Comments by "Arty" (@arty5876) on "Global News"
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You are talking nonesence. NATO was expanding to Russian borders for 30 years BEFORE war in Ukraine, in 90s Czhehia, Poland, Slovakia and many other countries joined NATO, they did it in the 90s and early 00s, when Russia was a peaceful and democratic country with freedom of speech and fair elections. In 90s Russian elections were fair and parlament had many different parties. In late 80s and after the collapse of Soviet Union Russia wanted to build friendly relarions and economic ties with the West, Russia was free and democratic country, in 00s Russia even attempted to join EU or establish non-visa border regime with EU. Russia was opened to World after 70 years of socialism and isolation. But what we have received? We have received NATO expansion to our borders and threat to our security, while democratic and free Russia in 90s and 00s wasn't a threat to any of its neighbour. Russia spent years trying to negotiate with West and stop NATO expansion, but negotiations failed, so we have no other choise in front of existential threat but to start special military operation in Ukraine. God bless Putin and glory to our military!
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@superspy-xv9sx Ukraine broke Budapest memorandum in 2002, 12 years before Crimea, when they announced that they would join NATO. In 90s and 2002 Russia was a free peaceful and democratic country with fair elections, and in 2002 Ukraine was friendly to Russia and Russia itself had pro-Western politics and economic course. So, there was no threat from democratic and free pro-Western Russia in the 90s and 00s, but NATO was expanding to Russian borders despite guarantees from Western politics that were given in late 80s, making an existential threat to Russia, so in 2007 there was a Putin's Munich speech, when Putin politely asked West to stop it, before 2007 Russia wanted to join European Union and had pro-Western foreign policy. In 2002, when Ukraine announced to join NATO and EU, Russia supported Ukraine because Ukraine was friendly and Russia also thought that Russia would make closer ties with West. But further expansion of NATO and rejection from EU pushed Russia to neutral position towards West. Russia was neutral towards West untill 2014, when illegal anti-constitutional coup happened in Kyiv with neo-nazis and help from American special services. After numerous agressive words of Ukrainian nazi groups such as "Right sector" ethnical Russian regions of Ukraine, such as Crimea (in 2013 60% of population were Russians), and Donbass (~50% of population were Russians in 2013 and another 50% Ukrainians) wanted to separate from Ukraine, but Ukrainian government, which came to power as a result of illegal coup in Kyiv, hypocritically blamed them in "terrorism" and Ukraine started the war in the Donbass. I think that if people in Kyiv had right to self-determination, so Russian people in Crimea and Donbass, which make 50-60% of population on this regions, also had such right, and it was a hypicrisy and double standarts from Ukrainian revolutionary government who came to power as a result of coup in Kyiv, to blame Russian protesters in same things they did. Ukraine started this war, not Russia. Ukraine started this war and Ukraine wanted to join NATO because Ukraine wanted to recapture this Russian territories with Russian population, but we didn't allowed this to happen. Putin is the greatest defender of Russian people and Russian national interests, if these millions of Russians in Crimea and the Donbass have chosen to join Russia in 2014, Russia would provide them with their right to self-determination, guaranteed by UN codex's first words, that "peoples have right to self-determination and independence".
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@superspy-xv9sx Ukraine was a country with fair elections, and 2010 elections were also completely fair. Pro-Russian candidate who came to power in Ukraine as a result of 2010 election, won this election fairly. And Yanukovich wasn't a "puppet". He was trying to seat on two chairs between Russia and EU. If Ukrainians were not satisfied with his decisions, they had possibility to elect another president in fall 2014, but Ukrainian oligarchs and elites have chosen to make an illegal coup in Kyiv with support of paid nazi groups and American special services. Oligarchs are always pro-Western people, even in Russia, because they are owners of big corporations and they need access to Western market and dollar by as lowest as possible price, and in the 90s when Russia was ruled by oligarchs Russia had a pro-Western policy. Russian oligarchs are also pro-Western. Nazi groups were used by Ukrainian oligarchs as a paid "useful idiots" during the revolution in Kyiv and after the coup Ukrainain elites who came to power didn't allowed this nazis to gain any power, and for example in march 2014 Ukrainian special services assasinated one of the most influencial leader of Ukrainian nationalists, don't remember his name, Sashko Beliy probably. But the seed of conflict was sown. In Crimea in 2013 60% of the local population were Russians, and only 20% of Crimean population were Ukrainians. In the Donbass Russians and Ukrainians were divided 50/50. And during the revolution in Kyiv Ukrainian nazis had agressive rethoric towards Russian population from this regions. So of course ethnical Russian regions such as Crimea and the Donbass have chosen to separate from Ukraine. And they had right to do this, considering the fact that 1 month earlier an illegal, anti-constitutional coup had happened in Kyiv. If people in Kyiv had right to self-determination, if people in Kyiv made their own revolution, so Russian people from Crimea and south-Western Ukraine also had such right. But Ukrainian elites, who came to power as a result of illegal coup in Kyiv, hypocritically blamed Russian protesters in "illegal coup = terrorism", and Ukraine had started a bloody civil war against its own citizens, Ukraine started war against Russian population. Russia at that time continued to trade