Timothy Snyder, Yale on the Geopolitical Impact of Ukraine's Struggle | Philanthropy for Ukraine

Timothy Snyder, Yale University Historian and Author of "Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin and The Road to Unfreedom" offers a deep dive into the complex American and global sentiment towards the Ukrainian war.
Timothy discusses the broader geopolitical implications, including the fight for democracy, international order, and ethical truths. Timothy challenges viewers to see Ukraine's battle as not just a regional conflict, but a pivotal moment in shaping the future of global politics.
This clip was recorded during the Philanthropy for Ukraine event on 29 February 2024, with the Council on Foundations and Mott Foundation.
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[@blackeyedlily]

Timothy Snyder is a treasure! I get so much value out of every time I hear him speak.

[@PamelaC23]

I always gravitate to Prof Synder's words, he is so well informed and easy to understand - plus he speaks truth.

[@Lilith42832]

Thank you as always for putting into words what others must hear. When this war started, one of the first thing I did was watch your YT Yale course on Ukraine to get an understanding of that part of the world. They are amazing people and we need to help them win this.

[@martingisser273]

Seconded. Brilliant lectures. Eye opening. Plus, highly entertaining, e.g., the vampire crisis.

[@forrest5549]

@@martingisser273 Also agree! On Lesson 21 now and researching his book The Road To Unfreedom. Professor Snyder is the premier source on understanding the importance of supporting Ukraine...for all of us!

[@Enclassedephilo]

This is one of the most clever, nicest, decent man on the Ukrainian / European historic / International relations field today. I can't stop watching his videos, so stimulating, invigorating and wise. He's among the few ones that maintain trust on confidence in the humain race. Thanks Mister ! (from France)

[@cliveengel5744]

Nonsense - he is just another Woke Professor!

[@Enclassedephilo]

If by "woke" you mean super-clever and respectful of historical truth and human lifes, yes, probably @@cliveengel5744

[@andreasbpunkt]

Okay, Comrade. @@cliveengel5744

[@user-mn2rz1pr4r]

ЛОЛ

[@TobyThaler]

@@cliveengel5744Can you be articulate? What is woke and why do you dislike it? What does Snyder say that you think is inaccurate?

[@staylongo]

Thank you professor Snyder for sharing your wisdom.

[@harrypalmer3481]

Thank you Timothy Snyder. Books (so far read/reading): On Tyranny & Road To Unfreedom are enlightening, although truthful about darkest of matters offer possibilities with glimmers of hope. Thank you.

[@verapurrio5462]

Clear words! Thank you from Germany.

[@gabrielesaint-ives3748]

Yes 🇩🇪🇺🇦😊

[@vasik9719]

Thank you very much!

[@oorzuis1419]

thanks, Tim for your oversight on the state of play and wheeling interest on this matter.

[@peterwhite7428]

He is the brightest speaker and thinker and scholar on Ukraine and this war.

[@alanknight1597]

Read Snyder's The Road to Unfreedom, an amazing explanation of what's going on today between Russia and Ukraine, in spite of being written in 2018. It also goes into some fascinating (and disturbing) facts about the previous president's relationship to those with money in Russia.

[@peterwhite7428]

@@alanknight1597 I will. Thanks

[@user-mn2rz1pr4r]

His thinking is too weak & mediocre for this topics, he is covering his ignorance with woke Matrix vocabulary, he is lying & he is full of shayte....

[@BobJohnson648]

You will never see this guy at the front

[@peterwhite7428]

Thank god we won’t see him at the front

[@pcopeland15]

Thank you.

[@MeTubeUser]

When I am doubting what is going on in this world right now, all I need to do is to watch and listen too Timothy Snyder. When have ONE man been able too express the the meaning of so many MILLIONS? Maybe not since Winston Churchill. God bless us all.🙏

[@alexv850]

Thank you sir for your service and dedication. Slava Ukraine from Hungary. Glory to the heroes of Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@andrewmilesbroughton8222]

Solzhenitsyn - 'We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know, we know they are lying. We know they know we know they are lying. BUT THEY ARE STILL LYING. '

[@BobJohnson648]

USSR collapsed in 1991

[@dianthus605]

@@BobJohnson648 and that is relevant because no-one lies nowadays?

