Putin made a 'huge mistake' with Ukraine and faces 'more problems' as war goes on | Ex-MI6 boss

“Russia is in serious post-imperial decline.”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a “huge mistake” says former head of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove, “and the longer it goes on, I think the more problems the Russian leadership will face.”
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  • @Ozone280
    @Ozone28017 күн бұрын

    You can be as pragmatic as you like but if Russia walks away from this with ANY Ukrainian land then they will consider it a win and they'll be back again in years to come.

  • @ddoppster

    @ddoppster

    17 күн бұрын

    They're decimated, isolated, and the demography says they're losing work force at an intolerable rate. Crowing that they won anything, will sound hollow to all that hear it, when the costs are totaled

  • @ThePixey1000

    @ThePixey1000

    17 күн бұрын

    @Ozone280 And so they should a well fought win.

  • @ghostlightx9005

    @ghostlightx9005

    17 күн бұрын

    100% correct. They must withdraw with nothing. (That said, they have already lost way more than any win in Ukraine could deliver).

  • @johnwalsh4857

    @johnwalsh4857

    17 күн бұрын

    they might consider it a win then then go into revolution later hahah. I dont think that is a win.

  • @cantiaci

    @cantiaci

    17 күн бұрын

    @@ghostlightx9005 The Russian citizens won't realise this for a while yet though. The permanent damage Putin has done to the Russian economy, not to mention their political standing in the World and their overall demography will become increasingly apparent over the next few years.

  • @peterselo7707
    @peterselo770717 күн бұрын

    The problem is that the West's support for Ukraine is REACTIVE rather than proactive.

  • @lynnabel258

    @lynnabel258

    16 күн бұрын

    I agree

  • @mikegoodie7905

    @mikegoodie7905

    16 күн бұрын

    If you mean a NATO military buildup on the Polish border before the invasion, yes deterrence would have worked, but that ship has sailed.Even worse was that fact that we let Russia slip into its current political state. Watch Nixon's 1992 interview where he talks about Russia. Amazing stuff. Currently, Russia is getting bled out. Push Russia out of Crimea and you push Russia to the brink. No thanks. I don't want a Russian nuclear war or a Russian civil war.

  • @alans9806

    @alans9806

    15 күн бұрын

    As it's a reaction to Russia's unprovoked attack, what else could it be?

  • @GerritVictor-pn9yv

    @GerritVictor-pn9yv

    12 күн бұрын

    My God, you guys are ignorant. Russia WAS provoked. Ukraine armies were trained and equipped by the US. The US is using Ukraine to cause economic hardship for Russia. As long as Ukraine keeps fighting, the Russians keep spending money and Russian soldiers are dying. Economic sanctions against Russia did not work. Blowing up the gas pipeline to Germany did not work.

  • @Cl0ckcl0ck

    @Cl0ckcl0ck

    11 күн бұрын

    Lol, Russia is being reactive. They were building a freaking US navy base in Crimea before 2014 FFS.

  • @jackherrer9090
    @jackherrer909016 күн бұрын

    What a statement, he is absolutely right in my humble opinion. I am from Belgium and willing to make sacrifices, already send over 6000 € from my holiday money to Ukraine over the last years to help, no holiday for me until victory. I also pushed my prime minister several times to do more. I have the feeling that our gouverments dont understand the gravity of the situation. We need someone like Churchill right now that makes tough decisions, it will cost us less in the long run if Ukraine cant hold the line any longer.

  • @danascully6670

    @danascully6670

    14 күн бұрын

    У вас проблемы с головой. 🇷🇺

  • @jamesdriver8148
    @jamesdriver814817 күн бұрын

    If Ukraine can get Russia seriously on the back foot. Why not go all the way and liberate all Ukrainian territories back to ‘91 borders?

  • @JohnDoe-tx8lq

    @JohnDoe-tx8lq

    17 күн бұрын

    "If" - we are nowhere that now.. 08:43 Russia still have massive resources & men to throw /waste in the war, even at such high economic costs. Ukraine can never 'win' outright without a much more aid from Europe & US.

  • @alasdaircat

    @alasdaircat

    17 күн бұрын

    Ukraine's best chance of fully recovering all territory is if Putin's regime collapses, which can happen if we continue increasing the cost to Russia. Russia is in a cycle of perpetual escalation. That has worked well against a weak west over the past 10 years but as the west matches the escalation, Russia is now weakening itself economically politically and strategically.

  • @Doidera-d5u

    @Doidera-d5u

    17 күн бұрын

    tha tis a clever man...

