Why Ukraine matters so much to Russia's Putin 

Russia's build-up around Ukraine was no surprise to anyone. given Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 plus their ongoing military support for the separatist forces in the Donbass, and their 2008 invasion of Georgia, which are just continuations of Soviet foreign policy and expansionism. America and China also have invaded their neighbors in recent times, so it doesn't come as a surprise when America invades some Arabic-speaking country or when China invades Taiwan (given the CCP's ongoing war with the Republic of China, their annexation of Tibet, and their invasion of Vietnam in the 1980s.

You were surprised but we don’t. Don’t listen to the media who say how thing were going or go.

They were invited into Syria by the legitimate government of Syria to assist in fighting ISIS. They did not just "move into Syria".

Russia was invited to Syria

@@alecfoster5542 no but they did just take crimea and half of georgia. And also invaded Afghanistan in the 1980s.

When u have 🇺🇸 as a boss u can't be independent

​@@hiramalla4435 Reality has proved exactly the opposite, under the US lead world their is more separate countries than ever on planet earth.

@@Kongajinken internal policies can be independent not external...they have to say yes boss to US

Haha, yes ukraine's about to get invaded :) It isn't a NATO member so it'll have to wait until we decide if we're going let it in (probably not). Learn to deal with stuff on your own.

@@Kongajinken Your commentary, could not be any way more wrong and unfunded yet

You're 100% correct. Ukrainians were always a distinct people, even during the Soviet-era when central leadership tried and failed to create a single, unified culture. Modern Russia has a problem of pride because it is almost entirely run by former officials of the Soviet-era. There is a feeling among these elites that Russia has lost face post-1989 and deserves to enjoy superpower status once more. Ukraine was a critical part of the Soviet Union's success with their industrial capacity, tech R&D, and arms industry. Like Kazakhstan (with their Baikonur Cosmodrome), Ukraine was and remains viewed by Russian elites as critical to the reemergence of Russia as a superpower.

Where in the world is is affluence guaranteed? The majority of people in western countries are at best, lower middle class. The problem that Russia has is that even though NATO repeatedly said it would restrict expansion towards Russia, they continue to do so in violation of many arrangements. Russia simply cannot tolerate Ukraine becoming a hostile nation sitting right on its border. NATO (American) aggression is intolerable to a country like Russia which has endured major wars and invasions of the last few centuries. America would not tolerate a hostile Mexico as exemplified in the Cuban missile crisis.

@@wahidali9592 Russia doesn't care about ukriane joining NATO if they did they would of invaded in 2008 when ukriane first asked. Besides they only want to join NATO due to Russia's actions. Putin wants to stop ukriane s experiment in democracy before it spreads to russia

@@wahidali9592 Russia is the hostile country. Ukraine or any other country in Eastern Europe have never threaten to invade Russia.

Only the govt. Of ukrain wanted to joined nato.. but the people are pro russian.. wayback 2014 a red color revolution funded by western countries to oust the pro russian president.. and put the american puppet pres.. now the next planned is ukrain need to joined nato.. which os advantages for the nato to established their bases and bring military equipment.. second thing the nord stream 2 pipeline.. this priject greatley affected western capitalist a big loose to the oil and gas industry over europe.. ukrain is just a flash point.. as you noticed always they mentioned severe economic sunction.. western uses this sunction to crippled countries economy..another form of war.. ✌✌✌

Exactly

Wonders shall never end.

You ignorant, read a book

@@giacomogreco4542 But it is like that: Russia is acting like a bully and pretends to be surprised when its neighboring countries don't wanna play...

@@357Maxim Ukraine is under a totalitarian regime since 2014 sponsored by USA, Zelensky does not represent the people of the country, he is just a puppet of USA...

@@giacomogreco4542 as a Ukrainian, from eastern Ukraine, I want to tell you that you are wrong.

@@giacomogreco4542 ar you russian becuse if you ar i understand your state propaganda hope russia perris

Well basically because The USSR never thought it would disintegrate, So they evenly spread every factory tech institutions to establish all round development, and I don't think Russia has lost the status of a superpower(though it has decreased) and Ukraine did not exist before USSR it was a parr of Russian empire. Tbh Kiev is the starting point of he Russian empire.