[@BobJohnson648]

@@dianthus605 I object to the constant anti-Russian propaganda

[@stream2watch]

@@BobJohnson648 Russia is way worse than the propaganda against them. Vranyo is real.

[@masterchinese28]

Thank you Dr. Snyder. You put so succinctly what I have been trying to convey to my compatriots for some time. The struggle is truly between ethical and cynical. Time will tell if human goodness will triumph over human selfishness.

[@mozhovyi]

Thank you for such conclusions

[@manicka111]

So eloquent, as always.

[@solifugus]

So much said so succinctly. I greatly appreciate that. I feel as if the world is at such a crucial juncture in terms of the global meaning of this war, where AI takes us, and also in Aerospace. All three are set to dramatically change our world.

[@simonphelps3680]

Truth telling is so important.. thanks

[@kevinleecaster2698]

So glad that Dr. Snyder highlights the climate crisis as often as he can

[@JunkerOnDrums]

Thank You - this should be out on the mainstreet media!

[@guydreamr]

An excellent exposition as to exactly what is at stake in Ukraine and beyond. Would that our political leaders were so clear and concise. Best regards, from the USA

[@sueshade8215]

Thank you, Professor Snyder!

[@daviddpenny]

From a Republican who is a Reagan conservative, (not a MAGA supporter) Thank you Professor Synder! Always enjoy hearing you. I love your KZbin lectures on Ukraine! SLAVA UKRAINI 😊

[@Puleczech]

Thanks for being a Republican with a brain.

[@user-jh4bh9zb9e]

Thank you Mr. Snyder!

[@TobyThaler]

Excellent. Thank you. I'm a "leftist" since high school (marching against the Vietnam War in the late 60s). However, I never could stand those sectarian leftists (whom I nickname "the Stalinists"). And it continues. There's a recently coined term, "imperialism of idiots" that summarizes where that part of the "hard left" is now: only U.S./Western imperialism is bad; imperialism in opposition to the West's hegemony is OK. If you could explore this problem-a problem because there's a truth of "both/and" to the two imperialisms-I think you could greatly advance dialogue on the left. I fear that many on the left don't understand how important democracy is-and as you say ethics and values. They are at least as important as trying to move past capitalism and inequity. Probably linked. Also: Thank you for the point about "hydrocarbon oligarchs" as a key part of this conversation that is not discussed enough (as you note). Having spent my life working and studying ecology and natural resource policies and allocation, I really appreciate that observation.

[@laurie9557]

Ask your Senators and Representative to urge Biden to replace Jake Sullivan with someone who has combat experience. Sullivan is the NSA advisor who always recommends giving Ukraine too little and too late.

[@Puleczech]

Absolute gold. As always, Snyder presents the argument in a very well structured and well-to-digest way, while still retaining the necessary depth and importance.

[@marisabenson1222]

Thank you Professor Snyder. I am very far away from Europe and the US but I have major concerns about the rise of cynicism and of authoritarian populists that are usually very reactionary. I believe that putin, trump and Orban need to receive a clear message and that somehow Russia being defeated would go some way to achieving that. I am also very concerned that Russia is attempting to extinguish Ukrainian identity in the same way that past leaders in Europe have to other groups. So while it doesn’t directly me I do care.

[@briancase6180]

They Ukrainians are showing the world how to stand up for freedom, the rule of law, and self-determination. These are the foundations of modern civilization, and Putin is directly opposed. There USA MUST support Ukraine with capabilities that prove to be overwhelming to Russia. Go Ukraine! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@carlosw1687]

Ukraine is American puppet and it's finished

[@irinajosefson182]

Rule of law, freedom and Ukraine never should be in one sentence! Ukraine fights for US globalists interest, it has nothing to do with freedom, democracy and rule of law?!

[@robertginsburg8113]

Succinct and sobering. Thank you Prof. Snyder.

[@AP-vv9zz]

Let this historian prove in a concrete manner and with tangible and highly convincing arguments that ukraine is a democracy…good luck 😂!

[@sot11cat]

The ethical, Ukraine and its supporters, against the cynical, russian imperialism and its supporters. Keep this as an abstract.

