War on Ukraine “will be a disaster for Russia,” says founder of War on the Rocks

Ryan Evans, founder of War on the Rocks and CEO of Metamorphic Media, discusses Russia’s shift in strategy, focusing on the east, and new weapons shipments the United States is providing to Ukraine, including howitzers, switchblade drones and helicopters.
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[@ryanevans728]

Hi everyone. Ryan Evans here, the guest from the segment. A few people have commented on my remarks about helicopters. I wish I elaborated more while on air but here's my view: I understand how helicopters are meant to be used in combined arms warfare, but given how the airspace is still very contested over Ukraine (to the extent that Ukraine is already being exceedingly careful in how it uses the aircraft it already has) and given these helicopters will make for attractive targets, I'm skeptical as to their overall value for Ukraine. However I am not against providing them. Thank you all for engaging

[@sandrapulliam6768]

You are extremely correct

[@2012perl]

You just dreaming 😂🤣😂 ,Azov remains 400 troops and got blockade in azovstall area can't run away,sure later they will hunger and give up then surrender 😂

[@Info-eh4tv]

war mongering propaganda puppet.

[@testingapril]

Interview was excellent. Hope to see more content from you.

[@livenotonevil8279]

How in the world is all of this donated heavy weaponry going to make it to the front?

[@snubbynognog6884]

Ukraine needs fighter jets! They should have more arms, anti tank,anti aircraft defense weapons, etc. They can kick Russia out if they have enough weapons and military jets.

[@joaosito68]

Ukraine needs the gestapo and american pet zelensky, ripped urgently. Except for the disgusting animals that support the use of human shields.

[@giselameunier3845]

Ukraine needs to keep the acoords de Minsk than nooo WAR

[@johnayelwin9760]

Those who love justice: GOD BLESS them.

[@celticlunatic4254]

No such thing as justice in war. Ask the iraqi's/yemen/somalia/Libya and so on and so on the list goes.

[@johnayelwin9760]

Greedyness is one of the issue that GOD dislike. why can`t the men live in peace without violating others boundary why people want to rule others ruthlessly.

[@MuiKaHo]

@@johnayelwin9760 because boundaries were set by men. GOD didnt set anything. All he did was shat us out and expected us to survive.

[@celticlunatic4254]

@@TheUncommonShaman ⚖ wasn't talking to anybody, that's my point. Everybody loses.

[@bangunsimatupang7844]

From Indonesia: God bless Ukraine!

[@seekrengr751]

Don't underestimate the M777 howitzers that are being sent to Ukraine, because the shells accompanying them are Excalibur GPS-guided (and possibly the S-round laser guided) rounds, with high accuracy (CEP 2m) and ranges from 46 km and up, outranging all older Russian artillery. Combined with the supplied Firefinder radar, the Ukrainian artillery will be more than a match for Russian.

[@korbendallas2897]

@@2012perlAzov have made the Russians and their Chechen Poodles look like the fools they are.

[@seekrengr751]

@@2012perl You think the whole Ukrainian military is the tiny Azov battalion in Mariupol? Lololololol!

[@glennallen1984]

and if they can get across the Dnieper river, the Russians have taken out the bridges at Zaporizhia this week, then they get to face Russian helicopters. And are American or Nato forces using them? how many weeks will it take for Ukrainians to train to use them?

[@marikalathem813]

@@2012perl : what is wrong with you?

[@earljohnson2113]

Fantastic!

[@johnmcdonald5998]

When your expert can confidently say "I don't know," I find they are worth their value. Very well articulated analysis.

[@isubtothebest6020]

Wait Until your doctor tells you he doesn’t know what’s wrong with you

[@johnmcdonald5998]

@@isubtothebest6020 Pssst, my M.D. is a female. But now that we are both laughing, have a wonderful remainder of your day.

[@victorhopper6774]

@@isubtothebest6020 doctors practice-the last word has meaning

[@isubtothebest6020]

@@victorhopper6774 I was joking around

[@kayem3824]

Even bs needs articulation.

[@JamesJames-jl5wl]

Finally, somebody speaking intelligently about the war. Thank you

[@fairman1455]

Its time we stopped being frightened of Putin

[@fairman1455]

@@justice2375 (They would have wiped it off the face of the earth without a trace. ) yes we all know Russia has nuclear bomb Putin keeps telling/threatening the world just look at Bucha to see you are typing rubbish.

[@isubtothebest6020]

Nobody is frightened, tf? I could care less what he does but stop sending taxpayers money

[@notoriousbig3k]

@@isubtothebest6020 world leaders are scared cus of the nukes russia has witch they are gonna use soon

[@isubtothebest6020]

@@notoriousbig3k why should they be scared? The USA is the only country that has used them, killing mostly civilians in a war that was pretty much over with

[@markhugo8270]

Absolutely. A tin horned dictator and coward. Get past his "elite guard, get around him...and he'll cry like a baby.

[@paulyoung4422]

Don't give Putin, his tank battle, thousands more Switchblades 600's needed.

[@ab8588]

The country with the most switchblades is Russia

[@junanougues]

Huh? Helicopters give your light infantry mobility. Same thing with 155 howitzers, mobile big guns on tracks (tank chasis) OR all terrain trucks. Hugely important because anything you fire, especially that big, can be instantly located and destroyed.

[@j.dragon651]

they are delivered to site and moved by truck, and are not on rails.

[@JosephNordenbrockartistraction]

Helicopters do something no other vehicle can do quickly. Rescue or remove high value items from dangerous areas. It's the original reason the US military wanted the strange flying machine. This dude just doesn't finish a thought completely before blurting out a nonsensical statement just to use up the rest of his lungful of oxygen without a period.

[@shadowbanned636]

Helicopters are extremely vulnerable to MANPADS in open flat country like eastern and southern Ukraine. That is going to severely limit their ability to be used on operations there - by both sides.

[@ryanevans728]

Thanks everyone. This is Ryan, the guest from the segment. I didn't explain my comment on helicopters on air and I should have: Given the airspace over Ukraine is still very contested to the extent that Kyiv is being very cautious in using the aircraft it already has, I worry these will make for very attractive targets for Russia and will therefore not provide a lot of military value. However I am not against providing them. Thanks for your comments.

[@junanougues]

@@ryanevans728 Thanks Ryan! For what it's worth, the next week or two would be a good time to organize a counter attack from the West to try to relieve Mariupol. Do these new weapon transfers facilitate a hypothetical Ukrainian counter offensive in this region?

[@ainsleyhenderson4099]

Ryan Evans commentary was excellent. He was articulate, knowledgable and concise.

[@Vincentovich89]

We need to give them access to weapons that can truly give them some security - anything short of Nuclear weapons. Even classified systems should be covertly considered and delivered

[@melaniecampbell7055]

Why? Why are we sending more weapons to a corrupt puppet gov't run by criminals including Zelensky, nearly half of who's army is composed of nenasis? Read Jacques Baud's report or listen to Kim Iverson. These shipments are a trail of breadcrumbs leading us to war. Americans should NEVER DIE for billionaire criminals or globalist like Zelensky and Schwab and regime change and globalism (the very system that seeks to enslave us using covid and race as its guise), using a corrupt western puppet Ukraine as lure.

[@stevewhite3424]

Nope

[@logicfreedomz]

You understand NATO and the US/UK created this war? You need to study geopolitics.

[@stevewhite3424]

@@logicfreedomz You need to get over yourself

[@nicholasmorrill4711]

@@logicfreedomz You need to get a life mate.Nobody attacked Russia this is cold blooded murder.

[@Stephen2142]

I would not give a sh** what Putin say, threats, and think! I hope Ukraine will win so Putin humiliate for starting this war. (Supporter of Ukraine from Australia)

[@willemscheepers5599]

There is no way that even America included can win a war against Russia. You all are stupid. If Russia is pushed to a point they will use nuclear weapons. One bomb can take out the state of Texas!

