When no one notices an offensive, it's not much of an offensive.

@crescentprincekronos2518

Жыл бұрын

More like western msm ignoring and obfuscating the reality on the ground there.

@deker0954

Жыл бұрын

Who the hell is that bloated dumass?

@aon10003

Жыл бұрын

The Germans had an offensive in Lorraine during ww2. Patton didn't notice.

@everready800

Жыл бұрын

Like Ukraine’s non existent offensive.

@gaoxiaen1

Жыл бұрын

@@everready800 Ukraine's offensive didn't start yet. Russia's offensive was over before anyone knew that it started.

"...Finland and Norway applying to NATO." Norway joined NATO in 1949 as one of the original members.

@larsrons7937

Жыл бұрын

Yes. This colonel would have invaded the wrong country if at war. Probably why he never rose to general. 🤣

@_-Wade-_

Жыл бұрын

Woops

@trevorfuller1078

Жыл бұрын

@@larsrons7937 Obviously, just a slip of the tongue! 🇸🇪🇫🇮 Col. Kemp seemed also very dejected & depressed at this interview! Could this be of some additional significance for as yet unknown reasons?

@BleedingSnow

Жыл бұрын

I think he meant Sweden.............

@johnnoble7522

Жыл бұрын

@@trevorfuller1078 The reasons are known but not talked about in the press.

A year ago: "I don't see how the Ukraine can last three days."

@hairharbor5080

Жыл бұрын

They wouldn't have lasted without intense Western support which not many predicted beforehand. Without Western intelligence and the flood of weapons Kiev would be Russian right now.

@ransertu7630

Жыл бұрын

Russia never said anything about a three day war. Western media talking heads claimed this. The same media that praise the Clown of Kiev from whom they get all of their propaganda lies.

@SodiumSyndicate

Жыл бұрын

They didn't, Ukraine was successfully invaded by Russia on Day-1 itself.

@sisyphusvasilias3943

Жыл бұрын

Ukraine didnt last 2 weeks. Kiev had agreed terms with RF for a ceasefire in negotiations in Turkiye. Then NATO stepped in and wrote a blank cheque. Ever since RF has been fighting a NATO army using UA conscripts

@Horny_Fruit_Flies

Жыл бұрын

@@sisyphusvasilias3943 Damn, oldest trick in the book, under our noses this whole time. I can't believe I missed this obvious reality.

For a Russian Colonel this guy speaks incredibly good English

@Paroles_et_Musique

Жыл бұрын

@@matt8637 he was sarcastic. He didn't hear his usual echo bubble infos so he jokes on the colonel being a russian spy.

@mdumiseninsibande3071

Жыл бұрын

@@matt8637 🙄that went over your head.

@matt8637

Жыл бұрын

@@mdumiseninsibande3071 I get it now. 🙂

@guycharles9105

Жыл бұрын

Typical neocon comment. Anybody who gives even a partly pessimistic view is immediately a Russian spy. What chance can the west have of salvaging anything when anybody giving a realistic view is denounced?

@MrBahjatt

Жыл бұрын

Why, because he doesn't bend in line with the FoxCorp propaganda?

35:55 - "Norway want to join NATO" he says but *Norway* was a *founding member* in 1949 and never left (I know which other country he means), and the journalist too should have remarked this. They both ought to be at least this well informed. If this colonel was at war he would *invade the wrong country.* I understand why the colonel never made it to general.

@basslinejunkie2776

Жыл бұрын

spot on

@fishmud3264

Жыл бұрын

Proves he's just a mouthpiece with a script

@robinhampshire8923

Жыл бұрын

@@fishmud3264 And not a great script at that....

@miramichi30

Жыл бұрын

To be fair he probably just misspoke. There is no way a military man wouldn't know that.

@joem551

Жыл бұрын

Because he was speaking the truth not your propaganda.

As a rule, I don't find many "Experts" with less knowledge of the Ukraine War than I have. Today I'm feeling rather proud of myself!

@kyttraus

Жыл бұрын

Awesome nick 😂

@douglastaggart9360

Жыл бұрын

Why is that

@gregpaul882

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, is this written in English?

@ruzicas.5819

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same all the time I was listening. We who follow many sources about this war we know much more than this expert. So many wrong premises...

@critical_thinker73

Жыл бұрын

Is that because his informed opinion differs to your?

Even if Ukraine can't win we should give them more weapons and money, lots of it! It doesn't matter that we are facing a cost of living crisis and a recession looming, just give them more!

It's fascinating watching this 2 months after it's been uploaded. From the way he phrases things it's quite clear he has somewhat of a Russian sympathy and it also muddles his judgement. The "Russian counter offensive" has managed to give them a few gas stations and houses in Bakhmut at the cost of huge casualties.

@superfreiheit1

Жыл бұрын

He is a Russian agent.

@litlnote-wu6yv

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Soledar. Must never forget that huge victory, after pro Russian commentators like Ritter who promised sweeping Russian forces forging their way to the Polish border. He's still making those promises now. Amazing.

@Joelmonterrey

10 ай бұрын

Another to watch out for is US Douglas McGregor. Russian propagandists are really promoting him hard. Under his videos, lots of Kremlin trolls pretending to be Americans.

@shooster5884

9 ай бұрын

I think he is just outlining possible scenarios. We now know in hindsight the Wagner offensive in Bahkmut and Pregohzin's follow up towards Moscow and his end.. And that that's all Russia was able to take to date..etc..

@klemesularyea3452

8 ай бұрын

Nonsense

US weakness shown by exiting Afghanistan or an overdue withdrawal? More than $2 trillion was spent in Afghanistan - a cost that researchers at Brown University estimated would be over $300 million a day for 20 years! Wasting resources on an intractable conflict was the sign of weakness in my opinion.

@fh5926

Жыл бұрын

America is famous for fighting hopeless causes for many years. This should not be encouraging to Putin. If we left Vietnam/Afghanistan after only a couple of years, maybe then it would be a source of optimism.

@arjan2777

Жыл бұрын

That is maybe a typical kapitalist way of looking at things. It got too expensive so let’s quit. And that actually is also seen as American weakness.

@craighendrickson7938

Жыл бұрын

It was the way Afghanistan was exited that showed weakness

@craighendrickson7938

Жыл бұрын

The military industrial complex made the warmongers very rich. It couldn’t be done in very short wars

@arjan2777

Жыл бұрын

@@craighendrickson7938 How the US organizes its health sector made some people very rich and a lot of people bankrupt. That does not mean we should not have hospitals or care for the sick. It just means we failed to organize things properly.