[@ianhamilton7317]

Extremely well said.

[@dharma_404]

Stated as clearly as humanly possible. Unfortunately there's not enough sensationalism for these insights to gain traction, just too much entertaining stupidity using up all the oxygen.

[@Martin-mc6hr]

100% agree. 🇺🇦🇦🇺

[@Vlad65WFPReviews]

thank you, Dr. Snyder. Putin's cynical approach was yet again demonstrated with blind-face openness when he contended that the attack that killed about 150 citizens was staged by Ukraine even as ISIS K took credit for doing so. Yet another nauseating chapter in this horrible and endless war.

[@richardblinn4811]

Seems like a fair enough analysis. I perhaps disagree on some points but fair enough. What is over the top is the TDS.

[@AP-vv9zz]

He’s just using nice and smart words to explain you that he doesn’t want the american diktat over the rest of the world to stop! How frustrated he must be.

[@TCO342]

I AM, Completely behind Ukraine 🇺🇦 and Will help Ukraine 🇺🇦, #RebuildTheirCountry ... Even though I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado USA 🇺🇸 . MOST are Blind to what this War means. C

[@charlesmartin1121]

Enthusiasm for helping Ukraine in the United States is somewhat diminished by reference to the Post 9/11 misadventures in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. It's not right or fair or even logical, but it is a factor in the minds of many Americans. This situation is most unfortunate, because Vladimir Putin is as much our enemy, as he is Ukraine's enemy.

[@ebptube]

So well spoken, a few take aways:...it is already WW3 but Ukraine is doing all the work. ......not what we are doing for Ukraine but what they are doing for us.

[@JesusOfIskcon]

This is genius. Now he's letting us know. The Blood Lies book is from his same CIA/MI6 project too you should know. Absolute mind-***. All these years. This is genius.

[@JesusOfIskcon]

He is a bit CGI here.

[@vitorlopes2064]

Proxy war

[@petermelville5524]

Slava Ukraini,

[@sergeybebenin]

Why isn't Timothy invited (or invites himself somehow) to media networks. I've never heard such a condensed but at the same time the most basic summary that should make sense even to children. 👏👏👏

[@alanjones5639]

Thank you. I'd really like to hear your analysis of the functional snafu in the US Congress. Do we need to be rid of powerful political parties? Might ranked-choice voting lead to better representation?

[@roystewart4386]

Please cover how the Trump “Gang” may cause Ukraine to fail in kicking the Russians out of their Homeland.

[@SkyeRangerNick]

ty

[@mirceadragomir5692]

Give me a break, dude! Look here, straight from the horse's mouth - Josep Borell: „It’s not a matter of generosity alone; it’s not a matter of support for Ukraine because we love the Ukrainian people. It is in our own interests, and it is also in the interests of the US as a global player.”

[@pplr1]

So helping Ukraine helps both the Ukrainian people and the USA. For people in the US there does not seem to be a downside to that.

[@tikimandude112]

Beautifully said

[@NexPutax]

On target. States exactly what is at stake, and who is shouldering the burden .Thanks, Dr. Snyder.

[@christinamuzzu6414]

TS sees and shows us why Ukraine's fate is tied to ours.

[@simian_essence]

Excellent. I especially like the final, underlying point: the ethical versus the (lying) cynical.

[@jpr1370]

it is Ukraine War for Independence from the Soviet Relic - putin - and russia both. It is a noble quest for Ukraine to gift to its people liberty and freedom for all of time. Upon the collapse of the Soviet Empire russia had a choice. russia chose - poorly.

[@annflynn7209]

It’s lovely to listen to someone who is telling the truth!

[@user-xv6vk3nd8p]

Thankyou for those insights. Thinking peoples know the stakes and yet I feel frustrated by the attitudes of Ukraine's allies. It's as if there is a strategic malais in the west. 'We do, but not too much, lest there is escalation'.

[@oprystupa]

As always awesome! Thank you, Timothy!

