Ukraine's allies start to move on tanks | Ukraine: The Latest | Podcast

Day 328.
Today, we analyse this morning’s new Russian strikes on Ukraine; bring you the latest diplomatic updates from across Europe; and speak to Dominique Arel, Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Ottawa.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.
Francis Dearnley (Associate Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on Twitter.
With thanks to Professor Dominique Arel and Hope Delongchamp
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[@avilabruce]

Really great history lesson thx from 74 yr. Old in California

[@CatalystD9]

Free the F16 Falcons 🙏💙💛🇺🇦

[@kryptobear2444]

And then free the nukes. 🙏🇺🇦

[@cuddycabinrestorationproje9155]

Does the guest still believe the "little green men" in Crimea were locals too? I'm shocked that this professor is chairman of Ukrainian studies. His knowledge of Maidan and the taking over and attempted takeovers of Ukrainian cities in 2014 is uninformed and conflicts with my personal knowledge as an American living in Odesa from 2011 through 2021 and who, with my Ukrainian neigbor, reviewed scores of hours of video of events as they were happening. The professor says there was violence against the police on the maidan. He does not mention that the police who were shooting protesters were identified as Russian GRU officers. He says the uprisings in Kharkiv and Donetsk were locals because there is no evidence they were not. The "local" guys in Kharkiv didn't know where the administration building was. The tried to occupy the opera house. It was a joke all over Ukraine at the time. In Odesa, the "locals" who tried to take over the adminstration building in March 2014 were not identified by anyone locally from the many videos posted online. Then during the infamous May 2 events there, the "locals" were arrested as 50 people were killed in the fire at the trade unions building. Their passports indicated they were from Transniestria and the Rostov Region of Russia. That is not to say there weren't local collaborators but the main instigators were Russian GRU officers. Lets' not forget that in 1991 less than 17% of Donbas voted against independence and they were mostly the older people with ties to Russia. Most of them were gone in 2014. The problems in Donbas were then, as they are now, entirely Russia-led. It's telling that the guest says he was in Moscow when these events began. Russia was already enemy territory.

[@nian60]

Thanks for the info. Yeah, giving voice to people like this "guest" is not helpful. I wonder how he got on the show. Maybe the Telegraph doesn't do proper checks.

[@geoffreyslack3744]

Brilliant show. I was sorry time ran out. I could have listened for hours. Thanks team!

[@stephensenyschyn826]

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[@marklchapman2785]

@@stephensenyschyn826pen15 💩😂

[@berniekarl8200]

TV

[@Mark13091961]

Always a quality listen

[@PeterSedesse]

Russia is pathetic. Ukraine barely has an air force, and still Russia had to move it's bombers to the artic circle..

[@tubthump]

Russia is risk averse because Ukraine still has some Soviet era S300 missiles left.

[@velvetmagnetta3074]

Really? Russians seem fine with risking Ukrainian lives by bombing their civilians. Indeed, Russians seem to revel in it.

[@steve-real]

really great show one of the most interesting ones i’ve listened too

[@Zet9th]

This guest is a real piece of work.

[@cuddycabinrestorationproje9155]

Sounds very much like some other Professors who are paid to shill for the Kremlin

[@rustyyb8450]

I'd say he's selectively forthcoming with detail. I'm amused by his quick portrayal of the Crimean takeover as sort of an effortless collapse of Ukraine's sovereignty. No mention of the Russian Military's pressing anyone favoring Ukraine to depart. No mention of threats to Crimean Rada members. Etc..

[@phillowe3355]

Hey boys,,Canada is sending 4 as well

[@chime137]

Has anyone on the show spoken about the dismissal of Ukraine politicians by Zelenski? I thought I had listened to all of the episodes, but I don't remember them mentioning it.

