This is where Russia could start a war with Nato

As the Ukraine war escalates, the threat of a larger conflict between Nato and Russia is growing and experts say a small strip of land in Europe is where Putin could launch a war against the West - they call the Suwalki Gap the most dangerous place on Earth.
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It separates Poland and Lithuania, surrounded by the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on one side, and Belarus, under the leadership of Putin ally Alexander Lukashenko, on the other.
If an all out war between Nato and Russia broke out, Russian forces could seize this bit of land and cut off the Nato states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from allies in the rest of mainland Europe.
Is Nato prepared for war with Russia? What is Europe's weak spot? What is Putin’s plan? - Channel 4 News explains.
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[@snyde02]

It also goes the other way, Kaliningrad is as vulnerable as the Suwalki Gap 🤗

[@WellOilBeefHooked]

Indeed

[@szymonk1575]

When I heard this “expert” I just had to clarify to the audience exactly that!

[@USA92]

Manipulation for gain.

[@doueushbebebddhshshehehehb4676]

Why would any European country want Russian land though?? Everything they touch is ruined.

[@marczhu7473]

But that one has nuke facility.

[@bakerzermatt]

Seriously? Russia can't take even take Kharkiv or Sumy (right on the Russian border), and its army is currently be shredded by Ukrainians wielding leftover NATO kit. It's rather plain to see that they would be absolutely trounced against a REAL NATO army.

[@RobBCactive]

Ukraine had depth, the Baltics don't, they cannot stall an invasion at the supply range limit of its logistics lorries. Googling Putin's strategic incompetence turns up discussions on scenarios.

[@bakerzermatt]

@@RobBCactive True, but it still remains that the Baltics and Poland have proper NATO armies that have a decent chance of stopping a Russian advance in its tracks. Then, once the rest of NATO joins the party, it's game over.

[@basasure9065]

What are you talking about? 90% of Kharkiv and Kherson is under Russians

[@bakerzermatt]

@@basasure9065 90% of Kharkiv under the Russians? It's the other way around, almost all of the oblast has been taken back! Even in February/March Russia never took that much, and they never took the city.

[@mabotiyn]

This guy is delusional

[@davidmurphy563]

Come on, let's get real. We've seen Russia's military on action. Russia pushing into the Sulwalki gap would go about as well as Putin trying to mug Oleksandr Usyk.

[@Thunderf00t]

THIS..... wtf is this report talking about.... a massed russian surprise attack bearly made it 20km inside ukraine!

[@JGrant60]

How’s the cost of living crisis going for the Uk caused by a war it’s not even fighting

[@righteousbyfaithinChrist]

Yes, weve learned they will use weapons of mass destruction.

[@jamesthomas4841]

@@JGrant60 ...and the relevance of this is???..

[@JGrant60]

@@jamesthomas4841 The laughable idea that you think Russia in any way is losing this war.

[@chrislambe400]

Russia cannot even take the empty vodka bottles to the bottle bank.

[@lindsayborodin9647]

Watch ur words are u in the illuminati

[@miguelvina7188]

@Communists are Gross No, not a strategic gain

[@iljaliasenko143]

Ahaha. Good one. This is another one: cause poor Europeans are collecting them 🤣. - right on the spot with cost of living crisis in UK. It would be funnier if this had not been the truth. Brits eating cold food to save spending on electricity and unfortunately this one is not a joke 😔

[@kennyj851]

Finland and Sweden don't need to wait to join NATO to be able to reach the region. The geography will not change, and I don't know why not being members of NATO would preclude them from providing assistance.

[@dylldobaggins4594]

I'm pretty sure they would pitch in at the first opportunity. Meanwhile need to take a close look at Hungary and Turkey who are trying to block the Scandis from joining.

[@artistictalk414]

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[@Cimeries213]

I have another interest in why Finland continues to rent Russian channels further! Isn't it time to give up the lease? If you have become enemies, it's time to return everything!

[@JohnHenryEden2277]

The Baltic States were not "members of the Soviet Union". They were illegally occupied sovereign states that remained recognised de jure throughout the Cold War. And they're not in Eastern Europe either.

[@barbosaguzman6101]

Oh really..

[@joaopk6263]

They were always Russian, and always will be. West fabricates entire nations to their favor.

[@drunkengamer1977]

@RT news How's mobilisation treating you? Remember your Tampons 😅😅😅

[@VisualAFMedia]

@RT news cyka blyat

[@maui808jah]

RT went from being a huge channel on KZbin and reduced to a mere one liner comeback post.

[@NWguy83]

Seeing how Russia has fared against Ukraine, NATO would absolutely steam over the long overly hyped Russian military.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

The air superiority alone.

[@et_matrix]

Tell America to try Russia and see what woud the war look like!

