NATO aid allows Ukraine to target 'the one thing Russia would not want to lose' | Sean Bell
"You have to provide bullets and artillery rounds, but smart weapons are. That's where the game changer is genuinely provided by the West."
Ukraine could "find a different way of fighting the war" as US missiles and British boats sent to Ukraine will enhance their capability to strike Crimea, says retired Air Vice-Marshal Sean Bell.
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Absolutely agree: no bully can be stopped by begging! We have to stand united against terror!
@willkerslake8820
17 күн бұрын
You just can't appease megalomaniacs...
@ikechukwuogbu9306
17 күн бұрын
You are right. And please don't forget the Chief-bully-in charge. The bully who stepped into Iraq claiming they had weapons of mass destruction (wink wink).
@Dark_Bandon
17 күн бұрын
When Putin kneels before Kim Jong Un begging for weapons he's like a Slavic Oliver Twist. "PLEASE SIR CAN I HAVE SOME MORE".
@Oppen1945
17 күн бұрын
@@ikechukwuogbu9306Please do tell how invading your democratic neighbour because they didn't want to be ruled by your puppet is soooooooo much better?
@christophersaohatse4809
17 күн бұрын
Thinking NATO can stop Putin/Russia is a Joke. NATO led by the US could not defeat Talibans who only Had Russian AK47s, No NAvy, No Airforce or even nuclear weapons only Russian AK47s( rifles), could fight US and NATO for 20 Years. Stop dreaming NatO weapons cant even stand Russia AK47s
This guy is spot on!
@davidray483
14 күн бұрын
Are you so thick you can't see the sun coming upon the morning.
In both Junior High and High School, we had two different bullies always picking on the weak. At first, I observed a minor incident but when bully #1 threw a mentally handicapped boy to the gym floor intentionally, I challenged him. Then he lunged at me. I knocked him flatly on the floor. No more harassment of the weak. All the bullying stopped. Same with bully 2. Sometimes you have to make a stand and do the right thing to protect the weak. It’s no different with Putin & Russians. NATO should provide support troops and free up UA soldiers to fight on the front line. Russia knows if they use nukes, they can expect the same. Most politicians never took on the bully in a school yard so they just don’t get it. And there is no guarantee Russia may not strike first regardless as they want us not to interfere. The bully does not want to be challenged. Stand tall!
@philsilk1666
17 күн бұрын
The whole world failed Ukraine right at the beginning before Russia even considered invading. In the 90s Russia marched in when the war in Bosnia started (kind of makes you wonder HOW that really started now?) but British forces followed them in under UN flags, and Russia turned tail. Consider Russia is a member of the UN… When the so called none Russian soldiers started fighting before the full invasion, the UN (of whom Russia is a member) should have stepped up and said they would send peace keeping forces made up of Russia, Britain, and France. This would have put Russia on the spot immediately while implying they were there as a supportive role. In this scenario they would have had no choice but to de-escalate, giving legitimate reason for external forces to be alongside Russian forces without a war footing to watch over them.
@telluwide5553
17 күн бұрын
Ukraine can take a lot of that blame on itself as well. Just look at its history since the collapse of the USSR, the corruption, playing Russia off on the west and vice versa to get what it wanted for its Elites who've robbed the country blind for over 30 years. Especially, its former President Kuchma and his Oligarch son in law Viktor Pinchuk, who by the way has the Pinchuk foundation (a whitewashing organization)who's attendees have included Bill Clinton, Niall Ferguson, Kissinger, Tony Blair and a whole host of other prominent westerners in an attempt to cleanse the reputations of these 2 scoundrels. Slava Ukraini, Heroyem Slava! P.S. I lived and worked in Ukraine for 20 years from the late 90s.
@badgoat666
17 күн бұрын
NATO is the bully.
@poshgentleman559
17 күн бұрын
You sound a beast Terry, but thankyou for your efforts.
@Hasan-jf7by
16 күн бұрын
While most of the world see USA as the real bully.
Stop telling Russia what we are going to be sending, if they dont know they cant be ready ??
@dpelpal
17 күн бұрын
The russian army is such a joke they can't even be sober for more than 8 hours at a time, anyway. They still mad about losing all of Kherson and Kharkiv, and putin screaming his "Kyiv in THREE DAYS!"
@dpelpal
17 күн бұрын
@@jpenterprises9396 Oh yes and the Moskva still sails as well! Kherson and Kharkiv still russian! Kyiv fell in THREE DAYS!😂😂😂😂😂
@johnfalstaff2270
17 күн бұрын
We don't, however our big mouthed media (ABC, CBS, MSNBC and CNN) compete between each other to spread any almost classified information to the whole world.
