Comments by "Thetequilashooter1" (@Thetequilashooter1) on "Artur Rehi" channel.

  1. I love how you’re so humble. I wish you well, from the USA.
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  2. What’s sad and quite pathetic is that some Russians actually believe Putin’s idiocy.
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  3. Don’t worry about going bald. My best friend went bald early and he instantly became a chick magnet. I was like WTF.
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  4. The UK really needs to boost its military budget. So does so many other European countries. Many still don’t even spend 2% of their GNP. That’s pitiful considering the current situation in Ukraine. Russia’s media constantly talks about invading other countries in Europe. Please wake up Europe.
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  5. As an American, I totally agree with you Artur. The US shouldn’t be threatening its allies to take their land. It infuriates me that Trump even has the gall to ask.
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  6. I’m glad to see Romania stepping up to improve its military. I wish that all of Europe would follow suit. The best way to show Russia that countries aren’t going to succumb to their will and pressure is to show that you have power to defend yourself.
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  7. Go Poland! Much respect from the USA!
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  8. Ukraine should try to hold the Russian land and take as much as it can. Ukraine can exchange it for Ukraine’s land held by Russia.
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  9. Who if anyone can we protest to? This is downright wrong. So sorry that you have to deal with this BS.
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  10. Wait, didn’t Putin say it was impossible for Russians to shoot down they own aircraft. He said that the system won’t allow to happen. Putin would never lie would he?😂
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  11. Wow, what an eye opener. Other than Moscow and Sainthood Petersburg, Russia looks like a third world country. I’ve visited various Mexico communities, and they live better off than what you showed.
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  12. God bless you, man! Best of luck. I hope nothing happens, and you get to come back home safe.
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  13. Artur, you’re a good man settling a good example for others to follow. I really like your perspective of thanking and not blaming. God bless you!
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  14. Thank you Artur! I love hearing about people helping others in need. You’re doing it yourself, too. You’re a good man!
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  15. Don’t worry about delivering bad news. Not all news can be good news, and if you’re keeping us all informed about what’s happening in Ukraine it’s part of the job. Your argument is partially right about US support. In a way, the US donations of military goods is just like what Russia has to do. Yes, US defense companies get compensation from the U.S. government, but Ukraine isn’t buying the equipment. The U.S. is giving the equipment, and you never get rich by giving away your own property.
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  16. Well said! Thank you.
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  17.  @atychon  It’s Russia that invaded Crimea and then held illegal elections. It’s Russia that is massing troops and equipment on the Ukrainian border. It’s Russia that is causing the volatility along the border, not NATO. Just like how Russia can do what it wants in its territory, Ukraine should have the right to do whatever it wants, including joining NATO if it wants.
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  18. As an American, I don’t know of anyone who supports Trump’s views. Everyone I talk to about his comments about Greenland, Canada, and Panama, doesn’t support him. Just get ready for a lot of hot air from him for a while. He made ridiculous comments the last time he was President, and he never went through with them.
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  19.  @atychon  There was no genocide in Eastern Ukraine. That’s another lie made up by Russia to try to take control. Show me pictures of mass grave sites. There aren’t any. It’s nothing like what was shown in Serbia of the massive grave sites of killed Albanians. Russia is doing what it always does, lies. Just like how it lied that it didn’t invade Crimea, only to admit later on that the “little green men” were Russian troops all along. Or how Russia said there were no troops in Eastern Ukraine, yet Russian soldiers have taken selfies of themselves there, been captured with Russian visas, and Russian mothers have protested in the streets about their sons dying there. It’s also another lie by Russia that the US had a coup to overthrow the government. There’s no credible proof, just Russia piecing together whatever it can find trying to make it look that way. If the Ukraine people really wanted to be aligned with Russia they would not put up with the current government, but what poles show is that they despise Putin for what he is doing to their country. Facts are that Putin couldn’t handle seeing Ukraine side with the EU so he decided to get his dirty little hands in the way.
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  20.  @BrickIndiana Most analysts said that it takes time for sanctions to work. To make a statement that the sanctions would cause Russia’s economy to immediately collapse is ridiculous. Nearly every analyst that I heard or read said that it would take time for Russia to use up its reserves. And the governments that were imposing the sanctions never claimed that Russia’s economy would immediately collapse. It’s well known that it’s a longtime imposition where Russia’s economy would suffer.
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  21.  @MKR5210  The US has provided more military aid than any other country by far. Without US aid the Ukrainians would have lost by now. Ukraine would not have taken back so much of its territory without the US’s help. Rather than being grateful for the US’s help, you’re blaming the US. European nations are directly threatened by Russia, and five out of ten of the strongest economies in the world come from NATO European countries. Europe needs to stop depending on the US and step up and defend itself. I fully support helping Ukraine, but I am tired of people expecting the US to be the world’s protector. The US has no obligation to help. European countries have been warned for years to stop buying Russian oil and to increase their military spending. The advice was totally ignored. Europeans need to contact their own governments and urge large increases in their military budgets. If Trump is elected, the days of the US providing protection are over. I hope that this doesn’t happen, but it’s a real possibility.
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  22. NATO doesn’t need to use the same tactics as Ukraine with its air defense systems. NATO uses fighter aircraft for that role. It’s out of necessity that Ukraine must use the Patriots with hit and run tactics, and not because of NATO not having the creativity to use them that way.
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  23.  @-108-  How do you know that? You do realize that there are a lot of Russian trolls who pretend to be American to try to raise anti-US sentiment, right? Often when I encounter one, I just ask where they live, and they can’t give any specifics about the location where they live. I’m fortunate to have traveled much of the US to be able to catch their lies.
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  24.  @atychon  Ukraine is not Russia. That’s only what Russia wants, the days of the Soviet Union. Those days are over, get over it. If Russia didn’t interfere, there would be peace in the region. The fact that Putin lied that the invaders were just locals at first, and then admitted that they were Russian troops, just shows that he knew what Russia did was wrong. You don’t need to lie if you’re in the right. Eastern Ukraine is part of Ukraine, not Russia. Russia is supplying both troops and equipment, and it’s Russia who is paying them to fight as a resistance. Volunteers possibly, but Russia is encouraging them and paying too. . Most people want peace in the region. It’s Russia that is prolonging the conflict.
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  25. I agree with you Artur. The US shouldn’t pull out of NATO, but the European countries need to be spending a lot more on defense. They are some of the wealthiest countries in the world. They shouldn’t need to rely on the U.S. to provide protection.
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  26. Константин Александрович Игоревский Invading Crimea and lying about it isn’t wrong? Supporting Assad who used chemical weapons on innocent people isn’t wrong? Intentionally bombing hospitals in Syria isn’t wrong? And now it’s vetoing aid through a pipeline to people who a desperate, and that’s not wrong? How about how it hacks into other nations networks, poisons people in foreign countries, a tried to assassinate the leader of Montenegro? It has a paid army of trolls to spread lies and hate about the West, the list goes on and on...
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  27. I wouldn’t worry about it. The American people wouldn’t support attacking an ally in order to take its territory. Trump says a lot of things that he shouldn’t. As an American, I find it quite embarrassing.
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  28. “I am afraid of her!” lol, I laughed so hard.
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  29. That’s a nice dream, but it is far from reality. There’s no way Ukraine can take back all of its land on its own, and Russia isn’t going to give it back, especially after how much Russia has lost taking it.
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  30.  @alexandrecordeiro4957  You don’t think that the US hasn’t gone to war for Europe? LOL. The war in Afghanistan was to fight against Al Qaeda, a threat to all western nations. The United States told its European allies for over a decade that they needed to spend more on defense, but they did the exact opposite and told the U.S. to mind its own business. The United States should not have to pay for Europe’s negligence.
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  31. @ Russia lost a longtime ago. Just look at the reasons why Russia invaded, and the exact opposite has occurred.
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  32. I have the upmost respect towards Roman. He’s going through hell, yet he still finds the positives in life. If I accidentally break a dish, I get angry, and he loses friends in battle and still finds a way to appreciate life. I wish that I was more like him. The Chinese need to have secondary sanctions imposed against them. They shouldn’t be helping Russia with its unjustified invasion.
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  33. (Continued) Ukraine can’t even use overwhelming force against the separatists without having to worry if it will cause Russia to intervene. Russia is effectively stopping Ukraine from taking back its own territory. Russia is in the wrong. The people of Ukraine should get to decide their own future, not Russia, the USA, or anyone else.
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  34. It’s sad seeing all the hatred being directed towards Americans. Like the ole’ saying goes, with friends liking that who needs enemies. After all we’ve done, and only to get 💩 on. Ukraine would have lost by now if it wasn’t for the US. Hopefully the last three years have given European countries enough time to help make up for the absence of US aid in the future. They need to show that Ukraine can still win without US help. Maybe even South Korea will provide military assistance now that North Korea is directly involved.
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  35. It’s your shortsightedness to think that the war in Ukraine was American’s most concerning issue. The American people are tired of seeing the huge homeless population that we have, which was only compounded by Kamala’s poor management of securing the border when she was the border czar. While she was VP we also had high inflation, and the cost of living increased substantially. Her supporting the defund police movement, having taxpayers fund prisoner sex change operations; supporting transgenders playing in female sports, are all examples of beliefs that Kamala has that the majority of the U.S. population doesn’t support. She also supported changing the rules in the House of Representatives from a 60% vote to a simple majority, just to have a single Bill passed. These are rules established during the beginning of our country. If Ukraine was the only issue, she would have won, but that’s hardly the case.
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  36. No it doesn’t. Stop spreading misinformation. Read the Budapest Memorandum. It says nothing about protecting Ukraine.
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  37. Trump’s position on TikTok is that the US should own the TikTok that operates in the USA, which is consistent with Biden’s stance. It’s because as it currently stands there’s no way to regulate the data that is being collected from the app.
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  38. Read the Budapest Memorandum. It says nothing about the US protecting or defending Ukraine, or even providing aid to Ukraine. It says that the US, UK and Russia will all respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial borders. There are no consequential terms in the document that requires the United States or United Kingdom to fight against Russia for failing to comply with the agreement. if one party doesn’t follow the terms. Only Russia has not abided by its terms.
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  39. As an American I agree with you. Europe needs to stop depending on the US for its protection. Unfortunately America has changed. It’s heard for years people complain worldwide that the US interferes too much and nobody gave it the right to be the world’s policeman. Europe should pay for its own protection and stop expecting the US to pay for it. America has global obligations. It can’t possibly help everyone everywhere at all times.
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  40. Knowing Russian trolls, they will boast that the BMW with the cope cage is better than any Western armored vehicle. It just shows how delusional their mindset is. It’s like how they brag about their fighter aircraft, tanks, air defense systems, etc., are the best despite how poorly they’re all performing in Ukraine.
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  41. What freedoms have you lost?
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  42. I like your position that European countries need to be able to take care of business without having to depend on the US. That’s the way it should be. Europe has some of the wealthiest countries in the world. They should be able to properly defend themselves. The world shouldn’t have to watch the US elections so closely to know how the outcome will impact the rest of the world. This of course would mean the European countries will need to spend more on defense, but that’s what it takes to be able to take care of yourself.
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  43. Thank you Artur for bringing up that some European countries need to wake up and start providing Ukraine with more military aid. I fear that the US support is waning, and some European countries are going to need to help pick up the difference.
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  44. Hungry needs to be removed from NATO and the EU, at least until Orban is removed and replaced with someone who wants to be a democratic country.
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  45. I love your excitement. It’s one of the reasons why I enjoy watching your videos. You’re a young kid at heart. I sincerely wish you a good life. Take care and stay safe- from Phoenix, Arizona.
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  46.  @fabianschrotter  I don’t know what happened to my other comment so I’ll try to keep it short. It takes manpower to take land, which isn’t a luxury for Ukraine. I hope you’re right, but the only way that Ukraine will get its land back is if Russia collapses. That’s a possibility the way the Russian economy is heading.
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  47. @ Denmark’s troops have fought alongside American troops in the war against terrorist organizations. It’s very much of a strategic ally. If Denmark doesn’t own the land as you say, then why would Trump be having discussions with Denmark about Greenland? The US is not like Russia that forcefully takes land away from other nations. If the people of Greenland want to become part of the USA, the I’d be more open to the idea, but from what I’ve read and seen that’s not the case. The US should do what it’s done in the past, which is to lease land for its military on Greenland, and to leave its people alone.
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  48.  @atychon  NATO won’t get involved unless the USA does, and Biden has already said that only sanctions will be imposed. There’s no contractual obligation for NATO to protect Ukraine, and Russia knows that in order to be a member that the country can’t have any existing territorial disputes. As long as Eastern Ukraine is a battle zone, the bylaws of the NATO membership agreement prohibits Ukraine from joining. It’s the same deal with Georgia.
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  49.  @ErinWinslow If Trump is elected, I sure hope that European countries are ready to step up even more to help Ukraine out. There are some countries that hardly contribute at all, and Germany plans on reducing its support. That’s the worse thing that could happen if both the US and Germany reduce their support.
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  50.  @jahson7_7_76 I agree. If other countries want to send their soldiers that’s fine with me, too. If Ukraine was in NATO, then it would be a different matter, but that’s not the case. European countries might be more compelled to send their troops since the war is in their neighborhood, but the US should keep its troops at home. I have quite a few family and friends who are in the military, and I don’t want to see them put in harm’s way for a war that the US has no obligation to fight.
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  51. It was Zelenskyy who first proposed trading minerals for continued US military aid. Ukraine doesn’t have to accept the deal. If European countries had listened to the U.S. advice going way back to the Bush administration the need to significantly increase defense spending, Ukrainians wouldn’t be so dependent on U.S. military aid. Every president since has delivered a similar message. It’s the EU countries own fault for not being able to help Ukraine even more.
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  52. @ I agree that Ukraine should be directly involved in the negotiations. Trump has a huge ego and he likes the limelight. Ukraine doesn’t have to accept the end result and continue to fight if it wants, and that’s where Ukraine will need all the support it can get.
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  53. Ukraine never had individual control of the nukes, Artur. They also didn’t want them because they didn’t have the resources or funds to properly maintain them. A Soviet nuclear engineer was quoted as saying that the nukes in Ukraine had useful lives of around 12 years, 8 of which had already passed. Some Ukrainian politicians also didn’t want the nukes out of fear of another Chernobyl disaster happening.
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  54.  @filipdahlberg4420 Ukraine had little leverage at the time. Nor did it have control of the nukes, and it didn’t even want them. There’s no way that Ukraine would have gone to war against Russia to keep the nukes. The US and UK’s intentions were good. Their goal was to prevent the nukes from getting into the hands of groups like Al Qaeda. In fact, the US also helped Russia dispose of many of its nukes. After the collapse of the Soviet Union the Russians didn’t have the funding to properly dispose its nuclear weapons so it permitted the US to assist.
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  55.  @iulica1337 lol stop being so dramatic. Trump isn’t even in office yet, and if you think that the American people will let Trump be a dictator you’re sadly mistaken.
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  56. Canada has underfunded its military for years. Even today it’s only spending 1.37% of its GNP on the military. The Canadian military is not even meeting the 2% minimum GNP guideline set by NATO. Your country’s military isn’t even big enough to protect itself. Canadians are gripping at the US, and yet you depend on the US for protection. It’s f’ed up. Canada needs to significantly increase its military spending to be what you’re claiming.
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  57.  @atychon  It is a conspiracy theory. There was no genocide, that’s just Russian propaganda bullshit. Show me pictures like what the Serbs did to the Albanians with massive grave sites, there aren’t any in Ukraine, it’s Russia’s lies to invade Ukraine and take territory that doesn’t belong to it. Just like how Russia lied that it didn’t have any troops in Ukraine, only to admit later that it lied that those “little green men” were Russian troops all along. Crimea was gifted to Ukraine, and the fact that Russia paid Ukraine lease money to use the base for all those years confirmed it. And then Russia lied that it didn’t have troops in Eastern Ukraine, only to have its own troops post selfies of themselves there, or to be captured with Russian visas. Russia is the aggressor. If Russia stopped supporting the separatists and removed its troops from the region there would be peace, but instead Russia wants war. And no, the US did not have a coup. There’s no evidence to support it, just Russia grabbing at straws trying to make it look that way. Russia didn’t like how Ukraine was turning towards the EU so it took matters into its own hands. All nations should be able to do whatever they want on their territory. Russia has no right to force Ukraine into doing what is only good for Russia. If Ukraine wants to join NATO, that’s its choice, not Russia’s.
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  58.  @d.i.l.l.i.g.a.f.594 Not at all. He doesn’t have the power to change the structure of the U.S. government.
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  59.  @Oomph6006 The GLMRS, Javelins, Patriot missiles, artillery shells, etc., are not second hand. Some of it comes right out of production. Some of the aid also helps Ukraine’s own military industry produce its own weapons. For instance, the US just gave Ukraine $800 million to create a weapons plant that makes drones. Don’t downplay the US aid, especially when it’s got no obligation to help.
