Silicon Bites 39 - Zelensky Warns Allies that Without Munitions Supplies Ukraine may have to Retreat
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- Edition No39 | 03-04-2024
Ukraine's critical infrastructure targeted in Russian overnight attack.
Russia attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles overnight on March 31, damaging infrastructure facilities and killing at least one person. Russian troops hit Ukraine with drones and missiles, including 11 Shahed drones, 14 cruise missiles, an Kh-59 guided missile, and an Iskander-M ballistic missile, the Air Force reported. A total of nine cruise missiles and nine drones were downed.
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Ukraine has EVERY RIGHT to strike Russian refineries, since Russia has gotten around the sanctions and who is the US to tell them not to strike legitimate targets? Seems to me we owe Ukraine plenty, given that we signed the '94 Budapest Memorandum, along with the UK and Russia, to protect Ukraine's sovereign territory. We should be keeping our PROMISES, don't you think?
I do indeed..x
If Ukraine had been given the weapons needed from the start maybe Putins war would not have lasted this long. Ukrainians are paying with their blood to protect their people from genocide also Putin will not stop at Ukraine. Putin has stated many times that Russia is fighting America. America and the West will be saving their own people if they support Ukraine now.
I am ashamed of the Republican party - which I have supported all my life (I’m 81). Only some Republicans - like Gaetz, Greene, and Johnson - have been actively working to betray Ukraine like this. BUT, I’m also blaming the bulk of other Republicans who are ‘enabling’ the smallish Johnson cabal to stay in power. I live in Florida and my representative is Mario Diaz-Balart. He’s not part of Johnson’s group, but I still blame him for his part in allowing this pro-Putin travesty to continue in our Congress. I voted twice for Trump in the past. But NO MORE. No more contributions and no more votes for any Republicans. E V E R!! I am THAT PISSED OFF.
I'm a former Republican and am so ashamed we have not kept our word to Ukraine! What Johnson and Trump have done is unconscionable and I am furious!😡😡😡
You voted for Trump. You voted for this.
It's not like he has been discreet about undermining NATO.
Putin said liberal democracy was obsolete, he repeated it. Putin said Ukraine doesn't exist, he repeated it.
He was copying dictators all the way and you voted for him.
I'm a ex lefty, that blamed all bad things on NATO. Deeply ashamed of the idiot i was.
@@henriikkak2091 I never voted for Trump. I'm not that stupid. 🇺🇦🙏🇺🇦
While what you say is true, there is more to this story. There is the White House security council, headed by Jake Off Sullivan, who is opposed to providing long range precision weapons to Ukraine, who opposes the continued flow of heavy systems to Ukraine - it is these obstructionists who failed Ukraine with their "trickle" theory of giving one tank each month - total cowardice and unreasonable caution while Ukraine is being destroyed. Then they talk about how Ukraine failed last summer's offensive, never mentioning that Ukraine has one arm and one leg tied so they can only provide a handicapped military.
I totally agree with you, I am a US citizen and I am totally ashamed that my government would even consider asking Ukraine to stop the oil refinery attacks. This is the best strategy they've had yet maybe because of the lack of ammunition they had to come up with other ways but either way it's working tremendously not only should they not stop they should double down and pick up the pace before Russia figures out how to protect those damn refineries 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
You obviously no nothing about oil refinanaries any section or area can of couse be isolated. I draw your attention to the US 8th airforces attack on thre Rumanian oil refinery 1943. It was attacked by 178 heavy bombers at enormouse cost and didn't stop production for one day. Russia is the largest energy exporter in the world if you think a couple of drone attacks are going to stop that your dreaming ,
@@samsungtap4183 let me put it this way for you, if taking Russia's oil refineries etc. out of the picture is wrong then I Don't want to be Right, how's that???
@@mikehunt6218And Europe risk losing access to Ukraine has Storage facilities, which is the largest in Europe...then what...
@@TwiceStruck then what? Stop Russias ability to make money and fund and fuel it's war machine. Pretty simple whatever happens after that happens!!!
@@samsungtap4183 I draw your attention to the fact that Rosneft had to shut down two damaged refining units at Russia's largest refinery (Ryazan) - its main crude distillation unit, AVT-6, which accounts for 47.5% if the plant's crude intake capacity, and a smaller unit, AVT-4, which stopped an additional 23.4% of the plant's total intake capacity. Ukraine caused a massive fire in those distillation columns, causing damage which will take a long time to repair. The WWII attack you referred to (Operation Tidal Wave) was a failure for many reasons, and not really relevant in the context of modern warfare. Unmanned drones that could deliver payloads to precise targets were not a thing back then.
Nobody said anything about stopping Russia's energy exports - what Ukraine is successfully doing is slowing them down a little while causing massively expensive damage. Since you know about refineries, you know how expensive it is to pay for expert contractors and part replacements. The beauty of this is how little Ukraine has to pay to inflict those costs.
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Thanks for your dogged support for Ukraine Jonathan, and the superb analysis.
Right On Joe Strat! Silicon Curtain is THE best pro-Ukraine YT channel! 🇺🇦👍
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I couldn't agree with you more.
