Download "Russia attrition war and fear of summer collapse"
%3Aformat(webp)%2Fi.ytimg.com%252Fvi_webp%252Fy4kVU38uWTc%252Fmaxresdefault.webp&w=1139&q=75)
Similar videos from our catalog
%3Aformat(webp)%2Fi.ytimg.com%252Fvi%252F07yaxhmvFJA%252Fmaxresdefault.jpg&w=1139&q=75)
%3Aformat(webp)%2Fi.ytimg.com%252Fvi%252F1BYc_1hODVE%252Fmaxresdefault.jpg&w=1139&q=75)
%3Aformat(webp)%2Fi.ytimg.com%252Fvi_webp%252F1lqCq1_4WH4%252Fmaxresdefault.webp&w=1139&q=75)
%3Aformat(webp)%2Fi.ytimg.com%252Fvi%252F5p_ZWByLR5w%252Fmaxresdefault.jpg&w=1139&q=75)
%3Aformat(webp)%2Fi.ytimg.com%252Fvi%252FBUoe2LhMlbo%252Fmaxresdefault.jpg&w=1139&q=75)
%3Aformat(webp)%2Fi.ytimg.com%252Fvi%252FDErVuxe24KI%252Fmaxresdefault.jpg&w=1139&q=75)
%3Aformat(webp)%2Fi.ytimg.com%252Fvi%252FKNUFIxxX2Pw%252Fsddefault.jpg%253Fsqp%253D-oaymwEmCIAFEOAD8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-CYAC0AWKAgwIABABGFMgWChlMA8%253D%2526rs%253DAOn4CLDClnL_xLIttPhOu3xLAxuBPHUjyw&w=1139&q=75)
%3Aformat(webp)%2Fi.ytimg.com%252Fvi%252FkXhph-jrA-c%252Fmaxresdefault.jpg&w=1139&q=75)
%3Aformat(webp)%2Fi.ytimg.com%252Fvi%252FqyPZB0PwGyo%252Fmaxresdefault.jpg&w=1139&q=75)
%3Aformat(webp)%2Fi.ytimg.com%252Fvi%252FynN3IqDcBhg%252Fmaxresdefault.jpg&w=1139&q=75)
Video tags
Subtitles
Russian
00:00:00
all right Alexander Let's do an update00:00:03
on what is going on in the conflict in00:00:06
Ukraine and let's uh let's start off00:00:10
this video with what is happening on the00:00:12
front lines Russia00:00:14
continues to advance Ukraine is running00:00:18
out of weapons Kirby has uh has admitted00:00:21
that Ukraine is running out of weapons00:00:24
The Washington Post is saying that00:00:25
Ukraine may run out of air defense00:00:27
missiles by the end of March00:00:30
and uh the situation looks very bad for00:00:33
uh for the Ukraine military the 6100:00:36
billion is not going to be coming in by00:00:39
by this month if there is going to be00:00:41
any money coming in it's not going to be00:00:42
approved by the end of March and uh you00:00:45
have these constant stories about the00:00:48
Czech Republic and these one million00:00:51
shells00:00:52
um that's the situation for the Ukraine00:00:55
military things are not looking good at00:00:57
all what uh what is your take00:01:00
well they're going to get worse now00:01:01
because Putin came out this morning um00:01:04
and said that Russian military is now00:01:07
moving beyond active defense so they00:01:11
they seem to be moving towards a more00:01:13
offensive uh positions he did say that00:01:17
they continue to have the initiative00:01:19
right across the front lines which of00:01:21
course tallies with what everybody who's00:01:23
been following this war closely can see00:01:26
now we've had a lot of information a lot00:01:28
of evidence has been in facts reports00:01:31
have been cascading in over the last 2400:01:34
hours and they point to more Russian00:01:38
advances but I think we could start to00:01:41
say we're close to breakthroughs again00:01:45
in many situations00:01:47
now I I get the sense that the two most00:01:50
important places where the fighting is00:01:52
going on at the00:01:53
moment are the of well essentially the00:01:57
most important place is Central d00:02:00
um00:02:01
AA00:02:03
bakut um areas to the north between00:02:07
these two places between abva and bman00:02:10
places like00:02:12
korova00:02:13
perisi small towns heavily fortified by00:02:17
Ukraine um over the period from 201400:02:21
very much part of Ukraine's defense00:02:24
lines now avva itself as we know fell in00:02:28
February the Russians captured it in00:02:30
February that was perhaps the most00:02:32
heavily fortified place of all bahmed00:02:35
fell in May last00:02:38
year um the Russians have been pushing00:02:42
forward strongly in both00:02:45
locations in AA syi who was the new00:02:49
Ukrainian00:02:51
Commander00:02:52
rushed apparently 15 brigades I mean you00:02:56
know to try to hold back the Russians in00:03:00
in the avva area and he sent them to try00:03:05
to regain control of three villages um00:03:08
Tona orlovka00:03:10
bichi there's been a very Fierce00:03:13
fighting for these three villages over00:03:15
the last um week or so the Russians00:03:17
appear to have reorganized their forces00:03:20
latest reports suggest that all of three00:03:23
of these Villages are now coming under00:03:25
Russian control and that if it's true00:03:30
and it does seem to be true unhinges00:03:33
Ukrainian defenses in precisely this00:03:36
