A new plan for Ukraine to defeat Putin | Professor Anthony King 

I have one simple question for our political leaders, "How do you expect the Ukrainian Armed Forces to fight like NATO while we refuse to give /sell/loan them the platforms they need in order to fight in our style? Why are we expecting NATO air superiority from a country without any of the necessary equipment?"

If these are best advisors we have in the west we are all going to die.

Have I misunderstood the learned gentleman? Didn't Ukraine mount an urban defence, like he suggests, in Avdiivka? The Russians simply flattened it with FAB glide bombs, as they've been doing to Chasiv Yar, and starting to do to Kharkiv. Until Ukraine has the kit to take out the FAB launch platforms, this tactic will continue.

"Attack enemies as they advance." Truly, a military genius.

Great plan. Right now Ukrainian forces are bravely and very strategically advancing backwards, while the armless Russian troops are cowardly retreating forward

If Ukraine had the right weapons right from the beginning, it would not be in that mess. The EU, UK and US have at last recognized the real needs i.e. attack to recuperate its lost territory instead of "defending it" and remain on the same location while soldiers are killed every day.

glide bombs don't care about "fortifications"

Don't label all Republicans the same, blame the likes of the intellectually challenged in places like Georgia's 14th District.

With out air defense RU. Will level any urban position UA defends. You need air power first!

I like this guy! He actually sticks his neck out and gives a new fresh opinion without slandering the current Ukrainian leadership. We need more of this and less parroting of existing ideas.

Sorry, but this guy is just dead wrong. Were Ukraine to withdraw to the urban areas, Russia would simply move its artillery into range and proceed to level the cities. He's also premature - the Kharkiv front is now stabilizing due to Ukrainian reinforcements and counterattacks - outside of artillery range.

If you create a gap for Russian traps, they used their air space to send glide Coombs and other types of missiles, unless something available to shoot them down whether inside Russia or elsewhere.

Baldric: "I have a cunning plan."

It may make military sense, problem is that you say "ok, let the Russians get close enough to turn Kramatorsk into rubble". There's a deeply troubling civilian aspect to that.

When I feel like having a good laugh I always go to Times Radio.

Many experts, sitting far from the prroblem, giving opinions, while real people face immediate and real terror

There is no such thing as safe fighting positions in towns. Russia flattens everything out before they move in. Sure they have huge losses; but until something has been found against the gliding bombs by which the Russians create the space to move in, it would not work. Sorry to say, sir, but this is a bad idea.

Man just spent 15 minutes talking just to say "scorched earth defence".

❤Ukrainian ❤

🇺🇦❤🇺🇦❤🇺🇦❤🇺🇦❤

Excellent discussion.

the endless stream of ‘tHE tiMEs’ reLiEaBLe pundits rolls on 😂

The evidence seems to show that the Russians have most problems and suffered the highest differential casualties trying to get TO the towns. Once in the built up area, odds are more even. Once into Bakhmut and Avdivka, the Russians moved through them quite quickly compared to their difficulties getting to them. Urban fighting is a great equalizer and a "meat grinder" for both sides and Ukraine can't afford to suffer casualties at the same rate as a much more numerous opponent.

The western allies aren't serious of supporting Ukraine to defeats Russian aggression, only UK is a bit tough, Ukraine is suffering huge manpower and giving them the right tools to fights, nobody will help nonsense analysis that meant to silence the right approaches and decisions to be made.

where were the defences that got paid for on the new front? is it true the economic war isn't looking good for any dollar dependent nations

Thx good analysis

I am impressed with Professor King's assessment of the current predicament in Ukraine. I wonder if any of the planners here are considering his proposed options. Slava Ukraini!

The man makes sense. Easy - as he admits - for him to say. Play to russian weakness. Set the boogers up.

While Ukrainians used to conduct defense on the front line., now with the Russians using glided bombs, Ukrainians are forced to also conduct defense in depth. If Ukrainians withdraw to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, the Russians would bring artillery closer to these cities, and along with their glided bombs, level them more quickly. No matter how well-defended these cities are, the pressure will break them

Question: A. Could they not flatten the town at range. B. Could they not surround and cut off the town?

All this dire outlook for Ukraine without context is worse than useless. How many kilometers has Russia advanced in the east and south in the last two years? At what cost to them? At this current pace, how long will it take to reach Kyiv? Easy math, love to have some of that analysis.