Amazing how post invasion everyone is like, “Oh yeah, we knew it was going to happen all along.” Sure didn’t sound that way at the time.

@ruger6049

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. All these armchair military media analysts have been wrong from the start of the war. They have lost all credibility. Why believe them now.

@AlanTheBeast100

Жыл бұрын

Rubbish - the Russian buildup was clear in purpose.

@savhass3956

Жыл бұрын

They knew becuz they were goading him to do it.

@Fredmayve

Жыл бұрын

I knew and was posting it everywhere from.Sept 2020 on. Obvious from reading UK Defence website to anyone who followed the 2014 and Minsk. Not a single reply. Ghost blocked?

@AlanTheBeast100

Жыл бұрын

@@savhass3956 Utter nonsense.

Wrong guess, chief. Again we learn the simple truth: Morons gonna Moron. 😂🤦‍♂

There`s no such thing as "Ukraine Cannot" . They proved this over and over again !

@dianag7179

Жыл бұрын

On the MSM paper and fake videos yes 😂

This is the same guy who likely thought Ukraine would've fallen within a week.

@larsrons7937

Жыл бұрын

It's the same guy who was just about to invade the wrong country (had he been at war). Now I understand why the good colonel never made it to general. Norway was a founding member of NATO in 1949, but at 35:55 the colonel syas Norway want to join NATO. What ??? Both he and the journalist ought to be better informed (I suspect he is thinking of Sweden).

@guleiro

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't matter... The bigger picture stands: Ukraine is not defeating Russia and Russia will not let go the territory that they have taken.

@united1990

Жыл бұрын

@@guleiro they’ve already let go of plenty of the territory they had taking.

@donttellmejustlisten4598

Жыл бұрын

Or maybe the guy who said russia have 2 weeks of ammo and will run out of ammo and here we are after a year and whole EU and US combined cannot supply the ammo needed

@claudinefiona9698

Жыл бұрын

Yes and he said it again. The only reason it's dragging on is because the west keeps supplying weapons to Ukraine as their goal is fighting to the last Ukranian. Unfortunately their strategy is working

The Telegraph never fails to disinform.

@scalarnai

Жыл бұрын

The collective West is blindly and slavishly following the hegemonic US using Ukraine in their proxy war against Russia. They have thrown relentless sanctions and the kitchen sink against Russia but in vain. Russia will prevail.

@seanmoran2743

Жыл бұрын

Has been since 1914 and look what happened there ! 😢

Hey general, so how did russian "spring offensive" go?

This guy has got Russian money in his back pocket. A good fencer rider. 🌻

Kind of ironic that he is talking about advisors giving Putin incorrect info. on invading Ukraine, while at the same time saying that NATO should have kept a clearly losing strategy in Afghanistan.

@xcrockery8080

Жыл бұрын

NATO didn't lose any war in Iraq, they handed over to the local, who lost.

@samuelgalea7679

Жыл бұрын

And talking about sovereign nations when they’re literally in Syria

@mwtrolle

Жыл бұрын

Maybe the US should not have moved in to Afghanistan in the first place, and just kept bombing the terrorist training caps, and the Talibans AA capabilities if they tried to prevent it. Anyway that’s what I hoped they would do at the time. That would have been far more cost effective and maybe even have limited the suffering of the Afghan people. Would not really say the US lost the Afghan war, as such. How ever the USSR clearly lost their Afghan war. The US needed to get out of Afghanistan because of the growing threat from the PRC, and it was not really beneficial to spend that big a part of the US military budget on the continued presence. But it was the Afghan leadership supported by the west that lost the war. But I think it should and could have been prevented. The US and allied forces should pull out, but instead there should have been an increased presence of special forces and air/navel support.

@lorax8172

Жыл бұрын

@@xcrockery8080 ? Iraq and Afghanistan are two very different places

@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244

Жыл бұрын

@@samuelgalea7679 To counter a Russian-supported terrorist invasion. Wise up.

I don't understand the point he is trying to make. Of course Ukraine needed help from the West for everything except the actual fighting and dying. So what?

@jamesstuart4018

Жыл бұрын

He's a dummy mate. Try Alexander Mercouris

@arjan2777

Жыл бұрын

They are trying to belittle Ukraine. It is a colonialist attitude. The used to call them little Russia.

@jamesstuart4018

Жыл бұрын

@@arjan2777 who is? The only people who belittle are those who want war, Zelensky, Boris & Biden. On this chat it's the same, bullies use insults not facts.

@johnnoble7522

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesstuart4018 Spot on James, even one of my relatives came out with some unsupported bullies propaganda he had heard on the TV.

@gandydancer9710

Жыл бұрын

That is of course a completely brain-dead summary of "the point he is trying to make". Read the headline again. Then watch 41:26 et seq, which is where it is said. And so on.

I'd encourage viewers to read the comprehensive Wikipedia article about Richard Kemp, to better understand him. He's made a lot of controversial statements and accusations, so it's worth knowing what his values are. Regardless, his ~30 years (1977-2006) of military experience makes his opinion valuable, but it also worth remembering that he's a conventional field officer who commanded tank units, which is where his particular expertise lies.

@antomrvelj2342

8 ай бұрын

Rather believe in Hodges, Patreus etc.

@timgibson3754

6 ай бұрын

Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the waters@@antomrvelj2342

now he'd be like "Ukraine Spring offensive cannot prevail against Russian defense"

When exactly, in this video, did Colonel Kemp say "Ukraine cannot prevail against Russian Spring offensive"? He didn't. Putting this in the title of this video is REALLY poor journalism.

@yuckfoutube6245

Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised that The Telegraph "green-lit" this rubbish!

@Jablicek

Жыл бұрын

He said, early on, that if Ukraine hadn't been given the aid it has then it would have been difficult. In all, a misleading title perhaps.

@fh5926

Жыл бұрын

Very misleading title. Clickbait.

@hydrogenbuilding1670

Жыл бұрын

41:31

@FirstPositionDA

Жыл бұрын

It's the the very first thing he says. The very first thing.

Norway deciding to join NATO? Norway is a founding member! Surely he meant Sweden... but I find myself questioning how much stock I put into Kemp's analysis.

@larsrons7937

Жыл бұрын

Ha colonel Kemp been at war he would have invaded the wrong country. 🤣🙄 Maybe that's why he never made it to general? - (And the journalist, who should have noticed, never made it to director?)

Ukraine has been working hard to promote war!

Now I know the Colonel is not aware of mich happening

Russian sleeper agent? With colonels like this it is relief that he is not in the military anymore.

