Ukraine could ‘certainly take Crimea’ as Putin loses grip | Hamish de Bretton-Gordon

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  • čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
  • "We know the Kerch bridge is the Achilles' heel of Russia. It's so much in the sights for Ukraine to attack and so likely that it will do at some stage. So that would really cut the head of the Crimea snake."
    Hamish de Bretton-Gordon says Ukraine could "certainly take Crimea" following the US aid package, including ATACMS long range missiles which could be used to target the Kerch bridge.
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Komentáře • 913

  • @danp2965
    @danp2965 Před měsícem +27

    This guy is comedy gold!!! More please …

  • @user-me5oq3kl4h
    @user-me5oq3kl4h Před měsícem +27

    Remember this guy’s article??
    “Challenger tanks will sweep Putin’s conscripts aside”
    How did it go??😂😂😂😂

    • @silvacron2491
      @silvacron2491 Před 28 dny

      You commies need to update your "user" CZcams names. It's easy to spot you bots. How's that record casualties going? Trying for a second ww2 orc loss?

    • @chadhaire1711
      @chadhaire1711 Před 28 dny

      They also didn't mention that the people in Crimea VOTED to leave Ukraine rule and join Russian Federation back in 2014......they are Russian citizens now and want nothing to do with Ukraine......so it is just nonsense to think Ukraine can "take it back".....over 75% there are Russian to begin with

    • @yamudda364
      @yamudda364 Před 26 dny

      Challengers are the best tanks there 😂 how many tanks you lost? You celebrate after you destroy one American made or British made tank it's hilarious 😂

  • @chrisoffersen
    @chrisoffersen Před měsícem +34

    "I've seen war; and you don't want it."
    Hear hear.

    • @Perri_Redder
      @Perri_Redder Před měsícem

      russia chooses its own path. It always has.

    • @chrisoffersen
      @chrisoffersen Před měsícem

      @@Perri_Redder As does every nation

    • @Perri_Redder
      @Perri_Redder Před měsícem +1

      @@chrisoffersen Most of them do not chose war unless they've been invaded or attacked kinetically. Russia has a flawed decision making process. Nobody wins a war, someone just loses less.

    • @chrisoffersen
      @chrisoffersen Před měsícem

      @@Perri_Redder Very true

  • @chrisw341
    @chrisw341 Před měsícem +68

    It’s unbelievable the bridge is still up 2 years later - CRAZY !!!!

    • @marktrotter8971
      @marktrotter8971 Před měsícem +10

      Either the West has to give Ukraine the weapons to do it or Ukraine has to develop them, which takes time. They've had a couple of good goes at it though.

    • @jeffc1753
      @jeffc1753 Před měsícem +2

      lol, not really.

    • @chrisoffersen
      @chrisoffersen Před měsícem +13

      To be fair, that bridge is a beast. It's going to take a lot of big weapons to take it out. And "a lot" is something the Ukrainians haven't yet had.

    • @jeffc1753
      @jeffc1753 Před měsícem +1

      What’s “CRAZY!!!” is that a country without a navy has decimated the Black Sea Fleet. What about THAT????

    • @tomconnor7786
      @tomconnor7786 Před měsícem +15

      @@chrisoffersen And taking it out will achieve nothing.

  • @iansaliba-curtis1041
    @iansaliba-curtis1041 Před měsícem +21

    There is no point in using ATACMS to try to disable the Kerch Strait Bridge! It's not the tool for the job. The bridge can only destroyed (as opposed to disabled) by taking out the pylons - and that's a job for surface-based drones. ATACMS could, however, be used to remove the booms and islands which try to protect the pylons, opening the way for the surface drones.

    • @wolfvale7863
      @wolfvale7863 Před měsícem +6

      ATACMs are very capable of taking down the Kerch Bridge. When Ukraine is supplied with the right warhead. We can expect to see ATACMs in the mix of weapons used against the bridge.
      The M48 version replaces the M39A1’s 950 submunitions with a single 500-pound penetrating warhead.
      With M39s, the Ukrainians can target big unprotected targets: airfields, ammo dumps, supply depots, vehicle repair yards, et cetera. With M39A1s, they could target smaller unprotected targets: command posts, for instance. With M48s, they could demolish small protected targets such as underground bunkers ... and bridges.
      Indeed, bridges might be the most valuable targets on the target list when Ukraine gets M48s. Russian supply lines across southern Ukraine cross several important bridges, most notably the Kerch Bridge connecting Russia proper to the Crimean Peninsula. - Forbes

    • @wolfgangdurst267
      @wolfgangdurst267 Před měsícem +1

      @@wolfvale7863 based on the recent videos showing the aftermath of ATACMS strikes the US have sent the warhead with cluster munitions again. According to some reports ATACMS were delivered some weeks ago. So, Ukraine had enough time to use the ATACMS for a strike on the Kerch Bridge.

    • @TheTruth-vi1nf
      @TheTruth-vi1nf Před měsícem +3

      I agree atacms are not the missle for the job. They have ballistic trajectories and that makes them easier to shoot down. I think Taurus missles would be a better choice. More stealthy, harder to shoot down. Then again they don't have any of these. I don't agree that water drones would work. Its my understanding that the bridge footings are well protected with obstacles and they could not even get close enough to damage anything.