[@NWguy83]

@@et_matrix i don't have to after seeing just how awful Russia is fairing in Ukraine hahahaha

[@nicolasgarcia248]

NATO cant figth russia for a simple reason... NUKES will be droped inmediatly

[@trafficticketagent]

Yes, but nuclear threat will be the key.

[@renewklear]

Try it Russia and lose Kaliningrad quicker than you can finish your morning coffee 😂

[@clives344]

The video is a Joke

[@countvan7406]

More like finishing morning vodka 😅. Cause only a stone drunk in Russia would try that.

[@BLACK.ANGEL.]

At the speed that Poland is upgrading, they could take on Russia by themselves!

[@luckyluke8052]

:))))))))

[@deanmoxom1330]

Sarmat 2 can take Poland out nothing left to fight for

[@hastekulvaati9681]

@@deanmoxom1330 You are correct. To defeat Poland Russia would need to deploy nuclear weapons. Russias conventional forces would be obliterated.

[@trumpforever6706]

@@hastekulvaati9681 And in a war against NATO do you also expect Russia not to opt for nuclear weapons right away? Now only those in a global conflict count, the rest are totally useless toys.

[@billcyrus1280]

You're crazy, Russia has enough nuclear weapons to end the world let alone Poland.

[@michaelbee2165]

There's no way NATO doesn't have a good idea how many Russian troops are in Kaliningrad.

[@Maddog-xc2zv]

no, satellites not working, loool

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@Maddog-xc2zv NATO is 32 countries. Many more satellites than you, kuritsa

[@Maddog-xc2zv]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver I'm european (NATO and EU member) and I was being sarcastisc. do you know what that means? of course the US and all NATO have bird eye view on Kaliningrad even before the (re)start of the war in February... And by the way, NATO is made by 30 countries. Finland and Sweden aren't yet members; nor Ukraine, for now.

[@szymonk1575]

We now know there’s less that 6000 soldiers. Even if they had a 100,000 - Polish and Lithuanian artillery fire would flatten entire Kaliningrad to the ground. - Closing the gap works both way. No one can pass through as he/she will be at grave danger of mortar and artillery fire. - judging by performance in Ukraine. Both western Belarus and Kaliningrad would be taken out - quickly.

[@drunkengamer1977]

@RT news desperate little ruski bot off to the front you go. Remember your Tampons

[@jackster2568]

@RT news the irony, still winning in Ukraine?

[@alecburrett7482]

@RT news Looks like someone's huffing a lot of copium.

[@MeelisPaas]

@RT news bot

[@marekbrodowski7225]

This film could be scary 8 months ago, today it's funny

[@yyxy.oncesaid]

Funny.Nothinh about this is funny

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

The fact that Kaliningrad has an ice free harbour doesn't really matter. In the event of war, the Baltic is a NATO pond. Whatever Russian ships are in Kaliningrad would quickly get sunk, On the contrary Kalliningrad looks quite exposed to a NATO attack, surrounded on all sides.

[@barbosaguzman6101]

Nukes live there bud.

[@drunkengamer1977]

@@barbosaguzman6101 All the more reason to flatten it quickly

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

@@barbosaguzman6101 And Nato have nukes as well. No need to be intimidated by Putin. The man is a thug and bully.

[@barbosaguzman6101]

@@drunkengamer1977 you again.. need to be a sober gamer .. clearly you are drunk.

[@drunkengamer1977]

@@barbosaguzman6101 Maybe, what's your excuse? Got a kink for diminutive, authoritarian, kleptokrats, and their dreams of empire?

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

Have Prussia have a referendum to take back Kaliningrad to reestablish the Prussian Empire.

[@justinneill5003]

I drive that route twice a year, between Suwatki and Marijampole, and will be doing so in a couple of weeks. NATO has battlegroups from at least 5 nations are stationed in the Baltics and Poland as well as an air defence force provided by various NATO members in rotation. The idea that Russia could assemble a force of significant strength in the vicinity of the Suwatki gap without NATO having ample warning and heavily reinforcing its existing forces there is ludicrous. Way more likely is that NATO would seize Kaliningrad, and its missile base, and return it to Germany under its original name of Konigsberg.

[@scaleyback217]

Thanks for the input. I'm not convinced NATO ground troops would be used to attack Kaliningrad. FIBUA can prove extremely costly and the advantage is always with the defenders. I wonder if the isolation of Kaliningrad would suffice. There could not possibly be a maritime relief for the city as the Baltic nations will have buttoned down all of the western maritime approaches. A land blockade would seem most likely with Nato assets degrading on a daily basis the Kaliningrad infrastucture and defence capabiities. It cold be long and protracted but the outcome would be inevitable as long NATO can get numbers on the border with Byelorus in quick response. I have to wonder if that particular weak/vulnerable point is also just that for Russia. Lure Russian forces into the area in order to destroy them - having committed themselves the Russians would for a while be throwing good after bad into the theatre with quickly diminishing prospects of a successful outcome for them. Thanks again Justin.