Pro Ukraine/anti Russia. This channel is pure propaganda? Reason why Biden & neocons are pretending it's about the weapons is to make it look like the Republicans are responsible for inevitable defeat of Ukraine. It's about Nov election. Real problem is no men of fighting age left. Zelensky says 31,000 killed in action - actual number is 500,000. Worse is decline in male population who have all fled Ukraine for neighbouring countries.
Yes
I am rather sick of our lack of US action. The political lack of progress makes me rather sick. They need to get off their rear ends.
Lack of Repugno action in the House blocking any as in all help for Ukraine. Many are now pro Putin and openly fascist.
American Coalition for Ukraine and Razom for Ukraine push phone campaigns. Find your district representative 📞 house.gov
Nothing stopping you from going
What can we do bruh? Most people in the house want to support Ukraine, but our broken system can come to a complete stop by just one corrupt man, and he's purposely sending the house into recess every month so nothing gets done, why is our system that fragile?? That "man" is Mike Johnson btw.
@@HarupertBeagleton-dz5gwwho the F are you, 🤡?
Bucha should constantly be reminded of.... and as a reminder of what horrors were committed by the Russisns in Mariupol the extent of which cannot be documented in the same way because of the Russians occupation of the city and their burial of the evidence of their massive war crimes there where tens of thousands of civilians were bombed, murdered, tortured, disappeared and many more left buried under rubble..
Hundreds killed in Bucha...
And dead and tortured bodies found in every village the Russians occupied even for a short time before being driven out...
So many many more killed in Mariupol... and it will take a decade to document all the dead there when Mariupol is liberated...
Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson should be jailed for their betrayal of the USA committment to defence of the people of Ukraine..
Ty Jonathan for yours reports,inputs etc..ALLWAYS sober,honest,true and clear minded👍..facts,truth and common sense MATTERS
While America continues to fail to support Ukraine they have lost all authority to tell them what to do. The alleged reason about stability of international fuel prices is BS, America itself has the tools to dictate the price of fuel. Besides which, what are the 'allies' doing to ensure that sanctions are enforced?
What about Europe.. They are closest?
America isn't failing to support Ukraine - that's Deranged MAGA Mike Johnson and his vile puppet master Marjorie Traitor Greene.
I don't think the US can dictate fuel prices - American oil companies have to let the market dictate prices since they can't legally operate like a price-fixing cartel ala OPEC+.
If Biden is actually pushing back on Ukraine using their OWN drones to attack Russian refineries, then he is being a massive hypocrite, and I would be extremely disappointed in him. Americans can deal with 5 cents more at the gas pump - that seems like a fair tradeoff for helping Ukrainians who are fighting for democracy and international rule of law on our behalf, while dealing with constant bombing of their civilians, electricity blackouts, abysmal economic conditions, etc.
@@JimCoupeTQ Proximity isn't the issue, nor is oil. Europe has high energy prices now because they have to import natural gas that was being supplied by Russia before.
Oil prices in Europe aren't affected much by Russia - OPEC has the most control over oil prices, and they're not going to take orders from Russia. They're mostly interested in maximizing profits while occasionally causing supply gluts to damage American fracking companies.
GOP planning to subjugate Americans' basic civil rights, instead of building Bridges of economic trade, and defensive support! 🇺🇦💙✈️💥
During WWII America gave Moscow, $11.3 billion in 4 years, or $180 billion in today’s currency . Ukraine in less than two years got already much more and needs yet more. Invading forces of Germany in 1941 5,5 million. Total number fighting on Eastern front in four years more than 10 million. Russian forces of SMO against Ukraine in 2022 - 200,000. Now around 450,000. Russia/USSR in WWII was self sufficient partner with operational economy. Modern Ukraine is just a corrupt sinkhole for others' games having sold out its sizeable Soviet capacities
Thank you for the info Jonathan. Ukraine’s Victory is the #1 issue that concerns me and As a US citizen, I am angered, frustrated and ashamed by my government’s dysfunction.
SLAVA UKRAINI 🇺🇦🔱💙🔆🌻
with allies like these no nation needs enemies!... if EU fails in Ukraine, all EU will fall, like a house of cards!... it won't be just the Ukrainians to regret - EU will regret and pay a colossal price!...
Amen to that.
Yes i habe also been speculating about who is holding the steering wheel in eu? What if the elites are thinking: "Oh god my money" we have to let them win we cant destroy our card house and identity politics.
Jonathan I am sorry to keep on commenting but you keep asking 😅
I love your work, your depth and most importantly the HEART of your work.
You are one of the jewels in the crown of resistance and you inspire me beyond simple words..
Slava Ukraine! Please, I beg humbly; keep the truth coming Jonathan, the world never needed it more!!✊💙
Go Ukraine!! Thank you Jonathan. When this war is over Ukraine will be a major supplier and can have a niche industry manufacturing all forms of drones and providing them to allies. The ingenuity and bravery of the Ukrainian people is incredible.
Allies, my butt! On paper only. They can’t agree on much.
No, despite how quick Europeans are to turn against us when we don't make them happy with every little thing, many of us still want to get your back. The problem is our system is so fragile the whole thing can come to a halt because one corrupt man, speaker Mike Johnson.
