Putin on the brink as Ukraine membership ‘irreversible’ | Jim Townsend
“This is irreversible. This means it’s going to happen. Nato isn’t going to step back, it’s not going backwards on its commitment to Ukraine.”
Live at the NATO Summit, Times Radio speaks to Jim Townsend about Ukraine’s membership to Nato.
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Russia complaining about NATO is like a burglar complaining about people installing burglar alarms.
@dpelpal
25 күн бұрын
Not to mention the entire planet laughing at the Russian army😂😂😂
@dilonkumar4960
25 күн бұрын
NATO complaining about Russia is like American complaining about invasions of sovereign nations
@dpelpal
25 күн бұрын
@@s0ycapitan I'm betting Rushins' not happy after losing all of Kherson and Kharkiv
@thegoat11111
25 күн бұрын
@@dilonkumar4960 Iraq invaded Kuwait which is an allied nation.
@thegoat11111
25 күн бұрын
@@dpelpal Russian arms sales have plummeted because no country wants to buy Jack in the box tanks.😂
The world needs less "words" and more actions
@robbiekop7
25 күн бұрын
What size boots do you take ?
@christianevanherck6023
25 күн бұрын
Are you writing from the trenches?
@odikaiopolis2832
25 күн бұрын
You are paranoid.
@χσχσ-ν3χ
25 күн бұрын
What world 🤡
@thommyrubin1866
23 күн бұрын
That is absolutely correct! So many RuZZian trolls around now days. Quite entertaining.
Supporting Ukraine’s success is Europe’s best security
@mrjerzheel
25 күн бұрын
Ukraine will need support for years costing Europe hundreds of billions
@des_smith7658
25 күн бұрын
Gotcha back for all those parking tickets Controlled 🇷🇺
@AahFukIt
25 күн бұрын
Depends on your income tax. 42% here!
@moniqueodile
25 күн бұрын
And best interest !
@andreasbpunkt
25 күн бұрын
@@mrjerzheel Peanuts in exchange for our security.
Happy birthday NATO! Thanks for keeping us safe.
@davidnuttall1189
24 күн бұрын
Safe ??? Oh yeah . World on the brink of nuclear war . Yes great that’s really safe 👎🏻
Ukraine will join NATO....
@odikaiopolis2832
25 күн бұрын
Radioactive Ukraine maybe.....
@benachiesween
25 күн бұрын
Likely to be in the dustbin of history.
@andreasbpunkt
25 күн бұрын
@@benachiesween So they can join Russia ?
@odikaiopolis2832
25 күн бұрын
@@benachiesween A radioactive one.
@ianbarker1241
25 күн бұрын
Only if it's still standing after this conflict
With Ukraine in Nato Russia will feel the heat up close , people had enough of this fascist criminal dictatorship.
@eastman566
25 күн бұрын
Mate you're living in a fascist genocidal corporate dictatorship mascarading as a democracy wakey wakey son.
@paulpaisley5291
25 күн бұрын
No chance bawbag
@toodleloo2253
25 күн бұрын
@@paulpaisley5291 They're Scared to Death of even the acronym word, NATO-?!!.. And, frankly, they should be!!-
@RyanBrown-nx8dw
25 күн бұрын
Ya the russiansxr really sick of u turds
@ospehu1
25 күн бұрын
@@dalecrocker3213Then get used to have some more since there is comming land command to Finland and Finland just give USA the rights of using 15 bases and Sweden give them right to use 17 based. And mostlikely there shall be NATOs aircommand to Norway. And just remember you caused this so look at the mirror.
Help is very important. But they need moore!!! US has a looot of Patriot missile. They also produce 1 in every month. So just since the war started they produced 28 Patriot system with radar, command center and interceptors.
Excellent. Stop bullies and mass murderers.
@TenylegMinekez-uc7co
25 күн бұрын
USA and Is.real will be attacked?
@Burt-rx8um
25 күн бұрын
@@TenylegMinekez-uc7co Last time they were attacked it didn't end to well for the attackers Ask Bin larden and his gang
@TenylegMinekez-uc7co
25 күн бұрын
@@Burt-rx8um it was a joke about stopping bullies and mass murderers.
