Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Power shift on Ukraine’s frontlines?" video.

  1. I don't think the Russians ever intended to take Kiev. That's just Western propaganda. I think the thrust at Kiev was to draw forces to its defense, away from Donbass. I think Ukraine and the West could've avoided all this by honoring the Minsk Agreement(s). It's easy for Euros and Americans to forget the madness that sees Russia invaded by madmen ever century or so. But I think memories are fresh in Russia. Not a huge fan of Putin. But I'd be paranoid about my security, too, watching the fecklessness, greed, and warmongering NATO countries throwing their weight around since the end of WW II, continuing the imperialism virtually without interruption (without admitting that's what we're doing) for 500 years. I think the proof is in the pudding. Russia runs annual budget and trade surpluses. The ruble is stronger, now, than it was before hostilities; whereas, the West is economically bankrupt. We can cause more pain and suffering for all parties by continuing the madness, or we can sit down with the Russians and give them the security guarantees for ethnic Russians inside Ukraine and Russia in general. We forget - assuming we ever admitted - that the Warsaw Pact, ugly as it was, was to put geographical buffers between Russia and a Europe that goes insane every 50 years or so.
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