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Russia's offensive in Ukraine has 'failed', says former US general - BBC News
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- Published on May 30, 2023 veröffentlicht
- The former US military chief general David Petraeus has said that Russia’s operation over the winter “has failed”.
Petraeus said the upcoming Ukrainian counter offensive could be “very impressive,” in an exclusive BBC interview.
The retired US army general is in Kyiv where he has met Ukraine’s President Zelensky.
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My deepest respect to the Ukrainian soldiers and their families. Is not easy hugging a love one and watching him or her ride away to fight and is not easy as a soldier riding away leaving behind your wife, husband, children, and parents because you don’t know if you will see them again. May this war come to end soon so all these families can pick up and continue their lives in peace.
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For Putin !
Yes !!!
Ukraine you can do it for uncle Sam 🤣🤣🤣
@zoom Sarcasme , but true
My respect to the citizens of Ukraine.
Hope peace prevails soon.
God Bless.
Much talk about plans not surviving battle, but in Napoleon's Ulm campaign and the battle of Austerlitz, survived mostly intact. I think Hitler's 1940 invasion plans in France survived the actual campaign quite intact too. And of course Desert Storm 1 plans largely survived the battle itself. Of course commanders always have to adapt to changing circumstances, but bad plans don't survive the battle, good plans often do.
While it is heartening to hear that the Russian army may collapse, I don’t see any end to all the missile strikes and drone strikes. I would like someone to address this horror.
The Russian army isn't going to collapse liberal, haven't you been paying attention? It's actually gotten stronger. And besides how does an army collapse anyways?
@Матвій Павлік The Ukranians will show you soon what that looks like with Russia.
@Матвій Павлік selling oil and natural gas at a discount to Turkey, India and China at a discount is the economy growing? Arms exports falling from a high of $20 billion to $2 billion is the economy growing? EU imports going to 0 is the economy growing? Keep lapping up what comes out of the Kremlin, chump
@Матвій Павлік I don’t know, illiberal. ( By the way liberal is not an insult, but more of a compliment). I’m merely responding to what the speaker said. Meanwhile, what’s the point of all this murder, child kidnapping, torture, mass destruction, and rape? Do you really think this is a sign of an advanced civilization? Unprovoked warfare is quite the opposite. And I am told, perhaps it is mere propaganda , that Russian TV happily puts footage of ruined Bakhmut on TV. Of course, they say the Ukrainians did it. Yeah, right.
General Petraeus tells us why winning in war depends on combined arms effects and coordination between all forces with ground support from engineers, mechanics back up and a lot of strategists watching the battle unfold and offering advice to commanders in the field. The Ukraine war has shown us that we need our militaries to be razor sharp and that we can never let our guard down. It pains me to say this because there are so many better places to put money, but the reality is that in 2023 we still need great Generals like Petraeus and Hodges from the states, and all that the emerging superpower that the UK has grown into from its support and matériel and NATO and its allies and the 52 countries helping Ukraine. As hard as it is to accept, we are a species where going to war is embedded in our genes, that being said, I think we all see the glowing writing on the wall as far as what will happen to us...
300,000 front line soldiers need 1,000,000 support personal.
The ruSSians are bush league. 😅
Truth. For 300k thousands yrars humans have chosen war. To assume that due to our technology we have evolved is incorrect. I hate accepting what you said but no larger truth exists. Life does not suffer weak fools lightly.
What country are you from?
The West has to lead the process towards a more peaceful planet. But as you point out, that means arming itself and being impossible to destroy. It also means avoiding offensive operations. Now little Hitler gets his moral ammo by pointing to American bad actions. We need to have both unassailable militiaries and unassailable moralities.
The upcoming counter offensive must be one of the best kept secret's in military history
Amazing almost nobody has heard about it and this is, like, the age of social media.
Fair assessment without sensationalism. Kudos
Would be good to see this whole affair finished as peacefully as possible.....as a species, we really are dipshits....war, or "special military operations" as they call it are absolutely senseless acts destruction of both infrastructure & lives...it genuinely saddens me to see this!
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It was the US that wanted Ukraine in Nato, against the wish of the European partners. That was for Russia like soviet missiles on Cuba
It depends how you define victory or failure
Victory = A poor country fights off the invasion of a so called superpower that's right next door.