  • @Litheon11

    @Litheon11

    17 күн бұрын

    Ukraine will. They just need our continued support. They have the willpower and by now the experience. We just need to continue to support them.

  • @duskokukolj5571

    @duskokukolj5571

    17 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂.Ukrajina odbija Ruse???😂😂😂😂.Provala godine!Rusi se ne bore samo protiv Ukrajine !Bore se protiv nato saveza i Amerike!!!I pobjeđuju!!!

  • @perrie77
    @perrie7717 күн бұрын

    Ukraine needs to bring down The Crimean Bridge soon and also block Orban at the EU now...

  • @JimRogers-oc2jd

    @JimRogers-oc2jd

    17 күн бұрын

    No it is a good negotiation ploy! It ties down a large amount of strong air and navel difference! It was what is called 'A golden bridge' in the book The art of war, by Sun Tuz it allows your enamy to with draw with out increasing more cost on your own forces! Plus it is now limited it the amount of transport it can carry.

  • @tobiasrietveld3819

    @tobiasrietveld3819

    17 күн бұрын

    @@JimRogers-oc2jd Maybe, but taking the bridge down would be a massive political blow for Putin. It is really the symbol for Russia's claim to Crimea. Dictators become increasingly vulnerable domestically as the illusion of infallible leadership is increasingly dispelled.

  • @Hoozpoppin

    @Hoozpoppin

    17 күн бұрын

    Well theyve put it out of operation twice for months.

  • @schrecksekunde2118

    @schrecksekunde2118

    17 күн бұрын

    how should Ukraine block Hungary when they're not in EU ? that makes no sense

  • @mickg7299

    @mickg7299

    17 күн бұрын

    @@Hoozpoppin Days actually, quickly repaired and Putin drove across it to prove it!

  • @emiliat.5881
    @emiliat.588117 күн бұрын

    Timothy Snyder: “The peril of slowness “ there is so much truth in it! Give Ukraine free reign and they will win this war!

  • @dpelpal

    @dpelpal

    16 күн бұрын

    Not to mention we in Russia do not have toilet. Nor pipes for the conveyance of feces. This would be a niceness if we had such!

  • @petersmith-yg7me

    @petersmith-yg7me

    16 күн бұрын

    Yes well Timothy is a well known apologist for Zelensky s corrupt regime.

  • @dpelpal

    @dpelpal

    16 күн бұрын

    @@petersmith-yg7me Zelensky was a comedian, and he's turned Russia into the biggest joke on the planet

  • @cobeeble

    @cobeeble

    16 күн бұрын

    @@petersmith-yg7me Hello Vlad!

  • @stephenhill545

    @stephenhill545

    16 күн бұрын

    ​@@dpelpalyou don't have a moral compass.

  • @jasonwalters6329
    @jasonwalters632917 күн бұрын

    Massive mistake….military academies around the world will study this invasion for years to come on what not to do.

  • @JohnDoe-tx8lq

    @JohnDoe-tx8lq

    17 күн бұрын

    well... at the time, NOBODY thought Ukraine would last more than a few weeks, then Europe and the US wouldn't have attacked Russia in Ukraine once they'd taken the country. The military invasion wasn't done very effectively, but then nobody really thought there'd be so much resistance. They did it in Crimean and it worked.

  • @aleserban9322

    @aleserban9322

    17 күн бұрын

    Do you mean NATo agression in Serbia with humanitarian Bombardment of civilians? or Lybia., Iraq, Afganistan? Russia is winning so read world wide news and not western propaganda.

  • @glennjanot8128

    @glennjanot8128

    17 күн бұрын

    It wasn't just a mistake on the military level. This will be Russia's last big war, because they simply lack the younbg people to rebuild the military. Russia had already been on a long demographic decline, and this war has only accelerated it. Ukraine isn't in any better shape though, due to their losses in life

  • @aleserban9322

    @aleserban9322

    17 күн бұрын

    @@glennjanot8128 so I am afraid that they will join more with China and supplement that with their Asian population. Not good prospects for Europe. in the end

  • @zivkovicable

    @zivkovicable

    17 күн бұрын

    @@JohnDoe-tx8lq The invasion of Crimea was much easier to pull off as it already had a significant Russian military presence and population.

  • @stephenlanders4048
    @stephenlanders404817 күн бұрын

    A quote from Kipling-"They used to call it the Danegeld, but the story is always the same. One you've given the Dane his geld, you'll never get rid of the Dane." The same is true of giving anything to Putin.

  • @stalintheliberator2454

    @stalintheliberator2454

    15 күн бұрын

    you can keep quoting wahtever you want)) Russia took massive territories and you can bark and quote only)))

  • @technologyandsociety21C
    @technologyandsociety21C16 күн бұрын

    Your video director/editor needs to put the camera on the person who is speaking, not the person who is just sitting there being distracted -- Jeez!