[@factshurtouch6681]

Russia will liberate the East area and the Sea of Azov coastal area only so a highway from Russia to transdnistria. Russia doesnt want to invade the whole of Ukraine. Tht good enough, Ukraine will be land lock forever.

[@donaldkasper8346]

The word of vomit satan has no meaning. Words to Putin, Xi, and Un are just military tools to gain openings when they are losing in a conflict. They don't have personal meaning we put on them in the West.

[@roberts7961]

Totally agree Puddin Pooo-tin is all mouth, he knows if he used a N bomb Russia would be took of the map

[@jeruelsarmiento4926]

ukraine azov batallion killing more than 14k in donbas for 8 years just because they are russian speakers.. arent the world so numb for ignoring that?

[@moseszero3281]

I love to hear anyone saying Ukraine gets back every inch of land. Russia needs to gain NOTHING from this. It is the only way to show other nations that this is unacceptable.

[@jdcarling]

Agreed

[@fizzknit9446]

Absolutely. Slava Ukraini.

[@tunatony]

Drive Putin out of all historic Ukrainian territory.

[@jamesclapp6832]

Out of Crimea as well.

[@Citadin]

@@tunatony Russia is going to take the Russian parts of Ukraine, which were cut off from Russia by Lenin in 1922, roughly one third of Ukraine.

[@johnswimcat]

Excellent interview, very well conducted and fascinating answers. Thank you both

[@artowod_w_wot4213]

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[@accountantthe3394]

Aged badly 🤣 This little journalist doesn't know what he's talking about

[@iamric23]

This interview of Ryan Evans was worth watching, rather than all the other interviews with past generals on various stations. This guy knows his stuff and made exact and intelligent comments about the war.

[@rickrose5377]

I agree completely. Sober, well-informed, articulate commentary.

[@inabsentia439]

I thought so, to a point. Current US assessment is that Ukraine will lose eventually, simply out gunned.

[@kayem3824]

Same as MSM.

[@iamric23]

@@inabsentia439 I've heard conflicting reports on that matter. My unprofessional opinion is that they have a stronger will to fight than the russians. They also have this payback mentality on their side.

[@iamric23]

@@kayem3824 What is MSM?

[@saveriosalemme5366]

The guy perfectly summed up the whole war in four minutes without missing anything. Who is this guy and why is he not working for the White House or a major news agency.

[@wimclaes4411]

Next stop is Odessa, and that to maldavia. In real life, not in a video game. And if that takes 1000 tanks ,so be it. I don't think that he knows what crazy basterds he's dealing with.

[@aloofsive1140]

You'll find out as well. Too much crazy and not enough other attributes makes for a myopic opponent who will not be hard to take advantage of. Think of a matador skillfully tiring out a bull.

[@enchantedthunder5017]

He's a private contractor of course. No self respecting person with REAL confidence and competence would work for the US gov.

[@40cal24]

The Government Matters copyright is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, a media conglomerate which owns and operates 294 television stations across the United States and is affiliated with major networks including ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC to name just a few. The company is the second-largest television station operator in the United States. My point is, this may not have an easily recognizable "mainstream media" brand stamped on it, but it is definitely still the mainstream media. All it took for me to find out was going to the Government Matters website, scrolling down to find the copyright owner, and performing a cursory investigation into that owner to see just how much they own.

[@GuinessOriginal]

@@40cal24 exactly

[@ak203]

She does a better job with questions than any of the silly news entertainers on the major media.

[@iap6647]

Huh? These are the same exact questions everyone else has asked. Did you even watch the interview?

[@ak203]

@@iap6647 of course.

[@iap6647]

@@ak203 Then how is it better? It’s the same thing.

[@rembrandt972ify]

@@iap6647 She is relatively clear and didn't make any obvious mistakes. Not the same thing.

[@iap6647]

@@rembrandt972ify Well, I just watched it again to see what was so different and it wasn’t. Granted, she is very clear speaking, but all of the other major media broadcasters are the same. Perhaps the OP was comparing it to evening Op/Ed type commentary such as Tucker?

[@korsimms7886]

Why is so much information shared so openly by the media about the types of artillery equipment being given to Ukraine?

[@paulbedichek2679]

It has many uses, shames other countries to doing more, lifts the morale of Ukrainian, depresses Putin and Russian generals . Importantly ,it impresses me the US vote,r that this administration is doing something useful with my tax dollars.

[@stevennoyb4595]

Because the aid sent was public knowledge.

[@thebrowns5337]

Because it should be. The public pay for all this stuff. It's not as if Russian satelites and spy network won't know it's coming and where it ends up. Openess is always best.

[@KingLutherQ]

Yes, Russia is right "giving weapons to Ukraine will result to unpredictable consequences"..... for Russia.

[@letranger6750]

So far, Europe incl. UK, and U S all seem running out of weapons; contrary to previous statements of Russia being short of them.

[@KingLutherQ]

@@letranger6750 are you kidding me? The US has a budget for infinity weapons. It's Russia who has half of its weapons blown up.

[@letranger6750]

@@KingLutherQ I was convinced you are American, btw nothing wrong with that! The whole world knows U S has an infinite budget for weapons, but your actual in-stock has decreased quite a bit. I'm also aware that huge orders orders have been placed; Russia also has depleted a good portion roughly 25% NOT 50% as MSM speculates. Timetable is very important; meaning Russian trains re-furbish troops on a daily basis from factories with rail line in back yard. Whereas U S have to be sent from factory to either docks or airports once ready to Poland etc. Russia will receive smaller amts. daily, US will pack plane or boat...........which will take longer, and Ukraine's soldiers will be needing some training for those weapons. I believe you know yourself, this is a proxi-war that U S gov. always wanted to fight Russia: it has nothing to do with Ukraine, it's all about oil & gas. Just like Iraq, the excuse was WMD; but the aim was it's oil and GOLD!

[@KingLutherQ]

@@letranger6750 You wrote: "this is a proxi-war that U S gov. always wanted to fight Russia." [ No! it is actually Russia who invaded Ukraine to grab land - don't be confused. It wasn't the first time. Georgia in 2008 and Transnistria in 1990. The US avoids war, but if does get in a war with Russia, air superiority in two days, then M1 Abrams would easily thunderrun into Moscow in less than a week.]

[@Rhaspun]

Yes. Russia is just trying to grease the skids for themselves. That's why they came out so talking so early about nukes. They ruin Western Europe and the US. There goes Russia with it. All those billions that Putin as stolen from Russia will be for nothing.

[@tessietesoro7407]

It's almost too late for this actions from allied countries, had they sent weapons during the early days of war crime, Ukraine won't be so flattened by the enemies as it shows now.

[@ireneuszpyc6684]

it's about money; for comparison: Detroit's economy $267 billion, Ukraine's economy $155 billion (the entire economy of Ukraine is only 58% of Detroit's economy) that's why no one takes Ukraine seriously

[@hitandruncommentor]

First, they did. Second Ukraine isn’t a nato ally or an ally to the USA. They’re third party.

[@democracy189]

I agree

[@Milesco]

@@ireneuszpyc6684 Blatantly misleading comment, if not downright wrong. First, Ukraine's gross domestic product is $181 billion, not $155 billion (and it's actually $584 billion when comparing purchasing power). Second, where did you get your figure for Detroit's "economy"? Are you including the greater Detroit metropolitan area? Are you improperly including the revenues of the Big Three American automobile manufacturers, who are based in Detroit but have manufacturing facilities all over the world? The fact that you said "no one takes Ukraine seriously", which is obviously untrue, makes your entire comment unreliable.

[@ireneuszpyc6684]

@@Milesco Israel has sent only helmets & jackets to Ukraine: the Israelis are afraid of Putin's rage - do they take Ukraine seriously?

