Comments by "Lars Ronæs" (@larsrons7937) on "Anders Puck Nielsen" channel.

  1. Good analysis, very informative, and like always both un-biased and thought-provoking. You mentioned your interview/ conversation with Maxim Katz, I watched it and highly recommend it to others. Knowing that you only upload new content when you really have something on mind, many thanks for all your work, it helps us to better understand how the things work on a broader spectrum, making it easier for us to draw our own conclusions.
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  2. Thanks, Anders. For the more uninformed this video should be an eye-opener. I will be sure to recommend it. It's a "must watch."
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  3. You have a point. Poor Trump. No, I'm not sorry for him, I'm describing him.
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  4. Thank you Anders. On this one I agree with you all the way. It was exactly what I've been saying for a quite time myself. Now we all need to help Ukraine with all the tools the need to defeat russia and liberate their country.
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  5.  @Polynuttery  Denmark is not "holding"... Greenland is an independent country. They let a number of matters be decided in Copenhagen. They are free to go back and decide on such matters if they want, just as they are free to leave the kingdom if they want. And Anders explained it quite well in the video you just watched.
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  6. Interesting topic and good anallysis. This all mimics some of my first (and still unchanged) thoughts when I first heard of the Nord Stream leaks in the news. And many other strange happenings in/ near our country in that period, some of them each exactly 3 days apart, the Russians visibly involved in several of these. "The Russians want to let us know they can disrupt out this and that, they want us to accuse them, they will deny, but they above all want us to be scared." So we forget avoid it, and aren't scared.
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  7. Exactly my thoughts back then. Thank you for reminding me.
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  8. Very exciting guest you found, Anders. Maxim gave an insight from a different angle we don't come around often these days. The interview gave me a lot to think about, and some new understanding (I hope). It's important to get information seen from different perspctives. For me this interview was a welcome addition, and at the same time disturbing and refreshing. Thanks for sharing with us.
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  9. Skøn tirsdag, at komme hjem til en ny Anders Puck Nielsen video. Thanks, Anders, for your factual, easy-to-understand information to clear away common misunderstandings. We much appreciate your work.
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  10. Thank you for the warning Anders. For those who wish to put extra effort into fighting these scams: 1) Open the fake channel. Find the "report" option. Report them for "impersonating others". The process will ask about the original channel being impersonated. It's the channels address line that is to be used. See 2) 2) Open Anders' (or whoever is being impersonated) channel. Copy the adress line at the top. Note: It has to be the front channel page, only that will work, not any sub-page ending with "../videos" or such. 3) Back in the reporting process, at the end you can add extra info like that "the real channel itself warns about these scams" or such, if you wish. After reporting the fake channel I go back to my notification and any nearby fake posts from the scammer and report them as "unwanted commercial/ spam" since the posts are "copy-paste" spammed everywhere. If you have the time you can go through the comment section and report all those you find. To do this first "sort by newest" to find them bunched together. There's a chance it helps but we can't know, and it does take time. Please do be careful only to report the fake posts and not accidentally report some real comment, it can be a difficult task to reverse a report. Good hunting.
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  11. Very good analysis. And now 6 months later as we're (as Jake Broe might have put it) "on day 192 of Russia's disastrous 7 days special limited military operation in Ukraine" I think we can conclude that... time is working for the Ukrainians. Russia can't win.
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  12. ruzzia's goal = Western politicians waving a paper - "Peace in our time." ...Where have I heard that before?
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  13.  @RoyCousins  Those are bots, AI accounts. When their human managers (the trolls) each have to create hundreds of bots they often don't put much time into creating them.
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  14.  @Jakob_DK  ...where the "whisky war" was fought. Every time servicemen from one country landed to hoist their flag, they left a bottle of booze to enjoy for the servicemen of their adversary next time they landed on the island. Now that's a sober way to fight a war. Wait... Did I say "sober"?
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  15. Tak tak tak Anders. Thank you for this short, clear explanation. Some of us do understand what genocide is or isn't, but people who don't sometimes need other people as to explain it to them in order to understand. I agree that it is important to know the difference and use the correct words for things. This little video can be helpful. It was a valuable upload.
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  16.  @harmless6813  I agree.
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  17. So did I. And I agree with harmless. The thing is that when debating we must be careful to use these terms for what they are, and not to express our emotions. We have other words for that. "Warcrime" etc. is a specific sort of crime, "angry" can be my emotional reaction to it.
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  18.  @jonson856  We in Denmark welcome more trade. We can start trading booze. Now the issue with Hans Island is solved to satisfaction of everyone, we need some other means of exchanging booze. I already invite every Canadian I meet one a drink, and will do so for the rest of my life. You see, in 1945 a few brave Canadians saved my country from Stalin. If it wasn't for them, I would speak ruzzian instead of Danish today. In the last days of WWII a small Canadian unit raced through the German lines, all the way across Germany to take the German Baltic Sea port city of Wismar before the Soviets did. The Soviets could (most probably would) have raced on up into Jutland and occupied Denmark. The Canadians got to Wismar first and held off 3 Soviet divisions, almost getting into battle and risking a new war. But the Canadian were determined to stay and hold Wismar. That gave British Montgomery enough time to be first to race up into Jutland and liberate Denmark. Even now 80 years later, as a Dane I am grateful to all Canadians.
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  19. Exactly. "Create dilemmans, not problems" (Ryan McBeth). I was about to write the same. This Ukrainian strategy is doing exactly that.
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  20. Thank you Anders for bringing this to light. It is exactly what I am experiencing when talking to others here in Denmark, and unfortunately more and more people fail to understand the difference between the two wars, and what the war in Ukraine means to the rest of us, both in Europe, and eventually the world.
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  21.  @eddale5557  It wouldn't surprise me. In his first four years as president he spent almost an entire year playing golf.
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  22. Thanks for the update, as always with good and interesting perspectives. Tak her fra Danmark. Is the Kharkiv - Kupiansk attack is oppotunistic, or long planned? I'm not sure. It does seem very well planned (no matter when). The Ukrainians continue to surprise me (and it seems they surprise the Russians as well).
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  23. Exactly what Anders pointed out: Rare minerals. That's what he's after. And it wouldn't be the Greenlanders that would benefit from Trump taking it.
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  24. Anders Puck Nielsen is naval military analyst at the Danish Defence Academy. It's his job to deliver un-biased objective analyses. As such he is among the most un-biased analysis channels, concerning the military situation with russia and Ukraine, to be found there days. He started making these videos years ago for his students. I've watched his videos since he had 6,500 subscribers, before the fullscale invasion. I recommend watching Anders' videos the last half year before the fullscale invasion (you'll guess which by the title). Back then Anders began to predict the war (fullscale invasion - the war started in 2014), ending up expecting it at the end of the China Winter Olympics. These games ended on 20th February 2022. The invasion started on 24th Febr. Until then only the highest ranking officers in the russian military knew about it. We now know that the russians in the last moment postponed the large invasion for a few days, as a significant part of their military equipment needed urgent maintenance before being ready for operation. This puts the originally planned start of the invasion back to around the 20th February, end of the China Winter Olympics. Anders Puck Nielsen was spot-on.
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  25. Thanks for the analysis, Anders. I think russia still seem to have problems in equipping their new soldiers sufficiently. A Ukrainian defender encounters an advancing russian foot soldier who's only wearing one boot. The Ukrainian defender asks him: "Hey, Ivan, did you lose your boot?" russian Private Conscriptovich answers: "No, I just found it."
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  26. Trump in Washington and bunker grandpa in Moscow, it's the same rethoric. Yes, I very much agree with all you say.
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  27. I very much agree. And any final agreement should not be with russia but with ourselves: To take in Ukraine as a member of NATO, first of all. They are the central eastern flank of freedom and democracy, we must protect it.
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  28. I haven't thought of russia's meat wave attacks as "strategic communication" but it makes sense, and if so I absolutely believe the russians misread the West. While I do meet many who say "they should all make peace so people won't get killed, not understanding why that a.t.m. ain't possible, I meet only willingness to keep on supporting Ukraine. And I meet no people with any fear of russia. - Thank you for an informative video, Anders, giving new points to think about.
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  29. Grüsse aus Dänemark.
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  30. Thank you Anders for a good analysis. This video was much like those 2 years ago when you predicted the invasion and when. If the russians can enlist let's say 1,000 new troops a day, while losing 1,000 troops a day not at least at Avdiivka, then things are in balance for them until after Pootin's reelection, when they will make a new round of conscriptions. We must be prepared to support Ukraine, now, for the situation that the russians will hold their line, and next year enlist many more soldiers. We will need a lot and good equipment for Ukraine, not only what we have in storage, we must increase production too, now.
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  31. Thanks for that recommendation. Maxim's channel seems to be one I can recommend to Russian speakers.
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  32. And with Storm Shadows and Polish fighters. Poland long wanted to donate their old Soviet fighter planes, but for some reason (NATO?) they couldn't. So instead they donated "spare parts", in fact enough parts to build I think 2-3 dozen planes. And they didn't split the planes up into parts before sending them. But some planes were "delayed". In hindsight, probably for upgrading them to work with Storm Shadow missiles. Because when the UK decided to donate Storm Shadows and within minutes they were crossing the border into Ukraine, by strange coincidence those missing Polish planes arrived the very same day. And the next day Ukraine fired Storm Shadows at russian targets, where they shouldn't have any planes capable of carrying them, if not those mysterious Polish old Soviet planes. We've probably not seen the last big surprise from Ukraine.
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  33.  @thehappyclam3942  Mostly military equipment I guess, air defense and long range capabilities f.ex. But also whatever civilian stuff that would help keep their country going well while fighting.
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  34. Very good, insightful analysis. What both gives me confidence and disturbs me is that, except for the models of assessing it, your thoughts and conclusions are exactly those I had tuesday morning when I first heard about the leaks that monday. Tak skal du have!
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  35.  @DS8G10  Yes, Pootin really said that. I have the footage bookmarked somewhere. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it myself.
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  36.  @gorillaguerillaDK  Exactly. And the Kattegat incident was visibly Russian ships. And the Storebaelt sound navigation jamming (Russian ships with strange behaviour). And railroad disruptions in northernmost Germany. And broken electric undersea cable to Bornholm island. And leaking pipelines in Poland. And... how much did I forget? All these about 2-3 days apart one after another like pearls on a string.
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  37.  @MrTrenchcoatguy  As Scandinavian I agree.