  • @bigmatthews666

    @bigmatthews666

    16 күн бұрын

    You need to calm down

  • @jim2376
    @jim237617 күн бұрын

    The little man wanted by the ICC for war crimes is an epic international bungler.

  • @dpelpal

    @dpelpal

    16 күн бұрын

    I am Russian, live Samara. We call him bunker grandfather. Many inside Russia are trying to help Ukraine..We give coordinates to special men, coordinates of special things😏

  • @jim2376

    @jim2376

    16 күн бұрын

    @@dpelpal 👍👍

  • @noname-ll2vk

    @noname-ll2vk

    16 күн бұрын

    This is why you don't give small corrupt kgb agents control of an empire.

  • @davidwright5094

    @davidwright5094

    16 күн бұрын

    @@noname-ll2vk You can make this war effort sound not dissimilar to the work of the NHS by calling it another fight to eradicate a noxious little bug.

  • @stalintheliberator2454

    @stalintheliberator2454

    15 күн бұрын

    he is so little that he does whatr he wants and you can only bark LOL 😀

  • @bbanos
    @bbanos17 күн бұрын

    Wish you would discuss ElVira Nabiullina , head of Russia Central bank, Jeffrey's Sonenfeld's Insightful data Mining of everything that comes out of the Kremlin regarding GDP growth, inflation, interest rates, strength of the ruble, strength of the military, true decline of Russian imports/ exports, many other things. Long ago they gave an accurate picture Leading to a sure demise of the country called Russia. It seems you are late to the party. NOW you talk about it. You could have talked about it in February '24. So much of Times interviews seem to be "glass -half- empty " Editorials why Ukraine can't win. Which is surprising as Britain is the leader in ensuring that Ukraine does win and does defeat Russia's Putin

  • @fraumahler5934

    @fraumahler5934

    16 күн бұрын

    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld should be taken very seriously. His analysis shows how sanctions are affecting Russias economy

  • @saintsi6997
    @saintsi699717 күн бұрын

    It history repeating it self.

  • @petersmith-yg7me
    @petersmith-yg7me16 күн бұрын

    WW2 won by US and GB . The Wehrmacht was defeated on the Eastern front. Who re you kidding.

  • @stephenhill545

    @stephenhill545

    16 күн бұрын

    The wehrmacht and the axis powers are not the same. Germany accounted for 50% of axis strength, and Germany devoted 60% of its resources to the eastern front. From 1943, Germanys airpower concentrated in the west to counter the allied bombing offensive, giving the USSR air superiority in the east.

  • @Kavala76

    @Kavala76

    14 күн бұрын

    FYI about 80% of German casualties during WW2 happened on the eastern front. The Soviets broke the back of the German army.

  • @user-ve5lp2zx9l
    @user-ve5lp2zx9l17 күн бұрын

    Putin had showed signs of his ambitions well before 2014 the West leaders had turned a blind eye to him for money and other benefits. It’s very simple the West should stop all trade and completely shut off countries that do not follow are basic rules of law and human rights. No ifs and buts it may cost a bit of money but the effort will be worth it. I believe most China can be turned to be a nicer country and India needs to stop playing the fool or lose business with the West too.

  • @robbie9030

    @robbie9030

    17 күн бұрын

    NATO made a commitment to defend Ukraine in this scenario when they gave up the nuclear weapons they had after the collapse of the USSR. We made that commitment and we have to adhere to it.

  • @chisimdibreakthrough1901

    @chisimdibreakthrough1901

    17 күн бұрын

    Stories. You forget that the West is the minority both in population and in natural resources. The west will be the big loser if they attempt to cut other nations off. I wish they can even do that sooner and let the global majority dump the US dollars for a start.

  • @daydays12

    @daydays12

    17 күн бұрын

    YES

  • @fainitesbarley2245

    @fainitesbarley2245

    17 күн бұрын

    No it’s about not risking a major war ove something a bit dubious or which we can’t succeed in. It’s like not going to war with Germany over the Sudetenland or Czechoslovakia but going to war over Poland.

  • @atlantic169

    @atlantic169

    17 күн бұрын

    Absolutely, and restrict access to the internet to countries that abide by democracy and the rule of law.

  • @urseliusurgel4365
    @urseliusurgel436517 күн бұрын

    Why the repeated cutting to someone who doesn't speak?

  • @seanmurphy1614

    @seanmurphy1614

    16 күн бұрын

    Because she's 'easy on the eye' as the Aussies say 😂.

