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@pamela7433

Ай бұрын

❤😊HAPPY VICTORY DAY ALEXANDER AND ALL THE ALLIES IN THE WORLD.

@GeoPoliticsCommentry

Ай бұрын

Super Putin said "So much Russia winning alone while the EU and Nato lose together." Slava RUkraine. I actually made that up to bother the Nafo fools.

@bekeneel

Ай бұрын

It's matter of time until my estranged son, Pete Dixon to join in here with his botfarm friends.. Say hi to your Daddy!

@GeoPoliticsCommentry

Ай бұрын

“The Bear does not concern itself with the opinion of the Sheep”. “The Dragon does not concern itself with the opinion of the Sheep”. “Neel and Bob however concerns himself with the back end of the Sheep”.

@FrauUnibrow

Ай бұрын

Thank you Alexander ❤

As a Brit, I can say that the British government is crazy.

@Splatdo

Ай бұрын

And an absolute disgrace. A real shower of amateurs and liars.

@josephvanwie6706

Ай бұрын

It's better than being governed by a cadaver in the United States!

@curtgomes

Ай бұрын

As an American, I totally agree. The fools in Washington DC are no better. It's been estimated, by retired ex-CIA officials, that the ENTIRE UK military couldn't muster enough men to fill a soccer stadium. The West speaks tough with a bull dog mouth which is backed up by a Tweety Bird arse......

@yvonbonnemaison8039

Ай бұрын

...whenever they don't get what they want, they go mad...

@ObjectiveMedia

Ай бұрын

Not crazy but definitely imperialist

The UK has lost its mind with this anti Russia stuff

@alxdava2004

Ай бұрын

Not UK, but the tribe who rule the UK for at leats 150 years

@williamtell6750

Ай бұрын

​@@alxdava2004I was going to make precisely the same point.

@mikemurray2027

Ай бұрын

@@alxdava2004 What tribe is that? We are ruled by a ruling class, who are Zionists because it serves their interests, not 'tribes'.

@alxdava2004

Ай бұрын

​@@mikemurray2027the "stein" tribe, with small hats. Those who made the 2 world wars. Read The myth of german villainy for starters

@BadChad52

Ай бұрын

Oliver Cromwell had it right, .

It is not merely Russia v America,it is Good v Evil.

@derekreid9072

Ай бұрын

100% Robert

@lilacer6841

Ай бұрын

​@@derekreid9072so true

@ivanlazarevic78

Ай бұрын

I would not call America entirely evil.

@Colt4.5.

Ай бұрын

Here’s the Deal. Putin says GO AND DO ONE…BIG MISTAKE PENTAGOOOONS….

@benderrodriquez

Ай бұрын

Probably more like evil vs evil.

The proxy war in Ukraine is the first time NATO has tried to pick on someone their own size and NATO is getting humiliated.

I can safely say that almost all italians , from any political part , are against a confrontation with russia!!

@user-mf1ql5fz5v

Ай бұрын

Who cares? What matters is what your "leadership" wants. Ask your fellow Europeans

@Sedona-cl6eg

Ай бұрын

I can safely say that Italians will do nothing to stop their leaders from pushing the country towards war.

@EdwardofWoodstock-bc9ue

Ай бұрын

@@user-mf1ql5fz5v maybe but until a certain point. People could get very angry if they do something insane, also people have their red line!!

@EdwardofWoodstock-bc9ue

Ай бұрын

@@Sedona-cl6egwe are a vassal state as Germany and others so our politicians have to say and act in a certain manner but sending italian troops to ucraine, uhm?! believe me Meloni is too smart to do that!

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

But PM Meloni still donates weapons including air defense, ammo, and artillery to Ukraine on a regular basis and doesn't bow down to Putin like the Slovak, Hungarian, Serbian, and Austrian leaders...Below are her comments at Hostomel airport, Ukraine on 2/24/24 on second anniversary of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine: (see below) "There are heroic gestures by few men that change the course of history. One of them took place here, on the 24th of February two years ago." "Here, where the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people started." "Here, where Putin’s plan to overthrow the democratically elected government in few days and replace it with a puppet government, which would respond to his instructions, failed." This place is a symbol of Moscow’s failure. This place is a symbol of Ukrainian pride. In this place we breathe history, and history reminds us that there is something stronger than missiles, bombs, hunger or cold. And that something is love for the Homeland, love for freedom, and the will to ensure a future of prosperity and well-being for one’s children. A verse of the Ukrainian national anthem says: “We will give our bodies and souls for our freedom.” It happened here, on this runway, among what remains of the world’s largest aircraft, it happened here that brave and proud Ukrainians gave their bodies and their souls for their freedom and their Nation, igniting that hope that has given soul and body in these two years’ resistance. Everything around us reminds us of what happened in this decisive battle. And what remains on the ground turns this place into a hymn to freedom. And here we are today to say thanks to those men and women who, on the 24th of February two years ago, did not run away and instead fought, for themselves, for their families, for what they hold most dear. Europe, the West, are here to celebrate an act of love because here the Ukrainians defended what they loved and, in so doing, they also defended us. They fought to give us the chance to be here today, to say that this land is a piece of our home, and that we will do our part to defend it.

I hope that someday, my country will have a leader who loves the country and the people as much as President Putin loves Russia 🇷🇺

@arthurtane1557

Ай бұрын

Your country being what? North Korea?

@lilacer6841

Ай бұрын

​@@arthurtane1557Germany

@frankie6954

Ай бұрын

​@@arthurtane1557I would say, probably one of our war mongering governments, who seem to allow genocide, as they turn a blind eye, to Netanyahu's atrocities.

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

150,000 pro-Russian KIA later Frau "thinks" Putin is still just ducky with her...

@occ4l

Ай бұрын

A true nationalist leader, as all should be, does stand out in these times.

Ursula the liar should learn from Nuland and press ESC button before she gets kicked out unceremoniously.

С Днем Победы, Россия и Мир. Никто не забыт и ничто не забыто 🔥🎖️

@albertgrant1017

Ай бұрын

Well stated !

@WRXMSK

Ай бұрын

А особенно не забыты 27 млн наших убитых европейских рейхом!

@ObjectiveMedia

Ай бұрын

V

Looks like Putin only had to tell the pathetic weak links in NATO to shut up once. Even the EU’s man in Poland has done a 180. The upper crust or SCUM in the Western Europe, depending on how you view things realize they won’t get a pass from Russia 🇷🇺 are being very careful. Nice video Alexander

@RSingh100

Ай бұрын

@berry, Russia should not get Fooled, west/nato is "only acting" (no boots on ground, ect) (till usa elections are over) Russia "must use" this opportunity in "every way", & act fast n swift to "achive" all its goals. This a God gifted opportunity, Russia must "use it" & not loose it. Whole world is with Russia.