area so when Putin says they're moving00:03:39
beyond active defense it's starting to00:03:42
look like they're looking to conduct an00:03:45
offensive in the avva area as well one00:03:49
gets the sense similar things are00:03:52
happening in the backet area that the00:03:54
Russians have very close now to00:03:58
launching an attack on the town of chuar00:04:02
which is the next town west of00:04:05
bmud chuard Falls apparently that opens00:04:09
the way to all sorts of other places00:04:13
um leading eventually to katos and the00:04:17
neeper river and um between bwood and00:04:22
OFA this string of um small fortified00:04:28
towns perisi00:04:30
korovka it looks like Ukrainian defenses00:04:33
are collapsing in these places as well00:04:37
so relentless pressure by the00:04:41
Russians and as you correctly said um00:04:45
more and more reporters more and more00:04:47
observers Washington Post Kirby himself00:04:51
reports in Bloomberg reports in theel00:04:54
they're all saying the same thing00:04:56
Ukraine running out of men Ukraine00:04:58
running out of weapons Ukraine running00:05:01
out of shells Ukraine running out of air00:05:04
defense missiles now running out of00:05:06
shells um the Europeans have quietly00:05:10
admitted that they're never going to00:05:11
produce the shells that Ukraine needs it00:05:14
looks like the Americans have come come00:05:16
to that conclusion as well the US and00:05:18
the Europeans are very short of shells00:05:20
for themselves let alone shells to00:05:22
supply to Ukraine parville came up with00:05:25
this idea of buying shells from00:05:27
undisclosed third parties it's starting00:05:30
to look as if that was more smoke and00:05:33
mirrors you might not have understood00:05:35
that but it looks as if these deals are00:05:37
not in the bag as he's LED everybody to00:05:40
believe they are the earliest date it00:05:44
seems that the ukrainians will see any00:05:46
of these shells if they appear at all00:05:48
this June so that's months away weeks00:05:50
away Lots is going to happen between00:05:52
then and air defense missiles there00:05:56
really isn't a substitute for that00:05:58
because there's a major shortage of air00:06:00
defense missiles across the West we've00:06:02
discussed this many times the West never00:06:07
expected has never planned for a war in00:06:11
which it did not have air superiority I00:06:14
mean that's something that Western00:06:16
militaries have not been confronted with00:06:19
since00:06:20
1943 so they don't have a history of00:06:26
putting major emphasis on air defense00:06:29
system systems production of air defense00:06:32
missile intervent interceptors is low in00:06:36
the west Ukraine's air defense missile00:06:38
interceptors the ones that inherited00:06:40
from the Soviet Union largely destroyed00:06:43
or used up by now the West can't make up00:06:46
the difference here and the Russian Air00:06:49
Force is now rampaging all over the00:06:52
front lines bombing constantly and the00:06:55
ukrainians have no counter to the to the00:06:59
Air Force which is pounding and00:07:02
destroying their00:07:03
fortifications so what is starting to00:07:07
get the sense that we are closer to a00:07:09
Breaking Point in Ukraine than we have00:07:13
ever been before and I want to repeat00:07:15
again a point we made on these programs00:07:18
many times in the past00:07:21
when attrition Wars lead to a00:07:26
collapse the collapse is sudden we saw00:07:30
that with the American Civil War of the00:07:33
1860s you remember your history right up00:07:37
till late00:07:39
1864 it looked as if the war was in00:07:42
stalemate um Lincoln in the Autumn of00:07:46
196 1864 was worried that because of the00:07:49
stalemate he might not be reelected he00:07:52
was reelected and a few months later the00:07:55
Confederacy suddenly collapsed the same00:07:58
with Germany during the first World00:08:01
War years of static front lines in the00:08:06
Western Front again a sudden collapse it00:08:11
it it was starting to I one senses that00:08:14
we're not far from that position with00:08:17
Ukraine00:08:18
also yeah uh they they fired the the Air00:08:21
Force spokesman the other day as well00:08:23
since you were talking about the air00:08:25
superiority which I thought was a was an00:08:27
interesting um move uh what what what if00:08:32
I mean I I've actually asked this of you00:08:34
many times before in the past to answer00:08:35
