Comments by "David Elliott" (@davidelliott5843) on "The Telegraph" channel.

  1. My heart sank when Biden said “as long as it takes”. That was a direct invite for Putin to drag it out.
    43
  2. Ukraine has to be allowed to remove Russia from its lands. But when that happens Ukraine will need to protect its borders in the way Israel does. They’ll need anti-missile batteries and border defences that will actually stop Russia rolling back in.
    37
  3. Russia has never been able to properly manage its air defences. That’s how the Malayan airliner got shot down. They just shoot at anything moving.
    29
  4. Hitler is blamed for starting WW2 by invading Poland. But he had already invaded Czechia, Slovakia, Austria and the Sudetenland with no response from UK and France. The real cause of WW2 was weak government in UK and Western Europe that preferred to turn blind eyes to Hitler’s behaviour. Echos of that attitude allowed Russia to invade Ukraine.
    25
  5. Can we discuss the political issues this war has raised. The Right seem to think all help to Ukraine should stop. The left say everything is Russia’s fault. I lean right if centre but believe Russia has to be removed from Ukraine, because given a chance, they’ll simply regroup and start again.
    24
  6. Biden suddenly wakes up. It’s only taken 1000 days.
    20
  7. The gas pipelines were ruptured yet the automatic shut-off inlet valves remained open. These things are designed to slam shut so someone had to wedge them open. That vould only happen at the Russian end of the lines.
    17
  8. Pull troops out of the satellite nations and they’ll soon enough separate themselves- again. Pulling troops out of Eastern Siberia (Manchuria) risks China moving in.
    14
  9. 2014 clearly shows that Putin snd Russia will not back down if they see any signs of weakness from Ukraine’s allies. The only long term solution is a comprehensive win by Ukraine. Anything less will be seen as weakness.
    14
  10. Please get Patrick Moore (the originator of Greenpeace) to talk about the ice core evidence on CO2. Then get Ian Scott of Moltex Energy to talk about his technology that will burn expired nuclear fuel. So called nuke waste is a fantastic energy resource.
    13
  11. I’m not a bot. I agree that Telegraph is the gold standard.
    12
  12. Ukraine has built a significant bridgehead on Dnipro Left Bank but it’s keeping extremely quiet about it. I think we can expect something to happen when Russia least expects it.
    12
  13. Ukraine was happy to relinquish its nukes because they are incredibly expensive to maintain. However, this war has already cost many orders of magnitude more than the cost of a nuclear arsenal.
    11
  14. Brent geese have been arriving in Southern England since mid August. They are 4 to 6 weeks early. Migratory geese arriving this early usually portends a hard winter in Russia.
    11
  15. British railways regularly suffer theft of heavy duty cables. Allegedly for the copper, but just as easily funded by malign operators.
    10
  16. Ukraine has smothered Russian trenches with cluster shells then troops go in within seconds of the barrage stopping. The gunnery accuracy and coordination with troops is simply stunning.
    10
  17. Zambia gained independence in 1964. That’s two whole generations ago. Why are they still incapable of running a reasonable government?
    10
  18. Despotphobia. Trolphobia.
    9
  19. Helmut Kohl was criticised for his extremely rapid reunification of Germany. I think the behaviours of Hungary and Romania indicate why this was done. East German politician Angela Merkel was a side effect of that move. However, Germany had plenty of time to rebalance before Russia could reset itself under a new dictatorship.
    9
  20. Wagner’s Riot of the Valkyries. Very clever. But Priggy will only get to the top just before he takes a long walk off a short balcony.
    9
  21. Kirill the Russian Orthodox Patriarch is an ex KGB agent and one of the richest men in Russia. No conflicts of interest there.
    9
  22. How will the “DNR” troops react when they see the atrocities committed by Russian forces? I can’t imagine them wanting to continue when they see what “their side” have done to ”their” people.
    9
  23. Yesterday’s counter attack in Bakhmut is small by normal standards. However, by the standards of this battle, it’s huge. Ukraine took an area of 6 square kilometres whereas Russia has struggled to take six square yards in the same time period.
    9
  24. Quote - Russia has seven A-50 AWACS remaining. How many of these are usable? How many viable crews do they have?
    9
  25. Does Russia have any idea how the bridge was hit? Hopefully Ukraine can finish the job very soon.
    9
  26. The new drone boats need to dive under the ship when attacking. Exploding underwater has a much bigger effect that popping off alongside.
    8
  27. UK is holding back Challenger tanks in case they are needed. However not sending enough sets up Ukraine to fail. UK should at least quadruple the numbers being sent. Ideally a lot more than that.
    8
  28. Those adoring “soldiers” dressed in squeaky clean inform who greeted Putin. None of them were there in Mariupol or at his speeches. Of course not.
    8
  29. Brexit has hardly affected moving about Europe. We managed fine before 1992 (Maastricht Treaty). We continue just fine after Brexit.
    7
  30. Ukraine is unlikely to enter into costly battles over Kherson. There is no need to do anything but sink ferries on the Dneiper and keep the Russians boxed in. Collapse is inevitable.
    7
  31. China had considered Australia as a client state if not a colony. Certain Australian state governments basically encouraged this idea (eg the port in Darwin and behaviour of Victoria governor.) The national government eventually took action and of course China acts like it’s been snubbed.
    7
  32. The Russians had already blocked the dam flow regulating valves. The water level was close to overtopping. It’s no coincidence they blew it up with the maximum possible water level.
    7
  33. Not to belittle what USA is doing for Ukraine, but USA has flagged its donations at cost price. In reality, the stuff was written down at least a decade ago. Sending it out has reduced the storage costs.
    7
  34. Russians data is always 10X higher (or lower) than the genuine figures. 370,000 Russian KIA v 50,000 Ukraine KIA is realistic.
    7
  35. The British Empire was brutal (as was normal at the time) but it also brought so much infrastructure to its dominions that there was really very little profit. We should also remember they brought the rule of law to previously lawless & even more brutal areas. Africa especially.
    6
  36. Belarusians have tried but the military is fully occupied in keeping any dissent under government control.
    6
  37. Mark says the military generals are the real professionals. I think this war has shown that Russian military is frankly very UN-professional. They literally cannot feed or clothe their troops. Utter incompetence of the worst order.
    6
  38. Russia has huge stocks of “mothballed” military vehicles. But everything that can be moved has already been taken into use. Maybe the first 100,000 conscripts will be used to get the ancient scrap iron started. Good luck with that.
