Gravitas Ukraine Direct: Did NATO betray Russia?
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- In 1990, NATO promised to never enter Russia's sphere of influence in eastern Europe. Since then, the alliance has expanded to include 14 European nations, including Russia's neighbours. Palki Sharma tells you about NATO's betrayal.
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This makes so much sense. It made me understand this quite a long standing and intricate conflict deeply, and from both points of view. Thank you for this report.
As my point of view.
When One Broke and Betrays such Agreement it will again repeat for the Second Time, again and Again... So, punished them... Let the WAR Begins...
WION is about 20 times better than US media.
@@reynaldosalcedo4661 yes, Ukraine broke the nonaggression agreement when it engaged formally with NATO in 1998
@@jaylinn416 WION about 10 times worse
Not from both points of view. NATO had no plans to expand and those Eastern European countries had no intentions to join NATO. But Russia started invading those countries one by one. Starting with Georgia then Chechnya. So all those Eastern European countries said let us join NATO. There's a monster at our doors about to eat us...HELP!! So Russia broke the promise by invading its neighbors.
Finally someone is talking truth 👏
Not like corrupt media in USA
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Ra ra ra NWO medias 👉 🐑🐑🐑 🐑🐑😅😅😅
US media is owned by 6 US corporations like Walt Disney, Viacom and Time Warner.
What do they say in the US media?
Few countries tell the complete truth but Sharma blatantly lies like the Russian controlled media. I think Hindu nationalism is following their path of deceipt.
Congrats, WION, on a historically accurate news report. Even Western leaders have condemned the expansion of NATO.
I agree so far as to the agreement being made. I don't care if it was put in writing or not. An agreement is an agreement. BUT! The problem was that those former Sovjet States asked for membership. EU/NATO didn't ask them or invite them. They came to the EU/NATO! Tell me, what should EU/NATO have done? Say "no, cause Russia forbids us to"? And then those states would have said: "but Russia doesn't have an agreement with us, and we want to join EU/NATO". So Russia would hold the EU and all those former Sovjet states in a strange hold forever? Some former Sovjet states are further away from Russia than known EU/NATO allies like the Finland, Sweden and Poland. So why is he complaining about the former Sovjet States joining NATO and not about Finland etc? Should the EU have discriminated and only let states join that were far enough from Russia? Whatever is 'far enough' anyway. Sorry, but the complaint, however much I agree about keeping to the agreement from EU/NATO's side, is a false complaint, cause it just doens't make sense if there are multiple EU/NATO or EU/NATO-sympathetic countries closer to Russia than most former Sovjet States.
And Putin said that this war was a *desperate* move. But even if the EU countries agree about Ukranie joining the EU, which I very much doubt, it would have taken at least a decade, probably even more. So there was absolutely no hurry and therefore no * desperation* at all.
Abiding to rules and agreements is important, but may not be used as an excuse to rage war. Putin forced this without any reason to force it NOW. And ofcourse Russia/Putin is paranoid about NATO wanting to invading Russia. It's a DEFENSE Organisation.
Who ?????
@@arturama8581 You do have very much to learn. Your statment are just as lissening to CNN .
@@pertpesc7058 That might be of because it makes sense. I'm not American. I'm not D nor R and I watch all News Media. I speak 4 languages, so I have a lot of choice and most I watch are independent from government or commerce. I even watch the moronic media of the far right, cause I want to know what lies they spread. I crosscheck my news internationally. And you? Any not english speaking media on your playlist? Any independent? And I don't mean shady internet channels, who's only target is getting more subscribers and views, for the money and fame. They're not going to tell you the truth. You don't like the truth. And if they tell you the truth anyway, they make less money. So they'll always tell you what you wánt to hear. Easy to do, cause all people from the crazy Right say the same things, as they just repeat eachother's fantasies.
@@arturama8581 I work whit news .
And do it in 6 languages.
Russian are one of them.
And it's not hard to see your political color. This makes you not credible.
Very true; VERY BIG MISTAKE. Imagine California going independent then China setting up nuclear weapons and military bases in California. NATO provoked this war and now turning their backs on it. The solution for Ukraine was the reverse of the Cuban missile crisis and the world diplomats failed us.
This is what people don’t wanna accept that it’s was NATO’s fault, all you may hear is “this is 2022 Ukraine 🇺🇦 can choose any organization
Now see how they are bleeding 🩸 it’s sad 😢
I disagree, countries people and rulers have a right to change their minds, evolve, grow and adopt other cultures and new alliances. Putin is like a guy that wants to keep MySpace alive , meanwhile everyone is using Facebook and Putin wants to forcefully keep members in MySpace. People and countries have a right to choose and makes me alliances. It's no one's fault for people making choices. It's Putin's fault for trying to force his narrative using violence. Even this report is westernized , it's in English LOL. You can't adopt Western tech and culture and expect them not to want to adopt other things like NATO.
If NATO gets involved, then world should brace for nuclear war.
