I’ve made a new video now that the Ukraine invasion is actually happening, in which I explore Putin’s motive and make the case that Russia has already lost this war. Over on that video, I'm raising funds for Save the Children and matching up to $10,000. Watch here, and donate if you can: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eIVoytiFobHModI.html

@cwe8170

2 жыл бұрын

😳😳😳

@balashibuyeeter2704

2 жыл бұрын

😳😳😳

@balashibuyeeter2704

2 жыл бұрын

@@DonutsIceCreamAndCottenCandy Idk man just continue the damn chain

@DonutsIceCreamAndCottenCandy

2 жыл бұрын

@Ios Tilam What did he say that was wrong? All I heard was facts.

@DonutsIceCreamAndCottenCandy

2 жыл бұрын

@@kushal10192 Go back to Weibo

Who’s watching this after Russia invaded Ukraine

@taco9787

2 жыл бұрын

Me 👀

@randomamericansoldier8586

2 жыл бұрын

I am.

@kamogeloluvhimbi6995

2 жыл бұрын

Me

@nyxknight7555

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@gn6691

2 жыл бұрын

Same

Who else is watching this Thursday morning 2/24/2022 when Russia entering Ukraine?

@anormaldude127

2 жыл бұрын

yes

@ekeleloveth

2 жыл бұрын

Meee

@ddd8-

2 жыл бұрын

Ok, but he is MAD biased.

@bezzerwizzer6448

2 жыл бұрын

@@ddd8- Exuse me? Are you supporting what is happening today , the russia's attack on ukraine?

@elonmusk8758

2 жыл бұрын

here

Another major reason is that Putin does not want Ukraine to become a member of the EU and NATO, which would probably result in America positioning armies and nukes in striking range of Moscow. Basically like how America feared the USSR attempting to use Cuba as a springboard of attack close to home.

@CuriousPassenger

7 ай бұрын

*probably*

@tacticallemon7518

7 ай бұрын

except we have nuclear armed subs that have 24 misses, each with 12 payloads that can be independently targeted nuclear capabilities are not his worry

@flaterik81

7 ай бұрын

also Nato already have plenty of countries on the border of russia without nukes. Like Norway a member since NATO was founded.@@tacticallemon7518

@sawbasumner2171

7 ай бұрын

@@tacticallemon7518yeah that’s what he wants people to think. NATO is already close enough🤦🏾‍♂️

@tacticallemon7518

7 ай бұрын

@@sawbasumner2171 what i’m saying is Nuclear facilities in former ussr territory can’t be a worry for him, because we can put hundreds of nukes way closer to moscow

Russia has historically been quite vocal about its concerns regarding NATO's expansion, well before the aforementioned meeting Geneva, especially towards Ukraine and Georgia. The way Russia sees it, NATO was originally created during the Cold War era to counter Soviet military might. Despite the fact that the Cold War has ended, Russia still perceives NATO as a potential adversary, so it's understandable why they might feel threatened by any expansion of NATO towards its borders. How do you think the US would feel if Mexico was in talks to join a military pact with Russia or another adversary?

@1ntrovert4567

10 ай бұрын

I see this under every video about Ukraine. Bots come up with something new

@MeditationWithArthur

10 ай бұрын

@@1ntrovert4567 Do some research outside of the predominantly western narratives, brutha.

@fabik805

9 ай бұрын

How would Mexico feel if they where the US invaded and annexed parts of their territory? (I know this happened once, but that was a very long time ago) Do you think if the US did that that they would have a right to complain that Mexico was seeking alliances with other, potentially hostile nations?

@andsmrg

9 ай бұрын

@@fabik805 no. The US didn't need an excuse then. It just took part of Mexico. And that being a long time ago doesn't make it non-existent.

@snssssns409

9 ай бұрын

One thing you Russian propagandists overlook is that NATO is a DEFENSE ALLIANCE against Russia. Most countries have voluntarily decided to join NATO because they were afraid that Russia would attack them, see Ukraine. Maybe watch less Russian TV

That "war isn't coming" tomorrow part aged like milk unfortunately.

@alexacabello9625

2 жыл бұрын

It didn’t come tomorrow tho. Maybe almost a month later which is still pretty fast

@universalsoldier2293

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexacabello9625 Considering it's been brewing again for a decade...

@STMARTIN009

2 жыл бұрын

Like milk in humid Florida weather

@ShashaStudios

2 жыл бұрын

I think he was being optimist and he says “but it (the war) very well could”

@jemakrol

2 жыл бұрын

Well, he lists solid arguments for not invading, yes. And even though invasion has begun, the arguments are still valid. Moreover, he also concludes that it might as well happen. Which it did, against the reasons listed for not to. I am very curious to understand why.

It's uncanny to see him explain with such caution optimism why Russia won't invade

@Paligirl19999

2 жыл бұрын

:(

@ShazEire

2 жыл бұрын

when the correction appeared on screen about propaganda starting, i went 'oh shit'. he was right :(

@KostEffective

2 жыл бұрын

I too thought Putin would not invade cuz all of the political and economical repercussions, but he actually did. The dumbass did, not caring how this will affect his people first and then an invaded Ukraine. As long as he and his beloved oligarchs are well fed, the guy does not care whether the people are way worse in living conditions. And of course I'm not even mentioning how bad the actual conflict is, no need to. But even in the long term, he is fucking up everything. In a world where we are closely collaborating, the equilibrium in terms of economy and stability is way more brittle. This will affect us all in a way or another. F*ck war

@GrinFlash007

2 жыл бұрын

@@dave39548 The difference is America can be trusted with their word, Putin can't. Do not equate Putin's actions with America's. I'm not a fan of west, but god they're right about a lot of things when it comes to evil dictators.

@seththebeatmxchine

2 жыл бұрын

Hindsight is 20/20

To be more accurate, it's not just the Soviet Union that was fighting against NATO, but they also had their own organization called the Warsaw Pact, which included countries that directly border the massive country, such as Poland, Czechoslovakia (modern-day Czech Republic and Slovakia) and Hungary, as well as a few outliers like East Germany, Bulgaria and Albania. No. 2, communism began to fall, starting with most of their allies around the late 80s, for instance with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent reunification of Germany the following year.

@sebastianliwinski222

2 ай бұрын

"Solidarity" movement in Poland begun all of that, then Berlin wall and other countries followed..

@leonardowynnwidodo9704

2 ай бұрын

@@sebastianliwinski222 first time knowing that. But I did give instances of the fall of communism before the dissolution of the Soviet Union

@sebastianliwinski222

2 ай бұрын

@@leonardowynnwidodo9704 I appreciate it ... The union's membership peaked at 10 million in September 1981,representing one-third of the country's working-age population. In 1983 Solidarity's leader Lech Wałęsa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and the union is widely recognized as having played a central role in the end of communist rule in Poland.

@andreamanova258

2 ай бұрын

this guy emphasized the things that were logical to him only in a westernized way and left all the other important information that he clearly either ignores or he isn’t well educated😂

@sebastianliwinski222

2 ай бұрын

@@andreamanova258 Who?

This video says a different story when watching it in 2024.

The Ukraine-Russian situation has escalated so much faster than I expected.

@joanazuri2795

2 жыл бұрын

Same way corona started in China, like a joke... Before we knew it, it was all over the world

@unknownentity8256

2 жыл бұрын

It started in 2014 and now it's full blown war, so no it's been under our noses but we have just ignored it (well I havent)

@cici1474

2 жыл бұрын

@@joanazuri2795 true i was in college in the cafeteria, we were like “did you hear about the new virus? imagine if it spread all around the world hahaha” 😐

@danigz

2 жыл бұрын

Fr..

@danigz

2 жыл бұрын

@@joanazuri2795 omg yes

Fun fact : in 1991 Ukraine had approximately a 1000 nuclear weapons in its borders. It handed them over to Russia with the promise that Russia would never invade Ukraine....that seems to be going well...

@augustuslunasol10thapostle

2 жыл бұрын

Well Russia where the only ones capable of using those nukes they had the launch codes

@kozyrevsergey89

2 жыл бұрын

@@augustuslunasol10thapostle wrong

@matthewc8241

2 жыл бұрын

And the US promised Gorbachev they wouldn’t expand NATO East into former Soviet states of the user disbanded, turns out empires don’t really honor promises

@carpet2408

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewc8241 When did they promise this?

@augustuslunasol10thapostle

2 жыл бұрын

@@kozyrevsergey89 prove me wrong

Smart guy who makes really interesting content. However, Eastern Europe is not the same as the Soviet Union. It may have been (Ukraine, Belarus), but it may also not have been (Poland, Hungary) - these were under Soviet influence/Warsaw Pact, but that's not the same thing. Such sweeping inaccuracies (also, for example, that Kenya used to be Uganda) undermine the integrity of your excellent journalism, Sir.

I thought nato agreed not to expand towards russia a long time ago did that end?