@paulkirby2761

Ай бұрын

The US is Nato and the voice of Nato. Sure, there's other little minion nations within Nato to try and poorly disguise that Nato is just a smokescreen for US powercreep as some wholesome defence alliance and sometimes these minions forget that and find their voice and start talking like they're a big player on a military global scale, but they quickly get a reality check and put back in their box.

"All those who participated in the creation of the circumstances for the start of this war in Ukraine must be investigated, tried and if they are convicted put in prison for life"

@user-mf1ql5fz5v

Ай бұрын

Keep dreaming lol We can consider ourselves lucky that the Russians are strong enough to force them to back off

@lllowkee6533

Ай бұрын

INCLUDING US PRESIDENT AND ALL of the PENTAGON!

@SG_88

Ай бұрын

Boy I wish. Heaven is not on Earth I'll tell you that.

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

How about the guy that ordered the Ukraine invasion on 2/24/22 ?? You know V.V. Putin (I guess he gets a pass)

@dragonsdynamite6403

Ай бұрын

@@JosephBisio I see you’re assessing this whole situation from act 3.

Russia said: "come ahead if you think you're hard enough". NATO said: "who me? I never said anything".

@yemisitijani1218

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@thadtuiol1717

Ай бұрын

Everybody be actin like gangsta till the Russians start the tactical nuclear drills.

@RSingh100

Ай бұрын

@jerry, Russia should not get Fooled, west/nato is "only acting" (no boots on ground, ect) (till usa elections are over) Russia "must use" this opportunity in "every way", & act fast n swift to "achive" all its goals. This a God gifted opportunity, Russia must "use it" & not loose it. Whole world is with Russia.

@PhiloSurfer

Ай бұрын

NATO: wait, wait, the viagra is still not working yet.

A financial embargo on the caymen islands would instantly put an end to the USAs poodles yapping

@dragonsdynamite6403

Ай бұрын

@@LGD2051 safest place, at home under the mattress.

In the very near future Ukraine shall be known as the former Ukraine .

@arthurtane1557

Ай бұрын

And Russia will be known as the Mongol Province of China!

@Theone-bc7tr

Ай бұрын

War crimes & Genocide never disappeared after the Nazis were defeated by Russia 🇷🇺 It just manifested it's self in kiev

@Theone-bc7tr

Ай бұрын

​@@arthurtane1557hey strap on I see they released you from west wing

@user-mf1ql5fz5v

Ай бұрын

​​@@arthurtane1557I don't think the Russians mind, honestly After 2 years of spouting bullshit, this is what you're now left with lol I thought NATO backed Ukraine would destroy Russia ? What happened? "Putler" too strong for you? 😂😂😂😂

@lilacer6841

Ай бұрын

​@@arthurtane1557what? You think China is not dependent on Russia. Lol Chiba has no energy security has to buy oil and gas from Tussia or other countries. Chiba nit foid sufficient relies on lits of food imp

10:27 NATO rules out deploying troops in Ukraine 20:54 A statement at the NATO summit in July may formally rule out NATO boots on the ground in Ukraine. 31:21 Tensions between Russia and UK intensify 41:48 Russian missile strikes target Ukrainian power stations and military-industrial complex 52:15 Russian forces making significant advances in multiple Ukrainian villages, recapturing territories 1:02:42 Russian advances in Ukraine leading to potential split of Ukrainian forces 1:13:09 Russian assets seized, legal challenges expected 1:23:32 Biden administration's contradictory stance on Israeli actions Crafted by Merlin AI.

@Manorainjan

Ай бұрын

This list is seriously wrong! The Missile topic starts at 35:20 42:06 Rabotino - Russian forces making significant advances in multiple Ukrainian villages, recapturing territories. Really, You got to check the output of this silly ChatGPT-based Merlin-AI! All those A.I.s are fully capable of screwing up. There is no reliability at all.

Respect to this guy… I trust him more than the msm channels for Ukraine updates etc 👍👍👍

Even with direct western involvement, Ukraine would still be defeated.

@PaulSimonMcCarthy-fu6ms

Ай бұрын

Indeed, you do not win a war with a nuclear superpower. You merely hope to lose less.

@cfcheadhunter

Ай бұрын

There is direct western involvement ffs. Has been since 2014, or more than likely 2008 and they're still gettin fukked.

@TheArdildo

Ай бұрын

80 years ago, millions of Ukrainians fought for a final end to Nazism, Zelenskyy said in a speech on the anniversary of Germany's surrender in 1945. - But today Ukrainians are once again standing up against evil that has been reborn, that has returned and that wants to destroy us again, he said during a visit to the village of Yahidne. In early March 2022, shortly after the invasion, Russian forces locked up over 350 villagers in a school in Yahidne for several weeks. Among them were 80 children. According to Zelenskyj, ten people died in captivity, while 17 others were killed. - If this is not Nazism, then what is, he said during the visit to the village. Yahidne was recaptured by Ukrainian forces in late March 2022. - Anyone who comes to destroy us will sooner or later have to flee Ukraine, Zelenskyj said.

@Fleur-fg4nr

Ай бұрын

There won't be any grand Operation Overlord, with foreign NATO armies and hundreds of western aircraft under their own flags and with their own support systems, hundreds of thousands of troops moving in etc, The days when Uncle Sam would consider going down that road with his OWN forces, 10.000 km away from home, against anything other than banana republics and C-class militaries, are long since over. 🔥😄

@nomnoms1776

Ай бұрын

@@TheArdildoNazis are ruling Ukraine, but they’re beginning to flee like RATS!

Today the weapon factory in Berlin got on fire. They supposed to supply Ukrain with tanks

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

That was a week ago and the factory doesnt make weapons. It makes fuel for missiles and other things.

@dragonsdynamite6403

Ай бұрын

Likely Russia is responsible.

Viva Russia. # Free Assange.

The globalists tried to make a fool out of russia, but instead the gloablists made a fool out of thsemlves, let that be a lesson :)

@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn

Ай бұрын

They don’t care what anyone thinks about them. They’re making money

@kaliyuga4802

Ай бұрын

​@@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn But this time they made an awful mistake...😊

@Hew.Jarsol

Ай бұрын

800 Russians dying daily in Ukraine

@Theone-bc7tr

Ай бұрын

War crimes & Genocide never disappeared after the Nazis were defeated by Russia 🇷🇺 It just manifested it's self in kiev

@thomasbrotherston8306

Ай бұрын

@@Hew.Jarsolwishful thinking my friend.

NATO, what happened? The Lithuanians will have to do the job on their own... 😉🤡😂

@GeoPoliticsCommentry

Ай бұрын

OMG that is your best troll ever elza o7

@KazSurma

Ай бұрын

Courageous little nation of petty-minded people. They are asking for to cease their own existence as a state.