    6
  39. Nuclear weapons need considerable babysitting and careful maintenance. Considering how carefully Russia maintains its equipment, how viable are their nukes?
    6
  40. ATACMS missiles are extremely expensive and are big enough for S400 SAMs to take them out. The new Small Diameter Bombs stuck on rocket sticks are cheap extremely accurate and Russia cannot shoot them down.
    6
  41. The cross-border raids have no significant tactical effect. But the strategic damage is significant. Especially if they take land and hold it.
    6
  42. Russian oil refineries are existing assets they cannot replace. Ukraine is taking out fractionation towers that Russia bought in. Russia has no expertise to repair the damage.
    6
  43. It’s an exaggeration to say there are 200 Armarta tanks. It’s highly unlikely that Russia has more than 10 or 20. One has been filmed at long range with its turret twirling in pointless ways. Two more failed to get across Red Square. Su 57 is no better. It’s a smartly painted stunt plane. One crashed in 2019 and very few have ever been seen. The long tailpipes and rounded lines suggest it has very poor stealth talents.
    6
  44. Sunak is little better than Sholz. He refuses to increase defence spending at a time when he knows that Starmer is likely to win the next election. Commitment to 3% or more would force Starmer to keep it going as cutting spending now would look incredibly weak.
    6
  45. Russia escaped from Kherson city using boats. Kill the bridge. They can do the same in Crimea.
    6
  46. Wagner works alongside the Russian army. But they are all doing their own thing. Wagner are absolutely not working closely WITH the Russian army or anyone else.
    5
  47.  @limedickandrew6016  The Russian T90 is 3.5 decades ago and has never seen an upgrade.
    5
  48. East Ukraine irregular fighters were effectively the Russian army trying to take over Ukraine on the cheap. The Ukraine government kept it under some control for 8 years until Putin stepped in with his regular army. The whole sorry story is Russia throwing it’s weight around.
    5
  49. It really doesn’t matter. He’s useless and avoiding offices with windows.
    5
  50. The Belgorod building was hit on the opposite side from the border. Ukraine drones are not big enough to do that dirt of damage. Their modified small aircraft would have left evidence.
    5
  51. Regardless of your political position (pro Biden or pro Trump) I cannot understand why anyone would choose to support the Russian position on this war. How can anyone ignore the endless war crimes, deportations and destruction of heritage by Russia.
    5
  52. HIMARS and 155 shells are expensive but much stuff US is sending was written down years ago. e.g. they stopped using Stinger missiles 20 years ago. They’ve also bought a fair bit of Soviet/Russian hardware that Ukraine are trained to use but that won’t have cost silly money.
    5
  53. I heard it’s a problem throughout Russia, not just in prisons. Only exceeded by alcohol dependence.
    5
  54. Donbas has huge reserves of gas and oil which Putin saw as competition to be kept down. It will be needed by Europe when this war is over. Especially as the Russian lines will have been closed by then.
    4
  55. Ukraine is making what amount to steerable torpedoes. Initially, they ran on the surface but they’ve got ever more semi-submersible. Something with only a small conning tower/snorkel above the water surface is on its way.
    4
  56. If Ukraine is probably capable piggybacking a Himars onto a home-grown first stage. However what if that caused NATO to stop future deliveries?
    4
  57. It’s almost a submersible as-is. But if it could dive under the ship before exploding, we would see small torpedo types of damage.
    4
  58. Updating old aircraft for a one way flight is a lot different to throwing rusty shells into a gun breech. The aircraft might fail but it’s no big deal. Shells exploding in the gun do more damage than shells delivered by the enemy.
    4
  59. The various Ukraine channels all have that information.
    4
  60. The Russians say that 6 Himars were fired at thx barracks but they do not down four. Two Himars could not have totally flattened that building. However it’s emerged that artillery ammunition was stored in the building AND Ukraine thinks at least 600 were killed.
    4
  61. They’ve now eaten the 10 year rations and the 20 year rations. Killing Prigozhin and his company (that supplied food to Russian MoD) has crimped any chance feeding their army.
    4
  62. The OP is a Russian troll. But really one of the worst yet.
    4
  63. Clever drones. They always get shot down in three go five time the number launched and falling debris always sets the planned targets on fire. So very clever.
    4
  64. Nuclear weapons cannot do anything about a spread out front line. It Putin does use a nuclear weapon, if will be against a Ukraine city or large infrastructure. Kyiv, any other large conurbation and dams are all at risk.
    4
  65. Himars is the perfect tool for this job. But Ukraine also needs iron curtain style tank traps and barbed wire from Poland to the Sea of Azov with remote warning systems to spot for sneak attacks.
    4
  66. Three layers of polyethylene sheet will provide MUCH better insulation than just one layer. But they’ll need strong duct tape and enough poly to get the job done.
    4
  67. It’s highly likely that a few rocket assisted glide bombs have already arrived.
    4
  68. Well done Telegraph for talking with Ben Hodges. One of the strongest leaders of our time. This recording will be stolen and edited by the bot channels and “sold” as their own work. But they can’t take away the truth of what Ben Hodges says.
    4
  69. Trolls love to troll.
    4
  70. Belgorod was hit by 2 large bombs. One is buried 7m into the ground. They were probably fitted with glide kits that fell off after launching. Biggest question is why would the pilot release these things over a Russian city?
    4
  71. Russian personnel losses are “interesting” to us in The West. However, Russian military just don’t care. These KIA are simply consumables.
    4
  72. Pooteen is the top of the KGB/FSB pyramid. He is absolutely calling the shots but he cannot do that without full support from the security system beneath him.
    4
  73. Russian oil and gas is still being pumped under Ukraine. It’s amazing that nothing bad has befallen those pipelines. After all the Nordstream was blown from the inside (only possible from the Russia end). Why not the others?
    4
  74. Germany has a huge demographic problem. They have far too few people of working age. Offering asylum to escaping Russians makes a lot of sense. HOWEVER Russia has considerable problems with TB and alcoholism does Germany want thousands of people with chronic disease.
    4
  75. Hopefully they can get another floating bomb under the same spot.
    4
  76. There’s an FPV video of a drone being threaded between trees and shrubs to find a trench entrance. There’s the usual picture cut before it actually hits but it’s likely to have caused serious carnage.
    4
  77. HIMARS has a longer range than Russian artillery which must be used to take out weapons stores, transport hubs and of course guns and dumb rocket launchers.
    3
  78. Ukraine needs considerably more than we are sending. Their summer offensive failed because NATO FAILED to arm them appropriately. We are failing to adequately ramp up military production but we also forget that keeping kit for a rainy day is pointless when there’s a thunderstorm outside.