Can you see the US not removing the Canadian or Mexican governments after 16 months?
@John Smith so Iraq and Afghanistan won against Nato and the US? Right?
@Olcool Iraq's government in Baghdad was toppled in 4 weeks.
Ukraine's Capital and government are still around after 18 months.
@John Smith war did not end. resistance continued. same situation as in Ukraine eastern partsUS did not take control of entire Iraq that why war was stioll on and american soldiers were dying. if war ended why were there still fighting?
@Olcool Resistance will always continue. I said the US removerded the leadership of Iraq in 4 weeks .
Unlike Russia the US never planed to make Iraq part of the USA forever.
Even If Russia could take Ukraine , 40 million Russian hating Ukrainians will also be impossible to control.
Thank you for the excellent report.
I spent a short time on the discord of channels that live stream cameras in Ukraine. The information war is absolutely taking place in discord. A real concern is the manipulation of talking points etc. There has been a sustained attempt to spill the beans (if I can put it that way) with regards to the Ukrainian offensive. The complexities are too numerous for this comment section. I can only guess that this subject has not gone un-noticed.
Are you American?
😍I am confident Ukraine is getting help from brilliant generals from around the world as well as satellite info.
Really! What happened in Afghanistan???
Every war fails, count the passed away ! R I P 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
The American Revolutionary War was a big success.
not every war fails.
some wars are even good wars... sadly... altough those are rare and tbh I only know the vietnamese invasion of the khmer rouge.
@skaetur1 America was native Americans continent. All the Indians are slaughtered. A few are living in reservations.
The General and US military he led wouldn't move without air superiority. Him mentioning combined arms must be some sort of a joke.
No, we wouldn’t, but Ukraine doesn’t have time to develop the joint operational capacity to coordinate everything we can. It will have to be enough that Russia doesn’t have air superiority either.
To minimize UA human losses, allies needed to ramp up defense production at the start of the war. Done a terrible job and have been 2 steps behind.
Who tf is paying for that?
@Expired Void Juice that’s a terrible Idea..
@Tym To Repent Penny wise. Pound foolish.
To minimize UA and western soldiers and also Russian losses they should've kept the Minsk agreement. Nobody had to die. The issue is that USA couldn't care less about human lives. They war industry needs its fat profits.
@Johnny Blue lol, Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia stole Crimea. Russia funded and stole Eastern Ukraine.
By a certain date is required . If left much longer then the offensive would again be limited by the weather jgst like the last offensive .
It sounds like Gen. Petraeus has been hired as a consultant for the Ukrainian Military Leadership to develop Operational battle plans.
The Ukrainian Military have ALL OF NATOS Knowledge & Support.🇺🇦🇨🇦
@ksemery and many of them in Ukraine are already dead
You can bet a house that Ukraine and allies passed all their plans through multiple analyst panels and simulations to pick out only the best ones. Measure twice, cut once
Problem?
Then the Russians are really screwed.
My heart is always with suffering brave Ukranions
They picked the wrong side and they put money in first place America is paying soldiers and Zelenskyy to keep the war
I hope there is a great offensive, but I am skeptical. I expect more of an eat away at the Russian defense without spectacular gains and more attrition.
Here we are in June and the media are still talking about a 'spring offensive'...
Until Russia gets into Kiev they will not talk about it anymore.
It has been moved to Summer. Well, Ukraine released the premiers few days ago, so watch the trailers for now.
We'll be lucky if the Elensky circus opens by Christmas.
Ukraine is on their schedule, not the media's or yours.
Ummm well its still Spring until June 21
What do those officers who have had combat experience started on the Company level and dealt with the wounded and the relatives of dead that resulted from his orders have to say? This combat experience is lacking in our upper echelons. Instead, our upper echelons have far too much desk "experience" and pollical based decision making.
According to my favorite General “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.”
George Patton Jr. I believe that the offensive is already in action it is just not clearly visible.
I think you're right. Lot's of things being done to degrade Russian logistics. Lots of stuff that is probably simply misdirection too.