    • @johnnybrown689
      @johnnybrown689 Před měsícem

      ⁠​⁠@@TheTruth-vi1nfUKRAINE has a Navy now … You trolls are still phishing for military intelligence here on podcast comments … just keep watching podcast … In the future you will have all your information on: WHO , WHAT , WHEN , WHERE , and WHY answered . NOT NOW OF COURSE ! SLAVA UKRAINI ❤❤❤😊😊😂 ! Go ! FREEDOM FIGHTERS . Don’t even think about taking names ! SOON UKRAINE will have F - 16 ‘S with a big list of ammunition’s . The world won’t watch the BIG BULLY beat up the little guy , and do nothing … we of the world don’t think 100/ 1 is fair … so we of the world makes it more even 100/ 100 . One sovereign country invading another sovereign country is just wrong … so prehistoric . Catch up with the 21st. century ok ?

    • @atlanticist4763
      @atlanticist4763 Před měsícem

      @@TheTruth-vi1nf Exactly. This posh fool is just regurgitating low grade cope for the usual Times Radio midwits.

  • @duncanildaho4966
    @duncanildaho4966 Před měsícem +21

    Putin may even choke up on something one day.

  • @ahmetakgun5358
    @ahmetakgun5358 Před měsícem +7

    4:27 "Crimea is up for grabs"
    Before that, they were supposed to retake the other side of Kherson city by the early 2023. During the legendary summer counteroffensive, they managed to cross the river but had to make a u-turn as soon as they got in the range of Russian artillery.

  • @matthewcummings9024
    @matthewcummings9024 Před měsícem +66

    "A sheep spends its whole life fearing the wolf, only to be eaten by the Shepherd"

    • @JQ-999
      @JQ-999 Před měsícem +7

      Ukraine is not your sacrificial lamb! Realize this!

    • @walterbenjamin9681
      @walterbenjamin9681 Před měsícem

      It is the end little dictator putin , the end . End of the road .A new democratic russia will be after the fall of criminal dictator putin

    • @adsfwef1331
      @adsfwef1331 Před měsícem +3

      Wow so well put

    • @alien4422
      @alien4422 Před měsícem +7

      Wolfs eat shepherds and sheep. 😂

    • @draydin_r5558
      @draydin_r5558 Před měsícem +6

      @@alien4422 only if the shepard is an idiot. More often than not, Wolves fear the shepards, hence why the shepards where even there to begin with.

  • @evaluateanalysis7974
    @evaluateanalysis7974 Před měsícem +99

    The sound balance is diabolical as usual! Surely a radio station has a sound engineer who could get this right?

    • @samhaskins2506
      @samhaskins2506 Před měsícem +17

      Agreed. You get deafened by Hamish and struggle to hear James, LOL

    • @barryohara2099
      @barryohara2099 Před měsícem +5

      There talking about something serious going on in world people dying in vicious horrible war and YOU WORRIED ABOUT YOUR FRAGILE EARS BEING SUBJECTED TO HORRIBLE SOUND QUALITY .. OFFFT IF ONLY THOSE YOUNG MEN ON BATTLEFIELD HAD SUCH IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE YOU TO WORRY ABOUT AHH.?.. GOD THEY THINK THEY HAVE IT TOUGH IF ONLY THEY HAD PUT UP YOUR PROBLEMS

    • @zact2342
      @zact2342 Před měsícem +15

      ​@barryohara2099 Nothing wrong with flagging it to their attention

    • @paulwilliams200
      @paulwilliams200 Před měsícem +9

      @@barryohara2099 Some of us have hearing problems - making it impossible to hear the interviewer. You seem to be lucky enough to have good hearing.

    • @barryohara2099
      @barryohara2099 Před měsícem

      @@paulwilliams200 I actually am not one with good hearing as you say it might be little better than yours but I defo wouldn't class it as good hearing cause I actually have only 1 and half ears n my canal was damaged during the half of ear coming off many years ago .. so see were 2bd thinking and symicine got you there.. and I refer back to I only wish those guy there talking about only had have ur problems they world be more peaceful world indeed ahh ???

  • @Stoner44842
    @Stoner44842 Před měsícem +17

    Didn't you guys also say Russia would run out of amo 2 years ago 💀

    • @gerryhouska2859
      @gerryhouska2859 Před měsícem

      poo tin begged more from kimchi, who turned out to be more reliable than the Yanks.

  • @SnkHetz
    @SnkHetz Před měsícem +19

    Those are the same clowns claiming Ukraine capturing Crimea in 2023 😂

    • @sootikins
      @sootikins Před měsícem

      and the Russian clowns claimed 3 days to Kyiv... Now what??😂

  • @robinwestwood723
    @robinwestwood723 Před měsícem +2

    The unspeakable trotting out the unfeasible

  • @hms493
    @hms493 Před měsícem +14

    We’ve heard this before

  • @ZombieKiller-dl6od
    @ZombieKiller-dl6od Před měsícem +5

    Could, should, may... Funny af.

  • @momomama2587
    @momomama2587 Před měsícem +9

    Look , is the weatherspoon, man again 😂😂😂.

  • @davidvanhorn498
    @davidvanhorn498 Před měsícem +75

    Could you PLEASE level your volumes. The host is almost inaudible when the level on my end is correct for the guest. Riding the volume constantly makes me not want to bother watching these.

    • @vegas1a
      @vegas1a Před měsícem +6

      TR only hires Audio Engineers with First Grade diplomas...... It is not just this video, it is nearly every video!

    • @davidvanhorn498
      @davidvanhorn498 Před měsícem +3

      @@vegas1a I've seen that. Good content, IF you can hear it.

    • @hymns4ever197
      @hymns4ever197 Před měsícem +3

      They have had audio issues since I've watched this channel. I'll keep watching though; because they have the right content.

    • @john_in_phoenix
      @john_in_phoenix Před měsícem +3

      ​​@@hymns4ever197 I agree they have the right content, but a tiny bit of technical expertise goes a long way toward reaching your audience. If nobody complains, they're unlikely to address the issue.
      P.S. not really complaining about your comment, don't take it personally.