    3
  79. Petrol and diesel will get hammered. That affects us all especially the now considerable home delivery industry. Watch the big grocery retailers pull the plug.
    3
  80. Russia could drop a nuke from aircraft or use air-launch missiles. When they do use them, immediately take out every missile launch truck they have and every air base within range of Ukraine.
    3
  81. Pilot was just as much a regime member as the passengers.
    3
  82. Learning to blow a whistle and point with a sword (sorry) stick can’t be that hard.
    3
  83. Russia seriously diluted their military efficiency by pouring in untrained conscripts. Ukraine can’t assume any will run away until they get up and go.
    3
  84. It was this Russian tactic that led to gunship helicopters and A-10 aircraft.
    3
  85. People f to on Far Eastern Russia feel they are effectively a colony of Moscow. I feel it’s unlikely that other regions feel any different. They are all used by Moscow
    3
  86. There is underwater drone footage of the Nordstream pipe ends. The metal is folded out and concrete casing lying around in curved lumps. This looks like an “event” from within. Something impossible from outside the pipe.
    3
  87. Russia started this war in 2014 as a means of salami-slicing Ukraine. The so-called Donbas separation was taken straight from the Soviet playbook.
    3
  88. “2911 tanks have been destroyed” does that mean tanks lost to Russia or are the ones Russia “donated” to Ukraine on top of that nearly 3000 wrecks?
    3
  89. At about 42:00 Dr Sasha talks about Russian nukes hitting Ukraine cities. I fear that Kherson is in the cross-hairs. Ukraine will retake the city and Putin will nuke it to take out Ukraine soldiers and destroy war crimes evidence.
    3
  90. Listening to different ideas opens eyes.
    3
  91. Meanwhile, many more with exposure, hypothermia and disease caused by awful living conditions are not classed as war casualties.
    3
  92. Russian troops rape, torture kill loot and destroy everything in sight. Mass graves are found everywhere they’ve been. Yet we now have this huge fuss about Ukraine soldiers being caught out by Russian nutter with a gun.
    3
  93. He is also a genuine human being. Someone anyone can talk to. That’s incredibly important at the highest levels of command.
    3
  94. LIDAR has existed for decades. It uses lasers to scan an area with computers to remove overlying vegetation from the image. It would be perfect for finding Russian trenches and equipment under tree cover.
    3
  95. Russian generals send untrained unarmed troops against machine guns and tanks against pre-arranged artillery targeting. Ukraine sends a few troops to do the dangerous job of flushing out where the Russian guns are and how heavily defended their lines are. Nothing will happen until they expose a gap.
    3
  96. As Russia has moved more guns into Belgorod, Ukrain😅e should be hitting back with counter battery artillery. The M777 and mobile artillery are longer range and more accurate. A great way to strut Russian kit.
    3
  97. The most effective weapon against sea drones and small boats is the machine gun. Add some radar/lidar targeting and sea surface drones won’t get close. The German Gepard AA gun (set to shoot downward) is a good model.
    3
  98. I’ve had a lot of time for Steve Turley but that changed with this war. In common with many (let’s say) not “Democrat” Americans he just refuses to see what Putin is doing. Ukraine is not perfect (what is?) but this war looks exactly like yet another Russian colonial war. Many in the West seem happy to let it happen.
    3
  99. Not madness but certainly it’s dangerously mistaken.
    3
  100. A small power station turbine makes 100 megawatts continuously. A 1.5 megawatt hour battery is huge. But in power grid terms it’s trivial. That turbine makes that in about 1.5 minutes.
    3
  101. It’s trying to look hard for the TV cameras.
    3
  102. Indeed it’s hilarious. Russia literally cannot change direction.
    3
  103. It’s more likely that 10 or fewer are actually usable. They are all at least 30 years old and spare parts are no longer made.
    3
  104. That offer has already been made. A similar offer to the speaker has been acted upon.
    3
  105. Hit the airbase near Caspian Sea being used to launch missiles and glide bombs.
    2
  106. The contributors have more than enough time to expose any transmission time for any inconsistencies. Propaganda always falls over somewhere, yet this podcast never has. It’s up to listeners to choose.
    2
  107. Flying bombs.
    2
  108. Russia was forced to leave Kherson in near disarray. If that’s not a defeat, then what is it?
    2
  109. Quote - 16% of the Russian army has been destroyed in Ukraine. Really? How do we know the actual number of Russian soldiers before the “operation” began? I suggest the total army is much smaller than we have been told. If the army really is huge, why has Putin used troops from Chechnya and Georgia to Manchuria to bolster his forces? Not to mention the droves of untrained conscripts press-ganged from Eastern Ukraine.
    2
  110. We don’t know what is true about Trump. The media h@te him and distort everything about him. MAGA love him - he can do nothing wrong. Both ends are untrue.
    2
  111. Look at the pattern. Obama/Biden got involved in Ukraine to control the gas pipeline. Obama/Biden stirred up wars in Syria to prevent a new gas pipeline being built. Obama/Biden (oops just Biden) totally botched the Afghanistan pullout. Obama/Biden has triggered the war in Ukraine to prevent Germany opening the Nordstream 2 pipeline (open it and we let Putin take the entirety of Ukraine) Next step, USA stands by while CCP invades Taiwan. We can bet nothing is being done to protect Taiwanese microchip technology.
    2
  112. Probably about 3 miles is as far as these drones can fly.
    2
  113. Yes Minister (1980s Comedy/Documentary) had running jokes about the Foreign Office. 40 years later, nothing has changed.
    2
  114. China says it has an electromagnetic catapult. How well does it work? How reliable is it?
    2
  115. Russian bots have no reply to Dom so insults will have to do.
    2
  116. It looks like they are being washed down by the current.
    2
  117. Russia basically micromanages its strike aircraft. Pilots do not fly to a plan and make their own decisions based on events. Losing their ground based and AWACS systems puts a severe crimp on this pyramid of operation.
    2
  118. Hopefully Emanuel Macron wants to make up for his 2022 failures to see what Putin was doing. EU is a past master at slowly doing the minimum. Hopefully Macron can wake them up. Shultz certainly won’t. And the others just follow along.
    2
  119. The Russian Tsars were inept by any standard but were governing genius compared to what followed. Communism/Socialism is the real malevolent force.
    2
  120. I have a mid 1970s Japanese motorbike. Spare parts are still available in Japan for surprisingly reasonable prices. I would expect Mitsubishi L200 parts can be found from similar suppliers.