this question but I I'll ask it again00:08:39
what if they get the money what if00:08:40
Ukraine gets the 61 billion what if they00:08:42
get the 800,000 or one million shells00:08:45
what if they find a way to replenish00:08:48
their air defense missiles does that00:08:51
change anything well the last is very00:08:54
difficult to see how it can be done and00:08:56
I mean that is an important thing to say00:08:57
because um00:09:00
even theoretically there's only a finite00:09:02
number of air air defense missiles00:09:04
around the world I there's lots of00:09:06
shells around the world I mean lots of00:09:07
countries have shells India has shells00:09:09
Brazil has shells lots of countries have00:09:10
shells if you could find ways to get all00:09:13
of these countries to give up their00:09:15
shells you know you you could get quite00:09:17
a lot of shells but air defense missiles00:09:19
in the west are in very short supply uh00:09:22
and not just in the west but in the00:09:24
global South everywhere um nobody apart00:09:30
from the Russians it seems has planned00:09:33
for an air War quite like the one that00:09:36
we've seen play out in Ukraine so I I00:09:40
don't myself see how there is any00:09:44
solution to that problem if the $6100:09:46
billion is00:09:49
um00:09:51
passed within the next um few weeks00:09:55
which it might be I mean you we mustn't00:09:56
discount that possibility it will B00:09:59
Ukraine a few more months of time it00:10:03
will probably get Ukraine past the 20 uh00:10:07
the the the November election which I00:10:09
suspect now is the00:10:11
priority over that period Ukraine will00:10:14
still suffer retri because the Russians00:10:17
will continue to advance and bomb it00:10:20
will not be enough to change the00:10:22
situation on the Battlefront but it will00:10:25
slow the process of collapse down but we00:10:29
will eventually get that to that point00:10:31
of collapse00:10:33
anyway people are now increasingly00:10:36
speculating and these are Western00:10:38
observers that we could be looking at a00:10:40
collapse in the summer if that $6100:10:43
billion isn't approved if it is approved00:10:47
well perhaps we will see the collapse in00:10:50
the spring of next year that's how does00:10:53
the00:10:54
61 can I ask you how does the 61 billion00:10:57
prevent the collapse I mean military00:11:00
I doubt it's going to to make a00:11:02
difference the 61 if you don't have uh00:11:05
air defense missiles to to buy if they00:11:07
don't exist then it doesn't matter if00:11:08
they get 500 billion if they're not00:11:11
there they're not there so okay they00:11:13
could purchase shells but if you if you00:11:15
don't have air00:11:16
superiority you know the the shells00:11:18
aren't going to to to make that much of00:11:21
a difference if Russia is is is00:11:23
controlling the skies um you know it's I00:11:27
think the shells don't don't really00:11:29
change much of the trajectory of of the00:11:31
conflict do you mean that the 61 billion00:11:33
what it does for the zalinsky regime is00:11:36
that it pays salaries it keeps people um00:11:41
in his in his orbit supporting his00:11:44
administration because they're being00:11:45
kept uh wellfed and they're being kept00:11:48
paid and the military's being kept paid00:11:50
or at least top commanders are still00:11:52
getting money in their pockets I mean is00:11:53
that what the 61 billion does does it00:11:55
keep the state functioning even though00:11:57
the attrition00:11:59
continues that's exactly what that that00:12:02
is exactly what it does Ukraine00:12:03
currently has a $37 billion hole in its00:12:07
budget for the whole year now to stress00:12:10
you know if we're talking about the00:12:11
United States $ 37 billion doar what's00:12:14
that in a country where they they rack00:12:17
up debt at the level of a trillion00:12:19
dollars every three months but in00:12:22
Ukraine $37 billion is huge and they00:12:26
have no domestic means of making that up00:12:30
I mean they can't raise taxes or cut00:12:32
spending or do any of the kind of things00:12:34
that one would normally do to deal with00:12:36
that kind of budget deficit00:12:38
so00:12:40
what the $61 billion would do is yes it00:12:44
would provide some more weapons I mean00:12:46
we know there always some weapons you00:12:48
can00:12:49
send you can always Supply some more00:12:51
shells some more attacks missiles you00:12:54
can lean on the Germans to supply some00:12:57
