Ukraine: Russia’s invasion is the start of the Third World War | Yuri Felshtinsky

The West should not be fooled into thinking Poland and the Baltic states are safe from Russia. To discuss Vladimir Putin’s goals, nuclear weapons and more Steven Edginton is joined by the Russian-American historian Dr Yuri Felshtinsky. Watch the full interview above or listen on your podcast app by searching “Off Script”.
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[@Szminsky]

Its truly astounding that we’re here again, after 80 years. History truly repeats itself.

[@paulcleary7437]

the fourth turning

[@abdulhaqmayet739]

@@paulcleary7437 mimimijjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjumhhhmhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@havokbeats5133]

Blame the super rich elites everywhere

[@RealGrum]

Ok let's goou

[@randomclick2826]

Again Europe is under the control of a fascist German.

[@qrsx66]

As someone said on a Taiwan invasion. "Just because it's irrational doesn't mean it won't happen." When something is in movement it can be difficult to predict where it will go.

[@mrfugazi6713]

Yeah your spot on buddy.

[@xylfox]

@@smilychips4371 Hmm.. Germany started WW1 25 years ago(at least at the sight of the "west"=

[@dragonfury7512]

«Ангелы ада» и «Бладс» планируют искоренить Солнцевскую Братву, Люберецкую Братву и Измайловскую банду к лету 2023 года, устранив их иерархию, высокопоставленных лиц и лидеров. Привлечение основных групп Братвы ослабило бы русскую мафию настолько, чтобы их союз Ангелов Ада и Крови получил полный контроль без сильной оппозиции в Европе и России. У меня есть доступ к информации от высокопоставленных Ангелов Ада и Крови. Они будут отрицать это, пока это не будет сделано, но не ждите, пока не станет слишком поздно, чтобы предотвратить то, что грядет, вы должны сообщить своим лидерам. Вы должны спасти работу своих предков, бойкотируя и убивая местных членов Hell's Angels и Bloods, лидеров отделений и высокопоставленных лидеров, как можно скорее, чем выше ранг, тем лучше, но член все еще остается членом. Пора, завтра может быть поздно. Они думают, что их цели не заметят и предотвратят их падение, пока не стало слишком поздно, но, к сожалению, информация просочилась. Внесите свой вклад, чтобы этого не произошло, докажите свою ценность! За нелегкий труд и жертвы предков и за будущее детей!

[@magatism]

Reality is irrational only the the indoctrinated, dumbo.

[@StompingRabbits]

The Ukraine War has depleted the American arsenal , there's not many MANPADS and drones left in inventory. Taiwan is ripe for the taking....

[@daviddvz676]

world needs to see this interview ... ! Wooooow! so true was said.

[@omshanti4982]

Rubbish. A load of toss. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gardn6Nuprp4ock

[@roboldx9171]

This presentation is probably the most frightening and complete realistic analysis deconstructing the reasoning behind Putin's thinking I have heard to date.

[@indigophanta8288]

Why?

[@StompingRabbits]

Putin's logic is pretty basic, he doesn't want Perishing missiles 4 minutes flight time from Moscow in Ukraine. Think Cuban missile crisis in reverse....Pooty isn't giving up!

[@omshanti4982]

He is inside Putin head he can read Putin' mind. He must be CIA MI6 agent. I live in uk for 31 years I still not able to know what is inside Boris Liz truss the queen's mind. Two idiots, CIA AGENTS

[@awuma]

@@StompingRabbits Baloney! What about the Iskanders in Kalinigrad? There are no nuclear-tipped US missiles in the former Soviet bloc countries, yet Russia has this dagger aimed at the heart of Europe.

[@seanniemeyer5437]

@@StompingRabbits what's stopping NATO putting missiles in Lithuania if they want to hit Moscow (there is only 100km difference) which is nothing at mark 2.5. Or in Estonia or Latvia. The Nuclear threat propaganda is just pure putin fiction.

[@dangelo1289]

Good stuff. Its nice to hear somewhat of a debate or questioning each other even if its not alot rather than just a one sided conversation.

[@dragonfury7512]

«Ангелы ада» и «Бладс» планируют искоренить Солнцевскую Братву, Люберецкую Братву и Измайловскую банду к лету 2023 года, устранив их иерархию, высокопоставленных лиц и лидеров. Привлечение основных групп Братвы ослабило бы русскую мафию настолько, чтобы их союз Ангелов Ада и Крови получил полный контроль без сильной оппозиции в Европе и России. У меня есть доступ к информации от высокопоставленных Ангелов Ада и Крови. Они будут отрицать это, пока это не будет сделано, но не ждите, пока не станет слишком поздно, чтобы предотвратить то, что грядет, вы должны сообщить своим лидерам. Вы должны спасти работу своих предков, бойкотируя и убивая местных членов Hell's Angels и Bloods, лидеров отделений и высокопоставленных лидеров, как можно скорее, чем выше ранг, тем лучше, но член все еще остается членом. Пора, завтра может быть поздно. Они думают, что их цели не заметят и предотвратят их падение, пока не стало слишком поздно, но, к сожалению, информация просочилась. Внесите свой вклад, чтобы этого не произошло, докажите свою ценность! За нелегкий труд и жертвы предков и за будущее детей!

[@Despeville]

Many won't take seriously the main point made by Dr. Felshtynski. I don't want to do it either. Problem is he was warning about upcoming, aggressive Russian conquest for at least 15 years now.

[@jackburgess8579]

lol

[@Writeous0ne]

and their were people warning the West that if they keep expanding and meddling in politics it would antagonize the Russias and Chinas of the world...

[@entrusted2387]

Doesn't mean he was wrong haha, it's finally happening. It's same as people warning China was quickly building an army 20 years ago, now just wait til they flick a switch, and move much more of their massive manufacturing might from goods (junk) to armaments and become the 'god of armaments' (more than both US and USSR)

[@Indrid__Cold]

Being late is not the same as being wrong.

[@Marcus.Halberstram]

What a great interviewer and interviewee.

[@rosetta-kittytarot7093]

Agreed

[@steve74740]

I can’t stop listing to this over and over again

[@captainloaf4767]

Dementia ?

[@alinsoar]

yuri felshtinsky is one of those who should appear on all the televisions and all media in our time.

[@aarushiyadav7101]

To be fair, before WW1 and 2 started people thought they were unlikely too.

[@catparka7698]

By comparison, what's happening now is obvious - Russia has being signalling this development for 25 years. Everything we need to know about it is just 'hiding in plain sight'.

[@StompingRabbits]

Yes indeed, history is chock full of wars nobody expected to happen.

[@meekos699]

Everyone in the West thought WW1 was the war the end all wars. They couldn’t believe the war had already started until it was too late. Same here… we remember WW1 starting in the 30s. The scary thing is though that the rise in globalization & nukes raises a much bigger threat to humanity than ever before.