gas to Ukraine in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and up to 2023. Russia had no intention of occupying Ukraine, no agressive rethoric, despite the fact that Ukraine started a bloody war against its own Russian citizens in the Donbass. Russia provided Russian population in the Donbass by weapons and help, and Ukrainian army was unable to defeat them, and later the conflict was fronzen. But despite the freeze of the conflict, Ukraine still considerig this Russian territories populated by Russians as its own, and Ukraine wanted to conquer this Russian territories, conquer Crimea and Donbass, but in order to do this Ukraine needed to somehow cut off Russian weaponary supplies to Russian rebels. So, Ukraine continued its policy to join NATO started in 2002 with this intention. Russia don't have right to NOT protect Russian people in Russian historical lands, where this Russians are majority of population, so Russia was trying to negotiate with NATO peacefuly, in 2021 there was a negotiations in Switzerland between Russia and NATO, Russia reminded NATO that in late 80s and early 90s Western politics said to Gorbachev that there would be no NATO expansion. But negotiations failed, and facing existential threat Russia had no other choise but to try negotiate with power
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@punish01 you are talking nonesence, I said that Russia was peaceful, democratic and free country in the 90s, and this is true, and in the 90s NATO expanded to Russian borders, causing existential threat to Russian security. Soviet Union done some bad things to this nations in the past, but Russia isn't a Soviet Union. The collapse of Soviet Union and independence of Russia from Soviet Union happened because Russian people in its majority, because Russia wanted to build a free pro-Western society with market economy, in late 80s Soviet Union ended a Cold War and allowed Eastern European countries to choose their way, in late 80s there was a liberalization in Soviet society. Russians wanted to live in friendly relationship with West, and in the 90s Russia was doing everything to show that Russia is opened to the World and to the West. There was no threat from Russia to Eastern European countries. And Russia IS NOT USSR. Soviet Union had few republics inside itself - Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and many others. Russia was 1/2 of Soviet Union by population and 60% of Soviet economy, in Soviet Union all nations were equalized in their right. Violations against Eastern European nations happened under rule of Stalin, and Stalin was a Georgian, not Russian, and also Stalin commited many crimes against Russian population. Soviet elites and govenment also consisted of all nations that were inside USSR, not only Russians. Russian politician Boris Yeltsin in late 80s was against rule of communist party, and with huge support of Russian population Boris Yelstin made Russia an autonomic republic inside USSR in 1990, and later Yeltsin defeated a Stalinist coup attempt in Mosow and banned communist party in territory of USSR. Later Boris Yeltsin signed an agreements with Belarus and Ukraine, according to which Russia, Belarus and Ukraine left USSR. Russia is not Soviet Union, Russia was just one of 15 republics inside USSR and Russia don't have any responsibility for crimes of communist party, especially when Russians themeselves suffered a lot and Stalin was a Georgian
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@dpelpal War is a very expensive and financially costly business. You need a lot of money to supply troops by ammo and equipment, you need a strong economy. Wars are won by economics and logistics, not arrows on the map. Ukraine is a poor corrupt post-Soviet country. Ukraine is the most corrupt country in Europe, if we don't count Russia as a European country. Corruption and poverty was everywhere in Ukraine even before the war started. And when the war actuallu started, Ukraine's economy simply collapsed as a result of migration and mobilization. The Ukrainian economy has suffered much more from the war, than the Russian economy suffered from sanctions. Without the financial assistance of the West, Ukraine would have been defeated a long time ago.
For the last 15 months, West provided Ukraine with about 200 billion euros of financial assistance. These are six annual state budgets of Ukraine. Three annual budgets (72 months) of the country for 15 months of 2022-23. 25 Ukrainian military budgets. Before the war, in 2021, for example, Ukraine spent about 8 billion euros on the army, about 20% of the state budget. In last 15 months, Ukraine was allocated 200 billion euros of financial assistance. Without this help, Ukraine would not be able to wage war for economic reasons, and Russian tanks would have been in Odessa and Kyiv for a long time. If not for the financial assistance of the West, Ukraine would have capitulated in the summer of 2022.
And Russia, in fact, is not fighting against Ukraine. Russia is fighting against the entire Western Bloc.
As for arms supplies, they amount to about $50 billion. Russia spent so much money before the war on rearmament of the army in 5 years. Ukraine has exhausted its reserves of Soviet artillery ammunition and is now fighting with American artillery and American ammunition. Without these American guns, Ukraine would have no guns at all. At the same time, Ukraine fires several times less ammunition every day than Russia. And even so, Britain, the USA and Poland do not have enough production capacity to provide the AFU. Their production is lower than consumption. If it were not for the support of the West, Russia would have already captured the whole of Ukraine twice.
In 2023 West increased the scale of military assistance to Ukraine. Without this help, Ukraine
would have been defeated a long time ago, and one cannot say that allegedly "Russia cannot defeat one weak Ukraine." Because Russia is fighting not only against Ukraine, but against Ukraine with huge support from the West, and this support, from an economic point of view, many times exceeds the capabilities of the Russian economy.