  • @TDMoore
    @TDMoore16 күн бұрын

    I am from the US and we have big elections coming up in a few months. We have to vote for candidates who understand the threat Russia poses to security.

  • @danascully6670

    @danascully6670

    14 күн бұрын

    Россия вам не угрожает. Вы забыли, что нас разделяет океан?

  • @sunshine4sue2
    @sunshine4sue217 күн бұрын

    🗽🇺🇸 🦅Stand proud, strong and ✝️Keep the faith🌻💙💛🕊️🇺🇸🇺🇦🕊️ 🫂with much Love from Indiana, USA🙏

  • @thomasmills9492
    @thomasmills949217 күн бұрын

    SLOW means not being able to gain the MOMENTUM. 😢

  • @hybridarmyoffreeworld
    @hybridarmyoffreeworld17 күн бұрын

    Moscow horde´s war record :- 1856 defeated by Britain and France 1905 defeated by Japan 1917 defeated by Germany 1920 defeated by Poland, Finland, Estonia and all Baltic states 1939 defeated by Finland 1969 defeated by China 1989 defeated by Afghanistan 1989 defeated in the Cold War. 1996 defeated by Chechnya 2022 defeated by Ukraine WW2 won USA/Britain , meanwhile Stalin's officers were shot or sent to the Gulags. Millions went to the Gulags, including Solzhenitsyn Moscow's only victories come from invading smaller countries :- a) Hungary 1956 b) Czechoslovakia 1968 c) Moldova 1992 d) Georgia 2008

  • @tancreddehauteville764

    @tancreddehauteville764

    17 күн бұрын

    They only won in 1945 because of the massive material aid from the USA and UK, and because from 1943 the Germans had loads of troops engaged elsewhere.

  • @LuukvdHoogen

    @LuukvdHoogen

    17 күн бұрын

    Although I like the enthusiasm, denying the USSR's role in defeating Germany is wishful thinking and false history. Germany was defeated on the eastern front, before the allies landed.

  • @freeheeler09

    @freeheeler09

    17 күн бұрын

    You could argue that as with Napoleon, winter played a part.

  • @matthewstokes1608

    @matthewstokes1608

    17 күн бұрын

    @@LuukvdHoogenprecisely - these armchair warrior people are bloodthirsty maniacs… You are brainwashed and insane…

  • @user-pz6ls4uk8k

    @user-pz6ls4uk8k

    16 күн бұрын

    Россия выиграла вторую мировую войну и разгромила Вермахт. А кто уничтожил Наполеона и Францию

  • @ticnatz
    @ticnatz16 күн бұрын

    Why such a prolonged on camera of a person not speaking? What is the point?

  • @dogpaw775
    @dogpaw77515 күн бұрын

    I agree 100% with overview on every point. Governments take note, 'you can always make more money, you can't make more time', give Ukraine more support and engage more to achieve resolutions sooner rather than later..

  • @agnosturaelwsr
    @agnosturaelwsr16 күн бұрын

    Sir Richard shows that he has way better understanding of how this has to be handled than the leaders in the west.

  • @stephenhill545

    @stephenhill545

    16 күн бұрын

    He's considering the military side, they are looking at re-establishing close trade ties with Russia, stuff like that.

  • @1fadf23f
    @1fadf23f17 күн бұрын

    Why am I looking at a women who apparently doesnt know there is a cam on her, while I hear other people talking?

  • @freeheeler09

    @freeheeler09

    17 күн бұрын

    She was taking a nap, then looking at her social media, then taking a sip of water, then staring at the ceiling, then…

  • @gordonaliasme1104

    @gordonaliasme1104

    17 күн бұрын

    At least she didn't yawn 😅

  • @avalon7902

    @avalon7902

    16 күн бұрын

    She's very hot. I wonder what was going through her mind.

  • @paulmontgomery2726
    @paulmontgomery272617 күн бұрын

    Just loved the editing of this piece, the cutaways were just a hoot. In the tradition of Mitchell and Webb, British comedy lives on.

  • @markmorris1105
    @markmorris110517 күн бұрын

    Putin is the world's Biggest Circus 🎪 😂😂

  • @jamesgreen1116

    @jamesgreen1116

    17 күн бұрын

    How?

  • @nataliehladun744

    @nataliehladun744

    17 күн бұрын

    Biggest circus? Putin is the world’s most evil walking

  • @nikolaikrustev1159

    @nikolaikrustev1159

    17 күн бұрын

    @@jamesgreen1116 Learn Russian, dig in and you will see. Do not expect polite Western people to digest it for you.