uh of their tourist missiles Maybe you00:12:59
can probably rustle up some extra tanks00:13:02
and you undoubtedly as I said will be00:13:04
able to rustle up some more shells you00:13:06
won't be able to solve the problem of00:13:08
air defense missiles but you might just00:13:11
be able to hold things together you know00:13:14
it'll be you know glue and Cotate rather00:13:17
than anything more concrete than that00:13:20
for a few more months and to get you to00:13:24
the Autumn maybe and not much I think00:13:28
for further beyond00:13:31
that but by the way you are right to00:13:33
raise this question because it is not00:13:36
guaranteed the Russian military is00:13:38
getting stronger all the time they're00:13:40
building up their forces continuously we00:13:43
don't know what they might have planned00:13:46
and of course for the Biden00:13:48
Administration the biggest disaster of00:13:52
all would be if Congress approves the00:13:54
$61 billion Aid package some of that00:13:59
money is distributed which it could be00:14:02
and then Ukraine collapses before the00:14:04
election anyway which is not impossible00:14:07
I mean that would be would be a disaster00:14:08
for your absolute disaster and you know00:14:11
it's it's not an inconceivable scenario00:14:16
by the00:14:17
way I wonder if you're Sullivan or00:14:20
blinkin the guys that are really running00:14:21
the the show at the White House and who00:14:23
are very concerned about the campaign00:14:26
the 2024 campaign I wonder if they risk00:14:28
it00:14:29
I wonder if they're thinking like like00:14:31
you're thinking and they're saying you00:14:33
know project Ukraine is is the most00:14:35
important thing on on President Joe00:14:38
Biden's00:14:39
mind00:14:42
but if we give the money and they still00:14:45
collapse which is very possible and they00:14:49
collapse around the the September00:14:51
October uh time frame that that would be00:14:55
that would be a disaster for the00:14:57
Democrats and for the Biden reelection I00:15:00
mean that that would guarantee an00:15:02
election defeat for for Biden I I would00:15:04
imagine that would guarantee an election00:15:06
defeat for Biden um Absolut00:15:09
strategically I would say it's better00:15:11
strategically I would say what we've00:15:12
been saying for a while now on this00:15:13
channel which is better to to cut your00:15:15
losses sooner rather than later and just00:15:17
dump it on the Europeans the Europeans00:15:18
aren't gonna go anywhere they're still00:15:20
gonna be dependent on the US so you know00:15:22
I mean you still have some time well00:15:26
exactly and I I think this is what00:15:27
they're doing actually I think some ways00:15:29
this is my own sense that Sullivan and00:15:31
lincol Sullivan especially Sullivan is00:15:34
the real decision maker here um I think00:15:37
that he has to go through the motions of00:15:41
trying to get the $61 billion package00:15:43
through so you know you get some00:15:46
occasional occasional you got statements00:15:48
of the administration that unless00:15:51
Ukraine is provided with these $6100:15:53
billion then um Ukraine will collapse so00:15:57
he he he goes00:15:59
Through the Motions of still pushing for00:16:02
that it keeps the president happy00:16:04
because the president is obsessed with00:16:08
Ukraine um and it gives him an alibi if00:16:11
the $61 billion is not provided and00:16:15
Ukraine collapses but at the same time00:16:18
he00:16:19
probably deep down doesn't want Johnson00:16:24
and the House of Representatives to00:16:27
actually pass that $61 billion package00:16:32
so I suspect that I I don't think that's00:16:34
too complicated by the way I I I you00:16:37
know if you if you work with politicians00:16:39
in the Parliamentary landscape which I00:16:41
haven't really but I know a little bit00:16:43
about it it is the kind of thing that00:16:45
they can think about you know that we00:16:47
have to pretend that we want something00:16:50
and push for it to satisfy our00:16:53
supporters and our boss but actually00:16:56
deep down we don't we'd rather that it00:16:58
wasn't provided did and the whole thing00:17:00
went failed and then we can blame the00:17:04
Republicans come the election when it00:17:06
has failed so I I I wouldn't be00:17:08
surprised if those calculations are00:17:11
taking place in Washington now the other00:17:14
thing that seems to be happening and00:17:15
this is again we come back to Putin's00:17:19
interview with Sergey00:17:21