RIP 🙏
Never liked Patton
Tell that to the Russian offensive. Mind you, I wouldn’t call the Russian offensive a good plan. I’m not sure what you’d call it to be honest…
Definitely the beginning of an offensive....just small probing attacks, logistics attacks and any attack keeps russia guessing on where to put their defenses
Things can go wrong in war. How insightful!
It took a genius to figure that one out.
The man seems dimmer than a burnt-out ceiling light running on a discharged one-volt battery.
True. Vlad has been a disappointment for some time now.
What goes good ? Notting !
False - Putin told me that 'everything is going according to plan!" hahahah!!
I wouldn't say controlling 18 percent of a nation is a failure. And they created a land bridge to Crimea so it's a win for Russia for now.
At a cost of almost a quarter million soldiers? That is most definitely a loss, because the advance is not sustainable.
@Stuart Hamilton well they are still pushing. And Russia has 3.5x the population as Ukraine. The Ukrainians lost an enormous amount of soldiers as well. Probably around 200,000.
@Xavier E. They aren’t pushing, they’re diverting resources to defend what little ground they have to show for all their effort. Even in Bakhmut where they have finally captured the entire town, Ukrainian forces are still able to get supplies there, still able to maneuver around the town, and have Russian forces there utterly exhausted and contained in a shelled out ruin with nothing to show for it.
They are holding on with everything they have.
And no, Ukrainian losses-while severe-do not approach Russian losses in both manpower and materiel. Russia has lost fully half of its serviceable tanks, has ceased serial tank production (all “new” tanks are refurbished existing vehicles), and cannot properly arm that massive population they have to draw from. To say nothing for growing instability in their government.
They are losing, not winning.
@Stuart Hamilton i agree with most that you stated. However the Ukrainian advances on the Bakhmut flanks have stopped and today the Russians pushes further towards Kupiansk, captured 80% of Makiivka, and are encircling Bilohorivka and capturing Spirne.
the BBC doesn't want to hear such
Petraeus succeeded in Mosul. The Iraqis remember him as a good leader. In Afghanistan, he could not overcome the reality of the countryside and Pakistan. If he had authority in 2002, perhaps he could have accepted the surrender of the Taliban, the Taliban keeping the two provinces near Pakistan, then perhaps his leadership could have succeeded in modernizing the Afghan cities. Continuing the war after the defeat of the Taliban allowed Pakistan to enlist thousands more 'students,' arm them, and send them to take over the villages, year by year, disregarding the casualties inflicted by the modern weaponry of the US.
Dismissing him from the CIA because of involvement with a woman? Stupid. A personal problem. And the classified information the woman saw as she wrote his biography? The typescript would have been reviewed by CIA analysts for any details inadvertently mentioned.
Thousands of American dead, thousands of Iraqis and Afghanis dead, the nation destroyed, women enslaved, generations to live in ignorance, squalor, hunger, and disease.
By destroying the warrior, the US lost the wars.
"Iraqis remember him as a good leader". I'd be surprised if any Iraqi remembers any American in a good light after their whole country was leveled and millions were killed.
@Johnny Blue You are correct. I am amazed the Iraqis do not wage an unending war of revenge on the United States. Ronald Reagan financed Saddam. George the Daddy Bush continued the billions of US dollars to fund the war against Iran. That funding does not include the export of US weapons factories to Chile to manufacture the munitions to kill Iranians -- which prolonged the war and the death and maiming of Iraqis. Then came the failure of Saddam to understand the mendacity of George the Daddy. "Why would George not help me against Kuwait? Dear April said the US had no interest in it ..." The death of thousands of Iraqi conscripts in the first days of the war, the missile mass murders throughout Iraq, the abandonment of the Shi'a to the slaughter of the Republican Guard, the years of sanctions to .... it goes on and on.
After 2003, in Syria, the million refugees, the children begging in the streets of Damascus, the young girls sold to the Saudis, the mothers prostituting themselves to feed their children ...
Johnny Blue, I know what I don't want to know.
The pro-active nature of the Ukrainian people and their allies is an immeasurable resource in their favour. Their resolve, I am certain, is recognised across the entire globe.
You’re right just when you think they couldn’t do any worse…they surprise you. Prigozhin doesn’t seem to give them much credit.