[@big1dog23]

I listened to pod about this yesterday, but don't recall the source. One official took a ritzy vacation during the war with wealthy Ukrainians. Another was purchasing supplies at above market prices. Doesn't sound like this was criminal, but it wasn't made clear if the one official was pocketing the delta, or where the money went. Stressful times for Pres. Z, and it showed in his HBD interview.

[@rick-potts]

Yes, they spoke on the day 335 pod here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZ7NcqavYruJgJo

[@tubthump]

a topic not covered by this show is Angela Merkels revelation that the Minsk Accords were a ruse to buy time for Ukraine to prepare for this war.

[@branscombeR]

@@big1dog23 The 'ritzy vacation' entourage visited my town in Catalonia over Christmas ... it was a very public display of obscene indifference to the suffering of Ukrainians back home. Ironically the rich Ukranians sheltering from the war along the Costa Brava are vastly out-numbered by the rich Russians. R (Australia)

[@rassiniister1152]

@@lolakauffmann Just goes to show that people are missing out on the real reasons this war is taking place. And she did say this along with the Former Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko. The news is out there people are just not looking

[@Maja-Danmark]

Somebody took their time yesterday/today. But always worth the wait.

[@alexabenson1798]

Wow, that was a complex topic…I think I need to listen again (or buy the book!). Thx Telegraph❤

[@momchilyordanov8190]

The timeline presented of the guest, Dominique Arel, is imo distorted. Or at least - it misses a key aspect of the Donbass crisis. Yes, some citizens of Donetsk and Luhansk rioted against the the overthrow of the government in 2014. But they were few in number and not heavily armed, if at all. The "separatism", which lead to the creation of LNR and DNR, was way bigger in scope and way heavier armed. And was lead by figures like Girkin, Motorola and others - (nearly) all of whom were Russian and coming either from the Russian secret services or Russian army. And they were there from the very beginning. April 2014, not the summer of 2014. Russians were running the show from the start. It is not like they supported "a natural" process. They created the whole thing.

[@catherinerobson5482]

Brilliant discussion. Listening in Tbilisi.

[@nian60]

The Danish politician who is burning books in Sweden does that every 2 - 3 months. Not sure why anyone would say they didn't expect a book burning when he has done so repeatedly. Either way, Sweden and Finland should uncouple and Finland joins NATO by itself. It is more important that Finland's long land border is protected.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

Less civilized barbarians

[@Maja-Danmark]

Paludan is not a politician. Albeit, he ran for a seat both in Denmark and Sweden, but he wasn't elected in either country. He didn't even come close. The Danes are not proud of this creature.

[@tubthump]

NATO should be disbanded

[@whitepanties2751]

Good dog - Putin's sentiments exactly

[@tubthump]

@@whitepanties2751 he's right to think of NATO as an aggressive military alliance. Look what it did to Libya, Serbia etc.

[@mastertoymaker5249]

hugely important background info.. massive topic.. Thanks..

[@donsheehan5144]

Excellent discission

[@Edo9River]

I want to learn of the day when the Ukrainian Air Force intercepts these bombers in the skies, wherever they are. As I see it these are like mobile legitimate targets., no different from the drone attacks on Russian bases.

[@sorinbalanescu6819]

The bit about tanks, amazing! Former paratrooper here 😁😁😁!

[@paweturysta8617]

Keep it up!

[@tomtessier9771]

Canada announced four Leopard II A4s So a platoon.

[@CatalystD9]

💙💛💙💛💙🇺🇦🙏🇨🇦🖖

[@GrumpyOldMan9]

As to the French tanks, "Leclerc" should be pronounced as "Leclair"

[@Mike-br8zt]

Seems appropriate considering the French response.

[@rawhide4164]

When do we expect the book about Russian Unnamed War with Ukrainian talking points?

[@Kaiyening]

As much as I appreciate the author’s work on the book here, my useful idiot meter is going ham. Too much mention of Russian propaganda influence was omitted here, it seems. Great that the amazing Telegraph crew came to the rescue, though, and asked the right questions.

[@nian60]

Yes, same. The guest talks like an orc propagandist.