    • @daydays12
      @daydays12 Před měsícem +2

      it is REALLY annoying

  • @Percival5
    @Percival5 Před měsícem +32

    Media been dreaming for two years now about crimea😂😂

    • @Perri_Redder
      @Perri_Redder Před měsícem

      Ukraine has, the media is just voicing that. Oddly, with both ATACMS and the effect of destroying more than half the enemy fleet, the bridge is incredibly weak. So I can see them easily pulling of a large strike on the bridge that would truly eliminate its use. It's just gotten that far, I don't think the war will be over too shortly.

    • @Percival5
      @Percival5 Před měsícem +3

      @@Perri_Redder Russia has built railway connected Crimea to Russia it has been finished few weeks ago

    • @scatters47
      @scatters47 Před měsícem +1

      Land bridge do your homework. ​@@Perri_Redder

    • @DavidCarvalho-iz4ny
      @DavidCarvalho-iz4ny Před měsícem

      All Ukraine can do is PR stunts at this point nothing more on the battlefield where it matters they are done there male population is going extinct.

    • @user-hu4hh3uz8q
      @user-hu4hh3uz8q Před měsícem

      He's a greatest gift so far! Daddy 😊

  • @pahtar7189
    @pahtar7189 Před měsícem +10

    Britain increasing their defense spending six years hence is a snail's pace, far from a "pre-war" stance.

    • @wolfvale7863
      @wolfvale7863 Před měsícem

      It is the West's $60 trillion GDP versus Russian $1.7 trillion GDP.
      I wouldn't be worried if I were you.

    • @Domesticated_Ape
      @Domesticated_Ape Před měsícem +1

      As a Brit, I fully agree. I will be voting for whoever increase military spending the quickest and highest.

    • @winstonsmith7801
      @winstonsmith7801 Před měsícem +1

      The people need to defend themselves from the Government first before any external threats are considered.

    • @Domesticated_Ape
      @Domesticated_Ape Před měsícem +2

      @@winstonsmith7801 what nonsense are you jabbering about?

    • @winstonsmith7801
      @winstonsmith7801 Před měsícem

      @@Domesticated_Ape Big brother Loves and cares for you.

  • @hansstofberg43
    @hansstofberg43 Před měsícem +14

    So right to the point. Ireland

  • @johnparnell8571
    @johnparnell8571 Před měsícem +6

    The sound quality of the interviewer appears to be quite faint compared with that of the interviewee.

    • @johnnybrown689
      @johnnybrown689 Před měsícem

      Give Russian jamming orcs credit for some of the volume problems ; please keep in mind that podcast are wireless … satellite, microwave broadcasts, radio digital frequency can , and are interfered constantly. Sometimes your location from point A. to point B. Your location can help the Russian jammers ; to mess with your volume reception . Even with perfect receiving equipment , and excellent hearing . So it’s not you or your equipment that is the problem ; It’s our neighbors that doesn’t give a dam about F.C.C. RULES AND don’t forget about Russian 24/7 CYBER HACKERS . Remember Russia doesn’t respect borders ! … or other countries rules . SLAVA UKRAINI ❤❤❤😊😊😂 !

  • @michaelhenault1444
    @michaelhenault1444 Před měsícem +1

    Superior questions asked here, thanks

  • @yakivpopavich
    @yakivpopavich Před měsícem +5

    Do these people realize that the bridge is literally just a obsession?. Destroying it does nothing. There is a land bridge and naval passages for all military logistics. And trains.

  • @RichPober
    @RichPober Před měsícem +8

    Well said, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.

  • @kaiying74
    @kaiying74 Před měsícem +73

    Reposting these interviews again cut into segments is really tiresome.

    • @mattgrant9479
      @mattgrant9479 Před měsícem

      If you care enough to let us know then you are a russian bot

    • @HuskyOwner-bl1jf
      @HuskyOwner-bl1jf Před měsícem

      Totally agree
      But would rather that some of these videos be cut down in short 5-10 topics than burying the lead and going on about unrelated topics for 30+ minutes

    • @ABETHEMUDOKON
      @ABETHEMUDOKON Před měsícem

      And with different titles!

    • @markhoward6641
      @markhoward6641 Před měsícem

      Scroll on then , your problem is solved.

    • @ABETHEMUDOKON
      @ABETHEMUDOKON Před měsícem +3

      @@markhoward6641 I think you’ve missed the point. The videos are cut and reposted with different titles. By the time you get a minute or two in you realise they’re things that have been posted before. You don’t know if until you’ve watched it, so scrolling on by doesn’t really apply here.

  • @TheEuropeanPrepper
    @TheEuropeanPrepper Před měsícem +1

    "It could" is all those experts are saying.. its all speculation ..

  • @adamgutteridge9664
    @adamgutteridge9664 Před měsícem +2

    6.05 Sweet guy, but no one is going to the recruitment office to fight in Europe

  • @pricklydoorhandle
    @pricklydoorhandle Před měsícem +3

    Why don’t you just leave the Ukrainians alone.

  • @user-bd7rj3wu7s
    @user-bd7rj3wu7s Před měsícem +3

    Can Times Radio PLEASE adjust volume levels ! Check how these interviews are coming across - there is so often no parity. In this broadcast I can hardly hear what James is saying, yet Hamish is coming across loud and clear. I am surely not the only listener to find this very irritating, especially as the interviews TR conducts are very interesting and informative - I really want to hear them, please😁 Ah !! I see in other comments there are many listeners agree ! It is time you do something about it PLEASE.