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  60. God bless the people of Ukraine. My prayers are with them. Thank you Estonia for helping defend your neighbors
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  61. @ You’re referring to the Budapest Memorandum. I suggest that you read it. It very short, and it’s got just one relatively small section about the US and UK’s responsibilities. None of it has any terms where the US has to protect or even provide aid to Ukraine. The US President doesn’t have the power to obligate the U.S. to defend another country. Congress would have to approve of it too. That’s why it’s not a treaty, but just a memorandum that has very little legal weight. Ukraine knew this when it signed the document.
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  62.  @urkn8963  You obviously haven’t read the Budapest Memorandum because if you had you wouldn’t have wrote that comment. Cite the exact language from the memorandum that requires the US the protect, defend or even provide aid to Ukraine. You can’t because it doesn’t exist. Furthermore, Ukraine never had independent control of the nukes, and it didn’t even want them. It didn’t have the resources or money to properly maintain them. Stop spreading misinformation.
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  63. Do you think Putin is willing to give up land that it’s cost Russia so much to take? Ukraine hasn’t shown the ability consistently to retake its land. To achieve peace, Ukraine will have to give up land, otherwise it is going to lose US support, which as you know is its major supplier of weapons.
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  64. If Russia had a real 5th generation fighter, it would be able to effectively counter the Patriot. It just shows that the Su-57 is nothing but hype.
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  65. @ Ukraine doesn’t have to agree with what Trump negotiates. Zelenskyy can continue fighting, but most likely without US support.
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  66.  @ovincent35  Russia is losing. Talk all the shit you want, but Ukraine’s military has exposed the Russian military as being an overhyped failure.
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  67.  @Lucas-wn5wm America has provided far more military aid than Europe. Europe needs to step up!
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  68. You do realize that the war in Ukraine was only one of many issues that the American people had to consider? If the election was only about Ukraine, Kamala would have won. Most Americans support her Ukraine, but it’s not as much of a priority as many other issues that face the US.
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  69.  @leonnunhofer3453 That’s what I like to hear about! It’s good to see that some European countries are taking this war seriously and isn’t just waiting for the US to help.
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  70. Obviously not as powerful as we all once thought.
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  71. @ I agree, but maybe you should read all the hate coming towards Americans for voting for Trump.
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  72.  @Justineexy  Not really. This is a case of Russia trying to take credit when it’s not due. Lockheed Martin had the 3-bearing swivel design twenty years earlier in the Convair. If it wasn’t for Lockheed, the Yak-131never would have been completed.
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  73. Damn, you got me hungry for steak!
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  74. I wish Mike Johnson had some balls to make the right decision to help Ukraine rather than sucking up to his daddy Trump.
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  75. Dang Artur, I just noticed that you have over 500K subscribers. Congrats! It wasn’t that long ago when I remember being one of a few thousand subscribers. It’s well deserved! Love your content.
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  76. No, the US is looking into the wasteful spending by USAID. It’s auditing its records. Some of the aid provided to the recipient countries might not appreciated by those countries that much, either.
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  77.  @gojkokravljaca7817  That’s total bull crap. There never was a 16-1 encounter. If you watch all the pilot documentaries about the war you’ll find that that the fighters fly in groups of four, and then sometimes split off into twos. I even recall watching a video about a Serb Mig-29 pilot saying that if he had the F-15 and the F-15 pilot flew the Mig-29 that he would have won the battle. What people don’t understand is that it’s more than just fighters against fighters, but an entire system, network, logistics, resources bringing it all together to make it very capable and effective. It didn’t help Serbia that its aircraft weren’t as well maintained and in some cases their radars weren’t working.
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  78.  @AndreAndFriends  I get ya. I live in Encinitas, but I haven’t come across anyone that gullible to believe his BS. His nonsense is absolutely insane.
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  79. @ I am advocating that the EU countries need to stop blaming the United States, and to step up in a big way to help Ukraine. If Trump pulls US aid, Ukraine is screwed. I’m hoping that they’re trying to get countries like South Korea and Japan to help more, and with more than just humanitarian aid.
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  80. I wish the European countries would have taken the U.S. advice over a decade ago to have increased their defense spending. Ukraine’s future wouldn’t be so reliant on the US today if the European nations had more powerful militaries. Russia’s economy isn’t even ranked in the top ten. Europe should be able to squash Russia on its own. Like Artur, I am glad to see that Trump is bringing positive change to Europe’s future defense spending. With both European countries and the United States being strong, it’s good for all countries wanting to be free from ruthless dictators.
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  81.  @THEJohnSmith1607  Ukraine started the war against Russia? Hahaha What are you trying to be a comedian?
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  82.  @maplehouseknives  I haven’t seen this particular video, but I have seen one when ISIS beheaded a Jewish journalist. I wish that I could unsee it so if you find this particular beheading video think twice before hitting play.
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  83. WTF did the New York Times write that’s so bad? I heard Deny say it was BS, and now Artur has said the same.
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  84. Artur, it’s obvious that you’re a good man. God bless you!
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  85.  @damonburroughs5283  What’s your point? The war is nowhere near the US, and just because the US has bases in Europe that doesn’t mean anything. Those bases are leased to the US, and the home country can terminate those lease agreements. The US doesn’t own the land. The problem is once a country terminates the lease agreement they shouldn’t be coming back to the US for protection like what has happened with the Philippines. The Philippines really screwed up, and now they’re paying for it. This war is in Europe’s neighborhood, not the US. The US doesn’t owe anything and Ukraine is very fortunate to have received all that it has.
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  86. @ Russia has a huge manpower advantage, and it’s been taking land far more frequently than Ukraine. Drones aren’t enough. Ukraine is constantly on the defensive. There’s no way that Ukraine will take back its territory unless its allies start providing a lot more weaponry, without restrictions, and on a more consistent basis.
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  87.  @JamesGillis-m2i How is the US not partnering with Ukraine? You expect the U.S. to just keep giving free weapons? You do realize that the U.S. has provided far more aid to Ukraine than any other country, and without any obligation whatsoever.
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  88.  @yung784  Even if Denmark wasn’t an ally, taking land from other countries is not something that the United States does today. I agree that they should spend more on defense, just like practically every other European country. However, as a contributor to Ukraine, Denmark has shared the largest percentage of GNP. The US needs friends not enemies.
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  89. You’re clueless. The US won the significant majority of the battles in Vietnam, and it only left because of public outrage. Imagine that, a country that listens to the will of its people. Look at the war in Iraq. It defeated Saddam’s army in less than a month, something that Iran couldn’t do in ten years. The U.S. lost only a a couple hundred soldiers while Iraq lost hundreds of thousands. The US removed the Taliban from power in less than three weeks, and with just a few hundred special operation soldiers. In twenty years the U.S. lost only around 2K troops. Russia loses that in two days in Ukraine.
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  90. I’m afraid that the Russian who spoke the truth on their media won’t be around much longer anymore.
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  91.  @4551-c7b  True, they were totally unprepared. Just shows how much Russia can be trusted. It signed a pact with Russia that it would return the nukes in exchange for Russia never invading, and it hit them in the ass. It’s no wonder why so many nations want to join NATO.
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  92.  @karilang9377  You obviously don’t know history very well to leave such a misleading comment. Before WWII the US wasn’t even a top ten military power. Back then the world was a much larger place with no www or internal flights like it is today. The US people were very isolationist and thought that the world wars were Europe’s problem. Many in the US feel the same about the war in Ukraine today. The US has provided as much military aid as all the other countries combined, and yet it still gets criticized for not doing enough. You’re doing it yourself. It’s time for the European countries to do more rather than expect the US to protect them.
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  93. @ Funny how you cut and pasted very specific text and pieced it with other text to make it fit your false narrative. The memorandum says that each party will respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial borders. It says nothing about if one country invades another. The only obligation that the U.S. has is to report the situation to the UN Security Council, nothing more. Furthermore, you would have to be out of your mind if you think the United States would agree to defend another country that wasn’t even an ally when the memorandum was signed. The U.S. president by himself doesn’t even have the power to make such commitments. The United States Congress would need to approve of it, which would not happen. That’s why a simple memorandum with very little legal weight was used.
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  94.  @urkn8963  “But unlike Article 5 of the NATO charter, it does not require a specific response from the United States or others. So it’s worth a little history lesson. The agreement is not an official treaty. It is neither legally binding nor does it carry an enforcement mechanism. And while it provides security assurances, they do not include specific promises with regard to a potential invasion.” Washington Post legal analysis of the document. You can find similar conclusions from other sources, as well.
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  95. @ I used to be a contracts officer so I am very familiar with how various legal documents work, including memorandums, contracts, agreements, non disclosure agreements, teaming agreements, procurement contracts, etc. The memorandum itself would need to be explicitly clear to state that the US would defend Ukraine. It would not be done by reference to an old document, especially something of that magnitude. There’s nothing of the sort. Regardless, let’s say that the President did sign the memorandum stating that the U.S. must defend Ukraine. It wouldn’t have any legal weight because he doesn’t have the authority to grant that kind of protection on his own. It would take Congress to authorize it, as well. And furthermore, if you really knew what you were talking about you’d also know that the Helsinki Accords were non- binding since each country’s parliaments/Congress would need to approve of them. Facts are the US never would have agreed to protect Ukraine in the 90s when Ukraine wasn’t even an ally. In addition, Russia was going to take the nukes with them whether Ukraine liked it or not. Ukraine didn’t even want them in the first place, and it sure wasn’t about to start a war over them. The nuclear weapons that were in Ukraine also only had 12 year useful lives, 8 of which had already passed, and Ukraine didn’t have the money to properly maintain them.
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  96. Congratulations Artur! You’re a good man. I’m glad that you found someone to fall in love with! Bless you!
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  97. Artur, I remember when you had just a few thousand followers, and now you’re over half a million. Well deserved!!!
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  98. @ Not at all. Ukraine should get to keep what it has taken. Yes, Ukraine has been taking some small areas, but Russia has consistently been taking more. I just don’t see Ukraine taking back all its territory by force, and I don’t see Trump continuing to provide as much military support. For peace to occur, Ukraine is going to have to give up land, otherwise this war could go on for a very long time. We’re all hoping that the Russian economy will collapse, which would be the best thing to happen, but who knows how long that will take.
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  99.  @7171jay  I don’t support Russia. I just think it’s ridiculous to think that Russia is just going to give back the land it’s taken after it cost Russia so much to take.
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  100.  @7171jay  If you don’t agree with my comment, the least you can do is explain why, but instead you make a childish statement and run away.
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  101.  @shadowmod3  The US has no moral obligation to help Ukraine. There are wars all over the world. The US can’t be everywhere for everyone. And if you did some research you’ll find that Ukraine didn’t even have control of the nukes, and it didn’t want them. It didn’t have the resources or funding to properly maintain them.
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  102. Um, the first war in Iraq was approved by a vote in the UN so no it wasn’t a US war. The second war was only a few countries doing the fighting. The war in Afghanistan was because of 9-11. ISIS and Al Qaeda aren’t just a US problem. Fellow NATO members sent token forces. The U.S. did the majority of the fighting, and overwhelmingly spent the most for the war. Keep in mind fellow NATO members pulled the U.S. into the war in Libya, and also asked for U.S. assistance to stop the atrocities in Serbia. Don’t act like the U.S. hasn’t helped Europe. And don’t forget about the U.S. in the world wars.
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  103. Maybe if the European countries followed the U.S. advice to spend more on defense over the last two decades the Ukrainians wouldn’t be in the position of relying so heavily on US support. The US has provided protection for European countries for decades. Look at how quickly you bash the U.S. despite its providing more aid than any other country, and with having no obligation to even help. You think that by Ukraine deploying a small token force to Afghanistan puts the U.S. in debt to it? Ukraine contributed less than one percent of the military support to Afghanistan. You can’t be serious.
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  104. After three years Russia still hasn’t achieved any of its primary objectives. That’s pathetic considering Ukraine wasn’t even ranked as a top twenty military power at the beginning of the war, and Russia thought it would win in just a few days.
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  105. The reason for the reduction in aid to Ukraine is because of the Republicans in my country. I’m a Republican myself, but the values of this party are much different than when I originally became a Republican. A leader like Ronald Regan would have taken this opportunity to absolutely squash Russia. Unfortunately for Ukraine, Trump’s mindset of America first is the current Republican attitude. It’s selfish and self serving. While there are many things that I don’t like about the Democratic Party, such as the “woke” atmosphere, horrible policies about border controls, inflation, etc., I still plan on voting for Biden solely because what Russia is doing in Ukraine is a crime against humanity. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇸
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  106.  @TankandDimples  The US has no legal obligation to protect Ukraine. Stop the nonsense. Read the memorandum and comprehend it! The US has many military alliances all over the world, and Ukraine isn’t one of them. The US can’t be there for everyone all of the time.
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  107. In total the US is the largest supplier of military aid. The US has no obligation to help, yet it does because it’s the right thing to do. Without the help Ukraine would have lost by now. What percentage of the other nation’s GNP do they spend helping Israel, South Korea, etc.? What percentage of their GNP do they spend keeping the sea lanes open in the Red Sea, Straight of Hormuz, the South China Sea….?
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  108.  @JJOV00  You’ve got me all wrong. I very much worry about Ukraine. If Trump is elected, I hope that Europe can pick up the slack to help it defend itself. I am a Republican, and even though I disagree with Biden on most issues, I still plan on voting for him solely because of his support for Ukraine. I too worry about the US. Many people here have no idea what’s going on in Ukraine. And there are others here who have heard criticism for years from people around the world that the US needs to mind its own business and to stop interfering in world affairs. This criticism has led many thinking that the US should be more of an isolationist. If the people in Europe truly care about what’s happening in Ukraine, then they’ll not wait to see what happens in the US elections next November, and they’ll step up and do something now. It’s ridiculous how people like you expect others to pay for your security. I agree that the US should definitely help, but it shouldn’t bear the majority of the weight. Trump warned fellow NATO members years ago and they ignored him. In his childish ways this is his payback.
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  109.  @stevemcgowen  Doesn’t matter on GDP. Russia’s more of a threat to European countries than to the US. Just look at the numbers. The US has given “$46.33 billion worth of bilateral military donations to the Ukrainian government. Germany is the second-biggest military donor to Ukraine. It has given $19.42 billion—almost half the total for all EU members, but still less than half what the U.S. has contributed. France, Italy, and Spain (respectively, the second, third, and fourth largest economies in the EU after Germany) have contributed very little. France’s military aid to Ukraine stands at about $700 million, Italy is at $730 million, and Spain is at $360 million. In comparison, Poland alone has given more than $3 billion in military aid despite being only the sixth-largest economy in the EU. Some European politicians are demanding America spend more on a war in Europe when France, Italy, and Spain have contributed about the same as Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.” Like I said, Europe needs to step up. I’m afraid if Trump is elected Ukraine won’t get anything else from the US. He’s leading in the polls so Europe needs to figure it out soon and stop wasting time waiting for the US.
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  110.  @franceyneireland1633  I should have mentioned earlier that much of Europe’s aid is actually in loans and not in grants like all the US contributions. Just look at the totals and see what country is providing the most.
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  111.  @LibertyPrimeOnline  Try reading the Budapest Memorandum before referencing it. It says nothing about protecting or even helping Ukraine.
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  112.  @LibertyPrimeOnline  “It refers to assurances, but unlike guarantees, it does not impose a legal obligation of military assistance on its parties. According to Stephen MacFarlane, a professor of international relations, "It gives signatories justification if they take action, but it does not force anyone to act in Ukraine." “But unlike Article 5 of the NATO charter, it does not require a specific response from the United States or others. So it’s worth a little history lesson. The agreement is not an official treaty. It is neither legally binding nor does it carry an enforcement mechanism. And while it provides security assurances, they do not include specific promises with regard to a potential invasion.” Washington Post legal analysis.
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  113. @ The spirit of the agreement was to remove nukes so that they wouldn’t get into terrorist hands. The US also disabled thousands of Russian nuclear weapons for the same reason. The US wasn’t even an ally of Ukraine when the document was signed so saying that there was an expectation for the US to defend Ukraine is quite a stretch. And furthermore Ukraine didn’t have independent possession of the nukes, it didn’t even want them, and the nukes useful lives were only 12 years, 8 of which had already passed when the memorandum was signed.
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  114.  @marktrotter8971  Hopefully the 4th time is a charm. Everyone knew the U.S. was planning on pulling out way in advance. The U.S. already wasted too much time and money there, its primary goal was already achieved. There’s no arrangement for the U.S. to protect Europe, and the U.S. doesn’t get any special deals either.
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  115. It just proves that Russia is worse than ISIS.
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  116.  @rusky325i  NATO isn’t going to attack Russia so your question is irrelevant.