I am also a former serving Officer and all I can say is that this chap's opinion is decidedly one-sided. I don't agree with him at all. He doesn't seem to have learned anything from what has happened so far in Ukraine. If anything he seems pro Russian.

@mwtrolle

Жыл бұрын

Maybe not pro Russian, but really negative and pessimistic. I never expected Russia to invade, as I was at the time sure that this was a war they could not win. The way the Russian army, navy and especially Air Force have performed, has only made it more clear to me that Ukraine/the west, holds almost all the good cards. Russias chance of fulfilling their original goals is close to none exciting and their chances of even a limited “win” of keeping the annexed areas is really small. I only really see it as a possibility if, in the extremely unlikely situation where the west stop to support Ukraines war effort and society.

@barbarcreighton6726

Жыл бұрын

he is not pro-russian ... he is very clear WHY we in the civilised countries must do everything possible to avoid a Russian victory ; which would later on result in a Russian attack on Poland or Lithuania . He points out how valuable his own soldiers have been to Ukraine ... not to mention thousands of brave Poles , Canadians etc etc

@MrCarryonbenny

Жыл бұрын

I've watched this from beginning to end and I don't get that impression at all.

@krystekk1

Жыл бұрын

What is Ur rank and education

@nebesk

Жыл бұрын

@@mwtrolle If there's no revolution in the power elite in Russia, that would bring a new, peaceful Russian leadership, which seems to be a pipe dream, this invasion can easily drag on for years. There's nothing to feel positive about. The world has dramatically changed after 24.02.2022 and nobody can tell where it all will lead us, especially since Ukraine is not the only geopolitical hotspot.

Let's be real, the only reason the Ukrainian army is holding on is because of the massive help is receiving from the West

@gandydancer9710

Жыл бұрын

"only"? No. AND its own powers to keep fighting the war. Oversimplification is not a virtue.

@silviaargent551

Жыл бұрын

@@gandydancer9710 and losing many Ukrainians ….is it worth it?

@gandydancer9710

Жыл бұрын

@@silviaargent551 Does this relate to anything I said? How?

@MrBahjatt

Жыл бұрын

Only people indoctrinated by FoxCorp think Ukraine is winning. In reality they are only holding because of Western military debt eh, aid (yes, aid, is it aid?) that they are accruing over Russia.

@MrBahjatt

Жыл бұрын

@@gandydancer9710 Without Western support, Ukraine would have surrendered. Over-simplification is essentially yes/no/maybe; and everything pretty much boils down to one.

I believe Norway is a founding member of NATO..

@jacoporegini8841

Жыл бұрын

It is

@chip2373

Жыл бұрын

I think he meant Sweden. He also said Russia once when he clearly meant Ukraine.

@yuckfoutube6245

Жыл бұрын

@@chip2373 .....twice!

@larsrons7937

Жыл бұрын

Now we know why this colonel never rose to general. 😂 Had he been at war he would have *invaded the wrong country*

@dantechersi6056

Жыл бұрын

I belive Rusia wins like alweys I find out Jo Biden and nato are world criminal work ageinst human .and I belive Putin need to stop them in order to libarcion planet from ivile influance wich are Jo Biden and nato

I would like to ask the Colonel how he thinks the Russian military is going to supply this larger number of troops given that we have seen their difficulties in logistically supporting less than 200,000 troops? Where are the additional trucks, etc. coming from?

@paulbeesley8283

Жыл бұрын

It is a bit like an elephant crossing a plank bridge - even if it keeps it"s feet together it's weight will break the bridge.

@TommyTCGT

Жыл бұрын

..e have seen their difficulties in logistically supporting ..'' according to who, UKie/Brit Intel?

@foraminutethere23

Жыл бұрын

@@TommyTCGT russia's own captured troops and the occasional russian leaked video

@jamesstuart4018

Жыл бұрын

@@foraminutethere23 so propagandists then & Russian soldiers not wanting shot.

@yuckfoutube6245

Жыл бұрын

I did a few calculations. When HIMARS arrived in theater, I estimated that Russia would need another 24,500 trucks when their logistics lines were pushed back to 80 km. Once the 150 km GLSDB or the 300 km ATACMS arrives, the Russians will require an additional 48,000 vehicles to supply the front lines (on top of the first 25,000). The Russians would have needed all 500,000 newly mobilized soldiers just to man their logistics network.....if the Ukrainians hadn't killed or wounded 100,000 of them already (after all, it has already been 5 months since mobilization).

They also didn't talk about the coup in 2014 which led to this whole mess

Informative and dispassionate discussion by a level-headed interviewee and an urbane interviewer!

@yamahal1

Жыл бұрын

,,😪🤕😁

Ukraine casualties higher than Russian? Source on that?

@jamesstuart4018

Жыл бұрын

Ritter Black MacGregor almost everyone who isnt employed by western state propagandists.

@yuckfoutube6245

Жыл бұрын

Because I said so..... .....smh.....

@francisyockey8225

Жыл бұрын

In a land war most casualties are down to artillery and troops often won't even see their enemy, Russia has fired more than 10 times as many shells than ukraine. They also fly more than 10 times as many sorties, they also have an overwhelming advantage when it comes to having better equipment and cruse missiles

@AstraI

Жыл бұрын

source? i made it tf up

@ReimerGodt

Жыл бұрын

Unlikely, that Ukrainian losses are more, than Ruzzian ones. Ukrainian losses are huge, though. Zaluzny said in Summer were 9'000 and in November 13'000, but are likely twice as much. Ukrainian Wikipedia lists names, number 10'000th dead in December. Propaganda: Ruzzia x 10, Ukraine x 2. If Ukrainian losses would be huge, then discontent inside Ukrainian population would be much larger.

To The Telegraph. Understand your audience during a war. Clips of this interview are all but certain to become Russian propaganda. The video title alone is ripe for a Russian TV headline. Deeply, deeply irresponsible.

@letXeqX

Жыл бұрын

As a regular viewer of Russian tv propaganda I couldn't agree more.

@GlobalSouthObserver

Жыл бұрын

The truth is bitter sometimes isn't it

@matthewrussell8590

Жыл бұрын

So best of continuing to spread propaganda?????

@letXeqX

Жыл бұрын

@@GlobalSouthObserver It's not "truth" it's one mans opinion.

@englandcalling9721

Жыл бұрын

@@GlobalSouthObserver As mentioned by Eli, it's his opinion. The issue isn't the content of the interview, but how easily it makes propaganda. For Russia's dictator, the truth is the last thing the Russian people deserve,

This video hasn't aged well. The spring offensive has been and gone and Russia managed to take, at the cost of about 30,000 troops, an area slightly larger than the size of Huntingdonshire

NATO and the EU provoked it. They were surprised that Putin would dare.