US generals: "we made up a narrative that Russia was engaged in a winter offensive and we also decided IT failed"
Respect for Ukraine!!! Solidarity for them!!!!
eternal hope for your awakening !!!
Love the indepth analysis as always, Thanks a lot for sharing.
And you believe in BBC 😮 😂😂😂
@Nenad Perisic Who should I believe .... Interfax
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Agree ...absolutely agree. Signs of preparation.of counteroffensive
It is obvious that by providing military aid you can manage a particular war. The meaning of this may be surprising.
Praying for Ukraine’s success in this upcoming offensive. I hope the stars are aligned for them when the time comes, I know Russia has been preparing for this offensive for quite a while now - let’s hope it goes to plan! Glory to Ukraine!!
I guess we know if its failed depending on how the counterattack goes.
The US should know all about failures from there own experiences in other countries
Afghanistan and Iraq were complete successes as we got the Taliban back in charge in Afghanistan and we got Iraq allied with Iran.
@Bob S Before the Taliban started harbouring terrorists the USA had no beef with them and indeed supplied them with weapons against the Russkies. Harbouring Osama was the mistake the Taliban made, because if there ever was a reason to chase a terrorist he gave them one.
A former US General said that? About the Russians?? Wow that's groundbreaking news, spread the word!! 🤯
Always some American or others "Generals" saying Russia failed no evidence given? like saying Col Gaddafi got wmd or Iraq Saddam Hussein got wmd and later find they did NOT have wmd the very journalists today say Russia Failed were also propagating bombing Iraq and Libya
Much as I believe in journalists asking questions, but I do think it would be better for all, except the Russians. If these matters were not discussed publicly in detail that they are being in this feature.
As far as the saying that 'the first casualty of a battle is the plan', the exact opposite occurred at the Battle of Austerlitz, where the battle's unfolding followed Napoleon's actual plan almost exactly.
I heard a reference to NATO saying they are helping Ukraine.
Some NATO countries have helped but quite a few haven't and some don't approve of anyone helping.. There are quite a few NON-NATO countries that have helped and but many haven't. NATO itself isn't doing anything.
NATO itself isn't doing anything...LOL, tripper!
If the goal was invasion, the Russian offensive would have been far more brutal.
They literally invaded and go thrown out the other side lol
If you think sending 250,000 Russian troops into Ukraine wasn't an invasion, you might want to go get yourself checked for brain damage.
when the intention is negative so thus its response... !! 🌿🌻✌️
Ukraine keeps up the defending so far you are doing excellent jobs,
Victory sovereignty glory and freedom to Ukraine .
Sure bot sure ..ukraine are losing cope harder
Where's your video game war footage 😂
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Thank You !!!
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IMY123
Totally agree 👍.
It would be historically unthinkable for Moscow to be blockaded by an enemy, but now that the russians are rebelling on the battle field, it could happen. Not soon, but it could happen.
It's fantastic to see that the whole World stands Proudly United in many many ways, against the Evils of Putin (the Russian Terrorist) and his Warmongering Allies. We can achieve anything when we all work together...God Bless Ukraine from the UK.xx
The "whole world" definitely does not support Ukraine - just look at what is happening in Africa, South America, the Middle East, India and China. They understand that the US is using Ukraine in a proxy war against Russia and the Kiev regime is colluding with US at the expense of their citizens.
@Janina K absolutely right! This is obviously propaganda as we expect from bb c.
I feel so proud. The only ribbon Gen. Petraeus is harboring on his lapel is the commander of the Legion of Honor. I am sure Napoleon Bonaparte would have approved:)
Not a good sign wearing symbol representing somebody who ultimately lost and died in prison.
Over the last month, the Russians have significantly increased the tempo of their missile attacks, and several enormous explosions have recorded across Ukraine as a result of these attacks. Meanwhile, the Spring offensive has been delayed until summer, at the least, and Zelensky says that it's because they're waiting for more equipment. Coincidence? Maybe, but I think that the reason is really that the Russians have significantly degraded Ukraine's offensive capabilities by target ammo dump and storage depots in the rear. The Ukrainians aren't waiting for _new_ equipment. They're waiting for replacements, and every day that they delay is a day that they lose more equipment, which means more delays and so on. The problem is, they can't delay the offensive forever. They're gonna have to pay the piper one day, whether they're ready or not.