@albion no one's fault, if anything is Ukraine but you blame USA. Youre confused
@@ulisesramirez953 I would never make any deal with you because you are just saying you have the right to be a lier.
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Don’t worry keep watching her you’ll start to see she’s nothing but a hack job. She’s not reporting news just assumptions
@@biduukorona3304 I know why u pakistanis hate her because she keeps bashing a beggar country...
She is a great news anchor! Greetings from Colombia!
@SURIYA SILVERLANCE how old are you sir? Just asking. Because Liberia is quite often in the news. Even you didn't check the Ebola pandemic which ravaged west Africa.
@SURIYA SILVERLANCE bro it's in africa random fact its one of the two nations of africa to not be colonized (they had us as their backers) while the other being Ethiopia
She is the only journalist shows both sides truthfull unbiased stories ... Great journalism!
😂😁😁. No wonder Palki is still broad casting from Ukraine for how many days and not a single hour on the Russian side of the border.
@@julwiezdeghorz5089 perhaps you can contact WION and get them permissions from Russian side. WION is based in USA as well and that could be condition that WION not getting any opportunity to report from Russian side.
@@julwiezdeghorz5089 And, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, if you could also get her permission to be in China and report from there truthfully without the fear of being persecuted or vanished, we will be SO grateful🙏🏼. It will so much fun and information at the same time.😆
@@abhishekchaubey9417(c.c.), (TO : Julwiez de Ghorz) And, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, if you could also get her permission to be in China and report from there truthfully without the fear of being persecuted or vanished, we will be SO grateful🙏🏼. It will so much fun and information at the same time.😆
Sharma only gave an inaccurate pro-Russian report. You obviously don't know European history, great journalism for the gullible.
You , my lady , have earned my respect for being a Reliable trustworthy and No nonsense or sentiments based news , only facts and unbiased information hub for all news , and giving both sides of story
Excellent Analysis.
1 annotation:
The 2o14 annexation of crimea by russia was Not unprovoked, but triggered by the Coup of 22.2.14, when a russia-friendly ukrainian government was replaced by a EU/NATO-oriented one
Man In-progress --- CORRECT. | Only the Brits and the Muricans pretend to not know that fact.
Let's not forget russian-friendly government got in power due to Russia's meddling in the elections. Russia doesn't just want non-NATO countries next to it, it also wants their puppets to govern there. Would you accept to live like this? Knowing that, whatever you'd vote for, Big Brother Russia will come and decide for you?
I can honestly say that this is the only station that explains the history behind conflicts. This station literally teaches history. There is also a guy here on CZcams who is excellent at giving an analysis of the history of conflicts. I will edit and put his name when I find him again.
Sounds interesting
Please do , thanks!
Well it doesn't. It's absolute lie.
@@stan9547 how's that
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And what British Dutchess mean actually?
Haha! I've a Dutch friend and we use the word Dutchistan for NL :-) and Duchies for female Dutch citizens.
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This is an absolutely brilliant briefing on why we are where we are.
"A betrayal is a betrayal" 100% agree and if anyone including NATO/EU/UN says otherwise and start to talk about how there are no papers, then only thing Russia need to do is raise the USSR flag declare themselves as the "Soviet Union" and say it was just a big social experiment !
technically there are no paperwork's of countries braking away from USSR or any type of declarations of independence from the USSR but there are paperwork's of them joining USSR
I mean, FWIW, I think it's less of a betrayal than Russia invading Ukraine, given that Russia had a deal in place to guarantee their borders as they stood. Y'know, prior to Russia annexing Crimea.
But joining NATO wasn't going to be an option when Russia asked. They hadn't shown themselves to meet the minimum requirements, and it was very likely they could use NATO to get better military technology and veto any other country's attempts to join NATO.
Given that was the case, they opted instead for a NATO + Russia thing. A sort of "Okay, well, we'll see how this shakes out," allowing Russia and NATO to cooperate without giving Russia power over NATO. Many countries went through the same thing. Russia responded to not being able to immediately join NATO by... invading Georgia because they were trying to join NATO, too.
Yeah I think it's safe to say everyone saw Russia was insincere. They didn't meet the minimum requirements for joining and anybody joining has to get a unanimous vote in favour which, to put it bluntly, simply wasn't going to happen because many nations within NATO didn't trust Russia.
Russia has since demonstrated that they were correct not to trust Russia.
Russia is not a super power. Russia is not a special need baby and Eastern Europe is not soviet backyard.
I'm loving your coverage of the conflict: a nice balance between facts and commentary. Bold, honest, well-delivered. Thank you!
Also good comments section. Lots of points and counter points. Sadly missing from dominant media both TV and print.
@@rmrrao2675 a lot Chinese and Pakistani bots. Lol.
@@adarshanand682 Ever since the actual number of chinese casualties was made public by Australian media, we chinese practically living here in the comment section.
@@sheegeenpeeng2387we should not make fun of people's death specially soldiers their leaders had betrayed them let them rest in peace now.
