Wishful thinking

For 8 years Putin pushed for peace talks because people were dying in Ukraine. Nobody cared. Imagine Scotland one day vote for independence and the UK government starts shelling and killing scottish people.

@Robert Jameson "he just lost" - war not ended yet

@Robert Jameson the war is far from over. And putin totally loosing it, require continuing and increasing support from West to Ukraine. Pluss Russia continuing committing grave errors as a default setting. Both are not given things.

The problem is once the west populations support falls Ukraine is finished

we Russian gonna absorb Ukraine

What provoked American to attack vietname miles away or Iraq or NATO in lybya .. honestly Russia has better justifications

Another 100 day dude. Try looking at the last 15 years.

@@hamish1309 NATO is the winner what ever happens. Russians are dying in their thousands, hundreds of tanks and aircraft being destroyed. The Russian economy on its knees and NATO has not lost a single soldier. Have you heard the term Pyric Victory?

@@mburugithinji9488 you mean desnazify Ukraine and defend the motherland, Russia from imminent danger from Ukraine?

The Ukrainians and the Russians seem very clear on this point. But clamouring for peace talks and first place as an "honest broker" to chair them gives the contenders for this role a lame excuse for doing next to nothing of real value to bring us more quickly to that point. Only then is one side or the other likely to want to "salvage" anything from talks. Even then, if I were Ukrainian, I'm not sure I'd bother wasting my breath. All the guarantees given by foreigners to date (particularly, but not confined to, Russia) have been ignored or conveniently forgotten. For them it seems (and probably is true) that the only guarantees worth their salt are those that come from hard won victories and immense sacrifice on the ground.

@@appstratum9747 Well said

I think ultimately he said that. It was the reporter who was suggesting peace talks would go anywhere.

there are no "winners" in war. only survivors.

Unfortunately a reality.

Maybe Germany should tell us what side they are on.

You're right! They should join the fight instead of telling the Ukrainians what to do!!!

Germany does not owe Ukraine anything

Barry , please send me a new 3080ti graphic, or preferably two, and a fast memory. i want to have more than my neighbor's. if you don't send it, i will contempt you.🤣🤣🤣

I have already put buying any more German machinery on my banned list. What a disgrace.

Absolutely right on. Germany needs to step up its support for Ukraine or we should give Putin Germany if he gets out of Ukraine!

@make a wish You must have bought that comment on Wish. North Korea needs you.

I think if your being realistic you would recognize that Ukraine is on the verge of total defeat and any peace talks would take that into account. Some territory is bound to change hands.

Yup, these so called experts lie and deceive shamelessly.

He said they were a non country and definitely wanted to overthrow the government

But his actions speak differently.

Totally agree.

Germany have ALWAYS somehow been in bed with Russia. Germany had a fantastic chance to 110% redeem them from the past, but they failed

Germany's cop out was not leaning on the kiev comedian prior to the war to stay neutral and no NATO..know the west fighting a proxy war they csnt win

Exactly right!

Depending on you point of view.

Keep Ukraine a free country -- free from Orc repression.

tell lunatic zelenskyy to surrender

@@tanksmakau7672 Ok, Putin rashist loser \o

@@tanksmakau7672 Zalensky is a lunatic? Why, what countries did he invade?

@Travis Cease your spamming, bot.

@Katye Dyakova Putin = ruSSia, ruSSia = putin. Him going won't change anything

Absolutely yes! The sooner the better.Slava Ukraini💙💛

There would be at least several detonations of tactical nuclear devices in Ukraine before we see Putin gone, peacefully or otherwise.

@@wahyuindrasto8307 It should be done sooner than later, why wait for something worse!

@@wahyuindrasto8307 In that case the NATO should unleash it's full nuclear potential onto Russia. We must make clear that there's no "limited" nuclear war, if one nuke flies, all will fly.

🤣🤣🤣👈🏻👈🏻👈🏻

very laughable and nonsense dumb comment. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@Ksgggg 😂😂😂😂😂😂

We can dream, can't we?