@OlenaBz
17 күн бұрын
@@dpelpal they never had Kharkiv and never will!
@richardmarsden5610.
17 күн бұрын
@@jpenterprises9396 Have you forgotten that Vova doing his Slavic Oliver Twist impression begging weapons from North Korea. Belarus. Syria. South Africa. China. Kazakhstan. Turkmenistan. Uzbekistan. Libya. Sudan. DRC. Sierra Leone. Cuba. Algeria. Iran. Uganda. Egypt. Somalia. Vietnam. Burma. Burkina faso Cambodia. Laos. Thankfully most of them told him to F-OFF.
Franklin Roosevelt - 'you cannot tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it'
@psikogeek
15 күн бұрын
Please let this be a KZread video. Please let this be a KZread video. Please let this be a KZread video.
@fyrchmyrddin1937
14 күн бұрын
Appeasement... It's what's for dinner! 08:20 is spot on, yet the Minor Attracted President hasn't bothered to make the case - or bother to actually, like, *lead*. Instead he's funded China, Iran, and Russia itself. But the Establishment prefers to blame the powerless bad orange man.
@luisromanlegionaire
13 күн бұрын
That is why Russia is not stroking NATO's proxy wars
@ctcole77
13 күн бұрын
@@luisromanlegionaire stop lying Russian fascist bot
@KingzofSwing
13 күн бұрын
Never fought a flea
Sean Bell & Michael Clarke are legends for their summarising of strategic & tactical events that anyone with a modicum of interest can follow. This conflict is literally the reverse, east to west version of pre WW2 with the appeasement danger so very obvious.
The Kerch bridge is long. Must be pretty difficult to defend all of it
@vegas1a
17 күн бұрын
Especially so when all of your defensive equipment is Junk and the Joke of the planet.....
@dannythomson5239
17 күн бұрын
not really, an S-400 missile defense battery at either end covers the whole bridge and surrounding areas from missile or other airborne attack.
@pashakdescilly7517
17 күн бұрын
@@dannythomson5239 Ukraine has destroyed a lot of S-400 missile systems
@paulbedichek5177
17 күн бұрын
@@dannythomson5239 S-400's have proved they are useless.
@dannythomson5239
17 күн бұрын
@@pashakdescilly7517 and how many patriot missile systems have been blown up by Russia, along with all the wests "world beating tanks" and artillery? Ukraine lost this even before it kicked off because Ukraine allowed the west to interfere in its internal politics via the maidan coup when America installed a terrible actor as a "leader" voldemort zelensky is a bad actor playing a part scripted by the CIA
I believe Mr Bell has summed up the question on a broader war quite appropriately.
@dpelpal
17 күн бұрын
i.e. russian army is such a joke they'd lose to Luxembourg right now😂
@user-kj5bf9rm9d
17 күн бұрын
"mr bell" ?? you gay or what ?
@anthonymitchell8893
17 күн бұрын
go fight this broader war on behalf of the war mongering bell end 😎
@SworBeyE16
16 күн бұрын
@@dpelpal which is why Europe is massively upping its defence spending and the Ukrainians are desperate for as much aid as they can get? That's a fairly silly comment and undermines the sacrifices thousands of Ukrainians have made thus far.
@user-kj5bf9rm9d
15 күн бұрын
@@dpelpal you'd lose to Luxembourg in a eurovision comedian contest.😂😂😂
Thank Heaven for retired Air Vice-Marshal Sean Bell; I reckon he should be brought back into service to advise on the UK's faailing military situation right now. Such encouraging words of wisdom I've not heard in a long time. Big respect to you sir.
@karlheinzvonkroemann2217
14 күн бұрын
There's nothing that will save the UK but a full on regime change.
@mikeharrington5593
14 күн бұрын
Air Vice-Marshals retire on FULL PAY so its not unreasonable to ask them to work for it .. ..
It's really time that somebody speaks out what has to be said. Thank you; Air Vice-Marshal Sean Bell.
Hes right, this could have been a much shorter conflict, had nato stepped in and declared a no fly zone over Ukraine a month after the invasion started, i say month because thats when it became very clear that Russia wasnt gonna walk over Ukraine
@JaneSoole
17 күн бұрын
How I agree.