No 2014 Maidan coup, no Victoria Nuland's leaked phone call appointing Ukraine's president "Yatz is the guy, fook the EU" 🤣 these two fools are making the Brits look real bad..

I think we should listen carefully and take heed. Hubris is the last thing the West needs right now. A healthy respect for the enemy is essential. Plan for the worst, fight for the best to happen.

@willdon.1279

Жыл бұрын

Comparts - Yes, hubris is what got Putin where he is now.

@brucekliewer2623

Жыл бұрын

True. The Ukrainians in general are more conservative than the Russians, and that why they lost only a third of the soldiers Russia has lost.

@sujac664

Жыл бұрын

I don't see excessive 'hubris', I think the awareness of danger is (finally) extensive, reality based and treated with absolute seriousness... it's one of the main drivers in support for Ukraine. It's perhaps naive to mistake verbal moral and protective support from everywhere around the world as mere pride or over confidence -'Hubris'.... I've seen the amalgamation of hubris, propaganda and mind control pushed on russian controlled/influenced areas/territory by the russian federation, it's a powerful tool, horrifying to see let alone face as an invading force. The alleged 'hubris' of 'the west' is largely a non issue my friend, it's clear a self entitled maniacal entity shouldn't be approached with soft spots exposed... humility/humanity/FairPlay/self effacement/compromise etc are all weaknesses to exploit and must be replaced with a show similar to the soulless entity being faced. Any show of pride or confidence is as important in supporting Ukraine as weapons. Ukraine has generations and centuries of russian interference and oppression, they and other russian neighbours have been signaling the danger for decades. Why are interviewers still dragging out learned and experienced non Eastern European experts and sprouting forth learned opinions as though the experts (Ukrainians) are clueless and fortunate to have western assistance? SMH..... Hubris and arrogance from 'the west' and from russia allowed the Russian federation to get to this point, damn right we should make sure it's stopped here and now.

@willdon.1279

Жыл бұрын

@Bruce - more conservative with respect to caring for their own people - something the Kremlin is spectacularly indifferent too. I do hope the numbers of casualties is weighted 3:1 or better, given the difference in cannon fodder available to only one side...

@JD-jc8gp

Жыл бұрын

@@brucekliewer2623 The Ukrainians have lost close to 10 times the soldiers Russian has. Ask Mossad.

Well - that’s aged poorly.

Its hard to defend a losing position, at least he is honest about it, pity he and his NATO friends didn't come to this conclusion earlier, lots of soldiers on both sides have had to die and now at best it will go back to the starting point. very sad indeed, any winners, yes of course the arms industry 😰

@dal6984

Жыл бұрын

No it’s alot of Ukrainian soldiers that have died. The leak report has admitted it. The Russian casualties have been over inflated by the Ukrainians.

Just watched the Russell Brand and Seymour Hersh interview. Quite a shock how much more politically informed and astute both were than anything going on here.

@DavidWilliams-on9bu

Жыл бұрын

how true. This idiot says that Putin doesn't understand Ukraine. How stupid are these 2 morons.?? Kiev is the original Rus city....and more Ukrainians speak Russian than speak Ukraine. Zelensky's primary language is Russian and he had to be taught Ukrainian to be President. There is no question that Putin understands Ukraine and understand well.

@DavidWilliams-on9bu

Жыл бұрын

I was wrong. This guy is a bald-faced liar.

@godfreymuhammad7755

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, it beggar's belief how ill informed/misinformed the majority choose to be.

@robbiewizz658

Жыл бұрын

That’s because our media and political elite are corrupt and complicit in aiding and abetting this conflict… Listen to Scott Ritter , Col Doug Mcgregor, The New Atlas, Jeffrey Sachs, Jimmy Dore, The Grayzone, Garland Nixon, Prof John Mearsheimer, Col Richard Black

@vincentajello8398

Жыл бұрын

A long recap of items already discussed....nothing new ori important

Listening to him describing how poorly the Russians are equipped it is amazing they are not beaten by now...

@stephenarbon2227

Жыл бұрын

There's a lot of them and were supposed to be the second strongest in the world.

@MsCwebb

Жыл бұрын

Russia is absolutely slaughtering the peasant Ukrainians day-by-day. It's a land slide at this point.

@dianag7179

Жыл бұрын

It’s because he is lying 🤥

@robinhampshire8923

Жыл бұрын

@@dianag7179 Surely not? That would be tantamount to propaganda and only communists resort to that....no?

This is why Kemp was a Colonel and not a General.

I wonder what his opinion would have been. in February last year? Or about the British chances in May 1940? (just before the Battle of Britain) - Defending your home gives an unknown multiplier. Ask Napoleon about how morale affects troops.

@Pippipscottpip

Жыл бұрын

If the Ukraine's could hold the Russians in February they can hold them now. No questions asked.

@chasefrancis8742

Жыл бұрын

That and the vast majority of their heavy weaponry was made in America under lend_lease to Stalin.

@oconnor6456

Жыл бұрын

@Jon Gunson No they weren't. Ukrainians fought for Germany under Stepan Bandera lmaoo

@everTriumph

Жыл бұрын

@@oconnor6456 They fought on both sides, but mainly against the Russians who were hated even then from their atrocities against Ukraine. But then they found Germans treated them just as badly, but by then they were fewer.

@jeffcooper7258

Жыл бұрын

@@jongunson4852 Find the picture of the Soviet flag being raised over Berlin. The guy in the photo, and the guy taking the photo were Ukrainian.

I like the way they present Putin as someone that keeps getting it all wrong. Yet Putin keeps beating them, again and again. Nice bit of double think.

@thememe986

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly it, they simultaneously present putin as both an incompetent bafoon and an evil genius at the exact same time. Its bizzare lol

@jamestheory9967

Жыл бұрын

He’s a idiot! The entire west post the Cold War has been paralyzed by lack focus and a desire to compete. Putin did what he did in Ukraine in 2022 because he believed the west would be once again weak and hobble to rebuff his conquest. He miscalculated massively. The Americans after 2016 election interference were determined and salivating for revenge. If he’s wise, he will cut a deal and leave Ukraine. At this point, the Americans are spending less helping Ukraine than they did in the gulf war. Imagine that. 0.2% of gdp. They could easily ramp up their support for Ukraine and end this war.

@jamestheory9967

Жыл бұрын

An

@ralph95

Жыл бұрын

How many united states presidents has putin outlasted?