  • @stevedolesch9241
    @stevedolesch9241 Před měsícem +2

    The sound please!!!!!!

  • @jackarcher9652
    @jackarcher9652 Před měsícem +21

    The more these guys lie, the more they seem to double down on it - even when evidence is mounting up against them!

    • @johnkeane320
      @johnkeane320 Před měsícem

      Bot alert!!!

    • @scatters47
      @scatters47 Před měsícem +3

      @@johnkeane320 yes you are

    • @marko8059
      @marko8059 Před měsícem

      Neocons don't have reverse gear, allways doubledown. These globalist liberal fascist never take responsibility of anything. Allways someone others fault.

  • @teddited9682
    @teddited9682 Před měsícem +8

    Know Hamish from “Ukraine the Latest” and enjoy listening to him a lot! Incredibly informative and knowledgeable!

    • @d.v.245
      @d.v.245 Před měsícem +2

      😂😂😂

  • @bluemountain975
    @bluemountain975 Před měsícem +3

    Are you living in an alternate universe? Ukraine can’t even hold their own territory. Russia lost over 10 million in world war 2 and can afford to lose a million or two to take Ukraine and probably Eastern Europe.

  • @julianmcgee5741
    @julianmcgee5741 Před 26 dny

    Hanson asking the big questions and making the counter-arguments!

  • @musiclover6260
    @musiclover6260 Před měsícem +2

    The only thing they can certainly take is a trip to the negotiation table....

  • @humanyoda
    @humanyoda Před měsícem +3

    Return to this and your other topics in a year or so to evaluate the quality of your guests.

  • @josephnulley6808
    @josephnulley6808 Před měsícem +3

    Well spoken .....

  • @paulyoung4422
    @paulyoung4422 Před měsícem +11

    So good they play it twice. Come on don't be silly.

    • @zeppelin0110
      @zeppelin0110 Před měsícem

      The Times is trying to be sneaky, but isn't sneaky enough to get past our vigilant eyes. WE DEMAND FRESH CONTENT!!

  • @wesallenn6732
    @wesallenn6732 Před měsícem +1

    I don’t listen to anyone that listens to Bolton, smh.

  • @user-sn3uo7uq6y
    @user-sn3uo7uq6y Před měsícem +2

    What a drivel!

  • @barriewilliams4526
    @barriewilliams4526 Před měsícem +15

    Come on Times Radio, FIX THE SOUND!

    • @Perri_Redder
      @Perri_Redder Před měsícem

      Everyone has volume control. Why complain that you are so lazy you can't push a button once or twice? How did you get here?

    • @Kingcarparpeggio
      @Kingcarparpeggio Před měsícem

      Nothing wrong with the sound !!!!

  • @user-hb6gu9bd3d
    @user-hb6gu9bd3d Před měsícem +7

    Hamish should just go over to Ukraine and add it to the list of other wars that he was involved in protecting the UK.

  • @plagiarisedwords
    @plagiarisedwords Před měsícem +2

    I feel he has really glossed over the difficulties of actually taking Crimea. The geography of it means its almost like an island with a few bridges that can be easily defended.
    Ukraine seems to be going more for a denial strategy where Russia can hold Crimea but will suffer constant missile strikes and frequent commando raids. Making it a drag on everything else.

    • @robertwoodhouse-bm7kt
      @robertwoodhouse-bm7kt Před měsícem

      If Ukraine destroys the bridge, the airbases, the army bases, the logistic centres, what will Russia defend Crimea with. There are very little defence lines built between Kherson and Crimea, the river is seen to be the defence line.
      Russia regularly uses roads from Crimea to Melitipol to bring in logistics and troops, Ukraine can use the same roads in reverse. From the Kherson bridgehead it´s 80KM down the road.
      There are good defences on the Crimea border but precision HIMARS and AS-90 precision howitzers can do serious damage to those defences along with long range drones.

    • @chadhaire1711
      @chadhaire1711 Před 28 dny

      Crimea voted to leave Ukraine rule and become parts of Russian Federation back in 2014 by 87% vote.....they are Russian citizens now and want NOTHING to do with Zelensky...so just how is Ukraine going to "take it back"???? Hahhaha

  • @charlesnone4628
    @charlesnone4628 Před měsícem +7

    vacation in crimea? do not forget your fire extinguisher and heat suit.

    • @ced3098
      @ced3098 Před měsícem +1

      anti stab armor for UK vacation ?

    • @charlesnone4628
      @charlesnone4628 Před měsícem

      @@ced3098 the west is in vacation mode all the time, russia is in killing mode, and when done with this fiasco, sanctions for decades.....gota hurt...

  • @kevinquilliam1532
    @kevinquilliam1532 Před měsícem +5

    Odesa next 🥴

  • @user-hu4hh3uz8q
    @user-hu4hh3uz8q Před měsícem

    Daddy is fair man, he's so sweet.. I love him ;)

  • @Eeb2022ebe
    @Eeb2022ebe Před měsícem +2

    I wana smoke what times radio is smoking

  • @Dougie-ex1ov
    @Dougie-ex1ov Před měsícem +3

    Ukraine is in a desperate situation. I think they only can worry about holding what ground they can at this point. I think Crimea is a pipe dream and certainly not this summer LOL. Like who does these analyses? Braindead.

  • @a.u.b1
    @a.u.b1 Před měsícem +9

    Hamish, stop sniffing on that white powder😂, that makes you hallucinating!

  • @cliveengel5744
    @cliveengel5744 Před měsícem

    The Englanders had this preoccupation with Crimea ever since Lord Cardigan rode up the wrong valley in Crimea.