[@taxofonas]

💛

[@Hello-1814]

He makes great points and has gathered most of the salient ones

[@sinamirmahmoud7606]

he must be the first one to be drafted and to frontest of front line

[@Puleczech]

Thanks for increasing the exposure of this video, that is the only thing you achieved here 😘

[@sinamirmahmoud7606]

@@Puleczech he is gambling with the money doesn't own with the lives of the "other" people... what is respectable here ... if he is so into helping Ukrainians is for him to come and torn into shreds ... that is respectable ... sitting in front of books most certainly not read ... talking about stuff ... I can see nothing to respect ... but the money he is paid is real ... to do what exactly? that is the question ... what is your function and who is making money ... laundering money in Ukraine...

[@Puleczech]

@@sinamirmahmoud7606 Lol, you are completely lost. Not everyone has to be soldier. Not everyone has to help in trenches. not everyone brings a real value with a gun in their hands. Sounds like you are 8 years old and completely blinded by thinking about money.

[@sinamirmahmoud7606]

@@Puleczech I gave you logical statements ... and you make it personal... no conclusion can be reached ... negate them ... or silence ... your personal belief system or mine has nothing to do with ... Young guys torn into shreds ...

[@Puleczech]

@@sinamirmahmoud7606 The fact you think anything of what you said is a "logical statement" is exactly the reason why it has to be personal. Those are not logical statements, those are your personal opinions and they are completely bonkers. By the way, "young guys torn into shreds" can end tomorrow if russia leaves Ukraine. Not if Snyder goes to frontline. Why do you spend your time here when you can be convincing russians with your "logical statements" and achieving peace?

[@essoblue9288]

The true stakes are immoral stakes. Criminally insane.

[@johncampbell1243]

ThankYou Timothy Snyder. Quick, concise, well spoken and verifyably truthful..

[@Video2Webb]

Excellent short video packed out with profound points. I can only disagree with his statement about climate change and the position of Putin et al in that 'scenario', because the science is certainly NOT settled and this man should know this if he took the time to do some studying on KZbin. But his observations about the profound impact of Ukraine losing the war, and how so many people are now being 'altered' by the digital world they inhabit and are vulnerable to, are spot on.

[@TobyThaler]

I dispute your claim that Snyder's "statement about climate change" is somehow wrong. The percentage of scientists who don't think anthropogenic global warming poses a serious threat to the future of the human enterprise is in the low single digits. Aside from that reality, it is also clear that 1) "hydrocarbon oligarchs" are a problem for democracy, and 2) we will within this century be running short on fossil fuels with sufficient EROEI (look it up) to sustain our current levels of population and/or consumption.

[@michaelzajic6231]

Outstanding presentation. Thanks. You put the importance in simplest terms.

[@RogerEvans-oy2wj]

Where does the American so-called 'Evangelism' fit in all this? I thought Christianity was supposed to be all about ethics, something that I, as an atheist, could never understand. Hmmm...

[@johnnesbit2371]

ALL full-spectrum, demographically-rich, sects are always all-about everything. 'Ethics'? You must be occupying the Atheist slot because you expect the ethicism to be more manageable. I used to be there. If you want to understand, let your presumptions mature more (=let some branches die and fall off, other branches bear fruit. ...). Ideologies are mostly merely bookmarks. ALL of them.

[@OneDayWillFlyAway]

We don't have democracy, we have oligarchs and deep states that present puppets the people can choose from. The distinction is only made to influence the people of the west that have no logical and rational thinking, that divide the world in good and bad and people like Snyder telling them what is good and what is bad. People in general want to be good and hence they attach themselves to those pretending they are on the good side. It is pathetic. People in the west in general have no clue on how it is to live in countries like China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Libya (when Ghadafi was still in charge). Most people don't mind who is in charge. It is always a minority that wants change. But change doesn't benefit the majority most of the times as history clearly has proven.

[@pplr1]

Funny you bring up the concept of a majority since a majority of Ukrainians want Putin's army to leave. And yes, I know that politics in nations like the USA is often deeply corrupt with moneyed people getting what they want. Yet that does not change the facts about Ukrainians having honest elections and not wanting Russian oppression to replace that. Also 1 of the few ways to challenge at least some of the wealth in politics is by repeatedly getting people out there elected who will challenge it.

[@lvhao5105]

jesus...clear, concise, direct...vote him into office

[@marshuswp3325]

Thank you Prof. Synder!

