Comments by "David Glickman" (@live_free_or_perish) on "UATV English" channel.

  1. Off topic but... Ukrainian government: you should give operator starsky recognition for being such an excellent communicator for Ukraine. He is one of your best.
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  2. The Roman empire hired mercenaries, and it was the beginning of the end for them
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  3. Very interesting interview. Makes a lot of sense.
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  4. The Lincoln brigade of the 21st century.
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  5. Take back Mariupol. You need to maintain interest from the West. Concern for Mariupol is very high and if you succeed in taking it back you will get more support. It might even convince everyone that Ukraine has the power to push Putin's army back to pre-war boundaries and stop assuming it can't be done.
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  6. Ukrainian government: I suggest you include the concept of "armed neutrality" in negotiations. It will convey the concept that you do not want war but you wish to be prepared for it if it is brought upon you. The West will understand this as necessary for Ukraine and support this as fundamental to your existence as a sovereign country.
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  7. Take back the coastal region and destroy the Russian naval presence, Donbas can wait. You need to be able to import/export products and military equipment.
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  8. Its amazing what Ukraine has done with only 3% of the US military budget and tiny fractions of EU military budgets.
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  9. Ukraine must develop its weapons industry. And not just to fight Putin, but to build the economy. When the war is over, they can export battlefield tested weapons.
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  10. You can push Putin's army back Ukraine! The whole world is amazed you have been able to stand your ground. Slava Ukraini!
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  11. Wonder how it got named New York
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  12. Good news!
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  13. I really hope Ukraine makes the coastal region in the south the a priority. Donbas can wait. Without ports the economy will not recover and it's becoming clear this war is all about weapons and the funds to buy or produce them in Ukraine. Ukraine need a narrative that resonates with the free world and as much as I hope all of the territory is recovered priorities need to be established. Armed neutrality is the likely solution.
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  14. Putin isn't just fighting an army, he is fighting and entire population determined to resist. Meanwhile the Russian population doesn't care about it, even the Russian soldiers don't want to be there. I'm starting to believe Ukraine can win if we just go e them the weapons they need. Slava Ukraini!
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  15. The priority should be taking back Mariupol and evacuation of the civilians. The whole world wanted this and this war is a contest between the free world and tyranny.
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  16. Why would South Africa be sympathetic to Russia?
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  17. You need to release them and have them talk to the press. The west really doesn't like this sort of thing. Hopefully someone in the government is paying attention.
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  18. It's time to go after the launch sites. Even if it's in Russia.
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  19. You can do this Ukraine! More trained troops and more weapons coming. You are smarter and more effective than Putin's army. I have confidence in you. Slava Ukraini!
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  20. I've been following operator starsky since the beginning. But I still don't know what the "operator" prefix means. Lost in translation?
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  21. Exactly. I hope Ukrainians will some day acknowledge Bandera was not a good guy
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  22. Pure terrorism 😡
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  23.  Firstname Lastname  just need have enough control to evacuate civilians. It would be a huge win. I really hope they just try
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  24. Reducing Russia's ability to wage war is a publicly declared objective of the US.
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  25. Push out Putin's army now!
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  26. The model works if it includes Ukraine producing its own weapons like Israel does.
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  27. Rebuilding infrastructure is part of this war. Putin destroys, Ukrainians rebuild. Gotta admire the endless energy of the Ukrainians. Slava Ukraini!
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  28. I understand these staff changes are normal, but the optics are problematic. It actually does matter how the changes are perceived.
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  29. I agree. They should look at Israel as an example of how a small country survives surrounded by hostile forces. Including developing a weapons industry. In the long run they have to be able to stand against Putin on their own.
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  30. Powerful speech. I hope more people hear this and understand what is happening in Ukraine. Hitler, Stalin, and now Putin define the idea of evil. Slava Ukraini!
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  31. Getting rid of Putin won't change the tyranny in Russia because he will be replaced by someone just like him. BUT, it will make it possible for Russia to leave Ukraine by blaming the failure to take Ukraine all on Putin without admitting they lost.
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  32. Excellent presentation 👏
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  33. I have a bad feeling Russia has "relocated" a lot of Ukrainians to remote places in Russia. They have a history of doing this kind of thing.
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  34. To the Ukrainian government: you need a big victory somewhere to show you still have power to resist. Liberating a captured city would work. It's really depressing watching you fall back in city after city.
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  35. Right now is the only time countries that have lost territory to Russia have to fight back. I suggest the Ukrainian government reach out to those countries and show them how they can defeat Russia.