@@OnimeDoobs In former times, Europeans would save their anti-American jabs for private conversation. Now we have the internet. I lived in Italy for several years, had friends who were all leftists, so when we had been drinking or if it was late the jabs at America would fly, and there i was to hear it. I came to expect it, but I never liked it, and now I can't bear it. I was just in Italy and had to leave precisely to avoid hearing tankie idiots defend Putin, or old, dark musings about lost "sovereignty". A "leftist" (??) political exiile from Venezuela who had "worked for RT" showed up at a dinner. Sickenning. Thankfully there was England, so i fled Italy and I spent 2 months in a bubble of geopolitical sanity. As for Johnson, he's a puppet, "un pupazzo". He'll be gone soon. He is sickening becuase he is costing Ukrainian lives and is a lying fascist.
Thank you for your valuable analysis, Jonathan. Appreciate your work as always!
Those weapons being sent to Israel would have been better sent to Ukraine. At least Ukraine doesn't target aid workers or people lining up for food.
Denying Russia's Only Strategy for Success by Nataliya Bugayova and others, is worth reading.
I am SO DONE with what is called "the Republican Party" these days. I will vote for #Biden2024. Ukraine must not be forced to lose.
Do you usually vote Republican?
joe didn't come thru with the bag .
@@TheYeti308 What is that translated to English?
If you think that spending that money on Ukraine will actually help them then you are delusional.
@@yuriyl1618 Not in several years. I was a Reagan republican. GOP left me standing in the Center when they went Harcore Right Wing. Then the Dems drifted full Center and I was already there.
😢 "Allies"
Thank you, Jonathan. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Thanks.
Glory to Ukraine. God Bless Ukraine and her people. 🇺🇦🇺🇸
Excellent presentation. ‘Demented’ is an accurate way to describe much of official Russia at least, together with their crazed leader. The fact that they are still incompetent is to Ukraine’s advantage. Too big to fail, I think not. Ukraine needs to keep doing what it’ s doing day in and day out and as fast as they can without sacrificing quality. They can’t wait for promises that take forever to materialise. Jake Broe’s said in his last show that a drone making factory in Russia had also been hit. US and European leaders generally cowardly. Slava Ukraini.
The US has a VERY VERY short memory.
Nevermind the 2nd world war, their memories dont even stretch back 2 decades.
There was NO requirement from ANY country to follow them into Afghanistan after 9/11...NEVERMIND Iraq... many allies did so out of loyalty.
Those allies can now see that the US has little to zero intentions of returning that assistance.
USA is the only member to have called for article 5 and had invocation confirmed... member states are obliged to rally around the cause... member states that came to America's aid incurred loss and suffering but did so without complaint because that's what friends are for... respect for NATO and the committment to the alliance is, IMO, what the Biden administration isn't amplifying enough. We don't want NATO to crumble due to lack of ambition... a house cleaning might be in-order but please no Big Yellow Taxi for NATO.
It’s not about memory it’s about Greed and Hypocrisy.
I am living in the Netherlands. I have met fellow countrymen that were wounded in Afghanistan, fighting side by side with the American Army.
When I hear Americans say “why spend US dollars? Ukraine is in Europe. Let the Europeans solve this…. “ It kind of feels like betrayal. That will be remembered. Dear Americans in this channel can you understand my position?
The Articles of NATO required NATO members to go to Afghanistan. What you said is false.
@@hoplophobia7014 nothing i said was false...
Nobody HAD to follow them...
This the same US who wants out NATO now they've "used" them
Ps...article 5 is JUST AS LAWFUL as the Budapest memorandum
America signed that too
Good work. Thank you
I'm so grateful for your incredibly rational commentary on the horrific conflict in Ukraine. The world needs more people like you.
It's not a conflict. Conflict is when your parents arguing with each other. When independent country being taken over by other country, with thousands of civils killed, kidnapped, raped it's called a war. To call it "conflict" is disrespect to everybody who is victim of this war
@@CouchWarrior561 I've found 5 different definitions of the word war and they all use the word conflict in their definitions although it has the word armed before it. If I was disrespectful as you say it was unintentional.
Jonathon... the r u b o t s have my name and take down every comment I post... please keep up the excellent reporting, you are a global treassure.
Keep your chin up and fingers moving! Many many of us have been having the same issue! It is NOT The Silicon Curtain doing the deleting!!!
Another very good incisive video about Logistics.
Thank you, Jonathan, for another excellent episode of Silicon Bites. I highly appreciate what you do, thank you!
🇺🇦 Перемоги і миру всім українцям! 🇺🇦
Rage inducing. Utterly infuriating.
A cessna hit the plant from the look of it. Remote controlled I am guessing but I have seen those planes. I lived right next to a Airplane hanger and airfield. I used to look at the planes all the time. Looked like a 1970's model. Also Ukraine is getting Ammo early April. Supposedly it is already going through.
After doing an image search , I'd agree - a Cessna 162 Skycatcher or a clone. Others have mentioned the Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat.
