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Putin will lose 'because of the spirit of Ukrainian soldiers' | John Sweeney
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- Published on Jun 7, 2023 veröffentlicht
- "They're not leaving Crimea tomorrow and they will fight for it but down the track...they're in trouble."
John Sweeney discusses his first hand evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine as part of his documentary but says the spirit of Ukrainians will defeat Putin.
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As an American, I support Ukraine 100%, I agree with John on everything he said about helping Ukraine. I agree that the US has been dragging it feet on aid and equipment.
Blame Joe Biden
Tip towing around Putin; not to provoke bunker Grandpa.
If trump was in power, Ukraine would get nothing. IMO putin thought trump weakened NATO to stroll right through UKR and take the entire country.
John Sweeney, a grass roots, no holds barred, honest British journalist fighting with his journalistic tools to keep democracy in Ukraine alive. Thank you for this interview.
Like Julian Assange
@jane wilkin Not British.
@jane wilkin Jane Ivan Bullshitallova?
Sure nice to see and hear some intelligence
Thank you for this wonderful conversation. From my safe space in Germany I nevertheless agree wholeheartedly to everything John Sweeney says. I really hope the development in Ukraine will prove him right about when this brutal war will come to an end. Slava Ukraini!
I could listen to this man all day long. And I absolutely agree with everything he's said. Slava Ukraini.
Clearly you are into fairytales…
Man with nail polish 💅?
lol 😂….
No quite the opposite he's good but only in very small doses.
Heroyam Slava!
@Enoch Cushite Clearly, you have no specific objections to what he's saying, except to lazily imply he's advancing fictions. If so, which one/s?
The nail polish objection is idiotic.
@Enoch Cushite you’re complicit in Putin’s actions by making such ridiculous comments. Your conscience will bite you when you see reality.
Super interview. I agree with him 100% I know from my own experience in Ukraine that he is speaking the truth
No doubt the military get up, and especially the painted fingernails create a very high degree of credibility!
Agree with your experience.
@David Welch not funny.
@David WelchOnly a fool judges a book by its cover.
Thank you both for a great interview. Mr Sweeney I'm looking forward to watching and learning from your documentary. Stay safe, keep low and fast. Best wishes and love to the whole of Ukraine.
From A Canadian living in Poland since 2007:
Absolutely not related to this, but important I think if you want to understand Poland and the Baltic States vis-a-vis the war in Ukraine. Mr. Sweeney will get that.
In 2023, the russians will not be forgotten here in Eastern Europe, or in the Baltic States. Or in the Czech Republic. Or in the former East Germany for that matter! - Or in so many other towns and villages between my building in Poland... and Ukraine.
The russians' occupation of Eastern Europe always gives horror stories to those who listen. At least you hear about them when you live here like I do for almost 20 years.
You see, every holiday we have,... No! Better said, at most family gatherings we do. We listen to at least one old family member telling us how their sister or brother was "transferred" to somewhere in russia in the 1950's. Or 1960's. Or later!
Who cares when? They WERE. By the russians.
Their older brother was transferred because he was an electrician. And they needed electricians all the way out in the East of the ruzzian empire that day.
None of them ever saw their sister or brother. Mostly - Their names were changed you see.
That story?
You get it in any family in Eastern Europe as soon as you step foot here. So do NOT expect the Ukrainians to give up. They wont. Nor will we.
Ukrainians are fighting for their freedom.
We get that so much.
Bravo 👍🏻💙💛🇺🇦🔱
As a Romanian, I fully concur. 😮 nasty beasts, those orcs.
They whould not be forgotten and whould not be forgiven. The attitude towards them will be strictly formal, suspecious, not friendly. Forever.
It's not only Putin, it's all the men in his army committing those horrible crimes
The leadership in russia is in charge of their military They cannot even take a dump without permission, but you are right-anyone who follows orders is responsible as well.
Did you feel this way when America invaded Syria Iraq and Afghanistan, spreading their democracy with death and destruction.
'all the men in his army' .... Russiaphobe much. You people show your true selves without realising it.
Dear, it's not Russophobia, it's Russoemetia. Phobia is fear, emetia is revulsion to the point of being physically sick
John Sweeney is right! This war is not just a war. It’s about democracy against autocracy. It’s about people who believe in democracy, common decency and rule of law helping the other people with same belief against an autocratic conqueror.
Correct, democracy and decency fighting against NATO
@Martin Maarva Russia democracy? Wash your brain
Killer in the Kremlin terrific book John. My father fought with the freedom fighters in Yugoslavia rescuing POWs from the Nazis. This war feels personnel. You have 'nailed' it. Please take care John, trust your instincts. Slava Ukraini. From Australia.