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  36.  @billglobalrc5384  had no idea. Gotta start paying closer attention.
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  37. So bizarre, looting and pillaging was something medieval armies did. Putin and his army are literally barbarians. I don't know of any war in my lifetime where this sort of thing was happening.
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  38. Amnesty international has been losing credibility for several years now. They became political and their leadership is too biased to provide balanced assessments.
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  39. It seems to be a feature of tyranny that human life is expendable. Putin wouldn't care if a million Russians die in this war. The free world needs to step up and put an end to this. If Ukraine pushes his army out of Ukraine, Putin will lose power and, with any luck, will suffer a slow painful death.
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  40. Belarus is de facto, a province of Russia. They are just as guilty as Russia.
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  41. I think the Ukrainian government doesn't understand how offensive this is. They need to have some western consultants help them out. All of them need some media training or they are going to lose a lot of goodwill and alienate a lot of their supporters.
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  42. This is the key to stopping Putin. Ukraine can do it!
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  43. If Putin can attack anywhere in Ukraine, block the Black Sea, and threaten targets outside the conflict zone then Ukraine has every right to strike at supply lines in Russia and ships in the Black Sea and the bridge to Crimea.
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  44. Some day Ukraine will have to admit Bandera was not such a good guy. Americans are dealing with the shame of historic slavery, Ukrainians will have to deal with the brutality and treachery of Bandera.
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  45. Once Ukraine starts producing its own weapons, they will be able to defeat Putin without completely depending on the West. This is huge important news. Slava Ukraini!
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  46.  @VajrahahaShunyata  I didn't know that. From what I've seen the Ukrainians will find a solution. Ukrainian ingenuity is remarkable 👏
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  47. I saw a video recently suggesting that Ukraine could keep fighting even without the US. All they have to do is hold out until Russia runs out of money to pay mercenaries and collapses under economic strain.
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  48. Its a tragic situation but the silver lining is that Putin has to divert military resources to Syria
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  49. So much theft going on. Stealing cars, ships, grain. Taking stuff from houses. We have every right to take frozen Russian assets and turn it over to Ukraine.
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  50. Ukraine army: you need to after the airfields and launch pads in Russia where the cowards are destroying Ukraine from a safe distance. They are legitimate targets and you need to stop them now. Slava Ukraini!
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  51. They need to put power transmission lines underground like they do where I live.
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  52. Putin is engaging in a hybrid war all over Europe and especially former Soviet colonies. It's not clear that membership in NATO would solve the problem. Members like Hungary might block a NATO response despite article 5
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  53. Putin's army is destroying everything they can with artillery bombardment because they are going to run out of infantry willing to fight. Ukraine can and will take back their country. Slava Ukraini!
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  54. I would drink too if I was being led to my death and there is no doubt most of them will die.
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  55.  @reubenj.cogburn8546  I heard an American general who thinks the Russians will "culminate" within 10 days but I'm not sure if enough weapons will get through (and training of the Ukrainians) in time. Does not look good right now.
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  56. Nothing about this war makes much sense to me. I remember every war since Vietnam and it was clear what both sides were driving at and how they were going about it but not this one. I can only assume there is a lot going on we just do see. Slava Ukraini!
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  57. Ukrainian government: IMHO any peace deal has to include "pre-war boundaries" except maybe most of Donbas. The West will relate to the idea of pre-war boundaries. Putin has to get something or he won't leave so you may have to let of most of Donbas region. And we can see you don't need NATO as long as the West provides weapons so you don't really lose anything by giving up on that. I hope you can push the Russians back so they are forced to make a deal. Slava Ukraini!
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  58. The west needs to ramp up support immediately. It's now or never. Ukraine needs to push out Putin's army as fast as they can. This is a dangerous development.
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  59. Please don't blame them for asking. They are fighting for their lives, freedom, democracy. We know the West isn't going to set up a no-fly zone but they are desperate. Just imagine how you would feel if bombs were exploding all around you
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  60.  @eh1702  you are probably right from a tactical point of view. But strategy in this war has to include the perceptions of the West. Evacuation of Mariupol by Ukraine would be viewed as heroic and likely increase support for Ukraine. I know it sounds cynical but I'm really worried the West will lose interest and forget this is a fight for a free world.
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  61. Paid Putin trolls are busy today. They are complicit in the crimes of Putin's army.