kiselov uh um it does seem that the00:17:26
administration is now00:17:30
finally fully throwing his weight behind00:17:32
Richard H and the people at the Council00:17:35
of foreign relations and that there are00:17:37
approaches now being made to the00:17:40
Russians about freezing the conflict and00:17:43
I think again the idea might be not so00:17:47
much to get the Russians to agree to00:17:49
that as to create doubt and00:17:53
confusion on the part of the Russians in00:17:56
the hope that that will slow them down00:17:58
and and we saw we all saw what Putin00:18:01
said about that that he's not going to00:18:02
agree to a ceasefire simply because the00:18:04
other side is short of ammunition this00:18:07
isn't how it works but you know you00:18:09
could see that you can see that also00:18:10
with macron coming up with that bizarre00:18:13
proposal that the Russians agree to a00:18:15
ceasefire during the Paris Olympics00:18:18
Olympics that they're excluded from I00:18:21
mean you know that so you know that we00:18:25
we could be seeing mounting press it00:18:29
might become public pressure by the way00:18:31
over the next few weeks it might start00:18:33
to become more public pressure00:18:36
demanding or you know insisting that the00:18:39
Russians agree to a seize fire and you00:18:42
know say you know if the Russians don't00:18:44
agree to Sease fire this proves that you00:18:46
know they're not really serious about00:18:47
ending the war and all that talk about00:18:49
negotiations and all that is just bious00:18:52
so you know be prepared for that Putin00:18:55
Was preparing the Russian people for it00:18:57
he said the people who come forward with00:18:59
those kind of proposals are dangerous00:19:01
and they're trying to lure Russia into00:19:04
making decisions which will not be in00:19:06
its00:19:08
interests yeah uh my final question to00:19:10
you is is00:19:12
what if you're Sullivan or the United00:19:14
States the Biden White House if you're00:19:15
the Biden White House what are your00:19:17
risks of Ukraine collapsing sooner00:19:20
rather than later if it does collapse00:19:21
later especially before November then00:19:24
you're toast if you're the Democrats of00:19:26
the Biden White House and you know it's00:19:27
going to collapse everyone00:19:30
everyone understands that Ukraine has00:19:32
lost this conflict I mean everybody is00:19:34
now openly saying Ukraine cannot win00:19:37
they have lost so everyone knows this00:19:39
now yes there's no doubt about this yes00:19:41
so if you're Sullivan and you're the00:19:43
Biden White House specifically00:19:46
Sullivan you say to yourself if it00:19:48
collapses before00:19:49
November we're00:19:51
screwed because the Trump campaign's00:19:53
going to going to run on this big time00:19:56
Afghanistan and now Ukraine00:19:59
maybe you can get it past November00:20:02
2024 but now that's looking very very00:20:05
doubtful that's a huge risk to try and00:20:07
get this past November 2024 maybe he can00:20:09
pull it off but that's a risk so what00:20:12
what are the risks that that he has to00:20:14
face if he just allows the 61 billion to00:20:18
not get approved and he just lets Europe00:20:22
just take on Project Ukraine I mean I00:20:24
understand the narrative that's coming00:20:25
out especially from the neocons which is00:20:29
uh NATO's going to collapse Europe's00:20:31
going to going to collapse uh the00:20:33
Europeans are going to be upset with us00:20:34
our entire security infrastructure in00:20:37
Europe's gonna gonna fall apart China's00:20:39
gonna look at this as weakness I don't00:20:41
think any of that's gonna gonna happen I00:20:44
mean I don't see why NATO would would00:20:46
collapse I mean as long as the US is00:20:48
willing to put money into NATO that's00:20:50
that's all that NATO needs it's just the00:20:52
US money whether it has Ukraine or not00:20:55
NATO collapses if the US pulls out of00:20:57
NATO it's that simple and for the00:20:59
Europeans my my view on the Europeans is00:21:02
they have nowhere to go no matter how00:21:03
upset they are with the United States00:21:06
because they dumped Ukraine on them or00:21:07
because they pulled out of Ukraine what00:21:10
do you care where's Europe going to go00:21:12
nowhere Europe has no options their only00:21:15
option is the United States on an00:21:17
economic level energy uh political00:21:21
support the US is the only game in town00:21:24
for the Europeans they've cut off the00:21:25