@larrymatherne6990

Жыл бұрын

@@ralph95 that’s because there are actual elections in the USA.

Well. He sure got that wrong, didn't he? 😂

Either this Colonel is right which I doubt or Colonel Douglas Macgregor is correct which seems far more likely.

@Davbach01

Жыл бұрын

Not just Col Macgregor. There's a long history of spinning/doctoring/twisting the narrative to cover or justify sometimes mistakes other times deliberate actions of governments and/or their agencies. It seems truth tellers and whistle-blowers are considered a threat to the ruling and corporate crony's status-quo and the attempts to smeared and silenced! Smedley Butler and the likes of W Binney, Dr Kelly, C Gun, S Ritter, J Assange, E Snowden.... etc.

I came away thinking " Okay so the Colonel is a realist, but certainly NOT as pessimistic as the rather scary headline title implies.

@chip2373

Жыл бұрын

I agree. The headline is Russian-esque click bait.

@yuckfoutube6245

Жыл бұрын

One man's "realist" is another man's "La-La Land"!

@Pyladin

Жыл бұрын

He is not a realist. Ukraine can and will win.

@Pyladin

Жыл бұрын

@@llionroberts45 Seems Ukraine is winning and the West is as always outproducing Russia. That is the honest truth.

@fh5926

Жыл бұрын

There is a "school" in international relations known as "realism" and a similar one called "neorealism." Neither is particularly realistic but are quite pessimistic. He's realistic in a practical sense but not an academic sense. Meersheimer is a neorealist. He is of the opinion that "great powers" are going to have their spheres of influence and if we don't want to risk nuclear war we need to cede the sphere to the Russians.

With me I fail to understand why on all the discussion and most of the interviews why does these people ignore the real reason that coursed this war -" NATO back off from Rassian door steps" - If NATO can do like wise , I think the war will stop by tomorrow. Correct me if I am wrong.

This dude is living dream land

"Russian soldiers, much like Iraqis in the First Gulf War, simply don’t have a reason to fight." Come again! I fail to see any parallel between the situation of Russian soldiers on the offensive and Iraqi soldiers on the defensive. Apples and oranges.

ok. i am not in armed forces.. but this guy's opinion that Russia.woll bounce back w more human in spring odfiensuve is totally whack..

30 years as an Officer and he achieved the lofty rank of Colonel. Yes, this is a man he should listen to.

@dughallhalliday1713

Жыл бұрын

Getting higher requires arse licking.

@theredmenace6428

Жыл бұрын

LoL 😂

@jdubruyn

Жыл бұрын

Exact😉

@Landis_Grant

Жыл бұрын

He had been held from promotion to general due to his rock the boat opinions.

@jeffcooper7258

Жыл бұрын

He isn't saying that the Russians are going to win in the end. He's just saying that the summer offensive is going to be overwhelming. I disagree. Long range weapons are pouring in now. Russian logistics are a shitshow now. Imagine twice as many troops with no rail within 200 miles of the Russian line. I'm expecting the strategy of Kherson played out over the entire Crimean peninsula.

Is now 4 Apr 2023, statistically the russ winter offensive captured almost 0.01% of Ukrainian territory, unless their strategy was to capture 0.05% the offensive failed.

As I guessed, straight off the script well done general

However, we have now seen this Russian Spring offensive to stall without any strategical advancing. The Russian army was able to take over Soledar, but it has certainly not enough force to conquer the whole Donetsk province. Now most of the heavy weaponry from the West has arrived to Ukraine including the 80 Leopard 2 tanks and more than a hundred assault tanks. Very soon Ukraine will also get 33 Mig 29s from Poland and Slovakia, one million more artillery shells from EU and two trained Ukrainian brigades from abroad. So the big Ukrainian counter-offensive in late April in the Southern front has a good chance to be successful. Glory to Ukraine ! Glory to the heroes !

@user-eq9zx9ni4e

Жыл бұрын

how did that work out?

@alphaniner3770

Жыл бұрын

@@user-eq9zx9ni4e "the big Ukrainian counter-offensive in late April in the Southern front has a good chance to be successful" - we will never know as it didn't happen - but if so, the big Ukrainian counter-offensive in June, or perhaps even July will have an even better chance to be successful. Get back to this in a month or so.

@mischa1880

Жыл бұрын

Glory to Ukraine? Why?

@donocarroll5065

11 ай бұрын

Hows tbat going 😂

@alphaniner3770

11 ай бұрын

little troll must do better than this

British army personnel, equipment & ammunitions wouldn't last 3 months fighting against Ukraine, let alone Russia. Amazing to hear from British military science geniuses.

COL Kemp starts of with a competent analysis of Year 1 War On Ukraine. He fully understands Russians except for Combined Arms. Russians define Combined Arms as artillery support for maneuver Units. Air power is not a fundamental part of Russian Combined Arms. COL Kemp completely loses it on understanding Ukrainian forces. My competency in area is as a MAJ with Armor and MI training. COL Kemp is flat out wrong in what it takes to win. He stated morale as the most key factor in combat then takes this back with talk of foreign intelligence, foreign weapons, and even speculation on foreign advisors. This is perfect UK elitist pomposity! Here is a fairer analysis of Ukrainian forces: 1-Ukrainian guts in leadership and troops made the biggest difference in this war. 2-Ukrainians have used whatever NATO weapons they have received to their upmost capabilities and even innovated some uses. 3-Ukrainians have demonstrated brilliance with deception plans and trading space for time. 4-Ukrainians learn very fast. Since US Advisors help restructure the Ukrainian Military from 2018 to 2022 went they were pulled, Ukrainians created a critical NCO Corp which has meant so much in the current fight. Some Units were reorganized around a NATO Brigade architecture, some Units still use Soviet Era architecture. This is a work in progress which NATO equipment and Basic Training will also help correct. Conversely, I can also look at some significant Ukrainian military failures, not defeats, which could have helped their cause: 1-Ukrainians southern Command did not build defensive barriers along the Crimea Oblast border after Crimea was annexed. This was a huge mistake. 2-When Kherson Oblast East was overrun, the 3 bridges to Kherson Oblast West were not destroyed. 3-During the great Ukrainian Kharkiv Offensive, a follow on force of fresh troops, possibly Reserves, were not used to liberate Svatove and Kreminna before Russians could regroup and reinforce their positions in those cities. This was a Ukrainian Military Command failure to grasp the NATO concept of relentlessness. This might be also because Ukrainians have a no big defeat policy. COL Kemp continues his future analysis of Putin’s War On Ukraine is total BS. He offers zero basis of HOW the Russians will achieve their goals except to add more soldiers. This is the same line of crap presented up to the point Ukrainians counterattacked with HIMARS. What happens to Putin’s Russian army when Ukrainian introduce NATO MBTs and IFVs with a doubling of Ukraine’s MIG29 fleet. Please stop entering into US politics with Republicans not backing Ukraine. Out of 222 Republicans, 10 might feel this way. The Democrats have 212 and also have at least 10 not supporting Ukraine. COL Kemp’s forfeiting of Crimea shows his lack of understanding of the terrain. Crimean water and power come from Ukraine. HIMARS in Melitopol can target every Crimean airbase and fortification. Maybe the the Russians will leave “voluntarily” after a siege like in Kherson Oblast West. Additionally, the US could supply about 300 Marine amphibious vehicles facilitate a Ukrainian liberation of Crimea. Kemp should temper his comments until a Crimea Decision Point is reached.