@mirba6933

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣👏

@louise_rose

Ай бұрын

If I were Lithuanian or Estonian I would be really worried over their cocky and irresponsible PM's lately. Actually I *am* worried - I'm from southern Sweden and if there's a new front in the southern Baltic Sea/Lithuania /Belarus region, it would be right on our doorstep... and with our flunky government wanting to show themselves as NATO's best boys, we might get dragged in too, less than a year after they finally got us inside NATO. 🔥

@joecool3332

Ай бұрын

A proud nation of proud chihuahuas, barking at the passing caravan.

Remember Victory day in 1945 when Russia captured Berlin ALONE. No matter how they try and change history, that fact remains true. Super Putin said "So much Russia winning alone while the EU and Nato lose together." I actually made that up to bother the Nafo fools. It's my quote from 2023. Slava RUkraine.

@rogerboniface8086

Ай бұрын

Zhukov after the Soviets took Berlin. "They will never forgive us for it"

@SterileNeutrino

Ай бұрын

Soviets went on and cleaned up Manchuria (striking fear in the local Japanese population because apparently Soviets were not averse to shipping people to ... err ... "places of labour" wholesale). Impressive power once unleashed.

@TeunisMarinus

Ай бұрын

Here is some history for you. In early May 1945, as the Allies shut down the Nazi war machine, Patton stood with his massive 3rd Army on the outskirts of Prague in a potential face off with the Red Army. He pleaded for General Eisenhower's green light to advance and capture the city for the Allies, which also would have meant containment of the Russians. British Prime Minister Churchill also thought the move a crucial and beneficial one for post-war Europe and insisted upon it, but to no avail. Eisenhower denied Patton's request, and the Russians took the region, which would pay dearly for years to come. Earlier that year, at the February conference in Yalta, President Roosevelt, with Churchill at his side, extended the hand of friendship to "Uncle Joe" Stalin and signed his Faustian pact. In so doing, the destiny of millions was reduced to mass starvation, blood revenge, and distant gulags. At the time, Patton understood the tragedy of this event and wrote, "We promised the Europeans freedom. It would be worse than dishonorable not to see that they have it. This might mean war with the Russians, but what of it? Berlin also was given to Stalin's Army as red meat to feed the dictator's appetite for killing Germans. To some, including Patton, this was an unnecessary and devastating concession. In late April 1945, Patton claimed he could take Berlin in just "two days," an assessment shared by the commander of the 9th Army, General William H. Simpson. As with Prague, Patton's request to secure Berlin was denied. Sadly, after Patton finally reached the ravaged city, he wrote his wife on July 21, 1945, "for the first week after they took it (Berlin), all women who ran were shot and those who did not were raped. I could have taken it (instead of the Soviets) had I been allowed." Conventional wisdom holds that Eisenhower's choice not to capture the eastern capital cities was sober decision-making or that he was bound by the Yalta agreements, though he originally planned for Berlin and Prague. Many would argue that in the spring of 1945 the U.S. was fatigued with war and its military was in no condition to fight World War III. The Americans also needed the Russians to join the fight in the Pacific war, though the Russians never fulfilled that promise. Yet, the "what ifs" of history echo in Patton's words:

@DTJKS

Ай бұрын

Strength is in Truth. This is why Rus is winning and will be the last one standing. God smiles on Rus, his mightiest and bravest child.

@user-rf9ws7hp3e

Ай бұрын

If you only get your history lessons from Hollywood, it’s the US that liberated Berlin and greater Germany . Even in my country NZ , Russia is being stigmatically removed from history .

I just started to watch the Duran and your channel a few weeks ago, I haven't missed and episode since then. Thanks Alexander, I find you give the best information about geopolitics and the Ukraine that I have been able to find online. 😉👌

@milomanx6531

Ай бұрын

WELCOME TO REAL NEWS!

@RSingh100

Ай бұрын

@tommy, "truth is addective", just a statury warning 😊

@tommybunk2292

Ай бұрын

@@RSingh100 absolutely !!!

Time for Purin to cut all ties wirh the UK

Words coming from West or NATO mean nothing and cannot not be trusted. That said, if I was Russia, I would carry on as planned and react to any new development.

@alexandervocelka9125

Ай бұрын

Correct: Putin finally understood in 2022 and named it the Empire of Lies.

@josephvanwie6706

Ай бұрын

Never trust the devil or his minions! The west has NEVER kept their word.

@Fleur-fg4nr

Ай бұрын

Agree. The Panglossian rhetoric of the EU, and their grandstanding to protect Uncle Sam, are beyond embarrassing, /from Sweden

@lisaschmidt6165

Ай бұрын

Russia will not win down believe that

@michaelgnit8476

Ай бұрын

Aren't they doing that to a degree now?

I have stated this numerous times.. My fellow viewers, we are very, very, very fortunate to have Mr. Mercouris providing us with pinpoint accurate information. Listen to his wisdom very carefully. And do not forget what he says, all accurate, NO LIES! He is a man of courage and conviction!

Thank you for your outstanding work, Alexander ❤

Macron: we will send troops in Ukraine; Russia: we will test our nukes; Macron: I will send our delegation to Putins inauguration 😂

@raymore5256

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😅😅😅

Looks like the first deportation from EU/ Poland has gone through. What a disaster and disgrace.

@Sedona-cl6eg

Ай бұрын

The Poles will never be able to get rid of their traitorous leaders.

@davidlazarus67

Ай бұрын

The Polish president should be charged with war crimes for this.

@josephvanwie6706

Ай бұрын

This horrific event sheds the west from it's Democratic disguise! Forcing refugees to be placed on the battlefield without military training.

@Driver-ur9mf

Ай бұрын

​@@davidlazarus67maybe. Maybe not. Seems the fine brave lads of the BanderaLand have been well supplied and cared for. Now maybe they should act like they have a pair and defend their country. Or make peace. Like houseguests who long overstay their welcome perhaps. Did Poland offer them citizenship or were they just going to live there forever

Johnson is no different than 80% of congress a money launderer for the money lenders and probably has many cameo roles in the Epstien video collection

@davidcollin1436

Ай бұрын

EXACTLY

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

I guess ole country boy Christian nationalist Johnson from LA heard about what Russia does to Evangelical groups both inside Russia and in occupied Ukraine and decided to take the hold off of Ukraine aid...

Thank you ❤

❤😊THANK YOU FOR YOUR NEWS AND UPDATES.

Russia should appoint a Ukrainian government in exile to quickly replace the current regime of Zelensky.

@damjanm3585

Ай бұрын

Would that be democratic! Anyway, no legitimacy to anything that Russian do!

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

Why would the Ukrainian people support a government of traitors and puppets ??

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

And you expect Ukrainians to fall in line with a FSB-organized government of gangsters and traitors ??

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

Why would Ukrainians follow Russian -sponsored gangsters and traitors ??

❤😊UKRAINE IS COLLAPSING

@user-pj5tl5gf6l

Ай бұрын

Its all the Russian turrets falling on it 😮

@davidcollin1436

Ай бұрын

Blackrock rubbing their grimy hands and drooling over their instigated wars.