[@hlibborysov3655]

We have to support, the USA has to act strong. Our prosperity is based on our power and if we are not powerful enough, our way of living will extinct.

[@KathysGuess]

I was attacked by AI pretending to be my grandson. I was told by my AI grandson,there was a terrible car accident while he was driving & texting which is a felony, I needed to pay $ thousands to get him out of jail today in cash, he begged me not not to tell his father. I was ready to pay. I called my son after much deliberation & was told he was in fact in school. I’m still upset over the horrific details given by my AI grandson of the accident; it sounded just like my grandson .🇺🇦🙏🏼🇺🇸

[@urri_lukas]

Thank you Dr. Snyder for the truth well said. Let's vote Mr. Snyder for our next Vice President!

[@pamelastones4802]

Well said, Mr Snyder! ( Im a South African.🇿🇦)

[@petermallm149]

Brilliant analysis on the crisis of US Democracy. We have all learnt that in a Democracy majority rules, right. Across the West we observe that Democracy has reversed basic design rules. I couldn't agree more with all this conclusions of of Timothy Snyder. Could we have him cloned for Europe please ? The US has an enormous asset in this person which makes me really jealous. Glad to hear that he has joined the Munich Security Conference, but I bet that many folks there didn't like him talk 😉 One remark I have however: We currently have 1.65 Mio Ukrainian refugees in Germany, amongst those many wealthy ones. I don't know the exact number of Ukraine refugees in Poland but I think it doubles our numbers. These 'elites' will move back to Ukraine ultimately, once the dirty job is done, those who fought, died & got wounded for lifetime will be forgotten and life starts for these non patriots refugees in full scope. A deliberate process of Global Elites and absolutely unhealthy for Ukraine's future as part of Europe ! Any thoughts on this Professor Snyder ?

[@pplr1]

I'm pretty sure many Ukrainians, elite and not, will never forget.

[@BobJohnson648]

Tim, you need to go to the FRONT to rearrange your mind on this war...you and Macron etc...a long list of people.

[@harrypalmer3481]

Sir, where is your perspective coming from? Have you been to the FRONT?

[@BobJohnson648]

@harrypalmer3481 I am not a proponent of the war. I am not asking/telling other people to go. Do you really think most proponents would be so if they had to go?

[@harrypalmer3481]

@@BobJohnson648 Ok, you are not a proponent of the war. It’s not clear to me what you are a proponent of. I’m not completely sure of your question “ Do you really think most proponents would be so if they had to go?” I’ll try to answer it. The statement you made: “Tim, you need to go to the FRONT to rearrange your mind on this war..” etc., suggests to me that you are proposing for Timothy Snyder (?“Tim”) to rearrange his mind on this war. Timothy Snyder is in favour of Ukrainian people defending themselves against invasion, which has included & continues to include, on large scale: rape, torture, castration, abduction of thousands of children, mass murder, mass destruction (scorched earth warfare method). (All these things have been documented by several sources). Is that unreasonable? Perhaps I’ve completely misunderstood you, in which case I apologise. Putin, Lavrov, Surkov, Shoigu, Medvedev, Mishustin, & many other Kremlin-Kronies (& previously Wagner war machine, still benefitting very well in several places in Africa) want & need war to stay in power & probably most of them to now even stay alive. They have the support of millions of people via a combination of some or all of: nationalism, imperialism, ignorance, arrogance, misinformation, indifference, psychopathy, plain tribalism etc., etc. These reasons for war I find abhorrent &, I’m guessing you do too. Timothy Snyder is a proponent of the best/least worst outcome. He has been to Ukraine many times, given lectures in Ukrainian, Russian, German, English & other languages he speaks, reads & write in, & has met with Zelensky. Ukrainians don’t want war, it’s just tragically the least worst alternative to the other things, listed in the first paragraph, that they have endured, & are continuing to endure. Accepted, you are not a proponent of the war. Considering the points discussed here, respectfully, what are you a proponent of?

[@BobJohnson648]

@harrypalmer3481 Very simply...for the Nulandistas to stop their coups. Stop using innocent people to fight their proxy wars because they want to get their hands on Russia. US neocons did everything they could to get Russia to invade. This war has nothing to do with what's good for Ukrainians The PTB want the Ukrainians to weaken Russia and then die.