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  38. Skøn baggrund du har valgt. Nyd sommeren og tak for lærerige udsendelser. Du giver os noget at tænke over.
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  39. "...don't have the moral high ground", so true. But their response, I don't find it so disproportionate, I find it rather insignificant - but they probably didn't have better options. In their new "Hazelnut" missile they "tested" on the city of Dnipro there's nothing new they have done for years, except that the missile allegedly, so far, hasn't been developed for a conventional payload. It's meant to scare Western voters who do not know that relatively it isn't more scary.
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  40. I agree with you. But I think that Zelensky is aiming both at the Russians and his own population when showing that Ukraine is strong and will not bend. They both require the same message.
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  41. Yes, I read that story in several places. I believe it was on the 15th, so on day one, before the day had ended. Impressive.
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  42. I agree. And his presentations are unbiased. He does not let his own opinion (even if he occasinally mentions them) twart his neutral analyses. I find Anders Puck Nielsen to one of the most decent and unbiased channels for information concerning Russia and their war against Ukraine.
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  43. Tak, Anders. Thank you for a comprehensive, informative explanation. I will bookmark this for showing to those who have trouble understanding this. From Copenhagen, and eargerly waiting for your new book to be delivered, cheers!
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  44.  @AirB-101  The Black Sea Fleet is now renamed the Black Sea Flee - the "t" had fled like the rest of the ships.
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  45. It isn't worth a rubble. And the rubble is worth slightly less than toilet paper.
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  46.  @dh1380  Ryan Mcbeth indeed said that. On my old PC I have bookmarked both a normal video and a 'shorts' of his where he said exactly that. I put it in my bookmark title.
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  47. Me too. I think about it at the start of any A.P.N. video. Right from the start we know that he is not intending to be a wise guy trying to teach us, but to express his viewpoints which are open for debate. Being modest and "don't think you are special" is typical for the Danish.
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  48. ​@toto-yf8tc Several months before the full-scale invasion started APN not only correctly predicted that it would start, but also correctly when: "At the end of the China winter Olympics". Those ended on the 20th February 2022. As Putin had hardly informed anyone about his invasion plans in advance, when it was to start, a fair part if his military's equipment needed urgent maintenance before it could go into action, thus he had to postpone the invasion a few days, and it eventually started on the 24th February, a few days after the end of the China Olympics. So APN was right.
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  49. Thank you for that insight from Finland. To me that info has value. Cheers from Denmark. And a warm welcome (last year) to NATO.
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  50. Very informative and thought provoking.
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  51. Tak for opsummeringen og en god analyse, Anders, og god sommerferie.
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  52. And thank you for a thoughtful and sensible comment. Cheers from Denmark.
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  53. Thank you Anders for a good analysis and thoughts, unbiased as usual. 🇺🇦🇩🇰🔱
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  54.  @defendandprotect-om5hv  Only my other PC (need repairs) I have bookmarked two stories from the very first days (2022), one saying Pootin and another some general, maybe Rezantsev? I don't know now. What I do know is that Pootin in Spet. 2014 said "Kyiv in two days". And he said "...not only Kyiv but also in (he names a number of central European cities)". This one could have been basis for the disputed 2022 story.
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  55. Thanks you for a very good analysis. This is partly the same as "William Spaniel" YT channel (also recommended) talks about in all his videos. We have to wait for one of the parts (most probably Russia) know that they are losing and it can't be reversed before we will see real attempts of peace negotiations. If we want ourselves and not Putin to decide our future I believe we must support Ukraine not only all that we can but all that Ukraine needs - and the figure out how to give that support.
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  56.  @Kris_Lighthawk  The place looks familiar to me but it could be a hundred different places in Denmark. There's no special landmark to see so only a local would recognise it. I have found such places in Ukraine using Google Maps, it is possible but can take hours or days. In this case it's not important enough for the effort.
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  57. Interesting, my comment is a magnet attracting russian bots & troll. They don't seem to be very independent.
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  58.  @bazarkin-pubg  The "Russian Liberation Army" of WW2 Nazi collaborators identified themselves by a red-blue-white tricolor. Why did russia later adopt that same Nazi collaborator flag as their National flag? And then, with an army about the same size and waving that same flag, invade to conquer their peaceful neighbour, just like they and the Nazis did in 1939 with Poland? Who are the Nazis here?
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  59.  @nescius2  I think we should watch them because I find them thought provoking. I mostly tend to agree with them but certainly not always. For me they are good at giving a new perspective.
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  60. Yes. Victory and peace for all Ukrainians. Cheers from Copenhagen Oblast, Denmark. Слава Україні!
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  61. I agree, that's what I've already told a number of people. That conversation whould be a "must" to watch.
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  62.  @scipioafricanus5871  Yes. Lol. To be honest, your joke closer to the truth than might know: I've seen rus-bots 'comment' to a small South American channel about local cuisine in the Andes mountains and trying to twist it into some anti-Ukrainian narrative.
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  63.  @MarcosElMalo2  One thing about Anders' uploads are that they are usually just as valuable tomorrow as they are today. So if a video should be a bit "too long" and we don't have time for it the first couple of days there is no reason to skip it if we can watch it at a later time. Furthermore as he doesn't upload on daily basis, if we are few days later we will most probably only have his newest video in wait for us anyway. Thanks for the kind words to my countryman.
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  64. So true, and unbiased as well. And he never fails to make it clear if soemthing is just his own opinion. Pure, clean analysis.
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  65. I would be very excited to see those two in a video meeting. Thumbs up!
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  66. @@codmobile673 Correct. Ukraine isn't likely to choose afood or oil ship as a target. If any ship at all they would probably choose a ship with some completely different cargo. Preferably something that russia need for its weapons production.
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  67. Anders, yes, you nailed it on this one, in autumn 2021 and very precisely in January 2022, even the exact time of the invasion (which in the last moment was postponed for a few days to urgently repair equipment). For the planned start you were spot on.
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  68.  @Evan490BC  I believe the russian national guard live a few minutes down the road, with thousands of personnel ready to react to, among others, situations like this. I do understand it takes time to plan a counter operation. But 90 minutes? While dozens are continuously being murdered? I am surprised.
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  69. @ I'm not talking about an agreement for the rest of the war, I'm talking about a final agreement that will include ending the war. I never said that NATO membership is necessary in advance before talking and reaching such agreement. Membership can begin the minute the war is over.
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  70. russia has fought about 156 wars and lost about half of them. For sure russia can and will lose many more wars.
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  71. ​@Svalsorim Your argument is wrong and doesn't hold water. Convoys to the Soviet Union were sent by various routes, not at least the Arctic convoys from August 1941 onwards. No less than 24 Arctic convoys sailed before the latter half of 1943.
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  72. And thanks and best health possible to you, Vlad.
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  73.  @dpelpal  And Zelenskyy is a great comedian, having made a joke out of the entire ruzzian military. The warplanes are dropping like flies, the Black Sea Flee t is fleeing. Only the army of alcoholics is slightly advancing with a strong thirst for more vodka. PS. What happened to your Palki Sharma avatar? That picture did confuse some people but it was fun use of it. Cheers from Denmark.
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  74. You have some good points there. B.t.w. welcome in NATO (when those other two countries get their *sses together), we have been keeping the chair warm for you, Swedish sisters and brothers, since 1949. Hälsning från Danmark.
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  75. The video was uploaded when their troll-owners had gone home for the night. There will be a rus-bot invasion in the comment section when their troll-owners arrive at the office tomorrow morning.
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  76. People like Anders make me confident that we have capable brains in our military. His videos are "must watch" to me too. Sadly I didn't find his channel until Ukraine's Kherson offensive two years ago. I wish I'd watched it back in 2021, then much more would've been clear to me in early 2022. Anders turned out to be very accurate in his predictions.
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  77. And now 6 months later as we're (as Jake Broe might put it) "on day 192 of Russia's disastrous 7 days special limited military operation in Ukraine" time is working for Ukraine, against Russia, and Putin can neither win or find a way out.
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  78. I agree. And Anders can cook the most important points down to 10 mins. where others would spend ½ hour or more.
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  79. Thank you for showing this recognition to a very good, decent, channel of pure, un-biased information.
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  80. Det gør jeg i den grad også.
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  81. I agree. "Connecting the dots..." In these ten minutes I got a better pverall understanding than from twenty other videos.
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  82.  @markwilson2992  That would be an exciting topic, and I think Anders could have interesting perspectives on them.
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  83. Logic of War newsletter, what a good initiative. I subscribed, and will add funding to the subscription come start of May. I believe your unbiased analyses are very important. Thanks for all your work, Anders.
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  84. yellowtunes - - -> Misinformation alert!
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  85. That actually helps ruzzia since it enables bunker-grandpa to sniff the oil now he can't sell it.
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  86. Svalbard for California (used to be the World's 8th largest economy that state alone, just below Brazil). Trump, take it or leave it.
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  87. If interested, as for the content concerning Ukraine, in the documents, I highly recommend the video "Ukraine Matters" (channel) uploaded a week ago: Ukraine Matters - "Leak Debate: Ukraine's Offensive Plans Real?" His assessment was backed up four days later by military analyst Sean Bell in a shorter video: Sky News - "Pentagon Leaks: What do the documents reveal?"
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  88.  @anderspuck  I usually enjoy long formats, when I have the time. This time though I was just gonna let it play in the background while busy with other things. I quickly stayed put with intense focus for the whole interview. It was very exciting, and different. I am glad you had so much time to discuss the topics.
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  89. I would argue that the russian currency has grown, gaining an extra 'b' and turned into rubble. 🇩🇰🇺🇦
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  90. The Palestinians see themselves as a people. Then they are a people. Then they are a group. They, like the rest of us, have a right to self determination.
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  91. David Kilcullen's article (link in the description section below the video) also talks about Liminal warfare, ab out 3/4 down. I recommend reading it, it is very informative. - - - - - - - - - - "Subliminal" - small story (unconnected). Since the late 80's I was fan of Dansih rock band "D.A.D" formerly known as "Disneyland After Dark" - until they in autumn 1989 got legal issues with the Walt Disney company and had to change their name. A couple of months later, so their name now being D.A.D, I watched their 3rd concert after a USA tour and got hold on a very special T-shirt they had been giving away to the press and such during the USA tour. It was plain olive/ military green except a small sentense in yellow: "Subliminal message." Until you started washing the T-shirt more and more, driving colour out of the cloth but not of the print in exactly the same as the original colour, thus revealing this old now "illegal" name "Disneyland After Dark." I only very carefully washed that T-shirt three times ever. As they had only produced 100 of these T-shirts, gave the very most of them away on the USA tour (I guess most are lost by now), only very few even reached Europe and maybe four (of which my brother and I had two) reached Denmark, I think that T-shirt of mine must be quite rare by now.