    2
  121. The troll exposed by their failure to resist using Russian “data” that inflates Ukraine losses by 10x. They also transpose well-documented Russian failures onto Ukraine. Nice try but we’ve seen it all before.
    2
  122. Frame by frame analysis of CCTV shows a boat moved under the bridge immediately before the explosion.
    2
  123. If the destruction was that easy, it can happen again.
    2
  124. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast
    2
  125. All in good time. But for now, Melitopol is a bit too far away.
    2
  126. Russia seems to have an eggshell front line with very little to back it up.
    2
  127. Russia has been slow walking the grain ships inspections. Their pulling out is just another step up.
    2
  128. Ukraine is already using cheap drones as ammunition. Recent video shows one taking down a Russian drone.
    2
  129. Ukraine lands used to include Crimea and fully encircled the Sea of Azov. The language was spoken right over to Caspian Sea. Using Putin’s logic they could reasonably take back everything to River Don.
    2
  130. Putin is every bit the fascist as Hitler and indeed Stalin. There are superficial differences but fundamentally they are all the same philosophy.
    2
  131. The F-16 design is still at the top of its game because any issues have been ironed out.
    2
  132. Johnson is doing such a fantastic job we have to ask who is funding him. There is more going on than simply following the “Trump is always right” line.
    2
  133. It’s working fine on iPhone YT app.
    2
  134. It’s embarrassing to Russian trolls. Probably posted during Moscow office hours.
    2
  135. Drones don’t cause hidden troops to break cover. They actually do the opposite as people try to stay hidden.
    2
  136. In functional terms, there was no difference between European fascism and Russian Soviets. They are all versions of socialism where the state controls every detail of people’s lives. Orwell’s books described it perfectly.
    2
  137. Sounds like a great idea. The EU would be seriously P-d off.
    2
  138. Russia has already destroyed a few Abrams that wont be in Ukraine until October. Not to mention the five Patriot systems (Ukraine only has two, which have a scratch between them.
    2
  139. For the question about (current) population of Crimea not supporting Ukraine’s take-over. (1) Russian rule has been economically poor and brutal (2) People like Denys Davidov who comes from Sevastopol will tell us how the people feel.
    2
  140. We need Finland and everyone else sending Leopards and stuff Germany.
    2
  141. We need an updated opening jingle.
    2
  142. It would be good to see the Wagners getting hit by Ukraine. They might not be strategically relevant but they are dangerous thugs. Don’t let them escape too easily.
    2
  143. Austria brought us a certain corporal. He was second rate to Stalin but much the same level as Putin. No surprise that Austria won’t let go.
    2
  144. Ignoring clearly wrong information is also not helping. The public attitude to nuclear power is a good example. KGB/FSB has been extremely successful in collapsing the industry.
    2
  145. Would that be the windows with Startsky in the bottom left corner?
    2
  146. Denis Davidov (Ukraine commentator) thinks it’s unlikely that enough Russians will protest against Putin’s latest edict. They are just too brainwashed by the propaganda.
    2
  147. 13 MEPs voted against the EU sanctions against Assad. Hopefully they are all being checked out.
    2
  148. I’m recovering from surgery right now. But the late May bank holiday always feels like a genuine day off.
    2
  149. People who say Hunter Biden is corrupt are not “from the right”. They simply quote evidence from his laptop. Information that US Democrat Party and FBI are keeping under wraps.
    2
  150. France wants Ukraine kept out of the EU because their agricultural industry would dwarf anything France can do and effectively bankrupt the Common Agricultural Policy. Germany wants Ukraine kept out of the EU because their industrial innovation makes German industry look leaden and clumsy. German politics is clearly captured and compromised by Russia. KGB/FSB has the dirt on them.
    2
  151. Ukraine will use what best suits their needs.
    2
  152. Biden loved to brag about how much he was spending on Ukraine. We are of course grateful, but 95% of the money stayed within USA. His overstating of reality was an avoidable political mess that has cost Ukraine dearly.
    2
  153. Kazakstan has wanted to out an oil pipeline across the Caspian Sea. Putin always vetoes the idea. He wants no competition for his oil and gas to head westwards.
    2
  154. Every single weapon ever made has counter-measures. Designers have to think ahead and adapt with combat experience.
    2
  155. Ukraine has turned Kherson into a cauldron trap for Russian forces. Ukraine has nothing to gain by directly attacking 20,000 Russians. They can’t resupply themselves, they can’t escape and they have no winter clothing. Eventual surrender is inevitable.
    2
  156. Are we surprised that government/security services secrecy is inhibiting our response to Russia? It’s no surprise at all and exactly why national security should be adapted to need rather than doing what it always does.
    2
  157. I strongly suspect that a large part of Putin’s reasons for taking the territory in Ukraine is the recently discovered oil and gas under east Ukraine and Crimea. He sees that as direct competition for Russian petroleum. He wants it kept in the ground to keep Russia in control.
    2
  158. Russian power grid won’t blow up because it can’t carry any useful power.
    2
  159. OPEC is all about the big producers (eg Saudi). The more they can be sidelined the better. By the way removing 1.2 from OPEC actually shifts the balance by 2.4. Numbers at that level can swing the balance of power.
    2
  160. The drug cartels have shown its a small step from a shallow freeboard boat to one that runs with just a periscope and snorkel poking out.The next stage will be a boat that carries enough compressed air to run the engine long enough to dive underneath the target ship. 200kg of military explosive under the ship hull will do a huge amount of damage.
    2
  161.  @CopperVault  To be fair, USA had to first get across those annoying lakes.
    2
  162. Please can we analyse what Scott Ritter is saying. He is a former United States Marine Corps intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector. He’s no idiot, so what can we make of his opinions?
    2
  163. Putin tolerates his pet thugs, because he can’t cope without them. He’s purged everyone else so there’s nobody to open any windows.
    2
  164. The more important moral question is that trench warfare is killing thousands on both sides. These tanks will bring a much quicker end to the war.
    2
  165. Satellite images show they can’t even care for the environment (oil slicks).
    2
  166. Barrage balloons worked against dive bombers. They could not stop flying bombs. The Iran drones are slow could be stopped by radio controlled “model” aircraft towing a rope to tangle the propellor or if they get close enough a hand grenade warhead would take them out.
    2
  167. I usually listen to YouTube news on audio. There’s not that much added by a talking heads and fat microphones.
    1
  168. USA could fix its own border with the loose change lost in Uncle Sam’s sofa cushions.
    1
  169. Native Russian-speaking Ukraine people are so disgusted by Russia and Russians that they voluntarily refuse to speak Russian.