[@marklowery9365]

NATO is at it's weakest and most vulnerable in Eastern Europe. NATO Military chiefs have been saying so for years

[@justinneill5003]

@@marklowery9365 Unsurprising, considering that some of them share a border with Russia, and the rest are in relatively close to it, plus the fact that most of those countries are small economies, with small defence budgets, compared with their western counterparts. But the NATO presence there is increasing significantly.

[@Biker65]

@@marklowery9365 I don't care how weak they are. Still best military alliance in the world. No one else comes close.

[@reslerro2245]

@@Biker65 🤣

[@midnyte6195]

Russia is screwed

[@TheRealJackMahoffer]

The only problem is, seeing how badly the Russian military is doing in Ukraine, it would be suicide for Putin to start a war with NATO.

[@mistieblue9]

Agree with you!

[@jeremypearson6852]

How can Russia take on NATO when they can’t even defeat Ukraine? Absolutely ridiculous.

[@xxxoxxoxxx]

Well tbf, they have more nuclear weapons than any country 🫣

[@josiahnyagah6202]

Russia is already fighting nato

[@tommygun5038]

They can't even deal with Ukraine. Maybe in 1980 this made sense.

[@josephphoenix1376]

Then they couldn't deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan 🤔😡

[@director1111]

It's Königsberg not Kaliningrad

[@iljaliasenko143]

Yes, some ppl in russia call it Könik as a short form. But unfortunately no one calls the actual area as Prussia, only as Kaliningrad region 😉 so in the context of region name Kaliningrad is relevant in all respects 👌

[@Freakoutski]

I love that you presented this segment while wearing a telnyashka. Clever.

[@edbaker515]

With in hours Poland would be in Kaliningrad with vengeance and taken no prisoners and that's for sure..... Rasputin knows this

[@maui808jah]

I don't think American generals are losing sleep over the Suwalki gap. NATO would want Russia to think that is their weak point when in fact, that is the very spot Russia and Belarus will be be buried as their graveyard. NATO might even lure the Russians and Belarusians into that gap to cut off the Baltic states from the rest of NATO but that is the perfect setup for the hammer and the anvil. With Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania coming down from the north and the rest of NATO coming up from the south, the Suwalki gap becomes the Russian and Belarusian graveyard.

[@mnufeld8448]

And the Baltic states with Finland and Sweden ,literally , behind them ..

[@ThisGuyAd.]

That's why Poland has a brigade of Abrams tanks there 😸

[@shawnv123]

so?

[@Cyber-BuIIy]

@@shawnv123 so y’all are f*ked!🤣

[@ThisGuyAd.]

@@shawnv123 🤣 It's important because Abrams tanks would have been quite effective against all those antique tanks Russia has been donating to Ukraine recently 😹

[@Maddog-xc2zv]

@@ThisGuyAd. lol!!!!! but at least ukrainians know how to use them, rather than russians

[@ThisGuyAd.]

@@Maddog-xc2zv Very true! Turns out actually training your army makes them better, someone should tell those Russians 🤣

[@eihwazz12]

are you still basing on the pre-war ruzzia army stats? :P they can be squeezed like a hot brick of butter. We should annex Kalliningrad to make them feel their own medicine

[@drunkengamer1977]

@RT news Tampons bro remember them

[@Google_Does_Evil_Now]

Channel 4 News, loving these videos but this was a bit "poptastic", as long as music video and without depth and detail. It covered some key points. Please let this guy really get into it and create longer videos. He seems to be enthusiastic and smart, please let him go for it! I watch the Perun KZbin channel for its weekly 1 hour in depth analysis of a different part of the war, or country, or vehicle type and it's effect on the war, stocks, usage, etc. I think this guy you have here could do in depth like Perun. Maybe even combine for a video? Perun asks that questions, as well as giving in depth answers. He had General Ben Hodges on 2 weeks ago.

[@kairon156]

Great video. Straight to the facts and well laid out.

[@davidarchibald50]

The reality of Russia's armed forces is that the Suwalki gap is now a major weak spot for Russia. Kaliningrad is a threat to NATO and would be a target. the gap would be a trap for any Russian columns attempting to force it and a complete disaster.

[@hassis6206]

Let the world leaders jump in a ring and fight, why they dragging the whole world into their madness

[@MrYossarianuk]

Only one world leader is threatening nuclear war and has invaded a country in Europe

[@barbosaguzman6101]

Brilliant idea.. no bs. You should of won the Nobel Peace Prize 2022 KZbin comment for that.

[@drunkengamer1977]

Nah just chuck Putin in a ring with a bear he can show us his judo.

[@barbosaguzman6101]

@@drunkengamer1977 ahh and Biden can show us how to sniff hair while eating ice cream AND... lie about the economy? .... or how about "I don't party Bojo" during pandemic lockdown show us 2step handstand twerk? You bud are lost... proper dizzy lol.