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  92.  @aleksanderfradkin7955  I would be a millionaire in russia just by selling my old used car and then moving there. Actually I'm planning on bying rubbles. To save money. I'm low on toilet paper and rubbles are slightly cheaper.
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  93. I very much agree, I would like to hear more about Romanias' role, we do hear very little about it.
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  94.  @idlando  "russia is a gas station". Now russia is becoming a gas station that buys gas from bypassing cars. Poo-tin: "I remain a master strategist".
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  95. We're still missing Georgia and Moldova, and Ukraine. And Belarus for that sake. Most Belarusians aren't keen on russia, but their dictator is.
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  96. Thank you for a good analysis, Anders. As for the timing (Kerch Bridge hit - grain deal expired) I had same thoughts. I have a strong feeling that the two were indeed well connected. I think it's as sure as that russia did the Nord Stream sabotage.
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  97.  @hyhhy  Only you wrote that nonsense. When do you start saying something meaningful?
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  98. I agree. Perun and Anders Puck Nielsen are among the best analysts around, and the most un-biased ones. Anders is good at cooking down the most important points into 10-15 minutes yet still being extremely informative, while Perun's Power Point presentations has more details and planning than the Russian military's "3 day's special very limited military war assault invasion operation" in Ukraine.
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  99.  @nickbarton3191  OK, thanks for clarifying that.
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  100. Good and interesting analysis. Very informative, as always.
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  101.  @jamesmccaul2945  Not in the same lane, tight. They are quite different. But with one thing in common: They are unbiased. At least the most unbiased to be found out there. Both have personal opinions, yes. But their analyses are from an unbiased point of view, both Perun and Anders Puck Nielsen. That's why I find it so interesting to witness those two meet.
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  102. Another wound for Russia = Bakhmut? Zelensky: "Wanna hear a joke?" Putin: "Yes." Zelensky: "Kyiv." Putin: "I don't get it...?" Zelensky: "No. And you'll never get it!" Zelensky: "Wanna hear another joke?" Putin: "Yes." Zelensky: "Bakhmut." (...Putin dies of a heart attack out of frustration). Slava Ukraini!
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  103. Very good description. I don't know Sponge Bob, but it sounds a big marshmallow, à lá the Michelin Man.
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  104.  @stevengrice1807  That would require russia to declare it a war zone. In turn requiring them to name their "special military operation" a "war". Until then, from russia's perspective, officially, I don't think it's a war zone (we all know that in reality it is). At least the status of the Black Sea in that area is in the grey zone.
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  105.  @bluemarlin8138  Indeed that's true. It is a no-no [Edit] Not that we can expect the russians to care.
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  106. Denmark here. I actually did learn about these terms, in the 8th year of elementary school, and later in highschool.
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  107. I saw footage of russian conscripts getting ready for being sent to the front. They too were training in the wet element - they were up to their throat drunk in vodka.
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  108. ​ @MikaKing10000  All the Germanic languages are still quite a bit alike.
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  109.  @StarsManny  "Why do the Finn's Finns know?" (just to remind you to write in English). The comment is about russian dual-citizens in Finland. So they are in Finland, and besides being russians they are Finns as well, at least on paper.
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  110.  @mvjh2277  Yes it's 99% sure a NAFO meme. And I love it.
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  111.  @ggez-yc1ui  Sharing information is good. It can at times alert oneself to something one didn't know in advance, or confirm something one already knows, or one can find out that there's nothing to it. Sharing opinions is good, forcing one's own opinion upon others is not. Sharing opinions is good when one can maintain a healthy discussion. It can broaden one's own perspective, ultimately making it easier for oneself to at some point take the right decisions. It all depends on how the parties involved conduct the discussion.
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  112. As with "Perun" (channel) "Anders Puck Nielsen" is among the most unbiased channel around, purely analytic. While both personally support Ukraine they keep their videos neutral, and always make it clear if they say something of their own opinion. These two channels I must give my highest recommendations.
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  113. "- raises your own partisan slant..." What and how? I hope you realise that Anders is from Denmark with sixteen different political parties currently in parliament, repressenting a very broad spectrum, and you can't easily compare them to either this or that significant party in the US or the UK. I ask you to explain what you mean, because after having watched nearly all Anders' videos over the years I have never experienced him being partisan, neither in this video.
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  114.  @rambleon2838  I got that warning, in newspapers and in the TV news, on the 8th march. Latvia, USA and a number of other countries gave the same warning. So of course russia did get that warning, and if they didn't believe it, now they faced the results of not believing a fair warning. I guess when the terrorists saw warnings everywhere they postponed their attack a couple of weeks until things had cooled down. But really, when a number of other countries besides USA all give such a warning, the russians should expect it to be genuine. They must suffer from a severe case of paranoia, probably because they know their genocidal war against Ukraine is wrong, and we don't like it. I'm very sure the russians could have stopped the attack if not in advance then racted with very few minutes (not 1½ hour). But maybe they didn't want to stop it? Maybe the russian regime actually wanted a disaster, so they could blame somebody (UA) else? The russian national guard has thousands of troops a few minutes down the road from the concert hall, trained to react to this sort of situation. Why did russia choose not to react, to let the terrorists continue a killing spree for 90 mins.?
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  115. What a development in only 6 days. And unfortunately - you were right. Probably you even were right about the Winter Olympics, ending on the 20th febr.: Putin kept the invasion secret and only told his generals in the last moment. At that point the invasion was postponed "a few days" because 20% of the Russian vehicles weren't ready for action before receiving urgent repairs. Finally the invasion started on (not the 24th but already on) the 23rd february as documented on live footage from the UN Security Council meeting the 23rd in the evening.
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  116. How's the war going? Fun loving Russians are having a blast in Crimea.
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  117. russia has fought about 156 wars and lost about half of them. For sure russia can and will lose many more wars.
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  118. Anders, thank you for the analysis. I hope many people will watch this. Too many people are slow to wake up.
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  119. Just to clarify to avoid confusion I'm sure you mean Anders' normal videos (which are indeed somewhat "short"), not to be confused with smartphone format YT "shorts" (always under a minute) of which he has only made two. This reply is meant for anyone who could misunderstand. Thanks for your input. Cheers.
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  120.  @josematos8188  Não. O avião mesmo é só uma casca. É a technología dentro que importa. Sim, o avião mesmo é do seculo passado. Mas a technología dentro é moderno.
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  121.  @luffebassen  To be honest it was "2 days" and back in 2014. "If I wanted, in two days I could have Russian troops not only in Kyiv, but also in Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, Warsaw and Bucharest." ( Vladimir Putin, 12-09-2014 - Versiya newspaper, 18-09-2014)
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  122. Same here, since maybe 10k or 17k. It's good to see how his channel has grown, and well deserved.
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  123.  @gorillaguerillaDK  I have stocked up on popcorn 😊
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  124.  @gorillaguerillaDK  I dug out my largest 15 liters pot, ready for use. I recently donated a fine popcorn machine to a charity used goods store. That was a mistake.
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  125.  @KasumiRINA  15 pilots' capabilities improved. Pootin's strategy to de-militarize ruzzia is going according to plan.
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  126.  @gorillaguerillaDK  Good idea. I'm going to the cinema tomorrow. If unsuccessful I'll dig a big hole in my garden and construct a giant cauldron. I must get ready to make a lot of popcorn. 🍿🍿🍿
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  127. ​@black_triton9264 Your last comment, incl. "what do you suppose will happen ...his career would end" is completely wrong. Because 2½ years into the full-scale invasion his career has in no way ended, though whenever he found that it was the case that russia was doing well in some area of significance, he never failed to say it. He is in the news on national TV about Ukraine almost weekly, so with your statement you clearly hasn't listened very well, or not at all.
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  128. Anders Puck Nielsen and Jade McGlynn both have superb understanding on that topic, each in their own way.
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  129. I back up that recommendation of both "Vlad Vexler" and "Vlad Vexler Chat" channels.
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  130. Just a week ago it was calculated that russia is now losing more troops per day than they did during WWI.
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  131.  @luffebassen  I don't believe in conspiracy theories which I believe this is.
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  132.  @luffebassen  No. I made it myself right now. But the same expression has been used since 100 years before JFK. There was no CIA back then.
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  133. ​ @kaimanyu586 A primary school kid can tell you that, yes. But a high-school kid can tell you that it isn't so. Because the US economy is so well consolidated the US can (and do) lend money at extremely low interest rates, next to nothing. Therefore the US can freely lend what they want, it doesn't really matter to the US, because they can easily pay it back. It's not because they lack the money. If they didn't have the money, their interest rate wouldn't be so low. Other countries are happy to lend the US money at so low rates because it's a safe bank for them. Completely contrary to russia.
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  134.  @kaimanyu586  The russian economy is "growing" with money from russia's well fund/ war chest being poured into the weapons industry and thus society. That has the same result as simply printing more money: On the short term the russians have more money to spend. On the long term it grows inflation and thus ruining society. And russian inflation is now among the highest in the world (yes, Argentina is higher). Therefore the "growth" of russia's economy is not good for russia, it's bad. And it's only going to get worse, because at this point it's beyond possible reverse. As one russian economist put it: "It's a horror to witness this destruction of russia's economy. But it's fascinating to follow to situation."
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  135. One and a half year later this is still very useful, still holds true.
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  136. I 100% agree. Nice graphics is just a nice topping, Anders' analyses is the central thing. And Anders is good at giving us things to think about, and making us wiser too.