[@hind6686]

They didn't though

[@Scaleyback317]

The most complete and logical explanation I've heard concerning the current situation.

[@AAB463]

This one is pretty good too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqWQhJqclrmLatE

[@hudhinton1880]

I loved his facetious comment that Russia "needs more territory." They are already the largest country in the world in terms of land mass and most of it is undeveloped and unused. We in the West need to say this more.

[@HelsinkiFINketeli_berlin_com]

Plus the diminishing population, we must remember. More and more land for the less and less people.

[@ashcarrier6606]

Most of it is underdeveloped and unused because it isn't hospitable to human life. But that's no excuse to try and annex someone else's country. They have more than enough land for their disappearing population.

[@johnslugger]

Not really. Eastern Russia is a desert and 60% of their North is in permafrost. Only about 20% of Russia has the right climate.

[@StompingRabbits]

The people living there are Russians, they speak Russian and they have been abused and want to be with Russia....

[@ashcarrier6606]

@@StompingRabbits Let them move, then. And let's go ask the grocery store clerks snatched off the street at gunpoint, and sent to the front in tennis shoes, armed with a WW2 bolt-action, how in love they are with Russian governance. And while we're at it, how does Russia treat seperatists who no longer want Kremlin rule? What did Russia do to the Chechens? Why was that okay, but this not?

[@walterg4025]

This is one of the most excellent interviews I've seen yet on the Ukraine situation.

[@Despeville]

Indeed.

[@chrishooge3442]

I also recommend any of Peter Zeihan's presentations. Look for the 50+ minute length presentations. He called this back in 2014.

[@kimberleystewart8457]

The very best and most accurate analysis has been by The Duran (KZbin, Rumble.) Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris accurately predicted the trajectory of this military operation back in March, as well as the utter failure the US/EU sanctions would be. They provide the most intelligent, informed, and thoughtful geopolitical discussion of current events with incredible historical context.

[@chrishooge3442]

@@kimberleystewart8457 Did they diagnose the FSB failures that informed the poor military plan and performance? Just asking.

[@kimberleystewart8457]

@@chrishooge3442 “FSB failures”??

[@kycklingklubba5749]

I tell my friends we maybe witnessing the beginning of WWIII, they only laugh at me. When I tell how I think WWIII will start they laugh at me. Yes, Russia, Ukraine now China and Taiwan is in conflict with each other and we are living under red alert each day, I believe if India and England starts to exercise then we should be worried. We can now try to prevent WWIII.

[@matijastanic8810]

Also Croatia,Serbia and Bosnia are starting te beef

[@kycklingklubba5749]

@@matijastanic8810 I also heard France is stealing oil from India.

[@chanceberg832]

Your right

[@entrusted2387]

Unfortunately, WW3 will happen, the worst period of human history is ahead of us

[@jonathanfrimerman8855]

The War will start soon they are just preparing

[@willbaro5879]

I read the review of Yuri's book on the oxford student site. Thanks for this important interview.

[@neneoribamise3112]

True talk sir , life is cheap in Russia.

[@ululukululu450]

And that's what makes Russia so dangerous.. a country with nothing to lose but the highest number of nuclear weapons..

[@lilgreensha]

@@ululukululu450 that's the point..they have nothing to lose they are poor and miserable they give a fckn about everything they will nuke Europe if necessary and that is that

[@no-one-knows321]

Cheaper than Iraqi lives?

[@gpd4110]

Human life is cheap, unfortunately, everywhere. İts just at some places they make u think its worth more.

[@dessmith7658]

Talk is cheap in Ukraine

[@johnvine5731]

Well, that has sure put a downer on my day!

[@sample553]

What a great and truthful analysis. While everyone else is trying to dance around the inevitable, this guys tells it like it is. I know its a hard thing to hear but facts are facts!

[@blakeley38]

World war 3 is here the American petro dollar is no more it started in 2014 ! Scary times

[@hudhinton1880]

His theory of having nukes fired from Belarus seems pretty logical if Russia has predetermined they're going to use them.

[@GAZZZZA123]

I thought this, they could use Belarus or some bogus state as a sacrificial lamb to launch a nukes from.

[@phorias]

Nukes are useless against military. They can only be used against civilian cities. So ... they would not change much of a result of a war when all sides have them. Japan didn't had the capacity in WW2, so that is why it worked back than

[@zenokarlsbach4292]

@@GAZZZZA123 Okay, quite an acceptable idea from their point of view, not much sillier than the rest of it. XD

[@bekanav]

Russia will anyway deny it was the one who used nukes - unless they will start to lose so bad their doctrine of "existential risk" can be said become actual. My guess is if russia uses tactical nukes in Ukraine they claim it was a US (or Nato) false flag attack

[@hudhinton1880]

@@bekanav Something tells me they could do that, but it just seems really hard to pull off. Unless they have ones small enough to smuggle in. Sure hope not.

[@ravenmoon5111]

I didn’t believe this might escalate that far but I’m starting to believe it. Especially if he annex’s Kherson and then uses a nuke in some kind of fake homeland defense I could see it happening

[@maxmadonov4549]

27:08 Ukraine and Russia so called "shared history" is only shared in a sense of the constant occupation that Ukraine lived in.

[@eirikasbjrnberg8753]

Very interesting analysis for me who has lived in Russia for 7 years.

[@DerDop]

I also lived there for 4 years. Moscow and Peter and nice, the rest is far less developed than Balkans after 2 wars and zero natural resources. How Russia still exists is a paradox for me. Poor, uneducated, underdeveloped, 3rd world healthcare, hundreds of Ferrari's in Moscow but 20% of population has no indoor plumbing..

[@StompingRabbits]

Russia, no natural resources? Simply not the case, natural gas and oil in abundance along with gold, platinum, rare Earth minerals, lumber, fertilizer, food, steel, tin... Russia has a load of natural resource....

[@DerDop]

@@StompingRabbits re read. The Balkan have no resources yet are more developed than Russia.

[@eirikasbjrnberg8753]

It it obvious that Russia has a lot of natural resources. Well known. That was not an important point of interview. It dealt with that power balance in Russia. I suggest to read Billingtons axes and. Icon as a reference to 1000 year of Russian government and reference to interview

[@passenger3]

This guy talks a lot of sense. I hope he's wrong but the west should stand up and listen when this man speaks.

[@zenokarlsbach4292]

Nuclear Missiles can be launched from Russia anyway, so why should they be moved to Belarus first?

[@omshanti4982]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gardn6Nuprp4ock

[@passenger3]

@@zenokarlsbach4292 it's all about speed

[@StompingRabbits]

Right, the side that strikes first wins....

[@sarahwynn6486]

@@StompingRabbits that’s untrue . Nobody wins because as soon as the first launch is detected off goes everyone else’s ….