Just to mention that Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria etc... were not actually "soviet countries" like it was mentioned in the video.. they were of course communist countries, with important ties with the Soviets.. but never part of the USSR like Belarus, Ukraine, baltic states etc were.

@Silver_Prussian

2 жыл бұрын

Well interesting fact my country bulgaria was actualy offered to become a part of the soviet union

@Feefa99

2 жыл бұрын

I can confirm that we were in USSR involuntary 🇨🇿

@alexscarlat4739

2 жыл бұрын

Also moldova was kinda stolen from Romania in WW2

@bart_ender6116

2 жыл бұрын

Yet when the Hungarians tried to regain their freedom Soviet tanks quashed the protesters.

@ladenbinosama2776

2 жыл бұрын

Warsaw pact countries

Yeah, it's kinda surreal and scary living right now here in Ukraine at the moment. Constant fear of war, that may escalate any day now, highest covid spike yet, economy collapsing. Yeah, it's been rough. Thanks for coverage and bringing more attention to this topic!

@recitationtohear

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/pqqGtNixnJO7iqg.html You Missed This.

@digojez

2 жыл бұрын

@@recitationtohear This is why I don't trust any link reply, it's always you.

@_perza

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, hope everyone in Ukraine is ok!

@Naataalliie

2 жыл бұрын

I have been to Kiev, Ukraine lastly, I didn't feel the tension.

@laurynasidla

2 жыл бұрын

Hold on there, guys. Lithuanian here. You have Europe and Nato on your side.

2 years later in here to learn you predicted how it would happen, but now we need to know how it will end, thanks!

I'm Russian and this situation makes me feel so angry and frustrated. It just doesn't feel real. We don't want this, no one wants. Because of this old mad crap and his gang we have to be a part of something no sane person would. There are lots of protests in Saint Petersburg, people shout 'no war' and riot police take everyone they can reach their hands to, vans patrols all over the city. It's not the first time we experience arrests just because we gather and express our minds, but now it's much more surreal than ever. I don't understand why we have to pay for one man's sins. Thank you for objective and real explanation, all I want to add is that Russian people don't support the war.

@L16htW4rr10r

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this here

@TraderRobin

2 жыл бұрын

Most Americans feel as you do, Senja Ra (pretty name). I just hope you won't get sent to a Siberian gulag for expressing your opinions here!

@ploplmao2655

2 жыл бұрын

No war is just but usa and otan should have not pushed ukraine to provoke this situation. You as a russian would you be happy to have missiles and possibly nuclear missiles pointed at you as a mean to make your country concede on the economic and political level ?

@LisaSnow3

2 жыл бұрын

No you should want this if you love Russia you need to hear Putin speech he is telling the truth

@duskodragic649

2 жыл бұрын

It's complicated: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e5pqk8Sah6mad6g.html

The Egoistic World Leaders when they have issue with each other should be allowed to have a MMA or Boxing match one on one and let their respective citizens stay in peace.☮️

@chigozie123

2 жыл бұрын

Word Although...given Russia's reputation at Olympic events, there is no doubt, Putin will pursue some illegal means of gaining an advantage.

@ps123fan

2 жыл бұрын

yea i agree haha, yes... and you know the whole world will watch it lol.. its not lol though, i mean voilence is terrible and not cool! but yeah, it'd be something to see huh, let them go at it lol. atleast thats more manly than even.. even the war with guns, such cowards! if your going to be voilent do it like a man, go in there with fists and hands, not guns lol, i mean do it like a man as they say right? lol. but yeah i mean, to hell with war, it shoudldnt be happening!

@RumpelStiltskindarkone

2 жыл бұрын

Im sorry but war is about much more than personal disputes.

@rickyrobinson3705

2 жыл бұрын

@@RumpelStiltskindarkone But, this whole invasion by Putin sounds personal. His mission is clearly to bring back the Soviet Union. I wouldn't be surprised if china jumps in this in the years to come because they're planning something too.

@Ty-uy6bf

2 жыл бұрын

Smh snap into reality. These are man who build there country it’s not egotistical, it’s about furthering there beliefs….. This part is life we have been going at war with each other since the beginning of time

You are good Is there any different points of view so comprehensive and logically expressed

Hello, I've come across a lot of your videos mentioning "X number of troops". I googled and it seems that there is no hard definition of what constitutes a "troop". What are you referring to when you personally use this term ? Is "100 000 troops" 100 000 soldiers ? Thank you, I'm a big fan of your work.

@DeepThinker_6597

8 ай бұрын

When people say troops, they are mainly referring to individual soldiers. If they say troop, then that would mean a group of soldiers.

All of Eastern Europe depends on Russian energy. Putin knows (from historical western behavior) that energy and monetary economics rely on military hegemony. Although separate organizations, this is as much about asserting clout in the European Union economic sphere as it is about containing NATO.

@magigale

2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking this. Isn’t the gas pipeline delay which would bypass Ukraine also a factor

@wlad7192

2 жыл бұрын

All of Eastern Europe depends on Russian energy. Well, Yes but actually no. Speaking about Ukraine, after 2014, there is less and less dependent

@EmilSosnin

2 жыл бұрын

Cold War about to literally become cold

@mustafasahidmahamoud4942

2 жыл бұрын

Who knew the guy behind "chocolate rain" would be a geopolitical expert. Respect!

@AB-zl4nh

2 жыл бұрын

Putin is a thug and he must be stopped.

The saddest thing about this is knowing that both most Russian people and most people of Ukraine want nothing to do with this. It's just the government systems. 🙏🏽 😣 🙏🏽

@RessG

2 жыл бұрын

It's Putin

@JWNimble

2 жыл бұрын

@@RessG hence government.

@leo9dis885

2 жыл бұрын

banks

@LevSeven_

2 жыл бұрын

@@JWNimble Well, it's only one government system and regime: Putin's. We wanted nothing to do with this.

@talllll.ll.1712

2 жыл бұрын

Oh so he's not considered to be equal as a person and another member of our human family

I love your detailed explaining. I do think i am missing a ln important part.. The origin of the betrayal claim To understand Russia’s claims of betrayal, it is necessary to review the reassurances then US secretary of state James A. Baker made to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during a meeting on February 9, 1990. In a discussion on the status of a reunited Germany, the two men agreed that NATO would not extend past the territory of East Germany, a promise repeated by NATO’s secretary general in a speech on May 17 that same year in Brussels. nato clearly breaking its promise and having former ussr countries to the nato could be seen as a threat

@loonie555

7 ай бұрын

There was never any promise. The speech you mean that wouldnt put any NATO troops outside Germanys border... well adopting new countries isnt directly putting troops, the countries could choose to not have NATO troops from other countries. In 2014 Gorbachev himself said in the Kommersant that he never talked about NATO not expanding. Its Putin from 2007 who has been loud about there being some promise of no NATO expansion

@dannylojkovic5205

7 ай бұрын

This is true, but that’s not how geopolitics works. There were no treaties signed between Russia and NATO countries to not accept new members. As such, a voiced “promise” means nothing in politics unless it’s on paper. Finally, this entire argument ignores Eastern European agency into wanting to join NATO. For God’s sake, Poland blackmailed Clinton threatening to support the GOP if Clinton did not say he’d consider NATO membership for Poland.

@vilukmusic

5 ай бұрын

yes but when making this agreement no one was considering that the remaining eastern europe part will be forcefully tested to convert fully to ruzzia. essentially you’re justifying a model where there exists western europe and ruzzia on the eastern part. even though theres like 20 sovereign nations there. you’re acoustic.

@user-xo1ov2bb9z

5 ай бұрын

@@loonie555 Countries can't choice, they forced to join NATO

@loonie555

5 ай бұрын

@@user-xo1ov2bb9z next time dont use autogenerated account and write in Russian to at least try and look legit

Geopolitics for zoomers 😂😂😂 "Russia is like ukranian's ex-boyfriend"

You missed an important point, when I lived in Ukraine most of the people there wanted to be part of the EU because they wanted to raise the living standards of the country and to rid corruption. That’s why the war started in the first place because the people of West Ukraine closer to Poland felt more aligned with Europe and the people of East Ukraine felt more aligned with Russia With either side saying that Europe or Russia will bring us a better life if we merge

@tazmanshadowske997

2 жыл бұрын

But it jus small part of easter Ukraine that wants to be part of Russia is not even haft of Ukraine that wants that.

@Belle-zq3xc

2 жыл бұрын

It was a small part of Eastern Ukrainians who wanted to be aligned with Russia, it's even smaller now after our government annexed Crimea and started a war in Donbass, according to polls at least

@LeonAnilom

2 жыл бұрын

No, the people from the eastern part of Ukraine do not align mostly with Russia - just the very small Russian descendants do. And they were relocated to eastern there by force too.

@SoraJustAGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Forgot the part where Kiev tries to erase language and culture of eastern Ukrainians

@Zeetana1

2 жыл бұрын

Then split the country in two, and let's see which part is better off in 10 years.

The US responding to any conflict: here have some guns

@gn6691

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly Edit : *after all the languages in the world u chose to speak facts!!!*

@gkelectrical1

2 жыл бұрын

100% facts!