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  137.  @anderspuck  @ Anders - Hemrik Krodal højere oppe (ca. 1 time efter upload) skrev flg. til dig: - - - - - - - - - "Thanks for another great analysis. I also think Putin has the same problem as the US under the Vietnam war. More and more Russians now know someone, who have lost a father, son or brother in the war, so I think the Russians are starting to see through the propoganda. I wooul really like to have been to your lecture in Ringe library, but life :) the next part is in Danish Jeg ville have haft 3 spørgsmål til dit foredrag i Ringe, måske du har tid til at svare på dem her. Alle militær-analytikere i verden så Ruslands væbnet styrker, som den næststørste efter USA. Alle mente Ukraine ville blive rendt over inden for en meget kort tid. Kunne man tænke sig at andre store nationer, såsom Kina, også kun har en en "papir styrke" og den rigtige styrke måske ikke er så slagkraftig? I forlængelse af første spørgsmål. I Europa har vi virkelig oprustet efter invasionen, men når man ser Ruslands evner mod Ukraine, er det så overhovedet realistisk at Rusland kan angribe et andet land? Når jeg tænker på sikkerhedsdilemmaet, så bliver et Rusland efter krigen jo nød til også at opruste igen, nu hvor de har mistet en masse materiel. Det sidste :) Tænker du at Rusland har ret i at, de kæmper en proxy-krig mod NATO? Jeg tænker på den økonomiske hjælp til Ukraine fra NATO-lande, de militære bidrag, (træning og udstyr) og til sidst de økonomiske sanktioner. Det er jo i virkeligheden nok mest NATO-medlemmerne som er bannerførere på alt dette, hvor andre lande holder sig mere neutrale. På forhånd tak Henrik (tidligere kadet)"
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  138.  @dh1380  Correct, he didn't come up with it. It's probably lost in history who did unless it was Sun Tsu millenia ago (even he could be quoting someone else of his own time). [Edit] It was Robert Greene in his book "The 33 Strategies of War" (2006)
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  139.  @Jobo-wz9ug  I remember in the 1990's when there was much debate about opening up for the East European countries into the EU. Many were worried. "They are less developed and poor, but we can handle that, but... they will threaten our leading own position" (Please note, I'm from a small country not in any such "leading" position). I could understand that, but felt it was terribly wrong. "No! We do not need anyone to be 'leading', we all have our say, have mutual similarities and differences, and we will evolve and prosper even when we quarrel." The values of freedom and Democracy is what bind us all together, and even when I used to be opposing EU as such, I've always been glad to have EU enriched by all the new nations, new ideas and culture etc., that joined us. And I am very excited about the prospects of Ukraine joining the EU, a people so full of inspiration. Let's help them to make it happen soon. 🔱🌻 Slava Ukraini! Heroyam Slava! Stay safe! 💙💛
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  140. When Russia is inly the second strongest army in Ukraine then Ukraine must be the strongest army in Europe. I believe we should give Ukraine a highspeed ticket into EU and NATO as soon as the war is over. ...... - - - - - Not only for several obvious reasons: They deserve it (yes they do). They know how to fight "the NATO way" (they do, and more). They are the largest and far most experienced army in Europe (they are). ...But also for protecting their underground natural resources (Oh no, not oil again? Yes, sorry, oil and gas), for those are needed to help finance rebuilding and evolving the country. Russia is the one who has to pay, yes, both with the longterm effect of the sanctions Russia won't be in a position to do so for decades, their economy will end up more than devastated. We must ensure Ukraine comes back up and prospers. Neighbouring Poland will be an EU netto provider (adding more than they recieve) in only a couple of years. Its a mutual benefit for Poland, EU, and NATO. Ukraine can become the same, a solid pillar for our common prosperous future. Slava Ukraini! Heroyam Slava! Stay safe!
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  141.  @freedomfighter22222  Good points. Concerning "maybe another Sumy attack"... - Zolochiv. Keep an eye on Zolochiv. N-W of Kharkiv, 20 km from the border, center of the pocket or "bubble" that swings into the russian region of Belgorod. 10,000 inh. so the size of Vovochansk to the N-E of Kharkiv, or Avdiivka. The russians have amassed troops around the pocket. Ukraine 2 days ago started to evacuate the civilians from the town. That's several days after W. countries and 2 days after USA allowed weapons to be used inside russia. Despite this, the russians are planning something. This is the earliest I've seen the Ukrainians evacuate civilians until now. They are expecting something, and I guess something big.
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  142. ​@HeadsFullOfEyeballs Exactly. Zelenskyy's T-shirt is his version of a wartime simple uniform. Churchill too during WW2 only wore a simple military uniform, never a suit.
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  143. If Putin goes ahead with the the announced "polls" in the conquered regions to absorb them into Russia this september the Putin will have burnt those bridges.
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  144.  @anomymouse5043  That video will make the bots so furious that the computershas host them will have a meltdown.
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  145. Last spring and autumn last year operation, or rather: Movement, advances, slowed down, but did in no way stop. Ukraine advanced on Kherson while Wagner Gr. advanced on Bakhmut (and the russian MoD army advanced nowhere for 15 months since Lysychansk). I guess we can expect about the same for the coming wet season: Movement slowed down but not stopping.
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  146. 25th jan. Anders Puck Nielsen predicts the war will start "during the Winter Olympics." 20th febr. Final day of the Winter Olympics. xx? of febr. ("a few days before the actual start") Putin informs his generals to start an invasion then postpones it for "a few day" as 20% of the Russian military vehicles aren't combat ready and need urgent repairs. 23rd febr., evening, during the UN Security Council meeting the invasion is started and announced in Kreml. 24th febr. The "Special... Operation" is announced to the world.
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  147. ...so Anders, I guess you were right, it was Putin's plan to start the invasion already towards the end of the Winter Olympics. Only his military equipment (and his generals, and soldiers, and - and - and, etc.) wasn't as ready as Putin was himself.
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  148.  @Epaminondas371  "user-jp4..." is a bot, an AI account created earlier this year.
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  149. I seems that when bunker-grandpa in Moscow in Febr. 2022 started his full-scale invasion he thought that the West would easily be split, divided. I think this video explain some of what he had in mind. Well, to a large extent he was wrong, the West is more united now than it has been for a long time.
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  150. 1 time gammel, næsten ny udsendelse, og du har 700 kommentarer allerede. Imponerende. Det viser, at du vækker tanker i folk. [Eng] Good short analysis covering many important points. Clearly this was well planned, yes. The incredibly speedy advance on Moscow proves it. Then, was it "all-or-nothing" instead of arrest? Maybe, or not. The question is if the Luka-deal was "planned" ("false flag...")? Which I don't think, I think Prigozhin was oppotunistic. But who knows. Some small details or questions (rumours) got little attention in the media and blurr the picture. 1) If Ukraine helped in some way? Zelenskyy did come on the screen to insult Pootin; why, unless he was expecting it could help on an expected fall of Pootin? I did hear that russia jammed some surveilance options over russia. Another thing that got hardly any attention (and I did not check if it is true). Crypto currency. I heard about a "Wagner-coin" crypto, of which Prigozhin should have owned the major part, that went sky high in value with the munity going on, then dropping drastically again with the "agreement" rumours rolling in. Did Prigozhin sell his own coins when it topped, before making a deal? I hope someone else can tell us more about this, if there's anything to it. In any case, I think this is far from over yet. And it might come to influence how the war is waged in Ukraine, especially if Prigozhin got some high level power in Kreemlin out of this "deal". Thanks again for the analysis, Anders. 🔱🌻 Slava Ukraini! 💙💛
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  151. Jeg er helt enig. Udsendelserne er så meget mere seriøse, når de kun laves, når der er noget specielt at tale om. Modsat de YouTubere, som lever af det, og partout skal udsende noget nyt hver dag. Anders er samtidig en af de mest upartiske YT-kanaler, jeg kender. Han lægger aldrig skjul på, hvornår noget blot er hans egen mening. Udsendelserne er ren analyse.
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  152. Thank you, Anders. This 100% mimics my own toughts and understanding. Many times I wanted to pause and point something out, the next moment you said it yourself. In the last part you repeated yourself several times and this was so right, as those points must be repeated over and over again. Thank you for a brilliant dive into a very important strategic topic.
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  153. Ditto her.
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  154. Very interesting thoughts, good analysis. My own thoughts are along the same track, but there are so many missing pieces in this puzzle, and some things seem to contradict others. What I do think is true is that this does show cracks in Pootin's grip on power, and the whole situation, whether as a symptom or an effect. is bad for Pootin. It won't cause changes on the battlefield, but Ukraine on the strategic level might be able to use it to their advantage. Let's hope the fall of Pootin is brought closer.
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  155. Zelensky to USA, february '22: "I don't need a ride, I need ammunition!" Russian soldier, near Kharkiv: "I don't need ammunition, I need a ride!" As an act of goodwill the fleeing Russians left mountains of equipment and ammunition for the advancing Ukrainians, who finds this gift too generous. The Ukrainian forces will return the ammunition to the Russians - with high accuracy!
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  156.  Truth Be Told  Russian bot.
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  157. And those Russian commentators and news anchors walk a thin line in order not to risk falling out a window themselves. Sometimes you can almost feel the panic inside them while they are trying to make their broadcast interesting while still delivering the propaganda they have been ordered to. Yes, life in Pootin's Russia ain't easy. For anyone.
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  158. It's interesting that russian soldiers are still complaining about their poor equipment. It's interesting that russian soldiers still call home to their mothers complaining about their lack of equipment. It's interesting that russian mothers still upload their complaints on social media, addressing Poo-tin in the hope that he will remedy the situation. Poo-tin doesn't care about the well-being or lives of his soldiers. Poo-tin cares about Poo-tin.
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  159. If when Russia breaks up please alert me in time; I will need to be stocked up on popcorn when that happens.
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  160. I think that's a good analysis with very fair points - and the last part should be thought-provoking. Thanks for this input.
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  161.  @worldpiece2023  Last autumn the Ukrainian offensives slowed down but didn't stop for the weather. I don't think the weather last year had any impact on the artillery support. A howitzer can fire the same no matter how much mud is on the track 15 kms away. russia's airforce too is the same now as it'll be when there's mud on the ground. Just because the heavy western tanks have difficulties with very deep mud, I can't see why we should expect "a mess". It wasn't a mess before they got those tanks, mud or not, at least not more than equal to both sides. Just like last spring and autumn last year, when the mud comes expect thing to evolve more or less like they would without mud, only at a slower pace.
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  162.  @jonlittle5032  I agree with Arturo Bianco here. I think this video is for the American audience, and that, sadly, it's necessary.
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  163.  @HimmelGanger  Jævnfør Anderss oplæg på "Fællesskabs/ Community"-siden var has i det sydlige Tyskland, da han optog videoen. Anders skriver: "...standing on a hill somewhere in southern Germany."
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  164. Very accurate. I remember that "GeoPolitics" (channel) made a "shorts" on this topic with some of the same points last Xmas.
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  165. "A big bowl of nothing", 🤣 I couldn't describe it better myself. [Edit] - Those critical questions you suggested towards the end, I laughed out loud at every one of them, I would have loved to watch Pootin trying to answer them. Thanks for the video.