@mannysosa592
17 күн бұрын
You know why NATO (USA) didn’t impose a no fly zone in Ukraine because that would mean going to war with Russia and you need to understand that NATO (USA) is not prepared to fight Russia they are scared of Russia. Europe and the USA weapons stocks are depleted they have no weapons to give Ukraine… the British army is to small to fight Russia British army is only around 70 thousand soldiers France army is around 100 thousand soldiers Germany army only has around 80 thousand soldiers now compare that to Russia 1.2 million soldiers and advance high tech weapons 😂
@chillxxx241
17 күн бұрын
@@mannysosa592the fact that you say NATO (USA) means we can discard the rest of you response😂😂😂
@plebius
17 күн бұрын
@@mannysosa592No one has given weapons to Ukraine that damages their national security. Not one. UK gave old stock that was either already replaced, or in the process of being replaced. Same with the US, Poland, France, Sweden, etc .. unlike Russia, western countries are still fully armed. They are also now starting to gear up production levels in more and more countries. Do you have any idea how lob sided this contest actually is, if it went live. Russia understands/understood this. Even during the cold war they understood this. Russia has conscription at the moment. Of course they have a large army and at the moment NATO doesn't. Europeans doing a limited conscription similar to Russia, on their own would dwarf that number by a factor of around 2.5. Europe is 440mil, Russia is only 140 mil pop. People used to say don't wake the bear, Russia's biggest mistake was waking a quiet sleepy Europe. Making her re-arm. That's not even counting that America is gearing up now too.
@wolfiemum461
17 күн бұрын
Yes hindsight is wonderful but they have to calculate how far putin is/was willing to go Nuclear is a very scary scenario
Thanks Sean bell. This was very interesting and in plain English what can be done with this horrible war.
General Ben Hodges has been stating this since the start of the war
@russellspeed1693
17 күн бұрын
He is an idiot
@badmusicboxbadmusicbox
16 күн бұрын
he is idiot whit 0 expirience on front line
@acreguy3156
16 күн бұрын
Agreed. General Hodges is an excellent tactician and historian. I really enjoy his interviews. Wish there were more of him.
@gustokohappykachannel9883
16 күн бұрын
You really enjoy his propaganda nonsense how can Ukraine take back crimia if they cant even take back occupied land😅😅 do you have brain? Pls use it
@mickser101
16 күн бұрын
He also said Ukraine would retake Crimea by August 2023. He's a joke who hasn't predicted a single thing right this war
A refreshing and straight forward assessment...thank you
@normplatt7549
11 күн бұрын
Same old same old! POLITICOs sticking their beaks in something flower powered! War is fickle and real!
🇨🇦 Sean Bell is fascinating to listen to. He sure knows his stuff!!
Now we get to find out how many Russians are willing to die trying to keep it.
@dsloop3907
9 күн бұрын
putin will be sending teenagers and babushka women soon.
@lauchlanguddy1004
9 күн бұрын
and how many Ukraine have died in a war that should have been long over.
@dv2045
7 күн бұрын
@@lauchlanguddy1004it could be over tomorrow. The vatniks just have to go home
@marcinm2871
6 күн бұрын
We wont, there wont be any ukis left to fight that long.
@DoctorFixMaster
5 күн бұрын
@@marcinm2871 You're not taking Ukraine. The funny thing is, you're the one who pays by not figuring that out. No one cares what you lose by keeping this up.
Finally someone said it loud - what future generations will think about our cowardice.
@AnthonyMcRedmond-Vg2ry
17 күн бұрын
So your willing to die for Ukraine a country more corrupt than Mexico millions of Ukrainian men of fighting age fled defending their country because they hate Zelensky and American investers like Blackrock Who now own all the crop growing land in Ukraine
@Tiasung
17 күн бұрын
Not wanting to fight for the wrong thing is not cowardice. And when many try to make you fight for it anyway.. staying the resolve is in fact courage. 80 years later.. people dont speak of courage when they talk about those that cooperated with the nazis.
@peace4myheart
17 күн бұрын
I think you are being a bit too harsh there. Cowardice??? I feel like our hesitation and caution is a more correct term. Sure hindsight is 20/20 but I think history won't be as harsh if Ukraine wins in the end.
@MrDaveWebster
17 күн бұрын
Hopefully future generations will continue to exist once these idiots are done f-ing everything up. It’s not looking like the most solid bet these days…
@TheDa6781
17 күн бұрын
Dont be a coward, enlist in Ukraine foreign legion tomorrow.
And it will end in tears
There's ANOTHER , smaller, warm-water port ! That's where the fleet has retreated to FGS .
@JimTimber
17 күн бұрын
Its called Puketinpisspuddle
@user-lz6kt6su2oxry
17 күн бұрын
@Jim🤝✍️👍🤸🥷🏋️💪🧑🤝🧑🧑🤝🧑Timber
@Akenfelds1
17 күн бұрын
Yes, but it's not the warm water port they want. And that's the whole idea.
@gerryhouska2859
17 күн бұрын
Much of the fleet retreated to the bottom.