[@BobJohnson648]

@harrypalmer3481 I am a proponent of peace and prosperity in a multipolar world. I don't appreciate American might being subjected to neocon whims and deviousness.

[@louerasmus3414]

Dr. - keep on dreaming or try reality some time.

[@pplr1]

He spend years studying reality. Perhaps you wouldn't mind it so much if you had not spent years as part of a group intent on denying it.

[@juventinocasillas3023]

I could nor care less about Ukraine

[@Sam-rf8yh]

Your position is almost as bad as your spelling ability.

[@AP-vv9zz]

Last but not least: lying! I would not start a lengthy development but just give you 2 names for the consideration of the Yale professor….: victoria nuland and hunter bidden. Just the 2 symbols of exemplarity in term of morality and avoidance of the 7 deadly sins…

[@malasangre6700]

It's a partisan opinion, not an objective one.

[@pplr1]

Yet it is still largely correct. Being "partisan" is a detraction if it refers to people lying for their political party. The only mention he made of politics is Trump and his henchmen trying to sabotage help for Ukraine-something that has not been hard to spot. So his point remains valid.

[@vitorlopes2064]

” Ukraine has to win” do you really believe that is possible?

[@richarddean3154]

Professor Snyder has overdosed on the Kool-Aid.

[@chrisbremner8992]

What happened to Yale? It used to be a good university, this man is damaging the reputation of this once great university.

[@TobyThaler]

Making a moral judgement statement without any argument gives your post zero credibility. Got some facts and arguments to support it?

[@pplr1]

Seems he is upholding it since he can speak intelligently and honestly on a topic. I wonder how many of the criticisms I see of him come from people in some way associated with Moscow. Now maybe you are or are not 1 of those people. I can see your claim is both unsupported (by your remark) and disproven (by his).

[@richarddean3154]

@@TobyThalerProfessor Snyder's video was full of moral statements without any supporting facts. Your comment is the height of irony.

[@giselapfeifer4666]

This is not Ukraine's struggle but the struggle of the US behind the scenes trying to defeat Russia via Ukraine!!

[@pplr1]

Actually tankie it has been the struggle for Ukrainians so long as Moscow has tried to oppress them. The US should help them for moral and strategic reasons but that doesn't change that Ukrainians are standing up for themselves and their own freedom.

[@StanEby1]

I am a conservative America-first republican, but I do not agree with the isolationists who don’t see that Putin must be stopped. I disagree with: 1. The notion that Russia had to invade Ukraine to defend itself from NATO aggression. NATO aggression is a pretext similar to the kind Hitler used to invade Poland. 2. The Democratic strategy of dragging a war on. Purposely not winning so it can cost the most money possible. China is hoping that we weaken and deplete ourselves. What we should have done and should do now is to move decisively to kick Putin out of Ukraine militarily and with financial levers. We cannot ever afford to be in a position that we are intimidated or steered by any foreign threat of nuclear war. If we do that, we are puppets looking to become the imprisoned. Whether Trump wants Ukraine to lose and wants a favor from Putin is an irresponsible and untenable accusation. Global warming? There is a great amount unproven science as to the mechanism of global warming. As to the economics and science of going to all electric vehicles, the electric generation infrastructure is way behind such an ambitious move. We are producing carbon by producing electricity because the “science” has discouraged hydro-electric and nuclear power production. Thank you to “science.” We could improve carbon emissions and our economic viability for years to come by manufacturing the most efficient hybrid vehicles possible and getting safe nuclear power plants into production.

[@garyhuntsr71698]

Trump has molted

[@jamesdeese61]

A fool has nothing to do with IQ or intelligence. It has to do with mind set. As an American that has worked, travel and live in Europe and Asia for (3) decades and control four language fluently. Listen critically to the above BS.

[@krystynaross]

If you are counting English as one of the four languages you "control fluently" you are deluded.

[@jamesdeese61]

@@krystynaross No. Show some class.

[@krystynaross]

@@jamesdeese61 ypu mean like the russian goons looting toilets in Ukraine?

[@pplr1]

So how many comments like this do you have to make in order to avoid Putin sending you to the frontlines? And you comments already indicate you aren't "an American" nor someone who has any right complain about others having "class".

