Comments by "John Adam" (@johnadam2885) on "DW News" channel.

  1. After Pokrovsk falls, you can declare it is of no strategic value - like Bakhmut.
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  2. I got it : Ukranians tell us Lysschansk is absolutely the last city Russia will take. Let us see.
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  3. She says the Ukrainian strategy is to wear Russia's missiles down. Good one.
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  4. Why does Ukraine need more weapons ? Two months ago, I remember Zelensky saying Russia does not have ammunition after 3 days. Western experts also said Russia is running out of ammunitions and soldiers. So what is happening ? Russia should have surrendered to Ukraine 2 months ago.
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  5. Ukraine will return - to Russia.
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  6. The Europeans can buy US LNG at 4x the price of Russian gas, and close some of their industries.
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  7. The war could have been avoided if Ukraine remembered the commitment it gave to neutrality it gave Russia at the time of its independence.
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  8. Some months back, the EU was saying it would wean itself of Russian gas - by Dec 2022. Some countries like Poland said they became independent of Russian gas years ago. Others like Germany said they have stocked up gas to 85% full. Putin is helping Europe achieve its goals.
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  9. She is playing the game. 'if we go down, you will go down'. 'We are fighting for democracy against autocracy.. Russia, Iran, Korea, China'. A feeble line based on western cliches.
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  10. British say Russia :610,000. Ukraine : 31,000. Russia fires 7x missiles and shells than Ukraine, so how can Ukraine have fewer casualties.
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  11. Only Marina understands that the Russians have a point of view.
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  12. Germany (and EU and UK) decided to commit economic suicide because they have shared values with US and Israel.
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  13. The EU does not have the money and the air defences, what do you want them to do ? The EU should have given Russia the security guarantee it asked.
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  14. The newscaster says Ukraine is losing ground in Kursk but he adds the usual consolation : the Russians are making progress at heavy cost. But look at the narrative. The lady says it is not clear how dramatically ATACAMS would change things. She says the Ukrainians are optimistic it will help - in the long run ! (How long is that ? Another 6 weeks). The Ukrainian soldier says it will take some time until we see the results of the long range weapons usage. He says when the Russians have an insufficient supply of weapons, food, water, then we shall see the results ! Read between the lines and the conclusion : the ATACAMS have no made no difference !
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  15. He says Ukraine has limited air defences. Really ? I thought the Patriots were shooting down the Kinzhals.
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  16. The gentleman in the TV screen says it is unrealistic to think Ukraine can reclaim what it has lost. So the narrative has changed.
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  17. I don't know why is Britain sticking out its neck and escalating ? Does it want an ICBM ?
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  18.  Hans Otto Kroeger Kaethler  NATO is the US, and the US suffers from false pride. They want Ukranians to continue fighting, negotiation is like defeat for the US. People would ask why the US pushed for NATO expansion and then ditched Ukraine.
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  19. Nick Connolly is less smug now. He has become more realistic.
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  20. If you are a vassal of the US, you will see spying on allies as completely normal. If the US sabotages Nordstream and makes Europe by LNG at 4x the price, that will be completely normal to you. Which vassal state are you from ? Poland perhaps.
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  21. The lady lies about the Budapest Memorandum. It was not in exchange for giving away nukes. Ukraine would not have got independence in the first place without giving up the nukes. Those nukes were built by Russia and the command and control was with Russia. Secondly, the Budapest Memorandum envisages that Russia, the UK and the US would not threaten the security of Ukraine - but it states that the security of ALL signatories would not be threatened (that is, it is not just about Ukraine's security). Ukraine was not going to threaten US and UK. The Budapest Agreement did not envisage that Ukraine will be used by the US to threaten Russia. In effect, the US, UK and Ukraine ganged up against Russia which was against the letter and spirit of the Budapest Memorandum. The three refused negotiations just before the war started in 2022. They thought that Russia was bluffing and then when military action started, they thought they could defeat Russia with economic and military means. In 2022, three months into the war, Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement in Istanbul, but the UK and US blocked it and asked Ukraine to continue the war. It did not work out for Ukraine and the west, after the failure of the 2023 counter offensive. Now Ukraine has lost more and it cannot get back what it lost; and if it continues, it will lose more. Ukraine and the west cannot complain after defeat. Due to the defeat, the US wants to withdraw and is ordering Russia to cease fire and negotiate ! The loser wants to set the terms of peace. But it does not work that way. Sir Vladimir had said when Ukraine reneged on the Istanbul agreement that next time, the settlement will be on Russian terms.
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  22. Aha, Europeans will be paying more for LNG, and for oil - all priced in dollars. Allowing the US to use European territory to expand NATO to Russia's border has helped Europe, has it not ?
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  23. DW told us many times Bakhmut is of no strategic or military value, so why don't the Ukrainians just leave it for Russia ?
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  24. 4 hour press conference from the man the DW said had a mysterious hand tremor and cancer.