@@sneakerset identified by Denys Davydov a day or so ago. Small plane, possibly a repurposed ultralight or Cessna=like plane
orc bots infest youtube.
Hypothetical is if Russia was only one with Nukes West wouldn't exist as it is now.
except it's impossible for russia to have anything the west doesn't already have, better ;)
Russiky Mir relies on invading and occupying territory for - natural resources, strategic positioning, repressed and deported slaves, and Russification to expand the population. Nuclear winter has no benefit.
Great podcast!
New lows even for the GOP.
the gop is now run by the kgb
No reason for joe to not get UKR enough . pfft
GOP Government of Putin #SpeakerJohnsonIsATraitor
Democrats voted with the Republicans to fire the pro Ukrainian speaker knowing they would replace him with a hardliner. They sold out Ukraine for a cheap politcal victory and to be able to blame republicans for lack of aid. They empowered the Republicans to block aid, they don't care about funding Ukraine. They picked migrants over Ukraine.
If you actually care about Ukraine you'd apply pressure to the Democrats and Biden, instead of eating up propaganda and blaming the republicans. Most Americans polled believe the border is a problem and they refuse to legitmately address it. They rather let Ukraine suffer than negotiate in good faith on the border.
Excellent video, very smart and very educated
Thank you, Jonathan. Slava Ukraini
Thank you Jonathan.
Why doesn't Britain just buy them from the US? If anyone really cared that would be the fastest way!
Exactly. I wan't to Help Ukraine but this blame game is getting old. They can purchase anything they want if it was that important
Britain doesn’t have the funds, it’s in a recession and lacking in its own military recruitment and weapons.
When will the Western Governments wake up!!!
More air defense for Ukraine at the very least
8 RPG Rounds? That's 20lbs or more of warheads.
Yeah, the standard common warhead is like 6 pounds each
Love the quality of images .
Great presentation
I Wish to America to LIVE and FEEL all democracy and righteousness they put on the other countries..from WW2 till now...... all over the world.
To you too.
Let me offer an alternative view of a Trump presidency, he will NOT be re-elected! We 🇺🇸 will not do that to, 🇺🇦 or to the world! One term was one too many. As an American I get very annoyed when I hear all of this posturing and planning about another Trump presidency. Also, as an American I am ashamed of my country's current lack of support for Ukraine. It's reprehensible. I love your channel, Jonathan.
I don't want my tax money to go to Ukraine. Government should ask people, if they want to send money there, or not.
@@motoktm3042 Ukraine is doing us a favor when we send them military aid because we're sending them our old stuff that eventually we'd have to spend tax payer money to decomission or destroy.
@@motoktm3042 US already obliged to help Ukraine. Sure if word of US president and signed political agreements are nothing for US... then yes you can act like a child and ask every redneck in Texas if he is agree to send military aid to Ukraine🤣If US want to lose all credibility in world of real politics let it be, but I will lough at my lungs when it will finally appear that nobody ask US opinion anymore and US lose all their leverages in Europe, Asia, Oceania. I'm sure our world will be better place without US sticking there nose in every country's policy. Damn, even China looks like more reliable partner after all this nonsense bullshit US have done in these 6 months.
@AldenStudebaker You should be ashamed to write something like that.People's lives don't matter to you? First of all, this war was never about Ukraine. This is American war with Russia. We are just using Ukraine and Ukrainians. You should be ashamed.
@@AldenStudebaker he's a troll.
Keep on informing with seriousness and documentation, for some people NEED this to keep on "rooting" for Ukrain!!
V. Zelensky said something shrewd on an interview (with an american stupid?): HELP US with ammunition and weapons... so that American & Europian soldiers won't have to die here!" 👏👍👏👍
They need to name this long range drone “The Babayaga”
Its a shame that we are unable to keep promises 😢😢
Thank you!
Do you take requests? Can you sometime revisit the 2020 Belarussian election riots? Current Russian actions are part of a largee pattern that has been going on for some time.
Yes, definitely. I'm planning future episodes on Belarus.
@@SiliconCurtainThere is a fair bit of, probably justified, catastrophizing around Ukraine right now. Belarus over the last four years is in some respects a worst case for answering the "Why not just make peace?" proponents. Just a thought.
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" Court Jesters" would be a better description - under the watchfull eye of the head Jester, Patrushkachef !
The true reason that the US wants Ukraine not to attack Russian refineries is the effect that would have on the "price of gas at the pump."
The "price of gas at the pump" is a nerve that, if pressed, will cause the americans to howl.
Of course, it will hurt Russia. But the Russians have a greater fortitude. Not so the americans. Afterall they did believe that the exit of McDonalds would cause unbearable pain to the Russians.
How can that be if USA is not buying Russian oil? Doesn’t make sense to me. It would however push up the price of goods made in china which would punish all global consumers of Chinese made goods but gasoline prices? Can you elaborate further?
@@Drufi The theory is that there would be a price shock, since crude prices are global. Obviously the US could pretty easily withstand that, and in the worst case Biden could use the strategic reserve to keep gas prices down at the pump. The refined fuels Ukraine is taking off line are for Russian use, so the theory of a problem with global reach is weak. Given US agency in readjusting the effects, it does not add up. I think all this hyperventilation about the White House telling Ukraine what to do, and "Jake Sullivan's un-announced meeting" are ea tempest in a teapot and not about anything. If you read what was said, it may be even less than US disapproval. Meanwile Ukraine has hit more targets, as they must, as they should, as if to politely point out to the whole world that this is how things really are.