@des_smith7658
25 күн бұрын
Stop nato
@boota1979
25 күн бұрын
@Mr-Science-Stevens Were going to war with America, when?
i can see ukraine being very successful economically after joining NATO. they have great industry, agriculture and resources. they just need that security garauntee to assure the markets.
@jetb
25 күн бұрын
You actually meant to say….Blackrock…etc and the US will do very well. The US are not in this for nothing.
@user-jp4lt7xu2g
22 күн бұрын
You need glasses
@Steve-gx9ot
21 күн бұрын
@@user-jp4lt7xu2ghi russian troll
Ukraine really needs help to defend democracy and freedom against russian aggression!
@atozer2547
25 күн бұрын
start by having elections ??
@bck481
25 күн бұрын
Like putin, only person running 😅
@kgfgfg1
25 күн бұрын
They canceled the elections…. How democracy is that
@stanh8071
25 күн бұрын
Ermmm when was the last election?
@pkassies
25 күн бұрын
@@stanh8071 During war, elections are halted. This is a normal procedure.
Well, UK and France just had elections that will guarantee support for Ukraine regardless of what happens in the US election this year.
Very clear vision
@s0ycapitan
25 күн бұрын
Ok so they have declared an "irreversible path". I can say I'm on an irreversible path to winning the lottery, doesn't mean it will actually happen. I mean it would eventually if I had infinite time and money but I don't and neither does Ukraine or NATO.
@robbiekop7
25 күн бұрын
Specsavers 👓
Glory to Ukraine
@user-jp4lt7xu2g
22 күн бұрын
Why?
You have all the means necessary to stop the massacre in Ukraine from day one! Two and a half years later, is this the best thing you can do?
@richardwait1206
16 күн бұрын
Absolutely true. Ukraine was let down in every way from the time that they agreed for the Russian nuclear weapons on their territory to be removed in the understanding that Ukraine would always be protected by the US & the western world. Then they were not allowed into NATO after they had willingly given up those Russian weapons as they had been promised. So they had lost bargaining power. Ukraine has been used & abused for to long.
-Kyiv in THREE DAYS!- -Donbas in three months!- -Moskva still sails!- -Kherson forever Rushin!- -Kharkiv forever Rushin!- -Russia will take Kharkiv 4 weeks!- 🙄
@dpelpal
25 күн бұрын
@Bootsa1989 We all saw the clips of him screaming the whole "Kyiv in THREE DAYS". The clips are all over the place
@robbiekop7
25 күн бұрын
Modi visiting Moscow 🐻 Oh wait ✋
@dpelpal
25 күн бұрын
@@robbiekop7 Maybe Russia will be able to get some toilets from India!😍
@sourjasarkar7197
25 күн бұрын
@@dpelpalThe clips from whom. fact fully not from. Moscow. or Kremlin. But from pro western MSM deliberately as propaganda or troll IF required multiple sources can be provide
@dpelpal
25 күн бұрын
@@sourjasarkar7197 Are you on RuTube? I can provide links if u speak Russian
I just wish this war would be over and no more killing I feel sorry for the wife’s and children of the family’s effected by this terrible war ❤ May god bless us all amen 🙏
What's seriously now coming into Ukraine's favour is that the Russian economy is now very badly damaged because of the war.. and there's no way that Putin can stop the drain or improve the economy.. Russia is now so dependent on China that China is able to extract high advantage in it's designs in eastern parts of the Federation in return for supplying essentials to the Russian economy.. In the coming year, the sanctions, inability to to repair essential infrastructure, the financial drain on the Russian economy of the war, the decimation of the workforce into the front lines, or into the war production, plus the mass emigrations that have taken place will rapidly affect Russia's ability to continue waging the war. That's apart from the damage done by continuous attacks on oil refineries by Ukraine and internally on rail and weapons production facilities by Russian freedom fighters.
@geraldhagen2989
25 күн бұрын
plus North Korea ; such nice people to be partners with.
