Former CIA chief of operations Steve Hall and author Peter Pomerantsev explain what Vladimir Putin's speech on Victory Day could mean for the Russian President's mindset. #CNN #News
Author: Putin’s speech was of someone ‘treading water’
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Ukraine hosted yesterday prime ministers of Canada, Croatia, Norway, a head of German parliament and the US first lady. Zelenskiy took part in G7 meeting. Putin hosts no one today
@Putin must end up like Gaddafi Yes, because Italy just seized his 700 million dollar super yacht.
@Sean Hardman
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For a “Victory Day” parade, no one looks very happy in Moscow. Looks like a funeral.
@MITTENS Z RUSSIA isn’t Z just the new Russian swastika?
@Natalia TV the second world war was a tragedy for all who fought in it and their families. Why does Russia want to make their neighbours and relatives in Ukraine suffer that same pain today?
@Leonie Romanes You want to laugh, tap on MITTENZ profile and check out the comments, 9 days ago he was a 15 year old “American” supporting Marjorie Taylor Greene. Comrade can’t get his story straight. 🤣
Have you ever noticed that the military of autocratic dictatorships just love all the gold braid and medals
It is amazing, the amount of fruit salad, adorning men who’ve never seen combat.
“Ukraine was going to develop nuclear weapons..” Was he referring to the nuclear weapons Ukraine had and gave up when the former Soviet Union fell apart, in return for the solemn promise that Russia would never attack them?
@swagedelic Zelensky didn’t say it. His foreign minister hinted that if Ukraine cannot join NATO then it might need to re-gain its nuclear arsenal again, for protection. And he’s not wrong. Nothing else will keep Russia out.
Exactly
@Mr. Golov I never take any advice from one of the putrid one’s trolls.
@Easy MoneyHuh? lol.
@George L That is a huge difference between Zelenskyy not saying it and someone else saying it. Russia is doomed to repeat the same sins over and over again. So, I agree, something needs to keep evil at bay.
It’s not 27 million Russians who died, it’s 27 million soviet citizens which included every ethnic group living in it, around 8 million Ukrainians have died in that war with our cities being in ruins while Moscow was safely hidden behind our backs and never was under siege. And only a few years before that around 7 million Ukrainians have died in a manmade famine by soviet government. The nerve of this people to appropriate this victory is sickening.
@Robert B. AUSTRALIA. Not true. While the English policy, of turning tenant farmers off the land for fleece sheep, made the Irish turn to potatoes for sustenance, the British did not go door to door, stealing every last crumb they had. It was a potato blight, not human action, that caused the Irish Famine.
@Leonie Romanes everyone experience their own hell
@Deborah Freedman what lies are those?
Thanks for setting us straight about the truth. In Australia we have a remembrance day…not a ‘victory’ day. Even if we technically win a war, where is the victory when millions have died…and it’s certainly nothing to be celebrated.
It’s a perfect demonstration of where Putin’s priorities lie…or any other dictator. They care nothing about human suffering…least of all their own citizens.
Here’s my question, is the US more likely to respond to Russian aggression after today’s speech? Everybody’s worried about Russia. What’s Russia think what’s Russia gonna do well what is the United States going to do what is Britain gonna do what is Germany gonna do? Putin needs to be a little more concerned about how the West is interpreting his aggression
Your input reflects a stance of sympathy for Putin’s position. If you consider his position so much, I recommend going & advising him personally.
What do you do with a mad man? Leave him to self destruct.
Most people seem to forget that Stalin’s Soviet Union and Hitler’s Germany were allies at the start of the war in 1939. There was a non-aggression pact in place. Both countries attacked Poland. Germany didn’t attack the USSR until after the Polish territory was divided between the two.
@Deborah Freedman something isn’t false just because you say it is. Read a history book.
“They made me do it.” Criminal response 101.
I would have said Trump 101, but same thing basically.
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What I hear is “She wouldn’t listen to me”.
And “If I can’t have her, no one else can”.
Love the “Russia is the victim here” approach to Putin’s speech. He certainly got more than he was expecting.
@CorePathway birds of a feather flock together.
YOU boty lolz
Yeah poor russia, always the victim.
I saw bits and pieces of the parade in Moscow. I’m old enough to remember the military parades of the Brezhnev era (which didn’t really pretend to be anything else but a massive show of military might). The crowds seemed a bit thin on the ground by comparison.
I wouldn’t know, but both Russia’s military and demographics are in decline.
Lots of soldiers MIA.
@hymns4ever on both sides, but only ukraine has the option of classifying its conscripts (or foriegn fighters) as “regular civilians” in the official figures (which in purely analytical terms, is a natural “homefeild advantage” in regards to the propaganda aspects of warfare)
Forget him talking Let’s focus on his actions in what he Is doing
And Focus On His Strategies , Agreed.
Russian soldiers felt safe inside their tanks for the first time in a long time while in red square circus show.
They got new tires or at least polished up.
AAAAAAWWW What’s wrong the Russian Armies in The red square don’t like showing their faces Instead hide in their puny tanks?
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The Tank operators always had an eye looking up into the sky .
The lady at the end gave a well detailed and precise statement of the insights of what is happening currently! Thank you and God bless Ukraine !
Agree. Russia the poor victims. And who’s fault is that? Just an unbelievable psychopath that needs to be dealt with.
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He sounds like someone whining to a teacher “a bog boy did it and ran away”.
I understand how globalism worries most people. I understand that language barriers and different customs can be perceived to be scary. Why is it beneficial to have immigrants? Because they become neighbors their children play with your children when a community need arises many nations working together solves more easily problems unsolvable by a single nation. Stable foreign investment in a country provides a deterrent to aggression. Putin has made his country far weaker in just 70+ days and if the removal of more foreign investment happens in his country there becomes less concern by other world powers what may become of Russia. World powers support their businesses. If a country has none of their businesses in a vulnerable position to lose operation in a country they will have a greater military incentive to wage a war against the country who has no economic deterrent to invasion. It is in Russia’s best interests to have multinational businesses operating within their country. Globalization can help provide peace 1) by letting us meet wonderful productive humans from other parts of this small planet. 2) By bringing additional costs to businesses from the other countries whom will suffer loss when a small group of men wish to cause harm to their neighbors.
President Zelensky gave the answer to exactly these questions in an interview. Does anybody really wish V. Putin was making more progress in Ukraine so he would be “less dangerous” regarding nuclear retaliation? What would that mean for the Ukranian people? “He might engage in dangerous behavior”?! Really?! What has he been doing the last 2 months?
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Not dropping a Nuke! DUH
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It’s amazing how she says “we”. No not we or us, Ukrainians
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“Every empire tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.”
― Edward W. Said
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Our country’s days are #.
“He is a Genius!!” “He declared the land as Independent, How wonderful is that!!” “He is Savvy!!” “He is Smart!!” Famous words of Donnie the Twice Impeached Insurrectionist.
Nice! Another comment quoting what someone else has said without giving your own opinion thereafter 🤨. WHY do so many people just put out quotes, then don’t extend their own opinions after said quotes.
@rugby86 because the quote speaks for itself.
@Leonie Romanes just a heads up, I am not looking for any confrontation.
Thank you for shedding light on this quote.
Because in all fairness, there is a lot of viewers who just put up a quote, and it can come across lazy.
Nonetheless thank you for showing me the light as it were.
“We” were given no choice…” is never true for a dictator. He should have told the Russian people “I decided and you were given no choice.”