@monagdamag2962

Ай бұрын

Stating the obvious.😊

It does seem apparent that NATO members have perhaps for the first time reflected on the motivations of their membership. There is undoubtedly those who embraced the idea of collective defence, who tend to be those engulfed by Eastern expansion. This conflicts with those ex Imperial, colonialusts who's only visuin of the World is through extreme militaristic spectacles. I don't think much value is paid to the unhinged Baltic countries who see Russian threat as a means to extract Euros and Dollars. It also appears Finland is showing signs of buyers remorse.

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

The best ally of NATO is Russia. Without Russia and its war mongering leader NATO would have no reason to exist anymore. But with Russia and its aggressive attempts to carve out a sphere of influence within eastern europe it only makes NATO and the EU that much better an option.

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

"This conflicts with those ex Imperial, colonialusts who's only visuin of the World is through extreme militaristic spectacles. " Besides the bad spelling this sounds like a description of Russia. A colonial power trying to regain the glory of Imperial Empire by militarizing its country and Russian society to the point where hundreds of thousands of six year- olds are sent by Russian state educators to play with toy guns to "defend the Rodina"...

All Russia does is correcting Lenin‘s mistake of selling out Russian lands and people in 1922 and Gorbatchev‘s and Yeltin‘s incapability of thinking and acting strategically.

@louise_rose

Ай бұрын

Lenin was acting on the premise that after a wave of revolutions all over Europe, national borders wouldn't matter much anymore, so he might as well give up those regions. He wanted to achieve peace for Russia, which made perfect sense after four years of a bloodstained European war. As for the 1990s, I think it was rather Europe/the West that refused to handle Russia in a respectful way, but clearly the raw economic interests of Thatcherists and neo-liberals took over and trumped any forward-looking statesmanship.

@alexandervocelka9125

Ай бұрын

@@louise_rose I agree very much with you, had Communism and with it the idea of ‚the Soviet Man’ become the world model. What I want to point out is that the Galician Nazis who supposedly hate all things communist and definitely all things Russian fight and die for a state that was created by evil incarnate according to their ideology. By understanding the fundamental contradictions in the Kiev regimes ideology one can very well predict its unraveling mechanisms. As for the US Empire I agree. Kravtschuk as polish born Galician was their man to start with. All other following presidents came from Russian lands knowing the empire inside out it is a child‘s play to understand that it never wanted to give the Ukraine a federalistic structure. In the end the state never had an identity and no one, not even the Nazis identified with it. A state that no one identifies with is prey to be used and robbed. And this is why the Ukraine a multi-ethnic state with an artificially created culture and language by Maria-Theresa became the most corrupt and dysfunctional state. The sooner it is ended and dissolved the better for all even the Nazis who can then create their nationalsocialist state of Galizien and take it into the Empire via the EU. One prediction of the EU came true: it will fight to the last Ukrainian.However, the last Ukrainian died probably sometime in 2023 when it became clear even to the simple minds there, that they fought for the US, the EU the Oligarchs, Blackrock, BASF but never for their own land as their lands were never attacked. Irony after 580‘000 casualties: all Junta Presidents told the Russians to pack their things and go to Russia and finally they did just that. Of course they take all their things, but Galicians were never smart and far less so after they lost the better half of their 1990 population. So now to the border of 1654. The timeline is Sep 2024 that was given in June 2022. Let‘s observe how the systemic collapse unfolds.

@louise_rose

Ай бұрын

​@@alexandervocelka9125 Good points! Many people just see "national sovereignty" as a binary axiom, thinking basically. "If your state has once been recognized in a treaty (a peace treaty or whatever) then it is guaranteed to exist forever with the borders that were set up, nothing can change that, and anyone questioning its borders is on the moral level of Hitler in 1938-39". This is just Panglossian thinking. Sovereignty is a grey-scale thing,, there are such things as client states and proxies, and the mere fact of an old treaty doesn't make you morally or politically "non-touchable". Why does Britain hang on to Gibraltar, which they got through (by modern terms) a war of aggression and blatant meddling in Spanish politics, three centuries ago? Because their military needs the rock as a base, especially the Royal Navy and esp. after they lost Malta, dammit!! There is no "international law" or "rules-based order" about it: the UK is simply clinging on to a critical overseas base. Ukraine is pretty much a US/NATO colony, the country has long been bought and funded by the West, that's also the reason why the US and its allies are defending it. It has nothing at all to do with principles of inviolable sovereignity (the EU, as usual, is also trying to buttress Uncle Sam's positions by pretend legal frameworks) and people ought to get that. But the propaganda machine is running on overdrive for the last 2½ years...

@louise_rose

Ай бұрын

@@alexandervocelka9125 Good points...My reply to you seems to have been m*xted by the Txbe filters - I'll see if I can get it reposted. ;)

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

"All Russia does is correcting Lenin‘s mistake of selling out Russian lands and people in 1922" Lenin died over a 100 years ago... Long time to keep an imaginary grudge going...

Thank you Alexander, please take good care friend

Historically, has NATO ever told the truth. Pleeze.

@RSingh100

Ай бұрын

@steven, exately, Russia should not get Fooled, west/nato is "only acting" (no boots on ground, ect) (till usa elections are over) Russia "must use" this opportunity in "every way", & act fast n swift to "achive" all its goals. This a God gifted opportunity, Russia must "use it" & not loose it. Whole world is with Russia.

Long live Russia! Long live All Russians!

@JAS-39Gripen

Ай бұрын

But not it's filthy government.

@louise_rose

Ай бұрын

People who are bickering and putting Russia down for celebrating the victory in WW2 don't get that this has much the same function as Remembrance Sunday in the UK - that one is also conmemorated with pomp, pageantry and official processions.

@anncoffey8375

Ай бұрын

@@JAS-39Gripen Western countries are those that have filthy governments, not Russia!

@ccso2776

Ай бұрын

@@JAS-39Gripen oh, our governments are filthier

@Norrs-fd6zr

Ай бұрын

День Победы!

I just cannot believe this whole Russian phobia especially in The United Kingdom Europe and Nato and the United States this totally mad thank you Alexander Mercouris for your great program

How politically incorrect can you get a man if that with the interlect of Joe Biden given the name Cleverly

In view of NATOs rhetoric as well as Minsk I and Minsk II , Russian reliance on any pledges by NATO not to place boots on the ground in Ukraine is excluded. Remember that, however described, NATO is considered an existential threat by Russia.

@ralph95

Ай бұрын

NATO LIES!!!

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

Wonder why than Russia keeps doing this that keep expanding NATO

@RSingh100

Ай бұрын

@ibhraim, Russia should not get Fooled, west/nato is "only acting" (no boots on ground, ect) (till usa elections are over) Russia "must use" this opportunity in "every way", & act fast n swift to "achive" all its goals. This a God gifted opportunity, Russia must "use it" & not loose it. Whole world is with Russia.