the whatever Bridges they had towards00:21:28
towards the east whatever whatever00:21:30
agreements or contacts or negotiations00:21:33
relationships that they had with the00:21:34
East so I'm just trying to figure out00:21:36
what what are exactly the risks that00:21:38
that Sullivan has if if he does decide00:21:41
to say you00:21:42
know let's let's just pull out of this00:21:45
now now better than later right we must00:21:49
distinguish the risks that the United00:21:52
States would run and NATO would run from00:21:54
those that the Biden Administration and00:21:57
the Democrats would run you're00:21:58
absolutely correct if Ukraine collapses00:22:01
this year next year whenever it happens00:22:04
it really makes no difference in terms00:22:06
of US security us Prestige around the00:22:11
world will suffer it will be seen to00:22:13
have suffered a geopolitical defeat00:22:17
Russia's Russian Prestige and Authority00:22:21
will have been greatly00:22:23
increased the um situation with the um00:22:29
you know the bricks will be given added00:22:31
force all of that that's already00:22:34
happened I mean we we we've got that00:22:35
baked in the cake already whatever you00:22:37
do I mean you know it's it's not an00:22:40
existential issue for the United States00:22:43
it is not an existential issue for NATO00:22:46
as you correctly say they will keep00:22:49
running because what else can they do I00:22:51
mean if Donald Trump makes the decision00:22:54
to pull the us out of NATO then of00:22:56
course NATO collapses but that00:22:58
not what he is saying he's going to do00:23:01
and you know people are pretending that00:23:03
that's what he's saying he's going to do00:23:05
but he's never actually said that so I00:23:07
think that's the think that's the first00:23:08
thing to say00:23:09
so there are uh there is significant00:23:14
damage to the United States and to Nato00:23:18
from a Russian Victory but it is not you00:23:21
know uncontainable disastrous damage the00:23:25
show will go on it will be kept on on00:23:28
the road now for the Biden00:23:32
Administration and its prospects of00:23:35
reelection in November the risks are00:23:38
much greater if Ukraine collapses before00:23:41
the aut before the Autumn before the00:23:44
election as you rightly say I think the00:23:47
damage that they will suffer will be00:23:48
enormous I I I mean difficult to see how00:23:52
they can come back from that but what00:23:55
they will try to do presumably is00:23:58
criticized the Republicans say that this00:24:00
wasn't in fact Biden's fault it was00:24:03
Donald Trump's fault it was the00:24:06
Republicans fault fa to blame for this00:24:09
Trump was ultimately responsible for the00:24:11
debacle of in Afghanistan it was that00:24:15
was what happened there you know Biden00:24:18
had to pick up the pieces after um um00:24:22
Trump shattered the vase and you know00:24:24
there wasn't the time to do that and00:24:27
Trump also because of his interference00:24:29
and his success in rallying um House00:24:33
Republicans um is responsible ultimately00:24:36
for the defeat in Ukraine and that is00:24:38
what they will run in run with because00:24:42
frankly that's all they've got now I00:24:46
come back to some points you were making00:24:48
last year I remember from about the00:24:51
summer when it was already starting to00:24:52
become clear that Ukraine's offensive00:24:54
was failing I remember you say at the00:24:57
time that the the Dem Democrats need to00:24:59
think very clearly about whether they00:25:02
really want to run Biden as their00:25:04
candidate in the election and about what00:25:07
they need to do with project Ukraine if00:25:11
they looked for another candidate at00:25:13
that time they said to the president you00:25:17
know you've done a wonderful job Mr00:25:19
President the you know you're a bit old00:25:21
now things move on we need a more00:25:23
Dynamic person someone like new perhaps00:25:27
they'd had a different candidate who'00:25:28
not been you know immersed in this thing00:25:33
in the way that Biden is and who was00:25:35
able to project a more Dynamic image and00:25:38
if this new candidate had suggested that00:25:41
he supported a ceasefire or some kind of00:25:43
freeze in Ukraine and efforts had been00:25:45
made in the Autumn to try to come to00:25:48
some kind of understanding with the00:25:49
Russians which might still have been00:25:52
possible then well something might have00:25:55