@@HATCH5T I guess the eagerness of Ukrainians to join the EU and NATO is particularly painful for Russia. Someone should tell Putin that behaving like a bully is probably not helping...

@@357Maxim Ukraine currently divided the eastern part(armed with Russian weapons)wants to join Russia the Western wants to stay separate and join EU and NATO

Putin was a former KGB Agent, there's no way he's not also a victim of the same kind of brainwashing the rest of the soviets were subject to. He can only see things in Cold War terms, and is still trying to carry on the tasks of the former Soviet Union

Exactly idky many people don’t count that, the wars of Moscow, Kursk, Leningrad and Stalingrad happened in Russian sfsr, the countries annexed to the USSR weren’t Russia. The Russian federation was inside the USSR

Unlike traditional unions the non russian members needed Russian troops to invade to bring them back into the "union" (read; empire) Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia , Armenia , Georgia , Azerbaijan etc....

Breshnev is Chuvash. Krushchev is Ukrainian.

Kiev the capital of Ukraine was the second city in Russia ever it was Russian before Moscow even had a hut built the idea of Ukraine was invented out of thin air by czarist in kiev who wanted to hold on to any land they could to continue to exploit there citizens and validated by Lenin when he finally kicked the royals out and gave kiev communist all of its land to create the Ukrainian Soviet to serve as the agricultural distract of the Soviet union the idea of Ukraine was invented by royals and a crazy commie they are one people the Slavic people divided by imaginary state lines until 1917 everyone in Ukraine was Russian btw Ukraine means border it's like Minnesota saying hay we touch Canada so we're not American anymore we're borderians it's just ridiculous

Russia is the legal heir of the USSR. Besides, these were all the lands of the Russian empire and the USSR was just an ideologically different Russian empire.

russia is corrupt dictatorship

@amogus it’s a democracy with the option to vote for putin or putin.

Democracy is oligarchy create two choices to vote: Left or Right. Whatever you choose Oligarchy still in the throne. lol Democracy is when you can attacking other countries with random and artificial reasons. Democracy is when you can kill,shot,bomb inoccent mens, womens, childrens, and you called it heroic. Democracy is when you for hundred of years making people of color becoming slave, and change the slavery with different format, name, and rules. Democracy is when you came genocide Indian and making them minority and now acting good. lol

It's like Russians pleas go unheard...

That is part of what Russia wants--there is legitimacy in Putin's argument of National Security, however, like all his arguments he has distorted facts.

they want Russia said. I WANT TO COMMIT GENOCIDE OR BECOME HITLER V 2.0

Yeah, having NATO already on their borders (baltic countries +Poland shring border with Kaliningrad + Norway + the US sharing a border on the east), and starting a war with Ukraine to not extend it, but as result getting the opposite, extending the NATO-Russian border for 1340 km and +2 NATO members (Finland and Sweden), very clever if you ask me. Cmon, the russian propaganda and govermnet "scary story tales" about the "scary west" and "scary NATO" are completely busted, cause everyone knows, that NATO members are not so stupid to start WW3 (Nuclear war) they already had their NATO bases on the borders, so the problem is not with NATO, but with Ukraine trying to become a democratic and succesfull state in comparison with Russia. they have spend so much money on their military, instead of developing their infrastructure, that could have make all the people of russia super successful and super rich, but no, lets become a bully and make comrades by force, why? cause we can :)

@@vladblak "the problem is not with NATO but with Ukraine trying to become a democratic and successful state"??? Seriously? The current government is only in power because of a U.S. orchestrated coup in 2014. Additionally Zelensky has banned all opposition political parties and shut down all opposition newspapers. His government is riddled with Banderites (Nazis). On top of that Ukraine has been bombing and killing their own people in Donetsk and Luhansk whose language and culture they were trying to erase for 7 years. WTF kind of successful democracy is that? You're either a fool or a troll.

If American daddies tell Ukraine to attack Russian troops or to launch massive assault on Donbass separatists, ukrainians will obey and we'll get war.