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  62. Ukraine is going to slaughter those mobilized troops as fast as they arrive. Unbelievable that Putin would sacrifice his own people for his insane obsession with Ukraine. And if he drops a nuke US and NATO forces are going to push his army all the way out of Ukraine. So much loss of life for an inevitable outcome. Putin is pure evil, no other way to describe him.
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  63. Ukraine needs weapons that can destroy Putin's naval forces. If the West wants Ukraine
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  64. How much is Putin paying you to troll this channel ?
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  65. It's time for Ukraine to start attacking airfields and launch pads in Russia. Putin is destroying Ukraine from the safety of Russia because the cowards can't win on the battlefield. Slava Ukraini!
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  66. Covert influence campaigns, subversion, and infiltration are just as dangerous as military conflict. The free world needs to wake up and understand Russia and China are already at war with the free world.
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  67. You need to be thinking about asymmetric warfare. Infiltrate captured cities and do some damage, inflict some hurt on the Russian puppets and collaborators they put in charge. Use some of those Molotov cocktails you've been making. Force them to divert more troops hold captured territory. Look at the Iraq occupation for examples.
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  68. Putin just couldn't allow a successful free democratic country to make his own people wonder why they couldn't be successful too. Success in Ukraine is necessary to bring Putin down once and for all. Slava Ukraini!
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  69. I don't understand why that huge convoy hasn't been attacked. They are just sitting there. Think outside the box. I came up with half dozen crazy ideas that might work. Maybe I'm just being naive and I don't know the practical realities. It's just so frustrating to watch
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  70. It's a good start. Eventually Ukraine will have to produce most of its weapons by themselves.
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  71. Got a good laugh on that one 🤣
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  72. I disagree on one point. I think the war will end if Putin is removed from power. His obsession with Ukraine is probably not shared with the oligarchs
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  73. They've been doing this for centuries. Looting and pillaging, replacing native populations with Russians. Barbarian conquerors.
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  74. Land for peace wont work. Remember Hitler and Sudetenland
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  75. Ukraine is doing well on the battlefield, now just hope they succeed at the negotiating table. Slava Ukraini!
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  76. Russia has access to the Black Sea through ports it controls on Russian territory. See map for details.
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  77. Where are they going to keep tens of thousands of these people? I sure hope some humanitarian organizations are going to help take care of them. And even if they wanted to deport them what country would take them? This situation is absurd.
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  78. Lancaster is a paid Putin troll. It's all propaganda
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  79.  @tonymaries1652  the reality is Putin has to come away from this with something to show for it. The separatist regions have always been problematic for Ukraine and Crimea is already lost. I get your point about self-determination but what other choice is there?
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  80. Another reason to take back Donbas - Ukraine will make quality products there, Russia would just crush the people under tyranny and steal everything for the oligarchs.
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  81.  @mickowens9839  if you support Putin then go ahead and watch his videos. It will confirm what you already believe.
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  82. Finally! This is great news. Slava Ukraini!
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  83. This is what Russians do when the conquer territory. Kill or imprison all opposition, deprive the locals of resources, relocate the native population and replace them with Russians. They have been doing this for centuries. Historical fact.
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  84. Agree
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  85.  @bleachcoughdrops8299  so it's ok for Putin to massacre civilians because they wanted to associate with Europe?
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  86. Freedom is a universal human right. Ukraine fights for all of us.
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  87. This is Putin's preferred method of taking control. Infiltration, covert influence campaigns, destabilization, and takeover from within. Ukraine knows this all too well.
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  88. I dont think the West understands the consequences of letting Putin win. He intends genocide. There really isn't anything to "negotiate" about.
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  89. Brilliant! Wonder how many people are thinking about how they can capture equipment and walk away with a down payment on a house (or a full payment if you can get one of the big pieces). If I thought I could pull it off I think I would take the risk. Or get shot and die. Perhaps not such a good idea for me 😒
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  90.  @adamhayes5349  finally! Thank you
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  91. It would be reasonable to change draft age, but only if Ukraine has all the weapons it needs.
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  92.  @mirulmarcoba8976  it's hard to imagine that Ukraine would accept neutrality now that Putin is trying to destroy them. Ukraine was a peaceful European country. They wanted to align with Europe out of fear of being attacked and that is exactly what happened. We can't ask them to trust that they will be safe from Putin's obsession with restoring the Russian empire. The most you can ask from Ukraine is to give up some territory which is probably what will happen.
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  93. Taking back Mariupol would be a powerful boost to morale both at home and abroad. If there is any way you can do this without excessive losses it would definitely be worth it. People in the West would view it as not only a military victory but also as an act of compassion for the people trapped in that city.