[@matthewhuszarik4173]

As Winston Churchill said the US will usually get around to doing the right thing, but only after they try everything else.

[@vachaarafath1790]

You and your old history 😂😂😂 Come to present 😂😂😂

[@vachaarafath1790]

@lesia gutierrezyour watching only western media,see other media western sending lots of weapons but Russia destroying captured that you don’t no nato knew Russian power that’s y don’t want direct fight your thinking if fight start Russia will target UK,US that they knew well, Russia doing operation searching biological weapons if war 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

[@matthewhuszarik4173]

@@vachaarafath1790 The personality of a nation changes very slowly. As we have seen from MAGATs the US hasn’t changed as much as people assumed.

[@vachaarafath1790]

@@matthewhuszarik4173 that’s your reading Know very few country’s respect US,mostly country started talking self decision eg.mid least,india,Pakistan Know US wants this type of country,they don’t want US it’s true,see mostly Arabian countries,india,--they didn’t against Russia in UN.because this country’s have huge wealth,big market in world ,i will explain you with respect Coca-Cola in Europe 3months profits,in india they’re getting with in 7days,it’s present world,

[@alecfoster5542]

@lesia gutierrez What the hell do you think the Ukraine is? They jail/murder and stifle journalists and jail opposition politicians.

[@mmsmith1525]

The US/NATO knows exactly what disaster is in regards to losing wars badly because they experience it time and time again most recently in Afghanistan, now they don't want to feel isolated so they're calling this a disaster for Russia

[@melaniecampbell7055]

No, the gov't is trying to convince us that Russia is weak and a war against them would be a cakewalk. Moreover the gov't thinks that with enough weapons Ukraine will be able to soften Russia up for a war with us (horrible fatal idea). The globalist want regime change in Russia and want us to risk our lives and families and DIE for their sick utopia. Russia's invasion has body slammed the globalist to the floor, and that's great for ppl who value their freedoms. Notice how all they've dropped all their ruses for control like covid and systemic racism for now?

[@obscurazone]

Erm, why do American broadcasters keep publicly stating what weaponry and quantities they are giving Ukraine? It is completely unnecessary to do this, and quite obviously letting Russia know precisely what is going on. Facepalm.

[@_o_]

Secrecy isn't always the top priority. Morale, optics and international cooperation is a constantly shifting factor. The USA broadcasting details of their package is not only fodder for their domestic politics, it "ups the ante" for other countries and is a kind of fist-pumping gesture at Russians bemoaning Western arms assistance. During a recent press briefing Zalensky gave, a lot of foreign journalists asked him how he felt about the support he was getting from their respective countries. Germany was not named explicitly, but Zalensky threw them some shade for not doing more and holding up the full embargo on Russian oil/gas. In the German press, they see large numbers of heavier/deadlier weapons coming from the USA/UK, and Zalensky's criticism of Germany's lack of full support...the response in Germany's news media is criticism of German leaders and pressure to do more. The Ukrainians in particular want the rest of the world to know they will be able to repel the Russians...having a list of what they're getting is good for PR above what they could gain by keeping things secret so the Russians have less information.

[@LarsPallesen]

We're not trying to make it a secret that the US and EU are supporting Ukraine in their fight for survival as a nation. We don't mind Putin seeing a united West. This isn't some covert gun smuggle operation. It's very public support for Ukraine.

[@thomashazlewood4658]

Russians didn't consider it inflammatory to provide North Vietnam with planes and missiles, etc. We lost 55,000 troops to their weapons.

[@CopperHTID]

🤣

[@freddie5475]

You shouldn't have been in Vietnam.

[@anastasiasmirnova2767]

What did your troops do there? Was that USA 53rd state? If you knew a bit of history, you would have known that Russia has gifted Ukraine with 1/3 (and the most strategically important) of its present territories, and for 300 years it was the same country, and 1000 years ago it was one state also. Inform yourself, internet is widely available, only lazy rest uneducated

[@davidedbrooke9324]

This is great for the west. Russia is being drained economically, their arms are being showing to be pretty poor.

[@isubtothebest6020]

Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said Russian forces were "continuously attacking" the encircled Azovstal steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol on Easter Sunday. The site has become one of the last significant holdouts of Ukrainian forces in the city, and is sheltering hundreds of soldiers and civilians. Are you keeping up with the war?

[@notoriousbig3k]

@@isubtothebest6020 they are sieging but not getting in directly

[@paulbedichek2679]

@@isubtothebest6020 An heroic stand like the 300 or the Alamo. Russians lose a thousand soldiers a day.

[@khiem1939]

@@paulbedichek2679 In reality they average about 500 DEAD per DAY! So far more than 22,000 DEAD Russian soldiers and more than 55,000 wounded! With a declining populace this will terminally destroy Russia within a decade or two!

[@meandmysellefrancaishorsel2585]

cliff longlands first time on here ,looks good ,easy to understand , positive answers , the questions straight to the point , well done you ! and the analyses is also easy to understand . thanks cliff ,I have subscribed

[@fnersch3367]

We need high tech top secret assistance to Ukraine that is not detectable. This has existed for decades. I know because I worked on such weapons systems for decades before I retired from aerospace.

[@alecfoster5542]

LOL!

[@Nclght]

Well, if it's top secret, how do you know it's not happening now?

[@donaldkasper8346]

Big weapons going in.

[@fnersch3367]

@@Nclght I don't. Knowledge of secret projects is based on a "need to know". I had to go thru "debriefing" upon retiring, my security clearance was immediately pulled.

[@explorer0213]

It is probably happening I hope so

[@winkfinkerstien1957]

Something about the phrase, "disaster for Russia" seems to grab my attention.

[@bradleyroth9870]

It should if you are living there.

[@felixfedre518]

@@bradleyroth9870 In Ukraine. But Russia is set to do quite nicely. It's us in the west who are heading for a very bad time of it, thanks to Biden and his puppet Zelensky.

[@bradleyroth9870]

@@felixfedre518 Zero chance i have a better chance at winning the lottery.

[@bradleyroth9870]

@Karl Von Eberfeld-Dunquartzhausen It's an obvious disaster for Russia. And it will keep getting worse by the day. Sorry about your luck.

[@bradleyroth9870]

@Karl Von Eberfeld-Dunquartzhausen You read RT and Sputnik garbage that is the La La Gazette.

[@ivan-Croatian]

US could also send the drone operators undercover. No one would know they're there and they could teach Ukrainians how to operate the drones too. Bravo and thank you for all your help US 👏🇺🇸❤🇺🇦🇪🇺

[@donaldkasper8346]

All sorts of retired military that wants in on another fight, have the equipment training to show how to use various systems, while in action.

[@MitchDonovan]

They could also send special ops. Blow up Russian rail bridges and bleed the supply lines dry

[@phillee2814]

From the results we've seen so far, US drone operators would pay to go over to Ukraine to learn how to use drones most effectively.

[@veronicaramirez9809]

Yes thank you to all the countries to help Ukraine God blessings for all you do UKRAINE I WILL BE WITH YOU GOD BLESS YOU

[@blackmoon3081]

That's alright you suckers keep chair leading for America and NATO ! Russia China India are join forces simple as that too deal with these treasonous countries especially America and it's devilish Democratic regime!

[@KaoretheHalfDemon]

‘Will be?’ Like it isn’t already a disaster? Or does he mean an even worse one then it is now?

[@hlubmos2chah945]

Well said. Yes Ukrainians have every right to own the needed weapons to stay alive in this war. That said they can get them from any source even if on loan.

[@isubtothebest6020]

Wtf u talking about? You loan the money then , Russia still paying its loan from WW2

[@tammykennedy4165]

You can send them whatever you want it won’t matter at this point anyone who thinks Russia is losing this war or is going to lose this war is either lying or is way too stupid to even listen to

[@tedwarden1608]

@@isubtothebest6020. Well it might still owe the money but I don’t think they ever payed for lend lease. Russia does however owe debts it has taken out since the 1950s. It’s certainly struggling to pay them.