  • @WhoCaresAbtU

    @WhoCaresAbtU

    17 күн бұрын

    No, America is

  • @copaloadofthis

    @copaloadofthis

    17 күн бұрын

    @@jamesgreen1116 … The world doesn’t exist just to spoon-feed you with all the answers… try working it out for yourself… that is when you finally remove your head from your buddy Putins’ rear-end !!

  • @martinanderson4721
    @martinanderson472117 күн бұрын

    Keir Starmer 's spokesperson said that UK defence contribution depends on UK economic growth - hang on - didn't they promise economic growth in their election promises.

  • @Mr-Science-Stevens
    @Mr-Science-Stevens17 күн бұрын

    thanks

  • @user-vb4bl6vh1c
    @user-vb4bl6vh1c16 күн бұрын

    A defence review within a year is not acceptable. The review is needed now. Mr A. Lisowski.

  • @wilfhenderson1962
    @wilfhenderson196217 күн бұрын

    Why didn’t these military people challenge the tories? No new government should commit without understanding what is needed

  • @rodcamp4472
    @rodcamp447217 күн бұрын

    That camera on the lady not speaking. Wow, terrible production. Shocking.

  • @robman2095

    @robman2095

    17 күн бұрын

    Yes a newspaper running a radio show so video production all a bit of a stretch

  • @JaneSoole
    @JaneSoole16 күн бұрын

    Could you please report on Russia's current energy crisis?

  • @concernedcitizen7385

    @concernedcitizen7385

    16 күн бұрын

    That’s an easy one. They don’t have one, it’s us that’s in an energy crisis.

  • @peterlewis1494
    @peterlewis149416 күн бұрын

    Do these presenters know that they’re not on radio?

  • @Ruicarrico
    @Ruicarrico17 күн бұрын

    NATo should had helped Ukraine before the Crimea invasion

  • @tmcfootball96

    @tmcfootball96

    16 күн бұрын

    Ukraine is not a NATO country. And nato didn't want a direct war with Russia, which why they won't formally offer membership to Ukraine.

  • @Ruicarrico

    @Ruicarrico

    16 күн бұрын

    @@tmcfootball96 looking back now things would be very different if the Nato application was made sooner. Moldova, Georgia, and other countries are on Putin's list.

  • @joemolf3894

    @joemolf3894

    15 күн бұрын

    Ukraine the most corrupt nation on earth

  • @iancormie9916

    @iancormie9916

    13 күн бұрын

    Before Crimea, the money would have been siphoned off in to Russian Oligarch pockets. - a lot has changed in the last 10 years. Putin cannot keep one square meter of Ukraine otherwise, Putin will have won by the standards applied by the Russian propaganda machine.

  • @user-vy5nd2fe9o
    @user-vy5nd2fe9o16 күн бұрын

    I’ll bet Putin is watching the summit with some BIG EARS!!! 😂 Here they come Putin..😊

  • @OTISWDRIFTWOOD
    @OTISWDRIFTWOOD17 күн бұрын

    Negotiations should only be about reparations in the form of "You will pay this- end of discussion"

  • @ivankurtz1909
    @ivankurtz190914 сағат бұрын

    No children were harmed as the clinic was closed, video shows that it was a Patriot missile that hit the clinic. Confirmed by experts in examining the much smaller blast and descent angle which are very different to the claimed Russian MH31.

  • @maxthemagition
    @maxthemagition16 күн бұрын

    This war in Ukraine is almost like the Vietnam war….

  • @Smiger00na
    @Smiger00na12 күн бұрын

    Why is she looking perpetually puzzled?

  • @fuukrnassi
    @fuukrnassi17 күн бұрын

    😅🤣😂🤣😅😅.. what an i mb e c i le !!!

  • @user-vh8by6wf5x
    @user-vh8by6wf5x16 күн бұрын

    Who was that woman we got occasional shots of?😂😂😂

  • @IanDavies-gy4mg
    @IanDavies-gy4mg17 күн бұрын

    Does UK military spending refer to actual military costs, or does it include pensions and other indirect costs that could be accounted for elsewhere?

  • @igo_s5717
    @igo_s571716 күн бұрын

    Always nice to see objective interview with all sides equally represented. Uh, well almost. Well, do what you want, what could go wrong?

  • @rickynuttall163
    @rickynuttall16316 күн бұрын

    Ukraine rightly so wants its territory back, the west cant keep this tiptoeing up on restrictions on how ukraine decides to defend itself with NATO donated armaments, NATO needs to realise there is no way to win this without pushing putin to the limits of his nuclear threats so all parties can walk away happy in the end, difficult decisions will have to be made or it will give russia more motivation to press on, the longer we wait the worst it will get.