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  117. Artur, you’re a good man! God bless you from 🇺🇸! I doubt that the US is worried about the Russians getting their hands on a Bradly Fighting Vehicle. After all, it’s been in service since 1981. I doubt that Russia can successfully reengineer it, especially the weapons, due to the existing sanctions that limit Russia’s capabilities to import western technology.
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  118. Thanks again for the narration. Usually when I watch it just seems guys are shooting at nothing, but you help piece it together and explain WTF is really going on.
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  119.  @bomx-w2q Ukraine is not a NATO member. If it was, this war would be an entirely different story. This war is in Europe’s neighborhood so European countries should be doing the bulk of the work.
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  120.  @damonburroughs5283  Again, the war is nowhere near the US, and Russia sure isn’t going to invade Alaska knowing very well that it would quickly lose. Those radars are in Europe primarily for its own protection. The US has radars all over, including in Greenland, Australia, Hawaii, Alaska, etc. Read the Budapest Memorandum before making comments about it. It says nothing about the US protecting Ukraine’s borders. Pay your own bills. I don’t spend tens of thousands on taxes so that you don’t have to.
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  121.  @damonburroughs5283  Of course I know about AEGIS. It’s also there to protect Europe. The US has global responsibilities. You don’t see the UK helping Israel do you? If there’s a war in Taiwan what country do you think will do the fighting? Ukraine is Europe’s problem. Like Artur said anything Ukraine gets from the US is a bonus. I don’t pay many thousands in taxes so that you don’t have to.
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  122.  @damonburroughs5283  The only requirement of the Budapest Memorandum that the U.S. has an obligation to comply with is for the U.S. to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial borders. It says nothing about protecting it. Prove me wrong and cite the clause that says otherwise.
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  123.  @damonburroughs5283  It doesn’t matter what he says. The Budapest Memorandum itself says absolutely nothing about protecting Ukraine. There’s no way that the US would have supported such a stipulation. Think about it logically. It was signed right after the collapse of the USSR. Ukraine and Russia were still closely aligned. In fact, the Ukrainian people had a very positive view of Russia until it invaded Crimea in 2014.
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  124.  @damonburroughs5283  You’re not Ukrainian, but you’re European, and it’s Europe’s duty to protect itself. In fact, I bet you’re British. I’ve noticed the British are always asking for more and more from the US, yet they think they’ve already done enough and have more than fulfilled your obligations. So yes, it is your bill that you want me to pay for. And again, the Budapest memorandum has no terms that the US must protect Ukraine. It doesn’t matter what a U.S. diplomat thinks. The document itself is what matters, and there’s nothing in it that supports what you’re saying. Again, prove me wrong and cite the clause.
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  125.  @damonburroughs5283  You don’t know what you’re talking about. Do you realize that the US has for years been intercepting missiles that fly at hypersonic speeds? The reason why Russia’s missiles are getting intercepted is because they don’t fall under the true definition of a hypersonic missile. The missile must not only fly at over Mach 5, but it must be maneuverable. Russia’s missiles fly a predictable flight path that makes them more easily interceptable. They are not maneuverable. Patriot missiles also have AI to learn from previous engagements, which is why their interception rate keeps improving.
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  126.  @damonburroughs5283  Yes, Russia’s said that it would take back Alaska. It also said that its borders go all the way to Mexico. There’s a big difference between the Russians actually making threats that it can’t achieve and threats that it’s made for decades and are serious about. I don’t care about what a documentary says. Legally the US has no obligation to protect Ukraine, and the documentary isn’t going to change the terms of the memorandum.
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  127.  @damonburroughs5283  It’s obvious you’re from the UK. The documentary is totally irrelevant to your argument that the US must support Ukraine. There’s no legal requirement that the US must keep helping. There’s a good chance that Trump will win, and if that happens you’ll have a choice to either help Ukraine, or to let the Russians win because Trump doesn’t seem to care.
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  128. The United States needs to provide Ukraine with longer range missiles. If Russia’s going to use Iranian drones to attack innocent civilians, Ukraine should be armed to counter the threat.
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  129. Yes! Finally they took it out! Nice job, Ukraine!
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  130. @ Still, the U.S. shouldn’t force another country to be sold to the United States unless they want to be sold. If the people of Greenland want it, then I’m all for it. Trump could make it very lucrative by offering each household a million dollars, and it would still be a great deal for the US, but the people of Greenland must want it to happen. Putting sanctions on an ally in bs.
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  131. I think I might disagree with you about hand to hand combat. US and Russian forces have already had fistfights in Syria, with Russian forces taking the beating, and some needing hospital care. While US troops don’t perform those fancy shows, they do prepare for hand to hand combat using various forms of martial arts.
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  132.  @rusky325i  Russia wouldn’t have a chance against the United States. The US has provided Ukraine with less than 2.5% of its military budget, and even with that small amount the Ukrainian have stopped the Russians from advancing. Not only that but Ukraine has recaptured much of its territory. At one time Russia held 27% of Ukraine. That number is down to 18%. And Russians think they’re winning. 😂
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  133. Me too!
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  134. It’s Russia that started the war. The west is only helping Ukraine defend itself. Ukrainians don’t want to live like the Russians. Who can blame them? Russians have no freedom whatsoever, and their living standards are significantly worse. Ukraine has a good reason to defend itself. What’s pathetic are Russian trolls like you who spread hatred and lies.
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  135.  @tpol6515  Please explain. Are you referring to Ukraine? The US isn’t at war, and it doesn’t have to provide any weapons.
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  136. Your excitement is addicting. Love it.
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  137.  @Menacetosociety-qu5br  It’s ironic how people love to criticize the US, despite that it’s provided just as much military aid as all other countries combined. What these anti-US trolls also don’t like to mention is that the war in Afghanistan was to fight terrorists who were attacking all democratic countries. It wasn’t just a war against the U.S., and it still isn’t today. They also fail to mention that the war in Libya was initially engaged by France and the UK, and they influenced the U.S. to join their cause. The same goes for the war in Serbia. The US initially thought that it was a civil war that the U.S. should not have interfered, but that the situation should be handled by European countries. It was rightly so that the United States did intervene though as horrible atrocities were carried out against the Albanian people.
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  138.  @4551-c7b  Doesn’t matter. The entire nation of Ukraine should have voted on it, not just Crimea. Imagine if the people of Moscow voted in favor of being part of Ukraine, would Russia allow it? Of course not. It’s contrary to the greater good of all of Russia.
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  139.  @GenuineGuitar56  They don’t have to make even exchanges.
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  140.  @djordjesp  Yes, Ukraine will hold it. Unlike in Belgorod these are regular Ukrainian army troops, and not volunteer legion soldiers. Have you seen Russia’s response? No joke, Russian troops are being sent in civilian vehicles. Russia was totally unprepared for this attack, and it still hasn’t developed defensive lines to stop the Ukrainians from advancing.
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  141. While I support Ukraine, I just don’t see it taking back all of its territory. The front lines have remained relatively unchanged for the past year. If another year goes by and there’s still no movement, peace talks should be considered. Ukraine doesn’t have amphibious forces, or airborne troops to get behind enemy lines, so the only way forward is through massive mine fields. Achieving “it” just isn’t going to happen, and neither Russia or Ukraine will get what they want.
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  142. You’re weird.
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  143.  @ninazacharia3003  I’m not a Ruskie bot. I just think it’s ridiculous for a person to think that Russia is going to give up land it’s taken after it’s lost so much to get it. What specifically about that viewpoint do you think makes me a Russian bot?
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  144.  @paulgibbon5991  Pilot skill can’t make an unstealthy aircraft into a stealthy one.
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  145. God Bless you, Artur! You’re a good person doing great work. Life has its ups and downs, and sometimes it just sucks. We all go through them, with some people able to hide their problems more than others. I love your positivity. Thank you for being there for us. You’re very much appreciated. With love and respect from Ca 🇺🇸.
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  146.  @PappaTom-ub3ht  That’s total nonsense. It would be explicitly written in the memorandum. I used to be a contracts officer, and the “spirit of the memorandum” would be written in the preamble of the document. It says nothing about if an invasion happens. Furthermore, the intent of the U.S. was to try to prevent the nukes from getting into the hands of groups like Al Qaeda, ISIS, etc. The United States never would have agreed to sign a document that required it to protect a country that wasn’t even an ally.
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  147. There’s just too much dependence on the U.S. to solve problems like what’s happening in Ukraine. Obama said it clearly to the fellow NATO members when he was president that the U.S. cannot do it alone, and that they needed to significantly increase military spending. The advice was ignored, and now we’re in a situation where Ukraine can’t properly defend itself. Having reliance on one country whose leader is up for election every four years just isn’t a good solution, especially on a consistent basis where the two parties have opposing views.
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  148.  @SpaceMonkeyBoi  Russia sure does have gays. Haven’t you seen the two Russian soldiers going at it in the trenches? 😂. What about Iraq?
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  149. @ You’re right. Trump is a businessman, and he knows the value of the US military supply that it’s providing. Not included in the billions of dollars in aid packages are the billions that the U.S. is providing intel and logistics. It includes future aid amounts that is an unknown. Trump threw out a figure and Zelenskyy accepted it. He could have countered, or just rejected it. And honestly, it could be a bust. Ukraine might not have as much minerals as predicted.
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  150.  @LloydBrodrick-ne5ei  Ukraine only hasn’t been defeated because of western aid, and you know that. My point is Europe needs to get off its 4ss and build up its military strength. The US tried to tell it almost twenty years ago, but until recently most EU countries (excluding Poland) have done very little to increase their military strength.
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  151.  @guillaume4519  You think the Patriot missiles, Javelins, Stingers, ATACMS, GLMRS rockets, HIMARS, millions of rounds of artillery and small arms fire, counter artillery radars, etc., are obsolete? You’re clueless.
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  152.  @LloydBrodrick-ne5ei  I don’t know why our comments don’t show the recipient’s name all the time anymore. My comment was to guillaume. Sorry for the confusion.
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  153.  @toonertik  A Russian soldier’s call was intercepted explaining how Russia was behind the killings of the prisoners. Furthermore, no Russian soldiers or guards were killed, which is very peculiar considering they were supposed to be watching over the prisoners. In addition, prisoners are supposed to be held near the rear of the battlefield, not the front lines. Russia also won’t allow the Red Cross to inspect the site. Kind of reminds you of when Russia was trying to help cover up Assad’s use of chemical weapons on innocent people. And seriously, when has Russia ever been honest? All it does is tell one lie after another. From the very beginning going back to the invasion of Crimea Russia has lied. You don’t have to be a gullible fool to believe anything it says.
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  154.  @damianketcham  For sure. I can tell you that today’s younger generation in the US has more of a mindset like the U.S. had pre-WWI. That was a time when the US thought WWI was Europe’s problem and that the US shouldn’t interfere. The US was more isolationist back then, and it didn’t try to police the whole world. This war in Ukraine is a wake up call to the European nations to spend more of their GNP on defense.
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  155.  @Anonymous__519  That’s a lie. Trump actually told Germany back in 2018 that it needed to spend more on defense.
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  156.  @Anonymous__519  Why are you lying? The US told Germany back in 2018 that it needed to spend more on defense.
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  157.  @FoldedCloak  Why is it the UK and US’s responsibility to protect Ukraine? Shouldn’t this be Europe’s responsibility as a whole? After all, they’re the ones being directly threatened by Russia.
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  158.  @morstyrannis1951  You obviously haven’t read the Budapest Memorandum because it says nothing about the U.S. helping Ukraine with military aid or support. Prove me wrong and cite the requirement from the memorandum. Read and comprehend what it says. I shouldn’t be hearing back from you.
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  159.  @Molt.-ep7cu1  That’s not true. Cite the exact wording. It doesn’t exist. Do you know that Ukraine didn’t even have control over the nukes?
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  160.  @Molt.-ep7cu1  Think about it logically. Russia and Ukraine were still closely aligned back then. The US and Ukraine weren’t allies. In fact, the Ukrainian people had positive views of Russia until Russia invaded and took Crimea in 2014. There is no way that the USA would agree to provide protection or support at that time.
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  161. No. Stop spreading misinformation like the typical Russian troll.
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  162.  @JJOV00  I actually support helping Ukraine. Trump is leading in the polls. Is Europe going to sit back and do nothing if he wins? Europe needs to stop waiting and expecting for the US to protect it. I am not ashamed of my comments at all. You should be ashamed expecting others to pay for your security.
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  163.  @JJOV00  Have you not been listening to Artur’s videos?
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  164.  @JJOV00  Artur has been saying for months that the Europeans need to step up and stop relying on the US. Yes, of course the US benefits, but you're failing to understand that Trump is leading in the polls. What are you going to do if he wins? Are you going to just let Russia win? Europe needs to act now before it's too late. I support Ukraine, but you Europeans who expect the US to protect you at our taxpayer costs is absurd. Help Ukraine and stop relying on the US!
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  165. Before the dollar standard was the gold standard, and even then the US economy was still the world’s strongest.
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  166.  @LibertyPrimeOnline  I’ve read it multiple times. You’ve obviously got a reading comprehension problem. Cite the exact wording from the memorandum that requires the U.S. to protect or even provide aid to Ukraine. You can’t because it doesn’t exist. If you had any common sense you would know that the US wasn’t even allies with Ukraine when the memorandum was signed. There’s no way that the USA would agree to protect it.
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  167. @ Run away because you know you’re wrong. If the memorandum actually said that the U.S. would defend Ukraine, it would be easy for you to cite it. It’s a very small document so you have no excuses.
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  168.  @LibertyPrimeOnline  Yeah, you’re running. Look at you avoiding citing the language. You know it’s not there so instead you knowingly spread lies. Come on, if it exists cite it, or are you just going to keep running away?
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  169.  @anthonyyoung6433  No we don’t. The Budapest Memorandum says nothing about protecting Ukraine, and it’s not a treaty. A treaty would require not only the President of the United States to approve the documents, but also Congress. That didn’t happen for a reason, and it’s because it wouldn’t have passed.
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  170.  @TheCroupier74  We’ve discussed this before, but you seem to keep spreading the same nonsense. The Budapest Memorandum says nothing about protecting or providing aid for Ukraine. Ukraine knew very well what it was signing, and that the US president doesn’t have the power on his own to offer protection for another country. European countries are wealthy enough to pay for their own protection.
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  171. Russia is beyond cruel, it’s evil to the core. The atrocities that it’s committing no longer surprises me. In fact I only expect it to commit more crimes. It’s in its nature.
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  172.  @alanmcmillan6969 It’s because it doesn’t want to provoke Russia to use tactical nukes.
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  173.  @brostenen  The first steam driven vehicle was by a Frenchman. The first gas powered was by Germany. A Brit invented the WWW, the US the internet and routers. Depends on the kind of car you like. Ultra high performance I’d go Italian. I do like German sedans, however the BMW that I owned was always in the shop, it cost me an arm and a leg to fix. I’m a truck guy who does a lot of ranch work so my preference there are American trucks.
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  174.  @Taleisin  From Oklahoma John Blakenbaker is best known for the Kenbak-1 computer, which is considered to be the first personal computer. The first successful steam engine was from British Thomas Savery in 1698.
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  175. Wagner itself is Nazi pork. You need to learn about its Nazi leader before leaving such stupid remarks.
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  176. Artur, you’re paranoid. There’s no way that Russia is going to attack Baltic countries that are NATO members. Russia knows very well that its days would be numbered if it such a stupid move.
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  177.  @rusky325i  NATO would kick Russia’s ass. Russia can’t even defeat Ukraine, a country that didn’t even have a standing army four years ago; a country with an old and significantly outnumbered air force; and a country without a navy that has made the Russian Black Sea Fleet go into hiding. NATO would walk all over Russia.
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  178. It’s interesting to hear your perspective about costs vs the value of the target. Estonia wants to make sure that it gets the best value, while the US will just about use the Javelin for any reason.
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  179. The planes sitting at the Graveyard in Tucson, Arizona would require some major upgrades. It would cost a lot more than 250 million dollars. It’s not a fast process to get them air worthy again, either. These aircraft are the old of the old models, which are frequently just broken down for spare parts and scrap metal.
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  180. Artur, you’re wrong about people who are conservative in the US. It’s the liberals in the US that are bringing the country down. The border situation in the US is a mess. In some states the immigrants are just let go free in the middle of a parking lot. They have no money, no job, no housing, so committing crimes is their only way to survive. It’s also the left that don’t support military spending, but would rather spend it on the LGTBQ community of crazies. I am a conservative, but yet I strongly support Ukraine. Remember that it was conservative Republican Ronald Reagan who helped bring down the Soviet Union. You really shouldn’t comment on things you don’t know about. I’ve been a longtime follower of yours, but if you keep up saying such nonsense I am not going to waste my time here.