@@julonkrutor4649 I don't care what you do. It has no effect on the outcome.

yep. was very strange and glaring. The Ukrainians are crying out for weapons to stop territory being lost for ever, and this guy says German's slowness and complacency are not an issue.

Germany isn't the arsenal of democracy.

The West was never attacked by anyone. It is Ukraine, that is the one that must relearn the idea of deterrence. And the West is definitely the wrong partner to achieve this. Ukraine is very much the exact opposite of all values the EU and NATO stand for.

Germany is scared of Russia

Why in the world should Germans involve themselves in a war that isn't in their interest?

@@dosa2990 oh it will be if they dont ....

Good luck with calling the right side of history in advance. History requires hindsight.

Look at the Germany's current leader! He leaves a lot to be desired. Germany would be better off without him. His hesitancy on assisting Ukraine is deplorable. It speaks volumes about his loyalties!!

Well Lavrov and Putin where given the benefit of the doubt. Germany are vey angry the work of the last 20 Years was a sham on the part of Russia. Germany were played, and feel ashamed.

The Allies handing over East Germany to Communist barbarians was a mistake that keeps hounding the West today.

Who is wise this old man talking rubbish

God bless you.

Precisely!

He’s foolish and sidestepping the question. The point is exactly what he said is a problem and Germany SHOULD be a major provider.

@@khorshed1227 nobody will win here

I'm sorry, but these Gepards are outdated. I wouldn't say they are junk, but they were already mothballed in Germany because they can't serve their purpose on a modern battlefield. At least for air defense they are almost entirely useless. At best it can take out low flying helicopters, but stinger missiles already do that better.

@@a5cent Stingers expose humans with zero armor and Gepards have radars that detect and automatically follow the target. At least this is what I see. And lastly, you are speaking as if ruSSian army has some "advanced" air force. No they don't... Their air force is all an average 4th generation aviation. In any case, Ukraine is asking for them and if they are mothballed then it's even more puzzling why not just help out Ukraine if it's "junk" for German

Because they are white ..why do you bkeep quiet as civilians are bombed by america ...

Wont be coming from Germany according to this double talking weak ex diplomat

The war dragging on for months and maybe even years is perhaps something the U.S. prefers -- thus bleeding Russia dry as it cost around a billion dollars a day for them to wage war on Ukraine.

I don't think you really need peace in ukraine

But that's exactly what is expected of the Ukrainians - drag it on, "weaken Russia"

I think he just rehashed the wishful thinking of the west. They say Russia is gonna lose and Russia failed to take ukraine, but Russia said it's objectives were to "demilitarize and denazify" ukraine. If those are the goals of Russia, they seem to be doing very well at that. They destroyed all ukraine military bases and killed thousands of Ukraine army and western mercenaries in ukraine. So, to wish that is not true, does not make it to be untrue. I think the west need to come back to reality

The problem with truth in that war - it isn't pleasant. Without pleasant "experts" all you will see is cancer and metastases.

except he is wrong "putin original aim was to occupy whole of ukraine" . i think i read news everyday, and i listened to putin , never said that

@@TMM-N Indeed, it will hard enough to keep that much smaller Donbas region under control

@@TMM-N He wants to occupy all eastern Europe. He said it yesterday. He forgot USSR is gone.

Totally agree.

Straight away it started with lies.

@@hamish1309 explain

@@hamish1309 Yes, please explain. What lies? If they're serious you'd be helping us all. if not, well that speaks for itself.

The stated goals weren't what he said.

​@@hamish1309 They weren't? Which time? Russia's stated goals have changed more than once since the start of the 'Special Operation". The ambasador acknowledged that himself. That's not much, if that's your major issue in what was a lengthy interview.