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  166. Much love in return from Denmark. I hope for new partnerships with Canada in the near future; the US doesn't seem very reliable or trustworthy to any of us these days. Best greetings from Copenhagen.
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  167.  @dpelpal  Thank you for the recommendation. I bookmarked the channel for later review. It seems like a channel I will recommend to others.
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  168.  @dpelpal  Thanks for the recommendations of 3 Максим Кац videos: - 5 Myths about Russia - Propaganda - Navalny's Oscar I can't get my browser to translate the YouTube video titles into Englsih so I can't find them myself, but I will ask Maxim himself in his community section for links to the three. That should work. Your comment I'm replying to has disappeared , or I can't see it (some YouTube technical issue, long explanation, but happens once in a while to anyone, so not of anyone's fault). But I see it in my "Notifications".
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  169. I agree. And all his videos on hybrid warfare have become a lot more relevant in the last years and months.
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  170. So perhaps it was a cigarette after all? Just up in the operator room, not down in the magazine among the gunpowder barrels (I always wondered how Russia could claim it was someone being careless with fire down in the magazine, what are those Russian warships, old wooden pirate ships stuffed with cannonballs and gunpowder?)
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  171. Exactly. Genocide, crimes against humanity, warcrimes, there are clear definitions for all these. People tend to confuse them.
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  172.  @Joakim-j7h  What Trump is ranting about is buying Greenland, or taking it by force. Not about any Greenlanders deciding upon anything, only about Trump himself deciding.
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  173. Thanks for your donation, and input. Yes, Anders Puck Nielsen has some of the most unbiased analyses to be found. Not surprisingly since that's his job at the Danish Defence Academy. Note to ill-informed vatniks: "Opinion" and "bias" are two different things. They can coexist. Anders never fails to remark "this is only my personal opinion" the few times he says something with any bias. Otherwise he is always neutral, unbiased. Note to Note: The "Note" is not to trolls (they have no opinion) or bots (they're not human). But they're free to respond to this and reveal themselves. They're so easy to catch, swim like herrings into the net. I see you already caught one. Good catch.
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  174. True, he hasn't really much to offer anymore. And he must know that himself. Even the few big rallies he has held since last September, he himself seems completely disengaged while he speaks, his eyes seem to be just staring into a void, into the great emptiness. And the crowd as well, no matter how selected they are, also seem completely disengaged.
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  175. Very informative, and a topic very relevant these days. I even see Prigozhin's trolls have found their way here so we can experience the concept first hand.
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  176. Thank you Anders for your take on and analysis of this. It's ever more clear that Putin is now on a path of constant war which will come to us too unless we prepare fast and sufficiently enough to deter russia. Preparing our defenses now will be much easier and cheaper than having to fight a war later, which could come sooner than we prefer to expect it. And first of all, we must ramp up our support for Ukraine to help them not just all we can, but all that Ukraine needs. And then find ways to do it. Fast. Cheers from Copenhagen.
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  177. CeasarSvalad, and harmless, I agree with that.
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  178. I'm sure they have. They would also be cautious about West-Pacific nations like Australia, Japan etc. go into alliance with NATO. That would create a new alliance that would probably be named "Pacific Ocean Trans Atlantic Treaty Organisation", or POTATO.
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  179.  @ArteriusSaren  That's a hard claim from you. Exactly where did I write anything about Azov or Wagner? Please point us to it and please be specific. As far as I recall I haven't written any comment at all about Wagner for over a year, and not one about Azov, ever. Please prove me wrong, or you prove yourself wrong.
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  180. Be sure to stock up on popcorn. I think this was only the first episode.
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  181.  @beckyconstantinides2546  That's the way to success at the job in russia: A private army. - In the Catering business? You need a private army. As an added benefit you're already good at logistics. - Defense Minister? You have control over the entire military, but that's not enough. You need a private army because... Erh, because of course you do. - Natural gas business? Any natural gas company with respect for itself has a private army. You too. - If you don't have a private army... Your best chances in your work life are to be promoted to cannon fodder on the front in Ukraine.
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  182. Thank you for encouraging him like this. Cheers from another Dane.
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  183. 2021 - russia's army is the second strongest in the world. 2022 - russia's army is the second strongest in Ukraine. 2023 - russia's army is the second strongest in russia. 2024 - russia's army is non-existent. 🔱 Slava Ukraini! Heroyam Slava! Stay safe! 🔱
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  184. I agree.
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  185. Is the weather still cold in Saint Putinsburg? Does the troll factory still pay good salaries and give exemptions from conscription?
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  186. Exactly. And though were slowly waking up, it seems to be much slower than how the world around us changes. We really need to get out of bed, take a short, cold shower, and the start working overtime.
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  187. Anders har godtnok fået mange seere, og af den engagerede slags. Da jeg begyndte at se ham for 2½ år siden, havde han 10000 abonnenter og fik 20 til 50 kommentarer, nu får han mange tusind, og ganske velfortjent. Det er en af de mest seriøse kanaler, der findes.
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  188.  @larsbundgaard5462  I thought so. I too prefer shorter videos, in gegeral, exceptions being Perun and Silicon Curtain. I can't imagine a 10 mins. Perun video, and Silicon Curtain's interviews would lack depth if they were shorter. One needs to have the time to watch them though.
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  189. I think it would tear down his world view. He'd probably go into a state that requires intensive care at a hospital.
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  190. Back in 2014 pootin actually said "2 days" and not only Kyiv, but a number of named European capitals as well. With Kyvi alone and now in "3days" in 2022 he had lowered his ambitions. With the "3 days special etc etc etc operation" now on day 755 pootin must probably lower his ambitions a bit more. And more. And more...
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  191.  @dpelpal  Moskva? I wan'na see Moskva. They say it's quite a sight. Can anyone lend me scuba gear? 🤿
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  192. Good analysis. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. Merry Christmas and a victorious New Year 2024.
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  193.  @gikigill788  New houses for the Black Sea fish - with food supplies for the first months of occupation.
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  194. Very informative, Anders, thank you. Not really much new for myself, but a very good way I can use for explaining it to others.
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  195.  @luffebassen  Not just outside the city. Within the first couple of days (I believe it was on the very first day, I could be wrong), Spetsnaz forces had infiltrated Kyiv and fought a battle trying to capture Zelenskyy at one of the government palaces. As far as I know it was already here that also Wagner merc.s and Chechen Kadyrovites were involved. This is where Zelenskyy slipped out the back end of the palace and in the streets filmed with his phone adressing his nation stating that "he was still there and would keep on fighting" (I don't recall the precise wording). All those RU affiliated forces were eventually eliminated. At Hostomel airport at least 30 large RU transport planes were arriving with troops, vehicles and equipment. Those had to turn back to Belarus (and instead soon we saw the 64 km long column), as a couple of previously hidden UA howitzers bombarded the runway to render it useless. Had the RU on day one been successful in capturing Hostomel airport and land the planes as well as in capturing/ eliminating Zelenskyy, the prospects for a "victory in 3 days" would have been a lot different than as it turned out in the end. I have a fair number of accounts on all this on my old computer which I hope to get repaired soon.
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  196.  @hilfdas1701  You are welcome. 😊
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  197.  @Fishboi420  Luka + Prigo = "Moscow in 3 days" 😆
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  198. I agree.
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  199. And unbiased too. A rarity these days (Perun is another unbiased one).
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  200. I min verden fungerer de to kanaler godt i tandem. De dækker til dels forskellige områder, griber analyserne an på hver sin vis og fra forskellige vinkler. Perun går ekstremt meget i detaljer, Anders går kort og kontant til kerneelementerne. De to tilsammen er mine foretrukne kanaler til at forstå den større sammenhæng i situationen omkring krigen i Ukraine.
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  201. On the periphery of your question, I recommend two of Anders Puck Nielsen's earlier videos: - The Cold War is back: A new normal in European security – Ukraine update 18FEB2022 - Nuclear strategy for beginners: Should we fear nuclear war?
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  202.  @georgek1234  Thanks for posting this. Notification of your comment led me to discover that my own comment (saying +/- the same) was properly posted but is now missing. YT "AI" sometimes works in mysterious ways.
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  203.  @ABCBCNM  Yes ATACMS are ground to ground missiles. "IvanRUstronk-jq..." bot here posted the same several times. Maybe the AI behind the bot jammed?
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  204. Good analysis, an informative video with important points.
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  205.  @andersjjensen  👏 💯%
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  206. I agree to some extent. It's a hard balancing act for Poo-tin, as he with his "annexations" of Ukrainian regions have tied the security of his power to winning the war. With russia claiming that "Ukraine is not a country" Poo-tin could sort of "legally" have his soldiers operate in all of Ukraine. And the new rhetoric that "all territory that once happened to be russian or Soviet is still legally russian" he'll most probably try to use as excuse for attacking other countries, claiming that the soldiers "are operating inside russia". It's hard for me to see russia win a war of conquest against all those countries with territories Poo-tin now claims russia has the right to. russia will have to do so with an economy the size of that of Spain (sorry, Spain, no offense intended). It's hard for me to see Poo-tin survive politically if he does not win such a war of conquest of these territories once he attacks. It's hard for me to see Poo-tin survive if he goes back on russia's presumed claims to all these territories (incl. Ukraine). It's hard for me to see Poo-tin surviving going back just to claiming the already socalled "annexed" territories. This would mean "sudden death" to be triggered for Poo-tin. Summa summarum: It's hard for me to see Poo-tin survive in the long run. He has tied his staying in power to goals that are impossible to achieve. In spring 2022, when that 65 km long russian military column turned around and fled from Kyiv, by not ending the war that moment I think Poo-tin started the beginning of his own eventual downfall. Poo-tin: "I remain a master strategist" my 4ss.
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  207. Maybe not, but the russians and the 200 ethnic minorities could get fed up and [Ctrl + Z] ruzzia.
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  208.  @bazarkin-pubg  But they did, among others.
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  209. 15 countries have allowed their weapons to be used inside russia, some with restrictions, the vast majority without: The US, the UK, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway (I think, not sure), Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Chechia, and I think Spain too (reasonable since Spain is donating a Patriot system).
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  210.  @Piden-l4b  Yes, noone has any restrictions on targeting the Kerch bridge.
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  211. ​ @LeftFlamingo Good explanation, and  @willbarnstead3194  the same to you. I agree with both of you. Genocide and ethnic cleansing are two different terms. They might go hand in hand, but not necessarily. There can be one without the other. It's important for us when debating to use the right terms, not to confuse them nor use them to express our personal feelings (we have words like "angry about..." for that).