@ibrahimmuhammed9845

Ай бұрын

@@Jamicaman516 Russia cannot stop NATOs expansion; the fact only simplifies targeting and planning operations for both sides. For historical and strategic reasons, Ukraine is an exception - and Russia has always made this clear. As well as the extent she is ready and willing to go to make that point.

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

@@ibrahimmuhammed9845 "For historical and strategic reasons, Ukraine is an exception " OH Yesss --Ukraine's future MUST be determined by some bloody ex-KGB dictator sitting in Moscow for forever into the future...Yeah we get it...Why ??...because he (Putin) says so....(or references some 17th Century document with Tucker)

Happy Great Victory Day 🇷🇺💪👏 ❤💪🇷🇺🙏☦ BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS ☦🙏🕊🌟🇷🇺🙌

The “West” is a lawless conglomerate. Russia should not aim at legally challenging the “West” stealing its assets. It should simply decisively win the Ukraine war and, when the time is right for that, ultimately demand and enforce apology and repayment (including interest as resulting from imposed cost due to illegally ceased assets).

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

And how would it do that? If Europe does not use much to any Russian oil or gas, what leverage does Russia have over Europe?

@bolshoefeodor6536

Ай бұрын

​@@Jamicaman516A lot of Western businesses did not pull out of Russia. Those assets and accounts could be seized to offset the theft of Russian assets.

@rolandkaschek9722

Ай бұрын

@@Jamicaman516 by developing economic ties to Asian and African countries that ultimately put Russia in a position to get rid of political prices in trade with EU countries. In order to appease these countries Russia has given them energy prices significantly below market prices. Russia should not make that mistake again.

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

@@rolandkaschek9722 But Russia investments in Africa are small compared to those of China, the US, and the EU. Russia cant really compete with either of 3 these groups since its a pretty poor country. In Asia or South America its the same story. Russia could have gotten rich by being the middle man between Asian and European trade. But that idea has now been killed since no one in Europe is going to trust Russia to that extent. Russia is not a very dynamic economy it has a handful of things that it does to keep itself afloat, like oil and gas exports, raw material exploitation and weapon sales. However none of these are unique things that will last. We already seen Russia exports fall by half and Russian weapons sales have almost ceased entirely.

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

@@bolshoefeodor6536 They did pull out of Russia, however the Russia government passed laws making it legal to seize their assets without payment. Those assets have already been put to use and cant be used to offset anything. It also cripples Russia future economic future, since no foreign investor or company is going to trust Russia. Why would they when they could see all their stuff stolen by Russian law at the drop of a hat? This is something that not even China would do. That is how bad the stigma of doing this creates in the investment market. And IF Russia or Russian companies attempt to expand into some of these western markets in the future. The west could pass laws to seize Russian assets to repay for the seizure of western assets during the war. Locking out Russia from 50 trillion in market activity.

Wonder if the Ukrainians are now regretting not staying neutral? 😢😢😢

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

They didnt get a choice, Russia invaded their homes on Feb 24th 2022. Than like all good people they have take arms against their invaders and made them pay a large price in blood and treasure for their invasion.

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

Well we now know that Putin is probably regretting ordering the invasion of 2/24/22. I mean that has to be the case; because nothing went as planned when he invaded over largely open borders an un-mobilized Ukrainian state with the goal of destroying it ....

@yangerjamir0906

22 күн бұрын

Certainly not Zelensky.

Long Live Mother Russia.

It is unfortunate that some are skeptical of Alexander and will even resort to insulting. We all wait for his videos 📹 everyday. Those that don't want to watch his videos ..simply move on..

@bolshoefeodor6536

Ай бұрын

Jacob Dreizin is a particularly odious member of the tribe. I can't stand his BS. All he does is rant, and spin his stuff to reverse engineer a fitting of current events to past "predictions". He gets a heck of a lot wrong, given he is charging $13 per month! The guy is super sketchy.

Happy victory day to my Russian friends.

@damjanm3585

Ай бұрын

Those who fought died already! You must be very, very old to have friends who fought in WWII!

The politically motivated and spiteful knee-jerk expulsion of the Military Attaché of the RF working with the RF Embassy staffs in the UK, London Office. Petty. Petulant. Predictible. Poor Show indeed. Purile, Pubescent, Pityful. How low now, how much lower yet to reveal itself.

@PhiloSurfer

Ай бұрын

pusillanimous

@user-rp2li7ks4e

Ай бұрын

@@PhiloSurfer Perfidious Albion 😉🇮🇪

Good luck Lithuania, looks like it's all yours now.

@davidcollin1436

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@acement1

Ай бұрын

No I think Estonia is going to attack Russia.

Thank you Mercurious for your diligence. Blessed be the liberators.

British diplomatic language seems to have deteriorated to the level of teenage drama..

@Ray-nx3cn

Ай бұрын

I must agree the British are like a not stop barking chihuahua yap yap yap.

@davidcollin1436

Ай бұрын

It's a limpwristed trait

@thadtuiol1717

Ай бұрын

@@davidcollin1436 And a "Rouge Mer Pedestrian" one as well.

The attention on Ukraine will shift quickly from here. Why? The economies of the West are now in full collapse mode. Events in Ukraine will be superseded by bank runs, shortages and pension crisis. It’s coming faster than people realise.

@davidcollin1436

Ай бұрын

Blackrock rubbing their greasy hands...

@hughbarr8408

Ай бұрын

I too live in the West (I presume that is what you are saying) and can report many things from my end, Britain. There is very much a “cost of living crisis” with people visiting ever growing food banks and these are working folk. The potholes in the roads are terrible. You can not get to see a doctor without a two week wait. Many people no longer drink or eat out. The railway infrastructure has not had the maintenance it requires. Higg Streets are derelict with shops boarded up. Obviously I can’t speak for everyone, nor would I want to, however, we see the picture for America here. Your sanctuary cities are bust, we see the Mayor of New York begging for money. Similarly businesses fleeing California. All headed to the Red States of Texas and Florida, which is where I presume you live, or similar. Best regards.

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

If i had a nickle for every time someone said the west was in economic collapse or deterioration, I would be as rich as elon musk.

@hughbarr8408

Ай бұрын

It is strange you would say that, which suggests to myself you are quite young. The Soviet Union collapsed over night, one minute it was there and the next it was gone. The speed of the collapse caught everyone off guard including the CIA. You know what? It is usually when folk like yourself make these statements that the risk is the greatest. Want an example, the swinging 1920s, one minute everyone was partying and the next they were queuing up at food banks and selling everything they could to make ends meet. Maybe I just invented that too and it never happened. Who knows.

