Comments by "Hyok Kim" (@hyokkim7726) on "Ukraine's "Lost Army" what happened to its 780,000 troops?" video.

  1. 01:06 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/03/russia-ukraine-gas-supplies-gazprom Not only Ukraine has been stealing Russian gas, but also engaging in subtle blackmail as well, by tempering Russian ability to deliver the gas, and by how much, and by when per pre-existing agreement. https://www.rferl.org/a/1064991.html Putin not happy with Ukraine's theft of Russian gas, and blackmailing Russia, by tempering with the gas in transit to the customers. https://www.euronews.com/2021/10/01/russia-s-new-pipeline-bypasses-ukraine-in-pumping-gas-to-europe-kyiv-says The 'West' has been engaging in a sophistry in order to sabotage honest, and transparent Russian effort to deliver the gas to the customers without being tempered by crooked middleman like Ukraine, totally for political purpose, even at the expense of their own consumers. https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/16/business/germany-russia-gas-nord-stream/index.html I would say Germany's failure to certify Nordstream 2 for political purpose in cahoots with U.S. was the last draw for Putin. Putin made an honest effort. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Putin-Dissertation-Event-remarks-with-slides.pdf 03:43 Sounds like you're advocating we must adopt NK, and Soviet Union's policy before the collapse. https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/north-koreas-military-first-policy-a-curse-or-a-blessing/ https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/why-russia-wont-go-bankrupt-paying-its-military-buildup-28092#:~:text=One%20reason%20the%20Soviet%20Union%20collapsed%20was%20that,perhaps%20Moscow%20will%20go%20broke%20again%3F%20Not%20likely. 05:42 So does this mean you agree with NK on this one? https://spectator.clingendael.org/nl/publicatie/why-north-korea-will-never-give-its-nuclear-weapons 08:30 Ukraine had had no means of building and maintaining a huge military: Ukraine did not, and still doesn't have a viable export industry that can enable a powerful military. Ukraine has wasted decades in indulging in corruption, stealing Russian gas, and blackmailing Russia, and that was the main reason why Ukraine has a trouble with Putin, not that it had a weak military. 11:38 An excellent point. Originally, the country Ukraine had had problem was not Russia, but Poland! Ukraine agreed to become a part of Russia so as to gain protection from Poland. However, later on, Ukraine had had no scruples, colluding with Poland and seizing Russian territory in the moment of temporary weakness for Russia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmelnytsky_Uprising#:~:text=The%20Khmelnytsky%20Uprising%2C%20also%20known%20as%20the%20Cossack-Polish,the%20creation%20of%20a%20Cossack%20Hetmanate%20in%20Ukraine. .. and so had the Poles as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Muscovite_War_(1609%E2%80%931618) 11:53 Right on! Me, too.
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