You can tell you have never served or have been part of any professional force. Nobody here is trying to sell that Russia sucks at war, we are literally watching it happen in real time across the entire battle line. This "degrading" ridiculousness would be the hiding place of a paper tiger. If Russia was in anyway effective, they should have taken Kyiv in a month. They had an ENORMOUS advantage in troops, tanks, equipment ammunition, and money 💰. You sir, are daydreaming.
Rat in cage. You are smart. I love your analysis. The west are too emotional.
@majid yaro This is why Russia lost all that land and cities it took, fools grasp at straws and create alternative realities to fit their emotional fantasies. This despite a year of failure, after failure. Russia had a massive advantage, most of it a daydream it turned out.
Let me put it another way there's other people there helping coordinate the attack when you give billions of dollars in military aid, there's somewhere there on the ground helping you go home Russians
Ratito.....WRONG.
Russia even didn't attempted an offensive into Ukraine, but it failed
I love Ukraine & Chillingbourne. ❤❤
Despite my unflagging support for the democracy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, both monetarily and in local advocacy here in the USA, I feel compelled to point out that this David Petraeus not only rose to prominence in his command of US forces in Afghanistan, but also fell into disgrace shortly after that rise because the guy couldn't keep his zipper up in the workplace! As a married man, he courted a 20-year-younger woman whom he supervised by flaunting and sharing top secret military plans with her. Completely by random chance good luck, she had no interest in revealing those potentially devastating to America security top secret details! So please, everyone who views and listens to this video, take what he says with one large grain of salt! Nevertheless and for all time: Slava Ukraine!
The general is a very good tac titian and he knows his job God help the Russians glory to Ukraine 💪
Why would a just and fair God help Russia? God speed and glory to Ukraine.
:D, the general said too much about how the offensive will go , its probably because he has been repeatedly explaining it to the Ukrainians :D
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Where does one find the entire interview? Preferably a link if at all possible. Thank you for a tantalizing tit bit.
As per US analysis it failed but for Russia it's successful. US acts like everything it knows but it turns the opposite just giving wrong hopes for UKRAINE
That’s what happens after a century of cranial rewiring.
Did your theory work during WW2?
Easier said than done General Patraes.
The Spring Offensive was a raging success, clearly, now that it's summer and it never happened!
What's happened insteadd is your brilliant statement. Wow! You are so amazing
It will never happen , but keep sending your money to support zelenskys wife 🤣🤣🤣
The three day special military operation was a success 😂
Long live a free Ukraine 🇺🇦
Thanks so much for posting.
Ukraine knows they have one good chance to win this war, and they need to make it count because to just wound the bear is going to piss it off. They will go when they are good and ready, and they will want to make every bit of local advantage count when they strike.
And then it is going to be a rout.
Ukraine will not win this war. Wake up!
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@Mel Morrison They're already winning it.
I guess the west propaganda had an effect on you. Ukraine cant win this war. Sometimes the least bad option is the best. Ukraine lost 75 000 soldiers i Bachmut.There is not gonna be ant spring offensive. We need to have an end now. Ukraine is bleeding and the slaughter has to end.
@INflamesRobbie The fact of the matter is that you actually have no idea how many troops have been lost on either side. What we do know, is that Russian forces retreated all the way from Kyiv back to Belarus, that Ukrainian forces have advanced all along Russian lines except for Bakhmut, that Russia has lost about half of its modern main battle tanks, and that due to captured and abandoned Russian equipment, Ukraine now has more tanks than it had during the Russian invasion of their territory. We also know that someone was able to simply drive across the Russian border and take over a Russian city, because all of their troops and border guards fled in fear. That doesn't sound like winning to me.
Thank you General Pertraeus for a very insightful and in depth interview. It's very refreshing sir.
He is a liar.
What happened to the 2000 personal the us army left in Afghanistan
Synical grin
Iraq and Afghanistan must be a very good general judging by how those wars ended
Just in case people Haven't caught on yet, even this, the General talking this way is part of the counter offensive.