    1
  170. Putin planned to control Ukraine like Belarus or invade and annex since before he took political power in 1999. The huge issue with NATO expansion was absolutely no plans to manage Putin’s likely military moves.
    1
  171. Russian lost nukes will be at least as many as Americans. Most likely a lot worse. But every one will be totally covered up. There probably no evidence in existence.
    1
  172. Works fine on the Apple app.
    1
  173. Putin never drives himself anywhere and the backdrops were simply painted film sets. The man in Mariupol was far to comfortable moving about no shakes and no fat neck.
    1
  174. It’s amazing that Putin refuses to see that military abuse always fails eventually. Actually - no he is even more of a gangster than the Soviets.
    1
  175. The maximum occupational dose of radiation is 20mSv per year. The people of Ramsar in Iran get 260 mSv per year (every year) with no ill effects. Why is the industry dose so minutely small?
    1
  176. BBC general news reports pretty much ignore Ukraine. Anything they do say continues to paint Russian propaganda as equivalent to Ukrainian war reports. They indirectly suggest that neither side is reliable. Telegraph shows the reality. Why does BBC refuse to do an equivalent job?
    1
  177. Russian military leaders are more keen to fight each other. They have no clue what’s going on at the front lines.
    1
  178. Tosh supply kitchen equipment.
    1
  179. Putin is entirely lucid. He gambled that The West would dither. He was right. We are dithering. He is certainly not losing. Not yet and possibly not ever.
    1
  180. Putin mentioned the war. Did he get away with it?
    1
  181. Long range Storm Shadow has a smaller warhead. This is a significant compromise that damages its military value.
    1
  182. That’s not entirely correct. If Russia sends oil via tanker they can ask any price they like. It’s entirely outside the world market. Currently China and India are paying $30 below the market rates.
    1
  183. Russian Orthodox Church survived the Soviet era. They back Putin today because the line of least resistance is how they survive. The Church of England has gone woke but is that really any different?
    1
  184. It’s only the most insular right wing who claim to want US to stop funding Ukraine. They are right the war should and could have been avoided. Obama set the trail of events in motion but Trump ignored the whole thing.
    1
  185. UN has always been useless but why is Biden staying quiet? For all his faults (e.g. can’t keep a team together) there’s no way Trump would stand by and do nothing.
    1
  186. The dam and the nuke power plant have no military significance. It’s all about the bully-boy tactics of a despot.
    1
  187. Russia wants to make Ukraine suffer over this winter. Many city blocks have district heating so it’s relatively easy to cut off heat to buildings.
    1
  188. “The West” putting defenders around Ukraine would almost certainly take the line of least resistance. They’d separate the occupied areas of Ukraine. We need to call this out.
    1
  189. October revolution won’t happen or anything in any other month. Putin has not (yet) killed enough working age people.
    1
  190. Mike Johnson is suggesting Ukraine should be supported to win. Is GOP about to swing behind Ukraine? It could be an election winner.
    1
  191. Why doesn’t The Big Guy close the USA embassy in Russia? Oh hang on - that would need a decision and his puppet master never could do decisions.
    1
  192. It works for me.
    1
  193. Ukraine was right to complain about Russia stopping that ship. They got their voice heard while international media were wondering what had happened. Russia is not running a blockade, because they are frightened of Ukraine drone boats. It’s far better to hit the port infrastructure with ballistic missiles.
    1
  194. Maybe Putin has not intervened in Armenia, because the useful troops are all in Ukraine.
    1
  195. I can live with adverts. Just keep them short.
    1
  196. Perun has a fantastic YouTube channel. Quite who he is in “real life” is shrouded in mystery.
    1
  197. EU is an economic grouping that’s trying to become a superstate. USA wrote a near cast iron constitution and bill of rights but took 200 years to become a country. EU has not even done the first legal steps. NATO is supposed to be a defensive organisation. However, NATO is waiting for an attack with close to zero preparation. We are heading for extreme failure. Hopefully Macron will wake things up. Sunak is useless. Sholz is batting for Putin.
    1
  198. Bakhmut has no military significance. Additionally, there is no way for Russia to move beyond it. The land to its west is flat and open with many lakes. It will become a Ukraine shooting gallery; even more destructive that Russia’s failed river crossings.
    1
  199. Russia has dug extensive trench defences in Kherson to oppose a threat coming in from the North. Especially crossing Dnipro at the Zaporizhzhia Dneprostroi Dam. However Ukraine is likely to attack via Kingburn Spit. This would cut off these defences from Crimea. At least they now know how to more efficiently escape when the time comes.
    1
  200. Weaponised New Cle Are (please get it right) power plants are a nuclear attack just as much as a military weapon. Take out every missile launch truck and maybe every missile launch submarine. We can be sure “The West” knows where they all are.
    1
  201.  @WestValleyTransparency  WW2 had two parts. Before Xmas 1942 and after.
    1
  202. It’s a small thing but can we PLEASE stop saying New-Cue-Lar. I know the correspondents know better so Please get it right. Nuclear is pronounced New-cle-are. Thanks in advance.
    1
  203. Bakhmut is under constant Russian artillery fire. Why has Ukraine not taken out the guns?
    1
  204. How will Russia choose (1) a nuke that will work and (2) a missile that won’t explode when launched.
    1
  205. Telegraph has been making this very point for decades. It’s only been ignored because Russia hadn’t really shown its colours until now.
    1
  206. EU cannot afford to accept Ukraine. Their massive agricultural industry would collapse the Common Agricultural Policy.
    1
  207. Putin has just now driven a Mercedes car across the repaired Kirsch Bridge. It carries huge symbolic importance for him. Time to hit it again.
    1
  208. The German lady was talking about threats from right wing and left wing “populists”. The right is generally common sense and less government. The Left is about central control some say coercive control. Don’t forget the German historical situation she alluded to was done by a hard socialist. There were added horrors but the foundation was socialist. They fought for the same political space as the communists.
    1
  209. Check out the latest from Vlad Vexler. He explains the four levels of help that are of could be offered to Ukraine. The most likely answer is enough support to keep Ukraine fighting but not enough for them to beat Russia out of their lands. Not handing over equipment that’s really needed but just sat in garages is a likely outcome.
    1
  210. The contributors seem to assume the British do not put family values first. The reality is that British are small “c”conservative. We do not support the woke politics espoused by the leftists in our establishment.