[@jamesdeese61]

@@pplr1 I am not responsible that your parents did not educate you. If you need help simply ask for it.

[@Ed-vi6tg]

Another War Monger

[@pplr1]

Ah, another excuse made to support an actual warmonger (Putin).

[@cliveengel5744]

Professor Snyder, this has nothing to do with “us and them” or that “Ukraine is fighting for us.” it is about having a hostile Ukraine in control of Crimea, limiting Russian access to the Northern Black Sea and access to the Sea of Azov and hence passage to and from the Don River Delta and hence to the Caspian Sea, via the Volga-Don Canal, in addition to having a potential Nato Naval base in Sevastopol. So that will not happen as “blood has been spent over this territory from 1568 - 1878” during the Ottoman, Russian, and Crimean Khanate wars and, more recently, 1918-1922 and the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. It has nothing to do with Russia attempting to reconstitute its Empire and recover Ukrainian and the Baltic States or Central Asian Republics. So you are overpaying your hand as usual. If Cuba attempted to recover Guantanamo Bay from the US and then handed the base over to Russia and China, what do you think would happen? Ukraine had minimal contact or influence in Crimea and had no Black Sea Coast until the Russian Empire and the Bolsheviks put Ukraine together as a State; before that, there was the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Crimean Khanate, and the Zaporzhzian Cossack Host, Ottomans, and the Russian Empire. Ukraine never existed until 1922, and before that, the short-lived Ukrainian Peoples Republic 1918-1921 was never recognized at the Treaty of Versailles. So, all the prefixing of the word Ukraine to all these multi-ethnic groups, like the Cossacks, Tatars, Rutherans, Polish, Hungarians, and Bressarabians, is a false narrative. “Ukrainian Cossacks did not assist in lifting the 2nd siege of Vienna”; it was the Zaporizhzian Cossack Sich that was involved, neither Polish, Lithuanian, nor Russian. Ukraine never existed during that period. Polish East Galicia, Volhynia, Rutheran Transcarpathia, Beressarabia, and all the Black Sea Cities established by Catherine the Great were added to the Ukrainian SSR. I went through your Origins of Ukraine Series and found it Weak and misleading. The Vanagans from the Nordic Countries had established Trading routes from the Baltic to the Byzantium Empire using the Volga, Dinpro, and Volkhov Rivers. The Vanagon Cheiftan Rurik established Novgorod, an important Trading City of the Vanagans, and the first known reference was in 852. In 882, Rurik's successor, Oleg of Novgorod, conquered Kyiv and founded the state of Kievan Rus. Novgorod's size, as well as its political, economic, and cultural influence, made it the second most important city in Kievan Rus. This is contrary to your lectures, where you skip these essential parts of the History of the region We understand your motives here in attempting to bring legitimacy to Ukrainian claims to these territories. Ukrainians are not direct descendants of the Kievan Rus, as they disappeared after the Mongol Golden Horde conquered the region. The Ukrainians are predominantly ethically Polish Lithuanian Slavs. Cossacks are ethnically remains of the Khazars, which are the remains of the Mongol Golden Horde. Tatars are not Eastern Slavic peoples but are Turkic-speaking Muslims. And no, the more comprehensive distribution of Cossack tribes across the Eurasian, the Causcus regions and the Russian Federation are not Ukrainian, as Zallenskyy and yourself depict. It would help if you referred to Paul Robert Mogisic’s books on Central Europe and the Origins of Ukraine!

[@daviddpenny]

Ukraine DID NOT invade Russia! It was a Hostile Russia that invaded Ukraine! I find your comments weak, misleading and downright disturbing!

[@cliveengel5744]

@@daviddpenny Of course, you find the cause of the war disturbing, the same way you found the cause of the Iraqi Invasion in 2003 disturbing. You ignore the fundamental issues.