Don't you think that if an oil refinery in russia collapses, they will produce less gasoline, cerosin, and diesel and increase crude oil export, eventually decreasing the price? Otherwise, russia should reduce extraction, which is harder to reverse.
Russia cannot defeat Ukraine or the West - and will likely lose - if the West mobilizes its resources to resist the Kremlin. The West’s existing and latent capability dwarfs that of Russia. The combined gross domestic product (GDP) of NATO countries, non-NATO European Union states, and our Asian allies is over $63 trillion.[1] The Russian GDP is on the close order of $1.9 trillion.[2] Iran and North Korea add little in terms of materiel support.
GDP estimation based on Wall street rates is a fake. Real production counts. During WWII America gave Moscow, $11.3 billion in 4 years, or $180 billion in today’s currency . Ukraine in less than two years got already much more and needs yet more. Invading forces of Germany in 1941 5,5 million. Total number fighting on Eastern front in four years more than 10 million. Russian forces of SMO against Ukraine in 2022 - 200,000. Now around 450,000. Russia/USSR in WWII was self sufficient partner with operational economy. Modern Ukraine is just a corrupt sinkhole for others' games having sold out its sizeable Soviet capacities. After the Cold War Europe made fatal mistake. By expanding NATO to the east Europe continued warmonger tendencies of the past and finally made Russia enemy and now faces war against her. Ukraine is just the first stage. Who was initiator of expansion? It must have been USA. But it doesn't matter much. What's done is done and you can't undo it. When all this mess is finished the eventual and biggest loser will be Europe.
GDP estimation based on Wall street rates is a fake. Real production counts. During WWII America gave Moscow, $11.3 billion in 4 years, or $180 billion in today’s currency . Ukraine in less than two years got already much more and needs yet more. Invading forces of Germany in 1941 5,5 million. Total number fighting on Eastern front in four years more than 10 million. Russian forces of SMO against Ukraine in 2022 - 200,000. Now around 450,000. Russia/USSR in WWII was self sufficient partner with operational economy. Modern Ukraine is just a corrupt sinkhole for others' games having sold out its sizeable Soviet capacities. After the Cold War Europe made fatal mistake. By expanding NATO to the east Europe continued warmonger tendencies of the past and finally made Russia enemy and now faces war against her. Ukraine is just the first stage. Who was initiator of expansion? It must have been USA. But it doesn't matter much. What's done is done and you can't undo it. When all this mess is finished the eventual and biggest loser will be Europe.
GDP estimation based on Wall street rates is a fake. Real production counts. During WWII America gave Moscow, $11.3 billion in 4 years, or $180 billion in today’s currency . Ukraine in less than two years got already much more and needs yet more. Invading forces of Germany in 1941 5,5 million. Total number fighting on Eastern front in four years more than 10 million. Russian forces of SMO against Ukraine in 2022 - 200,000. Now around 450,000. Russia/USSR in WWII was self sufficient partner with operational economy. Modern Ukraine is just a corrupt sinkhole for others' games having sold out its sizeable Soviet capacities. After the Cold War Europe made fatal mistake. By expanding NATO to the east Europe continued warmonger tendencies of the past and finally made Russia enemy and now faces war against her. Ukraine is just the first stage. Who was initiator of expansion? It must have been USA. But it doesn't matter much. What's done is done and you can't undo it. When all this mess is finished the eventual and biggest loser will be Europe.
GDP estimation based on Wall street rates is a fake. Real production counts. During WWII America gave Moscow, $11.3 billion in 4 years, or $180 billion in today’s currency . Ukraine in less than two years got already much more and needs yet more. Invading forces of Germany in 1941 5,5 million. Total number fighting on Eastern front in four years more than 10 million. Russian forces of SMO against Ukraine in 2022 - 200,000. Now around 450,000. Russia/USSR in WWII was self sufficient partner with operational economy. Modern Ukraine is just a corrupt sinkhole for others' games having sold out its sizeable Soviet capacities. After the Cold War Europe made fatal mistake. By expanding NATO to the east Europe continued warmonger tendencies of the past and finally made Russia enemy and now faces war against her. Ukraine is just the first stage. Who was initiator of expansion? It must have been USA. But it doesn't matter much. What's done is done and you can't undo it. When all this mess is finished the eventual and biggest loser will be Europe.
IF !
Terrible sad world to come if trump wins,
Rather have President Trump over Xi !! Keep listening to the news and fake media accussing Trump that he wont help Ukraine. Worry about china, you chinese BOT!!!
Tell your "Winnie The Pooh" touch Taiwan and watch what happens to your manmade South china sea...kiss it goodbye!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
I will vote for bernie .
How is Trump going to win though? He lost the last time and haven’t particularly managed to attract new cohorts of voters.
Ethics in war ? Not so much . Who profits matters . Ukraine needs to also go after
Russian power stations as well .