    1
  211. We need a heavy hit of Tomahawks on the airbase near Caspian Sea. Take out the considerable Russian airforce in there.
    1
  212. Can Ukraine use fast drones to take out Shaheeds? They fly straight and slow with easy to hit propeller at the back
    1
  213. What a shame. It’s only just been insured for third party, fire & theft.
    1
  214. We have allowed our politics to swing ever leftwards. Until recently this side was supportive of (and often supported by) Russian influence. They have ridiculed indigenous nuclear power yet been happy to buy Russian gas.
    1
  215. It is indeed one sided, because Russian information is so corrupted (they win everywhere and shoot everything down) while casualty numbers are irrelevant.
    1
  216. Russia has not lost until its air bases within range of Ukraine have been softened up. The truck will be going it when Russia least expects it.
    1
  217. General Mily oversaw the USA making a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan complete with $80 Billion worth of armaments (and cash money) left behind. What does Mily know about winning wars.
    1
  218. I fail to see why the most obvious solutions need to take so long to put into action. I also fail to see why upsetting the German government is such an issue. If donors of Leopard tanks simply got on with it, Germany would have a simple choice. Let it happen or be seen as Putin’s poodle.
    1
  219. Taiwan is 7 hours sailing time from mainland China. Any invasion force would be obliterated long before it got close to Taiwan. Taiwan has steep coastline last with very few landing beaches. All of which are heavily protected. China is actually not that interested but they do want Manchuria and they have the means to take it. Putin dismantling his own military and stealing Siberian men is making that extremely likely.
    1
  220. How has Victor been swung away from Russia? Maybe someone reminded him that Putin and the Soviets are the same animal. Maybe it’s dawning that useful idiots always lose.
    1
  221. Putin has the dirt on Sholtz that will be released when he oversteps the line. Not that the German hasn’t been paid off in some way.
    1
  222. By the time US Hawk arrives, there’ll be no working infrastructure in the country. Hopefully Ukraine can use its domestic ability with drones to take out Iran’s flying bombs.
    1
  223. EU Germany USA and NATO basically ignored the annexation of Crimea. Putin waited until USA had a weak president and he walked in it was so obviously going to happen.
    1
  224. UK should send far more Challenger tanks. They are doing nothing useful in MoD garages.
    1
  225. The Biden Administration bragged about the $ money it was spending on Ukraine. This seriously backfired, because the real $ cost was tiny. He gave his political opponents all the leverage to stop the deliveries. Politically a very poor performance.
    1
  226. Everyone says that Trump will abandon Ukraine. Maybe he will but Biden’s political incompetence has had the same effect. Historically Trump x armed the s*t out of Putin when he flattened Russian (sorry) Wagner forces in Syria. Putin lost elite troops and much equipment and immediately backed out. Biden’s incompetence in Afghanistan was the trigger to restart Russian aggression.
    1
  227. It used to be pronounced “Key-Yev”. I always thought that was the Soviet version.
    1
  228. Nukes are for posturing only. They are useless as weapons of war.
    1
  229. Telegraph Ukraine podcast is only comedic to those who use rape, torture and destruction of good as weapons of war.
    1
  230. German Green politics was funded by KGB. That’s the direct reason why Germany scrapped N power in favour of Russian gas.
    1
  231. Ukraine is likely to be accepted into NATO eventually. It’s highly unlikely to get full membership of EU. It’s huge agriculture industry would completely unbalance the Common Agricultural Policy. Then there’s the massive cost of rebuilding the country. EU will want to impose their micromanaging methods and they’ll see Ukraine as a money pit rather than a business opportunity.
    1
  232. It seems strange that Russia would remove the one lever it had against Germany/EU. We will know when the damage can be assessed. Internally blow out = Russia sent a bomb down the line. External blow in = anyone’s guess.
    1
  233.  @mitchyoung93  Biden is clearly signalling that he IS NOT preparing for war.
    1
  234. Wagner has gone to Belarus where they can attempt an attack on Ukraine from the north. There are too few to win anything so hopefully they’ll try and get trashed by Ukraine.
    1
  235. It’s not only Schroeder who is compromised. Merkel happily built the Nordstream pipelines and no doubt has some dodgy history with Putin.
    1
  236. During WW2 Churchill supported attempts to assassinate Hitler. After a while he realised Hitler’s incompetence was an asset and withdrew that policy.
    1
  237. After the 2017 Syria chemical attack, Trump hit Russian airbases and Wagner thugs with 200 cruise missiles. Putin immediately backed off and stayed off. Then Biden screwed up in Afghanistan and Putin went back to his old ways.
    1
  238. Russia uses convicts as slave labour. But nobody is buying the stuff they used to dig out of mines. So no worries all round. 😮
    1
  239. Ukraine would be winning a lot faster if F-16, F-18 or Gripen had already been delivered. Not to mention soviet aircraft that were delayed by Biden.
    1
  240. The German speakers in Russia- were they trapped there after WW2 or did they move when the iron Curtain / Wall came down?
    1
  241. ISIS, Alkaida, Iran regime, Assad’s regime, Putin Regime are all fascists. Their people are all disposable assets of the state. Their enemies are objects to be destroyed.
    1
  242. Belgorod was part of Ukraine before Soviets redrew the borders. Kursk was Russia bug spoke Ukraine Rostov and the Sea of Azov coast was Ukraine. I can see them all wanting to move back.
    1
  243. The rest of the world has always ignored internal events within Russia and other despotic regimes. This war is a direct result of the same attitudes. Continuing in the same way leads directly to World War 3.
    1
  244. EU has no mechanism to remove a member country. The exit clause used by UK was an afterthought. And even that was made as difficult as possible.
    1
  245. YT demonetises anything like this. Hopefully they won’t cancel the channel.
    1
  246. Turkey needs NATO membership and we don’t need the alternative. Turkey is keeping keeping Russian ships from entering the Black Sea and their drones are doing well for Ukraine. We absolutely do not want a Turkey-Russia-Iran-China axis that could easily develop if Turkey is not welcomed by The West.
    1
  247. China and India are getting a little cheap oil from Russia but it’s delivered by ship around Africa do won’t make a huge difference. They get almost no gas from Russia because Putin refused to allow building of pipelines. The most likely future event is China taking Manchuria - entirely because they can.
    1
  248. Russia deliberately razes every city they take. The people are killed in the least costly way. Subsequently it’s rebuilt in the dour Soviet style and repopulated with ethnic Russians. It’s cultural and physical genocide.
    1
  249. Russia never “donates” anything for free. There are always strings attached. President Biden could easily get aid to Ukraine using channels US commonly operates around the world.