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  181.  @natalieturko4808  You say you thank the U.S. for its support, and yet the rest of your post is unappreciative. The U.S. has provided as much military aid as all the other countries combined, despite not having any obligation to do so. You should show more gratitude rather than being so critical.
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  182.  @oleksandrbespalov9713 What most people don’t know is that Ukraine didn’t even have control of the nukes, nor did it want them. At that time it didn’t have the resources or money to properly maintain them. Some Ukrainian politicians also feared another Chernobyl disaster. Many people also don’t know that the US also helped Russia dispose of tons of plutonium that once fueled thousands of their nuclear weapons. It was an agreement that lasted for 22 years before Putin discontinued it in 2016.
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  183. What you don’t mention is that the fellow NATO members sent token forces to help, and that the US did the significant majority of the battles, and paid nearly 2.3,trillion in Afghanistan. No other country comes anywhere close. Furthermore, ISIS and Al Qaeda aren’t just a US problem, but a problem for all western nations. And don’t forget that it was NATO members that pressured the U.S. to help fight against Libya. The war in Serbia was also a war where fellow NATO members asked the U.S. to join. It was the correct action to take to stop the atrocities, but the United States has been there for its allies. It should also be pointed out that the U.S. advised its allies to significantly increase their defense spending, only to watch them do the opposite.
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  184. @ To date, the US has provided more than $64.1 billion in aid to Ukraine. Don’t try to downplay the amount because that’s a significant amount, especially when the US has no obligation. Russia’s total military budget in 2022 was $75 billion, which is for its entire budget for all purposes. In 2023 it was $84 billion. Much of the US aid is to help replenish US stockpiles. European countries need to step up a lot more. It’s their security that is most at risk. European countries need to be sending troops for support positions so that Ukraine can focus its on the front lines. Some countries have talked about it, but none have actually gone through with it.
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  185.  @ScottHendrix-yz3du  Maybe the governments, but not the people. From what I’ve read and watched, people often traveled to and from each other’s place, with relatives and friends often in both countries. Russians often had a more negative view, especially when Ukraine voiced wanting to join the EU and NATO. The Ukrainian people really turned after 2014.
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  186.  @ScottHendrix-yz3du  That’s good to hear. Thanks for the information.
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  187.  @guardsman2018  Two to three months is absurd. Anyone with half a brain knows that sanctions don’t work that quickly. Inventories must be fully depleted, and it takes time to close all the loopholes. What exactly is the source of your information, journal name, publisher, whatever, to help me identify what you’re referring to.
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  188. As an American, I totally agree that the European countries should create their own powerful military alliance. Both Europe and the United States need to be powerful allies to protect our countries, and to help other countries seeking freedom from dictatorships.
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  189. No need to worry about delivering bad news. It’s fairly obvious that just 31 Abrams won’t make much of a difference on the battlefield. They aren’t some magic bullet that can withstand land mines, and just 31 of them won’t have any impact. Ukraine needs to find a way to get behind Russia’s defenses and create havoc for them. This head-on approach isn’t working other than killing lots of people.
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  190. Putin is behaving like a big baby by making threats, and now karma is striking it back. Honestly, Putin has nothing to worry about from NATO, unless it plans to attack a NATO member. No nations have been forced to join NATO, and NATO isn’t attacking countries in order to conquer territory. Russia’s aggression is only further swaying countries to distance themselves from Russia. If Russia wants allies, it needs to get them by being friendly, not threatening them.
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  191. The amount of GDP is of course going to relate to how much of a direct threat Russia is to their country. I’ll tell you right now that the majority of the American public supports helping Ukraine, but if there was an expectation for the US to commit as much as Estonia is that support would quickly disappear.
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  192.  @mikhailiagacesa3406  I voted for Kamala for the sole reason that she supported Ukraine. I did this despite having many other concerns about her position on various matters. I just don’t appreciate people dissing the American people not understanding that Ukraine was not the only issue to consider. Now be an adult and stop the childish name calling.y
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  193. Russia is up to its dirty deeds again, making up false flag accusations in order to invade Ukraine. I used to oppose US intervention, but the more this drags out I am thinking if the US provided air cover Russia might reconsider its aggressive behavior.
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  194.  @davidriley8524 You don’t believe that terrorism is an international problem? And you don’t think that NATO has pulled the US into wars?
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  195.  @JamesGillis-m2i I think you’re referring to someone else’s first comment. I didn’t say anything about being proud. Regardless, this agreement is a partnership. Both countries will be working together that will benefit both countries. Everything you said in your second paragraph is Trump, not the US. Most of the US wants to help Ukraine. Yes, he’s the President, but he says a lot of things that he shouldn’t. The US was the first country to supply Ukraine with lethal arms, and Trump was the actually the person who actually did it. The US is also the country that has provided by far the most aid, and its intel has been invaluable. Without US support Ukraine most likely would have already lost by now. The US could have turned a blind eye and not helped at all. But instead it’s made a huge commitment, and it’s signed an agreement with Ukraine where both countries will work together. It’s a true partnership no matter how much you might dislike the U.S.
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  196.  @JamesGillis-m2i Just to give you an example of why it’s a partnership, just today a $310 million equipment and and services being purchased by Ukraine will allow the US to earn credit in an investment fund established by the minerals deal — inked Wednesday — where profits will be split 50/50. Ukraine’s purchase includes includes “aircraft modifications and upgrades; personnel training related to operation, maintenance, and sustainment support; spare parts, consumables and accessories, and repair and return support; ground handling equipment; classified and unclassified software delivery and support; classified and unclassified publications and technical documentation; studies and surveys; US Government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services; and other related elements of logistics and program support,” the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said. Again , how is this not a partnership?
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  197.  @JamesGillis-m2i No worries. It takes a good person to apologize so I really appreciate you. Believe me I screw up all the time, and I’m thankful when people politely tell me. Take care.
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  198.  @JamesGillis-m2i Just to let you know that a recent Gallop Poll was done showing a 16% increase in the number of Americans who want to help Ukraine more. As Russia continues its brutal attacks against civilians the number of Americans who want to help Ukraine will go up even more. There was also an article done by Newsweek titled “Most Americans Don’t Agree with Donald Trump About Ukraine.” Hopefully Trump will catch a clue and do his job right, which is supposed to support the will of the people.
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  199.  @Gryerdeili  Why don’t you join your comrades then and become more fertilizer for the Ukrainian soil.
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  200. Looking back today I wonder if helping the USSR with the Lend Lease Act fight the Germans was a good idea.
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  201. You can see the desperation in the Russian troll comments. It’s good to see that they know that Russia is suffering immensely. One thing that this war has taught us is that Russia is anything but a world power.
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  202. It’s funny how many people don’t consider ball bearings high tech, but you can find videos about cheap made Chinese ones versus western made bearings. The bearings are needed for many platforms, but if you don’t have the manufacturing capabilities to build them on mass scale efficiently and of high quality, you’re screwed.
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  203. Just the simple fact that the M-1 weighs more than the T-14 by over 10 tons tells you that it has more protection. Even being as big as it is, the M-1 is still quite fast, but it’s at the expense of being a gas guzzler. I recall all the hype about the T-72 as well, but it got slaughtered in the war with Iraq. Russian trolls like to claim that it’s because it was monkey models, but even old M-60 tanks had no trouble defeating them, and the M-60 was originally built in the late 1950s.
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  204. We love you too. You have a great sense of humor. I sincerely wish you and the people of Estonia well.
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  205. The US does not have a lot of ATACMS. Do your research before commenting.
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  206.  @sballantine8127  I went back and made an edit to make it more clear.
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  207. It will be better days. The huge influx of illegal immigrants, the high homeless population, the high inflation and cost of living all were crazy under Biden/Harris. It’s about time that Europe pays for its own security and to stop depending on the U.S.
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  208. Don’t exaggerate. Trump says a lot of stupid things but he didn’t declare war. He knows that the U.S. people wouldn’t support him. It’s his unorthodox way to force his agenda. If it wasn’t for the U.S., Ukraine would have lost by now. The US has provided as much military aid as all other countries combined. Americans question why we should help when it’s not even appreciated.
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  209. Happy Birthday! What a present for the aid to Ukraine to get signed by the President of the United States on the same day. I hope you have a wonderful day!
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  210. Biden has always been weak. He’s always been reluctant to do anything to provoke anybody no matter who they are. He was even afraid to have navy SEALS go into Pakistan to get Osama Bin Laden. It ended up being one of the best decisions that Obama made.
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  211. Remember when the Russian trolls said that the sanctions had no effect on the Russian economy? They live in an alternative world of reality.
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  212. Artur, at times you make comments without doing research. GlMRS rockets are not only GPS guided, but in the event they’re being jammed its rockets have inertial navigation systems that are not susceptible and remain accurate. Excalibur also has INS, which cannot be jammed. Using a jamming system doesn’t mean that smart munitions are not effective. This isn’t your first time making inaccurate statements. Just because you talked to one of two individuals in Ukraine that doesn’t mean they know the entire picture. You’ve also said that Russia’s not afraid of NATO. You know that is not true. Russia knows it can’t win against NATO. That’s why it has so strongly rejected Ukraine’s bid to join the alliance. You’ve also incorrectly analyzed American conservatives. You often make comments that not factual, but just your biased opinion. It’s gotten worse over time.
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  213. I am glad that Lockheed won, the Boeing prototype looked like hammered shit. You mention cost being high, but that’s not true. The F-35A is now selling for about 80 million, which isn’t bad for a 5th gen fighter. The cost has gone down because of economy of scale, meaning the more that are built the costs go down because the fixed cost will decrease per unit. Russia aggressively used a negative propaganda attack on the F-35 because they knew the only way that they could defeat it is by having it not built in the first place. They tried to sway public opinion against it.
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  214.  @TheTechAdmin  Plus the US had a scientist named Dr. Goddard, who was at the forefront of rocketry.
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  215. The amount of territory taken does mean a lot. It’s what is negotiated when there are peace talks. Resources, manpower, etc., mean nothing when peace talks begin. It’s territory that the bargaining point.
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  216. YouTube has become a dictatorship who does whatever it wants without realizing the consequences. It should at least consider your viewpoint, and rather than just take instant action issue warnings. God Bless you! I will keep you in my prayers.
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  217. So many Europeans are blaming the US, but they need to realize that those attacks on Russian troops with HIMARS that we’re seeing recently are from the US supplies. The Bradley Fighting Vehicles that are being used are still from US supplies. Stop blaming others and contact your own political representatives from whatever country you’re from to help Ukraine.
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  218.  @deven6518  My mistake, that was a typo. I should have better proofread my comment. Facts are that Lockheed already had the original design. It helped Russia develop the Yak 141 after it was near financial ruins. If it weren’t for Lockheed, the Yak-141 never would have gotten to where it was. From Code One Magazine: “A great deal of misinformation has appeared on the Internet regarding the relationship of the Soviet Yak-41 (later Yak-141), NATO reporting name Freestyle, to the X-35 and the rest of the JSF program. The Pratt & Whitney 3BSD nozzle design predates the Russian work. In fact the 3BSD was tested with a real engine almost twenty years before the first flight of the Yak.” “Following the announcement by the CIS on September 1991 that it could no longer fund development of the Yak-41M, Yakovlev entered into discussions with several foreign partners who could help fund the program. Lockheed Corporation, which was in the process of developing the X-35 for the US Joint Strike Fighter program, stepped forward, and with their assistance aircraft 48-2 was displayed at the Farnborough Airshow in September 1992. Yakovlev announced that they had reached an agreement with Lockheed for funds of $385 to $400 million for three new prototypes and an additional static test aircraft to test improvements in design and avionics. Planned modifications for the proposed Yak-41M included an increase in STOL weight to 21,500 kg (47,400 lb). One of the prototypes would have been a dual-control trainer. Though no longer flyable, both 48-2 and 48-3 were exhibited at the 1993 Moscow airshow. The partnership began in late 1991, though it was not publicly revealed by Yakovlev until 6 September 1992, and was not revealed by Lockheed until June 1994.” It’s not the USA that has the long history of copying, but Russia, and it’s done it many times.
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  219.  @deven6518  Sure did, but at the same time you’re giving Russia the credit, when the USA originally developed the technology and then funded Yak to complete the 141.
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  220. The US does not want to send ATACMS because it might need them against China. If there’s a war with China, the US knows it won’t get the kind of support that European countries are providing against Russia in Ukraine.
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  221. If Russia was truly confident that its Su-57s are stealth, they’d be conducting deep-strike sorties, but that’s not the case. If they could truly perform like a 5th generation fighter, they would also be able to achieve air superiority, but again that’s not happening.
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  222. The level of corruption between the US and Ukraine is huge. Take a look at the world’s corruption index. Ukrainians themselves admit it’s embedded into their society, and it’s almost expected. In the US there are many regulations to try to prevent corruption, and prosecutors go after corrupt individuals and companies to try to limit it because it undermines trust in the economic system. I used to be an auditor for the SEC, and can tell you that it’s practically a competition within the organization trying to find corruption.
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  223. Putin is a coward by intentionally attacking civilians. He knows he can’t win against real soldiers so he takes it out of defenseless people. It’s like a child abuser who needs to be jailed and gang raped in prison.
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  224.  @NateWhitehorse  Thanks! I’ve always liked Ben Hodges. We need people like him in Congress.
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  225. Another great video, Artur! Praying for peace.
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  226.  @tpol6515  The US provided the weapons with the restrictions as part of the deal. Ukraine didn’t have to accept them. I do wish that the US would give Ukraine the approval to use the weapons at their full potential, but the US has no obligation to help Ukraine in the first place. If Trump is elected then Ukraine is really going to feel it. I hope the European countries are ready to step up to provide Ukraine with what it needs, if that happens.
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  227. How has NATO defended the US? And the US isn’t banding its allies. The US has provided far more military aid than any other country. It’s intel that it’s providing to Ukraine is invaluable. The US has no obligation to help Ukraine, and no the Budapest Memorandum does not require it. Read the document before spreading any more lies.
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  228. Biden is in a difficult position. Of course he wants Ukraine to win, but if Ukraine keeps striking Russian oil refineries that will increase oil prices, which will raise gas prices. Rising gas prices in the US is a death wish if Biden wants to remain President. Ukraine needs to be careful, at least until elections. If its attacks results in the prices going too high, Trump has a better chance of winning, and that would most probably mean an end or big reduction in aid from the US.
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  229. The 6th gen fighter being unmanned is a must. Right now fighters maneuvers are limited because the pilot can only withstand a certain amount of g’s. Being unmanned will let it maneuver without such limitations. The F-35’s AI already automatically detect, track, and targets foes,in conjunction with other assets in the field, including wingmen, and it determines the probability of kill for each adversary, then in the blink of an eye determines the best firing solution for each aircraft. Considering that this AI already exists, it won’t be much of a jump to a 6th gen fighter.
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  230.  @leod-sigefast  That’s disheartening to hear. I’m sure they’d think twice after seeing how people live under Russian control. As far as I am concerned, if the people aren’t willing to fight for their own freedom, then why should anyone else care either.
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  231.  @8-BitFryup-ru7pk  It needs to provide more. European countries need to really pick up the pace, if they really want Ukraine to win. They can’t wait and see if Biden wins. That’s too far away, and if Trump’s wins then they’re really screwed. The Baltic countries are most definitely pulling their weight, but some other European countries are way behind. For instance, Denmark and Estonia have each committed aid totaling more than 2% of their gross domestic product, with Estonia being the highest, at 3.55%. The UK and Germany are at 0.55% and 0.57% respectively.
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  232.  @8-BitFryup-ru7pk  Not at all. It needs to do more. Europe can’t wait to see if Biden wins again. That’s too late. And if Trump wins then it’s way too late to try to develop your infrastructure to build weapons. The Baltic states are definitely pulling their weight, which they should since they’re closest to Russia. For instance, Estonia is providing 3.55% of its GNP to help Ukraine, while Denmark is at 2%. The UK is at .55% and Germany at .57%.
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  233.  @8-BitFryup-ru7pk  Not at all. It needs to do more. The Baltic states are definitely pulling their weight, which they should since their borders are with Russia. Other European countries need to do more and not have the mindset that the US will take care of it. Waiting till the election is too far away, and Europe needs to build up its defense capabilities way before then.
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  234. @ The US never planned to stay in Afghanistan. Twenty years was already much longer than anyone expected. There was already a pullout date established, but Biden definitely screwed up in the way it was handled.
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  235.  @elisabethnygaard8525  That’s because 9-11 was an attack against democracy as a whole. Al Qaeda was a threat to all western civilizations, not just the United States. The US still paid the bulk of the price, and it committed the largest number of troops. The US has already spent over $61 billions in Ukraine, despite not having any obligation to do so. It’s just as much as all other countries combined. It’s time for European countries to step up and to stop relying on the US for protection. The US warned its allies for over a decade that they needed to spend more on defense. They did the exact opposite, and told us to mind our own business. Europe has some of the wealthiest countries in the world. They spent not have to depend on the US for protection.