@@TheYeti308 that's what all the Russian bots were saying in 2016 ! It sort of worked. In all seriousness, if you are a bot, please get new material. If you are an American voter, please vote blue. At least an actual candidate who is on the ballot (i.e. not Bernie).
Alina Hrytsenko in short interview by Kyiv Post, “Ukraine Looks Anew Towards Asia”, CZcams. She is Chief Consultant for National Institute for Strategic Studies, providing analytics to Office of the President. ➡️ Good to have on Silicon Curtain 🤔
I like to hear all sides and I appreciate any channel that does not pretend to be independent because at least I know exactly what they stand for.
Lukashenko = his master's voice
GLORY TO RUSSIA!
Now Taiwan and Phillippines are worried with regards to those promises by US.
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The long rang drone missed its target but rather hit a dormitory. One can only assume Russian electronic warefare did its job !
Assumption is cock-up’s mother, beware.
Zelinsky playing to win. Biden playing for a draw, Trump playing to lose.
Every US-Isolationism phase ended in a great depression with tarif-walls defending starving countries.
excellent commentary….
I am currently ashamed to be an American
Two things imho.
1. There is a very stark split in Washington between Democrats who support Ukraine, classic Reagan style Republicans (who are quitting rather than fight because of death threats!) and MAGA. Initially all were together and support was high. Ukraine made Trump angry when he tried to strong arm them into railroading Biden into a scandal and he’s long been compromised by the KGB/FSB since he tried to build Trump Hotel Moscow! The fear of escalation is a feature of Biden admin, it’s s active in Israel/Middle East/Iran/Houthi, it’s active in Taiwan, and its active in Ukraine.
2. If you look at the military history of the USA, everything is done as more a trickle than overwhelming force. After WWII, it has always been that way despite an outrageous annual military budget.
Admittedly there is a LOT going on in the world, everything mentioned above plus much more and the US has a finger in almost every pie. The US is designed to be able to fight in two theaters at once but no more.
All of that mixed into one dysfunctional Congress and this is what you get. 8 months of delays. The annual budget passed halfway through the year, and nothing else. Well, an attack on secularism and an attack on women’s rights. That’s it.
Ah, you covered the Trump v Zelensky issue. One of the witnesses in one of Trump’s upcoming hearings was directly involved in this, it’s a true story.
Nuclear "banking" is more the case.
It would be cool if the ammunition shortage has been solved already and Ukraine is attempting a feint in order to cause a major breakthrough
This American is 100% certain that a majority of Republican congresspeople own beaucoup oil & gas stocks. The last thing Joe Biden needs in order get Ukrainian aid package passed is critiques from allies on his side of the aisle on U.S. politics.
He gets no fucking credit for having the experience to deal with this crap better than anyone in our democracy's long history. Very few foreigners understand our domestic politics except Putin and his political technology experts.
I think I just heard that speaker Johnson will put a vote to the floor on untime aid. #cnn
It's too late, as usual. The tragedy is that this delay makes the world more dangerous. The GOP wants to concentrate on Taiwan, but the Taiwanese say that the best help they can provide is to help Ukraine. In reality, Trump wants to give Ukraine something other than one dime. The situation will degrade to moving the borders dramatically to the point of no return.
People are doubting this outcome so they can keep this circus in Congress.
Allies don't trust Ukraine because of fear. But fear will not save Ukraine or us. Russia has virtually no red lines or restrictions to destroy Ukraine.
He is concocting a bill that will be guaranteed to be thrown out by the Senate, thereby ensuring more months delay.
@@bobjohnbowles exactly. Just like Trump's leagal strategies, it is all about delay.
I split voting down ticket on local judges, school board, as registered republican (as my parents voted on individual not party). #BidenHarris2024 and straight Democrat on November 5.
What are your thoughts on my Country having a CCP company right next to a NATO port. I just read a article in Politico.
Not far from there when i drove by last month. There's 2 new huge factories. US Polska Raytheon and one with no sign. Brandnew building's.
On that port. Everything gets unloaded and sent over the border. We know China will tell Russia everything. My government is making another horrible mistake i think
Oil is blood money 💵 always has been
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Belgorod has probably become the most comfortable place for living...since the arrival of the Russian Volunteer Corps! Freedom makes life better.
It's a must that Trump is defeated and Russia is driving out of Ukraine. US moving to slow we have to help Ukraine now.US have stand up or we just might loose our Democracy and that will be real bad.
NATO officials say that they will provide weapons in order UKRAINE 🇺🇦 to defend itself.
Now Ukraine has no more munitions. So which is which is true.
Maybe Ukraine asked munitions also to RUSSIA 🇷🇺 to fight against PUTIN… 😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is all about Money. What happened to the million shells from the EU? That just went away cause it's going to take 2 years🤦♂️
If you like Silicon Curtain, also check out Jake Broe, INSIDE RUSSIA, Anders Puck Nielson, Perun, The Eastern Border, and the Telegraph's 'Ukraine the Latest'.
Please talk about Biafra 😂😂
Why is there a literally zero criticism of all the European countries that are literally doing nothing to help Ukraine? Why does the blame fall to the United States who literally helps everyone anytime they ask.