    1
  250. Back-filling the weaponry given by ex Soviet nations still makes sense because it shows Putin that NATO does not rob Peter to pay Paul. That time is over as UK has recognised.
    1
  251. As I understand it, Kherson is unlikely to be a military attack. The Russians are boxed up with no supply lines and no means of escape. I believe it will be an old fashioned siege. Basically, let them starve until they give up.
    1
  252. The man is a journalist. He’s not a presenter. He is also using a highly compressed line that cuts the signal between words making pauses sound clipped.
    1
  253. Zaporisia (sp) has more than enough spent fuel to make a dirty bomb. BUT it’s highly radioactive so would be hazardous to anyone nearby long before it’s blown apart. More likely the plant is being mined and booby trapped. Maybe they didn’t have the means but it looks like Ukraine seriously screwed up by losing the plant to Russia.
    1
  254. Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev - Patriarch of Russian Orthodox Church is an ex KGB officer and one of the richest men in Russia. His house cost $40 million.
    1
  255. Check out the lectures by Patrick Moore (he founded Greenpeace). He explains the genuine evidence about CO2 and how it’s consciously ignored by policy makers.
    1
  256. That would make Putin the martyrs. Definitely not a good idea. In any case, he’s a Ukraine asset right where he is now.
    1
  257. Xi can’t try for Taiwan at this time of year. But regardless, he’s biding his time to see how The West handles Putler.
    1
  258. Telegraph generally restricts the adverts but from time to time it gets forgotten and their talents get marred by crass adverts every few minutes.
    1
  259. Su-57 is manoeuvrable but it’s just a facelift of the Soviet aircraft. It’s not even close to 5th generation performance.
    1
  260. 100% of “Yes to Russia” turned up but only 97% voted yes. Those three fifth columnists need to be found.
    1
  261. The autonomous chain guns used on US and British ships would have taken out those sea drones. They would not have been asleep on the job as the Russians clearly were. Two drones hit the ship’s stern. Zero attempt to get it moving.
    1
  262. Patriarch Kirill is one of Putin’s KGB pals and has got very rich from his position at the top of the church. The Catholic pope is either incredibly naive or incredibly duplicitous.
    1
  263. Hitler exploded a nuclear device in late 1944 in Poland. It created a blue flash but failed to give a full explosion. Coincidentally, Oppenheimer (struggling with triggers) said he would not have a test device before 1946. Three months after Hitler capitulated the US had a working bomb using German infrared fuses.
    1
  264. It piddles me off that Ground News an outfit that supposedly allows people to judge political bias is itself biassed. Apparently Right wingers don’t support Ukraine, BBC is unbiased and Daily Telegraph is right wing. The DT war podcast clearly is not factored in and This current story must be right wing because Lefties ignore the issue.
    1
  265. Many Russians seem to choose to believe clear rubbish from the propagandists. But this drone fiasco is d so o bad even they must realise it’s fake. They even had firemen on hand.
    1
  266. A military win by Ukraine is achievable- but only if NATO and USA continue the support in weapons and equipment to rebuild damaged infrastructure. To stop now will simply condemn Ukraine and Europe to ongoing war and misery.
    1
  267. Putin simply wants control of the old Soviet satellites. Any concern about NATO expansion is a mere smokescreen.
    1
  268. The most simple story is usually the right one. Blowing up a Wagner operator in his boss’s cafe is exactly how Putin operates. Ditto the Duggan car bomb.
    1
  269. More and more people are understanding that climate change exists as a natural cycle. They also realise that CO2 is not a cause of the problem. Back in 1750 (peak of the last cold period) CO2 was at 180ppm. Today it’s 400ppm. We are not told that all plants die at 150ppm. Far from killing the planet, it’s easy to see that humans using fossil fuels have actually saved the planet. CO2 at 150ppm would create the worst mass extinction ever to hit the planet.
    1
  270. Mine is working fine.
    1
  271. It has to be assumed that Trump would throw Ukraine under the Russian bus. JD Vance detests Ukraine. Why else employ him?
    1
  272. The one caveat is the parlours state of public health in Russia. The medical system is dysfunctional at best. TB is endemic and alcohol dependence is a serious problem. Does Germany really want to import that?
    1
  273. Some say that USA should provide ATACMS rockets. These have the range. But Russia can shoot them down and the effects of cluster bombs will politically damage Ukraine.
    1
  274. If Putin manages to deliver a nuclear blast in Ukraine, we can expect to see his navy taking hits including his ballistic missile submarines. We can be sure that UK and USA know where the Russian ballistic missile submarines are at any time. They are not as safe as they want us to believe.
    1
  275. Russians want a hard man on top but Putin has gone soft. He is not hated but he is pitied.
    1
  276. Helicopters must be very vulnerable to top attack. Damaged main rotors can quickly shake apart the drive system.
    1
  277. Protesters grabbed off the streets by armed police will get sent to prison and they’ll then be sent to war as conscripts. Protesting is an express route to front line cannon fodder.
    1
  278. Can Ukraine protect its power infrastructure sites with GPS jammers? Or better GPS diverters that send the missiles off target?
    1
  279. Ukraine almost certainly will never gain EU membership. Their agricultural industry would at a stroke massively increase the EU agriculture output. The EU CAP would collapse under such financial demands.
    1
  280. Russia does not care about the people. It’s all about controlling the land and any resources - especially oil & gas. But also agricultural output. They don’t want the stuff. They simply want to stop anyone else having it. Any people who starve are simply an annoying noise to be ignored.
    1
  281. Macron is exposing what France always does. They make every agreement to found good but always find a way to ignore the delivery. They do it all the time in EU. The Ukraine war is another area for France to deliver as little as possible.
    1
  282. Why does Biden not use CIA to get materiel to Ukraine. It’s how previous presidents got things done. Good and bad.
    1
  283. Putin’s 6000 nuke warheads will be as well maintained as Putin’s tanks. Why would there be any difference? tanks are important. Nuke warheads need regular and highly specialist maintenance. Then there’s the missiles. At the rate he’s going Putin won’t have any left.
    1
  284. Normal people have the resolve today, but our government has allowed woke appeasers to take control of every level of our lives.
    1
  285. Putin doesn’t care about Kursk. By the time he does, Belgorod will be joining the party.
    1
  286. Who assassinated the Russian plant put in place to rule Kherson? His car, blown to bits in a severe overkill looks more like a Putin payback than partisans.