Putin said it was a special military operation so the speaker is misquoting Putin. He is cluless like the other political elites

Absolutely spot on! There are those in Europe who, naively don't see Russia as a future risk. It is,and,needs to be brought to it's knees,and,beg for forgiveness for it's actions in Ukraine. Putin should be dragged before the International Court in The Hague. Issue an ARREST WARRANT for Putin,and,see if that hastens his demise. {Stress can't be good if one has cancer} Victory to Ukraine💙💛

That’s not even true unless you’re speaking in relative-to-gdp terms. And relative bullets don’t exist. Estonia is not outspending anyone.

That’s not even true unless you’re speaking in relative-to-gdp terms. And relative bullets don’t exist. Estonia is not outspending anyone.

Yes, it is THE question.

@@highphysics3617 Russia isn't a signatory to ICC and the Hague won't risk being nuked anytime soon 😉. Also, the world isn't "western anymore" might come as a shocker to you, as Russians are happily embrace by former colonies she helped gain independence during the post colonial area. But you western neo- liberals continue to be dilluded by your self generated moral superiority and grandeur and foolishly think everyone is just gonna follow your agenda 🤧🤣🤣🤣

keep dreaming muppet...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

You ignored Russian warnings, so...

Putin's Orcs on Ukrainian soil make great sunflower fertilizer.

@@arty5876 ~31500 Russians turned themselves into BBQ?

@@ukrainewarroom8410 and Ukraine don't have losses?

Cursed are the peace makers who bring war. We have a lot of that going on.

Politicians are no different

Ari Bavel you wasted 25 minutes

@@texan-rp4wc I stopped at 11 minutes.

Only 18 words, yet revealing an enormous amount of ignorance . Which answers didn't you understand ?

@@horsterer77 I understood ALL of the answers. They just weren’t answering the questions. And, anyone who’s been following what’s going on there for even the briefest of time knew what he said without any expertise or experience in the field that he is supposed to be an “expert” in.

Now this is your half-truth. Ukraine is not the only country that gave up its nuclear weapons for security guarantees. You have not included Belarus and Kazakhstan. Furthermore, Ukraine would never had been able to use those nuclear weapons because the operational codes where all under Russia control. Now the lie is that China was never a party to this agreement. They were the US, UK and Russia and US was the initiator of this security guarantee.

@@hanxin9321 I Accept your point Han. Thanks. Any way without the Codes , The nuclear w were good elements to press any misbehaving, as happen today. As you said China was not a guarantor, but what about Russia? The they were guarantor of the Budapest agreement in 1994. Best Regards Han Xin from Rosendo in Málaga.

Jessica Lamb

Reality is that Russia has failed militarily, and that it is too weak to challenge the west militarily.

true power is denying reality and replacing it with your own

A friend in need is a friend indeed. At the moment we are seeing something different: fair weather friends.

@@jeremytine Agreed it’s oversimplified to make a statement but taking soft stands for democracy and human rights has not been very effective historically speaking in my humble opinion and limited understanding.

Ok, Putin rashist \o

Koenigsberg doesn't exist for more than half a century. It was offered to Baltic states during soviet times but they flat of refused. Reason : Russian majority. Now both Kalllingard and Mariupol are Russians, so might as well Ukraine trade Karkiv for Odessa.

Better yet, why Germany is hesitant to send its troops?

@@NTraveller Even if it wanted to (which it certainly does not) I'm not sure if it could. Not without the agreement of all its NATO allies (which would be obligated to defend it from any backlash). Germany has prided itself on its "constructive" good relations with Russia. But everybody is aware of the deep and well-deserved hatred the Russians have historically from the memory of being attacked and invaded by Germany. The "Great Patriotic War" lives large in the national psyche. If ever there would be a more counter-productive move than this, I'm not sure I could imagine it. Vladimir Putin would probably be delighted, though. Declaring open war (to popular demand) would likey be a no-brainer. I'm sure that this, in part, lies behind Germany's slow support for Ukraine. It's not just the post-war culture of pacifism. It's possibly (justifiable) fear of the memories that German military involvement stirs up in Russia. And awareness that this may possibly be a major reason for escalation.