been achieved but that window00:25:58
to do those things was small it it00:26:01
really was the late summer The Early00:26:04
Autumn at most it's too late to do any00:26:08
of these things now they they lost their00:26:11
chance they threw the00:26:14
opportunity away and now all they can do00:26:18
is keep their fingers crossed stick with00:26:21
Biden because he's their candidate um go00:26:25
on demanding the $61 billion do and hope00:26:28
for the00:26:31
best00:26:34
yeah that doesn't sound like a winning00:26:36
strategy that's for sure I I I I still00:26:39
think that better for them for the Biden00:26:42
White00:26:43
House to pull out of this now than to to00:26:47
risk it on on trying to get Ukraine over00:26:49
the 2024 the00:26:51
November uh hump well I agree I mean00:26:54
what they could do I suppose is this00:26:56
they could say look the house Johnson00:26:58
Trump never going to approve the $6100:27:00
billion do it's all their fault in light00:27:03
of this we can't do anymore we tell the00:27:05
ukrainians that we tell the Europeans00:27:07
that it's now yours tell to the00:27:10
Europeans it's now for you you to sort00:27:11
out um we we're hamstrung here and U you00:27:16
know it's it's your it's your problem00:27:18
and whatever happens from now on lay lay00:27:21
the entire blame on Donald00:27:24
Trump that's probably the00:27:27
ukra and get Ukraine out of the the00:27:29
election narrative that I think that's00:27:31
my my main point is is people will talk00:27:34
about it for a couple of weeks yes and00:27:36
the Trump Campaign Will seize on it and00:27:37
and they'll try to blame it on Trump00:27:39
everyone will know that this this was00:27:40
Biden's mess up yeah everyone's Gonna00:27:42
Know It that Biden really screw this one00:27:45
up but as the as we get to the summer00:27:48
people will start to forget and and you00:27:50
have control of the media and you tell00:27:51
the media don't report on Ukraine00:27:53
anymore just don't no more stories about00:27:55
it and and and at least you get it out00:27:57
of the the campaign narrative so that00:27:59
the Trump campaign doesn't use it00:28:01
against you come August September00:28:05
October oh absolutely this is correct I00:28:07
mean that is exactly right so make sure00:28:10
that um Ukraine coverage now is00:28:13
relegated to page00:28:15
47 in you know the Washington Post and00:28:18
the New York Times there only a few00:28:20
Americans read anyway and uh get it off00:28:23
the uh you know the uh the the big00:28:25
television stations and that kind of00:28:28
thing and you know I could see that I00:28:30
mean that that would be a strategy and00:28:32
it's the kind of thing that I suspect00:28:34
people like00:28:35
Sullivan who are you know narrative00:28:38
manipulators ultimately I mean that's00:28:40
how they run campaigns that's probably00:28:43
what they will try to00:28:45
do yeah or they should they should try00:28:48
to do let's they should try to do yeah00:28:51
should try they have a major problem00:28:53
they have a major problem yeah and that00:28:55
I think is the president himself who I I00:28:59
I think remains obsessed with this again00:29:03
if you go back to Putin's interview with00:29:06
Sergey kiselov he talks there at length00:29:09
about this Furious row he had with Biden00:29:13
back in 2011 when Biden was sent by00:29:16
Obama to dissuade him from to disuade00:29:19
Putin from standing again for the00:29:21
Russian presidency so there's there's a00:29:23
lot of vicarious and you know00:29:26
visceral anger on bid's part towards00:29:29
Putin obsession with Ukraine and he's00:29:32
got other reasons as we know to be00:29:34
concerned about what's happening in00:29:36
Ukraine00:29:38
so um handling the president is going to00:29:41
be very difficult throughout throughout00:29:44
all of00:29:45
this yeah that's that is their big00:29:48
problem is is the the hatred of of Putin00:29:51
and Russia the00:29:53
emotional um connection that they have00:29:55
with uh with project Ukraine not even so00:29:57
much UK but project Ukraine of course00:29:59
the the financial the financial00:30:01
laundering that went through Ukraine as00:30:03
well so I mean those are those are the00:30:05
big obstacles yeah absolutely absolutely00:30:09
no00:30:10
doubt yeah okay we will end it there the00:30:13
durant. locals.com we are on Rumble00:30:15
Odyssey bit Telegram rockfin and Twitter00:30:17
X and go to the Duran shop 15% off all00:30:21