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  236. @ We’ll see. Trump hasn’t even been sworn into office. He’s got a huge ego, more so than even Putin’s, and I’m sure he is not pleased with the Russian media releasing nude pictures of his wife.
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  237.  @elisabethnygaard8525  The US has more than cooperated, it’s provided just as much military aid as all other countries combined. It’s also provided invaluable intelligence, and has paid for all Ukrainian first responders salaries. It’s provided funds for Ukraine’s start up businesses, and has provided hundreds of millions in aid to help it develop its own military equipment. We will need to see what happens when Trump enters office. He’s very unpredictable, and I am sure he is not happy with Russia releasing nude pictures of his wife.
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  238. Well said, Artur! There’s a very good chance that Trump is going to get elected. He’s leading Biden in the polls, and the margin keeps getting larger. I very much fear that my country’s aid will either stop or slow down significantly. EU nations need to wake up now before it’s too late and pick up the slack. France in particular needs to help a lot more. It’s got a large military, and a top 10 economy. I’ve written to everyone you can imagine in the US to keep providing aid to Ukraine, but it seems to be going to deaf ears.
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  239. So what is? It’s track record is amazing.
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  240. Love your commentary, man!
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  241. Ukraine’s ambassador needs to be more polite to Elon. Elon came through and provided Ukraine access to his Starlink satellites. Telling him to fuck off and saying that Ukrainians won’t buy his Teslas is a bit harsh for someone who’s been providing necessary communications. I don’t agree with Elon’s saying that Ukraine should let Russia keep Crimea. That’s none of his business. But the ambassador could have been a little more cordial about it.
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  242. You would be afraid if the US wasn’t there to protect you. Be careful who you call cowardly.
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  243. Maybe that’s why it uses STOVL to take off with a weapons load.
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  244. The discussion between the two Russian commanders is so cringe. They need to take better acting lessons.
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  245. I guess you should tell all the nations who are lined up to buy it that they’re all making a big mistake, and that you know more than their experts. Israel and Japan like it so much they’ve ordered more of them, and an Israeli general said that the F-35 is a real game changer in combat. Quite frankly, it’s doing some things that no other aircraft has accomplished. For instance, it recently guided both an artillery round and a PAC-3 to intercept a cruise missile, and it guided a USMC rocket to strike a naval target. It’s doing extremely well in A2A combat exercises, and nearly 700 have already been built. Compare that to Russia’s Su-57, where only two production models have been built, and the first one crashed.
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  246. Russia’s boasting about attacking an apartment building. Wow, that just shows the low-life scum that they are.
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  247. It’s not just the US responsibility to help Ukraine. In fact, the US has no obligation to help at all. It does it because it’s morally the right thing to do. It’s about time our European allies helped out more. It’s their security that is more directly threatened.
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  248.  @soho2409  What a lame response. I must admit that I expected it after reading your first comment. So if the US isn’t helping Ukraine because it’s the right thing to do, why then is it helping? It’s got no obligation to help so why would the US provide many billions in aid if it doesn’t have to?
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  249.  @soho2409  I agree that there are other motives in play. Power projection, access to resources, soft power, etc., all come are possible factors. However, I don’t put the downfall of Ukraine’s military solely on the Republican Party. Ukraine shouldn’t be dependent on US aid in the first place. Our allies need to step up and stop relying on the US. NATO is comprised of some of the wealthiest nations in the world. Six nations are top ten economies, while Russia’s is ranked eleventh. There’s no reason why they can’t step up when the US aid slows down. I fear that if Trump is elected, the aid might not only slow down, but it could stop all together.
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  250.  @4551-c7b  Big difference, you don’t see NATO going in with its military to conquer territories, and the nations that join NATO do so willingly for protection against Russia.
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  251. NATO needs to decide if it’s going to allow these Russian continued intrusions. It’s really up to the individual nations that are being intruded upon as their the countries that will most likely suffer from any consequences of escalating matters with Russia.
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  252. @@roadrunner7988 Yeah, I agree. Countries like Germany have really let their military degrade, and they have depended on the US too much. It was one thing that Trump got right by putting pressure on them to do more of their share. It is good to see though that their military budgets are being increased. I am most impressed with how Poland is taking the Russian threat seriously. They have made some major military purchases that will make them a very lethal force.
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  253.  @djordjesp  Keep coping. 😂
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  254.  @djordjesp  You’re kidding right?
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  255.  @djordjesp  Yes, the Ukrainians will hold it. They are regular Ukrainian army troops. It’s not like in Belgorod where only legion troops were sent for short raids. Have you seen the Russian response? No joke, Russia’s troops are arriving in civilian vehicles. The only way Russia is going to have a chance at retaking the land is to take troops away from the front lines in Ukraine. Russia’s screwed no matter what it chooses.
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  256.  @d.i.l.l.i.g.a.f.594  That won’t happen. Keep in mind that Biden tried to change the voting process of Congress to get a single Bill passed. He tried to change the required vote from a 66% - 33% to a 51%-49% majority. This process has been in place since the US was created. Thankfully some Democrats voted against it and didn’t follow party lines.
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  257. @ Yeah, I am not watching. I find it boring anyway.
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  258.  @svwildflowerNAFO  What’s so horrible?
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  259. Prigozhin is a madman. I surely don’t want him ruling Russia. He’s someone who will use nukes just for the sake of it.
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  260. As an American, I fully support Ukraine, however at the same time I can’t ignore the huge immigration crisis that the US is going through. The Biden administration isn’t doing anything to stop it or even slow it down. Of course the US needs to continue helping Ukraine, but for the US a bigger problem at the moment are the hundreds of thousands of immigrants coming into the country.
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  261. What’s disgusting is that European countries have for years let their militaries dwindle while the U.S. warned them that they needed to spend more, and to stop relying on Russian oil and gas. Now they expect the U.S. to pay for their negligence. Other than the drone strikes, the majority of the weapons used by Ukraine have come from the US. HIMARS, artillery shells, M-777 artillery, thousands of Humvees, GLMRS, guided bombs, Bradleys, etc., not to mention the invaluable intel. The US has no obligation to help Ukraine, and yet it’s provided just as much military aid as all the other countries combined.
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  262. @ Read the memorandum. Your quote is not in the memorandum so stop the nonsense. Prove me wrong and cite the exact number from the document. It says nothing about protecting or even providing aid to Ukraine. The US and Ukraine weren’t even allies when the memorandum was signed. There’s no way that the USA would agree to protect Ukraine, especially when Ukraine and Russia were still closely aligned. The memorandum itself says nothing about one country invading another. Stop spreading misinformation.
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  263.  @beckyconstantinides2546  How am I wrong? So if the front lines don’t move for two years, and all that is achieved is more destruction and death, you don’t think that there should be peace talks? I think as a condition of peace that Ukraine should require that it’s a member of NATO to discourage Russia from attacking again.
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  264.  @beckyconstantinides2546  How am I wrong?
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  265.  @gordonmac3616  I hope you’re right. I just don’t want an unending war where the only thing that is happening is death and destruction. If Ukraine can get back all of its territory that would be great, but the way the war has really achieved little over the past year I have my doubts.
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  266.  @reaperbsc  If the frontline doesn’t move, and it’s just resulting in more people dying and getting injured, including Ukrainians, how does that make Ukraine the winner? Russia has a lot more people at its disposal to use as cannon fodder, and they don’t care about how many people die. I don’t see how anyone wins from this situation.
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  267.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  Russia is taking in around 30,000 new conscripts each month. Russia’s isn’t winning either.
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  268.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  My point is that too many people are dying on both sides, and nothing is being gained. It’s been that way for the last year. If it continues that way for another year, it makes no sense why there shouldn’t be peace negotiations. Ukraine’s concern is that Russia is just going to rearm itself so I think as a condition of peace that Ukraine can join NATO for security reasons. Quite honestly I am just tired of seeing so many people getting killed and seriously injured, and also of seeing towns absolutely leveled where nobody is going to want to return.
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  269.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  If that’s the case then the west needs to keep providing Ukraine with what it needs
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  270.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  I should have mentioned above that security guarantees don’t mean much when a country like Russia won’t adhere to them. Ukraine had security guarantees under the Budapest Memorandum, which Russia didn’t comply with by first taking Crimea and then its more recent invasion in 2022.
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  271. Putinbot who can’t accept reality.
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  272. The F-16 A/B models are very old. I hope that their radars were upgraded.
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  273. And Russian trolls think that Russia has a chance against NATO. 😂
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  274. Lockheed Martin needs to be able to produce a hell of a lot more than just 96 HIMARS a year. That’s not nearly enough for the demand for it.
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  275. While I totally support providing assistance to Ukraine, the Budapest Memorandum doesn’t mention anywhere that the US has an obligation to provide Ukraine with military equipment. And when that document was signed, Ukraine was an ally of Russia. It makes no sense that the west would have obligations to provide arms to a potential adversary.
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  276. I don’t believe that the US wanted to know about the Kursk invasion. It gives the US plausible deniability. Biden is not a strong leader. He won’t allow Ukraine to use ATACMS at their full potential, and when Obama sent in SEAL Team 6 to take out Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, Biden opposed the operation. He’s just waiting for his presidency to be over so that someone else has to call the shots.
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  277. You obviously haven’t read the Budapest Memorandum because its terms do not require the US to provide security for Ukraine. The US agreed to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty, which it has. There’s no requirement to provide security or to even provide military aid. Read the MOU before posting any more no nonsense.
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  278.  @FrauEichmann  He doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
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  279.  @joostandhisband9648  I’ve read it multiple times. It’s obvious you haven’t because it doesn’t say anything about defending Ukraine. It doesn’t even say that the US has to provide military equipment. You read it and cite exactly what requires the US to defend or even provide military aid. It’s not in the MOU so stop the nonsense. If any member of NATO is attacked, including Estonia, then of course the US is required under the NATO charter to defend NATO member countries. Ukraine is not part of NATO, and the US has no such obligation. Now try using common sense. When the Budapest Memorandum was signed the US and Ukraine weren’t friends. There’s no way that the US would agree to defend Ukraine or even provide aid at that time, especially since Ukraine and Russia were still closely tied to each other, especially when it came to military hardware partnerships.
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  280. I support Ukraine, but I just hope that this aid package provides energy time for the Europeans to build up their defense infrastructure to build the weapons needed by Ukraine in the future. The US Presidential race is extremely close, and if Trump is elected this will probably be the last aid package.
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  281. Russia’s has almost 300,000 dead, and reports are that around one million men have serious injuries. Russia’s using equipment over 80 years old, and its regular army hasn’t done anything in the last 14 months. Ukraine has taken back more land in five weeks than what Russia took during its entire winter offensive. Yes, Russia is losing, and the world is in shock about how poorly its leaders so willingly let Russian soldiers die in masses on the battlefield.
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  282. The F-22 actually has a smaller frontal radar cross section than the F-35. The F-22’s is around the size of a marble, while the F-35’s is around the size of a golf ball.
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  283. What did YouTube say that you did was wrong? I love your videos! I’ve never seen any hatred, bias, discrimination from you towards anyone. It makes no sense. I’ll support you whenever you go. Never mind, I found your video explaining it all. So sorry.
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  284. I don’t know if it’s still the case, but I recall an article around ten years ago when a USAF commander said that not all Russian fighters are intercepted all the time. The Russians are testing to see if there are holes in our coverage so we try to give them misleading information by not always intercepting their aircraft.
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  285. What a mess Russia is to treat people that way. It’s sickening that the situation is so hopeless. Somebody really needs to step up and take Putin out.
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  286. Awesome, just awesome! So happy for you.
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  287. Just guessing, but it’s probably because that’s where his largest audience comes from. I am not sure what country’s military you think is better, that’s quite a large claim.
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  288. 😂 If that was the case Russia would be using them more frequently. Facts are that Russia primarily uses unguided munitions.
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  289. Here’s additional clarification from Code One: “A great deal of misinformation has appeared on the Internet regarding the relationship of the Soviet Yak-41 (later Yak-141), NATO reporting name Freestyle, to the X-35 and the rest of the JSF program. The Pratt & Whitney 3BSD nozzle design predates the Russian work. In fact the 3BSD was tested with a real engine almost twenty years before the first flight of the Yak..” And from the book Yakovlev Aircraft since 1924: Following the announcement by the CIS on September 1991 that it could no longer fund development of the Yak-41M, Yakovlev entered into discussions with several foreign partners who could help fund the program. Lockheed Corporation, which was in the process of developing the X-35 for the US Joint Strike Fighter program, stepped forward, and with their assistance aircraft 48-2 was displayed at the Farnborough Airshow in September 1992. Yakovlev announced that they had reached an agreement with Lockheed for funds of $385 to $400 million for three new prototypes and an additional static test aircraft to test improvements in design and avionics. Planned modifications for the proposed Yak-41M included an increase in STOL weight to 21,500 kg (47,400 lb). One of the prototypes would have been a dual-control trainer. Though no longer flyable, both 48-2 and 48-3 were exhibited at the 1993 Moscow airshow. The partnership began in late 1991, though it was not publicly revealed by Yakovlev until 6 September 1992, and was not revealed by Lockheed until June 1994.
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  290. Biden has always been weak. He also objected to Navy Seals taking out Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, which in my opinion was Obama’s greatest accomplishment. We’ll just need to wait and see about how Trump will react. He’s too unpredictable to know how he’ll handle the situation. One thing for certain is that he’s got a huge ego, and he’s not going to let anyone push him around.
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  291. To be straight up honest about the ATACMS that Ukraine keeps requesting, I am getting tired of the constant begging. It’s not a game changer. Sure it will help, but people seem to think that Ukraine has an open checkbook to whatever it wants. What is next, F-35s, F-22s, B-2s…. As an American, I support Ukraine, but for people to be pissed at the US for not providing ATACS pisses me off. Beggars can’t be choosy. The US is providing more equipment than all other countries combined. Stop whining. You should count your blessings that Biden is in office because if Trump gets elected you’ll probably find most of the aid cut off or substantially cut back.
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  292.  @kidsinafrica3080  The US and UK never made that promise. Don’t lie.
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  293.  @kidsinafrica3080  Why are you spreading misinformation?
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  294.  @avarion9538  Just curious, if European countries produce more artillery than the US, why haven’t they met their one million pledge that was already due while the US has already provided 3 million shells?
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  295.  @urkn8963  You’re not only spreading misinformation, you have no common sense. It’s not just in the WP. You can find similar statements made from other sources. You can whine and cry all you want, but you can’t accept the facts that the US has no obligation to protect Ukraine. There’s no way that the American population would accept going to war for Ukraine, especially when the memorandum was signed and we weren’t even allies. Ukraine didn’t even want the nukes, and Russia was going to take them whether there was a memorandum in place or not. The nukes only had 12 year useful lives, 8 of which had already passed, and Ukraine didn’t have the money or resources to maintain them. Grow up. Your argument that other documents in the past were even weaker proves my point. There is no requirement for the U.S. to protect Ukraine.
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  296.  @urkn8963  So you’re arguing that there were even weaker agreements in the past and that is why the U.S. should be willing to go to war for Ukraine? Really? You just proved my point. The US has no obligation to help Ukraine. And it’s not just the WP that came to the same conclusion. The US wasn’t even an ally of Ukraine when the memorandum was signed. It sure wasn’t about to agree to go to war for it. Be sensible.
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  297. @ The points is Ukraine didn’t even want the nukes. It didn’t have the resources or money to properly maintain them. In return Russia forgave huge amounts of debt that Ukraine owed it. The nukes also had 12 year useful lives back in the ‘90s, 8 of which had already passed. Furthermore, Russia was going to take the nukes whether there was a memorandum or not, and Ukraine sure wasn’t going to go to war over something it didn’t want. You’re from the UK, right? It was also a signatory to the memorandum. If it wants to send troops to help Ukraine, be my guest.
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  298. I wish more Europeans had your point of view. I agree that the war is in Europe, and it’s Europe’s business to help itself. Europeans keep pushing for the US to pay more. They don’t care that it’s in their own neighborhood. I have found that the British are particularly sensitive about this topic. I got a lot of flack from the British that they needed to increase their defense spending, and that by spending only 2.5% of their GNP by 2030 is too long away. Back in the year 2000 they spent 2.85% of their GNP on defense. It’s not out of reach and it’s doable. Blaming the US and saying that the US needs to do more is getting old. I don’t mind helping Ukraine, but it’s BS that it’s automatically expected. Right now the polls have Biden and Trump tied at 43%, with Kennedy taking the remainder. That’s a dead heat, and Europe shouldn’t be waiting to see what happens in the elections. By then it’s too late. Your argument that it helps the US defense industry is a little convoluted. The aid does help the US defense industry to an extent, the same of which can be said for any European country, but it means that the US spend its money In areas that it ordinarily wouldn’t spend. Also, giving away your property doesn’t make your economy better. The best way to develop your economy is to build and sell your products, not to give them away.