  • @atlanticist4763
    @atlanticist4763 Před měsícem +18

    With analysis like this, it's no surprise Russia is winning bigly.

    • @user-ez4qv3rp4g
      @user-ez4qv3rp4g Před 26 dny

      Really. This is a war that Russia was meant to win in the first few weeks.

  • @RoyalBlue292
    @RoyalBlue292 Před měsícem +4

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @slavenaljinovic1162
    @slavenaljinovic1162 Před měsícem +1

    Hamish, seems you brought back alot of good stuff from Afghanistan😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @tsafa
    @tsafa Před měsícem +1

    This is a war game between two sides that want to test their weapons.
    Neither side really cares about winning. They just want to keep the business of War going.
    People in the business of war, love war.

  • @sshumkaer
    @sshumkaer Před měsícem +6

    Crimea isn't even close to being taken.

    • @war-painter
      @war-painter Před měsícem +1

      Remember the USSR.

    • @lw1zfog
      @lw1zfog Před 29 dny

      haMisH isn’t even close to being compos mentis.

  • @SuperMagnum2011
    @SuperMagnum2011 Před měsícem +16

    Thank you.
    Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

  • @mrkeogh
    @mrkeogh Před měsícem

    If the Black Sea Fleet is out of the picture, Ukraine doesn't _need_ to breach the Surovikin Line...

  • @hondaz50m39
    @hondaz50m39 Před měsícem

    I love your very informative videos BUT please could you sort out your audio levels

  • @FilthyBadger
    @FilthyBadger Před měsícem +4

    Why have i alteady seen this?

  • @john_in_phoenix
    @john_in_phoenix Před měsícem +32

    Speaking as a registered voter in the USA, support for Ukraine is the primary issue. I think I can speak for my naturalized Ukrainian wife as well (also registered and does vote). If one candidate comes out in favor of giving Ukraine what is needed to win (rather than what is needed to not lose), I will hold my nose and vote for them. I intensely dislike both candidates.

    • @sciencelad8286
      @sciencelad8286 Před měsícem

      I am an independent voter and I see a bit differently. The Biden Administration has been seeking the approval of this package relentlessly. I fail to see how this Administration can be blamed for it. If any failures, it falls in line with the same failure of European nations who dragged their feet in being decisive, right from the get-go. They should have made a statement of objectives, leaving absolutely no doubt as to their commitment (and followed through with concrete actions). In this case, Russia would have to be afraid of us, not the other way around. Imagine a backward, kleptocratic, corrupt-to-the-core, authoritarian third-world country (Russia) taunting the entire world! That's pathetic. Every country in the free world shares the blame for not decisively dealing with Russia. Many languages are spoken in Russia, but only one is understood.

    • @divumque
      @divumque Před měsícem +2

      Welcome to the club.

    • @daydays12
      @daydays12 Před měsícem +2

      @@divumque what exactly is wrong with President Biden?

    • @daydays12
      @daydays12 Před měsícem +2

      Why don't you like President Biden exactly?

    • @daydays12
      @daydays12 Před měsícem +1

      @@divumque What is your problem with President Biden?

  • @patrickmdenga2965
    @patrickmdenga2965 Před měsícem +9

    What is he smoking on? 😅😊

  • @RandomNooby
    @RandomNooby Před měsícem +2

    Facts please Hamish, your track record with your opinions does not help the Ukrainian cause.

  • @CryptoAcademy7
    @CryptoAcademy7 Před měsícem

    Guys you need to fix your sound levels!

  • @user-di1rj2be7w
    @user-di1rj2be7w Před měsícem +7

    There is a strange reason why you would leave the bridge open ? Still 15 train loads of millitary equipment coming into crimea a day

    • @Perri_Redder
      @Perri_Redder Před měsícem +1

      I would imagine they will do what they want when the appropriate time comes.

    • @robertwoodhouse-bm7kt
      @robertwoodhouse-bm7kt Před měsícem +1

      Earlier news said this was now reduced to 3-4 a day

    • @Perri_Redder
      @Perri_Redder Před měsícem +2

      @@robertwoodhouse-bm7kt I am certain there is truth to that. In-theatre and the frontlines are well-supplied, but the rear is devastated munitions wise. Children are now making them, children. Russia may look like they are doing well, but do not let it fool you, they have reached maximum field capacity. They need allies to give them more to be able to field more troops. That's what happens when corrupt officials sell your stockpiles on the black market for decades. Oct 7th may have been paid in part by Iran, with Russian help. That's rockets, rifles, RPGs, and much more. The uprising in Niger cost quite a few rifles and bullets that will never come back to Russia and remain unused for the most part. Looking bleak despite Ukraine's obvious disadvantage due to lacking troops and munitions. Ukraine just fights smarter. They did have a decade to prepare though, credit where credit is due.

    • @marko8059
      @marko8059 Před měsícem

      ​@@Perri_RedderWest has the most expensive propaganda system, directioned against their own citisens. Russians don't believe anything of it.

    • @danielculpepper9258
      @danielculpepper9258 Před 28 dny

      @@Perri_Redderwhere is it due? Certainly not to the “glorious” Ukrainian fighters… or the US “game- changing” “wonder” weapons…

  • @TryDiy
    @TryDiy Před měsícem +53

    If I was Russian I wouldn't be going on holiday in Crimea this year.