[@MrTripsJ]

In my early 20s and COVID stripped away 2 years now what… ww3? So tired of this BS

[@ronl2463]

Conventionally Russia is no match for NATO, the war in Ukraine makes that point obvious.

[@user-hw6xq6gh1v]

tell me who NATO won?)

[@tobiwan001]

200k troops in Kaliningrad? You know the whole region has a population of 800k. More credible sources say that there are about 10-30k.

[@belkentens]

There’s that word again..... ‘Could’

[@julianpourdanesh3339]

Ok let’s not get ahead of ourselves right now if Russia didn’t have nukes this conflict would be over

[@JMARTIN1947]

@Fatpigiam The point is: were it not for Russian threats about using nukes, Russia would have been obliterated within 90 days. We know now that if Russia fought NATO/USA on the conventional battlefield it would be quickly crushed.

[@joeuscanga7235]

Time to "Annex" Kaliningrad.

[@edwardvalivonis23]

Lithuania can do it

[@michalvalko248]

Czechia already did it. Its Královec now.

[@MAXlMUS]

@@michalvalko248 Lol I loved that

[@mikewidyk4186]

Split it in half between Poland and Lithuania. Everyone would be happy. A new Polish-Lithuanian holiday would most likely emerge! 😁

[@dusty4784]

Jesus, what a load of nonsense. Russia couldn't get 70km into Ukraine, they're no threat to NATO, not using conventional weapons anyway.

[@Keithlfpieterse]

"Never in the history of mankind has a border conceived of and fixed on a draughtsman's table been a guarantee for lasting peace on any of the continents which form planet Earth." You may quote me on this. Respectfully, Keith Pieterse.

[@cv507]

brilljänt prezeiss trv v HümmellJä! ^ ^

[@Maddog-xc2zv]

Sorry, @keith mate, i'll skip

[@Keithlfpieterse]

@@Maddog-xc2zv : Insane canine. I understand. Woof! Woof!

[@AntelJM]

YoU mAy qUoTe Me ON tHiS 🤡

[@artistictalk414]

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[@nicholasdavid112]

That area could be a weak spot, if we're in 1942. With the development of satellites & long range weapons & missile technology I don't think that's a weak spot but could be a trap or kill zone if any attempt made by Russia or Belarus to advance from there. I believe military planners have already thought that out long time ago & keep updating their strategies & make simulations for any possible scenario. Furthermore, as the war in Ukraine has dragged on to the 9th months now with probability of a world war, I believe both sides already have their own strategies, unless Putin & Biden decide to end the conflict in a hip hop dance battle....

[@artistictalk414]

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[@we_arenot_amused1617]

The problem with this video is that the Russian armed forces would be vaporized by NATO in a week if putin made such a move; and he knows it

[@deanmoxom1330]

Sarmat 2 will destroy your country

[@barbosaguzman6101]

Oh really..

[@EpicCrust]

@@barbosaguzman6101 Yes really

[@barbosaguzman6101]

@@EpicCrust how So?

[@EpicCrust]

@@barbosaguzman6101 considered the ‘2nd Military of the world’ can’t even control the air in Ukraine on its doorster, our superior firepower and technology, military stategy, RU getting dicked by our surplus stores, braindead russians. I don’t think they stand a chance, which is beautiful

[@Its_YourImagination]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Russia is junior varsity at best and Bealrus is not even that...

[@michaelsimpson4400]

It woukd be a poor military strategy to base an attack by placing your troops on a long sliver of land surrounded by your enemies on both sides. Any attack would require a build up of forces which would be obvious from surveillance. You you be moving your forces into an attack from both sides.

[@dulcettones5536]

That's what I was thinking. Surely, if Russia is going to start a war with NATO, it'll be a broad front attack aimed at smashing deep into Poland. Kaliningrad is putting your troops into a cauldron that you'll quickly need to resolve.

[@mnunya5614]

But remember the Russian military leaders haven't understood modern surveillance methods, night vision warfare etc. This is hard for them still using the rotary phone/land line as primary communications.

[@DanielNistrean]

Nah they will build up forces with no consequences. Trying to prevent that would be immediate war, which West is trying to avoid so much.

[@nicolasgarcia248]

those forces would have to defend their position for 24 hours máximum; thats enougth time to deploy the mig-31 and their nuclear missiles. there is no other reason to gather troops there.

[@michaelsimpson4400]

@@nicolasgarcia248 And deployment of nuclear missiles would lead to a nuclear response. I which case, deployment of your forces anywhere would have become largely irrelevant under the MAD principle.

[@j.p.7298]

Putin said, recently, "Anyone who doesn't miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wishes for its return has no brain."

[@halofan1253]

And now he wants to go back to the old days.

