considering the fact they can't just drive right up to the Russian border and shoot these missiles 300 mi into Russia I don't see how it's going to make a difference Russia already controls 200 me bland in Ukraine meaning that Ukraine is only going to be able to hit targets there are a couple hundred miles in Russia. That is menial at best

[@hayleyxyz]

@@Iamabot4708 thank you

[@christoph7510]

I waited for this video

[@aburakadabura2]

The Minsk Agreement was concluded in February 2015, a year after Russia broke the Budapest Agreement, suddenly crossed the border, invaded, and unilaterally annexed Crimea. At that time, the Ukrainian military was weak and did not have the military power to fight the Russian military. It can be said that the agreement was forcibly concluded under the military intimidation of the Russian military. Looking at the contents, it is divided into a "normalization process" that "disarms pro-Russian forces who claim independence" and "returns control of the border between pro-Russian forces and Russia to Ukraine," and a "political process" that gives pro-Russian forces a "special status" as a de facto right of autonomy. The contents of the agreement were contradictory from the beginning, and the positions of both sides were greatly different, so neither side followed the agreement process, and the "disarmament of pro-Russian forces" was not observed. Although the expression "special status = high degree of autonomy" was used, it did not recognize the "independence of the eastern region." Not to mention the military invasion by Russian troops in 2022, the "independence of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions" is a clear violation of the Minsk Agreement by Russia. Putin's logic of requesting military intervention from a "state that was separated from a sovereign state and illegally established" is not acceptable to an international community made up of sovereign states whose top priority is to protect the integrity of their territory. It is exactly the same as Hitler's method of forcibly annexing the entire territory of Czechoslovakia under the pretext that "German residents are being persecuted." All UN member states, including Russia, who joined the UN Charter by pledging to abide by the Charter, which states that "the sovereignty of other states shall not be taken away by military force," can never tolerate such lawlessness in violation of the rules.

[@justincarter1950]

New achievement unlocked 🎉

[@mczulian603]

and the first atacms strike was in bryansk. not kurks. NYT was wrong

[@geraldstokes5661]

Tell sholtz we need to show unity,not hessitation

[@larzkruber822]

The limitations look like thay want a controlled defeat

[@Peter_Morris]

Stormshadow was the best Cobra operative.

[@GetAngryy]

The ATACMS are going to do jack sh*t unless Ukraine can use them on whatever it wants. Seems Ukraine's best option is to develop its own long range capabilities.

[@successfulfailure3272]

How do you deal with the anxiety of all this? Escalation and nuclear anxiety? Like its an omnipresent threat and worry that overshadows my life. How do you not go insane or at least not full survivalist mode doing geopolitics and this kind of stuff? And also as for this move by the US, how likely is nuclear escalation? How cooked are we? Are we all going to die and burn to death and die of radiation and everything we know and love turn to ash?

[@4ager505]

Seek professional help

[@successfulfailure3272]

@4ager505 so I'm assuming the threat is low enough not to justify letting the worry derail your life, spend 1000s on preparation, say goodbye to everything, and avoiding suspected nuclear targets?

[@samogonbrother]

what difference does it make? if there is global nuclear apocalypse being dead or alive is same thing. Being scared is what all tyrants wants u to be

[@successfulfailure3272]

@samogonbrother there being global nuclear war is actually a really big difference to there not being one. I suppose this is the kind of stoic copium people use not to be constantly under anxiety which to me is unacceptable. We will just walk straight into nuclear war without any regard because of our own prejudices and fatalism.

[@successfulfailure3272]

@@4ager505 is nuclear war likely

[@josephdestaubin7426]

You are late on your homework. Not to worry, we survived, even if just barely. Not much substantial news in this one, but still always entertaining and appreciated.

[@thomasjohnson2862]

If ever you need someone to point out the contrast in things by saying the words ‘in contrast’, then William Spaniel is definitely your man.

[@kylenader7276]

Cartel War video next

[@morefiction3264]

Our aid always seems to be a day late and a dollar short.

[@bastaardzmuller]

More stuff goes boom!

[@ruthvermeulen2098]

And now an important data cable between Finland and Germany has been damaged and another one between Lithuania and Sweden… As a person living in Europe it’s constantly on the news. The Russians are constantly spotted in waters with all gps and signaling turned off. They’re essentially going off the radar for a few days. Intelligence has gotten wind of this and they can see how these ships are travelling and staying in locations for hours that aren’t normal for the activities that type of ship normally does. And most importantly every time this happens the locations match up perfectly with essential data cables, energy lines, oil/gas pipes. They have been mapping all our most important infrastructure at the bottom of the sea for years now. Recently a bunch of European news agencies from different countries teamed up and investigated it. If you want to read about it just go to any of these media sites they are the ones that collaborated on the investigation: Belgium (VRT NWS), The Netherlands (NCRV en KRO), Germany(NDR, WDR en Süddeutsche Zeitung), Norway (NRK) and Estonia(ERR).

[@billwhite1603]

I saw videos, interviews of Russian cities, towns, and villages. One was a city with a population of around 200,000 inhabitants, where sewer had been flooding the streets for a year, and garbage has been piling up for two years. Those in charge of a town or village, are being required to send more money to Moscow. With the corrupt communist system, instead of keeping less from taxes, the send the increase to Moscow, but cut services. This also in some places includes power and internet.

[@4ager505]

Aaawww, poor Russians! boo hoo

[@ИльяАнтипин-ь3т]

Лол, ну и бред

[@GeorgeLerma]

Also, i don't believe they have been limited to the Kursk Oblast. Or, rather, it seems they have already struck targets in other oblasts.