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  299. Russia is just as bad if not worse than Isis. Having them take over Syria is no different than Russia taking Ukrainian territory.
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  300. The Russian air force can’t destroy crap. For supposedly being the world’s second best air force it couldn’t even achieve air superiority over Ukraine’s significant outnumbered and outdated aircraft. There’s a reason why very few nations are buying Russian equipment anymore. It’s shown on the battlefield that it’s overhyped 💩.
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  301.  @gottagowork I seriously doubt anyone believed him anyway. He also said that Mexico would pay for the border wall, and that didn’t happen either. The war in Ukraine had little to do with him being elected. Unfortunately the war was a lower priority of concerns that the American public was having to take into consideration during the election. The economy, inflation, immigration, border problems, wokism, etc., all took priority.
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  302. @ It’s comments like yours that make it easier knowing that Trump won. Why should we support people like you who are filled with hate?
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  303.  @7171jay  I don’t support Russia. I just think it’s ridiculous to think that Russia is just going to give back the land it’s taken after its lost so much to get it. It’s lost hundreds of thousands of lives, a large chunk of it military, its economy is in shambles, its military is the laugh stock of the world, etc. Tell me genius, how exactly is Ukraine going to take back all its land without US support?
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  304. 18:43 I feel your pain with the cringeworthy Russian propaganda.
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  305. What exactly is fake? That’s right, nothing. Move along troll.
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  306. Russia’s primarily using Iranian drones. The number of Russian missiles being used has drastically gone down. And the United States said that part of the reason why it’s providing cluster munitions is because of the low supply of artillery shells. How is that propaganda when the US admitted it?
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  307. Artur, I understand your criticism of the Biden’s reactionary approach, but one thing that you can probably notice in your comments section is that the Europeans will take any opportunity to spit in the US. It’s this constant negativity why there are so many Americans who don’t see why the US should help when the help is unappreciated. Americans don’t want to be dragged into another war, which is something many Europeans would probably welcome because they know that the U.S. could easily defeat Russia. I’ve got family and friends who are in the military, and the last thing I want is to see them put in harm’s way for a war that the U.S. has no obligation to help Ukraine defend. If Ukraine was a NATO member, it wouldn’t be a different story, but that’s not the case.
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  308.  @ch0293  WTF does that have to do with what they believe and don’t believe? Of course most Russians don’t have any say in what their government does, but that doesn’t mean they should believe the nonsense that their government spews to them.
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  309.  @DownUnderDigitals  What’s the difference? Do you think you can find me? 😂
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  310.  DownUnderDigitals  Sure am, true red, white and blue. Currently reside in California, went to college in Tucson, AZ. What’s the beef of giving broad generalizations?
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  311.  DownUnderDigitals  What? You make no sense.
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  312.  DownUnderDigitals  WTF is wrong with you? Did you not read the other guy’s post saying he was from California too?
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  313.  @adissabovic  It’s A LOT better than the crap that the Russian media spews.
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  314. @@karmakazi101 There are very very few westerners who think that way. People know that Putin got his wealth by robbing the Russian people blind. He went from an ex-KGB agent to one of the wealthiest people in the world. He silences his opposition by either putting them in jail or killing them off. He has sent thousands upon thousands of men to their unnecessary deaths in Ukraine. He’s an egotistical and pathological liar who creates his own historical perspective that is far from realistic. He has absolute control of the Russian media. He would not survive a day under the western media. There are still many people who hold conservative values, including myself, but he’s the last person that I’d want as a leader.
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  315. @bruhpoopoopeepee Like what? Got any examples? I seriously doubt it.
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  316.  @stevendunn7928  How much is a country’s independence worth? It means continued US aid, meaning that the amount that the United States provides will keep going up. The US doesn’t have to help at all. It can just say fine, it’s done helping, or Zelenskyy can just flat out reject the deal. Trump isn’t a traditional politician, he’s more of a businessman.
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  317.  @stevenmoore3480  What isn’t accurate? I can back up every word I wrote.
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  318.  @stevenmoore3480  The truth hurts doesn’t it? November 2006 President Bush's agenda at a NATO summit this week will include pressing alliance members to increase defense spending. Aides say many U.S. allies are ill-equipped for modern military operations. Excerpt from remarks by President Barack Obama and President Bronislaw Komorowski of Poland in a joint press conference, June 3, 2014: The United States is proud to bear its share of the defense of the Transatlantic Alliance. It is the cornerstone of our security. But we can’t do it alone. And we’re going to need to make sure that everybody who is a member of NATO has full membership. They expect full membership when it comes to their defense; then that means that they’ve also got to make a contribution that is commensurate with full membership.
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  319. @ Keep crying at reality. You respond with a childish insult because you can’t accept the truth.
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  320.  @LloydBrodrick-ne5ei  Ukraine can do whatever it wants. I don’t care. The US has been by far the largest supporter of military weaponry. You have to take the entirety of Europe to even compare. The EU needs to significantly increase its military strength. The EU nations have been neglecting their militaries for over a decade. As an example and under the current circumstances, the UK is planning on reducing the size of the regular army from a commitment of 82,000 troops to 73,000 by 2025. That’s absolutely absurd. It shows that Europe still isn’t taking Russia seriously. Why should the US care about Europe when its own countries don’t?
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  321.  @guillaume4519  That’s total nonsense. Ukraine didn’t even want the nukes. They didn’t have the resources or money to maintain them. Furthermore, the nukes only had 12 year useful lives, 8 of which had already passed when the memorandum was signed. What’s your source that the US has only provided 10% of what it has promised? The US has no obligation to even help, and yet you’re crying about it. It’s your kind of inappreciativeness why Americans question why would should help at all. Without US support Ukraine would have lost by now, and you’re still whining.
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  322. @ From what I’ve read is that Russia already controls the majority of the territory that holds the minerals. The figure you reference is just an estimate, which nobody knows for certain. You don’t know until you start digging, and it’s questionable if the minerals are rare earth minerals at all. The US has provided by far the most military aid. You’re comparing all of Europe, which should be spending a lot more than the USA. The second largest contributor is Germany, it’s just a fraction of what the U.S. provides. Why shouldn’t the US get compensation in return? You think that the US is a free weapons grocery store? The US has no obligation to help, and yet it’s easy to see your hatred towards America. If EU countries listened to the US to increase defense spending the Ukrainians wouldn’t be so dependent on the US. And not included in the military aid figures are all the intel and logistics that the USA has been providing.
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  323.  @guillaume4519  You don’t know what you’re talking about. Ukraine didn’t even want the nukes. It didn’t have the money to properly maintain them. Ukraine also enjoyed the fact that Russia would forgive the debt Ukraine owed to it in exchange for signing the memorandum. The nukes also only had 12 year useful lives, 8 of which had already passed. The US has no obligation to help at all, and yet it’s provided far more military aid than any other country. Germany is a far off distant second. Without US help Ukraine would have lost by now. Zelenskyy himself has said so. The US also brings capabilities that other countries don’t possess, like ATACMS and GLMRS rockets with cluster munitions, valuable intel, command and control capabilities, etc. Who says the U.S. has only provided 10% of what it has promised? Sounds like bs.
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  324.  @guillaume4519  What excuses has the U.S. made? It owes Ukraine nothing, and yet you feel like the U.S. giving over 100 billion in aid is nothing. It’s people like you who don’t appreciate what the U.S. has done is why Americans question why should we help at all. If EU nations took the U.S. advice to increase military spending Ukraine would not be in this situation.
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  325.  @LloydBrodrick-ne5ei  To guillaume4519. I don’t care much for how YT doesn’t always show the recipient’s name anymore, either.
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  326.  @tatianayegovtseva9737  Great comment!
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  327.  @LloydBrodrick-ne5ei  Not sure what why my comment didn’t post, but don’t worry it wasn’t to you.
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  328. @ I think the mindset that the US is defenders of the free world ended a long time ago. The US was criticized for too long for getting involved where it shouldn’t and was told that nobody made it the world’s policeman and that it needed to mind its own business. It also hasn’t helped that at the moment the US is more separated than ever before. People are fed up with all the wasteful government spending, and are sick of watching the national debt soar. Trump’s Make America Great Again hasn’t helped as it’s made our people more concerned about ourselves than anytime I can recall. As an old timer, I don’t like it, but I also don’t like being taken advantage of either, domestically or internationally. Internationally the US can’t be everywhere for everyone, and EU countries are some of the wealthiest in the world. Domestically, we’re paying many millions to house and feed illegal immigrants, while the people who do it legally have to wait many years and incur thousands of dollars in expenses. It just gets old after a while. It’s late here so I’m heading to bed. Goodnight.
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  329. @ Of course it is. What’s your point?
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  330.  @zulubeatz1  People rage on him because he’s looking for peace. He doesn’t want the death, suffering and destruction to continue. He’s also looking out for the US. He doesn’t want to keep dishing out billions to Ukraine only to watch Ukraine slowly retreat. What do you think would be the best thing for the USA to do to help Ukraine? You want the U.S. to go to war and take the land back because that’s the only way it could happen. The Russian economy could possibly collapse, but nobody knows how long that could take.
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  331.  @guillaume4519  Have you done any research? You’ll find that Ukraine didn’t even have operational control of the nukes. You will also find that Ukraine didn’t want the nukes because it didn’t have the funds or resources to properly maintain them. Ukraine was broke at the time, and Russia’s forgiving the debt was a huge relief for them. There were also some Ukrainian politicians who feared another Chernobyl disaster. The US didn’t want Ukraine to have nukes because it didn’t want them to fall into the wrong hands. It’s why the U.S. also entered into an agreement with Russia where the U.S. would dispose of thousands of Russian nukes over many years. It was an agreement in place until 2016 when Putin terminated it.
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  332.  @guillaume4519  You’re absolutely right. Especially under the Biden administration the US has supported some causes that it shouldn’t. Giving millions to Gaza for condoms; giving money to Guatemala for sex change operations; giving $6 million to Iraq to have the Sesame Street show. It’s a long list that Trump is cutting from the budget.
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  333.  @guillaume4519  The US provided through December 64.1 million Euros. Germany was second at 12.6, UK next at 10.7, Denmark next at 7.5… So yes, in comparison to other countries it is far more. The US maintains its equipment very well, and it might be needed one day.
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  334.  @guillaume4519  Do some research and you’ll find yourself that Ukraine didn’t want them because it didn’t have the funds to maintain them. The US wanted the memorandum signed because it didn’t want the nukes to fall into the wrong hands, and for that reason the U.S. also helped dispose of thousands of Russian nukes till 2016 when Putin cancelled the agreement. Try doing some research. I’ve tried cutting and pasting but YouTube keeps deleting my comments.
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  335.  @fredkite9330  Why is the US a lost case? Are you upset that the U.S. isn’t giving out free handouts anymore? Trump is actually doing a lot of good things for the US.
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  336.  @NightMystique13  Self serving? Trump is actually doing a lot of good things to help Americans.
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  337.  @davewilson6022  Why is it bs? You think that the U.S. is just some free weapons grocery store for Ukraine?
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  338.  @TiciaA26  I never said anything about money, and Patriot missiles, Javelins, millions of rounds of artillery, drones, counter artillery radars, etc., are not weapons being disregarded. Even the Bradleys are being saved in they’re needed in the future. You’re trying to downplay US support. Don’t forget that European countries have provided old equipment that they no longer use.
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  339.  @TiciaA26  Japan is not getting closer to China, especially with China trying to take claim to Japanese territories.
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  340.  @TiciaA26  Sure other companies are providing weapons, but not nearly as much as they should.
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  341.  @TiciaA26  What do you mean when you say both parties agreements, and then there are wish washy ones who can’t be trusted? Be more specific and clear.
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  342.  @TiciaA26  I get my information from Ukraine War Tracker. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t make it false.
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  343. Keep dreaming Putinbot. We all know what Russia says it has is a lie. It’s only got around 30 Ka-52 helicopters, and it’s hypersonic missiles are a joke. The Kinzhal has been shot down numerous times, and Russia to this very day still hasn’t shown the Zircon actually work. Ukraine is actually using more artillery now than Russia, and Russia has had to crawl to North Korea and Iran for weapons.
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  344. The US didn't buy more F-22's because of the dumbass, Robert Gates. He thought the US had enough, and wanted to direct the monies meant for the F-22 to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq instead.
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  345.  @sigmaputin6888  How does it feel to have so many people despise Russia? I bet you are really proud of Russia’s attacks on innocent people, and of Russia’s atrocities of looting, raping, maiming, torturing and murdering innocent civilians. Russia has no morals, and deservedly so it’s got no friends.
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  346. Sad thing is that much of the Russian population actually believes their propaganda nonsense, especially the elderly.
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  347. Plus don’t tell me that you actually believe what Putin said. Russia has numerous times shot down its own aircraft. There’s supposed to be a system called friend or foe that distinguishes enemy aircraft from your own, but obviously Russia’s isn’t working right.
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  348. If Belarus attacks Ukraine, then the US should definitely provide ATACMS to Ukraine. Ukraine can use them to strike deep within Belarus taking out leadership and command centers. It could possibly result in an overthrow of the government. NATO should also stack troops on the Belarus border so that it will need to think twice about deploying troops to Ukraine.
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  349. It’s hilarious how Russia has started its offensive and Ukraine isn’t even sure if it’s the real deal. So much for Russia being the second strongest country.😂
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  350. You can tell that he used to be in a former Soviet republic. Spetnaz is not top five like he thinks. They have a large number of losses and screw ups. They don’t have the same kinds of resources as Western counterparts, or the same amount of experience, especially NATO nations and Israel, who have been at wars for decades.
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  351.  @svennielsen633 There’s nothing in the PfP agreement that requires NATO members to come to the defense of a non-NATO member. Its purpose is to have a program aimed at creating trust and cooperation between the member states of NATO and it *aims to build relationships with partners through military-to-military cooperation on training, exercises, disaster planning and response, science and environmental issues, professionalization, policy planning, and relations with civilian government.*. It says nothing about defending, protecting or even providing aid to a member if one is attacked.
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  352.  @TankandDimples  There is nothing to disagree about the Budapest Memorandum. Read the document. It says nothing about the US defending, protecting or even providing military aid. If you don’t agree, then cite the clause from the memorandum that says otherwise.
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  353.  @Anonymous__519  How did the US make Germany weaker? The Germans pay a very small of their GNP on defense. Trump warned them years ago that they needed to spend more. How is this the US’s fault?
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  354.  @Anonymous__519  How did the US cause Germany to pay less when it was the US telling Germany that it needed to spend more? This is from 2018: *U.S. President Donald Trump accused Germany on Wednesday of being a "captive" of Russia due to its energy reliance, before a NATO summit.*. Google Trump Calls Germany Captive of Russia, Demands Higher Defense Spending.
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  355.  @FoldedCloak  Read the Budapest Memorandum. It says nothing about the US or UK protecting, defending or providing arms to Ukraine. In fact, it wouldn’t make sense. The memorandum was signed right after the collapse of the USSR. The US and UK weren’t friends with Ukraine, and in fact Ukraine was still closely aligned with Russia at that time.
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  356.  @deanfirnatine7814  Have you even read the Budapest Memorandum? It doesn’t appear so by your comment.
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  357.  @kumunoynimanoy5400  Clearly you haven’t read the memorandum. Before making baseless accusations next time do your homework at least so that you know wtf you’re talking about.
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  358.  @kumunoynimanoy5400  BS! Cite the exact clause number and words then. There’s no requirement anywhere in the memorandum that requires the US or UK to defend, protect or even provide arms to Ukraine. Quit lying.
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  359.  @kumunoynimanoy5400  I’m waiting! Clearly you don’t understand how contract law works. Something of that importance would be explicitly stated in the memorandum, but it’s not. You also fail to understand that a memorandum is technically a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, which is a very weak instrument when it comes to binding obligations under contract law. It’s not as legally enforceable as a contract or agreement. I used to work in this field so stop the lying BS. You obviously haven’t read the memorandum, otherwise you could have quickly cited the clause. I support Ukraine, but I don’t like people who lie saying it’s a contractual obligation when it’s not. I feel the US being the world’s strongest democracy has a moral obligation to help.
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  360. The Russians can come out on the streets. Look at how the Iranians are risking it all. The Russians aren’t the strong people that they want everyone to believe.
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  361. Your jokes get through perfectly fine. I’m not so sure about the brainwashed Russians though.
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  362.  @Molt.-ep7cu1  Read the Budapest Memorandum. The security guarantee is that the parties will respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial borders. There is nothing written about the U.S. having to provide any kind of aid. And Ukraine didn’t have control of the nuclear weapons. Russia did. Ukraine didn’t even want them because it didn’t have the funds or resources to properly maintain them.