@pashakdescilly7517
17 күн бұрын
@@gerryhouska2859 40% of the tonnage, 1/3 of the ships are sunk.
Air control over Crimea means you don't have to invade.
@goenzoy712
17 күн бұрын
Air control with what ? 20+ something F16 will not do the job
@saeed7099
17 күн бұрын
@@goenzoy712air defense. It’s not who owns the spice kind of thing
@dpelpal
17 күн бұрын
Not to mention Ukraine has completely destroyed russia's black sea fleet. And Ukraine doesn't even have a navy😂
@Metoo3232-pu2wc
17 күн бұрын
@@goenzoy712 Russia can't control the air over Crimea already. Half the Black sea fleet is sunk, the Back sea fleet headquarters is ashes along with it's officers and all the S-400's there have been wiped out.
@scottbarker9058
17 күн бұрын
@@dpelpal HILLARRIOUS!!!!
Very Great Info Reporting , Thank You Sir.. !!
Well said, its time NATO and the western world should step up 100% not the piddly effort at the moment
@diegobaca9453
17 күн бұрын
Ignorant.
@omarlondon
17 күн бұрын
what and start ww3? pi@s off
@paulvoas3328
17 күн бұрын
Yes, send more non combat advisers as well.
@dpelpal
17 күн бұрын
@@paulvoas3328 The russian army is such a joke, why not?😂 Kyiv in THREE DAYS! 😂😂😂
@Cubertron
17 күн бұрын
@@dpelpalRussia never said it’s going to take Kiev in 3 days. It was US general Mark Milley. He didn’t understand the situation on the ground then, and he doesn’t understand it now. So, blaming Russia for not leaving up to the standard that was placed on it by the US is at least disingenuous…
Spot on Bell.
Only warm water port? Novorossiysk is only 200 miles away and is where the Black Sea fleet is currently based.
@robertpatrick3350
17 күн бұрын
Good warm water port novowhatsitsname is a poor substitute
@WJV9
17 күн бұрын
Not nearly as large or defensible as the Crimean port.
@anthonymitchell8893
17 күн бұрын
Robert patrick 😅😄😃😃😎 you side t even know that port existed another ignoramus who dosent have a clue that russia hold most of the aces
@Ernesto-pk5tp
16 күн бұрын
This fool doesn't realize he is giving the reason why Russia has every right to do what they are doing. Crimea hosts their naval base they have had for centuries and now NATO wants to take over Ukrainia including Crimea. Every fool should have known (and offcourse the West knew) that would be unacceptable for Russia. But The West/NATO went ahead anyway and basicly forced Russia into this war...
@MrThedoublec
15 күн бұрын
@@anthonymitchell8893 A lot of us knew of the secondary base of Novorussisk. And from its performance, it looks like Russia holds most of the deuces.
Remember Mockingbird? It didn't go away!
Great facts, good commentary. Well done.
Agree agree thank you
Let the men on both sides go back to their families! End the war now!!
@APW-ry2ok
16 күн бұрын
Only Russia needs to go home. Ukrainians are home !
@ozyrob1
16 күн бұрын
Sadly Mary Poppins that's not reality. I wish life was that simple but it isn't.
@yvonnetomenga5726
16 күн бұрын
@geraint • Tell it to Putin. He could end the war in a day by just withdrawing his invading troops from Ukraine. Zelensky can't order Russian troops to leave, but Putin can. Simple. Now convince Putin to do it.
@itwoznotme
15 күн бұрын
i find your comment very sexist
@donnacox1354
14 күн бұрын
That will not solve the problem of the putins and other dictators. We have to have strength and Military strength and NATO as our allies to defend the World not just Ukraine.
Crimes is not an island.
@roydavis5613
13 күн бұрын
@user-pd5qz2vt2c Destroy land bridge and rail bridge and it would be !!!!
Well said.
Thanks
ATACMS were thought to be useful in hitting Russian supply depots supplying its military operations. Now that these offensive weapons are being made available that might be a better option m.
Thankiuu , M. Hodge !
Appreciate ya. Thanks for sharing.
Great video thanks 😊
The political system in UK is rotten 😂😂
@normplatt7549
11 күн бұрын
we are seeing what some are calling the new world order! pushed by dictators ,traitors! N.A.T.O! Must rule for world peace!!!!!
@ChrisSmith-mu1we
10 күн бұрын
Russian Bot.