NATO never promised not to expand. That would be contrary to article 10 of NATO's founding treaty. Don't believe me, provide a link to where this promise was made. What document did NATO sign? When was the Washington Treaty amended to include this?

I must remind you that Russia agreed to assure Ukraine's security and accept its borders in return for give up their nukes (Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances ). "NATO expanding" - independent countries asked NATO to join it, they weren't forced to do so. And they willingly did so because of bad history of relationships with Russia and because of fear the history might repeat again (Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia etc.). Russia in opposed to NATO is physically and forcefully expanding its territory by moving its army into an independent country. And ironically by doing so they're moving their borders closer to territories of NATO's members.

@@stormelemental13 IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT ON GOOGLE IT DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T EXIT, YOU STUPID HEAD!

Turkey is a part of NATO ; Russia can't get in the Mediterranean anyway.

@@beautifulmind1125 If you make a claim, and someone asks you for a source. It's your job to provide it.

sure it would, before sudden disapperance of the elected goverment or a corruption scandal

Evry country has a right to choose the alliance, same Cuba and Ukraine. NATO missiles stationed in Germany, not in Baltic states, Poland or Romania. Russian Iskanders missiles stationed in Kaliningrad, in the middle of Europe

Its not up for the US to decide.

What ifs always make for the best solutions.

What would happen if the US decided to annex parts of Cuba and make puppet states out of them, then make military maneuvers involving 100k + troops in there? Would Russia allow that?

Except russia is trying to defend itself how is that absurd ? But nato has great intentions? Bullshit

Too bad for you, Ukraine in reality is a failed democracy with more corruption and lower quality of life than Russia.

So if Russia deploys missles and troops in Cuba then no issue for USA about defending it's territory right? Good

Well, if USA and UK are examples of ‘thriving’ democracy then I fully understand why Russia is so worried. 😂

@@SP-ml9je what's happening in Canada?

Because the US always wants to be part of everything. They have to mind their own business

He should take it all

@@robertbrown374 including Poland Germany France and Spain, then Canada and Argentina or Brazil

If Russia acts on of pocket they will be met with swift fire power that they will deeply regret and they will be the example for any other country that wants to test us and nato power

@@lche059 Russia was historically Mongolian territory anyway.

@@robertbrown374 Germany should Take back Konigsberg which is modern day Kaliningrad.

Why not?

To threaten russia ofcourse

To protect themselves from those crazy fascist.

@@AverageGuy2002 NATO is defense organization

So Russia won't conquer and oppress them again.

Many Russian soldiers lost their lives in Ukraine, whilst fighting the Nazis during WW2. I think Putin wants to recapture Ukraine for "Mother Russia". Should Ukraine fight this conflict or not?

@@joymonger69420 the US warmonger Take a pen and paper Start writing down by the countries US invaded Then Russia on the other side Once you know the truth Go and hide your dirty faces

No we dont understand. Its just a maskirovka story for pure imperialism panslavism

@@joshuab2437 the uk lost troops fighting to free colonies from Japan should we have them back

@@joymonger69420 USA and Russia aren't the same. Compare the death toll of the USA invasion of Afghanistan (40,000) and the Soviet invasion (2,000,000).Russia killed 10% of all Chechnyans on 1999-2001 they are way worse than the USA

you mad authoritarian lover boi

@@abdiganiaden bruh what

@@abdiganiaden Georgia was a false flag, why this is not common knowledge by now, is a mystery to me..

Are we still surprised? Putin did it in the past without consequences and he will do it again.

By the way, NATO should remove the "no admission for countries in conflict" clause to remove the incentive for Russia to cause a conflict ASAP.

А что Россия сделала? Объясни. Какая агрессия?

@@sergeypgh4794 supplying separatists with weapons?

That's why Baltic States joined Nato.

@@hms9891 а США поддерживают нацистов во главе Украины. Поэтому даже не знаю что лучше. И это не сепаратисты, а независимые регионы. Они уже не принадлежат Украине.

Finland is full of Finns. There are virtually no Russians there. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are 25 percent Russian. That means that Putin can invade to "protect" the Russian minorities.