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  212.  @stefano8936  Other but not always better. In russia a white paper can get you arrested. "5 years prison time for your white paper. Enjoy the stay, komrade."
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  213. Note: Russian trolls in the comment section. Had they actually watched the video they would refrain from commenting to this particular video and move to another one. That they are commenting here at all is proff that they have watched only the title. But they are so easy to catch, like herrings they swim right into the net. My own record is catching 27 different trolls under a single comment, others have collected far more. For me this is only a rare game for me, I prefer not to waste the time on them.
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  214. Thank you for your service, Luffebassen. My friend was in Sarajevo.
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  215.  @luffebassen  "...They only look at the sudden right-about-face movement of the English Press and public, which is most readily accounted for on the conspiracy theory." The New York Times, January 11th 1863. This was during the American Civil War. What has that got to do with Kennedy and the CIA a hundred years later?
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  216. ​ @FactCheckerGuy  I've read a couple of Emanuel Todd articles. My impression was that he should stick to anthropology.
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  217. Hej Michael. Særdeles oplysende video, ja. Jeg er ikke Anders og ej heller militæranalytiker, men har brugt ca. 10 timer dagligt de sidste 192 dage af denne Ruslands katastrofale "7 dages specielle begrænsede militære operation" i Ukraine på videoer o.lign. om krigen, jeg har lidt egne tanker at dele i.forb.m. dine spørgsmål, hvis du er interesseret. (Med nu 2.218 kommentarer til alene denne video tror jeg ikke længere, at dine spørgsmål når frem til Anders selv). Mvh. Lars
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  218.  @harmless6813  OK, the Palestinians I personally know see themselves as "a people", and it's my impression that the rest of the Palestinians mostly do that too. The Hamas, no, they don't see themselves as "a people" distinct as such from other Palestinians, they see themselves as a political group (a poltical group who use violence to try to achieve their political goals).
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  219. So true. I wonder what is the ruzzian word for embarrassment?
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  220. My own guess is that FSB would very fast get firm control, and things would continue with "business as usual" except without Pootin to as a national figure, and his ideas, to rally around. Pootin's great control over the whole mafia-like apparatus would be somewhat lost and could take years for a successor to build up. There would probably be retaliations in form of massive bombings of Ukranian civilians, and hybrid warfare attacks against the West.
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  221. This was the only channel that really predicted the war to start - and when. On the 25th january he predicted the war to start during the Winter Olympics (ending 20th febr.). As the invasion at its (near-) start had to be postponed for "a few days" (for urgent vehicle repairs) until the evening 23rd febr., I believe Putin had planned the invasion to start during the Olympics.
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  222.  @dh1380  Ryan McBeth was quoting Robert Greene's "The 33 Strategies of War"
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  223. Well said, you took the words out of my mouth. 👍 Slava Ukraini.
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  224. It could be a question of collecting enough or the right evidence (yes, a TV broadcast is evidence that will stay). Every time Solovyov and Skabeyeva hear the word "warcrime" they go into panic overdrive, so they might just consider themselves warcriminals already. I think the countdown clock is ticking. I believe Ukraine itself considers these two and Simonyan as warcriminals to large extend. The "warcriminals deck of cards" Ukraine made last year (the same as the US did when invading Iraq in 2003) have all 3 of those RT people ranked as "queens".
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  225. Jeg glæder mig i den grad til at læse bogen.
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  226. ​ @ald1144 Silicon Curtain. British Jonathan does 1 hour long deep diving interviews with all sorts of people with some expertise in russia, Ukraine, and anything concerning the war and the situation. The guests are very varied. Some have been interviewed by the channel more than once. Besides the YT channel Jonathan is actively involved in grassroot work against russian misinformation. Silicon Curtain itself is a very sober channel. I highly recommend it.
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  227.  @shtBlock  I've seen documented so and so many train loads of North Korean ammunition going to that specific ammo depot a short time before the attack, the amount suggesting that the ammo depot could well have been completely full at the time of the attack. If true then that was about 30,000 tonnes of ordnance that went boom! I can't tell how long it would've taken them to spend that on the battlefield.
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  228. I don't think it's a false flag attack. But I do think that the russian regime and security forces deliberately didn't react for 1½ hour.
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  229.  @PeloquinDavid  Yeah, now 85 years later you can still see where they fell, as flowers are still growing in abundance on those spot. But I'm not sure they're capable of learning from such experiences, it rather seems to encourage them to throw more into the grinder.
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  230.  @qstrian  If you can't see them, YT removed my post with links, here's the title + 2 older interviews: Silicon Curtain - Anders Puck Nielsen - If Russia's War Ambitions Haven't Changed are Peace Talks or Deals Meaningless Silicon Curtain - Anders Puck Nielsen - How Fragile will Russia be after a Major Humiliation on Battlefield in Ukraine Silicon Curtain - Anders Puck Nielsen - Violence is being Privatised by Mercenary Groups as the Ruling Elite Fragments
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  231.  @mikelittle5250  So true, both of you.
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  232. Tak for det til begge. Selv bruger jeg sjældent engelske undertekster, så jeg så det ikke.
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  233. A very good analysis, removing many common misunderstandings.
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  234.  @mnxs  @ @pepi9429 Svalbard - In 2023, in a video report from Svalbard, I learned that "recently" (then) that some men had arrived "on visit", seemingly to instruct the local russians in "gymnastics" or such. They were by the Norwegian authorities believed, maybe identified, to be russian spcecial forces or the like, and that their "instructions" was military training. There should also be many new residents, probably trained "little green men." Yes, they're getting ready.
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  235. Wasn't that a lecture from M to 007 in one of the James Bond films? And there's a good deal of truth in it.
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  236. William Spaniel too will love it. "Lines on maps." 😊
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  237. Flot, Flemming. 😊
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  238. "False flag attack by the Russian army"? - I think that still sound plausible. "Extremely well planned", I still think it is. Two columns (Rostov and Moscow) Prigozhin says; that too sounds planned. "Improvised operation" is Prigozhin's solid claim. Not the operation as it was executed. Maybe the timing was. Prigozhin can both be a truth teller and a big liar. "Wagnercoin crypto currency"? I've heard nothing more about it; maybe it doesn't exist after all? It's all a puzzle.
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  239.  @ericmyrs  Those matryoshka dolls also double as dringking vessels for vodka consumption - there's always a next drink after the previous.
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  240. Thank you ANders for bringing forward this (yet another) important topic, and for sharing your own clear-sighted view on it. Between the lines I understood: _Western companies and normal followers alike, do help these pro-Democracy Russian YouTube channels by helping to finance them. They can make a difference for changing the ways and direction of Russia to something we can feel more comfortable in engaging with. And unrelated: 💙💛 Warm welcome to Sweden in NATO.
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  241.  @arthurmoore9488  If the Seym river West of the incursion they haven't exactly taken it so far, but they've removed the three bridges leading there. RU forces continued pouring in via a pontoon bridge and are now trapped, if rumours are true that the pontoon bridge just went for a dive - or swim. RU could run out of pontoon bridges if they wish to try to keep those troops supplied. UA should find room for many more POWs.
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  242.  @dioghaltasfoirneartach7258  Back in late 2021, months before the fullscale invasion started, Anders predicted that the russians would invade fullscale and at the end of the 2022 China Winter Olympics (which ended on 20th February 2022). We now know that the russian military, when briefed and ordered to invade, had to postpone the invasion for a few, at least 3-4, days because a certain part of the equipment (vehicles etc.) needed urgent visits to maintenance facilities before they could be of any use in the operations. On the 23rd the army started moving and crossed the border early on the 24th. The typical state of the russian army and their equipment prevented them from actually starting the invasion on the originally planned date. Anders' prediction was spot on!
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  243. I wonder which precentage they would have if they could have real, fair elections and the voting was about who would like to drag pootin through the streets by his leg?
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  244. It's funny how most russian troll accounts twisting narratives, taking things out of context, and generally spreading misinformation and chaos, have been created after the beginning of 2022. ...and it's funny how they and their bots respond to certain types of content in comments. And they're so bad at tit. They aren't capable of not revealing themselves. Like fish in shoals they go right in the net, they're so easy to catch.You, OG2xysquared, just caught the first. Good catch. Let's see if we can catch more.
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  245. I see cageman Ivan is trying to earn rubbles for his next bottle of vodka. Fine. His nonsense comment of at least seven words helps promote the video in the algorithm.
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  246.  @hmmm2564  Did Anders ever say he was an oracle that could with certainty predict everything. Do you read his sirname as Nostradamus? We read it as Nielsen.
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  247.  @hmmm2564  Anders 2½ year ago did actually predict the fullscale invasion and about the right date: "At the end of the China winter olympics" which ended on 20th February 2022. Very few people knew about the invasion beforehand. As we now know that in the last moment the invasion was postponed a few days to 24th Febr. as a significant part of the russian military's equipment needed urgent maintenance before being used in an operation, we can pinpoint the originally planned date to just around the 20th. So Anders was spot-on. Yet, he is an analyst, not an oracle.
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  248.  @liljasere  What are you reacting to with your comment? To the video itself? Or to the initial post "Wow!! a full..."? - And if the latter, to which part of it, the first or the second?
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  249.  @liljasere  OK, thanks. Well I guess you're right, everybdoy needs a breath of fresh air from time to time, and we should all take that time. Unfortunately the Ukrainians don't have that luxury, having to saty alert to air sirens and possible bombings day and night, day in day out. And the rest of us outside must stay focused on helping them with everything they need, when they need it, and then take that breath of fresh air when there's room for it. I believe the analysis in this video is one good tool (among many) for helping us to understand what we need to do in order to help. We must never relax enoguh to pretend that it isn't our war. Because russia is at war with us whether we like it or not. It's just only in Ukraine the russians fire guns, against the rest of us their weapons are different. but at war with all of us they are.
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  250. Is Speaker Johnson russian? He acts like the russians do, in the Minsk Agreements f.ex. He sets up demands that Ukraine not possibly can fulfill. Mike Johnson must be russian.
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  251. Right, he honours no agreements whatsoever. In 10 years he enetered 20 cease fires with Ukraine and he broke all 20. russia is a terrorist state and there should be NO negotiations with terrorists.
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  252.  @MattiasAllring  Very good point. I agree, Vlad Vexler too.