​@@appstratum9747 I wouldn't be so sure that "Putin will be glad", but they expanded NATO and promised Ukraine the accession to the NATO, they are sending weapons, they opened an economic war, they discourage the Ukraine to negotiate. It's only fair that they also dedicate their soldiers to the war, let Germans die for the "world democracy" and other colourful words one can choose. Instead they are hiding behind the backs of the Ukrainians

It's a conflict of their own making. Accept responsibility for your actions and reap what you sow

@@NTraveller Germany sending troops fleshes out quite nicely Putins entire justification for his war: "Denazification" with all the emotional baggage Germany brings. Ergo...a great excuse to formally declare war to the Russian public and replenish (via general mobilisation) his infantry in Ukraine. Because lack of infantry has certainly been his Achilles heal and one of the main reasons that this war has been so expensive in terms of men and materiel for Russia. As has trying to maintain that this is a limited special military operation. Both are handicapping the Russians badly at this point. Strange also, that that you're picking on Germany, when Germany is demonstrably one of the very least enthusiastic in Europe - putting aside Hungary and Serbia - about this supplying Ukraine in this conflict, knows that it is going to pay the highest economic price (Ukraine and Russia aside) because of it and is currently starting to feel the effects.

75 years ago....we are not 75 years ago now.

Irrelevant, many things have changed between then (1947) and now (2022). In the present day what happened last week is barely relevant to this week, never mind something 3 generations past. If there's a critique of what was said to be made (and there are several points that could be legitimately critiqued), feel free to, but don't reach for the low hanging fruit of Germany's distant past.

If any country that did a bad thing wasn’t allowed to speak the table would be very silent.

Western world approaching last few decades of world hegemony…… Europe is week and US crumbling society , corruption, decadence will destroy itself from inside and will be eaten by corporations and stronger emerging economies……

With the chechuans wagner group and the dombas militias your dreaming slready absolutely no sign of it

Germany is not at war, Schultz is correct, why must he fight a proxy war.

@@khaya7272 Not at war yet. Putins main task is Europe, so he must be stopped at the first line of defence , which is Ukraine. And again.. nobody ask Germany to fight, but send weapons as every other country did with smaller GDP Seat back and watch is not a leadership of Europe

The West are democracies. They defend democracy.

I know we should not have invaded Afganistan and Syria (9/11 pilots were Saudis, not Afgans) But what can we do now? Give them the opportunity to join EU?

@@kathyd9324 democracy transacting others happiness by grouping together for no reasons? Just because the printed and looted wealth, you want to rule the.large countries? Why you haven't accepted the.Catalonia independence? Why u accept Taiwanese independence and not Crimea and donbass?

I don’t know why you don’t go in ask Afghastigad Why Soviet union become Russia so if we want to blame someone for the situation that Ukraine is going through

@@AJP19623 here is a question. Would you want your friends to be powerful or would you want both your friends and enemies to be powerful. Answer it and tell me why. However, saying that I will make peace with enemies is not the answer.

soonest Russia will take the whole of your Ukraine

This seems self-evident when we consider German foreign policy over the last 20 years in retrospect. The worry is that they might forget this (and probably already have).

And now the world still does not help Ukraine.

Makes me very angry

What? Who Said that? In reality if you look at history the Europeans are the most advanced and have the best militaries... The reality is that youre jealous of Europeans and most likely want to live in Europe...

Like Europeans colonized asians and africans and South americans and Australia ... Not the other way around .. so who is quick to be apathetic and surrender? Because its clearly not the Europeans LMAO cedarhunt you are projecting.

@@Sunshine-un5ww Me too. It's incredibly frustrating that we are allied with such grossly incompetent nations.

