Comments by "Franceyne Ireland" (@franceyneireland1633) on "The Russian Military Continues to Humiliate Itself" video.

  1. I live in Canada this war use to be on the news daily but since the summer it hasn't been unless something major happens or a fundraising campaign for Ukraine, such as local Fire Dept has done, interviewing Ukrainians who had fled Ukraine for Canada and recently a Canadian vet who had volunteered to defend Ukraine who had been killed when rescuing an injured soldier fighting for Ukraine. When the Canadian media does cover the war it doesn't go into any detail, which is why I am on the internet to keep up with information and for more detail.
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  2.  @japspeedgirl6216  In Canada I have friends and family whose spouse, who had lived in Ukraine, Poland and Czechoslovakia when those countries were under the control of the Soviets. After what they have told me( a lot that was shocking), I'd believe almost anything. I understand why the Ukrainians are so willing to fight for their country despite the hardships, as it is for their children's future. Plus why Poland and the other Easter European countries strongly back up Ukraine.
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  3.  @Silveirias  Canadians should be concerned as Russian subs have been seen in Canadian waters during and after the cold war. In the 1970's Russia had more detailed maps of Canada's Arctic seas than Canada had (areas that has ice all year round then). Russian fighter jets harass Canadan and US airbases in the Arctic. In April 2021 Putin formally enlarged its claim to the seabed in the Arctic , all the way to Canada's and Greenland's (Denmark's) exclusive zones. A situation where they're claiming Canadian and Danish continental shelf as the Russian continental shelf. Russia had previous enlargements of it's claims all the way to the North Pole but in 2021 has extended it again. Putin has rebuilt an abandoned military base from the cold war in the Arctic plus about 6 or 8 new military bases in the Arctic with airstrips, Arctic subs that break thru several feet of sea ice With the ice retreating in the Arctic Putin wants control of the Arctic for the natural resources and the Northern Sea Trade Route. Putin has demanded all ships traversing thru Arctic get permission from Russia and use Russian pilots. In 2018 Beijing agreed it would cooperate with Russia on a new Arctic silk route, signing 20 bilateral documents and agreeing to invest in the region. As part of this Beijing will build several Chinese docks across Russia's north in ports. China has staked claims as a “near Arctic” state. There are three sea routes, when the ice melts. The Northwest Passage which is thru Canadian waters in between Canadian Islands and mainland. Northeast passage by Russia. And Transpolar Sea Route. I'm not sure why Putin is extending claims into Greenland's and Canada's economic zone or shelf, other than possibly the Northwest Passage is a faster or better route or there is a high concentrate of resources there. Norther Sea Routes: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Czeslaw-Dyrcz/publication/321687663/figure/fig6/AS:735670196785163@1552408851691/The-Northwest-Passage-the-Northeast-Passage-and-the-Northern-Sea-Route-and-the_Q640.jpg Russian bases in the Arctic as of 2015. https://i.insider.com/55c509ce371d2210008bdef9
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  4.  @lukaslee7380  is the difference that Kyiv is Ukrainian and Kiev is the Russian spelling?
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  5.  @deborahferguson1163  It's Putin and his thugs who are corrupt, support Putin, robbing Russia's wealth from the citizens and keeping the people poor and uninformed with lies.
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