[@superduper9357]

Putting nuclear weapons in Belarus is a red herring. Russia already has them in Kaliningrad and they can reach anywhere from Russia anyway.

[@StompingRabbits]

Not if they are destroyed in a first strike which is ultimately NATO's goal for Ukraine, to make Ukraine a projection point into Russia....

[@coachking5208]

Dr Yuri should write for the NYT or ADL.

[@stmaui6973]

Yuri is great! But some of the interviewers questions are just ridiculous. Calling Yuri's observations 'too simplistic'!? I would normally say dont waste your time with this video except Yuri is a good source of info. So now i say...this is a great segment inspite of the guy interviewing him.

[@jackbenimble999]

I thought the interviewer's questions were valid. Plus he let Felshtinsky talk at length without making it about himself. I think I don't generally agree with him (the interviewer) from other videos, but his question actually let Felshtinsky support his views in detail.

[@nunogonzalez4037]

One of the best testimonies in The Telegraph.

[@neneoribamise3112]

Pls what is the name of the book this man wrote, can I get it at Amazon

[@seandoherty925]

Blowing up Russia

[@narkelnaru2710]

Fantastic interview. The perspectives are scary. At 38:00 , what the West is doing to avoid war with Russia is eye-opening.

[@narkelnaru2710]

@@LarryArrow There's another one (and others) towards the end.

[@tomhagen8424]

@@narkelnaru2710 They are trying to break the country up like they did with Yugoslavia. Ukraine will end up as 2 states .... Poland and Hungary are eager to annex in the West of the country. Ukraine will finish up the size of Lichtenstein.

[@youngsixty7395]

Eye-opening! Civil war ended centuries-long global Slavery. - WWII ended centuries-long global Colonialism. - WWIII ends centuries-long global Colonization, from North/South America to Australia/New Zealand to Siberia/Far-East Asia.

[@dragonfury7512]

«Ангелы ада» и «Бладс» планируют искоренить Солнцевскую Братву, Люберецкую Братву и Измайловскую банду к лету 2023 года, устранив их иерархию, высокопоставленных лиц и лидеров. Привлечение основных групп Братвы ослабило бы русскую мафию настолько, чтобы их союз Ангелов Ада и Крови получил полный контроль без сильной оппозиции в Европе и России. У меня есть доступ к информации от высокопоставленных Ангелов Ада и Крови. Они будут отрицать это, пока это не будет сделано, но не ждите, пока не станет слишком поздно, чтобы предотвратить то, что грядет, вы должны сообщить своим лидерам. Вы должны спасти работу своих предков, бойкотируя и убивая местных членов Hell's Angels и Bloods, лидеров отделений и высокопоставленных лидеров, как можно скорее, чем выше ранг, тем лучше, но член все еще остается членом. Пора, завтра может быть поздно. Они думают, что их цели не заметят и предотвратят их падение, пока не стало слишком поздно, но, к сожалению, информация просочилась. Внесите свой вклад, чтобы этого не произошло, докажите свою ценность! За нелегкий труд и жертвы предков и за будущее детей!

[@LA-kc7ev]

Here is a brief video that summarizes some of what Yuri is saying here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5zVfYh8dsidfpI

[@RonSommar]

I survived Cold War, love parade, Amsterdam. 9/11, Lehman, Euro Crisis, refugee crisis and Corona. Seen enough for a life.

[@chrisnichols9014]

Surviving nuclear war is a whole different thing. Billions of people will die. Pray this never happens.

[@thomasthomasphilp4393]

China, Iran, Syria, Russia Vs The West

[@roseblue3368]

Totally agree with his assesment, spot on!!

[@diegosebastianperez6867]

He is a bullshit artist

[@dragonfury7512]

«Ангелы ада» и «Бладс» планируют искоренить Солнцевскую Братву, Люберецкую Братву и Измайловскую банду к лету 2023 года, устранив их иерархию, высокопоставленных лиц и лидеров. Привлечение основных групп Братвы ослабило бы русскую мафию настолько, чтобы их союз Ангелов Ада и Крови получил полный контроль без сильной оппозиции в Европе и России. У меня есть доступ к информации от высокопоставленных Ангелов Ада и Крови. Они будут отрицать это, пока это не будет сделано, но не ждите, пока не станет слишком поздно, чтобы предотвратить то, что грядет, вы должны сообщить своим лидерам. Вы должны спасти работу своих предков, бойкотируя и убивая местных членов Hell's Angels и Bloods, лидеров отделений и высокопоставленных лидеров, как можно скорее, чем выше ранг, тем лучше, но член все еще остается членом. Пора, завтра может быть поздно. Они думают, что их цели не заметят и предотвратят их падение, пока не стало слишком поздно, но, к сожалению, информация просочилась. Внесите свой вклад, чтобы этого не произошло, докажите свою ценность! За нелегкий труд и жертвы предков и за будущее детей!

[@roseblue3368]

@Hannibal Sulla no he is not, he is a russian historian and knows what he says , he is not they only historian that says what he says, most agree with him. All Who know russia well understand this

[@sujac664]

@Hannibal Sulla said the repeat reaction seeking commentator. ....🧐

[@StompingRabbits]

I don't believe him..... Putin never demonstrated any intentions of heading into Western Europe or even Western Ukraine..... He only seems interested in Eastern & Southern Ukraine and he is getting it....

[@someguy4260]

Excellent questions and piece of journalism Steve Edginton!!!! Finally a journalist actually doing his craft instead of spitting out pure propaganda! The art of journalism that provide the kind of information that we the people need to understand our world!!

[@omshanti4982]

All Steve offered is CIA FBI MI6 propaganda. Absolutely nonsense. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gardn6Nuprp4ock

[@joesilver4376]

Mr. Presenter: Ukraine was an independent country even before 1991. It was a free state in 1918, until the Communist Bolsheviks invaded. In addition, Ukraine was struggling for its freedom for hundreds of years prior.

[@StompingRabbits]

The Holodomor, can't leave that out or the Bolsheviks who created it....

[@abdelcoubadja9078]

Lolzlolzlolzl.......... wishful thinking. Question... what would a pole with "ukrainian" citizenship say where he's a citizen of ?.

[@yolandacarrillo3681]

As the first all the countries started from the Kievan Rus. The city Kiev was the beginning of Ukraine, Russian and other nations. Then hundreds of years later, Russia came into being as a breakaway territory from Kievan Rus.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

Ukraine was truly terrible. Literally one of the most corrupt countries in the world and just as shady, authoritarian and unpleasant to live in as Russia. It even had nuclear weapons of its own until 2001. There were early signs of improvement in recent years, but that's surely on ice now.