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  253. I 100% agree. DasPanzermuseum Ukraine-Special 2: Panzereinsatz nach sowjetischer Doktrin? - Thanks for the recommendation.
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  254.  @AstroGremlinAmerican  Well, Anders Puck Nielsen is indeed broadly educated at multible schools, incl. Aarhus University and the Royal Danish Naval Academy. [Edit] I don't think he took a Ph. D.
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  255. But he is right. "Genocide" doesn't need to be deadly to be a genocide. "Warcrime" doesn't have to be deadly to be a warcrime. If it's not deadly doesn't make it less of a crime. I do agree that the Muscovites throughout history has committed lots of genocides against their neighbours.
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  256. Anders, thanks for an informative, thought-provoking video. Already yesterday I decided to open account on Bluesky, will do so still tonight. I'll link up with you too. X - My wish to join Twitter immediately vanished the moment Elon Muskovite bought the company. I will never join X.
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  257.  Truth Be Told  I note that you opened your account on the exact same date as many other Russian bots we've encountered and you write exactly the same Kremlin propaganda as them.
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  258. With the speed russia is using up their own military in Ukraine, russia has moved from a significant regional power to an insignificant regional power (at least concerning what they have left at home to protect russia), and is working hard on being no power at all. russia couldn't even stop 1,500 rebels marching on its capital, nor stop 500 rebels in border region where russia, due to their invasion of Ukraine right nearby, should have strong military force. russia is incompetent.
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  259.  @111076tom  To have a better idea of that you'd need intelligence (information, that is). The person you call "pretty poorly informed" is intelligence. He's colonel and military analyst in the Danish military and as such a lot better informed than you and I. He's not just some ordinary YouTuber, and his channel is for providing information (originally to his students), not for entertainment, promoting any narrative, nor for earning any money. Solely for providing unbiased analyses, information.
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  260. It's interesting how adept the russian trolls and bots are at writing nonsense. ...That last response also reminded me how little intellect the russian trolls and bots have, how easy they are caught. Some comments are like a magnet to them. Brainless like herrings they go right in the net. Let's see if we can catch some more...
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  261.  @me-mo1um  Yes, it's a statement. B.t.w. 💩-tin is also known as "khuilo"
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  262.  @me-mo1um  It reminds the world that he is the sh*t that he is.
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  263. Thank you for the analysis, Anders. Very informative.
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  264.  @jonson856  26 sept 2022 - Nord Stream 1 & 2 sabotages OTHER SUSPICIOUS INCIDENTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER 03 oct. 2022 - Storebält sound navigation system jammed (Russian ships visibly acting very suspicious in the area). 06 oct. 2022 - Russian warships acting very suspicious near Läsö island, at the spot of major undersea cable. 08 oct. 2022 - Railway signal system sabotaged in northernmost Germany. 10 oct. 2022 - Undersea electric cable to Bornholm island Denmark mysteriously faulty. 12 oct. 2022 - 2 mysterious leaks in Poland on oil pipelines from Russia. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Two of yours were new to me: - Spies on the Norwegian gas facilities - Undersea cable cut between UK & Faroe Islands
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  265. Hej Henrik. Tak for rigtig gode spørgsmål. Jeg besvarer for at algoritmen placerer din kommentar højere oppe, så Anders forhåbentlig bemærker og læser det. Ang. spørgsmål to tænker jeg selv, at vi i NATO, eftersom vort eget land netop har foræret alt vort artilleri til Ukraine, ikke forventer at Rusland lige med det samme vil være i stand til at angribe i al fald et NATO-land. Mvh. Lars (tidl. ejer af en årg. 1971 Opel Kadett)
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  266. @nyern Congrats. Strange, here it says your first post was "22 mins. ago", but picsi-software's reply to you was "23 mins. ago". And I'm sure picsi-software couldn't and didn't write a response to a post you hadn't posted yet. YT is weird.
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  267.  @termitreter6545  The last batch of Polish old Soviet jets were announced only on the day their arrived. By coincidence the same day as the UK agreed upon and was shovelled over the border to Ukraine. What Poland didn't announce was that they'd modified the jets to carry Storm Shadows. The next day that russian military HQ far outside HIMARS range got blown up by something very powerful. Maybe it was meteors? - Space taking revenge on the russians for having their moon rocket make a new crater at the Moon? Or maybe it was Storm Shadows, fired from old Soviet planes?
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  268. It's amazing to see the ruzzian bots and occasional troll trying to do damage control. [Edit] Typical comments from ruzzian bots are: Short sentences, nonsense content, heavy use of emojis, 'western' sounding or stupid names. All their user accounts are earlier than late 2013, and the vast majority increasingly since after late 2021 (when ruzzia was preparing for the fullscale invasion). They tend to confuse words that are the same but with different meanings. F.ex. if the debate is about the "cruiser-turned-into-submarine" Moscow they will post a response about the city of Moscow.
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  269.  @DdiafwlL  Have you noticed how russia in a full year only was ably to take a single town, Bakhmut, and a few surrounding villages? And since then, over a year, again only was able to take a single town, Avdiivka, and a few surrounding villages? And Avdiivka only because Ukraine was out of ammunition. russia "won" a fight against defenders who weren't fighting back. Even if you expect the russians to be ably to continue these hilarious small gains it'll take them about 3,200 years to capture all of Ukraine - if you're optimistic and nothing new happens. Even the pressure on the Ukrainians has been the hardest (you call it "the frontline is crumbling " which is not correct), russia in over 7 months still haven't been able to take as much (actually very little) territory as Ukraine liberated in their last summer's 3½ months counter offensive that "failed". If that failed then russia has been failing twice as hard ever since, and is still failing simply by advancing so utterly slow. The truth is that since November 2022 NO side has had any real "advances" on the ground. There has only been the common minor fluctuance of the frontline. If you want to find real advances in the war you'll have to look at the naval war, the air war, and the strategic war. Not the land war.
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  270.  @johnniea4684  The russian meatwave attacks have been documented daily for well over a year by russia and Ukraine alike, even russian state media recognise them, so they are very much "existent".
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  271.  @jonlittle5032  I agree that this story shouldn't be given air in the first place. But when all major media each has several videos or articles on it every day, then is the time for experts and analysts with real opinions to give their inputs. Various people come with their reactions now that the story already is blown up, and then I think it does need to be discussed. I would have preferred if noone had taken any notice. But these days Trump is very much in focus, and people will take notice of every fart that comes from him, whether it comes out through his mouth or elsewhere.
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  272.  @evgeniya7853  "Of course you knew" what? I haven't written any comment in response to you, and your reply to me looks like a reply to such a comment. Did you by mistake reply to the wrong user?
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  273.  @opulenceoche5118  Please do elaborate on what you are talking about. Show us how wise you are.
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  274. Anders Puck Nielsen is OF-3 and military analyst at the Royal Danish Military Academy. He made his YT channel for his students during the Covid lockdown and keeps it going as a hobby. This is as far from propaganda as it can get. His videos are non-biased, and he never fails to mention if something is merely his personal opinion. So you are wrong, Ivan.
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  275. I disagree that Anders is in any way propaganda. His videos are solely his own analyses and thoughts. Sober information. I don't know what you mean to find in the number of likes. This video f.ex. was uploaded when his channel was known to very few people, and still only few have watched it. Last time I checked his videos got a pro media of about 10% likes, soon and late. That is very high compared to most other channels. His most recent video is at 20% likes right now.
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  276. Good points. Thanks for taking the time to share them.
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  277.  @vaenii5056  Thanks for clarifying that. I thought about: I wonder how the true numbers would be if voting against Putin? How many would vote just against him? And how many would vote for dragging him thorugh the street by his leg? We might never see those numbers, but we are entitled to imagine them by ourselves.
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  278.  @vaenii5056  and others. You might wanna watch Jake Broe's new video - Putin Wins Dictator for Life in Russian "Election" . Around 9 mins. is a part about russians abroad voting, journalists making polls at the embassy exits. Quite interesting %'s (and quite different from inside russia).
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  279.  @ettoreatalan8303  And the first they got in 2022 was a package of 5,000 helmets from Germany. The rest of us spent over a month debating whether we should/ could donate our old stocks of Stinger missiles otherwise just waiting to be scrapped and destroyed. It took three months for the first US howitzers to be donated.
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  280. He is fulltime job military analyst in the Danish Defense Academy, and only made this sparetime channel to reach his students during the Covid lockdown. Anders is in no way an ordinary YouTuber and has no agenda. He just delivers unbiased information and explanations on how theories work, and let it to us, the viewers, to do our own thinking.
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  281.  @Joakim-j7h  That's just plain wrong. Canada has a GDP of about $2.2bio and Tennessee a GRDP of only about $418mio. Canada has a GDP per capita of about $54,000 while Tennessee's GRDP per capita is only about $31,000.
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  282. We still don't know what happened last December 2023. Maybe a couple of quickly trained pilots did spend a few days with F-16s in Ukraine as a test? Maybe it was something completely different. But now by 31st July 2024 F-16s are in Ukraine for sure.
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  283.  @dpelpal  Thank you so much for the links. Half the time my post disappears if I post any links, even if YouTube links. No. 3 is "Speaking truth to Power", is that the "Propaganda" video you mentioned, or is that a different video? Yes I am Danish. I checked and my browser settings seem to be in Danish, but many sites are in English by default. So I guess it's set to Danish but accepts English as well. I often use MS Edge, I.d.k. why, because I'm not that good friend with Bill Gates. 😄 I have YouTube in English, but any video titles are in the originally uploaded language. Often I can guess but I'm not very good at reading Cyrillic letters.
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  284. The other day you were a Frenchman. How many nationalities do you have?
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  285.  @Damn6real  - - - rus-troll alert - - -
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  286.  @Joakim-j7h  Wrong. I have never had Trump for president. I'm not from USA. We don't even have presidents here.
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  287.  @Joakim-j7h  Why doesn't your account have any information whatsoever? It could be nothing but software and a simcard.
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  288.  @umjackd  Crimea too, and now also Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. The russians are still mobilising many Ukrainians. I believe you're right that there aren't that many from Donbas left (alive and still capable), but that's just a personal guess.
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  289. You are right, and thank you for bringing attention to it.
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  290. "The adult in the room," that's about the best description I've heard of Anders; you're so right on that.
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  291. I wouldn't wanna check inside their underwear to see if you're right, but my best guess is that you indeed are right.