The reason for all the failures and defeats of the Russian army is the insufficient initial number of troops. On February 24, 2022, when the war began, Russia fielded only about 100 thousand soldiers against Ukraine. Plus several tens of thousands of soldiers from the DPR and LPR. There were about 150 thousand soldiers in Ukraine already on the first day of the war. That is, at the beginning of the war, the number of the two armies was comparable. And as you know, a numerical advantage of at least one and a half times is needed for a successful offensive. Ukraine began to mobilize already on the first day of the war. In the first two months of the war, the Russian army was still able to move somewhere, but over time the Russian offensive stalled, due to the fact that Ukraine had been mobilizing since the first day of the war, and the number of the Ukrainian army was growing every day. The Russian offensive is bogged down by superior Ukrainian numbers. In the first seven months, Russia fought against Ukraine with a relatively small contingent of contract soldiers, without conscripts and without mobilization. Thanks to the numerical superiority that the APU accumulated during the 7 months of the war, the APU was able to launch a successful offensive in September 2022. But the Ukrainian army won stupidly due to numerical superiority. In other words, it's not an equal fight. In equal conditions, the Russian army demonstrated a much higher combat capability in March 2022. As of mid-April 2022, the Russians have seized territory in Ukraine the size of England. Do not forget that the Ukrainian army is much stronger than the French, German or British army. Ukraine on February 24, 2022 had ~ 150 thousand soldiers and 1000 tanks, the AFU is the largest army in Europe. For comparison, Britain in 2021 had about 70 thousand soldiers and 200 tanks. Germany has 80,000 soldiers and 400 tanks, and France had 120,000 soldiers and 600 tanks in 2021. As of February 24, 2022, the Ukrainian army was the most numerous and mechanized in all of Europe, not counting the Russian army.
It is quite easy to defeat the Russian army when Russia is fighting without mobilization, when Russia is fighting without conscripts, when Russia is fighting with a limited contingent of 100 thousand soldiers, and you already have a comparable army on the first day of the war, and you are mobilizing from the first day of the war, and the West also gives you unlimited resources to wage war. Unlimited amount of money, a huge amount of weapons. And in the end, despite all these weapons, despite all this help, despite the numerical superiority of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia still wins in the end - 60% of the Kherson region, half of the Zaporozhye region, 80% of the Luhansk region have been occupied by Russia since February 24, 2022 and Russia holds this territory against Western tanks and tens of billions of US dollars as military aid.
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@sampohonkala4195 "Donbass cannot legally join Russia; borders of countries can only be legally changed by an agreement of the government of that country, and Ukraine has not made such an agreement" (c)
This is your quote. In 2014 an illegal coup have happened in Kiev, with support of United States and American special services. If people in Kiev had right to self-determination, so Russian people in Crimea (60% of Crimean population were Russians even before the annexation) and Donbass (~50% of population were Russians). Russian people in Crimea and Donbass have the same right to self-determination as Ukrainians in Kiev. In 2014 an ILLEGAL anti-constitutional coup happened in Kiev with support of CIA, when Victoria Nuland, head of US state department was in Kiev during the protests.
After the illegal coup Ukraine had NO MORAL RIGHT to prevent ethnical Russian regions to separate from Ukraine, especially considering the fact that there were a far-right neo nazi groups during the coup in Kiev such as "Right Sector" and the person known as Yarosh. And this Ukrainian nazis insulted Russian population of south-eastern Ukraine during the illegal coup in Kiev since december 2013, so, of course Russians from Crimea and Donbass have chosen to separate from Ukraine, and after illegal coup have happened in Kiev, they have the same right of self-determination to do this as people in Kiev, but what Ukraine did to them? Kievan authorities, who came to power as a result of illegal coup, hypocritically blamed Russian separatists in terrorism because of them capturing state building and proclaiming independence of Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, and after that Kievan authorities moved tanks and forces into Donbass. Ukraine started this war, not Russia. Ukraine in 2014 started the civil war inside its territory against Russian population.
Russia had no other choise but to intervene and help Russian separatists with Russian special services, weapons and stream of volunteers from Russia, so Ukrainian army was unable to defeat the separatists in 2014-15. Russian special sevices helped Russian separatists just like American special services helped Ukrainian protesters with their illegal coup in Kiev earlier. Later Russia organized peace talks between Ukraine and Donbass, Minsk agreements, and ethnical conflict was frozen. But Ukrainian government still was considering this territories as part of their state, and Ukraine wanted thus territories back, but in order to achieve this Ukraine needed to cut off Russian supplues to DPR and LPR. Ir order to cut off Russian supplies to separatists, Ukraine needed to join NATO. So Russia, fearing a war with NATO would be unable to help Russian separatists in Donbass, and Ukrainian army could have chance to invade Donbass and capture Donetsk and Luhansk. So, here we see that Russia had no other option but to invade Ukraine. If Russia didn't invaded Ukraine, Ukraine could have invaded Donbass region after gaining military alliance with United States. Russia was trying to solve this problem by negotiations, in 2021 there were negotiations between Russia and NATO in Jeneva. But peaceful negotiations failed, so Russia had no other option.
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