Western media is more like saving Biden's ass.
Even Russia tried to join NATO. But NATO rejected.
I always wondered why Russia wasn't part of NATO
How can Russia be part of Nato? NATO's reason for existence will disappear lol
@@myawallaceee that would mean American weaponry ending up in Russian hands, which could then be reverse engineered.
@@edgarindainyapadi You are partially true because there are racial and religious side for a war as well.
@Ron Willis Yes all the countries should join NATO to counter US(😉) belligerence!!!
First time coming across this channel but they’ve won me. The accuracy was on point. No bla bla Putin this Putin that. Thanks for standing firm amidst other media houses showing the opposite. 👍🏾 New Sub 😎
Same here found it while looking for unbiased none American news media.
@@soursop1972 oh wonderful, thanks for staying Woke. ❤️👍🏾
NATO betrayed Russia 🇷🇺...that's the main reason. It was the fault of NATO that the people of Ukrainians were suffering. I Blame NATO for this bloody incident
Me too 🙄🤔
Me too!!!
This is so true for everyone to see and believe except you are an American
@@andrewokoduwa3773 I'm Indian and I'm proud of it
@Father of Peacefull community this should be main comment
Sometimes it seems that this is the only unbiased news I can find, great job Wion
Sometimes.
I too thought the same way this video was uploaded 18 hours ago and the video coverages before that was like pro NATO and spitting venom against Russia as if the NATO facilitated her stay in Ukraine and she was to sway people opinion in favor of NATO, you never know bro humans are social animals they live for belly and for below the belly 🙄
Remember war is not the solution innocent lives will be lost
Unless it includes India or modi
@@agrajyadav8888 Imagine Global Times criticizing China or RT criticizing Russia or NY Times criticizing US...
Not so fast !!!
This channel is the most interesting, balanced and educational source of news I've found so far. They also give the public a fair analysis to the current situation and always linking their reports to key historical/past events that are often overlooked.
You don't see the bias? They are reporting falsehoods as if they are true.
@@wessexdruid7598 Could you please elaborate? Just making claims here without explanation and proof makes zero sense.
@@wessexdruid7598 Specifically, what are those falsehoods ?
@@vinay1571 Asked and answered. I don't see why I need to keep repeating myself.
@@wessexdruid7598 lmao you haven’t answered anything lol
A betrayal is a betrayal. Period
Well put
There was no betrayal from the NATO but Putin betrayed the Ukraine in a much worse manner . He broke 2 contracts and didn't respect the borders and sovereignty of the Ukraine what was promised by Russia.
NATO had no problem when Turkey invaded and partioned Cyprus back in 1974. Half of Cyprus is under Turkish occupation for 48 years. Russia simply does to Ukraine, what Turkey did to Cyprus.
True.
Thanks for putting the situation in a higher context WION! Much love from the states.
This is elementary anyone with a brain can figure this out. Share it with the people so they can see how treacherous and war lingering the west really is.
Ha, Palki, at last!! You are coming gradually to the facts of the Ukraine crisis.
It took her quite a while)))
The debris from missiles explosions in Ukraine knocked some some into her...... She came back a new woman....... lol
Palki has made a lot of sensible points. Western leaders shouldn't ignore this channel.
They we never allow this truthful Chanel to exist
If in limelight...They will censor this channel too and force to be either on this or that side. Staying neutral is a big challenge now a days in almost all societies.
Zelensky should have kept his country on neutral ground.. period and kept open dialogue with Russia.
Actually it was written down and is readable in de-classified US documents. However, the USA now claims the agreement was with the USSR and not Russia. Given the rhetoric of open door policy of the EU and NATO its worth reminding all that on assuming Presidency, Putin requested membership of both to further demonstrate Russias wish to contribute and support mutual solidarity within the Continent. He was laughed out. Finally. The word annexation can only be used as 'gained by military invasion'. Crimea was NOT invaded at all. It was an electoral referendum by the population of Crimea. Although NATO, opposed by the UN annexed KOSOVO. If we choose a metric we should use it for all. Not when it suits.
That's false. Gorbachev stated in an interview that their never was an agreement. It is just Russian disinformation.
@@lorenzozampighi3646 Then I think you should check out Vladimir Pozner and his presentation at Yale University 'How the United States Created Vladimir Putin'.
I get that you hold whatever you have relying to whatever you know that seems factual but whatever side you're rooting for both of them are just demons fighting for power. The one intended to rule using fear while the other is to make everyone a slave so don't apply any sort of vulnerability to them because It's ridiculous. They're no heroes or even idealist, well it's not even needed i guess. They just want to win while trying to rid of each other and that's it. They are not the type to beg for mercy or support because what they want are just submissive fools who believe in them. You believe US lies? Or you believe Russia where it's not even trying to hide it's rotten core? Either, you're still a gullible fool
Brian Porter Do u think that Vladimir Putin is doing right? Its so much confusion between what USA says and what Russia says.