t-shirts take00:30:22
[Music]00:30:26
care00:30:37
nDescription:
Russia attrition war and fear of summer collapse The Duran: Episode 1861 ***THE DURAN SHOP**** St. Patrick’s Day Limited Edition T-Shirts https://theduranshop.com/spd/ ***LOCALS COMMUNITY*** https://theduran.locals.com/ 1 MONTH FREE TRIAL: https://theduran.locals.com/support/promo/DURANLOCALS ***OUR OFFICIAL CHANNELS*** ALEXANDER: https://www.youtube.com/AlexanderMercourisReal ALEX: https://www.youtube.com/alexchristoforou ***CRYPTO SUPPORT*** BITCOIN: 3JvdnoyWMb93hSRgk58ZstUxg11PW9mKSr ETHEREUM: 0xF39BdFb41f639B82E3D2Bf022828bC6394F533A3 LTC: MGFiMC18ZViF6DcCixMqAAP11TG4tF6Acj EMC2: EXX4KK9pZLx7uiLWnCXtp7iMKjtq6o5b6R ***DONATE*** CREDIT CARD: https://donorbox.org/the-duran SUBSCRIBE STAR: https://www.subscribestar.com/theduran PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/theduran ***VIDEO*** RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/theduran ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/@theduran BITCHUTE: https://www.bitchute.com/theduran/ ***AUDIO*** SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5DgkWsC3YjoyGBV03CFWnk APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-duran-podcast/id1442883993 SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/user-901836666 ***FREE SPEECH*** TELEGRAM: @ncom X (Twitter): https://x.com/TheDuranReal?s=20 GAB: https://gab.ai/?r=1 MINDS: https://www.minds.com/theduran Amazing music contribution from Peter Brown. Follow Peter's music: https://soundcloud.com/peterboy100
Preparing download options
* — If the video is playing in a new tab, go to it, then right-click on the video and select "Save video as..."
** — Link intended for online playback in specialized players
Questions about downloading video
How can I download "Russia attrition war and fear of summer collapse" video?
http://unidownloader.com/ website is the best way to download a video or a separate audio track if you want to do without installing programs and extensions.
The UDL Helper extension is a convenient button that is seamlessly integrated into YouTube, Instagram and OK.ru sites for fast content download.
UDL Client program (for Windows) is the most powerful solution that supports more than 900 websites, social networks and video hosting sites, as well as any video quality that is available in the source.
UDL Lite is a really convenient way to access a website from your mobile device. With its help, you can easily download videos directly to your smartphone.
Which format of "Russia attrition war and fear of summer collapse" video should I choose?
The best quality formats are FullHD (1080p), 2K (1440p), 4K (2160p) and 8K (4320p). The higher the resolution of your screen, the higher the video quality should be. However, there are other factors to consider: download speed, amount of free space, and device performance during playback.
Why does my computer freeze when loading a "Russia attrition war and fear of summer collapse" video?
The browser/computer should not freeze completely! If this happens, please report it with a link to the video. Sometimes videos cannot be downloaded directly in a suitable format, so we have added the ability to convert the file to the desired format. In some cases, this process may actively use computer resources.
How can I download "Russia attrition war and fear of summer collapse" video to my phone?
You can download a video to your smartphone using the website or the PWA application UDL Lite. It is also possible to send a download link via QR code using the UDL Helper extension.
How can I download an audio track (music) to MP3 "Russia attrition war and fear of summer collapse"?
The most convenient way is to use the UDL Client program, which supports converting video to MP3 format. In some cases, MP3 can also be downloaded through the UDL Helper extension.
How can I save a frame from a video "Russia attrition war and fear of summer collapse"?
This feature is available in the UDL Helper extension. Make sure that "Show the video snapshot button" is checked in the settings. A camera icon should appear in the lower right corner of the player to the left of the "Settings" icon. When you click on it, the current frame from the video will be saved to your computer in JPEG format.
What's the price of all this stuff?
It costs nothing. Our services are absolutely free for all users. There are no PRO subscriptions, no restrictions on the number or maximum length of downloaded videos.