@ray_x6959

2 жыл бұрын

if you know you know

@murry2314

2 жыл бұрын

Giving away weapons is a great way to take money out of people's pockets to fill the private manufacturers and help fuel the media narrative

@aaryansingh5740

2 жыл бұрын

Like Afghanistan 😂

I think the facts have overtaken the assumptions in this video. The unexplained shootings on Maydan, the billions for the color revolution, the ban on the Russian language, the interference in peace negotiations (neutrality status), the ten thousand artillery deaths in Donbass, Merkel's statement... these things also need their space for being mentioned. Btw. why does the US encircle Russia & China for with it's huge amount of mil. bases? Wouldn't this look kind of scary from a Rusian centric view on the world map?

It might be one of the reasons for the invasion, but its definitely not the main reason. Ukrainians and ethnic russians were, as you stated, one people for centuries, have so much common heritage... The main reason why Putin invaded Ukraine is bc ethnic russians arent safe in Ukraine anymore, since nazi ukrainians started to purge them. The new nazi regime which came into power through CIA coup in 2013-14, made things very clear that Crimea would stay within Ukraine. Ethnic russians became public enemy followed up by sanctions like they didnt pay wages or pensions to the people anymore, their kids werent allowed to attend schools anymore. Thats what the new coup Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko consecutively and consequently did after taking over. He even imprisoned the former President Janukovitch which hadnt done anything but dared to insist on neutrality of Ukraine. Janukovitch didnt want Ukraine to join NATO, he wanted to stay neutral between USA and Russia. Furthermore, the fact that US agencies (CIA,FBI etc.) and NATO troops are involved in Ukraine war only adds to the paranoia of Russia which, according to US history in intelligence, is not without any reason. So if the US didnt cross many many red lines that Putin had posed, if they hadnt broke Minsk treaty, Putin would not have invaded Ukraine just like that. But in his and in the sight of his russian people NATO is a threat to their security and so is Ukraine as long as US is assisting them with military and stuff. The history of the USA and the Soviet Union (Russia) show that US has provoked and caused way more chaos, trouble and war and more government breakdowns in any decade of the 20th century than Russia in the whole century. So when we see a pattern in this new editioned cold war, its because the constant is the US in dire need of War in order to Finanzen their one of a kind consumerism and wealth. Thats all America has ever done througout its history, steal Land, steal resources, steal knowledge, steal influence etc pp.

@lekendy8919

Күн бұрын

Well said. You mentioned the real reasons here. Thank you!!

I was born in Russia and currently live in Western Ukraine. I love both countries. Screw politicians. A war would be meaningless!

@tirvaygaming1330

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah.....

@user-zn9zm6xv1p

2 жыл бұрын

About 90% of Russians supported the occupation of Crimea. We are not talking about politicians, but ordinary citizens of Russia.

@user-si2dr1pn3p

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-zn9zm6xv1p Crimea escaped from Ukraine because the United States destroyed Ukraine.

@marweshemello1090

2 жыл бұрын

I believe wars are formed from greedy people ...they enjoy unequal society for their benefits they sell everything including even life they are the capitalist they are ruthless

@lionlion6374

2 жыл бұрын

💡 Ukraine soon.... will calm down in the arms of the Tsar. This is a settled issue, and Europe will wake up to the scheme drawn up by America to make it a cheap sacrifice to defend it in the face of Russia, China, North Korea and many others......

In a lengthy essay penned in July 2021, Putin referred to Russians and Ukrainians as "one people," and suggested the West had corrupted Ukraine and yanked it out of Russia's orbit through a "forced change of identity." - The classic custody battle on the geopolitical scale.😳

@n00bm4str69

2 жыл бұрын

Do you still have source about this, I want to read more about that.

@firestormua

2 жыл бұрын

Bullseye

@esb88

2 жыл бұрын

They did the same with Yugoslavia so i don't know why are you surprised?

@jiousen

2 жыл бұрын

Like fighting for a child's custody

@chille-ql4ry

2 жыл бұрын

So US/NATO surrounded Russia with military basis but Putin is the one that badly wants war?yeah right. The guy in the video is delusional.

Jonny, any updates?

Actually, Putin didn't say Nato "you can't expand anymore", he said you can't accept to alliance former soviet countries.

He wants his teddy bear back that he left at the zoo as a child.

John, you're making a mistake which so many people do: you use the word "Soviet" wrong. You can't say stuff like "ex-soviet countries joining NATO" and then show countries turning blue, which even though were part of the Warsaw pact, were never part of the Soviet Union: Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Czechia, Poland, Croatia.

@ByzantineDarkwraith

2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact! Yugoslavia (and thus Croatia, as a constituent republic) was never part of the Warsaw Pact.

@davidmihal6279

2 жыл бұрын

@@ByzantineDarkwraith don't forget about Slovenia!

@monty58

2 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing the way he's using it is similar to how I tend to use it these days and referring to the Soviet Bloc nations

@toosas

2 жыл бұрын

do you for a minute think that those countries that were in the block wanted to be there and are you saying they matter less because they were incorporated against their will?

@Player-ix7rx

2 жыл бұрын

@@toosas you just explained the post ww2 in just few words

You failed to mention that a lot of europe is energy dependent on the pipelines that run through ukraine. Controlling ukraine is like controlling the tap on europe's economy and livelihood.

@christopherortego1647

2 жыл бұрын

Bingo

@kopapai7138

2 жыл бұрын

Putin already controls germany's supply, and the majority of the uk's supply aswell

@FTATF

2 жыл бұрын

I think that's kinda bullshit. Cut it off and it will come from somewhere else

@MegaEdward39

2 жыл бұрын

@@FTATF and where is that gas going to come from??? no where!! no country can replace the gas that russia is supplying to europe for volume and price..

@FTATF

2 жыл бұрын

@@MegaEdward39 yeah but if the price goes up the gas will come. I mean there is all kinds of gas and oil in the area. Yes the infrastructure is set up a certain way, but I think Russia is going to find out just like OPEC did that they aren't as powerful as they think

Update video, please?

I watched a few random videos you made and you just got a new fan, informative content

"We see them as our own close people." That's something that makes everything 10 times worse.

@dantan1249

2 жыл бұрын

Guess that explains why he asked the Ukrainian army to attack their own capital

@traingear9578

2 жыл бұрын

the worst and most provacative fights are generally among family

@AwesomeBlackDude

2 жыл бұрын

First where's the money coming from becoz we're in a stagflation also does this mean everybody will be dead soon?

@sillyjackass2239

2 жыл бұрын

Some itachi shit

@MrDrgdf

2 жыл бұрын

Totally biased It's okay US bases around the world but not a Russian base in Cuba kzread.info/dash/bejne/X42GlLaxeM7IZMY.html

I’m part Russian and I’m now in the USA. I’m worried for the safety of Ukrainians and Russians. Please, think of all the normal people that are going to be hurt because of Putin’s choice to invade. Like, imagine waking up for work this morning and instead of getting ready for work… you are getting ready to flea your home

@jhonnywalker866

2 жыл бұрын

What is that comment gonna do

@atta962

2 жыл бұрын

I'm worried about Russians living in USA also because you guys will receive a lot of racism. Good wishes to all Russians outside of Russia .

@MysticThighs

2 жыл бұрын

It’s heartbreaking! My heart and prayers go out to everyone, what’s going on is disgusting.

@skipbrainless7527

2 жыл бұрын

@@jhonnywalker866 they’re not trying to stop the war with their comment some people just don’t realize how insane and evil Putin’s decisions are

@prunehaux7041

2 жыл бұрын

Thousand of civilians people have been killed randomly by neonazis of azov in South Ukraine since 2014 and no occidental medias had talked about it. So this war is prepared since 2014.

I respect Johnny and enjoy his videos and i condemn Putin’s war and ambitions but the thing about Putin’s 3 demands towards NATO were kind of inaccurate, he never told US should not protect its Allies in E.EUR and withdrawal the troops. The thing was around “red lines” of expanding NATO and have more bases.

I am glad I found this channel, it's very informative

It's surprising how most people don't know much about war in Ukraine when it has literally been on going for a long time. Edit: Aaaaaand *Russia did Invade Ukraine* (Formally)

@renderproductions1032

2 жыл бұрын

@good one reported

@strafniki1080

2 жыл бұрын

because USA isnt affected by things in Europe

@kalvisjanis7241

2 жыл бұрын

People don't know much about anything besides themselves. How is it still surprising?

@quandeldible

2 жыл бұрын

Yep mokong fact check you literally mentioned it Donetsk and Luhansk people's republic are real

@joeyyc8515

2 жыл бұрын

Not to the scale of what’s coming.

I live in Poland near a factory which produces self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles. The last time when they were producing and testing that tanks was around 2008. Today I hear sounds of gunshots everyday coming from there.

@MrEvolcire

2 жыл бұрын

You sure you dont live in Cicago?