@@drmodestoesqRICH Russians have been buying up borderlands Finland, since the fall of the CCCP. Many Russians in Estonia, are NOT PRO RUSSIA. Russian propaganda within Estonia, is of course being fed to Estonia, by the Kremlin, in hopes of drawing Estonia into Russian interests. It ISN'T WORKING.

@@drmodestoesq I find it utterly hilarious that many who come to defend Russia, in foreign matters, always want to claim that Russians living in neighboring countries are somehow patriotic Russians, who love Russia. If that were the case....THEY WOULD LIVE IN RUSSIA.

Nice KGB walk, Putin.

@@DetroitMicroSound fins are just Turks who wondered into Nordic/Slavic land got pale in the snow and now think there vikings

Ukraine should ask Donbass and Crimea what they want for once.

He doesn't want to. By leaving it like it is, it is draining Ukrainian economy: investing there is too risky. That's why those sanctions against Russia are good: a taste of a similar medicine.

@@joshtocker6255 hence why 68% want to join NATO and 57% the EU

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Ukraine? My kraine

Russia dictates nothing to anyone. You confused something. One request: do not bring weapons to our borders and install missiles around us. Why is this being done??? Russia puts missiles in Cuba or Canada, for example?

​@@belizna2585 I live in east Europe, right next to Russia. They could wipe us out at any moment, with just conventional weapons right next to our borders. But there is nothing we can do. Except go to NATO for help. Other countries have the exact same right as Russia to arm themselves. It doesn't mean we need to USE the weapons. Russia needs to calm down.

Except that the US gov seriously hates Al Jazeera and was contemplating bombing their HQ during the Iraq war.

@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 except that Qatar is now closest USA ally in middle east , read news

Al Jazeera seems to really play for their side, not USA. You haven't carefully watched other videos... And in this topic it's indeed important to note that Middle-East get a lot of food supplies from Ukraine... In the past, drought in Ukraine/Russia triggered increases in food prices which triggered the Arab springs. So the interest of Arabic government is really towards peace.

Who ? Putin ?

He’s short like a little boy

no, like a penguin

@@SoundsSilver And Balls of STEEL ✔️

@Belle His parents and his children are all short

@stantheman1684 Didn't Russia already invade part of Ukraine in 2014? Instigating no. Possibly preparing for round two and backing a nato ally if war were to break out for a second time, yes.

@@Jakezillagfw What you call Eastern Ukraine, it was part of Russia before the 1917 Revolution. It was part of Russia for at least a thousand years. Lenin and his comrades Bolsheviks took that territory from Russia and declared it part of Ukraine. Here is why Bolsheviks did that: in 1917, Ukraine was 100 percent agrarian. According to Marxist theory, revolutions were done by proletariat, not farmers. Russia's territory east of Ukraine was heavily industrialized then. So, Lenin "transferred" it to Ukraine, along with all the Russians who lived there - so that Lenin could say that there was proletariat in Ukraine. If you are an anti-communist, and you agree that everything that communists did in Russia and the Soviet Union has to be undone, then you have to demand that Bolsheviks' transfer of Russian territories to Ukraine for the sake of supporting ideology of communistic revolution has to be undone as well.

@@Jakezillagfw it's the English speaking countries causing this

very helpful indeed, russia does not want to invade. That aged well

We are not talking about setting up military bases, we are talking about the sheer number of soldiers which have moved to the Ukrainian border from three sides. Crucially- far far more troops than would be needed to defend the Russian border. If not for defense then their purpose is…? Maybe an forward “defense”.

@@wasssssuppppppp you can have your troops within your territory. Russia has its troops on Russian borders. Your just biased. You wanted to project Russia in an offensive manner so you say Ukrainian border.

@@AR-ht9hh so by the same token ukraine has the right to put whatever troops and weapons it wants within its own borders.

@@uicukie definitely it can. Why is it crying that Russia is invading instead of deploying the troops

Also Russian defence: annex Crimea in 2014, take part of Georgia in 2008, support separatists in Donbass & Moldova. Hmmm.. Interesting, why Russia's neighbours want to join NATO, not Russia? 🤔

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Joe Biden finished what Trump started. And the Taliban protected us as we left (per Trump’s deal) it was ISIS K that killed 12 US servicemen

@@mattiyito1 no trump wanted conditions based pullout. First citizens pull out. And if Taliban meat set obligations the military would pull out. And we were going to keep Bagram airbase. Biden messed this up. Cant blame trump.