Thank you sean bell. Without folks like you russia never would have taken an inch but they are going to end up with everything in the end. Great job buddy! 😂
Thank you. Well reasoned. Now is the time. Unfortunately, politicians in my country dither and play games. Sad.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Aid being sent to Ukraine from every Country is not a sacrifice, it is a necessity. The Ukrainians are fighting this War not just for their own Country, but for the stability of the rest of Our Free World...putin (The Unhinged Terrorist) can not be allowed to intimidate the World, otherwise other "Crazy Dictators" with the same mentality across the Globe (And there's a fair few) will feel Empowered and more threats throughout the World will follow...Best Wishes to Ukraine.
@marijanstankovic8036
17 күн бұрын
You are taking some very strong drugs, man. And you are watching too much movies.
@user-zl2qr8ck5c
17 күн бұрын
Англосаксы поджигатели войны! Настоящие волки которые прячутся под овечьими шкурами!
@mumu8727
15 күн бұрын
@randydawson5403 repeating what regime controlled media ha told you does not make you sound intelligent or good. Money taken from hard working people / taxpayers in western countries and given to the dictator/puppet Elensky is a robbery. What Russia is doing in Ukraine has the terrorists in the white House done several times before ex Irak, Libya, Syria, Afganistan Use your brain please
@petardetar5191
12 күн бұрын
Please do not drink too much, or at least do not write comments when you drink...
@musicroolsman994
7 күн бұрын
@@petardetar5191 I agree. Peace.
His math was all the way messed up 😂
Very interesting comments. Mn tks
They know Crimea is the golden goose. They need to take it back
1000 bombers carrying 20 bombs is 20,000 bombs 🤔
@Paul-md8de
17 күн бұрын
Just do the maths ............DUH !!!!
@WJV9
17 күн бұрын
@@Paul-md8de - Then do that night and day every day for over a year in Europe and Asia and you have an idea of the amount of ordinance it took to wage just the air war in WW2. Now add artillery and tank and infantry and naval ships and their weapons to that daily tally to get real big numbers.
@Ozninjaguy
14 күн бұрын
@@Paul-md8de Maths are beyond some people. He's just trying to be a smartarse because the Air Vice-Marshal didn't say 'each.' What a tool.
No use for Sevastopol without a Black Sea fleet.
@dpelpal
17 күн бұрын
Russia now the only country to lose their navy to a country with no navy. That just has to be a new low🤣
@andersgrassman6583
17 күн бұрын
Furthermore, the Baltic fleet has kind of gotten irrelevant as well, now that both Sweden and Finland have joined NATO. The Baltic sea is now a NATO ”mare nostrum”.
@SlavaUkraine420
16 күн бұрын
@@andersgrassman6583❤ exactly. They are now Nato locked 🔒
@Micha-tl2zi
16 күн бұрын
@@dpelpalYou are on high drug. In fact Ukraine lose their navy. You are brainwashed
@Burt-rx8um
15 күн бұрын
Don't worry NATO will make good use of it.
What good is a port when you can't get anywhere the blocked sea locked in
Could NATO destroying Lybia or Serbia be described as bullying?
@nic.h
12 күн бұрын
Ask the UN who approved the intervention in Serbia
This is what happens when you get too greedy... You can lose everything, not just small gains, but your own country.
@Hunt3r2k
14 күн бұрын
Oh do u know something nobody else know ?
@georgewilson4245
13 күн бұрын
@@Hunt3r2k Never, ever translate Russian into English directly. Makes yo sounds like an idiot!
@hollywood5274
13 күн бұрын
@@Hunt3r2k HE THINKS UKRAINE IS WINNING!
Interesting how military experts and strategists know what to do, vs politicians who care only about their personal political survival.
@Times Radio, please sort out the audio prior to upload in the future, my laptop was on full pelt and i was struggling to hear your presenter, Mr Bell was a bit better, its not hard to increase the db gain, you could level both sides if a bit of time was taken, thank you.
The audio of this video was badly mishandled. Sean Bell comes through loud and clear while James Hansen is reduced to a whisper. Very annoying for an old man like me.
Come the end of summer nothing will have changed other than another 63 billion added to the US debt
@katiechapman277
13 күн бұрын
That wasn't added to our debt...keep up...facts are important
@petardetar5191
12 күн бұрын
@@katiechapman277 No it(that 61 B$) did not go into US debt, it just fall of the sky...NO, it was just money printed without backup-cover :)
It's good to hear a man who knows WTK is going on
Well in WW2 many many people in uniform said the Allied forces would not be successful in crossing to France.Ukraine will find a way to take Crimea.
@Mimicry161
12 күн бұрын
Massive copium
@K1110.
11 күн бұрын
@@Mimicry161Take Your Meds. 🤡
Russia has never been a navy power anyway. No need if you control the land and the air
@MrThedoublec
14 күн бұрын
We saw a great example of Russian naval competence at the Battle of Tsushima. The Black Sea fleet is just carrying on that great tradition of finding the fastest way to the bottom.