[@chancergordy]

Yeh but Putin is a KGB, brainwashed idiot. The problem with idiots though is they do something really stupid which normal people have to fix for the idiot. Getting rid of Putin is the number 1 option. The Russian people need to do this.

[@RiDankulous]

Sensationalist hype. The amount of Nato air power within striking distance of that is so overwhelming it would be a highway of death for any attempts to take it.

[@benjaminvanderlund9522]

Yeah nah, NATO is a fragile organization with 2 countries practically at war within eachother (greece and turkey) Germany recently realized their friends USA cut of their energy supply before winter.. NATO is doomed..

[@bruderschweigen6889]

Exactly I mean does anyone really think the US, Poland, UK, Germany and France couldn't break through that line? Russia vs NATO is not even remotely a fair fight its just nuclear weapons that we worry about but that doesn't apply here.

[@adagietto2523]

Perhaps they'll retreat from Kherson into the Suwalki gap! The thought is terrifying.

[@john6875]

It won't end until history is truly written.

[@alexanderplassov8062]

I didn't know that NOT UKRAINE is the "most dangerous place in the World" but the Suwalki gap.... really " creative" ffs

[@patnafs]

is it not a bit hawkish to think russia could dare to attack NATO on land given its dire situation in Ukraine?

[@DanielNistrean]

The situation in Ukraine could change. Ukraine is able to defend it self as long as western weapons are coming up(already support is smaller) and morale is up ( hard to have high morale when you're left without electricity or heat).

[@ems4884]

I would not underestimate Russian resolve. This is one of the problems with listening to too much Western media commentary (as opposed to Western objective reporting). The idea that Russia has underperformed in Ukraine is a fairly good analysis but ... It's still just one interpretation of events as they unfold. It's always sensible to be prepared for more aggressive actions, even if the probability seems lower than it once was. I guarantee you that NATO is watching this issue very, very closely. They're not hawks for doing so. They're just being sensible.

[@danhalo1]

I got tired of this endless chess game played by politicians long ago. People need to learn to live without them.

[@dodobono452]

Even if they took that gap they could still deviled material via the sea route cause as per the performance of their navy they can’t even keep it running without a fire

[@aardvaark11]

I beg to differ that the Suwalki Gap is the only land route to the Baltics. Straight through Kaliningrad or northwest Belorus are still in play.

[@conquistador73]

Sorry but Královec is in Czech Republic😄

[@googleman857]

Before it was called Kaliningrad, it was called Königsberg, and before that it was called Królewiec

[@FreeCaledonia]

Is it just a border or real road through?

[@zudopowa]

It seems like a weak spot for Russia to me. Very easy for eastern and western NATO forces to cross such a small corridor. Much harder for embattled Russia to hold onto Kaliningrad.

[@Crashed131963]

Can't believe the road is not already cut off from Russia?

[@TheMayoDon123]

It's hard to imagine it as a first act by Russia certainly in the next couple of years. A bunch of conscripts rolled into a Nato country would seem pretty insane. Also not sure from a logistics side Sweden/Finland not being in NATO would impact but you would imagine they would support NATO militarily as their own national security would be under threat?

[@artistictalk414]

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[@benjaminvanderlund9522]

Swede here, we dont want to be NATO since NATO bombs a new country about ever 2nd year.. for economic interest of USAs elite..

[@TheMayoDon123]

@@benjaminvanderlund9522 im irish and we are bit in in it. Sweden wouldn't have been if Russia did not invade Ukraine but its inevitable now!

[@prosenlund1975]

An attack there would combine a small Russian force with a relative weak Belarus force. Poland alone would defeat both, let alone the Baltic states and Denmark/Norway from the sea. On top just consider supply lines required to support an attack there 🤔

[@yyxy.oncesaid]

Why only a small Russian force.

[@prosenlund1975]

@@yyxy.oncesaid the premise is a Russian force from Kaliningrad. There is only a relative small land offensive capability present.

[@yyxy.oncesaid]

@@prosenlund1975 I'm sure the Russians wouldn't do it without reinforcements

[@prosenlund1975]

@@yyxy.oncesaid That they can only get through Belarus or by attacking Baltic states. Besides even if we played through the idea that they could defeat local defense and establish a corridor - then what? You're now fighting on both North and South as well as sea...

[@smefour]

Russia is bleeding out, no chance they could mount such an attack

[@richardmoloney689]

Bring it on.

[@EpicCrust]

Let's take Kaliningrad first

[@nilnil8411]

As if the Russian nukes would let anyone

[@chrisostrowski5280]

@@nilnil8411 Then Russian cities get vaporized.

[@gregbader3041]

Oh, by the way, there’s a slight historical error in this narrative. Königsberg was the name of the city that was the capital of East Prussia. Kaliningrad includes all of what was East Prussia, not just Königsberg.