@markk4162

Жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@knewyork

Жыл бұрын

Disagree

@dennnisandrewball9728

Жыл бұрын

Kemp is a Russian Stooge & Troll. Ukraine wins on all fronts. Slavo Ukraine! European Party Of Nations/ENC

@davidmanning7912

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughtful and informed analysis. The limited occurrences and scope of Ukrainian exploitation of opportunities after winning a battle has troubled me. What could a cohesive, trained armoured brigade or three have achieved after Kyiv, Kherson? I've rather concluded that AFU training and competence in the field (maybe not Gen. Staff, who seem to be v. competent in diff. and changing circumstances ) is good & improving, at unit level, but is not yet seen to be adequate at formation level for effective armoured counter-attacks. And then there's eqpt. Interesting point about amphibious armoured vehicles. If Melitopol and the Azov sea coast is liberated some degree of fire support becomes a better prospect. Meanwhile, I hope for more and better kit to arrive, and that the Finns, Poles or other friends are quietly sending cluster bomb rounds to Ukr, partic GMLRS as there seems to be an imminent need

@stephensipe5405

Жыл бұрын

@@davidmanning7912 If I were in Ukraine’s Military Command, I would be able to confirm or deny their emphasis of NEVER losing battle over pursuing a relentless Offensive. I posted several times as the Kharkiv Offensive unfolded, that pushing to Starobelsk was too far, but not using fresh Reserves to liberate Svatove and Kreminna was not pushing far enough. However, I am making this call in the safe abstract and not as a Ukrainian Military Command leader knowing more Intel. For example, are there Russian bootlickers in Kharkiv who would call the Russians if they saw Ukrainian Reserves move east? Could this have led to a Russian push on Kharkiv? I can say take the gamble, but Ukrainian military leaders might feel its too big a gamble to take.

Which Spring Offensive was that? Did I miss something?

One month into its spring offensive and Russia is rolling out T-54 tanks from the 1940s. Wonder if the headline writer still thinks Ukraine cannot win?

funny how so many experts get it wrong.

@2msvalkyrie529

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. A month ago the Ukrainians were winning and Russians were out of ammo . What happened ??

@larsrons7937

Жыл бұрын

35:50 shows how -well- ill informed this -general- is: "NORWAY and Finland" want to join NATO ??? Norway was a _founding member_ in 1949. Could he be talking about Sweden? We're lucky this is an interview and not a war, because this"general" would invade the wrong country. 🤪

@IAMGiftbearer

Жыл бұрын

@@2msvalkyrie529 Things change. They will probably change several more times before it's over.

@johnnoble7522

Жыл бұрын

@@IAMGiftbearer They will change for the worse for the West/NATO, we only have expensive energy now from the US and Norway. The days of cheap fuel from Russia are over.

@dropit7694

Жыл бұрын

And then they said Ukraine would win by Christmas. Now it's the spring.

I think he's perhaps overstating things slightly but I also think that the title is clickbait. I see a point to it though. It will get more pessimists clicking on it than a more neutral title. These people are then exposed to a less pessimistic scenario than they usually would have clicked on. Maybe they will widen the range of potential outcomes they think about. I can find a bright lining around almost anything.

@gandydancer9710

Жыл бұрын

It takes 41:26 for Kemp to get around to saying it, but he does finally justify the clickbait headline. And, no, without that headline I wouldn't have bothered to listen, since I reject so many of his premises.

@stevewatson6839

Жыл бұрын

Except this guy gives himself away as a pillock almost as he opens his gob.

@TheForeverAddicted

Жыл бұрын

41:31

@unelectedleader6494

Жыл бұрын

For every western tank theres 1000 to 1500 Russians entering. Poorly trained and kitted out? Sure. But that’s Always been the Russian way, and they’ve won about half their wars this way.

@fh5926

Жыл бұрын

@@unelectedleader6494 They've also lost wars. Didn't help them much in Vuhledar recently. IMHO Ukraine is fighting for Bakhmut tooth and nail to keep the Russian elite forces tied up and because of a favorable casualty ratio. City fighting very heavily favors the defender. I don't know when the ground will be solid enough for an offensive, but I believe Ukraine is building a large offensive force that will be completed in May. That's why they aren't throwing lots of reserves into the fray right now. If Russia's elites get distracted and depleted in Bakhmut, that's a plus for Ukraine. Russia has to defend everywhere but Ukraine can choose the time and place to attack. Who knows how Russian conscripts will react to being overrun?

The Ukrainian men have excellent morale - they are showing their man-hood - fighting to defend their families - their land. The Russian men, on the other hand, were duped into the war - first being told they were just on a military exercise. The Russian men also have 'invader's remorse' which will eat into them.

@alexisascanoa9971

8 ай бұрын

They're dying in ratio 7:1 lol

49:08 Isn’t it sad when one tries to be principled but has to stammer out so many caveats.

Stephen should interview Col Douglas Macgregor Retired

@hal7ter

Жыл бұрын

Right - MacGregor and Scott Ritter! ...and the Duran, Mearscheimer, Sachs, the New Atlas...

@andrewplater1782

Жыл бұрын

@@hal7ter All fantasists that live in some parallel world.

@seanmoran2743

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewplater1782 Personal attacks betray your lack of knowledge

@seanmoran2743

Жыл бұрын

Of course America has no interest in Ukraine what so ever does it 🙄

Ukraine is being trained in Combined Arms right now and they WON'T avoid using it.

Literally millions of Vietnamese people died in that war so not sure why Ukraine is the “worst” unless some count more than others?