[@Dikar2005]

It is too bad that you do not know the reasons for this conflict. If your people had been destroyed by the Ukrainians for 8 years, I think you would not sit still and wait for them to come after you, also enlisting the help of the US world tyrant.

[@woodwage7988]

Don't know about the rest of you..but to be defined always that were so scared is, tiring...nobody wants to be a hero..but if someone comes into my house to hurt my children, l'll be as manic as them..Ukraine must push back this aggression..if not, my heart really goes out to normal Russian citizens...Glory to Ukraine...

[@Oscar-no7iq]

They have no ports left lol. And they cant fly planes. They’re getting starved out lol

[@sheneedsme]

@@Oscar-no7iq Really? Didn’t know Odessa fell 😂 The Russians should be very sacred because it’s about to get a lot worse for them when the artillery and more smart weapons arrive

[@2112jonr]

@@Oscar-no7iq Just a massive land border with the EU. Are you a Russian lackey?

[@t5ruxlee210]

The inference re the (100 quantity) "model 300" Swirchblades being sent to Ukraine is that mass production of the "model 600" will likely receive much higher priority.

[@hansvandijk1487]

🇳🇱❤️🇺🇦. From the Netherlands 🇳🇱.

[@markstuber4731]

Yes, but having those weapons would have been very useful to conduct counter-attacks right at the culminating point of the offensive. Basic military theory 101 says, counter-attacks are most effective at the culminating point of the offensive. That is hard to perfectly deterimine however, it is a hell of a lot easier for the people fighting on the ground to determiine than, people who are an Oceaon , as sea, and half a conintent away.

[@garystratton4125]

USA expected to ukraine fall earlier than it "did". Ukraine hasn't fallen

[@sonofagun3866]

Lol

[@krnwyldchild69]

That is what I have been saying from the day 1, Ukraine is the sacrificial lamb handed to Putin on a sliverplatter. The US also have much instigated world problems and always dragged us into their bullshit!

[@runethorsen8423]

It will, it will.

[@donaldclifford5763]

Just wonder how much longer before Russia falls.

[@_John_P]

There are no separatists. FSB agents went to Ukraine with a $2B budget, hired mercenaries, found a handful of local mercenaries and corrupt individuals and then stormed the administrative buildings in as many cities as they could. They tried the same in Western Ukraine, but the SBU arrested them before they could do anything, there were 500 agents organised by the FSB in the Western region.

[@cbandnibalakrishnan127]

Either you are so much of an Azov or so misinformed to write such things. The entire EU lives with the fascists! Ukraine was promised NATO status and allowed USA to grow Bio labs All across its territory for the billions of dollars they pumped back to Azovs! Now all are paying for inflation and petrol everywhere except the citizens of Russia!

[@_John_P]

@@cbandnibalakrishnan127 Define the word Fascist. There are no bio labs in Ukraine, prove it. Who needs biolabs in Ukraine? The US can build a biolab in its own territory, develop a contagious disease and release it in Russia, it makes no sense to create a biolab elsewhere. China has the Wuhan virus biolab and developed bioweapon COVID-19, they didn't put their lab in Russia.

[@crhu319]

Jacques Baud explains exactly what happened and that's not it.

[@nev707]

The Russian’s have in the past supplied weapons to Americas enemies such as the communists in Vietnam. Many Americans and their allies were killed and wounded by AK47’s, RPG’s, mines etc supplied by Russia in that conflict.

[@chidiebereudechi397]

America deserved it, went into Vietnam to instigate a civil war just because they were USSR ally. The same thing they did in Ukraine 🇺🇦 Euromaidan to oust democratically elected ethnic Russian president just because he is Kremlin leaning.

[@perhelgeson5734]

It's time for Ukraine to go on the offensive against these barbarians, and throw them out! Slava Ukraine 💪 💙 💛!

[@zonda1968]

🇷🇺♥️🇷🇺♥️🇷🇺💪🏾👍🏽🇷🇺♥️🇷🇺♥️😂

[@charlesbrownii5254]

😀 😃 😄 😁 😆 😅 🤣 😂...

[@6mojo]

AND take back Crimea too!

[@Lexus-79]

Barbarians is the united states of fake "democracy"

[@Lexus-79]

Länge leve Ryssland 💪

[@ipsofacto2988]

Ukraine and all other European countries basically speak one language within their borders. Russia speaks 100 languages and has 120 ethnic tribes in its "Federation". Tell me why Putin thinks Ukraine is not a country when actually Russia is definitely not "a country". The "Federation" needs to be "de-Nazified" Mr Putin. Glass House.

[@stonypee1755]

Very well said but sorry not happening... ur comment ends here period

[@isabellechiarelli7902]

Ukraine is a multi-ethnic, multi- language and multi-culture country too. It is home to almost 130 nationalities. 22% of Ukraine’s population is made up of ethnic minorities. Russians are the largest among them, 17% of Ukraine’s population, who historically lived in the southern and eastern part of the country. Just facts.

[@scottjohnson9912]

The Donbas is important because of its natural resources and industries.

[@dan_6915]

Kinda not. ruskia will not be able to sell those resources. Nobody will buy it. putler probably thought the world would let him take ukraine and keep doing business like nothing happened. Well, he fcked up badly.

[@Gayzenon]

❤️Ukrainian🇬🇪

[@albertlugassy3610]

Thanks for the update

[@profftrefelling2000]

When i see these kind of videos i think: "Make 1984 a fiction again."

[@minniemaeshufflebutt116]

"1984" is alive and well within the US. Joey Bribes calls it "the Build Back Better plan" and "The American Rescue Plan". Only when we get our Rights back and get rid of D o m I n I o n and other election stealing methods, then I will believe "1984" scenario is over.

[@charleswillcock3235]

Helicopters are useful for transporting men and equipment quickly. I am surprised he did not know that.

[@daynalindsey4778]

He knows that..but there was a issue about the no fly zone SO ZELENSKY asked for planes or helicopter..which to me sounded like a good idea..but then there was a issue because the helicopters with PUTIN fighter jets didnt seem like a great idea..they have used them..I think for moving people ot weapons..but NOT really battle..in my heart I still believe Nato is setting Ukraine up for a good hard push to move Russians over the BOARDER.I do kind feel that they might be pacing weapons in Ukraine..but then well see Ukraine blazing..Putin just put those 16 year old kids in battle..that just is KILLING me..These kids are going to die..so sad..

[@subhash7408]

This is war

[@Chereese0808]

Not that type of helicopter.

[@goodkrypollo1706]

They are also a flying bullseye.

[@swaghauler8334]

EVEN IN AFGHANISTAN, we couldn't fly transport Helos without Apache gunships performing escorts. Russia has WAY MORE SAM capability than the Taliban had.

[@erhardbaehni1832]

To stop this war the west payments for Russia. Oil and gas needs to be paid into an escrow account with the due payment when every Russian soldier has departed the Ukrainian soil. Including Criema and Donbas

[@carolhattersley9322]

You should explain that howitzers are high-angle weapons. They typically do not fire line-of-sight, but fire projectiles with a noticible trajectory. They can fire over obstacles and hit targets behind hills, buildings etc. This is different from field guns, which fire with a flatter trajectory.

[@stevecole868]

I'll tell you who actually has a handle on why, how and when is Putin.

[@jimc9596]

That attack on Kyiv was a great success for puti. Losing 15,000 men is always a sign of being a great military leader. Committing major war crimes only adds to his reputation as a military genius.

[@LarsPallesen]

I'll bet Putin also knew exactly when and where his Black Sea flagship Moskva would get sunk by two Ukrainian missiles. Yup, it's all going according to Putin's cunning plan.