  • @pault1289
    @pault128916 күн бұрын

    Retired Generals complaining defence funding isn't enough, also in today's news rain is wet. I'd expect The Times to offer a slightly more sophisticated analysis than just reporting their comments and putting an alternative view. I can get that via the BBC.

  • @harrydebastardeharris987
    @harrydebastardeharris98716 күн бұрын

    Yes,the question is WHY…

  • @williamthompson4389
    @williamthompson438916 күн бұрын

    He's still there!

  • @jimkennedy7482
    @jimkennedy748216 күн бұрын

    Germany needs to be the biggest supplier: the disaster of N2 pipeline needs open German responsibility.

  • @Kezoman1
    @Kezoman117 күн бұрын

    Sir Richard’s “pragmatic” translates to PATHETIC DEFEATIST.

  • @Luddite1
    @Luddite116 күн бұрын

    Neither starmer nor his party can count

  • @azenkwed
    @azenkwed14 күн бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for the laugh.

  • @Smiger00na
    @Smiger00na12 күн бұрын

    The NHS is a privilege we enjoy as a result of living in a secure and prosperous nation. Security and prosperity go hand in hand and for too long we’ve pretended that “winning” the Cold War was in some way the end of a story instead of the start of a new chapter.

  • @evertontho
    @evertontho16 күн бұрын

    Europe has always been a war-like environment.

  • @JohnBookout-li2ip
    @JohnBookout-li2ip10 күн бұрын

    Russia in decline? Woa didn’t see that coming

  • @heatpump8566
    @heatpump856616 күн бұрын

    Richard is a great man and should be prime minister !

  • @patrickmarsland8388
    @patrickmarsland838816 күн бұрын

    I hate negative tossers

  • @wendel6
    @wendel614 күн бұрын

    Why the constant cuts to interviewers who aren't speaking? It's so distracting!

  • @user-le3pc1eu1b
    @user-le3pc1eu1b16 күн бұрын

    Putin send him to jail%

  • @concernedcitizen7385
    @concernedcitizen738516 күн бұрын

    The British propensity to invent alternate realities is truly amazing!

  • @colinmutimer7878
    @colinmutimer787816 күн бұрын

    My how values and priorities have deteriorated. When Churchill was asked to divert funding for the arts, to the war effort he simply asked, "Then what are we fighting for? "

  • @larrybyrne4467
    @larrybyrne446716 күн бұрын

    Putin's new strategy seems to be to hold out for a Trump victory in November and rely on the Western press to help in that regard.

  • @free2dialogue
    @free2dialogue16 күн бұрын

    "It is more important than the national health service." Very sad, very true.

  • @timonsolus

    @timonsolus

    16 күн бұрын

    We need to increase funding for both defence AND the NHS. This will require increased taxation. I recommend massive increases in taxation on big corporations, especially big US tech companies like Amazon, Facebook, X etc - giving them the option of either paying up or leaving the UK market permanently.

  • @GregMoylan-pn6sr
    @GregMoylan-pn6sr17 күн бұрын

    Strange that Richard Dearlove would say he doubts that Ukraine can recover all of its land. This statement is similar to the statement Mark Milley often repeated while Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. Maybe these two collaborated, or maybe they're both pessimists.

  • @tobiasrietveld3819

    @tobiasrietveld3819

    17 күн бұрын

    It's not that far-fetched though. The technologies used in the war currently heavily favors the defender.

  • @Robert-sd1iz

    @Robert-sd1iz

    17 күн бұрын

    It shouldn’t be forgotten that Macron, who isn’t going anywhere for a good while yet, has identified Russia’s actions as an existential threat to France and has committed France to ensuring that the 1991 borders will be restored.

  • @stephenhill545

    @stephenhill545

    16 күн бұрын

    ​@@tobiasrietveld3819Industrial wars are won by material exhaustion. Russia has more than Ukraine, but we have more than Russia. It lies in our hands.

  • @r3negade47
    @r3negade4717 күн бұрын

    The main concern is if Trump regains power he will do Putins bidding and pull back on support for Ukraine. That then leaves the UK and Europe to fund defeating Putin alone. It’s a rough spot for the UK. 14 years of stagnant Tory rule has meant we are broke with crumbling infrastructure. The need for a strong defense is still so necessary.

  • @jamesortiz5388

    @jamesortiz5388

    17 күн бұрын

    That's an interesting anti trump angle very creative. 👏 That doesn't mean I'm voting him.