@nkumbusimwawa9837

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrEvolcire Southside, Chicago

@Janshevik

2 жыл бұрын

no i kurwa gdzie to jest?

@MrDudi42

2 жыл бұрын

@@Janshevik a kurwa w Tarnowie, zakłady mechaniczne

@jinfin221

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

Black Rock and Vanguard owns about 10% of the US military industrial complex. They also have been given a $400 billion Ukraine reconstruction contract. They also donate 70% of their campaign contributions to democrats. Larry Fink is a Democrat. The corporate donors interests are the real winners here.

Hey I really like your videos, I just found it. Ima college student and have been writing reports on this stuff and want to cite some of your videos. Could you please share your sources so I can back up your claims (class requirements 🙄) Your one of the few people who talk about this!! Please!!!!

@tomseverson5700

Ай бұрын

Keep looking for a more informed source, one less biased.

I’m surprised we didn’t get into Europe’s dependency on Russian energy. That affects the calculus quite a bit in my opinion.

@positronikiss

2 жыл бұрын

and Russia doesnt depends on Europes cash inflow?

@marcschaeffer1584

2 жыл бұрын

It wasnt exactly a non partisan video. He obveously forgot to mention one of his sponsors.

@vkrgfan

2 жыл бұрын

@@positronikiss You are comparing a piece of printed paper to a natural resource? Nice, the currency is valuable as long as people believe in it, once it looses value in the eyes of the majority you may as well use it as a toilet paper. You could tell when capitalist start to reason in the comment section.

@positronikiss

2 жыл бұрын

@boomchicken Exactly, its almost a non zero sum game.

@MilanDrazic

2 жыл бұрын

Ok what is alternative? Dirty coils and oil from USA??? If you need energy you must to pay. If you want for free give me your good's for free. And your services for free.

"The greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century" is now ringing in my head

@brandyf4088

2 жыл бұрын

Good grief; agreed!!

@empry7

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds impressive, but has nothing to do with reality. In the mouth of Putin, it sounds like someone ruined the USSR. But the only reason for this "geopolitical catastrophe" is the USSR itself, which built an inefficient planned economy that did not last at least a century.

@PrimumQualia

2 жыл бұрын

@@empry7 The USSR falling is far more complex then just an inefficient planed economy, it was manly done by one man who in acted very stupid policy's by reforms plus nationalism brewing in which made infighting, but god is it stupid to call it "The greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century"

@kaisiangtey8964

2 жыл бұрын

@@empry7 you know.............the world is full of headline readers that do not do further readings on issues and simply take it whole heartedly on what media say. Thats why the world is full of conflict and unrest precisely because of Sheeps who are living in bubble around the world. "greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century" remark was explained by Putin several time. Back then in Soviet era everyone from every member states were free to travel and migrate around , it was under one system. When Soviet collapse it resulted a huge amount of Russians stuck in those ex member states and they are faced with enourmous uncertainties in terms of socio-economy, nationality recognition and security conditions. But it seems to me that many of you guys simply accepted what Western mainstream media says by taking the remark out of context and call Putin a new Tsar. The world is never going to have peace because vast vast vast majority of the people in the world lack such critical thinking in complex issues especially economy, history and politics, and easily brainwashed by propagandas. I am exhausted and tired of this hypocritic world. Believe me. I am also tire of debating online being a keyboard warrior and non of us can change the world. Good luck to all of us.

@kaisiangtey8964

2 жыл бұрын

Dont forget how American Media make many people dislike Muslims during War on Terror era and many Western scholars and publicists trying to paint a picture where Quran made Muslims aggressive and violent. You buy the Medias word without researching and thinking further, you become part of the problem. World will never have peace. even what you said is meant to be humourous.

Modern day Russia has roots in Ukraine . What the hell it means. Ukraine was a geographic location that was mentioned in the past and then new group claimed it was them! Russians Rusky were an ethnic tribe that started in Kievan Rus. Ukrainians were Russians that lived in area that was once part of Russia other part of Poland and Lithuania. Ukrainian language is a mix of Russian heavily influenced by lithuanian and polish. Ruthenians were Poles with Russian roots and Ukraine meant the border. Ukrainians fought against poles and russians-only west of Ukraine as east and south were Russians with Russian culture language etc.

How much did you get pid for this from US?

His explanation on the conflict is making it sound way more "sentimental" than it actually is... The conflict is 100% geopolitical and strategic. Of course Russia doesn't want its enemies on their doorstep (The same way the US flights Cuba & China fights Taiwan).

@sparks444

2 жыл бұрын

The Russian economy has been stagnating for years. Putin is becoming more unpopular, and his way to force unity in a time of crisis is to keep the country in a state of near war.

@davidking7750

2 жыл бұрын

America fought......not fight but fought Cuba. I think they squashed that beef recently when Fidel died. But I get you....you're right I guess.

@mcr2356

2 жыл бұрын

It's not the same. Ukraine didn't want to join nato until russia invaded it. Also nuclear weapons are not being put in ukraine like they tried to in Russia.

@titus_philemon

2 жыл бұрын

@@mcr2356 Do you need to have nuclear weapons to be considered a threat? As far I know, Russia isn't threatened by Ukraine directly (not even by NATO itself to be honest), but by the USA which is behind it all and is a step closer to their borders (The same way as the US wasn't threatened by Cuba, but by the USSR pulling the strings behind it).

@knudskoubo1090

2 жыл бұрын

@@mcr2356 So Russia invaded Ukraine before 2008. It was in 2008 that Ukraine applied to be a member of NATO

Here's a bit of criticism: while I agree with some of the motivations you bring up, I feel like that makes up only a small part of Putin's reasons for an invasion. Putin didn't get to where he got by being a romantic, but by being extremely pragmatic. I feel like the motivations he might have in stirring up a war, or a mock war, in Ukraine are mostly to do with internal politics (as is the case in 90% of all wars) and the relative power games and power displays involved, and not with international politics.

@15081997flo

2 жыл бұрын

While i agree in general, i dont think in terms of ukraine he is particularly pragmatic. Take crimea for example. He lost a lot of international trust back then and got hit with massive sanctions for what? I know there is a big russian naval base there, but if you make calculations I'm pretty sure it would've been better to just concede. And this is not even taking into account that russia being shut out of this naval base was even that probable at the time. I think its more of a fear, that the longer he waits, the less influence he has over ukraine as it further westernizes, and escapes his reach entirely.

@Tisulan

2 жыл бұрын

@@MM-gt9uy He wrote three sentences.

@ragecl4120

2 жыл бұрын

@@MM-gt9uy damn dude you don't need to write a paragraph describing a very complicated subject in order to provide context and legitimate critiques on a video

@aresnir2725

2 жыл бұрын

Wrong. Putin does not care much about ratings

@Enigma1130

2 жыл бұрын

It's an American view on a non American subject, it's only a fraction of what is going on and absolutely not the REAL reason. Harris = Putin bad.

может так понятнее всему миру? 😂 у России было много бывших девушек и все из них хотели долго жить за счет своего бывшего, а отдавались уже (даже не в привычные места) своим соседям, Россия долго спрашивала: зачем я за это плачу (ах, да - напоминала она себе - у нас же кровная связь), стало быть мои бывшие - это сестры, которые собрались жить отдельно, но все еще хотят у брата брать деньги... и замуж не вышли пока, и отказывать неудобно - скажут - проститутки

Admirable point of view. You deserve many nuland cookies, a laptop and a kiss from blinken and stoltenberg, at least!

@tomseverson5700

Ай бұрын

Exactly.

"im not sure russia will invade tomorrow" well that didn't age well

@iwantfood-koda9583

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but if ww3 does happen Ukraine has a good change of winning cause a bunch of other countries are on there side to

@Star_Official

2 жыл бұрын

@@iwantfood-koda9583 wdym? ukraine isn't even in NATO's, it's not official yet so the US and UK only focused to drain russia's economy not their military

@amfuzzhjonk2124

2 жыл бұрын

@@iwantfood-koda9583 Ukraine isn't in nato though

@zadumanzx

2 жыл бұрын

he called rigth, after the propaganda machine didn't start till a few weeks ago there was no clear clue. but now we know

@suvariboy

2 жыл бұрын

@19:53 -- "I'm not sure that he's going to invade tomorrow...BUT HE VERY WELL COULD." You missed the last part.

"I don't think he's going to invade tomorrow." That didn't age well.

@Spudst3r

2 жыл бұрын

His take is psychoanalytical and so spectacularly naive. It's about natural gas monopolization and securing fresh water supplies for Crimea after the Ukrainians cut off canal water from the Dniper river.

@grantm.5975

2 жыл бұрын

@@Spudst3r this very well may be true. But there has never been a point in history when an authoritative political figure makes purely economical decisions. There is ALWAYS an u deleting motive, which he described.

@adhillA97

2 жыл бұрын

I mean there was almost a whole month's time in between this video and the invasion (plus some extra time while the video was being produced), and that time was when the all-important indicator that is the propaganda being used to justify the war to Russians happened.

