@georgek1234 I think they may be getting the big picture. If not, then they are slow learners or not an intelligent sheep that need to feel special by being led. I thank God he gave me the brains to recognize evil.
@@donk9189however wrong the Vietnam war may or may not have been, doesn't change the fact that Putin's war (oop, sorry "special military operation" nonsense) us wrong, wrong, wrong.
Diane Frances really knows her onions. A great lady who has her finger on the pulse and tells it how it is. She is right on the money with everything she says about Russia and Putin, and what a scourge they are to peace and stability on our planet. I would like to see more of her on your channel. Great stuff. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 Glory to the heroes who are fighting at the coal face of Europe to protect democracy & freedom. God bless Ukraine, Europe & The mighty West 😊
Dunno about that. Korea and Japan becoming nuclear powers in the future? Russia going for a naval base in Syria? China not selling weapons to Russia, hoping they will lose so they can make a play for for manchuria? Sorry, but she's goes off the rails even harder than Peter Zeihan in her predictions.
The sad part is he uses that wealth for greed and ego. He should be building infrastructure and trade routes, roads, and streamlining relationships with other nations. Not special military actions for the hopes of stealing Ukraine's natural resources.
Russia has vast forests areas that are not being harvested and processed into wood products, a vast fortune wasted. The local population would benefit from proper eco-friendly and sustainable practices, but that requires investment.
Ruzzias economy was at the same size as Spain before the war. Ruzzia is just a gas station run by an unstable manager with nukes! Ruzzia is not a great nation and will never be.
Young workers that would also be fathering children in the coming years. So Russia's population collapse will now only accelerate thanks to Vlad's brilliance.
Always thought about this - not to mention collapsing demographics. Can’t exactly expand the Russian culture/ethnicity when all of your 20 something’s are dead on the front.
@@JohnHancock.1776 I'm more than serious. Change legislation. Giving power of veto was a mistake. Why was the UN formed? Members that invade neighbours (claiming it's theirs) have no place in UN.
@@petergreen5337 The Soviet Union, not Russia, was a founding member. Perhaps Ukraine should take its seat on the Security Council rather than the Russian Federation. The idea has been floated.
@@petergreen5337As Philip said, Russian Federation simply took over the seat of the USSR after its collapse... they didn't ask, there was no vote, they simply switch the nameplate and therefore the UN GA can do the same... they just need leadership that hasn't been paid handsomely by Russia.
@@des_smith7658 Current inflation rate: US 3.3% , Russia 8.3% Current interest rate: US 5.5% , Russia 16% You might want to rethink your propaganda, comrade.
@@natalieturko4808 Haha! That's hilarious. Let me guess - you find all that "evidence", "facts", "witnesses" and "truth" right here on Times Radio? Oh man, you're the best. If you ever go on tour it'll be a sell-out.
This is just NONSENSE. It's NEO con GARBAGE. She DOESN'T grasp the FACTS let ALONE the UNDERSTANDING of what is happening here. She is very CHILDISH in political knowledge and IGNORANT in international affairs.
Consider Russia's only real allies are Iran and North Korea. Belarus doesn't have much to offer. China and India appear to be pulling away. Sure, they'll take NG and oil but they are squeezing Russia on price.
The war criminal is staring him back in his mirror poop's was that little bully that was a big wheel in st Petersburg high school for party thugs and veterans of The Great patriotic war, but now's he's old and weak begging Iran and North Korea to help him out of a jam , his economy is toast the military is tarnished and slowly falling apart, he's on thin ice and when he inevitably falls through, then things get really interesting in Little Moscow.
Putin is the school yard bully but one who has met his match . He didn't expect Ukraine to fight back just like any bully they can't take it when someone stands up to them . His bluster about using nuclear weapons is just that bluster just like any bully he makes threats .
Thats all that communists so is lie to everyone to get their way. Putin is trying to recruit inAfrica and Southeast Asia. He uses foreign troops as cannon fodder. Once Ammo is used up, then he send in Russian troops and claims victory and says he only used Russian troops. The Ruler of Nepal has demanded that Their citizens be returned immmediately. Very few promises of pay have rarely been made also.
@@vincentcalderone5956 Ukraine is a nation that wants to get rid of its ties with Russia and become a prosperous democratic nation..... and Putin clearly hates that idea.
Hungary needs to be given a NATO ultimatum. Leave or remove Orban. It isn't our place to tell them which to do, but we are entitled to say they can't stay in NATO with Orban at the helm.