Russia and its military occupations by the Soviet Union. During World War II the Soviet Union occupied and annexed several countries effectively handed over by Nazi Germany in the secret molotov-ribbentrop pact of 1939. These included the Eastern regions of Poland incorporated into two different SSRS as well as Latvia became Latvian SSR Estonia (became Estonian SSR) Lithuania (became Lithuanian SSR) parts of Eastern Finland (became Karelo-Finnish SSR) Eastern Romania (became the Moldavian SSR and part of Ukrainian SSR) apart from the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and post war division of Germany, the USSR also occupied and annexed Carpathian Ruthenia from Czechoslovakia in 1945 (became parts of Ukrainian SSR). Russia has a long history of invading countries and still does it to this day. Russia hasn't learned a thing and Putin will keep doing this until he gets what he wants and that's rebuild the USSR. Putin worked counter-intelligence and was in the KGB until the fall of the USSR in 1991. Ever since then Putin hasn't dropped the Rock. Russia and China have things in common into that invading countries. Vladimir Putin is a tyrant and a warmonger. Russia like China they're also guilty of genocide. Ever heard of something called the Holodomor? The Holodomor which means (to kill by starvation) also known as the Terror Famine or the Great Famine was a famine in Soviet Ukraine the from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of innocent Ukrainians. It was a large part of the wider Soviet Famine of 1932 to 1933. The term holodomor emphasis the famines man-made and allegedly intentional aspects such as rejection of outside Aid, confiscation of all household foodstuffs and restriction of population movement. As part of the wider Soviet Famine of 1932 to 1933 which affected the major grain producing areas of the country millions of inhabitants of Ukraine the majority of whom were Ethnic Ukrainians died of starvation. It was a catastrophe unprecedented in the history of Ukrainian. Since 2006, the holodomor has been recognized by Ukraine and 15 other countries as a genocide of the Ukrainian people carried out by Russia and the Soviet Government. So yeah they would do genocide to the Ukrainian people and leave them to starve to death. And if it wasn't that they would be shot buy Russian insurgence. So yeah I can see why the Ukraine and the other former Soviet states that are now independent nations of their own don't want to be underneath the thumb of Putin and Russia again. Ukraine is a free independent nation and Putin doesn't have the right to choose their future. The age of colonization is over. The world has changed since the 19th century and no country will abid by the use of force to take territory from others. Russia has a long track record when it comes to lying through their rotten teeth. Since NATO started dealing with Russia all they've done is lie they say they're going to do things but they turn around and do the opposite of what they said they were going to do. And Russia has broken treaties more times than NATO ever has. Putin needs to think of this fact. The more countries he keeps storming into and invading the more enemies he is going to make causing other nations to join NATO. So Putin's only going to expand NATO. The reason why NATO keeps breaking their deals is because that's all Putin keeps doing. And Ukraine wasn't planning on joining NATO until Putin annexed Crimea in 2014. It's actually very simple for Putin. Cease from invading countries, less expansion of NATO Russia says all they're doing is drills and Military exercises but their troops keep building up on the border day by day. Russia says they're not doing anything and not going to attack Ukraine at the border but Russia's one of those countries where the only way to believe them is if you see it with your eyes. No one will believe their words unless they see it happen.
A gentleman’s word is his honour 💁🏿♂️
No word was ever given.
@@ntf5211 Gorbachev admitted the topic was not even brought up in the claimed context.
@@ntf5211 What are you smoking? What is that name of that mythical treaty where the US "officially signed a treaty during the cold war in which there would be no military bases past germany"?
Seriously, what is the treaty? Which American leader signed off on that?
@@markpukey8 No treaty is valid for the U.S. until the Senate approves it. Having an American leader sign it is meaningless without the Senate ratifying it.😎
@@ntf5211 The claimed agreement only pertained to east Germany (German Democratic Republic, GDR) during the divide. If you want an agreement broken look up the Budapest agreement.
Love the accuracy of this news. Thank you, refreshing to take out bogus assumptions and use common sense
Russia had no choice Infact they have been patient for so long.... The redline is Ukraine let them respect it...
German and France did not want to add Ukraine to NATO but dare not stand up to the US agenda
Now with this report by Palki madam, all must have understood the crux of the problem. Ukarine people wants democracy and Putin wants Security for Russia!!! So Ukarine should agree to be Non-aligned and stay free. And Putin will also feel secured, "Security is a warm feeling", in a very COLD Region.
I disagree.. Ukraine should have to freedom to make its own decisions. Putin is NOT the boss of Ukraine.
@@pantherowow77 INETRESTNG YOU SAYING THAT WHEN IST TEH WEST INTERVENTIONISM AND PURPSOLY DOING STUFF TO GO THEIR WAY IS OK THEN???? I SEE IS YOU A BRAINFAR
@@goranstojanov1160 ok, but Ukraine didn't want to join until after Russia invaded its territory and the same happened in Georgia. these smaller countries should have the right to join NATO when they meet the requirements and NATO doesn't have a policy that prevents this.