One correction from this interview. At 35.58 the Col. said "Finland and Norway deciding to join". He means "Finland and Sweden". Norway were a founding member of NATO in 1949. I'd be a little upset about this mistake if I was Norwegian :)

That's what King David vs Goliath, Alexander, Caesar and Churchill's opponents said too...

Well, they have prevailed thus far. I think maybe the retired officer is misunderstanding what has been demonstrated in the actual battlefield. This is where I take the gloves off. These clowns keep vocalizing that Putin didn’t know or got bad advice. The tail doesn’t wag the dog. Putin decided this is what he wanted to do, regardless of the facts on the ground. Just like he can’t pull out or correct his course. He’s doubling down on a bad decision. This line of thought comes from the same line of thought that Putin changed back in the 90’s. He didn’t change. This is an expression of who he always was and a reaction to who he perceived the west is/was.

@mashdown3

Жыл бұрын

Also Putin wasn't very wrong. That first week could easily have gone the other way.

@jamesstuart4018

Жыл бұрын

Put the marigolds back on mate. Ur not a putin shrink like the rest of the armchair repeaters.

@nunyabusiness863

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Ive been saying for years the man has a soviet mindset where he cannot possibly conceive the reality of a smaller power choosing their political course without it being some plot from Washington manipulating the minds of the millions. He cannot grasp a scenario of people's choice and unfortunately he only understands one language, the language of force. There is a great pbs series called the putin files here on KZread. It's worth a listen. The us obviously wants to promote democracy and will do so through western favorable media, etc. But by and large, other nations are drawn to western alliances of commerce and defense of their own volition.

@andrewmalone3073

Жыл бұрын

What people don't seem to realise ,is the Supreme UA general was trained with in Russian tactics and then NATO's as well. The fact Kemp admits that many senior Russian officers have been taken out, almost with impunity via good intelligence, shows something of UA abilities.

@jamesstuart4018

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewmalone3073 just cause someone says something doesn't make it true. In this propaganda war the UA & USA thinks it is winning but in reality their world collapses. I pity Ukraine people who sacrifice for what? Land they dont own & never will? It is the collapsing capitalist empire who lives in the.past, not the chess playing long game tacticians. Biden Sunak & Schonberg are idiots.

Here we are 3 months later, and he was dead wrong !! Too comfortable in his retirement ?

Here we are, a month later, and Russia's offensive has made only tiny gains here and there, at the cost of enormous losses of personnel, vehicles, weapons and equipment.

@JohnCSmith-lp1qr

Жыл бұрын

Haha ....BBC Brainwashed 🐑

@thrillereighties8241

Жыл бұрын

Ukraine has lost 27% of its land mass to Russia, how are that tiny gains?

@JohnCSmith-lp1qr

Жыл бұрын

@@thrillereighties8241 The best Land i Europe ...Factories ..natural resources ..The bread Basket of Europe ...

@FullmetalOrk

11 ай бұрын

@@thrillereighties8241 Their spring offensive did not achieve any of that. And since when is 27% of a win anything to be proud of?

Like the way military pundits predicted Ukraine will fold in days or weeks.

@gerhard7323

Жыл бұрын

Without Western military support it would have done.

@billpardew2375

Жыл бұрын

There are no ukrainians left to fight this war

@scalarnai

Жыл бұрын

This UK colonel's analysis and narrative is not credible, gaslighting as a matter of fact. Contrast with US Colonel Douglas MacGregor's analysis on KZread for reliable information.

@BlyatimirPootin

Жыл бұрын

@@billpardew2375 according to who?

@billpardew2375

Жыл бұрын

@@BlyatimirPootin farmers

Very honest answer from Col Richard Kemp on Russian war. Ukraine without Western support.Russian would have walk through Ukraine defences.

@gingernutpreacher

Жыл бұрын

Would Britain have fallen with out India Canada Australia new Zealand ect?

@WilkinsMichael

Жыл бұрын

True but they do have Western support. That is likely why the propaganda fight is the main front now.

@teddoyle491

Жыл бұрын

Col Kemp sounds just like that other Russian shill, Col MacGregor. Both have been wrong on every prediction. Kemp's lack of knowledge of the basic facts and his false assumptions is glaring.

Great interview and very smart overview from Mr colonel Richard Kemp about present situation on War in Ucraina and possibilities about futures going there and cud reflecting in EU in soon futures. Slava Ukraini.

@nenadjosipovic9151

Жыл бұрын

Odgledaj malo Scott Riter-a i Stephen Gardnera, da se malo edukujes o pravom stanju u Ukrajni a ne ovom sranju sto si cuo ovde…

@nenadjosipovic9151

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/i6t9xZacgLrKddY.html

Love the podcast, Ukraine the latest. Do a video with Roland and Dom please.

40:10 while it’s true that the Russians have mobilized far more then they have lost, a good part of who they lost are their special forces, specialist, and better trained troops from the standing army who have been trained for months/years by better trainers and with better facilities. That do not come back because they mobilized, especially as their mobilization seems kind of random.

@jamesstuart4018

Жыл бұрын

Where did this info come from? The Telegraph? 😆 🤣

@jokubasmirinas116

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesstuart4018 common sense? This was supposed to be a quick operation, so they sent professional army in first. Not hard to figure out that they also died first.

@kirkpatrick7475

Жыл бұрын

​@@jamesstuart4018 Ukraine has gotten better weapons since the invasion, they are also better trained as Thousands head to Poland, Germany, UK and other NATO bases for training Russia is going to realise it made a colossus mistake when it tries to shove low morale ill equipped troops who has no reason why they are fighting into the battlefield. Russia will not win, and even if they did take territory, Ukraine will sit, rearm and strike at the opportune time

@alpha_4050

Жыл бұрын

​@@kirkpatrick7475 All this new weapons from the West and it's still nothing for the Russians. 😂 Russia is toying with Ukraine to deplete NATO stockpiles. When the Russians think the Ukrainians have enough stocks from NATO they will just simply use the missiles to destroy them. If it doesn't work theb they will use the Nukes.

@civicblade1

Жыл бұрын

Currently Russia is advancing in Kharkiv region pushing further up from the Luhansk border, Russia is advancing on Bakhmut and the Donetsk region pushing to capture the entire Donetsk oblast and the front in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson is stagnant. If Russia lossess are so great why is Russia still advancing? How is Russia able to advance with poorly trained conscripts, cannon fodder, lack of ammunitions and poor morale? Maybe NATO's troops is on the ground helping Russia advance against the Ukrainian, this must be the only explanation because NATO's troops are the best in the world and Russia never wins any battles.