  • @JohnDoe-tx8lq

    @JohnDoe-tx8lq

    17 күн бұрын

    @@jamesortiz5388 'anti trump'? It's just fact. Trump loves Putin, doesn't like NATO and wants to end US military aid to Ukraine. Fact.

  • @nataliehladun744

    @nataliehladun744

    17 күн бұрын

    Is Trump truly in Putins’ pocket?

  • @dalecrocker3213

    @dalecrocker3213

    17 күн бұрын

    Why should we defeat Putin? It is surely in our best interests to allow him Donbass and Crimea. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to imagine that whatever further ambitions he may possibly have could extend to military action against the UK. In fact there are good reasons for our two countries to enter into economic agreements and military treaties.

  • @christhewon220

    @christhewon220

    17 күн бұрын

    ​@@nataliehladun744100%

  • @petersomthing9508
    @petersomthing950817 күн бұрын

    No one saying about sick India with Chinese, Iran, North Korea, Sick Russia Even maybe Hungary. West still is a sleep.

  • @weije093
    @weije09316 күн бұрын

    A full conflict with nato is the only threat which can deter russia. Announcing up-front that nato will not engage, destroys any leverage and influence. We are not helping Ukraine to win. Instead we stick to symptom's control. This will always lead to further deterioration.

  • @davidrabbit2239
    @davidrabbit223917 күн бұрын

    Great interview

  • @thomasmoore1499
    @thomasmoore149917 күн бұрын

    Too slow, some of these generals need to wake up, it's less than a week since Starmer took over.

  • @ianworley8169

    @ianworley8169

    16 күн бұрын

    After 14 years of the Tories neglecting or sabotaging every aspect of the UK. After their gorging on the public purse and slashing taxes to the Super-Rich. Surely one week's more than enough to put everything back in proper order. Obviously Starmer's been sitting on his hands doing nothing. Hilarious analysis by Times journalists as always.

  • @considerthis7712
    @considerthis771217 күн бұрын

    Same story for 2 1/2 years. That’s history.

  • @armindapereira4433
    @armindapereira443316 күн бұрын

    Promises!

  • @crickcrot
    @crickcrot11 күн бұрын

    The problem, as far as I’m concerned is that Britain should stop trying to sort out Europe’s problems their cross-border problems. This has been going on for over 100 years and bankrupted Britain in the past we lost over 1 million people last century trying to defend Europe from its own extremes.

  • @Infopirates
    @Infopirates13 күн бұрын

    Oh, really? 😁😁😁

  • @georgedavidson957
    @georgedavidson95717 күн бұрын

    starmer wont spend money on defense. he doesnt get plaudits from his key supporters for defense spending and many would actually welcome russia!

  • @Kavala76
    @Kavala7614 күн бұрын

    I disagree with Dearlove's analysis, but time will tell.

  • @raven4592
    @raven459216 күн бұрын

    I really despair at our leaders ,a defence review that will probably take a year to complete,the best our government can come up with.

  • @sciencelad8286
    @sciencelad828617 күн бұрын

    Ukraine must recover every square centimeter of its territory, every single one

  • @martinogold

    @martinogold

    17 күн бұрын

    Too right!!!! 🇺🇦

  • @petehowett2854

    @petehowett2854

    15 күн бұрын

    And HOW ARE THE GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT?

  • @ivan200804
    @ivan20080414 күн бұрын

    UK might not have enough weapons to send, but US has thousands of M1 tanks, M198 155mm towed arty and M2/M3 IFVs in the desert of Nevada. They could have sent it to Ukraine, but they did not? Whats the calculus here? NATO think Ukraine was enough to hold off Russia indefinitely or somebody wants them to fight for a while?

  • @catherinerobson5482
    @catherinerobson548217 күн бұрын

    Or 2008 in Georgia...I still suspect Sullivan and wonder how he has such influence.

  • @havardmika
    @havardmika16 күн бұрын

    Do we live in the same world ?

  • @jeffsmith7369
    @jeffsmith736917 күн бұрын

    The Simpsons always knew what was going on.

  • @Darklightbeam
    @Darklightbeam16 күн бұрын

    Starmer clearly makes me clearly sick. It is clearly a clear fact that one cannot be too clear about being SICK! Gpx

  • @MarieFara
    @MarieFara17 күн бұрын

    I always find it amazing that Brits criticize everyone but themselves. They say "we" but when they break down the we they only mention US and Germany. It's as if the UK doesn't exist.