I agree with you. People keep talking about Ukraine's sovereignty and freedom to join NATO, yes but that means they are only seeing it at NATO's point of view.
What about Russia's point of view? Even after the mouth agreement, You can see from the report just how many countries which belonged to Russia have been swallowed into NATO. Ukraine's geographical position however, is too close to Moscow and Russia just can't allow it to join its adversary.
I have always said, "if Russia wanted to attack, they would have done so way before any NATO country sent arms to Ukraine and troops to East Europe." The fact that they have not attacked shows that invading isn't first priority.
It all began that Putin didn't want Ukraine to associate with the EU, back then in 2014 there wasn't even a talk about NATO membership. The core of the problem is that Putin is scared if Ukraine will become economically strong and will expose Russian oligarchs who abuse their own country.
leaving aside what's happening today, it's beyond sad. This had to be told and realized. Today is a consequence of yesterday's betrayal.
A wise man once told me that wars break out when there is cheating or case of betrayal. Obviously, there has been a betrayal by someone along the line, and hence...WAR
I’ve only recently started watching this channel but it is refreshing to see details and appears like they try to report with honesty and integrity. Something our Canadian media might benefit from.
Once it was only CNN, now Gravitas, is giving out historical facts,and mostly unbiased,reporting,without shocking you ..keep up the good work miss Palki
I dont know if it's from lndia, but it's always good..
Yes, Sir, we are from INDIA
@@anilkumardash1294 Do you work at Wion?
People are starting to see the truth
@@himmsingz haha. Nice question. Some people have this weird habit of attaching themselves to anything that is being praised or has succeeded.
@@nathashafernando8376 but only a few 😔. Here in Germany they only tell us that Putin is mad ... very simply.
Transparent and open talks is really not in US Gov't vocabulary🤠👍🏼
Actually the US government is rather more blunt compared to most others, lacking as much tact.
Keep up with good journalism, seeking facts and exposing them in a balanced manner.
Congrats!
Yes, the world needs balance, respect. The US must stop disrespecting Russia and stop hegemony over other countries.
Its so sad, that AGAIN two Brother nations, that speaking same Language are fighting against each other Just couse of USA stick they dirty hands into.
i agree 100 %.
the USA wanted that war,they planed it and they fuel it to go on instead of letting Ukraine talk with Russia and solve the problem and don't cause the distraction of Ukraine ,but who cares??? people want peace and stability in our world ,they hate wars.
Thanks for that detailed, historical and objective look at this issue, a combination one rarely finds in the mainstream U.S. media. I had heard about this promise to Russia being broken, but hadn't looked at it in detail until now. Your maps definitely helped to illustrate the story and give a better picture to the viewers of Russia's potential concerns.
Personally it's an issue I struggle with, idealist vs realist. Of any country that deserves NATO membership, it's Poland, given its having been conquered multiple times over the centuries. At the same time, though, it would be naïve to not acknowledge that large countries do have spheres of interest and are sensitive to other large countries interference in these. The Cuban Missile Crisis is a key example of this. Plus, the West needs Russia as a counterbalance to China.
That is my dilemma in this matter, head vs heart.
It didn’t really go in detail about how it (the supposed NATO expansion agreement) only pertained to troop deployment in east Germany (German Democratic Republic, GDR) during the divide. With only brief mention of the Budapest agreement.
Trust me sir you still have not looked in detail to the promise not to expand Nato. This video leaves many things out. Including the fact that baker has said at the time, the context was only expanding into East Germany. The working assumption at the time was the Soviet Union would not collapse. Therefore Nations that were not yet free could not have been promised by a third-party what their future associations would be. Putin also doesn't want the Ukraine to join the EU did somebody promised that without a a treaty? Why are these things up to Putin at all? The Ukraine is a sovereign Nation with the rights of association. NATO has never attacked Russia Russia has nothing to fear from NATO this is an excuse by an authoritarian who has said himself that the Ukraine has no right to exist.
This issue needs to be put into the context of Putin's demands. Putin wants off former Warsaw pact countries taken out of NATO.
Also I don't know why people the Cuban missile crisis as an example. in the Cuban missile crisis the West stood up to the Soviet Union and it worked out well
@@V01DIORE exactly the working assumption at the time was they did not even know if the Soviet Union would collapse or not. Or if the Warsaw pact countries would be free and or choose to associate with Russia or the West
@@Starghost1999 Just because the Cuban Missile Crisis ended in our favor doesn't mean that it couldn't have gone the other way. It was a very close run thing. I read a while ago that local Soviet commanders in Cuba had release authority for their nuclear missiles.
Americans have had no issue with the Monroe Doctrine being in place for centuries, but then get mad when other great powers act the same way in their own backyards. I'm not agreeing with this approach to smaller countries, far from it. However, it does come across as very hypocritical, at least to me.
excellent analysis. palki never fails to give a well rounded report on any subject. well done !