@RomilCPatel

2 жыл бұрын

This video was made over a month ago

@uegvdczuVF

2 жыл бұрын

@@Spudst3r Above everything else t's about disabling NATO's spread east.

Btw, Russia was not started in Kiev, there was a Prince of Rostov Oleg who conquered Kiev and set it as a capital of former Russia because of its location that is closer to european empires. Secondly, Putin is not annoyed that former Soviet countries want to be in NATO and closer to Europe, he is worried about what is the point of NATO, its point is to contradict Russia currently, so he doesn't want its expansion because of safety reasons. You can debate that NATO is a defensive organisation and it is ok, but you just do not know history as we have understood already and also how politics works. The point is that if negotiations can't come up with something there is a position of power which is basically army(like in a childhood you had some fights because you can't make agreements with your friend or so). More, Russia being attacked all over the history fears the potential of repeating the history once again. Who knows, maybe there will be one more Hitler or Napoleon in Europe. That is why Russia has to take care about its safety, and that is why it doesn't have to allow the closest countries to join NATO, however Russia can't do it fully. It is all because they want to have some territories where they can defend from a potential invasion outside Russia. You are just a guy who did not make a proper investigation using the opinion of several different sides, which would be helpful to understand the situation. Also, the lack of history lessons and being drunk on democracy, which is basically invented as a cover so that people think they decide something :) Stay healthy!

The author is lying frankly. At the Geneva summit, Putin made other demands.1) That the alliance would give written guarantees of Russia's security and that NATO's activities would not be directed against Russia. 2) the author says that Putin demanded that NATO not accept any more new members into the alliance at all, but this is a distortion, since in fact Putin asked for guarantees that Georgia and Ukraine would not be accepted into NATO, only two countries. 3) the author says that Putin demanded that NATO not protect its allies with nuclear weapons, which is also a lie, Putin demanded that NATO refuse to conduct any military activity near the very borders of Russia, on the territory of Ukraine, in Eastern Europe, Transcaucasia and Central Asia. My opinion is that these are legitimate and fair requirements for any state. No one likes it when large military units deploy bases and conduct large-scale military exercises next to you. And Russia did not originate in Kiev. Russia originated in Novgorod (which is now Russia, Novgorod was the first capital of Russia) when they called on Varangian Rurik to rule. And after the death of Rurik, his governor and regent of Rurik's son went and captured Kiev, making it the capital of Russia. And Ukraine has never elected pro-Western presidents. All the presidents who came to power in Ukraine went to the polls with slogans about friendship with Russia. Even Zelensky went to the polls with slogans that he would stop the war in Donbas and make peace with Russia. But after the election, they always started not about Western politics but anti-Russian politics. Imagine, Americans, how you would react if in Mexico, in the main square of the country, people would shout slogans "Americans to the guillotine" and Mexican politicians would say that you need to kill all Americans and divide your country into parts. I think the answer is obvious, no one wants an aggressive neighbor set against you, glorifying Nazis and holding torchlight processions. What can I say if Zelensky managed to bring an SS soldier to the Canadian parliament and present him there as a hero.

I wish for a world where the common people doesn't have to suffer the tragedies of war all because of power hungry individuals.

@snakevenom4954

2 жыл бұрын

That's never going to happen. Why do you think humans have become so dominant? Because we kept striving for more and more power. The same reason we got out of the stone age and no longer have a massive fear of wild animals killing us every day is the same reason we go to war

@omarnasr113

2 жыл бұрын

I think we sow the same thing in 1936

@flexmode17

2 жыл бұрын

@@snakevenom4954 which is why I think humans as a species is doomed. As technologies advance, with weapons of war along with it, it's only a matter of time before conflicts are settled in a catastrophic scale.

@tirvaygaming1330

2 жыл бұрын

@@flexmode17 it's just a "wish" for the positive outcome.

@Ayanda846

2 жыл бұрын

I feel you What you're saying makes very much sense

To be fair, he said it was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century, not the greatest catastrophe in general. The Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, WWI, WWII - those were all humanitarian catastrophes, not geopolitical ones. As for the "tens of millions", he is without question referring to the tens of millions of ethnic Russians that live in Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Kazakhstan, not just all ex-Soviet peoples in general. I'm not at all trying to defend Putin, but if we want to criticize his views we should at least understand them first.

@Impzorz

2 жыл бұрын

How are the world wars not geopolitical catastrophes?

@adoberoots

2 жыл бұрын

@@Impzorz they were certainly not geopolitical catastrophes for the winners, i.e., the Soviet Union, the US, France and the UK. I think you're missing the point.

@JustAnotherAccount8

2 жыл бұрын

@@Impzorz World wars were catastrophes, but definitely not geopolitical. Geopolitics refers to land and borders, not human lives

@JustAnotherAccount8

2 жыл бұрын

Glad someone said it, Johnny really rushed this one out and made it wayyyyyyyy too dramatic. This kind of journalism is toxic

@cardboard2night

2 жыл бұрын

When Putin says "our people" he means ethnically, culturally, more importantly, ideologically *russians*. He doesn't consider kazakhs as russians, and he doesn't consider ukrainians as their own people. He is a nationalist.

You fail to mention the pre-existing agreement that NATO would not expand more east-ward. This is exactly what NATO did after the collapse of The Soviets. Its not that Putin thumb-sucked this demand because of his affection with Ukraine, but he was saying NATO must keep their part of the agreement.

@hommevivant

8 ай бұрын

yes he forget a looot of stuff.. his bision is the USA NATO vision.. so funny ..a gyu so smart forget the principal element for investigation....................war propaganda is working oon so much poeple..

@heichotv

8 ай бұрын

that guy is a pro nato so what do you expect?

@facex33

7 ай бұрын

yeah the usual claim of this "promise", which was never written down or signed, right, let's invade a country therefore

@Rom4yk

6 ай бұрын

Except there was no such agreement and Gorbachov confirmed there was no such promise. Until 2007, Russia even considered joining NATO.

@tellem3000

6 ай бұрын

The guy is brilliant but for the love of money is the spew of propaganda. He deliberately exempts so much

Love how you summarize your videos makes it easy for many to understand, however I have noticed a few confirmation biased povs but still a good channel.

It just happened today. War is happening. I pray for the people of Ukraine.

@Man44444

2 жыл бұрын

I’m praying for Ukraine too

@R0G3RZ87

2 жыл бұрын

It started yesterday morning and now the Russian forces are trying a push on the capital

@jeffday6459

2 жыл бұрын

They lost

@Man44444

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffday6459 Kyiv fell?

@jeffday6459

2 жыл бұрын

@@Man44444 I've only heard the president and prime Minister have left the country

watching this now to get some information, I don’t live in ukraine nor russia but I live in europe and even if I don’t this still concerns the world, this situation could escalate and become a bigger war 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m sad for all the people, the innocent people who are the losers in this situation. I hope that this won’t end badly

@spoonskates

2 жыл бұрын

please dont take this video as information... this is uncut propaganda with ZERO information. I love johnny harrises videos but this one is stupid.

@tess_little1122

2 жыл бұрын

@@spoonskates like I said to get some information, it doesn’t mean that I’ll believe everything. I can also search abt it 🤷🏻‍♀️ at the end of the day I’m just worried for ukraine’s people who are suffering from the attacks.

@joshuariston2924

2 жыл бұрын

Most likely

@CookinBulls

2 жыл бұрын

uhhh russia is NOW INVADING

@ronrocker7131

2 жыл бұрын

It will, one way, or another. One thing is for certain: Even if it does not become a world war, Russia is most definitely fucked. They are waging a war they cannot afford.

This has not aged well! If you research the Maidon Coup, Budapest Memo, Minsk Accords, and listen to Col McGregor the leading expert on this topic you will realize that this guy either pushed talking points, propaganda, or is a bad or biased researcher. He should work to remove certain statements and language out that are his opinions rather than fact. His intelligence and level of analysis should prevent him from talking w such confidence and certainty. One Colonel McGregor video on the history of this thing makes him look like a chump

@TonyKnoll

7 ай бұрын

This video is pure propaganda. Don't fall for it

I like your content but you the sound mixing is not great. The backing track and intro is too loud relative to your voice so I’m having to adjust the volume throughout the video.

@LazTheTurtle

6 ай бұрын

lmao cry

Thanks for the history learned in the video. However, this does feel overly simplistic and told through the lens of a story… which is convenient for a KZread video. I feel filmmaking techniques and the reality of the situation have been overly mixed here. Salience bias of focusing on one aspect Note - it is, of course, incredibly hard to do any such situation justice in explaining all the influences, but it could have spoken more broadly. To avoid there being one main reason for Putin’s actions, which is unlikely reality

@booaks2980

2 жыл бұрын

Ayo

@yubnub6431

2 жыл бұрын

hello MrSpherical

@scopingops698

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Mr

@Belle-zq3xc

2 жыл бұрын

Idk I'm Russian and I'd say this is pretty accurate though of course it doesn't go into detail. But I'm not sure people are looking for details anyway

@MrSpherical

2 жыл бұрын

@@Belle-zq3xc it’s likely accurate to say it’s one of Putin’s reasons, but the “salience bias” is likely here too… one reason can’t explain a situation

Just to clarify. The Eastern European region did not just *become* Soviet Union. Our countries' freedoms were swiped away and we were occupied. The way you put it in this video sounds like we just willingly joined USSR which was totally not the case.