[@johanmarais7861]

I appreciate this podcast very much but was very disappointed that they brought on someone like this writer on. 2 of his statements that, i.e. the protestors shot at the police and that the so-called uprising in the Donbas was spontaneous because of the ousting of then president (I am paraphrasing here) let me immediately terminated this episode. The writer sounded like a kremlin propagandist and I am in no mood to listen to someone like that. A different view point is always welcome but please use facts and not thinly veiled Russian propaganda points. Glad to see that someone else came to the same conclusion and that the crew asked pertinent questions but at the moment I feel letting this author on the air was damaging to the podcast.

[@christinemason8166]

Yes, I agree, this author while trying hard to pretend to be neutral is pro Russian.

[@billytheweasel]

very good. thanks!

[@crimeajewel]

This summer Lenin's statue in Yalta will end up in the sea. And McDonald's will reopen .🇺🇦

[@sherrillwhately7586]

Fascinating

[@joebob293]

12 minutes in, and two ad interruptions already. Is this broadcast available away from @youtube?

[@fabiohernandezpalacio3379]

Excelente retrospective analysis of the war in Ucrania

[@edwardhumphries8806]

Most credabile channel ,sort of feel for Turkey as a Australian they have been most gracious towards our invasion ww1 and our dead hope they can work it out

[@HOLES69]

I bet CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) is watching this guy like a hawk lol

[@duncanbirnie4158]

I was made aware that the Abrams tank CAN run on different fuels 🤔

[@stompcity4085]

Correct…mufti fuel capacity

[@zapfanzapfan]

Gas turbines can run on any liquid that burns, they are not picky eaters.

[@SynthFreq]

@@zapfanzapfan not picky, but ravenous.

[@zapfanzapfan]

@@SynthFreq Yeah, on full power they can be about as efficient as a diesel engine but running on empty or partial power... diesel wins the day.

[@Edo9River]

An interesting topic: development of the intelligence sharing of information with the public. This shrinks the area that Moscow can use to create divisions in diplomatic relations within the NATO alliance.

[@Chexsum]

when 50 kilometers of tanks shows up

[@rustyyb8450]

@ 36:36 the rebels were better armed/trained than the Ukrainian army. No one in favor of the rebels would/will explain how that could be.

[@markamiller1970]

Really appreciate the detailed background.

[@rustyyb8450]

Selective detail.

[@cuddycabinrestorationproje9155]

This is the first time I've heard anyone say that the Azov volunteers were largely from Kharkiv. The name Azov should be a clue that they were formed on the Azov port cities of Mariupol and Berdyansk and were funded by Ihor Kolomoyskyi of Dnipro and Renat Akhmetov from Donetsk. Neither has anything to do with Kharkiv.

[@rustyyb8450]

The fellow isn't entirely forthcoming with truths I'd say. @ 35:25 appearance of Russian Military, whose insignia was removed, initiated the territory's transition. No need for Moscow to send troops, they were present in the territory. There was soft resistance. People tried resisting armed men at the train stations that would demand to search them upon their arrival to Crimea. Ukraine supporters were pressed to depart. Threats were levied against the Crimean Government, a member was held down and doused with a black substance outside of their Rada.

[@cuddycabinrestorationproje9155]

@@rustyyb8450 And in talking about Donbas, he is careful to say there were no "regular Russian forces" Always, "regular" so he apparently knows the truth that the uprisings were not organic, but the work of the GRU and Spetznatz.

[@Driver-ur9mf]

Interesting bit, for what it is worth... Met a guy named Sergei? Sergey? years ago who told me about the UN troops that attacked there home, UN weapons, uniforms but no markings, no insignia. Of course I met him in the Midwest,a truck driver earning money to bring his wife over? She was one of Elena's Models. Seems contradictory the green men with no insignia could be Russian, and UN. Also, how is a wife on a dating site? Who knows, just one of the things I wonder about. Not a small man, as I was six foot and 215 lbs, yet there was more to him than me, and his accent made Schwarzenegger sound strangely plain

[@triple777kodiak]

@@Driver-ur9mf Interesting comment he made of raid.