@petardetar5191
12 күн бұрын
@@MrThedoublec This one(war) is a Land War ! if you did not noticed and figure it out by now, just continue your naval historical philosophy :)
@MrThedoublec
12 күн бұрын
@@petardetar5191 It is a land/sea/air/hybrid war. None of those are in isolation. Apparently you did not notice that.
@normplatt7549
11 күн бұрын
peace ! Putin WANTS WAR!
@lauchlanguddy1004
9 күн бұрын
well not in the Black sea now....
Excellent comment, so knowledgeable, scary
The world is a wonderful place!
@teresas8173
17 күн бұрын
If only 😑
@BlackonBlack-
17 күн бұрын
is this Putin's photo on your profile pic ?
@herlenicecold
16 күн бұрын
@@BlackonBlack-pouteen rossiya💪🏻
I just read, that the only thing the UK would not want to loose to Russian missiles is London !
@kenmosburg2445
7 күн бұрын
Have you "Ever" considered what it takes to maintain a democratic environment so you can make mindless, disrespectful comments?
Ukraine preparing the ground work for a massive aerial assult.
@elmerkilred159
17 күн бұрын
They have more F16s than you can shake a stick at! (Thanks to Denmark)
@marijanstankovic8036
17 күн бұрын
You are watching too much movies.
@IvanChelyabinsk
17 күн бұрын
@@marijanstankovic8036 Ivan. You're about to be replaced by an AI comment bot and mobilized. You'll be 200 withing 5 days of reaching the Zero line.
@paulbedichek5177
17 күн бұрын
@@elmerkilred159 F-16's not active yet, we gave then an ancient variant, they should have block 70.
@DissectGibberish
17 күн бұрын
@@marijanstankovic8036 THIS USER ID IS A DUD ACCOUNT, IGNORE ANY COMMENTS MADE BY THIS BOT.
If Russia valued that port, why did they "rock the boat"?
Looking back at WW2, Sabotage proved very effective, infriltrate and destroy . This is War not a Special Operation.
Sorry Sean - wrong again. Sevastopol is not Russia's only warm water port. Novorossiysk??
@maneshipocrates2264
17 күн бұрын
Russia always rented it until it forcefully invaded it. Shows you how important it is to them.
@bigglesharrumpher4139
17 күн бұрын
Correct. Novorossiysk is a warm-water port.
@TomatoFettuccini
17 күн бұрын
Rosotv-on Don, too.
@hymns4ever197
17 күн бұрын
A true warm water port is open year round. If memory serves Novorossiysk freezes over during the winter.
@grosey11
17 күн бұрын
Doesn’t have the scale of port facilities or project as much power into the western Black Sea as Sevastopol.
I know a “smarter way of fighting wars” Don’t do it.
lol..but what happen if Kviv was routed and captured too ?
Absolutely correct, as well destroying the Port of Sevastopols infrastructures preventing its use as a Port would hurt the Russians deeply and cost a fortune to rebuild it all again !!!
Day after day, Ukrainian successes continue to grow. This could be over sooner than we think.
@AndydeQok
12 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@user-mf1xc3zb2t
10 күн бұрын
Evidence???
Threatening Crimea is very dangerous, you are right Russia would pull the sky down and we would all be toast.
@Peter-nu6ix
14 күн бұрын
So let it be !!!
@normplatt7549
11 күн бұрын
so Churchill WAS RIGHT AT THE END OF WW2! coming TRUE!
@Peter-nu6ix
11 күн бұрын
@@normplatt7549 Why did Churchill claim that the Soviet Union wanted? "Answer and Explanation: In his famous Iron Curtain speech, Winston Churchill claimed that the Soviet Union wanted to spread Communism throughout Europe. He used the term "iron curtain" to describe how the Soviets were exerting dominant control over Eastern European countries." What did Winston Churchill accuse the Soviet Union of? "In particular, he warned against the expansionistic {and imperialist} policies of the Soviet Union. In addition to the “iron curtain” that had descended across Eastern Europe, Churchill spoke of “communist fifth columns” that were operating throughout western and southern Europe." "Churchill claimed that the Soviet Union wanted the fruits of war and the indefinite expansion of their power and doctrines; so that communism can spread." Where the word "communism" is used, replace with "Russian revanchism" and the "Russkiy mia" "Russkiy mir"The "Russian world" (Russian: Русский мир, romanized: Russkiy mir, lit. 'Russian world', 'Russian order', 'Russian community') is a concept and a political doctrine usually defined as the sphere of military, political and cultural influence of Russia. This concept is sometimes also phrased as Pax Russica, in parallel to the Pax Romana, and as a counterweight to the Pax Britannica of the nineteenth century and the Pax Americana after WWII."