@des_smith7658
25 күн бұрын
The new world order is taking shape
@APW-ry2ok
25 күн бұрын
Agreed Putin has done a great job ,the man is a genius . Will go down in history the same as trump will….
@toodleloo2253
25 күн бұрын
@@APW-ry2ok Yes, serving long Prison terms!!.. ICC & U.S!!-
@jonm7272
25 күн бұрын
@@toodleloo2253might help if the US was actually a signatory to the ICC (currently it isn't)
best news.. stand together against a despot...
Oh yeah the US will provide everything once again. Time for the EU to actually stand & put their big boy pants on.
The problem is, Europe has had years of relative peace, and then you lose focus, and it is difficult to keep your eye on the ball. And now they have to replenish everything more quickly and that is impossible. It's what you see happening. And the fear, so much fear, it's very bad.
Any country that doesn't reach the 2% mark should be obligated to put 2% of their population on the front lines
Ukraine is going to be a wonderful member of NATO. We have so much to learn from them!
@boota1979
25 күн бұрын
@gdutfulkbhh7537 You're joking, right....
@HappyValleyDreamin
25 күн бұрын
Yes, they will!
@stanh8071
25 күн бұрын
Hahaha most corrupt country in the world outside of africa
@lorenzoluisalbano3695
25 күн бұрын
@@stanh8071 You mean RuZZia?
@christianevanherck6023
25 күн бұрын
The experience of the invasion makes Ukraine a major asset as a NATO member, given a highly modern military with extensive combat experience. Ukraine will have one of the best-trained armies in Europe. It will contribute in many ways to Europe, in security terms, in terms of fending off digital warfare. Ukraine is among the countries other EU countries can learn from.
It's truly inspiring to hear someone talk with such understanding of the Russian mindset. This explains why although the Russian Federation are advancing, this counts for nothing... as General Hodges has pointed out.
@geraldhagen2989
25 күн бұрын
'advancing' backwards
The world is a wonderful place, a little is better than nothing and late is better than never, - but do not rely on the Yanks. Europe is wealthy, Europe is strong, Europe can do it if it chooses to.
Well membership of NATO is irreversible for part of Ukraine anyway.
@huskywr240
20 күн бұрын
I don't want to stay in nato with that ukrainian dictator
Russian widows and children will soon mass protest in unity! ❤
@ianbarker1241
25 күн бұрын
Not a chance unless they do it in private
@supersardonic1179
25 күн бұрын
They do that and they'll get sent to the frontline as sandbags.
@marinaschulz298
24 күн бұрын
Aber,vorerst geht die Ukraine sang und klanglos vorweg. 🇷🇺🪖😄👍💪
Who will pay for all these unlimited Patriot systems for Ukraine ? US taxpayers?
Who is this monster ? He got Ukraine blood on his hands
@AlexanderReef
21 күн бұрын
His name is Putin
@SmartFirstPrincipleThinking
14 күн бұрын
Biden
This interview is irreversible 😂 Absolutely terrible
FJB and his war
Thank you for the stunning contrast: Jim Townsend vs. Ben Hodges.
#PUTININPRISON
Got to call his bluff,,if he wants to declare Crimea and Donbas as Russian then Ukraine has a right to declare itself wanting NATO and EU membership.
@petehowett2854
24 күн бұрын
It's not the concern as to whether Ukraine can join NATO,the concern is iif either NATO itself or,Ukraine make public announcements about joining NATO.The REAL CONCERN ISXWHAT WILL HAPPEN THERE AFTER.
That's an epic answer 10:49 in 👍✊ 💙💛
Good interview
Slava Ukraini ❤
@user-jp4lt7xu2g
22 күн бұрын
Why?
Irreversible is ONLY strong word. Nothing more in this context. Delusional is more likely.
Yes the smile of Zelensky💙💛💙💛💙💛💙
Merry Christmas! Amen
@des_smith7658
25 күн бұрын
Sanity clause is coming to town
Ukraine is paying an extremely high and heavy price for N.A .T .O membership!