Da!

I bet you think big mouth would have done a better job...

@@justinlance4174 why he didnt he do it? He had 4 years.

Because they're the journalist not you lol if you want make your own news articles. But he is a product of Russia so technically it isn't wrong.

Donbass has rebels so Ukraine can fight them without full blown war with Russia. Crimea does not have rebels, but REAL full Russian military units. If Ukraine tried to take Crimea back, it would be full blown war with Russia. Ukraine can fight in Donbass because the rebels are separatists.

@@pantherowow77 but Ukrainian fangirls will insist that Russia has invaded Donbas the same way it has Crimea.

Look up fsb snipers in Ukraine for absolute proof

@@hmmm3210 they did

@@hmmm3210 They have, just on a smaller scale. Large size conventional units are in Crimea but smaller specialized units are in Donbass...like Spetsnaz. Spetsnaz snipers are training the rebels and they have killed many Ukrainian soldiers. Its very sad.

It doesn't matter that much to USA the question is y does usa matter so much to Ukraine

Ukraine grows 90% of Europe's wheat. You should care too.

Directly effects the price of gas to Europe, economic sanctions against Russia directly weaken Europe. US does not like countries having a big influence in their field of influence so to speak! Also puts Russia into a corner which alienates a potential adversary and potentially forces them to desperate measures. Isolate the country and their voice is muted on the world stage...

.......But it should be a true sovereign----not a "Narco-Kosovar"-style US colony.

Support for unified Ukraine it’s motherland Russia no NATO base in Russian doorstep

@@anthonyloveanthonylove2159 By unified, you mean by force... right?

@@scottdavis421 by any mean necessarily if Ukraine chooses to install NATO military base in the Russian doorstep that’s call national security threat.

@@anthonyloveanthonylove2159 This only makes Ukraine and Ukraines want to be in NATO even more.

there already has been an agreement in effect since the Soviet Union disbanded.

Western globalists are well known but they control everything, our media and our permanent government. The world already knows but mostly don't care. Here people consume Fox News or CNN and think it's reality. 1991 should have been the start of a better world but alas.. they busted the unions, exploited labor where it was most venerable, expanded the military industrial complex, and kept us in perpetual conflict. It's not like any of this is a secret.

"Western oligarchy?" What does Bill Gates and Elon Musk have to do with this?

@@maxs.5112 Bill Gates and Elon Musk are low level lieutenants in the oligarchy.

@@TurboVonCrim I agree with you about what they have done, but disagree that they are well known. Mainstream media does too good a job of covering for them.

@@nole8923 You're not wrong.

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Different language also were oppressed by Russia

I am from Ukraine. language is not a problem. problem is that russia is a very corrupt dictatorship and Ukrainians want to join the EU where people have much higher standart of life and where salaries are 3-5 times bigger than in russia.

@@Caesar88888 Ukrainian: wants to join EU commen market and go to good unis EU/USA/UK: wants wheat, natural resources and high skilled immigrants Russia: Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Don't worry NATO's aggression and expanaion will be check mated by Russia for sure!!!

Russia is the only one who invaded countries. Countries only ask to join NATO due to Russia. In 2008 ukraine asked to join NATO and was rejected the NATO expansion myth is just that.

@@williamthebonquerer9181 You must have been living under a rock. Either that or you are so poorly informed you should refrain from commenting on these matters again. But be it as it may, the Western colonialists, imperialist robber barrons, warmongering thieves' machinations and propaganda will not succeed this time. They have met smarter and better armed than they are this time. 🔥

@@saabajoe you are just insulting me do you admit that Russia has invaded it's neighbors before now. Why do you think 68% of Ukraine's want to join NATO.

So how will NATO stop USA and itself in the murder of Serbs, Iraqis and Libyans.

Yet the US bases are everywhere in the world but it’s okay

@@phatana2490 True our bases are everywhere, we are the boot, the empire, the world police. Meanwhile my healthcare cost could bankrupt me, my grandchildren face the possibility of either not affording a secondary education or being in debt the bulk of their lives to pay it back. You can't walk the streets of Philadelphia and feel safe. Very sad. But Russia.