@@froglifes6829 That is a very European reaction, citing the centuries past achievements of long dead empires as if it has anything to so with the current reality. You fantasy land bozos need to get with the times.

all countries are scared of mother monster Russia 🇷🇺. hahaha...uraaaa

My god, we’ve already donated over fourty five billion, not including weapons. How much is enough??? Have you not noticed the astronomical gas and grocery prices?? The lack of baby formula (Because Brandon stole it), the train wreck of an economy? We are on the verge of another Great Depression and you leftists want Americans to donate every penny we have which, thanks to Brandon, isn’t much. Screw Ukraine; The US is too poor to support an insane war.

The journalist has more sense than the experienced diplomat. She realises Russia has the upper hand, Ukraine has lost 20% of its land, it is in a worse position than 2014, Russia is strangling Ukraine's economy, Ukraine has to cede land, it cannot join on NATO, there is no other way. If Ukraine continues fighting, it will lose more. As for international guarantees, who is going to give it to Ukraine ? Russia will not allow NATO through the back door.

@@johnadam2885 utter nonsense.

@@ukrainewarroom8410 Is that the best you could write ?

@@johnadam2885 what part of Russia do you live in?

@@treygarver7791 What is the relevance of your question ? Do you have the intellect to answer or refute what I wrote ?

You are either a bot, a troll, or haven’t watched any of Putin’s speeches early on in this conflict. If you had, there is no way you can honestly claim his goal was something other than total subjugation of the Ukrainian people.

@@nicholasjohnson778 thats NOT what i asked for...or u cant read? I asked for a link not for pointless discussions without ANY FACTUAL basis

@@nicholasjohnson778 i accuratelly watched most of Vladimir Putin's speeches if not all for last 5 years and never met one where he directly declared objective of conquering Ukraine...thats exactly why im asking for LINK...And about hes speech on Ukraineans and Russians...this speech MUST be seen in the context in which it was made...And it was made in response to Ukrainean Ministy of Culture statement that Ukraineans and Russians has different historical and ethnic roots which IN FACT is NOT TRUE...whats been proved by DOCUMENTED historical FACTS represented in Vladimir Putin's speech u mentioned earlier...The ONLY intention of this speech was to prove that Ukrainean government spreading MISSINFORMATION about historical roots of Slavic nations two of which are Russia and Ukraine...U must be VERY CAREFUL when making assumptions according to not full information and ALWAYS keep in mind that they are ONLY ASSUMPTIONS...treating assumptions as FACTS is a common LOGIC MISTAKE...

@@emberspirit6375 “The ONLY intention of this speech was to prove that Ukrainian government spreading MISINFORMATION…” You delete your response to me which was loaded with BS (sample above) you are indeed a troll.

@@nicholasjohnson778 i dont remember i deleted smth...also i dont understand what exactly are u talkin about? What makes u think im a troll??

Because he thinks appeasement will work with insane dictators.

Because he is being realistic

@@blackmantis3130 Naive, not realistic. It's so easy to give up somebody else's land.

"DW is funded by the German government". Oh, I have no idea mate, you?

Why are you lying? Sure you are Putin troll

Whatsoever you mean by "Join the club"? Join the war? Is it a war club? Or is it a warmongering club?

@@NTraveller shame on you. You are no better than murderers and rapists your government’s been sending to this war.

@@NTraveller Well, we certainly know which club Russia belongs to, now, don't we?

​@@appstratum9747 Russia distinguishes itself from tose two countries on purpose

The war has been lost already and there is never a come back for Ukraine

Eastern Europeans been telling this for decades.. no one believed them.

Is it worth WW3❓ Not all Russian leaders were bad.. this one is older than he looks.. don't sacrifice innocents..humour the bully

@@annychest718 Name one good Russian leader?

verstehe not verstand

@@wilhelmu Gaaaaaaaa, tnx xD

What are their goals?? What are they offering???

Nope, not in the long run. 5 years after the war the cleanup will be done, 5 years after that there will be an economic boom, 20 years after that Russia will collapse. ... Ok, the last one is a dream,but the rest will happen.

It's just the start