Ukraine is already a full member of Nato in materials and actions. What's only left is to be confirmed by documentation. The position and commitment of Nato into Ukraine are unturnable.
@petehowett2854
24 күн бұрын
Aren't THEY SUPPOSED TO BE NOT TAKING PART IN THIS CONFLICT?I'm confused.
@maxchixk7355
23 күн бұрын
Russia supplied weapons to guerillas who fought the Rhodesian government. It supplied weapons to the Vietcong to fight the South Vietnamese and Americans, and Russia supplied weapons to Taliban in Afghanistan to fight a democratic government. It is pay back time and they shouldn't complain. Russia has got to deal with it.
What about conscription in all the NATO member nations??? Do they feel any responsibility for their own national defense??? Will they try to shift it off on the poorest people among their own populations???
How many threats has Putin and his thugs made its so many ive lost count yet NATO and the Ukraine look him in the eyes and still stay strong 💪
@rajlowkie6616
23 күн бұрын
@@stanadams5541 When Putin finally invented Ukraine, Europe literally gave up, ZELENSKY the man said WEAPONS WEAPONS AND MORE WEAPONS, steering down Putin's nukes, this is UNIMAGINABLE POWER, cheers 🥂 .
This is what happens when you disrespect the chosen one.
Ukraine admission into NATO has to be a condition for Zelenski to sign a peace treaty
Poo Tin is not winning but he's not losing either. Ukraine has done nothing but lose. That's the problem.
UK 's contribution to NATO in 2023 was estimated as 2.3%.
@toodleloo2253
25 күн бұрын
More than legally required!..
@Potat-o
25 күн бұрын
Most don't even contribute 2% so...
@AntonioMarino5763
25 күн бұрын
but why didn't they give that extra 03% to the food bank? who need it so much?
That not exactly true US has about 24 patriots systems in storage
Nice but what will Trump say about this when he wins the election. Nothing is irreversible in these times.
USA! USA USA!
Would i and my Family be safe in Europe, or better go to new Zealand?
4 or 5 patriots 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ask...why dont you give EVERYTHING Ukraine needs to WIN?
Hahahahahaha... Imagine not even being able to conquer a small chunk of land from a much smaller country in over 2 years... Now imagine fighting NATO... Pooting = delusional.
@icns01
25 күн бұрын
I wouldn't exactly describe Ukraine a "small chunk" of land at all.
@davidnuttall1189
24 күн бұрын
Hey cool so is Ukraine suddenly win this war ??? Great news . I thought they where getting slaughtered 2 k of men a day and people like you are listening to corporate media
@user-jp4lt7xu2g
22 күн бұрын
And yet Russia is winning
@a.a.7416
22 күн бұрын
@@icns01 That is because you do not understand basic English, Pooting friend.
The US would never tolerate hostile forces on its border, so why would Russia?
@tomw.6757
24 күн бұрын
Because Russia doesn't have a choice. Neighbors can join whatever alliances they want.
@chimpspecialist
24 күн бұрын
@@tomw.6757 The US didn't have a choice when the USSR tried to put missiles in Cuba, but they did try to stop it.
@user-yf9in9hb3o
22 күн бұрын
Because russia is the one that's hostile
@user-yf9in9hb3o
22 күн бұрын
Because russia is the one that's hostile
@billwalsh388
20 күн бұрын
No western forces on Russia's border are hostile.
How about now
2008 Ukraine will be admitted to NATO. 2014 Ukraine will be admitted to NATO. 2022 Ukraine will be admitted to NATO. 2024 Ukraine will be admitted to NATO positively. 2027 Ukraine will be admitted to NATO certainly. 2030 Ukraine will be admitted to NATO surely. The proverbial elusive meal
@tomw.6757
24 күн бұрын
Russia loses regardless
@petehowett2854
24 күн бұрын
That PROVERBIAL SAYING,about one being a SUCKER
Ukraine has to become a member of NATO, and they should have been allowed to be years ago. After 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea. If they had, then this war would not have happened. Instead NATO chose appeasement to Russia. Ukraine has been used as a buffer between the west & Russia without the support & protection it should have been given.