Shaping operations don't just occur on the battlefield in the 21st century
same with the drones trikes on Moscow and fuel deports, missile strikes and Freedom for Russia Legion incursions into Belgorod. its all to drive as much panic, disorder and confusion among the Russian public officials, military and logistics. I think we are going to see multiple small counter-attacks which are widely dispersed, then when a combat zone gets serious Russian reinforcements you begin the actual attack somewhere entirely different.
@Gawk Thimm - Well duh.
@Gawk Thimm - Oh you forgot the support/invasion or whatever Ukraine is doing now in Transnistria to switch out the folks there wearing Putin’s Russian soldier uniforms. They can take them off.
@War-painter the russians in Trannistria?, yeah sure, but they cant abandon the equipment, vehicle and ammo stores and bases there, if Ukraine moved in they would have to be defended
It became a losing battle when Zelensky refused to run away.
Yeah a losing battle for Ukraine.
@jiszmo 666 no, losing battle for Putler. Putler thought Kyiv would surrender in matter of days but Zelensky and Ukrainian people persevere.
Slava Ukraine from Philippines 🇵🇭🇺🇦
@mustache gurl Still believing that Kyiv story huh ....... you need to go do some reading there. You obviously have no idea whats really going on !
@Ridethebomb777 yep, you russians sent 40 mile long convoys into and around kyiv as just a "sike" move...nobody buys that BS....security camera caught convoys rolling by for more than 10 minutes plus of nothing but military tanks and equipment rolling towards kyiv....so you russians did all that, as a "fake out" ? Sent 40 mile long convoys just to be destroyed as part of a "fake out" ?
Russia failed to take Kyiv
Slava mighty Russia 🇷🇺
Well when 4 out of ten heavyweight boxing champions are Ukrainian,then you have a big fight and that is their stock 💪💪🎉🎉
It is interesting how most Ukrainian Mayor's look like they know their way around a boxing ring
@Mosm M Ali. You’re a Robot 🤖 you believe everything America media tell you
@Marthy Williams Williams no I see with my own eyes and hear with my own ears
@Marthy Williams Williams You have to be a robot to check heavyweight champions in boxing? That is a new one. In fact your message itself looks like spam robot generated.
@GuardianOfBlind you don’t even know what you talking about where did you copy and paste that ? 🇹🇨😂😂😂😂🤡😂🤡🤡🤡
Is this the same general who said Russia running out of missiles last year, Russia is not going to lose
Yes, they have failed obviously.. otherwise they wouldn't be on the defensive now waiting for the UAF spring offensive..
Google Raspustnitsa, then you will know why the delay occured.
Theres two trains on a track heading towards each other, they have time to stop before they crash, but there will come a time where it is physically impossible to avoid crashing.
One train is carefully removing all the coal, carburetors, pistons, whatever makes the engine work in the opposite engine. At the same time, that one train has switched the tracks and diverted the damaged engine into a siding. When it comes to a stop, it will be boarded and sent packing. Slava Ukraine
This will most likely be the battle of Kursk all over again , with the same results, if indeed a Ukrainian offensive ever takes place.
Yeah.. Ukraine's Leopard and Abrams tanks eating Russia's T55's for breakfast. This is gonna be good 😎
@Ryan Hartnett Leopard and Abrams will choke, and everything will be fine for Russia.
@Иван Мартыненко Weakest propaganda response ever: no reasoning, just desperate and empty
@Ryan Hartnett so you’re waiting for the Abrams tanks ? That’ll be next year then , still I suppose delaying the crushing defeat of the Ukrainian offensive means the western arms manufacturers make more money.
@Ryan Hartnett how many thanks have Ukraine got?
Bring us results, not expectations.
my great respect to Ukrainians - country of the brave! now, can we FINALLY give Ukraine the fighter jets that it was asking for since the start of the ruzzian terrorist invasion? Can we help them win and end this war, please??
Yeah ,right .Another of those BBC Ministry of Truth moments.
Its interesting how this is very much starting to replicate the reasoning behind the IRA. Does our support of Ukraine's sovereignty and the attacks in Russia mean that we are saying the IRA are ok to do what they did and can start to do the same again to remove English elements from Northern Ireland??