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  25. The fellow who expressed confidence in Ukraine not giving up due to blackouts turns out to be sitting safely in Oslo. The Atlantic lady is gas lighting about how US is going to build the energy infrastructure and how resilient the Ukrainians are. Rebuilding is only possible with Russian permission. The permission will be granted only after Ukraine signs up on neutrality.
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  26. Ukraine's independence was based on an international agreement that it would be neutral and not join any military alliance against Russia, but since it flouted that international agreement by allowing NATO training bases in Ukraine, Ukraine's territorial recognition is no longer valid, and Russia is taking steps to break up and neutralise Ukraine.
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  27. Connolly is no longer talking about Ukrainian resilience. That phrase which was his trade mark is no longer there.
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  28. See how she starts with the positive news 'Ukraine has captures 1300 sq. km'. And afterwards describes the consequences. Sumy is the logistical support base for the Kursk incursion. So it is being destroyed. The man in the video is angry as no one is coming to inquire of the villagers are alive or dead. No one is going to rebuild all this, if ever, he said. What happened to all those Ukraine reconstruction conferences that DW broadcast ?
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  29. It was the Red Army that liberated Poland, not Britain. The Poles would have been waiting a long time for incapable Brits to liberate them. And if UK will not appease, then why don't you send troops to Ukraine ?
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  30.  @DieuEtMonDroit  The counter offensive failed with $ 100 billion, so how will $ 60 billion change the situation ?
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  31.  @mag-s7  'Russia GDP = Spain GDP' That is an irrelevant comparison. It matters what is in the GDP. Spain's GDP is olives, tourism some cars, parts of Airbus. Russia's GDP includes steel, metals like titanium alloys, gold, uranium, planes, tanks, fertilisers, it is the biggest supplier of wheat, it launches satellites and has its own GPS, and now its own banking system. Can Spain do any of these ? Can any European countries do this ? So don't make dumb comparisons. Russia has beaten the collective west. Get it ? Don't dare to mess with Russia again.
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  32. I knew from Nov.2022, Ukraine was losing because they did not issue any postage stamps.
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  33. Great Anglo expert is saying Ukraine and NATO are learning from the Russians how to build defences !
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  34. All is not well. Nick Connolly's demeanour is grim. Pokrovsk.will not be as drawn out as Bakhmut. There are fewer Ukrainians to defend Pokrovsk. A lot of them were slaughtered in Bakhmut, when they should have withdrawn; more were lost in the hare brained counter offensive of 2023, and more are pinned and slaughtered in the even more brainless Kursk incursion. Connolly is clueless as to why Zelensky is firing his team.
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  35. They needed 2-3 days more to maintain their delusions that Ukraine is winning through its Kursk operation.
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  36. Putin does what he says he will do. He is a man of action. So what is your point ? He had objected to NATO expansion and had said putting NATO in Ukraine is a red line for which there will be consequences. He has said he does not want negotiations as long as Ukraine does not agree to neutrality.
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  37. The second, grim faced Anglo expert Ledwidge says 'reality is setting in literally and conceptually' ! Some months back he himself was delusional and cocky about Ukranian victory. What happened ?
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  38.  @lanasafron1879  Did Russia announce it will take Ukraine in 2 weeks ? You made that up. Russia will stay for as long as it takes for Ukraine to return to neutrality or perish. Those are the only two choices.
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  39. Zelensky complains Russia is free to use all its weapons in its arsenal. Russia has not used the nuclear weapon on Kiev - yet. When that is used, Ukraine's partners will not be able to save Ukraine. Anyhow, Zelensky said in 2022 that Russia had run out of missiles and was using washing machine chips. Why is he complaining his hands are tied ?
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  40. I am surprised Russia did not get credit for the helicopter crash in which the ministers and children died. I thought Zelensky would be shouting hoarsely about terror attack.
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  41. Russian shovels are destroying the power stations.
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  42. I am surprised that Russia did not this in 2022. They were too soft.
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  43. Yes, we remember the Swedish defeat in Poltava, they are still itching about it. The Russians are reminding them two can play the game.
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  44. You do care what Lavrov says. When Kharkhov is gone, you will know.
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  45. Nothing wrong with the strategy.
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  46. The reporter thinks more Ukranian cities will fall. But Zelenksy was saying Lysyschank will be the last city that will fall to Russia.
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  47. Ukraine needs to realise there will be no peace anywhere in Ukraine unless Ukraine reverts to neutrality and signs a treaty to that effect.
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  48. Putin asked for negotiations before the start of the war, to avert the war. He did not get a reply. Putin should therefore say nyet to all negotiations.
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  49. 'Don't give up. If we don't give up, justice will prevail.' Ukraine has no troops left. Why don't you send your own ?
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  50.  @Charles-yq8vv  You bear responsibility for encouraging Ukraine to fight Russia.
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