[@_._gyokan_._]

​​​​@@cliveengel5744 Phew, Im glad we have you to tell us the truth, not some guy with _checks notes_ The Robert B. Silvers Prize for Journalism (Silvers-Dudley Prize) All European Academies Madame de Staël Prize Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science, the highest scientific honor in Poland The VIZE 97 Prize from the Václav Havel Foundation Carnegie Fellowship Antonovych prize Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought for his *check notes again, BOOK: Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin Prakhin International Literary Award for the Truth about Holocaust and Stalinist Repression Kazimierz Moczarski Historic Award Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters Ralph Waldo Emerson Award by the Phi Beta Kappa Society George Louis Beer Prize for The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999 The Oskar Halecki Polish History Award from the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America Lithuanian Diplomacy Star Polish Bene Merito honorary badge Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland Estonian Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana Class III Honorary Doctor at the Faculty of Humanities, Lund University.

[@daviddpenny]

@@cliveengel5744 Are you a Trump apologist? A Putin puppet?

[@cliveengel5744]

@@daviddpenny What does Donnie have to do with Ukraine or Russia? This is purely a Geopolitical and a Historical scenario and nothing more. Ukraine should never have fought this war as the Minsk Agreements were signed by Ukraine but never implemented; they used it to gain time to rearm. Then, they stated that the Lease on the Sevastopol base would end in 2025 and mentioned Nato Membership. Then, they disposed of their elected leader in 2014, and that set off a series of events that culminated in the loss of Crimea, the Donbas, Southern Kherson and Southern Zaporizhzia. However, this commentary has nothing to do with the war. It is directed at Professor Snyder, who selectively uses History to advance his agenda. By the way, he has been paid to rewrite the History of Ukraine in the vision of Zallenskyy. Our go-to Historical references for Central Europe and Ukraine are the books by Paul Robert Magosci, an American Professor at the University of Washington, and at the Monk Center at the University of Toronto. Syndey never uses any reference material, demographic maps, linguistic, ethnic, religious trends, or industrial production figures over time and just waves his hand around and reads from his notes. Mogosci uses Maps and Charts covering Central Europe from the 5th century to 1989. So, if you want to learn about the region, it is best to use Mogosci’s reference works. Professor Snyder is more like a Political Commissar than a historian, very much in the vein of Nikita Khrushchev.

[@fronabulax63]

Ideologist like Snyder are the real danger nowadays

[@Puleczech]

Thanks for increasing the exposure of this video, that is the only thing you achieved here 😘

[@pplr1]

So is that the next line of excuse making and lying for Putin? I seem to recall his regime saying that all the troops near Ukraine's borders were just doing training exercises. Old enough that some people may have forgotten that claim but I have not.

[@fronabulax63]

@@pplr1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYTQeISma95sq9Usi=ILoDPHlbkg1tbTa_

[@francksasser1780]

Snyder a clown act.

[@Puleczech]

Thanks for increasing the exposure of this video, that is the only thing you achieved here 😘

[@pplr1]

Hi tankie. I tank it you don't like it when Ukrainians (or others for that matter) have the freedom to vote their own President in and out of office. Too bad.

[@carolbennett1427]

This is bs. This guy is here lying to our faces.

[@harrypalmer3481]

Please name one just one lie with some evidence or/and citation. - or is this comment just bot generated?

[@carolbennett1427]

He is feeding his own ugly soul by putting words into the mouths of half of America by quoting trump supporters - as if we all think alike - which we don’t - which means he is completely making shit up to support his beliefs

[@pplr1]

So far I've seen him say at least some things that can be prove true-such as Putin's tendency to lie (remember when Russia claimed troops on the borders of Ukraine was just a training mission, I do). So I'm guessing you're lying too.

[@milangurin1815]

wake up Timothy, Russia is going to win this SMO

[@Eng0926]

You are on the wrong side, Professor.

[@harrypalmer3481]

Bot?

[@pplr1]

@@harrypalmer3481 Possibly. Or an Ivan pretending to be someone else.

[@unitedstatesofamericamilit8588]

Absolute rubbish

[@123Cathleen]

American Propaganda Machine

[@JesusMagicPanties]

Prof Snyder is very popular and liked person here in Poland. He's even speaking quite decent Polish. Very bright, nice and open-minded person with deeply understanding of the nuances of that whole weird "mitteleuropa" mish - mash often even better than the locals themselves.

[@fangugel3812]

Thank you.

[@ievgenmajor3301]

Thank You Mr. Snyder!