  • @TheRealEtaoinShrdlu

    @TheRealEtaoinShrdlu

    17 күн бұрын

    Well, you voted for that in 2016. Have your cake and eat it too 😂😂😂

  • @petitgenie8711
    @petitgenie871110 күн бұрын

    Sir Dearlove claims that the West “shut its eyes” to the escalation problem, but strangely omits to point out the West has itself to thank for the escalation in the first place. Sir Richard’s omission to mention, just as much as the Times’ failure to question, the need for a diplomatic resolution reveals what most now know. The hawkish warmongering and rhetoric has little to do with Ukraine and far much more to do with ramping up European and UK spending on NATO. The US can ill afford to prop up the Alliance whilst its own national debt continues to sky rocket 🚀

  • @bobby1970
    @bobby197016 күн бұрын

    Putin might decide to go bonkers on the world and hit the big red button.

  • @istvanglock7445

    @istvanglock7445

    16 күн бұрын

    He may, but we can't necessarily assume that the people who follow his orders are equally as bonkers as him.

  • @alexanderalexander7404
    @alexanderalexander740416 күн бұрын

    Why not include the janitors cleaning the staff washrooms down the hall as well. How disfunctionally presented.

  • @dodgement
    @dodgement16 күн бұрын

    2.5 GDP Dont hold your breath with flip flop.

  • @stephenconnolly3018
    @stephenconnolly301816 күн бұрын

    How much money would be saved if some of these freebies and foreign trips for MP and civil servants were stopped. More important than the NHS coming from a man that get free private health care.

  • @timonsolus

    @timonsolus

    16 күн бұрын

    What freebies? I’m not aware of any freebies…

  • @stevebrown5597
    @stevebrown559710 күн бұрын

    Times radio who keeps editing in the presenter who is not speaking? Very distracting!

  • @karencarter9341
    @karencarter934117 күн бұрын

    I know the answer let putin have his money with his family and go somewhere else and leave Russia and Ukraine

  • @SapmiSvenska

    @SapmiSvenska

    16 күн бұрын

    @@karencarter9341 putler will be put on trial for the genocide of the Ukrainian people! If terrorist russia was murdering everyone in your country would you say let him go & let him have his $. I think NOT!

  • @pascal8277
    @pascal827710 күн бұрын

    what is wrong with the person operating the camera.

  • @willemgrooters4958
    @willemgrooters495816 күн бұрын

    British military spending at 2.5% also includes spending on pensions. Does spending on military pensions help NATO to improve the british defenses ?

  • @istvanglock7445

    @istvanglock7445

    16 күн бұрын

    Yes. The soldier is an employee like any other, and needs to be looked after. I don't suppose there'd be many takers if the military offered no pensions or benefits of any kind. There's a problem now with military recruitment because of poor wages, living conditions, and benefits generally. And no, you can't put military pensions in some other bucket - it's all part of the cost of running a military.

  • @mickg7299
    @mickg729917 күн бұрын

    Times radio ‘journalists’ are off their faces 💊😵‍💫

  • @michaelscully1957

    @michaelscully1957

    17 күн бұрын

    Delusional.

  • @gaztambo139

    @gaztambo139

    16 күн бұрын

    You only need to look at their headlines regarding Russia over the past 2 years, to realise Times Radio don’t even have 1 bar of Wi-Fi signal with reality.

  • @user-le3pc1eu1b
    @user-le3pc1eu1b16 күн бұрын

    Slava. Ukraina❤❤❤❤❤

  • @sharptooth117
    @sharptooth11716 күн бұрын

    🙏🇺🇦🇬🇧

  • @jnbotanics1280
    @jnbotanics128016 күн бұрын

    The tail is wagging the dog, we're stupidly playing by his rules. We need to show him strength, anyone who knows Eastern European behaviour, strength is all that counts. the ridiculous ROE we set is like being a one-legged man in an ars8- kicking competition.

  • @sebo.p6385
    @sebo.p638516 күн бұрын

    keep coping

  • @rv2167
    @rv216716 күн бұрын

    he is too stubborn and too macho to admit such a terrible mistakes so millions die. Pure evil

  • @ih302
    @ih30217 күн бұрын

    Слава Україні!

  • @Sidicas
    @Sidicas17 күн бұрын

    Kick Russia out of the UN

  • @mickg7299

    @mickg7299

    17 күн бұрын

    Can’t be done, Russia is a permanent member of the security council.

  • @alexanderalexander7404
    @alexanderalexander740416 күн бұрын

    Why are the viewers getting lots of footage of a woman drinking water, doing her homework, and passively (now and then) listening to whatever she is listening to. How bizarre and disfunctional.

  • @Anthonythumb

    @Anthonythumb

    16 күн бұрын

    It’s a radio show

  • @artfx9
    @artfx916 күн бұрын

    pootin saves the contents of his breafcase, so he can swim in it later.

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