@AIenthusiast687

2 жыл бұрын

Word

@ptrekboxbreaks5198

2 жыл бұрын

@@AIenthusiast687 no, not just word. this is a HUGE talking point because so many people say "so what If they invade these countries, they owned them before"

@Arkturbettel

2 жыл бұрын

Totally not the way he puts it. It's the way you see it.

@Anonymous-qj3sf

2 жыл бұрын

If it weren't for the USSR, it would be America, just covertly and under the guise of "democracy" (What is happening to Latin America and Asia now). That is, the United States would not have occupied you in the literal sense, but would have crushed you by making it its puppet

@mclovinurmom2884

2 жыл бұрын

@@Anonymous-qj3sf im american and i cant speak on the behalf of my countries avid push for democracy across the world, which obviously doesnt always work, but think about it like this: ussr? Or the usa? Which government would you rather live under

Putin does not want to occupy Ukraine either. If NATO had not so seriously violated Russia's legitimate security interests, there would be no war. The admission of Ukraine to NATO would be a checkmate situation for Russia, so it is natural that it could not tolerate this. This is the main reason for the war, any other less serious reason could have been settled between the two states. But the issue of NATO entry was the casus belli.

@HughMungus11

10 күн бұрын

Ukraine joining NATO is a post hoc justification for this invasion, there never really was any real political support for joining NATO in Ukraine even after Euromaidan, the government post Euromaidan even stated they had no serious intentions of joining NATO. The major turning was when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, seizing Crimea and sending Russian troops to reinforce their FSB puppet states in the Donbass.

you need to read "geopolitical catastrophe", not just "catastrophe" - it is not the same

One correction while watching, NATO has an "open door" policy where other countries can request an invite to be formally a part of NATO. Many of the former Soviet states sought out NATO membership, not the other way around. If you recall, many of the territories wanted independence but were under the thumb of Soviet oppression. Countries like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, etc. wanted away from Russian control. They actively requested NATO membership as a way to ensure their survival & not fall to future Russian aggression again. It didn't involve much "convincing" by EU or US, it was a matter of necessity for many former Soviet states.

@HungrysitesRu

2 жыл бұрын

Even Russia (with Putin as a leader) tried to join Nato and was rejected at some point.

@skrydon78

2 жыл бұрын

@@HungrysitesRu Wait, really?

@HungrysitesRu

2 жыл бұрын

@@skrydon78 yeah, google for "Ex-Nato head says Putin wanted to join alliance", it's 2000-2001.

@skrydon78

2 жыл бұрын

@@HungrysitesRu 'ight. Thanks for the info

@ritemolawbks8012

2 жыл бұрын

@@HungrysitesRu That wasn't serious. Yeltsin suggested it too, but then claimed Russia was too big for NATO. It wouldn't work. NATO is a security agreement. What country would attack the US or Russia requiring them to aid each other?

Hey, if Russia wants a Canada/US or Austria/Germany type relationship with Ukraine, that's great. Those relationships, today, do not involve invasions or annexation. They involve economic, military, and cultural cooperation.

@AndreUtrecht

2 жыл бұрын

It's not about what non-democratic Russia wants but what sovereign Ukraine wants...

@icecoldchilipreppers6496

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndreUtrecht as a canadian ukrainian, lol, it is my understanding that about half of ukraine likes their connection to russia, albeit they all seem to like western culture as well.

@medievalpepper1832

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but Austria and Canada do not suddenly decide to join a military alliance with China or any other force opposing west

@patton3rd1

2 жыл бұрын

@@medievalpepper1832 because they aren't afraid their largest neighbor will invade

@adamjd7645

2 жыл бұрын

@@patton3rd1 It's a real chicken-&-egg situation. A Western Ukraine is as much a threat to Russia as a growing Russian sphere is to the West. There is trust between the US & Canada because there isn't an external player (like China, but could be anyone) actively agitating Canadians to cut ties with the US. If there was, do you think the US would sit idly by?

This aged so well

I'm just wandering why there is not mention in the video abut Poland and it's belonging to USSR?

@TonyKnoll

7 ай бұрын

This video is pure propaganda. Don't fall for it

I have a new video coming soon explaining the invasion now that it's happening. Stay tuned and subscribe to get notified when it comes out. Also if you live in Ukraine I really want to include your voice in my upcoming video. I'm collecting accounts of what people are seeing and feeling. Go to my instagram and send me a video instagram.com/johnny.harris/

@Nordanway

2 жыл бұрын

Is it going to be a good one or another biased american vision of how the world should be?

@alexandervashchuk7795

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from Ukraine, the situation is crazy, I hope the world stops the madman

@ryancavill2971

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your dedication and analysis Johnny, keep up the good work 👍

@dieseldan420ca

2 жыл бұрын

Talk about the President of Ukraine just saying that they will issue weapons to any citizen who wants them. Now you see why Americans have the 2nd Amendment.

@t5t406

2 жыл бұрын

I live in latvia and were geting ready to have a red code activated soon lithuania activated it yesterday its real scary. All posable prayers to my friend from ucrain love yall and stay safe.

I feel like a lot of this explanation heavily depends on taking Putin's writings at face value, and not as (in greater or lesser part) propaganda pieces intended to foster nationalism among Russians, and rally support among the populace and the oligarchs and other powerful people whose backing he depends on. As much as he may or may not be a romantic, Putin is also an intelligent tactician heavily concerned with his own power, and this wouldn't be first time a dictatorial leader starts a conflict over a nation's bygone glories to increase national unity and support. I believe what you say about Putin having strong, genuine feelings about the geopolitical history shared by Russia and Ukraine, but reducing this conflict down to "Putin is a delusional, jealous ex-boyfriend" seems overly simplistic to me. EDIT: I guess I stand corrected. He's proven himself to be anything but an intelligent tactician, and the idea that this whole war's sole purpose was to simply stroke a blind, power-hungry dictator's ego seems more and more like it's the truth.

@blahbleh5671

2 жыл бұрын

@good one thanks for the link, I reported it to youtube for you!

@babushkalol

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct - this is essentially a war of propaganda and should be analyzed as such.

@araag.4257

2 жыл бұрын

Beside the shared heritage and economic sphere of influence, I feel Johnny is brushing the whole "Nato at your doorstep" a bit too quickly here, I think that's probably a big factor And Ukraine not joining NATO will probably be part of his explicit demands to ease the tension.

@sircrackboi

2 жыл бұрын

excactly what i thought. The point that Ukraine got more western Politicians and wants to be in the west has to be looked closer. If you look at the US and the dozens of states they manipulates in favour of them is unbelievable. Really not impressed with this video. nothing new to be honest and no where near a deep analysis

@saadsalman6641

2 жыл бұрын

@good one یہ کیا طریقہ ہے دین کا مذاق بنوانے کا۔ کلکس چاہیئں تو کوئی دوسرا طریقہ اپنائیں۔

Another excellent presentation. The most concise on the internet. Thank you.

Enough talking about NATO expansion. Russia attacked Ukraine in 2014, only after that Ukraine wanted to join NATO. 2013. 13% want to join NATO, 67% are against it. 2014. 47.8% want to join NATO, 33% are against it. and so it was until 2022! And only after the attack in 2022, 83% were in favor of joining NATO, 4% were against.

I want to nominate this as the most American take on the crisis I have seen yet.

@sofiadri2638

2 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I thought. I sometimes wonder what it feels like to see life in such a simplistic way. He totally confused the excuse Putin's making to invade with the actual reason

@tariktune

2 жыл бұрын

lmfao

@crazyeamon1

2 жыл бұрын

super biased video in facts and tones in his voice

@sofiadri2638

2 жыл бұрын

@John Grigg probably something internal o resource driven, like most wars

@Nonamelol.

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, I usually like his videos but this one is just clearly biased.

As a Ukrainian I would say that the main difference is we see democracy and freedom as essential path we must follow. We are okay with common culture with Russian and being friends with everyone of our neighbors, we just don’t like being told who to like and with whom to have a friendships. We are our own nation with language of our own, our history and culture. In anyways, thank you for bringing attention. We need this now.

@metelitsaaa

2 жыл бұрын

Да, друг, все бы хотели свободно решать с кем дружить, а с кем нет... вот только решают это наши политиканы за нас, а не мы. И не важно, что ты чувствуешь себя более вольно в Украине или в большей безопасности в России - ничего от этих ощущений в реальности не изменится... так лишь ощущения и останутся... увы

@jah_gamingyt5989

2 жыл бұрын

But when Ukraine joining nato is different Russia has security concern that’s why they will act.