    • @user-zb9lv3gh8s
      @user-zb9lv3gh8s Před měsícem +6

      Yeah, imagine the money you'd save not having to buy round trip tickets

    • @bullseye0419
      @bullseye0419 Před měsícem +1

      I would if I wanted to leave Russia

    • @iberiano-ls2rv
      @iberiano-ls2rv Před měsícem

      @@user-zb9lv3gh8s swimming in the Azov sea is free 😂🤣🤣

    • @glintongordon6811
      @glintongordon6811 Před měsícem +5

      Ukraine will never take Crimea... These guys said this same thing last year

    • @robbiekop7
      @robbiekop7 Před měsícem +2

      Ukraine should rename itself *CrimeHere*

  • @williamwells1862
    @williamwells1862 Před 29 dny

    May 17 it comes down.

  • @Bird_McBride
    @Bird_McBride Před měsícem

    No major power leaves valuable aircraft out on open tarmacs. Even Canada has underground hangers.

    • @wolfvale7863
      @wolfvale7863 Před měsícem

      Russia prefers putting tires on the wings and drawing mockups on the tarmac to fool the satellites.
      They don't need bunkers.
      Not even $300 million dollar submarines in dry dock need protecting, apparently.😂

  • @aburakadabura2
    @aburakadabura2 Před měsícem +10

    The international community must never allow lawless acts of unilateral self-righteous claims to invade another country's territory alone, without consulting international organizations.

    • @winstonsmith7801
      @winstonsmith7801 Před měsícem +9

      Tell that to the US .

    • @aburakadabura2
      @aburakadabura2 Před měsícem +2

      @@winstonsmith7801 the United States, under the United Nations, does not intentionally and permanently attack civilian facilities and civilians like Russia does,
      If it accidentally bombs a country, the responsible party immediately issues an apology. And it does not annex other countries as its own territory.

    • @winstonsmith7801
      @winstonsmith7801 Před měsícem +1

      @@aburakadabura2 Stop lying.The US is the worst offender. Russia does not bomb civilians , but The US proxy Ukraine does.

    • @dss2mtm
      @dss2mtm Před měsícem +4

      ​Annexation of land built up the US and it ain't giving it back. In the current scenario, the Russian 'SMO' is the old 'US Intervention in Mexico'.

    • @aburakadabura2
      @aburakadabura2 Před měsícem +1

      @@dss2mtm Most modern independent sovereign nations are members of the United Nations, which was established in 1945,
      In joining, they pledge to faithfully observe the UN Charter, which prohibits self-serving invasions and annexations. The common sense of the colonialist era of the previous and last century is not applicable today. Anyone can see that the behavior of nations in the last century, even if taken as an example, is invalid today.

  • @gregparrott
    @gregparrott Před měsícem +6

    General Hodges' view is that Ukraine CAN and must take Crimea. It all depends on the west providing the weapons.
    The west's production capacity is far greater in volume (other than artillery shells), variety and advanced technology. The west is essentially 'metering' weapons so that it is slowly bleeding Russia dry. If at some point, the west steps up the rate of arms flows, Russian lines will collapse

    • @SnkHetz
      @SnkHetz Před měsícem +2

      The old Ben took Crimea in 2022 and 2023 😂

    • @novemberalpha6023
      @novemberalpha6023 Před měsícem +2

      You clearly forget that Ukraine is out of fighting men.

    • @gregparrott
      @gregparrott Před měsícem

      @@novemberalpha6023 Ease up on the hyperbole. They're not 'out' of fighting men. They're short of their recruiting and conscripting goals. Ukraine has been short on manpower relative to Russia since 2/24/22 (actually, even before). Ukraine has done well despite that shortage. Russia still only occupies just 20% of Ukraine. Yes, manpower is critically important. But so is advanced technology..The west leads in that domain, as well as manufacturing capacity and people. The people of NATO countries aren't on the front line. But they represent a giant manufacturing base for Ukraine. Russia can't match that.

  • @bj6515
    @bj6515 Před 28 dny +1

    You have some bad volume discrepancies between the two of you. Should have been sorted before the interview started.

  • @Dan-yp2tu
    @Dan-yp2tu Před měsícem

    The U.S. defense budget can hardly be considered napping although complacent isn't too strong a word if referring to the rest of NATO.

  • @user-uf6zd6ng6t
    @user-uf6zd6ng6t Před měsícem +5

    British media still believe that Ukraine is going to win 😅

    • @yamudda364
      @yamudda364 Před 26 dny

      You've already lost nobody likes you. Your the new 1940s germany

  • @samhaskins2506
    @samhaskins2506 Před měsícem +40

    EXACTLY - totally disagree with Binyon's Putin Fanboy pessimism! UKRAINE needs CRIMEA to regain freedom of navigation!!! Their key exports depend on freedom of navigation!

    • @marioceva7163
      @marioceva7163 Před měsícem +2

      Joke?

    • @themanwiththegoldengun1998
      @themanwiththegoldengun1998 Před měsícem +2

      How are they going to do that?

    • @SkaldCG
      @SkaldCG Před měsícem +6

      @@themanwiththegoldengun1998 long range missiles

    • @bigmedge
      @bigmedge Před měsícem +1

      @@themanwiththegoldengun1998with the soon to arrive F16s

    • @themanwiththegoldengun1998
      @themanwiththegoldengun1998 Před měsícem +1

      @@SkaldCG what like the 12 the fired yesterday, those atacms was all intercepted by Russian AD and the electronic counter measures, that's 12 that could of been used else where

  • @alpinestar6125
    @alpinestar6125 Před měsícem +1

    Source…Trust me bro!

  • @BobQuigley
    @BobQuigley Před 29 dny

    What's this guys name? Baghdad Bob?

  • @preuton
    @preuton Před měsícem +19

    It's still possible to take a picture of the Crimea bridge. But not for long.