Smart guy!
I thought Latakia was a Russian base on the Mediterranen
👍💪🤝💪🤝
@user-lz6kt6su2oxry
17 күн бұрын
3:25
@user-lz6kt6su2oxry
17 күн бұрын
3:35
So it did belong to Russia ! But then given to them for free ?
@JaneSoole
17 күн бұрын
What?
@michaelmazowiecki9195
17 күн бұрын
Crimea was conquered by Russia in 1783 , taken from Ottoman Turkey and the native Mongol Tatar people.
@nigelmorley5414
17 күн бұрын
was stolen by catherine the great
@IvanChelyabinsk
17 күн бұрын
Before the Russians stole it Crimea belonged to Ukraine because everything Russian used to be Ukrainian. Moscow was founded in 1147 by a Ukrainian prince called the Grand duke of Kyiv but then the Mongolians took and had it for a few hundred years. Hence why Russians are good at being obedient slaves.
@user-vi4rv2zh4q
17 күн бұрын
@@nigelmorley5414 Dats a loon times agos
SLAVA UKRAINI
The Kerch strait will be renamed the ATACMS strait
If Russia lost Crimea, the Russians still could just use the port of Novorossiysk. It would be great for Ukraine to gain its own territory back, but it would not entirely eliminate the Russian threat.
@dpelpal
17 күн бұрын
I don't think anybody in the world takes russia seriously at this point. They're a bit of a joke now lol
@dpelpal
17 күн бұрын
@@user-yi8rt5zq9e Kind of like when putin screamed the whole "Kyiv in three days" OR when russia said Kherson and Kharkiv would be "forever russian"
@Emoralis
17 күн бұрын
@@user-yi8rt5zq9e go clean some windows.
@cosmonaut9942
17 күн бұрын
All of Russian logistics will depend on rail lines that are within range of long range missiles. I'd be surprised if this war lasted past the end of this year. The Russians are lying about their economy and are not transparent with their numbers. Their economy will crash within 18 months. They will abandon Crimea this year.
@user-yi8rt5zq9e
17 күн бұрын
@@dpelpal Putin has never said about Kiev in three days The most Kherson region is Russia The city is on the other side of the river It doesnt worth thousands of lives Russia managed to. destroy provided NATO munition and Ukrainian troops during its failed offensive These days a settlement or two.are liberated daily
This was a good segment. I agree with him 100%.
@marijanstankovic8036
17 күн бұрын
Your opinion is very important, hahahaha!
Once they have enough weapons to overwhelm the defences, they'll surely do it. We're already seeing them reducing the effectiveness of the air defences.
Sean, you are right, Putin is no more than a school bully and as with all bullies, the only way to defeat them is to stand up to them and fight back! Ukraine has shown incredible courage and done just that! I take my hat off to them! (Well, I would, if I owned a hat...) 😊
@user-kj5bf9rm9d
17 күн бұрын
like they accused saddam of trying to rule the world, when obviously he was just warning off his neighbour enemies
@peterhowells7309
17 күн бұрын
@@user-kj5bf9rm9d Of course he was! He was a sterling fellow! 😂😂
@user-kj5bf9rm9d
17 күн бұрын
@@peterhowells7309 u clown
@hardto994
17 күн бұрын
@@user-kj5bf9rm9d No you see he did get Kuwait. If after that he gets Saudi Arabia then he owns half the worlds oil. Then if he turns the tap off he does actually rule the world.
@user-kj5bf9rm9d
17 күн бұрын
@@hardto994 plausable but the saudis don't even rule the world.
What he said needs to happen is what Obama should have done when they invaded Crimea we had a treaty to protect Ukraine but we squirmed our way out of it as usual!!!
@616CC
17 күн бұрын
Use your brain, why do you think we havnt actually gone in. If we thought we could get away with going in we would have. It’s because we know we have no grounds to go in. Well you don’t but anyone who knows anything knows we’re pushing and pushing and pushing and any retaliation is justified. But we do it anyway because.. you guessed it.. insane profits. Profit and money is the only reason we’ve created this situation that forced Russia to deploy, whatever you’re feeling right now whilst reading what I’m saying just stop and realise it’s all theatre to rob us out of tax money
@puraLusa
17 күн бұрын
Usa would need europe support on that, a nato iniciative. At that time, europe wasn't at best relations with usa due to iraq invasion. Even the trump don't give russian gas monopoly wasn't heard. That's a consequence of iraq wmd that weren't there. Geopolitics are always more complex than just allies vs enemies.