The Ukrainian resistance is a model of courage and determination. It’s a reminder of why bravery, duty and a willingness to defend your nation are utterly indispensable. Too many of us in the West have grown cynical about these virtues. We in the West have given up on courage. Our safety-first approach to life equates bravery with recklessness. The Ukrainian resistance reminds us why courage matters - and why we all need to rediscover this virtue. On the other hand, I look at Russia and only see the past. No future. Very troubling, but Russian citizens can't see this. 😞
You speak, we listen guru John ⚡⚡⚡
John Sweeney, absolutely loved his Panorama coverage years ago. Gripping and entertaining journalism ❤
Gripping Entertaining and jam packed with lies this man a bad guy
@Stan entertaining but not journalism
@Stan Indeed
This guy is a great humanitarian
Thank you Kate and Times Radio for a brilliant interview with John Sweeney a great guy. If you don't laugh one cries for the People of Ukraine they will have a sweet VICTORY 🎉 and the world can join in celebration for their PEACE 🕊 and solidarity Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦💙💛🔱 🫶🫶 from 🇭🇲
Many thanks for everything you have done and are doing. I’ve been with you since the Scientology years. For that alone, you’re a hero.
It was indeed a pleasure watching this. Thank you. Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
Thank you Mr Sweeney for being the eyes of the world with respect to the war.
Thank him for being the fingernails as well!
Wayne Boreham fake Clip-Share account made one week ago
@David Welch Glory to Ukrainian people defending their freedom and country.
Happy Birthday John Sweeney! From one good Gemini to another, I celebrate your work, your voice in the discourse and Vladimir Pootn, do fluck off! Prayers for all the people and the critters of the Dnipro Disaster 🙏🏻🕯️🇺🇦✊🏻
Oh the poor animals. It breaks my heart.😢
This is a wonderfully insightful interview, thanks John Sweeney.
Thankyou John Sweeney you explained this war clearly and I cannot understand how Putin is still in power. I thought the Russian people would have worked out a long time ago how evil a man he is and some how got rid of him.
Thank you, Times Radio, for the interview with the esteemed Mr. John Sweeney.
Absorbing interview, brilliant brave and relentless journalism. God bless you John. Love the story of you being head hunted for the Ukraine Jewish chronicle ❤
Love John Sweeney ...
Caring, wonderful man 💙💛
SLAVA UKRAINI HEROES 🔱🇺🇦✌🏻
VPDFO. Love hearing him saying that.
It really is quite simple: Our freedom and the freedom of our children is currently payed for with Ukrainian blood. And for that, we are forever in their debt.
Yes. And so we should not be mithering about how much money our support is costing! So mean spirited.
You really believe that?
@hannekezijlmans6578, very well said! Agree completely!
You’re a keen observer and draw reasoned conclusions. And John Sweeney, you TAKE A STAND, unlike the trendy “ false equivalency” “journalists everywhere. Keep up your Ukrainian Spirit. (An interview well done).
Great interview! Please do more like this. Mr Sweeney thank you for the work you do💙💛
Truly appreciate, and what an awesome inspirational interview. God bless you both and keep y'all safe. 🙏
Outstanding interview and as an American I am ashamed that Trump and Tucker Carlson are Americans. I am an American of the same age as Mr. Sweeney so I am incapable of directly helping, but I am doing everything I can to drastically increase US support for Ukraine and also to make sure Republicans do not get back into power.
It isn’t fair or helpful to paint all Republicans with the same brush.
I agree, USA is in troubled waters, and justice and truth is
a-wall.
Hi fellow American.
They are the red party
Sweeney is a god! So much passion and insight without overlooking the difficulties. 🙏
What a great man this Mr Sweeney is! Great interview n such an eye opener!
What a great interview. I could listen to this guy all day.
John is brilliant in everything he does, such a fantastic journalist 👏
John Sweeney, you are a legend for telling us clearly as it is. Stay safe and sending all in Ukraine my best wishes from the UK.
John Sweeney is the best of the best 🙏🏻
So famous i have never heard of him 😮😮😮
He's the most famous guy in the whole world 🌎....that wears an Orange Beanie and paints his nails blue & yellow 💅
VPDFO 😊 Love John, he’s been fantastic throughout this heinous invasion
Slava Ukraini Indeed 💛💙
That says more about you
Kate Gerbeau is such a talented professional! I’ve been learning and following this war for 470 days, and can say, she is an outlier! Thank you for your amazing content!