The G7 is a 40 trillion $ power house russia less than 2tr. Due the math
What a lot of people commenting negatively about Ukraine joining NATO failed to realize is that until there is a ceasefire or the war is over Ukraine will not be allowed to enter NATO as one of the rules and guidelines is that the country answering must be free of conflict civil or national. All these people are saying is that they are preparing all of the basic paperwork and preliminary steps so that when the conflict is over in Russia loses then Ukraine can enter NATO faster and easier with treaties and contracts and agreements already in place. It's not brain surgery to understand what they're telling us. There are a lot of hate mongers in this chat room that seem to be pro-russia pro authoritarian regimes. Russia invaded a sovereign Nation there is nothing historical for justified in what they did when it comes to the war they've started with ukraine. They will lose as long as the Allies stand behind Ukraine because the attrition rate on the Russian side is around 1200 troops a day which is unsustainable no matter how much the citizenry chooses to ignore the war.
I believe everything you and the Easter Bunny say.
Ya ok😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
🙏💜🙏💜🙏
11:03 😂😂😂
Here for the comments --> 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Talk is cheap, the west and Europe need to grow a set
🇩🇪🇪🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦💪🏻👊🏻✌🏻
Jon Batiste freedom
I agree 1000% with you sir don't let putin bluff you open the door for ukraine they will mean a lot as member of nato believe me ! 🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾
@boota1979
25 күн бұрын
@gerritgill1021 Not a clue! Before the love fest with Ukraine they were ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world, by the very same people leading the love fest. You work it out.....
Hope its not like a BS Budapest Memorandum style wording.
Russia needs smarter rulers
Farage the appeaser will be gutted if Putin can't do as he pleases
@armandoalbania
25 күн бұрын
I am not a Farage fan but i have to say you are talking nonsense! Wake up we are on the brink of ww3 you gullible puppet.
Slava Ukraine
Thankyou poootin for adding to NATO and making it stronger 😂 what a strategist he is 😂😂😂😂 he’s now destroying what was once a great country and the people of Russia and their close neighbours Ukraine 😢
@HappyValleyDreamin
25 күн бұрын
👍👍👍👍👍
@gerryhouska2859
25 күн бұрын
ruSSia great? Only in territory occupied.
NATO should now consider Ukraine as a member, whether Putin like it or not and give him ultimatum to withdraw his forces from Ukrainianian border with in a given time. If Putin cant do that NATO forces will Help Ukraine to push the Russian forces out of Ukrainian sovereign border. NATO: its time to flex your muscle.
@panzerkampfwagen161
24 күн бұрын
NATO: no
@petehowett2854
24 күн бұрын
YOU do realise that,the very second after Ukraine signs the NATO MEMBERSHIP,IT WILL BE LEVELLED
Has this been fact checked?
Giving Ukraine everything it needs to win this war and Ukrainian integration into the EU and NATO is the west’s best self defense.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
take a shot every time he says "AAA" (300 shots later: "i feel strange" lol)
Putins invasion was one of the greatest blunders ever committed! Driving two countries to joint Nato and increasing the military power of Nato!
@gerryhouska2859
25 күн бұрын
Increasing the border with NATO by 1,500 km is a great effort, thanks poo tin!
@petehowett2854
24 күн бұрын
Increasing the military power of NATO?REALLY?WHERE WOULD THAT HAPPEN,THEN?
Some media houses are good in telling lies
Can awkward sods like Orban and Erdogan block Ukraine's membership, as Sweden went through?
@franceyneireland1633
25 күн бұрын
If Orban keeps his questionable behavior he may have voting right suspended.
@χσχσ-ν3χ
25 күн бұрын
@@franceyneireland1633western democracy
@petehowett2854
24 күн бұрын
@@franceyneireland1633That 's exactly the reason,AS TO WHY IRELAND IS STILL UNDER THE POMES THUMBS.ORBAN is the Hungarian leader,LOOKING AFTER THE INTERESTS OF ORDINARY HUNGARIANS,however should that NOT BE IN LINE WITH YOUR POSTION, ENGLISH SAYING: TOUGH BIKIES,PATTY
Don’t believe this dude.😂😂😂😂😂
Shame on putin
Ha ha ha ha comic liars.