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

@hughbarr8408 the USSR collapsed because conserative hardliners attempted a couple. The follow on collapse was not a surprise it was the coup that was. And this combined with the massive mismanagement of the Soviet economy is something that cannot happen in the west since we aren't a command economy.

it's a basic instruction to the sheeple - anyone going against the narrative gets called hurty names like 'bot' or 'Ivan' ? 😂

@SvetlanaVladimirova8590

Ай бұрын

Haha, that's true! Here on YT I've been called a bot, and a commie b**ch many times. Oh, and a lot of worse things besides. It simply tells me that the haters simply don't have an argument. Bring it on, suckers! 😎

@SvetlanaVladimirova8590

Ай бұрын

Haha, that's true! Here on YT I've been called a "bot" many times. Oh, and many far worse things besides. It simply tells me that the haters simply don't have an argument. Bring it on, suckers!

@bekeneel

Ай бұрын

@@SvetlanaVladimirova8590 Nice, so you're not a machine and you really have a Vagina? 🤩 Nice, now I'm rly interested. Only we can't meet on rus territory, cuz I'm no Sgt. Idiotovich!

@bekeneel

Ай бұрын

@@SvetlanaVladimirova8590 Neutral terrain Svetlana? Togethere we can fuck the world..

@davidcollin1436

Ай бұрын

It's the NewAlgorithm. Bignose inspired.

If Europeans like Macron and Meloni are getting sick of Vonderlyen (and God, why wouldn't they ? ) Its because of her mewling obedience to Washington at every turn. That would become tiresome, even among those reliably obedient EU subservients.

❤😊RUSSIA IS WINNING BIG.

@mirba6933

Ай бұрын

On all fronts. Economy, politics, weapon production, weapon quality, etc. Better international relations between other countries outside of western "civilization" 😂 It looks like when you look from the side like this and if you know most of the circumstances surrounding everything that is happening, you can almost literally see the touch of God's hand over Russia. Everything is going in their favor. I don't know if it will stay that way. However, I am not God.

@bekeneel

Ай бұрын

@@mirba6933 😂😂 "all going their way", last day a record number of 1300 casualties, another oil refinery hit on a record distance from Ukraine. Failed assasination attempt on Zelenski. Billions of revenue from frozen rus assets in EU will be directly spent into military aid for Ukraine. Just to say only very few of things happening, in case u rly think "all is going great for russia" 🤣🤣 and it'll get a lot worse.

@Fleur-fg4nr

Ай бұрын

I hope a defeat will tr*sh the hokey legitimacy of the entire Brussels project, and force some serious rethinking - and kicking out of political bigwigs. The EU should revert to beng mostly just a free trade pact, and should be forced to give up their current name.

@TeunisMarinus

Ай бұрын

Russia lost the Crimean War 1853-1856 the Russian Japanese war 1904-1905 World War I 1914-1918 Latvian War of Independence 1918-1920 Estonian War of Independence 1918-1920 Polish-Soviet War 1919-1921 Cold War 1947-1991 Afghan War year 1979-1989 First Chechen War Year 1994-1996.

@bolshoefeodor6536

Ай бұрын

​@@TeunisMarinusThey lose battles. Skirmishes. They win ALL the wars for existential survival.

Nice case of watch my hands not my mouth from the Brits there, covering for Camoron trying to recreate the Charge of the Light Brigade. Sick of these little boys playing soldiers with real lives.

@thadtuiol1717

Ай бұрын

Lol, Brits be acting all gangsta till the Russian tactical nuclear drills started.

Great commentary!

When are NATO troops not NATO troops? If France sends troops on its own, it can claim that they are not NATO troops.

@christophersmith8316

Ай бұрын

NATO has no troops that I am aware of. All of them are from real countries.

@lilacer6841

Ай бұрын

​@@christophersmith8316exactly

@dietmarwehr9965

Ай бұрын

@@christophersmith8316 The point I was trying to make is that any military action by NATO would involve troops from countries that are members of the organization. And it seems to be a fine line between saying that NATO is deploying (for example) French troops and Macron saying that French troops are being deployed in Ukraine BUT they are not operating under a NATO mandate. What if France, Germany and Poland all agreed to deploy troops in Ukraine while continuing to claim that those are not NATO troops?

@prague7706

Ай бұрын

It’s all a bunch of rubbish

@Chuck68ify

Ай бұрын

59:32 ​@@dietmarwehr9965 It's a question of what to put on the Headstones?

Zelensky, NO NATO FOR YOU!

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

Yeah right, when some UA artillery are now currently firing 155mm shells that just arrived like there is no tomorrow....

Russia has a winning military strategy, Ukraine and NATO have a PR strategy. The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

A PR strategy that reduced Russia to using T-55 tanks. Pretty good strategy.

@bolshoefeodor6536

Ай бұрын

​@@Jamicaman516Nothingn wrong with the T55. Makes a great close range support weapon, and the anti-javelin and anti-drone upgrades have helped. Given the choice between walking in open ground toward a Ukie trench, or using a T55, why not use the T55? What else they gonna do with them?

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

@@bolshoefeodor6536 Using a 1950's tank in 2024 is a sign of the times for how bad this war is going for Russia. This is tank that gun uses ammo that is not used in other Russian tanks, adding to more supply issues. Its a tank whose armor and defenses are not up to par with any modern weapons let alone really cheap weapons from the 70s and 80s. Overall its a sign of Russia decline from the image it presented to the world just a few years ago as this modernizing power.

@paulmentzer7658

Ай бұрын

The T-55 uses the same ammunition as the BMP-3. The 100mm gun is still considered a good anti tank gun. Is it a 120mm round, no, but in many circumstances good enough.

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

@@paulmentzer7658 The original BMP-3 did have a 100 mm gun, but a lot of further upgraded BMP-3s ditched it for autocannons of various types or missiles. Thus there arent a whole lot of 100mm BMP-3's as you might think there are. Plus they lost a lot of them in the opening stages of war when Russia attempted to trade equipment for not needing to call up more men into the army.

Dear Alexander. I have to say, I really enjoy your presence in my house everyday. It's like I know you. I talk to you, I respond, agree, question, nod, and generally feel like you are in the room. It's a very special thing, especially at a time when people are now spending more time in a screen, than actually spending time with actual people. I have the feeling many others get to enjoy your reports in the same way, much more than your algorithm actually reveals. Thank you so much for being in my life, and doing what you do. That sounds rather dramatic and cringy, but I get to spend 120 minutes with you everyday, and that's just a fact. I think you could call me a "fan". If I could choose anyone to hang with for a day, it would probably be you (and Alex). Again, I don't think Im alone. I am way too old and infirm for any of that to happen, and I am in a different continent, but never the less, that thought, that possibility, fills me with nothing but joy. But then again, here you are, on my screen, updating me on the details of the day, and it just somehow feels like the real thing, like I've already met you, like you are here besides me. That's quite a thing to pull off. Thank you for that. Don't ever change. Alex and yourself are just fantastic.