Budapest memorandum pal.
Excuse me, We Europeans currently are alone in trying to find ways to supply Ukraine past months. Sometimes succesfull but most of the time to slow as usual. It is the EU that helps Ukraine from 1 pot of resources but each individual country usually gives extra help on top of that. Some countries like Spain and Italy are indeed playing cheapskate as you mention others literally gave the shirts of their backs like Denmark. In general we can say Europe is inept to help but USA is unwilling to help. Some countries in Europe don't have that many resourses to give but are helpfull in other ways. Estonia for example just found 1.5 milion artillary shells those will be payed for by the smaller EU countries. earlier this year the chechs already found 1 milion and they will be delivered this month. Despite that I believe we both (USA and EU) could have done a lot more. Nice set of friends we are to Ukraine called can't supply and wont supply.
There’s plenty criticism of how European countries are conducting themselves. As it should be in democratic societies, mind you. Criticism isn’t bad.
It’s not hard to find if you have access to european media.
But it’s also true the US’s always presented itself as the arsenal of democracy. People are fearful and disappointed seeing how a group of radicals in the US manages to effectively undermine our shared security interests.
Long live the Occidental hypocrisy !
BS stuff.
Will you please quit yammering about international law. It is an oxymoron. There is no such thing as international law as there is no enforcement mechanism outside of going to war.
The warnings came on the 7th and it said for 48hrs. The attack came on the 22nd.
Your Iranian friends also warned russia. The point is russia was warned and failed to safeguard its citizens, even when the terrorist attack happened there were no police anywhere to be found, and only turned up 40mins after the terrorists had left, although a major police station was only a few minutes drive away! Those are the facts, don't try to twist them.
Zelenski may be a comedian but he is not as funny as Trump.
Ronald Regan was an actor too thus on par with Zelenskyy wrt working infront of camera's... both are/were good communicators... Regan would have shipped the nearly 30 year old inventory of ATACMS long ago as he knew the importance of a sovereign and independent Ukraine. I'm 63 and don't understand why we are making the Ukrainians suffer when everything they need is merely a puddle jump away... and if one looks at what America supplied Russia to fight the Germans in WWII, the lend/lease bill of aid is orders of magnitude higher and I don't believe Ru ever even said thank you. They're f'ing bastards to the nth degree.
Or poo tin and his orcs, trolls and bots.
Zelenskyy's a good man... no comparison
Zelenskyy hasn’t been a comedian for a while now. He’s the president, you know, or do you agree you’re a child because you once was one?
Lowbrow innuendo attempt, man.
The problem with Trump is people laugh at him as opposed to with him
i think it is unfair to slam the protest of the polish farmers. The influx of cheap cereal from Ukraine has been a problem in all neighboring countries. It undercuts the production of local farmers and it's their right to protest, as it is for anybody in a democracy. A compromise should be found by polish and EU politicians on one side and the Ukraine government on the other
It would be more credible if they were protesting russian cereals...
I don’t believe their concerns are legit. Russia’s invasion and disruption of Ukraine’s export has led to food price increases worldwide. European farmers are some of the most privileged and whiny people.
Ukraine was promised access by the EU. The EU as a whole. It is not "Poland-plus-the-EU" to ague with Ukraine as the outsider. Ukraine should assume the EU will keep their promise. So it is up to Poland to appeal to the EU about what the EU promised Ukraine. The fault line is Poland versus the EU, it is NOT Poland+EU versus Ukraine.
Betraying? That is a bold assumption. No one has betrayed Ukraine except for a Ukrainian when they chose to waste money on corruption or when a Ukrainian collaborated with Russia. I hope Ukraine wins, but to say anyone other than Ukrainians have betrayed Ukraine is just false.
Unkept promises are a form of betrayal in most peoples minds. Not where you come from though?
@@pcopeland15 if you promise to help someone, for example, a drug addict get clean and that drug addict continues to use drugs (substitute Ukraine and corruption if you didn’t get the example) then you don’t have to keep the promise to someone who wasted your generosity
Like I said, I hope Ukraine wins, I just don’t want to pay for it, I don’t want my kids to grow up and have to pay for it.
Ukraine should be a wake up call to all countries of not squandering the generosity of others
@@hoplophobia7014I don't agree with that analogy applying to Ukraine at all. If there is a problem with waste I expect it is in the Defense Department procurement system, but the money stays in the country. You and I have very different perceptions of Ukrainian society. Be well.
@@pcopeland15 fair enough, suggest you go there and work with their military like I have
Yes our government is bloated and horrible, doesn’t excuse the corruption of Ukraine
And I wasn’t just referring to the military aid, there is civil aid as well
@@hoplophobia7014 I thought about it. You are dangerously wrong.
Ukraine should prepare to live underground far from the scorched earth.
Instead of bashing America, would you please be a little more nuanced. America supports Ukraine. Most members of Congress support Ukraine. Biden supports Ukraine. What we have right now is a logjam caused by a few, and I believe we all know who they are. The whole situation could flip if the Republicans lose the support of two more members.