And John… oh boy, he is one of the best mankind has to offer to this world!
Slava Ukraini! Keep fighting the good fight, brave Mr Sweeney
This war’s affect on some of us is psychologically adverse. I for one feel as if I am going mad and acting such. I have loved ones in Ukraine and feel helpless to intervene.
I hope they are safe and remain so Jannie. Hopefully this will be over before long and Ukraine will have rid the Barbarians from their land.
I found several Ukrainian Clip-Share channels, listened and now send what little money I can.
Brandon Mitchell, Operator Starsky, Ukraine Matters, there are more. These people are either military forces personnel or people directly connected.
It is a horrible position to be in. you have the anxiety that the war brings, and yet you are not under direct threat of being killed. I too have loved ones in Ukraine and at the start of the war and for about 2 months, they were in such a place as they could not escape due to effectively being surrounded. But then the Russians pulled back and stole their car, so even now, options are limited for them to move. Hopefully this war will soon be resolved and you can meet up with your loved ones.
I feel helpless.
@ninemoonplanet Hey there friend! GTSY I continue to donate to Brandon Mitchell and The Flashback as Operator Starsky recommended them and the money goes to the front line! I love Brandon's preventative medicine initiative so he gets the lions share of the money!😃 Look at it this way-I am helping you in our effort to support Ukraine the only thing i ask is that you please continue to put pressure on the governments to do more to stop this war.
I really love John Sweeney…
Thanks John. You are a cut above the rest. keep up your excellent work. Victory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
Absolutely. He's a cut and a fingernail above all the rest! So much credibility stuck under one camouflage cap.
@David Welch why don’t you go there for yourself and check the credibility?
@Alhambra Biker why go when we have such excellent observers already. He is a classic!
@David Welch okay
John is a totally old school journalist. Warts and all, he's just so damn real. An antidote for modern BS reporting. Just what we need. Great interview.
Excellent interview by a well respcted journalist that doesn't not ask daft questions about things that are general knowledge. Thank you!
Respected by whom
@kevin oliver me, I respect him
@mark hansford good for you and your more than entitled to your opinion. And that's how it should be. People should have the right to disagree with each other.
"The more we can help Ukrainians, the faster this war is over and the less people will die."
- John Sweeney, war correspondent, being interviewed in Kyiv by Kate Szabo from Times Radio.
Thank you John for your spirit of generosity and humanity as expressed in this interview, and for your courage exposing and documenting the cruelty being visited on the Ukrainians by the Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin, and for also calling out two of Mr Putin's "useful idiots" in the West, Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson.
Hopefully you are right and the Ukrainians will succeed in removing the Russian invaders from their country either this year or before the next US election, due next year!
Thank you Times Radio for this interview via Clip-Share!
Genevieve Forde
Aotearoa
Planet Earth
It is a rare and true privilege to hear from a proper journalist these days, especially one like Mr Sweeney who has invested a lot into telling the story of the brave people of Ukraine. Thanks to him, and to Times Radio for sharing this interview with us. Slava Ukraini!
John Sweeney can always be relied upon to talk sense in a passionate way, a rare quality in this corporate, commodified world of the Spectacle 😊
Thank you for this interview! ❤️🇺🇦
Excellent interview. Thanks!
God bless John for your hard work to defense Justice, Democracy!.
John Sweeney is a legend 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇦🇺🇦🫡 we support Ukraine and all the free world 🌎
I so agree in that the Ukraine war has reminded me how important fighting for your democratic freedom is essential for society. I live in a peaceful country but we also would fight if we had too. This is why the Ukraine endeavour to be a free country has resonated throughout the free thinking world.
I've long viewed this conflict through the lens of an abusive relationship, as Sweeney also pointed out. Ukraine was the ex-wife that was thriving without her abusive ex-husband and faced a promising future free from him. Russia was not about to let that humiliation happen and so invaded to take back possession.
I have as well. Dr. Ramani is exactly on point about how they behave when they no longer have control over their victim
Thank you John for what you do, stay safe. 💅🟨🟦
Thank you John Sweeney, love the humour under pressure and I hope your predictions come true.
I believe everything this man says. Slava Ukraine! 🇺🇦🙏🇺🇦
Watch Panodrama, it might change your opinion on that.
He's a man of the utmost integrity. One of the good guys.
John Sweeney, your amazing narrative embodies the best of human spirit. Yes, there exists decency, compassion, and the constant struggle for freedom and dignity, not only as ideals which by definition remain untennable.