That was the most honest analysis that many are not willing to make. Thank you
What i don’t understand is the need for even NATO after the collapse of the USSR .Also James Baker the then US secretary of state promised Gorbachev in a meeting that NATO wont expand an inch east beyond East German borders and NATO wont be a military Alliance but look at NATO in the last 30 yrs .Putin is the good guy here if you ask me
Yeah he just made a promise with a fig in his pocket
Bcos US wants to be in power & leading the world. No matter if the president is white, black, woman, gay, etc it won't change.
And russia tried to join NATO but they forbid russia to join
Being part of UN doesn’t make difference at all , Irak, Afghanistan, Libia was part of UN , but they got bombed 🤣🤣🤣🤣 by UN
So very true
According to some reporters these countries are used to conflict and terrors and uncivilized… and not like European countries so yeah.
And they are not blonde and blue eyed
@@user-yf9pk4yj2p you forgot to mention"Third world country"
Now that was a good report, balanced and researched.
Take care Palki, you are in the war zone. The world needs you. For being a fair and straight forward media personality.
Betrayal still betrayal. The best correct choice words.
Not only talented editor , also beautiful . Inspiring news always. Thank u ma'am.
R u watching news or watching her🤪?
Tobias Ellwood just let the cat out of the bag. He wants Nato to send troops into Ukraine. Even though Ukraine is not a member of Nato. So what exactly is the difference between a member and a none member?. Basically, this is not to do with Ukraine. It is all about the American and Nato ambition.
Ukraine surrendered the nuclear powers (which largely funanced by Russia) , and in return Russia agreed to take all of Ukraine’s share of the debt in addition to the other huge debt. Also it agreed to give for very long time support financial and othrer and very cheap energy.
If the west had respected Russia concerns and abided by their agreement not to expand eastwards, it wouldn't have gotten to the stage of Ukraine being invaded. To every action, their's an equal and opposite reaction: Cause and effects.
Yes, but from Russian point of view Ukraine agreed to be neutral not joining NATO nor EU, so if one treaty is disregarded, no treaties are valid.
@@jozefmasny8349 Except... That's not the case.
Literally nowhere does it say that Ukraine (or the other nations) should be neutral.
Indeed, its whole thing is "hey respect our sovereign borders, don't try to influence our politics, and seek immediate action should any of these nations "become a victim of an act of aggression..."
Russia broke that treaty, explicitly, first. The best Putin could do was to insist that his annexation of Crimea was totally okay because the Maidan protests were obviously a US coup. Because of course the moment someone you don't like getting into power means it's a coup by the other side.
... Even though the guy who was being protested had just done something incredibly controversial. Hmm...
@@DisgruntledArtist Well, looks like you don't understand the culture very much. In East Europe spoken deal is more valid than a written contract. In the West it's vice versa. That's the core of the problem, they see the validity of Reagan's promise very differently. For them, even Czech Republic and Baltic states are in NATO illegally. Look, I am on Ukrainian side, Putin is a madman. But try to understand how he was able to persuade Russian people.
@@jozefmasny8349 Oh, I'm not arguing that he wasn't able to persuade the Russian people. His approval rating - at least somewhat recently - was still fairly positive even when accounting for inflated numbers.
Ultimately, though, the whole NATO promise thing was.. a bit flimsy, and because it was a verbal agreement it's not as if anyone except those who made the agreement were liable to be held to it.
*Especially* after Russia invaded Georgia. And conceded that Poland had the right to join NATO. And then you had the NATO Russia Founding Act saying "neither of us are allowed to make threats or use of force against any other state." Not to mention the whole "respect for sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all states and their inherent right to choose the means to ensure their own security"
Like, basically, no matter how you twist it, ultimately Russia broke more treaties, and more frequently, even if you want to assume that the verbal agreement was more important.
Honestly, though, I think even Russians are going to eventually realize that, rightly or wrongly, Russia is not a competitor to NATO anymore. TBH I just feel kinda sad for the Russian people, because Putin's actions are going to make life a fair bit less fun for the next decade or so.
First time unbias reporting, Palki. Kudos to you. Hope that this continues👍👍
I like the balance this news channel gives to a situation. I'm downloading the App right away.
When NATO attacked Libya in 2011 wondering what nato member country did Libya attacked?
In 1999 during yugoslav wars question also is what nato countries did serbia attacked?
There was a genocide starting to happen in 1999 serbian war so they were in the right to stop that however your right about Libya it was an unprovoked attack on them by NATO
france and the UK bombed libya to get rid of gadaffi
@@unseatedtree3955 yes but why NATO designed as a defense alliance against member countries, why not the UN troops went there?