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  363.  @Molt.-ep7cu1  Please just read the Budapest Memorandum. It’s very short. You can see for yourself. Just curious, what country are you from and why are you spreading lies? Just because European countries reduced their budgets that doesn’t mean the US is required to help. The US warned its allies for over a decade that they needed to increase their military spending, and they ignored the advice.
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  364. You seem a lot more informed than all the woke people.
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  365. Not going to happen. Trump likes $, but he’s not going to sell an advanced weapons system to a country that has a long history of stealing technology.
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  366. According to Russian trolls Russia is winning, and yet there’s projection that additional men will be mobilized. Maybe you’ll be lucky and be one of them.
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  367. Please do read the subtitles. I watch/listen to your videos when I’m driving to and from work. Thanks!
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  368. I have read that the F-35 is much easier and safer to fly though.
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  369.  @okok-gg5fl  What does that have to do with helping Ukraine? And the US didn’t start the Gulf War alone. The first war was approved by the UN. Yes, the US took lead, and it absorbed most of the costs and did the majority of the fighting. The second war in Iraq not all countries participated, it was mainly the US and UK. The war in Afghanistan was to fight against ISIS and Al Qaeda. They’re a global threat, not just a threat to the US. The US hasn’t left Ukraine behind. What country are they still using weapons from? What country is providing the intel from? What country is paying for their first responders? The US has done far more than any other country, and all Europe keeps doing is begging for more. Look at the numbers! If Trump gets elected you’re not going to see another penny go towards helping Ukraine. Instead of always blaming the US do something.
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  370.  @okok-gg5fl  WTF does that have to do with helping Ukraine? The UN approved the first war in Iraq, and ISIS and Al Qaeda are a global problem, not just an American one.
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  371.  @okok-gg5fl  GET AN EDUCATION. THE UN APPROVED THE WAR IN IRAQ, AND ISIS/AL QAEDA IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM!
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  372.  @okok-gg5fl  You do realize that the war in Iraq was approved by the UN, and most likely by your country? You do realize that Al Qaeda and ISIS are worldwide problems, and not just a U.S. one?
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  373.  @okok-gg5fl  I should have mentioned above that it’s the US that has provided the majority of the weapons. It’s far from cowardice. Instead of relying on the US all the time pressure your own government to help Ukraine. This isn’t just a US problem. The US has global obligations. It can’t pay for everyone’s security. What country do you think will come to Israel or Taiwan’s aid if they are attacked? My gawd, it unbelievable how entitled you think you are for America’s help. Take some responsibility and stop expecting others to pay for your security.
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  374.  @totodutchie  I can’t stand Trump. My concern is what if Trump is elected. What is Europe going to do? Is it going to sit back and continue expecting the US to help or is it going to open its eyes and finally give Ukraine the help it needs? Did you know that pre-WWII that the US wasn’t a world power? It wasn’t even ranked in the top ten. The US was very much isolationist at that time. It thought the war was Europe’s war. The US is leaning that way again under Trump. What’s funny is that not long ago Europeans griped that the US interfered too much in world affairs. Now that the war directly threatens Europe you all have seemed to change your attitude.
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  375.  @SindariGreymoon  Don’t lie! The current polls have Trump ahead of Biden 44 to 41 percent, with Kennedy at 15%.
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  376.  @totodutchie  I don’t like Trump. My concern is what is Europe going to do if he’s elected? And learn more about history before bashing the US about WWII.
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  377.  @totodutchie  The US has given far more than Europe. Much of Europe’s aid is in loans, not grants like what the US has given. It’s Europe that hasn’t done 💩 in comparison to the US. And the US wasn’t a world power in WWII. It wasn’t even ranked in the top ten, and it was very isolationist at that time. The US has been there for its allies for decades, and Europe has taken advantage of it. Trump warned European countries years ago, but he was ignored. That’s probably why he’s acting like a baby now not willing to provide any more help. With your attitude it’s beyond me why the US helps people like you. You take, take, take, and then cry when someone asks for you to your fair share for once. Grow up. Ukraine needs Europe’s help. Quit relying solely on the US and help them!
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  378.  @fredbass9330  It has helped Ukraine. Europe needs to stop expecting the US to protect it. If Trump is elected then that means European nations are going to need to step up and help Ukraine defeat Russia. Trump has already said he’s not giving Ukraine any more help, and sadly he’s leading in the polls over Biden. That means in around nine months Trump could be President. I don’t want Trump to win, but if it happens I hope European countries have what it takes to help Ukraine defeat Russia.
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  379.  @TheGuru895  Dummy, if you read the rest of my comments you’d see that I don’t support Trump. My worry is if he is elected Europe is going to need to help a lot more if that happens. Educate yourself.
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  380. Russia 👿
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  381. Not coming to the defense of Russia, but it sometimes advantageous to retreat to a more favorable position. It’s one of the reasons why Germany’s Desert Fox Rommel was so effective in Africa.
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  382.  @norwegiangadgetman  Excellent comment! Thanks.
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  383.  @franceyneireland1633  GNP doesn’t matter. Stop expecting the US to pay for your security. If Trump is elected you’re screwed. I am not voting for Trump, but he is leading in the polls. And you can’t wait until next November to see what happens. Europe needs to step up and help Ukraine now before it’s too late.
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  384.  @diegoflores9237  We don’t owe them anything, but we should help, just like the French who helped us become independent from England.
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  385.  @franceyneireland1633  That doesn’t matter. What is Europe going to do if Trump is elected?
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  386.  @scottlanghorst1483  Read the Budapest Memorandum. It says nothing about the US protecting Ukraine. Think about it logically. The memorandum was signed right after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Neither the U.S. or UK were allies with Ukraine at that time. There’s no way that either country would agree to protect Ukraine.
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  387.  @karilang9377  Who cares? Does the U.S. have any obligation to help? No, and yet it’s still provided far more military aid than any other country. Europe needs to get its ass in gear because Trump is leading in the polls, and if he’s elected he won’t help Ukraine anymore.
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  388.  @MrKakibuy  Wrong. You won’t find a single expert who agrees with you. Something like taking action as a result of another party’s noncompliance would be explicitly written in the memorandum. I am familiar with contracts, and that would be a remedy clause, but there are no such terms. Do you really think that the American public would have supported such stipulations when Ukraine wasn’t even an ally? Be sensible.
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  389. Thank you Artur for reading the captions! It was perfect for my ride to work.
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  390. @ Why are you spreading misinformation? It’s the same nonsense over and over.
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  391.  @LibertyPrimeOnline  No you didn’t. I just read the thread and you haven’t cited 💩. Try being honest for once. Keep running!
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  392.  @TheFFOz  I voted for Kamala solely because she supports Ukraine, but I can understand why people voted for Trump. Kamala supported transgenders playing in female sports. She supported taxpayers paying for prisoner sex change operations. She supported the defund police movement. She did a horrible job as the border czar protecting our borders. She didn’t think that Biden did anything wrong, yet inflation went sky high and groceries were no longer affordable for many people. Under Biden the homeless situation has exponentially increased, which has only gotten worse because of the millions of illegal immigrants who flooded into the country. The US has many problems of its own, and he is the president of the United States, not the world.
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  393. @ What are you talking about? The attack on 9-11 was an attack on all western civilization. Western nations are still fighting against terrorists. What do you mean the US surrendered? The US made it clear long in advance that it was leaving Afghanistan. Twenty years was already too long, and the primary goal was already achieved. The US already spent two trillion dollars in Afghanistan, and it was still nowhere near being the independent democracy that we hoped it would be. And you don’t think that the U.S. has helped Europe in time of need? The European countries were warned for over a decade from the U.S. to spend more on defense. They did the exact opposite and told the U.S. to mind its own business. European countries don’t have any deal with the US like you’re insinuating. Don’t be ridiculous. The US gets lots of sales because its equipment works. That’s why European countries have tenders where the companies complain against each other. The US has an advantage because of its economy and that it’s very good at making high tech equipment on mass scale efficiently.
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  394.  @marktrotter8971  The US didn’t surrender. It was well known in advance that the US was going to leave. Twenty years and two trillion dollars later was already too much. And the attack on 9-11 was an attack on all western civilization. It’s why ISIS and Al Qaeda are threats to all democracies, not just the United States. The US achieved its main goal in Afghanistan ten years earlier anyway, and trying to help the Afghan people become a free independent and democratic nation was going nowhere. Unlike in Ukraine, they were not willing to fight for it. Don’t give me that nonsense that there’s some sort of understanding that the U.S. will protect Europe. While the US spends over 3% of its GNP on defense, most European countries have been lucky to spend at most two percent. Only recently did they increase spending. Why should my taxpayer monies protect you? The US warned European countries to spend more on defense for over ten years. They did the exact opposite and told the U.S. to mind its own business. The US makes large sales because its weapons work really well. We’re seeing it in Ukraine. European countries don’t just give the weapons contracts to the U.S. There are tenders where companies compete against each other. Europe takes the US for granted. The US has provided just as much military aid as all the other countries combined, and on top of that the US is helping Israel defend itself as well as Taiwan. Imagine how high domestic good prices would go up if the US did keep the waterways open in the Red Sea, Strait of Hormuz, South China Sea, etc. European countries need to do a lot more and to stop expecting the US to protect them.
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  395.  @marktrotter8971  I tried responding twice, but YouTube removed the comments. You’re wrong on both points. The US planned to pull out of Afghanistan long in advance. Twenty years and $2 trillion dollars later it was time to leave. And 9-11 wasn’t an attack on just the US, but against all western civilization. There’s no arrangement for the US to protect Europe. The US warned its allies for over a decade to increase military spending, and they ignored the advice. The US gets sales because its equipment works, as you’ve seen in Ukraine.
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  396. @ I’ve already read it very thoroughly. The US’s only obligation is to notify the UN Security Council. It says nothing about the U.S. defending or providing aid to Ukraine.
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  397.  @DraconimLt  Exactly! It says for the US to notify the Security Council so that it can take action to help Ukraine. It doesn’t say that the US must provide direct help, but that the Security Council will seek to find help for Ukraine.
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  398. @ The Washington Post wrote an article about the Budapest Memorandum that explains its implications. It states, But unlike Article 5 of NATO charter, it does not require a specific response from the United States or others. So it’s worth a little history lesson. The agreement is not an official treaty. It is neither legally binding nor does it carry an enforcement mechanism. And while it provides security assurances, they do not include specific promises with regard to a potential invasion.
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  399. @ The exact wording is what matters. The US and UK have already taken the issue to the UN Security Council. They’ve already got international support for Ukraine. The US is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, but its role there isn’t as a direct participant to help Ukraine directly. It’s got a vote as part of the Council. It doesn’t mean that it must directly participate. You won’t find any legal opinion that supports that argument. If that was the case, go ask China why they aren’t helping more. France is also a member, and they haven’t helped much in comparison to other countries. Think about it logically. The U.S. wasn’t even an ally of Ukraine when the memorandum was signed. There’s no way we’d agree to help a country thirty years in the future that wasn’t even a friend. That would be like the U.S. agreeing to help Syria thirty years from now. It would not happen. It’s absolutely ridiculous to think that Russia is going to give back the territory that cost it so much to take. Who’s going to force it?
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  400. @ What a load of nonsense. You won’t find anywhere in the UN Charter that says a UN Security Council member must provide direct assistance. You won’t find one credible source that supports your opinion that being a member of the Security Council automatically makes them directly involved. Go cry to China if you believe that. They’re also a Security Council member. Prove me wrong! You know you can’t. There’s nothing in the memorandum about protecting Ukraine. The security assurances are that each country would respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial borders, which the U.S. has. The memorandum says nothing about helping Ukraine if another country invades it. The US wasn’t even an ally of Ukraine, and you expect the USA to agree to provide protection for it! Be sensible. You even said earlier that regardless of what the memorandum says, which tells me you know you’re wrong. What the memorandum says has everything to do with US obligations. Furthermore, you repeatedly fail to use common sense. A president doesn’t have the authority to require the U.S. to provide protection or even aid to another country 30 years into the future. That would require an act of Congress, and would be done with a treaty. Just look at the other arrangements that the U.S. has to protect other countries. None of them are by a memorandum. Think for once. Imagine if Trump entered into a memorandum promising to provide aid to Russia if it’s involved in a war. Do you really expect future presidents to follow his own dealings? Of course not. Be sensible.
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  401. @ The security assurance is that each country will respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial borders. Nothing more. It says nothing about coming to Ukraine’s defense. A requirement like that would be explicitly stated, not implied. Only Russia has violated the terms of the memorandum. For you to think that the U.S. would come to the aid of a country that wasn’t even a friend, and just right before the memorandum was signed had nukes aimed at Americans is absolutely ridiculous. There’s a difference. Ukraine can’t take back its own land on its own. And I sure don’t want to keep giving it billions in aid for it to try when all it’s doing is slowly retreating on the battlefield. The US can defend its own interests. Unlike Ukraine it doesn’t depend on others. Who is going to force Russia to give it back? Nobody.
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  402. You’re no American. You can only dream about it, Putinbot.
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  403. If those Russians dancing in Germany love Russia so much, then send them back to Russia.
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  404. I hope that the 20K Russian troops who were left behind do the smart thing and surrender. There is no need for them to die for no reason. There’s already been too much death.
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  405. The US warned Russia of a terrorist attack back when Trump was in office, but in that case it led the Russians arresting ISIS members before they could go through with it. It makes me think that this time Russia failed to act on the information because it wanted the attack to happen.
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  406.  @Krieghandt  It doesn’t need to get rid of whatever there’s the possibility of a future war with a country like China, Iran or North Korea.
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  407.  @davidr3382  It would be nice if Ukraine did have its own nukes. Russia never would have invaded if that was the case.
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  408. Russia’s already lost. Look at where Russia was prior to February 2022 and compare it to today. Russia’s military used to be respected, now it’s laughed at. Despite Putin’s threats to not expand, NATO is now larger, and its border with Russia has more than doubled. Russia’s economy is going downhill and the ruble is suffering like never before. One ruble now equals one US penny. Russia’s lost access to western goods, including technologies that it needs to construct its more sophisticated weaponry. Russia’s despised worldwide for its horrific atrocities against the Ukrainian people. And on the battlefield Russia has lost over half of the territory it once held, and Ukraine’s continuing to be on the offensive. While it’s been slow, it’s still gaining ground. In fact, Ukraine has gained just as much ground in the last five weeks than what Russia did for the last six months.
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  409. “If I was Russia I’d be pissing myself right now.” 😂
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  410.  @brostenen  Depends on what kind of vehicle you want. I like trucks so I’d stick with American. I used to own a BMW, but it broken down a lot, and it costs an arm and a leg to fix. Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn, American computer scientists developed the Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), which governs how data moves through a network. Cerf is also credited with first writing the word "internet". The first computer router was developed by UCLA in 1969. The first steam built road propelled vehicle was by Frenchman Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725-1804). In 1886 the Germans built the GASOLINE / First four wheeled, four-stroke engine- known as the “Cannstatt-Daimler.” The US GASOLINE / Combined internal combustion engine with a carriage: patent no: 549,160 was in 1895.
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  411.  @brostenen  No worries. There’s lots of credit to go around. One thing is for certain is that at least for over the last one hundred plus years it’s been western civilization that’s been at the forefront of innovative technologies, and it’s been countries like Russia and China that have long histories of copying from the west. For instance, the Russians first jet engine was copied from a Rolls Royce engine, and from the Germans assault rifles. Russia’s copied many things from the US like the proximity fuse, heat seeking missiles, guidance systems, the B-29 bomber bolt for bolt to make the Tu-4, the Christie suspension system for the T-34 tank, and even the A-bomb. Nowadays Russia doesn’t have the technical infrastructure to keep up, but China has made leaps and bounds with new innovations. ASML from the Netherlands and TSMC from Taiwan are leaders in microchip technology.That’s probably the most concerning tech that I think we need to make sure our adversaries don’t get their hands on.
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  412.  @TheFFOz  You do realize that the war in Afghanistan was because of Al Qaeda, which was a threat to all western nations. The first Iraq war was UN approved, it wasn’t just the US. Vietnam had mainly US troops in battle. Australia lost around 500 men total, while the US lost almost 60,000. Korea was also a UN backed military force. It was the US that helped Europe in WWII and II, and US forces put themselves in harm’s way to protect Australia from Japan. Next time China starts encroaching on Aussie territory, how do you think Australia will do on its own? You take US support for granted. The US has provided more military aid than all other countries combined, and your still whining that it’s not doing enough and that it must continue giving many billions, despite there being no obligation to do so.
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  413. You’re living in a fantasy. If you think Russia is going to give up the territory it’s taken after it’s lost so much to get it, you’re crazy. How exactly do you propose for that to happen?
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  414. Who knows what is said between Russia and the United States behind the scenes. Russia could have possibly stated it will indirectly attack US assets, like through the www that will undermine the US economy. Russia might have also said it will directly attack the US, which will draw the U.S. into the war, which I’m sure Ukraine would like to see.