[@sepxviii731]

@@yolandacarrillo3681 Russia was not a breakaway territory, the duchy of Moscow started to gain prominence over the other territories in a quite natural way as it happened in Spain and most European countries

[@connectedonline1060]

Both dictator puntin and lukashenko are sickening. The world is better off without them

[@andrejs2708]

Oh yeah and their biggest crime is they don't want to be vassals of the west.

[@BernieHollandMusic]

Wrong - it would be a better world without the USA Rogue State and its tool NATO

[@SkankHunt-iz1nl]

LOL Before Putin goes. He will take everyone else on the planet with him 👋 👋 👋

[@daliborbobr6331]

we are not in 1937. Germany was actually a competent country with competent industry and competent army. Russia is a rotten empire in terminal stages of its decline and collapse, it has inferior technology, inferior army, inferior economy.

[@ricfen5180]

Russia have gaz, oil, gold, rare material, hypersonic missiles and everything everybodies need to have their economy working correctly. Western world only have debts and fake money...that's why we need to make wars, to force these supplier countries to accept our fake money in exange of their rare materials.

[@daliborbobr6331]

@@ricfen5180 time to build another iron curtain and let Russia enjoy its amazing economy on the other side

[@ricfen5180]

@@daliborbobr6331 yeah, I saw German authorities already warned their citizens, they ask them not to take too many showers, and if possible to take these with cold water to save energy. This is what we call a modern economy I guess. It's gonna be funny

[@raggmunken1958]

But Putin has 5000 nukes

[@Ukie88]

I agree.

[@sue.F]

A transcript would be good

[@janil198611]

It’s quite easy to understand

[@Diossvk]

Excellent guest. Everybody in the Central and Eastern Europe with brains understand this. The naivete in the countries west of us of is just staggering. We had our experience with Soviet occupation, never again, never. The reporter is horrible. Parroting Russian propaganda. Really poor journalism.

[@LA-kc7ev]

I agree about the naivete of much of western Europe, and I would say much of the US, especially the right. They are cynical, or compare this war to Iraq, blame it on Biden, or simply repeat Russian propaganda. There is some of this on the left as well. I recall hearing French intellectual Bernard Henri Levy say more or less that Macron did not understand Putin or know anything about him. I wonder how widely his observation applies. I find it breathtaking.

[@sujac664]

@Diossvk. I agree with the general naivete, it's predictably wishy washy, and absolutely terrifying at this point in Kremlin progress. There's no time for wishy washy anymore. But, I offer a different view of the reporters' questioning, because I was put off at first too, but I think the intent was to make the interview as 'propaganda proof' as possible by asking clarification in the very areas that propagandists will try to attack Yuri's analysis. I've been reading the typical trolling comments, and it's obvious they've not had the 'hooks' needed to really bring out their standard reaction seeking points.

[@awuma]

@@50milliondownthedraintonym16 Ridiculous comment. The Central European countries are every bit as "civilised" as the British. The immigrants to the UK after 2003 were probably much better educated than the British working class with whom they competed for jobs.

[@StompingRabbits]

It's not due to naivety of Westerners, it's because the Western News Media is constantly lying about Ukraine.

[@donsheehan5144]

@@50milliondownthedraintonym16 here in australia after ww2 we accepted millions of eastern europeans, germans, italians, etc. amd yes, even the british. We are the richer for it

[@ahsannawaz4839]

Thank goodness for playback speed.

[@nickpn23]

These guys are so relentlessly grim. Do they analyse or construct?

[@onetrickpony4179]

Russia: "wEzTeRN iMPeRiaLizMs!!" Also Russia: Imperialism.

[@StompingRabbits]

Contemporary Russia isn't an imperial power.

[@IAMGiftbearer]

This guest knows what he's talking about! This is what I've thought all along.

[@tvwatcher1883]

-this video was made four months ago -this guy is right -and putin’s/russia’s action have proven him right -i think the interviewer has now been provided evidence that this guy is right

[@davidmagen5024]

A great thinker.

[@stephenkiss1175]

Literally seeing in the news today that Russia has outfitted Belarusian planes to carry nuclear weapons :(

[@richardmoloney689]

They are invisible planes. They can't be shot down.

[@thecfbutcher1174]

I fail to see how Russia could even dream of occupying deep into Europe, given that it's population is only around 144 million.

[@mirceapintelie361]

easy..one at a time🧐

[@thecfbutcher1174]

They're just not good enough or large enough, simple as that. The more they occupy the more overstretched they get. They'd get blown away facing a modern military.

[@neringavisockyte-kisliene5486]

What a great interview.I think it's true,but same it's very scaring.

[@marthacichon5950]

Everyone should listen to Dr Felshtinsky, he knows what he talks about!

[@rockytop000]

The interviewer parroted Russian propaganda… this is not a defensive war by Russia this is Russian aggression and fascism.

[@andrejs2708]

Fascism was resurrected at euromaidan coup in 2014. Since then Ukraine wanted to become culturally and ethnically pure. 800.000 people from eastern Ukraine in 2014 fled to Russia, look up even BBC reported that.

[@108Marycelestial]

Fascism is rule by corporation with ngo running the place. The fascist are in Ukraine.

[@karstenschuhmann8334]

@@108Marycelestial Yes it is the Russian army and especially the WAGNER group.

[@Szminsky]

Indeed, Putin and his banda are fascists in all respects except by name. They’ve changed the constitution to lead in perpetuity all while poisoning/murdering political opponents and dissenters. They imprison people for expressing their opinions and only allow for state-media. Added to that, they’ve doubled down on the propaganda apparatus, creating a tremendous nationalistic fervor. Putin even has “Putinjugends” going on - NASHI ironically being the name of one of these youth groups.

[@isaacisaac1130]

I think fascism started world wide when USA invaded Afghanistan, and it continued on till this day when they are actively pushing Russia into WW3.

[@camillep9346]

Yuri is correct - this is why Ukraine is fighting for all of us seeking freedom and why we should be offering manpower… 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦👏👏👏🙏✊🏻

[@philippfinalizer]

bot

[@camillep9346]

@@philippfinalizer Russian bot

[@camillep9346]

Why has yr name got 2 pps at the end?? Don’t know how to spell in English??

[@christophermbolinanipower1667]

ukraine loving bot

[@mari_arzan]

@@philippfinalizer the bot agrees to feed her farther, brother, husband, son(s) to the war mongering elites - "manpower", see...

[@hassanrobleali6494]

He is right,

[@richardmoloney689]

Bring it on.

[@felixroman3710]

Surrender or complete destruction and annihilation. Ghengis Khan would be proud.

[@andriesgrabowsky2717]

Yes, Putin is a judoka, taking split decisions at the spur of the moment to gain advantage. Putin is not a chess player, a long term strategist.