IT is not irreversible.NATO is making its own depise.
Its all about the critical raw materials in Ukraine. The EU have none.
@GenghisVern
25 күн бұрын
It's about people wanting to live in civil society. It's about human rights to live in peace without being tortured or killed or bombed with missiles. It's about Rights. RU has none.
Georgia has been dropped. Ukraine may be too.
Shame on russia
😅😅😅😅😅
You are on the brink. Your days are counted .......
@markmierzejewski9534
25 күн бұрын
Putin doesn’t want to be remembered as the guy who caused the extinction of the Russian culture.
@des_smith7658
25 күн бұрын
Nato forces will be divided
We need to demand Rupert Murdoch cover this same info on Fox News!!!
Just another “ Symbolic Gesture “ that means NOTHING. It could very well means another 500 years until they’ll be finally able to join. 🤦♂️🤣😂
😂😂no Ukraine left to join NATO but they will still steal billions for the public who don’t support them only the Nato bosses who now have a reason to exist even if it does start WWIII 😂😂
A bully only understands the same back ..
@user-jp4lt7xu2g
22 күн бұрын
You are talking about NATO, right?
A country in war cannot be a member. So a low intensity conflict could make joining to be impossible
@APW-ry2ok
25 күн бұрын
Can change the rules….
@TenylegMinekez-uc7co
25 күн бұрын
@@APW-ry2ok can't
@TenylegMinekez-uc7co
25 күн бұрын
@@APW-ry2ok And trust me, NATO does not want a direct war with Russia, even if US pushes for it. They are vassals, but some of them are not 100% vassal. So can't.
@jonm7272
25 күн бұрын
It's not a war, it's just a Special Military Operation.
@TenylegMinekez-uc7co
25 күн бұрын
@@jonm7272 For Ukraine and NATO it is war.
Nato membership on what? Of a Ukraine in its current geography or what remains after Russia takes half?
@boink800
25 күн бұрын
Warmonger
@erikriza7165
25 күн бұрын
Good question. That was my first thought too.
@boink800
25 күн бұрын
@@erikriza7165 Ukraine will always be Ukraine
@shooster5884
25 күн бұрын
No.. Russia will not be allowed annex valuable land and waters containing valuable resources.. which is what Russia invaded for..
@erikriza7165
25 күн бұрын
@@boink800 let's hope so. As i read history, Russia has not always been a good neighbor to Ukraine, or any other of its neighbors. Russians should stay in Russia. And everybody else should leave the russians to fend for themselves
Send in the Daleks for the win
NATO is working weakly on neutralizing the threat of Russian invasion of the EU. Russia could be defeated in Ukraine at the beginning by providing all the necessary weapons. Now the delay in aid had very serious consequences for Ukraine. Thus, the ambitions of Russian imperialism will only grow. The EU is under real threat.
Dimitry Medvedev is not overly impressed. "The Washington Summit Declaration of July 10 mentions “the irreversible path of Ukraine” to NATO. For Russia, 2 possible ways of how this path ends are acceptable: either Ukraine disappears, or NATO does. Still better, both."
@johnstone7697
25 күн бұрын
And neither will happen, Boris. Besides that, nobody gives 2 schiits what Medvedev thinks.
@SLOWLYdoesit1
25 күн бұрын
He has calmed down since… he popped a few corks…
@andyharman7581
25 күн бұрын
Medvedev used to be moderate and the hope of the West, but then he went batshit crazy and now has zero clout on the global stage.
@s0ycapitan
25 күн бұрын
@@johnstone7697 I imagine Mr Modi cares more about his opinion than Zelensky, Starmer or Biden's.
@stagg2158
25 күн бұрын
@@andyharman7581the only reason why the former Russian president talks crazy is because he don't want to fall out a window, fall down a flight of stairs or be served some tainted tea...so he has to talk crazy to prove that he is fully on board with putin and his crazy actions 😊