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  415. @ Why are you continuing to spread the same lies over and over?
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  416.  @justthesun  Haha, how does it feel to have Russia so widely despised around the world? How does it feel to have Russia getting humiliated on the battlefield? Russia attacked Ukraine totally unprovoked. Russia’s getting humiliated is pure karma for its war that it unjustly started, and for all the horrific atrocities that it has committed to the Ukrainian people.
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  417. LOL, you bust me up.
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  418. Is that why so much people try to immigrate to the United States and work here?
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  419. I can say that in my lifetime that I have never seen that Russian designed vehicle in the U.S. It’s worse than the Yugo.
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  420.  @lukaszplonka3857  Liar. I’ve been to Detroit. What was shown in this video of Russia would be boarded up. People wouldn’t be allowed to live in such slums.
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  421. Just like Russia did in Syria, which of course Russia denied as always. Russia has no morals. The west should not just sit back and take it, but should attack Russian forces to let them know these atrocious acts won’t be tolerated.
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  422. I agree with you that Hodges predictions are a bit too optimistic. Hopefully I’m wrong, as I’d like to see Ukraine liberated ASAP. In regards to Russian support for the war, I think the majority of the elderly support it, but from the videos I’ve seen it seems that much of the younger population doesn’t. Thanks for sharing the last video. It’s that kind of compassion and kindness that this world needs.
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  423. Funny how a pro-Russian like you are is accusing someone else of lying when Russians are the biggest liars on the planet. The rest of the world is kicking back enjoying popcorn while evil Russia falls apart.
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  424.  @elisabethnygaard8525  How exactly do you think the situation should be resolved?
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  425. The Ukrainian pilots were trained in Tucson, Arizona. It’s pronounced “TOO-sahn", the "c" effectively silent.
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  426.  @btgbullseye  I’m pretty sure that they use some as scrap metal. I went on a tour there many years ago when I went to the UofA, and that’s what we were told.
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  427.  @joostandhisband9648 Read the Budapest Memorandum before making any more uneducated comments. It says nothing about the US providing security. It wouldn’t even make sense at the time it was signed because the Russians and the Ukrainians were still strongly aligned with each other. In short, the MOU requires that the sovereignty of Ukraine be respected, which the US has done. The only country that hasn’t abided by its terms is Russia. Now seriously go read it! It’s not very long. Wiki also provides a good summarization.
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  428. Artur, when you’re excited, I’m excited. It means that Ukraine is making good progress in defeating the Russian terrorists.
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  429. Don’t pay attention to Trump. He does a lot of barking. The American people don’t support taking Greenland, Canada, etc. He’s not going to do something so drastic without public support.
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  430. @ Greenland does not belong to the United States, and I haven’t found a single fellow American who thinks we should take it.
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  431.  @minecraftfox4384  Canada and Greenland don’t belong to the United States. You won’t find many Americans who agree with you.
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  432. Artur, just my two cents that you can take or leave. I prefer your older style of reporting news stories from Ukraine. What you’re doing now I often have read or seen from other sources, and it’s not quite what I am looking for. By all means keep doing what you’re doing, but I’ll probably bow out. I’m going to wait for a little bit to see some of your future content. I’ve subscribed to your channel since its infancy before the war in Ukraine even started so I want to see first if the format goes back to the older way of reporting before jumping to conclusions.
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  433.  @TheFFOz  I am surprised you didn’t blame the US like you’ve done before. I tried commenting on another post of yours but YouTube deleted it. You do realize that people in the US didn’t vote for Kamala because of her support for Ukraine, but for many other reasons. I personally did vote for her solely because she supported Ukraine, but most people aren’t single issue voters. Unfortunately, the war in Ukraine wasn’t a high priority in comparison to all the other problems the U.S. has going on. Instead of always blaming others, look at what you can do for your own country to help Ukraine. For instance, when Australia buried its helicopters instead of sending them to Ukraine, I would have been outraged. Maybe you already did, I don’t know, but I would have wrote to all my representatives expressing my anger. I’ve done that with Biden and my congressmen numerous times.
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  434.  @natalieturko4808  That’s not accurate. The US equipment is well kept and is still very effective. The HIMARS, GLMRS, Patriots, millions of rounds of artillery shells, Javelins, small diameter bombs, etc., are coming right off the production lines. The ATACMS are 30 years old and were planed for destruction, but as we’ve all seen they’re still very effective. I’m glad that the US is helping Ukraine, but downplaying the US aid is bs.
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  435.  @filipdahlberg4420  I support helping Ukraine, but the US can’t be everywhere for everybody. It’s in the Red Sea keeping the sea lanes open fighting the Houthis. It’s still fighting ISIS in Syria and parts of Africa. It patrols the waters in the Strait of Hormuz to make sure that Iran behaves. It’s providing billions in aid to Israel that is surrounded by enemies. I’m sure there are some pro Ukrainians who would love to see the U.S. involved in fighting Russia in Ukraine. Europe needs to step up and do more. Some of the wealthiest countries are there, and they shouldn’t be so dependent on others for protection.
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  436.  @filipdahlberg4420  The US can’t be everywhere for everyone. It’s keeps the sea lanes open around the world, including the Red Sea where the Houthis keep attacking civilian ships. It’s keeping the Strait of Hormuz open. Just imagine what would happen if Iran shut it down. It’s challenging China’s claims to the South China Sea. It’s also providing billions to Israel, which the US has been allies with for decades. It just gave Egypt $1.3 billion to try to keep peace between it and Israel. The US is helping Taiwan in case China invades it. It’s also still fighting ISIS in places like Syria, Iraq and parts of Africa. Europe has some of the most wealthy countries in the world. It’s time for them to step up more instead of relying on the US so much.
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  437. The purpose behind having so many nations fighting in the war was to show it was a global response, and not one just from the USA. It was especially important to get fellow Middle Eastern counties involved to help thwart increased hatred towards the US by people of those countries. It was important to show a unified force to remove Iraq from Kuwait.
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  438. Thank you for your narration. I’ve never been in the military, but I admire soldiers for their bravery and dedication. They probably didn’t shoot back probably because they’re in a residential area and didn’t want to risk having innocent people getting hurt.
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  439.  @jeffafa3096  It’s not going to happen. It was a scare tactic by the Democrats. The US military vowed to fold the U.S. Constitution, not the President. Trump will be 82 at the end of his term. He won’t be trying to rule the country. Just because he’s got the support of the Legislative branches, that doesn’t mean that they would accept him being a dictator.
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  440. @ It won’t happen. It’s ridiculous to think that people believe that the American people would just let it happen. The police, military, etc., all vow to follow the US Constitution, not the President. There’s no way that the American people would allow it to happen, and Trump knows this. It’s a scare tactic from the Democratic trying to persuade Americans to vote for Harris.
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  441.  @edjepe5556  It’s the Republican Party that is the strongest supporter of the National Rifle Association. It supports the Second Amendment to be able to arm the public for exactly what you’re describing. Americans won’t stand for Trump being a dictator, especially Republicans. The Democrats tried to use that argument to scare people into voting for Kamala.
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  442.  @jeffafa3096  You’re absolutely delusional to think that the American public would allow Trump to be a dictator. It’s why the Republicans are strong advocates for gun rights under the Constitution.
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  443.  @damonburroughs5283  Again, the US isn’t near the war between Ukraine and Russia. There’s no way Russia is going to invade Alaska because it knows it will lose. The war is in Europe, and Russian media has repeatedly threatened that they should invade the Baltic countries next and proceed from there. Of course I know what AEGIS is. The radars are still on European land to help protect Europe. Read the Budapest Memorandum. It doesn’t say a word about the US protecting Ukraine’s borders. Again, the US doesn’t owe a thing to Ukraine. It does it because it’s morally right. However, it the US’s support doesn’t diminish Europe’s responsibility in any way. It’s Europe’s duty to protect its neighborhood. Not the US. Tell me, is Europe going to help the US ward off China if it attacks Taiwan? Why aren’t European countries giving aid to Israel? The US is helping keep the Red Sea’s shipping lanes open. Perhaps the US should start charging for those costs? You know I’m kidding, but the US can’t be everywhere for everyone. Europe needs to take care of its business. I don’t spend tens of thousands on taxes each year so that you don’t have to.
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  444.  @damonburroughs5283  And of course I know about the AEGIS bases. They’re there primarily for Europe’s protection, not the US. That’s nonsense that they’re for backside protection. The US has radars in Alaska, Hawaii, in the Atlantic on numerous AEGIS destroyers, Greenland, Australia, etc. Pay your own bills. I don’t get taxed tens of thousands of dollars to protect you. The war is in Europe. It’s European countries duties to help Ukraine. Like Artur says, anything that Ukraine gets from the US is a bonus.
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  445.  @damonburroughs5283  I’ve actually read the Budapest Memorandum multiple times, and there are no other legal documents that the US has entered into that states the U.S. must protect Ukraine. That’s all that matters! Legally the US has no obligation. It doesn’t matter what some documentary says because it’s not going to change the terms of the memorandum. Europe needs to stop depending on the US. For decades it’s let its defense budgets slide because it didn’t believe that Russia was a threat anymore. Now it’s paying the price. Europe got a reprieve with the most recent aid package. Don’t plan on another one because there’s a good chance Trump will get elsewhere and you’ll be on your own.
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  446.  @damonburroughs5283  Your obvious wish is for the US to send aid packages over to Ukraine over and over. This way the US keeps paying the bill, and your country doesn’t have to. That’s BS. Ukraine is not part of NATO. If European countries want to protect it then they need to do their duty and help Ukraine. So far there’s too much reliance on the United States. Zelensky even recently said that Ukraine would lose without US aid. That’s not right. Europe has some of the most economically developed countries in the world. I believe four are ranked in the top ten, while Russia’s ranked 11th. That’s messed up when Europe can’t outdo Russia and has to defend on the US’s help.
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  447.  @damonburroughs5283  I watched the documentary. It doesn’t change a thing. So what if in exercises over 50 years ago the British snuck through bombers? That’s what exercises are for, to expose and your weaknesses so that they can be fixed. It has nothing to do with protecting Ukraine.
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  448.  @damonburroughs5283  Um, Israel is a longtime ally that the US has sworn to protect for decades. Try thinking before commenting.
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  449.  @coyote2239  That’s your opinion, which I don’t agree with.
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  450.  @damonburroughs5283  I know very well the history of Israel. Europe has some of the most wealthy countries in the world. Four are top ten ranked economies. Instead of constantly whining for US help, it’s about time they spent more on their own self defense instead of expecting Americans to protect them.
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  451.  @damonburroughs5283  Come on, that documentary was from over 59 years ago. Of course the US isn’t invincible, but it does have two very large oceans that protect it. Europe needs to spend more for its own self defense instead of constantly relying on the US for protection. Many fellow NATO members don’t even spend the 2% guideline, which is already a small percentage anyway. I’m for the US helping Ukraine and NATO. I’m tired of Europeans feeling entitled to US protection when they can be spending a lot more themselves.
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  452.  @damonburroughs5283  That video is from an exercise over 50 years old. 😂 Europe countries need to spend more on self defense. Again, I don’t pay tens of thousands on taxes so that you don’t have to.
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  453.  @coyote2239  Israel is a friendly country that is surrounded by terrorists. It needs our help.
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  454.  @damonburroughs5283  Of course the US helps Europe, but it carries too much of the weight. And Europe helps the USA too, but not nearly in the same capacity. For years fellow NATO members have let their military budgets slide. While the US budgets 3.5%, most Europe countries only budget around 2%. It’s time for Europe to spend more and stop relying on the United States so much. If European countries had been spending more all along, Ukraine wouldn’t have been in such a dire situation when the US stopped providing weapons for seven months. And again those exercises were from over 50 years ago. They have no relevance to what’s happening today.
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  455.  @damonburroughs5283  I agree that NATO is an alliance. I am just saying that Europe needs to spend a lot more on its defense.
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  456.  @damonburroughs5283  Nobody expects the US to protect them? Then what do you call the many billions in aid that the US has sent to Ukraine? What about all the harsh criticism from European countries for the delay?
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  457.  @lukaszplonka3857  NATO isn’t fighting Russia. If it was Russia would have lost a long time ago. The US is Ukraine’s largest supply of weapons, and yet it only comprises of around 4% of its annual defense budget. Plus, the US is giving Ukraine mainly older stockpiles of weapons. Imagine if Russia went up against a country with an air force that would have air superiority and a navy that would control the seas, not to mention a much more modern and larger army than what Russia is facing right now. Russia would lose in less than a month.
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  458. It was a huge mistake for the US to help the Soviets. If only what we know now about Russia if we could have known back then. Never will I ever support helping Russia again no matter the circumstance.
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  459. I’m guessing that you’re visiting old friends in the United States!
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  460. Stop watching Russian propaganda! It’s made your brain into mush.
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  461. Russia’s following Satin, not Jesus. Jesus would not like how Russia invaded Ukraine, nor would he like how Russia is committing horrific atrocities against innocent people!
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  462. If the Russian jamming station could do as you described, then the spotter drone wouldn’t have been able to locate it.
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  463. Russia’s also wasting people. What’s sad is that the Russian leadership doesn’t care about how many Russians die.
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  464.  @bobbyhans-n5t  What I wrote is reality. It’s your delusional opinion that is taking it to the extreme. If Russia invaded a NATO member it would be entirely different.
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  465. @ I honestly hope you’re right. However, it takes manpower to conquer land, which Ukraine does not have the same luxury as Russia. North Korea just sent 12K troops. That was just a test run. Who knows how many more might join the fight. The only way Russia is going to lose is if it collapses. Honestly, with Trump as President that’s much more likely to happen. His words to bring down prices in the U.S. is to “drill, drill, drill..” That’s going to drive down the price of oil, which will really cripple Russia’s main source of revenue. I don’t see Ukraine taking back its land by force unless its allies provide the necessary equipment. Trump is a wildcard who may pull all support, but at the same time he says that if Russia isn’t willing to negotiate he’ll arm Ukraine to the teeth. Germany is the second largest contributor, and it’s already said it’s going to cut back on aid. We’ll see.
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  466. @ Learn how to read and comprehend. Read the Budapest Memorandum. It says nothing about protecting or even providing aid to Ukraine. Prove me wrong and cite the clause. You can’t because it doesn’t exist.
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  467.  @shaungold  shaughangould2647 Learn to read and comprehend because nowhere in the Budapest Memorandum does it state that the U.S. must protect or even provide aid to Ukraine. Prove me wrong and cite the exact clause. Good luck because it’s not there. Stop spreading misinformation.
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  468. @ I’m not about to read your novel of nonsense, especially when I know exactly what the Memorandum says. You cut and pasted much of the memorandum, but you failed to cite the specific wording that requires the U.S. to protect Ukraine. What you wrote is just as long as the Memorandum itself. Cite the exact clause number of the Memorandum that requires the U.S. to protect or even provide aid. You can’t. It doesn’t exist. Don’t give any nonsense about how something is implied because agreements are specific. Not only can’t you read and comprehend, you have no common sense. Do you really think that the U.S. would agree to protect or provide aid to Ukraine when the countries weren’t even allies? In fact, Ukraine and Russia were closely aligned when the memorandum was signed. The Ukrainian people also had a very positive view of Russia at that time.
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  469. @ This is from the Washington Post. But unlike Article 5 of the NATO charter, it does not require a specific response from the United States or others. So it’s worth a little history lesson. The agreement is not an official treaty. It is neither legally binding nor does it carry an enforcement mechanism. And while it provides security assurances, they do not include specific promises with regard to a potential invasion. Can you comprehend the above or do I need to explain it to you?
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  470.  @shaungold  From Polifact: The Budapest agreement signed in 1994 did not include an ironclad obligation for the U.S. to protect Ukraine if its borders were violated. During the negotiations, the United States took pains to steer the language away from the term "guarantee," in favor of "assurances," which in diplomacy entails a lesser degree of obligation. The United States said it would go to the United Nations if another power threatened Ukraine’s borders. You’re wrong. Accept it.
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  471.  @shaungold  There are only six security assurances listed in the memorandum so which one exactly requires the U.S. to protect Ukraine? Stop your lying nonsense.
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  472.  ScottHendrix-yz3du  I agree with that. I think Russia can’t handle seeing Ukraine prosper under the west. It knows it will cause internal turmoil. The world has seen the poor living standards for much of Russia. It’s no wonder why Ukraine is fighting so hard. I would too. Who would ever want their children to grow up in a place like Russia? You know things are bad when they loot their own people, steal toilets, appliances, etc., from the Ukrainians.
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  473.  ScottHendrix-yz3du  That’s for sure. Russia has made itself a forever enemy. It’s easy to understand why Ukraine has no interest in going back. All they have to do is look at the common living standards in Russia.
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