We should remember that Putin underwent successful training as a professional operative within the KGB. Despite any façade, he may maintain, the ability to carry out destructive acts at will seems ingrained in his nature and psyche. The most effective method of demeaning Putin would involve his imprisonment and subsequent presentation at the International Criminal Court in a manner that mirrors the psychological manipulation he has imposed upon the Russian populace. This would expose him as a man of mere weakness, contrary to his perception of him as an unyielding figure while highlighting his reliance on well-compensated assassins to execute his reprehensible deeds. Life behind bars would be an insufficient punishment for him. Ultimately, he is utterly devoid of value and dwells within a self-constructed fantasy realm, which has ended his bloodlust and murderous existence.
when he was 2 star general bbc had 7 star ratings
The counter offensive will not be rushed. A full month of intensive shaping operations must be done and the 30 Abrams tanks must join up before the counter offensive is started.
Who need Abrams when you already have challenger and leopard 2
@sam n challenger already been classed as best tank in NATO through competition and records broken?!
The Ukrainian General staff wants to have all its tanks assets including Abrams on board before it kicks off the offensive. Another reason is Ukraine has to retake Bakhmut and complete the mop up operations, before it then kicks off the counter offensive.
@Paul Geno Meditation for Motivation Guffaw! 🙄
He knows the truth, but he can't say it
An army that has fought against a heavily supported Ukraine, supported by the entire Nato, and managed to take 20% in one year of the most fortified areas of the battle. Yet they say its a failure. What an irony.
@Olcool they keep saying they captured nothing of value when the comedian fails to hold territory
Why don't you inform the viewers about the Nato weapons sent To Zelensky,including Javelin and AT-4s have now appeared in the hands of a mexican cartel in the border town of Matamosa. Weird that you can find this on Mexican main news channels but not on our news or any other Western media.Why is that I wonder.
David Petraeus knows this situation more then any other.......highest respect and believe his angle rather then that of John Simpson
I’ve only seen Russia gain territory this winter. And a major victory in Bakhmut. And they are still advancing now.
Shhhhh!! BBC does not want us to know it’s not going going well for Ukraine. They won’t be happy.
I have never seen any western analyst who says Russia has won all of them are pro-US and UK.
We know if you aks them a question they will answer Ukrain will win kkkkkk why Fear of US but really Russia will win without looking for ant support.
That general is something special then... The whole world knows for moths and months that the Orc's offensive had failed. Pretty open door...
At 9:38 you mean that's how the US was doing in Iraq 😂
Let me guess this same former US general also insists we just have to keep sending more weapons to the Ukraine because Russia is just so incompetent...
He is just working for the Military Industrial complex 😂 Selling failure as success
@Abdul imraan Well said.
@Adrian Louw thanks
My regards to General Petraeus, thank you for your extraordinary service sir!
The Napoleonic Wars resulted in the deaths of approximately three to six million civilians and soldiers, with Napoleon Bonaparte playing a significant role. Similarly, Adolf Hitler, an infamous Nazi leader and mass murderer, was responsible for the death of millions during World War II. Conservative estimates suggest that the war caused casualties ranging from 70 to 85 million, comprising around 3 to 4 percent of the global population. Another example is Joseph Stalin, who deliberately caused the deaths of about six million individuals. Considering foreseeable deaths resulting from his policies, the number rises to around nine million. Likewise, Vladimir Putin, listed as a war criminal by the ICC, initiated airstrikes in Syria in late 2015. The Russian army's invasion has indiscriminately targeted heavily populated civilian areas, resulting in a horrific loss of life. The final casualty count, including casualties from several other countries, is yet to be determined. In the Ukrainian war alone, the estimated number of deaths is at least 500,000. Reflecting on these past wars, it is evident that we have not learned enough. Such atrocities must cease, as individuals like Putin exhibit psychopathic tendencies and disregard human life.
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has anyone stopped an considered what the Russians would do if the Russian defense line collapses? If I understand correctly Russia invaded because the Ukrainian was getting invited into nato. President Putin's ego won't just let him quit. I pray there may a way out of this situation that both sides can live with.
All forgotten in this and every Ukraine report.... US, Russia, and UK are UN P5 members. Like if 3 doctors are in an operating room and instead of working on the patient, they argue and try to kill each other with the surgery tools.