[@Brightly747]

This would be a great opportunity for NATO to seize Kaliningrad from Putin. Let him try, and he'll be toast.

[@user755b]

War brings only destruction, poverty, and suffering. Hatred breeds hatred. Love and generosity brings love, peace and harmony.

[@Turrican60]

Think it's Putin you should be telling the obvious to, as we already know.

[@joaopk6263]

Rossiya🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺 Russkiy Mir🇷🇺🗺

[@budawang77]

Putin would be crazy to strike directly at NATO, but then again many said he was crazy to invade Ukraine.

[@justsayin8700]

Well people who don’t know history would say it was crazy. Russia was expected to invade Ukraine if they needed to stop NATO advancing into its borders . The only thing that slowed it down was USA tried to win over Ukraine in the shadows with a pro western government but that clearly didn’t work as we see today .

[@sidonio123]

I don't think Russian will able to fight Poland alone imagine NATO . It's the end of Russia unfortunately for the inocent people of Russia

[@Stepbro_Twitch]

Kaliningrad would be taken in 10 minutes from Nato 😂

[@hasbo]

Prohibiting the transport of Russian vehicles and trains through NATO territory (ie the Suwalki gap) could be a powerful sanction against Russia. The odds are really stacked in NATOs favour here.

[@nadjabrownrigg5798]

How can the world let one person do so much damage to the world order?

[@Maddog-xc2zv]

every people have the leaders they deserve. a very old rule, mate. cheers

[@clives344]

Look at what Hitler did

[@thesightings4403]

Good question- replied George W Bush.

[@Maddog-xc2zv]

@@thesightings4403 But none like Stalin and his short term friend, Adolph. At least till now. Strange how people also forgot how much damage Imperial Japan did to China before and during WWII... well, they're allies now, so better keep media shutting the trap down...

[@thesightings4403]

@@Maddog-xc2zv Stalin, Adolf, Pol Pot, Kims, Mao, Leopold II and countless of Africans dictators. I could add less known- Tiso, Sztojay, Pavelic and Karadzic, Hoxha and this nice Mongolian gentelmen- Choibalsam.

[@elvastan]

They'd probably get so bogged down that Kaliningrad would fall before they cross the gap

[@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo]

At this stage Russia can't do no nothing.

[@user-yr1vh1mr7u]

World War III Has Begun; How It Unfolds Depends on Us We think of the Russia-Ukraine war as a local conflict, but it is much more than that; it is a global war on multiple fronts. The war is not only a military conflict; it is also an economic war of attrition. With skyrocketing gas prices and shortage of staples, people all over the world are feeling the consequences of the war. This war is transforming the entire modus operandi of humanity. Since the dawn of time, we have been accustomed to living by the motto, “survival of the fittest.” By and large, the rule was that the strong determined the rules, and the rules were often abusive toward the weak. Now, it seems like a new mindset has set in: Wanting something and being strong enough to take it does not mean that the world will accept it. The war, therefore, is being fought on the inside no less, and perhaps more than on the outside. Our very makeup is changing from abusive to cooperative, from narcissistic to altruistic. It hurts, and it will not happen without a struggle, but it is irreversible. This is the path of our evolution toward the purpose of our creation-to encompass within us all of creation. To do that, we must come to care for it, just as a mother encompasses her child through her maternal love. The struggle to transition from our current uncaring and mean approach to all creations but ourselves, into wise and compassionate beings is called “the war of Gog and Magog” or Armageddon. Since the war is about our inner makeup, we can fight it within us. If we object to struggling with ourselves over who will rule-the ego or love-the physical reality will force us to choose love nonetheless. However, it will do so by hurting us in a very physical way. The war in Eastern Europe is nothing compared to what we might have to endure if we resist the process. The horrific descriptions of our sages and prophets hint at it, and we would not want to live through it. Alternatively, we can fight this war within us without firing a single bullet. The choice is in our hands. All we need is to continue in the same direction that nature is already leading us: toward connection. If we make an effort to care for one another, even though initially we don’t, then we are moving in the right direction. If we try to resolve conflicts not with guns or even legal battles, but by strengthening the care and friendship between us, then we are saving lives and sparing torments from countless people. In conclusion, let us try to rise above the hatred and see the human on the other side, who suffers too. Let us think that this war was given to us so we would think about each other more than we have so far. After all, were it not for this war, we would not notice one another. Now that it is here, we are no longer indifferent. Although our feelings our currently negative, now that we are aware of them, we can work on them together and turn them around. These are the wars of the Messiah who moshech [Hebrew: pulls] us out of the ego, and into mutual love.

[@belfastfella3240]

Yeah all be stoked by Biden , bojo, truss and EU.