@oliiverbetts

2 жыл бұрын

@@MM-gt9uy Oh your trolling lol. I saw you on other threads.

@MolloyPolloy

2 жыл бұрын

You have every right to become a member of Nato and to apply to become a member of the EU.

@jah_gamingyt5989

2 жыл бұрын

@@benjiro8793 did you know that if Ukraine become part of nato that they can deploy missiles that can travel 4-5minutes to Russia? I mean imagine Mexico becomes an allie of Russia and they deploy ballistic missile that can travel 4-5 minutes to US? Imagine what would they do to Mexico if that happened?

Давайте Россия разместит свои базы на Континенте Америка, в Мексике например, и что США типа это проигнорирует 🤷🏻‍♀️!? Нет ведь ☝️

In fact, these were joint exercises of Russian, Ukrainian and Belorussian troops, as a result of which an open conflict began. Putin’s demands are adequate to the situation, since the deployment of some NATO missiles in Ukraine is too close to Russia’s borders. NATO nuclear missiles from the Ukrainian border can reach major Russian cities in just 4 minutes. This time is not enough to make decisions about the launch of Defence missiles. Europe has literally approached Russia with weapons in its hands, and pretends that everything is in order and Russia should not defend itself. But it’s absurd

When you thought the pandemic will bring all nations together, but instead another world war is closer than ever. Prayers to everyone in Ukraine right now.

@digojez

2 жыл бұрын

covid is just a short pause in the international politics

@charliesheen4277

2 жыл бұрын

Don't worry nothing will happen with Ukraine. The whole NATO are on their side and if something really escalete between Russia and Ukraine, the whole NATO will protect Ukraine.

@stevie6621

2 жыл бұрын

Funny how in this vid there is no mention about the 2014 coup that happened in Ukraine that was openly supported by US and EU. There is much missing from the "real reason".

@MoreGeography

2 жыл бұрын

This Russia-Ukraine conflict wouldn’t be another world war

@sonicsmemehouse3387

2 жыл бұрын

​@@stevie6621 Lot's of context conveniently cut out.

I feel like, for the sake of brevity, you have grossly simplified the relationship between Ukraine and Russia (particularly by glossing over what Stalin did to them, which happens to be the period Putin is currently glorifying), while that is an understandable editorial decision, it does undermine your argument somewhat. Also, do you really think Putin has truly been able to retain power under his own capabilities? You may want to examine the people who actually ensure he retains power more closely and see what their motives are. That might help you gain a better idea of why he desperately wants and needs Ukraine back under Russian control and it is far from romantic.

@patrickm.4754

2 жыл бұрын

His pro western stance is very clear. This is not journalism but a propaganda.

@justcause7521

2 жыл бұрын

Who are the oligarchs controlling Putin?

@AlanHoey86

2 жыл бұрын

"You may want to examine the people who actually ensure he retains power more closely and see what their motives are." I believe Johnny touches on this in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mqaDtNmkj7XAfLA.html

@ers-br

2 жыл бұрын

Can you elaborate on that pls?

@falahati

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickm.4754 but, but, but the argument of OP here was not that he is pro-west, but rather that the video is incomplete, if anything, you could say he was pro-east in this video!!

Could you please make a video on the USA backed coup in Ukraine in 2014, the Maidan massacre, Ukrainian nazis and the war waged by the Kiev regime on the russian speaking Ukrainians in the Donbass region? The Minsk accords and subsequential peace agreements that were torpedoes by the west?

@user-wm5rt9pw5l

7 ай бұрын

“USA backed coup in Ukraine in 2014” - Yanukovych was removed by the parliament in which he had a majority, with 328 votes out of 450. A third of his party voted against him. The parliament elected in 2012 was in force until the elections on October 26, 2014. There was no interruption of legitimate power in Ukraine at all. "war waged by the Kiev regime on the Russian speaking Ukrainians in the Donbass region" - from 2014 to 2021, from the territory captured by pseudo-separatists to the territory controlled by Ukraine, 800,000 people, a third of the pre-war population of the occupied territory, fled. From their "liberators" to their "oppressors."

9:45 Well, that’s a way of putting it. A more complete way of putting it is that despite the collapse of the Soviet Union, the military alliance formed as an explicit adversary to it not only continued to exist, but also A- expanded right up to Russia’s borders and B- when Russia expressed interest in joining in the early 2000s, was told that it wouldn’t be happening. I.E. our (the West’s) message was “Oh don’t worry, NATO isn’t a threat to you. You can’t join us, but you have nothing to fear. We’re purely defensive (oh… right… just go ahead and ignore Yugoslavia, please).” Here’s the bottom line: regardless of what anyone thinks about Putin, specifically, Russia would have invaded Georgia in 2008 - and now Ukraine - regardless of the specific individuals who happen to be in power. It’s extraordinarily, willfully naive to pretend otherwise.

The original quote was "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe" not the greatest catastrophe.

@finnconroy2668

2 жыл бұрын

That’s an important distinction thankyou

@JsJdv

2 жыл бұрын

That's so convenient leaving that one part out, lol. I'm disappointed.

@Stuie444

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah as much as I like this channel...they definitely leave things out here and there or alter wording slightly. I have caught this same thing in several other videos and it's so unnecessary

@Jijadelamadre

2 жыл бұрын

I love how people use some quotes out of context to make a point. As if the US isn't evading the rest of the world too

@risingraisings7012

2 жыл бұрын

thank you

The irony is Ukraine had such deep deep ties with Russia. Cities like Kharkiv were tightly integrated with the Russian economy. After 2014 that trade stopped, forcing Kharkiv to look West for trade. Russia and Ukraine were part of the same Orthodox church. After 2014 Ukraine created their own independent branch of the orthodox church. With every threat Russia makes, they drive Ukraine further west. Even ethnic Russian Ukrainians who had very much wanted to join Russia in 2014, now after seeing what happened to Donetsk and Luhansk are feeling much more Ukrainian. Just like Poland, Czechia, Slovakia before them. They are Slavs, speak slavic languages, were brutalized by the Germans in WWII and saved by Russia. By all rights they should look East. But after 40 years of Russian occupation the very first chance they had they joined in an alliance with a reformed and repentant Germany, rather than ally with Russia.

@cornpopsrazor5375

2 жыл бұрын

Fake news.

@dolphin069

2 жыл бұрын

Because Russia is a autocratic corrupt shit hole with potato TV. They never changed since the Czars.

@alexandernorman5337

2 жыл бұрын

You can't actually lose Ukraine because it isn't valuable to begin with. Go investigate the rankings for the Europe region from the Index of Economic Freedom. Ukraine is at the very bottom. And it's not even close to the next lowest - which isn't Russia, by the way.

@crayzmarc

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with your first points about the cities having so much ties and also the religion in Ukraine being the same etc. BUT I believe the CIA have had a massive had over several decades in driving a wedge between these two nations and breaking them apart. I'd admit though in turn Russia hasn't handled it the best they could of but Ukrainians thought the could join the EU or something after their revolution but instead nobody wants them and they're paying now. It has more to do with a conflict of oligarchs in Ukraine those more aligned to Russian interests and those more Western. The Western ones have taken over but this might now last the more impoverished the people become.

@cornpopsrazor5375

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexandernorman5337 The one thing we do need to do is save as many Ukrainian women under 25 as possible and bring them to the United States to replace our fat ones.

Johnny did you know that in other countries, even Russia, people don't need therapy because they have REAL friends that will listen to their problems? Only Americans need therapists. Why is that? That speaks volumes about how mentally ill America is and how mentally healthier other countries are. I'm one of the few people that dares to talk about this obvious fact. It's taboo for some reason. Why?

It’s neat watching how this aged

"If I can't have you, no one can." -Putin to Ukraine

@vebz_6872

2 жыл бұрын

People are dying Peat

@Peatopher90

2 жыл бұрын

@@vebz_6872 and they're gonna die whether or not you virtue signal in the youtube comments. Grab your musket and go fight :)

@vebz_6872

2 жыл бұрын

@@Peatopher90 i'm not virtue signaling, treating it as a joke is just disrespectful to the victims

@dkbros1592

2 жыл бұрын

@@vebz_6872 if u feeling so bad go buy an AK 47 and fight Russia ur hooo cry will not work because ur west is not doing anything if do care go fight take

@Peatopher90

2 жыл бұрын

@@vebz_6872 yeah we get it ur better than us

You forgot to mention that Ukraine was a part of Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later part of Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth. Ukrainian history is not just being one with Russia, Ukraine has a lot of Western influence and their culture is different from Russia. It’s religious scene is very diverse - orthodox (this part had a lot of Russian influence), units (a religion were catholicism is joined with orthodoxy) and catholics. Some parts of Ukraine had been a part of Austro-Hungarian empire, for example the city Lviv, they have architecture very similar to one you can find in Vienna. So it’s no wonder why Ukrainians want to be a part of the west, they have parts of their culture that are western. And seeing how Baltics, Poland are prospering being aligned with the West, they want that too.