[@linmal2242]

@@cuddycabinrestorationproje9155 Yes.

[@steve-real]

57:39 “Much of what was happening here was on the streets.” (2014) - Dominique Arel

[@WhatTheFoock]

Yes, Tu-160, NATO codename “Blackjack,” that’s the big jet-powered strategic bomber in addition to the Tu-95.

[@Spatula1]

Good lord armchair generals where would we be without them ¿

[@robbertloevendie9384]

Austria and Switzerland will probably be slightly surprised to hear they are part of NATO now... (25:45)

[@jonhironaka7299]

Hasn’t Canada committed 4 tanks

[@linmal2242]

All this very varied Armour and hardware being sent to Ukraine will pose a large problem for the repair and maintenance workshops; German, American, British and now French? A 'spare parts' nightmare ! Hope the Ukrainian mechanics, fitters, engineers have their sleeves rolled up, they will be busy!

[@CandynoseTwinskins]

Most organic armed separatist movements have Buk missile batteries...

[@wacojones8062]

The US M1 Tanks will new production taylored to US security interests and Ukrainian usage plans. The M1 production line has never been shut down they do rebuilds, upgrades and new production for both US and Foreign Military sales to keep the workers busy and ready for a war surge. The war surge is now, and I expect deliveries in early April of the 31 tanks which is a standard east European tank battalion along with fuel trucks, engineer recovery vehicles plus supply trucks all in the package. Crews may already have been selected and will be ready to pick up the tanks as they are delivered.

[@PvtSchlock]

Yeah, they gotta be built with the 1979 armor configuration so the good stuff doesn't fall I to Russian hands.

[@regolith1350]

Can anyone recommend a good documentary on the early stages of the 2014 war? Doesn't matter if it's a standalone documentary film or a PBS Frontline episode or an investigative series in 15 minute chunks. Specifically about this chaotic early period of Spring to Summer/Fall 2014 in eastern Ukraine and Crimea. Thanks!

[@nian60]

I have seen people repeatedly mention "Winter on fire". I haven't seen it myself so I can't vouch for it.

[@gregoryadair3223]

@@nian60 it is fantastic, but it is about the Maidan protests which immediately preceded the Russian invasion of Crimea

[@justiceforall101]

Oliver Stones's Ukraine on Fire will open your eyes. The circle jerks in this stream certainly won't.

[@gregoryadair3223]

@@justiceforall101 Oliver Stone is a Russian propagandist

[@jaysimpson6857]

@@gregoryadair3223 Ukraine on Fire is a factual documentary no matter what your opinion of the maker is.

[@gregoryadair3223]