Right now, the result is the same. US aid is still blocked by a bunch of useful idiots and wannabe facists.
the results speak for themselves. many are complicit in dragging this on since October 2023, so their words of support mean nothing.
I agree with you that the majority of our citizens support Ukraine and that it's a few individuals using the system in furtherance of Trump's meddling in Congress. I don't believe Jonathan is bashing America. He's rightly pointing out the very real effects of our Congress' self-induced paralysis on the front line and the loss of land and lives. Trump wants to punish Zelensky and score points with Putin. Unfortunately, there are those in Congress are only too happy to take his calls and run his game. ...Power at any price. We're in for a bad decade, I think.
Saying Ukraine is winning this war is like saying ged clampett was in full possession of the economic value of his bad shot at a possum!
Are you saying russia is winning? The second army of the world? russia is like Jethro trying to win a chess match.
@artmcteagle only a fool or a propagandist would think otherwise!
@@spacemunky8164Obviously, you speak for yourself. There are a lot of useful idiots working for russia, including an orange cult leader. russia is an enemy of western democratic States, and their State Media makes no bones about, constantly threatening to destroy the West.
I am a US citizen and by the looks of the comments, I am a minority. I do not support any foreign actions that are non-strategic to US interests. Ukraine, Israel are not strategic to US interests, especially Ukraine. I wont get into a tit for tat discussion on who started what but Ukraine grows wheat for Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East. There is nothing important that the country does - in fact they celebrated a former Nazi. We should have never been involved.
Im a Russian citizen and by the looks of it I'm a minority. I do not support any foreign actions that are non strategic to Russian interests. Especially Ukraine. I wont get into a tit for tat discussion who started what but Ukraine grows wheat for eastern Europe, africa and the middle east. There is nothing important that the country does infact they celebrated a former communist, we should never have been involved.
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"why allies don't trust Ukraine at this point is a mystery..."
mystery solved!
Crocus City Hall
This is an idiotic lie. The attack has nothing to do with Ukraine.
Sorry to disillusion you. but no one in the sane world thinks Ukraine was invioved in the Crocus City Hall attack. A better use of your time would be to question Russia's pathetic security services and ask why Putin ignored the warnings.
Jonathan,
There is a saying we have about 'desperate times'
The original warning about " concerts" came 2 days prior to the 'Shaman' March 10 concert at Crocus.
Shaman is a very popular, very pro-Putin artist.
Russia beefed up the security for that concert and nothing happened.
Had the attack occurred at that time it was originally planned,( according to the US warning) BEFORE the election and upon Russia's most pro-war artist....
The effect would have been much more devastating ... on election turnout and on the war effort
@@kneelingcatholicThe only act of desperation here is the attempt to blame it on on Ukraine. It is also entirely predictable that Putin would do this, Yet Ukraine would have nothing to gain from such a terrorist act. But of course it must be true because Margarita Simonyan tells us it is.
@@terryhand ,
'Ukraine would have nothing to gain...'
What did they gain from killing Darya Dugina?
Of course the Kiev regime has absolutly no history of terrorism inside Russia hahaha
“Kiev regime”. BZZZ. Thank you for playing…
Nice try troll, but no one is buying your propaganda misinformation.
Any other source than "hahaha"?
All of the major news networks have reported that Ukraine doesn't have enough troops. But Zelensky always blames his failures on not having enough weapons. I am tired of his excuses.
not enough troops for what? overtaking russia? retaking ukraine as it was prior to 2014? withstanding non conventional strikes from russia? continuing on endurance war? doing all of that or some of it without air dominance?
@@VM-hl8ms Ukraine said they do not have enough troops to hold the line. Why are you asking me to tell you what the news said? "doing all of that or some of it without air dominance?" Well they had since 1991 to build their defenses to include air. It is their own fault and now they beg like my dog when I eat food.
@@ragingmonk6080 usa had even more time to improve their education system, yet they kept relying on importing minds from all over the world (including ukraine). now americans are begging for answers, and no one is able to provide that simply enough for many of them.
@@VM-hl8ms America is not begging for anything. The brightest minds beg to come to America (including ukraine) and if they meet the standard we accept. If they don't meet the standard they are turned away. Funny how you people that constantly beg America are saying America is weak. If that is the case stop begging.
@@ragingmonk6080 i did not said that america is weak. however, your personal opinion is not the strongest one. no army in the world has enough troops to allow them to sit on their butts while they are being shot at, not even us army, not even russians. try to draw better conclusions out of what you read or hear on the news, that's all.
" May have to retreat"??....Ukraine is in full retreat west of Avdiivka as new Russian weapons like jet assisted standoff thermobaric glide ordnance take a massive toll on Ukrainian defences and personnel regardless of trenches or cover. Some of the latest weapons are even producing the blast yields similar to small tactical nuclear warheads, sending explosive plooms 1 KM into the sky. In relation to oil, recent reports have shown that Russian seaborne oil exports have actually increased and the Biden administration most certainly fears rising global oil prices only months away from a presidential election.
^ That’s just a variation of “Russia is unstoppable” I’ve long since scratched from my Russian propaganda bingo card, I’m sorry to say.