[@StompingRabbits]

Putin is winning, the sanctions have boomeranged . large swaths of Europe will have no Russian natural gas or cheap oil that their economies are predicated upon. Pooty has gas, oil, gold, rare earth metals, lumber, fertilizer... We have fiat currency..... Pooty is winning....

[@theresaadams7143]

Then why did the sanctions backfired and is hurting Europe instead, and Putin have them paying for gas in rubles?

[@richay1]

@@theresaadams7143 They haven't back fired at all lol.

[@otgunz]

@@richay1 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAH

[@StompingRabbits]

The sanctions backfired because Putin has large gas and oil reserves and Western Europe doesn't.

[@carlosferreira5709]

Before the nuclear age it would have been sufficiently frightening. In the current age it is absolutely terrifying.

[@harryflashman4542]

The irony. We're preventing several regions from breaking away from Ukraine, and aiding Taiwan from breaking away from China. Guess what really matters is not the wishes of the inhabitants, but that it frustrates our adversaries.

[@Ludvik211]

in the east of Ukraine, the people speaks russian in the cities. But in the villigies people speaks ukranian. Speak russia do not means to be russian. As irish are not english.

[@gaetanlizotte1957]

MOSTLY MIXED

[@StompingRabbits]

Irish and Anglo Saxons are two different races, that's not the case between Russians and Ukrainians, they are racially identical.

[@richardmoloney689]

I fowt the Irish was same as English. I heard der is a plaice called southern eire.

[@ashcarrier6606]

A third world war? With Russia? Is there some other, more professional, competently led, modernly equipped Russian army we don't know about? One that isn't tied to railroads for logistics? Or a daily diminishing number of military trucks to carry those supplies from the railheads to the units at the front? Because this current Russian army is struggling to supply its troops mere dozens of miles from its own territory. And it is clear to anyone that the old WW2 and Cold War era model of deep armored thrusts and encirclement battles is over. The Donbas operation was clearly meant to be a pincer movement to entrap and destroy a large part of Ukraine's best units. Instead, Russia gives the impression of an exhausted marathon runner just barely able to heave itself over the finish line.

[@kennethflaming8606]

your right, but if china and iran decide to jump in, we gotta fight them on multiple fronts, also we can"'t win a war against Russia cause they are one of the rare countrys who will actually use nukes if it doesnt go their way

[@hjoseph777]

About a Russian army that is so lazy and inept that rely only on artillery to obliterate to dust a city and later to claim that they have taken it over. Russian is the biggest joke ever. Thanks to putin we know how worthless the Russian army is😂🤑

[@ashcarrier6606]

@@krokodilpil8335 Does a country with 6000 nuclear warheads really fear invasion by a conventional foreign army? I'm thinking...no. This isn't about Russian fear. This is about Russian pride. Russia wants to be a player again. But with this shambolic military, I don't see how that is possible.

[@StompingRabbits]

Putin cannot use tactical nukes in Ukraine without the fallout polluting Russia! It's just not possible given the fact the prevailing winds blow from West to East in Europe. If Putin uses any nuclear weapon the fallout lands in Russia, China, Korea & Japan...... Not going to happen unless it's WW3.

[@sepxviii731]

Who were the last to abandon kabul in a hurry?. What a pile of bollox, wwiii, by definition, is nuclear

[@angusmckenzie9622]

18 months down the track, still no WW111. Any update ?

[@johnswimcat]

It doesn't matter what language someone speaks. It's how they want to live that counts

[@StompingRabbits]

Ukraine forbidding Russian from being spoken in East Ukraine? That would be like the United States prohibiting the Spanish language in the Southern U.S.

[@jesperqwerty24]

@@StompingRabbits Here we go again .... "Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Ukraine and discrimination against Russian speakers. According to the latest survey, 27% of Ukrainian citizens use the Russian language in their everyday communication; the Ukrainian language is preferred by 51% of Ukrainians and 21% are bilingual. On April 25 2019, the Verkhovna Rada passed the law 'on ensuring the functioning of the Ukrainian language as a state language'. The law establishes mandatory use of the Ukrainian language in most areas of public and communal life, including the mass media, education, science, etc. However, the law does not forbid the use of Russian, or other languages, in private communication and religious ceremonies. Moreover, Russian and other languages can be present in book publishing, the press, including radio and television, education and the service sector. The law also allows the use of other languages in the healthcare system and law enforcement. In addition to this, the law stipulates that in accordance with the European Charter for Regional Languages and Languages of National Minorities, the government should develop a law safeguarding language-rights of the minorities within six months of the language law entering into force."

[@dmytrokravets8884]

Who is this interviewer? He knows nothing, but he is making bold statements about Ukraine. Pure uprofessionalism,

[@catparka7698]

There are a lot of references he could have called on to illustrate the ideological underpinnings for his concerns - concerns that are perfectly warranted. I also felt he struggled to construct a plausible mechanism for engineering a show-down with NATO, and he didn't seem to have any thoughts about how Russia could realistically plot a course to a win beyond just threatening nuclear war. So I'd call it all a bit short on imagination. Personally, I believe that Putin does have a goal here and a viable path to achieving it. I also strongly suspect that the clever people at NATO have an idea of what's necessary to counter, along with being cognizant of what an immensely difficult challenge it will be. Has WW3 actually begun? That depends entirely on Putin - events to date say both no and yes, and Putin's Brain is the final arbiter of which answer is the reality we are now living.

[@josb6141]

“Has WW3 actually begun.” I would more say it depends on how the West reacts to Russia’s 🇷🇺 military operation, especially in how it now being described as a war of attrition and the negative consequences it is having on Western governments and society.

[@catparka7698]

@@josb6141 It's also a bit of an unique Historic moment for Russia. She has a window of opportunity that has never been hers before and it's a case of 'use it or lose it'. She has a significant strand in her geo-political ideology from over the last 25 years that provides the rationale for hitting the West now (or now-abouts). She has being making what, from without, look like the right sort of developments over the last decade in her military capacity. She has created the right sort of crisis in the right place to set the wheels turning. If this attack on Ukraine is 'for Russia', purely about Ukraine, then how the West behaves in response is significant from an escalation perspective. If it's about more than Ukraine, then what the West does or doesn't do is immaterial - we'll be getting whatever Putin has in mind and we need to be considering the possibility (not the liklihood) of a bona fide existential threat and preparing accordingly. We don't and can't know the true Russian intent, so the magnitude of the worst-case scenario gives the West no choice but to do whatever is necessary, even if those steps appear to antagonize Russia further. We are, 100%, in a very dark place. It's a Catch-22..

[@StompingRabbits]

Wait until Winter time and 1\3rd of Western Europe is without heat. I'm thinking Germany will be the first to jump ship and crawl back to Russia for gas and oil.