You live them everyday and gift us through your description of the unbreakable fortitude of our beloved heroes.
The People of Ukraine.
A very well explained video John understands all the implications better than I have heard from any other commentator . Ukraine is such a beautiful country with great people who are hospitable and kind. Yes I believe good will trounce the kremlin evil
Love the spirit and the humour, there is no doubt that Ukraine will prevail!
What a fantastic journalist John is always worth listening to, he always goes searching for the truth!
I've seen a few interviews with this guy and he is consistently a legend.
He is who I want to be All the press.
TRUTH.
That is all.
Stay safe man.
Luv and Peace.
That was such a genuine honest exchange. This makes no sense but when she held up her finger nails to the camera it brought tears to my eyes. The sooner they can get rid of those brutes the better. I will be sending more money to Medshare.
Blessings, peace and luck from California to Ukraine 🙏🙏✌🍀💙💛
How is life in California? Would you recommend a visit? Any info would be appreciated! I'm from the UK and I was thinking about visiting somewhere warm in the USA, in the UK winter. There's so many States in the USA it's hard to make my mind up! ✌️Slava 🇺🇦
It seems that everything the Russians touch is ruined. Ruin is their specialty and legacy. Slava Ukraine!
Like a plague of locust , orc is a good description
It's great what you're doing, John.
Thank you both for this interview. Slava Ukrayini!
I met him in Kyiv during the first month of the war in a pub! He is brilliant after a few drinks!! 😂😂😂
I love his optimism ❤
I remember once when John Sweeney said in one of the interview last year that 'Putin in the past looked like an alien,now he looks like a hamster'.😂 It keeps popping up in my face whenever I see sir John Sweeney. God bless him.
GREAT INTERVIEW! THANK YOU ALL!!!
Sweeney is a one off. Legend.
Fighting for one's freedom is hands down the biggest motivation for victory. History does repeat itself.
thanks for the interview with this outstandingly nice and charismatic man. Greetings from Czech Republic - I am grateful for British support to the Ukraine - Ben Wallace is doing a good and inspiring job and hopefully other countries will follow soon. It seems it is going a good direction so far although a lot of people are dying and will die until the cancer is cut off
We in the U.K. 🇬🇧 support Ukraine 🇺🇦 💯
@long and short thank you guys - the offensive seems to start and it will apparently be a set of actions on different places (not a one single hit). As Russians are prepaired - they have to think it out properly as there is only one try I suppose. I am glad to see Storm Shadow rockets in the action already and other countries should wake up as well. Personally I think - Hungary should be taken off from European Union and mainly from NATO. They work for Putin at the moment
Thank you John and Kate for this excellent interview.
John, I like you and your views very much. You have a fighting spirit and a kind heart.
John has credibility and a fantastic communicator
What a lovely man John Sweeney is. His insight on the spirit of the people of Ukraine is touching, and his ability to debate objectively the political and military position is beautifully posited. Slava Ukraini.
This man is amazing.
That comparison with an abusive relationship is spot on. A malignant narcissist scorched earth exit. And giving succor to the abuser is just giving it ideas how it can defend itself. It otherwise has no understanding of morality or compassion.
The kerch bridge needs to be taken down and the world has to react to putins actions
That was a great interview. Thank you.
John Sweeney at around 17 minutes makes the exact point I’ve been thinking for months, there is a strong parallel between Russian behavior and that of an abusive partner. Russia will do whatever it can to prevent anyone else from “having Ukraine”.
This guy is priceless 😊
Another voice of Truth!❤
This horror will only end when the 500 year empire ends and Russia is faced with an unavoidable reckoning.
Very succinct
Always admired johns work, stay safe
Absolute Legend.
Amazing man!! Love him!!!
i send my deepest and most heartfelt gratitude for every second of this ♥to all of you
This old school guy is a treasure.
Thank God for the John Sweeneys of this world.
John Sweeney, you are a hero. I will raise a pint to you the next time I'm in my local
Thank you for this! ❤
This guy has been fantastic all the way through.
Loved this. Great chat.
It has been fascinating to watch the Ukrainian military staff: smiling, laughing and dancing with poise and humility! 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦
What a great man!
I love his nail polish! 😂❤🇺🇦❤🇺🇦
Me too. I am going to do that! Brilliant way to fly the flag.
This guy knows something about fashion.
His humor is so appropriate😊
Hemingway reborn! With every hand gesture he promotes the Ukrainian colors, its a pleasure to listen to this guy.
Excellent report, thank you
Great interview.
Yes all one need is determination😂😂