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  94.  @mirulmarcoba8976  shared values, free market, cultural bonds, freedom, democracy. I think they see nations of the free world as what they would like for themselves and the future of their children.
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  95.  @bleachcoughdrops8299  the Baltic states joined NATO to prevent Putin from attacking and now they are safe. Putin feels free to attack any of it's neighbors (and it has done it to many of them). Neutrality makes them vulnerable. If your powerful neighbor wants your property you better have some powerful friends to help you
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  96. Laughed when I read that 🤣
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  97. I support you with all my heart but you have to work on your media strategy. The no-fly zone is not going to happen. Real or perceived, the danger of nuclear war is just too much for anyone to accept. I wish it would happen but it won't. I know you are in a fight for your lives but you need to focus on realistic goals. Also be careful not to offend the "woke" contingent - they have a lot of influence. So much more to say... Just pay attention to how everything you say will be perceived.
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  98. Putin's army are like ancient barbarians with their looting and pillaging. They are not soldiers, they are something else entirely.
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  99.  @billglobalrc5384  I've been watching some YouTube from India and was surprised to find they don't like the West very much. I always thought they were firmly in the camp of the free world. I think a side-effect of this war is a huge lesson in geopolitics for a lot of us. I suppose something like this happened to us during WW2 because we were pretty isolated then too.
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  100. True!
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  101. Now is the time for Georgia, Chechnya, Syria, and all regions attacked by Putin to rise up while he is stuck in Ukraine. Time for the people of Belarus to bring down the Russian puppet government. There will never be a better time.
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  102. Ukraine govt: consider asking for an armistice, and something like Taiwan in which you can build an army with agreements to receive arms from the West. It would be an "armed neutrality". And don't give up any coastal territory.
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  103. To push out the Russians
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  104. When is the free world going to understand they are already, right now, under attack by Russia and China. Infiltration, covert influence campaigns, espionage, subversion, sabotage. If Trump wins its a Russian victory.
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  105. Barbarian looters. They disgust me 😡
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  106. Russia is not going to give up kalinengrad no matter what the results are. It's far too important to them.
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  107. Ukraine govt: can you infiltrate behind the front lines like the Russian saboteurs we're doing to you? This North Vietnamese used this tactic extensively against the US creating the feeling that nowhere is safe. Destroy command and control, disconnect the army from Putin and they may just stop fighting. The Tet offensive ultimately failed but it did show how much the war would cost in dollars and human life. Some believe it was the beginning of the end of that war.
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  108. After defending Isreal from drones and missles, the free world has no excuse for not doing the same for Ukraine. Anything else would be hypocrisy.
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  109. Not enough people know about the Holodomor. Russia has covered it up and prevented the world from knowing the truth.
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  110. Strategically it's more important to retake the coastal areas in the south than Donbas. IMHO
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  111. I was against the no-fly zone at first but after reading so many comments on YouTube from people who hate the free world I'm changing my mind. It's time to take a stand for freedom and democracy. We can't let Putin and the haters and bullies of this world control us with the threat of nuclear weapons - where does it end? I don't think his own people would allow him to use these weapons - it would be suicidal.
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  112.  @stischer47  Hitler didn't have nuclear weapons. If Putin didn't have nuclear weapons we would be there with boots on the ground and the war would be over quickly.
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  113. I don't know if the Ukraine government reads these comments but IMHO they should give up Crimea, Donbas, and Luhansk but nothing else. Never give up your right to arm yourself. Never give up the right to make your own policy. You must remain a sovereign nation.
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  114.  @spooky_hausintrees  there were American soldiers forced by the north Vietnamese to make statements on tv and there was a lot of outrage about it. Whatever people might say in these comments I assure you most westerners do not approve.
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  115. The Russians that support Putin deserve the sanctions but those who oppose him don't have good choices. They can protest and go to jail, they can leave Russia, or they can stay silent and ashamed of what is being done in their name.
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  116. I don't think there is any way to get an accurate assessment of Russian support for the war. Putin is feeding them a constant stream of propaganda so they really have no idea what the truth is. And people are afraid of answering honestly to poll takers in case they get in trouble
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  117. You must take back Mariupol. The world is watching the suffering there and you will be thanked for getting the people out of there. Please act as soon as possible, time is running out.
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  118. This would be a great time for the people in countries Putin has attacked to rise up. Talking about Georgia, Chechnya, Syria. Even pro-democracy forces in Belarus. No way Putin can fight on multiple fronts.
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