[@barl3857]

I think if Russia easily won in Ukraine they would have been embolden to attack other ex soviet nations but the war in Ukraine has highlighted that the Russian militarily is no match for NATO so the longer the war in Ukraine gos the weaker Russia becomes and the longer it takes for Russia to recover militarily and economically But untimely the west needs to give some kind off ramp Ukraine may need to forfeit some land to Russia so Putin can take that as a victory there needs to be some kind of diplomatic solution for long term stability and peace

[@fritzraake22]

1991 borders, nothing less!

[@andycalifalf4515]

Yes he can keep half of his bridge

[@farrockaway1577]

@@fritzraake22 Taking into consideration 1991 . It seems European politicians have forgotten about the promise to Gorbachev not to expand NATO. Gorbachev withdrew troops from the GDR and united Germany…What was next? The politicians spit on the promises immediately and expanded NATO to the borders of Russia. Putin warned about Ukraine, but no one listened to him.

[@djx7134]

No. No off ramp. No peace pipe. No hand outs. That just encourages him to come back for more after a few years. He goes home with his tail tucked. That's it. Can't trust thee Russians to honor a damn word anyway.

[@mikethomas4423]

Appeasement worked well in the past has it ?

[@chancergordy]

So just a simple question. Is the vulnerability not the other way? Surely Kaliningrad is the vulnerable area.

[@johnnyrocker7495]

I came here for the armchair generals, KoolAidaholics, and propaganda gluttons. I haven't been disappointed. Hilarious stuff really.

[@six1manillakid159]

Don’t worry, they can’t even take half of Ukraine😂

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

They can't even take an eighth.

[@HooDie-Trench-GoTh2022]

I think it will kick off when ( if ) somebody violates the no- fly- zone / entering enemy territory. From the skies , it won't be a deliberate act . Or one of the rockets flies off course and hits a NATO country or vice versa.

[@chrisj2502]

Your opinion is better this scaremongering report

[@jeremyramey3221]

There is not a NO fly zone at this time.

[@EpicCrust]

@@jeremyramey3221 There is, Russians can't fly in NATO airspace.

[@artistictalk414]

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[@petertattersall6419]

Russia has been testing no fly zones for years on reconnaissance missions... The aggression has always come from Russia... Russia should of continued from WW2 rather than start a WW3 where they basically cannot even occupy their own territory. Problem was Russia didn't have nukes back then or it would have been Stalin, yet another mad man with a table spoon of power. Even their own Collective security treaty organisation is practically failing... You have Azerbaijan invading Armenia and a border shooting in Turkmenistan and Kryzkstan. Russia is barely a super power. This will kick off when Russia oversteps with the use of nuclear warfare, or bio warfare. Its alright saying you warned NATO but when NATO reacts don't be crying that Russia is split up like the narrative designed by Putin.

[@ianvaughan9028]

Prevent the NATO allies from...? You've got to be joking. We've all seen the Russian army's performance.

[@satexman2585]

Nope. It is Russias weakness, not NATO's.

[@michaelmazowiecki9195]

There are heavy armored NATO forces already present in and around the Suwałki gap. Kalingrad district is contained. The Baltic is now a Nato lake. As for Belarus, there are Russian bases there but Belarus itself has a small army and a small pacifist population.

[@winzfeld1]

They’re not pacifists but they’re not gonna fight for Lukashenko or Putin. Their army is tiny and poorly equipped and poorly trained, just a tiny version of Russian military. They’re really not a threat. The regime would probably be overthrown if war started

[@michaelmazowiecki9195]

@@winzfeld1 Belarusian population is cowed and tightly controlled by Lukashenko's KGB. Putin's forces are already present and will roll over any physical resistance. Lukashenko needs to be removed. Qyestion is who will eventually replace him: another Moscow nominee puppet?

[@gizmo6746]

Never underestimate your opponent

[@jonkite0071]

NUKES are contained? Even NATO knows any war with Russia will bring in Iran,China and north Korea but most importantly they don't know where India stands so a war btn Russia (1 country) and NATO(30+ countries) won't happen.

[@michaelmazowiecki9195]

@@jonkite0071 a nuclear exchange between Nato and Russia will benefit China as it will allow China to expand northwards into Siberia and its resources.

[@mauryhan]

Now that we know Russia is not as powerful as we thought, this isn't really the problem this video states. Russia went from being the second most powerful army in the world, to the second most powerful army in Ukraine.

[@SoydeCubaCompay]

Let's be honest here. Russia's actual real army hasn't done any fighting yet, which means Ukraine's actual real army has been decimated by a bunch of amateurs and convicts. Not even a bullet has been fired by Russia's professional ground troops, Russia has spent years preparing to face NATO. so NATO will have a difficult time. In addition to not having ammunition or real firepower, Article 5 does not say that everyone has to face Russia. what it actually says is: (Allows member governments to take the actions they deem appropriate.) like, don't intervene, don't use their airspace, don't get involved, etc. But no one wonders, what would China and Iran do if NATO and Russia clash?