It seems like this is a way to get the NATO style fighting which requires congregating large numbers of soldiers at one common spot. The Americans (some of them, anyway) went on and on about this the first year of the world. Eventually it was agreed that, without air superiority, it just doesn't work and the Ukrainians gave up on it. So making sure Ukraine has air superiority is critical to prevent the Russians from sending their gliding bombs to flatten the "common spot" (i.e., fortress town). That is in fact the tactic the Russians are using right now. The other concern I have is that Russia wants to "negotiate" an end to fighting based on Russia keeping all lands they control at the time the negotiations begin. Giving them MORE land as a result of the recommended withdrawal would mean that Ukraine would lose all that land if they are forced by US and NATO politicians to agree to allowing the Russians to set a border that benefits Russia the most. These two problems are fixable, I believe. But any plan to execute Prof. King's recommended "active defence" would need to include dealing with the problems of air support and refusing to accept the Russian proposal for ending the fighting. FYI. I believe that NATO should bite the bullet and provide the air support that is needed by Ukraine to have the best chance of winning. That is, NATO forces could and should act as an Iron Dome and limit air attacks by the Russians on Ukrainian lands. However, I am a big fan of the Ukrainian attacks on Russian bases and oil storage areas. These "low and slow" drone attacks with some missiles included are analogous in my mind to David's slingshot strikes against Goliath. In other words, I do not believe that Ukrainian should only fight a defensive war. NATO should not stop Ukraine from doing what they currently do so effectively. Be helpful but not hurtful is the approach NATO should be taking viz a viz Ukraine.

I enjoyed the commentators perspective on the Ukrainian strategy however, I would have liked to know how the addition of F-16's will affect the strategies.

An attritional retrograde was the NATO strategy circa 1958-1990. It plays to the strengths of the Abrams, Bradley, Leopard, Challenger. I suspect the Russians have neither the infantry or the armored vehicles to wage that kind of war.

So the old plans backfired???😂😂😂😂

The fab 500s change the game compared to the summer of 2022. No? This makes the Patriot and other long range air defence all the more imperative.

Excellent guest

Cant get past the birdnest toupee

It looks to me, that every university has its strategic studies department. They should all be sent to some rough front line, every generation, to have them separate the wheat from the chaffs.

If retreating is a very small part of a ingenious plan which leads to a very huge blow for those Orcs … you might be right. Professor, one question: did you talk with a lot of high ranked military officers who are also busy thinking about a solution?

Hard to win a war if you are on defense

You have to look at people like that and just laugh And then the words that come out of their mouth is like gibberish

I see what he is saying, but wars are not won by withdrawals.

Just in time for me daily dose of "The new game-changing plan" aka "we have no idea what we're talking about".

Do you own a brush or a comb?

It was a giant money laundry operation. Where are the defenses that were payed for,,,? Why send anymore ?

I am going to work towards the abolishment of politics.

What about old plan

They are running out of plans ..

What is being said here more or less makes sense militarily. Ukraine has a problem though. It cannot cede these areas to the Russians and make these the de facto borders of Ukraine. Ukraine must contest these as the new borders and fight the Russians for being in their country.

It would be a lot easier and cheaper To sour the water,even though it's probably against the Geneva convention.

I think in the near future the Ukrainian Army will show the combined use of the cyber forces, tanks, artillery, infantry and aviation on the battlefield.

Is it possible that Western Economic estimates of the Russian economy are extraordinarily wroing? Is Russia exporting GOLD and OIL?

Using major population centers as defensive fortifications is very cynical, bordering on war crimes. This kind of strategy all but ensures their complete destruction. Say what you will about the Russians, but the Surovivkin line was built away from major cities and towns. Melitopol and Berdyansk, unlike Bakhmut and Mariupol, haven't been damaged to any significant degree in this war.

Russian shovels are the best in the world

“We had to lease it and pay it all back”. That’s not really correct. The terms of lend lease were so generous that the bulk of the aid was essential gifted. For example: “1946, the post-war Anglo-American loan further indebted Britain to the United States. Lend-Lease items retained were sold to Britain at 10% of nominal value, giving an initial loan value of £1.075 billion for the Lend-Lease portion of the post-war loans. Payment was to be stretched out over 50 annual payments, starting in 1951 and with five years of deferred payments, at 2% interest.” Note that inflation in the USA over this period was 690%. The compound interest would only accrue to 169% so the loan was basically reduced by inflation every year until towards the end of the period the remaining balance was reduced over 75%.

Good reporting

Why do times interviews always repeat sections

Excellent

Humza Yusef needs replacing on the screenshot. 😂

A droning, wet tea bag armchair quarterbacking.

Could someone remind this gentleman. Ukraine lost Bhakmut.