[@BernieHollandMusic]

"the clever people at NATO" ??? They haven't a clue - they are groping in their own fog of war

[@tomsenft7434]

@@StompingRabbits they won't

[@krazykillar4794]

I said the exact same thing when discussing ww3 the other day .

[@jonathanblanchard9922]

The UN treats this like the Korean invasion by Russia, but China is a wild card...

[@tamasgyorffy1]

conclusions are blood-chilling. still, RU must be overcome and beaten back to early middle-ages. it is possible and desirable.

[@urbanyeti5233]

I’m so shocked about the comments being open that I haven’t got anything to say

[@nian60]

Same. But seeing that the comments are full of orc bots and spam bots, I don't think we should get used to the comments being open. It's a rare treat only.

[@robertsteele474]

@@nian60 "But seeing that the comments are full of orc bots and spam bots" says the obvious NATO and UKE troll.

[@dragonfury7512]

«Ангелы ада» и «Бладс» планируют искоренить Солнцевскую Братву, Люберецкую Братву и Измайловскую банду к лету 2023 года, устранив их иерархию, высокопоставленных лиц и лидеров. Привлечение основных групп Братвы ослабило бы русскую мафию настолько, чтобы их союз Ангелов Ада и Крови получил полный контроль без сильной оппозиции в Европе и России. У меня есть доступ к информации от высокопоставленных Ангелов Ада и Крови. Они будут отрицать это, пока это не будет сделано, но не ждите, пока не станет слишком поздно, чтобы предотвратить то, что грядет, вы должны сообщить своим лидерам. Вы должны спасти работу своих предков, бойкотируя и убивая местных членов Hell's Angels и Bloods, лидеров отделений и высокопоставленных лидеров, как можно скорее, чем выше ранг, тем лучше, но член все еще остается членом. Пора, завтра может быть поздно. Они думают, что их цели не заметят и предотвратят их падение, пока не стало слишком поздно, но, к сожалению, информация просочилась. Внесите свой вклад, чтобы этого не произошло, докажите свою ценность! За нелегкий труд и жертвы предков и за будущее детей!

[@urbanyeti5233]

@@robertsteele474 what’s a UKE?

[@robertsteele474]

@@urbanyeti5233 Opposite of an ORC.

[@vian8871]

Selenzky should have si and negotiate and respect the minks agreements rather than killing its own people.

[@Valdagast]

"Nice country. Would be a shame if it was invaded."

[@danielbuxton4493]

I love it when historians confuse their knowledge with an ability to predict the future. This is different in so many ways to 1939; not least because both sides, Russia and the West have roughly equivalent nuclear arsenals. The reality is that Putin has been probing and testing the attitude of the West over the past 20 years, and saw that there was an opportunity for Russia to assert itself again, thinking that Nato has lost its power (see the Trump-induced ruckus inside Nato as one example). BUT, Nato hasn't simply stood for this - (after all, we have adopted the role of the USSR in Vietnam, and more) - and if this historian thinks Putin hasn't been told DIRECTLY that any step onto Nato territory would result in war, and therefore nuclear war, he is surely mistaken. I agree that Russia has been moving towards a pure fascist state, though.

[@kieranthomson1424]

It's very early days to draw that conclusion. Wait for the Autumn / Winter when Russia have Germany over a barrel. If Germany buckles then Eastern Europe is lost.

[@kellynestegard5208]

Very few countries not moving to fascism.US Canada UK AUS NZ leading the way.

[@Soobaru]

The world is headed towards an economic depression which will be one thing held in common with WW2. They will be and have already been, warring over monetary supremacy.

[@Hokua888]

My Granzanne never did; she merely followed along and push-mow-assisted her lawn of three-Quarter acres until she was around 79 before her grandchildren full-time helped with it all only gaining minute allowance as that (we) I could learn what a mindset is instead of what money is.

[@Hokua888]

(And I concur in regards with your response.)

[@jacklondon295]

He forgets Napoleon’s invasion in 1812.

[@StompingRabbits]

Napoleon didn't go out of his way to attack merchants so he's cool with Napoleon's ghost. 😃😛😯

[@judahbenisrael313]

The enemy within that betray his/her own people

[@chrissymoss514]

Very sadly, I've been saying very similar things about Putin, for approx 15 or so years. The man is a genius (borderline madman) - this is very dangerous set of personality traits. If I'm correct, Hitler too had these traits. For far too many years, the West and America placated Putin. If he thinks he's invincible, it's because we allowed it. The mothers of the "motherland" must stand up.

[@yannilimon9060]

An American saying that foreign governments are monsters 🤡

[@Cotac_Rastic]

Thanks for ypur completely unfounded phsycological analysis on a KGB agent galaxybrain.

[@keithdunwoody1302]

If Putler is such a genius why did he launch this catastrophic war? It will only end badly for him as well as the rest of us.

[@StompingRabbits]

A former KGB agent, that organization along with the Soviet Union are defunct and have been for decades. Contemporary Russia is not communist moreover it's a Christian nation. These brother wars need to stop! Peace with Russia is ultimately in better interests of the West. Tis pitiful some won't let it happen.

[@richardmoloney689]

And Lavrov said Hitler had Jewish blood.

[@geoffmilner]

Well done to the interviewer for calling out at least some of this guy's Russophobic nonsense and strawmen. Not that or stopped him mind

[@onetrickpony4179]

Russophobic. Now THAT is fcking rich, guy.

[@StompingRabbits]

It is rather obvious he has a visceral hatred of Russians and it's obvious where he's coming from.

[@N_LAW]

Excellent give some insight into Russian thinking and god its scary

[@hansmeiser8133]

Putin said to a reporter: „ i travelled 9 hours from vladivostok to moscow do we need more land „ And over and over the bullshit thst putin wont stop

[@ekdrkawns]

Nothing is lost in peace. But losing to war is everything... I hope Putin says this...

[@marcinkorneluk4936]

This guy forgot that Russia started ll war

[@krzysztofzpucka7220]

But his compatriot Viktor Suvorov reminds of this obvious, but not very widely accepted fact: "Chief Culprit: Stalin'S Grand Design to Start World War II".

[@chrisg5271]

Yip Great video

[@normm1619]

Is the interviewer on the payroll of the FSB, or GRU?

[@dessmith7658]

SFB more like

[@BStrapper]

Edginton seems too intelligent and talented to work for the British tabloid press... one day i bet he will grow out of that.

[@anthonymorris2276]

I agree, a future John Pilger or Peter Hitchens. Meanwhile, though, he does provide some “eye candy” for viewers of The Telegraph’s video clips.

[@narkelnaru2710]

Far from it. This has been a rare exception in which he has actually done very well in interviewing an expert. Most of his interviews don't dig deep or reveal complexities. This is rare indeed and he has done very well.

[@anthonymorris2276]

@@narkelnaru2710 Far from intelligent? Far from talented? Or far from eye candy?