@charmskzn1880

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. It is very one-sided. The actual reason why this is happening is explained very well on this link. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fKaBy7WKcaq1g5c.html&ab_channel=TheUniversityofChicago

@rhodium1096

2 жыл бұрын

Really? why USSR gave Kharkov and Crimea to Ukraine?... if Ukraine didnt exist before 2018

@user-sw5hn8hp6h

2 жыл бұрын

Name one adjacent country that ukraine never been under, lol. Seems like its our national idea

@csanadbarczy9153

2 жыл бұрын

Ukraine never existed. It's made up of all the lands that were confiscated from other nations.

@hopeintruth5119

2 жыл бұрын

@Csanad Barczy it now existed and let then decided for themselves. Your talking as if people don't live and operate there. You say thus conformable behind a screen

when you say "this isn't how international relations work. You don't just say 'I'm not going to allow other countries to join your alliance,'" this is a historically naïve statement. International relations is also not a natural phenomenon that can be understood to have an intrinsic behavior. The US was essentially doing this when it invaded Vietnam. Similarly, the coups it fostered in countries in S. America, Africa, and the middle east are other examples. China's BRI and the economic alliances it is creating in Africa and S. America are also important areas to consider when making a claim like this.

Попытался найти у него видео о том, что вторгаться в Афганистан, Ливию, Сирию, Ирак, Иран было ненормально. Не нашел. Интересно почему?

@user-wm5rt9pw5l

7 ай бұрын

На этом канале полно видео об оккупациях земель американцами. Ты длбйб.

@user-ph6nq7dt6i

7 ай бұрын

@@user-wm5rt9pw5l ой богданчик чё не на фронте? Маловат или уже в еуропу слинял?

@user-wm5rt9pw5l

7 ай бұрын

@@user-ph6nq7dt6i белорусы не будут воевать в ваших идиотских войнах, украинцы нам не враги. Пройди нхй.

Came back here after watching Russia start to invade Ukraine. Honestly kinda scared for the future…

@ignacymat

2 жыл бұрын

Mee too. As a Polish citisen i seriously concider selling all my assets here and go to the west. Fucking nuts as i'm barely recovering from the covid madness. What's really interesting though is putting Vladimir Pozner's lecture in comparison with this video. USA is quite and asshole when it comes to war-related stuff and they were no good in that term. Putin wanted to join NATO in 2002 and had few years od collab with US after 9/11. It sucks as the propaganda here is so strong from all sides it's quite hard to learn the truth.

@johns1139

2 жыл бұрын

I did too. I don't 100% agree with Johnny's assessment of Putin's intentions. Although Putin's invasion is totally wrong and violates all sorts of international relation processes, some of Putin's demands are not nonsensical as Johnny would have us believe - especially the part about NATO expansion. How would you feel if Mexico and/or Canada made a major defense pact with China?

@seifeldin.

2 жыл бұрын

@@johns1139 exactly what i thought, NATO expanding non stop is not only scary for russia but for the world… when there is one big union (and unions are made to fight for the same purpose) that is so strong and has almost no one that can stand against them it’s scary. It’s like a person that acts all nice with everyone to bully other people while they cheer him on and help him

As a Pole myself I would like to hear more about Eastern Europe in the world media, but not because of Putin's love to destabilise other countries...

@ssh0ck138

2 жыл бұрын

Poland is in Central Europe tho

@wlad7192

2 жыл бұрын

What do you think Johnny should cover about Poland? I live in Poznań rn, and I also would love to watch something about Poland.

@Roscoe6ix

2 жыл бұрын

@@wlad7192 basically anything, poland has a rich and interesting history, greetings from czech republic

@thisisyol

2 жыл бұрын

I was shocked about learning NOTHING in school about my neighbouring country Poland or Czech Republic other than our german WW2 sins. It was like an information boycott. Education is ideologized heavily. Don't trust any administration no matter if democratic or not. These narcicists don't want us to be brothers.

@troperrific663

2 жыл бұрын

@@thisisyol That's quite surprising. In Poland we learn quite a lot about Germany - mostly of course about the events that intersect with our own history, but not just that. We learn about Frankia and how it splintered and morphed into Holy Roman Empire, we learn about religious uprisings connected with the Protestant Reformation, we of course learn about Teoutonic Order, how it became Prussia and then how Prussia took part in partitions of Poland, but we also learn about emperor Otto III and his vision of alliance between HRE and rising Kingdom of Poland. We also learn a tiniest bit about West and East Germany post WW2 - we sadly do gloss over the resettlement of German people from parts of Prussia and Pomerania. I think it's quite regrettable you don't learn that in Germany, because our shared history isn't just those five years of war and occupation and what came before and after gives crucial context to what happened during WW2.

Many people are ridiculing Putin's remarks regarding the collapse of the USSR. I was born in the USSR in 1982. I share the view that it was a catastrophic event for our generation, particularly for Soviet citizens who identified with the Soviet Union. The rise of nationalism, fueled by both external and internal factors, led to brutal civil wars that continue to resonate today. Tens of thousands perished, hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes and were forced to flee from their birthplaces and familiar surroundings. It's common for Westerners to claim that Putin aims to resurrect the Soviet Union. Personally, I disagree with this assertion. He once remarked that the Soviet industry could only produce galoshes (rubber shoes), indicating his skepticism towards restoring the Soviet era. Unfortunately, the underlying ideology of the Soviet state failed under practical examination. Nonetheless, the collapse of the country brought about immense sorrow and hardship.

Im from non align country and found it really fun to watch, but I dont think that this channel is neutral or Independent at all. If you want to make a fun video for your homeland country its okay, but dont expect other people to respect it. Because country other than toxic power country only want peace not a video that show no fairness about other people country

Seems odd to reduce this to Putin's pathologies when there are plenty of legitimate strategic/geopolitical reasons to apply pressure for Ukraine. The situation is far more complex than presented here.

@r_tomanicka6960

2 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I thought...

@FedeDiver1

2 жыл бұрын

Amen! Totally simplistic and biased

@naeemqureshi5819

2 жыл бұрын

of course if my enemy buys a house next door to me i will be up all night Putin has every reason to be worried i cant even imagen NATO country just next door to Russia its like China makes a Military alliance with Mexico and sends Military with Nuclear weapons to Mexico.Think.

@lestres4able

2 жыл бұрын

No it isn’t lol

@timbehrens9678

2 жыл бұрын

@@naeemqureshi5819 Former USSR had an Army brigade stationed on Cuba until 1989. The US couldn't care less. Think.

"Putin thinks ...", "Putin wants ...", "Putin is afraid of ..." - if you hear any of this, then be prepared, maybe right now you are being fed shit.

@ffffbfggngn

2 жыл бұрын

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@on_set5917

2 жыл бұрын

No , Putin has everyone in his control. Similar to North Korea he's more of a dictator than a president , and everyone in the right mind understands this.

@saheruthepharaoh

2 жыл бұрын

@@on_set5917 lol you know nothing about North Korea. In fact, I know you don’t because only people who don’t know anything about North Korea will shoehorn NK into any conversation about “dictators” or authoritarianism. If you wanna understand NK, you HAVE to learn about the Korean War, what started it, and the United States role in the horrific oppression of NK. All of the click bait “facts” about NK are lies of western media, and it’s easy to tell considering none of them have any actual sources. And they get increasingly outrageous. NK is just a country that is extremely wealthy in natural resources but is under the boot of absolutely insane economic sanctions and US military presence at their borders. Russia is an entirely different story. But it’s helps nobody to diminish an entire countries story the way you just did. There are two sides to everything. We just live in the dominant force of the world, so our nation (USA) heavily controls the narratives.

@novakattila

2 жыл бұрын

In Russia the only thing what matters is what Putin wants. I live in Eastern Europe and thats how politics work here in every country since forever. It's just another form of feudalism with the king and the aristocracy getting the land/money/positions and we the peasants. If you don't understand this you cannot understand Russian or Ukrainian or Eastern European politics. The West wants to spread democracy, which even if an imperfect system (since nothing is perfect) at least gives you a greater autonomy and some choice, even if as for the big things the choices are still illusionary. So for Ukraine, the West is a much better prospect than joining this dubious "aliiance" ran by a single person voted in for life. NATO is made up of dozens of countries all leaders being replaced every couple of years, and there is no "NATO" opinion, there are the NATO members who all have their opinions. In Russia, its only Putin and whatever Putin thinks. You cannot "cooperate" with Putin because you have to do whatever Putin wants anyway. Countries could leave the NATO and oppose the US (France left once, Germany constantly was against the US wars etc.). Russian "alliances" is basically like a master-slave relationship.

@xervexczymycur6226

2 жыл бұрын

@@novakattila Come on ... Only US call the shot in Nato. Other countries are just for window dressing.

Thank You Mr. Johnny Harris do you Know Ethiopia ? if you have knowledge of ancient Ethiopia ? Every Technology start From Ancient Book?