[@nik6920]

BS. Russia sent elite paratroopers VDV to Kiev in the first days of invasion, and they all died there failing to take Kiev

[@WillieMakeit]

Thanks

[@MsPokepie]

This is what happened if there is a war millions and millions of life will be lost 😞 very very very sad the world and life on earth devil will be defeated

[@tomchen513]

Many ask me why NATO expansion is right. It's freedom. NATO should reach across Russia and cover China. It's freedom. India should not resist much. Bravo! Freedom justifies all.

[@schneider87666]

East Ukraine is 300 km away from Stalingrad, was under attack for 8 years by the government of kiev, installed in 2014 by the help of the nazi swoboda party. How can a country be free if it split like the ukraine, split into west ukraine, pro western, and east ukraine including crimea, which is mostly russian?

[@SR71ABCD]

Best to build a wall from the tips of Norway, to the bottom of Romania. But if Ukraine joins NATO the wall will expand around them to connect to Romania faster, isolating Russia from the West.

[@kevingp12]

russia cant even beat ukraine, and it's going to go against nato? thats suicide.

[@EarlHare]

Strike at NATO? With what? Rocks?

[@RomanesEuntDomus.]

They don't have enough rocks, they're going to use Iranian and North Korean rocks

[@borinvlogs]

Easy. Poland should do a sham referendum and if the majority want them (which it is the case obviously) then Kaliningrad belongs to Poland and therefore Poland must into it.

[@minimax9452]

sorry Königsber is German!

[@jeremyramey3221]

That would be the quickest way to get wiped off the map.

[@edwardvalivonis23]

Kaliningrad belongs to Lithuania

[@edwardvalivonis23]

@@horizons1545 Germans so called pruss came there after 1520 way before that that land was part of Lithuania

[@kennyj851]

"There could be anything between 2,000 and 200,000 Russian troops in the region". So basically you have no idea at all so no point in making any estimation, in my view.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

A factor of 100. It's a dingbat video.

[@mistressofthewoods5333]

Kaliningrad is just Putins Nuclear ammo depot...The Russian soldiers stationed there, don't want anything combustive arriving from the sky😂

[@willymueller3278]

Let's put this straight : Russia does not want to start a war with Nato. America and Nato want to start a war with Russia, it's as symple as that.

[@jameshall890]

And Russia isn't backing down pushing Russia into existential threat as pushed the USA and NATO and Europe and UK into the existential club aswell so who builds up first from their annihilated countries is the winner.

[@roni2977]

Do you mean this is where the US decided to start the war with Russia

[@amc3463]

Russia needs B52 American freedom

[@cockneycharm3970]

They've been wanting to start a war with Russia for years.

[@djx7134]

@@_h_r_1_ You'll care once Russia, who swallowed up everyone in front of you, comes knocking at your door. I swear, some people see history as just another storybook. PEOPLE, WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. WE HAVE A FUCKING INSTRUCTION MANUAL ON WHAT TO DO (and what not to do). IT'S CALLED HISTORY.

[@javelinmissiles7024]

NATO is not a hotdog and is *NOT* spelled Nato. That is the Ruzzian word for tomato. NATO is *NOT* a plate of Nachos either; Nato.

[@CyberLacze]

And how exactly would russians do it? All roads are going from Poland to Lithuania, and nearly no roads from belarus to kaliningrad. This land is marshes, and forests... They could try take it by air, but this is unlikely anyway

[@bdcalling1391]

NATO could block off from both sides, no supplies to Kaliningrad

[@jahmah519]

It is a fine line so tread cautiously, your life & others depend on it

[@alex_9166]

Kaliningrad is not anymore russian territory. It is annexed and called Kralovec… If they can annex countries, we can do the same 🇪🇺💪

[@Satwamassive]

The Russian 11th Army Brigade from Kalingrad has been almost completely wiped out in Ukraine. I really don’t think we need to worry about this scenario.

[@grantstevenson2497]

Nobody seems to mention the concept of Air Superiority! This is not a ‘weak spot’. Any assault would immediately be interdicted by a sh*ton of NATO air assets from any of 8 or 10 countries within range … potentially the Finns and Swedes would also join in! A skinny land attack flanked on both sides towards a silly target would be suicidal. Russia still doesn’t have air superiority over South Eastern Ukraine … let alone NATO territory. A dumb click bait video … this will never happen … Kaliningrad is more liability to Russia than asset.

[@chrisw7402]

It’s an indefensible gap. It’s more like a right of way, that is. Until NATO/Poland decide otherwise.

[@riiitch]

Johnny Harris called, asked if he could have this opening sequence back

[@Stash_House]

I would say Kaliningrad has more to worry about then anybody

[@jonm2416]

This is like saying....."How a squirrel can start a war with a stampeding herd of buffalo!"