[@narkelnaru2710]

@@anthonymorris2276 All three.

[@dragonfury7512]

«Ангелы ада» и «Бладс» планируют искоренить Солнцевскую Братву, Люберецкую Братву и Измайловскую банду к лету 2023 года, устранив их иерархию, высокопоставленных лиц и лидеров. Привлечение основных групп Братвы ослабило бы русскую мафию настолько, чтобы их союз Ангелов Ада и Крови получил полный контроль без сильной оппозиции в Европе и России. У меня есть доступ к информации от высокопоставленных Ангелов Ада и Крови. Они будут отрицать это, пока это не будет сделано, но не ждите, пока не станет слишком поздно, чтобы предотвратить то, что грядет, вы должны сообщить своим лидерам. Вы должны спасти работу своих предков, бойкотируя и убивая местных членов Hell's Angels и Bloods, лидеров отделений и высокопоставленных лидеров, как можно скорее, чем выше ранг, тем лучше, но член все еще остается членом. Пора, завтра может быть поздно. Они думают, что их цели не заметят и предотвратят их падение, пока не стало слишком поздно, но, к сожалению, информация просочилась. Внесите свой вклад, чтобы этого не произошло, докажите свою ценность! За нелегкий труд и жертвы предков и за будущее детей!

[@lspeace6640]

Agree

[@aliahmed-kv5nt]

What a Blander of history!

[@CF_NeverForget]

What happened to #NeverAgain ??

[@davidwright5094]

I think his point is that the small-minded, toddler-tantrum KGB mindset happened, unfortunately.

[@hudhinton1880]

If Putin's overarching goal is to topple the West by starving Africa thereby creating a mass migration crisis, then he really is playing chess.

[@brianeleighton]

No, that isn't chess. That is common sense. Putin's overarching goal IS to topple the West. The starving of Africa isn't the way he is planning on toppling the West. His use of food is his effort to increase instability in Western Europe. The primary front in his campaign against the West is on social media. Russia has been using social media for YEARS to divide the West. Take the US and the Black Lives Matter protests. Russia would post on social media using "leftist" language to organize a protest at a certain location, say the intersection of 1st and Main. At the same time, Russia posts on social media using Conservative talking points to organize a protest for Blue Lives Matter at the same time and same location as the Black Lives Matter protest they ALSO organized. They then sit back and let us kill each other. Russia was the major driving force of the Brexit Movement. January 6th was the crowning achievement of Russia. Russia DID interfere in the US elections that led to Trump's becoming President. The Democrats in the US then did them the biggest favor ever by fixating on it as the reason Hillary Clinton lost. They impeached Trump claiming he colluded directly with Russia to win. That didn't happen though. Russia interfered because they thought Trump was easily manipulated and they knew Hillary was one of the most unpopular candidates to gain the nomination in history.

[@hudhinton1880]

@Uriah Lathrop Or any independent institutions to protect the rights of the citizens. No free speech or press, no independent judiciary, no separate law-making branch of government, no right to be innocent until proven guilty. I'll trade some wokeness not to live in totalitarian police state where my life is controlled by the government. So did our forefathers.

[@hudhinton1880]

@sam sam True. We created Khomani for one.

[@elizabethdebeer6122]

But Africa support Putin. Why would he do that?

[@StompingRabbits]

Russia and Ukraine both agreed to allow grain to be exported so Africans will be fed. The problem is going to be heating Western Europe without cheap Russian gas & oil.

[@jimmysmith5418]

Weather we like this dire situation or not the answer would be in my opinion: Yes, I think we nearing WW3.

[@josephberrie9550]

whether is correct weather is climate related

[@getplaning]

If we do not stop Putin NOW, we learned nothing from WWII.

[@Hokua888]

Yea.

[@kemowasabi551]

Thanks for the content 🙏🏻. I do think it's less likely after the course this conflict has taken, that Putin would pursue other theaters like Poland or Romania. Maybe if he had pulled off a blitzkrieg like he expected early on, but he's lost so much capital, and is still in the thick of it, yet.

[@richardmoloney689]

True. Poland and Romania don't have Donbas and Sea of Azov sitting on 6 trillion cubic metres of gas.

[@sarahwynn6486]

He won’t . He can’t even take Ukraine ffs all this he won’t stop at Ukraine is just propaganda

[@jerryhuculiak9681]

Give me a break! Stevie Wonder can see this is the prelude to WW3!

[@dsmyify]

Stevie Wonder isn't blind. No really, he literally isn't blind.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

@@dsmyify He's not "blind" as in "can't see literally anything", he's just _legally registered blind_ because his eyesight is so poor. But he does have some eyesight. He can make out shapes and shadows, can also sense movement in a ghosting effect.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

Russia has plans beyond Ukraine. Moldova, Georgia, and possibly Belarus for dessert once Lukashenko has outlived his usefulness. If Russia were to _completely_ flip out and decide to invade somewhere significant and well respected such as Poland, then that's it. We'd be living through a real life version of the Terminator 3 outro with nukes flying everywhere.

[@chucklee3542]

Unfortunately Its not a new vision.

[@bansrajmattai4548]

Many people have already resigned to this possibility!

[@andyyygane4713]

Yes, at war. Klaus Schwab versus the rest of us.

[@Mr121953]

I take issue with the idea that the Russian army is well trained , considering how many of the combat troops are either on contract or conscripts . To compare them to the SS is misguided and in not a very good comparison . Historically Russia has always used 'bluderbuss' tatics and to my mind this has always indicated a lack of training and incompetance. When comparing Russia to the rest of 1st world , they have always seemed to 'run' as second level country , with importing / stealing hi tech equiptment and 'pretending ' to function like Europe / USA/ Canada/ Japan et all in a social society and crucially wanting to be accepted by the world as a real 'Superpower' ...With a population of only 147 million living In a country that is so vast , they have always had an issue with control / management of said country . Russia is not wealthy compared to the EU/ USA and pre invasion was rated as only being 10th richest in the world . To manage / control an invaded country could be far too costly and time consuming . This war is costing Russia $300, 000, 000 per day / every day. They are fast becoming isolated, with only a few countries offering support . I don't think Russia wants to control the world , that could be 'China's' mandate but certainly not Russia. This current situation could be about not being recognised as a comparable 'superpower ' especially with the USA -This is the bully treading carefully within the confines of taking back something that was lost and also something they feel the rest of the world will not physically get involved in . Putler is playing a game of poker with the EU and the rest of the world ...Sometimes viewing a situation from a distance can give a better overview during the process. I am old enough to have lived through the cold war / Cuban missile crisis and subsequent division of Europe . I also lived in West Germany during the 1970's and served as a 'civilian' in the UK armed forces. I had unlimited entry and exit into the East and visited several times . There was always an uneasy calm and an acceptance of the situation . After watching this whole interview and taking all points as being valid and informed - I conclude that DR Felishstinksy has good many ideas and some are very valid but could be somewhat 'entrenched ' and too absorbed in his studies . There are so many 'Experts' right now expressing their own agenda's / view / studies ... and all seem to be very different in outcome !- Best to read as much as is possible about the historical / current situation and then make up your own mind . As a footnote Russia has always been weaker without controlling Ukraine . Ukraine is possibly the most important country of the two and Putler is well aware of this . Bully's need to control , without that contol they are very weak and like the bully at school they are fundementally inadequate and very lonley isolated individuals who are aways seeking some sort of attention because of their lowered self esteem - NB when I left Germany in 1978 I then spent the rest of career working in Psychiatry ( 31) years I'm certainly no expert and am still learning about the conflict of the human psychi. To finalise 'Putler' is in every way a true Psychopath, he ticks all the boxes we should consider this in every communcation . The rules as we percieve them do not apply to him , this could be a fundemental flaw in our understanding of the 'why' and 'what ..! Our inbuilt sence of right and wrong are , not very helpful when discusssing these matters , somehow we have to comprehend the way 'he' functions and base our assessents on that process ( somehow) !- 'Every KIng Must Fall ' historically that has always the case and this war will end -one day ...!