    • @SnkHetz
      @SnkHetz Před měsícem +2

      Dude you are saying the same since 2022

    • @marko8059
      @marko8059 Před měsícem

      It's 19km/12mi long and ferrys have done the job before.

    • @IliyaOsnovikov
      @IliyaOsnovikov Před 22 dny +1

      I am afraid that bridge will last longer than you.

  • @adamc9058
    @adamc9058 Před měsícem +7

    This intelligent man is clearly misguided 😂 🤦🏼‍♂️🙌🏻

  • @ronzagata4021
    @ronzagata4021 Před měsícem +1

    👍

  • @rhondabailey9238
    @rhondabailey9238 Před měsícem

    I hear the quest very clearly, but the host is at a much lower volume🗣🎧

  • @johnp8988
    @johnp8988 Před měsícem +16

    This is the dumbest thing anyone ever said. Ukraine definitely cannot and will not take Crimea. It is like 150 miles behind the front. Russia holds ALL land routes to Crimea and Ukraine has no naval presence. For those not paying attention- Ukraine is not connected to Crimea anymore. And this fool is saying that the Kerch bridge is an Achilles heel?!?! They don't need it, since they hold all land to the north. So dumb!

    • @AahFukIt
      @AahFukIt Před měsícem

      Unreal point of view!

    • @johnp8988
      @johnp8988 Před měsícem

      @@AahFukIt Thanks?

    • @christopherpugmire2969
      @christopherpugmire2969 Před měsícem +2

      Supply lines matter. Without Kerch bridge, russia will have to rely on a 400km supply line through occupied territory, all within strike range.

    • @maphezdlin
      @maphezdlin Před měsícem

      So you're saying the Ukrainians can destroy the Kerch Bridge which is 160 miles from their frontline, but won't be able to interrupt Russia's supply lines which are 20 miles from their frontline?

    • @scatters47
      @scatters47 Před měsícem +1

      Russian territory Ukraine isn't getting it back simple. ​@@christopherpugmire2969

  • @jsharpe007
    @jsharpe007 Před měsícem +18

    Because the world has about 25 mega knobheads running it we’re all going to the front line? Nice 👌🏻

  • @jabbahursty
    @jabbahursty Před měsícem

    why can't you guys ever get your sound in order?

  • @WobbleMatic
    @WobbleMatic Před měsícem

    Great videos and interviews but the intro section is a little annoying as it is repeated further in. Never too sure where intro ends and interview proper starts. Maybe a chapter marker might help.

  • @7greyghost
    @7greyghost Před měsícem +3

    👍 excellent assessment.

  • @war-painter
    @war-painter Před měsícem +2

    Hamish is an experienced on the ground MILITARY man, and although he is more optimistic about Crimea for Ukraine (as am I), he also has more knowledge about on the ground military stuff and has been keeping up with the day-to-day on this war over the past two years. Binyon’s last analysis was woefully short on the facts as far as Ukrainian strikes are concerned, and Binyon seems unaware of the military/intelligence actions inside russia in the past eighteen months, especially on the railway lines in the East.
    Apparently Binyon’s experience is limited to the russian opinion, so why not ask him about Ivanov and Kremlin politics rather than military actions, and leave the military men to do what they do best? Thank you Hamish de Bretton Gordon.

  • @petersinclair3997
    @petersinclair3997 Před měsícem

    It was Khrushchev’s action and move that made Crimea a part of Ukraine Soviet, because it made economic (1954).

  • @deldjb7617
    @deldjb7617 Před měsícem

    the interviewer needs to turn on his microphone

  • @ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available
    @ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available Před měsícem +17

    This guy is completely bonkers 😂😂😂
    Give it a rest, Times Radio!

    • @user-tf6mu6qf6e
      @user-tf6mu6qf6e Před měsícem +6

      Stay on the troll farm.

    • @evaluateanalysis7974
      @evaluateanalysis7974 Před měsícem +4

      Saying that "This guy is completely bonkers." doesn't really persuade me of your point - since you haven't made one. Please tell us which of his points you disagree with and why.

    • @stealmysunshine
      @stealmysunshine Před měsícem

      I​@@evaluateanalysis7974 ah you're asking a Trollski to explain themselves.

    • @2Dylandog
      @2Dylandog Před měsícem

      @@evaluateanalysis7974 Hamish de Bretton Gordon (to give his full name) is clearly very much on board, backing the right horse, etc. etc., but has an ability to tell us what we already know and is in fact fairly repetitive. This may lead some to comment in frustration that he is completely bonkers!

    • @tomconnor7786
      @tomconnor7786 Před měsícem

      @@evaluateanalysis7974 He thinks Ukraine is going to gain air superiority, you don't consider that even slightly nuts?

  • @margelatu79
    @margelatu79 Před měsícem +7

    This weasel told us that Ukraine would take Crimea last year!

    • @user-zb9lv3gh8s
      @user-zb9lv3gh8s Před měsícem

      War is funny like that.
      It's almost as if both sides are shooting at each other trying to really really hurt someone

    • @wolfvale7863
      @wolfvale7863 Před měsícem

      Russia has allowed the Ukrainians enough time to train fighter pilots and for NATO to organize their logistics. What comes next are Russian tears.
      Time is almost up for Russia.

    • @johnadam2885
      @johnadam2885 Před měsícem

      @@wolfvale7863 So the great hope is now F 16s ? They might be burnt out and on display in Moscow in 6 months time.

    • @Borntu
      @Borntu Před měsícem

      Yes, because nukes don't exist.

    • @Domesticated_Ape
      @Domesticated_Ape Před měsícem

      Yeah, and then MAGA republicans decided to support Putin. That’s now changed.