Zelensky has already thrown his best into bakmut and lost he dont have the numbers to make any real offensive he needs his "spring offensive "and take bakmut back without what he lost in bakmut it's not happening it obvious
Never underestimate your enemy. Do not underestimate Pootin's army.
Nope, the 15 months of war have shown that the one underestimating the enemy was putin. Ukraine is not making the same mistake, that's why they're not rushing, first they need to plan it well and make sure everything has the prospect of going acording to the plan. Let's hope they will succed.
Good point. Do not underestimate them. Ever.
@Ciprian Nicu F. Hitler underestimated them look what happened. Unlike another country, they did not enter the war towards the end.
Clearly spring counteroffence has failed. Will see what going to happen in summer.
With how incompetent the russian army has been, it's crazy how they been able to keep fighting for this long.
It's almost as if there are also incompetent people on the other side!
@craigsteddy8331 that's true. Also, whenever I hear the BBC say Russia has alot of casualties in Bakhmut, they always never say the casualties on the Ukrainian side. And on the same breath, they will claim that Russia is sending convicts in Bakhmut to die.
So by that logic, that would mean that Russia is losing convicts (which are expendable accrdng to Putin) while Ukraine is losing seasoned warriors in Bakhmut.
I won't really call that a Pyrrhic victory if the other side is losing thousands of their best troops while you are only losing convicts.
@ThisTroper lmao imagine calling the Ukrainian army incompetent, they transformed the second most powerful country in the world into a circus
@King Delle droghe yes they are very competent and thousands of them got slaughtered in Bakhmut by Russian convicts. Will you deny that? Will you believe the narrative that Ukrainians didn't lose alot of seasoned men in Bakhmut that they thry could have deployed to other places?
The Western propaganda is just as bad as Russian propaganda. No one is telling the truth anymore.
@ThisTroper nope, defending is much easier than attacking, even a small brain would understand that the Russian losses are far higher.
Western media : when does this start?
Ukraine MOD: when earlier refused equipment from West is finally , but only partly committed, trained and deployed.
What most of Western media doesn't get is that Rasputitsa is no joke in Ukraine...and this spring it happened to last longer than usualy, causing delays.
Raspustitsa in Ukraine basically means ground is not solid...but mud. And not bit of mud...Tanks can't go through, and tbh even lighter vehicles and infantry would have problem with it.
Takes failure to sense failure ( •_•)
If you study the mess of the Iraq war. Gen. Petreus (most likely spelt wrong) brought Iraq back from the brink in 2006/7. Fell apart again after he left.
You FAIL to convince us
@David Brancaleone xactly
Quite the opposite, well done MSM
We're all praying for Ukrainian success
We're all praying for Nato and ukraine defeat.😊
Oh Ukraine how great thou hart ,when God fights for you Russians R just puppies before you they fall flat , My million salutes to the Brave men who fight for Ukraine's glory, you need a lot of guts and glory to win, this is the will power God has given to each of the Ukraine's people all glory to you and so victory is yours and shame on Putin and his army , my love to all in Ukraine and prayers God bless you all so much Amen
God will not fight with Nazis or for a nation that sell themselves for 💵 America’s money.
@Marthy Williams Williams you are very much wrong , if God was not in control' over this battle Ukraine would have long time ago surrendered to the Russians , prayers for the people of Ukraine to save them from satanic Putin
Interesting ! ...I want to see the rest of it ...........
the Russians are waiting for the Ukrainian Offensive look at operation citadel they waited for the German offensive n launched a counter offensive right after.
That was after Moscow allied with Nazi Germany in order to invade and divide Poland, right?
@Grizzly Bear As if your country never invaded other countries
What are they going to launch it with Resurrected troops?
@Thalente Khuluse I never said the US hasn't invaded other countries; of course we have. That DOES NOT change the fact that Russia invaded Ukraine.
Russian did the only offensive in Артёмовск/Bakhmut, oh probably in Marinka as well, and they captured the city, Mr. Former General. Meanwhile, Russians has dug 5-6 lines of defence in Zaporizhzhia, Mr. Former General. In your logic, Ukrainian Spring Offensive has failed without doubt, Mr. Former General ...
Oh, sorry Mr. Former General, Russians did fail in the assault of Vuhledar. I was too bad to miss it, Mr. Former General. And, well done Ukrainian soldiers!