👍🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

Question? What wood it hurt for French troops to help defend Ukraine cities to free up more Ukrainians soldiers to the front lines, how wild that escalate anything? It’s already escalated, Ukrainians need more man power, French troops could be a huge help to just defend, no front line actions, anyone?

Comments always deleted. Why and by whom?

7:09 tHEY need contractors, air pilot foreign with experience 5+ year and troops from nation almost for war drone, map field and artillery 2 crew as rch 155 mm GERMANY. Self propelled artillery 40 shot 2 man. Not 9 as bogdana or Caesar

Make Ukraine Russia again!

Hes missing a vital point, Russia levels everything. Hes so unlikable. If this was so easy, do you not think theyd have won by now!?

I don't know if anyone has noticed the emphasis both sides have placed on capturing OR regaining territory? The reason is Meerkat simple! "Artillary'--- is a Spectrum of weapons from mortars (300 metres+?) to ballistic missiles (eg gliding bombs and ATACMS---100+Km up to 300 Km plus! And---short and long range drones. If a country fighting for it's survival has any respect for the people of it's second largest city, it would want the front to be held firstly where it is----or better still pushed back to the pre-2014 border! Ukraine is a Rottweiler----Putin's Russia is a Jackal. Ukraine is it's own best expert---it just needs F16'S!!! or similar! The gift that keeps on coming?

Surely the West can work out how many Russian soldiers Russia has available and that Ukraine requires much stronger weaponry than rushia has to win this war. I think that by not giving Ukraine the required weaponry and more, the sooner the West has a chance to fight Russia themselves.

No about winning its about making money

they are all appeasers

Don't think this guy knows what he's talking about

All sounds sensible except that there is little chance of ukraine ever regaining land lost.

There's no fortifications to retreat to.

Sorry but sorted those teeth out. 😊

You can tell, he's having a hard time sleeping at night.

My god …this channel is getting like satire now … in over 2 years has anyone actually got anything right !!! ???

Times, you can do better.

Michael Clark was on Sky News yesterday telling the Russian what they ought to do against Ukraine up in Kharkiv and to the south. Even the woman host commented at the end mentioning that Clark was more or less telling Russia how to win the war against Ukraine. I wonder what the analytics from Sky News RU-vid Channel with respect to how many views there are from moscow and from the geography of russia over the past two years? I even had one more Muscovites viewer on my RU-vid Channel than I did from my own hometown. (Thank you hometown.) I've carefully listened and watched Michael Clark over the years of his narrating what is happening in Ukraine. His last commentary was disappointing. This Times Radio commentator says more or less, it would be awful to do what he ends up doing. He says more or less because he is not in Ukraine at the front lines and in the meetings with Ukrainian generals, and because he not the one at "risk" in giving advice about what Ukraine should do, he gives his view of what Ukraine should do or not do. I wonder what the analytics of Times Radio RU-vid Channel shows as to how many russians and muscovites have watched its channel since the war started and at the present time? I have commented yesterday that is was good that Ukraine's military was not taking its focus off of Crimea and the Donbas by recent strikes. I'll listen to this commentor again.

Defeat Russia?! who, ukraine?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣they are not able to defend themselves, let alone victory! probably this "expert" is a technical drawing teacher!

I disagree with this guy's tactical analysis.

Mobilization is going to be of the utmost importance. Until Ukraine shows that they can train and formulate competent replacement troops to relieve soldiers who have been on the front for over 2 years.

Professor? 😂😂😂😂😂

You are delusional. Back to your James bond movies

When civilian strategists talk about the pointy end of fighting 🙄

Nato is losing badly in Ukraine 😂😂😂❤

All you say, Arestovych said before fall of Avdiivka but he got labeled as a traitor.

Why does every staff and guest of Times Radio have bad dentition?

This "expert" to the front lines..😂😂😂he will save us all 😂😂😂

Name one time, Times Radio and their experts have been right. Go on I DARE you ALL

Sloviansk and Kramatorsk will be flattend by this move... Worth it???

Zelensky is the greatest military commander of all time. He has issued stand fast orders.

Who is this guy lol. Stereotype nutty professor. You're on the telly love, comb your hair. He's been dispatched to start the coping for Ukraine running away from the Russian offensive.

What's with the accent? Private school education? Anyway he hasn't got a clue, as most of your guests don't. This guy lives in La La land. What he is suggesting is making sure there no Ukrainians left by the summer.

Delusional !

Civil war broke out in UK already 😋😂😂😂🔥

🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💪

Times radio just Russian propaganda