[@MrRacing44]

The foot solider is still a large part of the tool kit in the battle space . But the armor will be with us for a long time to come .

[@jurgenblick5491]

Absolutely

[@miklosgergely2356]

My friend, you are absolutely wrong: it will be a disaster for EVERYBODY!!

[@bluestrings8829]

100% accurate!

[@Colin-Fenix]

“Fall much quicker than it did”… did it fall? I hadn’t heard that until now!

[@zeckj83]

I think he meant the US thought theyd hold out but would eventually fall. Wrong.

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[@oztez9222]

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[@donaldkasper8346]

When you are poor and have no oil, you sell your soul to the devil. There is coal gasification conversion possible, and they have a lot of coal.

[@zimnygerhard1104]

Thenk you, Very profetional.

[@jimjimsom3776]

According to the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, Russia, the US and the UK confirmed their recognition of Ukraine becoming parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and effectively abandoning their nuclear arsenal to Russia and that they would: 1. Respect Ukrainian independence and sovereignty in the existing borders. 2. Refrain from the threat or the use of force against Ukraine. 3. Refrain from using economic pressure on Ukraine to influence their politics. 4. Seek immediate action to provide assistance Ukraine if they "should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used". 5. Refrain from the use of nuclear arms against Ukraine. 6. Consult with one another if questions arise regarding those commitments We need to understand that EITHER the word/ deals and / or the grantees of the west are worth something or they are not !! And here we can clearly see what such guarantees with the west is worth, it has been 8 years now since Russia invaded Ukriane in the east of the country and annexed parts of Ukraine in Crimea AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED so now Russia is going all inn and taking everything THE CAN!! That is the result of worthless grantees !! And here's something the WEST is clearly overlooking ; Taiwan , Israel and everyone else is also asking the question; CAN I TRUST THE WEST TO HOLD TO THEIR WORD AND STAND BY THE GUARANTEES THEY GIVE ! and not just Taiwan and Israel, is right now asking themselves those questions, but even small eastern European NATO member states that border Russia, will be asking themselves those questions as well !! IT'S ABOUT TRUST YOU LOSE TRUST YOU LOSE EVERYTHING!! And her is the real kicker ; Also Iran, North Korea and China will be seeing what is going on and soon they will be thinking the west is weak; And the will be thinking and saying things like, just look what the west did when Russia was calling out their bluff about red lines in Ukraine ... The time is now, we have our chance to stick it to them !!!! And then we will see China take Taiwan (so no more silicon-chips for you ) and then we will see Iran take Israel (middle east oil all gone and the middles east up in fire ) And when North Korea goes into South no more south Korea as north will take it over as well !! SO YOUR OPTIONS ARE ,TO TAKE A STAND NOW OR LATER !!

[@A3Kr0n]

Ryan sounds much more knowledgeable than all those retired generals on news channels.

[@titanproductions3628]

He's the same as any other spaghetti propagandist waffling anti-Russian propaganda, they are all the same with different faces.

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

@@titanproductions3628 Oh my, he’s anti-Russia for attacking Ukraine? Interesting.

[@TheGruntski]

The generals actually operated armies. Ryan does post action analyses.

[@legion999]

"Sounds"? Your gut feeling isnt worth much

[@legion999]

@@titanproductions3628 You mean anti-russian TRUTH. Piss off tankie

[@163pete]

What about the arms being shipped in by Russia! That’s the pot calling the kettle black. Victory to Ukraine 🇺🇦 💪💪💪💪.

[@paulbendikas2313]

Ukraine are losing

[@alans9806]

@@paulbendikas2313 Well if you say so............

[@163pete]

@@paulbendikas2313 tell that to the 25,000 dead soldiers that Putin sent into a meat grinder!

[@raishaferreira8099]

God bless ukanias family and volunteer!

[@hcha7479]

All of a sudden this Ryan is an expert of Russia security and Ukraine democracy.

[@bluespruce786]

Great interview, it is good to see this framed as "Putin's war" and one that is not in the interests of the Russian Federation.

[@slobodanpaunovic3834]

Do you believe to Biden 😂😂😂

[@daisysue6767]

So true.

[@austindenotter19]

Could it possibly be NATOs war? Do a little research?

[@elqsabe1]

This guy is a joke, better listen Scott Ritter or Douglas Colonel McGregor,real knowledge people

[@peabody3000]

@@elqsabe1 scott ritter is a total and complete stooge for putin, just as you are

[@gstormcz]

Very clear explanation of weapon types delivered in different war stage and situation. I saw some Ukrainian fugitives, they are not different from us, locals. I saw Ukraine from war shots lately, those yet undamaged places look like inland of Czech rep. Even buildings look pretty similar, both blocks of flats in cities, nice colored good looking family houses. All infrastructure there is looking similar. I believe even people have same dreams, worries and life. But something goes different, worse there. I hope it gets better soon.

[@notoriousbig3k]

well they are an ex comunist country its normal to look like all eastern europe

[@opheliawhiteway4660]

All of these news stations need to stop airing information on weapons being sent to Ukraine and letting Russians know what to expect. This is something that needs to be aired after the fact not before.

[@briseboy]

Helicopters outside of enemy fire, are useful for quick transport, including novel lightweight artillery pieces and some of the more sophisticated munitions used.

[@soniahamilton9914]

I liked this gentleman being interviewed he is very knowledgeable, answered each question with clear concise answers, he was understandable.

[@la7dfa]

And he told what the limits of his knowledge was. Very transparent and trustworthy.

[@myredprobe2675]

Wait a minute now. He stated, ‘U.S. thought Ukraine would fall much quicker than it did’. Ukraine hasn’t fallen. The war is on-going.

[@jannahjohnymuhammad9172]

first month in office zelensky have agreed to give autonomy to Donbas and Lugansk, and CIA have sent the leaders of the AZOF battalion to have little conversation with zelensky, and after that meeting zelensky decided to give nothing to the people in Donbas, he continued with the destruction of that region.

[@lebe220]

Seems reasonable.

[@casualguy3938]

I think many viewers are missing the significance of the 155mm Howitzers. They may seem like "just bigger cannons" but those are going to come with up to 200,000 GPS guided Excalibur rounds. Not only are they accurate to within 4m of the GPS coordinates they are programmed with, but the range (newest test is 70km) they have is more than triple that of Russia's equivalent. Any piece of Russian equipment that parks for any reasonable amount of time within 70km of even 1 of the 90 Howitzers the US is sending is gonna have a bad day. Here is a Wikipedia page for the round... The "VARIENTS" section is quite interesting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M982_Excalibur

[@jampasurprenant1794]

That's were great news From the war in Ukraine.

[@stephenrickstrew7237]

Let’s not forget the Territorial Imperative…. He who has will hold …The Ukrainians view the land as theirs … the Rooskies just have some sort of abstract goal … which is becoming increasingly abstract…!

[@stephenlowton1911]

I think the American Indians Australian Aborigines and the New Zealand Maori people thought the same thing

[@ravenmoon5111]

@@stephenlowton1911 That didn’t make taking it from us right. But for us, that was over a hundred years ago. That’s much different to Ukraine. That’s today. The rest of the world has moved on from imperialistic goals

[@hubertschmitt4250]

Lucky for him that he has not to fight only makes speaches. This guy is a dreamer. Killing will proceed as long such dreamers get listened to

[@chairde]

This aged well.

[@donelpapu2714]

Go for it russia, we stand with you!!!

[@karimtarab7624]

Heavy artillery played a big role from the first day and was badly needed by Ukrainians. And you can’t protect cities from bombardment just with Stinger missiles. Expert forgot that it is not a small anti insurgent operation but a full scale war against sophisticated enemy.

