Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Ukraine Strikes Back Against Putin: Latest War Update - TLDR News" video.

  1. I was kinda the opposite, I suspected Russia was weak but I didn't expect them to be this weak, I looked at it based on the economy and military spending, the economy is the size between Spain and Italy, military spending I think is less than the UK or France and far less than the US or China, I put it all together and saw a lot of bark but no real bite and now they are being tested, it doesn't look good for them and it's likely going to get worse for them as the sanctions really start to bite and the Europeans overtime stops buying their oil, gas and coal which would likely have a massive damaging impact on Russia to finance this war, either way, I think Russia is finished now or they are going to be in the pocket of China, I doubt the Russian government or people want either option but unless they pull back on this war, it's looking like it's going to isolate and bankrupt the country. We should also remember that the help the west are giving Ukraine is tiny compared to what they could do, if they went full in on supplying Ukraine, they would likely wipe the floor with the Russian military which would either force them out or if they get desperate enough, nukes could become an option even thought I think that is unlikely but desperate times, you never know, either way, over the year as EU countries reduce the buying of oil, gas and coal from Russia, that will likely have a massive impact on Russia. With all that said, I think the west did many mistakes, they should have got a lot tougher on Russia over the last decade, they should have also had peacekeepers in Ukraine the moment Russia signalled any indications of invading Ukraine, there was a lot of time for the west to make him think twice. I also think with everything that is going on that European countries in the EU really do need to look at security and military matters more seriously with working closer together, integrating more, pooling resources and getting rid of a lot of duplications they have and I think we might start to see that with core EU countries, especially on military, security and energy matters.
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  2.  @licheong  I suspect China will be re-evaluating it's military after what it's seeing in Ukraine, dictators tend to cloud their vision from reality in how strong they really are, China likely isn't as strong as people think but they are likely stronger than Russia simply because of it's economy, still no match for the west overall thought.
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  3.  @xNamikazeMinatox  If China gets involved, things could quickly escalate into world war 3 but China has a lot more to lose than Russia does so I don't think they will want to get involved
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