I am sorry, but this author does not pass the smell test. First, the post-Maidan government was voted in legally, which he does acknowledges. But the reason for the collapse of the Yanukovich government was not "non lethal violence" by protesters, but the fact that the President fled the territory of Ukraine, and his political coalition in the Rada dissolved at the same moment following the state murder of 100 unarmed Ukrainian civilians. Second, what took place in Donbas and Crimea was no reaction to Kyiv. All of Yanukovich's Donbas allies turned their back on him, so the notion that later events in Donbas were a political reaction to protesters in Kyiv lacks an essential historic linkage, and it ignores the direct work of the Russian FSB. Yannukovic'h's coallition dispersed, so who were these Donbas protesters? The author claims that the alleged "political" uprising in Donbas led to the Russian invasion of Crimea: this is completely absurd. And in fact the timeline which would support it seems backwards. The invasion of Crimea was pre-planned in Russia, although it did take advantage of political fragility in Kyiv at the key moment. The missing element in the author's discourse is also the key to understanding this: the events in Crimea, and later in Donbas were engineered by the Russian FSB. Any counter-narrative that the driver was organic protest, populist opportunism, or the "fog" of a confusing "time of protest" should first address the obvious role of the FSB. The author's failure is that he is trying to write a history where Russia is not the main agent. He later insert a notion that "maidans" were happening all over Ukraine" forming and sustaining themselves. We do not know everything, but I don't think that will aligns with the facts we have. It is a matter of record that the key "insurgents" who appeared in Donbas were often the very same people who had just covertly performed the joint operations with Russia to take over Crimea. With that fact not properly addressed, the author characterizes the protests in Donbas in 2014 as an organic insurgency (36:05): which is demonstrably false. While there were disaffected individuals participating in the Donbas protests, the so-called "insurgency" was largely stage-managed by the FSB at the level of initial protests (a troupe of actors from Russia was going from town to town co-creating fake "spontaneous" protests, incorporating and/or duping disgruntled locals as participants). These staged / fomented protest events were immediately followed by the creation of Russia-engineered small armed formations taking over governments seats, with Russian weapons, many Russian commanders, directed by the Russian FSB. The direct role of the FSB is undeniable. The problem here is the removal of Russia completely from the picture, saying -- incredibly -- that Putin "thought Ukraine would collapse on its own" (34:00). On the contrary, Russia was active from the first moments and even before, evidence that Putin was not waiting around for Ukraine to make its own changes. All of these staged "protests" and engineered "insurgent" formations happened *before* these armed formations begged Russia to openly intervene with the regular military. The author thus mis-states the whole timeline of Russian intervention. He elides the motivated informational and military activism of the Russian State. The motivated "core" of Donbas "separatism" is in the Russian State, not an insurgent politics native to Donbas, and the facts we have from that time support that. The Russian State acted continuously, it was indispensable. Lastly, with respect to Crimea, calling it a "not quite hostile takeover" (35:40), or saying that is "became politically Russian" (35:47) is utterly ridiculous in light of the fact of the armed takeover of the Crimean local government by *Russian* special forces -- *not* a "local militia" -- and in light of the fact that the vote to "join Russia" was conducted by Russians with kalashnikovs. I fear that the net effect of this book will be to reinvigorate a false notion of an "authentic" political Russophile Ukraine, just as the future of Crimea will be weighed in the court of global opinion.

[@pabloc88886]

Well articulated. The guest seems at pains to play down Putin's machinations behind the scenes, the old KGB head equally willing to deploy the velvet glove as the iron fist. In any event, P's diatribe when he launched the invasion made it clear he has all along wanted the entire extent of Ukraine back in the Russian fold, regardless of what tongue was being spoken..

[@nian60]

I thought he sounded fishy too.

[@warlordalexander]

Canada sending 4

[@kaykay865]

How many of the pledged tanks will they receive? Lol Funny stuff

[@ulfsoderberg2581]

47 of 45 missels shoot down. Ukraine forces are incredible

[@egertonmark]

Go back to sleep Comrade.

[@ulfsoderberg2581]

@@egertonmark He realy said that

[@sabaidaniel555]

Arthur E and Karsten L have been up to no good. No news yet on Axel F

[@finoxb944]

Really good discussion on how complicated things were in 2014, my compliments to the presenters.

[@sorinbalanescu6819]

Austria/tanks? I don't think Austria is in NATO.

[@voivode2591]

Why hasn’t anyone asked about non DU Abrams produced in Egypt? They only produced 777. About a quarter of all Leopards produced. I am not sure if they are counted in the 10300 Abrams produced overall. Why didn’t this come up in the discussions? One has to wonder.

[@voivode2591]

Don’t take my word for it. Check it out yourself. Agreement to produce Abrams in Egypt. Amazing isn’t it the things that people chose to not pay attention to.

[@mindman1234]

depends on the model, Americans are giving them the Abrams with the upgraded optic package without the armor so i doubt Egypt made those. i bet America is sending the SEP 2 models.