@@merearly UN troops didn't do much other than disarmed Bosnian troops. That's when the geonocide and the mass rapes started to happen. I saw some UN troops took out some snipers, but that was it. People removed Bush for someone else to do something about the geonocide because his interest was only in the middle east. They all said enough is a enough. The world watch it happen far too long. I always call the Serbs the Chetniks are back! Because they did it before in 1941. Other than that, Libya seem pointless to start a war with. Even Gaddafi call Obama his son. Back then Putin was upset and wonder if he was next right after Syria. That's when he start to become a little crazy and became aggressive towards his neighbor country. And then he annexed Crimea.
In all Wions reports, first time I hear a good news,no biased... thanks... 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭😅
WIO! Wow! I knew that before! Exceptional summary. The naked truth.
Compliments on a fair coverage in real journalism professionalism and kudos 👏👏👏👍💪
Love to have you interview John Mearsheimer at University of Chicago, one of the few US academics critical of US actions since GHW Bush
John is great. I learned a lot from him watching how he explains without bias.
"In 2014, Putin 'rocked the boat'" Here, Palki Sharma conveniently leaves out critical historical fact: the US-sponsored Maidan Coup that deposed an elected government. The US has been "rocking the boat" since the demise of the Soviet Union!
PALKI SHARMA... Thank you. For sure you are amazing and loving.
Excellent coverage and analysis...Ukraine can make an agreement with Russia for security instead of joining NATO..Russia must also give assurance for security of Ukraine in letter and Sprite...Peace must be established at any cost..
They already did a long time ago when they voluntarily gave up their nuclear weapons
Ukraine had agreement with Russia. Russia stabbed Ukraine in back in 2014. Agreement with Russia is not worth of paper it is written on. Russia does not keep its promises and agreements therfore Russia neighbour countries flee from Russia. NATO is the only way against Russian imperialism. Russia is nuclear power and therefore any alliance without nuclear power is not an option for Russia neighbours. Russia is guilty of all of that happens.
Why Russians cannot be friendly against their neighbour countries. Why do they call everyone "nazi"who disagrees with them? Why popu;larity of Putin raises every time he has wars with neighbour countries? I suspect because Russians love war. They lie when they say they don't. Polls show that Russians love war.
@@ingus5552 Thank you for bringing all these out. That's exactly how I feel about Russia, Russians and their obsession with war.
Totally agree
@@irynabogdanova8676 --- YES. . . . | For some reason, the Great Patriotic War and the twenty-millions killed by Nazis and their Fascist allies, FOR SOME REASON?, continues to "bother" the Russians. READ the comment, herein, by the commentator Religion and Politics Let's Talk About It, whose apt analogy sums up the Why?
Good job , thanks for the other side of history that most didn't know
As always, short, sharp and articulate reporting by Palki.
Keep up the good work. 👍
This is the only Channel telling the truth about Ukraine War. 100% balanced.
*"Nato should have moved heaven and earth to convince Rus to join them. Instead they did the opposite. They treader her as foes, now they got one."*
One of the qualifying traits required to join NATO is to be democratic and Russia is a totalitarian dictatorship wrapped in an attempted semblance of democracy (of which incarcerates and assassinates political rivals).
@@V01DIORE What a bullshit. You slap "democracy" on whatever country you want. You have Saudi Arabia and Turkey as your allies. And ofc, Ukraine is not a democracy, but it just suits you to call them that. Get out of your hypicricy bubble.
@@LightCrasher what a bullshit - Saudi Arabia isnt and never was NATO member,and Turkey is moving towards dictatorship under Erdogan,before him it was democratic country - in fact it still is a lot more democratic than Russia."Get out of hypocricy bubble"!
@@marcinwilk860 Yeah, you supply whith your military tech saudis that openly sponsor ISIS. Good job on democracy. Erdogan is a full blown dictator, unlike Putin, russians still can critisize him and his policies. In fact, Russia took an example from the US and Europe in terms of supressing freedom of speech. Law about forigen agents is a carbon copy of the one US had, but before that Russia had more freedom of speech then "the most democratic country in the world".
@@marcinwilk860 fk your democracy.. what good has it ever done for you..bridges are falling in the US and yall still waging war around the world. Shameful
This is the report I am expected from you. Fact and balanced
Finally someone talks about this!!!!
Gorbachav later stated that limits to NATO expansion was never part of the 1990 deal. Although he felt that since it had been discussed it was part of the "spirit" of the deal. The news report was very factual, until the end when she added in her opinion that allowing Eastern European countries to decide their future for themselves was the US "dominating" Europe.
Exactly. Joining Nato was a choice while being Warsaw pact member was made by force and Eastern Europeans did not ask for it. Nato expansion is bs excuse for Putin. Putin wants to annex Ukraine. Russia loves annexing just because it can. Russia is not Eastern Europe's master anymore. We decide on our own and Russia is not a special need baby to demand anything. We did not have to ask Russia for its permission or care about Russia's feelings.
Well, a broken promise needs equal reaction.
This is your first unbiased report. 👏🏾👏🏾
Exactly what I had in mind. She's a good reporter but she has to tow a midline.
She always presents truthful news whether it seems to you biased or unbiased. The news she presents suit to your ideology means it's unbiased and which are not means biased. That means you need to judge yourself whether you are biased or unbiased.