@wesleyshaw7563
17 күн бұрын
It Moscow
@almarn
17 күн бұрын
He did the same with red lines in Syria...
@a.barker7792
17 күн бұрын
Blame Obama. How about Moscow Mitch he was the one that put the kibosch on everything. Only so much you can do without the house and the senate.
The strategic importance of Sevastopol is negated by modern weapons to which the formerly intimidating Black Sea is but a (shrinking) puddle. Seas awkwardly force transit to be vulnerable surface traffic or submarine traffic and both are increasingly vulnerable.
In the battle of Singapore, Japan lost 1000 soldiers and took 100,000 POWs.
@lauchlanguddy1004
9 күн бұрын
useless generals.
And tell us the vulnerability of Weapons sent that will be destroyed before reaching the front!!!
@sharzadgabbai4408
17 күн бұрын
Dream on ivan
@petersilas4234
17 күн бұрын
The beggar will be back, you know he has a lot of experience in that.
@Metoo3232-pu2wc
17 күн бұрын
@@petersilas4234 Yes Putin will be begging NK China and Iran for more weapons for sure.
SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦
First I've heard Bell being sensible about stopping Russian agression, before he's advocated living with an unsatisfactpry settlement for sake of a quiet life !
Kaliningrad is a warm weather port. 😊
@wolfcookerBack
16 күн бұрын
Kaliningrad is in Baltic Sea. Novorossiysk is in the Black Sea. But don't worry - after the US election the west will drop Ukraine and Sevastopol port will be fine
The NATO is a big mouth.
@normplatt7549
11 күн бұрын
N.A.T.O. world peace ! And AS BIG A MOUTH AS YOURS!
There is nothing to match British comedy thanks times radio
What are they doing with deserters?
He‘s absolutely right. It‘s the exact same situation as in the classroom. Though there the teacher would stop the bully. And if not the teacher - angry parents would. Out western nations leaders behave like helpless little children. Brave leaders would‘ve stand up in the early days and provide everything they have on the first day of the invasion. Not even Boris Johnson is that brave. The only one fitting this description is Zelensky
@5400bowen
13 күн бұрын
I think the west is bleeding out Russia while it gets ready to intercede directly. Think about what the Russian people perceive today, and what they will perceive when the west goes fully into the war. Think about how they will view it then. It will be a big “OOOOPS!”. We are preparing….
Slava Ukraini ♥️ 🇺🇦
all this could have been avoided if nato had listened to putin when he said dont get any closer to our borders
@20quid
17 күн бұрын
Don't be silly. NATO wasn't moving closer to Russia, Ukraine was moving away from Putin, and it was moving away from Putin because Putin doesn't respect their sovereignty. This is all Putin's doing, if he wasn't an authoritarian despot then his country would be thriving right now.
@MrThedoublec
14 күн бұрын
Putin is the thief who CROSSED borders. In Chechnya, Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, .... Who's next? There is no sane reason to listen to any of his lies.
@normplatt7549
11 күн бұрын
Unluckey zero ! World order are united nations ! Hence N.A.T.O! Putin is one country in our world order who chose threats and war!
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
Will ATACMS be Russia's eviction notice from Crimea?
Dilema nothing , he’ll just keep sending men and equipment to get what he wants at any cost.
This man spoke common sense. We are cowards, entirely, that includes the US, NATO and Europe. If we do not fight for our democracy then who will when dictatorship and hooliganism challenges it?
The whole conversation is a definition of “grasping at straws”.
@normplatt7549
11 күн бұрын
War is fickle!
Sevastopol is the only warmwaterport russia has 😂😅 this man is supposed to be an Expert?
Amen
He’s changed his tune to not advocating for a negotiation Finally
@20quid
17 күн бұрын
He didn't advocate for a negotiation.
With longer range weapons and F16 aircraft they could chase Russia right out of their country.
@philsilk1666
17 күн бұрын
And they have been promised them from the very beginning and yet to materialise 🙄
@Metoo3232-pu2wc
17 күн бұрын
@@philsilk1666 The pilots and planes will be in Ukraine within a month.
@senianns9522
17 күн бұрын
They will never take it all back! Many people in Eastern Ukraine wanted to belong to Russia. Troubles along that 'border' happening for years! New demarcation lines need to be agreed!
@tanksmakau7672
17 күн бұрын
Keep dreaming and never wake up from your miserable dreams muppet
@anthonymitchell8893
17 күн бұрын
me too yes of course they will 😄😃😃🤣😎 go take your meds you silly bollix
When cornered, tigar flies. When cornered bear goes berserk. Beware of Russian bear!