@@phatana2490 you got a point it's just a matter of perspective as being biased is bad without viewing the others intention

Russia is sailing its ships off its own coast where would you like them to sail you fool? There's only 1 aggressor causing all of the trouble it's a pity their idiot citizens believe the fantasy stories instead of the facts. I even heard one of the media channels blaming Russia for Canadian truckers

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The Beast being The United Nations.

You do realize this type of prophetic poetry can be interpreted to any place and time in history and the future. And people repeating like to feel some kind of power when they say it applies to them and their time-line. This is what makes religion and it's followers so dangerous. They believe they are righteous because some fairytale says they are according to their interpretation. If the truth were written in clear easy to understand versus then nobody could twist it to their own narrative. The Bible is not clear interpretation and creates more wars. It is by design to keep people in fear of the unknown. A dangerous weapon that should be burned and forgotten like we as humans have been by our creators.

@@nextlevelgamez9243 Matthew 12:36,37 " But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."

@@nextlevelgamez9243 well said

@@555T22 Your quoting a verse that makes you feel superior to your peers. All while being born in the same sin. You are no different for falsely interpreting "Gods" word. Which by your own words you will be judged. Furthermore, you can not pass any judgements on me or any man. It is not your place.

Why are they no rockets already in Estonia then ?

To contrary, we all know Putin is an aggressive imperialist, and NATO absolutely is a pure defensive alliance. If this were not true, Ukraine would already be part of NATO.

@@carlabroderick5508 Libyans might disagree

@@carlabroderick5508 no it wouldn't. Its a corrupt oligarch state. What defense alliance are you talking about? The one that attacked Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lybia, Syria etc.? Definitely a defense alliance (irony on)

@@aleong.9566 Exactly!

+1

I very much doubt you are familiar enough with Eastern-European geopolitics and history to be choosing sides. Your country has problems of its own to deal with. Worry about those, bot.

@@Goblexter… It’s immaterial Putin must complete his mission whatever that mission is.

I wish u had more know ledge about East Europe

@@mdumiseninsibande3071 I suggest not voicing your opinion on matters you know nothing about.

AND they are the best pilots.

Russia has s smaller GDP then Italy.

@@TorianTammas it’s not how much you get it’s how you manage your money

@@TorianTammas do you think only GDP win wars? Ask yourself who would win if Italy fought Russia

You seem to forget that Donbas is currently divided between the separatists and Ukraine - civilians die on both sides of the demaracation line. This is some low quality bait.

Well considering that Russia has invaded another country where Donbass is, by default they are the aggressor. No twisting of words can change that. Donbass is in Ukraine territory why are Russian troops there?

Lol, who put their proper name on RU-vid? Clearly your just some amatuer Russian troll XD

After WWII they deported most of the Germans outside of the occupation zones to Germany even if they lived on those lands for generations since they had made a habit of annexing regions and even countries based on the excuse of defending their people from oppression and supporting the will of those Germans to make sure they can never use that excuse again....

Yeah a unilataral referendum dont count as both sides need to agree to it.

@@tauceti8060 Yeah, all referendums in Soviet Republics don't count, because there was no agreement from USSR.

@@alexsilent5603 that includes Russia's election moron

If you are worried about Russia's security you should look at how many nukes and soldiers China has on Russia's border. Go believe China doesn't want Russia's natural resources.

Maybe because Russia has invaded it 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@scottdavis421 yes I know that. I meant before

Russia is like the Posessive ex boyfriend that cant move on after a break up and is angry when his ex dates someone else AKA the West.

@@scottdavis421 When?

Because the West didn't want it. The West needs a cudgel against Russia

Exactly! totally agree

I wonder if other nations that point start taking the idea of joining NATO more seriously.

@@maxs.5112 NATO and USA not going to fight Russia over Ukraine or Gerogia. We need a new Soviet union and the falls of the Berlin wall was a big mistake 👍

i don't

Me too

Jeh because you are a little fat man. Troll

yeah because missiles today don't fly around the world.