She is a good reader. She just reads well whatever comes written in teleprompter.
@@dr.harshitjain6410 , you are speaking as if news anchors speak from their mind while presenting news.
@@sahashranshubarik9204 yes you are right. Almost all of them just read.
Excellent summary, of why we are here and not somewhere else
Thank you! I hope the Big leaders are talking to each other honestly and transparently. And may the quest for world peace be finally be true and effective.
This is my kind of news 👍
It might be also worth considering why there is such a will among Russias neighbors and former satellites to join the western alliance. It’s an important variable.
Because Putin's Russia, and Yeltsin's, and Gorbachev's, and, and is an awfull country which killed millions of its neighbours.
Which country is in power now."America"With out it America will be sleeping.
@@klanathhanneth7689 And who are these millions of neighbours you refer to?
Quite simply these countries suffered from their own poor leadership. As far as the Baltic Countries, even during Soviet times they were viewed with envy because of their special treatment. Their only real export is to peddle victimhood for $$$. However, historically there is a 1, 500 year history based on the divide of the Catholic Church in Rome and Orthodox Church in Russia.
@@brianporter9508
All Eastern Europeans with borders with Russia and occupied by Russia or Soviet Russia.
Do you fight with facts of people's suffering under Russian occupation? Do you want to tell them "your granpa was killed but you must forget and get the Russian occupation again?
How can I find this channel on dstv?
I hear what you're saying, however, asked yourself, who/how/why the democratically elected president was removed from power by the maiden demonstration in 2014...to every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction...what happened during the Cuban missile crisis...what do you think would be our reaction if one of our adversaries tries to set up shop in Mexico, central/Latin America...
Love & Respect. Palki & Wion. Always on point. Cutting edge. Representing. True integrity
Truths are revealed. The next stage is a lasting peace treaty and not just on a piece of paper. Sincerity on both sides are needed. Security guarantee on both sides.
You are the best channel that provides real news!
Non biased media so far....plus I love the lady...the way she talks is outrageous
Wion although I can disagree with some of the politics I’m impressed that in this day and age they actually tell us real news. Keep up the work Wion
Great news channel.
Cares to shed some light on all sides!
This Channel has earned my subscription. Now this channel will be my main source of update regarding the Russian-Ukraine issue. Well done. 👍🏽
Thanks for the truth
Eastern European nations joining NATO is not about the US wanting to dominate Europe (3:30). It’s about Eastern European nations doing whatever possible to avoid being in the situation Ukraine finds itself...a pawn in Russia’s game.
Really appreciate you Gravtas
Fine Straight up Truth.
What would one not expect from India..
En Guard everyone..
Bullies head us for # 3 to evade their malfunctafacations..as per.
Peace and brilliant thinking to all of you on your MASSIVE HUMANITY AND GIFT !!!
These are the points!!! Great!!!
Yes!
comprehensive coverage in a short amount of time. Good job Palki
All the points are very informative 👌
Palki Sharma is the best News Anchor in the world today. Her presentation style is very educational, informative and clear without ambiguity. We celebrate you Palki. Keep it up. Your are fair and still remain neutral in your reporting. The best channel in the world today.
Yes, one should not only see the war but understand the conflict behind it..
This lady is so good. Love watching her
Well explained. Makes sense.
Golden Thumbs up for you. Spot on!
Absolutely
"I love how this lady report-"
ALRIGHT WE GET IT
I was wondering if all the fawning over this lady in every video is some kind of viral marketing campaign or does she really have some kind of cult following in India?
@@DiviAugusti probably both
Please check out Somaliland as it is part of Indo Pacific rim/region. There is also had traditional connection to pre-colonial India.
No agreement, written or not, has more worth than the freedom and lives of humans.
Thank you wion for speaking the truth
How's the Ukraine work trip going, Palki? is there hope for society?
NATO & Allies , speak with forked tongues .
So to the "frenemy's" of the Allies , forked tongues from every mouth .
These forked tongues must be silenced , as they do not say what they mean , nor do they mean what they say . Unless Force is used against the people , to gain compliance - this has been seen many times , in many places .
It must needs cease .
Russia behind the Headlines has published an interview with Gorbachev, who was Soviet president during the discussions and treaty negotiations concerning German reunification. The interviewer asked why Gorbachev did not “insist that the promises made to you [Gorbachev]-particularly U.S. Secretary of State James Baker’s promise that NATO would not expand into the East-be legally encoded?” Gorbachev replied: “The topic of ‘NATO expansion’ was not discussed at all, and it wasn’t brought up in those years. … Another issue we brought up was discussed: making sure that NATO’s military structures would not advance and that additional armed forces would not be deployed on the territory of the then-GDR after German reunification. Baker’s statement was made in that context… Everything that could have been and needed to be done to solidify that political obligation was done. And fulfilled.”
To the point!! Well done 👍🏻
Thank you WION for being objective!