[@nobodyknows3180]

Except that the Russian forces on the ground have shown everything but sophistication. And Ukraine has been fighting their tactics for eight years, they wrote the book on how western Brigade Combat Teams BCT's can attack and defeat the standard Russian Battalion Tactical Groups BTG's which were supposed to be good at 'Combined Arms' but as it turns out, they are anything but.

[@Aluminata]

Putin really does have a screw loose.

[@donaldkasper8346]

There is a Jewish saying in Israel about the Palestinians: "They lie, lie some more, continue lying, and after a time, they believe their own lies". Same here for Putin.

[@phillee2814]

Only one?

[@rtqii]

Or he's a screw driver with a loose handle.

[@mis4nthr0p3]

The screws were maintained by the same crew responsible for their military gear.

[@eugeniojavierjr9700]

Steven Hombrados is right. I think Offense is the best Defense.

[@pholippe1441]

"will be a disaster for Russia". Ryan got it right except for three extra letters, Rsi......good job.

[@n.m.3322]

Yes,as I said. Putin thought that he would be received with flowers by large parts of the population in the east, for example in the Donbass. Putin also thought that it would then be enough to shoot a few missiles at the cities, so that the Ukrainians immediately give up. The Ukrainians are fighting very bravely and impressively. I would have estimated the conventional power of the Russian army to be stronger. By and large, they are fighting like amateurs. The Russian army is absolutely embarrassing.

[@annoyboyPictures]

The only FLOWERS that WAR CRIMINAL PUTIN is going to Receive are those they place on his GRAVE.... because he's going to be doing a RUSSIAN KICK DANCE at the end of a ROPE when he loses this War.

[@themilosgrozni237]

yeah....because EVERYBODY in the west ( including you ) knew "what putin was thinking ". he was immagining himself being thrown flowers at.... i'm amazed with how much confidence you western people can just pull stuff out of your ass and claim that it's undisputed reallity. let me give you a reallity check 1) western propaganda from the beginning claimed that " putin was thinking to march into kiev in 3 days "......but i'm pretty shore ( and i've checked ) that putin never gave any deadline for his millitary opperation in ukraine EVER . nieter him or anybody in russian government claimed any timeframe ...IT WAS PURELY WESTERN PROPAGANDA THAT SEMINTED THAT DISINFORMATION. 2) also....putin NEVER claimed, said or gave any indication that he was going for kiev. infact EVER SINCE BEGINNING russians wesre claiming that this millitary opperation is about securing independence of donbas . it was western propaganda to deny that....

[@daynalindsey4778]

Oh PUTIN WAS WRONG...SO VERY WRONG..I just can't wrap my head around the fact that Putin has killed so many people and that he has no care in the world about what he is doing..JUST MAKES ME SICK..AND NATO NEEDS TO GET IN THERE AND WIPE PUTIN OUT....

[@LearnWithVikram7]

Watch Patrick Lancaster to know how they were received

[@bombsawaylemay770]

Russian troops have been met with flowers in the Donbass and they are dominating the battlefield against the Ukrainians. If you got your information from someplace other than CNN you would know that.

[@stevenhombrados1530]

Ukraine should bring the Special operations, onto Russian soil. Staying in defence mode won’t do much on the long term.

[@tapep225]

You really don’t understand anything don’t you?

[@stevenhombrados1530]

@@tapep225 I guess not, explain it to me, so that I can understand better.

[@hakimshah8397]

You westerners will fight till the "last Ukrainian" At first I thought Putin was exaggerating, but it is obvious that for you lot it's not about Ukraine, it's more about Russian blood. You are too cowardly to do it yourself so you used Ukrainians.

[@user-iw3rj8mz4b]

@@stevenhombrados1530 Russia will start mass mobilization, ramps up military from 150-200k ground troops to millions in two months and set a goal not on Donbas but on all Ukraine.

[@stevenhombrados1530]

@@user-iw3rj8mz4b for that to happen, Putin must declare the special operations, an actual War.

[@zakariamustafa545]

i like the lady's questions `to the point very knowledgeable thanks!

[@anthonybrowne3942]

Very good questions.

[@peterbaker8443]

Russia needs to remember where those weapons are made,and who will use them if he messes with the west

[@imloser128]

All weapons are made in China ya idiot🍻🍻🤟✌✌

[@mcleanblades9234]

Pro war propaganda... Even if the war is disastrous for Russia it does not follow that the war will not be disastrous for NATO countries.

[@SteveMHN]

There's no reason to believe it would be a disaster for NATO. I think a SEAD operation shouldn't take more than a few days and it wouldn't be too difficult. Once russia's air defences are neutralized, NATO air power alone would be enough to rid Ukraine of russians. With air cover Ukrainian forces can do what they need on the ground. The russian soldiers don't have the same motivation to fight that the Taliban or NVC did, they are not fighting for their home land, they are there to steal their neighbors home land. The only problem is if the kremlin then resort to nuclear weapons, I hope they are not that stupid, but who knows?

[@pioneernut7487]

@@SteveMHN nato would destroy putins pitiful army in no Time. No contest

[@chriscoates2399]

They need all the weapons they can get , Now please and ongoing , Thankyou .

[@milanesepatriot8021]

From Kharkov to Crimea, from Donbass to Transnistria... SLAVA ROSSIJA!

[@imaginemetoo]

Support Ukraine! Support civilised people who want to live in democracy and peace! ❤️🇺🇦❤️💪

[@ishizukahikaru643]

ok boomer

[@nomorewar4189]

Ya that’s why they’ve been bombing and shooting Russian speaking Ukrainians for the past eight years. Try to get up to speed and for goodness sakes turn off the msm media.

[@kevindudley1424]

Democracy for who America ? Democracy for Afghanistan ? That went well 80 percent of the world 🌎 is not a Democracy Just think about that 20 percent that is a so called democracy Is just an illusion Just look at Canada 🍁 Went to a dictatorship run by 1 man in the name of national security ?

[@imaginemetoo]

@@kevindudley1424 you appear to have to fight for democracy 😘❤️🌎☮️🇺🇦💪🌻

[@freddie5475]

Nope, Russia is liberating people from Nazis.

[@jannahjohnymuhammad9172]

The people of Mariupol voted to leave Ukraine ( 80%) , they have been and still are being used by the Azov regiments as human shields. Russia has been throughout & is now rapidly supplying food & water and power to the people in Mariupol- we have witnessed this the testimony of thousands of ordinary citizens have spoken to independent journalists about this . On the tape of discussion with Putin he clearly states to seal off the perimeter of the Plant which is 4 square miles - not bury alive as you suggest.

[@maritesfrac9412]

so he ruin the life of this people

[@melaniecampbell7055]

Kim Iverson presented Jacques Baud's analysis on the Hill yt channel.

[@gailrowland1672]

Hannah…I’m shocked there are so many comments from people who believe The msm propaganda & who don’t know about Ukraine’s Azov Nazi Battalions terrorizing & murdering Russian speaking citizens of Donbas for the last 8 years

[@cliffperkin63]

Russia on a special humanitarian mission that's a beauty ,these lies of poo poo poo tin russia special action within Eukraine must be such a burden to this peaceful misunderstood last of the real humanitarian's just trying to help hizz neighbours by bringing hizz army of thugs and criminals to teach Eukrainian's what a crazy lovable funny guy hee r really not is!!!🎯🎉🪙🪅💐💮🥇⚔️✌️🏆🎀🇦🇺🏵️🏠🌸🌻🗝️💍😄🎁💯🌹💎🌺🌍

[@GODEED]

SLAVA UKRAINE!

[@herbertclark3542]

Straight talk well explained

[@jannahjohnymuhammad9172]

Zelensky can say as long as there is one Ukrainian fighter left Mariupol is still in Ukrainian hands but verbal defiance doesn't alter the fact that the city is now completely under Russian control. Soon the east will fall and then Odessa. The Russians will take the entire south and east before they pause for a while just like when they took Crimea and after a year or two, it will take the entire Ukraine.