[@jimgraham6722]

Its essentially a resource grab (a la Germany/Japan 1939). Donbas has oil gas reserves comparable to North Sea. To put the grab beyond contest he also seeks to destroy Ukraine as a political entity

[@nian60]

Even though the orcs are bumbling eejits (digging trenches in radioactive soil f ex., clear Darwin Award there), they still cause a lot of damage. Remember, fascist Ruzia has had a brain drain for over 100 years. There are no geniuses left there. Their gene pool is depleted of critical thinking ability. But they can still grunt smash things. So fighting back against them is essential.

[@LordCrackie357]

He's definitely playing his hand.. he spent a week or so in a bunker at the beginning of the war because he wasn't sure how far NATO was going to go with their response. I think it's a lot of bluff

[@Chrisklown]

Every kgb colonel ticks all the boxes. Russia wants to dominate the world w the help of persia n the chinese manpower. 1/2 of the chinese will drown in the monsoon floods. They need the loyality of implanted chip

[@eugenmalatov5470]

Creating paragraphs is your friend

[@justwannasay5454]

Correcting historical mistakes. That is huge.

[@jcminvestments9078]

Actually the Interviewer still do not understand the crisis of the conflict inside both countries and also the economic depression that have cause the Russians political leadership in the last 350 years. I believe the Interviewer needs more help in understand global toxic conflicts sponsor by the Soviets and now by the last 22 years Russian regimes…..

[@aussiepatriot]

Would Putin advise the Russian population of a Nuclear weapon launch so that their citizens could prepare for a retaliatory Nuclear strike from the west? Would it be advantageous to publicly ask that question in order to test Russian civilian support? No answer from Putin would potentially translate to a "NO". The question of Russian citizen support was not discussed and particularly regards invasions beyond Ukraine. I think there is a good reason why Putin has not called for mass mobilisation. Most of what was discussed was based on history in particular Russian and Hitler, times have changed. The interviewer should have asked Dr Yuri Felshtinsky questions based on contemporary positions and assumptions. Cracks are appearing in both Russian support for this war and in ground force competence so far. Those of fighting age are the cause of the biggest cracks. These 2 issues alone introduce significant weaknesses in the grand plan, not to mention increasing financial pressures and the opposition forces economic and military power. I am sure Russians may shoot above their pay grade but I am sure they would consider now, as an inappropriate time for stupidity. To go from Georgia/Ukraine as opposition to NATO is a leap into the abyss. It is my impression the West is issuing weapons to Ukraine commiserate with Russia depleting its weapons stocks.

[@Chrisklown]

Polish-soviet war, the objetivd of marxism was always to enslave the world, pure evil

[@hano552]

Russia is number 2 arms supplier to the world. The west donated 250k artillery rounds to Ukraine. Russia uses between 500k-600k artillery shells daily. Much os western media spouts propaganda for western public consumption.

[@awuma]

Unfortunately, the supply of materiel from the West is not commensurate with what Ukraine needs to defeat Russia.

[@seanniemeyer5437]

It will be,

[@aussiepatriot]

​@@awuma Thanks for picking me up on commensurate. I do think the slow supply is intentional that is 1.Not is upset Putin so US/NATO don't get dragged in and 2.Attempt to exhaust Putins weapons cache, at the expense of Ukrainians, as sanctions and declining Russian revenues for energy progressively bite. I think the West aims at Cold War 2.0 to slow Russian aggression for a similar period as 1.0. The west has been training Ukrainian servicemen for say 8 years at great expense, and assume would have taken stock of their armaments. I would believe they would have known the shortfall in weapons Ukraine would need to beat Russia way before the war started.

[@awuma]

The Belarus argument holds little water, since Russia already has Kaliningrad where it has all sorts of missiles based. However, while the nuclear ultimatum is very real, a limited nuclear war is not necessarily Armageddon. Putin's bluff must be called, and if necessary, a limited nuclear war fought, particularly when the prevailing winds are usually blowing toward the East. NATO's strategy always was that any attack from the Soviet Union would be met with a nuclear rebuff, allowing NATO to spend much less on conventional forces than the Soviet Union. This may no longer be the case, but is the West now decidedly superior than Russia in conventional warfare, especially in the long run?

[@seamartin425]

How does 2 nuclear armed nations, fight a limited nuclear war if one is losing? I keep hearing that and it makes no sense, I guess ppl haven't thought it all the way through

[@seamartin425]

@@yvesdi Exactly 😂

[@awuma]

@@yvesdi Yves and Sea: I live 200 km from the Ukrainian and Belarussian borders, 250 km or so from Kaliningrad. A comprehensive defeat of Russia is needed to keep the world safe, just as Germany and Japan were defeated, and re-educated by the US after WWII. The pathologies infecting Russia and China will bring about their fall and breakup, making the 21st century the true Euro-American Century. America has its own serious pathologies, but unlike its adversaries, it has the structure allowing it to cure itself... maybe.

[@mm-cv9bn]

A lot of bots in the comments.

[@johanongchangco8525]

It is disturbing to note that a critical discussion of a possible nuclear holocaust, the host mispronounces it as NUKYULAR.

[@zenokarlsbach4292]

That nucular refers to the dice they use before the red button is pushed. Than we can hope "it won't work and nothing happens". XD

[@MrDeicide1]

Maybe if they can't pronounce it - they figure out how to use it...

[@zenokarlsbach4292]

🥦

[@Lambert7785]

funny

[@urbanyeti5233]

Comments open? Nice