[@cuddycabinrestorationproje9155]

Russian-led, not Russian-backed.

[@rustyyb8450]

@ 35:25 the transition was initiated by the appearance of Russian Military whose insignia was removed. Moscow didn't have to send in its troops, they were already in the territory. There was some soft resistance to the transition. People would try to resist the armed men at the train station that would demand to search them on their arrival to Crimea. Ukraine supporters were pressed to depart. There were threats levied against the Crimean Government, a member was held down outside of Rada and had a black substance pored on him.

[@VladimirStevanoviclennon33]

Three weeks passed. Where are those thanks?

[@user000aaaqqqq]

IS it fair to say, the worlds great leaders should focus their intelligence to prevent illegal wars, as this Ukrainian president has done,to work together to face the effects on the worlds citizens and still be ready to help those in Turkey. The world is smaller than we think, this president is dignified and is able to look other countries in the eye and say WE ARE NOT YOUR ENEMY.

[@eel845]

The speaker is wrong about the insurgency not being started by Russia in Donbas. Maybe Kremlin and Putin himself didn’t plan it, but factions within Russia did. Which Strelkov/Girkin admitted to on video

[@stompcity4085]

There must be tons of volunteers in the west, that if asked would volunteer to make up either some tank crews, or expert crew members who could fight and train with competent Ukrainian crews?

[@mindman1234]

they're turning down most volunteer applications due to having the manpower already, weve been sending them to UK, Germany and Poland since the war started for training.

[@mikemorris4414]

In WW2 the Germans had technically superior tanks but overwhelming number of enemy tanks negated that technological edge. History repeating?

[@glennstach4439]

If Turkieye didn't have the strait to the Black Sea they would not even be part of NATO ! 👍✌🖖🌻

[@1965lks]

I haven't heard such an ignorant account of events for a long time And these are "specialists in Ukraine" Nothing good can be expected with such "specialists"

[@michaelgriffin2741]

could someone explain why ukraine has been bombing donbas for 8 years. it does not seem there is any reason.

[@courtneylewis899]

I wonder what does opinion on the addition of m1 Abraham's

[@marshalljones3341]

They don't want to find out how my healthcare money was spent. Just saying.

[@Balmorax]

There's no video, guys. Ukraine will prevail.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

America with the last Ukrainian soldier

[@tubthump]

Ukraine winning means Russia losing the warm water port which has been home to the Black sea fleet since the 18th century and provides Russias navy with year round access to the worlds oceans. Or to put it another way - Ukraine ain't gonna win. What other nation would relinquish such an important asset?

[@richardlayfield8551]

It 😊tm a7z 2

[@jmc2858]

3.32 min "47 out of 45 missiles were shot down...incl hypersonic kinzhal missiles" says Ukraine. How can we take your reporting seriously?

[@luciobaggio8695]

The official Ukranian reports say "47 out of the 55". He's misspeaking, it's a genuine mistake.

[@pgr3290]

This isn't Russia stating they destroyed over 7,000 tanks and 500+ aircraft Ukraine have, comical numbers devoid of all reality. China or the USA don't have over 7,000 active tanks lol. It's just a slip of the tongue.

[@stephensipe5405]

A good historical context to how eastern Ukraine, the Donbas, was in 2014.

[@cuddycabinrestorationproje9155]

I was there. I don’t agree with this version. It’s incorrect.

[@edgaraskim17]

Story teller

[@rustyyb8450]

How much is Putin paying this guy to confuse/reorder relevant events @ 35:25?

[@zoria2718]

As a Luhansker, stopped listening after your clown told why Donbas residents "took up arms".

[@loodwanbolnice]

Propaganda... Propaganda, and more propaganda

[@christinemason8166]

Oh my goodness, so embarrassing, D.A. the Russian propagandist works from Ottawa U

[@ronaldbrumwell8414]

Complete lies. Embarrassing

[@flyingsunbeds909]

Is this propaganda?