  • @simonpaine2347
    @simonpaine2347 Před měsícem

    I think that European countries increasing their spending WILL help Ukraine, because a lot of kit going to Ukraine is already old, outdated stuff that was either mothballed or waiting to be replaced. Updating some more of the European countries equipment will be encouraged by the availability of more money for budgets.

  • @darkwingsofsteelkeeperofth3154

    He should call General Hodges and start a comedy duo twedleede And twedleedum

  • @NZrare
    @NZrare Před měsícem +1

    Putin is not - in any way - losing his grip..! Putin is currently the worlds most confident leader ..!

  • @ExPatinUK
    @ExPatinUK Před měsícem +8

    Slava Ukraine

  • @artkahn888
    @artkahn888 Před měsícem +8

    That bridge will never be safe….. for Russians 🫡🇺🇸

  • @Mark-ie7io
    @Mark-ie7io Před měsícem +1

    He's right it is a political thing, if the vast majority of people in every country, don't want a war, and the politicians work for us, why is there wars????

    • @lw1zfog
      @lw1zfog Před měsícem

      there are no ‘countries’.
      just corporations.

  • @collinbillingsley9798
    @collinbillingsley9798 Před měsícem +1

    Excellent perspectives Mr. Gordon that should bring clarity for both Europe and the States to hear! “I’ve seen war and you don’t want it.” You drove it home.

  • @jackhughes1325
    @jackhughes1325 Před měsícem +6

    Where my Azov Battalion homies at?

    • @paulsheil6669
      @paulsheil6669 Před měsícem +2

      Running from battle😂

    • @johnnybrown689
      @johnnybrown689 Před měsícem +2

      Fertilizing sunflower feilds! SLAVA UKRAINI ❤❤❤😊😊😂 !

  • @goenzoy712
    @goenzoy712 Před měsícem +9

    But we hear this since a long time
    German TV today just reported that Russia might take back
    Robotyne the little village what was sold to us as strategic importance during Ukraine summer offensive last year

    • @_alienblood
      @_alienblood Před měsícem +7

      Russia have gained 14 miles in a year with devastation losses its hold the line mode for Ukraine until the new aid package arrives.

    • @stu281
      @stu281 Před měsícem +2

      @@_alienbloodreally. Who stands to benefit more from downplaying their own loses whilst overstating their opponents?

    • @Tengooda
      @Tengooda Před měsícem +2

      "strategic importance"?? Really? Can you supply a reference to back up that claim?

    • @_alienblood
      @_alienblood Před měsícem +7

      @@stu281 you saying Russia tell the truth about losses?
      Whos doing insane suicidal meat wave attacks Ukraine or Russia?

    • @jiajiaoioi
      @jiajiaoioi Před měsícem

      @@_alienblood and what is your source?

  • @annehersey9895
    @annehersey9895 Před měsícem

    When Ukraine went on offense, they did it completely the opposite than they had in 2022 when they took so much territory back. That offensive Zelensky kept talking Kherson, and Southern Ukraine and then surprised everyone by going in the northeast and took huge amounts of vehicles, tanks and ammo! For the failed offensive, EVERYONE from Zelensky, Zalushney, the US Dand Media everywhere kept saying EXACTLY where they were going! That Was the most insane thing so of course Russia was prepared with his troops n defenses ready for them and it was bound to fail. They have GOT t😊be cagey and keep Russia guessing where they are going to attack.

  • @jamespriddy8275
    @jamespriddy8275 Před měsícem

    The question seems to be…..Is it harder to hold Crimea.,.or to take Crimea?

    • @user-yi8rt5zq9e
      @user-yi8rt5zq9e Před měsícem +2

      It is impossible for Ukraine Hello from Russian Crimea

  • @MidnightWarrior1976
    @MidnightWarrior1976 Před měsícem +22

    I am tired of comments from people who say Ukraine will never get Crimea. Or that Crimea belongs to Russia. (No it doesn't) These people do not have a good vision of the big picture. They absolutely can and likely will.

    • @user-yi8rt5zq9e
      @user-yi8rt5zq9e Před měsícem +5

      Ukraine will never take Crimea Hello from Russian Crimea.

    • @chrimbus71
      @chrimbus71 Před měsícem +5

      Of course Ukraine will take Crimea, they are winning the war remember 😂😂😂😂😂. I heard it on the Cartoon News Network

    • @milanmarinkovic3016
      @milanmarinkovic3016 Před měsícem +3

      One casual look at the map of Black Sea and Crimea is enough to understand that Russia will never let Crimea to become part of Ukraine and consequently home for NATO bases. Russia will defend Crimea as much as Moscow.

    • @VINLAND_777
      @VINLAND_777 Před měsícem +7

      @@milanmarinkovic3016As per every international law and agreement Russia signed, Crimea belongs rightfully to Ukraine and never in history did it to the Russian Federation.
      - 1954 official document of the (USSR) Russian government signing Crimea to Ukraine.
      - All UN charters Russia signed and agreed on territorial integrity of all sovereign nations.
      - 1994 Budapest Memorandum which Sergej Lavrov signed on behalf of the RF to not question Ukraines sovereignty and territorial integrity.
      - 1997 Border treaty deal between the Russian Federation and Ukraine to accept the 1991 borders of Ukraine.
      So, unless you are against law and order and support criminal actions, you should simply stand by those who do not violate international law like the RF does. „My“ country also upheld all agreements and never violated international law, therefore I expect the same from everyone who signed these laws or else I will support those who are being attacked.
      It‘s a question of honor.

    • @Zelensky_Huilo
      @Zelensky_Huilo Před měsícem +2

      @@VINLAND_777 You have no honor because you're lying.