FOR RUSSIA, FOR VICTORY! OORAH - roars Russian Prez with 9,000+ military personnel echoing back thunderous chant before Victory Day parade kicks off with epic rendition of Russian anthem and salute from Defense Minister Shoigu to Putin. West would like to forget lessons of WWII but we remember fate of mankind was decided in grand battles in Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad, Mink and Kiev - Putin. - Intel Republic

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

Less men less equipment than last years parade, which was smaller than the year before. At this rate by next year you will boasting about the 2025 parade having just 5000 men.

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

@@Jamicaman516 Plus Putin had a couple of decorated war criminals on the reviewing stand with him associated with atrocities in the Kyiv area in 2022...

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

@@Jamicaman516 Putin sitting with war criminals on May 9th (parade stand) from the advance on Kyiv in 2022...We remember Bucha...

NATO boots on the ground would require a consensus, which NATO was never going to get given Hungary's opposition to supporting Ukraine. So Stoltenberg was only stating the obvious. The real problem comes from the few unhinged EU leaders who keep threatening to send their own troops.

@thadtuiol1717

Ай бұрын

Lol, Euros be acting all gangsta till the Russian tactical nuclear drills started.

@glennjones7599

Ай бұрын

Consensus is not Unanimous. But if Hungary has veto power, unanimous agreement is required

It's nothing to do with the diplomat it's because Russia has put the barking dog back in its box and that's all the dog can do

Some reports say French troops have already been sent under the guise of the froggy Foreign Legion

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

Some reports (particularly from the Russian information space) are often very wrong....or are put out there as: "information operations" Why do people on this page fall for it every time such 'reports' bubble up ??

The Nixon story is false. He wasn't trying to be seen as mad, he was. The tapped telephone conversation with Kissinger he was obviously unaware of - and in this he suggests nuclear weapons used in Vietnam. We know American presidents can be very trigger happy, and Eisenhower had to be talked down of MacArthur's suggestion to nuclear bomb China once and for all. He was advised not to go nuclear by European politicians. That was then. Today Europe doesn't have that sort of sane and cautious politicians - quite the contrary.

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

Barely anything you just said was true or accurate. Nixon story was not false he did want to end the war in Vietnam by any means that he thought viable. Including nuclear weapons. But his advisors and the public convinced him that this course of action was a mistake. Something that wont happen in a place like Russia where if you go against Putin you end up in jail and the public has no say in things. Eisenhower wanted to end Korea and knew that with MacArthur public threats of going nuclear made the Chinese and Russian nervous. Thus he played into this with a series of private threats that the US might just go nuclear to end the war. Thus pushing China and North Korea to the peace table.

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

Obviously incorrect history: Nixon wanted to be perceived as a "madman" by his Communist foes China and USSR to gain advantage when in reality he was quite sane and an intelligent 'realist". Eisenhower equally sane and intelligent didn't become president until MacArthur was gone from the scene for almost two years.. Eisenhower transferred TAC nuke weapons to South Korea as a threat to force the Commies to the peace table to get a permanent ceasefire...

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

Almost nothing @perlefisker said was accurate... and his background to the story was very sketchy . Eisenhower didn't become president until almost 2 years after MacArthur' left the scene when the situation in the Korean War was very different..

USA western really uniting russians back together and strengthening Russia more than it was what a era it's becoming That was what went in Africa colonial era African came together strengthening their unity to out the colony powers out of there land

День Победы!

'People that express an opinion that differs from that of the British establishment are naughty, should not be listened to, and must be considered supporters of Putin.' That is not a very helpful or productive position for Cleverly to take.

Timothy Snyder, the esteemed Yale Historian “On Thursday, Russia will celebrate Victory Day, its commemoration of the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945. Domestically, this is nostalgia. In the 1970s, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev created a cult of victory. Russia, under Putin, has continued the tradition. Abroad, this is intimidation. We are meant to think that Russia cannot lose. And far too many of us, during Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, have believed that. In February 2022, when Russia undertook its full-scale invasion of its neighbor, the consensus was that Ukraine would fall within days. Even today, when Ukraine has held its own for more than two years, the prevailing view among Russia’s friends in Congress and the Senate is that Russia must eventually win. Moscow’s success is not on the battlefield but in our minds. Russia can lose. And it should lose, for the sake of the world - and its own sake.” Again, Synder is more a Politician than a Historian, more like a Political Commissar like Nikita Khrushchev. In his CNN article today, he makes serious mistakes. Firstly, Ukraine, since 1991, has never celebrated Victory Day, and the Ukrainian Front Armies were not composed only of Ukraine Soldiers; it was a Battle Front comprised of many Divisions from the Southern Military District from the Central Asian and Southern Russian Regions and was just called the Ukrainian Front that opposed the Wehrmacht Army Group South. The Belarusian Front fought against Army Group Center, and the Massive Soviet Guards Army opposed Army Group North and the Finns. It is well known that Synder is being paid to rewrite the History of Ukraine by the Zallenskyy Party.

@davidcollin1436

Ай бұрын

And you should go to the frontline where your delusions will be rewarded and proven correct...

@vmoses1979

Ай бұрын

These people are so far up their own asses. Debacle after debacle doesn't seem to change anything. Facts don't matter. Any non western country's interests are subordinate to their own. Their decline has already started and hopefully will accelerate into the future.

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

Ukraine does celebrate victory day. Its done so 1991 as May 9 until the 2023 when it changed it to May 8th. Jeez man can you do better propaganda that cant be beaten via a basic google search.

@cliveengel5744

Ай бұрын

@@Jamicaman516 Comrade, Ukraine does not acknowledge that they even participated in the Great Patriotic War; they use the 2nd World War term instead; it is like they are ashamed of their Soviet Past, Hungary 1956, Prague 1968, the Annexation of Polish Galicia, and Volhynia in 1941. On the 8th of May 2024, they never had a Memorial Service, parade, or flyby. The current Ukrainian government desecrated the memory of its Patriotic War survivors by ripping down Soviet Memorials and changing the names of Cities and Streets to erase their past. They make out as if the mystical Soviets occupied them. It would help if you could learn a lot more about the history of Ukraine. What difference does the 8th of May vs. the 9th of May make, as it is only to separate the date from Russia? It is pathetic, woke, and revisionist, like Timothy Snyder from Yale.

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

@cliveengel5744 I wonder why they didn't do much of anything this year. 🤔 could it be they are at war and fighting at the moment? Ukraine seeks to make it's own history one seperate from the one pushed by the Kremlin. Same as Belarus has done. The reason they moved the date was to celebrate the true end of WW2 in Europe rather than the day after. Same reason China celebrates a different day for its victory day.

Looks like NATO doesn't have their own power packs for their tanks 😛

@davidcollin1436

Ай бұрын

It was an Obama move to buy from China. Integrated circuits in the jets have a Chinese backdoor just in case.

@tomgoodwill5675

Ай бұрын

Chinese have to supply

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reached a record 1.5 thousand people per day. That's three battalions, almost a brigade a day.