    1
  287. Dogs find mines but (usually) don’t set them off. If they were regularly getting blown up, there would be no point to using them. Russians are using horses, because their trucks are now so depleted.
    1
  288. The lights went off moments before the drones hit. Two men could be seen climbing towards the flagpole and air defence was totally silent. It smells of a false flag attack. It’s ironic they chose to hit a flag.
    1
  289. More likely Trump struts about when Putin offer HIS congratulations. By the way GOP extremism will not agree to arms for Ukraine even after the US border is settled.
    1
  290. Boris Johnson has no reason to be economical with the truth. However the NATO failure was not recognising Putin’s plans years before he invaded. Maybe they decided that pre-emotive defences were too inflammatory. I short, this war was going to happen regardless.
    1
  291. To be fair the drip feed of munitions has boiled Putin’s frog. He rattled sabres every time something new was announced but did nothing. Even the dam demolition (set up months ago) only happened when Ukraine started its counter attack.
    1
  292. Ukraine hits military control points, barracks and ammunition stores. Russia likes to put them all in one place so no wonders they are losing so many people and materiel.
    1
  293. Capital ships carried anti torpedo nets until well after WW1. Ten or more folded booms can be seen angled along the ship sides.
    1
  294. The London mayor is a hard socialist. His type have been well funded since the 1960s. I doubt the money has ever dried up.
    1
  295. Russia has bombed Belgorod and hit it with rocket artillery. Putin is not interested in civilians Russian or Ukraine.
    1
  296. Russia has been throwing poorly equipped men into the Bakhmut meat grinder for at least 6 months. Ukraine has dug in and mows them down with machine guns. Only Russia could be so stupid about a strategically irrelevant town.
    1
  297. I’ve subscribed to Telegraph for some years. I would like to see more in depth coverage of Coof origins and why we didn’t go with the Swedish option but otherwise I’ve not been disappointed.
    1
  298. GPS can be jammed but Russian drones have back up gyro systems. GPS can also be distorted to mis-direct users. How practical is the latter so that Russian drones miss their targets?
    1
  299. Who started this first? The Donbas separatists used by Russia as cover for irregular troops to move in and take territory before Ukraine could stop them. Standard Russian tactics.
    1
  300. I’ve never had a sound problem on these podcasts.
    1
  301. If the re-election of Trump is really so dangerous as has been said in this podcast, then why is Biden not doing absolutely everything he can right now to stop this war as soon as possible. Why are there no F-16 Why are there no A10 tank busters? Why are the main battle tanks being slow pedalled? Why is Russia being allowed to clog up the grain deliveries. Why is the removal of corrupt politicians and army officers not part of the deal? Biden has done it before (Barisma) why not now?
    1
  302.  @robbyduffy1  Putin is backed by a powerful minority that not only support his actions, many want even more fascism. Remove Putin and an even worse zealot will take his place.
    1
  303. The MAGA cult don’t approve. Normal Americans are disgusted that pro Russian politicians within USA government can cause so much damage.
    1
  304. Dr Claudia was talking about threats from right wing and left wing “populists”. The right is generally common sense and small government. The Left is about big government, central control and even coercive control. Don’t forget the German historical situation she alluded to was done by hard socialists. There were added horrors but the foundation was statist and socialist. They fought for the same political space as the communists.
    1
  305. Ukraine needs drones that can take out the Russian flying bombs. The cheap slow stuff from Iran should be easy enough. Cruise missiles- game on. Ballistic missiles are another matter altogether.
    1
  306. Zaporizhzhia nukes illustrate why we should move away from pressurised water reactors. There are simply too many things that can go wrong - each leading to dangerous situations. The Moltex molten salt reactor is intrinsically safe and fully self regulating. There core has no moving parts or pumped fluids and simple passive cooling keeps it safe when shut down.
    1
  307. Donbas was hijacked by Russian backed thugs. Russia then did what it always does. The people were used as cannon fodder to denude the native population.
    1
  308. What is the current feeling of Eastern Ukraine people right now. They were pro Russia but the Russian Army has behaved incredibly badly. That must have shifted opinion against Russia.
    1
  309. 2000 km is a 4 hour flight on a scheduled passenger jet (eg England to Canary Islands).
    1
  310. Hopefully, Ukraine is closely watching the Dnipro left bank for Russians moving out. Defence gaps may well be opening appearing very soon.
    1
  311. Sooner or later Ukraine will get told to give up some land. They will make sure to to retake Crimea before the East. That way they get maximum return for their efforts before they are told to back off against Russia.
    1
  312. Russian Black Sea Fleet is a few rubber boats stolen from Ukraine and a tanker with a hole in it.
    1
  313. Russia joining NATO would have dismantled NATO even faster than it already has.
    1
  314. Russia has lost all of its experienced troops. They have nobody to train new troops. However, they don’t have Sergeants so who knows how they were ever going to train their soldiers.
    1
  315. It’s often said the Russian losses in Afghanistan brought down the Soviet regime. However the Soviet dead would have been up to 10 times what is often quoted. 15000 per year is easily hidden. 150,000 is a regime collapsing number. Russia today in Ukraine is well beyond that.
    1
  316. This war is the worst of 1990s Yugoslavia on a huge scale.
    1
  317. It’s a surprise that drones of the same type were not part of the parade.
    1
  318. Chi sounds like another way to circumvent YT sensors.
    1
  319. This was 50 years before WW2.
    1
  320. All sides should be included. Russia however is not interested in having their rhetoric exposed.
    1
  321. Xi told Putin he’s an idiot but China will take his oil and gas.
    1
  322. Stalin did what Russia always does. Colonial assets are razed and ethnically exterminated. Ethnic (Muscovite) Russians are moved into a city totally unrecognisable from its pre war state. Stalin’s Holodomor was part of that policy. Mariupol is more of the same and shows that Russia has always been an extreme fascist construct.
    1
  323. I follow this pod closely. But poor pronunciation really grates. Please can these professionals say “New klee are”. It is absolutely not “nookeler”.
    1
  324. Apart from his “disastrous” collective agriculture, Stalin killed at least 10,000 Ukraine people when he blew up the first Kahovka dam. Any Russians killed by Stalin (and the Soviets) were there to displace native Ukraines, Cossacks, etc. mere cannon fodder.
    1
  325. Russia invaded with 150,000 troops. Ukraine already had at least 2x that and around a million when reservists are included. Russian military is incompetent at best - easily thrown back.
    1
  326.  @john_in_phoenix  Proximity fused AA ammunition is very expensive. Those Iran drones are dirt cheap.
    1