[@whitepanties2751]

I thought 'Dominique' was a lady's name? Yet Dominique Arel, who speaks in the latter part of this podcast, to judge by his voice, is a man? I suppose anything is possible these days.

[@Jolluna]

Dominique is a two-gender name in the French-speaking world. Whether male or female, the orthography is the same. Dominic would be male in English.

[@nian60]

Dominic, not Dominique. Dominic is a man's name.

[@christinemason8166]

In French the Name Dominique is both masculine and feminine

[@AndrewC6]

I hear a lot of hostility toward Russia\Putin. I hope someday your radio broadcast can have someone from Russia's point of view on the show. Why is there such a sentiment that the Crimea should go to the Ukraine? Is not the main language there Russian and didn't the peoeple vote over 94% to rejoin Russia as they were part of until 1954?

[@mindman1234]

for one Russia controlled that vote as it was casted after they took control, having native Russian speakers in your country does not mean its Russian land, Crimea was given to Ukraine YEARS ago. Crimea, Donbass and Luhansk all belong to Ukraine under international law.

[@mindman1234]

if eastern Russia is mostly of Asian descent does that mean China can openly invade and take it because they're majority of Asian descent? that logic makes no sense at all.

[@rustyyb8450]

Before the referendum, the Russian Military, without insignia, had been pressing trouble makers (Ukraine supports) to depart Crimea.

[@cuddycabinrestorationproje9155]

There is hostility toward Russia because of their brutality toward neighbors and even its own people inside Russia. Tell me o e thing positive about the Kremlin that merits something less than condemnation

[@cuddycabinrestorationproje9155]

In 1991 the legitimate voting in Ukraine to secede from the Moscow was overwhelming in favor of independence. Even the majority in Crimea were in favor. A Levada Center poll in 2013 found that only 20% of Crimeans wanted Unification with Russia.

[@luciobaggio8695]

1:02:50 "Maidan is the name of the central square": with the risk of sounding pedantic, in Ukranian "maidan" just means "square", so either one says "the revolution of the [independence] square", or "revolution of Maidan [Nezalezhnosti]". I've heard so many time the expression "maidan square" that I wonder why no journalist has ever bothered checking the translation. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidan_Nezalezhnosti

[@rustyyb8450]

Most don't know details, just an outline.

[@josephtorres3229]

Ukraine lost and will lose the entire the country for their foolishness

[@nian60]

Nope. Cope harder.

[@ricmcc9747]

There's some comments on here that need assistance. In this case I don't think this one is a total loss, the spelling is good. The other aspects need a bit more thought.

[@egertonmark]

Improve your trollery Joseph. Very poor effort.

[@ferabie]

How does one block this idiotic propaganda. KZbin is showing their true colours.

[@Henry-fk7cq]

Very biased coverage in favor of Ukraine. Zelensky begging for weapons, Solidar lost & maybe Bakhmut. Who thinks UKR is winning?

[@velvetmagnetta3074]

Reality is biased in favor of Ukraine.

[@philipmain5701]

Henry - it appears that Russia has miscalculated, possibly due to the 2014 invasion of Crimea. This special military operation has gone incredibly wrong for Russia. The medium term is that Russia will be evicted from Ukraine and that Russia's GDP will fall by 10% in 2023. The long term is that Russia will remain a pariah State for over a generation regardless of Putin's longevity. There will also be questions regarding the cost of repairing Ukraine's infrastructure, which Russia will not be able to afford post Putin, and the necessity to resolve Crimes against Humanity. Russia is in a very difficult situation created by Putin, who is a Mafia Don.

[@nian60]

Everyone who can see what is happening thinks Ukraine will win.

[@ricmcc9747]

The 10 million Ukrainians that have returned since the initial invasion. 20% of the pre conflict population.

[@rustyyb8450]

How much treasure & blood did Russia pay to gain those towns it ruined?

[@dearmas9068]

Erdogan needs to grow up...