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

Obviously these are greatly exaggerated figures from Russian MoD who has already shot-down the pre-war UA air force of 120 operable jets over four times over by their reckoning...

@dragonsdynamite6403

Ай бұрын

@@JosephBisio exactly. Losses of only 31,000 in 2 years for Ukraine. Only Russia lies.

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

@@dragonsdynamite6403 I didn't say only Russia lies... I just said that Russia lies a lot and the figures they publish from their MoD for Ukrainian losses make about zero sense... given the scale of the fighting and the forces on each side...

@dragonsdynamite6403

Ай бұрын

@@JosephBisio as much zero sense as 31,000 in two years? There three sides to a story. Yours, mine and the truth. Neither of us know for sure so why not let the truth assert itself in due time?

@dragonsdynamite6403

Ай бұрын

@@JosephBisio truth is strength and it’ll let itself be known in due time.

Awesome.

Thank You.

This shaping up as the Russian Brexit. You Know what I mean. Bye Bye EU.

Thank you for all the news.

[Thank you, Russia, may God bless and protect you always, from a grateful American!] Thousands of Russian soldiers have marched on Moscow’s Red Square to mark the 79th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. May 9 is one of the most revered holidays in the country. - RT

Perhaps there is a distinction between a captured village and a village which has been both captured and cleared. Maybe the Russians wait for the village to be cleared before officially declaring a result.

Long live the Russian Federation ❤

Weren't the Minsk agreements written down?

@davidcollin1436

Ай бұрын

US has a history of violation of hundreds of treaties.

@louise_rose

Ай бұрын

They were, but they didn't include any hard guardrails that would have outright *forced* Kiev to follow through on them (unlike ones like the 1955 treaty that re-established Austria as an independent state: that one includes binding paragraphs about what Austria can and cannot do, and direct barriers - they can't join NATO, for example, and of course can't rejoin any other German-speaking state). The Good Friday agreement between Britain and Ireland is also a treaty without "brick-wall conditions" in some respects: ultimately it relies on the trust between the two countries (and the US, who helped get it negotiated)

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

@@louise_rose They didnt have any guardrails for Russia either. Russia is the reason Minsk 2 died within a matter of days. It refused to pull in the DNR from its attack on the airport. That battle sank the agreement since the ceasefire couldnt go though with an active battle being fought.

All faults AFU does is not misstakes! It is gifts to the humanity to stop the western nato nazis😂😂😂

Thank you, Alexander.

13:36 It seems to be a choices now between, "The defeat of a NAT* proxy" and "The defeat of NAT*" and they are choosing the 1st option.

American tanks in Moscow and New York is about to fall to the Russians. We live in interesting times.

🇷🇺💯🎯🇷🇺💯🎯🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💯🎯

It was also, more so, a warning that any attempt targeting, disrupting the two ceremonies, would elicit a drastic response too devastating for those who might have been thinking that they could do. Some people only know and understand one type of language, possessing no subtly, much less diplomacy, and laying out their vision of a way to achieve long-term outcomes beneficial to everyone concerned.

I thank you for your brilliant, very intelligent comments

ukriane reminds me of South Vietnam; w/out american financial aid they collasped like a house of cards

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Not at all. It seems like we keep on forgetting about NATO promise not to expand Eastward when Soviet Union got dessolved. The future behaviour is determined by the past one.

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

That "agreement" was never written down, and was more a promise than anything else. It also was made before the nations of eastern europe asked to join NATO. Poland for example told the US, we are joining NATO or we are getting nuclear weapons so our nation can never be invaded again. What choice did the US have given the possibility of either a new nuclear nation in Europe or a new member of NATO.

@fred4687

Ай бұрын

​@@Jamicaman516The choice that the US had would have been easy enough if they thought about roles being reversed and what they would want to protect their own security interests in the face of a growing hostile alliance.

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

"keep on forgetting about NATO promise not to expand Eastward when Soviet Union got dessolved" Whatever verbal undertakings that were made to the USSR went away with the USSR crackup and the end of the Warsaw Pact. The Russian Federation (RF) was only legally created in the course of 1991 and never ruled any part of Ukraine until their completely illegal takeover of Crimea in Feb. 2014....

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

@@fred4687 The US has faced this before and has realized there is a massive difference between a threat to the US itself, and a threat to US interests. The 2 are not the same thing. Russia, because it has a autocratic leader who is conflating his own interests with those of Russia future after he is gone. Thinks that Ukraine leaving Russia orbit is a threat to Russia. When its not. Its just a blow to Russia strategic interests.

@fred4687

Ай бұрын

@@Jamicaman516 The risk to Russia is not Ukraine "leaving their orbit", that process started 20+ years ago. The risk was always US military expansion in the region via a proxy, hence the reason that Russia secured Crimea and will not tolerate a powerful hostile presence and CIA bases on their doorstep. This would be no different if the roles of the US and Russia were reveresed.

Excellent news !

I doubt that they'll succeed in sidelining the Wonderlion, she knows where too many of the bodies are buried.

All the West needs to do is tee up more sanctions and weapons packages, right? Reminds me of the Saturday Night Live skit... "More cowbell!"

So when is Ukraine going to start their Spring Offensive?... oh, never mind..that was last year..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

@jadenjaden1180

Ай бұрын

They are dug in,no money and equipment for the offensive, the war of attrition against Putin's army finished all the resources

"We are now as bourgeois as you. We are a market economy. There is no Communist Party power. Let's negotiate." (Vladimir Putin) Pope Francis has called on Western leaders not to be “ashamed to negotiate before things get worse.”

Ursula der Verrückte😂

Russia offered at the beginning of the SMO to have referendums with UN oversight and let the results be what they are... however NATO's refusal was idiotic to say the least..diabolic if one is honest with oneself. Let Odessa hold referendums and lets see what those people desire before it has to come to FABing Odessa to an unrecognizable former shell or its beauty. - Surry Virginia 🇺🇸

@Jamicaman516

Ай бұрын

That same agreement required Ukraine to limit is military to a tiny force without any ability to defend itself. Yeah because that only going to make it easier for Russia to invade next time.

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

"ets see what those people desire before it has to come to FABing Odessa to an unrecognizable former shell or its beauty" This pro-Russian guy thinks people in Odessa are going to vote for the Russian Federation (RF) after being bombed and missile struck by the RF for the last two + years..This is like the very definition of deluded thinking..He somehow thinks that all the Russian-speaking people in Ukraine are keen to be ruled by his lovely dictator in Moscow.

@JosephBisio

Ай бұрын

@@Jamicaman516 You figure the folks in Odessa would freely vote to join Russia after being bombed by them for two years ?? of course you don't, but our pro-Russian crowd does... It seems anything that goes against human nature they believe as long as it comports with RU propaganda...

Thank you for this content.

As always Alexander your assesment is spot on