At no point did Colonel Kemp say "Ukraine cannot prevail against Russian Spring offensive' he talked about it being difficult to prevail. Given there are no plans to send large numbers of Abram tanks any time soon or western aircraft things seem uncertain in the short term at best.

@liannegeorge2881

Жыл бұрын

Obviously it’s not going to be easy but they can do it. They must and THEY WILL 🇺🇦💙💪

@eestichuck

Жыл бұрын

@doreene close If Ukraine has lost more troops than Russia, then it is amazing that despite having the larger military and inflicting greater casualties on a much smaller enemy, Russia has still lost much of the territory it took early in the war and struggles today to even gain 100m. That is not because the Russians are having difficulty climbing over dead Ukrainian soldiers.

@drakelang8342

Жыл бұрын

​@doreeneclose6295 yes something wrong. R is losing 1000 per day this past few weeks. wagner group lost 50% or more and has problems getting replacements. so we have to take a grain of salt these statements.

@user-si2dr1pn3p

Жыл бұрын

@@drakelang8342 the losses in the Ukrainian army are so huge that Zelensky is already sending old and disabled people to the meat grinder. All Ukrainian soldiers have already been killed.

@arjan2777

Жыл бұрын

Far too pessimistic. Russian incompetence can still save us 😂

The only problem is that there would be no "spring offensive" by Russia. Russia has neither the weapons nor the trained troops for such an offensive.

WE must never forget the destuction of the former Yugoslavia.

Richard Kemp is a Pound shop Douglas McGregor

@talesofcanterbury42

Жыл бұрын

I’d recommend anyone look into Kemp’s military prowess. McGregor, despite being a lunatic has some credibility, this man has none. He was in charge of Afghanistan when there were less than 100 troops there. He led a poor regiment and is of absolutely no consequence.

The strength of an army is rooted in it’s will to fight. The answer was yes . Period.

@FrancisHegarty

Жыл бұрын

No, the strength of an army is in its superior combined force. The battlefield is littered with brave Ukrainian soldiers who had a strong will to fight.

@johnnoble7522

Жыл бұрын

IN my day it was well known that an army marches on it stomach. I pose that the poor Ukrainians have no stomach for this fight at this point in time, the US have said they will fight to the last Ukrainian.

@don-cw1yz

Жыл бұрын

@@johnnoble7522 That may be the biggest weakness of the Russian army. The lack of attention to logistics.

@seetsamolapo5600

Жыл бұрын

​@@FrancisHegarty both my guy, both

@gandydancer9710

Жыл бұрын

Wolf: "The answer was yes . Period." ‘Ukraine cannot prevail against Russian Spring offensive’ is a statement, not a question. See 41:26.

Kemp was spot on. Compare that to Ben Hodges prediction: Ukraine to liberate Crimea by August (August 2023 that is).

Where does this notion come from that the Russians have plenty of tanks left? The Russians had several thousand older tanks in storage at the start of the war, but many were stripped-down hulks, stored for decades outdoors with no protection and suitable for nothing but scrap.

“Russia has stopped the bleeding and learned from its mistakes.” Really Richard?, 1000 KIA orcs a week is way more than they lost in the early months of the invasion.

@battlereport9746

Жыл бұрын

Lol sources : ukrainian gov

@vladraduandrei5227

Жыл бұрын

@@battlereport9746 ok botski

@battlereport9746

Жыл бұрын

@@vladraduandrei5227 i am not a bot

@effewe2

Жыл бұрын

He has no real experience in a war...this man is not qualified to comment

@larssrensen2400

Жыл бұрын

@@battlereport9746 source the orc massacre at vuhledar, the entire 155th "elite" marine brigade wiped out 😂 russia is pathetic

Leave to the Telegraph to put on some weaselly defeatest 'authority."

@TerryAShaw

Жыл бұрын

The Ukranians are already defeated, more weapons will just get the old and 16 year old conscripts in Ukraine killed. Open your eyes.

@thomasjamison2050

Жыл бұрын

@@TerryAShaw Go bother someone else or I will pull your plug.

Uniform personnel call a spade a spade .. !!

Kemp calls the IDF the "most moral army in the world ". He's a total clown

thankfully, he was wrong 41:43, the offensive has run out of steam for weeks now

If the Russian have done so poorly in this conflict then why is it still happening and why is Europe so worried about Russia. NATO is a paper tiger, the Germans can’t even move out of barracks and the English army can’t even half fill Wembley Stadium.

Need to investigate whos paying this guy. Its clearly too much 😂😂😂😂

@liannegeorge2881

Жыл бұрын

Defo..! 🇺🇦💪💙

@leod-sigefast

Жыл бұрын

Seems like those Trump generals in America who seem to be little more than paid Putin propagandists. QAnon in the US are acting the same; they are basically paid up by Russia to spout pro-Russian, anti-Zelenskyy rhetoric ... his refusal to lie on Trump's behalf has really stung his fanbase a lot!

What compelled Russia to invade Ukraine? If Ukraine is not a member of NATO, why are NATO countries contributing or getting involved in the conflict?

This post did not age well

Big Western ego is the problem 😂

Glad he wasn’t an officer on MacArthur’s, Eisenhower’s, or even Patton’s staffs. We’d all be in the streets today running around screaming “Bonzai” or “Heil Hitler”. 😤

What about the Minsk 1 and 2 before the so-called invasion

@WilkinsMichael

Жыл бұрын

What about them? And why would an invasion not be called an invasion?

Afghanistan and Ukraine are as comparable as peas and apples. I'm unsure as to why Putin failed to see that.

Hang on a minute. (35:50) Finland and SWEDEN want to join NATO. Norway was one of the founding members..

@larsrons7937

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for spotting that. I fell asleep before the 30 mins. mark yesterday. I'm amazed by how many who falsely think it's Norway or occasionally Denmark, and always mistaken for Sweden; they always remember Finland correct. When it's some KZreadr trying to be serious it's one thing. But when journalists or generals do it shocks me, they really ought to be better informed.

@rob5197

Жыл бұрын

Who cares ? -

@erikolafsen1645

Жыл бұрын

@@rob5197 I do.

This didn't age well. He will say it's the 2024 spring.

Very profound

Kemp must have been giving Putin advice just before the invasion.

@larsrons7937

Жыл бұрын

Colonel Kemp would invade the wrong country if at war. Maybe that's why he never became general? At 35:55 he said that Norway want to join NATO but he must be talking about some other country (I know which), as Norway was a founding member of NATO in 1949. The journalist didn't notice so he too is poorly informed. I lost all for this interview there.