Xi is me right pal. When I DJ'd for the Chinese government, Xi was throwing it down hard ..As my set got more twisted and underground, Xi threw some obscure shapes .Kinda like the wild goose qi gong. His deep voice acknowledged my toooons ❤
@@winfordnettles3292 And Trump would NEVER say anything bad about Putin…. That’s why I said I wish we had (a ) us president that was saying these things.
I hope that the Dutch never forget that atrocity -- and that Malaysia and Indonesia will soon step up to avenge the deaths of its people murdered by ruzzia in that event.
@@chrisc448 Well, you make a meeting with allies, you ask them if they are on board, you mass leave the UN. Create new organization called something like Federation of Earth's Nations. You invite everyone who is interested. Most likely countries that breached UN resolutions and human rights multiple times would not join anyway. Now you can pass more resolutions to sanction those countries.
@@firstnamerequiredlastnameo3473 Kind of good point. Putin rather ship ALL food to pay for his war, rather than feeding his own people. In Russia, humans are tools. A means to reach his goals. He WILL starve his own people for the good of his greed. Russia is an awful place. 😢
@@firstnamerequiredlastnameo3473 WAR is bad business for everybody and Russia is using its medical assets to attack Ukraine. Weapons are always short when you're at War. I don't think they're going to give weapons to North Korea when they need them to protect their own country
He's not Sauron... He's more like the witch king of the angmar .... A wraith that was created by corruption and trust to emulate Stalin.. the blood soaked Red Tzar.
@@wmobberley4416 War is peace. Freedom is slavery. - Orwell, 1984 Hunting in the streets for cannon fodder - mobilization. Borders are closed - freedom. Canceled elections - democracy. - Zelensky, 2024 The dictator and tyrant - a person who cancels elections, closes borders and hunts for fresh meat in every town and city - (hint - always wears green.) By the way. about holy democracy - The total death toll of people killed by American troops in all major wars and conflicts since World War II is estimated to be over 12 million. This includes direct war violence in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan, as well as casualties and fatalities in other conflicts.
You are a national treasure Diane, I've been a fan of yours for decades. Thank you Times Radio for having Diane on Frontline. From Kitchener, Ontario, Canada... Slava Ukraini
Putin is using mercenaries from all over the world. It currently has mercenaries from 21 countries. Russia recently forced all African students (37,000)to either join military or be deported. Obviously, they’re running out of manpower, hence the use of mercenaries.
And what ; so is Ukraine....saw a video yesterday with 39 recorded dead Columbians fighting for Ukraine. Their families complaining they never received a dime of salary.... Western Values 😂
Wow, short term thinking for Putin. Talking about completely fking up the Moscovy empire so you can win today and then maybe tomorrow. Weird thinking...
A GDP smaller than Haiti, yet down the road is a country of people with the same genetics that has some of the most successful companies in the world. So family fiefdoms usually do not work long term.
@@des_smith7658- Is the educational system so bad in your 3rd world country that you can only type two words instead of putting a simple sentence together? 😂
Kate Gerbeau is bloody brilliant. She's by far one the very best interviewers around. She's courteous respectful and smart. You might say I'm a big fan. The only thing better than Kate would be two Kates.
Having to give part of your own country to someone else (China) to ensure a steady stream of golf carts. I think we're seeing the beginning of the end of pootin, and of the russian empire as we know it.
Putin has notoriously ignored treaties. The Budapest Memorandum is ironic here. Under the agreement, the signatories (Russia, Britain, USA) offered Ukraine "security assurances" in exchange for its adherence to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and for Ukraine to surrender the Soviet era Nukes on their soil).
Kim Jong Un if he has any brains he should have taken note Putin breaks agreements as an example Budapest Memorandum agreement with Ukraine and that his word is worthless.
Minsk 1 & 2 also Istanbul, care to explain...?? Ukraine, EU "YES", NATO "NO", really simple, Stalingrad History should bring understanding... Budapest: The signatories of the memorandum pledged to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity and inviolability of its borders, and to refrain from the use or threat of military force. Russia breached these commitments with its annexation of Crimea in 2014 and aggression in eastern Ukraine, bringing the meaning and value of security assurance pledged in the Memorandum under renewed scrutiny. Citation
Diane Francis tells it like it is better than anyone anywhere - period, explanation point. If only she could be one of the presidential candidates in the upcoming United States election in November!
As far as I am concerned Russia is not in the United Nations. The USSR was. These new guys just waltzed in and took the USSR's place. Russia gate crashed the UN. I don't know how anyone never noticed that at the time.