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  292. Hej Kenneth. Jeg håber, at angsten har fortaget sig, trods at krigen trækker længe ud, og meget nyt er sket. Har du ikke set den, vil jeg varmt anbefale Anders' nyeste video om emnet, udsendt for en måned siden. Den er i min opfattelse meget betryggende: Can Russia win in Ukraine with nuclear weapons?
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  293.  @mstevens7175  Yes, and thanks to the UK for that. It's not only absurd to give Ukraine weapons and then tell them they can't use them where the enemy is. It's also absurd to tell the Ukrainians they can't use them "inside rusha", not because of anything with the Ukrainians, but because of the relations we try to have with rusha. Because, as much as noone else recognises it, rusha illegally annexed Crimea in 2014 and four more Ukrainian regions in autumn 2022, so from a rushan perspective Western weapons have been used against and even fired from "inside rusha" for a very, very long time. For the rushans it doesn't matter if it's inside Kherson, Donetsk, Belgorod or Kursk. For them it's all inside rusha. So handcuffs off and let the Ukrainians fight the way they need to fight. And thanks to the UK.
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  294. That was probably a greeting to William Spaniel.
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  295. @migsvensurfing6310 And spends a lot of time playing golf. When does he find time to play president?
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  296.  @annewalden3795  Yes, it's not my impression that he spent much time reading. But then why did he keep so many government papers, even top secret ones, in his home even after he left precidency? That's either dumb or dangerous, or both. Not a person I would want for president again.
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  297.  @nicholasconder4703  "...a complete breakdown of Russian counter-terrorism operations, or (from my perspective more likely) the FSB allowing the attack to proceed...", i absolutely agree, and probably No. 2. Yes I think the FSB let it happen and it got out of hand. All those equally dressed "little blue men" in the theatre that didn't get shot at and din't panic... Very weird. Interestingly one looked exactly like one of the special forces that later caught the escaping t3rrorists in forest. A coinsidence? Or his twin brother? Another looked exactly like one of the security forces guarding Steven Seagull as he visited the victims at the hospital . He too could just coinsidentally be a twin. But if all those "little blue men" in the hteatre weren't FSB or the like then I am Santa Claus.
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  298.  @dpelpal  No indoor porcelain toilets detected in russia, correct. The russain army of toilet stealers use them as ceramic armour for their tanks. They don't clean the toilets before installing them. russian tanks are full of 💩 anyway.
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  299.  @dpelpal  They'll never get toilets. All the toilets they steal in Ukraine they use as ceramic armour for their tanks. They tend not to clean them first. Orc tanks are full of 💩 anyway (just look at the turtle tanks). 🚽
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  300. @ I couldn't have put it better myself, I second every word you say 100%. Even "I'm Lazer..." - That's what I use to say. "Lazer" has been my computer game nick since the grill bar machines in the mid 1980s. 😊
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  301. The russians are very competent in the art of being incompetent.
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  302. In Denmark they use D-M-Y. Others use Y-M-D. The only time I get confused is when some use M-D-Y. Month - Day - Year is like M-S-H, Minutes - Seconds - Hours. It's fine for someone used to it, but the sequence is not logical.
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  303.  @martinskovpoulsen2736  Yes. The post bears several marks of a ruzzian bot baby not more than a year old.
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  304. Yes. NATO is an alliance. russia is just a single country, a confederation of a number of states, just like Germany. There difference between the two being that russia's economy is four times smaller, more the size of that of Spain, or Benelux.
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  305.  @МарияИванова-в7в  It looks like russian. Please respond in English if you wish me to understand.
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  306.  @markobucevic8991  Wrong. Never. For the first months if you count only the official russian army under the russian MoD. You have to include all the mercenary organisations as well as the Luhansk and Dontesk forces on the russian side, they they clearly outnumbered the Ukrainians. Then after half a year came the russian mobil... mogilization, vastly increasing the number of troops on the russian side.
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  307.  @BarryGee-pm6rv  1. Wrong. 2. Wrong. 3. Wrong.
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  308.  @МарияИванова-в7в  You are welcome, the same to you. I can not copy paste to and from Google Translate here on my phone.
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  309.  @gramail2009  As Danish I too hear it, but it's so unremarkable that it's almost impossible to hear. But it's there.
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  310.  @larsbundgaard5462  Silicon Curtain is a private YT channel that does interviews with people with any significant insight etc. concerning anything that has to do with the russia-Ukraine situation. Jonathan Fink uploads new video daily or every second day, each interview taking about an hour. The variety of people interviewed is broad: Analysts, experts within all branches, politicians, grassroot spokespersons, russian opposition, philosphers, YouTubers (you probably know all of them incl. Anders Puck Nielsen), etc. etc. The topics in the interviews are as diverse as the guests are. russian misinformation is one of the more frequent topics. I think Jonathan (the YouTuber) is onvolved in some international work to try to combat russian misinformation. Lately he participated in meetings, held in Munich in connection to the Security Conference, with Operator Starsky and others. Some of his guests have been interviewed multible times over the last two years. I think British russia-specialist Jade McGlynn and US general Ben Hodges each have been interviewed four times on the channel (I highly recommend the interviews with those two, they are very informative and eye-opening). Most of the interviews I've seen have been thought-provoking and very interesting and I'm sad I can't find time to watch all his interviews. I do recommend you check out the channel and a few videos.
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  311. Warning!!! - Someone mentioned "HistoryLegends". It is one of the worst vatnik channels. And he is not a professional military analyst. He's a pro-russian propagandist.
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  312.  @larsbundgaard5462  Warning! HistoryLegends is one of the worst pro-russian vatnik channels. Advarsel! HistoryLegends er en af de værste pro-russiske vatnik-kanaler.
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  313. russian warplanes being destroyed either with or without Ukraine's help. The russian Black Sea Flee t fled to another country, or turned into submarines. And the alcoholic russian army is advancing, yes, at a speed that they will reach Kyiv in... 160 years. The russian military is incompetent.
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  314.  @reneblom2160  Yeah, with a military as corrupt and incompetent as in russia, "what could possibly go wrong?" 😂
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  315. Is Mike Johnson russian? His tactic is very much like the russians do, with the Minsk agreements f.ex.
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  316.  @wai828  I believe you are right. But a small correction: "- NATO finally getting a common enemy again with Sweden and Finland (not Norway) joining them" Norway (and Denmark b.t.w.) were founding members of NATO in 1949.
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  317.  @wai828  You're welcome :-)
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  318. Since pootin started the war against Ukraine in 2014 there have been about 200 "talks/ negotiations" and concluded twenty (20) "peace deals" (cease fires). russia has broken all 20. There's no way Ukraine (or the West) can trust russia in anything. Only one thing can be trusted: That russia moves, willingly or by force, all of its troops terrorists out of all of Ukraine and is ensured to stay out.
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  319. Anders is fulltime military analyst at the Royal Danish Military Academy and made this channel for his students during the Covid lockdowns. And that's how he can stay unbiased as he has no agenda and doesn't tell what's true or false, he just explains how theories work and then let us do the thinking. When you wrote this he had about 8,000 subs. The channel is still just a sparetime project with few videos, but he has grown to 200,000 subscribers now.
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  320.  @luffebassen  dpelpal's usual point, or narrative, is rusha's plan to take "Kyiv in three days", and making fun of it. I've just finished watching a 1½ hour long interview with Danish professor in defense and strategy Peter Viggo Jakobsen. Peter used the same narrative, in his words "win the war in three days", I think 6 or 7 times. I don't think we should say about dpelpal that she's spreding false narratives. She's just making jokes of the rushans.
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  321.  @dpelpal  Indeed he did.
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  322.  @dpelpal  rusha is a paradox. A rus-troll has just accidentally happened to reveal to me "how boring rusha is" (in his opinion), the rusha they still want to spread by force to all around them. Still rusha is a joke. So it's kind of a paradox.
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  323. The Russians already know Kherson is a logical place to attack, so no need to hide it. Announcing it well in advance could keep some locals from cooperating with the Russians.
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  324. "Maybe the russians were just drunk" 🤪🤣 To be serious: Maybe the russians blew the dam at least partly because they know they are going to lose the occupied Southern areas of Ukraine? "If we can't have it, noone can. We'll destroy everything!" [Edit] Most probably, in my view, it is connected to the russian typical display of incompetence.
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  325. ​@dss2mtm He said "two days" back in 2014. "Three days" now was because he was more pessimistic. And we're now on day 806 of those "2-3 days." The russians are so incompetent.
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  326.  @black_triton9264  Show me a military analyst who can never be wrong about the future. Just a single one. Take your time, I am patient.
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  327.  @IgorMuller  Are you trying to convince me of something? If so, you failed.
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  328.  @IgorMuller  Then stay in your echo chamber then. "...they just tell you what you are willing to hear", you wrote. Yet you come here to listen to him. That either doesn't sound very wise, or you came here with a different purpose. That makes me wonder how much money Kremlin pays you?
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  329. Anders Puck Nielsen is Naval Military Analyst in the Danish Defense. His analyses are solely that, analysis with expertise in the field. He never fails to mention whenever something is his personal opinion. The rest is pure analysis. That's what make his uploads unbiased. Carlos, he said it was a quick upload; so don't expect a video he has been working on for weeks. And, like always, did state what was his own opinion. It is not pseudo-scientific, and not made to fit any narrative, except his own.
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  330. John Mearsheimer is a clown in his old age, and his "logic" has been shot down big time, many times. Besides, APN does not himself do interviews with others nor upload daily videos since he's not a "normal YouTuber". His occasional videos are for informative, educational purposes only. He is busy with his real life as Colonel and naval military analyst at the military academy. Analysing military stuff is his expertise and his job. Not interviewing morons.
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  331.  @markalexander832  Your comments can be not posted or deleted the same on any type of video, opinion, topic, channels small and large. Gobelins from Gambia, cuisine from the Caribbean, to topic doesn't matter.
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  332. I think the RU are moving some experienced units either from the front or those being rebuilt. The RU 155th Marines in Belgorod just across the border from Kursk are fighting the UAs coming from Kursk. The 155th did some really horrible ISIS-like things to UA POWs a couple of days ago (do not watch it). The 155th Marines was the unit that got almost annihilated at Vuhledar in early 2023. After this they will be wanted for trial at the Hague every one of them.
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  333.  @no_more_spamplease5121  Muito obrigado, amigo.
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  334. Thank you, Anders, for clarifying this. The rus-bots will hate it, but you are right.
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  335. The russian army is very large but ridiculously incompetent.
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