[@peabody3000]

you seem to have a great deal of misplaced trust in russian media, which has been under full control of putin for around 20 years now

[@jannahjohnymuhammad9172]

@@peabody3000 It is very important to recognise that Russian speaking Ukrainian people in the Donbass region which consists of many cities, some of whom have populations of up to a million, have been virtually under siege by Ukrainian militia for 8 years (a siege largely enacted by Azov influenced soldiers who want anyone with Russian genes out of Ukraine). Since 2014 there have been 14,000 officially recorded deaths of Ukrainian Russian-speaking people in the Eastern Donbass region all occurring when 700 OSCE ceasefires were violated. Where are the Western neo-liberal public displays of outrage about this?

[@peabody3000]

@@jannahjohnymuhammad9172 again that is a very moscow oriented view. russia has been funding and supporting pro-russian separatists in donbas and elsewhere all this time, engaging ukraine in violent conflict. that is where the casualties come from, and not some kind of ethnic cleansing as putin would have you believe

[@CetinAmsterdam]

full trust soon Ukraine victory and at the red square Moscow liberation statue of Zelensky no more ruble no more Putin 🙌🏼🇺🇦

[@iximiusminus9355]

lol !!! 🤣

[@CetinAmsterdam]

@@iximiusminus9355 yess chance is coming to Russia all happy ending no more pressure

[@fatdaddy1996]

Cetin. You are so wrong it's sad.

[@cliffperkin63]

Give that hero guy Zelensky , RINGMASTER job collect all those Russian Mafia and poo poo poo tin "genius" and put them in traveling circus around UKRAINE (freak show )final show Kiev HOUSE OF JUSTICE ,crimes against humanity !!!🎯🪙🪅💐💮🥇🌻🌸🏠🏵️🇦🇺🎀🏆✌️⚔️🗝️💍😄🎁💯🌹💎🌺🌍

[@michaelmelling9333]

Anybody that thinks Putin isn't licking his chops at the prospect of obliterating Washingon D. C. and New York City are living in a fantasy world.

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

Then he should do it. He knows that launching a nuke against the US means the end of Russia. The West will recover, Russia will not.

[@michaelmelling9333]

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[@pikeman2]

You think he is looking forward to killing his own Daughters? Remember they live in the west. The US, UK and France would respond in kind and he knows it.

[@gailrowland1672]

So sad you still believe msm

[@michaelmelling9333]

@@gailrowland1672 explain

[@georgejamesducas9602]

In 60 AD Apostle Saint Andrew traveled to the area of Kiev, preached, and said, one day a great city would be built here with many churches to the glory of God. Today there is a church to Saint Andrew in Kiev. The peoples in the area were Slavic. Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv, three brothers and the sister Lybid founded Kiev in 482 AD, Kiev was named after the older brother Kyi. Kiev the older brother was King. Herodotus wrote that Hercules had founded this land. The Rus were Viking tribes that settled peacefully in Kiev as far back as 750 AD with the Slavs there, 400 years before Moskva existed. The name Russia, coming from the city Moskva, has no connection to the RUS. Russia coming from Moskva started with Batu Kahn much later as a vasal under Mongolian rule. All the early Czars were Mongolian and of no connection to the RUS. The Rus were with the Slavs to the south in Kiev. Moskva were Finnish Urgic Tribes; Mosk means cow and Va water, which are Finnish names. There was no RUS there. The ethnic background of Moskva is Finnish-Urgic and Mongolian. The Rus developed the religion, city Kiev, alphabet, churches, and had its saints. The founder of Kievian Rus (800) or the Rus was a Viking named Askold or Oskold (Norse) from Sweden; not Oleg as in the Russian story. Kievian Rus exists long Before Novgorod and Oleg’s arrival there. Askold is the Slavic name. Oskold, the first King of Kievian Rus was in Kiev before Oleg in Novgorod. Oskold had 200 ships and 20,000 warriors. Oskold was baptized in Constantinople (128 years before Volodymyr) and sent the first bishop back to Kiev. Oskold and Dir were the first Dynasty of Kievian Rus. Askold rules from the 40-60s and Dir to the 80s. Askold is buried in Kiev and the first Kievian Christian King & Dynasty. Oleg followed coming from Sweden through Novgorod and was a pagan. Russia as named today started in the city of Moskva over 400 years later after Kievian Rus or Rus. From Kiev, the capitol of Rus, Kievian culture was spread, much like the Greeks Hellenized the known world, or like the British anglicized the world by the English language. This process does not make Moskva to become RUS in as much as Persian are not Greek. How we are misled by a name; Russia. The capitol of the RUS has always been Kiev. There is no other RUS and no RUS in Moskva. Many say Ukraine began recently; but the culture of the RUS is Kievian RUS, both culture and ethnic background. Ukraine is a name given by Poland meaning outer lands. The land of the RUS before the Mongolian invasion was very large. The name RUS is a Norse name which means men that row; there are no men that row in Moskva. So Moskva adopted the name Russia while being a Mongolian vassal, essentially traitor to the RUS; and all the Czars were Mongolian-Finnish. The Culture of the Mongolian was centralized power, and that cultural imprint was passed on to present day Russia. Ukraine’s real name should be Kievian RUS, or Kievskarus! Russia began in Moskva by Batu Kahn and Novgorod conquered much later, still no connection to the Rus. Putin & Lavrov should be ashamed of themselves, the USSR was an occupation; it never had the status of a sovereign state and due process of law that would be associated with a free society. Even today the mentality of the gulag exists. There is no freedom of press and speech, people are arrested for speech, there is no due process of law, and the religion is state run making it a totalitarian theocracy. As such, it did not deserve to exist in a free world; and history has shown such totalitarian organizations fail over time and author in many gulags. The true culture of Russia is Finno-Ugric and Mongolian, having nothing to do with the RUS (Kievian), expect borrowed as in the sense of Hellenized or Anglicized "forms" as a comparative reference. The centralized form of Russian politics is a very Mongolian imprint on culture. The actions of Putin seem to be another Mongolian invasion of Kiev; here I suggest as to the correct metaphor. I believe so. Putin & Lavrov insistence to have purview over eastern Europe also seems like paying tribute to the Mongolian Horde. Moskva started as an agglomeration of Finnish tribes, combining a Finnish name meaning cows water and developed by Mongolian culture. Mosk means cow and Va means water. The RUS are men that row, Vikings, Norse, established Kiev 400 years before (750 AD) Moskva even thought to exist. The name Russia for current nation is totally inappropriate. The current Russia started in Moskva; how misleading is the name Russia coming from Moskva that has no connection to the RUS. All the lands should be returned to Kiev; the West of Russia to Finland, and the East to Mongolia. Russia’s place on the globe appears as a temporary aberration in my view. To use threats of Nukes publicly strikes at the heart as adolescent behaviour; surely any nation or person that issues such threats and being an ally to such while not even having war imposed on them is not fit to rule. This would include allies of Russia. Oh yes, I remember, Russia didn't invent the bomb, they stole it in the 1940's and gave it to Kurchatov. Russia struggles with an identity crisis since its beginnings unoriginal to the ethnic groups. Its errors are numerous, 50 million killed by Stalin in WW2, allied to the Nazis to kill the Poles for their defeat in WW2, Holodomor where millions of Ukrainians were killed and grain stolen, and constant antagonist with Europe. We even have the Holy Mother announcing Russia’s errors at Fatima. Russia is a Mongolian culture and all the first Czars were Mongolian and Batu Kahn is the author. Oskold was the grandson of Ragnar the king of Sweden, his name is old Norse and spoke old Norse, the name Rus is old Norse, he settled peacefully in Kiev and the Slavs made him king, he brought Christianity to Kiev with his son dir...his burial mound is where St Nicholas church is built, Oleg wasn’t even in Novgorod when this happened, and Oleg is not a Rus nor old Norse name. The Slavs called Oskold the name Askold. After came Dir, Oleg was a pagan who assassinated Dir, Oskold becomes the first dynasty...later when the line of kings get to Vladimir, he is captured at a trading post by the Mongols, the post is called Moskva, and the king killed. Moskva as a city was a Mongolian invention, and Novgorod becomes a part of that Russia by conquest, although having nothing to do with the Rus. Oskold line is Ragnar, ironside, Oskold from the King of Sweden Ragnar. Oleg is via Rurik coming much later. The accounts of Oskold are within the time, Al Mamun an Arab writer of the time wrote of Oskold, the Russian chronicles come hundreds of years later. In much the same way accounts of relevant history are better understood by those of the times, much like the Bible, dating to the original times makes the account authentic. The Russian chronicles are merely a tale and inaccurate. Kiev was a city over 1000 years before Russia even existed. Kiev was Kievian Rus before Novgorod and when Oleg arrived. Putin is kidding himself if he thinks any part of Ukraine belongs to Russia. We can see that Israel belongs to the Jews, similarly all the lands around Kiev of Kievian Rus belong to Kiev as a single nation and city state. Russia's beginnings are a wanting child begun as a captive insurgency having nothing of its own; a captive state that was reeking in servitude to Mongolia and invented by Mongolia. The entire culture of Russia from Moscow is Mongolian centralized power, a pagan culture of no empathy and Christianity. The Christianity is tainted as a state religion or theocracy and politicized. History is often obscured by being written by the ones in charge. The history of Ukraine has been obscured by the Soviet Occupation and cultural appropriations. Moscow in an attempt to appropriate a history not its own, rewrote the narrative of history to cover up its compromised origins; Kiev and Ukraine is a history much older and more civilized; making contributions to civilization. Russian despotism becomes the blueprint, foundation & model for every despot nation, look at its allies; the error of its ways has spread throughout the globe; much like the message from the Holy Mother at Fatima. Those that are sympathetic to Russian atrocities can find similarities in their own histories. Ukraine has a democracy at a local level Moscow never had and fears. Russian boundless ignorance is a type often found in the poorest of nations, and usually the poorest have a history of the hardest tyrants over them that also inflict poverty, physical and spiritual, on others they attempt to subjugate, a reflection of their own lives, an abomination of desolation. Askold was in Constantinople in 860 and Oleg arrived in Novgorod not until 862. The Arabs referred to Askold as the Slavic King or King of the Slavs which he had been for a while. Pontius says Askold brings Christianity to Kiev from Constantinople and a bishop. Ragnar the Norse King of Sweden was born in 767 AD, his son Bjorn ironside was born in 796 AD, and grandson Oskold (Askold) was born in 820 AD. Askold arrived in Kiev in 840 and had a son Dir, Both become King and the first Christian dynasty. Askold dies and gets a burial mound in a park in Kiev. Dir follows as King. Dir is assassinated by Oleg who is a pagan. Nobody knows who Rurik is or who the father is . Oleg is a generation away from Askold. Olga of Kiev builds a church on Askold’ s burial grounds. Pontius of Constantinople says Askold brings a Bishop and Christianity to Kiev. Russia much later is a Mongolian invention......