In a letter dated 24 December 1991, Boris Yeltsin, the President of the Russian Federation, informed the Secretary-General that the membership of the Soviet Union in the Security Council and all other United Nations organs was being continued by the Russian Federation with the support of the 11 member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Although on 25 October 1971, the UN recognized the People's Republic of China (Beijing) as "the only legitimate representative of China to the United Nations" and removed "the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek" (referring to the Republic of China, whose central government had relocated to Taiwan from the mainland) from the United Nations. Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations (UN) or its suborganizations, but it aspires to participate. Beijing blocks Taiwan from becoming a member of the UN, claiming Taiwan as part of its territory and denies that Taiwan is a sovereign state.
@@franceyneireland1633 So you are saying that Boris Yeltsin waltzed into the UN waving a ticket that was not his and the gate keeper (The secretary general) did not notice. the ticket did not belong to the rightful holder? How did it happen that Boris Yeltsin "informed" the Secretary General? I would have expected the new nation Russia to apply for member ship and for the UN to decide if the new member was accepted. Tail wagging the dog here. But even then, if the new Russia was accepted into the UN that should not mean it gets a sweet on the security council.
No other countries offered to take over, it seems. Russia had the nuclear weapons and by far the greatest population of the Soviet republics. It honestly made sense at the time, and still does in my view.
@@j3kfd9j It's not clear to me that any "taking over" was required. A new state could make a new application. Which certainly would not give them a seat on the security council with veto powers. Ukraine had a large population and nukes as well. How come they did not get such a position? The current situation where a country that invades its neighbours destroys everything in sight and commits genocide has veto powers on the security council is absurd and disgusting.
It's because when the USSR was dissolved back then, Boris Yeltsin, the President of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic (Russian SSR), the largest republic within the USSR, made a deal with the other republic within the USSR to dissolve it. They would regain their independence, and in return, they needed to support Russia as the official successors to the USSR in every aspect, including taking all of the USSR's debt, including the republic. So they all agree with Ukraine being one of the biggest contributors to the dissolution of the USSR. All of them give their vote and approval to the Russia SSR, or, as they now know, the Russia Federation, to take over the USSR spot in the UN and debt. There's a whole agreement and documents kept by Russia and the UN office with all the signs of all the USSR republics that gained their independence.
No; I think Russia is arming America's enemies; since American missile started landing in mainland Russia (as they said they would). Europe has lost relatively cheap Russian: oil; gas and grain, because that is what America wants; Russia has other customers.
@@irresistablejewel dont forget SK are now very annoyed and will supply Ukraine with weapons in return. Every move Putin makes has geopolitical consequences
@@alastairwallace6153 Mainly retaliate using asymmetric warfare: the economic sanctions emanating from the Twin Towers killed a lot of people; USS Vincennes shoots down a civilian airliner and we get the Locherbie disaster... things like that and they were done on a "shoestring budget". With 21st century weapons, the Strait of Hormuz is becoming a "Chicken Run" (and a lot of the world's oil supply goes through there); I really don't want to give people ideas (but one man throwing a spanner in the works can cause chaos). Dictators (King; Queens; Shahs; Sultans etc) held sway for a thousand years; democracy is a relatively new phenomenon (and if the rich can buy it, they do); but America has engineered some sixty-four(?!) regime change attempts, since 1950 (and that includes a number of democracies). We can look at the same thing in different ways; but currently representatives of around 80% of the world's population are not interested in the conflict in Ukraine; while China (who some in America wish to view as an enemy) already said, "Don't try to involve us in American power games! ...We have good trading relations with both Russia and Ukraine") so they are certainly not "with" the American Neo-cons on this and despite what our media tell us China and Taiwan are, put simply, different branches of the same political party. With reference to the OP... It was the globalists in the EU that sanctioned themselves out of relatively cheap Russia commodities; the foreign corporations that took control of Ukrainian agriculture and likely a gas pipeline (plus all the "charity" from EU and America, who are not known to be charitable) that provoked war (and not for the first time). It might be the wrong time to mention I wouldn't trust my government to run a bath and I believe the real enemy is within. (It's the rich persons club we aren't in). (and I fully expect this comment to be deleted) Have a nice day!
Of course not! He admitted himself, in public in Tehran, and several times in private according to Khrouchtchov's memoirs, that without the American Lend-lease, the USSR would have lost to the nazis!
@@petergreen5337 Absolutely NOT. Seven million troops would have been able to accomplish nothing without the trucks, arms, ammo, fuel, clothing, food and other materiel supplied by the US (with transportation help from the UK and Canada).
@@petergreen5337 Except that, without the US Lend-Lease, Stalin would not have been able to equip and arm these 300 divisions! He himself admitted that the Soviet Union would have been defeated by the nazis without the US Lend-Lease!