[@julabadarboe7630]

Great Russia 🇷🇺 and long healthy life Mr Putin!

[@johnwalsh4857]

end of the war, has dealt a strong blow to the Russian economy and military. the Russian military does not recover from this war, in fact, due to a depressed Russian economy which is in the same state for the next 10 years or so. would be in a decrepit weakened state a bit worse than before the war started in Feb 2022 due to having no monies to improve and support the military. massive down sizing. a lot of military hardware are sold to China and third world states. with only its aging nuclear arsenal remaining. Political chaos in Russia. Chechnya declares independence. Russia can hardly muster a military to respond. Unrest in Russia due to continiung economic depression and political chaos. along with high crime rates unrest to near civil war levels. with various Russian republics seeking Independence. Belarus gets rid of Lukashenko shortly after Putin dies. Belarus gets a democratic gov with free elections and joins the EU. We could see a break up of Russia. in like the next 20 years.

[@pauls3204]

Hope so

[@jeruelsarmiento4926]

and american and eu economy?

[@LearnWithVikram7]

So much for wishful thinking

[@bombsawaylemay770]

Ruble is stronger now than before the invasion 😂

[@johnwalsh4857]

@@jeruelsarmiento4926 much better than Russia

[@Mrrossj01]

The Swithblade can take out Russian artillery. 600 Switchblade. 25 mile range. Tank go boom. Artillery go boom.

[@damirsirotic052]

UA was ranked 6th in Europe (only after UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain, in that order) according to Global Firepower and 11th arms exporter in the World (thus strong military-industrial complex) according to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. UA ground forces had cca3000 MBTs, cca2500 IFVs, another cca3500 armoured vehicles. Artillery included 500+ MLRSs, 1200+ selfpropelled artillery and 2200+ towed artillery. Air defence was organized in 4 air defence missile brigades and 7 (11 according to some sources) independent air defence missile regiments with 250 S-300PT/PS/V1 SAMs, 72 9K37 Buk SAMs, 100 9K330 Tor SAMs, 125 9K33 OSA-AKM SAMs, 150+ 9K35 Strela-10 SAMs, 70 2K22 Tunguska SPAAGMs, 300+ ZSU-23-4 Shilka SPAAGs and hundreds of S-2/S-3 Strela, Igla, Piorun and Stinger MANPADS. UA Air Force had 145-188 modern combat aircrafts including 37-70 Mig-29s and 32 Su-27s fighter jets, 12 Su-24s and 17 Su-25s attack jets and 47 L-39s light attack/trainer jets. What happened?

[@Wargasm54]

It’s not clear how valuable the helicopters will be? I’m pretty sure the only attack by Ukraine on Russian soil was conducted with helicopters! When the Ukrainians struck the fuel depot in Belgorad .

[@benghazi4216]

And managed to reinforce/resupply the fighters in Mariupol, and evacuate some wounded. Of 4 helicopters, they lost 1-2 depending on who you believe.

[@item6931]

The attack on the fuel depot was with Mi-24 attack copters. The Mi-17 is general purpose, usually transport. Yeah you can get an armed version but wouldn't put much faith in it. Still I can definitely see the use of transport helicopters, nothing strange about asking for them tbh

[@annoyboyPictures]

Helicopters are essential for Evacuation and Special forces Troop deployment... I don't see how anyone can call Helicopters valueless...????

[@Titan-zn3fs]

@@annoyboyPictures I don't think Wargasm54 was saying Helicopters are Valueless. Just how SPECIFICALLY useful they would be to Ukrainian forces in any given situation. Those Helicopters are certainly not capable of single handily winning the war but then again that does not make them useless right?

[@donaldkasper8346]

They swoop in north of Karkyiv and cut off the northern offense to Donbass, and start attacking Russian infrastructure on their own soil, force troops to protect all of it, open up all the Russian border to counterattacks, just tie up 100,000 troops Russia does not have. That will take the pressure off Donbass. Even destroy infrastructure in Belarus. Clearly, a 50km destabilization zone in both countries has to be established to start fighting on their soil. However, the Crimea bridge and Gazprom pipeline are intact, and so is the Kyiv government buildings, so it looks like some trading is already going on.

[@testboga5991]

Unpredictable consequence: Russia falling apart

[@isubtothebest6020]

Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said Russian forces were "continuously attacking" the encircled Azovstal steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol on Easter Sunday. The site has become one of the last significant holdouts of Ukrainian forces in the city, and is sheltering hundreds of soldiers and civilians. Does that seem like falling apart?

[@AutoReport1]

So, "we don't know what we'd do ..." Less a threat and more an expression of hopelessness