@@michaelmazowiecki9195 well, all those leaders were in power for decades resulting in Libya becoming the fastest growing GDP in Africa. It's dropped 40% since Gaddafi was taken out. Syria had the most diverse and most peaceful religious make up in the middle East. The attempt to overthrow Assad resulted in ISIS and genocide of non Sunni's. Strange that if these countries were so bad that it's only now that we have a refugee crisis
Many of the russian "soldiers" are unskilled in that role, so they are really a liability. Not nearly as effective as real soldiers, with all of the expense and upkeep.
They have Stockholm syndrome and deluded to the point that they actually say the mass murders mean that the victims go to a happy gingerbread place above the gingerbread monolith. Oops, they might delete this comment as per usual.
According to brainwashed NAFO warriors Russia collapsed 2 years ago after they ran out of missiles, manpower, tanks and Putin died in cancer. So after using shovels with washing machine chips against game changer wunderwaffens (exhibited in Red Squere) the unmotivated suffering Russian troops have such a bad situation on the battlefront that they are retreating toward Kyev. Also manpower problem is such a huge issue for Russia that authorities grab civils from the streets in Ukraine by the order of Zelensky to be sent to the frontline s, maybe to help the Russian to have a fair fight. Or maybe propaganda will not decide the outcome of this war.
Western Europe has already completely diversified away from Russian gas. China is slow walking establishing a second Siberian pipeline, China knows they will get a better deal down the road. The west has seized all of their foreign reserves. Ukraine has already been winning with inferior weaponry and now are getting superior weaponry. Crimea is vulnerable, with only 1 real supply chain which is about to be cut, isolating Russian troops in Crimea and removing a key staging platform for Russia. The outlook is grim.
That mischaracterizes, grossly, what Trump actually said. He said, sarcastically, that Putler was a "genius" for the way he played Obama. Specifically, Putler took Crimea and the core of Donbas at the cost of a "dime's worth of sanctions," Trump said. That was because Obama failed to live up to ANY of the American commitments set forth in the Budapest Memorandum. Trump has NEVER approved of the 2022 full scale invasion in any way. On the contrary, he denounced it as "terrible." But CNN won't tell you that, because their leftist agenda is more important to them than the truth.
@@RichardTaylor1630Trump just recently said Russia could have some of the "Russian speaking" regions of Ukraine. Listening to Trump and taking away that he's NOT on Putins side must be some advanced mental gymnastics..
Moscow horde´s war record :- 1856 defeated by Britain and France 1905 defeated by Japan 1917 defeated by Germany 1920 defeated by Poland, Finland, Estonia and all Baltic states 1939 defeated by Finland 1969 defeated by China 1989 defeated by Afghanistan 1989 defeated in the Cold War. 1996 defeated by Chechnya 2022 defeated by Ukraine WW2 won USA/Britain , meanwhile Stalin's officers were shot or sent to the Gulags. Millions went to the Gulags, including Solzhenitsyn Moscow's only victories come from invading smaller countries :- a) Hungary 1956 b) Czechoslovakia 1968 c) Moldova 1992 d) Georgia 2008
@@petergreen5337 and 1 000 000 new armata tanks, right ? There is a reason why in Finnish verb "Ryssiä" (Muscovy) , roughly meaning "to totally fail something".
@@tariredom7615 The operative verb is "were." It has been 212 years since Tsar Alexander got to Paris, and 79 years since the USSR (incl. Ukraine) entered Berlin. Ruzzia never got to either place on its own, but only when allied with Britain, Prussia and Austria (#1, Paris, 1812) and the US, UK, Poland, Ukraine and the British Empire (#2, Berlin, 1945). You say that ruzzia could "do it again," but that's laughable considering that they can't even get to Kharkiv, Odessa or Kyiv despite 28 months of trying.
@@petergreen5337 "It's NONSENSE to even THINK of" .... ruzzia launching any nukes. The last four months have taught us that ruzzian air defense stinks. In contrast, the West had robust defenses against ruzzian missiles. So if ruzzia launched just one of its "1000 megaton warheads," that would spell the end of ruzzia within minutes, while the UK would emerge unscathed (except of course for the radioactive fallout).
Thank you for an outstanding report, you would think that with hindsight of what Putin has done in the past, that someone would take him out. But then again, king DUM, !! could always feed him to the Dogs, well that's if his oligarchs don't do it first. The night of the long knives awaits him. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
Russia starves its pepole too. So does America, and so does every other nation as well. The poor are always discounted....and that is a huge unrecognized loss.
